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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 06, 1914
Page
8
New Orleans Producer Visits Mobile Stave Mill
Lucas E. Moore of New Orleans, president of the Lucas E. Moore Stave Company, visited the Three Mile Creek mill in Mobile where E. C. Grace is manager. He said no changes were announced and returned to New Orleans Friday afternoon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas E. Moore
New Orleans
Mobile
Three Mile Creek
E. C. Grace
Moore
Neighborhood poultry blamed for garden disruption
The reading notes that the chickens scratching a neighbor’s flower bed and roosting early are not the main source of trouble, though they contribute to the issue. A broader disturbance is implied beyond the yardfowl.
Liverpool Cotton Market Opens With Cheering News
Mobile cotton dealers welcomed the Liverpool market reopening after an official notice from New York. May June futures opened at 4.40 with a 4.34 close yesterday and 9 433 bales received all American. Quotations: Ordinary 2.914, good ordinary 8.654, low mid 4.56d, middling 4.644, good mid 4.644, good middling 4.98d, middling fair 5.70d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cotton Exchange
Liverpool
Motile Cotton Exchange
New York
Lawyers Argue in Defamation Case
The defamation suit of Joseph Alonzo vs Esther B Warren moved to closing arguments after plaintiff lawyer James H Webb completed his testimony. Court was crowded with over 100 spectators as attorneys prepared for rebuttal and a jury verdict expected by Friday evening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Alonzo
Esther B. Warren
James H. Webb
Mr. Webb
Webb
Hardy H. Smith
Maritime cargoes and port moves on the Mobile River
The Mount Ver non sails for Puerto Cortez while light cargo operations continue at Mobile. The Horace Harding shifts for inspection and the M. J. Taylor docked at Ollinger & Bruce. The J. P. Schuh heads for Tombigbee loads of crossties, and the Gulfport dredge sails to Florida. Three vessels clear Mobile with coal and merchandise as pilotage rules through the canal adjust charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mount Vernon
United Frit Co
Puerto Cortez
Mobile
Horace Harding
Government Docks
Harding
Pinto Dry Docks
Florida
Bodo
Mary Wittich
Mobile Towing & Wrecking Company
Hon
Bodb
Larsen
Bertha
Meyers
Munson Line
Havana
Row
Wolf
Cox
Progreso
Mex
Canal
Panama Canal
Thomas Washington
United States Navy
Mobile notice to transfer retail liquor business location
City of Mobile seeks permission to transfer its retail liquor business from a two-story frame building at southwest corner of oo and Weecote to a one-story frame building at Congress and Ryland streets in Mobile Alabama. Notice dated Meeeeee 30 Ti-6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mobile
Oo and
Weecote
Als
Congress and
Ryland Streets
Ala
California Votes End Prohibition and Backs 8-Year Lock
California voters defeated statewide prohibition by a likely 160000 margin and approved Amendment No 47 preventing another liquor vote for eight years. Red light abatement appeared likely defeated and prize fight ban showed a 20000 vote margin. Governor Johnson and James D Phelan gained on candidates Knowland as results continued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
San Francisco
California
Los Angeles
Johnson
James D. Phelan
United States Senate
Pheland
Knowland
Mrs Ley Sentenced to Year and a Day for Cow Theft
Tears streamed as Mrs Iola Jeanette Strong Ley known as Mrs C W Ley was moved from Mobile county jail to a state convict farm to serve one year and one day for stealing a cow. Other inmates from the city court term include Jordan Meadows assault to murder twelve years James Moore Charles D Lee grand larceny one year and one day Edward Paris rape ten years Anna Mae Bryant assault to murder three years Clarence Leslie Palmer alias C S Bush grand larceny three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iola Jeanette Strong Ley
C. W. Ley
New Orleans
Mobile
Bpergner's
Hearing to Advance Coke Rate Before Commission
The Louisville and Nashville Railroad seeks permission to raise coke rates from Yo lande to Alabama City. Judge Samuel D. Weakley of Birmingham represents the protesting company. The Star Railroad Commission opened hearings at 10 this morning and adjourned at noon. The commission plans to study petitions from all Alabama railroads to advance various commodity rates in a group session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montgomery
Ala
Louisville & Nashville Railroad Company
Yolande
Alabama City
Star Railroad Commission
Samuel D. Weakley
Birmingham
Alabama
Th Commission
Cotton Statistics from Liverpool Data
Weekly cotton statistics show 60 000 bales forwarded to mills with 50 000 American. Stock totals 724 000 bales of which 442 000 are American. Imports reach 35 000 bales all American. Exports record 5 659 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Wilson Declares U S Neutrality in World War Conflict
