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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1916
Page
7
Market update shows prices for various grades with receipts and exports. Daily sales total 22,300 bales and stock figures are reported for Mobile and consolidated crates across U S ports.
Afternoon demand was light as offerings were poorly absorbed. Spot cotton closed unchanged at 15.13 cents per pound with 205 bales to arrive and 1,450 bales traded. Futures finished steady to 6 points lower with Jan 15.43/15.58/15.40/15.49, Mar 15.65/15.73/15.63/15.69, May 15.84/15.90/18.85/15.89.
Cotton prices ease in Liverpool with spot and futures mixed. 12,000 bales sold including 700 for speculation. Chicago grain marks No. 2 red wheat at 1.49 7-8 to 1.51 3-4, corn around 0.85 to 0.86. oats and rye quoted. Naval stores in Savannah report firm turpentine and rosin with varied bid ranges. Cotton seed oil closes firm in New York with spot around 10.00 to 10.50 and nearby futures advancing.
Fragmentary classified item notes estimates from J Kovai, contractor, and Reyss and Cona grees. Mentions two phone lines and a time stamp 3 27 1t, suggesting an ad or notice for home repair services with incomplete details.
Wanted furnished rooms for light housekeeping close in. Call both phones 999. Also wanted to buy a plow horse bargain price. Bell 1683 or 13338. Pupils to coach in school work during September. Bell phone 449-1.
A list of stock prices and dividends for numerous corporations including Allis-Chalmers American Can American Car and Foundry American Locomotive General Electric United States Steel Westinghouse Electric Kennecott Copper and others with bid figures rounded to fractions and price shorthand for the day.
The National Baseball Commission opened with the rule intact that major clubs drafting from Class AA may select a club and have five days to pick a player. The first name drawn was Toledo. New York Americans had first choice on Toledo, followed by Cleveland and Boston Nationals. Drafts listed several cities and teams. Mobile had none.
Matty Mindy a newsboy was held on $500 bond in Atlanta charged with selling newspapers from New York Jacksonville and Cincinnati containing liquor advertisements. The case, set for Friday, is the first under Georgia’s new prohibition law.
Two French aviators Noel and Jesuecur dropped five bombs on Sofia as they flew from Salomiki to Bucharest. The mission lasted five hours covering about 400 miles over Bulgarian airspace.
London reports Brigadier Generals Henry Broderick Hugh Clifford and Louis Murray Phillpotts killed in action. Clifford earned the Queen's Medal, three clasps, and the King's Medal two clasps, becoming temporary brigadier general in June last year. Phillpotts served in the South African war earning the Queen's Medal the Distinguished Service Order and a mention in dispatches.
Haig's troops report progress with 2000 to 3000 yard gains along the front. The offensive spans from Bodeaux wood near Combles and Ginchy to north of the Albert Baupaume highway. Last night they pushed southeast of Thiepval and seized about 1000 yards of fortified German trenches.
Paris dispatch reports French troops north of the Somme captured a string of German trenches and pushed to Ranecourt. Verdun front saw two German attacks repulsed by French forces.
Delayed official statement from Constantinople dated September 9 reports renewed heavy fighting in Mesopotamia with the British on the offensive. The British are said to have suffered about 2,000 casualties in a single engagement.
The war office announced a string of Entente successes on the Macedonian front. French, British, and Serbian forces broke Bulgarian defenses. the French seized positions half a mile deep over a mile front. Serbian forces defeated Bulgarians near Takestrove, capturing 25 cannons and many prisoners. Bulgarians fell back about twelve miles after the defeat.
Reports from a Swiss source state the Austrian army endured another bloody defeat west of Kapul Mountain with no wireless dispatches today indicating a change in the situation.
Arthur Waltonen, held in Ironwood Michigan for the murder of wealthy New York widow Elizabeth Nichols, jumped from a New York Central train en route to New York City. He was found in a ditch beside the tracks with serious injuries and rushed to a hospital.
