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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1915

Page

5

Stella's Counter Rns Bargain

A fragment notes a man with a wide acquaintance seen walking on the street with a woman named Stella and hints at a bargain or bargain-like arrangement.

Blue Book Editor Outlines Gulf Coast Tourist Route

The Blue Book aims to direct Northern automobile travelers to the Southeast along Mobile and the Gulf Coast. Editor H D Brandyce and Rotary Club officials cite Southern highway plans, noting Savannah to New Orleans routes and improvements from Birmingham to Meridian to connect to New Orleans via Baton Rouge.

Mississippi River Mobile Blue Book Rotary Club Florida Gulf Coast America Harry T. Smith Board of County Commissioners H. D. Brandyce Gouge McGhee Jacksonville Valdosta New Orleans Savannah Macon Augusta Louisville Nashville Birmingham Montgomery Meridian Jackson Baton Rouge Dixie Pensacola Madison Fla Tampa Milton Flomaton Ala

Cleaning and pressing and odd jobs offered

Cleaning and pressing suits steamed 60c, overcoats 65c, suits pressed 2hc. Imperial Pressing Club at 91-92 St. Emanuel. home phone 1955. Also electrician ad for City Electric Co. at 554 Dauphin St. Beth phones. Notice of Chancery Sale in Mobile Alabama lists Union Lodge No. 13 versus Odd Fellows Building Association with sale of 1/5 interest in Temperance Hall property in Mobile. Sale set for November 1, 1915 at noon.

W. J. Koral Shaw-Cain Electric Co City Electric Co Dauphin St Royal Eslava Gulf Shingle Mfg. Co Bell P.O Joseph P. Cooper Bell Phone Alabama Lodge No. 1 Independent Order of Odd Fellows Odd Fellows’ Building Association of Mobile Mobile Alabama Registers Office Court of Chancery Southwestern Chancery Division State of Mobile County St. Joseph and St. Michael Streets St. Joseph Street St. Michael Street Colline X Michael Street S Joseph Street O. J. Semmes F. T. Perkins A. C. Ward C. E. Sims Order of Odd Fellows Union Lodge No Independent Mobile Lodge Mt. Ararat Re Order of Id Fellows Mobile Temperance Hall Association Temperance Hall Holzborn Register Imperial Pressing Club St. Emanuel Dauphin St. Beth Register's Cours Alaina Collins St.Joseph Street QO. J. Semmes Cc. E. Sims

Austro Germans in Serbia Advance Slowly in Balkans

Athens dispatch reports Austro German forces pushing forward in Serbia as Bulgarian troops shift toward the Roumanian frontier. Turkish concentrations near Dedenghatch in southern Bulgaria are noted. French and British ministers press Greece to allow Serbian refugees to stay on Greek soil. Premier Zaimis agrees Serbia must guarantee refugee maintenance.

Balkans Athens Exchange Telegraph Company Dedenghatch Bulgaria Aegean Sea Roumanian Zaimis Serbia

Central Powers plan campaign against Montenegro sources say

Report from Frankfurt via Amsterdam says 20 000 Austrian and German infantry with artillery arrived from Galicia at Sarajevo and will be sent against Montenegro after months of desultory fighting. Italy ready to join Balkan campaign and Quadruple Alliance cohesion noted. Entente awaiting troop concentration with a large French force heading to Saloniki and guarding the Nish Saloniki line.

London Frankfort Montenegro Amsterdam Central News Galicia Sarajevo Bosnia Italy Rome Paris Luburia Bel Kahs Iulgaria Salonies Qet Balkans Saloniki Nish-Saloniki

Bulgarians Capture Prisoners and Cannons in Serbia

Berlin via wireless reports the Bulgarian capture of 2,000 prisoners and 12 cannons in Serbia. The bulletin says Bulgarian troops also seized Sultan Tepe as Austrian forces push toward Shabazz on the Save River. Serbs retreat south of Luciea and Bozevac.

Berlin Sayville Serbia German War Office Sultan Tepe Shabazz Save Belgrade Luciea Bozevac

Senator McFee opens at Columbia Theatre amid praise

The Mabel Benson Company begins a week at the Columbia Theatre to capacity crowds with Senator McFee and a clever Dutch comedy. Eddie Bald win draws big laughs as The Devil's Ball is set for Thursday with Benson Quintette then Amateur Night on Friday. Arrests follow as Lester Gree and Elmore Edwards are charged with assaulting Silesia Collins in Plateau.

Mabel Benson Columbia Theatre Senator McFee Mr. Gordon Miss Benson Mr. Manchester Eddie Baldwin Whistling Demon Lester Gree Elmore Edwards Negries Mills Marehay Silesia Collins Plateau

Thursday Markets Cotton Receipts And Stock Movements

The report records cotton receipts by river packets and rail lines with totals for Clarke Davis Co and others, then shifts to a stock table with New Haven Rock Island London shares and major names like Bethlehem Steel Studebaker and General Electric. It closes with Chicago livestock: hogs, cattle, and sheep prices and receipts reflected for Oct 20.