President Wilson signed a proclamation declaring the United States neutral in the war involving Great Britain and Turkey. The document mirrors previous neutral declarations covering other belligerents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
United States
Great Britain
Turkey
Money Market and Exchange Rates Report
Mercantile paper yields 6 1 2 percent. Sterling exchange firm with sixty day bills at 4.87 and cables at 4.91 and demands at 4.90 45. Bar silver quoted at 49 7 8 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Money Market
New York
Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange Firm
Dr James Headache Powder Promises Quick Relief
An advertisement touts Dr James Headache Powder as fast relief for dull throbbing splitting or neuralgia headaches. It urges readers to buy a dime package from the drug store and claims the product ends needless discomfort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. James
Intercity Railways Ordered to Revisit Allowances with Steel Lines
The Interstate Commerce Commission directs trunk line railroads to reestablish allowances or divisions with United States Steel Corporation Railway lines where bona fide and lawful. The decision, reflecting a modified stance after a Supreme Court ruling, may yield tens of thousands yearly to industrial roads, with ongoing safeguards against commodities-clause infractions. Chairman Harlan dissents, urging a formal order to set a clear precedent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rapeociated Press
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Steel Corporation
Supreme Court
Department of Justice
Harlan
Clark
Law and Equity Court Calendar for November 9
In Me court, Judge Safford Berney on demurrer for State of Alabama v United States Lumber and Cotton Company November 9. Chancery Court under Judge Thomas H Smith lists multiple cases with set dates: Hadley v Cannon dismissed, Resmonda v Southern State Lumber Co et al set for Nov 20, Ewing v Cannon Nov 29, Mackenzie Land Co v Cannon Nov 20, Norton v Cannon dismissed, Garrett v Pickler et al submitted, Wischman v Wischman et al Dec 21, Pierce v Pierce testimony ordered, Penquinette petition to marry again submitted, Hempstead v Chamberlain et al leave to withdraw injunction bond, South Investment & Development Co v Jackson pleadings and decree pro confesso, Rossman v Phillips decree pro confesso.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Law and Equity Court
Pe Law and Equity Court of Me
Safford Berney
State of Alabama
United States Lumber & Cotton Company
Chancery Court
Thomas H Smith
Thomas Hadley
Wm. H. Cannon
Martha Resmonda
Southern State Lumber Company
Hampton D. Ewing
Wm. Cannon
McKenzie Land Company
Wm. H. Canno
J. William Norton
Wm. M. Cannon
Robert E. Carrett
Constipation a Penalty of Age
A health note urges keeping bowels open in aging adults to feel younger and ward off illnesses. It warns against violent purgatives and promotes Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin as a mild herbal laxative. price fifty cents to one dollar, with a free trial offer by Dr. W. B. Caldwell in Monticello, Illinois.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Drugsts
Caldwell
Pepsin
W. B. Caldwell
Washington St
Monticello, Il
Fire Chief and Visitors Report City Movements
Fire Chief C S McCosker returns to Mobile from a New Orleans business trip. Meridian promoter W L Bennett visits Mobile and stays at Battle House. Insurance man W W Graves spends Friday in Mobile on business. Washington DC’s Elizabeth Knudsen and Danville Illinois’ Anna Kendall travel to Mobile and stay at Cawthon Hotel. Other visitors include William Webster and wife of Steelton PA, S A Stewart of Jackson AL, Jim Coffin of Denver CO, Lottie Coffin of Mount Vernon AL, and M H Carpenter and wife of Colon Panama, registered at Bienville.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. L. Bennett
Meridian, Mias
Battle House
Elizabeth Knudsen
Washington, D. C
Anna N. Kendall
Danville, Til
City
Cawthon Hotel
William Webaeter
Steelton, Pa
8. A. Stewart
Jackson
Ala
Jim Coffin
Denver, Colo
Lottie Coffin
Mt. Vernon
M. H. Carpenter
Colon
Panama
Mobile
Bienville
Modes of Getting Noticed by Boys in Youth
The text presents various methods a boy might use to attract attention, noting that sometimes he limps and on rare occasions he keeps clean. It surveys attention strategies with a light, reflective tone.
Stop That Itch with Resinol Soap and Ointment
Public notice of Resinol products marketed for relief of skin itch and irritation. Claims include soothing bath with Resinol Soap and ointment application, with claimed healing effects and availability by mail order from Baltimore Maryland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Doners Sea
Resinol
Baltimore
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Crown and Star Theatre
Henry C. Meyer
Dauphin and
Scott Sts
London
New Country
Burbank
Newpoe
Dauphin Street
Malliard’s Candies
Alonzo-Warren
Maritime Matters and River News
Adventuress
Law
Foo
James
Steel Trust
Nelson & Bailey
Royal Street
Frankel
New York City
Vogue
Jacobson
C. 8S. MccCosker
W. W. Graves
THE
Bank OF Mobile, Nazions Spancina
City Bank
Mobile’s Million Dollar Bank
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