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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 09, 1916
Page
7
Receipts and exports detailed for Mobile and New Orleans markets with figures on stock, shipping, and three day totals. Cotton prices fluctuated with quiet, steady early trading and later gains on favorable weather and peace talk, closing varied across May to December futures.
Traditional herbal remedies and old field herbs are contrasted with modern preparations from druggists. The passage notes wormwood thoroughwort sage rue camomile and similar plants used to cure family ailments and mentions Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a popular modern alternative.
Cotton spots unchanged with good middling at 8.45 and mid dling 8.29. Sales reach 10,000 bales for speculation and export, receipts 8,200. Futures steady with May-June 8.05, July-August 8.00, Oct-Nov 7.86, Dec-Jan 7.77 1-2, Jan-Feb 7.76, Mar-Apr 7.76.
Wall Street opened with a fairly even spread of advance and decline. Mexicans, Mercantile Marine, Industrial Alcohol and several smaller issues slipped from fractions to over a point, while United Fruit, General Electric and leading issues moved higher.
Article touts oil of kerein capsules as a safe inexpensive fat reducer for those indoors and overweight. Recommends one capsule after each meal and before bed, claiming quicker weight loss, better digestion, lighter steps, and firmer skin. Mentions Van Antwerp's as a source and urges readers to try the treatment.
Spot oil trades at 10.95 to 11.25 while futures for May and June hover near 11.00 to 11.08. Listings show July 11.15 to 11.17 and August 11.18 to 11.20, with September 11.22 to 11.24, October 10.22 to 10.23, and November 9.35 to 9.385, December 9.24 to 9.26. Total sales reach 12 700 barrels.
Turpentine firm price at 36 cents with receipts 387 casks and shipments 402. rosin firm receipts 1,072 and shipments 2,884 barrels, stocks 68,637 barrels. Bid quotes list ranges from 3.75 to 65.25 for various grades including BEB F G H K M N WG WWW.
Hogs receipts 14 000, market slow with ranges: bulk 9.66 to 9.85, light 9.30 to 9.85, mixed 9.40 to 9.90, heavy 9.35 to 9.90, rough 9.35 to 9.50, pigs 7.25 to 9.00. Cattle receipts 4 000, market steady with native beef steers 7.70 to 8.25, stockers 5.60 to 8.40, cows and heifers 4.20 to 9.35, calves 6.25 to 9.50.
Wheat values for No 2 and 3 red and hard types shown with nominal quotes. Corn bids range 75 1 4 to 76 3 4 for yellow types, oats at 44 1 2 to 46, standard 48 49, rye 97 1 2, barley 63 79. Provisions list park 23 50 24, lard 12 97, ribs 12 32 12 82.
A historical price listing shows numerous U S equities with bid offers and closing figures for companies like American Sugar 110 1 4, United States Steel 31 8, General Electric 166, Pennsylvania 56 1 8, Southern Pacific 98, and Westinghouse Electric 60, among others including railroads and manufacturers. The data enumerates company names and share prices or bid values.
A Georgia railroad worker, C W Arnold known as Bill, extols Tanlac after his 80 year old father Esquire E P Arnold gains 20 pounds and regains appetite. The elder Arnold had suffered stomach trouble for years, resisting greasy foods and meat until Tanlac restored strength. The ad notes Tanlac sold by Van Antwerp's Drug Corp in Mobile and includes an estate notice for Charles Lynne Strange as executor.
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