Cotton Market Irregular Early With Gains Later
The Cotton Exchange report notes opening losses in New York with New Orleans up on favorable crop weather. Lighter selling and government forecasted heavier lint production trimmed the New York decline, while New Orleans moved higher on short covering. San Antonio spots closed at 18.35 with varied intraday moves across markets.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
New York Cotton Opens With May Liquidation Pressure
May liquidation renewed at opening as May contracts slipped to 19.37 with July at 19.10 and October 18.05. Market showed early steadying after some Liverpool selling, with May lagging July and October in the rally. Cables blamed Liverpool trade activity for the fall, while later trades saw limited gains and narrow fluctuations.
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Liverpool
Real estate trade offers and rentals in to buy or trade
Cottage 5 or 6 rooms sought well located on clear lots value 700 dollars with debt assumed or monthly payments. Also fixer farm land 290 acres five miles to Post City near Bra gos and Yellowstone creeks, trade for San Antonio income property. Piggot Carriage Show 840 acres Jackson County clear for city property, may assume small encumbrance. River bottom land with good soil and water, several buildings, no tracts desired but terms acceptable. Furnish full particulars first letter. San Antonio Loan Trust Co and Parker Company advertise homesteads 40 acres under new law. Dairy farm for rent five miles from city hall Crockett Texas.
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Yellowstone
San Antonio
Jackson County
Clear
W. J. Brogan
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Exchange
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Aransas Pass
Tex
San_ Antonio Loan & Trust Co
Homstead
Parker Company
Fort Sumner
New Mexico
Concession Stand Help Wanted at Houston Street Park
Classified notice seeks six ushers and six girls for concession stands with the last six required to speak Spanish. Apply at the manager’s office, Houston Street Park, by 7 p.m. This brief ad outlines the staffing need and language requirement for the role.
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Market Quiet At Midday With May Leading Losses
Market activity was quiet at midday as May posted a net loss of 10 points while other months gained 2 to 4 points. Weather news aided sentiment with covering driving the session. May rose to 19.57, up six points from earlier, July traded at 19.49, and October showed 18 to 19 points above last night’s close as cotton closed steady.
Cotton futures edge up after open and close gains
New York reports cotton futures opening barely steady with May 19.60 July 14.17 October 18.10 December 18.18 January 18.22. By Tuesday close futures were up 10 to 30 points, with a sequence of daily closes listed ending at 18.28.
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Mon
New Orleans Cotton Opens With Gains Then Slight Dip
The New Orleans cotton market opened with a rise of 10 to 17 points due to better cables, but selling grew on favorable weather and Census Bureau output forecasts. By midmorning months were 0 to 10 points under yesterday, then an upturn lifted prices 2 to 8 points, and by 1:30 pm gains reached 12 to 20 points over yesterday's close as short sellers booked profits.
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New Orleans
Census Bureau
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans trade
New Orleans on April 24 reports cotton opened steady with May at 18.78, July 18.49 asked, October 17.61 asked, December 17.60, January 17.79 asked. Tuesday’s closes showed mixed levels around 18.9 to 17.8, with high readings near 18.93 and 18.70 while various months traded near 17.89 to 17.92.
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Liverpool
Liverpool cotton notes steady prices in April listing
Cotton firm in Liverpool with middling prices around 12.45 to 12.57. Trading activity shows 12,009 bales sold with 500 destined for speculation and export, reflecting stable demand and limited stock movements.
Liverpool futures close steady with varied spreads
Futures in Liverpool closed steady with listed spreads for months from April to January February. The note adds that Liverpool is due to open Wednesday 18 points up, signaling a positive start.
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Cotton seed oil quotations and regional cotton statistics
Cotton statistics list regional bale counts from Bates in Galveston to Philadelphia with a total of 14 414 bales. The report shows yesterday's bale amount of 8 080 235 in stock, last week's stock at 1 110 881, and last year's stock 1 329 431, with a season deficit of 349 196. New York reports cotton seed oil quotations for April 24.
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Grain prices rise on poor foreign crops and strong demand
Wheat futures climbed in Chicago as reports of bad field conditions in France Italy Spain and Scandinavia spurred buying. May and July contracts moved up with gains to around two dollars per bushel. corn and oats followed wheat higher amid active milling demand and steady trade. Hog and cereal futures advanced with provisions, while selling pressure remained light.
