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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1913

Page

7

Stocks Slump After Brief Opening Upturn in New York

The stock market closed heavy as traders faced listless, narrow trading. Can stock fell about three points from yesterday, with Canadian Pacific and Union Pacific down while Smelting and other issues declined. some gains appeared in Reading Amalgamated Smelting and Erie.

New York Canadian Pacific Union Pacific Harriman Steel Reading Amalgamated Erie Southern Railway

New York financials steady as bonds firm and rates hold

On June 7 in New York the prime mercantile paper closed at 5 percent with Sterling at 4 83 15 for 60 day bills and 4 86 85 for demand. Commercial bills stood at 4 82 percent. Bar silver traded at 59 cents and Mexican dollars at 48 cents. Government bonds remained firm while railroad bonds showed irregular activity.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange

Cotton seed products and oil market figures from Memphis and New York

Cotton seed products quoted in Memphis include prime basis oil at 6.24 6.27 dollars, meal at 28.00 dollars, linters at 2 percent 3 percentage. New York reports a quiet cotton seed oil market with spot bids at 7.20 and futures around 7.21 to 7.22, several months sold and totals totaling 1500.

Memphis New York

New York Banks Report Reserve Surplus In Week

The weekly statement shows clearing house banks and trust companies hold 29,988,400 dollars in reserve above legal requirements, an increase of 2,779,900 dollars from last week.

New York

Cotton Exchange Declares July Fifth Holiday

New York June 7 The Cotton Exchange members vote to observe Saturday July 5 as a holiday.

New York The Cotton Exchange

Money on Call and Time Loans Reported in New York Market

New York financial notices show money on call nominal with no loans. Time loans strengthen with 60 day at 4 percent and 90 day at 4 1/2 percent, six month at 5 percent. Market activity reflects shifts in short term lending rates.

New York

Cotton stocks and deficits drop from prior weeks

Cotton statistics show yesterday’s stock at 887,111 bales, down from 376,265 a week ago and 422,498 a year earlier. The season deficit stands at 85,387 bales.

Cotton Region Bulletin June 7 1913 Weather Report

Weather in the belt is unsettled with temperatures near normal. Rainfall of an inch or more reported at Greensboro Griffin s Helena TusCumbe Okolona Waynesboro Chickasha Marlow and Oklahoma City. Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.

Abilene Tex Amarillo Augusta Birmingham Boston Mass Brownsville Chicago Charleston, & Co Corpus Christi Greensboro Griffins Helena Tuscumbe Okolona Waynesboro Chickasha Marlow Oklamaha City Allen Buell Weather Bureau

Marine Intelligence Galveston and Port Arthur Updates

Galveston reports arrivals including Mt. Vernon Nov Bocas del Tro Ruth Baltimore El Mundo and New York. Cleared ships list El Cid New York Mount Vernon Barrios. Sailed Elizabeth Aarhus. Port Arthur notes arrivals Clearfield Tuxpam Wavelet Weene Winifred Beverly and Bayonn sailed to Philadelphia. Port Aransas records Wane ta Hainaut from Tampico heading to New Orleans for repairs before oil runs. New York docks Saxonila Naples Baltic Perugia Genoa. Siasconsett Martha Washington docked in New York.

Galveston Tex Mt. Vernon Bocas del Tro Ruth Baltimore el Mundo New York el Cid Mount Vernon Barrios Elizabeth Aarhus Port Arthur Clearfield Tuxpam Wavelet Weene Winifred Beverly Texas Bayonn Salled Gulfoli Philadelphia Port Aransas Waneta Hainaut Tampico New Orleans

Market Report: Goods Markets Steady with Scarcity in Fleece

New York June 7 report shows quiet steady markets for Iton goods with fleece goods scarce in popular shades and prompt delivery. Yarns are easy to obtain while jobbers note strong trade in wash goods specialties for immediate shipment.

New York

St Louis Metal Gift Tour Notation

St Louis metal gift tour dated June 7 lists lead at 4.80 and spelter as items in the catalog.

Spelter

Real Estate Transfers Highlight City Property Deals

A compilation of 1913 1918 deed transfers shows multiple parcels changing hands. Names include Bond, Raweitz, Kirkpatrick, Broggs, Zalmanzig, Forgy, Denman, McGown, Elliott, Magott, Mueller, Mahon, Rhodius, Ellsworth, Commercial Loan and Trust Company, Van H Howard, Swearingen Polley receivers, Garrett, Baginnall, Givens, Manton, and others. Transactions span numerous blocks, acres, and street names with prices ranging from 10 to 12 thousand dollars.

