New Haven stock slump drags market to new lows
The New Haven break after the Wednesday dividend led the entire stock market into fresh low ground with major issues like American Telephone, New York Central, Pennsylvania and New Haven weakening. Poor railroad earnings and tight money worsened sentiment while United States Steel showed better orders than forecast.
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New York
New Haven
American Telephone
New_York Central
Pennsylvania
United States Steel
Europe
France
United States
Market Wrap: NYSE Reports Weekly Losses by Issue
New York trading ends with a comparison to the prior Saturday, detailing weekly losses for each issue on the New York Stock Exchange. Investors assess declines across sectors as week’s results are summarized.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Metals Markets See Little Change In New York Reports
METAL MARKETS NEW YORK reports metals practically nominal with Lake copper around 15.00 to 15.50 and electrolytic copper near 14.75. Iron remains unchanged. ST. LOUIS METAL notes lead at 3.85 to 3.99 and pelter at 4.95 to 5.00. NEW YORK MONEY lists call money nominal with no loans. time loans firm at 60 days 5 percent, 90 days 5 4 percent, six months 5 percent.
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New York
Lake
ST. Louis
New York Commodities and Rates Report 1913
Prime mercantile paper 544.6 percent. Sterling exchange steady 60 days 4.81 15, aement 4.85 35. Commercial bills 4.80. Bar silver 58 cents. Mexican dollars 44 1/4 cents. Government bonds steady. Broad bonds heavy. General Weather Bulletin notes 8 a.m. observations Saturday December 13, 1913.
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New York
Pec
Prime Mercantile
Bank reserves grow in New York as excess reserves rise
New York banks report a healthy reserve surplus of 15 980 300 dollars above legal requirements, up 8 335 150 from the prior week. The weekly condition shows loans at 1 849 192 000 dollars a decline of 10 616 000, spec ie up 6 398 000, and net deposits down 2 403 000 to 1 677 646 000 with a total aggregate cash reserve of 395 085 000.
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New York
Banke
Greater
Corpus Christi Franchises Breathe New Cotton Trade Ambitions
City council approves third reading of a franchise for Thomas Bell of Brady to build and operate a modern cotton compress on the municipal wharf. The city will receive a per bale bonus with minimum income guarantees, as Bell’s company plans a 1914 operation and bets on competing with Port Aransas. Local businessmen expect rail and barge links to boost Corpus Christi as a deep water shipping hub.
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Corpus Christi
Tex
Thomas Bell
Brady, Tex
Bell
Aransas Pass
Frisco
Texas-Mexican
San Antonio
Houston
Galveston
Outlook Improves As Iron and Steel Trade Rebound
Outlook grows brighter in New York as sentiment stiffens in financial circles. Iron and steel trade shows larger railway equipment purchases and fewer price concessions, hinting at a bottom. Unfilled tonnage declines less than expected, yet overall November statistics dim in places with 420 US failures and 46 in Canada.
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New York
Dan
United States
Canada
Cotton seed products market notes from Memphis
Cotton seed products reported in Memphis on December 13 show prime oil at 5.87 per unit and meal around 27.25 to 27.50. Intermediates quoted at 2 3 percent.
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Memphis
Tenn
New York cotton seed oil market closes steady
The New York cotton seed oil market ends steady with mixed spot and future prices. December to July contracts range from 6.81 to 7.31 per unit, with 4,100 total sales reported between first and second calls.
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New York
Wool Market Steady Amid Decline in Price Fluctuations
Boston December week shows a fair trade in domestic wool with previously irregular wools finding a stable basis. Quotations report Missouri and Kentucky % and %-blood wools at 22 23c, washed and scoured bases at 23 46c and fine fall at 41 42c, indicating a steadier market.
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Missouri
Kentucky
Maritime Traffic Reports Arrivals and Clearances
Galveston marine dispatch lists arrivals including Herbert G Wyle El Mundo Castano Swanley City of Mexico and City of Tampico from New York Tampico with clears for Port Barrios Bocas del Toro Bremen Havana and others Also Naples and New York arrivals noted with Adriatic and Manuel Calvo Cadiz ships in port.
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Herbert G. Wyle
Tank
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el Mundo
New York
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Swanley
Lucia
City of Mexico
Denver
Qrigen
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Bocas del Toro
St. Bede
Bremen
Talisman
Havana
Representative Harrison to introduce bill banning agricultural options
Mississippi congressman Harrison prepared a bill to declare illegal options and futures on cotton hops wheat corn oats rye barley flour pork lard bacon and other agricultural or food products. The measure would abolish all such transactions and penalize buyers or sellers of options and futures.
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Washington, D. C
Harrison
Mississippi
Lamp posts from George III era still stand in London
A London note mentions lamp posts planted in the time of George III still serve today despite advances elsewhere. The fragmented OCR also includes scattered numbers referencing Europe and the United States without clear context.
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London
George III
Explanatory Weather Notes From State Department
Observations taken at 8 p m show air pressure at sea level bars with isoTHERMS and temperature readings. Records report clear to cloudy conditions, wind arrows indicating direction, and precipitation details including daily excess and monthly totals. Highest temperature 60, lowest 56, average 66 with January to date totals.
