Personal Miss Frieda Eng hairdresser and wigmaker ad
An old classified fragment lists Miss Frieda Eng offering ladies hairdressing wigmaking manicure and face massage with scalp treatment and a new phone. Also mentions other ads for a palmist psychic and Sun Proof paints with an inquiry about a cemetery lot for sale in city cemetery No 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frieda
Avenue D
O. Box
Adles
Antonio
Tex
W. H. Vernor
Hicks Ks
Ns. Norton
West Aurel
RS. Duffy
E. Commerce
Arbaccis
Scientific
Palmist
N. Flores St
Adam Lyopia
Olaphone
SUN Proof
Main Ave
Pitcairn
City Cemetery No. 1
Aply
Iberal Loan Co
Local Loan Advertisements and Pawn Notices Across Houston
A collection of early 20th century loan and pawn notices advertising quick cash on items of value. Includes offers from Iberal Loan Co and Emerson Co for jewelry and pledges, Horace H. Shelton attorney, Canson Diamonds, M M Clark, and M. M. Park with secured loans and vendor notes. Also lists private parties offering loans on firearms, jewelry, and other valuables with confidential, discreet service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canson
Best Bank
M. M. Park
Gunter
M. M. Clark
Gunter Building
Enerry
Wabroker
Houston St
Auction and moving services offer varied goods and storage
An old classified page lists auctioneers and moving companies with contact numbers and addresses. Items include horses, wagons, furniture, tents, and various goods for sale. Multiple ads promote moving storage and packing services by Harrison Moving Co and others with phone numbers and locations in Omaha and nearby streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harrison Moving CO
L. W. Culver
Street
Mecca for bargain hunters advertised crowd
Public stenography note describes a Mecca for bargain hunters at 1232 Soledad with attention to ads and low prices. A phone contact 7799 is mentioned, signaling a quick listings session.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soledad
Well Drilling Offer in San Antonio
Special notice offers well drilling to 1200 feet or less with 6 to n inch finish. Provides pipe and complete well. Customer pays when finished in first-class condition. Address 974 Light.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
California and Northwest Farm Lands For Sale Overview
FOR SALE 8870 ACRES OF IMPROVED black sandy land in valley near Browns ville priced at 18 dollars per acre with half cash. Potential buyers invited to inspect. Box 493, city. ALSO WANTS TO SELL 860 ACRES OF IMPROVED land in Rio Grande valley near Mercedes Texas with all improvements. contact R L Morgan Box 122 Mercedes Texas. D B Langford Pearsall Texas seeks farm or ranch wants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brownsville
Rio Grande Valley
Mercedes, Tex
R. L. Morgan
City
San Antonio
Petty & Boudreau
City National Bank
For Sale Real Estate For Sale House Built For A Home
For sale by owner two listings describe a five room house with reception hall woodwork finished and varnished front and back galleries on a 50 by 150 foot lot with rear 12 by 12 hen house two blocks from South Heights car line priced at 1500 with owner terms 220 Cooper Street also a four room modern cottage never occupied with screened front and back galleries on a 50 by 150 lot priced at 1050 with 190 down balance terms 716 Essex Street South Heights Oldrhine F 76
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Well Lo
C. R. Southwell
Navarro St
South Heights
Cooper St
Essex St
Oldrhone
Tobin Hill
Myrtle Street
Laurel Heights
Howard and
Mulberry Streets
West
Dewey Street
Matagorda Street
Meerscheidt & Reutzel
St. Mary's Street
Mission Street
Alamo
Old
Numerous Austin real estate listings advertise sales
Multiple parcels on Crest of Dreiss Hill Prospect Hill and Alamo Heights for sale with locations near car lines and utilities. Prices range from cash deals to term-based offers. some include building lots, cozy homes, and shares in Rio Grande Fire Insurance. Contact owners or agents at listed addresses and phone numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alamo Tent & Awning Co