K. and R. Bond Richard ¥Raweitz New City South Presa Street H. Kirkpatrick Ernest Broggs Packard Gus Zalmanzig Nannie Forgy Sheriff L. G H. W. Rhodius H. E. Ellsworth Charlies F. King Commercial Loan and Trust Company van H. Howard New City Block P. H. Swearingen J. B. Polley W. B L. O. Garrett

Fine Fishing at Riverside Restaurant Vacation Led Dinner

The note invites readers to enjoy fine fishing at Riverside Restaurant while on vacation and suggests contacting the office by phone or in person for arrangements.

Riverside

Grape Juice Prices Rise As Summer Heat Hits Markets

Grocery market reports show grape juice and lemon products increasing prices as demand climbs with warm weather. Manufacturers withdraw discount rates on grape juice, lemons rise about a dollar per box, and potato prices trend upward amid strong buying in Texas. Sugar remains firm with expected demand as berry and fruit crops move into markets.

Northern Commission Texas Belt Texas New Orleans

Market Prices From Fresh Country Produce to Canned Goods

Retail market prices list extensive ranges for poultry beef and lard and a wide array of fruits vegetables and canned goods. Notable figures include large hens $5.00 to $6.50 per dozen and Texas cantaloupes at $3 per standard crate with strawberries at $2.60 to $2.75 per crate.

Texas California Idaho Alabama Louisiana Jonathan York Imperial Missouri Ben Davis Hundred South Johnson

Wholesale grocery ad listing varied prices by item and pack

The notice catalogs diverse goods with quoted prices including salmon herring and sardines by can or case, dried fruits, raisins, nuts, seeds, and canned vegetables. It lists sugar and coffee rates per hundred pounds and roaster options, plus bulk staples like flour meal oats corn and meal prices f o b San Antonio.

Alaska Maxwell House Maine California Muscatel London San Antonio

Chicago Market Quotations Move Little

Chicago sellers reported butter and eggs unchanged on June 7 with receipts of 15 899 cases. Potatoes held steady for old stock while new prices ranged from 75 to 90 cents and poultry remained unchanged.

Chicago

Putter Steady as Receipts Hold at New York Market

In New York on June 7 the market shows steady prices for putters and eggs with receipts recorded at 9992 tabs and 17412 cases respectively. Cheer tone remains firm and unchanged amid stable trading.

New York

Poultry and Butter Prices Observe Small Shifts

Quotations listed for poultry and dairy items in St. Louis on June 7 show chickene at 13 and a half cents, springs 23 26 cents, turkeys 16 cents, ducks 11 cents, geese 7 cents. Butter at creameries from 23 to 27 cents, eggs at 16⅔ cents.

ST. Louis Springs Ducks LLC

Butter Eggs and Poultry Unchanged in Kansas City Market

Kansas City market notes on June 7 report no changes in butter eggs or poultry prices. Sellers and buyers observed steady lines as supply levels remained stable and market activity held firm with typical summer steadiness.

Kansas City

Sugar and related commodities hold steady as markets close

New York June 7 price report shows raw sugar steady with Muscovado at 2.80 83, centrifugal 3.30 83, and molasses sugar 2.55 58. Petroleum, molasses hides and leather also steady as trading flatlines.

New York Muscovado

Coffee prices hold steady in New York market

In New York on June 7 coffee No. 7 Rio shows a 10 percent rise with July 10.14 and December 10.38 remains steady as market indicators. The brief notes stable levels amid trading activity.

New York

Rice Market Quotes and Milling Prices in New Orleans

New Orleans traders report rice receipts with prices for millers at 2.60 and 6.30 for clean and rough Honduras grades. Honduras quotations show 608 at 218-16c to 5c, Japan at 912 at 8c to Sie, with rough Honduras at 2.50 4.25 and Japan at 2.75 4 38.50, clean Honduras 4% 5%c, Japan 3% ic.

New Orleans Honduras Japan

Metals Dull Amid Copper Nominal in Trading

New York market notes indicate metals trading dull with copper listed nominal and iron holding steady as of June 7.

