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.
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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 20, 1915
Page
5
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Cash offer for a large quantity of walnut logs either standing or cut. Respond to P. O. Box 154 in Mobile 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.
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.
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