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Chicago grain prices inch higher for week
Chicago on April 24 reports No 2 and No 2 hard wheat nominal. No 2 yellow wheat quoted from 1.52 to 1.55 per bushel. Oats standard at 69 to 70 cents. Barley at 1.15 to 1.53 per bushel.
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Grain Price Quotes From Kansas City Market Today
Quotations show cash wheat with No 2 hard at 2.60 to 2.72 and No 2 red at 2.60 to 2.75. Corn bids for No 2 mixed range from 1.48 to 1.49 and No 2 white around 1.58 to 1.60. Oats No 2 white quoted at 74 to 76 cents and No 2 mixed at 72 to 73 cents.
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Local Markets Report Mixed Price Shifts After Rain
Market notes indicate rains south of San Antonio boosted melon tomato and white potato prospects. Florida sweet peppers fell to 25 cents per pound, Texas squash to 60 cents per box, while eggs dropped to 30 to 31 cents a dozen. Rice led gains with large increases, flour rose to 13.40 per barrel, and other staples like sorghum corn syrup canned salmon evaporated apples and pink beans gained slightly. Butter and poultry held steady. No wholesale price changes in fresh fruits provisions grains or seeds.
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Shippers' Market Prices and Poultry Rates Adjusted
The report shows bid/ask shifts for shippers with edge lower and packed goods. Texas country candied butter holds at 30, creamery butter 32 to 35 cents, country 28 to 80, stock 24 to 25 cents. Poultry prices vary: hens large 7.50 to 9.00, medium 6.00 to 7.00, small 5.50 to 6.75. large friers 6.00 to 7.00, medium 5.60 to 6.00, broilers 3.60 to 4.00, small springs 4.00 to 4.26. turkey 20 to 21 cents per pound round, ducks and geese listed at 12 dollars to 16 dollars per dozen for geese.
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Powis
Texas Creamery
Turkey
Chicago Market Quotes and Produce Prices Report
Chicago market quotes show butter lower and creamery at 37 to 41 cents. Egg receipts 1,096 cases. Firsts 32 to 33 cents, ordinary firsts 31 to 31 1/2 cents. Milk cases include 316 83 cents. Potatoes unchanged with 68 car lots. White wheat prices by region listed. Poultry alive higher with fowls at 22 cents.
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Kansas City Market Quotations Report
Quotation details from Kansas City on April 24 show Potter Creamery selling firsts at 43c and seconds 42c, packing 32q. Eres firsts 32c. Meng poultry at 20c per second and roosters 16c. turkeys 4c. potatoes at 3003 dollars and ten cents.
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Potter
Provision markets report from local packing house quotations
Local packing house quotations listed for Tuesday include dry salt extras at 27 2.9 cents, bacon extras at 24.9 cents, dry salt bellies averaging 14 to 16 pounds at 24.9 cents, fancy breakfast bacon at 38.8 cents, fancy ham at 28 cents, bacon bellies 14 to 16 pounds averaging 26.4 cents, purelard at 28 cents, compound 17 cents, and American cheese at 2 cents per pound.
Grain futures close with mixed May July and Sep prices
Kansas City grain futures on April 24 show Wheat May 2.50, Wheat July 2.04, Wheat September 1.804, Corn May 1.543, Corn July 1.395, Corn September 1.29. Prices reflect standard futures quotes for Wheat and Corn across three contract months.
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Kansas City
Grain market quotes detailed for St Louis on April 24
Quotations from St Louis on April 24 show No. 2 red and No. 2 hard corn prices around $1.30 to $1.51, No. 2 white corn at various bids, oats No. 2 at 69.4 cents to 70 cents, and No. 2 white oats around 70 cents, reflecting a mixed grain trading session.
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ST. Louis
Weather Bulletin Observations From April 24 1917
United States Department of Agriculture Weather Bulletin records observations at 8 am on Tuesday April 24 1917. Winds under 10 mph and precipitation under .01 inch are not published. Meteorologist Allen Buell of the Weather Bureau signs the report.
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U. S. Department OF Agriculture Weather Bulletin
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Mexican money trading quotes in San Antonio report
Trading in Mexican money in San Antonio Tuesday showed bids and asks for silver pieces with partial quotes. Bank notes from several banks including National Bank and Bank of London and Mexico appeared in the market with limited figures.
