Texas Cities Grow Fast Amid Population Rise
Census estimates show San Antonio at 96,614 in 1916 with major growth across Texas. Dallas and Houston also expand, while Fort Worth reaches over 73,000 and El Paso and Galveston rise. Total Texas population nears 4.43 million with much urban expansion since 1910.
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United States
San Antonio
Houston
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Texas
Union
East
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Census Bureau
Imperial Commonwealth
Abilene
Amarillo
Austin
Beaumont
Brownsville
Cleburne
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Corsicana
Dennison
el Paso
Galveston
Greenville
Laredo
Marshall
Palestine
Paris
San Anejo
Sherman
Temple
Texarkena
Arkansas
Tex
Tyler
Waco
Wichita Falls
New York Sugar Prices Steady at Noon
New York sugar futures were inactive in early trading and at noon stood a point or two below last week’s close. Raw sugar steady. centrifugal classes $4.21. refined sugar easy, ten points higher. Various sugar products priced between $6.85 and $8.10 per hundredweight with several detailed quotations.
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New York
State to sue railroad for unlawful coal confiscation
Texas and Pacific Railway accused by Railroad Commission of confiscating coal tendered for shipment and diverting it for its own use. Petition prepared by Luther Nickels and an injunction to stop further confiscation is sought. No action yet against the Kansas City Mexico and Orient railway.
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Railroad Commission
Texas & Pacific Co
Ustin
Tex
Railroa Commission
Earl B. Mayfield
Attorney General’s Department
Texas and Pacific Railroat Company
Luther Nickels
Commission
Kansas City, Mexico and Orient Railway
Marine Intelligence Galveston Dispatches Trade Arrivals
Marine intelligence reports arrivals at Galveston on December 26 with ships including Catania Tampico Helmstock Huntsman and Philadelphia. The list notes vessels from Britain and pending arrivals from sea routes, indicating busy port activity and merchant trade developments.
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Galveston
Tex
Catania
Tampico
Helmstock
Phildelphia
Huntsman
Verpool
Texas Cotton Ginned in 1916 and 1915 by Counties
Preliminary census figures from the Bureau of Census, Department of Commerce, cover cotton ginned in Texas counties before December 1 for the 1916 and 1915 crops. Running bales are used with round bales counted as half, and linters excluded.
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Texas
Bureau of Census of the Department of Commerce
Coleman to Contest Pittsburgh Election Result
Representative W H Coleman, declared defeated in Pennsylvania's Thirtieth District, filed in common pleas court to contest the race against Democrat M Clyde Kelley. He sought court orders to guard ballot boxes and asserted he would have won by about 600 votes if counts were correct.
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W. H. Coleman
Congress
Pennsylvania
Common Pleas Court
M. Clyde Kelley
Coleman
Rochester Citizens Seize Coal Train in Blizzard
Fifty or sixty Rochester residents in Haskell County halted an Orient freight train during a blizzard and confiscated two coal cars. The crew resisted at first but were subdued after several encounters following Orient's prior seizure of coal bound for Rochester.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Rochester
Haskell County
Orient
New York Money Market Rates End Year Mix
Mercantile paper 34 percent, sterling 60 day bills at 71 percent, commercial 60 day bills on banks 41 percent, commercial sixty day bills 471, cables 475 percent. Francs demand 584 percent, cables 683 percent. Guilders demand 404 percent, cables 40 percent. Bay silver 74 percent, Mexican dollars 58 percent. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds firm. Time drafts easier sixty ninety days 4 4 percent. Six months 4 4 percent. King rate 3 percent. Last loan n closing bid ruling rate. Last loan 2u offered at 2.
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Mercantile Paper
Guildera
Cotton Market Rally Fades Then Ends Slightly Higher
The Cot ton Exchange notes December activity with near month developments driving an irregular open. January notices stirred early gains then a mild correction, later steadying with net improvements. New York and New Orleans showed higher closes while San Antonio spots remained steady.
