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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1913
Page
11
Market steady with 550 bales sold as mobile receipts for today show 2,384 received domestically and 91,211 exported to Britain, with year over year gains in exports and total stock at 54,981. United States ports report 418,301 receipts and 147,127 exports to Britain, while stock totals reach 934,744.
Elmer Maddox warns the public not to honor or cash any checks purportedly signed by him and states he will not be responsible for debts contracted by W. H. Maddox. Notice dated 11-3-7t.
Moderate temperatures forecast for 36 hour shipments moving north east and west. Weather advisory notes stable conditions across marine routes with no major storms expected. Mariners should plan for mild seas and consistent winds along the shipping lanes referenced.
The Tombigbee river and its branches will hold steady for the next two days while the Alabama river continues a downward trend. Local conditions show minimal flooding risk as water levels remain constant.
A high pressure area now over the middle Atlantic coast drifts eastward across the country east of the Mississippi, bringing clear skies and freezing to mid Atlantic spots while other regions see seasonal warmth. A low pressure center over the northern Rocky Mountains spans the west with rain on the Pacific coast and rising temperatures. Rain falls in southern Florida. Mobile can expect fair weather tonight and Friday. Albert Aschenberger, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
Very slight improvement was noted Thursday in the conditions of Deputy Sheriff Sid Andrews and Jasper Middleton, both wounded Saturday night at Daphne when shot from ambush while en route home. Providence Infirmary officials said the progress was real but minimal.
I Edwin L Kirkbride as administrator of Martha C Andrews estate will sell at public outcry for cash in front of Mobile County Court House at noon on Friday November 14 1913 the lot of land in Mobile Alabama described as starting 100 feet south of Broad and Texas streets along Broad street 50 feet wide then 156 feet east then 50 feet north then 156 feet west to the starting point The sale includes all tenements and appurtenances The seller is Edwin B Kirkbride administrator Sullivan Stallworth Attorneys 10 22 30 11 6
Commissioner Harry Pillans announced the start of a city project to tar and sand wooden block paving to prevent water absorption. Crews began on Royal Street from Monroe to Theatre Streets Thursday afternoon.
Mr. O. W. Smith chief engineer of the Southern Paper Company at Laine Mississippi and Miss Jessie Howe of Calais Maine were married Thursday morning at 11 o'clock at the Cawthon Hotel. They will spend several days in Mobile before proceeding to Laine.
Taken up on Monterey near Dauphin streets on November 1, 1913 at 1 15 pm one large light brown heifer with black under eyes and one small black and white heifer with brown back streak and brown ears will be sold at City Pound on November 11 1912 at 12 noon unless redeemed by owner James Curran impounding officer
New Orleans November cotton futures opened steady with small gains then fell as selling increased. Bears cited favorable weather with no heavy rain, and prices dropped to 6 to 8 points below yesterday's close before closing the day mostly steady with a net decline of 16 to 18 points.
In New York the cotton market opened steady but slipped 7 to 11 points as liquidation and Southern selling weighed on prices. Traders cited a bearish crop outlook from a traveling expert and weak spot demand from Galveston. Prices finished near midday 6 to 9 points lower, with futures closing barely steady on modest buying during the decline.
Cotton spot in Liverpool shows steady prices across grades with good demand. Sales reach 10 000 bales including 7 700 American and 500 for speculation and export. receipts total 34 000 bales. Futures close barely steady with multiple month-to-month spreads listed.
Naval Stores from Savannah Georgia show turpentine receipts 819 casks with no sales and ros in receipts 2 563 barrels. Market quotes list B PD BH and F at 3 65 with other grades ranging from 2 62 1 265 to 6 50 for W W W and related grades.
Mrs. Josephine Sheppard a Mobile resident for a short period died Wednesday night at her home 402 Church street from pneumonia. The remains were shipped to Moons Point Mississippi for interment.
Wall Street opened with a generally firm tone as Union Pacific and Steel edged higher after a slight dip. Reading remained a pressure point, Mexican Petroleum weakened to 45 1 4, and a broad selloff in Steel emerged after midday amid trading dissatisfaction. Bonds eased as the market shuffled under the impact of the Mexican situation and headlines on the New Haven debentures. Major names such as Amalgamated Copper American Sugar Refining General Electric and Reading showed mixed moves within narrow limits.
A list of grocery and wholesale prices including bacon cuts, hams, butter, cheese, coffee, flour, lard, molasses, oil kerosene, rice, salt, sugar, corn, oats, hay, bran, meal, chops, and shorts with varying unit measures. Prices shown per pound, gallon, bushel, or ton, reflecting wholesale rates and options like patent flour and choice lard.
Alabama Mobile County bonds listed with classifications and rates including ABeeeeee AOl 109 Alabama New 48 108 1 Class Cc 3 138 50 years 96 Settlement 3 per cent small 96 of City ay rate 4 4B five per cent bonds due 60 61 Traders Factors cases Gulf Coast Gas ket 6 per cent bonds 100 102.
French aviator Pierre d Aucourt, who departed Paris October 21, arrived today at San Stefano on the Marmora sea coast while en route to Cairo Egypt. He left Bucharest Romania this morning and is rapidly closing the distance to his destination.
The Berwindmoor sails soon after 4 o clock Thursday with cargo for Mobile. Welsh Prince shifts to the city wharf, Glenafton moves to pier 5, and Ethel Clarke transfers to pier 3. arrivals include Karen at Havana and Fort Gaines at Bocas del Toro with 10 000 banana bunches. Ogeechee to load cross ties at Sabine Pass. Charles May departs on first up river trip.
Chicago grain prices list Wheat No 2 red 94.5 to 95 cents per bushel. No 2 hard 84.5 to 87. No 2 northern 86.5 to 88. No 2 spring 86 to 87. Velvet chaff 82.5 to 86 3/4. Durum 80 to 83.5. Corn No 2 71.5. Oats No 2 white 41, standard 40.5. Hay Timothy seed 4.00 5.95, clover 11.00 13.00. Pork 19.25, lard 10.62 1/2 to 10.75, ribs 10.25 to 10.75.
Mrs. Sabrey Roberts, 98, a Bayou la Batre, Alabama native, died Thursday at Irington, Alabama, at her son Joseph Roberts's home after a long illness. Interment will be in Bayou la Batre.
Serious Gatarrh yields to Hyomei in a medicinal advert praising quick relief from nasal and throat catarrh. The copy claims Hyomei reaches air passages, kills germs, and soothes mucous membranes. Complete inhaler kit costs $1.00 with extra liquid 50 cents. Sold by G. Van Antwerp and Son.
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