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Mercantile and financial market snapshot from New York
New York operates a mercantile market update dated April 24 showing sterling 60 day bills at 472, commercial 60 day bills 471, demand 4754, cables 4767-18, Guilders demand 40, cables 4015-16, rear silver 73, Mexican dollars 5614. Government bonds hold steady while railroad bonds vary irregularly.
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Time loans firm report signals varied rates and bids
New York April 24. Time loans firm lists 60 days at 824 percent, 90 days at 4 4 percent, and six months at 44 4. Call money strong with high 2 percent and low 2 percent. Ruling rate 2 percent. Last loan 3 percent, closing bid 3, offered at 3 percent.
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Northern Hog Market Shows Mixed Movements at Union Stock Yards
At Union Stock Yards on April 24 the northern hog market edged up in Chicago and Kansas City while Fort Worth lagged. Cattle remained largely steady. sheep strengthened. A notable carload sale by J W Rothman & Son to Arthur Danz of Frederickburg for the San Antonio Packing and Alamo Dressed Beef set records for bulls and steers in car lots. Receipts listed for cattle, calves, horses, hogs, and sheep with city-trade figures breaking out.
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Fort Worth Market Receipts and Quotations Report
Fort Worth on April 24 reports cattle receipts 3700 with steers 7.50 to 10.50, stockers 6.59 to 8.50, heifers 6.50 to 10.00, cows 5.00 to 8.60, bulls 5.50 to 8.25, calves 5.00 to 10.50. Hogs receipts 3500 with bulk 14.75 to 16.10, top 15.15. Sheep receipts 700 with lambs 14.00 to 15.00, yearlings 12.50 to 13.75, wethers 10.00 to 12.50, owes 9.00 to 10.50, culls 7.00 to 8.60, goats 5.00 to 5.50.
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Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago markets show hogs with 14 009 receipts and firm to steady values across categories. Cattle receipts around 4 000 with native beef cattle quoted up to 28.40, calves to 12.50. Sheep deliveries near 12 000 with lambs and wethers trading strong, weights and prices listed.
Kansas City Market Receipts and Prices April 24
Receipts and quotations for hogs cattle and sheep listed in Kansas City. Hogs receipts 14,000 with bulk 15.00 to 15.75 and heavy 15.70 to 15.85. Cattle receipts 10,000 with prime fed steers 12.00 to 12.75 and dressed beef steers 9.00 to 11.75. Sheep receipts 5,000 with lambs 12.50 to 16.00 and yearlings 13.00 to 14.25.
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Kansa City
Livestock Receipts and Prices in St Louis Auction Market
Sluggish cattle receipts in St Louis with 3000 head, prices ranging for native beef steers 9.50 to 13.00, yearling and heifers 8.50 to 12.00, cows 6.00 to 11.00, stockers 6.00 to 10.15, Texas quarantine steers 5.50 to 6.59, prime Southern beef steers 8.00 to 11.50, beef cattle 4.25 to 9.00, calves 6.00 to 13. Deep. Hog prices mostly steady with lights 15.55 to 15.65, pigs 10.75 to 14.25, mixed 15.35 to 15.80, good heavy 15.75 to 15.85, bulk 15.40 to 15.75. Bacoii sales noted with ewes 9.50 to 12.25 and lambs 2.75 to 14.25.
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Prime Southern
New York Sugar Prices Quiet on Market
In New York on April 24 raw sugar ruled quiet at 6.14 cents a pound for centrifugal and 5.26 for molasses. Refined grade held steady with fine granulated at 7.50 cents.
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Cotton goods and yarns steady in New York market
On Monday April 24 in New York cotton goods and yarns held firm while print cloth staples traded quietly. Heavy ecotton goods of special construction showed activity and carpet auctions opened with strong attendance and bidding. Prices ran within 15 percent of the last spring list.
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New York
Stock Market Closes In A Heavy Fashion
New York April 24. Special stocks led the session with gains from 1 to 4 points for equipment and munition stocks and for Ohio Gas and Industrial Alcohol. Copper shares recovered, United States Steel rose, and American Tobacco jumped 5 percent amid overall light activity and a heavy close. Rails were mixed and finished near session lows.
