The Man With a Billion Ends With Forged Hope
A crime saga unfolds with Sir Richard Calverly stealing a vast trove of money jewels and securities. He abducts Mrs. Peyton the Violet Widow to Palisades mansion as Adrian Van derpoel and detective James Tierney close in. Calverly seeks release by restoring the treasure and freeing himself.
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Richard” Calverly
Wall Street
Palisades
Calverly
Mrs. Peyton
Tierney
New York
Adrian
Adieu to Sir Richard and the Zophar Diamond
Sir Richard Calverly declares his release from a felon’s jail as he sails on the Mauretania. He returns the Zophar diamond, hints at past loves, and reveals Cora’s secret: she works with the Secret Service to recover state papers. Adrian and Cora plan retirement after returning the badges to Flynn.
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Cora
Adrian
London
United States
Richard Calverly
Richard
Excelsior Trust Company
Secret Service
New York
Secret Service of the
Adri
Flynn
Cotton Region Bulletin August 6 1913 Weather Summary
The bulletin reports 24 hour period ending 8 a m Tuesday August 6 1913 with minimum temperatures over the last 12 hours. In the Houston district temperatures are above normal and the belt weather is fair. Allen Buell local forecaster Weather Bureau.
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Houston
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Weather Observations at 8 AM Tuesday August 6 1918
Observations recorded at 8 o clock in the morning on Tuesday August 6 1918. The report notes atmospheric conditions for the day including temperature wind direction and sky conditions as part of a general weather summary.
Births Report in Adams Yantis Hunt Buckner and Others
Birth notices list several newborns to local couples on dates in August and addresses around Magno lia street Quincy street Muncey street Cooper street Mulberry avenue and Colorado avenue. Names include Mr. and Mrs. C Adams Mr. and Mrs G A Yantis Mr. and Mrs Harry Hunt Mr. and Mrs I N Buckner Mr. and Mrs E Lewis and Mr. and Mrs Grover C Shaw.
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C. Adams
Magnolia_street
G. A. Yantis
East Quincy Street
Harry Hunt
Muncey Street
I. N. Buckner
Cooper Street
E. Lewis
Mulberry Avenue
Produce Row Market Shows Pickup After Slump
Dealers report the Produce Row market beginning to pick up after weeks of stagnation. California and Colorado shipments arrive. Colorado celery and lettuce due Friday. Lemons at 8 to 8.50 per crate, potatoes 2.25, with scabby potatoes blamed on tuber moth or soil alkali. Elberta peaches shipments finished, remaining stock moving slowly, California potato market rising, and pears and rums up about 15 cents a crate.
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California
Colorado
Pruitt Commission Company
Washington
Department of Agriculture
San Antonio
Egg market report from New York on August fifth
New York reports eggs firm with 18 628 cases of suitable shae and fresh gathered extras offered at 27 cents per dozen.
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New York
Chicago Live Poultry and Produce Prices Today
Quotations in Chicago reported butter unchanged eggs receipts 12 207 cases potatoes higher at 65c a pound with 35 car receipts poultry alive lower chickens 13 1/2 cents springs 16 cents turkeys 19 cents per pound reflecting market shifts on August 5.
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Chicago
Virginia-Carolina Chemical declares 1% dividend
In New York on August 5 directors of the Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company approved a semi annual dividend of 1 percent on the common stock. Butter eggs and poultry remained unchanged in Kansas City on August 5.
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Kansas City
New York
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Sugar and commodities report from New York market
New York raw sugar quiet with Muscovado at 3.26 and centrifugal 3.65. Molasses sugar 2.90 with refined goods firm. Petroleum, molasses and hides steady. Leather market remains firm.
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New York
Muscovado
Mining shares closing figures in Arizona and related mines
Boston reports closing mining figures with Arizona Commercial at 2 percent Calumet and Arizona 6342 Greene Cananea at 6 percent and North Butte at 37 percent.