William. Lorenzen
Ave. D
Vollmer
Villita and
Garden Sts
Tainene
Proseveresagiciansap
Mereenemneer
George Anderson
Virginia St
Emerson
Rogers’ Sporting Goods Co
W. Commerce
Dave Lehr JR
Buena Vista ST. C
Teel
CUT Rath Plumbing Coo. Co
T. Dix
Soledad
Fisher Bros
Theo Haye
Nolan St
Olid
Ring Rollins
N. Flores
Rio Grande Fire Insurance Co
Alamo Heights
Moore
Post Ave
River Ave
W. P. Arnold
Bastrop, Tex
Cotton Seed Prices and Wool Market Signals
An August report from Emphis lists prime basis prices for cotton seed products with figures for meal and linters. In St Louis wool markets, prices are steady with range notes for medium and heavy fine grades and washed varieties. clothing and other distinctions appear with small percentage variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Grain market slips as bulls face heavy selling pressure
Favorable weather and strong receipts in the northwest trimmed wheat demand while expectations of large world shipments added to the bulls' difficulties. Traders noted absence of session Monday and mixed activity across corn and oats with provisions trading about steady. December wheat closed around 98 1/2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Shorts
Kansas City Grain Quotes From August Auction Market
Quotations today show various grain prices in Kansas City with wheat at No 2 hard 804% to 91%c, No 2 red 069, corn No 2 mixed 78c, No 2 white 34-35c, oats September 82%c, December 32%c, May 84%c. Close figures list September wheat 58 3 4, December 61 1 2, May 59 1 2, oats 82 3 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Aus
Chicago
Galveston Cotton Exports Reach Record Season Total
For the 1911 12 cotton season ending today Galveston exported 3 652 165 bales valued at 201 677 806 dollars to foreign markets, up 703 811 bales from last season. Coastwise shipments totaled 555 995 bales, steamship movement 4 208 160 bales. receipts in Galveston 3 727 960 bales and Texas City 586 450 bales. Grain movement reaches 2 983 000 bushels, with 300 000 bushels exported amid limited wheat shipments. August customs receipts hit 224 000, the largest month in local history.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Texas City
Evans
Weather Note From Weather Bureau San Antonio 1912
Explanatory notes describe air pressure and temperature contours. Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas: tonight and Sunday generally fair with partly cloudy conditions. winds light. Date: Saturday, Aug. 31, 1912.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Vicinity
East Texas
Bears Resume Control and Cotton Dips in Dull Markets
New York reports no cotton futures trading as markets pause for Labor Day with Liverpool open. Weakness stems from favorable weather, large Texas receipts, and hedging by spinners amid expectations of a 14 million bale crop and heavy carryover from 16 million. Prices drifted on concerns over supply and upcoming government data.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Liverpool
Texas
Galveston
Houston
Memphis
Liverpool Cotton Prices Hold Steady in Limited Demand
Spot cotton in limited demand with prices unchanged led by American mids 7.20d and good middling 6.80d in Liverpool today. Sales reached 3000 bales, including 2300 American, receipts at 6000 with no American. market observed modest activity and no price shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Futures drift in Liverpool market with quiet opening
Futures opened and closed quiet in Liverpool. September to August contracts traded around 5.87 to 6.04 pence per unit with various spreads. Official closing shows August value at 20 4d and August-September at 6 13 4d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Cotton statistics report for bales stock
The report shows yesterday stock at 50885 823 bales, stock a week earlier at 262 162, and stock from the same day last year at 176 466. The excess this season is 109 357 bales.
