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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1914
Page
9
An old ad offers to buy diamonds, old gold and silver, with $2 for American gold and $1 for others. The notice also promotes a practically new American piano bought for $350, now selling for $100 cash this week. Address 8728 Light.
Domestic Vacuum Co offers carpet and rug cleaning at your home plus disinfection. Henry Co Rippses advertises service and contact numbers Crockett 6623 or 8424 for sales, rentals, and repairs of cleaning machines.
Local ads promote builders and carpenters in Crockett offering repairs remodeling and well work. J R Emrie and Robt Schuetze advertise insured guaranteed labor with plans specifications and loans and accept payment upon completion. Contacts list Mason Street and Rusk Street locations with Crockett phone numbers.
A local ad from the Delective Agency Sona New York Detective Agency in San Antonio Texas offers confidential services. It lists office lines Travis 2053 and 2058 and Brockett 1690 with J D Petrocelli as manager and F Wiemann as assistant manager. The Light daily boasts wide circulation for fast results.
Advertises a sale at August Limburger Crystal La Yoon 407 Main Plaza offering 25 to 0 percent off on whiskeys wines and cigars. Highlights bonded whiskeys Jersey Cream Dripping Springs Sunny Brook XXX Pearl and Four Roses with reduced pricing per full quart. States no sales or shipping in dry territory. Two phone numbers Crockett 4808 and New 383.
The report shows stock and receipts data for cotton at Galveston port with last year and current week figures. It also lists rough rice quotations and receipts for New Orleans on April 1, including Honduras and Japan prices and rice polish costs.
The New York cotton market opened firm six points higher on April 1 due to strong Liverpool cables and favorable southwest weather. By late morning May contracts slipped 3 to 8 points, with other months near the previous night’s close as trading cooled and forecasts turned steadier.
New York cotton futures opened firm with May 12.50 and July 12.16 notes. Prices fluctuated through the day with highs around 12.88 and lows near 12.08 before closing steady, with October and December around 11.53 to 11.58.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with gains of 4.7 points on good cables and rain in the region. Early trading showed 5 to 8 points up, then profit-taking trimmed gains to 1 to 2 points. noon prices traded 3 to 4 points below yesterday's close amid small afternoon activity.
Cotton futures in Orleans opened steady with May at 12.75, July 12.18, October 11.60, and December 11.68. Closing showed a net decline of 4 to 9 points as prices ranged from 12.52 to 12.76 with limited intraday movement.
Liverpool April 1 spot cotton steady with good intermediate grade at 7.64 and middling 7.224. Low middling quotes at 6.82d. Trade shows 15,000 bales sold and 3,300 bales received. Speculation and export mtamag 2000.
Liverpool reports futures' closing values for April and May contracts with rotations across months from April to February. The list shows April to May, May to June, July to August, August to September, October to November, December to January, and January to February indications.
New York middling 13.30 in spots with gulf at 13.5. New Orleans offers 18c middling with 309 bales sold on spot and 925 arriving. Receipts at New Orleans total 395 bales, stock 167,806 bales. Other centers show mixed middling rates from Houston to Liverpool and Galveston, reflecting a firm trend in early April.
New York cotton seed oil finished steady on April 1 with spot at 7.45 dollars. Futures traded April to November ranged from 7.53 to 7.69, total sales 9000 units. Benchmark price data and bid details accompany the report.
Galveston Port Aransas and New York report arrivals and sailings for several steamers including Origen Discoverer Dronning Olga Vaderland Noordam Kaiser Wilhelm II and Ausonia. Futures show May coffee at 8.85 and 9.19 per 0.0 bag with steady tones.
New York April 1 call money held at 1 to 2 percent with the ruling rate near 2 percent at the close. Time loans showed small variations with 0 day and 2 to 4 percent terms noted, six months around 3 percent.
The New York stock market opened softly with declines after early gains faded. Traders anticipated a ruling on freight rate policy, while bonds largely held steady as Missouri Pacific and Illinois Central rose on rumored Rockefeller interest coverage.
On the floor of the Stock Exchange a notice announced the liquidation of Robert C Hall Brokerage, a firm known for oil and gas stocks especially Standard Oil subsidiaries, following Hall's critical illness.
New York April 1 metal quotes show lead steady at 3.75, spelter quiet at 5.25 to 5.30, copper firm with electrolytic at 14.62, lake 16, spot 37.87, June 37.80 while London quotations appear at 21 12s 6d for spelter and 12s 6d per 1s for spot sterling. Memphis spot cotton steady at 12 4c middling.
Cattle and hog prices steady at Fort Worth Chicago Kansas City St Louis and Oklahoma City with cattle toping at 5.50 per cow calves 6.50 and hogs 7.75. Receipts were 327 cattle 87 calves and 62 hogs, mostly for local market. Texas shipper watches quotation lists as demand for fat grass stock grows and railcar capacity tightens in San Antonio. The cattle movement gains daily as Texas producers ship well conditioned steers.
