Cotton Market Prices and Exchange Report
Daily quotations from principal spot cotton markets with middling grade as baseline. San Antonio 18.50. Houston 19.15. Galveston 19.35. New York 0.25 points lower. New Orleans 19.56. Liverpool 1.346.000 bales. April 19 Cotton Exchange notes slumps due to weak cables and favorable new crop weather.
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Houston
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New Yorke
New. Orleans
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New York
New Orleans
Orleans
New York Cotton Falls then Rebounds on Quiet Trading
In New York this morning the cotton market showed scattered liquidation amid weak cables tied to ocean freight concerns. May eased to 1988 and October to 18.3% with May May and October closing near 18.48 to 19.62 as weather reports remained favorable and covering briefly lifted prices.
Cotton Futures Slip on Rain and Cables in New Orleans
In New Orleans on April 19 the cotton market opened with selling pressure as rain in Texas and weak cables triggered selling. Prices fell 18 to 22 points early, with liquidations easing later as offerings met light demand. By noon the active month was down 1.5 to 2.25 points, and afternoon trading kept the decline at 19 to 24 points through 1:30 PM amid a quiet market and labor-related acreage concerns.
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New Orleans
Texas
Liverpool Cotton Market Report April 19
Liverpool April 19 cotton market report shows good middling at 12.464 cents and middling 12.344 cents with low middling 12.16. Sales total 600 bales with 300 for speculation and export. Receipts 17,400 bales.
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Liverpool
Turpentine and resin market updates from Savannah stock data
April 19 Savannah reports mixed turpentine and resin activity with firm quotat ions and varied receipts. Turpentine firm at 45% with 357 shipments and 9181 stock. resin firm with 638 sales and 300 shipments. Prices range around 5.59 to 6.75 per unit, reflecting unsettled futures and regional demand.
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Savannah
Peek
Dairy Farms For Ken
Dairy farm advertising listing seeks buyer or lease for a 4% mile area near the city limits with contact via phone Travis 47.
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Travis
Land Auctions Offer 106 Acres Near San Antonio River
San Antonio Loan & Trust Co lists 106 acres of farming land near Corpus Christi Road with 60 acres in cultivation and deep water. Includes tenant house and outbuildings, 16 miles from San Antonio on a paved road, terms available. Also ad offers 3 acres outside city limits for irrigation with easy payments by W Whitaker at Crockett 5121 and a 40 acre farm seven miles from the city priced at 4000 with terms through W B Whitaker at 1033 E Commerce St.
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Corpus Christi Road
SAN Antonio Loan & Trust CO. Ee
W. Whitaker
Wholesale produce price list from fresh vegetables and staples
A dense catalog of wholesale prices for fresh vegetables fruits and staples lists items such as potatoes onions tomatoes cranberries peppers beets carrots cabbage radishes asparagus celery turnips squash beans strawberries dewberries apples pineapples bananas grapefruit lemons limes dried fruits and canned goods with per unit weights and crate prices. Also covers coffee rice molasses honey canned meats and imported goods with various regional prices and packaging terms.
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Florida
California
Renee
Ben Davis
Commerce
Missouri
LLC
L. M
Maxwell
Maxwell House
Japan
Metal markets report from New York trade detail
Lead firm at 9 percent with Spelter weak. East St. Louis spot delivery 9 1 2 percent asked. Copper quiet with electrolytic spot and second quarter prices at 39 to 32 dollars. Third quarter 26 to 30 dollars. Iron steady. Tin firm with spot around 55 dollars.
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New York
What the Faculty Was: A Father’s Letter to Harold
London dispatch notes a humorous letter from a father to his college son about faculty spending money. The piece cites quotes from the New York Evening Post and mentions financial figures for metals and spot prices before noting Argentina’s coal-mining status.
