Stock market closes steady after profit taking
New York July 19 The stock market ended steady as gains from yesterday faded with a natural reaction. Bear selling hit speculative shares while standard investments held firm. Rumors of favorable Mexican Petroleum dividends sparked a 2 point upturn, but most declines came from oil and metal names with California Petroleum at a new low.
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New York
Bears
Standard Investment
Union Pacific and Copper
Reading and
Steel
New Haven
Colorado
California Petroleum
Amalgamated
Canadian Pacific
American Tobacco
Weather Roundup and Markets Report
The Cotton Region Bulletin notes last twelve hour minimum temperatures and remarks that rainfall at Gainsville measured one inch while the belt remains fair and above normal. Allen Buell, local forecaster, reports Chicago market receipts: butter, eggs, potatoes, and poultry unchanged. 60 cars of potatoes received.
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Gainsville
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Chicago
Ills
Money on Call Rates Steady in New York Money Markets
New York July 19 report shows money on call nominal with no loans. Time loans hold steady at 60 days four and four percent, 90 days five percent, and six months six and two thirds percent.
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New York
New York Market News July 19 Bond and Currency Quotes
Prime mercantile paper steady at 6 percent. Sterling exchange firm with actual business in bankers bills at 4.83 10 for 60 day bills and 4.86 60 for demand. Commerce bills 4.83. Bar silver 59 4 cents. Mexican dollars 47 cents. Railroad bonds steady while government bonds weaken.
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New York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Sterling Exchange Firm
Bankers
Clearing house banks hold large excess reserves this week
New York report shows the clearing house banks and trust companies hold 20,272,200 dollars in excess of legal requirements, an increase of 857,400 dollars from the previous week. The gain signals stronger liquidity across major financial institutions.
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New York
Metals dull and nominal market briefs from New York
New York reports dull trading in metals on July 19 with copper prices around 14.37 to 14.25 for electrolytic and casting. Iron shows irregular bids for No 1 Southern grades around 15.00 to 16.60 while other rates vary slightly.
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Yesterbert
Amalgamated Copper
Weeee
American Tel, & Telseecne
Anaconda Mining Co
Our Wnee
Atchison Tenner
Atlantic Coast Line
Vow Ceahge
Sense
Baltimore& Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Mil & St Paul
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Colorado & Southern Seeee
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
FEPIC
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Lehigh Valley
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Errrey Ok
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Peoples’ Gas
Pullman Palace Car
Rock Island Co Eee
Rock Island Co
Southern Pacific Eenneee
Southern Railway
Union Pacific Rat
United States Steel
United States Steel Pfd
Wabash Cee Een
Western Union Skin Se Puispbeev Wa Ae
Texas Company
New York
Copper and tin prices steady in London market
In London July 19 copper holds steady at 68 pounds 13s 9d spot and futures at 63 pounds 16s 3d. Tin remains quiet at 182 pounds both spot and futures, with spelter at 20 pounds 12s 6d and lead at 20 pounds. Iron Cleveland warrants quoted at 55s.
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London
Cleveland
Spel ter Event Detail Noted as Lena Stake
An OCR fragment references July 19 and amounts Lena 4.20 and 5.2 tied to a spel ter event. Further readable context is limited.
Burns Blessed by Pope as Detectaphone Joke Backfires
New York detective W. J. Burns was blessed by the pope aboard the Mauretania. A group of ladies begged him to speak on the detectaphone, which he claimed to have hidden in every cabin as a joke. He admitted it was spoofing and the women reacted with shaken relief and lingering curiosity.
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New_York
W. J. Burns
Burns
Mauretania
Mr. Burns
Butter Cheese and Eggs Steady Amid Steady Receipts
New York reports butter and cheese prices steady with 9451 tons of butter and 2880 boxes of cheese in stock. Eggs also steady with 11 755 cases on hand and no exports recorded.
