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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1915
Page
12
Realty ad offers a 12 room house at 3250 Marlborough Place with a large handsome front and rosettes. Terms mention a fixed price and phase about teams and balls, with references to a realty company and agents.
San Antonio wholesale prices steady across meats poultry and eggs with hens at 4.00 to 5.00 per dozen and ducks at 5.40 to 6.00 per dozen. Chicago futures show creamery butter at 29 to 38 cents per pound and eggs receipts 431 cases. Poralores steady with Wisconsin and Michigan whites higher. New York coffee markets show futures around 6.44 per pound.
A chemist reports no poison found in the Pratt deaths in Baltimore Avenue apartments. Dr Jargon submits a statement to Judge Th. Neill Campbell as inquest into the double fatality proceeds. Findings from Dr Douglas Larmin are awaited. investigation set for Wednesday at nursing.
The report notes stronger demand in the Southern markets lifting cotton prices with middling grades quoted higher. Prices in New York New Orleans and other hubs show varied gains as traders digest futures and current demand.
Fragmented OCR notes reference Liverpool futures in 19th century terms. Mentions mildew, prices, and seasonal tunings with scattered dates and unclear terms. Indicates export emphasis and market commentary with minimal readable specifics.
Grain prices show firmer oats while wheat slips in early trading as peace talks loom. News wires report mixed futures from Kansas City to Chicago with wheat easing after a brief rally, corn price weakness persists, and provisional gains in barley support hedges. Market tone remains cautious as exports and receipts fluctuate across regions.
Fort Worth reports a possible state quarantine on cattle shipments amid wet and mouth disease concerns. The Fort Worth market mixed receipts of cattle calves hogs and sheep with steady to lower quotes and hogs slipping across hubs from Chicago to St Louis and New Orleans showing cautious tone while the week advances.
The report outlines cotton market activity with exports to date, prices for middling lint, and crop condition notes across months. It lists figures for exports, receipts, and ginning totals up to December, including price signals and overall commercial operations for the year.
In Waugs Tex on Feb 10 the Anti-Saloon League held a meeting noting Ball's defeat for gerrant due to his refusal to back national prohibition. The Texas group may affiliate with the American Anti-Saloon League. A new board of managers will guide funds and a salaried superintendent will be chosen. Rev Henry Alford Porter contends liquor traffic breaches the ten commandments and that prohibitions cannot fully stop evil. He urges targeted regulation of liquor akin to murder laws and criticizes liquor-backed town opposition.
Fragmented text outlines naval and coastal intelligence items including ships and stations with scattered names and terms. It mentions Galveston operations, various locations, and unidentified vessels or events, but the specifics are unclear due to OCR distortion. The piece reads like a brief military intelligence bulletin with multiple proper nouns and abbreviated terms.
Reports from market observers show American beans selling abroad at higher prices due to war fears and freight disruptions. European buyers step up purchases as U S producers mark revised quotations with fluctuating week by week demand and supply shifts impacting oat and corn futures.
Mercantile news from New York, listing rates for bonds and currencies, stock mentions, and remarks on United States exports. Notable items include government and railroad bonds, New York and New Orleans notices, and a plan to issue $100,000,000 in convertible debentures subject to shareholder and public service committee approval.
Stock market declines as rumors from abroad unsettle investors. Reading and Lehigh Valley rail stocks drop while Southern Railway preferred slips. Trading stalls, copper and steel shares move in narrow ranges with a firm close. Major industrials like Bethlehem Steel and United States Steel report mixed losses and gains.
The Department of Commerce reports the United States posted the largest weekly trade surplus across thirteen principal ports for the week ended February. Exports totaled 65454108 dollars with imports at 22448559, and cotton shipments reached 65 784 bales. Weekly totals for the textile sector show activity in New York with prices and sales figures listed for February 18.
The fragmentary market roundup lists various metal prices and items with copper and iron mentions. It references futures values around 4 dollars and 60 cents, market activity, and currency-like figures, but many words are garbled, leaving uncertainty about exact commodities and dates.
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