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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 03, 1915
Page
5
Taken up October 28 1915 at 1am on Spring Hill avenue and Ann street a black mare with a white forehead shod on the front foot. Will be sold at the city pound November 8 1915 at noon unless redeemed by owner. James Curran, Impounding Officer. 11 16t
The U S S Machias departs for New Orleans for two months of repairs after a ten day port stay. The Danish ship Helmer Morch carries 11 232 sacks of cotton seed worth 39 804 dollars to the United Kingdom. The City of Mobile arrives from Montgomery and Selma with 368 bales of cotton and other cargo for return. The Norwegian Verona bound for bananas and shipments rise as two schooners are chartered to load for foreign ports. The Ardnmbhor sails to the Argentine Republic with a general cargo after zinc ore arrivals to Mobile and Galveston. The John Quill leaves for Tuscaloosa and Demopolis after repairs. The British Perwyn loads crossties for the C W Hempstead Lumber Co. The Baldwin goes for repairs after delivery of coal cargo. Local notice details a Louisiana Sabine Bank whistling buoy replacement.
The Robinson Land and Lumber Company resumed their planning mill on Monday and may bring back the old circular mill by day and the new band mill by night as the lumber trade shows rapid revival. The Chicora and Northwestern Railroad also resumed motor car passenger service between Chicora and Clara with two round trips daily.
Moderate temperatures for 36 hour shipments north east and west. Tombigbee river and branches and Alabama river remain steady. A high barometer area drifts east across the U S bringing fair weather. Memphis reports near seasonal temperatures with a light frost. southern Colorado cooler. Mobile sees fair weather with slightly lower tonight and higher Thursday. Albert Ashenberger local forecaster.
Port list shows multiple vessels from various nations at different docks and terminals. Names include Pentywn, Rio Piracy, Helmer Moreh, Daniél Bailey, Corinthia, Georgia D Jenkins, Oscar G, Charles N Simmons, Careina, Margarita, and more. Ships are reported at City of Mobile, Gulf Dry Docks, Turner Terminals, and municipal docks with destinations including United Kingdom, Daphne, Fairhope, Magnolia Beach, and Fairhope direct.
A terse shipping note lists vessels bound for Mobile or under command by masters. Ships include Bertha from Liverpool via Nor ports to Cuban routes, Verena to Tropics with United Fruit Co, Clyde to master, Duncrag to master, Collingwood for orders, Schwanden to master, Ethel Clarke to master, Mary G Dantzler bound to Progreso Mexico, and Carrie Strong from New York to master. Ports cited include Liverpool and Portishead with names of owners and lines such as Munson Line and United Fruit Co.
Cotton receipts listed by railway firms and steamer lines total 668 bales across multiple companies. New Orleans market opens weak on poor cables and favorable weather with prices sliding early before recovering. spot remains quiet at 11.80 cents. New YorkCotton also opens softer on Liverpool weakness with December at about 11.60 and March near 12.00. Chicago livestock shows dull hogs and weak cattle and steady sheep trading.
Turpentine firm receipts 359 casks and rosin 1 500 barrels reported in Savannah on November 3. Prices listed for items A through WG show 4.65 to 6.25 dollars per unit with various letter codes, including WW and Ju, indicating bid and asked levels across grades.
U S Steel, Missouri Pacific, Erie, Wabash and Pennsylvania see fractional gains on resumption, while Bethlehem Steel climbs to 465 and General Electric and Studebaker gain among active specialties. Foreign signals hint at caution as London quotes ease and overall trading remains irregular with some rails and utilities advancing.
Advertises 480 acres seven miles west of Chunchula Mobile County Alabama with pine soil and running stream suitable for farming and stock raising. Also tracts from 40 acres to 10000 acres priced from four dollars per acre. Address Geo Kilbo president Alabama Land and Development Co 40 N Royal St Mobile Bell 957-2.
Mobile and other Alabama cities protest the 10 percent rail tariff rise on about thirty commodities, with Louisville and Nashville Railroad arguing for continued higher charges as costs rise. The case reopening Rule 1 dispute and arguments before the Alabama Railroad Commission reflect a hard fought dispute amid claims of improving times and ongoing losses.
Report from Greece dated Nov 3 via London states Serbian forces repelled Bulgarians at the Izvor defile northwest of Drivolak, with Monastir residents less fearful of fall and some foreigners, including the Russian consul family, deciding not to leave. Bulgarian gains include Katchanik pass. Tetovo front holds, Serbians press toward Vranaya as French and British troops report no major changes.
Judge Samuel B. Browne in the circuit court announced he would not rule on the Laz Schwarz vs Judge Price Williams recall petition challeng ing the probate court's action until November 10.
Nathan Strauss a longtime Mobile and New Orleans figure and grand secretary of District Grand Lodge No 7 Independent Order of B nai B rith died after months of illness in New Orleans. He served in the Civil War and later led lodge activities, leaving a wife Frances Koch and children Edward Harry and David Strauss. A funeral was planned with lodge honors and a floral tribute to the graveside.
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