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Newspaper

The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Oct 28, 1915

Page

5

Wilmer Dominates Tight Race With Foley Close Behind

Eight riders contended in the ladies saddle three gait contest with Mamie Taylor riding The Grenadier winning first and Eunice Renshaw Thompson second aboard Our Rebel. Other placings included Gypsie Dare and Percy H. The event featured numerous local riders and county owned horses with wide participation and a Thursday night show planned at 7 30.

Grenadier Mamie Taylor Our Rebel Eunice Renshaw Thompson Gypsie Dare J. S. Crawford Katherine Monk Percy H Harry Sear Irwin Fearn Florence Rose Shelton Frederic A. S. Lyons Aline Fearn Mobile County Pat Byrnes Miss Smith Gregory L. Smith Harry Sears Miss Brooks D. A. Slate John H Bill Harrison J. Woolf Robert Schwarz T. A. Hayes Young Emperor Thomas Ezell Nashville High Art Lysichburg Ezell Todd

Cotton Receipts and Market Summary Across Railroads

A reading of receipts lists 697 bales moved by various lines including New Orleans Cotton Company and Planters Cotton Company with transit totals. New Orleans market shows prices down after initial trading, spot sales and futures futures declined 31 to 33 points, with December around 11.63 and January near 12.00. New York cotton followed mix of declines and recoveries as political and weather factors influenced demand. A humorous ending line appears about a squirrel spotting a nut.

New Orleans, Mobile and Chicago Railroad Planters’ Cotton Company R. P. Pope Southern Railway Clarke, Davis & Co Baker, Lyons & Co F. M. Ladd & Co Touart & Quinn Louisville and Nashville Railroad Bashinsky & Co New Orleans Uanuaey Nose Cs Mavens Ccs Aigaticarle Fatase New York Liverpool South

Wall Street Review Picks Up Trading Losses Amid Rallies

The New York market shows broad declines in risks with 1 to 3 point losses in Baldwin Locomotive and several rail and steel shares. United States Steel and United States Steel preferred slip while American Woolen gains on war contract news. Canadian Pacific leads a mid session rally as steels recover and tech firms like General Electric and General Motors see movement.

Wall Street Review New York Bakdwin Studebaker Maxwell Motors Lackawanna Steel United States Stelen American Woolen Coopers Anaconda Canadian Pacific Allis Chalmers American Can American Car and Foundry American Locomotive American Cities American Cotton Owl American Smelting American Sugar American Tel & Tel American Tobacco Anaconda Copper Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore and Ohio Bethlehem Steel Brooklyn Rapid Transit Chesapeake and Ohio Chi Mil, and St. Paul R. I. and Pac. Ry Consolidated Gas Crucible Steel Erie Gneral Electric General Motors Great Northern Pid Interborough Consol. Corp Kansas City Southern Louisville & Nashville Liggett & Myers Lorillard Co Mexican Petroleum Missouri, van. & Texas, Pfd National Lead New York Central Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Reading Rep. Iron & Steel Seaboard Air Line Ptd Sloss-Shef, Steel & Iron Studebaker Corporation Southern Pacific Southern Railway Tennessee Copper Texas Co Union Pacific United States Rubber United States Steel Virg-Caro,Chemical Western Union Westinghouse Electric Va. Iron, Coal and Coke Co Great Northern Ore

Wheat and Cotton Reports Highlight Market Movements

Chicago and Liverpool market notes show Wheat prices for No 2 red and hard varieties dipping and rising with mixed quotes. Cotton futures in Liverpool steady with good middling at 7.44d and selling 12,000 bales. futures list declines and slight shifts through the season.

Liverpool

Old Spanish Trail Linking Deep South To West

Daughters of the Confederacy push a Jefferson Davis Highway proposal as part of a transcontinental route from Florida to the Pacific. The Old Spanish Trail group plans routes from Miami to New Orleans and aims to connect with Dixie highway sections, with Mobile hosting events December 10 and 11 and a possible December 12 citrus belt tour.

Daughters of the Confederacy Florida Pacific Coast San Francisco New Orleans Gulf Coast Mississippi River Gulf of Mexico Palmer Pillans Mobile Baldwin County Citrus Mobile County Old Spanish Trail Organization

Chicago Livestock Market Report October 28

Hogs receipts 18 000 head slow market with bulk 6.60 to 7.25, light 6.50 to 7.45, mixed 6.45 to 7.70, heavy 6.30 to 7.60, pigs 3.75 to 7.10. Cattle receipts 6 000 steady market native beef 5.90 to 10.50, western steers 6.50 to 8.60, cows and heifers 2.80 to 8.25, calves 7.25 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 11 000 steady with wethers 6.00 to 6.60 and lambs 7.00 to 9.15.

