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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 16, 1917
Page
9
A brief note from Monday's Light urges readers to seek help and avoid actions that could lead to self harm. It emphasizes reaching out to friends, family, or professionals and provides supportive, non judgmental language. The item underscores community concern and prevention messaging.
Quotations from main cotton markets show middling grade prices for delivery at each center. San Antonio Dallas Houston Galveston New York New Orleans Liverpool list varying figures with volume details, reflecting daily basis for buying and selling across the country.
The cotton market opened with nerves but improved technical footing as New Orleans cables spurred buying. Prices rose in the first half hour, with gains at New York and later strength from covering and bull support. By noon New Orleans showed a big advance. late in the day profit taking trimmed some gains. San Antonio spots at 16.90.
In New York on January 16 the cotton market showed firmer technicals with an open 10 to 18 points higher. May moved from 17.68 to 17.50 after the call, then rallied to 17.76 in early trading before climbing to 17.87 by late morning, finishing steady as gains narrowed and less activity set in during the afternoon.
New York on January 16 reports cotton futures nudging toward a steady tone. January at 19.5 cents, May around 17.68 cents, July near 17.64, with October futures up 15 to 17 points and a high near 17.47 cents. Market activity shows limited movement amid early session trading.
Explanatory notes give 8 a m observations, pressure at sea level, and iso lines. It lists precipitation 0.01 inch or more for past 2 hours, max wind, and applies to San Antonio and East Texas with unsettled, rainy and freezing conditions. Precipitation yesterday 0.06 inch, total since January 1 0.11 inch, deficiency 0.07 inch.
In New Orleans on January 16, better cables spurred a buying wave as cold wet weather aided new crop prep. Early gains of 11 to 21 points expanded to 26 to 40 points at noon, with scant offerings and rising demand from spot interests. Futures closed 18 to 21 points higher, with January at 16.87 and March at 16.91.
Spot cotton in Liverpool eased with good middling at 10.92d and middling 106.79d. Sales reached 7,000 bales with 600 for speculation and export. receipts totaled 11,000. Futures remained steady with varied December/January and forward spreads across months.
The report lists cotton and seed oil figures by port and interior movement. It details Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Norfolk New York Boston Philadelphia and Pacific ports with weekly and yearly totals, plus interior shipment totals for Augusta Memphis St Louis Houston and totals across regions. It also notes cotton seed oil quotations for the day in New York.
United States visible wheat supply dropped by 3 385 000 last week boosting prices. Berlin reports no breakthrough peace steps, lifting sentiment. May wheat opened at 1 85 to 1 85 and July at 1 42, closing higher. Corn rose on strong livestock market, hogs push provisions higher.
Quotations listing morning open high low and close for May July September wheat with values around 0.186 0.185 0.188 and corn showing varied session figures. includes multiple contractions and percent figures for different contract months.
The wholesale price of eggs jumped two cents Tuesday morning with buyers paying 40 and 40 cents for Texas country candled delivered in San Antonio. Butter and poultry held steady. Receipts across celery, eggs and other produce were light, celery gaining 10 cents to 1.10 per dozen. No changes in wholesale prices for groceries, provisions, seeds, grains or mill products.
Shippers report Texas deliveries with butter steady and eggs mixed. Poultry prices rise for fowls, hens, and turkeys while broilers and ducks vary. turkeys priced per dozen, geese and ducks listed. Chicago quotations show butter unsettled, eggs lower, and poultry steady with live prices around 19 cents for fowls and springs.
Quotations for dairy and market items from Kansas City dated January 16 show creamery and egg prices. Firsts and seconds listed for creamery products, eggs and poultry prices include hens roosters and turkeys with per unit or weight figures. Potatoes priced at about $1.90 to $1.95 per unit.
Chicago quotation roundup lists No 2 red and No 2 hard wheat at nominal levels. Corn No 2 yellow quoted at 99 cents. Oats Standard at 57 percent and 68 cents. Barley bid at 95 cents to 1.37 dollars.
