Crop Damage News Fuels Market Unease In August Declines
Market sentiment shifted as crop damage, especially to corn, sparked renewed alarm in New York trading. Leading issues weakened with declines in Steel, Smelting, Northern Pacific, Missouri Pacific and C and O, while Mexican railway bonds slid. After noon, some gains in Reading and SP appeared but the session closed heavy with mixed moves across sectors.
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San Francisco
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Cotton Region Bulletin August 14 1913 Weather Summary
The belt shows generally fair weather with above normal temperatures for the last 12 hours. Rainfall of an inch or more reported at Kingstree Cheraw Florence Amite Rome and Gadsden. Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
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Cheraw
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Amite
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Gadsden
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Market Brief: Metals Prices Steady Across Goods
Lead holds at 4.50 with London bids. spelter between 5.70 and 5.80. copper firm with Standard spot 15.87 16.00. lake 16. tin quiet with August 41.50 42 and September 41.21 41.75. antimony dull at Cookson's 8.40 8.50. iron steady.
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New York
London
Cookson
Commodity prices spread across metals sugar oils
ST. LOUIS reports lead at 4.40 and 445, spelter 5.50 to 5.55. NEW YORK notes raw sugar steady with Muscovado 3.23, centrifugal 3.73, molasses sugar 2.98. Refined sugars, petroleum, molasses and hides steady, leather firm.
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ST. Louis
New York
Real estate transfers list two Highland Park parcels and more
Real estate transfers show L. Dy North and wife transferring lot 13 in Highland Park to Mrs Willie D O Neal for 600 dollars. Winifred Klock and husband transfer parts of Laurel street lots to G C Johnston for 8900 dollars. Albert Maverick sells lot 9 block 338 Avenue C and Ninth street for 625 dollars to Gustav Frasch. Albert Maverick sells lot 10 block 33 Avenue C for 600 dollars to Mina Frasch.
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Willie D. O'Neal
New City
Highland Park
Winifred Klock
G. C. Johnston
Laurel Street
Albert Maverick
Gustav Frasch
Avenue C
Ninth Street
Mina Frasch
Marriage Licenses Observations Taken at 8 A.M.
Observations recorded at 8 a m on Thursday August 14 1913 noting marriage license activity and related ceremonies.
July Cotton Consumption in United States Reaches 486000 Bases
Census Bureau reports July cotton consumed in the United States at 486 246 running bales, up from June. On hand July 31 there were 1 032 548 bales in manufacturing establishments and 410 954 bales in independent warehouses. Exports totaled 140 710 bales and active spindles stood at 30 022 664.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Automotive Licenses Listed With Owners and Addresses
A list of automobile licenses includes No. 3941 for Staver Bodo Jonas at Asco Cosa Texas No. 3942 for W. T. Hendricks an Indian motocycle at 627 Indiana Street No. 8948 for George R. Hudson at Bispham Menger Hotel and No. 8944 for Charles Schoenfeld an Indian motocycle at 320 Hunstock Avenue.
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Staver
Bodo Jonas
Atascosa
Tex
W. T. Hendricks
Indiana Street
Hudson
George R. Bispham
Menger
Charles Schoenfeld
Hunstock Avenue
Building Permits Approved for Homes and Church
Fritz Boehler applies for a 3 room dwelling on Avenue a0. Joseph Lutringer seeks a 3 room dwelling on Simpson street with $500 value. Edwin Routledge requests alterations on Market street valued at $400. New Light Baptist Church plans a church building on Lavaca street with $310. A H Brient seeks a 4 room dwelling on Mulberry street valued at $800.
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Avenue
Joseph Lutringer
Simpson Street
Edwin Routledge
Market Street
New Light Baptist Church
Lavaca Street
A. H. Brient
Mulberry Street
Bank Statement of The West Texas Bank and Trust Co 1913
Official financial statement from San Antonio Texas showing resources and liabilities as of August 9 1913 with totals for loans discounts real estate bonds and stocks cash items deposits and profits. Recap lists overall assets 20475456.36 and liabilities 944...
