Stock market steadies after cautious morning on New York exchange
In New York on December 4, mood remained steady as traders awaited further signs of money tightening. Despite earlier profit taking in Steel and copper shares, demand picked up after midday with Amalgamated and Reading rising. Call money firm at 5 to 6 percent, commercial bills at 4.80 to 4.84, sterling at 4.8125.
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Southern Railads
Louisville
Atlantic Coast Line
Thearket
Pacific
Amalgamated
Metal Market Roundup From New York Trade Dec 4
Lead and copper prices hold near quiet levels in New York and London trading. Tin shows weakness with fluctuating December to March quotes while antimony remains dull and iron holds steady at Cleveland warrants.
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New York
London
Fures
Cookson's
Iron
Cleveland Warrats
Hungary's varied agriculture praised by European observer
St. Louis dispatch notes that Hungary's agricultural strength lies not in a few specialties but in its wide variety of crops. The report emphasizes diversity across many farming branches as the key to the country's agricultural value.
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Hungary
Europe
Wool market holds steady as Texas fall clip short from last year
Wool traders in San Antonio await tariff impact with values steady. Abraham Cohen predicts firm prices and a market tilt in favor of wool, noting Texas harvests far below last year. Short wool sells around 14 to 14 1 4 cents. The San Antonio pecan market stays strong while nut imports rise. Rice prices adjusted by the Southern Rice Growers Association at Beaumont, affecting Honduras and Japan minimums.
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San Antonio
Abraham Cohen
Texas
Honduras
Japan
Southern Rice Growers' Association
Beaumont
Wholesale Market Prices For Eggs Poultry Vegetables And More
Wholesale market list detailing country candled eggs 31c per dozen storage 26c. Poultry prices hens per dozen 4.00 to 5.00 friers 3.50 to 4.50 broilers 1.60 to 3.00 turkeys 18c per pound. Notes on butter cheese vegetables fruits canned goods meats and miscellaneous items with varied regional prices across California Texas Colorado Florida and Mexico.
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Texas Creamery
HEESE
Colorado
Texas
California
Florida
Missouri
Ben Davis
Japan
Honduras
Pioneer
Liberty Bell
San Antonio
Illinois
Untitled historical ad listing varied meat and fat prices
An OCR fragment shows an advertisement listing multiple meat and fat items with prices per pound. It includes entries like HIDES AND WO, Heavy dry flint, green salted, bull and stag terms, and various percentages and unit prices.
Chicago telegraph market notices and prices
Quotations today show butter steady to lower with 2710 cases received at market. Potatoes rise to 63 7 1 2 cents with 28 cars received. Poultry alive unchanged. In New York eggs unsettled with fresh gathered extras 44 46 cents and extra firsts 42 43 cents while firsts bring 10 4 1 2 cents.
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Chicago
New York
Poultry and Dairy Prices Reported in St. Louis Quotations
Quotations from St. Louis on December 4 list chickens at no more than 12 1 2 cents, turkeys at 12 1 2 cents, ducks at 12 1 2 cents, geese at 10 4 cents, butter creamery 32 cents, and eggs at 31 cents. The report notes pricing for poultry and dairy products with small variations noted by item.
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ST. Louis
Commodity Market Briefs From New York and Kansas City
In Kansas City on December 4 butter eggs and poultry prices held steady. In New York on December 4 coffee futures were steady with Rio No 7 futures at 9 9/16 cents for March and 9 27/32 for May.
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New York
Rio
Maritime arrivals and clearances Galveston and New York
Galveston reports arrivals yesterday of steamers Asian and Herbert G Wylie with cargos to Tampico and New York. El Dia and Ogeechee also to New York. Crator cleared for Liverpool. Batoum Kineo Port Arthur San Jacinto to New York sailed. New York lists arrivals from Southampton and Naples including San Guglielmo.
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Asian
Liverpool
Herbert G. Wylie
Tank
Tampico
el Dia
New York
Ogeechee
Crator
Batoum
Port Arthur
Kineo
San Jacinto
Rice Market Quotes from Honduras and Japan
In New Orleans on December 4 buyers and sellers split over Honduras and Japan rice with Honduras firm and Japan unsettled. Quotation ranges show rough Honduras from 2.00 to 4.50 per unit and Japan from 1.00 to 3.25, with clean Honduras at 4 shillings and Japan at 2 ½ to 3 ¾ pence. Receipts include rough 9801 and clean 9634 sacks, with sales led by rough Honduras totaling 2034 sacks at 1.75 to 4.50 and Japan 759 sacks at 2.06 to 3.50.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Millere
Weather Observation Summary
Observations recorded at 8 a.m. Thursday December 4 1913 noting atmospheric conditions and basic meteorological readings.
Curious mule-footed hogs interest Missouri reader
G W Huskey reports a new hog breed pair from Doniphan describing mule-footed hogs raised at Fredricktown. The animals originate for rocky hills, with hooves expanding to aid swimming and claimed to resist hog cholera due to their toe-less feet.
