Cotton market quotes and New Orleans closure update
The daily spot cotton quotations show middling prices across cities with San Antonio at 15.70 and New York around 16.30. The New Orleans Cotton Exchange closed, New York trading was quiet, and overall price movements fluctuated within a few points amid shifts tied to Liverpool and stock market sentiment.
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San Antonio
Po Houston
Galveston
New York
Liverpool
Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
New York Cotton Market Rises on Bullish Spot News and Rain
The New York cotton market opened firmer with May near 16.44 and October 16.02 amid bullish spot influences and rains in the eastern belt. Prices retreated on rumors of shipping issues, then recovered midday as selling cooled, with exports totaling 99,935 bales for the day.
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New York
Liverpool
New York Cotton Futures Open Steady in Late February
New York futures show steady mid session for March through December contracts. Prices ranged from 16.03 to 16.44 with closes around 16.32 to 16.42, marking a slight overall drop from early levels.
Liverpool Opens Wednesday Amid Unclear Telegraphic Notes
An unclear OCR snippet mentions Liverpool opening on a Wednesday with a note about a call at 11 o'clock and scattered month references. The text appears garbled, including stray words New York March May July October and nonsensical strings, without a cohesive event or verifiable details.
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New York
Cotton prices hold steady in Liverpool market
Liverpool spot cotton remained firm with Good middling at 11.24 pence and middling at 11.12 pence, low middling 10.94. Sales volume reached 8,000 bales with 1,000 allocated for speculation and export as receipts totaled 6,000.
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Liverpool
Futures rate table shows steady declines across months
Feb 20 report lists futures stepping through contracts from February to January with easing prices. Each未来 month pair shows gradual drops from 10.66d for Feb-Mar to 9.46d for Jan-Feb, indicating a broad downward trend across the year.
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Ye Ae Bon
Cotton Statistics and Quotations Reported in New York
Cotton statistics show stock at U S ports and bales with yesterday, last week and last year figures. The report lists stock levels as 12,302,610 yesterday and 388,407 for the same day last week, plus 1,580,472 for the same day last year and an excess of 277,862. New York quotations for cotton seed were published on February 20.
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Eedseenes
New York
Great Britain
France
Continent
Stoca
Augusta
Gaeter
Etewenee
Memphis
Tenn
R. Louis
Houston
Tex
New York Sugar Prices and New Orleans Rice Quotations
Raw sugar is reported steady with centrifugal at 5.52 and fine granulated at 7.25. In New Orleans, both rough and clean rice held steady with receipts listed for rough Honduras 3261 sacks and clean 1947 sacks. Quotations cover rough Honduras, Japan, blue rose, and several polished grades with per ton prices shown.
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New York
New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Marine Intelligence and Market Figures from Feb 20
Galveston reports Mutlah sailing to an Italian port. Savannah markets show turpentine firm at 48 percent with 9 sales and 29 receipts, stock 143,489. resin firm with 491 sales and no receipts or shipments. New York coffee futures steady with No. 7 to 100 priced March at 8.01 and July at 8.32.
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Galveston
Mutlah
Savannah
York
Weather Summary for Yesterdays Daily Precipitation
Yesterday recorded no precipitation, normal for the day. Measured .06 inches, a daily deficiency of .06. Since January 1 total rainfall was 1.44 inches with a deficiency of 1.26 inches.
Wheat and corn rise on optimism amid rail traffic relief
Chicago reports Tuesday trading in grains lifted by hopes for easing railway bottlenecks. May wheat advanced to 1.764 and July to 1.50% with gains across grains, while corn held firm near the prior close and oats climbed on supply shortages. Hog prices supported stronger provisions.
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Chicago
Ill
Atlantic Seaboard
Market Quotations From Chicago on February 20
Chicago market quotes list grain and oats prices including No 2 red at 1.82 and corn prices around 1.024, with standard oats at 68 percent and barley ranging from 1.00 to 1.30. The report reflects daily commodity values in NL.
