Cotton market quiet with southern selling and unsettled tone
News of the Markets from New York notes a quiet cotton market with rising southern selling on rallies. Prices opened steady up to five points above, but overall fell 15 to 40 points as Liver pool and southern selling weighed. Early rallies occurred on Wall Street buying tied to war news, but December slid to 32.43 before the hour end, marking a 37 point net drop.
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New York
Liverpool
Gelling
Jocal
Wall Street
New York and New Orleans Cotton Prices Report
British freight allotment for November holds at 150000 bales, triggering mild market lull. Cotton futures show December near 32.25 and January around 32.01, with steady to quiet tone across New York and New Orleans exchanges and spot markets at about 33 cents in New York and 33 1/12 in New Orleans.
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New York
New Orleans
Athens
Augusta
Liverpool
Subscriptions Top $626 Million for Fourth Liberty Loan
Treasury reports more than 200 million dollars in subscriptions to the Fourth Liberty Loan with total at close of business exceeding 626 million. Toledo reaches 19 million from 72 thousand subscribers, while the Atlanta district records 2.15 million.
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Ageosiatid Press
Washington
Treasury Department
Toledo
Atlanta
Swift Establishes An Argentina Bank
The Swift Packing House Interests form a banking and investment company in Argentina to apply American financing methods to cattlemen. Authorized by a presidential degree for 100 years, it will offer general banking, loans, and other activities. The item notes gratitude from Mrs. William Bell.
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Associated Press
Washington
Argentina
Swift Packing ‘House
William Bell
Logansport
Ind
Chamberlain
Courage Under Fire and the Call to Support War-Timed Duty
The piece urges readers to meet moments of fear and crisis with courage, to rise to one’s full stature, and to avoid the moral peril of shunning responsibility. It links personal restraint to national effort, urging financial support to aid soldiers and defense.
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Meyer
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