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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1913
Page
9
Chicago on February 19 reports wheat prices opening steady and slipping then rising to 92 3 4 cents, corn easing to 52 1 2 cents before weakening, and hog futures under pressure with May around 19.75 to 19.77. Wheat closed easy on showers, May corn finished 51 1 2 cents, with a modest net gain for wheat.
Quotations today show Mash wheat at No 2 red 105 to 107 cents, No 2 hard 89 to 91, corn No 2 474 to 47 for bid ranges, No 2 white 490 to 49, and oat prices. Wheat May 91, July 89 cents. Corn May 51, July 52 cents. Dates May 34, July 34 cents.
Incomplete excerpt shows scattered terms like ash wheat Noe 84 percent red 9841.02 and mixed No. 2 white 83 percent with hints of dates February and July. City reference appears with a partial quotation tag and rough month names, offering no cohesive report.
Quotations were a8 wes today with grain and corn prices listed in scattered figures. No. 1 northern and No. 2 yellow types show varied values as traders note different grades and locations.
Galveston reports cleared yesterday the steamer Hippolyte Dumois from Port Simon. Also sailing were El Occidente to New York Florida to Tampico via Trance Maria and Ventura de Lariga to Manchester, Stephen to Liverpool, Wel ry to Bremen. New York arrivals include Fina to Antwerp.
A bold medical advertisement urges immediate action for incurable conditions claiming miraculous results from their Anti-Toxin Bacteria and Serum Lymph Treatment. It asserts many hopeless cases have been cured and warns that neglect leads to an incurable stage.
Boston based report notes a slight rise in demand for domestic wool with lower grades weaker while choice lines hold firm. Quoted values show Wisconsin and Missouri fleece at 28 to 31 cents for 1/2 blood, washed and unwashed ranges. Kentucky similar lines. Scoured Texas fine wool 6 to 8 months 65 to 66 cents, 12 months 63 to 64 cents, fine fall 49 to 50 cents.
Kansas City market quotes list butter at firsts 3 cents, seconds 2 and a half, packing stock 1 cent. Eggs show extras rue, seconds 13 cents. Poultry prices: hens 12 cents, roosters 4 cents, ducks 15 cents.
Quotations show butter steady and creamery prices around 28 to 28.5 cents. Cheese firm with various brands and grades listed. Potatoes firm with 45 car receipts and regional price ranges noted. Poultry market mixed with dressed turkeys at 21 cents and live chickens around 18 cents.
In New York on February 19 eggs showed weakness with prices down and receipts totaling 6149 amid light demand and market caution.
Raw sugar remains steady with Muscovado 89 test at 2 96 cents per pound and centrifuged sugar at 3 45 cents. Molasses sugar 89 test steady while refined sugar holds. Petroleum and leather and hides show firm tones in today’s trading notes.
Copper remains steady with spot 64 pounds and futures 62 pounds 17s 6d. Tin market weak with 36 tons traded, spot 218 pounds 10s and futures 213 pounds 15s. Lead quoted at 16 pounds 7s 6d, spelter at 25 pounds. Iron warrants in Cleveland priced at 60s 4 1/2d in London.
New York reports steady cotton goods markets with about 20,000 bales sold for shipment to China. Silk demand is strong and wash fabrics see active trade. Retailers remain numerous in the markets.
New Orleans on February 19 reported no rough rice sales and steady overall tone. Receipts totaled rough 285 and clean 328, with 245 millers. Clean Honduras and Japan sales appeared at 8 6c and 3% %c, with quotes for rough Honduras $2.50 to $4.76 and Japan $2.75 to 4.26. clean Honduras 4 5 and 3 éc.
In Southwest Texas farmers prepare ground for a bumper spring. Seed and cane seed demand hits multi year highs with cane seed at 1.86 and 1.75 per unit, seed potatoes 3.50 per 11 peck sack. Potatoes acreage down from last year but market outlook positive. Mexican onions arrive with firm prices. old onions valued at 1.65 per hundred pounds. Mexico's 600 car load onion crop cited. Mexican products market remains firm amid regional unsettlements.
Wooten M W at 901 Hammond avenue lists automobile license number 3263 M under local records.