New York Cotton Opens Mixed as January Notices Circulate
January notices spur irregular opening in New York cotton with about 20 000 bales in circulation. Near-month contracts swing from 16.89 to 14.75 for January and May from 17.20 to 17.61 before midday. Prices ease into afternoon trading but market ends steady with near-month higher by roughly 9 points.
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New York
Liverpool
Wall Street
Cotton Opens Higher on January Notice Shortage
New Orleans cotton opened with gains as January notices were scarce. Early trading saw prices rise 19 to 22 points before climbing to 22 to 29 points, then easing to 8 to 3 points above last week’s close. By noon offerings increased, closing steady with an overall 16 to 21 point advance.
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Liveroe
New Orleans
New York
San Antonio
Lée
Dulinese
Weather observation note from December 26 1916
Observations recorded at 7 a m on December 26 1916 by Allen Buell meteorologist with the Weather Bureau.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Italian steamer Pietro reports submarine attack near Genoa
The Italian steamer Pietro arriving at Hampton Roads from Madeira says a German submarine fired five shots at her in the Mediterranean while en route from Genoa to Madeira. None of the shots took effect, according to the Pietro's captain.
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Pietro
Newport News
Hampton Roads
Madeira
Mediterranean Sea
Genoa
Real Surprise, Crawford
A courtroom quip has a man named Crawford claiming his wife told him what to give, while Crabshaw jokes he will not present it, prompting the judge to intervene with a wry remark.
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Crawford
Crabshaw
Livestock Market Mixed Strength at Union Stock Yards
At Union Stock Yards on December 26 the northern market showed cattle and sheep firm, hogs steady to strong in St. Louis and up to twenty cents higher in Fort Worth. Receipts: cattle 303, calves 7, horses 156, hogs 86. city trade included cattle 36, calves 6, hogs 36.
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Union Stock Yards
St. Louis
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Market Report Delivers Mixed Livestock Prices
Fort Worth Texas reports livestock receipts with steers and heifers trading around 8 to 9 dollars while cows and bulls fetch 4 to 6 dollars. Sheep and lambs total about 15 000 head with lambs bringing 9.50 to 11.56 and wethers 7.75 to 8.26.
Chicago Market Receipts and Prices Report
Receipts and quotations show hogs at 6 to 10 cents above Saturday's close with distinguishable ranges from light to heavy and pigs. Cattle receipts reach 11,000 with native beef cattle from 7.20 to 11.75, western steers up to 10.00, stockers and feeders around 6.20 to 8.15, and cows and heifers from 4.20 to 9.00. Wethers trade from 9.00 to 10.00 and lambs from 11.25 to 12.45.
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Chicago
Livestock Receipts and Prices in St Louis Market
Receipts and quotations show hogs at 10.10 to 10.59 for lights and 9.25 to 10.55 for others, with bulk around 10.15. cattle receipts about 6900 with steady market including native beef steers 7.50 to 11.50, cows 5.5 to 8.5, prime southern steers 8.00 to 9.00, beef cows 4.25 to 7.50. sheep receipts 1000 with lambs 8.90 to 12.00 and yearlings 9.00 to 11.25. market steady.
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ST. Louis
Ave
Kansas City Stock Market Receipts and Prices
Kansas City reports hog cattle and sheep prices with receipts. Hogs mix shows bulk and heavy ranges from 9.75 to 10.40. cattle markets rise up to ten cents. frame fed steers at 126 to 10.25, dressed beef steers 7.50 10.25, cows 5.25 8.25, calves 6.00 11.0. Sheep receipts 6000 with lambs 12.6 to 13.26, yearlings 10.75 11.60, wethers 8.75 9.75, ewes 8.0 9.0, stockers 16.00 12.00.
