Flour advances and sugar drops a dime
Wheat prices rise in Chicago markets push flour up 10 cents to 5.30 per 60 pound sack. Oats gain 2 cents while farmers hold supplies. Sugar falls 16 cents in New York but local buyers keep prices high, influenced by New Orleans. California beans expect higher prices amid a short crop. Eggs remain scarce with 30 cents per dozen. Butter and poultry hold steady.
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Chicago
Liberty
Pioneer Mills
New York
New Orleans
Bermudas
Alaskas
California
South Texas
Priege
Maxwell House
Farmers Warehouse Price List for Poultry Fruits and Grains
A comprehensive shipping price sheet lists prices paid to shippers for poultry eggs butter cheese and vegetables. Items include large hens seven dollars medium hens five dollars per dozen fryers four fifty to five dollars broilers three dollars per dozen turkeys sixteen cents per pound and various fruits vegetables and canned goods with regional price variations. It details cereal and flour costs and livestock salvage values for damaged or off quality meat.
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Texas
California
Colorado
Sugar Market Notes and Ireland Population Decline
Raw sugar prices show 96 test at 4.23 per cwt and muscovade 9 tent at 8183 molasses 39 test at 3.48. Refined prices irregular, molasses quiet. Live cattle steadies and hides strong. Bogota Pee firm. Ireland population drops by over 76 000 in six years.
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New York
Cipertz
Gene
Bogota
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas
Forecast till 7 pm Saturday for San Antonio and vicinity: Tonight and Saturday, fair. Explanatory notes include observations at 8 am, air pressure, and temperature lines. East Texas forecast: Tonight and Saturday, generally fair with clear to partly cloudy skies.
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San Antonio
East Texas
No Cattle Market at Union Stock Yards Due to Low Receipts
Union Stock Yards reports no cattle market as five cattle five calves and eight hogs failed to justify a sale. Buyers and sellers spent the day in dominoes and market chatter. Officials forecast weak demand for ten to fifteen days with a Mid-September pickup. cows top $4.25, calves $5, hogs about $28.50.
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Union Stock Yards
Markets Chicago Aug 30 Dairy and poultry steady
Quotations show butter steady with creamery prices 23 25 cents and 21 2 38 cents for Daisies. Eggs steady with 6943 cases reported at market. Cheese steady with Daisies 15 4 cents Twins 14 15 cents Young Americas 15 15 cents. Potatoes steady receipts 40 cars Wisconsin 45 56 cents New Jersey 89 90 cents Minnesota 45 65 cents. Poultry alive steady with turkeys 2 cents chicks 14 3 4 cents and springs L and veal 18 cents.
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Chicago
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Minnesota
Springs
L&e
Poultry Prices Mixed as Market Reports Broad Range
Quotations from St. Louis show poultry firm with chickens at 12 to 13 cents, sponging and turkeys at 17 to 19 cents, ducks at 9 to 10 cents, geese 1 1/2 cents, butter dull, creamery 23 to 26 cents, while eggs rise to 19 1/2 cents.
