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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 05, 1913
Page
11
Spot cotton in moderate and easier trade with fair middling at 7.36. Low middling 7.53 and good at 7.70. Total 7,000 bales with 6,300 American and 1,000 for speculation and export. Futures closed steady with several forward-month prices listed from September to April.
Money on call firm 2 3/8 percent with closing bid 2 1/2. Time loans steady at 60 90 days 4 1/2 to 6 months. Prime mercantile paper 5 1/2 to 6 percent. Sterling easy at 4 82.40 for 60 day bills and 4 85.65 for demand. Commercial bills 4 82 1/8. Bar silver 593 8. Mexican dollars 46 cents. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds firm.
City of Mobile ordinance authorizes Mobile Electric Company to construct and operate a railroad track and underground coal conveyor in St Louis Street area. The deal runs thirty years with 254 dollars annual payment, includes safety provisions and sunset revocation after five years if growth is hindered.
Under order of the Mobile County Court a sale of land belonging to Laura Barlow deceased will be held at noon on September 8, 1918 in front of the Moise County Court House. The estate includes Lots 34 and 35 of Hyland Place per plot in Deed Book 111 N S page 1. Samuel A. WwW, Administrator. Gaillard & Mahorner, Attorneys.
In Savannah Georgia the naval stores market shows Turpen at 1-4c per unit with 100 casks sold and receipts for 1 cask. Rosin firm reports sales totaling 2 051 bils with quotes for BD B F G and H at 8.85 and 3.90 to 4.10. Pain 440 50 N 5.2 G 6.15 appears in the trade data.
The fragment lists poultry items and prices: turkeys ducks geese eggs 14c and Butter-Creamery 3c, suggesting a small market notice in a historic ad page without full context.
Market steady with 250 bales sold. Receipts today 618, weekly total 918, exports to Britain 45,700, exports to the continent 94,316, stock on hand 206,661, port receipts since September 1,110,886.
Cotton futures opened lower on poor Liverpool cables with private signals saying spinners were withdrawing. Prices eased midmorning due to hedge selling but firmed after Arkansas crop deterioration reports, ending the session with a net loss of about 84 to 40 points from open.
Cash: Wheat No 2 red 98 95. No 2 hard 88 2 92. Corn No 2 77 1 78 e. No 2 white 19 80 c. Oats No 2 48 1 2. No 2 white 44 e.
Notice to state and county taxpayers from Mobile Alabama lists ward by ward dates in October for assessing 1914 taxes. Tax Assessor E Laurendine will be present or by deputy in each ward and asks residents to bring deeds for redescriptions.
Laurendine announces dates and precincts in Mobile County for in person or deputy assessments for the 1914 tax year. Locations include Beaver Meadow Andrew Malones Cerola Ladd Chee Carver Whistler Koster Napoleonville Spring Hill Wheelerville Grand Bay St Elmo Four River Bayou La Heron Bay Sieelys Red Store Alonzo’s Pierce’s Semmes Chunchula with listed precinct numbers and times.
Bids invited for saddle horses draft horses or mules to supply the First Battalion Field Artillery A G Mobile camp September 18 to 25. Items include forage hay oats groceries meats ice lumber excelsior bread wagons and loading teams. Specifications furnished on request. Bids to be hand delivered before September 15 to L 8 P O Box as
Cotton futures in New York opened steady but fell 14 to 19 points amid Liverpool cables and Russia trade news. Southern selling and heavy realizing pressured prices before a late rally on covering, with midday prices 8 to 10 points lower. Spot cotton quiet at 118.00 for middling uplands and 13.25 for middling gulf. 700 bales sold.
New York trading opens with Southern Pacific up a point and Union Pacific Amalgamated Reading advancing. Strong tone throughout despite profit taking as leaders ease. Amalgamated, Amalgamated, Sanctions details show varied moves across rail, oil, and utility stocks with many large names quotes and bid levels.
Charles Harts was jailed Friday morning on carrying concealed weapons. He allegedly had a weapon in his pocket. A $50 fine or 30 days was imposed, he gave notice of appeal, and bond set at $200.
A note from Yeend Brothers at 158 St Francis Street Knights of Pythias Building states a client asked to place 20000 dollars in all loans on city property. The message invites interest and cooperation to view the proposal.
Rent or sell vacant properties through our window placards. We target transients and locals and offer agents traveling in Ohio and the West. A Mobile estate priced at 4 2 1 000 cash with 1 000 yearly installments at 6 percent is advertised for immediate possession.
A property is offered at 3150 dollars with a promised income of 44 dollars per month for sale. Terms include partly cash and the balance on time. The owner cites personal reasons for selling and invites interested buyers to call for details and location.
Real estate notice says eight desirable homes in the western city area are offered at new low prices with liberal mortgage terms to spur quick sales. It cites money market conditions as the cause and promises full particulars and mortgage amounts at the office.
A soil survey reference notes a property in Mobile County near Orangeburg with 160 acres and a good house. The listing offers land at ten dollars per acre, indicating a potential sale value around sixteen thousand dollars.
The old building at the northwest corner of Government and Royal Streets will be demolished for a modern replacement. One store will face Royal Street and three will face Government Street to rent, with plans and specifications available and leases to be discussed with prospective tenants.
Morill and Lyons publish a partial rent list listing multiple residences by street, type, rooms, and monthly rent. Properties include two story frames on N Government and 2 story bricks on N Franklin, 8-story brick on E Adams, and several others around Selma Spring Hill and nearby avenues with rents ranging from 0 to 480 dollars. For complete list, apply to MorRILL and LYONS.
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