New York

Market Stagnation At Fort Worth Live Stock Yards

Dull and featureless trading noted across livestock centers with cattle, calves, hogs and goats arriving and selling near steady values. Fort Worth offerings totaled 460 cattle 80 calves 300 hogs and 130 sheep with cattle steady hogs strong and sheep weak. quotes show steers 100 to 1100 pounds 4.50 to 6.00, hogs 7.50 to 7.75, sheep 3.50 to 4.00 per head.

Union Stock Yards Fort Worth

Fort Worth Stock Yards Quiet Sale Sees Modest Cattle Prices

Meager receipts at the Fort Worth stock yards on Saturday included 460 cattle 80 calves 300 hogs and 130 sheep. Cattle sold steady with mostly common quality and cows around 4.26 while a couple of cars of or sold for 6.10. Hogs were active and steady to strong with three of four loads at 8.60. Sheep were draggy as first hands held the supply all forenoon.

Fort Worth Tex

Chicago market hogs cattle and sheep prices report

Chicago July 7 hogs receipts 9000 steady at yesterday’s average. Bulk sales 8.55 to 8.66. Cattle receipts 200 steady beeves 7.2 to 8.80 Texas steers 6.70 to 7.75 stockers and feeders 6.00 to 8.05 cows and heifers 3.65 to 8.00 calves 7.75 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 4000 slow native lambs 4.86 to 6.75 yearlings 5.40 to 6.45 native lambs 5 to 7.40 springs 5.75 to 5.50.

Chicago Texas

Cattle Hogs and Sheep Receipts Mixed in Missouri Market

Cattle receipts reach 4000 including 300 Texans with steady prices for native beef, cows and heifers, Texas and Indian steers. hogs at 2800 with steady values for pigs and heavies. sheep at 2100 with steady quotes for native muttons and lambs plus spring lambs.

ST. Louis Texas

Hogs and cattle prices steady at Kansas City sale

Kansas City reports receipts of hogs and cattle with steady prices across categories. Prime fed steers bring around 8.35 to 8.00 per hundredweight, with other beef prices listed. lambs and yearlings also show steady ranges. A London Standard note then discusses valuable pearl necklaces once owned by Abdul Hamid and Sir Russell, detailing post sale breakdown and modernization of necklace production.

Abdul Hamid Russell London Standard

Cotton market opens steady amid nerves over near months

New York cotton opened unchanged to three points lower as near months remained under pressure. Prices firmed slightly after the call but closed very steady, with declines limited to a few points and gains near six points noted in some markets. Weather was favorable, aiding a dull but steady session.

New York Liverpool

Cotton futures open steady on New York market

New York June 7 cotton futures showed a steady open with June to March contracts quoted around 11.08 to 11.81 cents and late session prices hovering near 11.16 to 11.21 cents. The report notes mixed intraday moves and fragmented price readings across months.

New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady on Favorable Weather

Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with a one to three point decline. July showed slight strength while weather reports and showers across the belt weighed on prices. Most active months edged above prior close before renewed liquidation and a final steady to slightly lower close.

New Orleans

Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans market

New Orleans reports steady cotton futures with June at 11.18 cents, July 12.11 cents asked, August 11.76 to 11.78, September 11.40 to 11.88, and other months around 11.25 to 11.37 cents. Open, high and low figures shown, with closes near prior levels in a calm session.

New Orleans

Cotton Market Quietly Steady in Liverpool Notes

Liverpool June 7. Spot cotton steady with middling fair at 7.294 and good middling around 6.914. Middling 6.694 and low mid 6.534. Good ordinary 6.174 and ordinary 5.834. Sales 6000 including 1000 for speculation and export and 410 American. Receipts 200 all American.

Liverpool

Futures Opened Dull Then Steady Across Several Months

In Liverpool on June 7 futures markets showed a dull opening and closing steady across multiple term pairings. Prices ranged from June at 6.470 to May-June at 6.100 with several successive month spreads noted.

Liverpool

Market Spot Prices for Cotton Across Cities

New York middling 12.10c, New Orleans middling 123 160, Houston middling 12c. Galverton middling 12c, Liverpool middling 6.694, Mempoais middling 12 yc.

New York New Orleans Houston Galverton Liverpool Mempoais

New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices Hold Steady On June Market

Spot cotton in New Orleans, June 17, unchanged at middling 12 8 16. Sales 200 bales on the spot with 100 arriving. Molasses like grades quoted nominally from low ordinary to good middling with various figures. Receipts 2119 bales, stock 66,949 bales.

