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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1912
Page
4
The Home Economics Club threads markets with farmers marketmen and consumers for a Market Day display with special prices. A Civic Committee of the Chamber of Commerce may arrange an evening session in the market building to discuss demand supply price and related topics. A September display was deemed premature and the event was postponed to November.
The Week's Cotton Review notes a nervous Liverpool market with declines of 6 to 25 points as fear over the Balkans and a new war threat in Europe dampen sentiment. New York and New Orleans show mixed moves with 10,000 bales spot sales to spinners and occasional rebounds on better cables from Liverpool. Weather, frost fears, and political conflict shape prices all week, with late gains erased by selling pressure.
Inspectors report poor fly and sanitation conditions in fish and meat markets with open doors, crowded stalls, rotten floors, and screens propped open. Despite clean fish in bins, weighing scales and cleaning stands are infested with files, highlighting urgent need for tighter screening and sanitary rules.
An old time hair tonic advert touts Sage and Sulphur in Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Hair Remedy. It claims improved color scalp health reduced dandruff and hair regrowth within a month. Available from druggists in fifty cent bottles with a money back guarantee.
An advertisement claims a Mexican plant named Diabétes Herb cures diabetes, lowers sugar levels, and rebuilds the body. It offers a 50c package for 25c with free diabetic diet booklets and food value lists, mailing to AMES-CcCoO in Whitney Point New York.
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