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The
Financial Concil
the West Texas Bank and Trust Co
San Antonio
State of Texas
Csecves
Bexar
W. F. MccCaleb
W. B. Hamilton Jr
W. F. McCaleb
W. B. Hamilton
A. D
Frank E. Galpin
J. H. Savage
Leon N. Walthall
la Pry Ve
Grain Prices Rally Across Midwest and Texas Crops
Grain markets surge as drought scorches the central U S slabs and northern centers. Corn oats and other staples rise with Chicago as a benchmark. Texas shipments flow from Southwest regions while canners warn of limited deliveries. Hog lard and bagging costs shift amid hot weather and tight supply.
Market Quotation Snippets Across Cities
Daily price quotes show poultry and butter variations in St. Louis Kansas City and Chicago while New York coffee remains firm with Rio No 7 at 9 1 2 cents futures steady. Money on call in New York hovers around 2 2 1 2 percent with time loans steady across standard terms.
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Abilene
Tex
Amarillo
Augusta
Birmingham
Boston
Mase
Brownsville
Chicago
Charleston
Corpus Christi
del Rio
Fort Worth
Tex. S
New York
Market Briefs From New York August Trading
Prime mercantile paper 6 3 4 percent. Sterling exchange steady at 4 82 95 for 60 day bills and at 4 86 55 for demand. Commercial bills 4 82 . Bar silver 59 cents. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds heavy.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Retail markets show steady activity in New York wholesale fabrics
Retailers operate steadily in the wholesale markets for wash fabrics dress goods silks and general departments. Wide sheetings are stronger with an advancing tendency. Worsted yarns are firmer. Burlaps are higher and quotations on 40 inch 10 percent ounce goods are at the highest levels reached in years.
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New York
Commodities Prices and Receipts in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans on August 14 rough Honduras prices were strong with Japan steady. Quotations show rough Honduras at 4.40 and 6% yield, clean Honduras at 4% 6c, and Japan at 1% 3%. Receipts record rough Honduras 3311, sales of rough Honduras 3563 at 4.19 0.95, clean Honduras 4128 at 2% 6c, and Japan 143 at 2c.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Cotton Stock Figures Show Weekly Decline
Yesterday's cotton stocks stood at 158,995 bales, down from 210,542 bales a year ago and 745,000 plus the week before. The deficit this season is 64,767 bales.
Cottonseed Prices Reported in Memphis Market
Cotton seed products in Memphis show Prime basis oil at 8 cents per pound, meal trading around 31.50 to 32.00 dollars per ton, lint oils at 24 and 3 percent.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cotton seed oil market closes steady in New York
The cotton seed oil market in New York closes steady with spot at 8.00. August contracts range 8.25 to 8.30 and September 8.25 to 8.35. Trade includes 300 sold at 7.60 for November and 500 at 6.61 for December, totaling 8100 in sales.
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New York
Marine Intelligence Galveston Aug 14 Arrivals and Cleared
Galveston reports arrivals of steamers Alba St Ronald Chancellor Russian Prince tampico Tecumseh and others plus ships cleared to New Orleans and New York. In New York Carpathia arrives. In Ohio a burglary gang leader T Wright was shot in a pistol duel with Under Sheriff Jack Larsson. Wright likely fatally wounded, Larsson wounded slightly. Wright from Cisco Arkansas.
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New Orleans
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Prince and Bride Sail for Japan Amid White Slave Law Warrant
Prince Stanislaus Sulskowski of Austria and his bride formerly Marie Louise Freese of Los Celes sailed from Vancouver for Japan aboard the Empress of Russia. A warrant for the prince’s arrest on charges under the white slave law remains outstanding in California.
