Iron and steel business sees heavy demand amid railway slowdown
New York February 26 United States steel markets report continued heavy activity in rolled steel and shipyard products while domestic railroad equipment orders ease. Rail mills book thousands of tons of rails including 59000 tons in France with 142000 tons of rolled product orders in the last days and new inquiries for 100000 tons of ship steel.
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New York
Rolls Steel
Abeyhee
France
Ship Steel
New York dry goods market shows stronger cotton goods demand
The New York market trend indicates tighter first hand stock and rising costs push manufacturers to seek price coverage. Reducing costs lift cloth prices, with active print cloths and fall price expectations for percales. Bleached cottons and denim firm while shipments fall due to transportation constraints. keen attention on 28 inch prints and assorted standards.
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New York
Tron Duck and
Allied Products
Cotton Market Straddling Close Amid Nervous Session
The cotton market showed heavier fluctuations with nervousness and irregularity. Traders watched the president's congressional address, with New York and New Orleans reacting differently to the speech while other markets remained mixed. San Antonio spots at 15.85.
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Cotton Exchange
Congres
New York
New Orleans
San Austonio
New York Cotton Opens Higher On Bullish Spot News
The New York cotton market rose several points at the open on bullish spot advices and Liverpool strength. May futures reached around 16.45 before easing to 16.32, trading quiet amid mixed crop news from the Southwest and anticipation of President Wilson’s congressional appearance.
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Liverpool
Wilson
Congress
Southwest
Texas
May
Cotton futures mixed as markets close steady in New York
In New York on February 26 cotton futures opened steady with March at 16.35 and May around 16.46. July futures rose to 16.04 for October and December, while intraday highs and lows varied from 16.31 to 16.87. Liverpool trade news hinted a Tuesday open with modest declines.
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Liverpool
New Orleans Cotton Prices Edge Up on Drought Reports
Moderate buying emerged in New Orleans as forecasts of drought in Texas and better weather supported the market. Prices rose 4 to 11 points early, with a late-session gain of 13 to 18 points on 11,360,000 bales from private ginning returns, then eased to steady near closing, one point down to seven points up from Saturday.
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New Orleans
Texas
Washington
Cotton futures close mixed in New Orleans session
In New Orleans on February 26 cotton opened steady with a ceiling bid. March futures closed at 15.65, May 15.52, December 16.75, with moves ranging one point lower to seven points higher.
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New Orleans
Cotton market report from Liverpool on February 26
Spot cotton prices in Liverpool show good selling values with middling at 11.36d and low middling 11.18d. Total bales around 8009 with 1000 on hand and speculative activity noted at 6000.
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Erpool
Futures steady on London market with varied spreads
Futures prices posted on February 26 with multiple month-to-month spreads. Contracts show February 10.924 and later months around 10.88 to 9.75 pence, reflecting a steady but fluctuating forward curve.
American cotton makers urged to target Bengal trade
Washington reports urge U S cotton manufacturers to focus on the Bengal distribution area in India where imports reach about 400 million dollars annually. Rising English costs open room for American competition as Bengal shifts away from English supplies.
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Washington, D. C
Ree Department
India
Bengal
England
Weather Bureau Explanatory Notes and Air Pressure Lines
Explanatory notes describe air pressure and temperature lines on maps. Dotted lines connect equal temperatures while solid lines follow isobars. Symbols indicate weather conditions such as clear, cloudy, snow and precipitation thresholds, with wind arrows showing speed.
Wheat Market Shows Moderate Decline Amid War News
Chicago reports a muted wheat market with prices slipping after news of Wilson seeking armed force sanction. May futures at 1.78 to 1.783 and July 1.5114 offset by a closing net down 1/4 to 1/2 cent. Corn held steady then edged lower. oats follow grain trends. provisions gain on rising quotes.
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Chicago
Wilson
Congress
Ao Close
Wheat and oats quotations from Chicago market report
Chicago February 26 quotations show May wheat and July wheat prices and oats rates. No. 2 red and No. 2 hard red prices listed, with No. 2 yellow at 1.01. Oats standard at 58 to 59. Barley range 1.08 to 1.28.
