Crystal Liquors Ad Lists Prices For Bottled Spirits
An old ad lists numerous liquors with prices per four quarts and per gallon, including 4 Roses and Johnnie Walker. It promotes high grade Kentucky bourbon and imported wines with mail order options and a claim of cutting prices, signed by August Limburger.
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Crockett
Hermitage
de Bere Taylor
Hill & Hill
Duffy
Hostetter’s
California
Limburger
Texas
Four States Move Toward Tick Eradication Across Regions
The April dispatch notes new tick eradication laws in Texas Arkansas Louisiana and Mississippi with Mississippi law already in force and aimed to create a Gulf coast tick free belt by 1917. Louisiana plans a 1918 start while counties in Arkansas fund eradication with a five cent cattle tax and state support totaling about 120000 over two years.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Arkansas
Louisiana
Mississippi
Gulf of Mexico
State Livestock Sanitary Commission
Virginia
North
South Carolina
Alabama
Spring business surge foreseen by Federal Reserve head
Pierre Jay of the Federal Reserve Bank of New York predicts an active spring season with wholesale prices up 25 percent from last year. Food prices rise with potatoes and vegetables leading, iron and steel demand remains strong, and shipbuilding contracts overwhelm steel plate mills. Mercantile activity is high and confidence is noted, though eastern buyers worry about foreign conditions.
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New York
Pierre Jay
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Middle West
Rice Market Report From New Orleans Trade
Rough and clean rice strong with good demand in New Orleans as of Monday. Receipts listed for rough and millers and clean sacks, with sales of Clean Honduras and Japan varieties and price ranges for rough Honduras blue rose and other byproducts.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Turpentine and Resin Market Briefs in Savannah
In Savannah on April 3, turpentine firm shows 45c sales with 172 receipts and 7 shipments, stock 11 124. Resin firm reports no sales and 296 receipts with 444 shipments. Quotations list several grades and prices, including FH at 8.60 and W at 5.75 to 5.80.
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Savannah
W. H
Weather Snapshot and Wind Alert for Texas Regions
The report notes clear to partly cloudy conditions with arrows indicating wind. It lists temperatures and precipitation of .01 inch or more in the past 24 hours, and mentions a high wind on Tuesday April 3 1917. San Antonio and vicinity expect increasing clouds and warmer temperatures tonight with unsettled conditions Wednesday. East Texas also expects increasing clouds and warmer tonight with unsettled conditions and cooler in the north.
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Vicinity
East Texas
Portion
Cotton Market Advances on War Talk and Strong Showings
The Cotton Exchange notes a sharp daily advance in prices as war concerns and favorable cables lift markets. Spot prices rise with New York up 36 to 40 points, New Orleans 38 to 43, and regional quotes mixed though stronger overall.
Liverpool Cotton Market Whats Its Latest Quotes
Liverpool cotton market notes a spot inquiry with good middling at 12.794 and middling at 12.694 while receipts total 13 000 bales. Futures show firming across months from April at 12.364 to March April around 11.45d.
Northern cattle and hog markets show weakness and irregularity
At Union Stock Yards on April 3 the northern cattle and sheep markets leaned weak, hogs showed irregular movement with Chicago weaker and Fort Worth firm. Receipts were mixed and local trade was quiet with slow cattle and steady to stronger hog prices in places.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Cotton Statistics Across Southern Ports
A data brief lists stock figures for multiple cities including Galveston Houston New Orleans Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Boston and Bates. It shows yesterday stock 166 415 last week 1 224 006 last year 1 892 542 and a season deficit of 1 228 085.
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Galveston
Tex
Houston
Tes
Orleans
Ravannah
Charleston
S. C
Wilmington
N. C
Norfolk
Boston
Maggs
Bates
Fort Worth Livestock Market Reports Prices and Receipts
Fort Worth on April 3 reports cattle receipts 3200 with steady market. Steers 6.50 to 10.50, stockers 6.00 to 8.50, heifers 6.50 to 9.50, cows 8.50 to 8.50, bulls 6.00 to 5.00, calves 5.50 to 11.00. Hogs receipts 400, market up 20 cents, bulk 14.25 to 14.70, top 14.80. Sheep receipts none, lambs 13.00 to 16.00, ewes 9.00 to 10.00, rams 10.00 to 11.00, goats 5.00 to 7.76.
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Fort Worth
New York Cotton Rises On Washington News To Peak Since February
In New York the cotton market opened firm with advances of 8 to 21 points and July at 19.32 and October 18.45 as outside demand and war optimism spur buying. By midday buying continued with occasional realizings and weather in the Southwest not deterring. the market steadied around 2 pm and closed steady.
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New York
Washington
Meg
Cotton futures rise on open as markets digest week
New York cotton futures opened firm with May at 19.25 and July 18.95 while August and December hover near 18. The market closed 36 to 40 points higher as Liverpool plans Wednesday open. The 11 o'clock call notes October and January positions.
