California fruit crop outlook and market notes
W A Branch of a Los Angeles fruit agency reports severe shortages of fancy California canned fruits this year due to drought. Cherries and apricots trend low grade while pears may fare better. overall crop quality is the worst in years. Potatoes move freely, prices steady, and egg markets remain demoralized with weak country receipts and losses for shippers.
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California
W. A.branch
Los Angeles
Commission
Brants
Tira
Michigan
Prices and supplies for farm products and groceries listed
A dense price list from New York markets covers poultry eggs vegetables fruits and nuts, meats and lard, sugars coffees canned goods dried fruits and hides. It includes per dozen prices for poultry, per pound cream and eggs, box and crate prices for fruits and vegetables, assorted canned goods, dried fruits, and hides with regional and unit details.
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Texas
California
Colorado
Elvertas
Bermuda
South Texas
Standard
Maxwell House
Artlett
Illinois
Market opens with a heavy undertone as stocks slide
New York trading opens with a heavy undertone and generally lower prices. Canadian Pacific declines a full point, along with weakness in coppers, St Paul, Steel, and other active issues. Noon hours show renewed activity with Reading and Lehigh Valley rising and American Tobacco unstable before a final strong close.
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New York
Canadian Pacific
St. Paul
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Amalgamated Copper A
American American Sugar Refining
American Tel & Tel
Anaconda
Atchison Mining Co
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio Ae
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Chesapeake & Ohio
General Electric
Great Northern
Great Northern Pee
Milnois Central’ Eens
Interborough- Met
International Harvester Coe
Evboceereshee
Ween Coosseger Bom
New York Central
Cenerveseenesi Bh
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
People's Gas
Pullman Pal Gar
Severee LL
Rock Island Company
Ideae Po
Souther Do Preferre Pacific
Union Pacific
United States Steel Wees
Wabash
Western Union
Texas Company Ee
Texas Oil
American Tobacco declares 20 percent dividend and stock distribution
The American Tobacco Company declares a special cash dividend of 20 percent on common stock plus the regular quarterly dividend of 2 1/2 percent. It also distributes 12,000 shares of American Machine and Factory stock to its holders. The decree of disintegration requires disposal of certain securities before January.
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New York
American Tobacco Company
American Machine and Factory Company
Market Roundup as Sterling Exchange Holds Firm
New York August 17 close steady prime mercantile paper five percent. Sterling exchange firm with actual business in bankers bills 4.84.65 for 60 days and 4.87.15 for demand. Commercial bills 4.83. Bar silver 60 cents per ounce. Mexican dollars 48. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds show irregular trading.
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New York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange
Market Prices Report for Metals and Commodities in New York
New York market notes show spot prices for zinc and copper near 17 to 18 dollars, with August to October futures around 17 to 18 dollars. Lead remains steady, silvery antimony and Cookson’s iron prices listed as steady or unchanged.
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New York
Cookson
Market Update: Lead and Spelter Quotes
ST. LOUIS August 7 lead weak at 4.3734 with bids. Spelter quiet at 6.97 7. reflecting metal market levels and London notes.
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ST. Louis
Spelter
Cotton leaf caterpillars ravage Texas fields
State agriculture reports cotton leaf caterpillars attacking cotton in several South and Central Texas counties. They feed on leaves and bolls. State Entomologist Scholl issues control instructions to farmers.
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Austin
Tex
State Department of Agriculture
Texas
Scholl
Hogs Hit 9 Dollar Mark on Fort Worth Market
Hog prices climb to a new high for the season at Fort Worth with top quotations near $9 as buyers expect further gains. Cattle and calves show steady to higher trends, hog receipts about 650 with top at 9 and bulk around 8.60 to 8.80, Western Oklahoma supplies contributing to the market strength.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Oklahoma
Drought Drags Cattle Market Down at Union Stock Yards
Aug 7 at Union Stock Yards reports dry conditions driving ranchers to sell. Cattle market remained steady early with about 500 head receipts. Cows sold to $4, calves to $5, hogs to $8. no sheep or goats offered.
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Union Stock Yards
Drouth
Cnttre
Hog market hits multi year high as buyers push prices
W J Robbins from Collin County sells a load on the Fort Worth market for 9 dollars, the highest in years, signaling a hog shortage easing as producers return to growth. John Saunders notes rising hog production could push pork prices higher next year. Ike TT Pryor travels to Kansas City for board meetings then Salt Lake City to join the Trans Mississippi Commercial access, with cattle plans on return. Ike West sells 7207 steers averaging 920 pounds at 5.50 per cwt as he exits cattle business.