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New York Evening Post
Harold
Northern livestock market remains weak across major centers
At Union Stock Yards April 19 the northern market showed weakness with cattle steady at Chicago and Kansas City but 19 to 15 cents lower at Fort Worth. Hogs varied from steady at St Louis to 6 to 10 cents lower at Fort Worth and Kansas City. Sheep were steady. local market unchanged. Receipts: cattle 278, calves 47, horses 4, hogs 80. city-trade cattle 260, calves 3, hogs 80.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Kansas City
Fort Worth
Bat Louis
Fort Worth Market Summary Cattle Hoes and Sheep Report
Fort Worth market report shows cattle receipts about 9500 with prices slipping 10 to 10 cents. Steers near 7 to 11 dollars, stockers 6 to 7.75, heifers 6.50 to 10.25, cows 5 to 8.25, bulls 5.50 to 8.75, calves 5 to 10.50. Hogs receipts around 4500 with prices 12.75 to 15.04, top 15.20. Sheep receipts 500 with steady pricing. lambs 14 to 16, yearlings 12.50 to 13.75, wethers 10.60 to 12.50, ewes 9 to 10.50, lambs 7 to 8.
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Brazil
California
Bayos
Fort Worth
S.co
Chicago hog cattle and sheep market report
Chicago receipts and quotes show hogs 18 000 with slow trading and mixed, light, heavy, and rough categories ranging from about 14.80 to 16.40. Cattle receipts 4000 with steady market, native beef cattle from 9.00 to 14.25, calves 8.56 to 12.76. Sheep receipts 15 000 steady with Weberg 10.69 to 12.75 and lambs 11.90 to 15.76.
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Chicago
Ill
Kansas City Market Receipts and Prices Report
Receipts and quotations show cattle and hogs trading mixed. hogs down 6 to 10 cents, bulk at 15.15 to 15.75, heavy 15.70 to 15.85. Cattle receipts 2000 with primes at 12.25 to 13.00, dressed 9.25 to 12.00, cows 6.50 to 10.75, calves and stockers under 11. Sheep and lamb markets steady with lambs 12.25 to 15.60, yearlings 13.00 to 14.25, wethers 12.00 to 13.8, ewes 11.00 to 13.00, stockers 7.00 to 14.0.
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Kansas City
Southern
Market Results from St Louis Live Stock Sale
Receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep reported from St Louis on April 19. Hogs steady with averages around 14.55 to 15.90, native beef steers mostly 7.50 to 13.00, cows 6.00 to 11.60, stockers 6.00 to 10.60, prime steers 5.00 to 11.50, calves 6.00 to 13.00, sheep 13.00 to 15.75, ewes 9.50 to 12.25, yearlings 12.75 to 14.25. Receipts noted for hogs and cattle with Castle prospects lower.
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Exis
Prime Southern
Provision Markets Quotation Highlights Local Packing Prices
Local packing house quotations list dry salt extras at 24.0 cents per pound bacon extras 24 percent 24 and four tenths cents per pound and 14 to 16 pound averages 24.4 cents fancy breakfast bacon 33 cents ham 27 cents bacon bellies 14 to 16 pound averages 26 cents pure lard 28 cents compound 17 ice American cheese at 2 92 pound.
Quotations from Chicago Market Data
Chicago financial notes show Park and July contracts with May figures across open high low and close. Prices include May and July quotes for Park and related commodities with values listed in sequence.
New York Sugar and Coffee Prices Reported
New York sugar prices show easy ref sugar and refined near 7.50 to 8.50. Centrifugal at 6.46 and molasses at 5.58. Coffee futures steady with May at 8.00 and July at 8.20. No 7 Rio at 10 1/2 cents.
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New York
Rice market steady as New Orleans trade reports
New Orleans rice market shows rough and clean rice in strong demand. Receipts include 4 381 rough sacks 2 881 millers 15 647 pockets clean. Sales list Honduras Japan and Blue Rage with prices noted and an obituary unrelated to rice trades referenced in a clumsy aside.
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Millers
Honduras
Japan
Blue Rage
Local Market Prices Shift for Eggs Turkeys and Beans
Eggs fall to 30 3 cents a dozen for Texas country candled. Turkeys rise to 20 cents a pound. Texas round green beans drop to 3 per bushel. Flat beans 1 50 a bushel. California lettuce 3 a crate. Corn and oats recover 2-cent losses, others unchanged in wholesale prices.
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Texas
California
Shippers Market Wednesday Prices Across Texas
Shippers market reports show bid prices to retailers and raid margins noting Texas country candied goods at 30 cents and butter steady near 35 cents. Creamery products listed at 32 to 35 cents, country stock at 239 30 cents, packing stock 4a 75e per pound. Poultry prices range from hens 5.50 to 9.00, large birds 7.50 to 9.00, friers 5.60 to 7.00, broilers 3.60 to 4.60, springs 4.00 to 4.25, turkeys 20 to 21 cents per pound, ducks 7.00 to 6.00 per dozen, geese 12.00 to 16.00.
