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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 01, 1901
Page
11
Readable excerpts report a generally healthy tone in trade with rising prices for sugar and staples. Buyers await next month’s outlook as beveraged shipments, currants, and imports from New Orleans influence sentiment while poultry and eggs remain light and grain prices hold firm.
A highly garbled OCR fragment lists prices and items for produce and commodities. It references many goods such as coffee sugar beans butter apples bananas and peppers with varied pricing and packaging terms, but readable complete facts are scarce. Continuous garble obscures dates places and clear entities.
The Rice Market reports heavy activity with large mill capacity in Houston, shipments from Cane Belt expected, and prices lifting on high grade, as buyers continue to push demand. Traders note sustained demand and a weekend rush likely to boost prices further.
Kansas City hogs gained on light receipts while rates held steady in St Louis and Chicago. The report notes weak wheat feeding trends and shifting stock feeding plans across Nebraska, Kansas, Iowa, and Texas, with anticipated feedings and regional price relationships shaping the cattle and hog markets. Local demand and futures activity reflect cautious buying as the industry tracks wheat as a substitute feed.
A damaged OCR note discusses Mersra Latha Alexander & Co estimating cotton bale yields. It compares past estimates with actual bales for December 12, November 5, and earlier years, suggesting the government should obtain information from similar trades to adjust future estimates.
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