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Chicago
Provision Markets Price Quotes For Dealers
Local dining house quotations list dry salt extras at 18 and one half cents, bacon extras 19 cents, dry salt bellies 14 to 16 pounds averaging 19 cents, fancy breakfast bacon 29 cents, fancy hams 23 cents, bacon bellies 14 to 16 pounds averaging 21 cents, pure lard 1 and a half cents, compound 15 cents, American cheese 28 cents per pound.
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Dking House
Shippers Market Prices Mixed Across Commodities
Shippers report steady or varied pricing Monday across dairy poultry and meat items. Butter at 32 cents per pound, creamery 80 34¢, country 25 28c, packing stock 24 26c. hens and friers show ranges, ducks per dozen, geese 12 to 15 dollars, and commissions around 33 cents.
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Texas
Texas Creamery
Quotations to Putter easier and farm prices mixed
Chicago market report notes creamery butter at 82 40c with demand easing, receipts 1596 cases. Firsts 35 to 37 cents at mark. Potatoes steady with 74 cars received. Regional white prices: Washington to Idaho at 2.70, Michigan Wisconsin 2.60 to 2.70. Poultry alive lower with fowls 18 cents and springs 15 cents.
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Ill
Washington
Colorado
Oregon
Idaho
Michigan
Wisconsin
Northern Livestock Market Shows Strength Across Regions
The February 26 report from Union Stock Yards notes cattle five cents higher at Fort Worth and stronger elsewhere, hog prices up 15 to 25 cents at Fort Worth and higher in Chicago and Kansas City, while sheep rise. Receipts were heavy with active local demand. prices listed for cows calves bulls steers hogs and more. Receipts at San Antonio included cattle calves horses and hogs with city trade details.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth
Chicago
Kansas City
San Antonio
Fort Worth Livestock Prices Steady Amid Mixed Receipts
Fort Worth reports cattle receipts 4200 with prices up five cents. Steers 6.50 to 9.50, stockers 6.60 to 8.00, heifers 6.50 to 8.50, cows 4.25 to 7.00, bulls 4.25 to 7.00, calves 4. and 259.50. Hog receipts 8000 with market 15 to 25 cents higher, bulk 11.75 to 12.25, top 12.40. Sheep receipts 2000, market firm. lambs 13.50 to 16.00, yearlings 12.00 to 13.00, wethers 10.00 to 10.25, ewes 9.00 to 10.00, cully 6.60 to 7.50, goats 4.60 to 7.00.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Strong close as stocks rise on shipping and readings
New York reports a strong market close with shipping equipment and sugar higher on the opening. Reading shows strength while declines hit Bethlehem Steel General Motors Mexican Petroleum American Tobacco and Industrial Alcohol. Brooklyn Transit climbs on dividend news as overall market ends on a firm note.
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New York
Reading
Bethlehem Steel
General Motors
Mexican Petroleum
American Tobacco
Congress
Steel and Marine
Brooklyn Transit
Market Prices Update for Fresh Produce and Provisions
Local markets show price moves across multiple items. White potatoes rise to $5 per hundredweight in California, Colorado, and Oregon. California yellow onions drop to $12 per hundredweight. Cuban tomatoes sit at $2.50 per 24 pints crate.
Market Quotations and Grain Prices Reported in KC
Kansas City market notes show heat quotations for hard red winter wheat at about 1.87 to 1.91 per unit with mixed oats around 58 percent moisture and 59 cents. The terse item lists futures and commodity prices in a fragmentary feed from February 26.
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Kansas City
Quotations From Kansas City Dairy and Produce Market
Kansas City market notices show butter at 42c for creamery and firsts 40c with seconds 37c, packing 26c. Eggs top Firsts 4c, poultry values hens 18c, roosters 15c, turkeys 25c. Potatoes priced at 2.80 per sack.
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Kansas City
Money Markets in San Antonio Report Change in Mexican Currencies
Trading in Mexican money in San Antonio fouled Monday with quotations on bids for silver half pesos at 52, state and national bank notes, and Bank of London and Carranza money.
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San Anto
National Bank
Bank of London
M Carranza
Grain futures close with mixed gains in Kansas City
Grain futures closed with gains for May and July contracts in Kansas City on February 26. May soybeans rose to 1.77 percent, July soybeans up 1.48 percent, corn May at 98 percent, and July at 7 percent.
