Speculative Interest in Stocks Wanes Amid Uncertainty
In New York on August 23 speculative interest cooled and trading on the Stock Exchange fell to small levels. The undertone remained heavy late in the week though losses were not severe. Uncertainty over the Mexican situation and disquieting reports unsettled stocks while crop news and rain reports held little importance.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Envoy Lind
Mexico City
Bulgaria
Cotton Ol
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Chesapeake & Ohio
Denver
London
Paris
Berlin
Stock Exchange Week Close Shows Progress in Key Issues
New York reports the last sale on the Exchange compared with the prior Saturday, indicating progress in important issues from the just completed week. In Kansas City, butter eggs and poultry prices remain unchanged.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Kansas City
Wanted A Window Dresser For Grocery Business
Classified note seeking a window dresser who understands grocery business. Apply Room 5638 Gunter Hotel Monday at 9 A.M. Contact Texas Messenger Employment Co. 228 East Commerce St. No phones.
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Gunter Hotel
Texas Messenger Employment Co
East Commerce St
Iren
Main Ave
J. T. Sadler
Pinto St
Avert Money Panic Oversees Government Funds Plan
Abe Cohen of A. Cohen & Co. argues government funds distribution will avert severe money shortages as crops move this fall. He notes small bank loans will ensure farmer liquidity and a brighter business outlook after prior gloom. Cohen cites improving east wool trade but caution over tariff-driven shifts and potential slowdowns as duty changes unfold.
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Abe Cohen
A. Cohen & Co
New York
Chicago
Cohen
Texas
Good Business Outlook Across Markets in Dun's Review
Dun's review notes expansion in commercial activity amid irregular teaching trade reports. Merchandise movement remains liberal, stock levels low, and agricultural prospects are favorable. Money supply improvements, government fund distribution, and rising security values offset some uncertainty. US failures total 247 vs 279 last year, Canada 38 vs 11.
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New York
Dun
Exico
United States
Canada
Decrease in Reserves Reported for New York Banks
The week’s actual condition shows clearing house banks and trust companies hold 22.173 million in excess of legal requirements, a decline of 2.526 million from last week. Loans total 1.9343 billion, specie 349.376 million, legal tenders 80.006 million, net deposits 1.7928 billion, and aggregate cash reserves 429.982 million.
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New York
Clearing House Banks
Cotton seed price report from Memphis market
Prime basis at seven dollars fifty five cents per hundredweight for cotton seed in Memphis on August 23 with meal quoted around thirty one to thirty two dollars and linters at a different rate.
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Memphis
Tenn
New York Cotton Oil Market closes with wide bids and sales
The New York cotton seed oil market reports spot bids at 8.25 and August at 8.25 with extensive second calls. October contracts see 200 sold at 7.68 and 500 at 7.74, December 600 at 6.74 and 900 at 6.76, total sales across contracts amounting to 10,200 units.
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New York
Abilene
Alice
Prcidy Clarendon
Corpus Christi
Corsicana
Preidy Cuero
Dallas
del Rio
Dublin
Bastland
Preidy xFort
PtCidy Temple
Cove
Pteidy Waco
Ptcidy Weatherford
Lear Austin
Ptcidy Columbus
Riverside
Valley
Long Lake
Houston
Wilmington
N. C
Charleston
Augusta
Savannah
Atlanta
Monomery
Ala
Tener
Mobile
Memphis
Marine Arrivals and Departures Galveston and New York
Galveston reports arrivals yesterday including steamers Carlton Cardiff Occident Mount Vernon and more with cargoes from New York and Bocas del Toro Cleared ships Mount Vernon Noruega Copenhagen Standish Hall Antwerp Rotterdam and others Sailed none New York notes arrival of Carnie from Liverpool are not complete
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Galveston
Tex
Carlton
Cardiff
Weather report notes observations at 8 P M August 23 1913
Observations recorded at 8 p m on Saturday August 23 1913 detail conditions over the region. Data includes temperature wind direction and barometric readings as compiled by the weather station.
Country merchants doing big business on farm goods
The cotton picking season boosts country orders and city wholesalers meet a rising demand for canned goods, sugar, flour, and farm tools. Cotton prices rise though crop outlook worsens with hot weather and limited rainfall in Texas and Oklahoma. Dairy output falls, butter prices rise, eggs stay steady, cooler stocks are running short.
