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Newspaper
Atlanta Constitution
Location
Atlanta, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jul 15, 1913
Page
5
New York July 14 reports a tight cotton market with early near month delivery futures steady amid traders adjusting interest and shifting contracts to later months. Spot demand remains uneven but a steady tone persists as new crop supplies appeared and prices held with modest gains.
A scrambled report details cotton activity in New Orleans with figures on prices and supply. Analysts note varied prices, tentative demand, and shifting futures as markets respond to weekly trading.
A garbled 19th century style market roundup lists commodities, futures and tides of prices. It mentions cotton, wheat, corn, oats, and rye with various futures figures and delivery months. Entities include Memphis, Chicago, Kansas City, New York, and Galveston along with several rail and market terms.
The report lists varied cotton market figures including middling and low-grade readings, with mentions of net receipts, exports coastwise, and stock levels. Prices and percentages appear, alongside references to locations such as New Orleans and Philadelphia, plus several coded terms and quantities across many lines.
Reports of black rust in North Dakota and Minnesota buoyed wheat trading in Chicago. Market closed up with corn and oats rising, provisions mixed amid heavy hog runs. Seaboard wheat clearances and strong country offerings supported gains while futures faced profit-taking from longs.
Fragmentary market brief listing July opening figures for Liverpool cotton trading. Mentions bales, American cotton, export readiness, and partial month markers from September to December with scattered figures and names.
Market summaries list butter milk and egg receipts in New York Chicago and Kansas City with prices and term notes. Prices show steady to easy demand on dairy items and poultry while eggs and cheese exhibit mixed receipts and small shifts in availability across dates in July.
Unclear OCR fragment presents naval stores data, sales, receipts, shipments, and stock figures. Mentions US shipments and price indicators with scattered alphanumeric codes. Hard to determine exact entities or events due to garbled text.
The condition of the treasury at the beginning of the period shows a general fund balance of 13.920. The total payments for the period amount to 1243. The deficit against last period is 8.4170, excluding Panama Canal and municipal debt transactions.
The cotton goods markets show readiness with buyers from wholesale houses. Traders devote much time to fancy goods and novelty items for fall. Yarns remain steady and demand is stable.
A quoted fragment shows a confrontation on a bus where a woman demands a man shift from the running board seat. He resists and argues while she asserts, then she climbs in past him. The dialogue hints at social propriety and passenger etiquette of the era.
American Telephone and Telegraph Co. will pay a dividend of two dollars per share on Tuesday July 25 to stockholders of record at the close of business on Monday June 30. William Driver serves as treasurer.
New York July 14 The stock market showed no life throughout the session with largely steady prices as copper weakness pulled major issues down slightly. Early reports of potential government action against copper interests faded but the day saw limited trading activity totaling 78,800 shares and continued gold export speculation to Europe and South America.
New York money and exchange figures show firmer rates across currencies and metals. Quotes include dollars per ounce for copper and antimony, Treasury-like bonds, and spot prices with several firms reporting slight gains amid market firmness.
Raw sugar steadiness noted with minor price movements amid mixed traded levels. Molasses show marginal activity while overall market tone remains cautious with small lots and regional price spreads observed in New Orleans and nearby markets.
The coffee market opened steady then slipped as German rates sparked a brief dip before recovering slightly. Traders noted northern European buyers for Rio Brazil beans and mixed crop projections, with Santos futures and Brazil port totals cited amid weather notes across districts. Futures showed uneven gains and losses through the day with closes mostly steady to firm in late trading.
Weekly bank clearings across major US cities show a total of 2,538,298,000 for the week ending July 10, with a year over year gain as compared to 1,440,310,000 last week and 1,91560,000 this week last year. The report lists city by city figures for several banks and regions, noting percentage changes from the prior year and detailing specific regional totals.
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