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Kansas City
Wheat and corn prices quoted in St. Louis market
In St. Louis on February 26 quotation figures show Cash wheat at No. 2 red 1951 1.98, No. 2 hard 190 1.96 percent. Corn quotes include No. 2 99 9 9 cents, No. 3 white 101. Oats listed nominal.
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ST. Louis
Cotton Receipts by U S Ports Reported in Bales
Cotton receipts at major U S ports listed by city include Galveston 8614 New Orleans 148 Savannah 83 Charleston 44 Wilmington 49 Norfolk Boston and others totaling 9084 bales. The report notes cotton seed quotations beginning in New York on February 26.
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Wilmington
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Concaneas Lake
Norfolk
Boston
Mass
New York
Mercantile and Financial Rates Reported in New York
Mercantile paper at 4.944 percent, sterling sixty day bills 4.72, commercial 60 day bills on banks 4.72, commercial discounts 4.715 percent. Demand 4.75, cables 4.75. Guilders demand 4.0716, cables 4.01. Bar silver 7.7 percent, Mexican dollars 8.9 percent. Government bonds firm, railroad bonds irregular.
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New York
Mercantile Paper
Time loans steady as market closes mixed rates
The New York money market reports steady time loans with the 60 day rate at 3 to 4 percent for 90 days and 4 percent for six months. Call money remains steady with high and low at 2 percent and last bid 2 percent.
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New York
Uniform Freight Rates Set for Memphis Exports
The Interstate Commerce Commission prescribed a uniform freight schedule for all classes of freight out of Memphis via the St Louis Iron Mountain and Southern Railway from 1 to 300 miles. The new rates take effect May 1. First class rates range from 22 cents for 1 to 5 miles up to 1.05 dollars for 276 to 300 miles. lowest classifications run from 4.7 to 22.6 cents.
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Memphis
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Chicago Livestock Markets Receipts and Prices Reported
Chicago bids show hogs receipts at 63 000 with a strong market. Bulk 12.80 to 13.00, various weights 12.10 to 13.05. Cattle receipts 16 000 with native beef cattle 7.01 to 12.18, stockers 6.35 to 9.20, calves 9.00 to 12. Sheep listings total 26 000 with wethers 10.90 to 12.15 and lambs 12.25 to 14.60.
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Chicago
Til
Livestock Receipts and Prices Report from Kansas City
Kansas City market report shows hogs receipts about 12 000 with strong demand and price ranges from 12 50 to 13 20 for heavy hogs. Cattle receipts 12 000 with prime fed steers 11 25 to 11 75 and cows 5 50 to 9 50. Sheep receipts 9 000 with lambs 13 85 to 14 45 and yearlings 12 00 to 12 50.
Market Receipts and Quotations Summary from St Louis
In St Louis on February 26 receipts and prices for cattle hogs and sheep are listed. Hogs show mixed values with lights at 12.70 to 13.00 and primals around 9.25 to 13.10 per hundredweight. Cattle receipts near 5000 with native beef steers 7.50 to 11.75 and cows 5.50 to 9.50. stockers 6.00 to 9.00. prime southern beef steers 8.00 to 10.00. beef cows 4.25 to 9.00. native calves 6.00. Sheep receipts 1800 with lambs 12.14 to 14.80 and ewes 8.00 to 11.60. Market described as strong for cattle and steady for sheep.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Metal Markets Report From New York on Feb 26
Lead at 15 percent. spelter steady. Copper electrolytic spot and near terms cited as nominal with second quarter at 33 to 35 dollars. third quarter firm at 31 to 32.50 dollars. Iron steady with No. 1 northern 32 to 23 dollars and No. 2 listings around 31.50. tin firm spot near 49.75 to 50.25 dollars.
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Weather Bulletin Observations From February 26 1997
Observations taken at 7 3. m. Monday February 26 1997. Wind velocities under 10 mph and precipitation under 0.01 inch are not published here.
Motorized Marine Bike Weighs 50 Pounds for Two Man Load
A Weather Bureau note describes a compact motorcycle style craft weighing fifty pounds with a total load capacity of thirty pounds and a crew of one or two at twenty five miles per hour. The contraption measures forty eight inches in length and eighteen inches inside, designed for United States Marine Corps experimentation.
