Upward Movement In Stock Values Evident In Wall St
New York July 18. Stocks showed an advance early in the week and continued today though with conservatism. Steel led gains as shorts covered, Union Pacific Reading Utah Copper and Canadian Pacific rose. New Haven traded actively after Mellen resignation, California Petroleum fell to new lows then partially recovered. Bonds steady. sterling and bills steady. bar silver 59 3-4 cents.
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New York
Union Pacific
Reading
Utah Copper
Canadian Pacific
New Haven
Mellen
California Petroleum
Te List
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Cotton Region Bulletin for July 18 1913
The 24 hour period ended 8 a m shows Spartanburg rainfall of 1.30 inches with fair belt weather. Temperatures run above normal. Allen Buell, local forecaster, Weather Bureau notes Ike taken at 8 a m Friday July 18 1913.
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Spartanburg
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Money on Call Steady in New York Market
New York July 18 money on call steady at 2 percent with last loan and closing bids at 2 percent. Time loans easier with 60 day at 4 percent, 90 day at 5 percent, six months at 6 percent.
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New York
Copper and tin prices mixed in New York notes
New York reports copper prices firming for spot and near months with July and August readings around 14.12 to 14.50 for standard and electrolytic. Tin shows dull activity with spot near 39.82 to 40.00. Lead and spelter quiet, antimony steady, iron barely steady and unchanged.
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New York
Cookson
Copper and tin values ease in London market
Copper remains dull with spot at 5s over 3 pounds, futures at 63 pounds 88 9d. Tin steady around 181 pounds 10s spot and 182 pounds 5s futures. Spelter weak with spot 20 pounds 10s, lead at 20 pounds, iron Cleveland warrants quoted at 646 pounds 10d per hundred.
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London
Cleveland
Metal Prices Report From St Louis Market
8ST and Louis Metal in St Louis market notes on July 18 show lead at 4.20 dollars and spel ter at 5.20 dollars per unit.
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Louis Metal
ST. II
Record Foreign Trade Shows U S Breaks Yearly High
Washington July 18 A new record for the foreign trade of the United States was made in the fiscal year 1913 as published by the commerce department. Imports totaled 1 12 621 160 and exports 2 465 761 910, up from 1 653 264 934 and 2 204 322 409 the prior year. The total foreign commerce reached 4 278 383 070, up from 3 857 587 348, a gain of 420 796 727 with 159 356 226 from imports and 261 439 601 from exports.
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Washington
United States
Department of Commerce
How old was Methuselah and other time reckonings
The Chicago Tribune questions Methuselah's age of 961 years citing scientific theories that reduce biblical lifespans to about 78 years. It traces calendar changes from lunar months to twelve month years and notes cement production in the United States reaching a new high of 83 351 191 barrels with a gain of 3 800 000 barrels in a year.
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Methuselah
The
Chicago Tribune
Noah
David
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Laban
United States
Sugar and Coffee Prices Hold Firm, Tariff Reform Expected
Jobbers anticipate a price slump after tariff repeal on foreign sugar, while domestic sugar prices rise with March 1 1914 implementation. Coffee futures show a generally declining market but any crop trouble could trigger a jump, and canned fruits and vegetables face higher prices due to weak supplies. Texas bagging demand increases with higher costs, and fruit pantry stocks dwindle as eastern and western packers run low.
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Cuba
Texas
Baltimore
Market Prices for Eggs Poultry Cheese and More
Market list shows fresh eggs at 17 to 180 per dozen, large hens six dollars per dozen, friers three to four fifty, and broilers from 1.25 to 2.50 per pound. Cheese at 17 percent 1 cent per pound, butter around 28 cents, vegetables with Texas tomatoes 50 to 75 cents per four basket crate, potatoes Texas 1.75 per hundred, onions Bermuda crates, cabbage at two dollars per hundredweight, lettuce Colorado per barrel seven sixty, celery Texas per dozen, corn ears 15 to 20 cents per dozen, cucumbers per bushel 40 to 50 cents, green beans one dollar per bushel, peppers crate sixty cents, egg plant 12 to 3 bushel, okra 50 cents per bushel, squash 50 cents per 2-3 bushel, melons cantaloupes per standard crate 1.25, oranges California Valencia five to six twenty five per box, lemons California nine dollars per box, peaches four-basket crate one dollar and twenty five cents to one dollar sixty five, bananas 3.90 to 8.36 per hundredweight, syrups and molasses listed with multiple can options and prices, hides wool and beeswax prices, meats and lard with various dry salt and bacon prices, canned meats and fish with priced dozen and case options, sardines and salmon prices, peanuts jumbo eight dollars sixty cents per hundredweight, flour and meal prices, raisins and other items trailing off.
