City Charter Talks Endorse Tax Rebate Elimination
Vision charter committee spent hours debating a provision to grant rebates for municipal taxes and unanimously agreed to remove the rebate plan. The panel will revisit the initiative referendum and recall sections, with no final decision yet on those items.
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Vision Charter Committee
T. L. Nroy
Judge Templeton
August Jam
Graham Dowdell
J. Briam
Jay
Apleton
R. J. Boyle
Tom Smith
Secrey Graham Dowdell
A. H,nes
Frank C. Davis
T. L. Cony
J. E. Webb
Albert Steves
Why He Was Mad Crashes Through Plate Glass in Downtown
An angry La Crosse man, after smashing a plate glass window in a downtown building, states he survived a fall from a stairs and rolled four times to land on the sidewalk. The injured man is carried away by an ambulance as Orr surveys the scene.
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Orr
Mes W. Scott
la Crosse
Scott
Fae Hugh Orr
Coffee Futures Steady Amid Market Brief
New York on February 15 reports Coffee No. 7 at 18 cents, steady trading. May futures quoted at 12.59 cents, with July at 64 cents as traders gauge supply and demand in the coffee market.
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New York
Wortham couple from Austin guests at Gunter hotel
John L. Wortham and his wife Secretary of State Wortham, plus their daughter Miss Dad Wortham, are visiting San Antonio for several days and staying at the Gunter hotel. In China a proposal aims to repurpose the Great Wall remains for a railway around a city.
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John L. Wortham
Austin
State Wortham
Dad Wortham
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
China
Uneasiness Over Dry Fields Helps Bulls in Wheat Today
West field worries eased and wheat rose in early trading as forage scarcity supported corn. May wheat opened near unchanged then rose to 93 1/4 cents, while corn May slipped to 52 1/2 cents. Oats firm and livestock futures showed slight gains amid mixed receipts and selling.
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Chicago
May
Chicago cash grain prices on February 15
Chicago cash grain quotations list values for wheat and corn. No. 2 red wheat 1.07 to 1.09 dollars per bushel, No. 2 hard 91 to 92 cents, No. 1 northern 92 to 93, No. 2 northern 90 to 91, No. 2 spring 89 to 90, velvet chaff 86 to 91 cents, durum 87 to 92 cents. Corn No. 2 yellow 60 cents. Oats No. 2 white 34 to 36 cents, standard 33 to 34 cents.
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Chicago
Grain quotes from Kansas City market notes
Quotations listed for cash and futures at Kansas City on February 15 show No 2 hard corn and mixed corn at 85 87 cents and 47 49 cents respectively. Wheat May 86 cents, July 85 5/8 cents, May 85 3/4 cents. Oats No 2 white 34 to 34 1/2 cents.
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Kansas City
Market report snippets and commodity quotes
The item lists various commodity codes, months, and percentages including May and July figures. It appears to be a fragmented market note with no clear event or outcome.
Cotton Statistics Exports by Destination Report
This week exports of cotton to Great Britain amount to 17 950 units and 7 394 to France. Exports to the continent total 80 181 while exports to Mexico and Japan are 3 124. Spinners takings compare this year with last year at 819 000 versus 450 009 for season totals 8 260 000 and 8 223 000 respectively.
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Great Britain
France
Tock
Fauigeech
Memphis
Tenn
St. Louis
Houston
Tex
Galveston
Market Prices Drift As Hides Leather Firms Edge Up
New York reports firm buyers for hides and leather with Bo gota at 29 to 30 percent. Central America 30. Leather firm Hemlock firsts 28 29 cents, seconds 27 28, thirds 24 25, rejects 19 20.
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New York
Bogota
Central America
Fragmentary OCR Notes on Prices and Items
Fragmented text lists prices for items with unclear names and quantities. Mentions 6.05 and 4.25 and 4.45 with descriptors like fine and powdered. Also references Greece and a line about bosé possibly. Overall unreadable, sourcing incomplete.
Market Dull as Copper Prices Edge Week’s End
New York trading on February 15 shows copper markets largely muted with Lake copper at 15.26 and electrolytic copper at 15 but costs remaining around 14.75. Rates for roa hold steady amid flat activity and unchanged quotations.
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New York
Clearing Banks Reserve Surge Boosts Excess Over Legal
New York data for the five day week shows total reserves held by clearing house banks and trust companies at 8,946,900 dollars above the required legal minimum, an increase of 689,850 dollars from the prior week.
