Rivers and Harbors Bill About Ready
The rivers and harbors bill advances in Congress with Texas likely to receive over two million dollars in appropriations mainly for maintenance. Project choices hinge on merit, notably the Brazos River mouth at Freeport and possible flood-control surveys for the Brazos and Colorado rivers. Texas officials press to reinstate a two hundred thousand dollar survey provision, backed by Rep. Humphreys of Mississippi and other Texans.
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Mississippi
Representative McLemore
Rivers and Harbors Committee
Mansfield
Washington
House
Sparkman
Florida
Brownsville
Board of Engineers
Brazos-Santiago
Rio Grande
Seguin Chamber of Commerce Marks First Anniversary
Seguin Texas January 18 an open meeting will be held by Seguin business people to decide on the future of the Seguin Chamber of Commerce. The group has completed its first year and gained publicity for the city, hosting conventions and aiding the Guadalupe County Fair among other efforts. Local leaders may push to retain the organization and plan greater work next year.
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Tex
Seguin Chamber of Commerce
Fuadalupe County
Babel at the Party Sparks Quiet Confidence
Miss Cayenne says the crowd spoke plainly and there was no fear of interruptions, while attendees in Washington Star note general agreement that everything proceeding well.
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Washington Star
Cotton Market Declines on Heavy Selling Pressure
The Cotton Exchange reports broad declines with heavy recessions and light demand. Early trading was narrow, selling intensified, and prices fell from Friday's levels across New York New Orleans and San Antonio while Liverpool signals a lower open.
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New Orleana
San Antonio
Liverpool
New York Cotton Dips After Late Day Selloff
In a narrow session New York cotton opened steady helped by Wall Street buying and strong southern spots. May 18.46 to 18.40, then 18.44 before ending with a drop, May 17.91, net loss 61 points. Overall close down 25 to 52 points as selling intensified on weak outside bull interest and drought concerns in the Southwest.
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Wall Street
Cotton futures open steady with mixed later losses
New York trading shows January at 18.10, March 18.26, May 18.48, July 18.49, October 17.18 as opening quotes. Futures closed 46 to 61 points lower with session highs and lows implied in the scattered figures and lettered codes.
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Cotton market in New Orleans sees early rise then decline
Moderate buying lifts early trading in New Orleans this January day, with months briefly up. Realizing sales and liquidation push prices down, old crop months finish 14 to 18 points under yesterday’s close while new crop slips about five points.
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Cotton Opens Steady with Mixed Futures in New Orleans
New Orleans reports cotton opening steady with specific futures bids for January, March, May, July and October. Opening bids range from 17.82 to 18.27 with closes and earlier day figures noted, showing a mixed session and points tower movement.
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Women Sweep Umatilla Local Elections To Elect All Women
In Umatilla Oregon after January 1 a woman will be mayor four councilwomen a woman recorder and a woman treasurer. Only the town marshal job remains to be filled, by appointment. The campaign toppled incumbent Br Starcher who lost to his wife by 28 votes. All officers-elect are married and 174 of 200 possible votes were cast.
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Umatilla
Ore
Br. J. Starcher
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Vicntilla
Quiet Day In Northern Cattle And Sheep Markets
The January 15 report from Union Stock Yards notes steady northern cattle and sheep markets with no notable developments. Hogs gained strength, up about ten cents in St Louis and Chicago, while total receipts for cattle, calves, horses, and hogs were light. Local city trade saw little change from the previous day.
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St. Louis
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Fort Worth Market Prices for Cattle Hogs Sheep
In Fort Worth Texas on January 13 cattle receipts totaled 1500 head with higher values for steers 6.00 to 8.75 calves 4.50 to 9.75 cows 4.50 to 6.75 bulls 14.50 to 6.00 hogs receipts 3600 head market steady with top 10.45 and bulk 10.00 to 10.25 sheep receipts 230 head market steady with lambs 11.50 to 12.50 yearlings 9.00 to 10.00 wethers 8.75 to 9.25 ewes 8.00 to 8.78 culls 5.50 to 6.25 goats 3.50 to 6.00.
