Stocks Rise on Broad Demand Amid Holiday Eve Trading
New York investors pushed prices higher as speculators maintained long positions aided by stronger commission house activity. Steel led gains with about 10 000 shares traded early, while Reading Amalgamated Union Pacific and American Snuff advanced. Profit taking emerged before the holiday and the market closed easy after some late buying and a general turnover.
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New York
Reading
Amalgamated
Union Pacific
Steel
Coalers
Lehigh Valley
Toledo
St. Louis
Western Tours
Missouri Pacific
St. Paul
New York Central
Weather Bulletin Shows Warm Belts Across Louisiana Florida
The bulletin notes last 12 hour minimums not used for Houston averages. Rainfall of an inch or more observed at Albany Savannah Lake City Tallahassee Thomasville Mobile and Amite. Weather in the belt is fair with some casts and temperatures above normal. Observations taken at 8 am Friday August 29 1913 by Allen Bulls Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
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Albany
Savannah
Lake City
Tallahassee
Thomasville
Mobile
Amite
Shomely
Allen Bulls
Ibureaun
Metal and money market snapshot from New York and London
Commodities and financials show lead at 4.65 to 4.85 in New York with copper and tin varying in London and New York trading. Money on call in New York steady around 2 1/2 percent with time loans easing from 60 days to six months, while several metals show quiet to weak movement across markets.
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New York
Marine Intelligence Galveston Update of Arrivals and Clearances
Galveston reports arrivals from August 28 including Herbert G Wylie and Comanche and Cleared vessels for Manchester Havre and Rotterdam. New York and Liverpool entries appear with ships such as Francis and Lustrania plus a barge Hainaut carrying oil from New York to various ports. Port Aransas notes the moored steamship Skea and Hainaut barge arrival.
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Galveston
Herbert G. Wylie
Tank
Tampico
Comanche
New York
Ramon de Larrinaga
Manchester
Carlton
Rotterdam
St. Ronald
Havre
Francis
Liverpool
el Dia
Rava
Puerto Cortez
Marseilles
Peeree
Market Summary and Rates in New York Foreign Exchange
New York markets show mercantile paper at 5% to 6% with sterling exchange weak at 482.75 on 60 day bills and 485.90 on demand. Commercial bills stand at 482. Bar silver trades at 59 1 2 cents and Mexican dollars at 46 cents. Government bonds hold steady while railroad bonds move irregularly.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Rice Market Report from New Orleans Export Trade
New Orleans market summary shows rough rice in heavy receipts with fair demand and good sales. Clean rice held steady with detailed figures for rough Honduras and clean Honduras sales and quotations, including Japan absence and price per hundredweight.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Real Estate Transfers Listing From 1913 City Records
A compiled list of 1912 to 1918 real estate transfers including Little Nevraumont to Alfred H Kleck on San Pedro avenue and Jackson street for 8000 dollars, various deeds on Wayne street Diaz avenue and Monterey street, and transfers involving Adelaide Hernandez Anita Sandoval and others with lot, block, and price details. The notices cover multiple buyers and sellers across city blocks such as 789 3853 2359 993 and 1314 with prices ranging from 1 to 8000 dollars.
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Little Nevraumont
Alfred H. Kleck Et al
New City Block
San Pedro Avenue
Jackson Street
Theodore Thurman
M. Phelps Wilson
R. L
Willie E. Eidgen
J.B. Blackman
M. A. Ryan
J. Slutter
New City
Adelaide C. Hernandez
Anita Hernandez de Sandoval
Varas
Alazan Creek
D. J. Woodward
Matilde Barrera
Wayne Street
Alexander Joske
Albin Seidel
H. 4. Jones
West End Lumber Company
J. T. Wilson
William H. Russell
Simon Reyes
Pauafilo Reyes
Diaz Avenue
Geravevo
Mariano Gonzales
Juan N. Ecalera
San Jose
William T. Hanlon
Lillie Robinson Hall
City and
Johnson Streets
First Townsite Company
J. T. Fulsheer
Summerset
J. T. Hannan
George Roe
Neweity Block
Monterey Street
Births in City Reported for Late August
To Mr and Mrs Ferdinand Zedler a girl born August 28 at 1601 Avenue A. To Mr and Mrs P Sona a girl born August 27 at 1602 El Paso street. To Mr and Mrs S Fagan a girl born August 20 in Sunny Slope addition. To Mr and Mrs C Mendiola a boy born August 27 at 411 San Luis street. To Mr and Mrs Horace Avey a girl born August 27 at 1425 Palmetto avenue. To Mr and Mrs Joe M Villareal a boy born August 27 at 207 East Fest street. To Mr and Mrs A Scheinfeld a boy born August 23 at 129 Omaha street. To Mr and Mrs Alois Braun a girl born August 15 at 117 Washington street.
