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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1913
Page
7
Easy cables abroad push wheat lower with May opening around 92 to 92 1/2 cents and closing near 92 1/2. Corn and oats soften as lower cables and weather ease demand. May pork futures dip while lard and ribs rise briefly before easing. Market quotes from Chicago and St Louis show mixed moves across cash and May contracts.
Kansas City January 27 reports cash wheat prices for No 2 hard 85 to 86 cents No 2 red 1.04 to 1.05 percent. Corn prices down half a cent with No 2 mixed 48 cents No 3 47 cents No 2 white 49 cents. Oats No 2 white 35 1/2 cents No 2 mixed 34 cents. May and July futures show mixed movements with May wheat at 8 cents up July at 8 54 3/4 cents. May corn 59 1/2 cents July 61 1/2 cents. May oats 35 1/2 cents.
Money on call remains steady with ruling and closing bids near 2 1/2 percent. Time loans show little change at 60 to 180 days with rates around 3 to 4 percent. Lead and spelter prices noted in dispatches from St Louis and nearby markets.
A sensational ad touts rapid cures for acne and blood diseases with Acne Vaccine and 606 or 914 remedies. It promises permanent relief from cystitis kidney bladder issues, nervous weakness, and urinary infections using animal serum and lump compound, claiming modern medical endorsement and one treatment for varicose troubles.
Cotton goods markets show quiet exports with blanket mills sold out and print cloths quiet while drils sheets and ginghams stay active. Prices listed for print cloths sheetings denims tickings staple ginghams and dress ginghams reflect mixed activity as strikes affect consumption and broader shipments. Copper and metals prices follow with varied spot and future ranges as markets steady to soft.
Memphis market report shows spot cotton steady with middling grade at 12%c.
A series of burial permits records six to seven individuals with ages and street locations. Federico Menchaca 1 year died January 25 El Paso street. Eduardo Gonzales 45 died January 26 Pecos street. Gertrude Palmer 34 died January 25 Delmar street. Joseph Tucker Sr 64 died January 26 Nevada street. Mary Conroy 46 died January 24 West Houston street. Walter Spears 14 died January 25 South Zarramora street. Annie Carroll 26 died January 24 Santa Rosa hospital.
To Mr and Mrs Carl Milton Clayton a girl was born January 16 at 945 West Huisache avenue To Mr and Mrs Leung Ah Sang a girl born January 12 at 414 Cameron street To Mr and Mrs Albert Autry a boy born January 20 at 625 Crosby street To Mr and Mrs Enrique Peres a boy born January 10 at 716 South Pecos street To Mr and Mrs Eugene Arizt a gy born January 18 at 310 Matagorda street To Mr and Mrs 8 Monachino a girl born November 2 at 202 South Pecos street
Police have no leads on Saturday night robbery at banker H S Fox home. Diamonds valued at 5000 belonged to the families of Walter B. R. Hilliard of a New York bank and W. G. Twiman. the Fox daughters are their wives. Porch climbers are suspected after an entertainment.
Willis L. Moore appears in a historical notice dated Monday January 27 1918 as the appointed chief in a civic or organizational slate. The fragment indicates an official leadership assignment within a local context.
Prominent Pacific coast fruit distributors report 60 to 85 percent of California citrus damaged by frost. Federal authorities inspect all oranges and lemons, branding frost damaged fruit as frosted fruit to prevent market flooding.
Butter Creamery remains active with fresh receipts totaling 5756 cases at marked prices. Potatoes steady with Michigan at 60c and Minnesota 48c per unit, Wisconsin 48c. Live poultry firm with turkeys at 1c, chickens 15c, springs 13c. Kegs weaker. refrigerator fruit at 16c and flats 22c. Receipts include 106 carloads.
Quotations today list Butter at 32 and 30 cents for firsts and seconds 28 and 20 for packing stock. Eggs Extras 24 and firsts 22 to 23 cents, seconds 14 cents. Poultry prices show Hens 12 cents and roosters 8 cents, young turkeys 18 cents, ducks 13 cents.
New York January 27 reports show egg receipts totaling 6212 cases. Fresh gathered extras average 24 to 27 cents, best grades firm at 19 to 20 cents, dirties 16 to 18 cents, with checks and primes noted.
Chickens 12c, springs 12c, tur keys 11c, ducks 16c, geese 18c. Butter Creamery 26 323c. Eggs 22 percent.
New York reports raw sugar and Muscovado at 2.98 cents per pound for 89 test and 3.48 cents for 96 test, with molasses at 2.73. Refined sugar, petroleum, molasses, hides, and leather noted as steady or firm in trade notes.
New York reports show London weakness limiting speculation as trading opens dull. Market later steadied with light rally, but uncertainty from the Minnesota rate case and Washington news kept prices soft. Bonds ease while Prime mercantile paper and exchange rates edge higher.
Jan 27 at Union Stock Yards reports moderate receipts across cattle hogs and calves with demand steady to good. Pens cleared by noon cattle price ranges run from 4 to 4.36 for cows calves top at 5.25 and 7 for best cows with general 4.75 to 5. No sheep or goats offered and porker prices near last week highs despite ordinary hogs.
