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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 11, 1902
Page
11
Wholesale market notes robust fruit demand with active trading and price stability for many items, while peaches plums and apricots show stronger trade. Coffee markets face larger deliveries yet weaker near term prices as Brazil and Santos crops loom and traders assess supply and demand.
A highly garbled OCR staple shows dense listing of food items including fruits vegetables meats and staples with scattered prices. The text mentions names like Texas goods New York items and various produce and pantry staples alongside prices and packaging details.
Trading at the Oil and Stock Exchange showed dull demand despite early week activity. Anglo-American held at 2 1/4 to 2 1/2 with limited interest, bids rose briefly but could not sustain. National Oil and Pipe faded as buyers retreated, while Texas stocks fluctuated with modest turnover and varied offers.
The July report notes slight improvement in winter wheat conditions while spring wheat declines. Oats and barley hold steady, potatoes show 45 percent higher acreage, and tobacco plantings shrink in several states. Rain in the past two months boosts pastures and hay, with overall crop prospects varied across major producing states.
A fragmented market ledger lists prices for fruits like lemons and oranges, metals including tin and lead, hardware items such as barbed wire and rivets, and drugs and chemicals with per unit costs. It mentions Florida and Mexico as source regions and includes various crate and box pricing, reflecting a broad trade catalog.
Fragmentary OCR data shows a dated sequence with amounts and items such as September 4 70g04.85 November NMA 0 December 4.10 January givens and totals including fines and small monetary entries. No coherent event or names identified.
A fragmented market notice lists prime crude, meal, cotton seed oil and related prices with shipping points at Galveston Memphis New Orleans and St Louis. Entries show July dates and assorted nominal against references to summer yellow or fowl products and poultry prices. details are partially obscured.
Brenham Texas July 10 a negro arrested Wednesday morning admitted being part of an escape gang from Burleson county farm but denied involvement with the others Tuesday night when Dr Becker's house was burglarized.
Unclear police bulletin describes a meeting spot used by a gang once linked to crimes including a residence intrusion. In the city Rev. Beckwith officiated a wedding at dawn between M R Hewant and Mary Munday. Brenham school notes and team news fill surrounding items, with sports and local updates mixed amid fragmented reporting.
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