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W. J. Robbins
Collins County
Fort Worth
John Saunders
Texas
Ike TT
Pryor
Kansas City
Evans-Snider-Buel
Oklahoma City
Salt Lake City
Utah
Ike. West
LaSalle County
Mr. West
Delayed Harvest Features In Wheat Rise In Chicago
Interference with the harvest strengthens wheat with September futures up to 92 3 4 cents and a firm close. Corn held steady on moisture, oats steady, and hogs mixed with pork near 17.76. Ocean freight rate gains pressured grains but closed higher. corn export sales rallied.
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Chicago
Grain Price Quotations From Chicago Market
Quotations listed for cash wheat and oats show No 2 red at 1.03, No 2 northern at 1.08, No 2 spring velvet at 1.08, durum and white variants near 0.74 to 0.75, and oats No 2 new at 0.20 with several white and standard grades around 0.37 to 0.40.
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Chicago
Chicago and St Louis grain quotations join Kansas City values
Kansas City and St Louis market notes report grain prices for wheat corn and oats with contracts for Sept and Dec. Kansas City lists No 2 hard and No 2 red wheat and No 2 mixed and white corn. Oats show No 2 white and No 2 mixed with Sept and Dec futures.
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Kansas City
ST. Louis
Chicago live stock prices slip on brisk receipts
Cattle receipts around 21 000 with market 10 lb lower led by Reeves at 6 70 to 10 00 and Texas steers 4 85 to 7 00. Hogs receipts near 22 000 with market five cents lower and lighter demand. Sheep receipts about 86 000 with market steady to 10 cents lower and native to western lambs and yearlings quoted in narrow ranges.
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Chicago
Texas
Markets Update From Chicago Produce
Butter steady with creamery and Daisy grades holding in the 21 to 25 cent range. Cheese stable with Daisies, Twins, and Young Americas quoted, potatoes unsettled with mixed regional prices, live poultry steady as turkeys at 12 cents and chickens at 18 cents, veal 9 to 18 cents. Receipts totaled 986 cases with 1544 16s, primes at 18 cents.
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Chicago
Young Americas
Ilinois
Kansas
Missouri
Mta
New Jersey
Kansas City Market Report July cattle hogs and sheep prices
Receipts total around 9 000 cattle including 2 000 southern cattle with prices 6 50 to 10 00 for natives and 4 80 to 7 50 for southern steers. Hog sales 6 00 to 8 40 with bulk around 8 20. Sheep receipts 7 000 with lambs 6 00 to 7 00 and range ewes 2 50 to 4 30. market steady to slightly higher for sheep and slightly lower for cattle.
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Kansas City
Poultry and Butter Prices Mixed in St Louis Quotations
Quotations show poultry steady with chickens at 12 cents, springs 17 to 18 cents, hens 16 to 28 cents, ducks 9 to 17 cents, and geese 6 cents. Butter firm at creamery 23 to 26 cents, eggs up to 16 4 cents.
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ST. Louis
Cattle and Hog Auction Receipts Steady Markets Stated
St Louis reports receipts for cattle 2500 including 400 Texas cattle with market steady. Native beef steers 6.50 to 10.10, Texas Oklahoma steers 4.75 to 9.25, cows and heifers 3.50 to 7.25, calves 5.56 to 8.50. Hogs receipts 6000, market steady with pigs 5.00 to 8.55 and heavy hogs 8.55 to 9.45. Native trans 5.50 to 7.50, lands 3.60 to 4.75.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Quotations on Butter and Eggs From NSAS City Market
Price list shows butter at 24c for firsts 22c for seconds 20c for pack stock 19 or 20c. Eggs quoted at 20c for ears 18c for firsts and 1d for seconds per dozen.
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Nsas City
New York Produce Market Report Aug 7
New York August 7 report notes prices and regrades for Eges firm. Fresh gathered extras 23 2 appear in the daily market listing with typical fluctuations across produce categories.
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New York
Eges
Paris Money Markets Reported Exchange Rates
Paris reports a 3 per cent rente at 20f for the account and London exchange at 26f 26c for checks. Private rate discount stands at 2 per cent.
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Paris
London
Cotton Market Hits New Low Railcloth Records on Rains and Crop Advice
New York opening saw cotton drop 6 to 13 points to fresh lows amid rain in the southwest and optimistic crop notes from the eastern belt. Short covering later steadied prices, with midmorning gains of 2 to 4 points, and midday prices about 8 to 5 points net lower.
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New York
Cotton futures open steady then close easy in New York
Cotton futures in New York opened steady with multiple month quotes around 12.11 to 12.80 and August near 11.98. By session end the market eased with nearby months posting lower readings and subsequent bids noted for several contracts.
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New York
Niga, Sons Close
Jon
Oe Os
Coke Armor AL
Dts
Ee. Ne
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady After Early Decline
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady with a slight loss on poor cables and favorable weather maps. Press reports of rain across the belt and private Texas Oklahoma dispatches suggested weakened demand. By midmorning prices hovered near last session, with liquidation easing and bears reluctant to push declines.
