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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Feb 06, 1930
Page
3
Feb 6 report notes quiet sugar trading with prices eroding after a 1 point drop in values. Cuban refined prices held around 2.83 by the single cell agency amid demand weakness. refiners push for a wind in futures as market shifts. Chicago cash grain: Wheat No. Red 1.18. Corn No. 4 mixed 80 to 81. Oats No. 3 white 45-46. Timothy and Clover seed quoted.
Foreign exchanges in New York show ease on February 6 with Great Britain at 4.86 percent for demand and cables, 60 day bank bills at 4.82 percent. France demand at 3.92 percent and cables at 3.92 14.
Enid Worward, a young Canadian novelist hopeful in New Yorks East Side, seeks atmosphere from reporter Phil Martin while he pursues the Big Shot. After Shive Frank is slain, a photograph reveals a shocking family link as Enid contemplates whether the Big Shot is her brother and faces a momentous choice.
Market notes show New York and New Orleans cotton futures opening barely steady with March May and later contracts slipping several points amid poor cables and weak world demand. Sharp last session activity left prices near prior lows as traders cover shorts and await clearer signals.
New York trading sees cotton open barely steady and slip 15 to 23 points as Liverpool and Bombay losses weigh on the market. By midday May and later months drop to around 16 a pound with December near 16.53, while exports reach 16,555 bales and traders await cover.
Birmingham market report lists apples and wines up per barrel and case prices for oranges and butterfat. California and Illinois fruit boxes priced, with noted market context and units for per barrel and per box.
Brief coffee market note from New York reports price movements and trading activity with reference to futures, spot markets, and quality indicators. The text lists several coded figures and timing notes, reflecting routine price and supply updates.
Fragmentary OCR text appears to record commodity notes and dates from New Orleans, with references to seeds and tobacco products. Details are unreadable and many terms are garbled, hindering a coherent reconstruction of events or figures.
An advertisement touts Geater Beauty with RED LO GLO powder claiming smoother skin and a new French process to reduce shine. It markets MELLO-GLO as pure and protective against flaking, roughness, and visible pores, offered by Cash Drug Co.
Cotton futures fell about two dollars per bale on the New York exchange amid selling by producers and weak demand from spinners and domestic mills. Liverpool and Egyptian markets also softened with heavy foreign and domestic liquidation pushing March delivery to 15.65 cents and May to 15.89 cents.
An attempted assassination of Mexico President Ortiz Rubio is noted with the Mexican chief executive escaping serious injury. The U.S. Senate sent regrets and wished him a speedy recovery, as reported from Washington.
Chicago February 6 receipts 100 cars on track 274 on U. S shipments 81. Idaho russets firm at 259 to 260 with some 262. Wisconsin round white mostly 259 to 260. Minn(e)ola sacked 240. Idaho russet prices quoted 335 in parts. Market shows slow movement but overall firmness for Idaho russets.
An advertisement extols Tanlac for stomach and liver troubles and rheumatic pain. Mrs Piccard testifies that after years of stomach issues and nervous distress Tanlac built her strength and appetite, with many other claimed benefits observed.
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