Nut market tightens as pecans, walnuts dwindle on local demand
Inventory notes depleted stocks across merchants as a light week ahead with spring goods not yet moving. Dried apples stay strong in eastern markets while pecans and other nuts weaken supply and push prices up. coffee and beans show expected price hikes as Brazil syndicate tightens medium grade coffee. Local kraut stockholders seek higher prices though market remains steady amid cold weather boosting potato prices. George Sgitcovich Produce reports carload mixed vegetables and apples received for Monday trade.
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Pacific Coast
New York State
Texas
Louisiana
Brazil
San Antonio
Current Quotations for Vegetables and Fruits
Prices to the trade list potatoes onions cabbage and peppers with per hundredweight and crate rates for California and Texas produce. Fruits include oranges grapefruits bananas lemons apples and diverse canned goods and nuts with assorted per case and per hundredweight prices from multiple regions.
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California
Texas
el Ieee
Ben Davis
Malagas
Illustrated Story of Today's Weather Conditions
The report notes a maximum temperature of 46 and a minimum of 43 with an average of 44. It compares to normal 52, showing a deficiency of 8. January shows a total precipitation deficit of 0.04 inch for the day, and year to date 18.13 inches. Wind peaked at 6 mph from the northwest. sunrise is 7:25 am and sunset 5:43 pm on Sunday.
Grocery price list highlights meats seeds and staples
A historical price sheet lists PEARS Evaporated halves 12c, figs 12 pkgs 12 oz, currants 12-ounce 10c, meats and lard, cream cheese 18c lb, bacon and hams ranging 12c to 24c, seeds including onion sets 2.25 bushel box and various seed costs, sugars and coffee with Peaberry green 18c, Maxwell House 32c can, roasted Peaberry 25-26c.
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Bermuda
Maxwell House
Porto Rico
Chicago market quotes for dairy eggs poultry and produce
Prices quoted in Chicago today show butter steady with 26 36 cents for creamery products and 23 8 cents for daisies. Eggs weak with 1641 cases received. firsts 23 25 cents and prime firsts 27 28 cents. Cheese steady with varied daisy and horn identifiers. Potatoes strong with 85 86 cents for choice to fancy. Poultry easy with turkeys 14 cents and chickens 10 11? cents. Veal steady at 9 11 cents for 50 to 60 pound weights.
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Chicago
Quotations for Fresh Fruits and Storage Charges
New York on December 28 reported receipts of 6926 cases with fresh gathered extras priced 38 to 40 cents, held fresh poor to fair 21 to 27 cents, fresh gathered dirties No 1 at 22 cents, fresh gathered checks prime 20 cents, and refrigerator special marks with storage charges paid 25 to 26 cents.
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New York
Wool Prices in St Louis Market Decline
Wool steady with median grades combing and clothing at 21 60 cents, light fine 15 19 cents, heavy fine 13 15 cents, tub washed 27 30 cents.
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ST. Louis
Rice market report from New Orleans shows clean grades sales
New Orleans rice market yesterday moved on clean grades with receipts of rough 3222 and clean 881. Sales included 192 rough Japan at 3.65 8.21, 4017 clean Honduras at 21 16 4 0, and 1086 Japan at 23 16 38 0. Quotations list rough unchanged and clean Honduras 3 5 0 percent, Japan 34 3 0 percent.
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New Orleans
Japan
Honduras
Cotton Goods Markets Quiet Ahead of Holidays
New York December 22 markets show steady quiet in cotton goods with a holiday mood. Trade operations are largely restricted in wholesale lines as the season slows.
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New York
London Markets Endures Quiet Metals Trading
London report notes lead steady at 15 pounds sterling 138 9d, silver steady at 26 pounds sterling 16s, tin easy with spot 205 pounds sterling and futures at 190 pounds sterling 15s. Markets show subdued activity and price stability in the holiday period.
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London
Mrs Flatt Alice Struggles With Difficult Piece
Mrs Flatt Alice cannot master a difficult music piece she has been attempting all afternoon while Mrs Nextdore notes the effort. The Boston transcript records the exchange between the two women during a music session.
Stock Market Weighs Wabash Receivership and Gould Collapse
Receivership of the Wabash and further collapse of Gould securities dominated the week’s stock action. Standard securities were strong while liquidation appeared for leading operators. Market maintenance favored year end bank and trust reports and an anticipated January investment wave. Denver and Rio Grande preferred hit new lows, signaling possible reorganization and dividend suspension amid Western Pacific bond guarantees.
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New York
Wabash
Gould Securities
Standard Securities
Union Pacific
Goulds
Denver
Rio Grande
Western Pacific
New York Clearing House Banks Show Reserve Decline
Weekly bank statement reports excess lawful reserve at 12,547,300 dollars, down 2,924,050 from last week. Loans rise to 1,860,340,000 dollars. net deposits grow to 1,710,374,000. circulation up 27,000. specie up 1,204,000.
