Nominal Price Changes in Stocks in Early Trading
New York July 18 nominal price changes registered at the opening of today's stock market with gains generally in fractions. Activity rose in the first hour as Standard stocks fluctuated. Amalgamated and Steel were active while General Electric rose on stock dividend rumors. Trading slowed by noon and again in the late afternoon with notable strength in Chicago Great Western and weakness in International Paper. Bond market steady with mercantile paper at 4 1 2 percent and sterling exchange steady around 4 8 4 7 6 for 60 days.
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Steel and Amalgamated
General Electric
Virginia
Steel
Chicago
Great Western
International Paper
Money on Call Rates Reported in New York Market
New York on July 18 reports money on call steady at 24 percent with a ruling rate of 2 percent. Closing bids at 24 with offers at 2 percent. Time loans show ease with 60 days at 3 percent, 96 days at 4 percent, and six months at 4 1/2 percent.
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New York
Copper and metals market quotes in New York
Copper and other metal prices steady in New York on July 18 with spot and future quotes for copper, tin, lead, and antimony listed. Electolytic and lake copper values shown with August and September futures. Iron prices steady with no change.
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New York
Cookson
London metal prices steady and weak in London market
London copper remains steady with spot at 35 pounds sterling and futures at 76 pounds 26 shillings sixpence. Tin shows weakness with spot 197 pounds sixpence and futures 195 pounds. Lead at 167 pounds 1 shilling, spelter 26 pounds 6s. Iron warrants 57s in London via Cleveland.
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London Metal
London
London Spelter
Cleveland
Weather Summary Houston District 24 Hours Ending Morning
Weather unsettled with above normal temperatures. Rainfall of an inch or more observed at many locations in the New Orleans Vicksburg Savannah Mobile and Montgomery districts. Two inches or more fell at Tallahassee Aberdeen and Greensboro. Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
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San Antonio
Tex
Houston
New Orleans
Vicksburg
Savannah
Mobile
Montgomery
Tallahasgee
Aberdeen
Greensboro
Weather Observations and Forecast for San Antonio July 18 1912
Explanatory notes record air pressure and weather lines for San Antonio area. Observations at 8 a m show unsettled conditions today and Friday with light precipitation yesterday at 0 04 inch. Forecast until 7 p m Friday notes unsettled skies and possible precipitation. Total since January 1 stands at 14 25 inches with a 13 8 inch deficiency.
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San Antonio
Texas
Cattle Offerings Limited at Union Stock Yards
July 18 market report shows 22 head receipts including 22 cattle 9 calves and 1 horse with fewer than 60 cattle offered. Desirable animals scarce buyers bid slowly but pens cleared by noon. Best cows brought 4 to 4.25 dollars calves 4.60 to 5 dollars hogs cleared at 8 dollars no sheep or goats offered.
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Union Stock Yards
Hereford steer sale sets Texas Panhandle record
Dalhart Texas dispatch reports Jess Jenkins sold 2400 head of three year old Hereford steers to a Kansas City firm for 54.50 a head totaling 163 500 dollars the highest cattle price in Texas Panhandle history. Fort Worth packers seek hog sources Missouri and Oklahoma supply hogs while Oklahoma cattle volumes rise and Texas markets pause for a breath. Sam Cowan Archer County sold eighteen steers weighing 1435 pounds at 7 60 per cwt in Fort Worth.
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Dalhart
Tex
Jess Jenkins
Kansas City
Texas Panhandle
Panhandle
South Texas
Oklahoma
Texas
Big Cow
Sam Cowan
Archer County
Fort Worth
Market Report Chicago July 18 Butter Eggs Cheese Poultry
Market report from Chicago lists butter steady with creamery and dairy prices, figures for daisies and figges, cheese steady with various brands noted, potatoes firm with regional price differentials, and live poultry and veal prices. Receipts include 8185 cases of dairy and 35 carloads of potatoes with regional price ranges.
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Ark
Illinois
Kansas
Missouri
Tennessee
Virginia
Poultry and dairy prices quoted in St Louis market
Quotations from St Louis show chickens at 13c, springs 16 1 2c, turkeys 30c for young and 11 1 2c for old, ducks 11 2c, geese 9c for old and 6c for young, butter steady with creamer 22 1 2 to 25 1 2c, eggs weak at 14 1 2c.