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Tex
Chicago Hogs and Cattle Prices For January Day
Chicago markets report receipts for hogs 17 000 with strong demand and mixed prices ranging from 10.10 to 10.90 for various hog classes. Cattle receipts 600 with steady to weak price action across native beef, western steers, stockers and feeders, and sone and heifers. Lambs quoted from 11.60 to 14.00 with broad spreads.
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Livestock Receipts and Prices at St Louis Market
Cattle and hog receipts reported with prices ranged by class. Hogs cited receipts 6500 with prices from 8.25 to 10.95. cattle receipts 1100 with native beef steers 7.50 to 11.50 and cows 5.50 to 8.60. sheep receipts 50 with lambs 12.75 to 13.75 and ewes 6.50 to 9.75. market steadiness noted across cattle and sheep sections.
Kansas City Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
January 13 market report from Kansas City lists hogs and cattle with mixed to steady moves. Hogs near $10.60 to $10.75, prime fed steers around $14.16, calves about $6.50 to $7.50, lambs $13.00 to $13.75, and sheep groups showing steady demand. receipts: hogs and cattle present, sheep none.
Mathematics Professor Hired as Clerk in Army Office
An officer seeks a clerk for store receipt duties and, after initial reluctance, selects a private who claims to know a bit of figures. The private reveals he was a professor of mathematics before enlistment, surprising the officer and sergeant major with his civilian skill.
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Gyroscope powers modern ships and air travel progress
Detroit News notes Elmer A. Sperry’s gyroscope advances extend stability to ships gun mounts submarines and airships. The device yields steadier gun mounts ships sailings and a compass that consistently points north improving navigation and reducing seasickness for passengers and crew.
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Elmer A. Sperry
Mr. Sperry
Detroit
Squash Named by Horticultural Expert Aims to Honor
A remark from a horticultural expert hints at naming a squash after a person, as reported by the Louisville Courier-Journal. The exchange references Eriene and the recognition in plant naming.
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Louisville Courier-Jouen
Local Market Prices Show Mixed Gains Across Poultry and Produce
Receipts of poultry rose with wholesale prices for several grades up. Large hens top at 7.50 and 5.00, small hens 5.50 to 5.75, large friers 6.00 to 7.00, and medium friers 5.50 to 6.00. Pucks rise to 7.00 and 8.00 a dozen. geese reach 12.00 to 15.00. Other items steady or mixed including tomatoes, apples, oranges, bran, flour, and seeds across multiple varieties and pack sizes. Prices for sardines, nuts, dried beans, and hides list various per-unit charges.
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Naval
Alaska
Triumph
Federita
Sudan
MILO
Wholesale Vegetable and Fruit Prices Across California and Texas
Wholesale market rundown lists prices for potatoes tomatoes celery cranberries cabbage cauliflower and peppers in California and Texas. It covers fresh fruits such as apples bananas grapes and peaches with per box per hundredweight and per ton rates, plus canned goods, sugar coffee and rice with assorted grades and pack sizes.
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Colorado
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Honduras
Columbia River
Shippers Market Prices For Country Produce In San Antonio
San Antonio buyers paid prices for country produce including butter creamery 30 to 34 cents per pound and country 25 to 28 cents. Poultry values rose with large hens 7.50 to 8.00 dollars, turkeys 21 22 cents per pound, ducks 7.00 to 8.00 per dozen. CHICAGO quote notes butter 32 to 38 cents, eggs 46 to 48 cents, poultry alive higher with fowls 14 cents, springs 18 cents, turkeys 22 cents.
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Texas
Texas Creamery
Chicago
Washton
Colorado
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Michigan
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Atlanta
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Market quotations from Kansas City commodities page
Quoted prices show butter at 41 cents for firsts 39 1 2 cents for middlings 37 1 2 cents for seconds and 26 cents for packing. Eggs firsts (tye) and foultry prices list hens 16 1 2 cents roosters 12 1 2 cents turkeys 24 cents. Potatoes at 1 dollar 85 cents.
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Army officers ordered to Chicago central department moves
Infantry offices including Lt Col KFowatrd N Jones Jr and Maj Douglas Settle depart to Chicago for central department. Captains and Lieutenants in the southern department granted 20 days leave. Brig Gen Roger D Williams to Washington to testify before Senate military affairs committee.
