Wall Street Week Defined by Narrow Trading and Wet Weather
The week in New York markets saw small gains on Steel's dividend and relief over railroad grievances, but ended with weakness as Illinois Central cut its dividend and bonds faced scrutiny. Coppers rose on Michigan district strikes while drought fears in the cotton belt and a large corn shortfall weighed on mood. overall activity remained dull with few leaders, and Panama coupon threes hit a new low.
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New York
Wall Street
Illinois Central
Washington
Treasury Department
Southern Southwestern
Michigan
United States Steel
Canadian Pacific
American
London
House Committee On Banking and Currency
Panama
New York Stock Exchange weekly sale comparison and rates
Report shows last sale vs previous Saturday with loan conditions and rate changes. Cotton Region Bulletin notes unsettled weather across the belt with near normal temperatures and rainfall in several towns including Robelin, Hazelhurst, Arlington, Brownsville, and Griffin.
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Robelin
Hazelhurst
Arlington
Brownsville
Geinesville
Griffin
Charleston
Gadsden
Goodwater
Malvern
Newport
Americus
Valdosta
Washington
Austin
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
New York Clearing Banks Report Reserve Decline
The weekly statement shows banks and trust companies in Greater New York hold 26,208,100 in excess reserves, down 1,248,600 from last week. Loans rise to 1,919,226,000 while deposits fall 5,356,700 to 617,816,600 amid changes in legal tenders and circulation.
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New York
Clearing House
Taylor closes season as 1912-13 cotton year ends in Texas
Taylor Texas marks the close of the 1912-1913 cotton season with 35 218 bales through three yards and wagon receipts all from the 1912 crop except three new bales recorded as old crop. Gins compress and mills are overhauled and ready for the new crop as Wilson county fields await picker activity and potential rain.
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Taylor
Tex
Wilson County
London Markets Close on Metals Prices
London markets yesterday closed with copper steady at 67 pounds 7s 6d, tin 184 pounds 10s, spelter 20 pounds 12s 6d, lead 20 pounds 6s, and London tin futures at 184 pounds 10s. Cleveland warrants quoted at 48 1/4.
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London
Cleveland
Metals Firm and Unchanged in New York Trading
New York metal prices show firmness with Lake Copper quoted at 15.37 to 15.50 cents, electrolytic at 15 to 37 and casting at 15.82 cents. Market uncertainty kept values steady across categories.
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New York
Lake
New York Market Report Steady Sterling at 4.83 and 4.86
Prime mercantile paper quoted at 6.6 percent. Sterling exchange steady at 4.83 10 for 60 day bills and 4.86 60 for demand. Commercial bills 4.82 5. Bar silver 59 1 2 cents. Mexican dollars 47 cents. Government bonds strong. Railroad bonds easy.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cotton goods markets steady with moderate business
New York on August 2 reports cotton goods markets steady with a moderate amount of business. Yarns remain steady to firm and retailers are displaying domestics and foreign silks for fall. Carpet wools are being bought more freely.
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New York
Weather Summary From Agriculture Bureau Report
The Department of Agriculture reports a high of 93 and a low of 73 with an average of 88. A total precipitation of .14 inches vs normal .07 inches. Accumulated excess or deficiency reads zero.
Dealers Endorse Per Pound Basis for Poultry Selling
A San Antonio debate over selling chickens by the pound versus by the dozen shows commission merchants backing pound quotations as fairer and clearer for buyers and sellers. They note San Antonio lags Austin and Houston, losing poultry to markets using weight pricing, and California fruit deliveries mark seasonal shifts.
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San Antonio
Pound
Austin
Houston
Market Prices for Eggs to Retailers and Staples
Market listing shows eggs at 17 to 18 cents per dozen with storage at 20 to 21 cents. Various meats and produce priced by type and region, including Texas and California origins, with crates, bushels, and per hundredweight figures. Details cover butter, cheese, vegetables, fruit, canned goods, and dry goods with unit prices and bulk case costs.