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ST. Louis
Coffee futures steady with No. 7 Rio 14 percent
In New York on July 38, futures for coffee hold steady. September contracts sit at 13.01 and March at 13.30, with No. 7 Rio at 14 percent.
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New York
Sugar and related commodities hold steady in New York trade
Raw sugar remains steady as Muscovado 89 test trades at 3.55 with Centrifugal 96 at 4.05 and molasses 89 test at 3.30. Petroleum, molasses, hides unchanged while leather remains firm in today’s New York market report dated July 18.
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New York
Muscovado
Wool Market Report From St. Louis Trade July 18
Wool prices in St. Louis show steady to firm tones with medium combing and clothing grades at 23 4% 26c, night fine 19 21c, heavy fine 13 1 38c, and tub washed 6 35c. Market notes overall stability across descriptors.
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ST. Louis
Market Report From London July 18
Consols for money 74 percent, account 84 13 16. Bar silver quiet at 27. Money 244 per cent. Short and three months bills at 3 per cent.
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London
Rice market report from New Orleans steady prices
In New Orleans on July 48 clean rice held steady with quotes unchanged. Rough rice remained nominal as sales show clean Honduras at 465 and receipts of rough 1531 and millers 1531.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Rough
Aillers
Cotton goods market steady to firm in New York trade
In New York on July 18 the cotton goods market remained steady to firm with moderate demand and scattered buying. Cotton yarns were quiet while wrunged yarns showed strong demand and rising prices as jobbers reported moderate trade and buyers remained numerous and cautious.
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New York
Fort Worth Market Steady to Weak On Hogs Cattle
Fort Worth Texas July 18 hogs arrived from St Joseph boosting receipts while packers doubt fill Texas Oklahoma demand. Cattle receipts 2100 with steady to strong market. calves 950 head down 25 to 50 cents. Hogs 1800 head in nominal market. sheep 235 head steady with lambs at $6.00.
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Fort Worth
Tex
St. Joseph
Texas
Oklahoma
Chicago Market Receipts and Quotations July 18
Cattle receipts about 2500 with slow trade. Beeves 5.60 to 9.45, Texas steers 4.90 to 7.05, western steers 5.80 to 7.60, stockers 3.85 to 6.30, cows 2.60 to 7.60, calves 5.50 to 8.60. Hogs receipts 12,000 with fairly active market up about five cents. Light 7.25 to 7.72, mixed 7.16 to 7.76, heavy 7.00 to 7.70, rough 7.00 to 7.20, pigs 5.60 to 7.40, bulk 7.36 to 7.70. Sheep receipts 16,000 with slow market. natives 3.15 to .35, western 3.40 to 5.35, yearlings 4.15 to 5, native lambs 4.00 to 7.50, western 4.25 to 7.40.
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Chicago
Texas
Optimistic Crop News Lowers Wheat Prices
Chicago reports from July 18 indicate favorable crop news from Minnesota and the Dakotas offsetting an early wheat upturn. Wheat opened lower and fluctuated with September futures around 94 to 94 4. Corn and oats showed weakness as rains in the west pressured prices. Provisions rose on small hog receipts but closed generally weaker, with September corn and wheat both slipping.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Dakotas
Kansas City Livestock Prices Report From July 18
Receipts and quotations show cattle 2000 with southern stockers 4.25 to 7.00, southern cows 3.25 to 5.50, native stockers 4.26 to 7.00, bulls 3.75 to 5.50, calves 4.56 to 8.25. Hogs receipts 6000 with markets 7.30 to 7.55, heavy 7.30 to 7.45, packers 7.35 to 7.55, light 7.40 to 7.60, pigs 6.00 to 6.75. Sheep receipts 4000, muttons 3.50 to 4.76, lambs 5.60 to 7.25, range wethers 4.00 to 6.25, range ewes 2.50 to 4.26.
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Kansas City
Weather Driven Cotton Market Opens Steady Then Rises
Cotton prices moved higher as New York and New Orleans gains led the session while Liverpool held and Houston showed a slight uptick. Reports of eastern rains spurred short covering and steady demand for October contracts, with spots near middling upland at 12.45 and afternoon activity stronger on bull support.