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Naval Stores Market Report from Savannah Ga October 28

Turpentine dull at 54 cents per gallon with receipts 116 casks shipments 9 casks and stock 10 928 casks Rosin steady with receipts 898 barrels shipments none and stock 59 385 barrels Prices listed for grades B through WW ranging from 4 72 1 2 to 6 50 per barrel.

Savannah

Vessels in Port and Harbor Facilities Display

A fragmented list of ships including Dictator Bellatrix Karen Pentywn Rio Pirahy Vera Viator Daniel Bailey Corinthia Evadrte Georgia Tallapoosa Gen S B Holabird John Quill Margarita Machias and more at pier 1 turner terminals and various docks. Locations span Belize Havana Puerto Cortez Fairhope Daphne and Gulf Dry Docks with repairing and docking notes for U S Vessels and river packets.

Dictator Nor Cpecesss Bellatrix Oscccscess Karen Ceeeeseenes Rio Pirahy Vera Viator Olinger & Brace Dry Doe Turner Cuban Cuban Ports Gulf Dry Docks U. S Turner Terminal Dauphin St Fairhope Magnolia Beach East Side Municipal Daphne Murray & Peppers Docks

VESSELS MOBILE BOUND Steam ships and barkentines listed

A telegram lists steam ships and barkentines sailing to Mobile and Progreso with ports of origin including Liverpool Clyde Duncrag Collingwood Schwanden Oneglia and New York. Masters to be assigned or already named through Jas Gibvoney Co and Garris Strong.

Clyde Nor Liverpool Eng Duncrag

Bulgarians Driven From Uskub as Serbs Fight Fiercely

War dispatch notes continuous fighting on the eastern front with Bulgarians forced from Uskub and Serbs engaging fiercely. Allied powers resist withdrawing from Saloniki as operations around Riga shift with German pressure west of the city and minor engagements near Lake Babite.

Uskub Saloniki Serbia Riga Dvinsk Lake Babile

Pirot Taken by Ferdinand's Forces. Balkan Front News

A dispatch from Saloniki reports Pirot, a fortified Serbian city near Nish, occupied by King Ferdinand's troops. London notes a possible Serbian retake of Uskub. Italian gains claimed in Tolmino and Plava zones. Veles railway link restored. Turks report success near Ari Burnu and in Caucasus. Paris cites few front updates. British cruiser Argyll ran aground off Scotland. crew saved.

Pirot Nish Ferdinand London Saloniki Uskub Strumitza Tireteli Veles Athens Rome Tolmino Plava Carso Ari Burnu Gallipoli Caucasus Paris Arglyll Scotland

Vessels Ready to Sail as Morning Narrows

No arrivals or departures Thursday morning. Three ships to depart in the afternoon include the British schooner Evadne bound for Cuban ports loaded by Bahamas Timber Co, the Norwegian steel Dictator of Orr Laubenheimer line, and the Norwegian steamer Vera of United Fruit Co. The pleasure yacht Gerhilde left for upper Warrior river while two river packets Alma and City of Mobile carried light freight and some passengers. A banana-laden Norwegian steamer of Chamelecon Steamship Line arrived late Wednesday night.

Evadne Bahamas Timber Company Dictator Orr-Laubenheimer Steamship Line Vera United Fruit Company Gerhilde Frank Henderson The Henderson Iron Works Warrior River Alma City of Mobile People’s Line Tombigbee River Alabama Chamelecon Steamship Line Tropics

Biloxi News Sketches Coast Weather and Leadership

United States Commissioner J Tyler reports a near loss of a vessel during the September Gulf Coast gale while Captain H P Fransen of Paratm Panama Canal Zone travels home. Fransen says the Panama Canal work will be in good shape next month. Biloxi records the death of W R Conklin of Chicago a frequent winter visitor. W F Bismer urges beach road work per government engineer recommendations not yet blocked by authorities. King's Daughters hold tri county convention at Biloxi library with delegates from Gulfport Pascagoula and Bay St Louis.

Biloxi Miss United States J. Tyler H. P. Fransen Paratm Panama Canal Zone Gulf Coast Fransen Panama W. F. Bismer B of Supervisors Gulfport Elm King's Daughters Lamouse Street Pascagoula Bay 8Th Louis Harrison, Jason Hancock

Poslam Promises Relief for Eczema and Skin Ailments

Poslam promotes eczema relief claiming harmless use and fast itch relief. Advertises Poslam Soap for daily cleansing and urges samples by mail from Emergency Laboratories in New York City.

Emergency Laboratories West 25Th York City D -Adv

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