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Texas
Best
California
Grocery Price List Fragment From an Old Ledger
A dense OCR fragment lists canned fish, nuts, flours, beans, raisins, citron, peel, hay, sugar, coffee, canned vegetables, seeds, dried fruits, pears, apples, and grains with various prices per hundredweight, barrel, or pound. It includes Alaska fish products, fancy chenooks, No 1 cans, and multiple regional price figures.
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Alaska
Pioneer
Liberty Bell
California
Navy
London
San Antonio
Market Notes From Chicago Aug 2
Butter and eggs not quoted. Potatoes higher with 60 960 receipt across 10 cars. Poultry unchanged.
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Chicago
Dairy and poultry price listings from Kansas City market report
Kansas City market notes show butter prices at 26c per pound for creamery firsts with 260 lots and seconda 840, packing at 20c. Exes firsts 18% for 190 lots and seconda 300. Poultry hens 12c, reostera price listed at 9c, ducks 10c, springa 16 16c.
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Kansas City
Poultry and Butter Prices in St. Louis Market
In St. Louis on August 2 poultry prices are listed: chickens 12 cents, springs 11/2 cents, turkeys 18 cents, ducks 12 1/2 cents, geese 10 cents. Butter creamery 25 cents. Eggs licensed prices not clearly stated.
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Louis
Sugar markets hold steady as European beet prices drift
New York reports sugar markets steady with refined and raw sugar unchanged. European beet sugar prices were quiet, at 9s 84 for August and September beets and 9s 84 for October and December beets.
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New York
Coffee market weakness spreads from Europe to New York
The coffee market in New York on August 2 shows a weak tone with European selling pressures. Havre closes one half franc lower, Hamburg down 1? to 2? percent, Rio down 75 reis, Santos fell 60 reis, Rio No 7 down 9 percent.
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New York
Havre
Hamburg
Rio
Santos
First Alabama 1913 Cotton Bale Sells At Auction
In Montgomery on August 2 the first 1913 Alabama cotton bale sold at public auction for 15 cents a pound. The bale weighed 3560 pounds and was seven days earlier than last year’s first bale.
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Montgomery
Ala
Alabama
Cotton to Spinners Report Ends For Season
The report on American cotton taken by spinners worldwide has been discontinued for the current season.
Boston Mining Stocks and World Orange Trade Highlight Fragile Markets
Boston reports closing mining stocks with Arizona Commercial at 24 percent and Calumet and Arizona at 63, Greene Cananea at 6, North Butte 26. Sidon oval blood oranges from Palestine top the world market as Liverpool brokers import nearly a million boxes into England.
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Boston Mining
Boston
Arizona Commercial
Calumet andArizona
Greene Cananéa
North Butte
Sidon
Palestine
Liverpool
England
Stock Yards Trade Dull During Week
UNION STOCK YARDS Aug 2 The past week was slow in the cattle trade with scant hog movement amid heat and poor rail facilities. Calves were more liberal, a fat cow died from heat in a shipping pen, and traders expect a busier Monday as receipts rise.
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Union Stock Yards
Cattle Prices Steady as Meager Texas Sale Ends
Fort Worth Mississippi Aug 3 meager receipts of 700 cattle and 140 calves sold on a nominally steady basis. Four loads of fed steers brought about 6.80 and 6.00 per cwt. most calves went to stockmen. Only a few loads of cows and bulls at a steady pace. one load of cows 4.85 and bulls 4.40. No hogs or sheep.
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Fort Worth
Tex
St Louis Market Reports Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices
Receipts and quotations from St Louis show cattle receipts of 300 with steady market. Native beef steers 5.50 to 9.00, Texas and Oklahoma steers 6.26 to 7.76, calves 5.00 to 6.00. Hogs receipts 8200 with steady market, pigs and lights 7.00 to 9.30, good heavy 9.10 to 9.20. Sheep receipts 300 with steady market, lambs 26 cents higher, native muttons 3.25 to 4.25, lambs 6.76 to 7.00.
