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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 26, 1918
Page
12
Advertises cord wood sale with delivery options and pricing. One cord for $1.00 if ordered in yard, or two cords for $3 per cord, urging prompt order before cold weather. Note garbled street-voice phrasing and unclear location.
A garbled ad promises prompt delivery of dry pan wood and urges customers to place orders with Travis International Sed de Centate. The text imitates a sales pitch with unclear pricing and multiple misspellings, making the service details difficult to verify.
Public notice invites bids for sale of furniture stored in Crockett Alabama. Proposals must be delivered to the county auditor by a specified deadline in January. the county reserves the right to accept or reject bids.
A damaged notice from San Antonio music company cites tax publication requirements and a call to action. It mentions the county offices and deadlines tied to tax lists for the year and references venues on West Commerce Street. The fragmentary text includes phrases about terms and satisfaction and lists various prices and products.
Favorable weather improves movement of crops, lowering corn prices across markets. Reports show mixed receipts with prices amid a downturn, yet late-session gains faded as rally mood waned and selling pressure persisted.
Fragmentary OCR details indicate a property lands auction opportunity in Penny County Arkansas Tennessee. Names and precise parcels are unreadable but reference to Hay to Hadie Mexteni and a 3 acre measure appear. Further legible data needed for complete summary.
A jumbled list of classified items from an old newspaper includes bids to the county judge for surveys and clothing, job ads for a young man, reliable man and woman needed for cooking and housekeeping, housing needs, and miscellaneous notices. The fragment mentions The Franklin's Printers and several locations and names, with no coherent single story.
Quotations from daily spot cotton tickets show a firm tone as buying and selling activity persists. The market edged up about 470 points in the first half hour while other spots varied with New York and New Orleans reporting gains and declines.
The New York cotton market showed renewed activity as traders returned from Christmas. July sells eased with Liverpool-linked duties, while January and March trades advanced on covering and demand from commission houses and speculators. Prices fluctuated with realising sales. January notes firmed late morning, and the market closed mixed, with January near 20.70 and March around 22.80.
New Orleans cotton prices moved up 1 to 47 points in early trading amid bullish spot sentiment. Futures showed a net advance of 10 to 47 points by mid afternoon as long positions turned realising. The Liverpool Cotton Exchange reportedly closed until Monday December 9.
Fragmented OCR notes list meat and dairy items with quantities and prices. Mentions salt, bacon, hams, margarine, and varying weights. no clear event or location details.
The page blends market blurbs on wheat dairy and goods with fashion notes. It mentions prices for wheat and lard, retail items like pottery and potatoes, and then shifts to winter fashion trends noting Brown furs, black satin slippers, tulle, taffetas, and military braid details on serge dresses and hats.
Reading of speculative sentiment drives daily trading as United Steel, United Dairy, Anaconda Copper, American Can, Brooklyn Transit, and Metropolitan Detroit Railway lose close to two points while McMuan Petroleum and Wibaccos hold ground. Investors watch holiday-fueled volatility and dividend rumors amid widespread market activity.
The list details wholesale prices to trade for California produce such as lemons bananas apples apricot and various vegetables and staples. It also lists prices for flour sugar coffee tea and canned goods with per unit and per hundredweight rates, plus notes on grain and hay metrics and miscellaneous imported items.
Reports from Union Stock Yards San Antonio Chicago Fort Worth and Louisville indicate cattle beef and pork prices firm to higher with steady to improved demand. Prices quoted include cattle at 16.75 to 17.00 for heavy steers calves around 7.00 to 18.50 and hogs near 17.00 with assorted regional variations.
Readable fragments show cotton statistics and market notes from cities including Wilmington Norfolk Tn Houston and New York. The items mention interion receipts metals and futures context amid partial data and scattered quotes.
Today's Army orders assign Lieut Gile O Clark to El Paso Texas and detachment duties for Issac D Jackson and Liew Martin A Strahan. Liew is attached to 39th Battery Company. Lieut POM accompanies action with 39th Battalion. Units on duty include the 469 Depot Brigade and the 469th Machine Battalion in Camy Travis.
Estimated total salmon catch in Kamehatka expresses 400000 boxes with 300000 red salmon 30000 coho and 40000 king salmon. Low lake runs at Karafute and Rur He Psinads reduce other species while high red salmon arrivals draw fishermen away. English government caps price and imports from Canada and America, delaying salmon inflows.
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