Charles May—Planters Cotton Co Clarke, Davis & Co Planters Cotton Co Baker, Lyons & Co Forchheimer & Co New Haven Rock Island London Atchison and American Car & Foundry American Locomotive American Cotton Oil American Smelting American Sugar American Tel. & Tel American Tobacco Anaconda Copper Atchison Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Steel Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul Chie , R. I. & Pac. Ry Consolidated Gas Crucible Steel Erie General Electric General Motors Great Northern, Pfd Illinois Central Interborough Consul, Corp Kansas City Southern Liggett & Myers Mexican Petroleum Missouri Kansas Texas National Lead New York Central Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Rep Tron & Steel Seaboard Air Line Sloss-Shef, Steel & Iron Studebaker Corporation Southern Pacific Southern Railway Tennessee Copper Texas Co Union Pacific United States Rubber United States Steel Virginia-Carp. Chem Chicago

Cotton futures slip on improved belt weather in New Orleans trading

In New Orleans trading on October 20, cotton futures fell 5 to 14 points from the prior close as selling dominated after an initial rise. By 1:30 pm the market showed a small net loss, with spot cotton down 7 points and sales on the spot at 2,600 bales. New York futures closed steady to down 2 to 4 points amid rains and liquidation, while Liverpool spot held steady and cotton seed oil traded higher. Grain and provisions in Chicago showed mixed cash prices and pork, lard, and ribs trading near the day’s ranges. The Wall Street Review highlighted Bethlehem Steel’s rise and mixed gains across wartime equities, offset by losses in rail shares.

New Orleans Atta Marcie. Sc New York Georgia Hetgber Sc Liverpool Chicago Tigr Ees Ier Kb Apse Eh Ee Wall Street Review Bethlehem Steel United States Steel Baltimore & Ohio

Turpentine and rosin market notes from Savannah yard

Turpentine firm receipts total 162 casks with mixed sales and bid quotations across grades B D E F K N WG WW. Vegetables and fruit prices listed including bananas lemons onions potatoes peanuts white navy beans and evaporated fruits with per unit and crate prices from Savannah market report.

NAVAL Savannah Louisville Ccass Secceges uOe _ima

Crenshaw Accuses Commission in Police Enforcement Row

The dispute centers on enforcement of prohibition laws amid mayoral removal talk and claims of political interference. Crenshaw defends actions by alleging Commissioner Schwarz pressured him and the police chief, while Pillans demands stricter enforcement and moves about the district.

Mulpit Christchurch H. Pillans Commissioner Pillans Schwarz Crenshw Pat J. Lyons Police Crenshaw Pillans Recorder’s Court City Court Young

Convictions in City Court Reported

In city court Tuesday afternoon pleas of guilty were entered for multiple defendants including Harry Stewart Willie Coleman Luther Chatman Charley White burglary rge Williams Robert Brown Sempkins grand larceny George ReBighon forgery second degree Chatman and Cleman robbed the residence of Mrs. T J Potter last summer of several hundred dollars worth of household goods and jewelry.

Harry Stewart Willie Coleman Luther Chatman Charley White Rge Williams Robert Brown Sempkins George ReBighon Chatman C@leman T. J. Potter

Walnut Logs Wanted for Cash by Mobile Buyer

Cash offer for a large quantity of walnut logs either standing or cut. Respond to P. O. Box 154 in Mobile Alabama.

Byood P. O Mobile Alabama

Mobile and Mississippi Railway Lands Offered in Alabama

480 acres seven miles west of Mobile County Alabama with air land soil and running streams for general farming stock raising and fruit farming at 11.50 per acre. Additional tracts from 40 to 10 000 acres priced at four dollars per acre and up. Contact Geo President Alabama Land and Development Co N Royal St Mobile Alabama Phone 957 J.

Mobile & Ohio R. R Ala Miss Mobile County Alabama Geo Ala. Land & Dev. Co N. Royal St Mobile

Money to Loan at Metropolitan Pawn Co

Licensed pawn shop offers loans on any valuable item and pledges on watches diamonds clothing and more. Located at 80 Government Street near Royal, the Metropolitan Loan Co. presents confidential service.

Metropolitan Loan Co Government St Royal

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Ce Cy Cae Rea Sik Innes Beth Val CMON The Stella S. Water S. Lawrence St Wanzel Moler Barber College J. A. Neel Church Street Builio W. W. Thompson Savannah &J J. R. Williams Shaw Electric Co T. J. Smith Mobile Brewery Dauphin Ee Senate Nen South Lafayette West Side Brown Old Shell Road Georgia Avenue Harvey Lord Jon Walter Lort Crichton Marine New Jersey Sts Duggan & Taylor Realty Company Best Shoe Store Government Street Rapier Avenue Southern Realty Company Dauphin Street Everett Second South Government South Conception St St. Louis Street New Hamilton St Gladys Ave Payne N. Hallett R. G Palmetto St. Bell Box M Creola Itp R. G. List Lea Spring Hill Avenue E. M. Bailey Franklin and St Louis Monroe St St. Emanel Ting Bell Franklin Teutons Touart & Quinn KF. M. Ladd & Co Winston Jones & Co YM. Ladd & Co Well Brothers Bashinsky & Co F. M. Ladd & Co Baker, Lyons& Co Planters Cotton Company U. S G. Brit Vegetables and Fruit Warley Fruit and Produce Company Phan California Tennessee Mobile Chamber of Quotations of Commerce Goshen MR. Pillans Title Insurance Company Capital St. Ness Busine St. Louis St Davitt St Taeyori South Carolina St N. E. Lucy and Lambert Sts Morrill & Lyons ST. Francis Street
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