Cotton Market Quiet Amid Nervous Trading On July 7
The Cotton Exchange report notes a relatively quiet yet nervous day with early gains fading. New York opened steady to higher, New Orleans rose early but weakened late, and overall spot prices showed mixed moves as late sessions settled. San Antonio spot listed at 20.80.
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San Antonio
Houston
Galveston
New York
New Orleans
Cotton Exchange
Newerk
Seer
Nee Orleans
Cotton Market Narrows Gains On Mixed New York Session
New York July cotton opened mixed with highs and lows as traders weighed better spot demand and thinning stocks against ongoing dry weather in the Southwest. Prices fluctuated with July at 26.06 and January around 20.24, closing near unchanged to modestly higher after early gains faded.
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New York
Dtober
Ateady
Cotton futures open steady in New York market
The New York cotton market opened steady with July at 26.60, October 26.00, December 26.10, January 26.16, and March 26.28. Details after show limited legible figures, confirming a flat start and minor shifts into the session.
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York
Petit Eer Et Sede
Irregular New Orleans cotton market with varied shifts
In New Orleans the cotton market opened irregular with little contract activity and prices for October and December near 28 to 2 points over yesterday. By midmorning selling rose and prices fell 12 to 15 points below yesterday before a late-day rebound. Spot quotations firmed and active months ended 7 points above yesterday's close. overall close steady, 1 point up to 6 points down.
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New Orleans
July Cotton Auction Prices and Totals
Fragmentary OCR notes list cotton auction figures and dates, with prices like 25.18 26.35 25.25 and July entries totaling bids. Includes scattered month headings and incomplete lot numbers, suggesting a price log rather than a full report.
Cotton goods and yarns trade in Australia firm and quiet
Market notes report cotton goods and yarns in Australia remaining steady with firms seen in trading activity. Buyers and sellers held cautious sessions as prices and demand showed little movement.
Frayed OCR Item Notes Milling Stock Figures
Readable lines show millers with 300 sacks and 4789 pockets noted. Mentions a SMEAME Et ali and unclear tests. No sales or changes recorded.
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Smeame
Ali
11000 Acre Mountain Ranch For Sale Northwest of San Antonio
11 000 acre mountain ranch for sale near San Antonio via John Bollons Realty Co South Alamo. Features include 96 acres of crop land 90 in cultivation with well windmill frontage and a price of 60 dollars per acre. Also listed one acre outside city with 4 room cottage fruit trees dam poultry pens and gas line engine contact W B Whitaker for details.
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Age Antonio
John Bollons Realty CO
South Alamo
Sasizaive
Eneus St
W. B. Whitaker
Weather Summary for Cotton States and Southeast
U L Meteorologist reports weather across the Efonstonm district ending at 8 a.m. July 7. Temperatures and rainfall are near normal in the district with heavy precipitation in the Carolinas and Georgia. Reports show several stations in North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Mississippi and nearby areas with notable rainfall amounts. Alabama, Florida, Arkansas and Louisiana have light to moderate showers.
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San, Antonio
Tex
Efonstonm
Marolinas
Georgia
Ississippi
Alabama
Lorida
Ennesset
Arkansas
Louisiana
North Carolina
Greensboro
South Carolina
Conway
St. George
St. Matthews
Blackville
Dublin
Mississippi
Greenwood
Hernando
Coal cases end in New York with more indictments
Indictments against 25 more coal companies and seven individuals charged with Sherman Act violations were dismissed only if new evidence appears. Judge Grubb in federal court announced 65 corporations and 48 operators remain under indictment with defense testimony resuming Monday. The government finished its case and 600 exhibits had been presented.
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New York
Virginia
West Virginia
Grubb
Federal District Court
Hat misidentification at Vanderbilt Hotel leads to mistaken contact
Mr A M Kennedy of Sault Ste Marie Michigan arrives with a clipping about William R Hill of Marquette. A hotel clerk cannot locate the Hill in the register, revealing the clipping is from five years ago in the Evening News. Kennedy insists the man is present but the error becomes clear.
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New York
Vanderbilt
A. M. Kennedy
Sault St. Marie? Mich
W. R. Hill
Marquette
Michigan
Bill’ Hill
Bill” Hill
Hill
Vanderbilt Hotel
Evening News
Kennedy
Sault Ste. Marie
Worth the Risk
A new father, after sleepless nights, becomes desperate and brings home a bottle of seething syrup intended for the baby. His wife warns of danger and argues against using it, highlighting a tragic misjudgment in a tense domestic scene.
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James
Northern cattle and hog markets steady across centers
Northern cattle markets held steady at all centers with slight variation in hogs and pigs. Prices showed hogs uneven with gains in Chicago and St Louis reported, while sheep and cattle receipts were listed at Union Stock Yards and the city market.