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Colorado
Texas
California
Valencia
Alaska
Pioneer
Liberty Bell
Navy
Loose Muscatel
Price list of groceries and produce items and grades
A historic price sheet lists 66-pound boxes at 6.26, No 3 crown at 6.50, and various crown prices. It covers citron and peel, hay, sugar and coffee, canned vegetables, jeds, dried fruits, peaches, apples, corn and oats with regional pricing and pack sizes for Moncton and San Antonio.
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Moncton
California
San Antonio
Coffee futures steady as Rio No 7 at 9 percent
In New York on July 18 the market quoted No 7 Rio coffee at 9 percent. Futures held steady with September at 8.94 and March at 9.30, reflecting a calm trading pattern for the commodity.
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New York
New York Anticipates Delayed Spring Openings
July 18 buyers of novelty cotton goods place forward orders while staples stay quiet and yarns remain unchanged. Dress goods corporations plan to delay spring openings until late September, signaling cautious market sentiment in the industry.
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New York
Dress Goods
Eggs Steady as Receipts Reach Nineteen Thousand
NEW YORK reports eggs steady with unchanged prices. Receipts total 18,176 cases as market activity remains steady across the morning trading session.
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New York
Sugar and commodities report steady on July 18 in New York
Raw sugar holds steady with Muscovado at 3.07 dollars per hundredweight and centrifugal at 3.57, molasses 2.82. Refined sugar, petroleum, molasses and hides steady. Leather also firm as of the daily market summary from New York on July 18.
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New York
Leather Firm
Market Quotations From Kansas City July 18
Quotations for dairy and poultry include butter creamery and firsts at 26 cents, seconds 24 to 26 cents, packing 201?g cents. Eggs list firsts at 1 cent, seconds 8 cents. Poultry shows hens 13 cents, roosters nine, ducks 15 cents, broilers 16 cents.
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Kansas City
Chicago Market Briefs Reports Stable Prices and Large Egg Receipts
Chicago on July 18 reports butter and eggs unchanged with receipts of 11,818 cases. Potatoes steady with 55 car receipts. Poultry prices unchanged in the daily market update.
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Chicago
Market Report from St Louis on Poultry and Eggs
In St Louis on July 18 market quotes for poultry show chickens at 13 1/2 to 13 3/4 cents a pound, springs 17 1/2 cents, turkeys 18 cents, ducks 12 cents, geese 10 cents, with butter Creamery at 26 cents and eggs at 12 1/2 to 12 3/4 cents per dozen.
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St, Louis
Roundup on Fifth Ave
John Palmer Hill from Wheeling West Virginia spent yesterday in New York city drinking heavily and rode a bicycle as if a herd of cattle stampeded. A crowd of 2000 followed as he fled from 14th Street to 8th Street before Patrolman Jackson stopped him at Washington Arch with two officers perched on his shoulders.
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New York
John Palmer Hill
Wheeling
W. Va
Fifth Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Eighth Street
Washington Arch
Jackson
Hill
Cattle Ill Steady On Active Market At Union Stock Yards
July 18 at Union Stock Yards reports moderate receipts across cattle hogs and sheep with steady prices. Hog values rise in larger markets though local tops reach 8.50 for hogs while cows sell mainly from 4.50 to 5.25 and calves about 6.75. Strong demand supports steady trade despite heat.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth Market Report for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Fort Worth notes a slow sale for fleshy steer lots with overall cattle trade fair and steady prices from prior day. Receipts total 1600 cattle and 400 calves while hogs number about 200 with prices five cents higher. best hogs hit 9.25 and bulk 9.05 to 9.20. No rail sheep, about 50 through the drive-gate, market nominally steady amid light receipts.
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Fort Worth
Kansas City Market Receipts and Quotation Roundup
Kansas City reports for today show hogs receipts 40,000 with higher prices across the board including rough stock and heavy hogs. Cattle receipts 1,600 with steadier trade. prime fed steers 8.50 to 8.80, dressed beef steers 7.00 to 8.40, southern steers 5.50 to 7.50, cows 4.10 to 7.00, heifers 5.50 to 8.15. Sheep receipts 2,000 with a weak market. lambs 7.00 to 8.60, yearlings 4.76 to 5.75, wethers 4.25 to 5.00, ewes 3.50 to 4.50.
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Kansas City
Texas cotton crop outlook fuels bears in market
From New York to New Orleans and Liverpool trading, cotton opened steady then firmed on favorable Texas crop outlook and weather forecasts. Prices moved a few points higher before noon, with new crop positions easing and old crop months staying relatively easy amid hot eastern belt weather and boll weevil reports.