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Texas
Texas Creamery
Chicago Market Report Shows Fresh Dairy and Produce Prices
Quotation notes April 19 list butter at 41 454c, creamery eggs steady, receipts 30,815 cases, firsts 36 3 4 c per dozen. Potatoes unchanged with 34 car receipts from several states. Poultry alive steady with fowls 22 2 1 2 c and springs 22 1/2 c.
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Chicago
Washington
Colorado
Idaho
Oregon
Michigan
Wisconsin
Quotations Reported on Butter Poultry and Potatoes
In Kansas City on April 19 the market quotes butter at 47 cents for firsts and 43 cents for seconds and packers. Poultry prices show hens at 6 cents and roosters at 6 cents, with turkeys at 15 cents. Potatoes listed at 3 dollars and 10 5.
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Kansas City
Wheat and Corn Soar to Record Heights in Chicago Trade
In Chicago on April 19 wheat and corn prices surged amid brisk export demand and mill purchases. Wheat jumped and then steadied with May and July futures at about 2.40 to 2.05 dollars, while corn also climbed, supported by wheat strength and late rain concerns, closing higher. Provisions trades watched a softer hog market as grains led gains.
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Chicago
Canada
United States
Europe
Atlantic
Market quotes for grain and corn in Kansas City
Quotation sheet shows wheat at No 2 hard 2.68 to 2.77, No 3 rel 2.60 to 2.77. Corn No 2 mixed 1.50 to 1.51, No 2 white 1.68 to 1.62. Oats No 2 white 74 to 74. No mixed 72 to 73 cents.
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Kansas City
Stoge market closes heavy amid broad declines
New York April 19. Opening strength faded as the market turned heavy in the final hour. United States Steel and allied shares edged up about a point, Reading and Union Pacific held gains, but General Motors fell 3.5 percent and Marine preferred 1.4 percent. Liggett and Myers sank 3.7 points to 22.5, while Ohio Gas hit a 142 percent rise.
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Time loan rates and money market terms listed
A New York report dated April 19 details short term lending rates including sixty day loans at KO 90 days 34, six months at 44 44 percent, and firm call money with high 3 and low 2 percent. Virus rate 2 percent, last loan 2 percent, closing bid 2 percent, offered at 24.
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New York
Financial quotes and bond tone in New York report
New York mercantile quotes show 4% commercial bills 60 days at 472 and 471 75 for 60 day on banks with 4754 for demand. Telegraph and cable transfers listed with 476% and 494 for guilders. Bar silver quoted at 74% and Mexican dollars at 57. Ke government bonds weak while railroad bonds show heavy selling.
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New York
London Money Market Rates Report
London reports bar silver at 364d per ounce and money at 4 percent. Discount rates show short bills at 4 percent and three months at 4 4 percent.
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London
Temperatures and Rainfall Across Houston District Report
Cotton Region Bulletin notes general rains in Oklahoma with over an inch at five stations. Light showers in North Carolina coast, northwestern Louisiana, and much of Arkansas. Texas sees variable moisture. Temperatures run above normal, especially in eastern cotton region, with highs 86 to 90. Allen Buell meteorologist reports.
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Weatherford
Lima
Altus
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Arkansas
Texas
Grain futures close with mixed gains in Kansas City
In Kansas City on April 19 grain futures closed with Wheat showing May at 2.2, July at 2.034, and September at 1.76 while Corn ranged May at 1. Pt and July at 1.40 and September at 1.304, reflecting a varied session for traded contracts.
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Kansas City
Cotton goods markets steady in quiet trade
In New York on Wednesday April 19 the cotton goods market was quiet yet firm with yarns and wool goods showing firmness and quietness. The knit goods trade was subdued except for government orders, reflecting steadiness across textile segments.
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New York
Weather observations for April 19 1917 briefly note light wind and trace precipitation
At 7 a m on Thursday April 19 1917 the Weather Bureau reports wind speeds under 10 miles per hour and rainfall under .01 inch. Meteorologist notes these minimal conditions as not being noteworthy.
Wheat and corn prices in St Louis market report
Quotations list prices for wheat and corn in St Louis with No 2 red wheat at 2.95 to 2.98, No 2 hard nominal, corn No 2 at 1.54, No 2 white at 1.61 61 4 cents, oats No 2 2 4 cents, No 2 white nominal.
