Cotton Prices Rise on December Front In Week Review
Prices of cotton advanced briefly amid December strength and firm demand as traders eyed a smaller certified stock and firmer spring prospects. Reports note Liverpool buying, a looming Lancashire strike, and government forecasts of a large crop while ginning totals extend into March.
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Associated Press
New York
Waldorf-Astoria
Vermont
Liverpool
Census Bureau
Lancashire
Holiday Trade Hits Local Markets In Busy Opening Day
Local wholesale markets opened with a rush as holiday demand surged for fruits nuts and candies. Cranberries celery and bananas were in short supply as jobbers exhausted stocks. turkeys hit record wholesale lows with high retail spreads. sugar syrups molasses and sorghum futures weighed on growers amid frost damage and a big Texas turkey crop.
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Nooi
Priges
Louisiana
Price list of vegetables fruits and groceries
Current quotations for vegetables fruits canned goods and meats list many items with prices per hundredweight per crate and per box including potatoes onions apples oranges grapes and nuts. Also includes dried fruits canned goods syrup and molasses and various meats and lard with unit prices and occasional bulk terms.
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California
Ben Davis
Yorks
Misouri Pippin
Malagas
Warrels
California Standard
Turkeys Fast Becoming an Extinct Species
The census bulletin warns that U S farm turkeys may vanish in ten years due to shrinking stocks from 1900 to 1910 from 6.59 million to 3.67 million. Ducks also fell about half, geese declined, while chickens rose to 280 million in ten years.
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Turkeys
Associated Press
Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Market Quotations From Chicago on Butter Eggs and More
Chicago market report shows butter steady with creamery and cheese categories firm, eggs weak with 1641 cases received and priced mostly around 23 to 28 cents for firsts and primes. Potatoes strong with 85 to 88 cents for select to fair grades, poultry prices easing for turkeys chickens and springs.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Mark
Egg Quotations From New York Market Dec 23
Quotations today were as follows with receipts of 5926 cases. Fresh gathered extras sell at 8 40 per case. held fresh poor to fair 21 2c. fresh gathered dirties No 1 at 23c. fresh gathered checks prime 20c. Refrigerator special market fancy local storage charges paid 25 2c.
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Associated Press
New York
Wool Market Prices Reported in St. Louis
Wool prices held steady in St. Louis with medium combing and clothing grades at 21 21 and a half cents, night fine 15 to 19 cents, heavy fine 13 to 15 cents, and tub washed at 27 to 30 cents.
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THE
Associated Press
ST. Louis
Rice market notes in New Orleans on December
Transactions in rice were limited to clean grades with receipts totaling 3222 of rough rice and 4017 clean Durables. Millers sold 192 rough Japanese at 2.65 per 100 and 1085 Japanese at 28 16 per 100 with Honduras 4017 at 21 10. Quotations unchanged for clean Honduras 34 5 and Japan 3 3 e o.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Japan
Honduras
Cotton goods markets steady and quiet in New York
New York December 23 cotton goods markets stay steady and quiet with a holiday mood. trade shows restraint in wholesale orders as many buyers suspend activity before the holidays.
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Associated Press
New York
Lead quiet and tin prices ease in London trade
From the London market report: Lead steady at 15 pounds 138 percent. spelter quiet at 26 pounds. tin easy with spot 205 pounds and futures 190 pounds 15s. A contrast of cultural notes from the Boston Transcript about a marine artist who began as a farmer’s boy.
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THE
Associated Press
London
Boston Transcript
Seed and grocery seed listing with various prices
A detailed seed price list shows onion sets, canes, and numerous seed types with per unit prices. Also listed are beans, corn, peas, grasses, and sugar and coffee items with retailer prices for green, roasted, and canned products.
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Maxwell House
Porto Rico
Livestock Receipts and Market Short Session at Union Stock Yards
Total receipts today were 121 head including 70 cattle 23 calves 25 horses and 8 hogs. Cattle sold up to 8.60 per head with bulk around 8. Calves brought 4 and general 3.75. Hogs sold at 6 as markets ease ahead of Christmas holidays and expect a slow rest of year.
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Union Stock Yards
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Receipts and quotations show cattle at about 300 head with a steady market. Beef and veal numbers list Reeves, Texas and Western steers, stockers, cows and calves with price ranges. Hog receipts near 13,000 with steady market and varied weights. Sheep receipts around 2,000 with steady tone. native and western lambs and yearlings priced in a broad range.
Live stock market report from St. Louis shows steady prices
Receipts: Cattle 1000 including 100 southern, market steady. Native beef steers 4.50 to 6.50. cows and heifers 3.75 to 7.25. stockers 3.25 to 5.25. Texas and Oklahoma steers 8.75 to 6.75. calves 4.50 to 7.25. Hogs 7500 receipts, market steady. Pigs 4.75 to 6.20. mixed and butchers 5.55 to 5.75. good to heavy 6.15 to 6.36. No sheep.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Market Receipts and Prices From Kansas City Auction
Kansas City cattle receipts 200 with Southern and native cows and heifers priced from 2.75 to 7.00, stockers and feeders 4.00 to 6.00, bulls 3.46 to 5.00, calves 4.00 to 7.00. Hogs receipts 2500, market strong with most sales 5.90 to 6.25. heavy 6.20 to 6.30. packers and butchers 6.10 to 6.30. lights 5.70 to 6.29. pigs 4.26 to 6.25. Sheep receipts none. muttons 2.75 to 3.75, lambs 4.50 to 6.25, range ewes 2.25 to 3.75.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Texas
Kansas City
Sons of Hermann Elect Officers for Coming Year
At a business meeting of the Sons of Hermann lodge in SEGULN Tex the following officers were elected for the coming year and will be installed at the next regular meeting Theodore Bendt ex president Rudolph Tschoepg president Dr William Myers vice president R J Feigerle secretary August Graeb treasurer trustees Theodore Bendt Ed Herring and Louis Fritz finance committee C R H Assert Haensel Fritz Seiler H G B Gesemann physicians Dr William Myers Dr R K L Knolte.
