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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jul 14, 1913

Page

13

Market dullness in New York stocks amid railroad strike fears

Stocks opened with small declines and a late rally but overall dull trading as concern over a possible eastern railroad workers strike and resumed gold exports weighed on activity. Canadian Pacific led losses while Reading Union Pacific and others slipped. bonds steadied as the market closed heavy.

New York White House Paris Europe Canadian Pacific Lewis‘ville Sears-Roebuck Andirginia Carolina Chemical London Lower Reading Union Pacific Southern Pacific Lehigh Valley Amalmererest

Money on call rates and loan terms reported in New York

New York on July 14 reports money on call at 2 percent with last loan at 2 percent. Closing bid stands at 214 percent, with offers at percent. Time loans remain firm with 60 days at 84 percent, 90 days at 44 percent, and six months at 6 percent.

New York

Metals Markets Mixed As Copper Tin Lead Move

New York reports copper unsettled with July August and September futures around 12.50 to 14.50. Tin weak with spot near 39.50 to 39.90, lead steady at 4.30 bid, spelt firm 5.25 to 5.35, iron barely steady for various Northern and Southern grades.

New York Cookson's

Metal Prices Tweak in St. Louis Market

In St. Louis on July 14 lead traded around 4.20 dollars per unit while spel er listed near 5.20, reflecting unsettled metal prices in the local market.

Boys to be Sent Away for Juvenile Reform

Six youths described as the worst gang in San Antonio will be sent to Gatesville juvenile reformatory this week. Three are Mexican and three are Black. they face multiple burglary cases and have stolen auto parts, tires, shoes, and clothing since January. County Judge Davies ordered the transfer for Wednesday. names include Santiago Onesada and Dan Jack, the latter identified as Black.

Bov Feves Santonio Gatesville Davie Gateeville Navis Santiago Onesada Dan Jacka

Cotton consumption in United States for June reported

Census Bureau reports June cotton consumption at 466,914 running bales, with May and April at 610,416 and 503,677 bales respectively. On hand June 80 in manufacturing and independent warehouses total 1,908,176 bales. Imports 8,028 bales and exports 223,921 bales.

Washington United States Census Bureau

Bank Reopens After Brief Shutdown in McKeesport

Washington report says acting Comptroller Thomas P. Kane authorized the reopening of the First National Bank of McKeesport Pennsylvania, which had shut its doors a week earlier.

Washington Thomas P. Kane First National Bank of McKeesport

Aeronaut Escapes Balloon Fire After Parachute Jump

VALLEY CITY North Dakota July 14 A balloon voyage ended with a burst fire at about 1000 feet yesterday. M A Evans clung to the craft until 600 feet from the ground to release his parachute. The balloon burst a moment after his jump. Evans was uninjured.

Valley City N. D M. A. Evans Evans

Mt Alamo golf course plans touted for resort town

Article outlines Mt Alamo as a new mountain resort along the Fredericksburg line with an eighteen hole golf course on Mountain Townsite Co property outside the city. Surveyors finished plotting the townsite and streets are being cleared while preserving natural scenery. Mt Alamo is pitched as Texas finest mountain resort.

Mt. Alamo Fredericksburg Mountain Townsite Company Texas

Dairy Prices Rise Amid Market Firmness Across Products

The dairy market shows strength with higher prices for canned milk and many dairy products. Cheese and milk rise at northern centers while hot weather boosts ice cream demand. Coffee weakens, sugar and rice hold gains. rice crop nearly exhausted. Meat lists gain with a one cent per pound uplift in better bacon cuts. lard remains unchanged.

Jovbers

Market Prices and Commodities Report Listing Then Current Rates

A wide range of market figures for eggs, poultry, dairy, fruits, vegetables, meats, canned goods, nuts, flour, beans, raisins, and byproducts. Includes per dozen prices for eggs and hens, per pound rates for cheese and butter, crate and box prices for tomatoes and melons, various regional fruit prices, dried goods, and bulk staples across multiple regions. Figures cover Texas, California, Idaho, Louisiana and more with notes on weights and packaging.

Colorado Texas Louisiana Jonathan York Imperial Missouri Ben Davie California Alaska Pioneer Liberty Bell Navy London

Trade List of Sugar Coffee and Groceries

A market listing details prices for granulated sugar at five dollars per hundred, various coffees including Peaberry Rio and Maxwell House, canned vegetables with No 2 and No 3 sizes, corn and peas prices, seeds like Red Tops and Amber, dried fruits, pears and apples prices, figs by package and bulk, and other items with San Antonio car lots and bagged bulk bushel rates.

