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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 28, 1915
Page
12
A weather driven report notes dry conditions supporting cotton prices with limited offers. Early movement shows active covering through midday, lifting prices to around 7 to 1 points. weekly weather outlook signals continued favorable tones while futures trade broadens.
A fragmented San Antonio item references a 11 clock call and a December 43 83 date. The text is garbled but mentions a local compression, a vehicle or driver, and a person named Birhey in a muddled report.
New Orleans cotton futures opened steady as traders weighed weather prospects and modest demand. Prices fluctuated with late-afternoon buying interest lifting ceilings at times, with July and August activity showing gains and overall close about a modest advance.
Liverpool July market reports steady tone in cotton with middling values around 8.88 and 4,000 pounds sales. Futures curves show measures for July August and September terms while weather notes hint at better crop prospects and ongoing harvest progress across regions.
A garbled OCR entry lists vehicle licenses with names and partial addresses. Entries include J. FL Craig at 534 Bau Peary avenue and Thos Hallat-Davidson motorrcete with Wil Mam Andina, Fortland Cementa, Tata, OakInea, plus other scattered names and places such as North Haven.
Biol and TAble, and Mra Bie Tayton, Pred Gacely, Kai Vohra Rudich Cuccio, and Carien Montel listed for marriage licenses in a local notice. Names appear with minimal context as the readable fragments indicate filing statuses and couples.
A report notes flour prices fall to ninety cents a barrel amid broad declines in wheat costs. Local brands list fat prices around 6.40 per barrel and 1.26 for 44-pound bran, with varied reductions in sugar, pork, and other staples.
The listing details wholesale prices for vegetables fruits meats and staples across markets. Items include cabbage celery carrots prunes raisins peaches pears apples and bananas with per crate per bushel per ton and per pound rates. Numerous California and Texas origin entries appear alongside general wholesale price ranges for flour rice lard and canned goods.
Noted weather bulletin fragment reports a general temperature reading at 1 am on a Wednesday in July with local forecast updates from central weather offices. Details are unclear due to OCR issues.
Delegates and leaders at the Texas Farmers Institute pressed for state legislative action to secure farm appropriation for demonstration work. Governor Ferguson and other leaders faced calls to back civil defense measures and agricultural programs as lectures covered crop protection, canning surplus, and pest control.
Market notes list July prices across commodities and foods with units, including eggs, butter, sugar, creamery items, potatoes, ducks, and poultry. Cited towns include San Antonio and Chicago with figures such as per pound or per dozen, noting changes in butter and creamery goods and general price movements.
Galveston reports arrivals Concho and other ships with mixed cargoes while New York cotton futures show fluctuating prices. Kansas City grain receipts rise as market steadies. Austin records formation of a new South Texas Haymarket warehouse corporation under permanent warehousing law with $400,000 capital.
Market notes show corn and oats joining wheat in advance on the Chicago board. Weather concerns and reports of black rust damage weigh on futures, with prices fluctuating as traders weigh rainfall and milling demand against harvest prospects.
A volatile session saw steel shares surge early 3 percent before eroding mid afternoon. Railroad and utility stocks buoyant as market nervously eyed economic data with mixed grain and commodity quotes across Texas and Illinois exchanges.
A fragmented market digest reports prices and quotes across commodities and livestock. Notes include Mercantile rates in Toronto, exchange meltdowns, and sugar and mineral terms, plus cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts and prices from New Orleans, Chicago, Seneca, and St Louis with varied market tones and small shifts in values.
Building permits issued in Holt include an art remodel project for Pailersom with a reported cost of 1200 dollars. The work is classified as a remodeling of an existing building at Fellere CL Street with the listed address 31903.
Market report notes a surge in sheep demand at major centers including Chicago Kansas City St Louis and Fort Worth with prices rising and buyers optimistic about lamb meat. Weather and feed trends influence producers while stockmen and traders monitor cattle hogs and calves with mixed results across districts.
The report covers copper and lead price notes with London figures and trading terms, then shifts to Texas education news. Professor W F Doughty announces a free pamphlet explaining the rural school law and governor’s 4000000-dollar package, detailing how to access and apply its provisions for districts.
A vintage ad extols landlords and agents to keep property in repair and advertise vacancies. Light Want Ads claim to reach 90 percent of city homes, promising fast tenant placement. Rates shown: 15 words 1 time 15 cents, 15 words 4 times 45 cents, 16 words 10 times 76 cents.
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