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G. W. Huskey
Doniphan
Fredricktown
Dunkin
More Draft Horses At Work In Chicago And Other Cities
Reports from the Union Stock Yards of Chicago show 72 939 horses employed in the city, only 287 less than last year. Boston totals are near ten years ago, Minneapolis up 158, St Louis up 730, despite urban decline of city driving horses. Experts estimate forests could yield 30 to 120 times current wood use if scientifically managed.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago
Boston
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Global Wheat Supply Seen Sufficient Despite Argentine Anxiety
The New York Journal of Commerce reports ample world wheat supplies with no domestic shortfall expected. U S stocks are high and export movement slow until navigation ends. European demand may buy modestly while Argentina and Australia supply ample wheat for winter needs.
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New York Journal of Commerce
United States
Cda
India
Argentina
Australia
Russia
International Institute of Agriculture At
Rome
Cincinnati
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Iowa
Nebraska
Kansas
Oklahoma
Cattle Movement Halted by Rain at Union Stock Yards
Weather slows market at Union Stock Yards on Dec 4 with only 56 cattle and 83 horses offered at noon. Beef prices steady from yesterday while hogs decline across major markets with reductions of 10 to 15 cents per hundredweight. hogs top at 7.25 locally, bulk around 7.00. Cows reach 5 and calves 6.50. no sheep or goats offered.
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Union Stock Yards
Livestock Prices and Receipts Reported for Fort Worth Market
Fort Worth Texas December 4 cattle receipts 6200 head calves 800 market steady beef steers 5 50 to 6 75 stocker steers 6 50 to 6 40 butcher cows 4 00 to 5 75 heifers 5 00 to 7 00 stocker heifers 6 50 to 6 50 bulls 4 00 to 5 15 calves 5 50 to 8 00 hogs receipts 2200 head market generally 10 cents lower top 7 75 bulk 7 35 sheep receipts 150 head market steady prices satisfactory
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago livestock market quotes and receipts decline
Chicago on December 4 reports receipts of 34 000 hogs 6 000 cattle and 24 000 sheep with markets steady. Hog data show bulk around 7 85 to 7 50 and 4 75 to 6 90. cattle include Peeves Texas steers stockers and feeders cows and calves. sheep native and yearling ranges from 4 15 to 7 90.
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Chicago
Texas
Live Stock Receipts and Prices Reported in St Louis
In St Louis on December 4 receipts totaled 11 300 hogs with the market lower. Pigs and lights at 6.00 to 7.55, good heavy 7.40 to 7.65. Cattle receipts 3600 including 1300 Texans with a steady market. Native beef steers 7.50 to 9.15, cows and heifers 4.25 to 8.50, Texas and Oklahoma cattle 5.76 to 7.00, calves 4.25 to 5.50 in loads. Sheep receipts 1200 with higher prices. muttons 3.75 to 4.85, lambs 5.25.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas City Live Stock Quotations December Showing Slipping Hogs
Receipts and quotations show hogs market lower with mix of weights noted. Cattle receipts about 3500 including 500 southern types with steady values for prime fed steers and dressed beef. cows and heifers also steady. Keep receipts around 6000 with lambs and yearlings steady to higher within listed ranges.
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Kansas City
New York Market Patch Finds Hides and Leather steady
New York market notes December 4 report raw sugar nominal at 2.86 in molasses sugar and refined prices quiet. Hides steady and leather firm as regional trade continues to hold prices with little change observed in the session.
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New York
Cotton opens higher but, selling pulls prices back
Liverpool aided early gains as cotton futures opened up but selling activity grew. Mill strikes in Fall River and cautious demand kept prices from rising, with futures slipping from session highs though remaining near yesterday's close.
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Amid Weather and Demand
In New Orleans on December 4 cotton futures opened steady to higher by 3 to 5 points on favorable cables and unsettled weather. Liverpool spot sales of 12,000 bales spurred bullish sentiment, with fears farm harvests could be hindered by lingering wet conditions. By noon gains narrowed to 4.5 points and afternoon trading was dull, with prices 2 to 6 points above yesterday's close.
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Liverpool
Fall River
Focal
New Orleans
South
Longs
Texas
Cotton futures open and close with mixed moves
Cotton futures opened with bids for December 13.12 and climbed to 13.37 38 for March and 18.43 44 for May. They closed quiet and steady with small gains and losses across contracts, showing a fluctuating trading day. Highs reached 13.39 to 18.48 while lows touched 13.13 to 18.04 depending on the month.
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Spot cotton prices steady in Liverpool market
Liverpool December market reports steady prices across grades with middling around 7.38 to 7.89 and good ordinary about 6.51. Sales reached 12 000 bales including 11 700 American and 2 000 for speculation and export. receipts totaled 1 000 with no American shipments.
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Liverpool
Cotton futures close quiet in Liverpool trading
The Liverpool market recorded a quiet session with December and January futures showing small gains and several rollover contracts quoted across the calendar. Prices ranged from 6.41d to 7.14d for various front and nearby spreads as December trade settled.