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Ferdinand Zedler
Avenue A
P. Sona
el Paso Street
S. Fagan
Sunny Slope
C. Mendiola
San Luis Street
Horace Avey
Palmetto Avenue
Automobile Licenses Listed for Black Townsend Logan and Paige
The notice lists license numbers 4006 for W A Black Townsend at 420 Perez Street 1007 for A Logan at Bandera Road and 1008 for Mrs George T Paige at 146 Wilkins Avenue with their respective addresses.
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Black
W. A. Townsend
Perez Street
Ford
A .Logan
Bandera Road
Paige
George T. Southwell
Wilkins Avenue
Market Notes on Textiles and Silk Movements
Valuer showed a tendency to advance on the primary cotton goods market with brown sheeting up 4.5 cents per yard and staple ginghams 4 cents higher. Converters traded heavily on sheetings but refused most of the bulk due to the higher price. China bought brown sheetings while raw silk rose again.
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New York
China
Wholesale market steady with plentiful receipts
Receipts of everything from the country were liberal and demand is good in all lines with no price changes today. Heavy movement of staple groceries provisions and produce to the country. poultry and spring chickens in good supply. cold storage eggs active while farm eggs demand has fallen due to hot weather.
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Xtra
Market price list for produce and staples
Retail and wholesale prices for fruits, vegetables, meats, fats, grains, and canned goods. Entries cover tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cabbage, citrus, apples, peaches, pears, beans, corn, peppers, olives, meats, lards, syrups, peanut products, flour, sugar, coffee, dried fruits, and hay with unit measures and per unit costs. Major suppliers or markets are not named.
Market Prices for Produce in Local Listings
Advertised vegetable prices include tomatoes at 5 cents per unit and 1.25 per unit for others, with a second item five cents lower. Corn listed as fancy at 1.35 and standard at 0.90, Maine corn also noted.
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Maine
Poultry and Eggs Prices in St Louis Market
ST LOUIS August 29 Poultry prices listed Chickens 15c per pound springs 15c turkeys 15c ducks 10c geese 9c Butter Creamery 27 1 2 c Eggs 16c per dozen
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ST. Louis
Coffee and Eggs Report From New York Market
New York market notes show No. 7 Rio coffee steady at 8.70 for September and 0.27 for March while eggs remained unchanged in the New York Produce report dated August 29.
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New York
Rio
Cotton Seed Oil Market Prices and Sales Report
Memphis with prime visis oil at 7.55 per pound and meal 31.60 to 32.00. Lint ers at 24 3c. New York cotton seed oil market closes firm with spot 8.50 and futures activity across October to February with totals of 12 800 sold.
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Memphis
Tenn
New York
Doctor Will Examine Railroad Employes Soon
Dr. C. C. Cody of the Southern Pacific arrives in San Antonio to re examine all Galveston Harrisburg and San Antonio railroad train and signal workers for sight color and hearing. The process will last about a week with five months needed to cover all Harrriman lines. Examinations will occur in the hospital car Solace arriving from Houston.
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C. C. Cody
Medical Department
Southern Pacific Railroad
San Antonio
Galveston, Harrisburg
Harriman
Cody
Solace
Houston
Harwood
Jackson
Cattle Pens Clear as Prices Hold Steady at Union Stock Yards
At Fort Worth Union Stock Yards auction on Aug 29 buyers rushed in with abundant offerings. Best cows top $5.25, calves $5.50–$6, hogs as low as $7, and most grown cattle $4.56–$5.00. Weatherman forecast showers with possible downpours to revive drought-stricken stock.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth cattle market ends week higher on mixed receipts
Fort Worth August 29 cattle and calf offerings totaled 1400 and 400 respectively. Steers sold from 5.00 to 6.25 while cows brought 3.75 to 6. Heifers 4.75 to 6 bulls 4 to 5 and calves 4.50 to 4.60. Hog market opened weak and closed five cents lower with receipts 650 and top 5.55. Sheep receipts 100 and market steady.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Receipts and quotations show hogs at Chicago market with 19 000 head and steady tone. Bulk sales 7.95 to 8.50, lights 8.30 to 9.10, mixed 7 60 to 9.49, heavy 7.50 to 8.49. Cattle receipts 1500, market strong with Reeves 6.90 to 9.25, Texas steers 6.75 to 7.70, cows and heifers 3.65 to 8.50, calves 9.00 to 12.25. Sheep receipts 10 000, market steady native 3.90 to 5.00, yearlings 5.40 to 6.15, native lambs 5.85 to 8.10.
