Steel shares sink again rattling Wall Street
New York April 13 steel shares led the early market lower with heavy selling of United States Steel pushing the stock to about 59 to 60. The market opened irregular and dull with Standard rails showing sympathy as various industrials weakened. By afternoon trading steadied but the overall close remained weak with broad selling throughout the list.
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New York
Steel
Canadian Pacific
United States Steel
Standard Railroad
Metal market rundown from New York and London
METAL MARKETS NEW YORK April 13 Lead quiet at 3.74 to 3.85. Smelter quiet at 5.25 to 5.30. London reports holiday. Copper quiet electrolytic 14.75 lake 15 nominal cost 14.37 to 14.50. Tin steady spot 36.85 to 37.10 June 37.05 to 37.25. Tren steady No 1 northern 15.25 to 16.00 No 2 northern 15.00 to 15.75 No 1 southern 15.00 to 15.50 No 2 southern 14.50 to 15.00.
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New York
London
Northern
Southern
Dry goods markets active in New York cotton trade
Primary cotton goods markets were seasonably quiet due to a holiday. Prices held for most fabrics with spreads for print cloths and fancy yarns improving late week. Mills report steady to modest demand through April and into May with several long-term orders booked, including print cloths, denims, and dress ginghams.
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New York
Southern Standard
Industry leaders meet in Pittsburg on wage cuts
Iron and Steel Review notes a Pittsburg meeting of heads of five large independent steel companies. Plans are under way to cut wages for common labor and pare wage scales generally. The week also reports a big March rise in pig iron production, a small tranche of unfilled orders at U S Steel, and prices stabilizing near two weeks prior levels with hints of new construction potential due to current demand.
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New York
Pittsburg
United States Steel Corporation
Observation Taken At 1914 April 13 Morning
Observation recorded at 9 30 a m Monday April 13 1914 detailing time of day and date for prior weather or event note.
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A. m
Idaho Leads Country in Value of Crops
Washington April 13 Idaho shows the largest rise in crop value in 1899 to 1909 per the 1910 census. Idaho up 270.7 percent, Washington 235.4, North Dakota 234.2, Wyoming 219.8, Oklahoma 295, Colorado 200.4. States vary in growth and principal crops include Idaho hay and forage, wheat, oats.
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Washington
D. C
Idaho
Union
Census of Agriculture
William J. Harris
Bureau of Census
Department of Commerce
North Dakota
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Colorado
New Mexico
South Dakota
Montana
Florida
Georgia
South Carolina
Oregon
Utah
Arizona
Nebraska
North Carolina
Nevada
Arkansas
United States
Illinois
Okahoma
Oil Declines in Independence Prices Drop Again
An additional five cent drop in crude oil prices in the Kansas Oklahoma fields lowers quotations to 90 cents a barrel. This marks the third five cent decline in a week, with overproduction named as the cause.
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Kansas-Oklahoma
Independence
Eas
Coffee price report from New York trade desk
New York report notes No. 7 Rio coffee at 5 or steady for May delivery, with September also listed at 8 dollars. Market prices show stability in early trading, reflecting steady demand and limited immediate Movement across futures contracts.
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New York
Rio, &c
Sugar prices cut by grocer jobbers Monday
Grocer jobbers marked down granulated sugar another 5 cents per hundredweight after refiners’ quotations fell in New Orleans. Market at lower figures remained steady. No further reductions anticipated as summer demand rises. Tariff effects fading as market adjusts to free competition. Strawberries movement expected to be liberal this week with Monday offerings limited to under a dozen crates fetching up to 3.50 wholesale. Peas squash and other vegetables lower after a week of high prices. Onions in New York market 10 carloads from Texas sold at 2.25 per crate. Mexican onions offered but mostly dumped. Eggs and butter stable with small country receipts. abundant outlets predicted to prevent material price drops.
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New Orleans
Carrizo Springs
Laredo
New York
Northern Creamery
Texas
Oregon
Louisiana
California
Messine
Rome
Arkansas
Gano
Ben Ieavis
Florida
Freestone
Illinois
Arbuckle Ariosa
Japan
Choice Head
Honduras
Wholesale Markets Country Produce Pricing Record
A dense price list for wholesale country produce covers eggs poultry butter cheese vegetables fruits canned goods and staples. It lists prices for eggs poultry butter cheese potatoes cauliflower onions tomatoes and many more by dozen weight crate or box with regional varieties and grades.