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New Orleans
Texas
Oklahoma
Shorts
Tring
Cotton market shows steady closes across months
The report lists multiple month quotes with steady or mixed movements in open high low and close. August through May figures indicate prices around 12.2 to 12.5 with small daily shifts and occasional higher reads, reflecting a generally stable cotton market.
Liverpool Cotton Prices Fall as Sales Rise in Aug 1 Trade
Moderate activity in Liverpool cotton trade with prices 23 to 25 points lower. American middling fair quotes at 7.874 pence per pound, good middling 7.474, middling 7.094, and lower grades down to 6.374. Total sales 7000 bales, 6700 American, 500 for speculation and export. receipts 3000 bales, no American arrivals.
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Liverpool
Futures Market Shows Mixed Opening in Liverpool
Futures opened easy and closed barely steady in Liverpool with a series of futures quotes across months. Prices range from 6.57 to 6.87 pence per pound, reflecting a narrow change and a cautious trading tone.
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Liverpool
Spot cotton prices in New Orleans market Aug 7
Leading spot markets show steady cotton with middling at 12 1/2 cents. Spot sales total 52 bales with arrivals of 68 bales and receipts at 316, stock 26,646.
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New Orleans
Cotton market closes steady in Houston amid steady prices
Moot cotton closed steady with quotations in the low to mid twenties. sales reached 62 bales. F. O. B. price 1700 with shipments totaling 18 900 and stock at 1152.
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Houston
Tex
Cotton market closes steady in Galveston
Spot cotton closed steady in Galveston Texas with prices down fractions from the previous session. The low and good ordinary ranges quoted at 87-16 to 1015-16 cents, middling at 13 to 13 1 2 cents, while sales were none and receipts totaled 95 with stock at 22,138.
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Galveston
Tex
Cotton market steady as middling price holds
Memphis cotton market reports spot cotton steady with a decline noted, middling price at 13 cents.
New York Cotton Spots Close Quiet on Aug Seven
New York spots report quiet trading on August 7 with middling uplands at 12.65 cents and middling gulf at 13.09 cents. No sales were recorded.
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New York
Gulf
Cottonseed Prices Reported in Memphis Market
Cottonseed prices in Memphis Tennessee on August 7 show prime quality on Py 6.34 5.47. Meal quoted at 26.50 to 27.00. Linters noted at 3% card.
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Memphis
Tenn
Linters
Cotton seeder report shows steady prices and sales
New York market closes with steady Cotton seeder prices. Spot quotes range around 6.45 to 6.52 and future months from 6.21 to 6.61. Bales traded totals include 200 September at 6.49 and 500 December at 6.21, with overall sales reaching 9600. Exports listed to Great Britain France continent and others for the period.
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New York
Oates Votes for A. H. Jones for Mayor
Fragmentary notes show a local political vote for mayor with A. H. Jones as a candidate. Other figures reference stock counts and daily averages, but readable content centers on the mayoral endorsement or vote.
Cotton Statistics and Interior Receipts Report
The report notes cotton statistics across Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston and totals. Interior receipts in New York dry goods show active markets with buyers purchasing for late delivery and steady trade in bleached goods.
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Galveston
Tex
Orleans
Mobile
Savatin Ga
Charleston
New York
Textile Markets Report From The Trade Floor
A large business reported higher print cloth prices with strong buyer turnout at openings of fancy worsteds. Silk trade appears fair but not broadly active, indicating cautious demand across fabrics.
London metal prices steady on spot and futures
London copper remains steady with spot at 78 pounds 10s and futures 78 pounds. Tin holds at spot 204 pounds 10s and futures 202 pounds 5s. Lead trades around 19 pounds and spelter at 26 pounds 5s with iron via Cleveland warrants at 60 shillings.
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London
Cleveland
Don
Sugar and petroleum market update from New York
Raw sugar steady with Muscovado 9 test at 3.65 dollars and centrive 4.05. Molasses 89 test at 3.30. Refined sugar steady. Petroleum and hides steady. Molasses quiet. Leather firm.
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New York
Bank of England Receives 20000-Pound Gold Deposit
London reports bullion totaling 20 000 pounds sterling was brought into the Bank of England on balance yesterday.
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London
Bank of England
London Money Market Roundup in August Report
London money market reports Consoles at 74 percent with steady accounts and a 27 percent pee yk. Short bills at 2 2 15 16 and three months at 3 percent.
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London
Voting Tomorrow in San Antonio for Richter as Mayor
Citizens urged to ignore noise and slander as William L. Richter is expected to win a decisive majority. The piece warns against lying circulars and street campaigning by opponents, asserting the people will rule for the remainder of the term.
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William L. Richter
Jones
Citizens’ League
San Antonio
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