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Boston
Arizona Commercial
Calumet and
Arizona
Greene-Cananea
North Butte
Wool Market Report From St Louis Aug Fifth
Wool quiet in St Louis with Northern and western mediums at 19 to 20 cents and slight burries 15 to 16 cents. Heavy fine burries bring 11 to 12 cents as market weathered the day.
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ST. Louis
Cotton goods markets barely steady with mixed demand
New York cotton goods markets showed only slight firmness with prompt delivery demand. Dressing yarns fell by half a cent per yard from the fall season price while yarns stayed quiet though medium counts hinted at price increases. Raw silk remained firm and jobbers reported solid spot business across most departments.
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New York
Rice market updates from New Orleans trading floor
On August 5 in New Orleans rough rice from Honduras remained steady with clean and rough Japan also steady. Reported sales include Rough Honduras 44 at 4.75. rough Japan none. receipts list 2192 rough, 2148 millers, 38667 clean. Quotations show Rough Honduras 2.26 to 4.75, clean 4.75 to 6.50, rough Japan 2.60 to 3.25, clean Japan 3.25 to 3.75.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Cotton seed product pricing update from Memphis market
In Memphis on August 5, cotton seed prices show Prime basis oil at 8g per pound, meal quoted from 31.50 to 32.00, linters at 2% 3%c.
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Memphis
Tenn
Missouri mineral production value hits record high
Missouri leads in mineral output with record value for last year driven by strong activity. Local markets show quotes for poultry and dairy items in St Louis as of August 5, including chicken, turkeys, ducks, geese, butter, and creamery products.
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Missouri
Improvement in Stocks On The New York Exchange
The New York stock market opened with firm tone and moderate activity. Steel led with strong showing and best prices, while Union Pacific and tobacco issues rose late. losses appeared in Reading and Canadian Pacific. Trading remained active, with profit taking after early gains and a strong closing.
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New York
London
Virginia-Carolina
Southern Pacific
Ehe
Reading
Steel
American Locomotive
Canadian Pacific
Amalgamated
St. Paul
Northwest
Union Pacific
American Tobacco
American
Market Report Mixed Bonds Strong on Government Debt
Financial dispatch from New York dated Aug 5 notes steady sterling at 4 88.15 for 60 day bills and 4 386.65 for demand with commercial bills 4 82. Bar silver at 59 1 2 cents and Mexican dollars 47 cents. Prime mercantile paper 6 percent. Government bonds show strength.
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Financial
New York
Sterling Exchange
Fair consignments at Union Stock Yards prompt lively trade
Aug 5 reports from Union Stock Yards show cattle and calves moving quickly from pens with hogs and sheep slower. Cows fetch 4.5 to 5 cents, calves 5.50 to 6.60, hogs at 50. Dispatches note 16 000 more cattle arriving from Nebraska Kansas and Missouri and prices down 15 to 26 cents per hundred. Rainful conditions threaten further drops as flood fears ease.
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Union Stock Yards
Kansas City
Nebraska
Kansas
Missouri
Commission
Fort Worth Livestock Market Report Heading into Evening Trade
A liberal run of 4500 cattle and 800 calves arrived with slow beef steer trading about 10 cents lower. Cows and heifers slipped 10 to 15 cents while two loads of steers sold at 7 dollars. Hogs topped at 8.90 per load but remained mostly steady as 1400 sheep, mostly common grade, traded with the best at steady and the rest 15 to 26 cents lower. One deck of ewes and wethers brought 4.70.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago Market Receipts and Quotations Report
Chicago reports today's market activity with hog receipts at 14 000 and a dull market. Hog price ranges include bulk 8.35 to 8.75 and light 8.70 to 9.15 with other grades listed. Cattle receipts reach 3000 and the market is weak with ranges from 6.90 to 9.00 for beef, and calves from 8.00 to 10.50. Sheep receipts 19 000 with steady market. native sheep 3.85 to 5.85 and native lambs 5.25 to 6.60.