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Chicago
Oil Supply Plunges Says WV Geologist
Professor D B Reger of the West Virginia geological survey told the American Institute of Mining Engineers in New York that United States petroleum resources have fallen by 36 percent. He noted operators struggle to meet rising demand and that paraffin oil states are 45 percent exhausted. He urged deep digging for sand oil and gas to unlock new sources.
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New York
United States
D. B. Reger
West Virginia Geological Survey
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Reger
Allis-Chalmers
Tel
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baldwin
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Terence Loa Central Leather
Senna Coe
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chi
Mil
P Sly ‘Hh
Cvcgusecens
BAM
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Consolidated Gag
Adaly
Crucible Steel
Erie
General Electric
Great Northern
Northern Ore Ctfe
Lls
Tor International Nickel Marine
Dite International Paper
Kansas City Southern Kennecott
Kansas City Southern Kennecott © Er Wae Aes
Louieville _ P
Ashville
Liggett & Myers Wee
Lorillard Company
Maxwell Motors Tee
Mexican Petroleum
National Lead
York Central
H. al
Norfolk
Ay Consolidated Copper
Rep
Iron & Steel
Steel & Iron
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Tee
Cdo
Enee
Studebaker Corporation
Tennessee Copper
Reet Tenn
Virginia
Western Union
Westinghouse Electric
Provision Markets Local Packing House Quotations
Local packing house quotations to deal ers Tuesday list dry salt extras 17 percent bacon extras 19 percent dry salt bellies 4 to 16 pound average 19 percent fancy Breakfast bacon 28 cents fancy hams 22.25 cents bacon bellies 14 to 16 pound average 2 cents Pure lard 18.5 cents compound 11.5 cents American cheese 28 cents per pound.
Pork futures quotations from Chicago market report
Chicago notes open and close prices for pork futures with May and July contracts shown. Prices include highs lows and settles in a compact table format reflecting market activity on February 20.
Shippers Market Prices on Tuesday Steady Across Goods
Jobbers' prices Tuesday show steady commissions with shipments of Texas caneled creamery butter at 80 34c per pound and country 26 28c. Poultry steady with large hens 7.60 to 9.00 per unit, large friers 6.00 to 7.00, broilers 8.4 to 4.00, turkeys 22 to 23 cents per pound, ducks 7.00 to 8.00 per dozen, geese 12 to 15 dollars.
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Texas
Texas Creamery
Chicago Market Quotations and Receipts Report
Quotations today show little change with creamery values steady around 31 to 32 cents and firsts holding near 41 cents. Receipts list 2563 cases with mixed pricing for ordinary firsts at 39 to 40 cents. potatoes trend upward with shipments to Michigan and Wisconsin noted. poultry alive unchanged with fowls at 20.4 cents and springs at 20 cents.
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Chicago
Washington
Colorado
Oregon
Idaho
Michigan
Wisconsin
Springs
New York Textile Trade Shows Mixed Movement on Monday
Cotton goods in print cloth and yarn constructions were more active while yarns held steady. Novelty wash fabrics were in good call and dress goods firm with large filling in orders for spring. Raw silk showed a slight advance. A Texas scientist estimates over 250000 horsepower goes to waste in the state’s rivers.
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New York
Wheat and corn price quotations from Kansas City market
Quotation roundup from Kansas City on February 20 shows No. 2 hard wheat at 1.86 to 1.90 dollars, No. 2 red at 52 to 58 cents, corn No. 2 mixed at 98 to 99 cents, No. 2 white at 98 percent, oats No. 2 white at 68 to 59 cents, and No. 3 mixed at 57 to 58 cents.
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Kansas City
Grain futures close with mixed wheat and corn prices
Kansas City markets report wheat futures rising with May at 1.78 and July at 1.4 while corn for May climbs to 98 and July at 98 1/4 as trading closes.
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Kansas City
Grain quotations from St. Louis market report
ST LOUIS CASH GRAIN QUOTATIONS list feed prices with "Motion" 2 red at 1.93, No 2 hard corn No 2 at 1.01, No 2 white at 1.043, oats No 2 at 58 cents, No 2 white at 60 5/8 cents.
