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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1902
Page
9
A desultory market update describes uneven wholesale activity and varied movement in fruits and vegetables across markets. Notes include speculation on peach and pear supplies, fears of crop shortages, recent pack quality shifts, and price pressures driven by weather, with mentions of Virginia, Baltimore, and New York trade dynamics.
The page lists prices for canned goods, fruits, vegetables, dairy, dairy products, meats, and staples. It notes quotes on coffee, sugar, beans, flour, milk, butter, cheese, and canned fish among others, with varied weights and pack sizes. Local markets display items from Great Plains to West Coast suppliers, including commodities like corn meal, wax, and oil. The column reflects typical wholesale price levels, with many items flagged for per keg, per sack, or per barrel pricing. It also shows brand names and grain types, emphasizing bulk buys and regional supply lines.
Trading in oil stocks showed prices holding steady with Sour Lake Springs rising to 24 and Grace reaching higher bids. Man Hutton strengthened, but overall supply outweighed demand as dealers edged prices down late. Hefty volume totaled 27,505 shares with Paragon and Lone Star seeing notable activity.
A sprawling market report from St Louis and Chicago notes Texas sheep and lamb prices remain highest among major regions. Declines in recent weeks trigger grumbles among grangers, yet Texas values stay within expected seasonal bounds as Western and Gulf markets move sheep toward summer slaughter and summer sale.
Old style site per box and S14.00G terms listed. Grain and hay quotations for carload deliveries to Houston and similar points. Oats, corn, hay prices with Texas regional ranges. Chemicals and commodities include morphine calcium carbide camphor and other items with per unit rates.
Fragmentary notice describes iron wire and nails with unclear pricing and references to wines and a location. Strong entities are not discernible due to garbled text.
A Special Report notes Texas and Louisiana irrigation advances. Rice fields near both states show strong profits from irrigation, with land values rising from lower ranges to high per acre returns. The report predicts wide adoption in humid regions and highlights ongoing national irrigation efforts and experiments led by Dr. True and Prof. O. Py.
A report reviews irrigation trials in Wisconsin and Missouri showing higher yields with irrigation. In Wisconsin unirrigated land averaged forty to sixty bushels per acre, irrigated fields up to sixty-six, while adjacent dry land yielded far less. Experiments under Prof. P F W H Kibbe note irrigation’s potential to offset drought and aid fruit and nursery crops, urging reform of interstate irrigation laws and better water distribution.
Troy Texas staged closing exercises for Troy High School with a formal program amid applause. Principal W. Pritchard and Miss Rothe Moore will return for another session. Assistant Prof. Hart will seek a new teacher for the upcoming term.
Special dispatch from The Fast notes stock yard sales in Kansas City and Texas with various cattle prices. Entries include bulls and cows with weights and prices, listing vendors such as Connell Lane Wolf and Coleasian Reeves, and totals like 10 bulls at 122 pounds and 27 cows at multiple weights.
Bradstreet's Weekly Review reports labor troubles cloud immediate outlook while crop prospects appear near perfect. Cotton, copper, oil, and lumber move. antitrust strikes and tails of textile demand temper activity. Farm prices firm. rain relief awaited. leather and hides hold. fall shipments and textile orders show mixed signals with overall cautious optimism.
G Don & Co reports continued railway earnings growth in May with 8.7 percent rise over April and 21.7 percent above May of 1904. The review cites overall prosperity in agriculture and a bright crop outlook, despite weaker wholesale demand for light weight goods and higher temperate prices affecting retail value.
June 19 report from Brenham Texas notes the Grand Orient conferred eight candidates at the lodge hall with a banquet to follow. Mr J. De Lamar, supreme grand orient of the United States, will visit next Thursday for a special meeting to confer the remaining candidates. Many members urged early presence due to a large initiation class. Also mentioned: second deep well at Brenham water works due within a week, expected to boost water supply amid sprinkling delays. Local notes cover dust injuries to stock, upland corn prospects, watermelons in market, Joe Morgan selling a wagonload of ducks, Hempstead planned social canceled due to a fatality, and local sewer repairs along Valen street.
Visitors inspected an abrasion for a sash door and blind manufacturing plant near Wallisville Texas on June 13. Records note parties observed material and gate fittings. The report highlights interest in local industrial development and potential investment in the area.
An ordinance grants the Houston and Texas Central Railroad Company the right to lay and maintain a metal track beside a passenger depot on Houston avenue and to reform the street with new ramps and drainage. The measure authorizes construction from the depot south along Houston avenue and to connect with adjacent tracks, with the railroad paying for public notices and bearing costs.
An advertisement touts the Electric Belt as a cure for weakness, nervousness, gloom, and various ailments. It claims to restore happiness and health through a device marketed as the world’s strongest, with promises backed by testimonials and a tout of extensive production.
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