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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 23, 1918
Page
11
Amid volatile trading, cotton quotations show a sag followed by partial recovery. Reports note shifting prices across New York, New Orleans, and Newark markets with futures closing mixed as demand and weather hints influence activity.
Fragmented source shows cotton statistics and market quotes across multiple regions including Texas, New Orleans, Mobile, and Saint Louis. It references futures, spot prices, exchange quotes, and port city notes, with scattered dates around January and February and mentions of various named firms and centers.
An OCR fragment notes Frank Hicks as an aide and spy linked to San Antonio officers and the Leon Surine unit. It mentions Lieut and Prank Wie, and references a San Antonio family, Mra FL M. Fileky, with details on overseas duty and artillery activities.
Fragmented notes mention various individuals moving through locations such as Saint Louis and Marion Ohio with scattered names and places, then shift to a tragic rail accident near Cleveland. The article notes a collision involving a passenger train, with injuries to multiple unnamed riders and several cars derailed west of a location near Mae Non.
A chaotic, OCR damaged report notes corn receipts did not meet liberal trade expectations amid market confusion. Fragments mention Chicago futures, bids at central granaries, and unsettled deliveries, with garbled names and dates but hints of May, June, and price quotes for corn, oats, barley, and other grains.
A fragmented market report notes hogs cattle and sheep steady at Northern yards with varied prices and commodities listed. References to hogs grade notes, cattle prices, and sheep sales appear alongside numerous names and figures, indicating a dense, mixed-article listing page.
A garbled OCR styled market brief mentions various firms and figures in a disrupted text. Key entities appear with altered spellings, referencing local markets, vendors, and prices, though precise names and dates are obscured. The piece hints at a trading session with unsettled quotes and unsettled inventory in a small town.
Police logged reports of car thefts on Tuesday. One vehicle identified as Studbaker appears linked to Ledo Dob, 21 Adamg Street, and another described as Port truck linked to the Eighteen Bid at South Atlune Stroud Au. A third vehicle from Qi 3 Peteraon was reported missing from 41 feet of the Scottientte Cathedral. The cars were recovered days later and returned to owners.
The text describes a door keeper of Willow's Famous ten-piece orchestra involved in a nationwide separation and an endurance race from Canada to Mexico. It mentions travel between Fort Worth and Taredo, a record, and a life near charities, with various local notices about loans, sales, and services.
Fragmentary OCR lists various terms and numbers including wood products, routes, and names such as Fahey and Abe. The readable content shows scattered references without a coherent narrative or clear event, making a definitive summary difficult.
In a jumbled market update many items appear with broken spellings and unclear figures. The piece mentions wholesale goods, prices per pound, and deliveries, with references to districts, routes, and an ongoing burglary investigation tied to a grocery context.
A historical market update notes slight price increases across flour and corn meal, with storage eggs climbing as well. It mentions weekly market conditions, retailer listings, and per pound pricing figures, reflecting pantry staples in flux and consumer cost pressures.
Fragmented OCR notes show a January sixteenth cotton ginnings total near ten million, with stray references to dates, places, and numbers. The garbled text mentions Washington and various states, plus economic figures and unrelated terms, indicating a poorly legible summary of a broader agriculture report.
Fragmented OCR style notes describe money market activity with mentions of bank notes, New York exchanges, rates around 12 percent, and various figures for lenders and borrowers. The text is garbled but indicates irregularities in university and corporate dealings and references to a New York Money Market scene.
The meeting invites grocers and vegetable dealers to hear Joly A. Green of the Wallomal Food Administration discuss price controls and conservation measures. He urges cooperation with wholesalers and retailers to stabilize supply during wartime while outlining policy guidance and expected duties.
Officials convene at the Chamber of Commerce to examine castor bean samples to be grown for elephant institutes. The project aims to cultivate 19,100 acres and will pay $2.50 per bushel for beans, with transportation costs covered and seed supplied through central channels.
Report states that the headquarters at Kelly Field will be expanded with updated offices to handle increased workload. Training departments remain at current locations while some reorganizations are planned to improve efficiency and accommodate higher traffic.
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