Southern Association Opens Season With 154-Game Schedule
The Southern Association kicks off its fourteenth season on Tuesday in Atlanta. The openers feature Nashville at Atlanta, Memphis at Chattanooga, Mobile at Birmingham, and New Orleans at Montgomery all four-game series. Only three managers retain posts from last year: Smith, Schwartz, and Molesworth. new bosses include Dobbs in New Orleans and Finn in Memphis.
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Atlanta
Southern Association
Nashville
Memphis
Chattanooga
Mobile
Birmingham
New Orleans
Montgomery
William Smith
William Schwartz
Carleton Molesworth
John Dobbs
Robert Gilks
Dobbs
Michae Finn
Briscoe Lord
Harry McCormick
New York Nationals
Suits aim to restrain Grover Land from playing ball
Sioux City officials pledge court action to stop catcher Grover C Land from joining the Brooklyn outlaws after he jumped to the Federal team. President E J Hanlon of the Western League club says all avenues will be tried to bring him back. The article shifts to an unrelated, unclear dialogue about asking for a hand, with a father busy at the furnace.
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Sioux City
Grover C. Land
Federals
Brooklyn
Outlaws
E. J. Hanlon
Extensive Grocery Price List With Varied Goods and Weights
A dense catalog of grocery and commodity prices including fish like salmon and sardines, meats and lards, dried fruits such as peaches, prunes, and raisins, nuts, seeds, and farm staples. Entries show varying brands, regions, and packaging, with per pound and per hundredweight figures, plus freight-like job lot terms and warehouse-style price ranges. Names of goods, units, and prices fill the page in dense OCR style.
Butter and egg market notes from Elgin and Chicago
April 13 reports show butter steady with creamery at 18 25 cents and eggs steady with 29 058 cases received. Cheese varieties listed as steady with several grades, potatoes higher with 65 cars receipts from Minnesota Michigan and Wisconsin, live poultry prices rising for springs and fowls.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Michigan
Wisconsin
T&c
Livestock Markets High and Attractive at Union Stock Yards
Reports from Union Stock Yards on April 13 indicate a buoyant market with hogs and sheep leading gains of 10 to 15 cents. Cattle prices steady to firm, best cows up to 5.50, calves around 7.50, young stock 6.60 to 7.00, goats sold steady. receipts noted include cattle, calves, horses, hogs, sheep and goats with most pens emptied by dinner.
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Union Stock Yards
Mondey
Fort Worth cattle hogs and sheep prices report
Aggregate receipts reach 5800 cattle with early sales and prices steady with last week. Steers 6.25 to 7.25, stockers 5.75 to 7.00, cows 4.25 to 6.24, heifers 5.50 to 7.65, bulls 4.25 to 6.25, calves around 5.00. Hog receipts 1800, market steady up 5 cents. choice hogs 8.75, bulk 8.20 to 8.55. Sheep near 5000. strong demand. mixed sheep 5.65, ewes 5.85, lambs 6.85.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Weather Prompts Cotton Market Slowdown in New York Data
New York opens steady to higher on bullish weekly stats but eases as good South weather boosts plans. Easter holidays halt Liverpool cables, selling and liquidation push futures down to about unchanged to five points lower by midday. Spot old crop brokers buy as prices drift and fail to rally in early afternoon trading.
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New York
Liverpool
Cotton futures open steady in New York trade
Cotton futures opened steady with May at 12.68, July 12.38, and October 11.68. The day closed steady to 2 6 points lower than the prior session, with highs and lows indicating limited movement as markets priced around the Day’s quotes.
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady on Weather Outlook
New Orleans April 13 cotton futures opened steady to down 3 points from last week’s close as traders weighed forecasts of better weather. By midmorning prices fell 5 to 6 points, with buying support later due to reports of cold damage to young cotton during holidays. At noon the market was about 3 points lower, and the afternoon session showed little movement, trading 5 to 6 points under last week’s close by 2 PM.
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New Orleans
Nis
Manchester
Liverpool
Thorn & Maginnis
Oklahoma
Texas
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans market
In New Orleans on April 13 cotton futures opened unchanged to two points lower from Saturdays close with May at 2.79, July 12.71, and October 11.70. The futures closed steady to as much as seven points lower. Price ranges shown include highs, lows, and closes for May and October with scattered figures across the day.