Calves strong at 7.30 for stockers but common calves down. Hogs top 7.80 with most sold 7.35 to 7.70, some declines on common grades. Cattle receipts 3000 with steady demand, cows and heifers firm, calves 4.50 to 8.00, stockers 5.00 to 6.10, bulls 3.50 to 5.25. Sheep receipts 200 direct to a local packer.
Cattle receipts 5000 with 1000 Texans, market steady. Native beef steers 5.50 to 9.25, Texas Oklahoma steers 5.60 to 7.90, cows and heifers 3.65 to 6.00, calves 5.50 to 6.50. Hog receipts 12,500, market steady. Pigs and lights 6.57 to 7.60, mixed and butchers 7.45 to 7.60, good heavy 7.50 to 7.60. Sheep receipts 3000, market steady. Carcass muttons 5.50 to 6.00, lambs 7.00.
Receipts today 10000 cattle including 1000 southerns with prices 7.00 to 8.30 for native steers and 5.75 to 7.40 for southern steers. Hogs 8000 head market steady to five cents higher with bulk 7.25 to 7.40 and heavy 7.85 to 7.45. packers and buyers 7.30 to 7.40. Sheep 10000 received with steady market. muttons 4.096 to 8.80 for Colorado lambs. range wethers and yearlings 5.00 to 7.50. range ewes 3.50 to 5.50.
Dr. Tom L. Miller offers new remedies for diseases of the skin and rheumatic conditions including gout and neuralgia. He also addresses bowel bladder and kidney concerns, bronchial tubes related issues such as sun asthma and diseases affecting women.
Cattle receipts 19 000 steady to lower with beef and calf prices noted. Hogs receipts 62 000 market quiet and about five cents lower across ranges. Sheep receipts 25 000 market slow to shade down with natives and yearlings priced in the 4 75 to 8 00 range.
In New York on January 27, coffee prices for No 7 Rio were quoted at 18 1 0 cts per lb with futures steady. March contract held near 13.20 and May near 13.46.
The report shows steady to mixed cotton trading with gains on covering and bull support amid Balkan tension. Old crop months rose 10 to 14 points early, then cooled, prices firmed again, with mid morning levels near 13.05 for middling upland and later slight declines as selling quieted.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with early gains erased by heavy selling as rain hurt conditions. Prices fluctuated all morning with active months slipping to several points under Saturday's close before an afternoon retreat and renewed selling pressure.
Futures opened steady across the board with January through August contracts mixed. January 12.68 close at 12.42, May 12.34 bid, October 11.52 near, while overall cotton futures posted a net decline of 6 to 12 points as the session ended.
Liverpool January 27 spot cotton shows steady prices across grades with American middling at 7.354 and good ordinary at 6.234. Sales reach 8000 bales, 700 for speculation and export, 7700 American. receipts total 20000 bales, including 19600 American.
In Liverpool on January 27 cotton futures opened quiet and closed very steady with settlements across the forward curve from January at 6.64 pence to December-January around 6.18 pence.
New York middling 18.05, New Orleans 217-16, Houston 12 percent, Galveston 12 percent, Liverpool 6.814, Memphis 12 percent middling. Spot market rundown shows varied readings across major ports.
Cottonseed products in Memphis show base prices at 5.25 for meal 25.25 to 25.50 for other products and linters. New York oil market closes firm with spot at 6.30 to 6.37, and various futures ranging from 6.25 to 6.40 across months. Large volume traded with totals around 20 700 sales and multiple price steps through January to August.
On January 27 in New Orleans spot cotton held steady with gains of 1 to 16 cent. Middling quoted at 127-16c with 1,770 bales sold on the spot and 3308 bales receipts. Stock reported at 165,060 bales with varying grades listed from low ordinary to strict good middling.
Spot cotton in Galveston on January 27 closed steady with standard grades at eight to thirteen and a half cents. No sales or forwards reported. receipts totaled 11,670 bales and stocks stood at 292,757 bales.
An Elgin Illinois brief notes a 3 percent butter price line and urges readers to pay their poll tax. The notice instructs mentioning The Light in advertisements within the paper.
Houston price report shows steady spot market with shipments of 10,223 bales and total stock at 145,151 bales. Prices list low ordinary to good middling ranging from 7 to 12 1/2 cents, with several middle grades noted.
New York January 27 spot cotton closed steady with middling uplands at 13.05 and gulf at 13.30 cents per pound. Traders reported sales totaling 2800 bales.
Three railroads the St Paul Great Northern and Chicago and Northwestern ordered 150000 tons of rails plus 30000 tons for Canadian roads with American mills. The Canton and Hanken China ordered 6000 tons of rails while Canadian traction lines asked 5000 tons of girders. The Rock Island and Erie added locomotives and cars amid rising fabrication of structural steel and plates for armor and pipes.
Galveston reports arrivals of steamers Martin Saenz from New Orleans and Thurland Castle from Glasgow and Jean from Baltimore with January dates. No ships are listed as sailing.
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