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New York
London
Lake
Cleveland
Chicago
Texas
Kansas City Livestock Receipts and Prices
Receipts today include hogs 24000 and cattle 2500 with 3800 southerns, all markets steady. Prime fed steers bring 6.70 to 9.10, dressed beef steers 7.50 to 8.50, cows 3.50 to 6.50, heifers 4.50 to 9.00, lambs 7.25 to 8.10, yearlings 5.75 to 6.50, ewes 4.00 to 4.76, and sheep overall steady.
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Kansas City
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Markets Reported in St Louis
Receipts total 1300 cattle including 100 Texans with steady cattle prices. Hogs receipts 5500 with higher market, pigs and lights 5.50 to 9.50, good heavies 8.60 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 1500 steady with native muttons 3.35 to 4.40 and lambs 5.50 to 8.10.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Cotton Arrives Steadily as Harvest Slows in Elgin Market
In Elgin on August 29 the cotton trade shows steady arrivals but at a slower pace than last year. Through last Thursday 1060 bales had been brought in with farmers predicting a lower average yield for this season.
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Elgin
Cotton trade awaits government crop condition report
The market opened down sharply with New York down 12 to 13 points and new-crop months 4 to 5 points lower early. Weather news unchanged. two private crop reports put conditions at 71.4 and 64.0 versus 81.1 last month. by midday prices eased 6 to 9 points, and holaday totals saw further strain with a 14 to 17 point late decline as active months were pressured.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Houston
Galveston
Memphis
Cotton futures little changed on opening and closing
New York cotton futures opened steady with August at 12.20 and October 12.30. December 12.27 January 12.17 March 12.26 May 12.82. Futures closed steady.
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New York
Os Ie
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Then Sags On Cables
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with a 9 to 10 point decline amid weak cables. Early trading saw active months down 10 to 11 points before buyers helped a partial recovery. Prices closed the morning 5 to 7 points under the prior close as selling intensified into noon.
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New Orleans
Board cites excessive speed in Harwood derailment
An official board of inquiry found that eastbound passenger train No. 2 derailed near Harwood due to speed greater than conditions warranted. Speeds ranged from 25 to 48 mph per witnesses, with 1050 feet of engine track after derailment. Five injured treated locally. others in Houston and Gonzales.
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Board of Inquiry
J. A. Morley
A. Juraschek
Firman H. M. Howe
N. B. Roulings
W. A. Johnson
Justice of the Peace
J. C. Cochran
F. E Johnson
Barber
W. G Bouldin
Farmer and Stockman
R. C. Watkins
J. T. Connor
J. C. Harris
J. H. Walsh
Division
Glidden
San Antonio
Santa Rosa
Pr. T. T. Jackson
Walter Billups
Stuart Moore
BH. P. Richardson
A. Teichmaeller
John Scott
Houston
Gonzales
Cotton Statistics Daily Stock and Deficit Report
Cotton stocks reported with yesterday at 195 008 bales and last week 188 443 bales. Year ago stock stood at 274 761 bales. The season deficit listed as 19 608 bales.
Cotton futures open steady with mixed bids
Futures opened steady on August and December bids while September and other new contracts show varied quotes. The cotton market closed steady with a net decline of 11 to 14 points, reflecting light trading activity.
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New Orleans
Spot Cotton Prices in Liverpool Market
Liverpool cotton market reports moderate to firm activity with quotes across grades. Sales total 10 000 bales including 5500 American and 600 for speculation and export. receipts 3000 with 2900 American.
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Liverpool
Futures close steady in Liverpool August trade
Futures in Liverpool closed barely steady with small changes across multiple front months including August 6.738d and September 6.65d. Supplies show narrow shifts through October and December contracts with minor adjustments in several spreads.