Building permits issued for multiple properties include a B G Blace warehouse on Mesquite scores 650 dollars, a T room dwelling on Raity with Wilkins address at 1750, Wait Baity six room dwelling on Wilkins avenue 1650, West Texas Bank and Trust Company dwelling on Pine street 400, and Santiago Diaz two room addition on Mitchell street 200.
A compilation of property deeds and transmissions across multiple blocks and city lots. Transactions include William Rossy and Charles Troilo to Frank Degasperi in 1913, Palm Height Development to Maude Wilcox in 1912, partition deeds among Bennett and Groos family, and several other transfers with precise lot, block, city block references, locations along West Locust, Marshall street, Tampico addition, Brackenridge Park, and surrounding districts. Values range from 5 to several thousand dollars and include redemption certificates and quit claims.
A list of burial permits shows individuals who died in February at various locations including Bexar County Hospital Dunnalley Lee Surgical Hospital and East Quincy Street. Names include Robert Clinton 68 Mrs C J Glover 45 Alfred McCollum 43 Concha Vila 16 Juanita Reyes 64 Hetty B Terry 66 P Gomez 65 and John Mayer 44. John Mayer’s death was at Bexar County Hospital with mention of F G Pettigrove of Boston.
Visible supply and weekly takings for the period Sept 1 to last Friday are listed alongside weekly exports and prices. The report includes monthly middling prices, spot and arrival sales, and crop conditions from May to January, with ginning totals up to several dates and the total crop figure.
Prices to retailers listed across eggs butter cheese vegetables meats and canned goods. Notable items include eggs 18 19 dozen, turkeys 14 16c per pound, butter 16 30c per pound, cheese 20 25c per pound, oranges California navels 2 76 3 26 per box, flour Pioneer 5 10 per barrel, sugar 5 per 100 pounds, coffee Maxwell House 32c per pound. Also reads hogs, lard, dried fruits, and canned meats with varied unit measures.
In Fort Worth on Feb 19 with 186 head received including 125 cattle 26 calves and 30 hogs the market moved at a good pace. Cows topped at 4.50 calves 6.50 7.50 hogs 6.50 7.25 while general cow prices ranged 3.85 to 4.25 and calves 4.50 to 5.25 no sheep or goats offered.
February 19 report from Fort Worth notes a quiet stock yards day with cattle steady to active. Beef steers bring 6.00 to 6.75, cows steady, calves 4.00 to 7.50. Hogs steady to strong with some outsiders at ten cents above, receipts about 1300 hogs and 2100 cattle, sheep steady and active, lambs noted as notches.
Chicago market news shows cattle receipts at 17 000 with a slow tone and steer, calf, and feeder ranges. Hog receipts at 27 000 with weak market and varied hog prices. Sheep receipts at 21 000 with steady market for natives and lambs.
Receipts and quotations show cattle 6500 head with southern cattle steady. Southern steers 36 org, cows and heifers 4 to 6.50. Hogs 12000 head market steady to five cents lower, bulk 8.05 to 8.20, heavies 8.00 to 8.10, lights 8.10 to 8.25, pigs 7.00 to 7.36. Sheep 9000 head strong, muttons 4.75 to 6.10, Colorado lambs around 8.00, range wethers and yearlings 5.50.
In St Louis receipts include 3000 cattle and 11,500 hogs with markets steady. Native beef steers range 5.75 to 9.00, Texas and Oklahoma steers 5.25 to 7.90, cows 5.75 to 6.60, calves 6.00 to 6.50. Sheep receipts at 3000 with muttons 6.50 to 6.75 and lambs 7.00 to 9.00. New York coffee futures opened weaker with May at 12.28.
New York cotton prices opened steady with a modest advance but slipped several points as disappointing cables and solid selling pressure pushed futures lower. Spot markets showed mixed signals with New York and Liverpool varying while New Orleans held steady and other ports fluctuated.
New York cotton futures opened steady with January around 11.43 and December near 11.46. The market showed small daily ranges and closed barely steady as contracts for March through December posted mixed highs and lows within a narrow band.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady then slipped 1 to 4 points as selling orders filled the ring. Weather maps showed dryness but forecasts for rain spurred buying for both accounts while outside interests watched weather. By midmorning prices hovered with no clear trend, and spot activity remained hard for sellers and buyers.
