Turkeys, Prices Hold Steady for Christmas Trade
Texas turkey growers report record crops while prices for Christmas fowls remain near Thanksgiving levels. Retailers plan 11 to 12 cents on foot and 15 to 20 cents dressed. large hens at 4.50 a dozen, mediums 3.50, springs 2.50 to 3.75. Oranges at 3 per box, cranberries 12 per barrel, celery 4.50 per crate. Sugar markets steady. Louisiana cane syrup scarce due to frost. Inventory to follow after New Year as wholesale activity cools and the post holiday lull begins.
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Mtire
Current Quotations for Vegetables and Related Goods
Trade prices listed for potatoes onions cabbage peppers and tomatoes, plus fruits nuts canned goods and other staples. Includes Idaho potatoes at 2.15 to 2.25 per hundredweight, California onions 2.25, drupes and citrus prices, and assorted canned meats and groceries with unit sizes and per-case costs.
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Texas
Yorks
Ben Davis
Mishi Pippin
Rome
DULL AFFAIN UNION STOCK YARDS CATTLE SALE REPORT
At Dull Affain Union stock yards a weekend cattle market showed dull trading. Receipts totaled about one hundred head including 68 calves 26 horses and 17 hogs. Calves sold around 4 dollars hogs from 5.50 to 6 dollars horses driven in by local dealers and shipped to Palestine. No cows sheep or goats were received.
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Palestine
Fort Worth cattlemen assume control of Waggoner Bank
Prominent Fort Worth stockmen EH Baldridge LH Baldridge W D Reynolds and A C Godarr of St Louis have taken control of the Waggoner Bank and Trust company. The move comes as cattle industry leaders hope to apply their success in banking as they have in cattle. Reports note large livestock numbers and prices for coming two year steers, with feeding plans and optimistic fat cattle outlook for winter and spring.
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W. D. Reynolds
Fort Worth
Texas Cattle Raisers’ Association
A. C. Godarr
Livestock Commission
St. Louis
Waggoner Bank and Trust Company of
W. B. Ellis
Berclair
Tex
Cattlemen's Exchange
Ellis
Grocery price list highlights seeds and meats categories
A dense listing shows FIGS-Boxes, 12 ee 8s and multiple price points for meats and lard, fancy cheese, and breakfast bacon. It includes seeds such as onion, turnip, tomato, and muskmelon priced per pound, bushel, or hundredweight, plus sugar and coffee with assorted roasts and case pricing.
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Porto Rico
Cotton goods steady as inquiry for domestics improves
By the Associated Press in New York on December 16 cotton goods held steady during the day while demand for staple domestics improved. Trade remained generally quiet with jobbers. The local wool market was steadier through the week and the silk trade showed a slow improvement.
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New York
Fort Worth Livestock Market Closes Steady
Fort Worth Tex December 16. A small Saturday market with steady to firm prices across cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle receipts about 500 head with cow tops at 4.25 and butcher cows 2.50 to 4.15. Beef steers 4.10 to 4.75. Hogs 6.00 to 6.48 top. sheep 6.00 to steady.
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Tex
Chicago Market Receipts and Prices for Cattle Hog Sheep
Chicago market report shows cattle receipts about 400 with steady tone, beef cattle ranging from 4.55 to 5.90, Texas and western steers around 4.10 to 6.10, feeders 3.25 to 5.80, cows and heifers 1.90 to 6.25, calves 5.50 to 8.00. Hog receipts near 16,000 with slow market. lighter pigs 4.50 to 5.75, bulk sales near 6.05, heavy hogs 5.95 to 6.36, good to choice heavy 6.10 to 6.35. Sheep receipts about 2,500 with weak market. natives 2.50 to 4.10, westerns 2.75 to 4.10, yearlings 4.25 to 5.50, native lambs 4.25 to 6.10, western 4.26 to 6.10.
