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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1916

Page

15

North Town Bargains and Ranch Exchange Sale

Advertisement listing numerous real estate bargains across town including a $6500 residence, near city center cottages priced $3500, a 6500 acre ranch with river frontage and irrigation, and 8500 acres in pasture with exchange option through LAND DEPT CENTRAL. Managers Jno. W. Warren and J. H. Compton promoted exchanges for city property or farm land.

Nueces S. Py Ry San Antonio Ring Crockett Lewis Maverick Alamo Bank

Liquidation Eases Off Cotton Market Amid Decline Reversal

Market opened with liquidation pulling prices from last night highs but buyers supported, sending values back close to the top. Liverpool held firmer while American weather views and a weak market for Western markets helped ease declines. New Orleans and New York posted modest gains with late buying support.

Cotton futures ease then firm in New York trade

News from New York shows early selling on Aug 9 giving December at 14.47 and January 14.58 on the call, with broadening commission-house demand later lifting December to 14.59 and January to 14.68 as western and Wall Street buyers reemerge.

New York Texas Commission House Wall Street

Wheat Prices Hit Highest Levels on Huge Crop Losses

Chicago news reports wheat futures surged after government crop loss estimates showed the year’s yield would barely meet domestic needs and Europe would rely on U.S. surplus. Openings climbed 4% to 8% with September near 1.88 1/? and December around 1.42 1/?. Corn and oats followed grain strength while hogs and provisions rose on bullish demand.

Chicago Ill United States

Wheat and grain prices in Chicago market report

Wheat and corn prices show slight changes with quotations around 1.44 to 1.47 for standard wheat and 87 for corn. Oats and barley also listed with standard and bid figures in the Chicago market summary.

Chicago Ite Aus

New Orleans Cotton Market Ends Mixed After Rain Outlook

In New Orleans Aug 9 Liverpool refusal to follow the advance and favorable weather forecasts caused early liquidation in long contracts with prices slipping 8 to 11 points. A brief recovery gave a net 1 to 2 point rise, later losses deepened to 14 to 16 points before renewed demand. By midafternoon Chicago buyers pushed prices up sharply, trading 1:30 p.m. with gains of 11 points over prior quotes.

Orleans Liverpool Chicago

State Crop Report Highlights Texas County Conditions

The weekly Texas crop report for August 6 shows varied moisture and crop status across counties. Crosby, Floyd, Hale report good rains. Swisher, Randall, Deaf Smith show dryness. Palmer notes sparse sorghum. many counties including Travis Williamson Taylor Tom Green and others report normal to good conditions with recent rains aiding crops. New York coffee prices also noted with futures steady.

Austin Tex Crosby County Fioyd Hale County Soree Swisher County Randall Deaf Smith Palmer County Wood and Smith Cherokee County Lamar Delta Hopkins Callahan Niet Travis Williamson Taylor Tom Green Runnels Sterling Irion Childress Hall Donley Armstrong Hedley Lelia Lake Polk Shel Recentochse

Market quotes for wheat corn and oats in St Louis

Quotations on August 9 show wheat at No 2 red 1.42 to 1.50 per bushel and No 2 hard 1.42 to 1.49. Corn lists No 2 at 86 to 87 cents and No 2 white at 85 and one half cent. Oats No 2 at 41.5 to 48 cents and No 2 white at 44 cents.

ST. Louis

Market Quotations From Kansas City One Day Report

Quotations for commodities show wheat at No 2 hard 1.87 to 1.41, No 2 red 1.39 to 1.45. Corn bids include No 2 white 83 to 85 cents and No 2 yellow 84 to 85 cents. Oats range No 2 white 45 to 46 cents and No 2 mixed 42 to 45 cents.

Kansas City

Cotton futures open steady with varied grain quotes

New Orleans price snapshot shows opening bin for October 14.16 and December 14.46 with March 14.62 and May 14.00s. Futures data hint at closing ranges and daily highs and lows, but the text is fragmented across multiple numbers and garbled notes.

New Orleans Ogc Vermeer Tens AG Liverpool

Grain futures close with mixed gains in Wheat and Corn

Kansas City market closes show Wheat gains with December at 1.39 percent, 1.42 percent in futures. Corn contracts gain 3 cents for September and 2 2/3 cents for December.

Kansas City Aug

Cotton and sugar market notes from New York and Liverpool

Liverpool spot cotton remains firm with garnetting gains and large receipts. Futures in Liverpool show barely steady quotes for the forward months while New York reports steady raw sugar prices and related sweetener costs.