Sugar futures fell four to five points at noon amid bearish Cuban weekly figures. Raw sugar quotes show Centrifugal at $5.39 and molasses at $4.56, refined grades steady with fine granulated sugar at $6.75.
Price quotes from Kansas City show wheat gaining with No 2 white at 96 9d to 97c per bushel and No 2 yellow at 96 9d. Oats advance about 10 cents, with No 2 white and mixed bids noted. Maize and Milo range around 24 to 25 for futures or bids.
Committees for the Chamber of Commerce Manufacturers' Club and Jobbers' and Manufacturers' League plan to travel to Austin on Thursday to protest a Senate labor bill. The measure defines a black list as any agreement preventing a laborer from work and could jail violators for one to five years with damages from $1000.
Prices rose across grains with May futures at 1.84 percent and July at 0.84 percent for wheat. Corn May and July both edged up to 96 and 96 plus cents respectively, reflecting a mixed session in Kansas market trading.
Wheat prices advance with No 2 at 1.96 and No 2 hard at 1.97 0, Corn holds at 4c for No 2 and 99 for No 2 white, Oats rise with No 2 at 56c and No 2 white 58c, Rye steady at 1.48 for No 2.
Provision Markets in Chicago, dated January 16, lists wheat quotations for January, May, and July with opening figures and weekly price ranges. The brief notes bid and ask levels across multiple contract months, highlighting slight shifts in values.
Dry salt extras 16 4¢ bacon extras 18¢ dry salt bellies 14 16 pound average 18c fancy breakfast bacon 27¢ fancy hamgie bacon bellies 14 16 pound average 1c Pure lard 17¢ compound 14%¢ American cheese 27c pound
A Dollar Day light want ad offers eggs for sale at one dollar per dozen starting Thursday, with limited weekly runs. Two Sundays included in the promotion. multiple settings of eggs welcome.
The Houston Chamber of Commerce submitted a brief to the Interstate Commerce Commission alleging unreasonable and discriminatory rates by the Atchison Topeka Santa Fe and other railroads on carload shipments of packing house products and lard substitutions from Houston to Oklahoma points in competition with other Texas cities. It seeks removal of the unjust rates.
Observations taken at 7 a m Tuesday January 16 1917 show below zero readings. Wind under ten mph and precipitation under .01 inch are not published. Allen Buell Meteorologist Weather Bureau reports with bureau stamp.
New business locked at 113,042,682 feet and shipments totaling 104,642,343 feet. Orders on hand total 673,460,218 feet as of Friday close, per the Southern Pine Association in New Orleans.
Savannah report shows Turpentine firm sales 303 with 109 shipments totaling 18 dollars. Resin firm sales 1072 with 832 shipments valued at 7 032 dollars. Quotations list prices for A B C D E and regional grades with W. G and W. W prices noted.
New Orleans rice market shows steady prices with rough and clean rice trading. Monday receipts totaled 6511 pockets with notable sales of clean Honduras 766 pockets and Japan 979 pockets and Blue Rose 2375 pockets at varying price notations.
New York on January 16 reports open markets for fall cottons and high priced shirting for spring manufacturing. Yarns remained quiet as wholesale and retail buyers filled the floors.
The Interstate Commerce Commission approved proposed increases in lumber freight rates traveling from the Mississippi valley territory and the southeast to the middle west and Wisconsin.
In York on January 16, futures for coffee fluctuated with March at 8.45 and May at 8.53, indicating a steady mood in the market.
An application by Frank A. Munsey seeks a charter from the currency controller for a new bank in New York to be named the Knickerbocker National Bank. The capital is stated as unspecified in the fragment and the opening date is hinted but not confirmed.
January 16 stock report notes steady cattle overall with Fort Worth prices up 25 to 60 cents while hogs rise across centers by about ten cents on average. St Louis reports strongest hog gains. sheep improve slightly. Receipts at San Antonio include cattle 258 calves 72 hogs 201 sheep 310 goats 144, with city trade hogs 201.
