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Newspaper
Cincinnati American
Location
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1913
Page
9
Traders noted erratic moves across grains and metals as U S markets opened with cautious sentiment. Amalgamated led declines in some industrials while Reading showed weakness. Northern and Pacific exchanges posted scattered gains amid shifting investor mood. Local reports describe a broad spectrum of price changes, with several key commodities fluctuating before closing with no uniform trend.
Grain trading ends with a quiet session and light demand for corn oats and wheat. Spot values show No 2 red wheat around 86 00 cents while mixed and white wheats drift are few. Mild gains noted in core wheat while oats retreat amid sparse buying.
The American reports mixed cattle and hog prices with receipts around 6,000 to 17,000 head in Chicago and St. Louis markets. Prices show fair to good demand on cattle, with futures varying by class, calves and sheep receipts mapped, and regional markets noting strength or weakness depending on grade and date.
A garbled OCR list from Cotters outlines various meat and grocery items with miscellaneous percentages and prices. It mentions Rie Sites, white and yellow cheeses, confectionery, cubes, and prime cuts, with inconsistent figures and household goods mixed in.
The clipping lists pork and meat prices and cuts such as hams shoulders ribs and bellies with percentages and cents per unit. It mentions dry salted meats and green hams, along with labeled items like short clear shoulders and beef carcass notes.
In New York on December 90 a brief market report notes Batter Creamery extras and creamery firsts with mixed percentages. Receipts total $900 with slight activity as dairy items show uneven demand and prices amid a quiet session.
Scattered prices for hens, eggs, and poultry items appear with a mix of bids and notes. White ducks and colored fowl feature in the listings along with miscellaneous weights and small lots.
A fragmented OCR shopping list features prices for foodstuffs and materials. It includes barrels and gallons of whiskey, coal products, fillers, and various produce such as cauliflower carrots lemons and pineapples with prices per unit and per crate. The garbled text cites quantities, vendors, and regions like California Florida Jersey and Messina.
Notes report Guy M Freer manager of the Cincinnati Chamber traffic department returning from a St Louis gathering of traffic managers from Ohio valley cities. Kansas City seeks routing gains via Memphis affecting Missouri river grain shipments while Freer pursues similar reductions through St Louis and Ohio river points. A Chicago January 5 meeting of state railroad commissions will discuss interstate express rates for intra state commerce and the Chamber will send Freer. The San Diego Chamber asks Cincinnati to aid the Panama California exposition project. Ohio Governor Cox faces 1915 legislative action to back an Ohio building. Las Vegas New Mexico seeks Cincinnati data on its upcoming permanent exhibit building and a county display plan. Hamilton county farmers continue joining the Chamber list with projected total over 6 000 names.
A young lawyer born in Moscow to attend the Unas convention in Washington denounces the claim that working women do not want to vote. She describes factory labor from age ten and emphasizes her lifelong advocacy for suffrage and equal rights.
An annual frolic is barred as the Cincinnati Chamber of Commerce plans a farewell banquet for 1913 at the Southampton hotel. The event will replace the usual floor wildness with an orderly departure of revelers who once hurled hats and debris, ending in a formal vow to ban such mischief.
Local exporters say Cincinnati shipments to Central America will be diverted to Mobile. A major southern steamship line has begun a ten day Mobile to Central American port schedule, offering direct access to the Panama Canal and Central American markets.
The bulletin lists river gauges from Cincinnati to New Orleans with many readings showing falling levels tonight and through Wednesday. Stations include Wheeling Pittsburg Parkersburg Huntington Cairo St. Louis Kansas City Memphis and New Orleans among others with several lower and rising notes.
New York dispatches report Sarah Bernhardt's name submitted again for membership in the Legion of Honor in the New Year's list. French Minister Rene Viviane sent in the actress's name and supporters expect she will win the coveted honor.
In federal court a friendly proceeding placed the Siegel stores with annual business of 40 million dollars under receivers. The affected concerns include Simpson-Crawford Co with capital one million dollars Henry Siegel & Co of Boston and Merchants' Express Co. Simpson Crawford Co is based in New York.
Mrs Mary Smarsh remains in serious condition in Shelton Connecticut tonight after a stray bullet struck her abdomen during a clash between police and strike sympathizers over higher wages at local silk mills. The confrontation followed intensified labor protests at the mills.
Telegrams of regret poured in tonight for Lillie Devereux Blake a pioneer in woman suffrage who died in a sanitarium this morning after years of illness. She authored several novels but devoted much of her life to championing women rights reforms.
The Court of Appeals enjoined the Elks of the World from using the name Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks and from employing its symbols signatures and forms. The ruling upheld a lower court decision from Eaton in Preble County Ohio.
Special cable reports from Peking that General Yang Hu-pin leader of three regiments in the Chinese army was burned to death today in Yunan province after his troops mutinied shot down officers and raided armories where he hid.
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