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New York
Texas
Liverpool
Mississippi
Oklahoma
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Amid Mixed Prices
New Orleans July cotton futures opened steady with a slight down move on weak cables. By noon trading was mixed as weather forecasts favored fair conditions in the belt while hot winds and weekly mill data stoked buying. Afternoon gains pushed prices to 12 to 13 points above yesterday, with firm closes up 8 to 12 points.
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New Orleans
Carolinas
Texas
Southwest
Liverpool cotton market reports July 18
Close spot cotton quiet and easier with American middling fair at 7.274 and good middling 6.98. Sales total 6000 bales including 5500 American and 600 for speculation and export. Receipts 8000 bales, of which 6800 are American.
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Liverpool
Cotton futures close steady in Liverpool market
Liverpool July 18 cotton futures closed very steady with contracts for July at 6.44434 and 6.444 for July-August. Other forward prices ranged from 6.37d for August-September to 6.1844 for June-July, with January-February 6.144 and April-May 6.17144.
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Liverpool
Weekly cotton imports and stocks figures from Liverpool
Liverpool reports weekly cotton statistics with imports totaling 30,000 all kinds and 18,000 American. Stock levels show 835,000 total and 645,000 American. American forwarded 71,000 and total exports at 9,200.
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Liverpool
Leading Spot Markets in U S Cities and Liverpool Rates
New York middling 12.40 New Orleans middling 12 7 16 Houston middling 12 3 16 Galveston middling 12 5 16 Liverpool middling 6 69d Memphis middling 6 69 4 The bulletin lists current middling prices across major markets with each city shown alongside its latest quotation in pence or dollars and a London reference.
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Tex
Amarillo
Augusta
Birmingham
Boston
Mass
Brownaville
Chicago
Charleston
Corpus Christi
Dello
Fort Worth
Galveston
Houston
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Key West
Knoxville
Louisville
Macon
Memphis
Montgomery
New Orleans
New York City
Oklahoma City
Palestine
Clear
New York
Liverpool
Cattle Hogs And Sheep Prices At St Louis Market
ST LOUIS July 18 Receipts and quotations today show cattle receipts 1700 including 600 Texans with a 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 8.0, cows and heifers 4 256.50, calves in carload late 5.00 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 6000, market higher pigs and lights 7.25 to 9.55, good heavy 9.15 to 9.65. Sheep receipts 2200, market steady mauve muttons 3.75 to 4.50, lambs 6.50 to 8.10.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Receipts and Markets for Hogs Cattle and Sheep Reported
Chicago July 18 Receipts and hog market figures show bulk sale ranges from 9.15 to 9.60 with mixed and heavy lots. cattle receipts around 1500 and market slow yet steady with beeves near 7.15 to 7.59 and calves up to 11.85. Sheep receipts 18000 and market weak with native sheep down to 4.25 up to 6.25 for yearlings. Oil engine propulsion spurs a London firm forming to run freight ships. 1912 port Rangoon trade sees 368 vessels totaling 1 039 083 tons versus 340 ships 935 272 tons in 1911.
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Rangoon
Spot cotton prices steady in New Orleans market
New Orleans on July 18 reports quiet spot cotton with middling at 127-16 cents. Sales total 84 bales to arrive 33 dates. Prices for various grades range from low ordinary to good middling with values capping around 14-15 cents. Receipts 574 bales, stock 34,363 bales.
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New Orleans
Bates
Cotton market closes firm in Galveston spot sales
Galveston Texas July 18 spot cotton closes firm and unchanged. Sales 63 bales f o b none. Receipts 1185. stock 39 484.
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Galveston
Tex
Spot cotton closes steady in Houston market report
Houston July 18 spot cotton closed steady with no change as sales reached 289 bales fob now shipping 2216 bales and stock figures listed at 671, 35, and 671.
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Houston
Tex
Cotton market report from Memphis steady middling 12 3/4c
In Memphis on July 18 the Spot cotton market remained steady with prices unchanged at middling 12 3/4 cents. Traders noted stable demand and consistent trade activity across the day.
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Memphis
Tenn
Ten Millionth Atlantic Passenger Wins Free Passage
In New York on July 18 spot cotton held steady with small gains. Middling uplands 12.40 and gulf 12.65 with no sales. Ferencz Vaezely, a young Hungarian, became the ten millionth traveller to book with North German Lloyd for transatlantic passage and received a complimentary trip after offering to pay.
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Ferencz Vaezely
Bremen
Atlantic
Lloyd Line
Vaszely
First Bale of Cotton Becomes Ready for San Antonio Market
The first bale of the 1913 cotton crop is due on the San Antonio Cotton Exchange floor within a week from July 25, per T. J. Lane of Hubbell Slack. Farmers report cotton opening and ready for early picking next week. The prior year's first bale sold July 17 for 16 cents, ginned July 13, weighed 631 pounds, class good middling.