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Texas
Colorado
T&c
California
Valencia
ST. Louis
Oklahoma
Chicago Market Report Hog Cattle and Sheep Prices
Chicago receipts show 11000 hogs with market steady and varied bids. Cattle receipts none with steady demand. Reeves and Texas steer prices listed. Sheep receipts 7000 with slow market. native sheep and lamb ranges provided.
Kansas City Live Stock Prices and Receipts
Receipts and quotations for hogs cattle and sheep reported today in Kansas City. Hogs trade steady with bulk 8.70 to 9.70, heavy 8.65 to 8.80, sows and pigs in a similar range. Cattle receipts 100 with prime fed steers at 8.50 to 3.90, dressed beef steers 7.25 to 8.40, cows 4.00 to 7.00, heifers 5.09 to 8.80. Sheep market steady with lambs 5.60 to 7.25, yearlings 4.60 to 5.50, ewes 3.60 to 4.50.
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Chicago
Texas
Kansas City
Week Endings Close of July Crop and Cotton News
The week saw quiet cotton trading with only modest moves as July futures fluctuated. Government data showed 79.6 percent of normal condition, Texas showers eased fears, and a 8,700,000 bale crop was implied though bears doubt demand. Liverpool remained a seller amid weak, unsettled trade.
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New York
Texas
Liverpool
Arkansas
Tennessee
Louisiana
Georgia
New York Cotton Closes Lower Than Weekend Range
The cotton market closed today in New York with prices compared to last Saturday showing a drop from 2 to 6 points. The report notes a widespread softening across futures with modest declines in some actively traded contracts.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Futures Close Steady With Net Decline
New Orleans August 2 cotton futures closed steady with a net decline of 7 to 8 points from yesterday. The week’s closes ranged 3 points higher to 6 points lower compared with last Saturday and the prior Saturday. A price table shows Friday and Saturday values and the variation between the two Saturdays.
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New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Market Closure Notice
Liverpool August 3 The cotton market will be closed today and next Monday for bank holidays. Trading resumes Tuesday August 5 with normal hours at Liverpool.
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Liverpool
Spot Market Quotations Across Leading Cities
The table shows middling prices at New York New Orleans Liverpool Houston Galveston and Memphis with last week and current week figures. Fluctuation is indicated with shifts noted for each market including Liverpool and Houston movements and a step up down note.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Houston
Galveston
Memphis
Trade quiets in U S as tariffs loom and weather hits crops
Trade in the United States slows with high eastern money rates and tariff uncertainty dampening sentiment. West crop woes curb corn oats and hay, while wheat and cotton prospects look strong. Southwestern activity rises and midyear failures total 248, up 24 from last year.
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New York
New Orleans Leads Gulf Lumber Exports as Galveston Rises
Reports released here show New Orleans reclaimed the lead as the gulf and South Atlantic export hub for the fiscal year ending June 30. Galveston increased lumber shipments from about 2,000,000 feet to nearly 6,000,000 feet for the year just closed.
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New Orleans
Galveston
Gulf
South Atlantic
Aittle
Treasury Deficit Reaches Near Five Million Dollars
Washington reports a deficit nearly five million dollars larger than last year at the start of business. The general fund shows a net balance of 132,268,619 dollars. Receipts to end of last month totaled 2,952,619 dollars with payments at 477,720 dollars, excluding Panama Canal and public debt transactions.
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Washington, D. C
United States Treasury
Panama Canal
Taft Ranch Ginners Expect 2000 Bales This Week
Aug 2 report states four gins at Taft Ranch will finish the week with about 2000 bales of cotton ginned. First picking yields run from one half to three quarters of a bale per acre, based on current measurements.
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Taft Ranch
Cotton distribution and total world supply on Aug 1
A table shows regional cotton distribution and world supply for Aug 1 this year and last year. Europe, Egypt, India, and the United States are listed with figures indicating growth or decline in stock levels.