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Cotton Region Bulletin Weather Summary for Houston District
The bulletin reports scattered showers in Central Oklahoma, north central East Texas, and northern Florida peninsula in the past 24 hours ending 8 a.m. Temperatures are generally near or slightly above normal. Issued by Meteorologist, Weather Bureau.
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Allen Buell
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Wholesale Produce Prices From Various States
A list of wholesale prices for vegetables and produce from multiple states. Potatoes, onions, tomatoes, cranberries, peppers, beets, carrots, cabbage, radishes, asparagus, celery, turnips, lettuce, squash, beans, sweet potatoes, and spinach are quoted with unit measures and regional price variations.
London Market Notes on Silver Money and Discount Rates
London reports bar silver at 37d per ounce and money at 4 percent. Discount rates hold at 4 percent for short bills and three months, with both quoted as 4 percent.
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Rice market mixed demand in New Orleans on a Monday
In New Orleans on Monday April 24 rough and clean rice were in strong demand. Receipts tallied 676 rough sacks 635 millers 39 122 pockets with exports accounting for 19 820 pockets. Sales included 267 pockets of clean Honduras 4050 Blue Rose 4050 to 7050 quotations show rough Honduras 475 to 600 Japan 475 to 625 Blue Rose 600 to 700 Poland per ton 4000 to 4200 and bran at 3600 to 3800.
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Blue Rose
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Iplem
Coffee and chemical quotes in New York and Savannah markets
New York reports coffee No 7 Rio at 10 cents and steady futures for May, July. Savannah wooly turpentine firm at 46 percent with sales 171, receipts 64, shipments 111, stock 8891. resin firm with sales 410, receipts 231, shipments 889, stock 4178. Quotations include various grades and prices such as ARPENTINE AND RESIN ranges and multiple labeled lots.
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Savannah, Co
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Pine lumber to back government shipping effort announced
Memphis April 24 More than two million feet of yellow pine lumber will be furnished to the government over the next year for shipbuilding to offset submarine losses. James & Keith of Kansas City president of the Southern Pine Association announced the plan as directors met here today.
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Kansas City
Wholesale fruit and grocery prices listing details
A dense catalog of wholesale prices for fruits, dried fruits, canned goods, meats, grains, and nuts. Includes Texas and California items such as strawberries, apples, pineapples, grapes, lemons, limes, raisins, prunes, dates, coffee, rice, sugar, and canned vegetables and meats with unit prices per crate, box, pound, or sack.
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Metal exchanges show mixed quotes in New York market
Metal Exchange reports lead firm at 9 cents, zinc nominal, copper steady with electrolytic, spot and second quarter at 29.00 to 30.00, later deliveries 24.00 to 20.00, iron unchanged, tin strong with spot 57.25 to 58.50.
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London Market Prices Report April 24
Lead at 30 pounds 10 shillings, sp ten price 54. Spot copper options 130, futures 129 and 108. Electrolytic 14. Tin spot 12 pounds 3 shillings 10 pence, futures 224 pounds 15 shillings.
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U S Cotton Seed Census Bureau Statistics Report
Census Bureau data cover August 1 to March 31 for cotton seed and products. Findings include 4,330,922 tons of cotton seed received and 3,863,185 dollars value, crude oil 1,184,009,174 pounds with 144,122,399 on hand, refined oil 955,248,973 pounds with 329,930,168 on hand. Linters produced 1,109,106 500 pound bales, imports 6,112,022 pounds, linters exported unbleached 144,002 running bales and bleached 98,041 bales.
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Burnett bill arouses Italian reaction in Rome
Rome reports the Burnett bill passing in Congress to little local comment. Italian officials voice mixed views, with the emigration commissioner noting illiterate labor shifts and predicting Americans, farmers, and railroads will suffer from fewer unskilled workers, while recognizing Italy needs skilled labor. The piece notes potential future policy shifts postwar and predicts strong US immigration demand as war profits boost expansion.
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United Steel declares additional 3 percent stock dividend
EXTRA U. S. STEEL DIVE NEW YORK April 24 United Steel Corporation today declared a stock dividend of 3 percent on the common stock in addition to the quarterly dividend of 1 1/2 percent.
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