This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 37 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 10, 1911
Page
11
The cotton market opened steady with gains as short covering intensified on strong statistics. May sold at 14.65 and July at 14.53, near the peak since February. new crop stayed quiet with modest gains amid improved spot demand and favorable weather outlook.
The Associated Press reports Liverpool cotton prices rose by 2 to 4 points with American middling fair at 8.39 and good middling at 8.07. Sales reached 12 000 bales, including 1 000 for speculation and export, with futures steady and closing very steady across the curve.
New Orleans April 10 futures opened steady with gains of 1.2 points on old crop months and 1 to 2 points on new. Prices moved as cool weather and frosts were noted across the belt, with later profit taking trimming old crops to 3-4 points up and new crops down 1-2 by midmorning.
Leading market notes show Liverpool steady near 7.87 with 12,000 units, New York quiet around CA a cone, New Orleans firm at 14.50 for 415, Houston steady near 14% for 954, and Galveston steady at 14% for 1,258 units.
Spot cotton shows steady to unchanged prices in Houston and Memphis with middling at 14.4 cents. New York closes quiet with futures 10 points higher at 14.75 cents. no sales reported.
New Orleans on April 10 reports spot cotton firm with 1/16 to 1/8 cent up moves for 740 bales arriving. Quotations show low ordinary 11 1/16 to 11 1/2 cents, good ordinary 13 5/16 to 13 11/16, and mid to high grades up to 15 1/4 to 15 3/4 cents. Receipts total 177 with stock at 102,080 bales.
Galveston Texas April 10 Spot cotton steady with a small uptick. middling at 145. A Collmann, plumber, advertises new phone number 449 for taxicab services.
The Monday market notes a very heavy green-vegetable supply with a general 10 percent price drop on Texas produce and widespread bearish tone. Strawberries rise to 4 per crate while new potatoes fall to 2 per bushel and cabbage declines to 1.50 per hundred. beans and squash shift modestly in price amid abundant country produce and steady lard and egg markets.
New York reports steady Sterling exchange with bankers’ bills at 4.8415 for sixty days and 4.8630 for demand. Commercial bills 4.834. Apish mercantile paper shows 3 to 4 percent. Bar silver at 53.1. Mexican dollars 45. Government and railroad bonds hold steady.
On April 10 in New York money on call held steady at 2 percent with the ruling rate and closing bids at 2 percent and offers at 2 percent. Time loans were dull and weaker with 60 day at 2 percent, 90 days at 2 3, and six months at 3 percent.
Dr. Jesse Robards of San Antonio, visiting the Rio Grande valley, says a large Mexican cattle movement is planned. About 3000 head are seen for the next 30 days, with 300 from Ray S. Wait and J. Ballinger for April 12, 450 from John Kay today, 600 from J. W. Scrivner on April 12, and a 1500 head import plan from a northern firm. Eagle Pass expects about 15 090 cattle for import soon.
Fort Worth reports cattle, hogs, and sheep figures with limited activity. Chicago shows higher trading on 20 000 cattle and 50 000 hog lots while other markets at Kansas City, St. Louis, Omaha record modest volumes.
Memphis data shows prime basis oil trading at 5.26 to 5.34, meal at 24, linters at 3 percent to 4 percent.
New York March 10 cotton seed oil prices quoted today show May at 6.20 to 6.31 with 6.33 and 6.36 bids and opens, and other positions around 6.30 to 6.41 in the market.
Butter and eggs held steady with creamery butter at 14 2 and 1/2 c per lb. Daisies cheese ranged 13 1/8 to 14 4c. Eggs receipts totaled 24,272 cases at mark with firsts at 15 to 16 1/2 c. Poultry and veal also quoted, with turkeys dressed at 18c and live chickens and springs at 16 1/2 c. Veal prices varied by weight from 6 1/ ic to 10c per lb depending on weight.
Kansas City market prices list dairy and eggs with butter creamery at 20 cents, firsts 17, seconds 15, packing stock 12 and a half. Eggs show extras 16 and firsts 14 cents.
St Louis market quotations list axym steady at 4.30 Spelter stronger at .30 chickens at 14 cents springs 17 to 18 cents turkeys 17 to 18 cents ducks 14 cents geese 7 cents butter steady creamery 18 to 22 cents eggs steady 14 1/2 cents.
Early market shows undersized run with cattle calves 54 head hogs 18 and 62 horses. Cows steady with limited receipts and prices from 2.75 to 4.50. calves strong with most sales around 4.50. hogs barely steady with top 6.75 and most at 6.50.
In St. Louis on April 10 receipts reach 14 000 cattle including 600 Texans with a steady market. Hogs total 18 500 with prices 5 10c lower. pigs and lights 6 50 6 70, packers 5 75 6 50, butchers 6 25 6 65. Sheep 3000 with markets steady. muttons 3 75 5 00, lambs 5 75.