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Chicago
Texas
Livestock Receipts and Prices in Kansas City Market
Cattle receipts 300 with steady market. Native steers 5.25 to 8.75, southern cattle 4.50 to 6.50, cows and heifers 2.75 to 7.00, stockers 3.75 to 5.90, bulls 3.40 to 5.00, western steers 4.56 to 6.50. Hog receipts 7000, market steady with bulk 5.75 to 6.25, heavies 6.15 to 6.30, packers 6.05 to 6.26, lights 6.60 to 6.16, pigs 4.25 to 5.25. Sheep receipts none, market steady, muttons 3.60 to 4.00, lambs 4.50 to 6.00, wethers 3.40 to 5.00, ewes 2.25 to 4.00.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Market Report from St Louis Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices
Receipts numbers show cattle at 300 hogs at 6500 and sheep at 300 with steady markets. Native steers bring 4.50 to 4.75 per hundredweight, Texans 3.75 to 6.75, hogs range 4.50 to 6.75, sheep 3.00 to 3.90 for natives and 4.25 to 6.00 for lambs.
Today’s Cattle Sales Report From Fort Worth
Fort Worth market report records cattle sales for December 16. Land & Cattle Co. lists 60 head with feeder cattle priced around 4.20 per unit and 48 feeders at about 4.20, indicating steady demand despite fragmented OCR.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Aineeee Land & Cattle Co
Market Quotations From Associated Press Chicago Dec 16
Quotations show creameries and eggs steady with receipts of 1996 cases. Cheese prices steady with several brands quoted. Potatoes unsettled with ranges for choice to fancy. Poultry prices listed for turkeys chickens and springs. Veal steady for 50 to 60 pound weights.
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Chicago
Grain Values Again Mixed in Chicago Market
Mixed trading saw cash wheat firm after early losses linked to lower cables and Argentine crop news. May wheat fluctuated from 98% to 99% cents, corn moved to 64 cents, oats supported by pit activity, and hog values weighed on provisions with May pork around 15.85 dollars. Overall May wheat finished slightly higher while a weaker close lingered in the session.
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Chicago
Associated Press
Mess Park
Grain receipts in Chicago market on December 16
Receipts today totaled 367 cars across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth with 251 cars of corn including 10 contract grade, 40 heat and 157 cars of oats. This compares with 658 cars last week and 274 cars on the same day last year.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
Grain Price Listings From Chicago Wheat and Corn Markets
A compact AP report from Chicago on grain bids shows No. 2 hard wheat at 96 to 102, No. 2 northern 105 to 108, velvet and durum around 90 to 103, and corn No. 2 old 18 to 49, white 18% to 49, standard 47, with various bid ranges and market jargon.
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Associated Press
Commodity prices from Kansas City market report
Quotations today show cash wheat with No 2 hard at 8e per bushel and No 2 red at 94 to 95 cents. Corn prices range No 2 mixed at 64 cents and No 2 white 63 to 66 cents. December wheat closes at 96 c, May at 98 c, July at 92 c, with December corn at 67 c, May 94 c, July 64 c.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Wheat and Corn Prices Reported in St Louis Quotation
Daily market quotations provided from St. Louis show cash wheat at No 2 red 96 7 and No 2 hard 96 8, corn at No 3 59 %%c and No 3 white 61 4, oats at No 2 white 48c. Futures close May wheat 98 4, July 98 8, May corn 65 %c, July 64 65c, oats December 48c, May 49 4c.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Cotton Opens Steady Then Rises On Short Covering
New York cotton opened steady with a three point advance in December, then moved to 8 points down on later deliveries. Liverpool’s heavy tone influenced the market as shorts covered and spot buyers stepped in. By close the market was barely steady, net 6 to 7 points higher.
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Associated Press
New York
Liverpool
Shorts
Cotton futures open steady and close barely higher
In New York on December 16 cotton futures opened steady with prices from January at 8.75 8.76 and December around 9.19 9.20. The session closed barely steady with mixed moves across months, showing slight gains in some contracts while others posted modest declines.
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New York
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New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Then Rises Amid Demand
New Orleans December cotton opened steady trading 3 to 4 points down on weak cables, then surged as buyers and shorts moved, with prices climbing 16 to 16 points above yesterday’s close in the first half hour. By mid-morning longs took profits and selling increased, erasing gains and leaving most active months below prior levels.