New Orleans

Cotton Market Report From Houston Junes 7

The Houston market closed dull with no sales f o b. Shipments totaled 929 bales and stock stood at 61 032 bales. Prices ranged from 7 5/8 to 12 3/4 cents with varieties including low ordinary ordinary good ordinary low middling middling and good middling.

Houston Tex

Spot cotton steady in Galveston market

Galveston on June 7 reports spot cotton steady with sales 662 bales. Receipts total 2854 bales and overall stocks reach 79,965 bales.

Galveston

Market Report Quiet Upland and Gulf Prices Steady

In New York on June 7 spot prices for uplands remain unchanged at 12.10 and gulf at 12.35 with no sales recorded. The market shows a quiet tone with no active transactions reported.

New York Uplands Gulf

Cotton market update from Memphis notes steady spot prices

Memphis report shows spot cotton holding steady with middling grade at 124 and four cents. No change in price from prior session.

Births Report in City Families Names and Dates

To Mr and Mrs Edward Basse a girl at 321 Mission Street on June 6. To Mr and Mrs G Sherman a boy at 922 Delgado Street on June 3. To Mr and Mrs Theodore Debner a girl at Santa Rosa Hospital on June 3. To Mr and Mrs Wilmer A Lieber a boy at 210 Benton Street on May 27. To Mr and Mrs George Wimberly a boy at 3011 Monterey Street on June 3. To Mr and Mrs George Dol Bint a girl at 318 East Elmira Street on May 1. To Mr and Mrs Charles Abbott a boy at Santa Rosa Hospital on May 30.

Edward Basse Mission Street G. Sherman Delgado Street Theodore Debner Santa Rosa Hospital Wilmer A. Lieber Benton Street George Wimberly Monterey Street George Dol. Bint East Elmira Street Charles Abbott

Wheat falls on rains in Kansas as futures slip

Weather showers in southwest Kansas spurred selling as winter wheat futures eased. July contracts opened lower and drifted to 90 3/4 cents. Corn and oats followed lower trends while hog market held steady with mixed early sales. Provisions firmed on light hog movement. Market closed with July wheat around 90 3/4 cents and corn lower at 53 1/2 cents.

Chicago Ill Kansas

Cash grain price report for wheat corn oats rye and barley

Cash wheat prices show No 2 red at 1.00 1.08 No 2 hard 92 9 c, No 1 northern 92 08 c, No 2 northern 91 92 c. Velvet chaff 90 93 c. Durum Yen. Corn No 2 59 c No 2 white 59 60 c No 2 yellow 59 4 % c. Oats No 2 white 40 c standard 40 4 c. Rye No 2 61 a Barley 58 67 c.

Chicago

Kansas City Cash Grain Prices Report

Kansas City cash grain figures show No 2 hard wheat 86 92 cents No 2 red 92 95 cents. No 2 mixed corn 68 cents No 2 white 58 cents. Oats No 2 white 40 cents No 2 mixed 38 44 39 cents. July wheat 87 cents September 84 cents December 86 87 cents. July corn 57 cents September 57 1/2 cents December 54 1/2 cents. Oats September 38 cents. Receipts yesterday wheat 51 000 corn 69 000 oats 3 000. Shipments wheat 61 000 corn 32 000 oats 7 000.

Kansas City

Grain futures and cash prices detailed for wheat corn and oats

Cash wheat grades No 2 red 1.04 1.06 No 2 hard 91 95 percent. Corn No 2 57 58 cents No 2 white 60 cents. Oats No 2 38 cents No 2 white 87 cents. July wheat 8 The Corn July 58 cents Sept Oats July 87 cents receipts yesterday four 8000 wheat 14000 corn 27000 oats 53000 shipments flour 900 wheat 44000 corn 26000 oats 37000

ST. Louis

London metal prices steady with firm copper and tin

London market reports copper at 66 pounds spot and futures 66 pounds 2s 64. Tin stays firm at 21 pounds spot and futures 209 pounds. Spelter 22 pounds 17s 54, lead 10 pounds 17s 6d, iron Cleveland warrants 58s.

London Cleveland

Elephants As Nurses In Indian Jungle

Harper’s Weekly describes elephants caring for mahout families in India with children riding elephants to water and forming bonds. Baby elephants protect and entertain, while eventually some youths become mahouts themselves. The narrative notes other oddities like a giant hollow fir stump used as a horse stable in Lewis County Washington.

India Harper's Weekly Lewis County Washington Betrics

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