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UNION
Juy
Chi
Worth Cattle Market Steady as Texans Trade
Worth Texas July 17 cattle market shows steady trade with beef cattle and stockers around 6.05 to 7.76 per head and cows, bulls and mixed lots varying up to 15.75 for light stock. Sheep and goats offer nominal ranges with lambs 14.00 to 15.00, yearlings 12.00 to 13.00, wethers 5.50 to 9.50, ewes 8.50, and goats 5.00 to 7.00.
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Rept
Worth
Tex
Beeves
Cattle and Livestock Receipts Reported Down at Chicago Market
Market reports show hog receipts low with hogs trading around $14.45 to $14.85 per hundredweight. Beef cattle and calves posted varied prices with stockers, cows and heifers, calves and lambs listed in the latest market bulletin.
Kansas City Livestock Market Report July Prices
Receipts 500 cattle and calves at Kansas City market with mixed prices. Prime fed steers 12.50 to 13.40, dressed beef cattle 9.60 to 12.25. Heifers 7.60 to 12.26, cows 5.75 to 10.00, calves 7.00 to 13.75. Yearlings around 8.50 to 9.50, stockers 6.50 to 12.00. Market steady overall.
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Kansas City
Market Receipts and Prices in St Louis Livestock Market
Receipts and quotations for hogs cattle and sheep show steady beef market demand in St Louis on July 7. Hogs ranged from 10 to 16 dollars with various classes offered. Beef cattle included native steers yearlings cows and stockers with prices mostly around 6 to 13 dollars. Sheep offerings totaled 450 with spring lambs about 14.50 to 15.75 and other cuts from 5 to 8 dollars.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Rime Southern
Local markets show no change in Vigenite prices
There were no changes Saturday in the Vigenite prices of fresh fruits vegetables eggs butter poultry groceries provisions seeds grains or mill products.
Shippers Market Reports Mixed Prices Across Goods
Auction notes show butter steady while poultry markets vary. Hens around 117e, roosters 11 12c, turkeys 16 per pound, ducks about 8.06 per dozen, and small item prices unclear. Texas country carded at 32 per ten with several farm goods listed in fluctuating ranges.
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Texas
Chicago Market Summary Delivers Stable Butter and Varied Supplies
Chicago market notes show butter with no market change and 18,109 cases received. Potatoes rise with 10 car receipts from Oklahoma Arkansas at 2.25 to 2.50 while California stays at 2.60. Poultry prices hold at 2 cents for fowls and 2 cents for eggs.
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A . Chicago
Oklahoma
Arkansas
California
Kansas City Market Quotations July 7
Quotations for the day list butter at 88 cents per pound, and eggs at 17 cents. Beef, veal, and pork prices appear in the section with various retail figures, including broil meat and other fresh items.
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Kansas City
Fuly
Eerie
Vieets
Ae Eatoes
Igc
Butter Prices Least Offerings Reported in Elgin
Elgin Illinois July 7 butter markets show 37 percent bi no offerings with buyers awaiting supply.
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Elgin
New York Coffee and Potatoes Steady Trade Notes
July 7 report from New York notes coffee and potatoes steady with September futures at 7.63 and a line about December. Trade watchers cite limited movement and provisional demand as market conditions stay unchanged.
Fresh Produce and Other Wholesale Prices Listed
The document lists wholesale prices for fresh vegetables and fruits by variety and region, including Texas onions at 60 cents per dozen, California Lettuces at 2.76 per crate, and peaches in Texas at various crate prices. It also notes staple items like sugar, flour, canned goods, meat products, and seeds with multiple regional price points.
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Texas
Bermuda
California
Wang BS
Valencia
Lifornia
Nh PO
Asaba Elon
Vonen
He Bos Lbs
Opire
Prices of Corn Advance Saturday in Chicago Market
Active buying by commission houses pushed corn higher in Chicago trading on Saturday July 7. Reports of a two week late crop and very low on hand stocks supported gains with Sept at 1.556 to 1.559 and Dec at 1.146 to 1.169, closing unsettled to slightly higher. Wheat fell early then firmed while oats followed corn. lard and ribs saw limited gains.
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Chicago
Chicago Cash Grain Prices Report
Cash wheat quoted around 1.84 to 1.85, oats near 2.40, and barley about 1.35 to 1.40 in Chicago trading. Market notes indicate fluctuating bids and quotes across grain futures.
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Chicago
Ill
Market prices report Kansas City grains and cash wheat
Kansas City July 1 price quotes show cash wheat No 2 hard 2.80 2.37 No 2 red 2.15. Corn No 2 mixed 1.79 1.80 No 2 white 1.80 1.81. Oats No 2 white 0.764 0.754 dollars per bushel.