Leading Spot Markets Across Major Ports
New York middling 12.50 New Orleans middling 125-16 Houston middling 1215 Galveston middling 12% Liverpool middling 700d Memphis middling 12%
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New York
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Liverpool
Memphis
Spot cotton prices and receipts in New Orleans
New Orleans on August 29 reports steady spot cotton with middling at 12 5-16 cents and sales of 131 bales. Receipts totaled 403 bales and total stock stands at 17,321 bales with various grade quotes listed for low ordinary to strict good middling.
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New Orleans
Spot cotton markets steady in Houston and Galveston listings
In Houston on August 29 the spot market closed steady with 456 bales sold f.o.b. and 17,453 shipments, stock at 33,303. In Galveston the same day spot cotton closed steady with grades from low ordinary at 8.5 to good middling at 12.5 cents, with 302 spots sold f.o.b. and receipts 1478 against stock 97,205.
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Houston
Bates
Galveston
Tex
Cotton Prices Steady as Market Adds 2600 Bales
Spot cotton in New York on August 29 was quiet with middling uplands at 12.50 cents and middling gulf at 12.75 cents. Sales totaled 2600 bales.
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New York
Gulf
Memphis Spots Cotton Prices Steady at 12.75 Cents
Memphis Spots in Tennessee on August 29 reported spot cotton steady at middling 12 and three quarter cents.
Chicago Produce Roundup Unchanged Prices on Eggs Butter Cheese
In Chicago August 29 eggs butter cheese and poultry hold steady. Receipts show 8158 cases of eggs and 25 carloads of potatoes arriving. market data reflects no change on these lines.
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Chicago
Iils
Butter Eggs and Poultry Unchanged in Kansas City Market
Kansas City reports butter eggs and poultry prices unchanged as of August 29 with no notable shifts in supply or demand. Local traders quoted steady wholesale rates and stable consumer pricing across major outlets.
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Kansas City, Mo
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Market closes steady for sugar, petroleum and hides
New York on August 25 reports raw sugar steady with Muscovado at 3.26 dollars per hundredweight, centrifugal 3.76, molasses sugar 3.01, refined steady. Petroleum and molasses steady. Hides firm. Central America 36. Leather firm.
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New York
Central America
Corn futures rise as short interest expands market gains
Chicago August 29 corn firmed on large short purchases with September and December options trading unevenly. Wheat mirrored corn trends while oats gained on cast house buying. Provisions jumped on strong packing house demand before closing weak for December and mixed for September.
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Chicago
Ill
Titec
Wheat and corn prices reported in Chicago quote sheet
Quotations list futures like No 2 red wheat at 89 to 94 cents and No 2 yellow corn around 74 to 76 cents a bushel. Oats follow with No 2 at 39 to 41 cents and No 2 white near 42 cents, reflecting grain market activity in Chicago on August 29.
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Chicago
Grain Quotation Highlights from St Louis Market
Quotations today show No 2 red wheat at 90 to 91 cents, No 2 corn 74 percent, oats at 41 to 42 cents for No 1, September wheat around 86 to 85 cents, September corn 71 to 72 cents, and September oats about 40 cents. Receipts yesterday include 136000 bushels of wheat and 129000 of oats. shipments list 20000 bushels of corn and 21000 bushels of oats.
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Chicago
Market Quotations From Kansas City Trade Row
Quotations for 60 day cash commodities show No 2 hard at 82 1 2 cents No 2 red 74 4 cents No 2 mixed corn 74 5 8 cents No 2 white oats 41 1 2 42 cents No 2 mixed oats 41 1 2 cents Wheat September 80 3 4 cents December 84 8 cents Corn September 74 0 cents December 76 0 cents
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Kansas City
Public School Specialists to Teach Pearsall Institute
Specialists from San Antonio public schools plan to teach for one week at the Art county teachers institute in Pearsall Texas opening September 1. Prof W Jo expert in teaching foreigners C A Arnold drawing writing geography will lead sessions after leaving San Antonio later this week. Miss Adah Gibbons specializes in Knex.
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W. Jo
C. A. Arnold
San Antonio
Pearsall
Tex
Artcounty Teachers’ Institute
Adah Gibbons
Knex
Civil Service Exams Near San Antonio Area
F L Holbrook of Fort Sam Houston sits today for a civil service electrician examination. The U S Civil Service Commission announces a Macdona Texas exam on October 11 to fill a fourth class post vacancy. Application forms and requirements available from the Macdona postmaster and the San Antonio local secretary.
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Civil Service Examinations
F. L. Holbrook
Fort Sam Houston
United States Civil Service Commission
Macdona
Tex
San Antonio
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