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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Dec 18, 1913

Page

11

Fucks Strong Amid Bearish Market Influences In New York

The New York market opened weak but gained strength through the morning. Shares like New Haven and New York Central rose, while Canadian Pacific fell early but recovered as bears faced resistance. Trading showed volatility with industrials and utilities inching higher, but concerns over major stock declines persisted.

New York Trad Ding New Haven Cen Mar Sface Canadian Pacific Marjor Steel Nds Pacific American Telephone Union Cific Atlantic Coast Line American Phone Western Union Bethlehemer

Market summary shows limited demand for mercantile paper

The report notes steady sterling exchange and a subdued market for commercial bills. Prices for U S dollars and foreign currency are given with marginal fluctuations. Government and railroad bond activity appears irregular amid cautious trading.

New York

Metal Markets Show Mixed Rates in Quiet London NY Trading

Metal markets report quiet activity in New York and London with lead steady near 3.95 dollars and spelter around 14.26 to 15.50 dollars in various contracts. Copper, tin, and other metals show modest shifts with prices listed for spot and futures, while alimony-related Cookson’s trades appear dull and unchanged.

New York Cookson’s Cleveland

Metal Prices In St Louis Trade Decline

St Louis metal markets report lead at 3.90 and apel at 5.00 per unit with prices noted for December 18. Trade activity shows modest shifts amid regional demand.

ST. Louis

Marine Intelligence Arrivals and Departures at Alveston

Marine intelligence reports at Alveston list arrivals of steamers Southgate Cardiff Antis Vera Cruz El Alba New York San Marcos and more. Departures include Nord Norte Castle Ghent Antwerp Liverpool and other vessels with 船 names and routes. Also noted are arrivals in New York and Venezia from Southampton and Bordeaux December 18.

T Alveston Yester Southgate Cardiff Ntis Vera Cruz el Alba New San Marcos New York E! Norte Ay Castle Ghent Antwerp Tpin Liverpool Harry T. Inge Port Simon Led Professor Rbr Livod Laura Maersk Passages Bordeaux Himalaya Aus Barcekh el Mundo Denver Frankenwald Hamburg

Jats and Cane Seed San Antonio Texas Ad

Seed advertisement from San Antonio promoting Jats and Cane seed varieties by M Marucheau Grain Co. Includes location Texas and contact cues for purchase.

M. Marucheau Grain Texas

Texas Crops Latest 1912 13 Production Figures

Final estimates from the Department of Agriculture show Texas crop production and values for the 1912-13 season. Figures are listed in thousands of dollars and units, with details released from Washington.

Washington, D. C Texas Department of Agriculture

Fall winter wheat acreage up 8.6 percent nationwide

Government report shows winter wheat planted area this fall at 36,506,000 acres, 8.6 percent higher than last year with December 1 condition at 97.2 percent of normal. Texas and Oklahoma lead gains while Kansas remains largest sown area. rye area 2,702,000 acres with 95.3 percent normal condition.

Washington, D. C United States Department O Agriculture Texas Oklahoma Kansas Department of Agriculture Arkansas Ave

Cotton seed products market reports and price quotes

Memphis basis on six eighty for prime and meals unchanged. New York cotton seed oil market closes steady with spot and futures quotes across December to July and listed sales totaling 8900 units.

San Antonio Musical Club Presents Elaborate Monthly Program

The San Antonio Musical Club holds a Friday musicale at the Travis Club with a twelve voice chorus directed by Professor Oscar J. Fox. Selections include The Sea Hath Its Shining Pearls Drink to Me Only With Thine Eyes Caprices Viennoise Arizona Adagio I Arise From Dreams of Thee Love's Springtide Scherzo Etude for left hand The Prisoner of Chilton with soloists Hazel Cain and Gilbert Schramm and conductors O. Gundlach and W. T. Romberg.

San Antonio Kreisller Miss Hazel Cain Arizona Reinecke Godard Misses Cain Guinn Wilson Pancoast Heilig Messrs. Romberg Tulipan Zipp O. Gundlach Mr. Goldstein W. T. Romberg Bruno Huhn Hammond Mrs. L. L. Marks Scherzo Chopin Etude Blumenfeld Maestro D'Acagna Chilton Robert Byron-Gordon Gilbert Schramm

Secretaries Garrison and Daniels conclude Carabao dinner report

Washington reports that Garrison and Daniels finished a review of satire at the Carabao dinner held by army and navy officers. The document cites certain recommendations but does not reveal whether it calls for reprimand or court martial. Farm Hand Held for Robbery. PLAINVIEW Tex Dec 18 E W Stewart arrested on a warrant for robbing the post office safe, taken to Tulsa for exam. About $100 was taken.