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Butter Markets Rise As Eggs Follow Suit In Price Lift
Texas creamery butter joined eggs in a price advance as markets closed at season highs. Creamery butter and eggs set at 40 cents per unit for retail buyers, while wholesalers pay 35 cents per dozen. Rain and transport delays reduced milk supply and strained butter makers. Local stocks are exhausted, with movement limited to daily receipts from the country. Sardine demand draws grocers, despite tight stocks and uncertain imports.
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Texas Creamery
Texas
Goodman Grocer Company
Maine
O. B
Eastport
Norway
Wholesale market price list for farm eggs to groceries
A long list of 1900s style wholesale prices for groceries and produce. Eggs culled by country and storage cost. poultry prices by type. butter and cheese quotes. vegetables including potatoes onions and cabbage with California and Colorado origins. fruits such as oranges lemons grapes and bananas. staples like coffee sugar rice flour molasses and syrup. with unit measures in dozens hundredweight crates and pounds.
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Jonathans
Missouri
Ben Davis
Florida
Japan
Choice
Honduras
Pioneer
Liberty Bell
California and Texas Agricultural and Commodities Prices Listing
A dense ledger of agricultural commodities with Texas oats hay alfalfa and sorghum prices, California canned fruits vegetables meats fish and dried fruits, along with hides beeswax tallow and other staples listed by fund price per unit and case. Names include San Antonio and California markets with varied per bushel per ton and per hundredweight rates.
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Texas
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Rtlett
Illinois
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Market Report Chicago December Eggs and Creameries Change
Chicago market notes show creamery prices 23 25 cents, eggs rising with receipts 2468 cases at mark, ordinary firsts 28 29 cap, firsts 31 cents. Potatoes unchanged with 40 car receipts. Poultry unchanged.
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Ill
Global Commodities Roundup from Key Markets
Saint Louis reports poultry and eggs mostly steady with turkeys up one cent and ducks down one. Kansas City notes butter eggs and poultry unchanged. New York prices show eggs irregular, while New Orleans records steady rough Honduras and Japan rice with specific quotes and sizable receipts and sales in sacks and pockets.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Sugar Prices in New York Market Decline Slightly
New York reports mixed sugar prices with raw sugar steady to easy. Muscovado at 2.89, centrifugal 3.39, molasses sugar 2.64, refined sugar mostly steady with small drops. Cut loaf 5.30, cubes 4.50, powdered 4.40, fine granulated 4.25, diamond A 4.26, confectioners A 4.16.
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New York
Local meat packers show strong business at Union Stock Yards
Dec 18 Fort Worth report says local packing houses dominated the meat trade last week due to high water and delayed trains. Armour Swift and others moved beef supplies through San Antonio. Prices were steady with best cows at 5.50 calves 6.60 and hogs 7.60 amid liberal receipts and modest sheep and goat demand.
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Fort Worth
San Antonio
Armour, Swift, Morris & Co
Fort Worth Market Sends Mixed Cattle Hog Prices Steady
Fort Worth Texas reports 1800 cattle 900 hogs 46 sheep at Saturday market. Cattle steadier with steers 6.50 to 6.50, cows 4.50 to 6.00, heifers 5.00 to 7.00, bulls 4.00 to 6.00, calves 5.50 to 5.60. Hog sales steady with top carload 7.90 and bulk 7.50.
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Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Hogs receipts 17 000 market slow bulk sales 7.65 to 7.80 light 7.40 to 7.75 mixed 7.60 to 7.85 heavy 7.50 to 7.90 pigs 6.00 to 7.50 cattle receipts 700 market steady Reeves 6.60 to 9.60 Texas steers 6.65 to 7.70 stockers and feeders 4.90 to 5.50 cows and heifers 3.40 to 8.30 calves 7.60 to 11.60 sheep receipts 1500 market slow native 4.20 to 5.50 yearlings 5.35 to 6.75 native lambs 6.26 to 8.25.
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Texas
Market Receipts Steady with Hogs Cattle and Sheep
In St. Louis on December 12 receipts show hogs totaling 7500 with a steady market. Pigs and lights bring 7.60 to 7.75, good heavy 7.75 to 7.85. Cattle receipts 500 including 800 Texans, markets steady with native beef steers 7.50 to 9.16, cows and heifers 4.26 to 8.50, Texas and Oklahoma steers 6.75 to 7.00, cows and heifers 4.00 to 6.00, native calves 6.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 200 with steady market. western muttons 3.75 to 4.80, lambs 5.25.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas City Hog and Cattle Market Prices Report
Receipts and quotations from Kansas City show hogs with 2000 head and a steady market. Bulk pigs and heavy hogs priced from 6.50 to 7.70, cattle receipts at 100 with prime fed steers from 8.50 to 10.00 and dressed beef steers from 7.00 to 8.25, cows 4.40 to 7.00, heifers 6.60 to 9.00.