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ST. Louis
Market notes on eggs butter rice and rice sales
New York reports eggs firm with receipts 138062. Kansas City Butter and eggs steady. New Orleans rough rice Honduras active with Japan nominal. Receipts rough 3289 millers 748. sales 2514 rough Honduras at 3.75 to 4.36. Clean Honduras 9 156 at 2% to 5% and Japan 12 at 3% to 4te.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Meerschaum Mines of Nemlau Exported to Vienna and Beyond
Observations note wind, temperature, and weather at 8 a m on Friday August 30 1912. Meerschaum mines near Nemlau around Eski Shehr claim two thousand years of work and five thousand miners. The mines use primitive methods with a foreman and 2 to 5 workers extracting magnesite bearing red earth. Nuggets range to walnut size, ground is soft, no explosives. Almost all output is exported to Vienna for distribution to Europe and the United States. The Aronaut
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Kahe
Mihalitch
Sea of
Marmora
Eski-Shehr
Vienna
United States
Stocker Decline Check as Week Ends Steady at Fort Worth
Fort Worth notes a stocker market steady after a weekly decline of 15 to 25 cents. Receipts were mainly common cattle with decent selling. Packers and outsiders paid higher early values, then the market cooled on liberal receipts. Cattle 2200 head weak. cows top $4.10. calves 1800 head up 26 cents to $7.25. Hogs 130 head up 10 cents to $9.25. Sheep 110 head steady. lambs 700 head listed.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Strong cattle hogs and sheep receipts in St Louis market
Cattle receipts 1400 with 700 Texas cattle. market steady. Native beef steers 5.50 to 10.50. cows and heifers 4.00 to 8.75. stockers 3.75 to 7.25. Texas steers 4.50 to 8.00. Hogs receipts 500. market steady. Pigs 6.50 to 9.00. mixed to butcher 8.65 to 9.00. heavy 8.65 to 8.96. Sheep receipts 600. market steady. Native muttons 3.55 to 3.85. lambs 5.50 to 7.00.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas City Cattle Hogs and Sheep Market Report
Receipts and prices listed with cattle 700 head, hogs 1500, sheep 1000. Cattle ranges include native steers 6.75 to 10.60, southern steers 4.50 to 6.00, cows and heifers various, stockers 4.50 to 7.50, bulls 4.00 to 6.25, calves 5 to 9.00, western stock 5.50 to 9.00. Hogs steady to firm with bulk 8.60 to 8.75, heavies 8.45 to 8.60, lights 8.50 to 8.75, pigs 6.00 to 7.00. Sheep steady with muttons 3.50 to 4.40, lambs 6.00 to 6.85, wethers 4.00 to 5.35, ewes 2.25 to 4.00.
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Kansas City
Chicago Market Receipts Show Dull Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices
Receipts 1500 cattle with dull demand and mixed bids. Cattle ranges include Reeves 5.85 to 10.50, Texas steers 5.00 to 6.80, western steers 6.25 to 9.25, stockers 4.30 to 7.25, cows 3 to 8.15, calves 8.50 to 11.00. Hog receipts 15,000 with lower prices. light 8.25 to 8.90, mixed 8.00 to 8.90, heavy 7.85 to 8.70, pigs 5.65 to 8.25, bulk 8.15 to 8.70. Sheep receipts 12,000, market slow. native 3.40 to 4.50, western 3.50 to 4.55, yearlings 4.50 to 5.66, native lambs 4.50 to 7.10, western 4.50 to 7.10.
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Chicago
Texas
Weather report for Houston district stations
San Antonio dated weather bulletin notes 24 hour period ending 8 am with fair conditions and above normal temperatures. Local forecaster Allen Buell provides observations for the Houston district while a separate clause mentions a figure of 11 million dollars in unrelated context.
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San Antonio
Tex
Houston
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Wheat Market Suffers From Lack of Buyers
Chicago bears a fluctuating wheat session as rains bring early strength but buyers stay scarce. December opened at 95 to 95 1/2 cents, faded to 94 1/4, then recovered to 95 1/4. Corn rose on frost fears, oats stayed weak, and cattle provisions showed general weakness with January pork at 19.40 and ribs at 10.26. Close near session lows with December 94 cents.
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Chicago
Shorts
Longs
Grain price report with assorted wheat and corn quotes
A concise market note lists cash wheat prices across grades No 2 red 1.061 to 1.07 No 2 hard 97 974c No 1 northern 96 1.00 No 2 northern 90c to 95c. durum 90 95c. No 2 white 82c. Oats quotes No 2 white 35935 4c standard 3344 35c.
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Chicago
Kansas City Grain Quotes and Market Prices
Quotations in Kansas City show cash prices for corn and oats with varying grades. No. 2 red and mixed corn traded near 78 to 97 cents, white corn around 78 to 89 cents, and oats Sept at 38 cents with Dec and May futures cited.
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Kansas City
Sanath
Cotton Makes New Low Ground for Movement
The cotton market opened steady but down on lower cables and favorable crop reports. Prices slipped to new movement lows before midmorning rallying 6 to 7 points on short covering and later held near unchanged with spot nominal.
