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Newspaper
Charlotte News
Location
Charlotte, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1911
Page
10
Fragmented OCR text shows garbled listings including addresses, cafe notes, plant references, and stray names. The readable bits mention Tryon Street building, a bid structure, and a few partial phrases such as funds and a stereo note, but no coherent event or person-centered story emerges.
A dense market digest shows New York cotton futures closing steady after early declines amid weather optimism. U.S. stock listings and railroad shares move in mixed fashion with copper gains offsetting steel declines. Wheat and corn rise in Chicago and St Louis trade, while cash grain quotes list No. 2 red wheat and various corn and oats prices.
Fragmentary figures show various car counts and tonnage for shipments and receipts by rail, with totals in the thousands of cars and hundreds of thousands in value. The report references Chicago, Minneapolis, and Charlotte, noting crude cotton and related commodities amid mixed contract percentages.
A fragmented notice lists a medical examination meeting on Tryon Street and mentions registration numbers, boards, and multiple North Carolina cities including Asheville Winston-Salem Salisbury and Greensboro. It notes applicants and eligibility as part of a statewide process with dates and venues unclear in the text.
Four burglars broke into a storefront, stealing about $150 in cash and a small amount of property. They fled but were pursued by Max Kutehnei, owner, who aided in the attempt to capture them. Police search ongoing.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with July up modestly and other active months down several points as forecasts of dry, fair weather tempered gains. Spot cotton held at 15 7 16 middling with 245 bales sold. receipts 367, stock 98,033. Turpentine and rosin markets in Savannah showed firm tones.
New York June 13 closing prices for cotton seed oil show spot at 650859 and future months ranging from June to January with multiple sale figures. Total sales reach 14,700 units across June August September and December trade.
Corrected market listing shows poultry and eggs with price notes to be approved. Hens and chickens listed per fb, eggs per dozen, ducks and geese marked per fb or ID, turkeys noted per fb. Prices unclear due to trimming and errors in the OCR transcription.
United States postal savings deposits cannot be attached in any state. Post Office Inspector George Pate emphasized absolute secrecy of depositor identities and noted courts cannot force postmasters to reveal records. Deposits are not subject to attachment or creditor action.
In New York on June 13 a bomb exploded in Frank Zivello’s grocery, sending 200 Greek residents of a five story tenement onto fire escapes. The walls were shattered but no tenants were hurt. Zivello confessed to paying blackmail to black hand men for three years and claimed a bomb was set in front of his store on Sunday night but failed to detonate.
Passengers arriving on the steamer Ellis from Puerto Barrios report Juan Estrada former president of Nicaragua remains in Guatemala City yesterday. The report places Estrada in the capital following his travel from Central America.
London stocks opened steady with light trading and ended near parity from yesterday's New York close. New York money markets showed prime mercantile paper at 4 to 4.5 percent, sterling at 4.84 to 4.8590, and call money steady around 2.25 to 2.50 percent, with time loans easing.
A steerage passenger from Naples on the North German Lloyd liner Berlin died after contracting cholera. The passenger fell ill four days after leaving Naples and died thirty hours later. It is the first cholera case aboard an incoming steamship in many months.
Chicago provisions list shows butter firm creameries 18 to 22, Daisies 16 1 2 to 20, eggs steady with 20 817 cases receipts, cheese flat with Daisies 11 1 4 to 12, Twins 10 3 4 to 11, Long Horns and Young Americas around 11 1 4 to 12. Potatoes strong old 95 to 100, new 1.80 to 1.90. poultry easy turkeys 12, fowls 13, springs 22 2d. veal steady weighted ranges 8 1 2 to 10 1 2 per hundred pounds.
In Viterbo on June 13 the camorra murder trial of Gennaro Cuoccolo and his wife was halted again due to a prisoners’ demonstration. The crown sought to prove Cuoccolo’s camorra ties with witnesses recounting a Cuoccolo led burglary. Salvi admitted the burglary but denied Cuoccolo’s involvement and urged perjury charges, provoking a courtroom disturbance and suspension.
Asheville reports the largest local liquor seizure as Hendersonville police raid a main thoroughfare store room and confiscate 10,000 gallons. The alleged proprietor O. N. Carson is arrested and bonded to appear in mayor's court Friday. Carson is said to act as agent for the real owners of the wet goods.
Mrs D R Coleman of Canada visits her brother Charles MacDonald in Concord. Next week she plans to travel to Charlotta to visit another brother James MacDonald.
Miss Ruth Callaway Panville of Martinsville Virginia visits her uncle and aunt Dr and Mrs W T Woodley.
Fair to night and Wednesday for Charlotte and Vicinity. Generally fair tonight and Wednesday for North Carolina with light to moderate west to northwest winds.
The report notes high temperatures in the southern states and as far north as Dodge City, while the central valleys and Atlantic regions see lower temperatures. A storm over the eastern Lake region brings rain to the eastern Lakes and St. Lawrence valley and parts of the Atlantic states, with 1.32 inches at Norfolk and 1.22 inches at Washington in the last 24 hours. Georgia also records heavy rainfall. tonight and Wednesday look fair under an area of high pressure over the Great Plains.
Forecasts show North Carolina and Georgia generally fair tonight and Wednesday with light to moderate winds. South Carolina Louisiana Arkansas Oklahoma West Texas and Texas coast expect fair conditions with light variable winds through Wednesday.
Seaboard train 133 leaves Charlotte at 9 55 a m daily and connects at Bostic with C C and C trains to points from Bostic to Dante Virginia. Eastbound trains also connect at Bostic, arriving Charlotte 7 05 p m. Summer resorts are being developed along the line, offering pleasant locations for the season. For info contact James Ker Jr T P A Charlotte NC or J B Wylie TA Charlotte NC.
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