Wood cord prices for mesquite and oak
Advertisement notes cord wood pricing with two species. Mesquite four foot cords offered at seven dollars fifty cents and sawed eight fifty. Oak four foot cords priced nine dollars and sawed ten dollars.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 28, 1918
Page
8
Advertisement notes cord wood pricing with two species. Mesquite four foot cords offered at seven dollars fifty cents and sawed eight fifty. Oak four foot cords priced nine dollars and sawed ten dollars.
A jumbled page lists wood and coal for sale with delivery offers and low prices. Items include stove wood, 87.50 full cord, various jewelry, watches, and delicate consignments. Numerous ads mention Alamo Jewelry Co and local merchants selling tools, garments, and household goods at discounted rates.
Fragmented notices show buyers seeking sacks metals bricks and bags, diamonds old gold and jewelry, and secondhand furniture at high cash prices. Advertisers include William Caputo Crockett 2400 and Johnson 210 Navarro offering quick pickups and low prices.
Sealed bids to furnish fifty cords of post oak for Bexar County institutions due January 4 1919. Also bids for delinquent tax list publication due January 2 1919. Listings include White Horse Tavern for sale eighteen acres on South Loop Drive near Alamo, and various business for sale or trade in San Antonio.
Chicago prospec ts point to a larger crop after New Year s leading to overall corn weakness except for December delivery where shorts cover caused advances. December trading small with January and May prices opening higher but closing firmer after end of week adjustments. oats ahead of corn and provisions following corn weakness with a partial recovery from rallies in corn.
San Antonio Music Co offers a clearance of all pianos including new used and second hand uprights player pianos and baby grands with prices from 75 to 280. Sales emphasize Christmastime buying and flexible terms with many models from Knabe Ivers & Pond and others. Location 816 West Commerce Street plus notes on sale stock and terms.
Acute scarcity of immediate supplies forced a bulge in the corn market this week. Prices rose by about seven to nine cents for nearby deliveries while futures moved with limited movement. Oats showed weakness despite corn strength as weather hindered shelling and hog offerings kept provisions heavy.
The piece notes price instability in the stock market since armistice signing with heavy speculation in liberty bonds. It cites leadership views urging cautious investment despite restrictions, mentions poor performance in utilities and local transit, and points to copper shares rallying after the Anaconda dividend and finance director actions.
A lengthy catalog of wholesale prices for fresh country produce from onions to raisins and apples is provided. The list includes California tomatoes, onions, cabbages, peppers, yams, and oranges among many items, with per hundredweight, crate, and pound rates. Prices reflect trade terms and delivery conditions, with various regional entries and unit measures throughout.
Quotations from the wobbly ongoing cotton markets show gains around two to four points per base with middling prices near where buyers and sellers set fair value. The report notes modest advances in futures and spot activity across leading trading centers including San Antonio and nearby markets.
New York cotton opened steady then declined with January and March futures slipping while May fell sharply. Trading absorbed early offers as covering buoyed prices, with broadening demand from foreign trade and buyers in Liverpool and Japan aiding a late firm tone.
New Orleans cotton markets show prices dropping 32 to 83 points in the first half hour, with a steady tone into decline. A renewed demand appears from reports of an Easter ocean freight market, yet an early dip is offset by a net advance later in the morning, ranging 27 to 48 points. Cords list May and other futures with various quotes and opening levels amid mixed activity.
Fragmentary OCR notes show cotton statistics and names such as Baler 16 4 and Ne US 4 Norte Vite with mentions of Witintracton, Yoxas H Monstin and Savant bhy festiny. The readable text is partial and lacks clear dates or locations.
Week ends with strong demand in livestock trade as markets report varied gains and steady to higher prices. Kansas City and Chicago show higher quotes for cattle and hogs, with receipts limited. Texas and New York reports include steady to higher prices for beef, veal, and sheep amidst active trading and mixed demand.
Chicago TL December 28 Quotations for various goods and weights including 14 16 pound averages and 28e price levels. Notes mention breakfast items, neon mentions, and low grade 30 pound indicators with scattered misreadings and unclear product names.
Markets show little activity with cotton and wool quiet in New Orleans and New York trading floors. No sales reported, receipts fall to pockets and sacks. dry goods section notes steady prices while wool auctions remain subdued.
On Camp Shelby a list of engineers and officers connected to the order appears with names such as Ven Ve Pierrey and Taylerson, detailing unit assignments and dates. The readable fragments indicate a formal dispatch among military ranks and departments.
The Boston Globe notes a struggle between moderates led by Ebert and radical Spartacists over Germanys future. Moderates favor a constitutional convention with universal suffrage while extremists press a dictatorship of the proletariat. The piece compares German currents to Russias 1917 crisis, warning on which camp gains strength will shape the revolution.
New York trading reports show pronounced pressure at the opening with marine shares weak while British interests oppose U S policy. Commodities and assorted lines including gas and brokerage issues move irregularly amid overnight advices and market uncertainty.
Mrs Wessle Merron aged about 20 from Virginia died in San Antonio after illness. The funeral will be from her residence Saturday afternoon with interment in City Cemetery No 4. Survived by husband and two daughters Eva and Renz, and her father Jal Londeree of Virginia. Porter Loring Funeral Directors in charge.
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