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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 12, 1915
Page
5
Disjointed OCR notes report missing goats in Hoboken with unresolved details. Authorities seek witnesses as community notes mention possible theft and juvenile involvement. No names or dates verified in readable text.
The Southern railway will run special live stock and dairy instruction cars from November 18 to December 18 and January 5 to 22 over the Mobile division. Lectures by agricultural officials and Alabama Agricultural & Mechanical College staff will visit every station for full-day stops to inform farmers about dairying livestock, cotton, and boll weevil control.
Traders watched the market shift as rails like Baldwin and American Locomotive pushed higher while others paused. Key stocks including American Sugar, American Tobacco, and Canadian Pacific moved with the day, and grain futures for wheat corn and oats posted mixed closes amid strong hog and cattle receipts in Chicago.
Turpentine quiet at Savannah with 57 percent of receipts from 292 casks. resin firm with 1 098 barrels received. Price quotes range from 4.90 to 6.95 for various grades. Butter firm in Chicago, creamery at 23 1/2 to 30 1/2 cents. eggs unchanged with 2,364 cases received. potatoes unchanged with 30 car shipments. Poultry prices steady to lower with fowls 12 1/2, springs 13, turkeys 16 to 18 cents.
New Orleans reports an opening advance in cotton futures due to a higher Liverpool, but gains fade as cold weather fails to appear and mill takings stay light. Prices slip 1 to 3 points by 1:30 pm with spot steady. notable bids come from December to March contracts.
Spot prices range from 7.80 to 8.11 with Dec to June contracts. Total sales reach 10,700 barrels as weekly cotton statistics show 66,000 bales moved to mills, 54,000 American, with imports of 28,000 and exports of 6,572 bales, while war shares gain and oil issues surge in New York trading.
Wilmer Alabama residents praise the ladies fancy work department led by Mrs H K L Whatley and her helpers at the fair. A model kitchen by Mrs S M LeBaron and a corn farm display in the Agricultural section drew excitement. Various local visits and gatherings noted, with Thanksgiving proclamation mentioned.
Vessels listed at municipal docks and Gulf dry docks with owners nationalities. Ships include Pentown Br Rio Pirahy Br Keechi Am Oscar G Am W Mills Am Perceler Br Delia Dom Gardiner C Deering W Richards Margarita Nov Carolina Uruguay Maria Uruguay Procyon Russ Gen S B Holabird Mail Pewee and Charles May. Harbor movements show repairs and orders at Oliner Bruce docks Turner Terminals and Fairhope Daphne routes. Cuban ports and Bay Steamer Foot of Dauphin.
A list of ships with origins and destinations including Sylvanian from Liverpool to Mobile Liners Inc and Tryde Duncrag and Collingwood from Liverpool to masters. Other vessels such as Schwarfien Viator and Viking bound to Caribbean or South America routes are noted with ports like Portishead Barcentines and United Fruit Co. Ethel Clarke Hildegard Mary G Dantzler Carrie Strong head to Progreso and New York while repairs are listed for United Kingdom.
Capt A H Conrad of the Evelyn visits marine circles as Bahams Timber Company loads three schooners for Cuban ports: Perceler C W Mills and Marion N Cobb in port at Turner Terminal Docks. Warren Adams to quarantine for timber cargo. Charles Ioble Simmons heads to New Orleans for Cuban ports. United Fruit to handle Verona and Annetta next week. Obstructions off the American coast noted with wreckage reports. Claudie E Kimball undergoes successful appendectomy at Providence Infirmary. Martha Hennen arrives with 1200 tons of coal from Sipsey mines for Mobile Coal Company and DeBardleben Coal Company.
C Homer Billingsley former clerk of the Alabama department of agriculture has been arrested in Floydada Texas on charges he is $12000 short in his accounts. He disappeared months ago after an audit ordered by state officials and the shortage featured in a recent legislative investigating committee inquiry.
A police census for Manhattan shows 2,295,671 residents, up from 2,103,206 in the state count. Health department estimates New York City population at 5,498,982, about 432,760 higher than the state census.
A brief note suggests that the habit of picking on smaller children is not confined to younger boys alone, indicating a broader tendency among peers.
In the Lay and Equity Court Equity Side under Judge Saffold the case Clara Howard versus Emma McIntyre and others ends with a decree quieting title in the Chancery Court. Judge Thomas H. Smith presiding in the chancellois business Friday. Testimony ordered published in Evlean Surgest versus Chatom Surg pleadings and proofs. Allye D. Wolf versus William W. granted decree pro confesso on amended pleadings.
Louisville reports former Congressman Augustus O. Stanley has won the Kentucky governorship with a small plurality over 300 votes. Republican candidate P. Morrow says a contest over the result is possible in the future as returns roll in. A London note reports the British liner Rhineland sunk with one survivor.
Reports from Belforest describe a schoolhouse Hallowe en party netting 1.50, sermons by Swafford of Daphne, moved Pittsburgh family to Malls Place, new house start by Dr Grimes, Thornly brothers at Perdido, Cannaday visiting Rosington for Mobile fair, Buck and Thorly from Robertedale at the entertainment, Rey Walburg to preach, I A digging and sanitation at the school, Misa from Daphne teaching music at the school, Vincent Lies returning from an infirmary in Mobile, Gia Campbell visiting Jemison relatives.
A 3 story frame residence on avenue offers 7 rooms with rent. many single and two story frame homes at 1029 Government St 259 rooms 7 rooms with hall bath. options include 951 Washington and 853 st. st listings. Multiple cottages on N Brown W Broad and E Street feature 5 to 9 rooms and baths with varying rent.
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