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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1915
Page
12
A dense OCR of a wholesale market page lists prices for corn celery peppers and many fruits and canned goods. It includes per hundredweight per crate per bushel figures for fruits vegetables grains meats and oils with numerous regional names and units. The chaotic entry compiles wholesale price data across categories with limited coherence.
Wheat output and crop prospects are reported as mixed with prices falling amid market signals. The text notes weariness in the spring wheat region, with mentions of supplies, weather hints, and trade activity influencing the domestic market.
The fragmentary text describes an astronomical scenario with accelerating heat and a theoretical cylinder of 49 inches, referencing a cosmic event near a 200,000 mile distance. Names like Washington and other toponyms appear as partial mentions, with unclear actions or outcomes due to damaged OCR.
A historical excerpt explains the sun as a gaseous body with a central nucleus and enveloping layers, including the photosphere and chromosphere. It describes solar temperature, pressure, and the impossibility of solid or liquid states, along with eclipses revealing radiating heat and coronal features.
Fragmented OCR notes reference United States exports and cotton statistics with garbled place names and numbers. The readable phrases point to data about cotton and export figures but lack coherent details or dates.
The Steel Group drove gains at the market opening while a broad mix of stocks showed varied movement. Traders noted early advances of 1 to 4 points with several prominent firms lifting, though some names slipped as the session progressed.
The report piece details grain and cattle markets across Oklahoma City and Texas stations with receipts, prices, and bids. It notes varied cattle quotes, hogs, and steers, with prices and sales activity across multiple firms and counties, including Oklahoma and New York market references.
Fragmented OCR notes show metal market figures with unclear dates and values. Shaky entries list prices like 25.82 and 28.00, credits or indices for August or August-like month, tied to sellers Erste and Conver. No coherent event or source organization clear.
Liverpool cotton market shows uneven movement as buyers and sellers react to recent price advances. Trading is mixed with some grades holding firm while others soften, reflecting cautious demand amid global fluctuations.
RW YURK reports a strong response to yesterday’s wires as cotton futures strengthen. Opening trades show higher prices with heavy selling and renewed demand across markets. Weather and demand influence keep prices near four cent marks, while recent buying supports gains despite uncertain conditions.
A San Antonio cotton market weekly report shows unchanged prices from yesterday with steady demand for lint delivered at the exchange. Buyers remained cautious as prices and futures activity fluctuated, with details sparse on specific bale lots and weekly trading patterns.
The New Orleans cotton market shows varied activity with futures at several months, December, January, and March notes. Demand appears modest for long positions as prices edge and openings reflect unsettled conditions among producers and merchants.
Fragmented OCR notes show July through August futures for cotton and related commodities, with prices and months listed. References to Waco and New York markets note bale arrivals and local trade, alongside coffee and other staples, in terse market-brief style.
A terse notice shows a worker seeking employment through city postings. It mentions month ARACH and a person named Kony and hints at a public job board. The fragmentary text implies a job request published by a local entity.
Fragmented report shows sugar price volatility with refined granulated sugar at about 1.80 per hundredweight, brokers noting shifts amid drought related supply concerns. Mentions jams in vegetable and staple markets, with mixed signals on beets and potatoes and references to delayed shipments and price adjustments at local depots.
A fragmented report outlines a significant drop in U S trade with Germany during the year, detailing export and import totals, major involving ports Kiel and Hamburg, and government statements on the slump. It cites the Department of Commerce figures for 1914 and compares with earlier values, noting declines across several categories and emphasizing the overall contraction in trade flows between the two nations.
A Boston Globe report explains sun spots as giant eruptions on the sun’s surface, likened to pimples bursting through skin. Measurements show a sun spot roughly 90,600 miles across with a surrounding area about 160,000 miles wide, and astronomers expect changes before publication.
In San Antonio Texas on July 22 steady prices appear for meat and dairy products with canned goods and poultry showing modest variations. Prices list per dozen for ducks and geese and per pound for butter and cheese while refined sugar and various baking products were quoted with routine factory and market notes.
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