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T. J. Lane
Hubbell- Slack Company
Bonn
Muller & Co
Lavernia
Corpus Christi
J. Forbes
Kingsville
T. J. Cunningham
Kingsville Commercial Club
Chicago grain and oats prices in mid July report
In Chicago today July 18 quotations for cash grain showed wheat prices for various grades with No 2 red around 87 to 89 cents and No 1 northern near 91 to 92 cents. Corn No 2 traded about 62 cents, others around 64 to 68 cents. Oats No 2 white ranged from 41 to 42 cents with standard oats near 40 to 42 cents.
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Eeelndt
Chicago
Oates
Wheat Declines as World Shipments Grow Weakening Market
Traders fear larger global shipments as wheat weakens near Chicago. Prices slide with September opening at 86 to 86 1/8 cents, corn falls on Kansas Nebraska rains, oats drop on selling, hog prices lift provisions, and soybeans steady as expert warns Illinois crop prospects poor. Market closes mixed with September wheat up slight.
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Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
South Dakota
Illinois
Cotton seed product prices report from Memphis
Prime basis on 7 20 7 34, meal 30 50 31 00, linters 264 percent 3 percent.
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Memphis
Tenn
Linters
Cotton seed market closes easier at New York trade
The cotton seed market in New York closed easier with spot bids at 9.10 and July at 9.11 to 9.40. August 9.12 to 9.15, 100 sold at 9.14. September 9.11 to 9.13, 100 sold at 9.13. October 7.14 to 7.95, November 6.81 with 683 traded, 300 at 6.83. December 6.62 to 6.63 with 300 sold at 6.63. January 6.62 to 6.64, February 6.60 to 6.61, 100 sold at 6.60. Later sales: September 100 at 7.94, October 200 at 7.95, November 100 at 6.88, December 600 at 6.63. Total sales reported as 14,2.
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Mech
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New York
Market Report From New Orleans On Honduras And Japan
In New Orleans on July 18 buyers showed strong demand for rough Honduras, fair demand for Japan. Clean Honduras remained strong while Japan stayed steady. Quotes: Rough Honduras 2.25 to 4.50, Japan 2.00 to 8.50, clean Honduras 4% and Japan 34%. Receipts recorded rough 240 and millers 119. sales totaled 131 for clean Honduras at 3% and 500 for Japan at 34,35-16.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
YIELD TO FASHION Spreads silk tiles and pin stripes in high society
The Washington Star notes Secretary Daniels dons pin stripe trousers at a Navy building event, part of a broader critique of fashion among leaders. It mentions Secretary Bryan in a silk tile and President Wilson in a pearly shited suit, while debating the future of dinner jackets versus full dress.
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Daniels
North Carolina
War
Tailors’ Magazine
Scandalmonger
Wheat and corn prices at Kansas City grains market
Cash wheat prices quoted for No 2 hard at 81 87e and No 2 red at 81 811c. Corn values show No 2 mixed at 63%c and No 2 white at 65 %e. Oats listed as No 2 white at 41¢ and No 2 mixed at 36% e. Futures close show July wheat 79%3¢, September and December around 81 814% and 84%c respectively. July corn 62c, September 61%e, December 57% c. oats September 39%c and December 40% 40%c.
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Kansas City
Grain quotes from St Louis market report
St Louis wheat and corn prices for cash and futures dated July 18 show No 2 red wheat 84 85 cents, No 2 hard 84 91 cents, corn No 2 64 65 cents, No 2 white 67 68 cents, oats No 2 40 cents, No 2 white 42 cents with July and September futures for wheat at 82 84 1 2, corn at 63 and 62, oats at 88 39 cents.
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Marine Intelligence Galveston July 18 Arrivals and Clearances
Galveston nautical update lists arrivals including Hannover Bre men Drowning Olga New Orleans Russian Prince tank Tampico Santiago South Carolina and others. Cleared Steamer Carib Mobile sailed E Valle Almerian Viking and more. New York reports arrivals Mauretania Barbossa.
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Tex
Hannover
Bremen
Olga
New Orleans
Tank
Tampico
Santiago
New York
South Carolina
Carib
Mobile
Almerian
Viking
Havana
Port Au Prince
Harry Tee
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Newark
Children in canneries reveal harsh labor for young workers
A photograph by Lewis W. Hine in Surrey documents children ages 4 to 12 toiling in oyster canneries. Boys and girls work long hours from dawn, often with injured fingers and worn clothes, under parental pressure. The piece notes the harsh six month season and shows the risky conditions of shell piles and damp sheds.
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Lewis W. Hine
Surrey
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