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New York
Weather Forecast for Texas Regions Saturday to Sunday
ULS Department of Agriculture forecast for Saturday February 15 1913 in San Antonio and vicinity and East Texas. Tonight and Sunday fair and warmer in most areas with warmer nights. Northwest East Texas may vary.
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ULS
Department of Agriculture
THER
Willis L.moore, Chick
San Antonio
Texas
Sugar Prices Stir Demand and Markets in Early Trade
Sugar refiners report strong demand and are several days behind shipments due to low current prices. Frank Lewis notes a 4.85 dollar average, with buyers stocking up for months amid expectations of higher prices next week. Coffee weakens while tea and Mexican products firm, and northern cheese output declines due to cold reducing milk production.
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Frank Lewis
New Orleans
Mexico
Conflicting Mexico Reports Roil Early Stock Markets
New York trading sees weakness amid mixed Mexico reports and a railroad pay dispute. Initial gains from London faded as speculative interest waned and few leaders rose. Lehigh and Northwestern slipped while Mexican Petroleum gained, reflecting cautious sentiment.
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New York
Mexico
London
Mexican Petroleum
Utah Gopper
Lehigh
Northwestern
Sterling exchange steady in New York market on Feb 15
Prime mercantile paper 5 percent. Sterling exchange steady with actual business in bankers' bills at 4.83.25 for 60 day bills and 4.87.35 for demand. Commercial bills 4.83. Bar silver 62½. Mexican dollars 48½. Government bonds firm, railroad bonds irregular.
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New York
Sterling Exchange
London market summary shows mixed metal and dried fruit prices
Copper and tin edge lower in London spot and futures pricing. Lead and spelter quotes steady. Iron warrants vary by type. California beans and dried fruits list broad prices for peaches pears apples corn oats and figs with many small lot figures and unit prices.
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London
Cleveland
Featureless Saturday at Union Stock Yards livestock market
The February 26 market in Chicago reported a dull featureless day with meager shipments. Receipts totaled about 500 cattle 10 calves and 12 hogs with cattle mainly steers from Mexico. prices ranged from 4.50 for good cows to 5.50 for fat cattle and hogs 6.50 to 7.50. No sheep or goats were offered.
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Union Stock Yards
Mexico
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Stock Market Mixed With Mexican Stockers Mixed
Fort Worth reports Saturday receipts totaling about 1400 cattle mainly Mexicans with markets steady across cattle. Mexican stockers bring 4.60 while Mexican bulls range 4.10 to 4.26. hogs rise 5 to 10 cents with bulk around 8.25 to 8.42.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago prices and receipts show cattle at 200 head with steady market. Beeves bring 6.55 to 9.15, Texas steers 5.00 to 5.90, hogs 6.50 to 8.10, sheep with native lambs 7.00 to 9.20. hogs bulk 8.15 to 8.26. Receipts include 10,000 hogs and 1,500 sheep with mixed lots and prices listed.
Kansas City Market Report Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices
Kansas City market news shows receipts for cattle 800 with southern steer prices 6.00 to 7.50 and southern cows 4 to 6.60, hogs 1000 with bulk 7.95 to 8.05 and pigs 6.75 to 7.25, sheep 700 with muttons 4.50 to 6.25 and Colorado lambs 8.00, range wethers and yearlings 5.25 to 7.66.
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Kansas City
Colorado
Cattle and hog receipts and quotations report
ST. LOUIS, Feb. 15. Receipts and quotations today show cattle receipts 800 including 100 Texans, market steady. Native beef steers 5.75 to 9.00, Texas and Oklahoma steers 6.25 to 7.90, cows and heifers 3.75 to 6.50, calves in carload lots 5.00 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 6000, market 6c higher. Pigs and lights 6.75 to 8.40, mixed and butchers 8.25 to 8.45, good heavy 8.30. No. sheep listed.
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Ben Day
Missouri
California
Texas
Alaska
Pioneer
Corfee
Rio
Maxwell House
Othanaeaard Hier
ST. Louis
Oklahoma
A la carte service popular in Menger dining room
The a la carte service has become most popular for luncheon and dinner parties in the Menger's new dining room.
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Menger
Cottonseed prices and dairy updates across markets
Reports from Memphis New York and Kansas City show varied prices. Prime basis oil at 6.40 to 6.44 with meal 26.00. cottonseed oil closes steady in New York with March to August bids and sales. butter steady at 28 35 4c. eggs and poultry prices listed alongside regional receipts.