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Chicago
Texas
Livestock Receipts and Prices at St Louis Market
Receipts totaled 8500 cattle including 2000 Texans, market steady with native beef steers 5.50 to 9.00, cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.50, Texas and Oklahoma steers 6.25 to 7.76, cows and heifers 4.25 to 6.50, calves 5.00 to 6.00 in carload lots. Hogs receipts 10,000, market lower with pigs and lights 7.00 to 8.00, good heavy 8.85 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 5000, market steady with native muttons 3.25 to 4.25, lambs 5.75 to 6.00.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Receipts and quotations show hogs at 8.60 to 8.80 for bulk, 8.40 to 8.85 for lights, and 7.00 to 7.50 for pigs with market lower. Cattle receipts hit 16,000 with steady to high ranges for prime fed steers 8.40 to 8.75 and cows 4.00 to 6.50. sheep receipts around 6,000 with lambs 4.75 to 7.00 and yearlings 4.25 to 5.25. Also notes G A Rick of Reading Pa. owns a fifty acre farm for twenty thousand chick-.
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Kansas City
Aus
Southern cotton decline driven by southern selling and Manchester trade
New York reports a further decline in cotton as southern selling, weak Manchester trade, and favorable eastern belt crop reports weigh on the market. Prices slipped from early gains to four to six points lower by midday, with August holding, and futures down 10 to 11 points by 2 pm as demand remained light.
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New York
Liverpool
Manchester
Southwest
Weather Bureau
Texas
Oklahoma
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Amid Weather Signals
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with a four to five point decline on weak cables. Early selling was brisk despite dry weather, as Texas heat hints and new weather reports sparked midday activity lifting prices to near 6 points above prior quotes before settling two points under yesterday's close.
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New Orleans
Texas
Oklahoma
Cotton futures open steady then close lower on New Orleans prices
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with August at 11.45 55 cents and climbed to 11.46 11.60 during trading before closing steady with a 13 to 15 point drop. Prices for September through May showed narrow moves and slight declines by session end.
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New Orleans
Liverpool cotton market reports August spot prices
Spot cotton in Liverpool shows moderate to easier trade with middling around 6.46d and good middling near 6.76d. Total sales reach 8,000 bales, including 6,300 American and 600 for speculation and export. Receipts total 6,000 bales, with 1,900 American.
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Liverpool
Futures close quiet in Liverpool rate list August 5
In Liverpool futures markets on August 5 there were quiet closes across multiple contracts. The list shows August 6 at 6.1644, August-September 6.07 percent, September-October 6.00 percent, and other successive roll figures through July-August 6.964 percent.
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Liverpool
Leading Spot Markets Report Across U S Cities
New York 12c middling New Orleans 120c Houston 114c Galveston 11c Memphis 12c Liverpool 6 46d weak London market figures show middling prices across major ports with varied gains and losses for traders.
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New York
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Liverpool
Memphis
Spot cotton holds steady as market lists page prices
New Orleans prices show middling at 12 cents with spot sales of 25 bales and arrivals of 93. Market offers a wide range from low ordinary to good middling and strict categories. Receipts total 753 bales and stock stands at 21,496 bales.
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New Orleans
Cotton market closes lower in Houston spot trade
Houston August 5 spot market closes down. Sales F. O. B 1215 shipments 390 stock 27938. Prices listed: low ordinary 7c, ordinary 9c, low middling 10c, middling 11c, good middling 12c, middling fair 12c.
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Houston
Tex
Spot cotton closes steady in Galveston and Memphis markets
Galveston reports spot cotton closing easy and unchanged with 2027 bales received and a stock of 22,617 bales. Memphis notes spot cotton steady and unchanged with middling prices at 12 cents.
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Galveston
Memphis
Tenn
Cotton Prices in New York Spots Market
Spot cotton in New York City quiet with uplands at 12.00 cents and gulf at 12.25 cents per pound.
