Guests fill many San Antonio hotels with diverse visitors
A long list of guests at the Bexar St. Anthony Gunter Savoy Menger Crockett Bowie and other San Antonio hotels includes G T Fischer Dallas R Waitt Richmond M Bowie Bay City W Hansen New York M L Landrum Stockton Cal T G George Eagle Pass J H Smith Dallas and many others. The notes mention touring parties and hotel registrations, with several families and individuals from Texas and beyond staying or stopping during visits.
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Houston
Commerce
Alamo
East Side
William W. Herring
Houston St
Starr St
Crockett
Henry M. Preson
LaGrange
D. G. Duglas
Guthrie
G. P. Backham
Yorktown
Savoy
Roscoe Wilson
Lubbock
Menger
J. H. Smith
Dallas
Gene Reese
Daisy Reese
Mort Worth
Bowie Hotel
A. H. Lewis
Besar
M. Cc. Talbot
Gonzales
St. Anthony
Paris
G. M. Jowers
the & A
Vu. G
Guoter
A. Mundt
Victoria
H. Harris
Red Rock
Tex
J. W. Logsden
J. W. Dalton
W. A. Crow
J. Lee Penn
Waxahachie
KE. R. Dedts
Boerne
James Canning
Bowie
C. H. Law
Sabinal
Bexar
J. Alberts
L. Balford
Gunter
L. A. Harper
Mistletoe Ave
Magnolia Ave
Blanco Boulevard
San Antonio
Nicholson, Furnish & Smith
Gunter Bidg
Bexar County
Harlandale
Harlandale Car
Harlandale Realty CO
H. J. Benson
Phone Crockett 2476
Drought Reports Boost Southwest Cotton Prices Amid Volatile Trade
The report notes drought in the Southwest lifting cotton futures while New York and New Orleans show gains and mixed activity. Prices moved early on favorable crop prospects but fell back slightly as rains prompted expectations of improved weather.
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Southwest
New Orleans Cotton Opens Up on Bullish Texas Crop Drought
New Orleans markets opened with cotton futures steadier, gaining 8 to 10 points on bullish crop accounts from Texas. Prices climbed to 11 to 12 points up, then eased slightly, holding about an 8 point net advance after the first half hour. Bulls cited drought damage in Texas counties as likely non recoverable and warned rains may come too late to help the crop. The long account saw strong demand and trading months reached 20 to 22 points above prior quotes.
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New Orleans
Texas
Shorts
Sngs
Cotton futures open steady with mixed early bids
New Orleans reports steady opening for cotton futures with key contracts around 11.58 and 11.68 for September to March. The session ends with a modest advance of 15 to 16 points and varied intraday highs and lows across months.
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New Orleans
Cotton Prices and Sales Report from Liverpool
Spot cotton quotes in Liverpool show middling at 6.624 pence, low middling 6.42d, good ordinary 3.36d with good middling and higher grades. Sales total 4600 bales, including 2500 American and 00 for speculation and export. receipts 2400 bales all American.
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Liverpool
Reeceipta
Futures Close Steady in Liverpool Market
Futures closed steady with a series of quoted dates showing August through July contracts. The table lists successive intermonth differentials ranging from 6.18d to 6.36d across multiple front and nearby spreads.
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Liverpool
Leading Spot Markets Across Cities
New York Middling at 12.20 cents, New Orleans 12 1-116, Houston 12 1-16, Galveston 12 1-16, Liverpool 6.624, Memphis 11 percent. Market brief notes varying middling prices for the day across major ports and cities.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Galveston
Memphis
Houston
Coffee and money markets report from New York
New York markets show No. 7 Rio coffee at 9 3 4 cents with steady futures. Becht price at 3488 for September. In New York money on call nominal with no loans. time loans weaker at 60 days 3 to 4 percent. 90 days 4 1 2 percent. six months 5 1 2 percent.
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New York
Rio
Premier Becht
Cotton Situation at a Glance
Chicago TI August 23 corn narrowed as foreign and domestic news offered no decisive direction. Pit speculation remained active while cables softened and near-months steadied. Wheat was irregular and provisions dull. pork, ribs, and lard traded, but prices closed with small losses.