Cotton opened steady in New Orleans on February 19 with bids showing February at 12.15 12.17, March at 12.20 12.19 20, July around 12.21, August 11.98 bids, and October 11.51 asked. Futures closed steady but down 6 to 13 points overall for February contracts.
Close: Spot cotton steady with moderate business. American middling fair 7.35d, good middling 7.014d, middling 6.794d, low middling 6.61d, good ordinary 6.72d, ordinary 5.693d. Sales 8000 bales including 700 for speculation/export and 7100 American. Receipts 1000 bales, no American.
Cotton futures opened firm and closed quiet in Liverpool with bids listed for February through January contracts. Prices show small year spread shifts across the forward months.
New York copper pricing shows spot and February at 14.00 with March to June around 14.50, electrolytic 15.00, lake 5.25, castings 14.78. Min firm for spot and February 49.00, Sisto March 48.30, April 47.80. Lead 4.25 to 4.35, spelter 6.25 to 6.35, antimony dull at 9.30 to 9.40, iron steady.
Prime mercantile paper 5 percent. Sterling exchange at 4 83 16 for 60 day bills and 4 87 60 for demand. Commercial bills 4 82 ½. Bar silver 62 cents. Mexican dollars 48 ½ cents. Government bonds easy. Railroad bonds heavy.
New York reports money on call at 3.3 percent with a general easing trend. Rounding figures show rates around 3 percent, with key loan terms offered for 90 days and six months at about 4 percent.
To Mr and Mrs W A Hannesz a boy born February 16 at 371 Schley avenue To Mr and Mrs W H Nichols a boy born September 29 at 111 W Florida street To Mr and Mrs EB B Webb a girl born February 15 at 1411 Matamoras street To Mr and Mrs Pedro Crus a boy born February 17 at 801 South Laredo street To Mr and Mrs L M Collat a girl born February 11 at 109 East Elmira street To Mr and rMs L Saur a girl born January 28 at 620 Avenue C To Mr and Mrs W J Hickle a boy born February 2 at P and 8 hospital To Mr and Mrs James Frazier a girl born February 14 at 115 East Myrtle street To Mr and Mrs G Moran a girl born February 17 at 1002 South Laredo street To Mr and Mrs W J Dean a girl born February 5 at 194 Lamar street To Mr and Mrs R Andress a boy born February 12 at 128 Simpson street To Mr and Mrs R Stark a girl born February 9 at 242 Furnish avenue To Mr and Mrs Fred R Owens a boy born February 12 at 107 Nathan street
Spot cotton shows steady prices in New Orleans with middling at 12 7 16 cents and variety levels listed. Sales on the spot 650 with arrivals 629 and receipts totaling 3124 bales while stock stands at 115,706 bales.
Spot cotton closed steady with a one sixteenth cent decline across grades. Low ordinary to middling fetches range from 8 five sixteenths to 13 and a quarter cents, with 2037 bales sold and receipts at 11,838 bales. Stock sits at 246,436 bales.
The Houston spot market closed quiet with no sales and shipments of 9776 bales. Prices ranged from low ordinary at 7 11 16 to good middling at 12 1 3 16 cents, with stock at 140 399 bales. New York spot cotton also closed quiet with middling uplands at 12.60 and gulf at 12.85, 57 bales sold.
Memphis spots report shows cotton steady in trade on February 19 with midling prices recorded at 12 3/4 cents per pound.
Prime basis all 6.40 5.44 meal 24.75 26.00 linters 3 percent thec.
The cotton seed oil market in New York closed steady with spot at 6.33 and futures around 6.34 to 6.42 for February through July. Total sales reached 13,100 with notable activity in March 200 at 6.38 and May 1,400 at 6.40.
New York Feb 19 The market opened higher with London gains aiding Americans but persistent selling pushed prices down to near yesterday's lows. Steel and rail shares led declines with Chesapeake Ohio and Lackawanna dropping sharply, though later buying steadied some issues as traders covered shorts and late trades showed some gains. Bonds remained heavy as the day ended with a strong close on some issues.
Tear is Mrs David Chambers McCan named civil service commissioner in Los Angeles. She is a well known Pacific coast figure and chaired the press committee in California during the equal suffrage campaign from January to October.
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