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New York
Market Quotations from Kansas City July 19
Quotations today list Butter creamery 26c firsts 25c seconds 24c packing stock 20 1 2c Eggs firsts 16c seconds 10c Poultry hens 1c roosters 9c ducks 16c broilers 16c
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Kansas City
Coffee market steady as futures hold near nine percent
A New York report notes No. 7 Rio coffee at 9% up or steady, with futures remaining stable. September contracts quoted around 9.09 and March near 9.60, reflecting market firmness and little change in late trading.
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New York
Poultry and dairy prices quoted in St Louis market
S8T. LOUIS July 19. Quotations were as follows today with poultry at chickens 13 1 2 cents, spring 17 1 2 cents, turkeys 18 cents, ducks 12 cents, geese 10 cents, butter Creamery 26 cents, eggs 12 1 2 cents.
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Louis
Rice market notes for Honduras and Japan demand in New Orleans
New Orleans reports rough rice demand for Honduras fair for Japan. Prices: rough Honduras 3.25 to 4.50, Japan 2.00 to 3.50, clean Honduras 4% to 5% c, Japan 84% 3 c. Receipts include 886 rough, 58 millers, 180 clean. Sales: clean Honduras 227 at 3% 5% e, Japan 2070 at 3 3% e.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Sugar and petroleum market steady in New York
On July 19 in New York raw sugar held steady with Muscovado at 3.07 and Centrifugal 3.75, Molasses 2.82 and refined steady. Petroleum and molasses also steady while hides and leather remained firm in market movements.
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New York
Remarkable 79 Year Old Typist From Memphis
Priscilla Sory, 79, of Memphis, Tennessee, formerly of a wealthy Southern family, rose from plantation wealth to hardship then learned to type. After losing fortune and sight, she wrote and canvassed before earning a living as a newspaper office typist, demonstrating resilience.
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New York Herald
Priscilla Sory
Memphis
Tenn
Winfreds
Tennessee
Lory
Country Merchants Enjoy Good Trade In Stable Market
Farmers are buying liberally and stocking up on expensive agricultural implements as country trade shows strong demand. Hardware firms report record large tools reaching rural buyers while wholesale markets are quiet on Saturdays. Eggs and meat markets adjust with weather and cooler stocks, keeping prices firm.
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San Antonio Hardware Company
Market Prices for Eggs and Produce Across Regions
A wide list of wholesale market rates for eggs poultry cheese and vegetables. Notable items include eggs 17 18 cents per dozen large hens $5 per dozen medium hens $4 to $4.60 friers $3.00 per pound turkeys 11 to 12 cents per pound. Tomatoes Texas 50 75 cents per 4 basket crate onions Texas Bermuda 6 cents per crate. Ranges given for potatoes sweet potatoes celery lettuce cucumbers and many other produce items. Also includes meats canned goods and dairy products with numerous per unit prices and crate or case weights.
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Texas
California
Idaho
South Dakota reports weigh on wheat as bears take hold
Chicago market notes velvet chaff fields being cut in South Dakota and rust concerns fading. Wheat edges down with September at around 86 a decline of fraction, corn and oats show limited rallies, and pork and lard values hold. Cash wheat prices listed for No. 2 red, No. 2 hard, and other grades.
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Chicago
Til
South Dakota
North Dakota
Livestock Markets Across Major Cities Report
The report lists hogs and sheep prices and volumes in Fort Worth Chicago Kansas City St Louis and Oklahoma City with figures showing hundreds to thousands in each market. Data appears fragmented but indicates activity levels and price ranges across regional markets.