Washington, D. C Garrison Daniels Army Navy Plainview Tex E. W. Stewart Press Tulsa

Weather Observation Notes From December 18 1913

Observations recorded at 8 a m on Thursday December 18 1913. The note captures early morning weather details common to that era.

Price guidance on new onion sets and holiday markets

Opening prices for January delivery onion sets are near last year. Spot onion sets are about double the opening price, with large Texas onion acreage expected. Coffee, sugar, fruit, and pecan markets show mixed movements as trade shifts toward cheaper sugar and strong green coffee.

Texas California

Wholesale Market Prices For Eggs To Butter And More

A long list of wholesale prices for farm commodities and groceries. Eggs candled 34c per dozen, poultry per dozen 4.50 to 5.50, ducks 5.50 to 7.00, geese 8 to 12 per dozen. Butter 22 to 34c per pound, cheese 18 1 2c. Vegetables include potatoes California 1.76 per 100 weight, onions California 3.50, cabbage 1.75 per 100 pounds, tomatoes Texas 1.00 per four-basket crate, lettuce 3.25, cucumbers onion crates 2, green beans 1.75 per hamper. Fruits include lemons California 6.00 box, apples Colorado Jonathan 2.00, grapes Emperor 6.00 per 40 pounds, bananas 3.50 per 100 pounds, cranberries 11 per barrel. Rice sugar coffee also listed with various prices. flour, bran, corn chops, oats, hay, and California canned goods prices.

Northern Creamery Texas Creamery California Colorado Texas Missouri Ben Davis Florida Japan Honduras Pioneer Liberty Bell San Antonio

Local Grocery Prices Include Canned Meats And Dried Fruits

A historical listing shows varied prices for canned meats and fish, dried fruits, and staples. Highlights include No 1 roast beef and corned beef at 2.40, salmon at 1.45, dried peaches at 8 to 9 cents, apples and raisins with multiple grade prices, and bacon and hams ranging from 14 to 18 cents per pound.

Illinois Navy Alaska Columbia River

Chicago market quotations report December 18

Butter unchanged eggs higher receipts 2284 cases at mark 26 31c ordinary firsts 28 29c firsts 30 32c cheese unchanged potatoes lower regional potato prices Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin red 58 58c white 58 65c poultry alive higher springs 12c fowls 18c turkeys 16c dressed 21c

Chicago Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin

Prices Hold Steady for Butter Eggs and Poultry

Kansas City and St. Louis report butter eggs and poultry steady with minor shifts. Poultry overall unchanged, chickens up 10 3 4 cents per pound, eggs quoted at 28 cents, butter stable.

ST. Louis C. Springs Ile

Market Quotes for Honduras and Japan Rice in New Orleans

New Orleans reports steady to firm movement in rough Honduras and Japan rice with clean Honduran and Japanese goods quiet. Quoted prices show rough at 1.00 to 3.75 per unit, Japan at 1.60 to 3.00, clean Honduras 4.00 to 6.00, Japan 2 1/2 to 3 3/4 cents. Receipts and sales numbers accompany the market summary.

New Orleans Honduras Japan

Cattle Pens Cleared As Prices Remain Steady At Union Stock Yards

Dec 18 report from Union Stock Yards shows a steady cattle market with moderate receipts. Beef steers $5 to $6, cows $4.50 to $5.25, calves $5.60 to $6.60, hogs $7 to $7.25, general market unchanged while western shipments to Fort Worth kept sheep from sale.

Union Stock Yards Fort Worth

Fort Worth cattle market shows modest strength on Thursday

Fort Worth Texas cattle market receipts totaled 3500 cattle and 600 calves with smaller arrivals from Wednesday. Beeves sold around 5.50 to 7.50, stocker steers 5.50 to 6.65, butcher cows 4.00 to 8.75, calves 4.50 to 7.75, hogs 7.65 to 7.85, and sheep 5.15 for 450 head.

Fort Worth Tex

Cotton Down Under Renewal Of Selling Movement

New York cotton opened steady with a 3 to 5 point advance before weakening on liquidation and rumors of abroad financial trouble. A Census Bureau linters report shows roughly 289,118 bales by Dec 1, with 356,074 last season, underpinning expectations of a large lint outturn. March sold around 12.50, down about six points from yesterday, with noon prices near unchanged and a steady afternoon tone on covering.

New York Census Bureau

New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady with Bear Pressure

Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady and declined 1 to 2 points on bear selling, with Liverpool higher but cautious. By noon trading was 4 to 7 points below yesterday's close, then regained to end the session 6 to 8 points up from yesterday's final.