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Memphis
Tenn
New York
Poultry and Butter Prices Reported in Louis Quotations
Louis February 15 quotations show poultry at 18 cents for chickens and turkeys 18 cents, ducks 16 cents, eggs 19 cents. Butter creamery 29 and 28 cents per pound.
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Louis
Cotton values tumble as bears press market early
New York eased barely steady with open drops of 10 to 12 points as Liverpool cables weighed on prices. Short covering and spot support trimmed the decline before markets closed easy, with a net drop of 18 to 23 points amid heavy continental selling and lack of sustained demand.
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New York
Liverpool
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Then Sags On Bearish Cables
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened with a 7 to 10 point decline on poor cables and heavy spot selling. Bears pressed as weak longs dropped out, with prices sliding to weekly lows before settling 18 to 22 points lower on the day.
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New Orleans
Jongs
Cotton futures steady with modest decline in late year
Futures edged lower with cotton closing down 18 to 22 points after mixed early trading. Prices hovered around 12.3 to 12.4 per pound across February through December, signaling subdued activity in the market.
Cotton market closes lower in Liverpool trade
Liverpool spot cotton eases with American middling fair at 7.40 cents and middling 6.84. Daily sales reach 6000 bales with 300 speculative and export and 8400 American receipts of 14,000 bales.
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Liverpool
Cotton futures open and close Easier in Liverpool
In Liverpool on February 15, cotton futures showed a softer start and finish for the session. The table lists spot closings for February through next January with varying slight declines and decimal spreads across contracts.
New Orleans Spot Cotton Markets Report February Strike
Spot cotton eased with middling 12 9-16 cents. New Orleans receipts 2643 bales. stock 127,802 bales. Listings show various grades from low ordinary to good middling with nominal values and arrivals 2260 bales. Prices in other markets noted: New York 12.90, Liverpool 6.84 pence, Houston and Galveston around 12 9-16 to 12 3-4 cents.
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New York
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Liverpool
Memphis
Cotton Prices Steady to Quiet in Galveston Market
Spot cotton closed quiet with declines from 4 to 12 percent. Classed by quality, low ordinary at 8.5 cents and middling at 12 cents. Sales totaled 1277 bales f.o.b, receipts 5121 bales, stock at 252,360 bales.
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Galveston
Spot market closes quiet with varied bale prices
Houston market reports a quiet close with prices down 3 to 1 cent. Shipments stand at 7652 bales with total stock 144225 bales. Price ranges listed include low ordinary 7 13 16c, ordinary 13 16c, good ordinary 9 13 16c, low mid dling 11 9 16c, middling 11 29 16c, good middling 12 15 16c, middling fair 13 5 16c to 16 0.
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Houston
Tex
Cotton market steady with unchanged prices in Memphis
Memphis spot cotton held steady at middling 12 3/4 cents as of February 15. New York spot prices closed quiet with upland middling at 12.90 and gulf middling at 13.15, no sales reported.
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Memphis
Tenn
New York
Gulf
Boston mining stocks close values report
Boston February 15 closing mining stocks show Arizona Commercial at 2 3 4 percent Calumet and Arizona at 61 Greene Cananea at 7 percent and North Butte at 26 percent reflecting market moves for the day.
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Boston
Arizona Commercial
Calumet and
Arizona
Greene-Cananea
North Butte
Lead and Spelter Prices in St. Louis Market
In St Louis on February 15 lead traded around 4.22 and spelter near 6.25 with a quoted spread reflecting market activity for the day.
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BT. Louis
Eggs Fall to 19 Cents in Chicago Market Slump
Fresh eggs in Chicago on February 15 sold at 19 cents, the lowest in twenty years for the season. Market glut pushed prices down three cents with retailers sometimes offering 19 cents while many quoted 23 to 24 cents. Storage eggs dealt at 12 to 13 cents wholesale.
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Chicago
Cuban editor takes sole blame for attacks on Beaupre
Havana reports Representative Soto, nominal editor of Cuba, says he alone is responsible for retent attacks on American minister Arthur M. Beaupre. He objects to Beaupre allegedly using abusive terms. Conservative caucus decisions aim to block house consent to prosecute Soto.
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Havana
Soto
Cuba
Arthur M. Beaupre
Beaupre
Scotia to Patrol North Atlantic With Wireless Precautions
The Board of Trade says the whaling ship Scotia now tied to Scott Antarctic work will patrol North Atlantic ice regions to warn wireless stations, American coast steamers, and ships of iceberg dangers. It will carry powerful wireless gear and depart Dundee soon in line with new British-North Atlantic Steamship Lines accords.
