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Newspaper
The Mobile Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Sep 28, 1912
Page
8
A visitor asks The Painter about Teddy Roosevelt’s Bull Moose party showing pride and decorum. The Painter replies that they did not display notably, though one member threw a burnt match behind the band as they passed.
A quip about causing trouble by neglecting digestion leads to an ad for Dr King s New Life Pills. The copy promotes easy safe quick relief from constipation billious indigestion and related liver derangements with a 25 cent price at druggists.
J. T. Adams offers free examinations and pledges honest, non misleading medical statements. He claims extensive certificates and cures in Mobile and lists numerous treated conditions from ENT to nervous diseases. Office hours on Dauphin Street include Sundays, with weekly or monthly payment options.
Marine Matters and River News lists ships in port with destinations and statuses. Entries include vessels such as Tinhow bound for Cuba at Pier 2, Fort Morgan Marine Ways ships laid up, Manteo and Pinto listed as laid up, and several steamships and schooners with docks at T.-H. Docks, including Olav, Clara C, Bartholdi wrecked, Laura L. Sprague, and Mary Barry among others.
The Spanish steamer Ines docked at Mobile unloading 4808 tons of iron pyrites consigned to Walsh Stevedoring Co from Huelva Spain after a 23 day Atlantic voyage. Ore destined for Gradella Chemical Works in Birmingham. Other vessels include Munson liner Karen bound for Havana with lumber and corn, and the Norwegian ship Hermanos awaiting cargo completion. Pilot boat Alabama underwent overhauling after arriving near Mobile bar.
The weekly bulletin shows United Frust Company sailings to the Central Americas and nearby ports. Mobile gets four early sailings, New Orleans five. Vessels Viator John Wilson sail to Puerto Cortez on the 2nd and 6th. Ravn to Ceiba Teltan Sti. Belvernon to Bocas del Toro. Beatrice will operate to Galveston next week. Shippers report moderate regional temperatures. Tombigbee River levels rise or fall forecast.
Mr Ansell Boyet has returned bone from Pensacola. Guide and Campodonico of Gulf port Miss are in the city on business. S A Pomeroy and wife of Lynn Haven Fla are in the city today at the Bienville Hotel. N White and wife of Selma are visiting friends. John i Long a Birmingham businessman is at the Battle House. Porter King Southern Railway returned from Colorado and the Pacific coast. Charles Calametti Fire Department secretary left for Chinchuba La with his son. Cc Medley Frisco Memphis arrives for ten days fishing. BE Roberts acting city ticket agent leaves for Chattanooga. G W Carter Jr of Selma in the city. Powe Grenade family of Franklinville in the city. J J Pastorazi, Fairhope observer, en route from Houston to the East.
A high barometer area maintains cool generally fair conditions across most of the country and brings freezing temps near the northern boundary. Showers have occurred in the east gulf and south Atlantic states with precipitation in the northern Rocky Mountains. A low mood and warming trend extend from Arizona to Oregon.
The Mobile cotton district saw no rain in the 24 hours ending this morning with traces in Mobile Evergreen and Thomasville. Temperatures ranged a high of 79 and low 45 eight. Cool weather prevailed across districts with showers in the Augusta area and four eastern districts. Visitors include Miss Juanita Barrett of Atlanta and D H Stewart of Baldwin County visiting Battle House from Pittsburg with wife, plus Mr and Mrs J C Miller of Garyville Louisiana.
Five reels in all promise a classic Thursday to Sunday run featuring Dreamlong with Sunday screenings and a lighthearted schedule at local venues.
In New Orleans on September 28 cotton futures started higher by 2 to 4 points. A favorable weather map and moderate cotton-region temperatures supported modest early gains. Forecasts show colder conditions and frost in Oklahoma, with the western belt expected to cool. shorts covered over Sunday and fresh long buying appeared. By midmorning, prices rose 2 to 10 points from yesterday's close.
Cotton futures opened steady with a 2 to 6 point advance as covering increased after firmer cables and weather risks. Market activity remained moderate with demand aided by frost forecasts for Oklahoma, Arkansas, and the Texas Panhandle, lifting prices about 8 to 11 points midmorning. Southern selling weighed on the advance while local spot houses bought January and March contracts.
The New York stock market opened active with Steel showing a block of 7,500 shares at a notable advance. Prominent issues also posted gains early, and the pace quickened before some leaders pulled back from yesterday's final quotations.
Chicago market reports mixed shifts as wheat advances on unsettled weather while corn oats and hogs show small moves. First trades note December wheat near 89 to 90 cents, corn around 6254 to 62% cents, oats at 32 cents, pork lard ribs prices listed, cattle hogs and sheep receipts described with varied demand and steady to dull activity.
City residents Edward Laurendine Robert Ervin St John Wilson J B Chapman and J H Cook of Grand Bay returned Friday after several days of fox hunting on Hollinger's Island. The party camped at Tipp's place on Deer river and the group reports securing eight foxes. A mass will be held at St Peter's Church Fulton road at 9 a.m. Sunday with confessions heard before the mass and continued during winter months.
Erdis W and Cyril A Hughes aged 13 and 14 from Mobile were located in New Orleans by that city’s juvenile court authorities after leaving home without parental consent. Their father traveled to Crescent City to bring them back. The boys had secured positions when located. Also announced: Sidney Lowenstein of the Bank of Mobile bought 2543 acres at Wilmer Alabama through J Mspalla Co from Mrs M H Fuffin. Mobile and Ohio Railroad passenger department appointments take effect Oct 15 per vice president R V Taylor. he plans to return to Mobile soon.
Turpentine firm at 88 percent and 39 percent hydrocarbon readings. Rosin firm quotes for F grade at 6.50 to 6.52 dollars and G grade at 6.55 to 6.57 dollars. Market notes dated Savannah Georgia September 28.
Col Henry Watterson editor of the Louisville Courier-Journal remains in a New York hotel bed with a serious condition earlier this week. His physician reports marked improvement and now reduces visits to once daily as he recovers.
Science notes that early home life memories include Bucklen's Arnica Salve used by mothers or grandmothers to treat burns boils scalds sores skin eruptions cuts sprains and bruises. Forty years of cures prove its merit. Unrivaled for piles corns cold sores and sold for 25 cents at druggists.
Thomas A. Doyle, 57, native of Mobile and longtime police officer, died Saturday at 4 am at his home on 555 South Wilkinson after weeks of illness. He is survived by his wife, five children, one sister Mrs. Hicks, and other relatives. Burial details not fully provided.
Dr. Sadler estimates about 80 million dollars in wages are lost annually to the American people due to colds. The ad promotes Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as a quick cure that stops coughs and soothes inflamed air passages, claiming safety for children and that the genuine product is in a yellow package from Van Antwerp Drug Corporation.
A building page published on Wednesdays and Sundays offers current suggestions for homeowners and prospective builders. The feature attracts broad readership as more people engage with home improvement guidance.
Advertises Dr Kings New Discovery as a home remedy for coughs colds grip croon whooping cough and sore lungs. Promises quick relief increased health and comfort with trial bottle offered and guaranteed by all druggists. Prices listed 50c and 1.00.
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