Orarsree Rio Maxwell House California San Antoni

Poultry Prices Reported in St Louis Market

In St Louis on July 14 poultry prices ranged for chickens 18 cents, springs 17 cents, ducks 18 cents, geese 10 cents. Creamery butter 26 cents, eggs 14 cents.

ST. Louis

New York Market Report Passages on Fresh Gathered Extras

New York market brief notes steady beg prices and receipts with 12 782 cases listed and fresh gathered extras reported at 24 26.

New York

Kansas City Market Prices Report

Butter cream 26c firsts 25c seconds 24c packing Yee Eggs first 17c seconds Lic Poultry hens 182c roosters 9c ducks 15c broilers 20c

Kansas City

Chicago Market Report Hauls Varied Dairy and Produce Prices

Chicago July 14 butter dull creamery butter at 22 to 26 cents a pound. Eggs irregular receipts 14 536 cases at mark 8 115 cents for ordinary firsts 15 15 cents for firsts 16 16 cents. Potatoes higher 85 to 90 cents. Receipts 60 ears. Poultry alive lower hens 16 cents springs 22 cents turkeys 18 cents.

Chicago

New York Market Report Shows Steady Raw Sugar and Petroleum

Raw sugar holds steady with Muscovado at 2.04 3.07, centrifugal 3.54 3.57, and refined levels flat. Petroleum also steady with refined New York at 5 dollars and barrels at 8.70. Molasses and leather items show minor moves as open kettle prices hold near listed levels.

New York New Orleans Bogota Central America

Butter prices steady amid New York coffee market notes

A brief from Elgin reports butter at 26¢ per pound from a New York firm. New York coffee lowers futures show September at 8 76, March 9 15. Beaumont notes gasoline price cut by four cents to 16¢. local market had been 20¢ earlier in the month.

New York Beaumont Tex Lée

Cattle Sell Steady On Active Market At Oklahoma City

At Union Stock Yards Oklahoma City July 14 cattle receipts 376 calves 75 hogs 22 sheep 149. market steady with best cows 5.26 and most cows 4.50 to 5.00. calves up to 6.75. hogs at 8.50. Fort Worth and Chicago centers lower due to heat and weaker demand.

Union Stock Yards Fort Worth Chicago

Fort Worth Live Stock Market Slows Amid Weakness

Fort Worth cattle and calf arrivals neared 5000 with slow trading and general weakness. Beef steers fell 10 to 15 cents to mainly 6 to 7 dollars. stocker steers 4.06 to 6 dollars. cows steady to 6 dollars for best and 3.25 to 4.50 for canners. Bulls 4 to 5 dollars. calves steady to up five cents at 6 to 7 dollars. Hogs steady near 8.85 to 9 and sheep mostly steady with best showing strength.

Fort Worth Tex

Chicago market reports hogs cattle and sheep prices

Chicago receipts and bids show hogs trading slow with bulk at 8.85 to 9.10 for butchers and pigs at 7.80 to 9.10. Cattle receipts 22,000 with steady markets. beaves 7.20 to 9.05, Texas steers 7.00 to 8.10, stockers 5.60 to 7.90, cows and heifers 3.85 to 8.40, calves 8.50 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 19,000 and strong. native mutton 4.15 to 5.50, yearlings 5.60 to 7.35, native lambs 6.60 to 8.45.

Chicago Ill Texas

Girl Saves Pupils as Prairie Fire Engulfs School

Miss Esther Smith a teacher near Poplar Creek in the South country kept her class focused despite flames and smoke as a prairie fire closed in on a log schoolhouse. She guided pupils to safety with Royal Northwest Mounted Police reports confirming her action and the school soon burned to ruins.

Moosejaw Saska Esther Smith Poplar Creek Royal Northwest Mounted Police

Market Receipts and Prices for Cattle Hogs and Sheep

Kansas City reports receipts totals for hogs cattle and sheep. Hogs sold mostly 5.80 to 8.90 with notes on heavies and lights. cattle receipts about 17 000 with southern steer figures and cows and heifers pricing. sheep demand strong with lambs 6.25 to 8.00 and yearlings and ewes priced accordingly.