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Fort Worth
Cossecss
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louia
Oklahoma City
Fort Worth Market Reports Brisk Trade On Saturday
Fort Worth market notes brisk trading with light receipts across cattle calves hogs and sheep. Cattle were steady with three cars of good steers selling around 7.40 to 7.50 per hundredweight. Hogs sold steady with a car at 9.30 and full loads near 9.27. Sheep and lambs also steady, selling scaleward early.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Ogs
Chicago Market Reports Hog Beef and Sheep Prices
Chicago on July 19 reports 10 000 hogs receipts slow bulk of sales 9 20 to 9 45 light 9 20 to 9 60 heavy 8 75 to 9 50 mixed 8 75 8 95 pigs 7 60 to 9 36 cattle receipts 200 steady beeves 7 15 to 9 15 Texas steers 7 00 to 9 00 stockers 5 60 to 7 86 cows and heifers 3 80 to 8 50 calves 8 50 to 11 35 sheep receipts 8000 slow native sheep 4 25 to 5 25 yearlings 5 50 to 6 95 native lambs 6 00 to 8 00
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Chicago
Texas
Hogs and cattle market summaries from St. Louis fair
Hogs receipts 19 000 strong with bulk 9.15 to 9.22 per hundredweight and lights 9.15 to 9.25. pigs 8.00 to 8.75. Cattle receipts 1500 including 600 southerns, steady. prime fed steers 8.50 to 8.90. dressed beef steers 7.00 to 8.50. southern steers 7.50 to 7.60. cows 4.10 to 7.10. heifers 5.50 to 4.75. Sheep receipts none steady. lambs 6.75 to 7.75. yearlings 4.60 to 5.50. wethers 4.00 to 5.00. ewes 3.75 to 4.35.
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ST. Louis
Heat Drives Cotton Markets Across Major Centers
On July 19 New York and Liverpool saw modest gains while New Orleans and Houston held. Traders noted expected heat waves in the Eastern belt and covering in cotton ahead of weekend activity, with futures fluctuating and spot demand steady to stronger in spots like New York and Liverpool.
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New York
Liverpool
Pickwick restaurant burglary nets $8 in cash
A rear door was forced to gain entry at the Pickwick restaurant located at 227 St. Marys street. Thieves rifled the cash register and took eight dollars, with the burglary discovered this morning and police notified. Nearby notices advertise dances and events in the area.
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Pickwick
St. Mary's Street
Sunset Apartments
East Commerce Street
Cotton futures open steady in New York market
Cotton futures in New York opened steady with July at 12.17 cents and August at 12.12 cents. The market showed firm tone by close with July at 22.21, August 22.16, and October 11.65 cents, reflecting mixed session highs and lows.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Amid Dry Weather Hopes
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with slight losses and gains as dry weather across the cotton belt supported early buying. Reports from Texas noted rapid opening of bolls, while forecasts of fair weather and higher temperatures kept prices near recent levels.
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New Orleans
Texas
Augusta
Oklahoma
Longs
Market quotes show steady opens for midsummer year
The record lists values for July August September October December January and March with bid and asked figures. Several entries show slight changes from 12.49 to 12.08 and from 11.68 to 11.49 cents respectively.
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New Orleans
Liverpool cotton market closes with steady demand and sales
Closing: cotton spot in fair demand with American middling and varieties quoted. Sales total 9000 bales including 7300 American and 2000 for speculation and export. receipts 2000 with 800 American. Prices range from 5.714 to 7.81 pence per pound.
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Liverpool
Cattle and Hogs Prices Steady to Higher in St Louis
Cattle receipts total 6500 with 2000 Texans and prices from 5.50 to 8.75 for various classes. Hogs receipts 8200 with prices from 8.25 to 8.70 for light to good heavy. Sheep receipts 400 steady with native muttons 3.75 to 4.50 and lambs 6.50 to 8.15.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Spot market prices across several cities
Leading spot markets show middling prices in New York 12 40, New Orleans 12 7 16, Houston 12 3 16, Galveston 12% and Liverpool 6 73d, with Memphis also middling at 12%.
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New York
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Liverpool
Memphis
Spot cotton quiet in New Orleans with steady quotes
New Orleans on July 19 reports spot cotton at unchanged middling 12 7 16 cents. Sales on the spot 211 bales. arrivals 4 bales. Prices listed across grades from low ordinary to good middling with strict and nominal adjustments. Receipts total 236 bales, stock 3421 bales.