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New Orleans
Cotton futures inches down as steady trade shown
December through May trading dates listed with prices and bids, futures close steady but down one to seven points. Market notes indicate activity across months including July and August with fluctuating quotes and a cautious open, high, low sequence.
Liverpool cotton closes higher in fair demand
The Associated Press reports fair demand in Liverpool on December 16 with spot prices up 8 points led by American middling at 4.89 and higher grades to 6.29. Sales reached 8,000 bales, 7,500 of which were American, with receipts of 22,000. Futures opened steady and closed quiet across the forward curve, with December at 4.88 and Oct-Nov at 6.03.
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Bank Clearings Show Impetus in Business
R G Dun reports improving industrial and trade conditions with expanding bank clearings and railroad earnings. Iron and steel rise continues with prices and demand firming. Dry goods strengthen especially woolens and worsteds, silks, while leather weak but steady. Copper stocks fall, copper prices inch up, and coke demand rises.
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Cotton Seed Products Market Report from Memphis
Memphis market summary for December 16 notes prime basis at 4.23 and 27c, meal priced at 24.50 and 75, linters at 1% Sic.
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Tenn
Cotton seed market closes with varied bids and calls
Cotton Seed OM New York reports closed firm weeded bids for December at 5.36 to 5.38, January around 5.83 and 5.32, March 5.43, May 5.51 to 5.53, July 6.60. Calls list 200 December 5.36, 1500 December 5.34, 500 January 5.38, 100 January 5.32, others 200 March 5.43, 600 May 5.51, 300 May 5.53, 500 July 6.60. Total sales activity noted.
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Associated Press
New
Cottonseed Oil and Meal Prices in New Orleans Markets
New Orleans reports December 16 pricing for refined cottonseed oil in Sarrels at 5.20 cents per pound, choice meal at eight per cent ammonia priced per long ton at 28.50 dollars, with choice cake at 27.25 dollars. The brief market bulletin lists these figures as current bid offers and standard charges.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Spot Cotton Steady in New Orleans Market
New Orleans reports a steady spot cotton market with a gain of one sixteenth. Sales totaled 501 bales on the spot with 1500 to arrive while receipts reached 17,467 and stocks stood at 279,111. Prices ranged from low ordinary at 69-16 to good middling 9-16 and fair 11.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Paroled convict Albert Ferguson once taught illiterate inmates
Albert Ferguson, once serving a ten year robbery sentence from Kansas City, leaves the penitentiary on parole. While imprisoned he ran a school for illiterate prisoners, helping many gain reading and writing skills, a factor in officials aiding his release. He, from a Kentuckian family, age 24 at entry in 1906, is paroled to St. Louis writer William Marion Reedy.
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Jefferson City
Albert Ferguson
Ferguson
Kentucky
Kansas City
William Marion Reedy
St. Louis
Spot cotton steady in Memphis market
By the Associated Press Memphis Tennessee December 16 spot cotton remains steady with middling at 95 16 cents as the market holds parity.
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Associated Press
Memphis, Tenn
Cotton Market Report from New York Trade
New York cotton closes Hull middling uplands 9.45 gulf 9.70 with no sales recorded today. Market activity subdued as merchants monitor demand and weather, while prices hold near previous levels.
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Associated Press
New York
Hull
Gulf
Cotton market report from Galveston on December 16
By the Associated Press Galveston Texas December 16 spot cotton prices rose with middling grade at 9 1 2 cents. Sales totaled 971 bales for delivery terms f o b with full market activity reported despite rough oceanic conditions.
Cotton closes steady as prices rise in Houston trade
Spot cotton in Houston on December 16 closed steady to 1 1/6 cents higher with middling class at 9 cents. Trade reflected modest gains across grades as buyers and sellers settled near current levels in the daily market.
Sugar and Petroleum Prices in New York Market
On December 16 in New York raw sugar grades showed values including Muscovado 89 test at 4.87 cents per pound and 89 test molasses sugar at 4.12 cents. Refined products stayed quiet with cubes 6 cents and granulated 5.75 cents. Petroleum held steady with refined barrels at 7.35, while New Orleans open kettle sold at 55 to 50 cents.