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Chicago
ST. Louis
Shreveport Rate Case Questions Railroads Figures
Judge Sam H. Cowan and Assistant Attorney General Luther Nickels charged several railroads with furnishing incorrect figures in the Shreveport rate case rehearing. The I and G N faced demands for a wheel report and trainmaster sheets to support evidence, amid time pressures and questions over stock car percentages and related costs.
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Tex
Shreveport
Sam H. Cowan
Luther Nickels
Cowan
International & Great Northern
Thurtell
Nickels
E. Wilson
San Antonio
Exero
Cant Waste His Vocation A Temperance Anecdote
A temperance lecturer recalls a man who vanished into a Boston steamer's bar as his wife urges him to enjoy the scenery. The tale ends with the husband drunkenly declaring he cares not for ice or woods or scenery.
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Boston
George
Pathr
Army approves land buy for permanent aviation post near San Antonio
A telegram from Senator Morris Sheppard states the Army War College approved purchasing 703 acres near South San Antonio for a permanent aviation post. The War Department must close the deal immediately and begin erecting hangars, machine shops, and barracks. Major Foulois recommended the purchase. funding remains tied to broader army legislation.
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Southern Department
Annual Bat tle of Flowers luncheon honors Pershing at Menger Hotel
The Bat tle of Flowers Association held its annual luncheon Thursday at the Menger Hotel with Gen John J Pershing as guest of honor. Mrs Winchester Kelso president and other officers presided as patriotic decorations and band music filled the event. Rev Hugh McLellan gave the invocation.
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John J. Pershing
Merritte W. Ireland
Martin C. Shallenberger
Hilda Waltz
Richard Paddock
Augustus P. Blocksom
E. A. Millar
Harry L. Rogers
Malvern-Hill Barnum
Henry A. Greene
Omar Bundy
Harry B. Jordan
Robert A. Brown
L. B. Clegg
G. W. Johneson
W. T. Pancoast
M. B. Donoho
Winchester Kelso
M. Eleanor Brackenridge
Hugh McLellan
T. A. Coleman
Atlee B. Ayres
F. Ln Hillyer
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San Antonio
Army Reserve Officers Placed on Active Duty at Fort Bam Houston
Major Halbert H. Noyes Major Morgan B. Edgerton Major William H. Getson Jr. Major Henry Sanford Major Benedict Crowell Major Samuel P. Weatherill Jr. Captain Harry G. Musgrave Captain Patrick Graham Captain Walter R. Metz Captain Sanford Belden Captain Ross B. Coop Captain Winfield A. Learn Doll Captain Arthur H. Leavitt Captain Glen Drake Captain Harold L. Pope and quartermaster officers of the reserve corps assigned to Fort Bam Houston by Southern Department quartermaster assistants.
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Halbert H. Noyes
Morgan B. Edgerton
William H. Getson JR
Henry Sanford
Benedict Crowell
Samuel P. Weatherill JR
Harry. G. Musgrave
Patrick Graham
Walter R. Metz
Sanford & Beldem
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Winfield A. Learndoll
Arthur H. Leavitt
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Fort Bam Houston
Southern Department
Von Bissing Dies Amid Stiff Belgian War Rule Controversy
Brussels telegram reports General Moritz Ferdinand von Bissing, German governor general in Belgium since 1914, died Wednesday evening due to lung inflammation. Born 1844, he oversaw executions of Edith Cavell and deportations, with clashes against Cardinal Mercier and harsh penalties on Belgian cities for rule violations.
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Nicaragua Aligns With Latin Nations Backing U.S. War Declara
Managua foreign office informed the State Department that Nicaragua has endorsed the United States war declaration. The State Department denied U.S. pressure on Peru to clarify its stance and denied aiding ex Costa Rican president Alfredo Gonzalez in efforts to regain power.
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The Goose at the Rake and Raspberry
A small girl at the munition works asks a co worker to pass a label to her father who has won a goose at a raffle. She explains the label is for his trip home from the Rake and Raspberry tonight.
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Junks
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Wanted stenographer and boy to drive dragon duties listed
Classified notice offers a stenographer with some book experience and a boy to drive a dragon, with contact details 418 Gamer Blog and 323 Dallas St. This fragment outlines two job notices in vintage classifieds style.
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Dragon
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