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New Orleans
Wheat and corn price list from Kansas City market
Kansas City market report lists cash wheat prices for No 2 hard and No 2 red with various basis ranges, corn prices for No 2 mixed and No 2 white, and oats prices for No 2 white and No 2 mixed. It also includes futures quotes for September and December contracts across wheat corn and oats with fractional percentages.
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Kansas City
Burials Registered for Daune and Villegas
Burial permits issued for J. L. Daune 29 who died July 18 on Austin road and Justino Villegas 55 who died July 17 at 315 Layer Street.
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J. L. Daune
Austin Road
Justino Villegas
Layer Street
Cotton Market Closes Steady in Houston
The spot cotton market in Houston Texas closed steady with no change. Sales totaled 32 1 0 b while shipments reached 1 028 and the early stock stood at 34 953.
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Houstoon
Tex
Cotton seed products and oil market summaries
Cotton seed products in Memphis list Prime basin oil at 7.20 to 7.34, meal 30.50 to 31.00, linters 2 to 3 percent. New York reports cotton seed oil market closed quiet with spot at 9.10 and various futures quoted. total sales 3100 tons.
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Memphis
New York
Spot cotton closes firm in Galveston week
Galveston Texas July 19 spot cotton closes firm with a 2 1/2 cent gain to 11 to 18 cents depending on grade. Ordinary to good middling grades priced from 8 1/2 to 18 cents. Sales were 207 bales spots. receipts 573 bales and total stock 34,913 bales.
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Galveston
Tex
F. O
Cotton Prices Steady in New York Trading
Spot cotton quiet and unchanged as of July 19 with Middling uplands at 12.40 cents and Mid Dling Gulf at 12.65 cents. no sales recorded.
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New York
Gulf
Congo chief Lupungu linked to historic ugly-man claim
In a column of curious notes, Lupungu the Congo chief is described as the ugliest man on earth, a claim rivaled by tales of London opera manager John James Heidegger and a past Chesterfield challenge. other items mention Medicine Hat street railway plans and population growth from four thousand in 1910 to sixteen thousand today.
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Lupungu
Congo
John James Heidegger
London
Heidegger
Medicine Hat
Trade Exports by Destination This Week and Year
Exports to Great Britain 15 041 in the week and 4 325 for the year. Exports to France 617. Exports to Continent 12 929 this week and 93 124 for the year.
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Great Britain
France
Wheat and grain prices and receipts in St Louis market
Market report from St Louis lists cash wheat and corn prices with bid ranges for No 2 red and No 2 hard wheat, No 2 and No 2 white corn, and oats. Receipts and shipments for flour, wheat, corn, and oats are given, with July and September futures quotes for wheat, corn, and oats. The Ohio State Journal praises Bliss Perry's Columbus School for Girls address as refined like Harvard influence noted by the Springfield Republic.
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ST. Louis
Ohio State Journal
Columbus School For Girls
Bliss Perry
Harvard
Columbus
Springfield
Marine Intelligence Galveston Steamer Movements
Galveston reports dated July 19 noting the arrival of the steamer El Rio from New York and the clearance of the steamer El Cid to New York. Also listed are departures of the steamers Ruth to Baltimore and the Russian Prince a British tank bound for Tampico.
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Galveston
el Rio
New York
Ruth
Baltimore
Tank
Tampico
Nero’s Dining Room Found in Roman Palace Excavations
The London lecture by Commendatore Boni reports discoveries at the Palatine Hill in Rome including traces of Nero’s original dining room revealed by a machinery movable, a Nero era engine room, a bath complex with decorated walls, and a circular Nero drain under Domitian era work. Eastern Maine plans a new farm colony settling 400 Poles and Swedes on Washington county lands.
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Palatine Hill
Domitian
Domintian
Helen
Troy
Maine
Washington County
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