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Texas
San Antonio
Market Prices for Produce and Groceries
The market listing shows diverse prices for produce, meat, dairy, and canned goods. Eggs 20¢ per dozen, poultry 14–19¢ per pound for various types, cheese 18¢ per pound, butter 30¢ per pound, tomatoes 76c to $1 per 4 basket crate, onions 1$ per crate, cabbage 3.50 per hundredweight, and assorted fruits like oranges 4.60 per box, lemons 7.50 per box, bananas 3.00–3.25 per hundredweight, and apples 1.50 per bushel basket.
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Texas
Best
California
Colorado
Valencia
Alaska
Wholesale grocery price list excerpt with varied commodities
A dense price sheet lists peanuts rice flour sugar coffee and dried fruits with unit prices for No 1 flat cans MeAL corn chops and various bean types. It also shows raisin crowns dried fruit peaches pears apples hay and canned vegetables with per unit or per hundredweight rates.
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Pioneer
Liberty Bell
Rio
Navy
London
Local Weather Bulletin Reports Rainfall Across Cities
Rainfall of an inch or more recorded in Athens Selma Atlanta Gainesville Columbus Okolona Waynesboro Clarksdale. Camden Ark reports 1 380 inches. Temperature near normal. Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
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Athens
Selma
Atlanta
Gainesville
Columbus
Okolona
Waynesboro
Clarksdale
Camden
Ark
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Hogs and cattle market roundups across Texas and Midwest
Union Stock Yards reports a tame week as hogs dominate packing center activity. Fort Worth faces price shifts with cows, heifers and bulls down while calves and hogs rise. Packers expect corn fed hogs to remain scarce, and cattle movement hinges on rain to prevent range disaster.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth
Texas
Fort Worth Cattle Market Mixed Receipts Week Prices
Stockyards receipts Saturday totaled 300 cattle 200 calves 4 hogs and 18 sheep. With light supplies the market remained nominal across divisions. Week prices show beef and stocker steers steady cows and heifers 25c lower bulls 25c off calves 50c higher hogs 65c higher and killing sheep steady.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Cattle and Sheep Receipts Steady in St Louis Market
Receipts today totaled 3800 cattle including 1500 Texans with steady market. Native beef steers brought 6.50 to 9.00, cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.75, Texas Oklahoma cattle 6.25 to 7.75, calves 5.60 to 9.20, hogs 5.60 to 9.20. Sheep receipts 600 with native muttons 3.25 to 4.00 and lambs 5.50 to 7.80.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Chicago Market Receipts and Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago market figures show hog receipts 9000 with a strong trend and prices from 7.55 to 9.46 for various hog classes. Cattle receipts 200 with a quiet market and prices from 3.60 to 11.50 for cows, calves, and steers. Sheep receipts 2000 with a slow market and native lamb and yearling prices listed.
Kansas City Livestock Receipts and Market Report
Receipts and hogs reported with a strong market. Bulk sales mostly 8.60 to 8.95, heavies 8.50 to 8.85, pigs 5.50 to 7.00. Cattle receipts 300 including 100 southern, prime fed steers 8.60, dressed beef steers 7.50 to 8.59, southern steers 6.25 to 6.50, cows 3.50 to 6.50, heifers 4.75 to 8.75. Sheep receipts none, lambs 6.25 to 7.80, yearlings 4.75 to 6.75, wethers 4.25 to 5.25, ewes 3.50 to 4.76.
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Kansas City
Commodity Prices Steady in New York Market
New York on August 23 reports raw sugar at Muscovado 3.23 with centrifugal at 2.98, refined steady, petroleum steady, molasses quiet, hides and leather firm as market tones hold steady.
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New York
Cotton Market Rallies On Bulls Amid Sparse Supplies
New York reports bulls driving the market higher with gains across major selling centers. Spinners buy for the week as weather and supply outlooks mix with rising prices. New York up 20 points, New Orleans steady to higher, Liverpool and Houston up, while Texas and Oklahoma show variable moisture and potential crop reductions.
