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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1902
Page
11
A readable market summary shows cheaper dairy and butter pads offered at select outlets while celery demand remains fair. Elberta peaches from North Texas show weak pricing. coffee markets experience mixed speculation with Wall Street selling previously reported. Prices for August contracts hint at gradual upticks as buyers recalibrate and some traders flatten exposure.
The page catalogs canned goods, fruits, vegetables, meats, and dairy by wholesale price. Items include peaches, apples, grapes, sugar, coffee, and flour with per unit and bulk pricing, plus notes on special lots and standard grading, reflecting a daily market quotation.
A fragmented catalog of dried fruits nuts and produce items with prices and supplier notes. Includes apples peaches raisins prunes nuts including walnuts almonds and pecans with transport and packaging details and some drug and chemical terms mixed in.
Trading at the Cl and Stock Exchange yesterday showed limited demand with many prices steady or down. Anglo-American weakened further with low bids. National Oil and Pipe gained activity but stayed near recent lows. Independence improved with large- lot sales but buyers pulled back, while Empire State and pelota lines saw sparse gains and overall bid-ask gaps remained wide. Total sales reached about JAMO shares with prices near the close showing little recovery.
A garbled price list for hardware items including iron goods, nails, galvanized products, and building materials. Items mention crates of apples and various per unit prices with unclear locales and dates, reflecting a damaged OCR entry from a 20th century catalog.
New York August 4 The cotton market opened steady with prices up to 1 point higher and remained dull through morning and afternoon. Receipts disappointed and market features were few though Wall Street and traders remained interested in October December and January options. Shorts nervously edged prices up toward close. January Frenchie 3 and August moved higher with a very steady close and total sales around 100 bales.
New Orleans reports a quiet cotton market with limited demand for desirable grades. Sales reach 200 bales while quotations dip across all grades. futures drift after a day of inactivity. Houston notes liverpoon futures opening quiet with small declines and modest demand followed by steady trading.
The report notes rapid moves in cotton prices as market sentiment shifts amid counting corrections. It cites falling New Orleans October futures and Middling spots in Freight ton, suggesting the market may stay weak for a period before any rebound.
Special to The Post details from New Orleans and Liverpool noting weather with showers and cooler trends across the belt, plus a cautious outlook on cotton markets and demand. It mentions New York Dry Goods, steady staple prices, and mixed activity in cloth and wool goods with buyers from towns and markets.
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