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New York
South
Texas
Cotton Statistics and Metals Market Updates
The page reports weekly cotton statistics for Liverpool with imports around 21,000 and American imports about 4,000 bales plus stock figures. It also notes copper firm at New York with standard spot around 17 dollars per ounce, silver near 50, electrolytic 17.5, lake 17.5, and tin firm near 47.3 to 47.8. Lead firmer at 4.70, spelter 7.38, antimony steady, and iron unchanged.
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New York
Antimon
Cookson
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Amid Poor Cables
Cotton futures in New Orleans open with a slight decline on weak cables and minimal rain across the belt. Prices swing from down to over yesterday's close, aided by forecasts of fair weather and Texas crop reports signaling mixed moisture and volume.
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New Orleans
Texas
Oklahoma
Bears
Cotton futures close steady amid modest losses
The market shows August through May contracts quoted with small gains and losses. Cotton futures closed steady with a net decline of 1 to 6 points while prices edged higher and lower across months from August to May.
Liverpool cotton prices fall on quiet market
Closing in Liverpool spot cotton eases four points with American middling at 7.20 d, good middling 6.80 d, and low middling 6.16 d. Day sales total 6000 bales, including 5500 American. receipts 1000 bales, 600 of which are American.
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Liverpool
Futures Prices Point to Steady Market in Liverpool
Futures opened easy and closed steady in Liverpool on August 30 with quoted levels for August delivery through July of the next year. Notable figures include Aug. 6.2342d and Sept. 6.14 percent, along with multiple month spread quotes such as Oct.-Nov 5.9540 and Dec.-Jan 6.90d.
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Liverpool
Spot cotton prices hold steady in New Orleans market
In New Orleans on August 30 spot cotton remained steady with minor Off bids. Sales on the spot totaled about 10 percent of bales with no arrivals. Price ranges included low ordinary at 7 1/4 to 7 1/2 cents and high grades from 11 1/16 to 12 1/8 cents. Receipts stood at 30 bales and stock at 23,125 bales.
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New Orleans
Market closing figures for wheat corn and oats
The report lists daily grain quotes for No 2 wheat and corn with prices in dollars and cents for Sept and Dec futures. It shows hard red wheat at about 94 91 for the cash or futures, corn around 74 62 5 percent, and oats near 31 32 1/2 percent.
Cotton market closes steady in Houston sales strong
Spot cotton finished easy and unchanged in Houston on August 30. Quotations ranged from low ordinary at 7 5/16 to good middling at 11 6/16. Sales reached 12,033 bales with 15,188 shipped and 33,613 in stock.
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Houston
Tex
Cotton Market Quiet in Galveston Close
Spot cotton closed quiet with declines from 3 to 16 cents. Prices ranged from low ordinary to middling fair with good middling at 117-16 cents. Some 2300 bales exchanged hands on the day, with 107,142 stocks and 17,369 receipts reported.
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Galveston
Tex
Galveston Shipping Movements Reported
GALVESTON Tex Aug 30 Arrived yesterday Harry T Inge Nor Bocas del Toro Antares Nor Santiago via Cardenas Soperga Ital Port Inglis Cleared Steamers Ramazan Br Bremen Queenmore Br Liverpool via Nor folk Harry T Inge Nor Bocas del Toro Ramon de Larrinaga Span Manchester Sailed Steamers Senator Nor Frontera El Cid New York Wanderer Br Havre
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Tex
Harry T. Inge
Nor
Bocas del Toro
Antares
Frontera
el Cid
New York
Wanderer
Havre
Spot cotton closes quiet at New York markets
New York August 80 spot cotton finished quiet with middling uplands at 11.25 and gulf at 11.50, sales numbered 28 bales as the day concluded.
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New York
Cotton Market Report From Memphis Trade Area
Spot cotton in Memphis Tennessee on August 30 was quiet with middling prices at 11.5 cents per pound. Market activity was subdued as traders waited for clearer demand signals and future week trading cues.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cotton seed oil closes firm with mixed futures and sales
In New York on April 30 cotton seed oil held firm with spot and futures quoted. Various September December February and March prices and several hundred lots traded, totaling 11 200 units. Market to close Monday for Labor Day.
