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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1916
Page
11
Explanatory notes describe air pressure readings at sea level and the mapping of isobars and isotemperature lines. It notes continuous bars for equal pressure and dotted lines for equal temperature, with measurements taken at 8 a.m. and mentions “seventy-fifth me-time.”
FOR SALE BARGAIN ALAMO Heights new four room bungalow with gas electricity stationary bath and laundry tubs Pittsburg heater exterior and interior design, garage and servants quarters with toilet and running water shown by appointment Travis 4744 FOR SALE DIGNOWITY HILL PLACE bargain four room house hall and bath front and back galleries gas electric lights sewers and hot water connection big stable and wash house 714 N Palmetto Ave half block from car line cement walk $2450 easy terms Crockett 1281
In Genevista Wisconsin the Lakeview farmers club formed March 17 1913 now has 150 members and maintains a brick and stone home in Lynn township. The building hosts meetings an annual fair winter lecture courses and a picnic on Lake Geneva with women’s clubs and a junior group contributing to community life. Other clubs exist in Sauk Manitowoc Walworth Washburn Waupaca Douglas and Polk counties. Baraboo mountains echo sleigh bells for club meetings amid wartime sounds 140 miles away.
Lost near the Wells Fargo office a white and black terrier named Rev. Ring Cr. 8695. Reward offered. Also listed are three burner oil stoves with ovens in good condition and a Tobin Hill unfurnished southeast apartment with sleeping porch and garage near transit at 624 McCullough Cr 7936.
Persistent rain across Texas early in the week hampers cotton bids but buyers push futures higher as later trading improves demand and prices rebound. Local growers monitor weather and market shifts impacting harvest timing and price levels.
New York opened with a drop as easy cables and near month liquidation pressed prices. May dips to 11.77 while July and October slide to 11.91 and 12.04 before buyers lift some quotes. Galveston reports 25 steamers booked for April and May. market ends steady amid light offerings and quiet business.
In New York on April 5 cotton futures started steady with May at 11.79 and July at 11.91 and 12.04 for December. Late session figures show mixed moves with highs and lows noted and Liverpool exports expected to rise slightly on open.
San Antonio buyers paid for cotton delivered to local compresses with prices for grades from good middling to strict good ordinary. The report lists grade categories and corresponding price ranges for the day's business.
The New Orleans cotton market opened with light trading and a tepid tone as poor cables and Texas rain reports pressured prices. By midmorning prices drifted 2 to 3 points lower before demand steadied and active months showed a fractional rise by afternoon, trading dull but steady.
In New Orleans on April 5 cotton opened quiet with May at 11.67 and July 11.86 to 11.96 for December, January 12.09 asked. Closing values rose 1 to 4 points. The report notes small gains and mixed activity as traders watched nearby contracts.
Liverpool spot cotton shows easy to good middling at 7.824 to 7.344 with 6000 bales sold, 12,000 bales receipts. Futures quotations for April through March-April range from 7.87 to 7.144 with varied month spreads eight decimals present.
Metal markets in New York show lead at 7.75 bid with no spelter quote. Electrolytic zinc traded near 28.50, later 27.00 with firm, unchanged bids. Tin remains strong with spot around 55.0 to 60.00, reflecting steady demand.
London reports lead at 82 pounds sterling and 92 for spelter. Copper spot at 117, futures 114, electrolytic 136. Tin 19 5, futures 193 pounds with 16s.
Turpentine remained steady with 23 sales at 49 released. receipts 129 and shipments 190, stock 7,196. Resin held firm with 144 sales, receipts 514, shipments 1,907 and stock 70,671. Quoted prices span from CD 4.55 to WW 5.50 and other grades listed.
A young man fell into a coma and after recovery recounted his experience to friends. He said he remained aware during the ordeal noting cold feet and hunger as signs he was not dead. He argued that in heaven he would not feel hunger or cold feet.
Hogs in Texas markets showed irregular pricing with Fort Worth offering 8000 head and top at 9.40 while San Antonio saw 229 head and bids to 8.50. Cattle markets remained steady to higher across centers with San Antonio receipts at 496 head, including 36 calves, mostly sold direct to local commissions. Cattle steers topped 7.25 with usual range 6.50 to 7, cows 5 to 5 and calves 6.50 to 7.25. No sheep or goats offered.
