Winter wheat sowing rises to over 40 million acres in 1917
U.S. crop data show winter wheat sown this fall on about 40,090,000 acres, up 887,000 from 1915. December 1 conditions reached 85.7 percent of normal, versus 87.7 last year, with 68.3 in 1914 and 90.2 ten-year average. Sown area this fall estimated at 4,214,000 acres, up 740,000 from 1916. December 1 condition stood at 88.8 percent of normal, compared with 91.5 last year, 93.6 in 1914 and 92.9 ten-year average.
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Washington, D. C
Cotton Market Notes and Prices in 1 9th Century Ledger
The piece lists Indian Ocean and Atlantic market middling cotton prices for places like San Antonio and New Orleans with futures figures. It reports fluctuations in New York and New Orleans on Dec 18, noting modest nervousness, with Liverpool cables seen as good and closes near steady in New York and easy in New Orleans.
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Galveston
New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
New York Cotton Opens Steady Amid Strong Trade Activity
The New York cotton market opened steady with a 3 to 16 point advance and firming in early trading. Prices rose to around 15.08 for January and 18.50 for May before easing slightly, with heavy exports over 60 000 bales aiding support and bids near 18.46 for May.
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New York
Jannery
Iverpool
Cotton futures open steady and close lower in New York
New York cotton futures opened steady with December at 17.99 and March at 18.30 and closed 13 to 19 points lower. Prices for January May and July showed declines while Liverpool opens Tuesday 17 to 19 points down and the 11 o clock call lists January 18.15 and March 18.88.
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New York
MOY
Buly Cescevecvess
Liverpool
Close
New Orleans Cotton Opens Nervous After Irregular Trade
The New Orleans cotton market opened with nerves and irregular moves as near months fell 8 to 9 points while distant months rose three. By midmorning the list showed a 1 to 2 point net gain, aided by expected ginning gains from the Census Bureau report. Afternoon liquidation pressed prices, with declines of 15 to 25 points, but late morning buying pushed gains to 15 points above Saturday's close.
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New Orleans
Census Bureau
New Orleans Cod Market Opens Steady as Futures Fall
The New Orleans cod market opened steady with December at 7.47, January 17.64, March 17.88, and later months around 18.28 to 16.30. Futures closed 0 to 35 points lower while prices showed mixed intraday highs and lows.
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New Orleans
Accese
Spot Cotton Prices As Of December 18
Liverpool cot ton market reports spot rates with good middling at 10,90d middling 10,804 low middling 10,644 and total bales around 47,000 with some for speculation and export.
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Elverpool
New York Exchange Mercantile Prices and Rates
Mercantile paper four and four and a quarter percent. Sterling 60 day bills four dollars seventy one and a half cents. Demand four dollars seventy five and a half cents. Time loans easier with four and a quarter percent at sixty and ninety days. Call money firm high six percent low three and a half percent. Government bonds steady railroad bonds irregular. Bar silver seventy six and three quarters. Mexican dollars sixty nine and three quarters. Guilder demand forty and a quarter, cables forty one. Closing bid eighty four and a half. offered at four percent.
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Mercantile
Guildera
Futures steady quotes span European grain markets
The Liverpool market lists various futures figures for December through next year with multiple contract pairs. Prices show December 10.784 and other spreads such as January February 16.764 along with several later terms.
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Ene
Maree Agel
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Iber
New York Coffee Prices Decline in Futures Trading
In New York on December 118 futures market shows March at 8.43 and May at 8.56 as prices ease for coffee No. 7 futures.
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New York
Weather bulletin notes December 18 1916 observations
Observations recorded at 7 a m on Monday December 18 1916 by the Weather Bureau note wind speeds under 10 miles per hour and precipitation under .01 inches are not published. Allen Buell meteorologist.
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Allen Buell
Meteorologist
Weather Bureau
Cotton statistics and shipyard port notes
The report lists cotton bales and port movements among Galveston and New Orleans with figures around 8,808 bales. It mentions Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk and Boston as Pacific port references, and aggregates volumes tied to Modine and associated shipping points.
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Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Pacific Ports
Sugar futures ease on scattered selling in New York
New York sugar market saw prices drift lower at noon December 81 with raw sugar dull. Centrifugal sugar priced at 4.25 per unit and molasses at 4.40. Refined sugars fell about ten points with loaf and powdered varieties listed at various cents per pound.
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New York
Oil Prices Rise Ten Cents In Independence Market
Crude oil prices increased by ten cents a barrel in Independence Kansas as Prairie Gas Company posted an announcement noting the new price level around $1.20 per barrel.
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Kas
End Gas Company
Ic Atoe
Stockholders to vote on Standard Oil Kentucky capital rise
Stockholders in Pittburg Pe. learn directors propose increasing the Kentucky oil company capital from 38 56 million dollars and distributing a cash dividend of 100 rott to be paid from the 4 million dollar surplus.