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Kansas City
Grain futures close with July and September prices
Kansas City trading reports grain futures finishing with Wheat at 2.09 for July and 1.90 for September while Corn shows 1.77 for July and 1.55 8 for September and 1.174 for Bec.
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Kansas Warr
Bec
Market Quotations From St. Louis Grain and Oats Prices
Quotations today list Wheat No 2 red at 2.19 No 2 hard at 1.84 No 3 at 1.88 No 8 white 1.84 and Oats No 2 78 cents, No 2 white nominal.
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ST. Louis
Provision Markets Packing House Quotation Notes
Local packing house quotations list prices for dry salt bacon and bellies 14-16 pounds with averages and extras. Also includes fancy breakfast bacon gas bacon bellies pure lard and American cheese priced per pound.
Chicago Weather Summary and Local Forecast Notes
Observations taken at 7 a.m. Saturday July 7 show wind speed around miles per hour and precipitation amounts noted. Allen Buell, meteorologist, provides wind and rain details. regional temperatures and figures appear in the accompanying forecast.
Stocks Hold Gains Across Sectors At Open
New York July 7 stock market opens with rails shippings and oils leading gains. Motors and metals rise fractionally while Industrial Alcohol and Malt products gain 1 to 2 points. United States Steel strengthens with allied issues as Reading and Pittsburg Coal advance about two points. Distillers’ Securities drops eight points. sales about 275000 shares. Bonds uneven with Liberty issues steady at premiums 1 50 to 2 50.
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New York
United States Steel
Reading
Pittsburg
New York Central
Union Pacific
Distillers’ Securities
Money Market Quotes From San Antonio Trading Mexico Currency
Trading in Mexican money in San Antonio on Saturday showed mercantile paper at 5 percent and varied bills with 60 day bills at 4.72 dollars, 60 day bills and cables for others near 4.75 percent. Guilders demand 41 5-16 and silver at 78 cents. Government bonds steady while railroad bonds remain irregular.
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San Antoniio
New York
Mercantile Paper
Veneer July 7 Money Discounts on Bills and Silver
The fragment notes bar silver prices and discount rates on money investments. It mentions a 13% ent discount on something and three month bills at around 4 percent with an 18-16 percent reference, indicating a financial quotation or bond sale setup.
New York Bank Statement Shows Large Weekly Reserve Rise
New York banks and trust companies report a reserve excess of 278 452 990 dollars for the week ending July 7. The release lists patterns in deposits, reserves in vaults and at the Federal Reserve, and total deposits rising to 1 047 640 900 dollars with a significant gain in excess reserves.
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New York
Federal Reserve Bank
Interial Dome
Ggregate
Xcess
Greater New Fannet
a_clearing house
Liscounts
Copper market quiet with steady New York quotes
The copper market stayed quiet in the week with spot and nearby electrolytic quoted around 31 to 33 dollars. August and later shipments ranged from 29 to 31 dollars, with Tron prices firm but unchanged.
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New York
Tron
Turpentine trade notes and ship shipments data in Savannah
Scrambled OCR shows Savannah Ga turpentine firm activity with 86 percent sales, 679 shipments, 643 stock, price notes around $5.15 and $6.40, and references to 16 tons and various names. Reads as a brief commodities update with multiple figures and unclear names.
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Savannah
Pogg Mas
Pew
Biteateiad
Meo & vi Jae
Pam i
W. W. Segets
Just Like Him A Portrait Draws Raves
Sandy shows a photograph and Tam McPherson declares it very like Sandy. Sandy admits he has not paid yet. Tam praises the likeness and asks what the photo costs.
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Sandy
Tam McPherson
Tam
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Obituary of Esther M. Starkey
Esther Marie Starkey 66 died at 9 36 Friday night at 216 Pereida Street. A Pennsylvania native, she lived 25 years in San Antonio and was a prominent member of the San Antonio Chapter of the Order of the Eastern Star. She had been past worthy matron of the Yoakum Chapter. Funeral likely Sunday with burial at Mission Burial Park.
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Esther M. Starkey
Esther Marie Starkey
Pereida Street
Pennsylvania
San Antonio
The
Order of the Eastern Star
Yoakum
Mission Burial Park
Funeral for J. J. Coffman Held After Medina River Tragedy
A telegram from Joe W. Coffman of Springfield DL requests keeping the body until his arrival in San Antonio at 8:05 PM Saturday. J. J. Coffman, drowned Wednesday afternoon in the Medina River, is to be honored by funeral arrangements of his brother. The coffin rests at Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company awaiting Mr. Coffman’s arrival.
