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Newspaper
Houston Daily Post
Location
Houston, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 17, 1901
Page
9
The New Orleans cotton market shows mixed signals with bullish futures and cautious spot bids amid weather delays and policy chatter. Traders weigh McKinley era policy echoes, Hurricane rains, and early demand versus supply as prices swing and contracts edge higher early, then retreat.
Kansas City notes cattle and steer sales with mixed prices and weights, listing cow and calf figures and receipts. Chicago and St Louis markets show varied cattle and hog activity, while New Orleans and New York cover coffee, sugar, butter, eggs, and cotton goods trends with price shifts and market conditions.
Trading on September 10 reflected widespread caution after the president's death. Reports show early support but lack of real need to sustain prices, with a resilient underlying confidence despite sensational headlines. Market mechanics included clearing banks and capitalists providing liquidity while investors weighed speculation and government policy.
Houston buyers scan a broad wholesale listing of staple goods with prices on groceries, canned goods, cereals, butter, lard, pickles, and fruits. Names of brands and suppliers appear among numerous items, including Arbuckle coffee, Gold Seal Java, Califronia peaches, and numerous canned vegetables.
Fragmentary OCR notes show an October 4 1991 date with references to bids, valuations, and bids processing. The readable items suggest a local official notice context including potential auction or sale actions and related approvals.
The port records arrivals and elevator movements with wheat shipments and vessel traffic details. Notably, Pooten arrived from New Orleans with cargo. elevator A and B operate today. ships bound for New York and other locations are noted along with miscellaneous cargo movements.
Readable items show various feed and hay prices and products including corn No 2 mixed and pure, millet, alfalfa hay, prairie hay, and prairie mixes. Listings mention quantities per hundredweight and packages with figures like 10.00 to 100.00 in several rows. The text also references hardware items such as nails and shop goods with unit prices.
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