Los Pastores seat sale opens at Grand Opera House

Tickets for the Christmas religious drama Los Pastores at the Grand Opera House on December 22 and 23 went on sale at 9 am Thursday. Three performances are planned, with a large publicity program sent to residents. The cast lists priests, shepherds, angels, the holy family, and seven devils amid an arrangement praised as beautiful and impressive.

Los Pastores Grand Opera House the Shepherds Ey Eversen Hill Grover McGeeney Battolo Suda W. J. Conroy Cucharon Earle Gregg Parrado Horace M. Simmons Tebano Eeah Biges A. J. Simon Toringo eVeviwpens Jay C. Powers Ee Gene Regamy the Holy Family The Christ Child Joseph R. N. Stappenbach Geirt Frances Schutz the Angels Michael Allie L. Dunnica Horace van Eteen the Angel Choir C. R. Robie Agnes Nelson M. Holzschuler Wellner Shaw D. Pagenstecher Terry Lucille Bundick Marie la Coste Tulfo Earle F. Carlo Gila Helene S. von Wyschetzki Hermit Jerome Juengstyb Carr Gyle Noretta Brown Tachioe Claude A. Hargis

Obituaries for Oliver Clements and Lambert Dickey

Oliver B. Clements two year old son of Mr and Mrs Max Clements of Mykawa Texas died at 430 pm Wednesday at 809 Ward Avenue He was brought to San Antonio for treatment The funeral was held at 11 am Thursday from 309 Ward Avenue and interment followed at City Cemetery No 4 Lambert E Dickey 37 died at 550 pm Wednesday at his home 708 Marshall Street A Beeville native and member of Floresville Camp Woodmen of the World He is survived by his widow five sisters and three brothers The body was prepared by Shelley Loring Undertaking and will be sent to Beeville Friday morning.

Clements Oliver B. Clements Max Clements Mykawa Tex Ward Avenue San Antonio City Cemetery No. 4 T. S. Wyatt Range Irvin, Ricks Elton D. Dickey Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company Beeville

Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans trade

Cotton futures opened steady with December at 12.57 and January at 12.67 to 12.68. Prices showed a net advance of about 9 points for the session, with quotes for March and May around 12.86 to 12.96 and July near 18.00.

New York Dee New Orleans

Trains Return to Schedule on San Antonio Lines

Sunset Central lines resume service into San Antonio with Victoria division trains back in operation. Safety first slows trains, causing a few hours lateness. The Katy Limited restarts to St. Louis and Missouri Kansas & Texas trains resume. International and Great Northern runs full schedule as conditions normalize after sixteen days. District Agent A R Atkinson says normal service restored. Train No 7 arrived full, No 10 dispatched east. Clear dry weather aided resumption a day early.

San Antonio Katy St. Louis Missouri, Kansas & Texas International Great Northern A. R. Atkinson East

Liverpool Cotton Market Report

Spot cotton fair demand unchanged. Prices listed for middling fair to ordinary ranges with figures in pence per pound. Sales totaling 10,000 bales, including 8,200 American and 1,000 for speculation and export. Receipts show $4,000, including 33,700 American.

Liverpool

Futures Close Quiet and Steady in Liverpool

In Liverpool on December 18 futures markets closed quiet and steady with a full spread of rates listed. Highlights include variations across periods from December to the following year with bid prices ranging around 6.27 to 6.84 percent and multiple month pairings cited.

Liverpool

New Orleans Spot Cotton Steady at 13 Cents Mark

Spot cotton in New Orleans remains steady at middling 13c with 1653 bales sold on the spot and 1118 bales for arrival. Receipts total 15,531 bales with stock at 280,297 bales as of December 18.

New Orleans

Chicago Live Stock Quotes and Receipts Report

Chicago on December 18 reports hog receipts 33 000 with higher market led by bulk 7 55 to 7 75 and pigs 6 25 to 7 70. Cattle receipts 6000 with steady markets including beeves 6 60 to 9 75 and cows 3 30 to 8 40. Sheep receipts 20000 with market weak natives 4 40 to 5 75 yearlings 5 50 to 6 85 native lambs 4 40 to 7 90.

Chicago Texas

Scientist to Talk Darwinism and the Crops at Society Meeting

Al bert H. Tuttle M Sc professor of biology at the University of Virginia will address the Scientific Society of San Antonio Friday night at 8 15 in the Stevens building. The session is a special meeting and may invite friends. He is a noted biology authority and former Ohio State professor.

Scientific Society of San Antonio Albert H. Tuttle University of Virginia Stevens Tuttle W. B. Tuttle Ohio Ohio State University American Association For the Advancement of Science Royal Microscopic Society of London

Cotton goods markets mixed in quiet New York trade

New York reports a quiet market with worsted and cotton yarns dull and easy. Men's wear clothiers placed orders cautiously while nettings show good demand and have risen sharply due to foreign mills.

