02 Feb 1907
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Newspaper
Bonham Daily Favorite
Location
Bonham, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1907
Page
1
Amy Leslie praises The Clansman at McVicker's Theatre and Chicago critics hail its bold, dynamic truth. The piece travels on a third tour and heads to Steger Opera House for a Saturday show amid broad local coverage and a bustling list of town news and notices.
The Clansman will be performed at the Steger Opera House on November 2. The Reconstruction era drama is described as one of the most powerful works on American stages, featuring intense scenes including the High Court of the Ku Klux Klan.
The Favorite offers a private stage box at The Clansman for the most popular lady teacher as school children study Reconstruction and Ku Klux Klan history. Readers vote via coupons in each newspaper copy, five votes per coupon, with growing contest support from parents and teachers.
The speaker casts a vote in the Teachers' Contest for a private box at The Clansman performance on Saturday November 2 at Steger Opera House. The voting coupon grants five votes.
The article notes a spell of hot summer giving way to pleasant weather as farmers prepare to finish corn harvest. It mentions moving about town, visits to relatives in Wright Texas, and various residents returning from trips or work, including Maggie Harris, Ed Parker, Lucy Skipworth, J W Lima, Joe Duckworth, Kid Mitchell, and Walter Daugherty.
The Favorite's Daily Cotton Market reports Liverpool on Oct 24 with futures opening steady and ending firm. Notable ranges show Oct near 5.79, Nov around 5.71, and Jan/Feb futures trading in the mid 5.60s, indicating a stable session for the fiber amid mixed demand cues.
Liverpool spot cotton prices were steady in middling grade with 6,140 bale sales and 7,000 bales traded by export and speculators. Receipts reached 8,000 bales, including 3,300 from the United States.
On October 24 in New York cotton futures closed steady with declines in some nearby months. The Dec contract opened at 10.68, high 10.69, low 10.38, and settled around 10.45 to 10.47. The Jan contract traded 10.31 open, 10.35 high, 10.15 low, final 10.25 to 10.26. The Mar contract opened 10.38, rose to 10.88, then fell to 10.20 to 10.30.
New York October 24 spot cotton held steady at middling 11.10 cents per pound with no sales recorded.
Cotton futures trading in New Orleans on October 24 showed slight variance with the December contract around 410.35 and nearby months fluctuating. producers watched changes in the 10.17 to 10.36 range and spread noting key delivery months and price differentials.
New Orleans October 24 spot cotton remained quiet with middling prices at 1010. Sales reached 1,200 bales with futures listed at 2,300.
Last year Houston saw 3 800 to 4 800 with total 13 483 while New Orleans ranged 6 000 to 8 000 and posted 8 806 previously. Analysts project similar traffic and crowd estimates for tomorrow based on past figures.
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