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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1915
Page
5
A fragment from a 6 53 item shows the JB Hingon Board of Registrars discussing agenda logistics andConny. The note indicates a time reference 0:23 11:4.
Governor Purifoy issues a proclamation setting December 27 1915 for a statewide vote on a Birmingham property tax amendment. The measure would allow a 1.5 percent rate, with annual cap at 1 percent unless extra years or higher rates are approved by voters. Ballots require yes or no, with separate lines for multi year rates.
Charles Williams convicted in city court on August theft of $197 from Carrie White. Leroy Pugh charged with grand larceny had case postponed. Isom Morrisette’s case set for November 26.
Cotton receipts reported Monday from multiple firms totaling 368 bales exported by M. and O. and by Magnolia Compress Co. 248 bales. 47 other consignors listed with smaller counts. Additional exports by Southern and Peerless Baker Lyons and Co. account for 187 bales in total.
New Orleans and New York cotton futures opened higher on wet cold South weather but profits and selling pressure trimmed the advance. In New Orleans trading the market ended 1 to 3 points down from the day’s peak as offerings increased. Spot cotton held steady with middling at 11.44. Liverpool and U S futures showed limited follow through and selling pressure emerged into the late morning. Cotton seed oil and other commodities traded firmer in Savannah and Chicago sections, with mixed livestock activity in Chicago markets.
Chicago market notes show mixed cash prices for wheat and corn with various grades. Provisions list pork and lard values, while a Wall Street review chronicles early gains then losses as rumors swirl about an English liner attack and later recoveries in copper and stocks.
Effie Fincher a 17 year old girl is held in the county jail pending a change in the condition of Mrs M Eason whom police charge Fincher shot. Police say the attack followed perceived remarks at Sunday school and Mrs Eason is not expected to live.
In the house of commons Winston Churchill, resigning as chancellor of the duchy and ex-first lord of the admiralty, said the Antwerp relief army plan originated with Field Marshal Kitchener and the French government. A separate item reports Dan Coleman of Mobile Gas Company in Marmotte and Davis avenue dying of heart failure on Monday May.
Mobile merchants and Japanese nurserymen plan miniature gardens and festive window displays for Satsuma Day on December 9. Citizens urged to eat Satsumas at home and share them, while floats and colorfully dressed pagesant elements accompany the parade. The Item will publish a special Satsuma Day edition detailing industry progress.
London reports destruction of three British and Italian merchant ships and a British steamer plus a torpedo boat of French or British origin. The Italian steamship Firenze, 3978 tons, sunk. location between Genoa and Alexandria. 27 passengers and 96 crew saved. 6 passengers and 15 sailors missing. Den, 494 tons, British, sunk. crew saved. Sir Richard Awdry, British steamer, also involved.
A NW gale lowers tides at Mobile caused by wind from Mobile River. Ships including Mallory Lampasas reach harbor from New York via Key West and Ta Florida while other coastal vessels shift to docks. Norwegian steamer Viator and Chamelecon Line arrivals, coast guard search, and several river packets operate or prepare to depart as schooners anchor and unload at the bar.
Maritime cargo and passenger vessel movements listed for Municipal Docks and East River harbors. Names include Berwind, Procyon, Margarita, Carolina, Alma Steam, and others with notes on piers, docks, and port entries at Havanna, Cuba. Porto Rico. and Uruguayan ports.
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