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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 15, 1916
Page
7
New Orleans commodities cooled amid profit taking and pressure while Liverpool reported light offerings and steady futures. Wall Street opened higher with readings like Reading at a peak and Willys-Overland hitting a new high as rails strengthened. Fruits vegetables and prices for oranges cabbage onions and potatoes listed alongside assorted staples and poultry rates.
The record lists multiple firms with base counts and bale totals. Steamer Peerless Clarke Davis and others report 499 bases in one series. L&N R R Ladd Co notes 785 bales, including Weil Brothers 36 and Transit 664. Southern R R Magnolia Compress Co lists 84 bales with M O R R exports at 50 bales.
New Orleans on May 15 saw cot ton futures firmer at the open with gains of 7 to 8 points, but the advance faded as traders took profits from the long side. By the end of the first hour, prices stood 2 to 3 points higher net.
The New York cotton market opened steady with advances of 2 to 11 points as July rose to 13.02, October to 13.19, and December to 13.33 on call. Improved rain prospects in the droughty eastern belt spurred realizations and a slight downshift amid early strength.
An old advertisement promotes Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey cough syrup, listing a long home mix of ingredients and claiming quick relief. It touts ready made 25c bottles, urges buyers to insist the package shows the correct formula.
NAVAD STORES reports in Savannah on May 15 turpentine with 37 1 2 3 4 cents, no sales, receipts 163 casks, shipments 26 casks, stocks 7 380 casks. Rosin shows no sales, receipts 326 barrels, shipments 2 415 barrels, stocks 63 822 barrels. Market quotes include Pad D 4 20 E 4 26 F H I 4 50 K 4 60 M 4 60 4 65 % 4 90 5 00 WG 5 15 5 20 WW 5 35.
Chicago records 33 000 hogs with strong demand and mixed classes trading between 9.80 and 10.35 for heavy and 7.50 to 9.60 for pigs. Cattle receipts 14 000, market firm with native beef cattle 8.00 to 10.15, stockers 6.00 to 8.85, cows and heifers 4.40 to 9.60, calves 7.00 to 10.90. Sheep receipts 12 000, market firm with wethers 7.50 to 9.70 and springs about 11.00.
Grain and provisions prices listed for Wheat Corn Oats Rye Barley and Hay with bids and closes. Wheat ranges from 1.08 to 1.18 per bushel colored by grade. Corn and Oats show varied futures. Provisions include Pork Lard Ribs with gapping quotes. miscellaneous values and typographical errors noted.
Direct connections at York enable travel to Tuscaloosa Meridian Birmingham and points East and West for daily passenger service to Cullom Risdon and Healing Springs.
A pasted list shows closing prices for numerous companies including Kennecott, American Sugar, United States Steel, General Electric, Chase, and Norfolk & Western among others. Values are given in 32nds or fractions, reflecting a mid-century market snapshot with many industrials and rail stocks present.
Property deeds show multiple transfers including Joseph B. Driver to Floyd Bates for $1 in Mobile County with described parcels. Ellen Cephas and Mary Seymour to W G Bevill and John W McAlpine for $270. Walter G Bevill to John W McAlpine for $10. Fristoe to Avegno for $3. Horticultural Co to Thomas Saracen II for $2700. Ollie Chadick Eastburn to John M Freeland for $475. Julie Vitter to H Fensane and wife for $250. various lot descriptions and sections referenced throughout.
A list of vessels at port including Joch Tay Nelson and Nepos awaiting destinations such as Italy Cuba and Mexico. Several schooners steamships and a bark are noted with routes for the West Indies Rosario and other locales along with quay and dock references.
A list of vessels including Meltonian and Sylvanian Br steamers to load cargo for British Isles and Sabine Am to bring pares from New York and cargo ack. Bluefields Nov to fruit from Central America. Rena A Murphy Am schooner to bring sisal and load lumber for Cuba. Perceler Br schooner to load lumber for Cuba. Albert D Mills Am schooner to bring sisal from Yucatan. Elizabeth T Doyle Am schooner from Africa for repairs. Frieda Russ schooner to load lumber and timber here.
The schooner C W Mills arrived at the harbor entrance this morning towing by the Lapwing. She brings a cargo of sisal from Yucatan and will load at the harbor for the West Indies.
The schooner Conniscliffe arrived Saturday night from Progresso with over eleven hundred bales of sisal. She is unloading at Mobile and Ohio pier 3 and will load cargo here.
The Norwegian steamship Nepos of Ward line arrived at quarantine this morning and will stay until tomorrow. The unusually fast voyage from Yucatan means entry to port is delayed for five days. Nepos carries over 7 000 bales of sisal for James Gibboney & Co.
The schooner Lizzie E. Dennison from Caibaren Cuba reached the lower bay this morning and moved upriver in tow of the tug Nimrod to load a cargo of lumber here.
The schooner Evelyn W. Hinckley arrived Saturday night from Las Palmas and is anchored in the stream to load a cargo of lumber for Rosario.
The fishing smack Sir Knight, bought by Captain John G. Murphy in New York, arrived Saturday night and lies at Pinto Island ready to be sold. Waterfront officials inspected the handsome vessel after a long voyage stopping at Jacksonville and other ports.
The British schooner Beatrice arrived in the lower bay this morning. After fumigation she will go to the Bahamas Timber Company wharf to load lumber for a return trip to Cuba.
The Norwegian ship Celtic Queen from Liverpool has reached Fort Morgan awaiting instructions. reports vary on her next destination with possibilities including Mobile Pensacola or Gulfport.
The schooner Louisa M. Richards, from Cuba with a load of lumber, is towed by Lap Wing toward Gulf port for inspection. Captain Richards of Scranton owns the vessel named for his wife and a sale is expected with a buyer ready to haul out for review.
The schooner Vannie Prescott arrived this morning from Cube and. Readable fragments indicate a maritime arrival with no further details on cargo or destination provided.
Jacksonville's Chas J Weeks longtime Sea Board Air Line engineer, second oldest in service at 33 years, credits Tanlac for restoring health after a long battle with nervous indigestion. He praised the medicine at his Lydia Street home, saying it let him eat, sleep, and enjoy life again. Tanlac is sold in Mobile by Van Antwerp's Drug Corporation.
A fragment notes loading lumber for a return passage and references a vessel departing Mobile on an implied trip. The brief hints at maritime movement and travel context with no explicit names or dates.
The American steamship Sabine of the Mallory Line is delayed due to a docks strike in New York harbor and will not reach Mobile until Tuesday evening or Wednesday morning, per Mallory line local office.
The American tank steamship Nelson sails today for Cuban ports carrying nearly 1.5 million gallons of blackstrap to Mobile. It is expected she will return to this port.
The schooner Laguna is set to sail this afternoon from the Bahamas Timber Company dock with a lumber cargo bound for Cuba. Mrs. Sherman will accompany Captain Sherman on the voyage.
The coastwise steamer Tarpon arrived from Pensacola and St. Andrews with a sizable freight. She will depart this evening with a general cargo. The Spanish schooner Magda left Saturday in tow of the tug Echo for St. Andrews Bay to load lumber for Barcelona, Spain. The Magda had come for repairs.
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