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New York
New York Coffee Futures Steady As Sept Contract Hints
New York coffee market reports No 7 Rio futures holding steady with Sept contract around 13.00. Trader notes suggest cautious positioning as August data pushes bids and offers in a narrow range.
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New York
Rio
Baylor Grants Thirteen Degrees In First Texas Summer Commencement
Thirteen Baylor graduates received degrees in a first mid summer commencement in Texas. Dr J H McLean of the Texas Methodist Orphanage delivered the address, and Baylor President S P Brooks conferred the diplomas. Calcutta, a city of about 1.5 million, is noted as the second city of the BPisteten oo.
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Waco
Tex
Baylor
Texas
J. H. McLean
Texas Methodist Orphanage
S. P. Brooks
Calcutta
London metal prices steady with mixed futures and local sales
Copper quiet with spot at 78 pounds 16s and futures 79 6 3. Tin strong with spot 213 pounds and futures 212. Lead at 20 pounds 10s, with local sales 50 000 pounds. London zinc and spelter quoted, Cleveland warrants 638 Tigd in Lon on.
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London
Cleveland
Lonon
Revised course approved and bank depository bid accepted
SAN MARCOS Tex Aug 30 At a meeting of the school board yesterday the revised course of study including science industrial arts and a course for girls was approved The First National Bank bid of 51 10 per cent as depository for the daily balance of the school fund was accepted The city schools will open Monday
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San Marcos
Tex
First National Bank
Schools in Sutherland Springs require each pupil to furnish a drinking cup
The Sutherland Springs school board announced the upcoming opening of schools next week and ordered every pupil to provide his own drinking cup per state health board recommendations. The board says the schools are on the best basis in the town’s history.
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Sutherland Springs
Tex
State Board of Health
Well Digger Hurt When Derrick Collapses in Cleburne
In Cleburne Texas H B Richardson a well digger was crushed under a collapsing derrick during a 4 deep well sinking operation at 3 this morning. His left leg and hip were broken and he is expected to recover.
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Cleburne, Tex
Richardson
Stock Markt Slips as Holiday Mood Hits Trading
New York stock activity shows extreme idleness ahead of a holiday. Leading issues hold firm while Louisville & Nashville drops on a 20 percent capital increase. Tobacco stocks weaken. Union Pacific, Reading, and Erie rise late as markets end firm after a dull day.
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Standard Oil
Canadian Pacific
New England
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Union Pacific
Omaha
Baldwin Locomotive
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Erie
T'day
Amalgamated Copper
American Smelt
Csnees
American Sugar Refining
American Tel. & Po Aes Co
Anaconda Mining Co
Wee Tenewee Atchison
E Wee Te Ewesereren Se Losh
Atlantic Coast Line
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Chesapeake & Ohio
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St. Paul
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Colorado & Southern
Denver & Rio Grande
General Electric
Eae
Great Northern
Illinois Central
Interborough Met
International Harvester
Missouri
Missouri Pacific
Kansas & Tex
Lehigh Valley
Oea
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Pennsylvania
People's Gas
Rock Island Company
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
United States Steel
Wabash
Western Union
Texas Company
Money on Call Rates Steady in New York Market
Money on call firmer with a ruling rate of 3 percent and closing bids around 3 1 4 percent. Time loans show strength with sixty days at 3 4 percent, ninety days at 4 4 percent, and six months at 4 5 percent.
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New York
Financial Market Summary from New York August 30
Prime mercantile paper 5 percent. Sterling exchange easy at 4.84.26 for sixty days and 4.87.10 for demand. Commercial bills 4.83 4. %. Bar silver 62 percent. Mexican dollars 48 percent. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds irregular.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Bank of England Receives 272000 Pounds in Bullion
London report notes bullion totaling 272000 pounds sterling was brought into the Bank of England on balance today.
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London
Bank of England
Tea habit persists as English increase imports
Paris reports show tobacco farming options for small and large farmers in New England. English tea remains strong with continued import growth, last year importing 16,1222,000 pounds more than in 1910. Three percent rentes stand at 92 for the account with London exchange at 28 � for checks. Private discount rate is 2 percent.
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London
New England
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