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Europe
Egypt
India
Cotton seed market and commodities price report
Market notes from Memphis and New York show prime rand seed values at 81.60 to 82.00 in Memphis. New York cotton seed oil closes steady with spot around 9.80 to 9.65 and contracts from September to March trading between 6.74 and 9.50. Coffee futures ease with September around 8.36. Lead and spelter quoted at 5.40 in St Louis.
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Abilene
Tex
Wmeee
Amarillo
Ween
Birmingham
Ala
Boston
Massa
Brownsville
Chicago
Ill
Ste
Charleston
8. C
Corpus Christ
Fort Worth
Galveston
Oklahoma City
Palestine, Tex
Wae
St Louis
St. Paul Minn
Shreveport
New York
Cotton Market Steady in Memphis Spot
Memphis spot cotton remains unchanged at middling 120 as of August 3. New York reports butter eggs and cheese price steadiness with no change.
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Memphis
Tenn
New York
Cotton closes hull with small declines in Galveston
Spot cotton in Galveston ends hull with declines of 1 16 cent. Ranges show low ordinary at 7 7 16 cents and good middling at 12 15 16 cents. Receipts total 74 bales while stock sits at 20,080. Sales: None, f o b none.
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Galveston
Tex
Hull
Beauty a State of Mind
Dr C Franklin Leavitt promotes a mindset approach to winning a husband through thought and action. He argues a "going mind" makes women irresistible and urges girls to meet men without fear. He cites 15 minutes daily concentration can make women feel and appear beautiful and advises married women to use treatments to retain affection. The article notes 115 new motorcycle clubs affiliated with the F A M in the year ending June 2.
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Chicago
C. Franklin Leavitt
Spot cotton market steadies as New Orleans quotes unchanged
New Orleans spot cotton quiet with prices steady across grades. Sales on the spot total 13 bales arriving. receipts 1. stock 24,187. Prices ranged from low ordinary to good middling with several fractions noted. middling 12 to 12 5-16 cents.
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Marc
New Orleans
Cotton market holds steady in New York
Spot cotton quiet in New York with Middling uplands at 12.00 cents and Gulf at 12.25 cents. No sales reported.
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New York
Gulf
Raw sugar holds firm as refined steadies in market notes
New York reports raw sugar firm with muscovado at 14 cents per pound, centrifugal at 3.64 cents, and molasses at 2.89 cents. Refined sugar remains steady with molasses also unchanged.
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New York
Muscovado
Price of Corn Soars as July Market Ends Higher
Chicago reports a week of rising corn prices with strong support from major brokers. Traders expect Sept futures to test 70 to 80 cents, barring weather relief, while wheat and oats gain on unfavorable threshing results and broader market strength. Packers hold firm on product stocks despite larger inventories.
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Chicago
Grain futures prices in Chicago markets
In Chicago trading, grain quotes list Wheat No 2 red new at 87 88 cents, No 2 hard new 87 38, No 1 northern 914 3 cents, durum 4 Corn No 3 69 71, No 2 yellow 69 70, Oats No 2 white new 43 44 cents, standard new 42 44, old 48 cents.
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Chicago
Ane
Wheat and grain futures report from Kansas market
Aug 8 cash wheat and oats prices listed with grain quality codes and close figures. Futures for wheat and corn shown with September and December contract values.
Market Summary for Wheat and Corn in St Louis
Receipts yesterday show wheat shipments of 58,000 bushels and flour 13,000 bushels. Corn and oats totals include 14,000 oats and 45,000 bushels, with various wheat futures noted for September and May delivery.
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St, Louis
Fican_vorp
Barrein Els
Cata
Marine Intelligence Galveston and New Orleans Aug 1 3
Galveston reports arrivals and departures with steamship movements including Coloradeau con Tampico and Texas in ballast with other liners. New Orleans notes rough weather forecasts, price quotes for rice and steel and daily receipts of rough and clean imports with Japan market rates.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Miliers
Salt-French Poodle Popes at 413 Chestnut Street
Eight-month-old salt French poodle named Poppy is at 413 Chestnut Street. Owner Travie can be reached at old phone 2587 for details.
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Cotton Region Bulletin
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