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ST. Louis
New York Food Riots Prompt Price Curb Efforts
New York authorities moved to curb rising food costs blamed for riots in three tenement districts. Commissioner Joseph Hartigan urged state agriculture and markets agencies to cooperate in stabilizing supplies as prices for potatoes onions and other staples jumped due to poor crops strong demand and rail congestion.
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New York
Joseph Hartigan
State Commissioners of Agriculture
State Departments of Food and Markets
Market quotes from Kansas City on February 20
Quotations show butter at 42 cents for creamery, 40 for firsts, 39? No. 3 cent second? packing 26. Eggs at 37 cents for firsts. Poultry prices list hens 18 cents, roosters 15, turkeys 26. Potatoes priced at 2 dollars 55 cents.
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Kansas City
Market Report Shows Fruit Price Slips and Availability
In local markets cranberry barrels fell from nine to eight dollars while strawberries dropped to six dollars per crate of 24 pints. Lemons rose to four dollars per box, up twenty five cents. Apples such as Colorado Jonathans and Delaware Reds vanished from display. Butter eggs and poultry prices unchanged. egg receipts were heavier, poultry lighter. No changes in wholesale prices for groceries provisions seeds grains mill products or hides.
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Colorado
Children Sing for Flag Day at Robert E. Lee School
Nine hundred pupils at Robert E. Lee School will sing the Star Spangled Banner during a Flag Day program at 9 o'clock Wednesday morning. The event features the Thirty-seventh Infantry band, choruses, and orations on the American flag and George Washington. Principal Mrs. Kate Schenck leads the celebration with a full program including a flag raising by Eula Mae Ragsdell and a pledge to the flag.
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Robert E. Lee
Thirty-seventh Infantry Band
Kate Schenck
America
Ellis Albaugh
George Washington
Eugene Darby
Clifton Meier
Eula Mae Ragsdell
Weather Bulletin for February 20, 1917 Observations
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports 7 am observations on Tuesday February 20 1917. Allen Buell is the meteorologist in charge.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau
U. S
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
New Board Member Hillyer Named for Southern Insane Asylum
Governor announces F. L. Hillyer of San Antonio appointed to the Board of Managers of the Southern Insane Asylum at San Antonio, in place of the late William Cassin. Hillyer, from the firm Hillyer Deutsch Jarratt, says he has not yet received official notice but has been informed by board member Albert Steves Jr. of the appointment and will accept if formally tendered.
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Austin, Tex
F. L. Hillyer
San Antonio
Southern Insane Asylum At
William Cassin
Hillyer
Hillyer-Deutsch-Jarratt Company
Albert Steves Jr
Northern livestock market gains as hogs lead Fort Worth rise
Union Stock Yards report Feb 20 shows hogs firm across the region with Fort Worth prices up 10 cents. Cattle and sheep slip slightly while hog receipts reach 188 head with 152 sold for city trade. Cattle 484 calves 117 horses 65.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices Feb 20 Fort Worth
Fort Worth Texas cattle receipts 3600 market steady steers 6.50 to 10.00 stockers 6.00 to 8.00 heifers 6.00 to 8.50 cows 4.25 to 7.75 bulka 4.25 to 6.75 calves 4.25 to 10.00 hogs receipts 6000 market 10 cents higher bulk 13.35 to 11.85 top 11.90 sheep receipts 600 market steady lambs 13.00 to 14.00 yearlings 12.00 to 13.00 wethers 10.00 to 10.50 ewes 9.50 to 10.00 culls 6.50 to 7.50 goats 5.00 to 7.00
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
February 20 report from Chicago shows hogs with receipts of 28,000 and a strong market. Bulk 12.36 to 12.50, light 11.76 to 12.50, mixed 12.60, heavy 12.16 to 12. aere rough 22 pigs at 9.30 to 10.75. Native beef cattle 7.75 to 11.75 for stockers 6.165 to 900, cows and heifers 5.10 to 10.16, calves 9.25 to 13.25. Sheep receipts 17,000 and market weak. Wethers 10.856 to 11.90, lambs 12.25 to 14.60.
