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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 04, 1902
Page
10
The market shows bananas and other fruit prices sliding with weak demand and limited government action. Orange and cherry offers vary. large sizes draw interest while wholesale bids drift. Partnerships and staff notes indicate organizational changes and efforts to expand business.
Readable segments show a bustling price list across groceries and hardware. Names like California fruits and Bravy staple items appear with varied quotes, including onions, apples, butter, sugar, and canned goods, alongside iron, nails, tin, and chemicals.
Turbulent trading dominated by seller pressure and cautious buyers on a volatile oil and stock market day. Broad activity showed concentrated bids and large blocks shifting hands as prices moved with modest gains and losses across key issues.
On the lost and found list a dark heifer calf three months old is reported missing near Houston Heights with a branding detail. items include several books by Green and Mary Johnson among other valuables. A reward is offered for return or identification of any person connected with the loss, to the Post Office for recovery.
Classified notices solicit employment including sales and factory work. Ads list locations Alvin Fort Worth and Houston, with references, wages, and thriving opportunities. Public meeting notice for Texas Central Railways Company set for April 7 1902 at 12 oclock noon.
A garbled list of commodity prices and measures appears with items such as diesel, castor oil, camphor, bourbon, and other goods. The text includes prices per barrel, per gallon, and per 100, with references to delivery by railway and various suppliers.
April ration market today shows a genuine treat to the hulls with prices moving upward despite minor temperture reactions. Export demand supported by New Orleans and Southern sales. farmers and buyers holding for higher figures amid easing supplies and expected wage shifts.
A distressed, partially legible April report from Houston describes quiet to active conditions in the grain market. Traders note light movement early, with prices around 2.00 per bale and suspicions of further shifts as brokers push prices.
The article outlines new Battle of Flowers features including a parade on OTT 21 with the Twelfth United States Cavalry and local militia units. A German exhibit and twelve peepreeentiing the months of war are planned amid a grand hare show as a first ever in Feaay.
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