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New York
Greater
New York Clearing House
Live stock markets show uphill week despite Christmas week
The cattle shipper expected gains but markets mostly held at opening levels as Christmas week pressure eased. Local cows reached 3.66, calves 4.25, hogs around 6.75, with mixed activity in sheep and goats. Fort Worth steady, Chicago Kansas City down 10 to 15 cents in hogs, week ends with strongest prices of season.
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Fort Worth
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Chicago Trade Receipts and Quotations for Cattle Hogs Sheep
Chicago reports cattle receipts about 300 with markets steady. Beeves bring 4.80 to 8.90, Texas and western steers 4.20 to 6.80, stockers 3.25 to 5.80, cows 2.00 to 6.50, calves 5.00 to 7.25. Hogs receipts around 13,000 with steady market. light 5.65 to 6.15, mixed 5.80 to 6.36, heavy 5.90 to 6.30, pigs 4.60 to 6.70, bulk 6.00 to 6.20. Sheep receipts about 2,000 with steady market. natives 2.50 to 4.60, western 2.70 to 4.10, yearlings 4.25 to 5.36, native lambs 4.00 to 6.30, western 4.25 to 6.25.
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Chicago
Texas
Kansas City
Live Stock Receipts and Prices From St Louis Market
Cattle receipts 1000 with 100 southern cattle. native beef steers 4.50 to 6.50, cows and heifers 3.75 to 7.25, stockers 6.25 to 6.25, Texas and Oklahoma steers 3.76 to 6.75, cows and heifers 2.75 to 6.00, calves 4.60 to 7.26. Hogs receipts 7500. market steady. Pigs and bacon 4.75 to 6.20, mixed and butcher 6.56 to 6.365, good to heavy 6.16 to 6.365. None.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas City Market Receipts and Odd Laundry Balloon Note
Receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep listed with ranges for different classes. Notable figures include western and southern cattle prices and hogs trading from about 5.80 to 6.30 for bulk sales. A Parisian laundry claim describes linen bleaching by balloon ascent, charging 1 to 10 cents per item, with multiple daily ascents.
Butter Prices Rise As Output Forecast Increases
Elgin Illinois report notes butter firm at 86 cents a pound, up one cent, with an output of 620 120 pounds recorded on December 28.
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Elgin
Switchboard tech and TB campaign mix in old dispatch
In a disjointed St Louis item prices for poultry and dairy rose slightly while note mentions France switchboard installations using ala bastrine as a durable insulating medium. The piece references monolith panels and bricks for switch gear and ends with a tuberculosis fundraising slogan urging readers to donate.
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France
Fragmented dialogue on divorce within a social satire
An Englishman praises American schools and the Smithsonian as a symbol of education for the Smiths. An attorney questions a divorce desire, while a Mrs speaks with stuttering and clipped phrasing, reflecting a humorous or satirical tone.
Cotton market swings as open shop policy shifts bulls to bears
New York reports show important interests turning bear to bull and Lancashire spinners adopting an open shop policy. Spot houses bought modestly while Liverpool demand boosted middling prices before Thursday selling erased gains. Ginning data through December 12 indicated 13,759,652 bales, with daily production at 79,570 bales in the period since December 8.
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New York
Liverpool
Census Bureau
Lancashire
New York Cotton Exchange
World cotton visible supply rises vs prior periods
Secretary Hester reports week to week gains in the global visible cotton supply totaling 210 122 bales, with year over year increases of 263 388 and 424 601 from the year before. American cotton amounts 4 615 558 and foreign varieties 730 000. In world holdings afloat Great Britain Europe Egypt India and the United States show varied levels.
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New Orleans
Hester
Egypt
Brazil
India
Great Britain
Europe
United States
Cotton Imports by Spinners World Wide Reported
Secretary Hester provides round numbers on American cotton takings by spinners globally. This week 396000 and year totals 5127000 since September 1, with regional splits: northern spinners 1042000 this year, southern 965000, foreign 3120000. compare prior year figures and the year before for context.
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New York
Hester
Canada
U S Trade Totals and Stocks for Week Ending Dec 22
Net receipts at all U S ports for the week 465118. Exports 354088. Total receipts since Sept 1 6788820. Exports since Sept 1 4721295. Stock at all ports 1548927. Interior towns stock 988615. Liverpool stock 768000. American afloat for Britain 308000. Note receipts season 52 deducted.
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U. S
Ovces
United States
Yoor
Liverpool
Great Britain
Degember Receipts Bear Cotton Feature of Week
New Orleans cotton exchange reports for the week ending today show movement into sight up vs last year and two years earlier. Totals for December 22 days rise, season to date ahead of prior periods. foreign exports and northern mills takings shift, stock levels rise, supply to date reaches 9,229,808 bales.