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Chicago
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Receipts and quotations for Hogs Cattle and Sheep from Kansas City indicate a market mix. Hogs: receipts 14,000. bulk 12.10 to 12.50. heavy 12.40 to 12.56. light 11.80 to 12.25. pigs 9.75 to 11.60. Cattle: receipts 11,000. prime fed steers 11.00 to 11.75. dressed 9.00 to 11.00. cows 5.50 to 6.75. heifers 7.00 to 11.00. stockers 7.20 to 9. Woolly numbers show lambs 13.00 to 14.50. yearlings 12.75. wethers 10.75 to 12.00. ewes 10.50.
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Kansas City
Market Report From St Louis Cattle And Sheep Prices
Receipts and prices for livestock at St Louis show cattle market steady with native beef steers near 7.50 to 11.75 and cows 4.50 to 9.00. Yearlings and calves listed, beef and stocker categories in play. Sheep and lamb quotes indicate lambs about 12.75 to 14.75 with ewes and yearlings also noted.
Cuban consul denies German intrigue in Cuba
Havre Cuba unrest blamed on bitter presidential election not German influence. Consul says Germans have no power to create Cuba US tensions and stresses shared interests between the two nations.
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Paris
Havre
Cuba
Havas
United States
Charters Filed In Dallas And Oak Cliff Texas
Charters filed for Fowler Radiator Company Dallas capital stock 10000 incorporators F L Fowler M E Fowler and I D Fowler. The Oak Cliff Church of Christ Oak Cliff no capital stock incorporators include 5S C Fleming D E Phillips J F Peeler and others. J H Roberts Lumber Co Dallas capital stock 50000 incorporators J H Roberts F H Etheridge and L B McFarland. Permit to sell stock granted to Southwestern Tire and Rubber Manufacturing Company Dallas capital stock 250000 par value 10.00 per share. sale price not less than 12.50 per share.
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Austin
Tex
Fowler Radiator Company
Dallas
Capital Stock
F. L. Fowler
M. E. Fowler
I D. Fowler
Oak Cliff
Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths Ad Praises Benefits
A convalescing invalid on the veranda extols Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths as a cure for the sick and a health booster for the healthy. The ad promotes taking the Harlandale South Flores street car to the baths with a claim of invigorating the healthy and improving life enjoyment.
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Temple Hill
Harlandale
South Flores
United States
Stock Market Ends Strong After Mixed Session
In New York trading oil, sugars and metals led advances of 1 to 2 points while United States Steel and allied industrials rose modestly. Rails were dull. overall activity light. United States Steel and copper stocks finished higher in the final hour as steel spiked to a 24 point intraday gain, closing strong.
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New York
United States Steel and Allied Industrials
Alcohol
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Marine Preferred
General Motors
Baldwin Locomotive
American Can
United States Steel and Coppers
Reading
Atlantic Coast Line
Money market quotes and bond notes from New York report
The report lists mercantile paper at 4% and 4 1/4% with 60 day bills at 472, commercial 60 day bills on banks at 471 1/2, demand 475, cables 476 7-16. Guilders demand 409 1/16, cables 40 1/4. Far silver 78 1/2, Mexican dollars 60 1/2. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds irregular.
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New York
Mercantile
Pearl Baseball Club Dance at Turner Hall Tuesday Night
Adv ad notes a Pearl Baseball Club dance at Turner hall on Tuesday night February 20 1917 with Willett’s music. Other notices report pickpockets stealing 42 50 from Amos Franz at East Houston street during a fire. Stolen cars, a request to locate a sister, and a fire chiefs meeting are listed with local businesses and lawyers.
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Pearl Baseball Club
Turner Hall
Willett
Amos Franz
Alamo Heights
East Houston Street
St. Mary's Street
Franz
Time loan rates and call money figures in New York
New York reports time loan terms at 60 and 90 days 3 percent and 4 percent with six months at 4.4 percent. Call money remains steady with high 2.14 percent, low 2 percent, ruling 2.0 percent, last loan 2.14 percent, closing bid 2 percent and offered at 2.4 percent.
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New York
London Money Markets Report on Bar Silver and Discount Rates
London reports bar silver at 1 dollar per ounce and Money 41 percent, with discount rates for short bills at 5 percent and for three months at 5 percent, reflecting market conditions.