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Associated Press
New York
Muscovado
New Orleans
Market Quotations Report From Kansas City
Kansas City market quotations show butter at 35 cents for firsts and creamery, 35 for others, eggs at 2 cents for extras and 17 cents for seconds. Packing stocks listed at 20 and a fraction cents.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Market Price Snips for Poultry and Butter
The clipping lists butcher and dairy prices: chickens 7c to 8c per unit, turkeys 14c, ducks 12c, geese 8c, butter and creamery 26 35c, eggs 27c.
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ST. Louis
New Dry Dock Opens at Brooklyn Navy Yard
New Dry Dock No 4 at the Brooklyn navy yard the largest in America was opened to the East River yesterday after four years of construction costing nearly 3 000 000 Thirty men died in the work and more than 400 were injured in the process
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New York
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East River
Egg prices firm with varied contrasts across grades
New York markets report firmer egg prices with fresh gathered extras at 40 to 43 cents. Held fresh poor to fair range 21 to 27 cents, dirties No 1 at 28 cents, checks prime 20 cents, and refrigerator firsts with local storage charges paid at 23 and a half cents.
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Associated Press
New York
New Orleans Rice Market Quiet Amid Light Transactions
In New Orleans on December 16, rice trading was subdued with weak demand for rough rice. Receipts totaled 1955 rough, 4512 clean, and 1172 millers. Sales included 465 rough Honduras at 2.75 to 2.81, Japan at 2.90 to 3.36, 1124 clean Honduras at 2.74 to 2.79, and 976 Japan at 2.40 to 2.43. Quotations show rough Honduras and Japan around 2.25 to 3.30, with clean Honduras around 3.25 to 5.30.
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New Orleans
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Hides firm prices and a fatal shooting and suicide report
New York reports hide prices with Bo gota at 2244 23 ½ cents and Central America at 32 cents. Leather firsts 26 21, seconds 24 26, thirds 21 22 cents, rejects 15 cents. In Los Angeles Samuel B. Ayres of Boston shot his son at a hotel ferry and then killed himself, the Associated Press notes.
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Samuel B. Ayres
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Appointed Special Judge in Mills County Case
In Austin Texas on December 16 the governor appointed G H Dalton of Mills County to act as special judge of the county court replacing Judge S H Allen who is disqualified to preside in a certain case.
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New York Bond and Currency Notes Reported by AP
By the Associated Press a New York Dec 16 Close Prime mercantile paper 44 percent. Sterling exchange steady with actual ness in bankers bills at 4 83 for 60 bitle and at 4 86 35 for demand. Commercial bills 4 82 percent Bar silver 654 Mexican dollars 46c. Government bonds steady railroad bonds. Money on call nominal Time loans 60 90 days and months 4 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Bank of England Sees Bullion Inflow and Outflow
By the Associated Press London desk on December 16 bullion totaling 179 000 pounds sterling was deposited at the Bank of England while 15 000 pounds sterling were withdrawn for shipment to South Africa as part of ongoing transfers and reserves.
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Paris Market Update Quiet Despite Rates Shift
By the Associated Press Paris reports three per cent rentes at 85f 7%c for the account with f exchanges at 25f 24¢ for checks. Private rate of counting stands at 2% per cent amid small desk activity.
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London Money Markets Report Dec 16 Conagis and Silver Rates
London at noon reports Conagis for money seven accounts seventy seven point three six, silver steady at twenty five and nine sixteenths. Money three and four percent, short on cent, three months bills three and two thirds percent.
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Associated Press
London
Lead and metal markets report from London
By the Associated Press London reports lead quiet at 15 pounds sterling Ipsalre. Spelter quiet at 26 pounds sterling. Tin firm with spot 199 pounds sterling and futures at 191 pounds sterling.
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Associated Press
London
Market Report Inside Rounds of Metal Prices
By the Associated Press from St. Louis the report notes lead firm at 4.358 and 37 percent, while spelter is steady at 6.15 and 20 percent, reflecting commodity price levels on December 16.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Coffee futures steady as market closes in New York
New York on December 16 reports coffee futures closing steady with December at 13.78 and March at 13.16. Market notes Rio 142 as a reference point for the session.
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