Fort Worth reports receipts and price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle receipts around $600, stockers and calves priced from $4 to $8.25, hogs from about $7 to $9.75, sheep and lambs from roughly $5.75 to $9.50 with various classes listed.
Chicago market report shows receipts for hogs cattle and sheep. Hog values ranged from 4.86 to 9.85 with bulk around 9.60 to 9.85. cattle receipts strong with native beef steers 7.78 to 9.90 and western steers 7.70 to 8.60. stockers 6.00 to 8.70. cows and heifers 4.00 to 9.00. calves 6.00 to 8.50. Sheep receipts 15,000 with lambs 9 to 11.35 and weth ers 8.25 to 9.10.
Hogs receipts 8000 steady to weak with pigs and lights 7.25 to 9.80, mixed and butchers 9.60 to 9.90, good heavy 9.80 to 9.90. Cattle receipts 3200 higher with native beef steers 7.50 to 99.75, yearling steers and heifers 8.50 to 9.50, cows 5.50 to 8.00, stockers 5.50 to 8.50, Texas and Indian steers 5.25 to 8.15, cows and heifers 4.00 to 6.00, native calves 86,009 to 99.00. Sheep receipts 1700 steady, yearling wethers 8.00 to 19.40, lambs 9.00 to 11.85, ewes 6.50 to 8.50.
Kansas City market reports show Hogs receipts at about 11 000 with bulk hog prices around 9.30 to 9.40 and heavy hogs at 9.50 to 9.65. Cattle receipts near 4000 with prime fed steers around 9.25 and dressed beef steers 8.00 to 9.25, cows 5.00 to 8.00, stockers 6.75 to 8.75. Sheep receipts about 7000 with lambs 10.50 to 11.10 and yearlings 9.50, wethers 8.50 to 9.25.
Oklahoma City April 5 cattle receipts 1900 steady hog receipts 4600 steady sheep 600 steady cattle sales average weights and prices listed for Reed Tebonville Texas Okla Abe Bowes and other sellers with late sales noted Older items include ostrich farm incident in South Africa where a shell exploded injuring no one and a Philadelphia Public Ledger joke about an oversized egg Seeds rotei notes violet and blue light affecting insects while files avoid those colors
In New York April activity and higher prices marked the opening Wall Street dealings. Steel barely firm and rails dull with continued pressure against Crucible Steel and allied issues. Later demand for high class rails Marines Mexican Petroleum Industrial Alcohol and other special issues sustained the market into the last hour. Closing was firm.
Mercantile paper at 8.3 percent. Sterling rates show 60 day bills at 4.774 and demand 4.74 with enblea 4.7. Guilders demand 42 percent with tables at 43. Bar silver at 61. Mexican dollar 47. Government bonds firm while railroad bonds show irregular activity.
Local market reports show jobbers announcing a 100 percent advance in trish potatoes on Wednesday. Sweet potatoes stay firm, onions arrive in generous supply and dip slightly from last week. Rain improves prospects. grocers report no price changes on Wednesday. grain quotes and meat lard packer prices are steady versus last week.
Buyers paid prices for Texas country produce in San Antonio on Wednesday. Butter firm markets show Texas creamery at 31 33c per pound, country butter 20 25c. Poultry prices list hens per dozen 6.00 7.00, friers 5.50 6.50, turkeys 19 20c per pound, ducks 5.50 6.00 per dozen, geese 7.00 10.00 per dozen, eggs and other items noted.
Butter firm with livable receipts 31 706 cases firsts 19 20c ordinary firsts 18 ½ c at mark cages included 184 19 c Potatoes receipts 33 cars unchanged Michigan Wisconsin white 85 90c Minnesota 85 90c Poultry alive higher fowls 18 ½ g c springs 18 g c.
Kansas City price quotes issued today show Potter creamery at 5 per pound for firsts 33c for seconds, packing 24c for Bic. Eggs priced at a rate 0c, and turkeys at 20c per pound as spring goods arrive.