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Vancouver
B. C
Stanislaus Sulskowski
Austria
Marie Louise Freese
Los Celes
Japan
Russia
Outstandi
California
Cattle Market Steady as Hogs Slip at Union Stock Yards
Aug 14 Union Stock Yards reports cattle steady with best calves at 6.50 and an 8.10 top on calves in Fort Worth. Hog prices weaken across major markets as hogs arrive faster than packers can process. Sheep show weakness with potential decline.
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Fort Worth
St. Louis
Fort Worth Cattle Market Steady After Gains in Midweek
Fort Worth Texas market data shows 3200 cattle and 1200 calves offered. South Texas calves sold at 8.10 per head in three-car lots. Best beef steers 6.25, bulk 5.50 to 6.00. Cows 4.00 to 5.40, heifers 5.25 to 6.25, bulls 4.00 to 6.50. Calves 4.50 to 8.10. Hog market opened 100 lower with best hogs 8.60 and bulk 5.10 to 8.50. Sheep and lambs, 500 head, steady.
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Fort Worth
Tex
South Texas
Chicago live stock market receipts and prices
Receipts and price quotations from Chicago markets on hogs cattle and sheep. Hogs seen dull with bulk sales around 7.85 to 8.50 for various grades and pigs at 4.00 to 7.90. Cattle receipts about 5000 with bees 7.00 to 9.00, Texas steers 6.70 to 7.70, stockers 5.35 to 7.70, cows and heifers 3.60 to 8.20, calves 8.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 22,000 with native 3.70 to 4.70, yearlings 5.00 to 5.80, native lambs 5.25 to 7.40.
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Chicago
Texas
Kansas City
Market Reports Show Cattle and Hogs Mixed in Kansas City
Kansas City market reports reveal hogs with 7000 receipts and varied prices, cattle at 12000 receipts with steady tone and ranges for prime fed steers and cows, and lambs to 5000 with steady to firm values. Southern and western divisions show contrasting quotes, indicating a cautious trading day across species.
Live Stock Market Report From St Louis August Trade
Receipts total about 4000 cattle with Texans and natives, prices ranged 5.50 to 9.00 for cattle and cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.55, Texas natives 6.25 to 7.75 with calves 5.00 to 6.00. Sheep and hogs also listed with steady to lower quotes and plentiful receipts.
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ST. Louis
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Ses
Serena
First Cotton Bale of Year Reaches Big Springs
L. P. Hilger brought in the first bale of the season at Big Springs Texas yesterday earning 28.60. A week early delivery qualified for a premium of 42.76 per bale.
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Big Springs
Tex
L. P. Hilger
Cotton Falls on Weak Demand and Weather News
Reports of showers in the southwest and weak European trade signals eased cotton prices. The market opened steady then slipped 5 to 10 points as new crop positions sold, with late-session trading firmer on covering and word of a bullish private crop report forthcoming.
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New York
Texas
Cotton futures open and close steady in New York
Prices show steady movement across the board with August at 11.57 and December around 10.94. The session lists several contracts including September 11.22 October 11.03 January 10.83 February 10.81 March 10.91 and May 10.94 with little intraday variation.
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New York
Oese
Oeo
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Amid Consumption Hints
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with December edging one point above yesterday. The USDA July consumption at 486,246 bales supported the market while Western rains and unsettled Texas weather pressured prices, leaving March to October months 6 to 10 points below prior close by midmorning. Bulls cited U S season use at 5,231,000 bales, near record last year, helping keep an undertone despite midday declines.
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New Orleans
Census Bureau
United States
St Texas
Cotton futures drift steady with small losses
Futures opened steady with August at 11.40 and September 11.00. October 11.02 and December 11.00 held near early prints. Closed steady for the session with a 5 to 6 point net loss. leaders showed mixed highs and lows across August through March deliveries.