New York

Hogs Turn Higher In Foreign Market At Union Stock Yards

Aug 9 at Union Stock Yards reports steady prices amid strong demand. Hogs firm at 9.50 for choice tops despite foreign markets rising 10 to 15 cents. cattle 187 head, calves 138, hogs 41, goats 98. cows 4.50 to 5.50, calves 6.00 to 7.25, slaughter totals shown.

Union Stock Yards

Fort Worth Market Receipts and Prices Report

Fort Worth Texas August 9 cattle receipts total 3600 with varied bids for Beevers stockers cows and calves. Hogs receipts 1000 with ranges from heavy to light and fresh quotes. Sheep receipts 1200 show yearlings lambs wethers ewes and goats with assorted price marks.

Fort Worth Tex

Chicago Hogs Cattle and Sheep Quotes From Market Report

Chicago market notes show hog receipts 26,000 with mixed quotations from 9.25 to 10.40 per cwt and strong tone. Cattle receipts 17,000 with native beef cattle at 6.90 to 10.45. stockers 5.00 to 7.85. cows and helpers 3.50 to 4.25. calves 9.00 to 12.50. Sheep receipts 17,000 with wethers 6.76 to 8.25 and lambs 7.50 to 11.40 per cwt.

Chicago

Livestock Prices And Receipts Reported At Kansas City Market

Cattle receipts around 12000 head including 400 southern cattle with steady to higher prices. Prime fed steers 8.60 to 10.25, dressed beef steers 7.50 to 9.50, southern steers 6.00 to 8.76, cows 4.76 to 7.50, calves 6.00 to 9.50. Hogs receipts near 14000 with mixed quotes. heavy and packer bids around 9.95 to 10.05, pigs 8.60 to 9.00. Sheep receipts about 6000 with lambs 10.50 to 11.50, yearlings 7.00 to 9.00, wethers 7.50 to 8.00, ewes 7.00 to 7.50.

Ansas City

Livestock Receipts and Prices in St Louis Market

Receipts and quotations show hogs 11 500 head higher by classes with prices from 8.75 to 10.3242 for heavy hogs and bulk around 10.00 to 10.25. Cattle receipts 6000 steady to slightly lower with native beef steers 7.00 to 10.25, cows 5.50 to 8.00, stockers 5.30 to 8.25, prime southern steers 8.00 to 9.00, calves 1.00 to 11.75. Sheep receipts 4500 steady with spring lambs 7.00 to 10.55 and various ewes and yearlings priced accordingly.

ST. Louis Texas

Oklahoma cattle and hog receipts and sale results

Receipts today at Oklahoma City show cattle 1500 steady and hogs 1406 up 10 to 15 cents with top at 9.75. Sales listings include Greenfield Duncan Hancock Westheimer D Mill Creek and others with steer counts and prices ranging from about 6.10 to 6.90 reflecting regional buyer activity.

Oklahoma City Okla Greenfield Duncan Hancock Addington Westheimer D. Mill Creek Jones & Thomas Davis Smms Bros Lindsay Okila

Provision Markets Chicago Provisions

Chicago August 9. Local packing house quotations to dealers on Wednesday include dry salt extras 15 16c bacon extras 16c dry salt bellies 14 16 pound average 16c fancy breakfast bacon 27c fancy hams 21c bacon bellies 14-16 pound average 19c pure lard 14c compound lard ?

Unfavorable Crop Report Fails to Stall Market Rally

New York stock market opened firm despite yesterday's crop report. Munitions, equipment, motors, and Mexican stocks climbed with gains in shipping issues. Rail shares including Grangers and Pacifica rose, aided by arbitration talks and mediation among railroad managers and workers. Reading and United States Steel led advances as markets closed strong.

New York International Raper Preferred United Cigar Stores Grangers Pacifica Union Pacific Canadian Pacific United States Steel Allis-Chalmers American Car & Foundry American Locomotiv American Tel & Tel Baltimore & Ohio Chesapeake & Ohio Paul Chicago R. I. & Pacific Consolidated Gas Missouri Pacific Terre Im National Aie York Central Ee Hartford Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Rep Iron & Steel Seaboard Air Line Ig Do Sloss, Shef, Steel & Iron Aoe Southern Pacific Southern Railway Cite Studebaker Corporation Tennessee Copper Eee Texas Company Serene Art Union Pacific United Fruit Olen United States Rubber United States U. & Smelting & Refiniss Tee Chem Western Union Westinghouse Electric Iaey Bay

Shippers Market Prices For Country Produce In San Antonio

Buyers paid steady prices for Texas country candied fruit butter creamery stock and poultry. Hens and large fryers priced per dozen from five to six dollars, turkeys around 15 per pound, ducks and geese quoted per dozen or per pound as shown.

