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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 19, 1916
Page
9
Market notes show cotton prices fluctuating as poor cables weigh early. New Orleans closes with slight declines but spot steady. New York sees irregular futures with July and October slipping before partial rebound. Liverpool futures stay barely steady amid strong spot prices.
Colds and runny noses may lead to catarrh if untreated. Dr King’s New Discovery is a sweet syrup children will accept without fuss. Laxative action helps purge waste poisons, with no mixing needed. Ask your druggist. it helps guard against serious illnesses from colds.
Sealed bids for concrete curb on each side of a parkway from Ann St to Catherine St. See Mobile Light and Railroad Co specifications. Right reserved to reject any and all bids. Bids opened at 12 noon May 24 1916.
Daily passenger service to Cullom Bladon and Healing Springs with direct York connections to Tuscaloosa Meridian Birmingham and points East and West for travel.
Weekly cotton statistics show 90,000 bales forwarded to mills and 59,000 to American mills. Stock totals 728,000 with 573,000 American. Imports amount to 89,000 with 82,000 from America and exports reach 2,879.
On May 19 in New York the cottonseed market closed firm. Spot bids at 10.90, May at 10.85, June futures around 11.00 to 11.07, July 11.00 to 11.01, August 11.09 to 11.10, September 11.10 to 11.12, October 10.17 to 10.18, November 9.39 to 9.40, December 9.28 to 9.29. To sales total 15,500.
Chicago May 19 market report shows cash wheat varying by grade from 1.08 3-4 to 1.13 1-2, corn at 75 1-2 to 73 for various grades, oats around 42 1-2 to 46 1-2, rye at 99 1-2, and hay and provisions prices with pork at 23.00 24.15, lard at 13.05, ribs 12.50 13.00. Naval stores report in Savannah lists turpentine firm at 39 1-4 39 1-2 and rosin steady with multiple grades quoted. Chicago live stock shows hogs at 9.65 to 10.20 for various types, cattle receipts around 1,000 with native beef 8.10 to 10.25 and stockers 6.00.
Health note recommends avoiding damp ground and cold, drinking water, and taking four ounces of Jad Salts each morning for a week to eliminate uric acid. It claims recipes combine grape and lemon juice with lithia to purify blood and kidneys, offering relief to rheumatism sufferers.
Receipts show 5,000 sheep with steady tone. Wethers 7.85 10.10, lambs 9.10 12.85, springs 11.00 13.60. Wall Street Review reports Reading lead the open with a seven point gain to 100, high readings for Reading preferred at 52, and broad advances across rails and steel suppliers amid profit taking later. closing remains firm with notable quotes in multiple major stocks and industrials.
Montgomery Alabama May 19 Special E D Smith leads Burr for national committeeman by 2 819 with four counties missing and expected to rise to about 2 400 Limestone and Marengo counties reported for Smith while Burr wins Chilton and Tallapoosa.
In Montgomery Alabama on May 13 George Williams a Black man was killed instantly and John Brown another Black man was seriously injured when a candy machine toppled from a wall of the Dreyfus Candy Company. A white man R Daniel was present but unharmed.
Executors Norville P Leigh Jr and Bart B Chamberlain announce letters testamentary were issued May 17 1916 by Judge Price Williams of Mobile County Alabama. All creditors must present claims within legal time or be barred. Leigh and Chamberlain attorneys. 6:18-25 7:1.
In Port notices list ships and schooners bound for Cuba West Indies Central America and other routes. Vessels include Lampasas Talia Conniscliffe Emily 8 Malcolm Evelyn W Hinckley Beatrice Counto Vera and more with docks names Ollinger Bruce Gulf Dry Docks Meltonian and others. An Alabama mortgage notice calls for a public sale May 29 1916 to satisfy a debt with details of Mobile land parcel.
Detectives Lacey Burch Pearson and Murphy raided 362 Canal Street operated by J Thompson Friday afternoon. A small quantity of liquor was seized and Thompson arrested on a prohibition violation charge.
Notice of sale under a 1914 mortgage by M B Hayes and Minnie Hayes to Mamie Marshall, later assigned to Edward W Faith, for property in Whistler Mobile County Alabama. Sale date May 29 1916 at 12 M in front of Mobile County Courthouse following default on the note. Estate of Aloysius Schimpf Lunatic to be addressed June 2 1916.
A messy scanned help wanted page lists positions for barbers salesladies housework washerwoman shield makers and a mixed group of job notices. It mentions Moler Barber College New Orleans and the United States aspiring applicants with age and language notes.
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