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Seguln
Tex
Sons of Hermann Lodge
Theodore Bendt
Rudolph Tschoepg
William Myers
R. J. Feigerle
August Graeb
Ed Herring
Louis
Taylor Woodmen Elect Officers in Taylor Texas
Taylor camp No. 12 407 Modern Woodmen of America elected officers for the upcoming term. Named were J. W. Dellinger council W. T. Laudan advisor A. A. Wilcke banker J. P. Ballerstedt clerk Ed Weiderkehr escort Ed Hunke Jr watchman Paul Bubela sentry G. W. Ames past council Dr F C Floeckinger physician A C Arnold A Sehill and Fred J Fisher trustees Albert Wolters W E Branton and Frank Cuba managers.
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Tay
Taylor
Tex
Modern Woodmen of America
J. W. Dellinger
W. T. Laudan
A. A. Wilcke
J. P. Ballerstedt
Ed Weiderkehr
Ed Hunke Jr
Paul Bubela
G. W
Holiday trade greatest in years says Associated Press
The weekly Dun review finds holiday retail trade very satisfactory with some cities exceeding prior years. Wholesale activity slows due to year end and holidays but the iron and steel outlook remains strong with rails orders of about 600000 tons anticipated. Cotton goods show slow but improving distribution while woolen goods markets improve. Footwear remains quiet with limited orders and some production curtailment. Leather prices show occasional concessions on harness leather and shoe uppers amid overall strength in other hides.
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Associated Presb
New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade Today
Bessemer
Retail Trade Thrives Despite Weather and Regional Variances
Bradstreet reports holiday buying strong in retail and department stores, with favorable activity in most regions despite poor weather. Strength in iron and steel, rails, and the weather trade contrasts with weaker southern cotton areas and Pacific northwest. Wholesale activity softens as year end approaches. 293 U.S. business failures for the week ending Dec 21.
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Associated Press
New York
Bradstreet’s Today
South
Pacific Northwest
United States
Missing Oberlin man sought by Chicago police
Chicago officials asked to search for Charles W. Rowland of Oberlin Ohio who vanished December 12 after leaving for Chicago December 6 with plans to buy a drug store. He later wrote from Chicago six days after departing Oberlin, and his wife fears foul play.
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Chicago
Charles W. Rowland
Oberlin
Blria
Khan
Booker Mercer Dies After Typhoid Sickness Near Luling
Joliet neighborhood resident Booker Mercer died today at his family home seven miles northwest of Luling after a prolonged illness from typhoid fever. He was single and leaves many friends to mourn him. Burial will take place tomorrow at Pecan Grove Camp Wagor men of the World.
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Luling
Pex
Dee
Booker Mercer
Joliet
Pecan Grove
Wagormen
Fatal shooting in courthouse rotunda in Marshall
In a duel in the rotunda of the courthouse in Marshall Texas last night John James iron moulder died after being shot and Rafe Burnett county jailer was slashed across the face with a knife. James body was riddled and died soon after. Burnett was badly injured his nose nearly severed. The sheriff's office was nearby but officers could not reach the fighters in time to stop the trouble. The cause remains unexplained.
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Associated Press
Marshall
Tex
John James
Rafe Burnett
James
Burnett
Christmas Pardons Near Completion in Texas
Governor nearing final list of clemency grants as applicants push for mercy for inmates. A 90 year old Tarrant county resident, William Hurst, seeks clemency. Hurst is guest of Charles I. White's family while in Austin.
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Austin
Tex
William Thurst
Tarrant County
Hurst
Charles I. White
Comptroller’s Department
White
Hop Joint Raided In Austin Police Find Dope Layout
Austin police raided a hop joint on Eleventh street and East avenue uncovering a dope layout under a mattress. Several black residents were confined in the city jail. Investigators say most of the gang arrived in Austin only recently.
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Austin
Tex
Eleventh Street
East Avenue
The Light's Daily Short Story Twist of Fate
John Ponsonby coerces Rose into an offer for their child while Peter Ponsonby faces an innocent verdict. Rose teeters between past heartbreak and a looming future as John finally reveals Peter’s innocence, prompting a tearful reconciliation and a renewed bond for the child.
New Texas County Chairmen Appointed for Cotton Acreage Plan
Governor names replacements after many chairmen decline to serve in the drive to restrict cotton acreage next year. Appointees include J Broughton of Palestine Lockley Evans Temple J H McDaniel Muenster A Tallison Stephenville and others across Texas. Some counties such as Ham Uvalde and Lampasas declined due to Farm Union membership status and remain unfilled.
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Tex
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Palestine
Lockley Evans
Temple
J. H. McDaniel
Muenster
A. Tallison
Stephenville
J. C. Simpson
Rotan
J. EB. Grady
Mt. Vernon
H. Serres
Satsuma
H. VY. Banks
Alief
Harris County
C. C. Thomas
Toler
H. K. Haines
Girard
J. W. Davis
Montague
N. L. Bennett
Sweetwater
T. A. Williams
Point
J. M
Birth Record Notice From Brazos and Matamoras Streets
Birth record fragment lists new birth to Mr and Mrs TL Ramires age 20 at 407 Brazos street and to Mr and Mrs Frank Con cember 11 at 603 Matamoras street with scant details.
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Ramires
Brazos Street
Frank Concember
Matamoras Street
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