Fort Worth Texas reports cattle receipts 1800 with beef steers 6.25 to 7.35 per cwt and stocker steers 3.00 to 6.50. Hogs market steady with best at 8.45 and bulk 8.20 to 8.40. Sheep and lambs receipts 3000, market steady. Mexican wool wethers 6 and spring lambs 6.00 to 8.00.
Hogs receipts 7500 with higher market. Bulk 8.30 to 8.45, heavy 8.45 to 8.50, lights 8.25 to 8.45, pigs 7.00 to 8.10. Cattle receipts 3000 including 409 southern. prime fed steers 8.50 to 9.00, dressed 7.25 to 8.40, southern steers 6.00 to 7.85, cows 4.35 to 7.50, heifers 7.00 to 8.75. Sheep receipts 7000, market steady. lambs 7.00 to 8.25, yearlings 6.00 to 7.25, wethers 5.56 to 6.50, ewes 4.00 to 6.50.
Receipts and quotations for hogs pigs cattle and sheep reported in St Louis on April 1. Hog prices ranged from 7.00 to 8.70 per cwt depending on weight and quality. Cattle receipts 1400 with Texans included. native beef steers 7.50 to 9.25. cows and heifers 4.25 to 8.15. calves 6.00 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 1900 with muttons 5.75 to 6.60 and lambs 7.00. Market described as steady for most classes.
Chicago reports receipts of 20 000 hogs with bulk sales around 8 65 to 8 70 per unit. Cattle receipts total 10 500 with steady market. beef and calf prices listed for Reeves Texas steers stockers cows heifers and calves. Sheep receipts reach 22 000 with steady demand and price ranges for natives yearlings and native lambs.
Chicago April 1 spot prices show cash wheat No 2 red 98 ⅞ to 99 cents per bushel No 2 spring 93 ¾ to 94 ¾ cents No 2 northern 94 ¼ cents No 2 oats standard 39 cents per bushel Margins reflect typical early season spreads and grain values.
Chicago April 1 prices opened steady to higher but fell as bearish crop conditions and weak export demand outweighed modest support from Liverpool. Corn and oats trended with wheat while hog receipts drop boosted provisions. New York export news sparked a fresh wheat rally as cattle and corn prices moved higher.
No. 4811 Dayton motorcycle at Besch 323 Burnet Street. No. 4812 Hudson E. W. Menefee 215 Baat seules soreess. No. 4818 Thor motorcycle G. Bragie 819 North Pine Street. No. 4814 Overland D. W. Spellman D. F. Sommers.
A proposal to move the downtown bridge to Seventh Street to connect with Augusta Street prompts plans to open a west-side street about 400 feet. City Engineer Helland prepares cost data for new streets and bridge relocation with land donations expected from property owners.
Residents along King William street report daily motorcycle races from 4 p m until dark. Motorcycle officers have been instructed to patrol the district.
Cotton men receive opening prices for this year's bagging patches ranging 4.4 cents per pound, similar to last year. Mills expect ample bagging and ties due to a bumper crop. Earlier shortages caused Texas bales to be wrapped in rags, with compresses in North Texas forced to close. New York reports mixed markets with high receipts and lower Setee prices, while corn ships east for industrial use.
Quotations show butter unchanged and eggs higher with receipts of 29 986 cases. Cheese prices fall with Daisies at 17 17.5 cents and other brands around 16 16.5 cents. Potatoes steady with 30 car receipts. Poultry alive price unchanged.
Kansas City dispatch shows daily quotations for dairy and poultry. Butter creamery 25c firsts 23c seconds 22c packing 14 1/2c. Eggs firsts 11 1/2c seconds 11c. Poultry hens 15c springs 15c.
Raw sugar steady with Molasses sugar at 2.30 and centrifugal at 2.95. Refined steady. Pricing for cut loaf 5.06, crushed 4.95, mould A 4.60, cubes 4.15, powdered 4.05, fine graded 3.90, diamond A 3.90, confectioners A 3.80, No. 1 83.65.
New York April 1 petroleum prices hold steady with refined bulk at 5.27 a barrel 8.75 a barrel and cases 11.25. Molasses stable with New Orleans open kettle at 35 to 55 cents.
New York April 1 reports steady hides with Bogota at 29 to 30 percent and Central America around 30 percent. Leather firms show Hemlock firsts at 30 cents and 3? 2? cents for later grades.
Cotton yarns eased and cotton goods steady as gray goods demand remained fair. Silk business hampered by uncertain styles while foreign carpets and rugs moved more freely than expected. Lead nominal at $8,644 in St Louis with spelter around $5.12 to $5.17. Eggs weak with 215,409 cases arriving and firsts selling around 19 to 20 cents.
Wheat May 4 1 2 percent July 5 12 percent. Cash prices No 2 hard 84 85 cents No 2 rec 895 cents. Corn May 58 5 65 0 cents duty 69 1 2 cents. Cash No 2 mixed 67 68 9 cents No 2 white 68 89 cents. Oats May 38 60 cents. Cash No 2 white 39 40 cents No 2 mixed 58 35 cents.
Antonio Flores Jr aged 22 died March 31 at 203 Ht. Frio street. F Catterzson aged 79 died March 3 at 219 Fowler street.
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