Kansas City stockyards on April 10 show cattle receipts near 10,000 with 600 southern heads and a market steady to 10 cents lower. Native steers range 5.40 to 6.41, southern 4.75 to 6.10, cows 3.00 to 6.25, calves 4.00 to 7.00, westerns 5.00 to 6.25. Hogs receipts 12,000 with prices 6.00 to 6.30 for bulls and packers, nights 6.25 to 6.35. Sheep receipts 12,000 with muttons 4.00 to 5.29 and lambs 5.50 to 6.10.
Chicago markets show receipts for cattle hogs and sheep with prices mixed. Beef cattle range 5.15 to 6.80, hogs 6.20 to 6.65, sheep 3.00 to 5.50, with overall declines noted across categories.
By the Associated Press New York April 10 Eggs held steady with receipts of 25 867 cases. Fresh gathered selected extras quoted at 18 2 cents, firsts at 16 19 cents, western gathered whites at 18 1 2 cents, southern duck eggs at 25 33 cents, and western at 39 32 cents.
A fragmented notice lists phone number 449 for a taxicab and identifies A Collman a plumber at 416 Main Ave. The incomplete item references contact details and an occupation with cross streets.
The bulletin from San Antonio at 7 am lists unsettled weather tonight and Tuesday, with warmer tonight and colder in the northwest on Tuesday. Cloudy conditions persist due to a storm area over the Rockies, but overall fair conditions prevail with below normal temperatures in the lower lake region and Canada.
Fort Worth Texas April 10 steers and hogs fell ten cents with cattle receipts around 3000 head calves 275 hogs 1800 sheep 500 Stocks and feeders 4 25 to 4 50 butcher stock 4 00 to 4 25 hogs 6 15 to 6 35 the market echoing a northern decline
The April 1 crop report indicates winter wheat at 83.3 percent of normal, up from 80.8 a year ago and above 1909 levels, with rye at 89.8 percent. Southern states list varied readings, with Virginia at 88 for wheat and 89 for rye, North Carolina 89 and 88, and Arkansas and Alabama showing mixed results.
A transcriptioned notice records burial permits for multiple individuals with ages and death dates. Names include George Dimick aged 8, John Campbell 68, Charles Werner 40, Enrique Alvarez 9 months, Mrs D M Stow Barnes 28, Mary Gene Lane 20, Petera Gonzales 2, with death dates around April and addresses in Fredericksburg, Bexar, Burnet, and Flores areas.
Metal fixtures and book cases arrived this morning and will be placed in position at once in the new vault built from part of the old Forty-fifth District courtroom. Nearly forty large cases of the furniture were piled in the corridors this morning.
Sheriff J. F. Craig of Eldorado reaches the city to extradite W. K. Kane an elderly man accused of forging a woman s name on a land transfer. He arrives with papers and plans to depart tonight for his Panhandle home as Magourine cars advertise cut rate and new phone service.
Too late to classify ad seeks a five or seven passenger auto with generous commission and bond if necessary. Promises two hundred dollars per month clair and asks to answer at once from 7890 Light.
A price list enumerates groceries with regional values including eggs at 17c per yard, butter 25c to 35c, dressed poultry from 25c to 75c, various meats and fish with cents per pound or item, fruits and vegetables listed with multiple unit prices, and specials like oranges 25-40c per dozen, bananas 15-20c, tomatoes 50c per basket, greens 5-15c, and other produce priced from a few cents to tens of cents. The compilation reads as a historical market guide for everyday groceries.
Wheat failed to hold an initial rise as the Chicago market turned down. Traders cited diverted world shipments and a forthcoming US crop report showing winter wheat around 86–87 percent. May prices slipped from an 87–87% start to about 86% while corn and oats followed mixed trades and hogs fell on light provisions.
Chicago April 10 receipts and shipments today were reported but the detailed figures are not included in the available text.
Chicago April 10 receipts show 17 wheat cars with 8 contract grade and 127 corn cars with 7 contract grade. Oars 80 cars. Total wheat receipts at Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth today 29 cars, versus 371 last week and 447 the same day last year.
Cash wheat holds firm with No 2 red at 88 cents and No 2 hard around 85 to 95 cents. Corn and oats rise with No 2 track corn at 48 cents and No 2 oats around 31 cents. Futures show May and July grain higher across wheat corn and oats with May and July quotes adjusted.
Cash wheat steady with No 2 at 84 9/16 to 86 1/2 cents. No 2 red 87 to 87 1/2 cents. Corn steady up 1/2 to 1 cent, No 2 mixed 46 1/4 to 47 cents. No 2 white 52 1/2 to 53 cents. Oats unchanged. No 2 white 42 1/2 to 43 cents. May wheat 81 1/2 cents, July 81 3/4, Sept 82 cents. Corn May 47 1/2, July 48 1/4, Sept 49 1/4.
Mr and Mrs Juan Martinez announce the birth of a child on April 4 at 918 South Laredo Street. Mr and Mrs BE Ortiz report a daughter born April 6 at the same address. The record also notes a birth to Mr and Mrs A Guilt 2 at 918 South Laredo Street.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.