New York markets show b-Raw sugar steady at five, centrifugal. Molasses set at 5.19. Refined sugar firm with various grades listed: cut lent 8.15, crushed 8.00, mould A 7.50, cubes 7.50, powdered 7.18, 7.10, fine granulated 7.00, diamond A 7.00, confectioners A 6.90, No 1 6.85.
London on April 6 reported bar silver at 297 164 per ounce while money rates stood at 4 4 percent. Discount rates for short bills and three months were 4 percent.
New York reports coffee futures holding steady on April 6 with May at 8.18 cents and December listed as well. Traders watch supply and demand signals as the market absorbs current crop conditions.
New York April 6 cotton goods markets showed firmness in overall activity with yarns steady silks bought for future delivery carpets firm and knit goods remaining active in trading.
Trading in Mexican currency in San Antonio Wednesday showed bids and asks for silver pesos at 443 and 164 for bank notes and coins. Bank notes from Bank of London and Mexico quoted 13% to 16%.
In New Orleans on April 5 a steady tone ruled the rice market with clean Japan prices firm while other grades held. Receipts showed Rough 2450, millers 2450, clean 23808, and 1800 pockets of clean Honduras at RG Age. Hewitt and Jewett trade a brisk aside as a judge is mentioned.
Wheat and corn moved on the Chicago Board with early gains erased by profit taking. Prices fluctuated as reports of damages to the domestic winter crop influenced traders and experts warned ideal weather could fail to avert a 1912 scale repeat.
Carlet vuvers reported grain prices in San Antonio on Wednesday. Wheat Texas $1.20 per bushel and northern $1.82. Corn Texas No. 3 78 cents, northern No. 2 mixed 50 cents, northern white 80 cents. Oats Texas ref bulk 60 cents per bushel, sacks 52 cents, northern white bulk 65 cents, sacks 57 cents. Oklahoma prices same as Texas trades.
The document lists dealer quotes for packing house products including dry salt bacon extras at 14c, bacon bellies 14-16 lb average at 14-11 pounds, fancy breakfast bacon at 26c, fancy hams at 18c, pure lard at 12c, and compound at 2c.
Chicago quotations show Wheat No 2 yellow at 80 80. Corn No 2 yellow around 80. Hard red wheat values around 1.23 to 1.21 and 1.19 to 1.21. Oats standard priced near 48 and barley around 76 to 79 cents.
In St Louis on April 6 traders noted No 2 red corn at 78 and a half cents, No 2 white at 74 cents, and No 2 oats at 44 cents for No 2 white. The text reflects nominal values with several garbled words.
Kansas market quotes show No 1 hard wheat at 1.20 and No 2 white corn around 0.47 to 0.48 per unit. Price line includes No 2 red wheat and mixed lots with varying cents per bushel.
Kansas City reports grain futures closing with Wheat May at 110 percent and July at 1104. Corn May at 94 percent and July at 110. Market activity shows varied strength across the grains as traders assess demand.
New York reports firm cotton seed oil trading on April 5 with spot and April bids at 10.35, May 16.50, June 16.52, July 10.6960, August 10.59 41, September 10.50952, October 10.40044, November 0.4294 percent. Total sales reach 20,500 units.
Allen Buell states winds below ten mph and rainfall under .01 inches are not published here. Local forecaster notes minimal weather activity.
An English attache in Washington quotes Sir Arthur Conan Doyle who humorously claims detective powers when a woman asks for help with a mystery. The itemized thefts include a motor horn a broom golf balls a left riding boot a dictionary and tin plates, prompting Doyle to declare the goat keeper as the culprit.
Sugar prices in Hungary have climbed by 25 percent, marking a notable increase in the country’s market. The rise affects consumers and businesses as relief or policy measures are debated.
In Eagle Pass the municipal election elected three incumbents to two year terms with no opposition. May or E H Schmidt and commissioners S S Simpson and R F Vaughn were acclaimed for another term amid praise for Schmidt’s leadership and local business ties. Voters lined up at the courthouse to endorse their actions.
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