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Campaign to add 3000 to San Antonio Sunday schools
A meeting of workers in a campaign to boost adult Bible class attendance in San Antonio will be held Sunday at First Baptist Church at 3 45 p m An address by Rev F B Erne and team captain reports will be given The drive under Earl E Dilley of the YMCA aims to enroll 3000 more men and boys for ten Sundays at various churches
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A Little Mixed. Utica Globe Reply Quirk Petites
A light exchange about art critiques turns playful as a reader remarks on a painting saying it makes their mouth water. The reply questions the idea of a sunset causing the reaction and mishears it as a friend age in a humorous, local tone.
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Wall Street Opens With Dull, Uneventful Trading
The New York market opened on January 13 with a lackluster half hour as declines outpaced advances. Bethlehem Steel and Motor Accessories led losses while United States Steel showed notable traction among otherwise minor moves. Final prices recovered in some issues, with total volume around 200,000 shares.
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Market Rates and Bond Updates From New York
New York reports mercantile paper Bow 60 day bills at 4.72 percent with commercial 60 day bills also at 4.72 percent. Demand and cable quotations for francs and guilders noted, bar silver at 74.4 cents, Mexican dollars at 57 1/2 cents. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds unchanged.
London Silver Rates and Money Market Quote
London reports a silver price of 264 per ounce and money at 4 percent. Discount rates list short bills at 4.5 percent and three months at 5 percent.
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Bpar
Copper market settles after unsettled week in New York
New York metals market reports a fluctuating week with copper priced around 27.00 to 27.00 per 100 pounds and 372.00 listed in the latest quotations.
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Hleetrélytis
Cotton Statistics Summary by Port and City
Cotton production figures list multiple U S ports and cities with tonnage or bale counts. Entries include Galveston New Orleans Mobile Jacksonville Savannah Charleston Wilmington and Boston with varied totals and Pacific ports totaling 5879.
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Tex
LSU
New Orleans
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Bavannah
Pink Boll Worm Alert Near U S Border
The discovery of the Egyptian pink bollworm in Mexico prompts the federal horticultural board to monitor and prevent pest entry. Cotton seed from Mexico linked to Texas mills triggers inspections and seed crusting to kill any surviving insects. Inspectors will survey Texas fields near facilities and stop seed crossing the border.
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Federal
Horticultural Board
United States
Texas
U S Cotton Seed Statistics for Four Months Ending November
Census Bureau reports for the four months ending November 30 show cotton seed received at mills 3 256 738 tons with on hand 1 527 224. Crude oil sources 27 312 111 pounds on hand 3 640 refined oil 118 668 126 pounds on hand linters produced 460 815 equivalent 500 pound bales on hand 214 1 imports of oil 1 748 611 pounds exports 3 897 271 linters exported 49 474 running bales of unbleached 34 489 running bales of bleached
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Census Bureau
Sugar futures ease on Cuban supply expectations
New York sugar futures slipped as traders anticipated higher Cuban offerings. Closing quotes eased 2 to 11 points with January at 4.32 and May at 4.03. Raw sugar held steady while molasses and refined sugars showed firmer readings.
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Cuba
Rice Quotations Hold Steady in New Orleans Market
In New Orleans on January 13 prices for rough and clean rice remained unchanged. Receipts totaled 404 sacks for rough and 250 pockets for clean, with sales recorded as Clean Honduras 890 pockets Peston Japan 976 pockets and Blue Rose 1100 pockets.
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Japan
Cotton goods and wool markets steady in New York
New York on January 13 reports cotton goods steady and yarns fairly steady. Wool markets remain firm and ready to wear goods show fair demand.
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Oil and coffee price notes from New York and Ardmore
Coffee futures for March and May eased in New York as markets closed. In Ardmore daylight today Magnolia Petroleum announces a five cent rise in Healdton crude to ninety cents per barrel.
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American exporters seize Guatemalan steel and hardware markets
Advises to the Department of Commerce say that American exporters have won Guatemalan markets for steel products and hardware over Europe in the past two years. Previously England supplied agricultural machinery and Germany supplied other machinery.