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New Orleans
Hester
United States
Mississippi
Ohio
Potomac
Mills
Canada
Milla
North
South
Seaboard
New York Seeks 1912 Democratic Convention
New York business leaders push a 100000 dollar fund to lure the national Democratic convention to the city. Edward Tierney says donations will be raised quickly as transport ease and support from Charles F. Murphy and Governor Dix weigh with the national committee.
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New York
National Democratic Committee
Washington
New York National Convention Committee
Edward Tierney
Finance Committee
Tammany
Charles F. Murphy
Dix
THANKS STAMP SELLERS IN TEXAS FOR FIGHTING TB
Robert C. Sanger, head of the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis, thanks Mrs. Eli Hertzberg for leading the Red Cross Christmas seal sale in San Antonio. He urges Texas solicitors to sell all seals, urging telephone outreach by December 31 and noting all funds stay in Texas to fight tuberculosis.
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Robert C. Sanger
National Association For the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis
Washington, D. C
Eli Hertzberg
Red Cross
San Antonio
Texas
Firemen Are Guests At No 4 Fire Station Supper
A Christmas supper was served at No 4 fire station on Main avenue and Romana street at 9 last night. Hosts W H Brasswell Herman Stumberg and James Bailey led guests including Fire Chief Bishop R Fwis F Schwab and others. Crew members Captain C B Layer T R Chew A G Campa and more attended.
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No. 4
Main Avenue
Romana Street
W. H.”.Brasswell
Herman Stumberg
James Bailey
Company No. 4
Sitp
Bishop
R. F,wis
F. Schwab
Mr. Tucker
J. Ryley
Oklahoma
San Antonio Prepares Big Entertainments for Ad Clubs Delegates
Plans unfold for the Associated Ad Clubs of America convention in Dallas next May. San Antonio organizers set tomorrow night meeting at the St. Anthony to shape local arrangements including a Mexican flavored program using the city’s historic assets, a Fort Sam Houston review, and a grand Mexican supper at Hot Wells hotel. William M White travels to Dallas to report to the state committee ahead of deadlines.
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Associated Act. Clubs of America
Dallas
William Moore White
I. T. Crittenden
Associated Ad Clubs of Texas
Oriental Hotel
National Committee
San Antonio
White
State Association
State Entertainment Committee
St. Anthony
State Committee
Ad Club
Fort Sam
Houston
Hot Wells Hotel
Prisoners Released as Christmas Gift at City Jail
Seventeen inmates were freed at 6 pm by Mayor Callaghan as a holiday gesture. The released prisoners had short terms or only a few days left. Police quickly began re arresting others for drunkenness and disturbances as jail hearings for those released on bond are set for Tuesday.
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Callaghan
Buckley
Father of Fourteen Children in Three Years
Oklahoma City report details J M Jackson of Boynton claiming Frisco depot in Boynton failed to provide warmth for hours, harming his wife and 14 children aged from two to fourteen. He notes the family comprises himself, his wife, and six children aged two, three, four, five, and fourteen.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
J. M. Jackson
Boynton
Corporation Commission
Zionists Set Texas Convention Program in Austin
The Texas Zionist association reveals the program for its state convention in the senate chamber in Austin on December 31. Governor Quitt will speak. San Antonio participants include L. A. Freed delivering the president’s address with vocal and spoken items by Charles Lee George M. Mayer Beatrice Burg and S. Burg.
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Austin
Tex
Texas Zionist Association
Senate
Palestine
Quitt
Santonio
L. A. Freed
Charles Lee
George M. Mayer
Beatrice Burg
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George Sgitcovich
South Texas
Bree
Arkansas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Willis L. Moore
Fornaregs Shodedi
Naual Alure
Linae
Peretu
Penn
San Antonio, Texas
NEW York Dry Goods
London Metal
General Weather Report
Abilene
Amarillo
Birmingham
Boston
Mass
Brownsville
Charleston
8. C
Corpus Christi
del Rio
Galveston
Jacksonville
Fla
Key West
Knoxville
Tenn
Louisville
Macon
Memphis
Montgomery
Ala
Piddy St. Paul
Minn
Shreveport
Tampa
Fila
Taylor
Allen Bur
Weather Bureau
Chicago Livestock
Kansas City Livestock
M. Maracheau Grain CO
Smithsonian Institution
Smiths
Vogue
Kaze
Lotton Small
Cotton Statistics
Bates
Mobile
Savanah, Ga
Charleston, & C
Wilmington
N. C
Norfolk
Baltimore
Massa
San Francisco
Cal
Wuorawier
Gbs
Seema
Georgetown
Bales
Weekly Movement
Total Crop Movement
Timate
Te Chilstms
Zionists
MADG
Covention
M. Maracheau Grain OO
San Antonio, Tex
San Luis and
Medina Sts
GEO. Sgitcovich & CO
N. Flores Street
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