A Danish steamer Hans Tivsen of 1709 gross tons was sunk off Saint Malo Normandy. The crew was landed and safety reported by a Lloyds dispatch dated today.
In Liverpool statistics the weekly Yotton report notes total shipments and inflows. It records 73,000 items varded to inflix including 60,000 American, 110 bales, 472,000 imports, 60,000 bales American and 48,000 exports 4,299 ales.
In Montgomery Alabama the state Democratic executive committee sustained J S Williams objection to an amendment by G L Comer in the contest for Third circuit judge. The amendment sought to bring the Girard liquor cases into the case and charged Williams with failing to direct a Russell county grand jury to investigate and to call a special session. Pettus Hawkins Burr Nesbitt urged sustaining Williams objection. the amendment was struck.
The superdreadnought Arizona, finished at the New York navy yard, will be commissioned October 15 under Captain John J D McDonald. After loading supplies she will begin sea trials and then join the Atlantic fleet as government workers saved about $1,000,000 versus private estimates.
Secretary Daniels told Atlantic Deeper Waterways Association delegates that the navy will cooperate on inland waterway improvement plans. He cited revived shipbuilding, railroad capacity limits, and bumper crops as factors strengthening public interest in coastal inland waterways.
In incomplete returns from the previous day’s general election, British Columbia shows prohibition with a margin over 5,000 out of 25,000 votes. Woman suffrage appears to carry in every district, with cities favoring prohibition by strong majorities.
The Weather Bureau reports moderate temperatures for 24 hour shipments in all directions. The Tombigbee river and branches, along with the Alabama River, are not expected to change significantly over the next two days.
Article by J J Caldwell discusses migraine as a long lasting but not curable illness. It notes most sufferers endure periodic attacks until about age forty then relief may occur. Preventive care includes diet. during an attack, anti kamma and anti kampia tablets are recommended and may be bought at druggists.
The American three masted schooner Lizzie Dennison reached the harbor Thursday night in tow of the tug Lapwing. The vessel remained in the stream awaiting permission to load cargo.
The tug Mary Wittich arrived back in port early this morning from New Orleans. The vessel towed the Norwegian bark Nordstjernen to New Orleans for port cargo loading before continuing to complete the voyage in New Orleans.
The steamer Karen and the fruit steamer Vera were slated to depart today per pilot information. Karen carries a large cargo while Vera plans to sail after loading fruits.
The Norwegian steamer Fort Gaines sailed late Thursday with a mixed cargo destined for Guatemala and Belize. The vessel’s load includes goods for British Honduras and neighboring markets, reflecting a wartime or postwar trade pattern.
Local notice to mariners reports Sabine Pass Channel Buoy 20 missing since September 5 and Buoys 28 and 32 found with tops broken off as of September 9. Replacement planned as soon as practicable.
A regional appeal urges Mobile to back a proposed farm loan bank in Montgomery, arguing the three-city region should conserve natural and economic interests. Leaders note Alabama congressmen favor Montgomery, while state-wide support hinges on Mobile cooperation and a united agricultural focus.
President Wilson plans to challenge Charles Hughes's claim that wage increases settled the railroad strike. Officials say the eight hour day under the settlement is the pivotal point. He may address Shadow Lawn or send a letter to push for full railroad legislation.
Excess alkali in soaps dries the scalp and makes hair brittle. Use plain cooled cocoanut oil, greaseless and cheap, as a hair cleanser. Rub a teaspoonful with water to coat hair, produce rich lather, rinse easily, leaving hair soft and bright. It loosens dust and dandruff for a fresh look.
Advertorial copy touts mercolized wax as a quick painless cosmetic that harmonizes with physiological laws to shed aged skin and improve complexion. It claims gradual yet noticeable results, advising nightly use with cold cream and morning wash, plus a saxolite lotion option for wrinkled skin.
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