San Antonio Texas Texas Creamery

Kans City Market Prices for Dairy Eggs Poultry and Potatoes

Kansas City market quotes list Butter Creamery 28c firsts 260c seconds 28c packing stock 21c Eggs Firsts 23c Poultry Hens 1644c roosters 10c broilers 21c New potatoes firm Louisiana Texas Arkansas Oklahoma Triumphs Kaw Valley early Ohios Dc.

Kansas City Louisiana Texas Arkansas Oklahoma Kaw Valley Ohlos

Chicago Market Report Shows Rising Butter and Eggs

Chicago markets report higher butter at 25 2 3 cents creamery and eggs up with receipts of 8228 cases. Firsts at 23 24 cents, ordinary firsts 22 23 cents. Potatoes unsettled with 47 railcars and varied regional prices, poultry steady to higher with live fowls at 16 17 cents and springs 18 to 20 cents.

Chicago Jersey Virginia Missouri Illinois Ohio

Weather summary for cotton belt Aug 9 1916

The Cotton Region Bulletin reports unsettled weather in the belt with generally near normal temperatures except Oklahoma. Rainfall of an inch or more occurred at Robeline Donaldsville El dorado Marianna Brownaville Covington Corinth Brookhaven Clarksdale Rosedale Greenville Lake Fort Gibson and Vicksburg Union Springs. Allen Buell meteorologist Weather Bureau.

Oklahoma Robeline Donaldsville Eldorado Marianna Ark Brownaville Covington

Mercantile rates and bond notes from New York market

New York markets report mixed currency and bond figures. Sterling 60 day bills 4.71 percent, demand 4.75, cables 4.76 7-16. Guilders 41 5-16, bar silver 66 2-3, Mexican dollars 61. Government and railroad bonds listed as irregular.

New York Mercantile Paper

Metal market snapshot shows steady copper and firm tin

In New York metal markets, lead is at 6.00 dollars asked, spelter quiet with East St. Louis delivery, copper steady around 25.00 to 27.00, iron unchanged, tin quiet but firm with spot prices between 37.87 and 38.25.

New York East St. Louis

London Metal Prices Update

London metal quotation reports lead at 29 pounds, spelter at spot tin 168 pounds, futures 169 pounds sterling as of August 9.

London

Local mills expect advance in flour amid wheat surge

Flour prices may rise in the local market as wheat jumps 8 percent in Chicago. Flour is quoted at 6.70 to 6.90 per barrel with expected changes by Thursday if wheat stays high. Lemons and other produce also edge up, with oranges up 25 cents per box and celery at 65 cents per dozen.

Chicago Hoge

Marine Intelligence Galveston Arrivals and Sails

Marine intelligence from Galveston reports arrivals of the Comal and El Oriente from New York and sailing of the Burstad in November along with Barrios. The note reflects a brief shipping round up with two arrivals and one departure.

Galveston Tex Comal el Oriente New York Burstad Barrios

Money market rates and call money report

New York report shows time loan rates for 60 days at 24 percent and 8 percent, 90 days at 3 per cent, six months at 3 and 4 per cent. Call money remains steady with high and low around 2 percent and the ruling rate at 2 percent.

New York

Turpentine and resin firms report mixed early figures

In Savannah figures show a turpentine firm aged 42 with sales at 619 and receipts 547 and shipments 137 while resin firm amounts reach sales 1470 and receipts 1690 with shipments 6972 and stocks 69 671. prices range from 5.85 to 6.60 across various grades.

Savannah

Rice Market Report From New Orleans Trade

New Orleans reports strong demand for rough rice and steady clean rice. Receipts include 478 sacks rough and 750 pockets clean. Sales show 511 sacks rough Honduras and 1,751 pockets clean Honduras plus 130 pecks to Japan. Prices quote rough Honduras at 8.80 per hundredweight and clean Honduras around 4.50 to 4.60, with Japan at 3.4 to 3.6.

New Orleans Honduras Japan

Department of Agriculture Weather Bulletin Note

Weather bulletin from the Department of Agriculture issued by the Meteorologist Weather Bureau notes that wind speeds under ten miles per hour and precipitation less than .01 inch are not published here.

Ciouy U. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau Department OF Agriculture Weather Bulletin

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