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Department of Commerce
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Two New State Banks Receive Texas Authority
The Texas Commissioner of Insurance and Banking grants authority to two new state banks. Farmers State Bank of Alvin with $25 000 capital under W P Davis as president and B T Higginbotham as cashier. First Guaranty State Bank of Elmo Kaufman County capital $10 000 with George W Riddle of Dallas as president and Earl Wareeler as cashier. Alvin bank assumes Citizens State Bank of Alvin liabilities and assets.
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Gulf Production eyes 80 acre Tarver lease option
Houston January 13 A Gulf Production Company option on the Tarver Oil Company 80 acre county lease may bring as much as 1.5 million dollars if exercised The Gulf group already paid 23000 for the option on the Soul Lake oil field land portion involved
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Turpentine and resin market notes from Savannah
Turpentine activity shows mixed quotes and receipts with a 534 percent poll and 77 shipments valued at 2 419 dollars. Resin firm reports 67 sales 30 receipts 1225 shipments and stock of 89 258 dollars. Quotations list multiple grades with prices ranging from 6 05 to 7 20 dollars and varied letters.
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Roof Garden for Puppies at Pah Kow Kennels
The New York Herald notes features at the Pah Kow Kennels in the West End Avenue including a roof garden for Pekingese spaniels and an educational block where four month olds are trained to posture and maintain decorum.
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Pah Kow
West End Avenue
Wheat Market Shows Much Nervousness
Chicago, Jan 13. Wheat prices moved with nervous fluctuations within a narrow range. Export lull and expected drop in U S visible supply Monday contributed to mixed trade as May and July prices opened higher then retreated and steadied amid cautious sentiment. Corn rose on cold weather and Argentine outlook while oats followed corn and hogs supported provisions.
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United States
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Commodity Prices Reported for Chicago Markets
In Chicago a. fee d No. 2 red $1.93, No. 2 hard $1.9, Corn No. 2 yellow 8c, Oats Standard 561 5ie, Barley $1.001.31.
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Grain Quotations From Kansas City Trade Roundup
Quotations show cash wheat steady with No 2 hard at 1.89 to 1.93 and No 2 red at 1.89. Corn unchanged to one half cent lower with No 2 mixed at 94 to 95 cents and No 2 white at 95. Oats steady with a slight decline and No 2 rye at 1.47 to 1.48.
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Grain futures close mixed across Kansas City and St Louis
In Kansas City on January 13 grain futures showed mixed moves with Wheat May at 1.81 to 1.83 dollars and July around 1.46 to 1.464. Corn May 95 cents and July 95 cents. In St Louis quotations for Wheat No. 2 red at 1.94 dollars, No. 3 hard at 3.06 to 3.04 dollars. Corn steady No. 2 at 97 cents, No. 3 white 93 to 99 cents. Oats steady No. 2 at 66 cents, No. 3 white nominal. Rye steady No. 2 at 1.48 dollars.
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ST. Louis
Local packing house quotes for Saturday meat sales
Local quotations to dealers for Saturday include dry salt extras at 16 4c and 18c bacon extras with 14 1 2 to 18 cent per pound averages. Fancy breakfast bacon 27c and fancy ham 21c. Bacon bellies 14 16 pound average 19c. Pure lard lfc compound 14% 27c pound.
Utah Professor Proposes Tick Remedy for Sheep
Salt Lake City report says Prof. L. D. Swingle of the University of Utah unveiled at the National Wool Growers Association convention a cheap effective tick remedy for sheep. The formula combines a powder with coal dye, aiming for a widely affordable solution amid debate over tick damage.
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L. D. Swingle
University of Utah
National
Wool Growers Association
Swingle
Butter sale report from Elgin January note
Elgin Illinois reports butter sales with thirty five tubs priced at thirty eight and one half cents per pound. This brief item records a local market snippet from January.
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Weather Bulletin January 13 1917 Directions and wind note
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bulletin issued at 7 am Saturday January 13 1917. Wind velocities under one mile per hour and rainfall under .01 inch are not published. Allen Buell meteorologist notes weather bureau.
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