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New Orleans
Spot market prices for major ports reported
New York middling at 13 35, New Orleans at 13 3-16, Houston 18 cents, Galveston at 13 cc.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Houston
Galveston
New Orleans Cotton Market Report April 13 Spots Steady
Spots closed steady unchanged Rosie middling 133 11c. Sales on spot today 1560 bales. Sales of cotton to arrive 400 bales.
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New Orleans
Rosie
Spot cotton closes steady in New York market
New York April 18 spot cotton closed steady at middling 13.35 cents with no sales reported today and no arrivals.
Spot cotton closes steady in Houston trade
Houston April 13 spot cotton closed steady with basis middling at 13 cents. No bales on sale today and no cotton to arrive sales reported.
Spot cotton closes steady in Galveston market
In Galveston on April 13 the spot cotton market closed steady with middling fiber at 13.5 cents. Sales totaled 135 bales, with no arrivals reported.
Cotton seed products market notes and prices
In Memphis on April 13 basic prices for cotton seed were listed at 6.53 to 6.54 with meal at 27.25 to 7.50 and lint or losses 2% to 3%. New York market closed firm for cotton seed oil with spot at 7.56, April 7.58, May 7.55 to 7.56, June 7.59 to 7.60, July 7.66 to 7.67, August 7.74 to 7.74, September 7.75 to 7.77, October 7.26 to 7.34, November 6.85 to 7.10, total sales 10,500.
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Sat
Amalgamated Copperween American Agricultural Ee
American Car & Foundry
Sevesiverssts
Pfd
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Tennessee
Texas Company
Eeee Neon Os
Union Pacific
Whee Eapeeh
United States Steel Steel Ee
Virginia Care, Chem
BOM Western Union
Ccssene Fete
New Orleans
New York
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Kansas City market today shows hog receipts about 6,000 with higher prices across best grades. Cattle receipts near 11,000 with steady to higher tone and varied ranges for prime fed steers, dressed beef, southerns, cows, heifers, and stockers. Sheep receipts around 11,000 with higher values for lambs and yearlings and varied ranges for other classes.
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Kansas City
All Alaska Sweepstakes Opens From Nome to Can dle
The world’s greatest dog race began at 9 a m with four Nome teams entering the 412 mile Nome to Can dle and back course. Zero weather has hardened snow for fast times as a $2000 purse and trophy draw intense interest. Entrants include the Allen Darling team, the Johnson team, the Ayer team, and the Sephals team, all of Nome. The record stands 74 hours 14 minutes 20 seconds set in 1910 by John Johnson with Siberian wolves.
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Nome
Alaska
Candle
Allen-Darling
A. A
Scotty) Allen
C. E. Darling
Berkeley
Cal
Allen
Johnson
John Johnson
Ayer
Fred Ayer
Sephals
Leonard Sephels
Siberian Wolves
Chicago Market Report on Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago receipts and quotations show hogs 32,000 with market strong and varied bids from 7.50 to 9.95 per hundredweight. cattle 21,000 with steady market and Beeves 7.05 to 9.50, Texas steers 7.25, calves 7.00 to 10.25. sheep 18,000 with market strong and native lambs 6.40 to 8.25.
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Chicago
Texas
Market Quotations From Kansas City April 13
Kansas City market report lists dairy and poultry prices for the day. Butter creamery 24c firsts 28c seconds 22c packs stock 15c. Eggs firsts 16c seconds lic. Poultry hens 15c springs 15c.
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Kansas City
Receipts and market gains in St Louis livestock trade
Reports from St Louis on receipts totaling 10 500 with higher market for pigs and lights 27 9049.00. Beef steers and heifers bring 4 258 75, stockers 5.00 to 6.00, Texas steers 5.75 to 8.00, cows and heifers 4.50 to 6.05, calves unsettled. Mutton prices 5.76 to 6.65. Also notes 95 percent of steel pens built in United States at Camden New Jersey.
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ST. Louis
Bae Connei
Texas
Sugar Prices Hold Steady in New York Market
In New York on April 13 raw sugar remained steady while molasses sugar sold at 2.27 dollars per unit and centrifugal at 2.92 dollars. Refined sugar was quiet with cut loaf 5.05, crushed 4.95, mould A 4.69, cubes 4.15, powdered 4.00, fine granulated 3.90, and confectioners A 3.80 amid a cautious trading mood.