Daily Cattle Sales Report from Oklahoma City
Oklahoma City cattle market shows higher prices with receipts of 460 cattle. Top price reached $10.40 as cattle and sheep demand remains firm. cattle weights and averages indicate steady activity across the day.
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Oklahoma City
Okla
Dee
There Are Others. What Do You Do When You Get Home Late
A terse quote from a Boston item notes a man asks what to do when arriving to find his wife waiting up and questions a late return. The text conveys social friction and urban domestic unease without further detail.
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Boston
Shippers' Market San Antonio country produce prices
Buyers paid sharp prices for Texas country produce in San Antonio on Tuesday. Butter held steady while Texas Creamery offered 80 384 cents per pound. country butter 5 28 cents. packing stock 24 25 cents. Hens ranged from large 6.00 to small 4.25. friers 4.75 to 3.75. broilers 2.40 to 3.00. turkeys 22 238 cents per pound. ducks 6.00 to 7.00 per dozen. geese 10.00 to 12.00.
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Kansas City Market Report December 26
Operations today list butter prices with creamery firsts at 39 cents and seconds at 37, packing at 28, firate at 30. Poultry quotes cover hens at 16 1/2 cents, roosters 12 1/2, turkeys at 20 cents, potatoes steady at 1.45 to 1.50 per dollar.
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Kansas City
Chicago market prices report on dairy produce and poultry
Quotations show Hutter steady and creamery goods stable. Receipts 1198 cases with firsts 40 to 40.5 cents, ordinary firsts 35 to 36 cents. Potatoes steady with fifty car receipts. White potatoes priced from 1.40 to 1.80 across states. Poultry alive steady with fowls 14 to 17 cents, springs 17 cents, turkeys 22 cents.
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Chicago
Springs
Provision Markets Abbreviated Prices On Meats And Fats
Local market list shows dry salt bacon bellies lard and American cheese with varied quotations. Entries include 16 to 28 cent ranges for bacon bellies fancy breakfast bacon and fancy hams along with lard and cheese prices.
Young North Dakota Cowboy Drives Cattle for Big Missouri Ranch
Maurice Paul Gowdy, ten, son of Chester Gowdy, works as partner with Bert White to drive a train load of cattle for the Fort Suily Cattle Company, a major central state ranch along the Missouri river twenty six miles northwest of Pierre. The boy balances work with schooling, riding from around 3 30 in the morning until sundown. The ranch grazes thousands of cattle on low and high land and is among the region’s last large outfits.
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Northwest
Maurice Paul Gowdy
Chester Gowdy
Bert White
Sioux City
Fort Suily Cattle Company
Missouri River
Maurice
Branch
River Buttes
Missouri
Tom Steel
Pert Waite
Tarkio, Mo
Waite and Gowdy
Language of Whistles in Mexican Indian Speech
Carlisle Pennsylvania resident Harold Mapes a mining engineer with twelve years in Mexico reports a whistled vernacular used by Mexican Indians. He says phrases and sentences are conveyed by whistle, derived from Toltec tradition, and adapted by Spanish speakers for clarity around machines and to hide meaning from overseers.
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Mexico
Harold T. Mapes
Mapes
Mr. Manes
Mipes
Central
South America
Louisiana man builds long range camera for bird photography
A Louisiana man invents a wheel mounted long range camera with a cannon like sighting tube to photograph wild birds in their natural haunts or in flight. The device aims to extend reach for wildlife enthusiasts and researchers.
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Louisiana
Wheat Makes A Very Slight Net Advance
Chicago Wheat prices rose on December 26 amid hopes of stronger foreign demand and tight domestic receipts, with May and July futures trading firm before a late profit taking pullback. Corn and oats followed with gains and signals of a holiday trading lull. hog and provisions moved higher while speculators sold into the advance.
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Chicago
Wilson
Grain Prices Report From Chicago Market
Chicago quotations listed Dec 26 show No 2 red wheat and No 2 hard wheat at nominal levels. Corn No 2 and oats are also noted with prices around a dollar per bushel and barley near 86 cents to 1.10 dollars per unit.