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Chicago
Cotton Region Bulletin Reports Rains in Southern Cities
Rainfall of an inch or more recorded at Athens Selma Atlanta Gainesville Columbus Okolona Waynesboro Clarksdale with near normal temperatures. Camden Ark reports 1.20 inches. Allen Buell, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
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Athens
Selma
Atlanta
Gainesville
Columbus
Okolona
Waynesboro
Clarksdale
Camden
Ark
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Texas millers tout unpolished rice for higher food value
Texas mills announce a campaign for unpolished rice claiming it contains more food properties and no glucose. The move comes as states ban polished rice for glucose use, while canned goods demand rises and grocers hike prices on hominy.
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Texas Mills
Cotton prices steady in New Orleans market
Spot cotton held firm in New Orleans with middling at 12 9-16 to 12 1-4 cents, strict values near 12 1-4 to 12 9-16 cents. Receipts totaled 249 bales while total stock reached 17,544 bales with no new arrivals.
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New Orleans
Chicago grain quotations from August market session
Chicago quotations show grain prices with wheat and corn listed by quality. No. 2 red wheat around 89 4 to 90 cents, No. 1 northern near 24 dollars per ton, durum near 87 9 cents, corn No. 2 about 76 to 77 cents, No. 2 white around 76 cents, oats mixed around 42 to 44 cents.
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Chicago
Wool market active in Boston with steady prices
Boston wool market remains fairly active with prices steady and favoring larger sales. Territory wools lead trade at about fifty cents clean for good half blood staple dip. fleeces from Wisconsin Missouri quoted at 23 24c for 1 2 blood, 24c for other cuts. unwashed and scoured rates given for Kentucky Texas varieties.
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Boston
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kentucky
Texas
Cotton market closes steady in Houston spot sale
The spot cotton market in Houston closed steady gaining 1-16 cent. F O B sales reached 2090 with 16 572 bales shipped and total stock at 32 578 bales. Prices ranged from low ordinary 7 9-16 to good middling 12 5-16 with middling 12 1-16 and other grades listed.
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Houston
Tex
Atock
Cotton Market Summary from Galveston and New York
Galveston spot cotton closes firmer by 1 16 to 12 9 16 cents with varied grades and 303 spots traded. Receipts reach 17 209 bales. stocks at 26 107 bales. New York opens with steady spot prices. middling uplands at 12 29 and gulf at 12 55 cents with 80 bales sold.
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Galveston
Tex
New York
Wheat and corn futures mixed in Kansas City quotes
Kansas City grain quotes show cash wheat at No 2 hard 86 to 86 1 2 cents, No 2 red 87 cents. No 2 mixed corn 74 to 74 5/8 cents, No 2 white 76 to 76 1/8 cents. Oats No 2 white 42 to 42 1/2 cents. September wheat 81 1/2 cents, December 85 1/4 cents. Corn September 74 to 75 cents, December 69 1/2 to 69 3/4 cents.
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Kansas City
Market Quotation Report From St Louis August
Quotations today show cash wheat at No 2 red 84 90 cents No 2 hard 64 York oats at No 3 48 0 No 2 white 42 cents Wheat September 875 May 88 Corn September 734 May 77 Oats September 41 47 Receipts yesterday flour 9000 barrels wheat 78000 bushels corn 74000 oats 97000 Shipments flour 12000 barrels wheat 87000 bushels corn 15000 oats 41000 bushels
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ST. Louis
Aus
Yue
Cotton goods markets firm as trading narrows in New York
New York reports cotton goods markets remain firm in the dry goods division while trading for today is less broad due to easing in cotton. Wool markets stay steady with broader demand for carpet wools.世界 raw silk markets show a 20 percent crop shortage, driving rapid price rises. Active silk grades pass in spot delivery.
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New York
Chicago Livestock Receipts Show Strong Hog Market
Receipts today total 9000 hogs with a strong market and varied prices by grade. Cattle receipts 200 with a quiet market and mixed price ranges. Sheep receipts 2000 with slow trading and range figures for natives yearlings and lambs.
Kansas City Market Report Slips Into Mixed Range
Receipts totalled 1000 hogs with bulk sales 8.60 to 8.95, heavies 8.50 to 8.85 and pigs 5.50 to 7.00. Cattle receipts 300 including 100 southern, market steady with prime fed steers 8.50 to 9.00 and cows 5.50 to 6.59. Sheep receipts none, lambs 6.25 to 7.80, yearlings 4.75 to 5.75, wethers 4.25 to 6.25, ewes 3.50 to 4.75.