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New York
First Baseball Victim in New York Season
New York reports the season’s first death from baseball. John Nelson Jr., 18, was struck at first base Saturday when a throw to the bag shattered a blood vessel in his forehead, causing a fatal head injury after he suffered severe head pains.
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New York
John Nelson Jr
Cotton market forecasts and weather stress New Orleans
The New Orleans market notes advance in cotton prices amid unseasonable cold and delayed planting. Hayward & Clark and Thorn & Maginnis cite tight supply, strong spinners demand, and potential bear signals if weather improves or worsens. Continent buying in Liverpool supports futures as German and French mills show activity.
Chorus Alliance Demands Half Pay For Long Rehearsals
Charles Stade, president of the Chorus People's Alliance, voices in New York the demand for half pay during eight to nine weeks of rehearsals before shows. He criticizes millionaire producers for relying on excuses and argues fairness for chorus workers. The piece cites a humorous aside from the New York Press to illustrate the era's attitudes.
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Charles Stade
New Chorus People’s Alliance
New York
Bobby
Young Sparks
Sparks
Mabel
Mr. Spark
New York Press
Wheat market falters as weather relief and damaged reports fade
Chicago and Kansas City notes show favorable weather easing crop damage concerns. Wheat weak with price declines despite late rally from green bugs in Kansas. corn and oats slumped on bearish seeding outlook with provisional gains in hogs. Cash quotes list No 2 hard wheat around 85 to 80 cents, corn near 69 to 70 cents, and oats about 40 to 38 cents per bushel.
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Chicago
Kansas
Brown County
Kansas City
Grain features close steady in Kansas City market
Kansas City April 13 grain futures closed steady with wheat May at 83 3/4 cents and July at 84 cents. Corn May 68 1/2 cents and July 68 3/4 cents. Oats May 37 1/2 cents and Ne.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Wheat and corn prices quoted in St Louis market report
ST. LOUIS April 13 quotations were as follows for today Wheat No 2 red 93 94c No 2 90% fe Corn No 2 70c No 2 white 72% Oats No 2 40c No 2 white 4le.
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ST. Louis
Grain prices in Chicago cash market report
Chicago cash grain prices list four wheat grades with values around 93 to 94 cents, corn No 2 at 68 cents, No 2 white barley at 50 to 64 cents, and No 2 northern and spring wheat near 93 to 94 cents, dated April 13.
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Chicago
Building Permits Reported for Town and Nearby Streets
W M Naval secures permit for pavilion on Town street 1000. R H Graves files for remodel on College street cost 500 dollars. Alamo Home Builders plans 5 room dwelling on Castro street cost 1000. W J Allen 6 room dwelling on Armous Place cost 2000. J O Fitzgerald 5 room dwelling on Ban dera avenue cost 1200. 8S Friedman 5 room dwelling on Aransas avenue cost 1000.
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W. M. Naval
Town Street
R. H. Graves
College Street
Alamo Home Builders
Castro Street
W. J. Allen
Armous Place
J. O. Fitzgerald
Bandera Avenue
Friedman
Aransas Avenue
King Alfonso’s cigarette habit sparks a court moment
Life notes a playful remark about King Alfonso of Spain preferring cigarettes, suggesting even royalty might resemble ordinary people. The quip imagines him disliking a court function where cigarettes are unavailable, echoing universal human foibles.
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Alfonso
Spain
Office confrontation over insult ends in furniture fear
Dialogue reveals a heated dispute where one man insists on facing the offender in his office. He fears damage to his furniture and contemplates confronting the rival, highlighting tensions and a plan to settle the insult directly.
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Nezing
San Antonio
Wall ST
Metal Markets
Iron and Steel Review
Wehr
Abilene
Amerillo
Bias A
Sham
Boston
Mass
Brownsville
Tex Eston
FEDS
Catcher Land
Columbia River
Navy
South
Maine
Elgin
Butter Firm
Tee
Louis
Oklahoma City
NEW York Futures
Éivosvecsce
Guy Saccccesese Urge
Tenn
Chicago Livestock
United
Camden
N. J. Sey
West Texas Bank & Trust Company
East
Houston Street
Hayward & Clark
Ronge
British Board of Trade
International Spinners’ Federation
Cotton Statistics
U. S S
Ear
Icsccveess
Grain and Provisions
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