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!
This newspaper page contains 28 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1913
Page
11
Chicago December 17 reports show wheat trading on mixed news from Argentina and Australia with overall gains as strong buying supports corn and provisions. Cash grain quotes in Chicago reflect slow trading and varying bids across wheat classes and barley.
Building permits issued by Wrilliam Herpel Jr. for a 5 room dwelling on street at a cost of $1200 and R. Coale for a porch addition on West Mag ia avenue at $1590.
E A Bignus of the Southern Rice Growers Association estimates flood damage at 225000 bags. State production totals and regional crops are noted, with San Antonio rice market firm and demand strongest in some time. Wool and eggs markets also discussed with mixed impact and retail egg prices listed.
The report lists grain and cotton receipts across U S ports such as Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk and Pacific ports with totals for this year and last year. Interior receipts show Houston values while sugar and molasses markets in New York note steady raw sugar muscovado price and refined levels. Continuous figures indicate comparative shipment activity across coastal hubs.
Fort Worth markets show hogs down a quarter while cattle remain steady amid Mexican imports. At Union Stock Yards Dec 17, receipts topped 1100 cattle 300 calves 150 hogs with 200 cattle 75 calves and 150 hogs bid here. Beef steers 6 dollars. hogs to 7.25. other details listed.
Fort Worth market receipts reached 6600 cattle and 500 calves, totaling over 18 600 for the week’s three days. Trade was slow in all classes with prices down about a dime across beef steers butcher cows and stocker steers. Few noteworthy sales occurred before noon.
Daily cattle prices ranged with beeves $6.00 to $8.00 and stocker cattle $5.50 to $6.50. Butcher cows sold $4.00 to $5.85, heifers $5.00 to $7.00, bulls $4.00 to $5.50, calves $5.00. Hogs held steady at about $7.50 to $7.65 with 800 hogs yarded. Sheep showed active, steady demand with 300 head receipts.
Hogs receipts 9000 with higher market. pigs and lights 6.50 to 7.70. good heavy 7.70 to 7.30. Cattle receipts 2600 including 340 Texans. native steers 7.15 to 10.00. cows and heifers 4.25 to 8.50. Texas Oklahoma steers 5.75 to 7.00. calves 6.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 3600. muttons 3.76 to 4.65. lambs 5.75 to 7.86.
Kansas City market results show hogs receipts 14000 with prices 7.20 to 7.70 for bulk and 6.50 to 7.25 for pigs. Cattle receipts 6900 including 400 southerns with primes 8.40 to 10.00 and cows 4.40 to 7.00. Sheep receipts 9000 with lambs 7.25 to 7.85 and yearlings 5.50 to 6.75.
Chicago reports cattle hogs and sheep with mixed to steady prices. Hogs select and bulk sales range around 7.50 to 7.70 while calves and yearlings touch near 9.85 to 10.25. Cattle show steady trade with legs including Texas steers around 6.60 to 7.45 and cows and heifers 3.30 to 8.40. Sheep receipts at 30,000 with native lambs 6.40 to 7.86 and yearlings 6.50 to 6.80.
ST LOUIS METAL ST LOUIS Dec 17 Lead $3.83 12 86 asked spelter $5.00 95 05 per ton in metal market figures with quoted bid and asked prices.
In New York on December 17 the market showed little net progress with bears fearing London market congestion could hinder new capital issues. Early gains faded though strength appeared in spots as Steel and Union Pacific led advances, while New Haven and American Telephone caused some declines before the close.
A list of stock figures shows Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Cotton Oil Amalgamated Sugar and Refining groups alongside railroad giants like Baltimore & Ohio Chicago & Northwestern Illinois Central and Union Pacific. Major manufacturers such as General Electric and United States Steel appear with varying percentages.
Call money in New York remains steady at 8 percent for close, with 4 percent ruling rate and 3 to 3 1/2 percent closing. Time loans show firmness at 60 and 90 days around 5 percent, and six months at 5 1/2 percent.
In St Louis on December 17 poultry prices were unchanged with chickens steady. Butter and creamery products showed no movement and overall market remained flat for the day.
Relatively firm cables followed by renewed late covering in cotton. New York opened steady up 1 to 3 points while active months sold 6 to 8 points. Liverpool showed firm demand for shorts and some sale pressure appeared. December 12.62, January 12.45, March 12.66, May 12.61, July 12.66, October 11.76. closes steady.
Futures in New Orleans opened steady with modest gains as heavy rains slow cotton movement in the western cotton region. Liverpool reports note better mill business and reduced hedge selling, with shorts covering freely. By midmorning months rose 10 to 11 points over yesterday's close, then drifted to 3 8 points under by 2 PM.
Cotton futures opened steady with December at 12.65, January 12.71 72, March 12.89 bid, May 13.00, and July 13.01 02. The market closed steady with a net advance of 1 to 5 points, showing fluctuating daily ranges from open to close across the listed contracts.
Liverpool cotton market reports fair demand and easier prices. Middling fair 7 694d, good ordinary 156d, middling 7 134d, low middling 6 91d, ordinary 6 254d, sales 6000 with 6200 American and 500 for speculation and export. Receipts 27000 including 26800 American.
Futures closed barely steady with a range of quotations across December 6.814 and a series of monthly spreads from Dec to Nov for 6.28% to 6.85d. Market showing tight moves as traders assess near term and calendar spreads.
New York middling at 12.90, New Orleans 18c, Liverpool 7 1 4 d, Memphis 13c. New Orleans spot quiet at 18c with 568 sales and 2 770 to arrive. Receipts total 15 947 bales and stock 270 944 bales.
Spot cotton remained steady with middling in Memphis at 13 cents. New York quotes showed middling uplands at 12.99 and middling gulf at 13.15 with no sales.
Twenty five directors selected at the Highway League annual meeting on Tuesday afternoon. Officers to be elected later. New directors include Martin J. Arnold D. EB Colp Charles C Austin William Dobrowolski A H Fraser A M Fischer W H Furlong Charles Graebner Dr W A Hering A A Hughes Emil Locke J L Lytle H L Miller R T Pruitt T N Smith A B Stephens J C G Beck J L Strohm J M Vance John W Warren L B Clegg George C Saur William Cassin H P Street and T L Conroy. Local notes mention dances elections and upcoming events including dental offices and Xmas promotions.
London prices show consols at 71% cash and 71 16 for the account as a flood of new issues diverts investor money. The hit follows news of a Grand Trunk Pacific seven year bond offering worth 10 million dollars at 5 percent, part of a November December surge totaling 97 million in Canadian issues.
In Memphis prime bank and linters prices noted for cotton seed products with December and later month bids. New York weed market closes firm with spot and futures quotes and recent sales across December through May, totaling 9300 units.
Stines Pardew and Alma Koetke, Stephan A. Tantaras and Leonor Juarez, Willie G Schoaf and Rose Denfer were issued marriage licenses in a local record.
In San Marcos a man was arraigned in police court on a charge of intoxication after an arrest by Officer Gordon on South Santa Rosa avenue. Judge Lowther set the minimum fine. Also noted: wedding of William G. Schaaf and Rosa Benfer at 4 PM at the Lutheran Church on South Presa Street with Rev. O Hartmann officiating. They will reside at 1303 Buena Vista Street.
Automobiles licenses listed including No 4884 Ford for Mrs Laura B Black at 336 Encino Avenue and No 4385 for Rep EZ G Olivarri at 4093 Flores Street. Hides and Leather New York report says hides steady leather trade.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.