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London
Board of Trade
Scotia
North Atlantic
North Atlantic Steamship Lines
Dundee
Automatic safety device promises safer planes in wind
Rene Quinton, president of the National Aerial League, reports a practicable auto safety device by Moreau. The freely swinging pendulum steadies aircraft during dangerous oscillations. Moreau flew with one passenger for 35 minutes in strong wind, using only rudder. The device allegedly makes capsizing practically impossible.
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Paris
Rene Quinton
National Aerial League
Moreau
St Louis Pastor to Speak at San Antonio City Mission
A special gospel meeting tonight at the San Antonio City Mission on Santa Rosa avenue and Dolorosa street will feature Rev. Mr. Dietrich of St. Louis Missouri and a tailored musical program. The series runs through the week with city pastors expected to address crowds and advance the work led by Mr. and Mrs. L B Haines.
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St. Louis
San Antonio City Mission
Santa Rosa Avenue
Dolorosa Street
Dietrich
L. B. Haines
Riverside Restaurant Promotes Chicken Dinner Events
Tonight an extra fine supper is offered at the Riverside Restaurant. Tomorrow a big chicken dinner and supper will be served, inviting diners to enjoy the meals and the riverside setting.
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Riverside
Southern States Cotton Corp Stock Sold to Dallas Syndicate
The Southern States Cotton Corporation directors announce all remaining stock sold to a Dallas underwriting syndicate. Delivery contracts for next fall will begin in Georgia Texas Oklahoma Mississippi and Arkansas. Directors to be elected around April 21, 1913.
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Dallas
Tex
Southern States Cotton Corporation
Georgia
Texas
Oklahoma
Mississippi
Arkansas
Do You Stutter Learn From Dr J Harvey Moore
A call to seek help from Dr J Harvey Moore an Ear Nose and Throat specialist at 204 Gunter Office Building San Antonio. The note invites readers to learn how to be cured and mentions Eve as a contact.
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J. Harvey Moore
Eve
Gunter Office Building
San Antonio
Jand
Sun Yat Sen Arrives in Tokyo for Officially Unofficial Visit
Dr Sun Yat Sen former provisional president of the Chinese republic was welcomed in Tokyo on February 15. He said the trip is unofficial and that he came to study industrial conditions in Japan.
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Sun Yat Sen
Japan
Tokio
Navy hospital corps recruits seek early advantage
A San Antonio navy station letter to Recruit Miller announces open hospital corps positions. Enlist as hospital apprentices for rapid advancement with starting pay 22 dollars monthly plus government board and clothing. Potential yearly earnings up to 2250 dollars with allowances after several years.
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Bureau of Navigation
Miller
San Antonio Navy Station
Bail Denied to Mylius in Ellis Island Case
Judge Noyes refused bail for Edward Mylius the journalist convicted in England of libelling King George He remains detained at Ellis Island awaiting habeas corpus briefs due Monday Fire at the Seibold Hotel in Fort Worth Texas caused about 10000 in damage with water from firefighting soaking the building All guests escaped safely and the hotel owner is Edward Seibold of Iowa
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New York
Noyes
Federal District Court
Edward Mylius
England
King George
Mylius
Ellis Island
Fort Worth
Tex
Seibold
Edward Seibold
Iowa
Dynamo Burns Out at San Antonio Traction Power Plant
One of the dynamos at the San Antonio Traction Company power house burned out last night. Regular car service was not interrupted, but the plant could not generate enough power this morning to run extra cars. Repair is expected to restore extra service later today.
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San Antonio Traction Company
Firemen and Engineers Reject Arbitration Plan
In New York on February 15 officers of the Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen vote unanimously to reject the amended arbitration plan proposed last night by 54 eastern railroads.
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New York
The
Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen
River Side Restaurant Offers Quick Market Meals
A note promotes River side Restaurant as a top spot for fast meals from market finds. It claims Texas fare and suggests good value with meals priced around 25e. Local dining option highlighted for quick, casual eating.
Bankers to Go to Prison in New Orleans Case
Eugene F Buhler and Joseph H Gomila, former Teutonia Bank & Trust officers, were sentenced to seven years in state prison in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Eugene F. Buhler
Joseph H. Gomila
Teutonia Bank & Trust Company
Piles in Amsterdam Treated With Iron Coatings
Some piles in use in Amsterdam date 300 to 400 years back. Non buried portions are bored by pile worms but protected by driving in large head nails to form an iron coating. The thin coating rusts in water to shield the wood, a process repeated every years. Global mean temperature is 60 degrees Fahrenheit.
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Amsterdam
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