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New York
Legislative clash over tax and penitentiary bills in Texas
In Austin on Aug 5 the House refused to take over fixing ad valorem tax rates, signaling Governor Colquitt will retain tax duties via the automatic tax board. The House caucused on penitentiary reform, naming a subcommittee to draft a bill, while the Senate paused on the Warren penitentiary bill and considered a three member committee to draft amendments.
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Austin
Tex
Automatic Tax Board
House of Representatives
Householder, Sullivan and
Henry
Wichita
Householder
House
Senate
Penitentiary Committee
McAskill
Reedy
Brelsford
Senate Committee On Penitentiaries
Prison reform bill advances in Texas House
Indications point to passage of a brief prison reform measure in the Texas House. A sub committee reported a bill modeled on the Humphrey bill that abolishes per diem payments, places control of the system under three commissioners, and ends the ten hour per day work limit for convicts.
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Austin
Tex
House Penitentiary Committee
House
Humphrey
New York Cotton Oil Market Ends Firm with Broad Sales
The New York cotton seed oil market closes firm with spot at 9.35, August 9.40, September 9.35, and extensive late-session sales across October through January. Total reported sales reach 21,600 units across multiple price points and months.
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New York
New York Metal Prices Hold Steady Across Markets
Copper firm with spot to September bids around 14.37 to 15.50 for electrolytic and lake varieties. Tin quiet at about 40.80 to 40.87, with August 40.60 to 40.80. Lead steadier near 4.45, spelter quoted 5.55 to 5.65, with minor notes on Anieacae and Cookson's prices.
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NEW York Metal
New York
Cookson’s
Corn Advances Then Large Sales On Rise Turn Down Grade
Chicago August 5 General selling on an advance turned corn sharply down grade Predictions of shows in some sections increased selling pressure The market opened 4 to 1/2c higher September started 70 to 70 1/2c gained and fell to 69c Wheat broke under large sales by a few prominent houses September opened unchanged to 1/4c lower at 87 1/2c to 87 3/4c and dropped to 86c Longs unloading more than wiped out an advance in oats Packers buying lifted provisions First transactions varied from 2 1/2c lower to 7c up with pork la yed 11.40 and ribs 11.22 Rain at a few points and less aggressiveness by buyers prevented more than a moderate rally in corn The market closed nervous with September 1/2c not lower at one more setback in wheat accompanied an increase in world supply The market closed steady at 86 1/2c for September a net loss of 1/4c
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Chicago
Ill
St Louis cash grain quotations and prices
Sta Louis cash grain quotations list today's prices for wheat oats and corn. Cash wheat grades No 2 red No 2 hard No 2 soft No 2 white with several fractional gains. Oats No 2 and No 2 white with varying bids. September and May futures for wheat corn and oats shown with percentage prices.
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ST. Louis
Wheat and corn price quotations from Kansas City market
Quotations to cash wheat list No 2 hard 86 and No 2 red 84. Corn No 2 mixed 74 and No 2 white 71. Oats No 2 white 44 and No 2 mixed 42 percent. September wheat 83.5, December 85. Closes September wheat 81 plus. Names of months and prices follow with minor OCR errors.
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Kansas City
Wheat and corn quotations from Chicago market report
Quotations to cash for wheat corn oats and related commodities listed by grade and quality in Chicago. Prices include No 2 red No 1 hard new No 2 new No 1 northern No 2 northern No 2 apsice and velvet chaff durum plus No 2 corn No 2 white No 2 yellow No 2 oats and white standards with specific percentages and cent values.
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Chicago
Ill
Cotton Statistics New York August Market Rates
Money on call steady at 2 percents with a ruling rate of 2 percent and one bid at 2 percent. Time loans steady with 60 day notes at 3 percent, 90 days at 4 percent, and six months at 6 percent.
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New York
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