Fort Worth cattle receipts 2609 with steady gains of 25 to 30 cents. steers to 509.25, stockers 6.00 to 7.50, heifers 4.00 to 8.50, cows 4.50 to 76.75, bulls 1.50 to 6.50, calves 4.50 to 9. Hogs receipts 8000, market 10 to 15 cents higher. bulk 10.25 to 10.50, lambs 11.50, yearlings 9.50 to 10.50, ewes 8.75, goats 3.25.
Chicago market receipts show hogs 40,000 with a strong trend and mixed lot prices from 19 to 11 dollars. Wattle cattle receipts 8,000 with steady market. native beef cattle 7.90 to 11.80, western steers 7.70 to 10.10. Sheep receipts 12,000 with market steady. wether 9.70 to 11.00, lambs 11.75 to 12.00.
Kansas City market notes show hog receipts near 18 000 with prices ranging from about 10.20 to 10.95 for various hog classes. Cattle receipts around 42 000 with prime fed steers at 10.75 to 11.50 and other categories from 4.50 to 10.50. Sheep receipts about 12 000 with lambs around 13.25 to 13.99 and yearlings near 11.50 to 12.60 and wethers 9.50 to 10.50.
Receipts total 15000 hogs and 6000 cattle with market gains cited. Hogs range from 8.25 to 11.10 for various grades while cattle show steady to higher values, with native beef steers 7.50 to 11.50 and prime years 7.50 to 9.00. Sheep demand improves with lambs 12.75 to 14.35 and yearlings 11.00 to 12.25.
Cattle 1600 head steady while hogs 2200 head rise to 10.80 top. Sheep 800 head steady with quoted prices across districts including Amber Brown of Oklahoma and Horton Hollis Oklahoma. Lamb figures listed for Warren Hollis and Dunn Lone Wolf Oklahoma with mixed results.
Galveston port exports show December cotton at 295472 bales valued 31262498. Wheat exports total 1954399 bushels with value not fully stated. Figures come from official customs house records for the month.
Dr C A M Pulliam 77 died at 7 35 am Tuesday at his daughter Mrs C T Kirkpatrick 447 Arbor Place. He was born in Georgia and lived here six years surviving two daughters Mrs Kirkpatrick and Mrs Oscar Denton and a son W A Pullam. Funeral 10 am Wednesday from the residence with interment in Mission Burial Park. Christina Johnson 24 died at 7 pm Monday in her Crockett street apartments. Her body held by Shetley Loring Undertaking while awaiting word from her husband in Kansas.
Dialogue shows a foreman demanding a letter of recommendation before hiring. The Seedy One reveals the last employer died twenty years ago, implying no recourse for employment. The exchange frames a grim labor market obstacle and a vanished reference.
An odd classified style note mocks speech patterns with characters Dinah the landlady and Landy the new girl. It mentions tax and automobile equipment, plus a casual churchgoing line. The fragment shows humorous regional dialogue and stray phone references.
New York early trading shows United States Steel, the shipping group and Industrial Alcohol leading gains of one to two points on moderate volume. Rail stocks rally in afternoon trading with Reading near three points and Norfolk & Western up two. Overall market finishes strong with broad participation and about 750000 shares traded.
New York on January 16 shows time loans at 60 days 24 percent, 80 days 3, six months call money newty with high 2 and low 1 ruling rate 2. Last loan 14, closing 1 percent, offered at 14.
The article lists various financial items with rates for 60 day and other bills, currency cables and demands, and bond behavior. It mentions mercantile payments, banks, guilders and francs, silver, Mexican dollars and government and railroad bonds with strength noted.
London market report notes bar silver at 36d per ounce, and discount rates with shorts at 5 percent and three months at 5 percent.
Lead bids at 7.60 while other metal quotes show disorder in the market. The report lists sporadic figures such as 2750 and 32.50, with Electrol ic and related items poorly rendered. Exchange quotes appear erroneous and incomplete in this fragmented OCR text.
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