Market Report from St Louis Stockyards on July 14

Cattle receipts 3500 with 400 Texas stock. steady market. Native beef steers 5.50 to 8.75, cows and heifers 4.75 to 8.00, Texas and Oklahoma steers 6.25 to 8.10, cows and heifers 4.50 to 6.25. Hogs and pigs receipts 7500. market higher. pigs and lights 7.25 to 9.26, goods 9.15 to 9.20. Sheep receipts 10,500. market lower. muttons 3.75 to 5.75, lambs 6.50.

ST. Louis Texas Oklahoma

Cotton market remains quiet with prices steady in New York

New York open steady and unchanged, moves within a narrow range as cotton trades remain quiet. Liverpool reports mixed demand with some upturn in trade fixing prices, while private crop reports and a favorable census note a stand off and hot southwest weather pressures curb selling.

New York Liverpool

Baseball school to begin Oct with 10 diamonds

Work on a baseball training facility on 300 acres of Hot Wells property starts about October 1 under Charles C. Carr. J M Putnam says Carr will direct construction and plans to have up to twenty fully equipped diamonds for winter and spring training, with free access for visiting teams and expert instruction for recruits.

Hot Wells J. M. Putnam Kansas City Charles C. Carr Carr Comcity. Res Eas City Putnam San Antonio Chamber of Commerce

New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady After Decline

New Orleans July 14 Cotton futures opened steady with a 2.3 point decline amid favorable crop news and limited offerings. By midday trading remained dull as old crop gains narrowed and active months moved slightly above Saturday’s close. The census July consumption figure was bullish, sparking midmorning buying.

New Orleans Census Bureau

Cotton futures open steady with mixed July to December quotes

Futures opened steady with July at 12.40 and August at 11.96 while September reached 11.60 and October 11.45. Cotton futures closed largely unchanged, showing small gains and losses across months with minor fluctuations in open high low and close figures.

New Orleans

Spot Cotton Prices in Liverpool

Spot cotton eased with good business. Middling fair at 7.294 pence, good medium 6.95d, middling 6.71d, low middling 6.53d, good ordinary 6.05d, ordinary 6.71d. Sales 10,000 bales including 9700 American and 600 for speculation and export. Receipts 11,000 bales including 2700 American.

Liverpool

Liverpool Foresign Futures Close Steady on July Open

Futures in Liverpool closed steady with July contracts at 6.45d and near-flat values across successive monthly spreads from July to June. Results show minor variations in the 6.13d to 6.364d range for the listed pairs.

Spot market prices across key ports

New York middling 12.30c New Orleans 12 7 16c Houston 12 3 16c Galveston 12 5 16c Liverpool 6 71d Memphis 12c middling prices posted across major markets.

New York New Orleans Liverpool Houston Galveston Memphis

Spot cotton prices hold steady in New Orleans market

On July 14 in New Orleans spot cotton remained quiet and unchanged with middling at 127-16 cents. Sales totaled 72 bales arriving 5. receipts 444 bales and stock 36,839 bales. Various grades listed with nominal figures and ranges for low ordinary to middling fair.

Total Chop New Orleans

Cotton market steadies with unchanged Middling price

Spot cotton in Memphis is steady at Middling 12.5 cents. New York markets show quiet trading with Middling uplands 12.30 and gulf 12.55 cents, with no sales reported.

New York

Cotton seed oil market and byproduct prices

Market notes from Memphis and New York show various prices for cotton seed products and oil. Prime basis, meal, linters cited, while cotton seed oil futures list spot and several future months with quantities sold and prices. Total sales reported as 13 300 units.

Real Estate Transfers Listed From Local Deeds

A. E. Tonkin and wife transfer to E. Howerson an area on aLee block 11 new city block 3880 1440 RE. E. Swanson and wife transfer to W. J. Buck ner east half of lot 9 block 1 new city block 2072 Cooper street 1050 Marco Baigna transfers half interest in lot 2 block 1 city block 2132 Castro street 600 Co. U. Yancey transfers lots 27 to 29 block 13 new city block 1603 South Heights 600

A. E. Tonkin E. Howerson aLee New City Block RE. E. Swanson W. J. Buckner New City Cooper Street Marco Baigna Selig Deutschmann City Block Castro Street Co. U. Yancey F. C. Jones South Heights

Automobile Licenses Listed for Hudson and Chalmers Firms

No. 3829 Hudson L. D. McCtesney at the Gunter building. No. 3830 Hudson Ernst Fellbaum at 205 East Clark Place. No. 3831 Overland Mrs. J. F. Howard at West Texas Military Academy. No. 3832 Chalmers W. E. Milligan Maverick Clarke Company.