New York

Livestock Market Receipts and Prices Report

ST LOUIS date reports receipts: hogs 12500 with higher market. pigs and hogs 6.75 to 7.85. Cattle receipts 2000 including 1200 Texans. native beef steers 7.50 to 9.75, cows and heifers 4.25 to 8.50, Texas Oklahoma cattle 5.75 to 7.00, calves 6.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 1900. mutton 3.75 to 4.65, lambs 6.25.

ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma

Spot market closes steady with modest futures support

In Houston on December 18 the spot market ended unchanged with 1182 bales sold at f o b 1300. Total stock reached 169317 bales and shipments amounted to 10803 bales.

Houston, Tex

Commodity Market Briefs From New York Trade

Hides hold steady with bogota bids at 29 to 30 percent. Leather market steady with firm prices. Raw sugar trades easy with Muscovado at 2.83, centrifugal at 3.33, molasses sugar at 2.58, refined sugar quiet.

New York Bogota C. Leather Firm

Kansas City Hog and Cattle Prices and Receipts

Receipts and quotations reported in Kansas City show hogs with 9,000 head and steady gains. bulk 7.80, lights 7.30, pigs 6.70 to 7.25. Cattle receipts 3,500 including 400 southern cattle. prime fed steers 8.40 to 10.00, dressed beef steers 7.00 to 8.25, southern steers 5.00 to 7.00, cows 4.00 to 7.00, heifers 6.00 to 9.50.

Kansas City

Spot cotton closes steady in Galveston market

Galveston Texas December 18 spot cot ton closed quiet unchanged with 750 bales sold f o b none receipts 8587 bales and stock 250686 bales in the market.

Galveston Tex

Cotton markets hold steady amid mixed New York readings

Memphis price notes show spot cotton steady with middling at 13 1/2 cents while New York spot quotes 12.90 cents for uplands and 13.15 for gulf with no sales. Separately, New York City reports over three thousand typhoid fever cases in September.

New York New Orleans Liverpool Houston Galveston Memphis Gulf New York City

Coffee futures drift lower on New York market

On December 18 in New York coffee trading, No. 7 Rio futures eased with March at 9.42 and May at 9.65, reflecting a softening session.

New York Rio

Traders Fear Big Movement in Corn as Market Dips

Chicago reports a cautious session with wheat eased by lower cables and rain in the southwest. Corn fell on production hopes and bears, while oats leaned bearish and provisions rose with hogs. A crop expert warned only a calamity could stop a winter wheat record, leaving the close weak and mixed.

Chicago Ill

Grain Prices for Wheat Oats and Barley in Cash Markets

Cash wheat quotes show No 2 red at 95 or 96 cents, No 2 hard 89 or 90c, No 2 northern 80 to 91c, No 2 spring 89 to 90c, No 2 yellow 7c, oats standard 40 4c, barley 46c. The listing includes multiple grade indicators and minor typographical errors.

Chicago

Grain futures and cash prices from Kansas City report

Quotations show cash wheat with No 2 hard at 84% to 89% cents, No 2 red at 91 to 92 cents. Corn No 2 mixed at 68% cents, No 2 white at 70 cents. Oats No 2 white 41 to 41% cents, No 2 mixed 40 cents. Wheat May 86 cents, July 83 cents. Corn Dec 67% cents, May 71% cents.

Kansas City

Grain quotations from St Louis markets

Quotations recap for December 18 with cash grain prices across wheat corn and oats. No. 2 red wheat 95 96%c No. 2 hard 87 93c. Corn No. 2 new 69 70c old 72 75c No. 2 white new 69 70c old 74%c. Oats No. 2 41c No. 2 white 42%c. Closing: December wheat 89%c. May corn 70% 4c December 70% 4c May 71%c. Oats December 40%c May 42%c.

ST. Louis

Cotton seed products statistics for 1913 season

Census bureau reports show 289,118 running bales of linters and 2,201,276 tons of cotton seed crushed from the 1913 crop before December 1. Mill and other establishments active during the period numbered 169.

Washington Cotton Seed Products Inquiry Census Bureau

Louisiana Tops Cypress and Tupelo Lumber, Arkansas Leads Red Gum

Census figures show Louisiana highest in cypress and tupelo lumber production for 1912 while Arkansas heads red gum output. Cypress totals near 997 thousand with Louisiana at 122 thousand and Florida 101 thousand. red gum output 694 thousand with Arkansas producing 212 thousand and Mississippi 121 thousand. Twenty states reported for each category.

New Orleans United States Lumber Trade Journal Louisiana Arkansas Florida Georgia Mississi Tennessee Renee Ceraanes North Carolina Uisiana Alabama Virginia

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