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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 27, 1913
Page
9
A dancing academy offers music and dancing at Rhea Springs along with golf tennis croquet fishing swimming riding and driving. The copy touts fine lawns board walks the famed Rhea Springs Water and affordable accommodations inviting inquiries to Rhea Springs Co. Jacks 18 26t.
Trustee JAS K Glennon announces sale of multiple parcels in Mobile County Alabama on June 18 1913 at noon to satisfy a secured note. The property includes homestead shares 1 and 2 from the Drum mond vs Cleveland partition and extensive described tracts including Grass Island and Fowl River areas.
An old advertisement touts Dr Porter’s Antiseptic Healing Oil as a one day remedy to relieve inflammation. It claims simultaneous pain relief and healing with prices of 25c, 50c, and 1.00.
Cotton futures started the day in New Orleans steady with a small decline of 1 to 3 points as weather maps appeared favorable and crop condition rated 84 percent of normal. By midmorning trading shows 1 to 3 point gains over yesterday, then closes show a net advance of 6 to 9 points with light demand and limited offerings. Also note Cham berlain's Cough Remedy is praised for effective relief with rising sales and testimonials.
Attendance at the Lyric shows a strong response as vaudeville returns with five acts and two pictures. The Dunedins, Rice and Franklin, Turpin duo, Billy Kinkaid, and Billy K. Wells entertain with bicycles, singing, juggling, monologue, and new songs. The bill repeats daily at matinee and two night shows as patrons praise the variety.
The Dreamland bill features Van Horn and Jackson as headliners with four supporting acts Todeska and Todeska Alfred Farrell Morton and Ray and the Edison Quartette. Two talking pictures The Five Bachelors and The Indian Girl's Revenge accompany eight total attractions. Performances are nightly at 7 30 and 9 15 with 3 45 pm baseball matinees.
Manager Ike Frenkel of the Crescent Theatre promises a distinctive program with The Stars and Stripes For Ever, a feature picture about the Philippines. The film breaks from Civil War themed fare, aiming to boost the venue’s popularity.
A fluctuating list of stock prices results with readings for Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Cotton Oil Aim'n Smelting and Ref'n'g American Sugar Refining Tel and Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and Northwestern Chi Mil and St Paul Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Erie General Electric Great Northern and ore cotfs Illinois Central Interborough Met Interborough Met jfd Inter Harvester Louisville and Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas and Texas Lehigh Valley National Lead New York Central Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania People's Gas Pullman Palace Car Reading Rock Island Co Rock Island Co pfd Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific United States Steel United States Steel pfd Wabash Western Union Texas Oil.
Work to install new fixtures in the recorder's court on the second floor of police headquarters began Tuesday morning and should finish in two to three days. Joseph Mullaney Sr. handles the contract. An unrelated ad for Chamberlain's Tablets claims medical benefits and urges trial.
Turpentine firms show receipts of 1 196 casks with no sales in hand, rosin firm reports 3 520 barrels received and no sales. Prices range for grades B through M with grosser values from 4.55 to 6.70 dollars per unit.
Old Standard tonic Grove's Tasteless Chill supports liver activity and builds the system. It is advertised as a remedy for nervous low mood and low spirits, acts as an appetizer, aids digestion, and claims malaria relief. Sold for 50 cents.
W. P. Minnich announced the motorboat Irma will sail from the foot of Dauphin street at 6 15 pm daily for Fairhope and Battles with a first June schedule. The itinerary aims to run regular afternoon trips and return the following morning.
The forecast calls for moderate temperatures across the north, east and west regions with no strong deviations expected. Mariners and travelers are advised to plan for steady conditions and light, passing clouds.
New York lightweight John Lore and local fighter Frankie Russell boxed to a ten round draw in New Orleans. Lore led early but Russell surged in the later rounds to secure the draw for the hometown crowd.
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