Spot Cotton Prices and Sales Hit Aug. 14 Liverpool
Fair demand for spot cotton at Liverpool with prices eased across grades. Middling fair 7.01d, good middling 6.74d, middling 6.41d, low middling 6.21d, good ordinary 6.15d, ordinary 6.11d. Sales 6000 bales, 5400 American and 200 for speculation and export. Receipts 3000, including 300 American.
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Liverpool
Futures Close Steady on Liverpool Market
Futures closed steady with a series of contract quotes. August 6.12d, September 6.05d, October 6.95c, November 5.86d, December-January 5.86d, January-February 5.87d, February-March 5.88d, March-April 6.89d, April-May 5.90d, May-June 5.914d, June-July 5.914d, July-August 6.914d.
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Liverpool
Sisconmahas
Spot cotton firmer in New Orleans market
New Orleans on August 14 reports spot cotton up 1-16 to 11 15-16 cents for middling with 277 bales sold on the spot and arrivals none. Prices across U S markets show middling ranges from 6.414 at Liverpool to about 11 15-16 cents in New Orleans and other hubs.
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New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Liverpool
Memphis
Spot cotton market closes quietly in Houston
The Houston cotton market closed quiet on August 14 with prices down 1/16. Sales totaled 56, fob 30 25 bales, shipments 9199, stock 26,875. Quotations ranged from low ordinary 7 3/4 to good middling 11 15/16 with middling 11 11/16 and higher grades listed.
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Houston
Tex
Spot cotton closes steady in Galveston sale
Galveston August 14 spot cotton closed steady with no change. New crop sales at f.o.b. 1550. Receipts today totaling 2531 with stock levels at 25,110.
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Galveston
F. O B
Spot cotton prices drift in New York market
New York August 1 Spot cotton quotes show middling uplands 11.90 cents per pound and middling gulf 12.15 cents with sales activity noted.
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New York
Pankhurst Released After Hunger Strike In Holloway
MEMPHIS SPOTS. MEMPHIS TENN Aug 14 Spot cotton steady middling 114c. MISS Sylvia Pankhurst released from Holloway jail after hunger strike illness. cab note adds three wheeled vehicle still in use.
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Tenn
Pankhurst
London
Sylvia Pankhurst
Holloway
Warehouse bill to kill pro legislation in Texas House vote
In Austin, August 14, the Texas House backed setting the warehouse bill as a special order for tomorrow at 2 PM by 105 to 19. Prohibitionists avoided choosing between liquor reform and the warehouse measure, now seen as consuming the session’s final days amid farmers’ union pressure. The Penry building and loan bill remained under debate at noon.
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Farmers’ Union
Penry Building and Loan Association
Commissioner of Banking and Insurance
Dallas Woman Kills Girl at Farm Near Dallas
Miss Bertha Neese 24 is dead and Robert L. Adams 43 is expected to die after a shooting at the Adams farm ten miles east of Dallas Texas. Mrs Nora Adams wife of the wounded man faced murder and assault charges with bond set at 1000. She says she found her husband with Neese and fired after warning. Only two shots fired one struck Adams in the chin and the other hit Neese in the abdomen.
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Here
Nora Adams
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Garland
Books Show Tariff Lobby Payments in Senate Hearing
Meade of the Merchants Association testified before the Senate lobby committee that the National Tariff Commission association received 1000 from the National Association of Manufacturers. He said the Tariff Association paid former congressman James E. Watson 3750 between April and July 1909. Martin Mullhall testified Watson was employed to lobby for a tariff board. Mullhall’s illness delayed further House committee lobby investigation.
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Washington, D. C
Martin Mullhall
Star Witness
New grave laid in old Portuguese Hebrew cemetery
In Philadelphia on Aug 14 a burial occurred in the city’s old Hebrew cemetery of the Portuguese congregation Mikeve Israel. It was the first new grave there in 32 years, the interment of Miss Josephine Etting of Baltimore, great grandniece of Rebecca Gratz, beside her famous ancestor. The 1740-founded site houses many Revolutionary era graves and is now cared for by a Hebrew historical society.