Hudson L. D. McCtesney Gunter Building Ernst Fellbaum East Clark Place Overland J. F. Howard West Texas Military Academy Chalmers W. E. Milligan Maverick-Clarke Company

Building Permits For Several Dwellings And Additions

J P Draper files for a three room dwelling on Thirteenth Street valued at 00. F gues Ashley seeks an addition on Street street. D W K Wiche plans a four room dwelling on Humphrey Street costing 1200 dollars. J M Seay applies for a three room dwelling on Lachappelle Street with a 400 dollar valuation.

J. P. Draper Thirteenth Street Gues F. Ashley Street Street D. W. K. Wiche Humphrey Street J. M. Seay Lachappelle Street

Marriage Licenses Listed for multiple couples in town

Jose Edwardo and Angelica Garcia are issued a license. John C. Fenske and Mary Ackermann receive a license. Atlas R. Munn and Dovie Rambie are listed with a license. Milton Henry and Mattie Virginia Ison obtain a license. J. F. Lopez and Anna Armentrout also licensed. Hugo Ebert and Erna Adams appear among the entries. Denito G. Diaz and Susie Lopez are noted as a couple granted license.

Jose Edwardo Angelica Garcia John C. Fenske Mary Ackermann Atlas R. Munn Dovie Rambie Whee Milton Henry Mattie Virginia Ison J. F. Lopez Anna Armentrout Hugo Ebert Erna Adams Denito G. Diaz Susie Lopez

Snakes and whiskey save a man in a creek tale

In Jamestown, a man recounts a near encounter with a rattlesnake while fishing. He says he carried whiskey to feel safe and drank it to clear fear, then killed the snake with the empty bottle after it swam toward him with seven rattles.

Jamessown Optimist

Wheat and feed futures mixed on strong exports and damage reports

Wheat rallied on good buying while world shipments were light and foreign stocks declined. September moved from openings near unchanged to modest gains before closing firm. Corn receipts were small and short covering lifted prices. hogs weakened with mixed September option trades. Provisions fell as export demand and crop damage news supported grains, with September wheat closing higher.

Chicago Minnesota North Dakota Southe West Leing

Chicago grain prices July 14

Cash wheat and corn futures mixed in Chicago trading as Mo. red, No. 2 hard and No. 1 northern quotes ranged around 86 to 93 cents, No. 2 spring near 90 to 92 cents, velvety chaff and durum around 84 to 92 cents, No. 2 corn at 61 to 68 cents, and oats standard at 40 to 41 cents.

Chicago

Market quotes for grain on July 14 in St Louis

Cash wheat prices show No 2 red 83 84 cents No 2 hard 87 90 cents. Corn No 2 61 62 cents No 2 white 65 cents. Oats No 2 38 39 cents No 3 white 40 41 cents. July wheat 82 83? cents, September 81 83? cents. July corn 61 62? cents, September 61 63? cents. July oats 38 cents, September 38 cents.

Louis

Market prices for wheat corn and oats in Kansas City

Kansas City market notes list cash wheat No 2 hard at 80 86 cents No 2 red at 78 80 and a half cents. Corn No 2 mixed 62 cents No 2 white 61 62. Oats No 2 white 41 41 and a half cents No 2 mixed 35 38. Futures show July wheat 79 cents September 81 and December 84. Corn July 59 1/2 cents September 60 cents December 56 1/2 cents. Oats July 38 1/2 cents September 40 cents.

Kansas City

Woman buys at bar on steamship Prinz Oskar at Philadelphia pier

A calm, fashionably dressed woman aboard the Prinz Oskar from Hamburg surprised 100+ onlookers at the Washington avenue pier by lighting a cigarette and ordering a pink drink in the ship’s saloon before vanishing. she did not speak English and a reporter noted the scene as officers retrieved the cigarette from the water. Major A. H. Kirby quips about carrying an Irisd potato to ward off rheumatism, saying it may keep the rheumatism away.

Philadelphia Washington Avenue Prinz Oskar Hamburg A. H. Kirby Wa Materia Spartanburg 8. C Herald

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