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Chicago
Wheat and corn prices move in Kansas City quotes
Kansas City market report lists grain prices as of December 26 with No. 2 hard wheat $1.70 to $1.76, No. 2 red $1.70 to $1.70, corn mixed with No. 2 yellow 89 to 90 cents, No. 2 white 54 cents, No. 2 mixed 63 to 53 cents, rye around $1.30.
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Kansas City
Grain futures close with mixed gains in Kansas City
Grain futures in Kansas City closed with Wheat December at 1.68 and May at 1.65 while Corn finished December at 87 cents and May at 89 cents.
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Kansas City
Wheat and rye price quotations update from St Louis
Quotations today in St Louis show wheat higher with No 2 red around 1.85 to 1.87 and No 2 white steady. Rye remains nominal at No 2 level as prices firm for other grains.
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ST. Louis
Texas Public Utilities Count By Railroad Board
Texas figures show 117 public utilities under railroad commission jurisdiction at end of 1916 with 109 railroad companies three express firms and five wharf concerns. Among 686 not under the commission 662 are telephone firms six interurban railways fifteen street railways and three telegraph companies.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
Railroad Commission
Commission
Local Market Prices Shift in Fresh Produce
The wholesale prices for fresh fruits and vegetables moved Tuesday morning with bananas at 3.50 and 8.75 per hundredweight, California lettuce down to 2.75 per crate, and California cabbage up 25 cents to 4 per hundredweight. Cuban tomatoes sit at 3.50 per six basket crate while overall trade remained quiet after the Christmas rush.
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Jonathan
Ben Davis
Arkoneas
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Dave California
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Florida
Arrel Lot
Fresh Produce Prices from California and Texas Wholesalers
Wholesale vegetable prices list California potatoes at 3.6 cents per hundredweight and California onions at 4.765 dollars per hundredweight. Tomato pricing shows California at 2 dollars, Texas at 1.50 per 4 basket crate, Cuban at 3.60 per six crate. Celery is quoted at 1 dollar per dozen and 5.50 per crate.
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Texas
Prices for fruits and vegetables in wholesale lists
Wholesale market listing shows California and Texas produce with prices per crate, pound, or dozen. includes apples, oranges, lemons, pears, berries, greens, and canned goods. Also lists canned meats, fish, dried fruits, nuts, seeds, milled products, and livestock hides with varied per unit rates. спеці
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Braggart and Bragging in London Punch Satire
The London Punch quips about Whistler and King Edward with humor on bragging. Whistler denies acquaintance to the king while the monarch is said to claim knowledge. A woman asks about a possible fight finishing soon, with rustic speech about a stubborn “ole Bille” and ongoing legal leverage.
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Wall Street Cautious Opening Amid Mixed Gains
News of a double holiday left investors cautious in early trading in New York. Shipping shares led gains with Atlantic Gulf and West Indies up five points and Central Leather up three points among specialties. United States Steel rose slightly then eased. Declines were mostly small in munition and equipment stocks while oil and registry issues posted gains. Overall trading remained dull with about 50 000 shares sold.
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English Exchanges Close In London On Christmas Day
The Stock Exchange and all markets are closed today in London for the Christmas holiday. Trading resumes in the following sessions with prices and orders held until reopening.
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Metal Market Briefs In New York And St Louis Reports
Metal markets move with quotas and price notes from New York and East St. Louis. Copper remains dull with electrolytic prices steady near 32.60, iron ore priced around 30.00 for No. 2 grade, and spot delivery quotes listed for several items.
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Dee
New York Coffee Market Slow on Rio Rio Futures
New York December 26 Rio coffee futures drift lower as supply concerns ease and demand remains soft. Market observers note unsettled price levels with March contracts inching downward and traders eyeing weather in producing regions.
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