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Providence Chosen as Next Typographical Union Meet Site
Providence R L won the vote 132 to 117 over Calgary for the next International Typographical Union gathering in Nashville. Charles Deacon and his wife resigned as superintendent and matron of the union printers home and were awarded 1000 dollars. President Berry’s speech drew attention as delegates weighed closer ties between unions and possible reactions to the visitor.
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International Typographical Union
Calgary
Canada
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Lynch
Abilene Shootfest Opens with Top Trap Shooters
Abilene Gun Club opens its second annual three day tournament in Abilene Texas with many state and national shooters. The weather is ideal for trap shooting and high scores are expected as Guy Ward the champion trap shot of America attends to give an exhibition.
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Tex
Abilene Gun Club
Guy Ward
America
Corn continues to make new records on Chicago market
Rain in northern Illinois and Indiana eased corn losses but heat persisted in Kansas Nebraska Missouri and Oklahoma. Wheat and oats firm with December options up and cash markets aided by higher cables. Provisions fell with hogs as professional speculators pushed corn higher before profit taking turned the close easy.
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Oklahoma
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Market quotations and grain shipments from St Louis
Quotations for cash wheat and corn were given with 86 to 92 cents for No 2 grades. Oats pricing showed No 2 at about 41 to 42 cents. Receipts yesterday included 96,000 bushels of wheat and 90,000 of oats, with shipments listed for flour, wheat, and corn. Futures showed September and May for wheat, corn, and oats with fractional changes.
Kansas City Wheat and Corn Prices Quotations
Prices quoted for cash wheat and oats with grades and percentages. Market figures include No 2 hard and No 2 red wheats, No 2 white oats, and futures for September and December wheat and corn with respective bid percentages.
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Kansas City
Chicago cash grain quotations August record
Chicago cash grain prices show No 2 hard red winter wheat at 87 to 89 cents, No 1 northern 91 to 92, No 2 spring 90 to 91 cents. Corn No 2 74 to 75 cents, No 2 white 74 to 75, No 2 yellow 74 to 75, oats No 2 42 to 43 cents, No 3 white and standard around 42 cents.
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Convict Transfer Agent Charged With Murder
Bud Russell, a state convict transfer agent, was placed under $5000 bond in Houston on a murder charge. He faced a grand jury after a breakout at Grand Central station when Oren Sherry, 22, in custody for burglary, attempted escape and was shot and killed.
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Houston
Tex
Bud Russell
Grand Central Station
Oren Sherry
Harris County
Russell
Sherry
Crazy Wells Hotel Opens in Mineral Wells Texas
The five story Crazy Well hotel opened under Manager Frank Damron with hundreds visiting from across the state. Governor O B Colquitt signed the register as the first guest. Erected by Sidney Webb the fireproof brick building has 110 rooms with private baths and cost 160000 dollars.
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Crazy Well
Frank Damron
O. B. Colquitt
Dallas
Fort Worth
Sidney Webb
Deserter Inquiry After City Arrest Near Military Post
A white man was detained by Policeman Diaz on vagrancy charges and is under investigation to determine if he is a deserter from the United States Army. The arrest occurred near the military post as the man claimed to have recently arrived from Chicago.
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United States Army
Chicago
City Improves Kentucky Avenue West End Road
The city engineer’s department began lining Kentucky avenue West End yesterday afternoon. The street will be macadam from Calaveres street to Bandera avenue, a two bi section. Actual work of improving the is expected to begin immediately.
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Calaveres Street
Bandera Avenue
No Story Hour at Carnegie Library Tomorrow
No story hour at Carnegie Library tomorrow but a tale will be told Saturday at noon in Brackenridge Park. E D Love will meet the children at 2 30 Saturday afternoon at the Library and take them to Enridge Park for tales and games in the afternoon.
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E. D. Love
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