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PITT
Burg
Standard Oil Company of Kentucky
North Stock Market Weak Across Markets Report
Fort Worth and Chicago show continued weakness as cattle move 10 cents lower, hog prices dip to 10 cents, and sheep hold steady to 10 cents down. Receipts at northern yards were large with cattle 897, hogs 111, and San Antonio use items included. Prices per hundredweight range from cows 4.50 to 5.25 and hogs 4.60 to 6.96 with other stockers varying.
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St. Louis
San Antonio
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices at Fort Worth Market
Fort Worth market reports cattle receipts 5300 steady with steers around 6.00 per cwt and cows 4.00 to 6.50. hogs receipts 7000 with prices near 9.90 to 10.10 top. sheep receipts 650 steady with lambs about 11.60 and yearlings 8.00 to 9.00. goats 3.26 to 5.00.
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Tex
Chicago Hog and Cattle Market Receipts and Quotations
Chicago December 18 receipts and quotations show hogs slow with bulk at 9.70 to 10.10, sows and boars up to 10.15, pigs around 7. Cattle receipts 28,000 with native beef cattle 7.00 to 11.66, western steers 10.10, stockers and feeders 5.00 to 8.00, cows and heifers 3.85 to 10.00, calves 2.00 to 12. Sheep receipts 23,000 with lambs 11.00 to 18.00 and wethers 8.86 to 9.79. Market weak across hogs cattle and sheep.
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Ill
Live Stock Receipts and Prices From St Louis Market
Receipts and quotations for hogs cattle and lambs reported in St Louis. Hogs including rocsines mixed and butchers ranged around 9 to 10 dollars with market lower. Cattle receipts about 80600 and price declines noted for native beef steers cows and yearlings. Lambs and ewes priced near five to eleven dollars with yearlings around nine to eleven dollars.
Livestock Market Receipts and Quotations Report
Kansas City market report shows hog receipts about 11 000 with prices from 9.76 to 10.20 for bulk and heavy hogs. Cattle receipts 17 008 with prime fed steers 10.60 to 11.75, beef cattle 7.60 to 10.50, heifers 6.10 to 10.60, cows and feeders 6.00 to 8.16, calves 6.50 to 11.00. Lambs 12.00 to 13.00, yearlings 11.26, ewes 7.75 to 9.00, stockers 6.00 to 12.00. Market steady to slightly lower on some grades.
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Daily Cattle Sales Oklahoma City Live Stock
Oklahoma City Okla Dec cattle steady with erratic one to five cents lower. Sheep sales noted in brief with limited readable details from the Oklahoma City live stock report.
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Okla
Ieee
Texas Railroads Valuation Dates Set by ICC Officials
The Interstate Commerce Commission division of valuation has sent Texas dates for railroads including Chicago Rock Island and Pacific July 1917, Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe May 1917, Frisco April 1918, and others to the Texas Railroad Commission. Additional lines and small carriers have valuation timelines through 1919.
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Provision Markets Chicago Provisions
Chicago December 18 market quotations for Monday trading show dry salt extras at 16 cents, bacon extras at 17 cents, dry salt bellies 14 to 16 and average 18 cents, fancy breakfast bacon 28 cents, fancy hams 22 cents, bacon bellies 14 to 16 pounds average 19 and a quarter cents, pure lard 18 cents, compound lard 18 cents, and American cheese 28 cents per pound.
Shippers' Market Prices For San Antonio Produce
Buyers paid varied prices in San Antonio on Monday for country produce. Butter and creamery products were steady with creamery butter at 34 cents per pound and country at 28 cents. Poultry and eggs showed mixed figures with large turkeys around 21 to 22 cents per pound and ducks per dozen between 6 and 7 dollars.
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Kansas Market Quotes Show Butter and Poultry Prices
Kansas City daily market notes report butter at 39c for firsts 39c for creamery 0% fat 31c for seconds 31c and 28c for patra. Bees steady at 37c. Poultry prices list hens 16c roasters 12%c and live turkeys 26c. Potatoes steady at 1.60 per bushel.
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Chicago Market Quotations Report Dec 18
Chicago market notes show butter at 33 38 3 4 c, eggs higher with 2 747 cases received and firete 39 0 c, potatoes receipts 25 cars, Idaho and Washington white potatoes at 1.60, Minnesota and Dakota whites at 1.50 to 1.60, Wisconsin whites 1.40 to 1.60, turkeys live 26c per pound.
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Daisy Chain revived at Vassar after vote
At Vassar College in Poughkeepsie New York students voted to revive the Daisy Chain tradition after last June’s controversy over its long version. The restored custom is again carried by twenty four of the prettiest, reversing a prior ban amid claims of heart burnings that proved fleeting.
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Treasury defers new half dollar and quarter coins
The Treasury Department postponed the release of the Weinman designed half dollar and MacNeil designed quarter until early 1917 due to extraordinary demand for small coins. Officials fear issuing the coins now would overwhelm mint facilities and strain cents nickels and dimes production.