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Liverpool
New York
Cotton Prices Rise in New Orleans Trading on War Hopes
In New Orleans on April 3 the cotton market climbed as Congress anticipated a war declaration. Early prices rose 48 to 50 points, demand was broad, and little cotton was for sale. By noon months traded 36 to 40 points up, finishing the session 39 to 43 points higher with steady gains.
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Cotton Exchange
Congress
New York
New Orleans
San Antonio
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady With Higher Futures
The New Orleans cotton market opened steady on April 3 with May at 18.52, July 18.41, October 17.63, December 17.68 and January 17.73. Futures closed 39 to 43 points higher amid varied intraday quotes and spot readings.
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New Orleans
High
Low
Cceesenvees
Wees Seoeed
Eeenee
Salem
Galveston Stock Figures for Trade by Destinations
Partial data shows imports and exports by destination with totals for Great Britain France and other ports. Coastwise and inland figures listed, totaling a larger grand total though some entries are garbled. The fragment preserves place names and destination categories without full context.
Local Market Prices Tweak Potatoes and Produce
Wholesale potato prices rose 26 cents to 4.25 per hundredweight. Strawberries fell to 2.00 and 2.25 per crate. Chili pepper dropped 6 cents to 0.20 per pound. Corn and oats edged higher with various job lot and car lot quotes for Northern white Texas oats and other grains. Bank of London and Mexico notes declined 3 1/2 cents to 13 bid 14 asked.
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Texas
Bank of London
Mexico
Sudan
Chicago market receipts and quotes on hogs cattle and sheep
Receipts and quotations show hogs at 19 000 with a weak market and varied lot prices from light through rough, cattle receipts at 4 000 with steady demand and mixed cow and calf prices, and sheep receipts at 16 000 with weak tone and price ranges for wethers and lambs.
Kansas City Livestock Receipts and Prices Report
Receipts and quotations for Hogs Cattle and Sheep at Kansas City on April 3 show market movement. Hogs steady to five cents lower with typical values 14.70 to 15.25, cattle steady to ten cents lower with prime fed steers 11.75 to 12.50, dressed beef steers 9.00 to 11.50, cows 7.00 to 10.50, stockers 7.50 to 10.75, and sheep steady to ten cents lower with lambs 12.00 to 14.75 and wethers 11.50 to 12.75.
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Kansas City
Receipts and prices from St. Louis livestock market
In St. Louis on April 3, receipts totaled 11 500 hogs with market steady to five cents lower. Hogs ranged from 14.80 to 15.35 for various classes, cattle receipts 2600 with steady market and beef cattle prices from 4.25 to 12.25, and sheep receipts 600 with lambs at 13.00 to 15.40 and yearlings 10.75 to 14.25.
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T. Louis
Texas
Giant 4030 Pound Steer Draws Fiesta Week Attention
A 4030 pound full blooded red Suchen steer, brought to San Antonio by live stock man W. H. Schneers, is billed for Fiesta week. Local cattlemen call it the largest steer they have seen, noting its perfect proportions and superior bloodlines from the Fort Worth stock convention.
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Shippers Market Prices Reported For Tuesday Trade
Shippers market lists jobbers prices to retailers with a fixed fee structure. Texas country candled at 28 pounds steady. Texas creamery at 23 per pound. various fowl prices given for hens friers and ducks.
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Lutter
Texas Creamery
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Chicago Market Summary Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago market notes show butter unsettled with creamery prices around 43 half dollar. Receipts listed at 34 702 cases with firsts around 80 percent. Potatoes steady with 25 cars arrival. Poultry alive prices for fowls and springs cited at around 23 to 34 cents. Regional white potatoes priced across states with varied ranges.
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Washington
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Oregon
Idaho
Michigan
Wisconsin
Market quotations from Kansas City creamery and poultry lists
Kansas City market quotes list dairy and poultry prices. Creamery 43c firsts 40c seconds 39c packing 0c. Eggs firsts 30c. Poultry hens chickens roosters 14 40, surkeys 24c. Potatoes 32 40 2.50.
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Kansas City
Provision Markets Local Packing House Quotations
Local packing house quotations list dry salt bacon extras at 221? and 23? percent, bacon bellies 14 to 16 pounds around 24 percent, fancy breakfast bacon 25 cents, fancy hams 25 cents, Pure lard 22 cents, compound 15 percent, American cheese 29 cents per pound.
Grain Markets Close as Elections Cancel Trade
Galveston reports grain exchanges were closed Tuesday due to elections. Rail lines announce embargo lifts effective Thursday April 5 for wheat and corn imports at the port, ending embargoes that had blocked shipments.
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Chicago
Galveston
Market Report Stays Quiet on Cotton Goods and Yarn Prices
New York on April 3 reports cotton goods and yarns quieter with steady prices and firm trend for finished lines. Raw silk rises while dress goods show fair demand.
