Mobile County Roads Bid Notice in 1913
Bids will be received by the revenue and road commission of Mobile County for hauling about 12 000 cubic yards of surface material for the second section of its road. The county engineer can be contacted in Room No 11 Bank Building for details. Also note the listing includes stock ads for garden seeds and turnips with limited carryover.
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of Revenue and Road Commis
Mobile County
Coun ‘ Ce
Bank
Sol Johnson Confesses Murder in Mississippi
O L J Associated Press reports in Gibson Mississippi on September 17 that Sol Johnson, who admits to the murder, faces potential death penalty.
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L. J Associated Press
Gibson
Miss
Sol Hnson
Cotton futures rally on weather and trade signals
Trade in cotton futures moves higher as Texas Oklahoma and England disruptions fuel buying while Liverpool supports prices. Early sessions show gains with September to January contracts advancing and weather prospects for the western belt suggesting more rain.
New York Cotton Opens Firm on Liverpool Cables and Demand
Strong Liverpool cables and rising trade demand helped an active open in New York cotton futures. Prices jumped 15 to 26 points from last night’s close with September at 13.27 and December around 13.15 to 13.25, as southwest and central crop reports added pressure.
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New York
Liverpool
Texas
Podruary
Fung ccc
Iens Rarer
Osecs
Liverpool Cotton and Bankruptcy Notices of 1913
Liverpool Cotton reports spot market firm with Middling Fair at 8.06, sales 7,000 bales and 6,600 American. Futures uneven. then a burst of United States Bankruptcy Court notices from Mobile Alabama detailing bankruptcies of F. H. Mumme, J. C. Leibel, and J. C. McCarthy plus first creditor meetings set for September 27, 1913 in Mobile.
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United States District Court
Southern District of Alabama
Joseph J. Paxton
Mobile
Alabama
Eaid Ae
Robert T. Ervin
Liverpool
United States District Court, Southern District. of
Iin
Fred H. Mumme
F. H. Mumme
Joseph C. Leibel
J. C. Leibel
J. C. McCarthy
Whistler
J.C. McCarthy
Ert
T. Ervin
Grain and Feed Prices Listed by Mobile Chamber
Quotations from the Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League show prices for corn white and yellow, oats rust proof, hay Timothy and Alfalfa per ton, bran per cwt, C C meal, corn meal per bushel, chops and shorts per cwt, with bulk corn and oats discounts noted as 4 cents per bushel for bulk corn and oats.
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Mobile Chamber of Commerce and Business League
C. C
Marine river notes on ships and repairs
The bay steamer Beaver chartered by the Bay Steamship Company was laid up and shifted to the east side of the river. The James A. Carney will be operated daily at 8 PM, replacing the Beaver during repairs to the Pleasure Bay which will last about a month. The Munson liner Grid and the schooner St Olaf went to sea. the Dromore moved to the city wharf. Imports include 12 000 banana bunches and 329 bags coffee. Exports from Isabela de Sagua include 252 550 superf feet of lumber aboard the Clara C Scott.
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The
Bay Steamship Company
Pleasure Bay
James A. Carney
Carney
Munson
Grid
St. Olaf
Dromore
Turner- Hartwell Docks
City Wharf
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Fort Gaines
Knudsen
Puerto Cortez
Hon
Clara C.scott
Scott
Isabela de Sagua
Cuba
Livingston, Guat
Belize
Br. Schr
Clara C. Scott
Wall Street Opens With Mixed Action on Reading and New Haven
Reading led gains early with a 28-8 surge to 170 1-8 amid London advances. New Haven sank 1-4 to a new low at 183-8 while other listed stocks showed small, irregular moves. Trading featured 13,000 Reading shares and widespread declines in Union Pacific Interboro Met Pfd Can and Rock Island.
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New Haven
Reading
Union Pacific
Interboro- Met Pfd
Can
Rock Island
Gama’ Copper
American Cotton Oil
American Smelting & Ref’ng
American Sugar Refining
American Tel. & Tel
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
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Chicago
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Illinois Central
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Ptd
Inter Harvester
Louisville & Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
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National
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Southern Mates
Mexicans Save Flags by Hoisting Old Glory
United States soldiers removed Mexican flags at a Mexican independence day event in Brownsville Texas and residents of Pharr Hidalgo County joined in pulling down Mexican flags, until an American flag was raised.
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Brownsville
Texas
United States
Pharr
Hidalgo County
Savanna naval receipts report shows varied cask sales
The Savannah naval store records note 766 casks received with no sales recorded, amid a September 17 entry from Savannah Ga. Prices listed range from 3.76 to 4.40 per unit, reflecting bids and firm sales. The text also includes an aside on telegrams of sympathy used for advertising purposes.
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Naval Savannah
Man in Louisville Ends Prolonged Spree with Self Inflicted Shot
A man identified as C. R. Pollock of International Falls Minnesota reportedly shot himself in a Louisville room after a spree, dying an hour later at the city hospital. Harold Romaine, a chauffeur who drove him from Lick Indiana, was detained as police investigated. The man used aliases including C. R. Patton and claimed New Yorker wealth, with a telegram noting a brick hotel registration.
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CG. R Pollock
International Falls
Minn
Carly
Harold Romaine
Lick
Ind
C. R. Patton
C. R. Pollock
International Bank
Lock
Romaine
Patton
Derby Hat Woes Signal Aging Through Auto Wear
When a derby hat shows its age the effect is most evident beside an automobile. The line between fashion and function blurs as vehicles highlight fabric and trim wear.
Weather front spreads from Great Lakes to Mississippi Valley
A major barometric pressure trough stretches from the Great Lakes to the middle Mississippi Valley. An area of scattered rain covers the eastern half of the states with local showers possible tonight or Thursday. Albert Ashenberger, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
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Tyre
Great Lakes
Mississippi Valley
Mobile
Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Window Drapery Theft Reported From VanCaring Office
B A Robinson, in Room 314 of the Van Car ing office, reported a sneak thief entered his room and stole bra and lace curtains valued at $2. The incident occurred on a daytime afternoon, prompting police notification.
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B. A. Robinson
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