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Government Report Helps Bullish View On Cotton Market
The week’s reports boosted sentiment as the United States crop forecast rose to 18,677,000 bales, lifting futures by over 2 a bale. Census ginning figures reached 12,081,000 bales, with total potential commercial output near 14.2 million. Traders anticipated mixed demand shaping price action into the new year.
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New York
United States
Census Bureau
Rger
Cotton statistics receipts at U S ports and movement
The report shows total net cotton receipts at all U S ports since September 1 reaching 5 068 069 bales year to date with 98 900 for the week and last year 988 908. Overland to mills and Canada 44 591 and Southern mill takings about 105 000 with interior town stock gains and brought into sight 486 042, totaling crop movement 5 948 800.
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Canada
Boodbon
United States
Tee E
Crete
Liverpool
Steen
Great Britain
Confidence Grows in Wheat Market in Chicago Trade
Prices for wheat held firm amid a week of dull trading as traders see supply tightness and Argentina harvest progress. Reports cite weaker exports, light farmer stocks, and cold weather potentially boosting demand while corn and oats drift lower on bears and shipping demand.
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Chicago
Ill
Cotton market closes lower for week in New York
The New York cotton market finished today trading 5 to 13 points below last week's close. The closing positions show a broad decline across the range, reflecting a weaker tone and profit-taking by traders.
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New York
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Memphis
Liverpool cotton market reports steady demand on December 18
Spot cotton in Liverpool remained quiet with prices firm across grades. Middling fair at 7.894, good middling 7.564, middling 7.834, and lower grades lower. Total sales 6000 bales including 4800 American. receipts 30000 bales with 28300 American.
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Liverpool
Wheat and grain prices from Chicago market report
Quotations list cash wheat and corn prices for various grades. No. 2 red wheat at 96 90 and 90 1 2 c, No. 2 hard 90 c, No. 3 northern 90 11 c, No. 2 spring 90 91 c. Corn new No. 2 70 c, No. 3 white and No. 2 yellow 10 71 c. Oats Standard 46 c, Barley 63 75 c.
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Chicago
Commodity Price Quotes From Kansas City
Kansas City prices list day quotes for agricultural commodities. Cash wheat shows No 2 hard at 84 39c and No 2 red at 92 93c. Corn No 2 mixed 68c and No 2 white 70c. Oats No 2 white 41%c and No 2 mixed 00%. Wheat futures Dec 88%c May 87%c July 84%c. Corn futures Dec 67%c May 71K%c July 70%c.
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Kansas City
Futures close barely steady in Liverpool session
Prices for December through November contracts showed minimal moves with small losses and gains. The market displayed a narrow trading range as futures levels hovered around six and seven percent across the calendar spread.
Spot cotton holds steady in New Orleans market
On December 15 in New Orleans spot cotton was quiet and unchanged with middling at 13 1/2 cents. Sales on the spot reached 387 bales, with 578 arriving. receipts totaled 13,340 bales and stock stood at 254,023 bales.
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New Orleans
Spot cotton closes quiet in Galveston market
Galveston Tex December 13 spot cotton closes quiet and unchanged. Sales 100 bales for immediate delivery f o b. Receipts 5846 bales. stock 246151 bales.
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Galveston
Tex
Wales
Spot cotton market closes steady in Houston
The spot cotton market in Houston on December 13 closed steady with a fractional drop. Sales totaled 624 bales, with a stock of 176,374 bales and shipments at 4,781 bales. Prices ranged from 7 1 4 to 13 4 cents for grades from low ordinary to good middling.
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Houston
Tex
Cotton Prices Report From New York Market
Spot cotton prices show middling uplands at 13.25 cents with no sales reported for the gulf grade and no further transaction details available.
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New York
More Cotton Moved Shows Season Total Near 8.8 Million Bales
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange reports current season movement at 8,447,039 bales from September 1 to date, with totals for the week and month and comparisons to last year and 1910. Northern mills and Canada show declines while southern mills and imports adjust stock and supply across ports.
Wheat and grain quotations from St Louis market report
Quotation snapshot from St Louis on December 13 shows cash wheat at No 3 red 96 cents and No 8 hard around 94 plus a mix of corn and oats prices. Receipts included flour and various grains, with shipments tallied for flour and grains and futures close for December wheat at 89 and May oats around 42 cents.
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ST. Louis
Cotton goods markets steady with firmer yarns
New York December 13 markets show steady cotton goods and firmer yarns while staple gib hams and tickings see substantial business. Foreign wools quiet with Australians firm and South Americans softer. silks quiet.
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New York
Kansas hay crop valued at over eighteen million in 1912
The 1912 Kansas hay crop was valued at 18 520 708 dollars and totaled 1 692 655 tons, per F D Coburn secretary of the state board of agriculture.
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Topeka
Kan
Kansas
F. D. Coburn
State Board of Agriculture
Coffee futures steady in New York market
New York on December 18 reports No 7 Rio coffee futures holding firm with March at 9.64 and May at 3.99 as market steady.
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New York
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