Spot cotton prices hold steady in New Orleans market
New Orleans reports steady spot cotton with middling at 13 3 16 cents. Sales on the spot reach 800 bales and arrivals total 8121. Receipts are 10,108 bales and total stock sits at 197,078 bales with various grade quotes listed.
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New Orleans
Aes
Cotton market report from Galveston December 4
Spot cotton closed quiet with grades listed from low ordinary to good middling. Sales none, freight on board 600, receipts 18,379 bales. Stock 334,791 bales.
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Galveston
Tex
Spot cotton market closes quiet in Houston
The Houston spot cotton market closed unchanged with activity 922 bales sold. F O B price 508, shipments 10,736 bales, total stock 184,621 bales.
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Houston
Tex
Cotton Market Quiet as Prices Hold Steady
Spot cotton in New York on December 4 shows middling uplands at 18.50 cents and gulf at 18.75 cents with no sales recorded.
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New York
Gulf
Cotton Prices Steady In Memphis Market
MEMPHIS SPOTS Tennessee December 4 Spot cotton remains steady at middling 13 4c with prices unchanged in the local market.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cotton seed products market report from Memphis
Memphis from December 4 reports prime basis 6.14, meal priced at 27.25 to 27.50, linters at 2 percent. Market notes indicate price ranges for cotton seed products as of the date.
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Memphis
Tenn
Linters
New York Cotton Seed Oil Market Closes Easier
The cotton seed oil market in New York ended on a softer note with spot at 6.95 to 7.05 and several futures contracts from December to July quoted. About 16 400 total sales were recorded, with notable activity in March July and May at prices around 7.12 to 7.34. Princess Wigenstein, Europe’s oldest active society woman at ninety five, remains vibrant in Lausanne where her chalet hosts intellectual life.
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New York
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Anita . Acneeeee
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Lausanne
Egg Price Rise Not Due To Cold Storage Says Expert
Frank A. Horne of New York, president of the American Association of Refrigeration, argues the egg price rise stems from falling receipts at centers. He cites New York market data showing reduced egg receipts March to Oct 1913 and a drop in storage together with higher trade output, concluding storage is not driving prices.
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New York
American Association of Refrigeration
Horne
New York Produce Review
I. Cs
New Rice Transit Rates Issued by Railroad Commission
The railroad commission in Austin Texas issued new regulations governing transit on rice effective December 26. The rules, agreed upon by millers and railroads at the November hearing, aim to protect true point to point rice rates from origin to destination.
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Austin
Tex
Railroad Commission
Milleia and Railroads
Real Estate Transfers and Civic Tax Notices
A long list of real estate transfers through 1913 and 1918 shows buyers paying cash and notes across numerous blocks in San Antonio and surrounding areas, including Lakeview and Belmont Place, with amounts ranging from $5 to $1,000 plus notes bearing 7 to 8 percent. The section also notes tax redemption certificates issued by state comptrollers for multiple properties and a brief item about Dr. Louise Pearce joining the Rockefeller Institute for Medical Research after a Johns Hopkins stint.
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Alarming Argentina crop news boosts wheat market
Dispatches from Argentina report crop damage of 80 million bushels aiding wheat. Selling from Australia and improved weather in the northwest push prices higher. Nebraska rain steadies corn while oats rise on demand. Hog prices stay weak and delivery issues slow. Market ends steady to fractional gains.
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Grain and Provisions Market Quotes Today in Chicago
The Chicago grain and provisions market showed quotes for Provisions with open high low and close figures for Mess Park Jan 21.10 21.10 20.96 30.97 and May 11.07% 11.10 11.07% 11.07. Short Ribs for Jan 11.00 and May 11.25 11.17% 11.20.
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Mess Park
Wheat and grain prices from Chicago market report
Wheat prices at Chicago on December 4 show No 3 red 95 96 cents, No 2 hard 88 89 cents, No 3 northern 89 90 cents, No 2 spring 90 91 cents. Corn No 2 yellow 77 cents today, Oats Standard 41 cents, Barley 60 76 cents.
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Chicago
Til
Grain prices and futures report from Kansas City
Quotations to cash wheat and corn futures listed with bid prices. No. 2 hard wheat at 3 88 and No. 3 red at 88 89c. Corn No. 2 mixed old 73c new 68c. No. 2 white 41c oats. December and May futures shown for oats and corn with fractional cents noted.
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Grain prices and receipts report from St. Louis market
Receipts and shipments data for wheat corn and oats. Wheat quotes for December and May at 88% and 92% cents respectively. Corn bids December 73 4% cents and May 73% cents. Oats December 49 and May 43% cents. Yesterday show flour and grain receipts and mixed activity across bushels and barrels.
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ST. Louis
Richepin Defends Tango At Institute of France
Poet M Jean Richepin defended the tango before the Institute of France arguing it is ancient and refined. He noted museum antiquities support its heritage and claimed vulgarity comes from dancers, not the dance itself, citing princesses and peasantry as examples.
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M. Jean Richepin
Institute of France
M. Richepin
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