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Kansas City
Fort Worth Stock Yards Receipts and Market Summary
Fort Worth Texas stock yards report Saturday receipts 800 cattle 200 calves 4 hogs 13 sheep. Market nominal across divisions due to light supplies. Week totals show beef and stocker steers steady calves up 50 cents hogs up 6d and cows and heifers down 25 to 26 cents bulls down 25 cents and killing sheep steady.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Cotton Seed Market Reports Prices Across Oils and Meals
In Memphis on August 23 prime basis oil trades at 7.55 with meal at 81.50 and linters at 14. Ac in New York the cotton seed oil market closes firm with spot bids and multiple month prices ranging from 8.25 to 6.77, with 10 200 total sales of 10 200 noted across several contracts and months.
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Sane
Memphis
Tenn
Linters
New York
Banks Reserve Surplus Drops This Week Upon Clearing House
New York report shows clearing house banks and trust companies hold 22 million 175 thousand dollars in excess of legal reserve requirements, a week to week decline of 2 million 525 thousand dollars.
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New York
Clearing House Banks
Memphis Spots Cotton Market Steady in Middling
Memphis Tennessee August 25 Spot cotton price held steady at Middling 11 1 2 cents as observers noted no change in the market.
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Memphis
Tenn
Marine Intelligence Galveston Sailings and Arrivals
Marine intelligence from Galveston reports steamers Carlton Cardiff Occident New York Mount Vernon cleared for Bocas del Toro Noruega and Copen hagen Standish Hall Antwerp Ingleby Rotterdam with voyages noted. New York reports arrival of campa nig in Liverpool after leaving port on Aug 23.
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Galveston
Tex
Carlton
Cardiff
Occident
New York
Mount Vea
Nor
Bocas del Toro
Mount Vernon
Noruega
Copenhagen
Standish Hall
Antwerp
Ingleby
Rotterdam
Lead and spelter price report from St. Louis
The St. Louis metal market reports lead at 1.75 per unit and spelter at 8.80 per unit as of August 23.
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ST. Louis
Rice Prices and Trade Quoting Honduras and Japan
New Orleans reports rough Honduras rice active and Japan steady with demand for clean Honduras and clean Japan. Quotations list rough Honduras 3.00 to 3.90, clean Honduras 4% to 5% cents, Japan 2% to 3 1/2 cents. Receipts show rough 17 766, millers 1611, clean 2485. Sales record 432 sacks rough Honduras at 3.00 to 3.90, 5717 pockets clean Honduras at 1% to 5% cents, and 41 pockets clean Japan at 3 3/4 to 3 5/8 cents.
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New Orleans
Japan
Honduras
Live Stock Receipts and Quotes From St Louis Market
Receipts today include cattle 3800 with 1500 Texans and hogs 6100 while sheep total 600. Cattle range Native beef steers 5.50 to 9.00. cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.78. Texas and Oklahoma steers 6.25 to 7.75. calves 5.50 to 6.00. Hogs steady with pigs and lights 5.50 to 9.20. good heavies 8.50 to 9.10. Native muttons 3.25 to 4.00. lambs 5.50 to 7.80.
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Chicago
Texas
ST. Louis
Oklahoma
Commodity Prices Steady Across Sugar Oil and Livestock Markets
New York reports raw sugar Muscovado at 3.23, centrifugal 3.75, molasses 2.98 with refined steady. Petroleum steady Molasses quiet. Hides and leather firm. Kansas City notes butter eggs poultry unchanged. Chicago Produce quotes butter eggs not quoted while poultry cheese and potatoes remain unchanged.
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New York
Muscovado
Kansas City
Chicago
Stocks Rally As Short Buyers Drive Market Higher
The New York stock market closed higher amid active short-covering buying and a steady bond market. Major gains came in several obscure issues with Steel Reading and Union Pacific leading the advance while London trading influence waned.
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New York
Shorts
Steel
Reading
Union Pacific
London
Atchison and
Le+high Valley
Canadian Pacific
Denver
Rumley
Virginia Chemical
Observations Taken at Saturday Morning August 23 1913
The record notes observations made at a specific morning hour on Saturday August 23 1913. It lists the date and time as the primary details read from the historical source.
