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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 26, 1913
Page
9
The market closed nominal on Monday with no sales recorded, matching Saturday. Exports for the day were 59, up from 22 this day last year. Receipts this day 620, this week 794, since Sept. 1 216,989. Exports to Britain 8,165, to Continent 20,439. Stock this day 511,419.
E Q Norton states Daphne will stay a state normal school with a girls dormitory a principal residence and extra land. He predicts a noticeable rise in pupil attendance in the near future as the Moundsville State Normal School is abandoned.
Rent ads offer placards in windows to advertise idle properties. They claim to attract transient and home renters and promise to yield tenants, citing prior success with other properties.
The Board of Revenue and Road Commissioners authorize issuing 150000 more highway bonds, in addition to the 150000 issued Feb 1, 1912. Bonds run twenty years, 5 percent interest, denominations 500 or 1000, sale June 26 1913 at Mobile County Courthouse. Public notices to be printed in several papers.
In New Orleans on May 26 the Cotton Exchange opened 8 points below Saturday’s close as weather reports from the belt were favorable. Traders cited higher private crop figures and a pending government report, with light long buying and the market sliding to 11 to 13 points lower at noon.
Cotton futures started 8 to 11 points lower after discouraging cables and favorable crop outlook. Prices eased to a 13 to 14 point net loss by midmorning, with October activity halting the drop. Noon trade showed slight recovery as buyers covered and demand perked up.
Liverpool May 26 cotton spot shows higher demand with prices easing. Middling fair at 7.30 and good middling 6.96, specs rise with 4,500 sold for speculation and export, receipts 4,000. futures open quiet and steady then close weak with May at 6.46.
Weak tired men and women are urged to take Electric Bitters for health. The ad cites Mrs. O Rhinevault of Vestal Center New York praising the remedy. It claims benefits for stomach liver and kidneys and sells bottles for 0 cents and 1.00 recommended by Van Antwerp Drug Corp.
The forecast notes high pressure over much of the region east of the Mississippi with light frosts in the upper lake area. A low over the Missouri Valley brings rain to the middle and upper Mississippi Valley while a south coast Florida system drops 5.90 inches in two days at Miami. Another low is along the North Port region with rising temps and generally fair skies. Mobile looks for fair weather tonight and Tuesday. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster. Shipper forecasts urge protection for 90 degree heat in 36 hour westbound shipments, with moderate temps north and east. River outlooks show rapid fall of the Black Warrior and rise in the upper and lower Tombigbee rivers.
Wall Street opened with an irregular tendency and dull overall tone. Gains appeared in Harriman stocks Lehigh Valley American Can and St Louis and San Francisco second preferred while readings slid in Reading Rock Island Canadian Pacific and Tennessee Copper.
A family doctor notes women seek help for female trouble but improve after kidney and bladder treatment. Foley's Kidney Pills are praised as safe and effective for backache fatigue aching joints irregular kidney bladder action and nervousness. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
Turpentine firm in Savannah reports no sales for the period and receipts totaling 801 casks. Quotations show B grade at 4.55 to 4.60, EF at 4.65, F at 4.70, G 4.75, H 4.80, I 4.90, K 5.20, M 5.65, N 6.35, WG 6.70, WW 6.85.
General rains dampen wheat prices while July futures slide from open losses to modest declines. Corn rises on moisture after a lower start, oats weaken with beneficial moisture, and hog receipts support higher pork lard and rib prices. Separately, Auburn resident J A Farmer credits Foley Kidney Pills for a permanent kidney and bladder cure. Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
Charles R Hall, newly appointed notary public, filed his bond in the probate court on Monday. The report notes the children are young and active while the home’s furniture appears notably antique.
Special notice offers to advertise and placard property in windows. Claims ads attract buyers including transient and home buyers and states past successes will be repeated for new clients.
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