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Texas
New York
Texas St
Oklahoma
IF. M. Cordill
New Orleans
San Antonio
South
Weertern Belt
Liverpool
Houston
Galveston
Memphis
America
Mississippi Valley
Eastern Belt
Wall Street
Stock levels across ports and interiors reported
Navy data shows zero stock at all ports except 8 ports with varied figures. Interior towns report 96 640 units, down from 74 640 last year. Liverpool stock listed at 1 615 000, with Britain and American afloat stock cited at 21 000 for the same period.
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U. S
Liverpool
Britain
Exports Figures Show Week Decline From Year Ago
Exports for the current week reached 40,203 units while the same week last year totaled 26,004. Cumulative exports since Sept 1 amount to 5,411,862, compared with the same date last year.
Cotton Receipts and Stocks Across Ports and Interiors
Receipts data show U S ports week totals 66,096 rising 71,702 from last year with Sept 1 totals 9,903,138. Interior stock and receipts for Houston and mills in Canada noted, with 18,943 bales brought in this season and 550 more added. Last year totals and visible supply list Egypt Brazil and American figures. interior receipts show week comparisons and end-season stock shifts.
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Gang Wook Racers
Cycoeress
U. S
Frap Fores Nnesesveneves
Mills
Canada
Corn Receipts Rise as Market Sinks in Chicago Trade
Reports of larger corn receipts for the coming week spurred selling and hedging at the Board of Trade. Rains and greening pastures promise less corn feed, weighing on prices while cash handlers favor buying wheat in a mixed session.
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Chicago
Board of Trade
Wheat and corn prices quoted in Chicago market report
Chicago August 23 quotations list cash wheat at No 2 red 89 5c No 3 hard 88c No 1 northern 2 93c and more. corn No 2 76 77c No 2 white 76% 77c No 2 yellow 76 77c oats white 42 14c standard 42 42 19c.
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Chicago
Market Quotations For Wheat Corn And Oats In KC and St Louis
Kansas City and St Louis market quotes today show cash and futures pricing for wheat corn and oats. KC lists No 2 hard and red wheat prices with Sept and Dec futures. corn and oats also detailed with bids and basis. Receipts and shipments for flour wheat corn and oats are given for yesterday.
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ST. Louis
Coffee market steady as Brazilian shippers await news
New York August 23 reports a quiet coffee market with scattered accounts largely evened up. The close was firm, 2 to 9 points higher, as traders awaited weather, crop news, or shifts in Brazilian shipper sentiment.
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New York
Aus
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Sales Report
Liverpool July 23 market update shows sport cotton and small business steadies. Middling fair 7 22d, good middling 6 94 4d, middling 6 62d, low middling 6 42d, good ordinary 5 56d, ordinary 5 52d. Sales 4000 bales including 2500 American and 300 for speculation and export. Receipts 2490 bales all American.
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Liverpool
Futures Close Steady in Liverpool Market
Futures closed steady with August at 6.360 and various forward spreads listed from August-September to July-August. Prices shown include multiple contract months such as September-October 6.21 and December-January 6.13d, reflecting a range of futures activity.
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Liverpool
Ford
Cotton Spot Prices and Receipts In New Orleans
Spot cotton unchanged with middling at 12 1 16 cents. Receipts total 249 bales and stock reaches 17 544 bales. Prices shown include various grades from low ordinary to good middling with nominal figures for some grades.
Spot cotton market closes steady in Houston
The spot cotton market closed steady in Houston on August 23 with a one cent increase noted. Sales reached 18,090 bales with shipments at 16,572 and stock reported 32,578 bales. Price ranges listed from low ordinary at 7 9-16 to good middling at 12 5-16.
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Houston
Tex
Cotton prices rise as spot cot ton closes firm in Galveston
Spot cotton in Galveston Aug 23 closed firm rising 1 to 16 cent. Quotations ranged from low ordinary 7 11 16 to good middling 12 5 16 with middling 12 1 16 and middling fair 12 9 16. Sales totaled 3038 spots with 400 f.o.b. and 17,209 dates receipts. Stock stood at 36,107 bales.
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Galveston
Tex
Cotton market report from New York and Memphis
New York reports spot cotton steady with middling uplands at 12.30 cents and gulf at 12.56 cents, with 80 bales sold. Memphis notes spot cotton steady and unchanged with middling prices similar to recent levels.
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New York
Gulf
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