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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 04, 1902
Page
11
Market activity rose with lemons and oranges showing firmer tone while egg rules shift to mark prices for the year. Arrivals expected tomorrow lift sentiment as compounds of stock, futures delivery, and new quality standards drive the day’s trading.
Prices for canned goods fruits vegetables dairy and staples quoted by Houston wholesale merchants. Items include tomatoes okra beans corn sugar coffee tea flour nuts and oils with per case and per pound rates and references to standard brands and origins.
A garbled 19th century style price list shows per ounce and per gallon figures for quinine morphine barites borax and related chemicals. It mentions copperas salts castor oil alcohol opium camphor and other substances with rates and packaging notes, including carload terms and dealer charges.
The New Orleans based rice market report notes improved receipts for rough rice and active trading in clean rice, with strong demand locally and prospects for export. Prices show some softness in weaker grades but better Honduras and Japanese grades attract steady buying, while overall sentiment remains cautious yet constructive for the season.
Prices listed for corn, oats, hay, and prairie hay with regional notes from North Texas and Texas Territory. Paints and related products include oils, white lead, turpentine, mineral paints, linseed oil, and window glass with January price references. Several items show per hundredweight, per bushel, or per gallon rates.
Maritime note lists arrivals and clearances at Galveston on March 3 including Mohawk from Barry and La Mexicano bound for Tampico. Also mentions Mexicano en route to Tampico and several steamers and schooners with origins Bremen New York Liverpool Jersey and other ports, plus ship names such as Aberte ei Pie to Trewes Bernard and Concho.
In New York on March 5 raw sugar, bread and talr refining goods show varied demand while prices rise. Buyers cheer improved futures, and sudden shifts in dry goods sales reflect recent weather and trade tensions. In Texas Simon Hart bought several bales of cotton from the Lewis estate and Glass Bros, signaling modest activity in the market.
An aged white man on a trestle near Tyler was assaulted and robbed by two men. The victim, Johnn Dilken, sustained a head wound and was taken to a hospital. Officers detained two suspects and continued investigations as of today.
In Palestine Texas on March 1 Judge Reagan is reported slightly improved after a long night of illness. The physicians say his condition has not worsened and he remains confined, with no fever noted this morning.
Aged 18 year old Young Pan fel Marshal Miter deserted from the Woltet Sates army in Prealdie county a year ago. He posted a bond of 20 dollars as the government expects a hearing in the New Orleans circuit court.
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