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Adolph A. Weinman
Hermon A. MacNeil
Treasury Department
Phoney Fortune Tricked by Gypsy Coffee Grounds
A humorous exchange recounts a man describing his wife’s prank on a gypsy fortune teller. The gypsy claimed to read fortunes from coffee grounds but the sediment proved to be a substitute and the wife asked if it foretold fortune. The jokey dialogue appears in the Youngstown Telegram.
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Mark Twain Receives Distinctive Degrees Across Institutions
In 1883 Yale College grants Mark Twain a Master of Arts while 1901 sees Sam Clemens named Doctor of Literature by Sam College. The University of Missouri at Columbia follows in 1902, and Oxford bestows a Doctor of Literature in 1907. Twain quips he never doctored literature.
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Railroad puts disinfecting cars into service
Cars carrying apparatus to disinfect clothing and baggage of passengers exposed to contagious diseases have been put into service by an Italian railroad.
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Atellan
Slump and Rally in Wheat as Peace Hopes Rise
Chicago reports a bearish reaction then a rally in wheat on hopes for a January peace conference. May and July prices swung around 1% to 2% with a late firm close as domestic supply and Liverpool quotes influenced trade. Corn and oats hovered with scattered selling amid hog price shifts and railcar shortages.
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Market Quotations for Grains and Barley
Chicago quotations list No 2 red unimial No 2 hard corn No 2 yellow AY Gore data Standard 1K GS 2c Barley 5c 1$ Incomplete OCR leaves unclear items but indicates grain price quotes and barley price from the Chicago market.
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Kansas City Grain Quotes Report for December 18
Quotations show wheat steady with No 2 hard at 1.47 to 1.65, No 3 red at 1.67. Corn expected higher with No 2 white at 89 and No 2 mixed at 89. Oats unchanged at No 2 white 54. Rye listed at 1.30 and 1.3.
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Corn futures drift with mixed USDA signals
Grain futures edge lower as Dec corn slips to 59 cents with nearby Mar at 1.60 and May Jones trading around 90 percent. Traders weigh supply data and market volatility in a quiet session.
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May
Market quotes from St Louis grain prices
Quotations show No 2 red at 1.68 to 1.74, No 2 yellow and white corn steady, No 2 rye nominal. Prices lack clarity due to OCR errors but indicate stable grain markets in St Louis on December 1.
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Local Market Price Drops in Wholesale Produce
Monday morning reductions cut wholesale quotes on eggs to 40 and 41 cents a pound and turkeys to 21 and 22 cents. California yellow onions rise to 85 per hundredweight from 4.50, tomatoes 2, celery 5.50 per crate, and chili peppers up to 25 cents a pound. Brazil nuts fall to 22 cents, flour declines to 8.70 8.80 per barrel. rest unchanged.
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Wholesale Produce PricesListed for Retailers
Prices to retailer or paid shipper. Potatoes California $8.00 per hundredweight California yellow $4.75 5.00 per hundredweight Tomatoes California $2 Texas $1.00 1.2% per 4 basket crate Celery Per dozen $1 per crate $6.50 Cranberries per sarees Ori at loss then a barrel 11 ¢ per 7 Cabbage California $3.75 per hundredweight Cauliflower California $3 per crate of two dozen $1.75 per crate of 1%
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Wholesale Wholesale Market Prices Read Like a Grocery Ledger
Texas and California produce dominate the page with prices for peppers beets lettuce eggs and fruit. Wholesale lines list apples oranges grapes dried fruits and canned meats with details on per bushel ton and box rates and notes on sizes and grades.
Rival Livery Stables Trade Barbs On Window Notices
Two neighboring livery stables in a busy street trade sharp advertising jibes. One posted a boast our horses need no whip to move them, prompting a quick retort window message true. The exchange shows playful rivalry between local business rivals.
Caution Follows Stock Market Rally Amid Uncertainty
New York trading opened with gains from recent lows in key specialties but a cautious undertone persisted. Major issues including United States Steel and Industrial Alcohol showed mixed moves as investors awaited clarity while total volume reached about 200000 shares.
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Metal market quotes show varied moves across metals
New York metals exchange reports lead unsettled at 7.1 to 7% and East St. Louis spot at 10 to 11 dollars, copper at 32.00 to 32.59, iron steady about 29.50 to 30.00, tin quiet with spot and futures in London at 30 10s and copper futures around 138 108 pounds.
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Cuban's waner record line on 1916 17 output set
Cable advices received by the federal Refining Company indicate Cuba's 1916 17 crop will be a record. The current crop is seen at 3 466 000 tons, up from 2 066 000 tons last year and 2 ng at8 of the prior season, with favorable weather blamed for the rise.
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Federal Refining Company
Fragmented dialogue notes from a 19th century tale
A brief, fragmented exchange hints at a marred appearance and a character named Te Mlloh mentioning his wife staying at home yesterday noon. The readable text remains sparse on concrete events or settings.
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