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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 21, 1915
Page
5
A Texas House resolution signed by seventy-one members urged the Georgia Governor to commute Leo M. Frank's death sentence for the Mary Phagan murder to life imprisonment. The measure, nearly a majority in the house, was filed in Austin and postponed to the next day.
Pollard Alabama notices list L. M. Finlay visiting Pensacola and arrivals from Pine Barren and Brewton. Local residents attend tennis, bean shipments planned to Northern markets, and family illnesses. Several residents travel to Pace Florida and Flomaton for events while others visit Jackson cemetery and Masonic lodge activities.
McKinnonville residents Mrs A L McCallum and Mrs J H Peagler visited relatives in Barrinean Park and Freemanville. W M Jackson of Enon visited Sunday. Aggie Henderson visits sister Mrs W W Tait at Walnut Hill this week. Mr A B Fillingham and daughter Mrs J E Foley visited Highland relatives. Joseph Mims went to Wallday Sunday.
An old advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe alternative to calomel for liver and bowel cleansing. It claims the product is a gentle, plant based remedy that prevents sickness, improves digestion, and eliminates headaches and dizziness by morning.
The New Orleans cotton market opened seven points higher due to better cables but failed to hold gains as profit taking set in. By noon prices returned to the prior close while spot cotton remained quiet at 9 cents middling with 250 bales on the spot and future quotes showing slight fluctuations.
May futures show firm tone with active covering as delivery nears at noon. May steady after late spurt. water deliveries aided by steady cables and cooler weather prospects. Spot cotton quiet at 9.75 cents. Prices listed for July through January contracts.
Shipping tallies show Alabama River packet Peerless from Montgomery with 3 bales for Winston Jones Co. and Baker-Lyons & Co. 1 bale. L&N Train 243 carries 1 bale for Baker-Lyons & Co. Harris-Allison & Co. 44 bales, total 45. Train 244 with 5 bales for Baker-Lyons & Co. Planters Cotton Co. 2 bales in transit 5 total 12. Train 245 carries 2 bales for Baker-Lyons & Co.
Liverpool notes a steady spot market with good middling at 5.70 and sales totaling 5 000 bales including 500 for speculation and export. Receipts reach 26 300 bales. Futures settle steady with May-June at 5.28 and later spreads up to May-June 5.88.
New York May 21 steady zone in early stock dealings with gains across issues. War specialties rose up to a full point while United States Steel Coppers and Mexican Petroleum joined the advance. Crude and rail shares softened later. bonds eased. closing remained firm with notable names including Bethlehem Steel American Sugar and American Tel and Tel among active quotes.
A partial OCR fragment shows scattered numbers and codes such as 1.65 3-4 1.28 1-2 74 1-8 76 1-8 52 1-4 50 3-4 ae, offering little readable context about a local event or outcome.
An ad summary notes Dr Ira Van Gieson claims lime assimilation as the real issue in resisting tuberculosis. Eckman’s Alterative is promoted as a form allowing lime assimilation, claimed effective for tuberculous cases, with assurances that the remedy is safe and available via druggists or direct order from Eckman Co. Philadelphia. Sold by Braswell's Drug Store in Mobile.
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