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J. J. Coffman
John W. Warren
Medina River
Joe W. Coffman
Springfield
San Antonio
Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company
Coffman
Charles W. Martin Dies in San Antonio at 56
Charles W. Martin aged 56 died at 4 40 Saturday morning at his home 807 Lafitte Street He was born in Missouri and had lived in San Antonio about two months He is survived by his widow and a nephew R R Martin of Bellville Indiana The body will be sent to Evansville Indiana Sunday afternoon Funeral services to be conducted by the Masonic lodge of Evansville with the Mount Vernon lodge A F and A M Hubbard Chapter Royal Arch Masons Patton Commandery No 69 Knights Templar also connected with the death notice His fraternal affiliations are noted from Mount Vernon Illinois and Evansville Indiana.
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Llt
Hubbard Chapter
Royal Arch Masons
Patton Commandery No
Knights Templars of
Masonic Lodge of
Evansville
Shelley Loring Poderrasing Co Automobile Equipment Ad
Shelley Loring Poderrasing Co advertises automobile equipment with contact phones 9711 and a promotional Advance listed.
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Shelley-Loring ‘Poderrasing Co
Army Orders Delays and Assignments in Washington
Delayed: Majors William G. Sills of the Twenty-first Cavalry to inspector general department and Pramise Pop of the Twelfth Cavalry to the quartermaster corps. Assigned to the Equothern Department are First Lieutenant Carl W. Connell, aviation reserve, Captain Colonel Lew-18, quartermaster reserve, and Captain James W. Carter, quartermaster reserve.
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Washington, D. C
William G. Sills
Twenty-first Cavalry
Inspector General Department
Pramise Pop
Twelfth Cavalry
Quartermainer Corps
Equthern Department
Carl W. Connell
Lew- 18
James W. Carter
Uncertain Outlook For Showers This Weekend
Major Allen Kuell of the local Weather bureau expects showers Saturday night or Sunday as conditions remain unsettled. The atmospheric setup remains largely unchanged though slightly more prone to showers with a low pressure area extending from New Mexico to Manitoba. No rain was observed Saturday morning, but conditions favored possible precipitation.
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Allen Kuell
New Mexico
Manitoba
Parking plan suggested for Alamo Plaza curbside stance
A letter to Commissioner Lowther proposes parking cars diagonally along Alamo Plaza to ease turning and backing up and lessen traffic disruption. Mayor Bell notes no ordinance needed. police could guide drivers for several days until the system catches on.
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Lowther
Bell
Alamo Plaza
Mayor Bell
Paige
Inflation of news print costs flagged by royal commission
Official reports from Toronto July 17 reveal inflation of cost figures by Dennaconna Paper Company Limited in its 1915 16 and early 1917 reports to Commissioner Pringle. Manager George McKee admitted 1916 and early 1917 returns used arbitrary cost figures rather than actual production costs.
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Toronto
Ont
Royal Commission On News
Pringle
Dennaconna Paper Company, Limited
George McKee
Englishman Teases Irishman Over Lumped Horse Joke
An Englishman asks Pat why a horse has a lump on its leg. Pat replies with a witticism about a longer putt and a knot in it, turning the remark into a humorous exchange. The tale appears in the Pittsburgh Chronic Telegraph.
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Pat
Pittsburs
Telegraph
California horseman buys colt and renames it Liberty Lean
A. K. Macaber, a California horseman, purchased a young horse and changed its name to Liberty Lean. The sale highlights a trend of owners rebranding runners for racing prospects.
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A. K. Macaber
California
Liberty
Free Vaccination At Border Ports Public health drive announced
Washington July 7 civilians crossing the Texas border from Mexico will be vaccinated free of charge to prevent interstate spread of smallpox typhoid and para typhoid. Ports at El Paso Brownsville Eagle Pass Hidalgo and others will offer vaccines with certificates available on request.
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Washington, D. C
Texas
Mexico
United States
McAdoo
Surgeon General
United States Public Health Service
Abilene Retains West Texas A and M College Site
Official statement signed by the Abilene locating committee asserts the city was unanimously chosen on June 29 1917 as the location for the West A and M College after inspection of sites by Governor and others. The group emphasizes the selection was fair and honest and not to be read as a re-opened issue.
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Austin
Tex
Abilene
West Texas A. and. M. College
Puller
Hobby
West A
M. College
A. D
Texas
Gaid College
Abil Tex
West
James B. Ferguson
Doughty
Davis
Children Aid Red Cross Grow Sweet Potatoes at Trinity
In Trinity on July 1 under Mrs J. Lewis Thompson leadership boys and girls cultivate a promising sweet potato patch. Proceeds from the crop will fund 42m amon for the Red Cross as J. Lewis Thompson prepares to serve with the Texas National Guard.
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Trinity
Hee
J. Lewis Thompson
Licaa
Red Cross
Tom
Thompson
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