Market notes on coffee and sugar strength and pricing
Coffee and sugar display strength as 15 point marks hold and sugar rises 1 16 cent amid tight Cuban stock. Brokers expect price boosts with cold weather and demand for smoother raws. refiners lag in orders with no Java until October and early buying by jobbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Bulletin
Clearing house banks hold excess reserves down week
The statement of actual condition shows New York banks hold 63 150 in excess of legal requirements, a decrease of 10 792 750 from the prior week as proportionate reserves declined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Aus
Nwa
Cattle and Hogs See Nominal Prices Week in Fort Worth Yard
Fort Worth Texas reports nominal values on Saturdays market with meager receipts. Hog runs went to packers directly while beef steer trade dragged and cows and heifers showed weakness though fair to medium stock held steady. Bulls remained steady while overall market UP 5 to 6 cents. sheep steady with some good lambs received.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Market Closed Empty Pens as Week Ends at Union Stock Yards
Union Stock Yards Aug 31 reports some commission houses idle at opening and yards closing with empty pens by noon. Bookkeepers balance weekly accounts as traders end the week in cautious optimism. Receipts light, meat consumption low, stocker cattle offered, prices steady from last week with cows to top at 7. calves at 5 and hogs around 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union Stock Yards
Commission
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices at Chicago Market
Receipts today cattle 300 market slow steady Reeves 5.85 to 10.50 Texas steers 5.00 to 6.89 western steers 6.25 to 9.26 stockers and feeders 1.30 to 97.25 cows and heifers 3.00 to 8.15 calves 8.60 to 11.00 hogs receipts 7000 market light grades strong others weak light 8.25 to 8.96 mixed 7.95 to 8.90 heavy 7.85 to 8.75 rough 7.80 to 8.00 pigs 5.00 to 8.15 bulk 8.10 to 5 Ou sheep receipts 2000 market quiet steady native 8.40 to 4.60 western 3.60 to 4.50 yearlings 4.50 to 65.50 native lambs 4.60 to 7.15 western 4.50 to 7.10
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Reeves
Texas
Kansas City
Market Receipts Steady as Livestock Prices Shifts Noted
St Louis reports receipts totaling 6500 with 100 Tex as cattle and hogs also 6500. Cattle prices include native beef steers 5.50 to 6.50, cows and heifers 4.00 to 8.75, stockers 3.75 to 7.25, Texas Oklahoma steers 4.50 to 8.00, calves 5.00 to 8.50. Hogs ranged 6.50 to 9.00 with good heavy 8.80 to 8.95. No sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas City Market Totals and Quotes
Receipts today include cattle 200 with native steers 6.75 to 10.50 and southern steers 4.60 to 6.00. Hogs receipts 500 with bulk 5.60 to 6.80 and packers 8.60 to 8.80. Sheep receipts 600 with lambs 6.00 to 6.85 and range wethers 4.00 to 5.35.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Oklahoma City
Weather notes and market metals update from August 31 1912
Observations at 8 a m show wind direction and velocity, temperature, rainfall, and weather state. Reports from New York and San Antonio cover metals prices dullness and weather summaries for the Houston district including temperatures and fair conditions. Local forecaster Allen B Bureng notes data not used in averages and remarks on generally fair weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
Tex
Houston
ALLEN
Bankers Seek Mortgage Banks to Aid Farmers
New York Aug 31 Bankers study European mortgage bank models to back farmers with up to 60 percent of value at about 7 percent interest They would issue 6 percent debenture bonds against the mortgages The effort links to the American Bankers Association committee on agricultural education and development with Myron T Herrick a former committee member now ambassador to France involved in France’s mortgage system This would boost railroad business by expanding farm capital and production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Germany