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Marine Intelligence Galveston Arrivals and Departures
Galveston Marine Intelligence reports arrived vessels El Sol and El Paso from New York and bark Carmelia from Charleston. Departures include El Dia to New York Topila to Fort Bragg Tam pico to Cardenas.
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Army Orders Extend Absences and Reassign Captains
The Army grants leaves of absence to COLONEL ALMON L. Epacete and FIRST LIEUTENANT CLINTON RUSSELL for fifteen days. MAJOR HARRISON HALL also receives a fifteen day leave. Several officers are detached or removed from lists with changes to Fort Sam Houston and Fort Leavenworth assignments.
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Zaptestee Infantry
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Jane G. Boswell
Sherburne S Whipple
New Infantr
Frank K. Chapix
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Frank A. Grant
Rayon Eead Corps
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Francis B. Eastman
Thirty-seventh Infantry
Fort Leavenworth
William P. Screws
James M. Kimbrough JR
Hugh M'Ges
Cavalry
Metal prices report from London market page
London market update lists lead at 30 pounds 108 shillings, spelter 47, copper 139, futures 136, electrolytic 151, spot copper 198 pounds 10s and futures 198 pounds 108 shillings. Trader notes reflect shifting quotes and futures activity on the day.
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London
New York Sugar Prices Steady Refined Rates Listed
Raw sugar firm with centrifugal at 5.2 dollars and molasses at 4.15. Refined steady with cut loaf 8.15, crushed 8, mould A 7.50, cubes 7.50, powdered 7.19, fine granulated 7.00, diamond A 7.00, confectioners A 0.90, No. 1 6.85.
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New York
Rio coffee No. 7 hits 9 percent in February
New York reports coffee market data showing Rio de Janeiro grade seven reaching a 9 percent level in February with price movement noted.
Unhealthy Spot Story From Whitelaw Reid Members
An old tale by Whitelaw Reid recounts two New York friends who buy a home in Massachusetts. They visit a cemetery where the wife favors a lakeside plot and the husband deems a hill burial site too unhealthy. The dispute centers on choosing a grave location near a lake versus a higher, seemingly healthier hill.
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Massachusetts
Ceme
Ann
Tarerederick
Steht
Wholesale Produce Prices From California to Texas
Wholesale vegetable and fruit prices listed by region. Potatoes from California Colorado and Oregon at $5 per hundredweight. tomatoes Cuban at $3.50 per six basket crate. strawberries Texas at $3.25 to $3.50 per crate. oranges Florida at $3.60 per box and California navels various. apples Ben Davis $1.85 and several varieties at $2.25–$2.60 per unit. Fresh fruits and dried fruits priced to trade with detailed crate and pound rates.
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Wholesale prices in trade food and s products list
A long list of wholesale prices for molasses honey corn syrup canned fruits vegetables meats and cereals. Prices cover California canned goods oats corn chops flour meal and seeds with dozens of items listed per hundredweight, bushel, or sack. Also notes on hides beeswax tallow and miscellaneous commodities. A brief note mentions a Fat fatigue claim and an electrically driven phonograph in a lamp base.
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ORN
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Triumph and Sahdlers
Feteria
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Metal famine seen as war toll for US industry
Stovemakers and hardware makers in the United States warn of severe metal shortages as Europe’s war drains supplies. Frank Brackin of St Louis, in San Antonio, cites a World War I era Iron and Steel Institute meeting led by Elbert Gary noting more than one million tons of metal destroyed monthly. Prices may rise further, with steel demand peaking before postwar rebuilding.
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St. Louis
San Antonio
Gunter Hotel
Brackin
Iron and Steel Institute of the
Elbert Hi. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
Europe
Mr. Brackin
Schwab
Bethleham Steel Company
De Wint Creates Fake Gems to Test Wealthy Patron
The English landscape painter Peter de Wint staged a pre exhibition test by marking two paintings as sold to trick a rich admirer. The man praised the works but arrived late, and the artist admitted he placed tickets to keep them for him. The patron ended up buying the two so called gems.
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Water Color Society
de Wint
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