Real Estate Transfers Involving Multiple Properties 1913 1915
A list of real estate transfers names J M Hall M B Hall Lacey Baen Palm Heights etc with dates from 1913 to 1918 and prices from 1 to 5000 dollars. Includes lots blocks city blocks and cemetery lots across San Antonio Elmendorf and Palm Heights with various buyers and sellers.
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J. M
M. B. Hall
M. Daevis
Melrqase Gardens
L. D. Lacey
John Spencer Baen
New City
Palm Heights Development Company
Joseph Shelley
Palm Heights
Susan M. Barnes
George W. Barnes
Martha V. Pepkin
Luling State Bank
Simpsomb Bank & Trust Company
Halliday Avenue
Quirino Mata
Rafael Fiores
Elmendorf
H. M. Stone
D. Ansley
F. W
Rebecca Legler
W. P
Wallace Rogers
Main Avenue
J. L. Stede
F. W. Legler
Camden Street
Valentine
Anna Buschhardt
W. A. Wurzbach
J. G. Rainer
Dora Keller
Max
N. W. Schelper
Theresa Smith
W. L
D. E. Peak
Forrest Woodside
T. M. Conover
W. C. Holland
Mission Cemetery Company
D. K. Furnish
Mre. Maude Harris
Mission Burial Park
Southwest Land Corporation
Brnent Stork
Sunset Place
the Hens
Nat Sulzbacher
M. Amelia Bates
W. C. Helland
B. F. Dittmar
Domingo Popratto
Lestie H. Chattersea
A. Oedling
San Antonio
Annie
Simem Garcia
New City Block
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Stocks and Bonds
Esthan Casualty and Guaranty
Southern States Option
Republic Trust
R. L. Bacon
P. O. Box
Praeger Hardware
C. Mipps
Detective Agency
York
Crocktt
Petrocelli
Ughes & McCoy, Howe
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Ann Ave
Roledad
Ouston St
van A. Petty JR City National Bank
Rom
Court House
GEO. c. Thompson Land Co
St. Mary's St
Gibbs Bldg
J. Lb. Lytle Realty Co
Sted- TK
Adkiress
Capitol Station
Sustin
Fea
TT & Son
William
Lott, Son &Co
Bedell
Anaortgage Company
Suite
United States
Haines
Gibbs. Crockett
S.aredo
Paso Hondo &T
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Austin
Emerson
Progressive Realty CO
Navarro
J. E. Mayfield & Co
B. Houston St
River Ave
East Front
Read Estate
Beacon Hill
Agarita Ave
van A. Petty JR
City National Bank Bldg
Pierson Ave
Presant
San Antonio Loan & Trust Company
San Antonio Loan & Trust Co
Tobin Hill
McCullough
Conness Realty CO. Exclusive Agents
Laurel Street
Aereal Bargain
Hot Wells
Force
Prospect Hill
van A Petty JR
Ogden St
van A. Petty
City National Bank Bidg
Crockett Atci
Ayr
Whitaker
E. Houston Street
W. P. Rogers Realty Co
Navarro ST
Salinas St
Lakeview
Smith Sts
Salinas
Colorado
M. Pigott
N. Laredo
Lakeview Ave
Belden Ave
Ee Alamo Heights
Kampmann
Jackson
John Stricker
TAFT
J. D. Cook
Linton
Cotulla
Pearsall
G. T. Fischer of
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Bishop
M. Bowie
Bay City
Hansen
J. W. Flannigan
Menger Hotel
R. D. Ward
Uvalde
W.L. Coleman
R. H. Wester Company
Kenedy and Yoakum
Hot Springs
Arkansas
Mineral Wells
Marlin
Othe
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Harlandale Bath House
South Street
Joske’s Store
Conness Realty Co., Exc. Agts
Mr. Coleman
Rh. H. Wester CO
Wilkins Ave
Highland Park
Idaho” Building
Rnesse
San Luis St
Trinity
van A
Petty JR City National Bank
Lakeview Addition
H. CC. Selke
Woodland Ave
Castroville Road
C. Clamp
San. Antonio
NEW York Futures
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van Zandt
Howard Woodall
Lake View Addition
Lopez St
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