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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 02, 1915
Page
8
The New York cotton futures market opened steady with moderate demand from spot buyers and foreign houses. December sales around 60 cents, mid-grade on delivered basis cited, with January to October futures steady to higher and gains to 8.44 for October.
Markets and commodity quotations from San Antonio Kansas City and New York with price ranges for eggs creamery butter sugar molasses and cotton futures. Notes include hens roosters turkeys ducks broilers and packing stock with per dozen or per pound values and date stamps in late December and early January.
A series of birth notices from local addresses state that households on December qa Aganier Street and December sQeta South Laredo Street welcomed girls, while January Ne South Laredo Street saw a girl and January Mar 53¢ South Laredo Street a boy. Additional entry lists Mr and Mrs D Miranda at South Laredo Street with a January birth, and Mr and Mrs J Hernandez at 1802 Jones Avenue with a girl.
Market activity on the wholesale row is described as quiet with little change in circulation cards. Receipts at commission houses are nearly liberal, demand not urgent, and trade volume is light, though merchants expect better conditions for the new year and anticipate orders for supplies.
Wholesale prices for vegetables and fruits include potatoes at 31.49 per cwt or 71.50 per cwt, sweet potatoes, tomatoes from Texas and California, onions white and yellow, cabbage from California, celery, pears and apples from multiple regions, oranges lemons limes bananas grape fruit dried fruits peaches cherries and more. Numerous items list per unit prices, weights, crates, barrels, and lots across California, Oregon, New Mexico, Missouri, Colorado, and Texas.
Dr W l Garnett of Tampico visits San Antonio staying at St Anthony on a business trip. L Haynes of Laredo arrives at Menger. Mrs William Docking and Miss Alice Docking of Lawrence Kans guests at Gunter. C W Cox of Houston at St Anthony. H Prasier Sunset Central Lines agent departs for Waelder. J S Cowan of Dallas at Menger. R H Evarts of Houston registered at Gunter. Frank Owens of Sabinal registered at Menger. Miss Emily Cohen and Miss Jennie Cote of Dallas spend winter as guests at St Anthony.
A burial permits note lists Mrs John Maud Edwards 38, Reinhold Becker 1, Arthur McVay 3, Francisco Rodriguez 40, Mrs Elizabeth Meyer 19, Willmont F Clark 47 and others dying December 29 or 31 at various local addresses. The page also includes a stray cartoon caption about an usher and a Boston Transcript quotation.
The Stock Yards market shows mixed cattle, calves, and sheep receipts with steady or higher prices in Kansas City and Chicago sections. Notable figures include cattle and hog receipts, with specific prices for steers, cows, heifers, and yearlings, plus an overall market tone of steadiness across regions.
The Federal Reserve banks reported a rise of more than 6 million dollars in reserve deposits for the week ending December 31. Total resources reached 277.844 million, with gold and certificates at 229.069 million and investments at 255 thousand dollars, while liabilities stood at 277.844 million and cash reserves against liabilities at 93.4 percent.
Crowds in Fuquay North Carolina watched a dramatic natural spectacle as a king snake and moccasin battled near a spring. The king snake seized the moccasin by the head, twisted the other around a root, then succeeded in killing and swallowing the venomous snake before returning to the water.
Wheat rallied as bids sharpened and offers dried up in a thin market. Corn followed Wheat higher with modest gains, while oats showed little movement. warehouse stock worries kept provisions steady despite higher prices for hogs. Texas and Kansas quotes mixed across grain types amid drought signals and varied local prices.
In New York the opening of trading shows heaviness across many issues as foreign advices depress sentiment. United States Steel and Union Pacific recover slightly while Bethlehem Steel and Western Maryland move on, with light turnover and mixed gains amid a broad downbeat tone on stocks.
Copper trading in New York opened dull with prices drifting. Electrolytic at 125 and 134 1 2 cents. casting at unchanged levels. A pessimistic harvest outlook cited by Milton Whiner of the sales bureau in Washington sparked questions about agricultural production and demand.
London correspondent reports that criticism of wartime preparations has largely ceased as the War Office enlists business leaders and unions to oversee contracts and prevent sweating. Arnold White, former colonial official, praises training camps after visiting 36 sites, noting better efficiency and cooperation between the War Office and Admiralty under Jellicoe. He argues the public should sleep more easily, and finds few faults in administration beyond possible general critique.
Answers traces the history of underwater weapons from medieval keg explosions to early contact mines and Fulton era concepts. It notes American claims to invention during the American War of Independence, English catamaran usage near Calais and Boulogne, and various experimental approaches before modern mine development.
The piece discusses censorship of meteorological news by Paris papers under German threats, notes Abbe Moreauy’s view on weather study, and explains how Atlantic station data feed forecasts. It warns suppression of Iceland, Brest, and Madeira reports would hinder storm prediction, impacting plans for Zeppelin raids and London targets.
An odd 1910s dispatch reports a New York Times quote on party guests at a hotel, detailing immense food consumption by quartes and staff. It also discusses Zeppelin housing costs, crew wages, and the comparative expense of airships versus battleships, noting subsidies and perishable machinery.
A 1975 retrospective notes Zeppelins cost about 200 000 to 7000 pounds to build and require costly hydrogen gas fillings. It details gas leakage and high fuel consumption, with claims of Zeppelins capable of bombing London and returning to base, highlighting the economic and logistical burdens of operating these airships.
Mrs Hannah Fifer a widow who rents rooms for light housekeeping is described as frugal and hardworking. A neighbor Mrs Castle agreed to help with work and bake four pies to save coal. Mrs Fifer asked to sell two pies to Mrs Castle for 20 cents, while noting the pies might have been cheaper at 15 cents. A brief humor exchange about wives and dogs closes with a Washington Star line.
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