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New York
Cotton futures open steady on New York market
Cotton futures on the New York market opened steady with January at 12.30 to 12.31 cents and March around 12.42 to 12.45 cents. Prices showed a firm close later, with various months trading in the 12.20s to 12.46 range amid unsettled weekly notes.
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WEEN
Cms
Hes
Ook
Ese Ee
Ee Ee Osese Hal
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady on Rain Forecasts
New Orleans July 18 Cotton futures opened steady with slight gains after early trading. Cables lagged due to lower overseas markets but rains in the eastern cotton belt and Texas weather forecasts spurred buying. By noon trading months rose 5 to 12 points on anticipated showers and crop damage reports.
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New Orleans
Texas
Oklahoma
Cotton futures close steady with modest gains
Market closes with cotton futures largely steady and a small net advance. Prices show July through May quotes with mixed month values and notable shifts in September and December contracts.
Spot Cotton Prices in New Orleans Turn Stable
New Orleans July 18 spot market shows steady prices with a 1/8 to 1/4 cent gains on several grades. Volume includes 47 bales sold on the spot with 154 bales arriving, receipts at 1197 and total stock at 33,856 bales.
Cotton market closes steady in Houston spot trade
Spot cotton in Houston on July 18 closes steady with fractional gains across grades. Now ordinary to good middling grades quoted from 9 1/2 to 12 1/2 cents, with middling fair at 13 1/4 cents. Sales total 98 bales, shipments 584, stock 23,965.
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Houston
Tex
F. O
Market Summary Cotton Prices in Galveston
Spot cotton closed steady with 8 5 16 to 13 1 2 cent ranges. Prices listed include low ordinary 8 5 16 and good middling 12 to 13 percent, with none to small sales and receipts totaling 166 and stock at 27,681.
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Galveston
Tex
Cotton market steady in Memphis trading
In Memphis on July 18 the spot cotton market remained steady with no change in middling grade at 12 3/4 cents per pound.
Liverpool cotton market closes lower on steady demand
Spot cotton in fair demand closes five points lower. American middling fair 7.96d, good middling 7.56d, middling 7.20d, low middling 7.49d, good ordinary 6.48d, ordinary 6.00d. Sales 10,000 bales with 1,000 for speculation and export. 8,800 American. Receipts 1,000 with no American.
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Liverpool
St Louis Market Report Cattle Hog and Sheep Prices
Receipts total 160 cattle including 300 Texas and Oklahoma steers. Cattle markets steady with native beef steers 5.75 to 9.50, cows and heifers 3.50 to 7.60, calves 5.56 to 8.00. Hogs receipts 4500 and market strong. pigs and lights 6.25 to 7.75, good heavies 7.65 to 7.76. Sheep receipts 2500 and market steady. native muttons 3.55 to 5.00, lambs 6.00 to 8.00.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Cardota
Cottonseed Oil Prices Mixed in New York Market
In New York on July 1 cotton seed oil prices held firm with varied bids across months. Trading included numerous lots: July at 6.37, August 6.40, September 6.60, October 6.61, and November 6.29, with total sales totaling 14 100 units.
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Cotton Seed OD
New York
Cotton Seed Oil
Spet
Market quotes for grain in Chicago on July 18
Quotations show Cash wheat at No 2 red 97 to 97 1 00, No 2 hard 964 to 1.00, No 1 northern 1.06 to 1.14, No 2 northern 1.04 to 1.12, spring 1.00 to 1.08, velvet chaff 1.00 to 1.08, durum 1.00 to 1.06. Corn No 2 78 73 to 77 18c, No 2 white 77 18c, No 2 yellow 74 to 74 4c, oats No 2 white 61 53c, standard 50 to 51c.
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Chicago
Rice priced to rise as cheapest staple risks luxury status
Rice prices advance further as millers report tight stocks and growing demand. San Antonio merchants pay $1.50 per barrel more than last July, with the new crop likely to push prices higher. Farmers prosper, hardware merchants see rising sales, and California potatoes face a halted dispute but higher consumer costs loom.
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San Antonio
Market quotes for dairy and eggs in Kansas City
Quotations listed for butter and creamery products with firsts seconds and packing stock at 24c 22c 20c 20c. Eggs priced at extras 20c firsts 18c seconds 13c.
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Kansas City
Cheese Steady Eggs Irregular In New York Market
In New York on July 18 cheese held steady while eggs showed irregular movement with fresh gathered dirties quoted at 1514 16e.