France
Committee On Agricultural Education and Development
American Bankers Association
Myron T. Herrick
Market quotes from Chicago on August 31
Quotations for eggs show receipts of 9220 cases with cheese steady. Prices list daisy 154% percent, twine 144% per pound, Young Americas 15% 15 cents, Long Horns 164% 1be. Potatoes and poultry show steady receipts. turkeys 12 cents, chickens 14.5 cents, springs 18 cents. Veal steady, 1d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Wisconsin
New Jersey
Sterling Exchange Signals Weak Demand in Bankers Bills
New York on August 31 reports weak sterling exchanges with bankers' bills at 484.25 for 60 days and 478.04 for demand. Commercial bills at 483. Bar silver at 63. Mexican dollars quoted at 48's.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sterling
Cotton seed oil closes steady with varied futures
In New York on August 21 cotton seed oil closes steady. Spot at 6.40, September at 6.40 41, October 6.40 43, November 6.10 11, December 6.05 06, January 6.04 06, February 6.05 0T, March 6.08 10. Sales between the first and second calls total 4500 units with bids and small lots across several months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Spot cotton closes quiet in Galveston market
Galveston on August 31 reports spot cotton prices down 1 16 to 11 percent across grades from low ordinary to good middling. Spot sales total 1287 bales fob 1500 stock 101334 receipts 12903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sugale
Nternational Tea & Coffee Co
South Jame St
HE Henry
Mitchell Make Hunt Co
Ed Kielman
Seaon
Lake
Pleasanton Road
Chilren
Imerson & Co
E. Houston
Commerce
Connell Loan Co
Flouston St
San
D. H. Tolman
E.louston St
George Kotler
Gibbs Ride
F. C. Hunnam & Co
swearingen-McCraw
Mosby & Berry
Guner
Horace H. Shelton
Gunter Bide
LONEY
W. A. Sil
Central Office
Privatic
Panin Canal
Kinglish
W. Houston &T
Ommyr & Cunningham
Auccioneers
Omaha St
W. Guiney
United States Army
J. R. ‘Oote
Mano and Furniture Moving
Packjoh
Henry C. Rips
Coulter Vacuum Clean
J. A. Jones
Appmann
Soledad and
Houston Sts
R. Evans
Navarro
S. B. May
W. Houston St
Fred Staffel
E. Commerce ST
Commerce Street
R. E
Geo
T. Wight
Moore, Tex
California
King, Lee & Compton
Exc
Ave
C. Moore Bldg
Washington Heights
San Antonio Loan & Trust Co
Whitaker
County Court House
Washington Place
Anne
W. Birkheead
J. B Carl
Duliing Printing Co
Southwestern Development and Land CO
Northwest
Wisconsin Agricultural School
Northwestern
D. B. Langford
Pearsall, Tex
Texas Conservatory OF Music
Central
Alsian Barnam
Colorado Ave
Old Phone
McCoy
Hicks
Grayson
Light
Geo. Potchernick
Richey & Casey
Phages
Stewart & Vaneman
Hammond Avenue
GEO. C. Thompson Land Coo
St. Mary's St. Pn
J. H. Wilkinson
Ave. E. A
San Marcos
REAL
Tit Swearingen
Seadrift
Gulf Coast
T. F. Ford
Dreiss Hill
S. Pine St
William W. Herring
Starr Street
Paso Hondo St
W. B. Whitaker
Prospect Hill
W. A. Silvers
Lott & Sun
William C. Lott, Son & Co
Ave. C
W. Crockatt St
Mahncke Court
Hot Wells
R. H. Wester CO
E. Houston St
DeWitt St
Chicago Grain Market
Mess Park
Anak Ee
Dee
St, Louis
Louis
Oy Agriculture
Weather Bureau
Willis L. Moore
Neudams, Ee
Durango
Pti
Dreger
Cotton Statist
ICS
Interior Movement
Augusta
Memphis, Tenn
St. Js
Sereete
Chicago Livestock
ST. Louis Livestock
General Weather Reports
METAL
Brew York
Abilene
Emphis
Tenn
Palestine
St. Paul
Shreveport
Taylor, Tex
Washington
Max
Alice
Iz Lampasas
Liane
Longview
Te Luling
Nahes
Paris
Pierce Seeee
Quanah
Xsan Antonio
Sherman
Ws Snyder
Ste
Temple
Waco
Weatherford
DY Austin
Shan Columbus
Riverside Enhee
NEW York Money
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!