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New York
Not to Be Thought of by Farmer Foddershucks
A rustic dialogue fragment shows Farmer Foddershucks and his son John discussing a St Mullet’s girl. The exchange hints at appearances and social judgments in a rural setting with humorous inflection. The piece ends abruptly with a note on lineage.
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John
Armer
Stock Market Ends with Heavy Closing Declines after War News
New York April 3 The stock market opened buoyant on President Wilsons war declaration message but soon reversed. Gains in munition and allied shares faded as profit taking and weakness in motors led to a heavy close with rails and steels falling to low levels before the final bell.
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New York
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United States
Germany
Money Market Quotes From San Antonio Banking Talk
Trading in Mexican money in San Antonio Tuesday showed bids and asks across several notes and coins. Quotations included silver pesos around 55 to 56 per peso and half peso coins near 8 to 9 cents with various banks and the Bank of London and Mexico listing noted exchanges.
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Bia
Ceeeenese
National Bank
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Mex
Carranza Money
Escessaee Ly Mo
Mercantile and currency report from New York
Mercantile paper 4604 percent, sterling sixty day bills 471, commercial 60 day bills 471 and 470, demand 475, cables 476 7-16. Guilders demand 409-16, cables 40%. Silver 7 4% per cent, Mexican dollars 65 74. Government bonds weak, railroad bonds irregular.
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New York
Mercantile Paper
Time loans firm er notes and bids listed in New York market
In New York on April 3 time loan rates cited as 3 percent for 90 days and six months at 3 percent with 344474 and 2 percent closing bid. Market quote shows highs of 2 percent and lows of 24 percent with offered rates around 2 percent.
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New York
London Money Markets Note on Rates and Slivers
London reports a bar sliver rate of 2613 164 Der ounce and money 3 percent. Discount rates show short bills at 4 percent and three months at 44 percent.
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London
Metal markets New York lead copper tin prices report
Lead quiet at 9 percent asked and Spelter quiet. East St. Louis spot delivery 10 percent asked. Copper electrolytic spot and second quarter at £83.00 5.00 nominal. Third quarter $31,099 32 90. Tin steady with spot offered at $54.26 55.00. Tran firm and unchanged.
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New York
Spot
London Metals Prices Snapshot
London reports spot and futures prices for metals with values listed in pounds per hundredweight and futures contracts. Primary figures include lead 30 108, spelter 55, spot tin 214, futures tin 214, and related contras for April trading.
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London
Leagg
Observations and a Tale of a Quack Organ Grinder
Observations note light wind and little precipitation on April 3 1917 at 7 a m. A Pittsburg Chronicle Telegraph anecdote recalls an organ grinder who claimed six months to live. Years later, met in another city with the same placard he blamed doctors for mistakes.
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Pittsburg
Wholesale Fresh Vegetables and Fruits Price List Summary
A dense catalog of wholesale prices for produce and groceries to trade with many items listed. Potatoes onions tomatoes cranberries cauliflower peppers carrots cabbage radishes asparagus celery turnips lettuce and more with per hundredweight, per crate, per pound and per box rates. Also includes dried fruits nuts canned goods flour and meats with variety of regional prices and units.
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Ben Davis
Arkansas
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L. M
Vigo
Maxwell House
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Japan
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Maine
Fancy Corp
Illinoia
Columbia River
Kansas
Mexico
Demand for Rice to Increase in coming years
Washington April 3 The Department of Agriculture predicts higher demand for Texas grown rice in the near future citing a record crop and broad advocacy in magazines and official bulletins. Rice is to be used in more dishes with new recipes distributed to stimulate consumption nationwide and by public officials and media.
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Bank Examiners Confer With State Insurance Chief
Austin officials report the state bank examiners met today with the state commissioner of insurance and banking for a three day quarterly conference.
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State Bank
State Commissioner of Insurance and Banking
New York Coffee Market Steady As Futures Hold
New York April 3 coffee futures steady with No 7 Ripty. May 7.68 and July 7.78.
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New York
Swiss National Insurance Company Authorized in Texas 1917
Form A107 of the Texas Department of Insurance and Banking certifies that the Swiss National Insurance Company Limited of Basle Switzerland complies with Texas laws. A certificate of authority is issued for business in Texas for the year ending February 28, 1401. Signed by CHAS 0. AUSTIN and LEON DARGAN with the office seal in Austin.
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Swiss National Insurance Company, Limited
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Ownership and Circulation Statement for The San Antonio Light
The San Antonio Light filed its 1917 ownership and circulation statement. Editors Charles L Diehl and Harrison L Beach. managing editor John Brogan. owners Charles S Diehl Harrison L Beach Charles P Taft B Eckhart Myron H Beach. bondholders Grace Shaw Charles Taft Charles Crane B A Eckhart H Thalheimer. The paper notes 20,583 average copies per issue over six months.
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Charles R. Crane
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