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New York
Futures open steady and close quiet in Liverpool
Futures in Liverpool opened steady and finished quiet with July and August contracts quoted across multiple monthly spreads. Prices ranged from 6.94 to 6.96 pence with several near-term and longer-dated pairings listed.
Spot cotton closes steady in New York market
Spot cotton closed steady up 15 points with middling uplands at 12.60 and gulf at 12.85, sales totaling 486.
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New York
Cash grain price notes show modest gains and futures
The report lists cash wheat and corn with minor gains and fractional changes in oats. No. 2 red wheat at 1.01 and 1.04 percent, No. 2 hard new at 5 c per bushel, corn No. 2 at 76 c, No. 2 white at 81 c, oats No. 2 at 48 c and No. 2 white at 61 c. Futures shown include September and December wheat at 93 and 96 1/2 c, corn at 64 1/2 and 63 c, oats at 32 and 33 c.
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ST. Louis
New Orleans Market Prices for Cotton Seed Oil and Byproducts
Cotton seed oil prime refined priced at 7.15 dollars per pound in barrels. Choice meal with 8 percent ammonia listed at 29.00 dollars per long ton and choice cake with 8 percent ammonia at 27.50 dollars per long ton.
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New Orleans
Weather Observation Record from July 18, 1912
Observations logged at 8 a m on Thursday July 18 1912 include wind direction and velocity first column, temperature second column, rainfall third column, and overall weather state in the fourth column.
First Bale of Cotton Sold at San Antonio Exchange
The initial bale of this year's cotton, ginned at Lavernia and weighing 631 pounds, arrived in San Antonio and sold at auction for 16 cents a pound under Nat Davis. Muller & company purchased the bale. the grower's name was not disclosed despite efforts. Last year the prize was nearly $100.
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San Antonio
Lavernia
Kansas City Wheat and Corn Prices July Report
Quotations today show cash wheat at No 2 hard 91 93 percent, No 8 red 4 96 percent. Corn No 2 mixed 73 74 cents, No 2 white 0 0. Oats No 2 white 46 percent, No 2 mixed 41 42 cents. Close: July wheat Sic, Sept 88 cents, Dec 900, July oats 334% lie.
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Kansas City
Paris Finance Roundup Cites Rates and Exchange Vars
Paris reports show three percent rents at 21 110c for the account with exchange on London at 251 24120 for checks. Private discount rate sits at 2 percent.
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Exchange
London
Market Closing Notice From Boston Trading Desk
A condensed quote of closing figures shows Arizona Commercial 5%%, Calumet and Arizona 74d, Greene Cananea percent, and North Butte 31 with prices listed among the day end summaries from Boston.
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Arizona Commercial
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Louisiana National Guardunit in Camp Stafford near Alexandria
A provisional regiment of twelve infantry companies from the Louisiana National Guard entered Camp Stafford at Alexandria under Colonel Frank B. Stubbs of Monroe. The unit will stay in camp from July 18 through July 27.
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Alexandria
Louisiana National Guard
Stafford
Frank B. Stubbs
Monroe
Railroad Agents Promote Lines In Fort Worth Visit
R. P. Neely, commercial agent for Fort Worth and Denver City, and J. E. Woodfin, commercial agent for Denver and Rio Grande, are in the city today calling on shippers and promoting business for their lines.
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Fort Worth
Denver
J. E. Woodfin
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Theory of Murder
Mayne Cobb 19, daughter of J A Cobb, says she married Edgar H McGehee on June 19 in a buggy near Waco by a man calling himself Rev Smith. No license was issued in Waco, likely from a nearby county. Officers pursue murder theory as McGehee was found dead under Cotton Belt bridge. The couple planned to travel to Florida soon.
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Tex
Mayne Cobb
J. A. Cobb
San Angelo
Edgar H. McGehee
Belridge
Rev. Smith
McGehee
Florida
WOUND PROVES FATAL IN HALLETTSVILLE SHOOTING
Ed Ellington, shot in Halletsville, died in Beaumont on Tuesday. Frank John surrendered to officers after learning of the death and was jailed on a murder charge. His examining trial is scheduled for next Monday before Justice E. G. Peterson.
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Tex
Ed Ellington
Beaumont
Ellington
Frank John
E. G. Peterson
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