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London
Metal markets New York lead copper tin prices notes
Lead strong at 11 4 cents for No 2 metal. Spelter firm spot East St Louis delivery 10 15 10 8 percent. Copper electrolytic firm spot and near nominal. Second quarter 33.00 35.00, third quarter 31.00 32.00. Tin quiet spot 43.50 49.50. Tron steady unchanged.
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New York
East St. Louis
Soldier Accidentally Shot at Fort Sam Houston
Allen B. Connor, private, Nineteenth Infantry, was shot in a curio store at 715 West Commerce street and taken to Fort Sam Houston base hospital at 7 o'clock Monday night. The incident involved a 38 calibre pistol handling and a left arm wound.
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Allen B. Connor
Company M. Nineteenth Infantry
Fort Sam Houston
West
Commerce Street
Market Prices Report From London Commodities
London market snapshot lists lead at 30 pounds 108, speler at 49, spot copper at 189 pounds 10s, futures 136 pounds 10s, electrolytic 150, spot tin 194 pounds 10s, futures 194 pounds 10s and 9d respectively.
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London
Will Teach First Aid Classes In San Antonio
The Young Women's Christian Association will start first aid to the injured courses once national Red Cross instructions arrive from Washington. Registration is through Mrs J J Stevens or Miss Cora Cox. Several enrollments have already been received and applicants are urged to register early.
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Young Woman's Christian Association
Washington
Red Cross
San Antonio
J. J. Stevens
Cora Cox
Munitions Blast Kills 1500 in Archangel Russia
Report from Copenhagen via Overseas News Agency says an ammunition explosion at Archangel, Russia, killed about 1500 people and wounded 2000. The item notes it originated near Berlin and was transmitted by wireless to Sayville.
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Berlin
Sayville
Copenhagen
Overseas
Archangel
Russia
Plans Unclear After Fire Destroys Riverside Block
Heirs of Sternenberg estate and Van A Petty delay rebuilding talks after a Monday fire leveled the Riverside Restaurant and three stores on East Houston street. Losses include Riverside stock and fixtures at 5000 and other businesses. total damages about 8600 with debris removal planned for safety and site clearing. Mayor Brown praised Chief Goetz and firefighters for containing the blaze.
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Sternenberg
van A. Petty
Riverside
Petty
Houston
van A. Petty Jr
San Antonio
Goetz
Parisian Cloak & Suit Company
George Martin
East Houston Street
Houston Street
Charles F. Barbera
New York Shoe Repairing Company
Dromgoole Jewelry Company
A. A. Gray & Company
Colonel Towne
St. Mary's
Brown
Texas Bottlers Convene In San Antonio Session Begins
Nearly a hundred bottlers from across Texas attend the Texas Bottlers Association annual convention at the Gunter Hotel in San Antonio. Mayor Clinton G Brown greets visitors and delivers an address of welcome as delegates register and review finances, committees, and early agenda. The two day meeting includes a luncheon and theater party with officers listed as W H P Anderson Paris president Ss H Reeves Greenville first VP L W Alexander San Antonio second VP F W Pothoff Houston treasurer and C M Pratt Longview secretary. Small deposits of coat hams are reported found in the foothills of Argentina.
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Texas Bottlers’ Association
Gunter Hotel
Clinton G. Brown
C. M. Pratt
Gunter
Association
W. H. P. Anderson
Paris
Ss. H. Reeves
Greenville
L. W. Alexander
San Antonio
F. W Pothoff
Houston
Longview
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SO Ee
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Lodge Notiles
National Amerk
San Antonio Assembly No. 359
Red Men's Hall
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John J. Stevens Albert Steves Sr
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Charles Schreiner
R. BR. Russell Pen Wayne Dick O
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Central
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Hertzberg & Kercheville
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Lancaster
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New Castle
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Gibbs
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Travis
International Association of Fire Chiefs
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Commerce St
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Riebe Jewelry
Main Ave
Oo Travis
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M. Corinne Blais
E. Ae
Walsh
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Five Stars
Willett’s Union Orch
Puck
London Metals
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