Weather Bureau Daily Climate Summary
U S Department of Agriculture Weather Bureau reports highest 68 lowest 71 for the day with 84 meen and normal 80. Excess 4 for the month, accumulated excess 39 since January 1. Precipitation total 0.00 inch from 7 p m to 7 p m with .14 inch normal. accumulated deficiency 1.12 for the month and 6.98 since January 11. Wind 9.1 mph from the south. strongest 16 mph at 8:25 p m. Sun rises 6:34 a m, sets 7:32 p m. Moon rises 11:65 p m. Allen Buell, Meteorologist.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Cotton market extends gains on strong trade demand
The New York cotton market rose through the week to new highs as buying from Wall Street, western and local interests supported October contracts. Prices surged after the government crop report, with October advancing from a low near 18.37 to a Friday afternoon peak around 21.99 and then 92.63 in the Friday session, before a modest pullback and renewed buying. New Orleans futures also climbed, signaling broad market strength on trade demand and heavy government orders for cotton goods.
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New York
Wall Street
New Orleans
Cotton futures open steady with July to January bids
New Orleans cotton markets opened steady on Saturday with July at 22.57, October 21.90, December 22.07 asked, and January 22.17. Futures closed 32 to 36 points higher from the previous session.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool Set to Open Monday with 5 to 24 Point Lead
The Liverpool team appears poised to open Monday with a substantial advantage ranging from five to twenty four points. Key players and the coach are not specified in the fragment.
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Liverpool
Grain seed varieties offered by M Marucheau Grain Co
M MARUCHEAU GRAIN CO of San Antonio Texas lists seeds including Red Top Cane Orange Amber White Wonder Seed Corn Yellow Dent Sudan Grass Milo Maize Kaffir Corns and Feterita with no quantity specified.
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M. Marucheau Grain CO
San Antonio
Texas
Secretary Hester’s Cotton Statement Highlights Date Comparisons
The New Orleans Cotton Exchange last weekly statement by Secretary Henry Hester focuses on comparisons to actual dates rather than the close of corresponding weeks. It emphasizes precise dating for accurate weekly analysis.
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Henry Hester
New Orleans
Cotton Region Bulletin reports above normal temps and scattered rains
The Cotton Region States see above normal day temperatures in the southern districts while Tennessee stays near normal. Highs reach 100 to 104 in northwest Texas and east regions. General rains spread through Arkansas Tennessee northern Mississippi and northern Alabama with lighter showers elsewhere. Local heavy rain amounts include Decatur Alabama 1.42 inches Clarkedale Mississippi 2.02 Batesville 1.62 Arkansas Mena 1.10 Calico Rock 2.20 Osceola 1.44 Dyersburg Tennessee 1.14 to 1.20 and McAlester Oklahoma per the Weather Bureau.
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Georgia
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Decatur
Clarkedale
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Mena
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Osceola
Dyersburg
Oklahoma
McAlester
Sugar Prices Steady in New York Market
Raw sugar and molasses hold steady in New York with centrifugal at 5.01 and 5.89 dollars per centum weight. Fine granulated sugar listed near 7.50 dollars.
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New York
New York Dry Goods Prices Edge Up on Friday
New York reports higher denim prices and brisk sales of gray cottons as mills reopen for business. Raw silk shows rising prices and new high levels are anticipated for all dry goods.
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New York
Turpentine Market Report From Savannah Trade Desk
Savannah June 9 Turpentine firm sales at 6.45 to 6.10 per gallon with bids 5.50 to 6.20. Receipts 1682 barrels, shipments 734. Stock 16 6. Quotations list several grades from 5.75 to 6.35, with varying offers and sales totals across categories.
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Savannah
Turpentine
Shipmeye
W. G. Socge
Northern Livestock Markets End Week With Declines
The week in northern livestock markets was weak overall with cattle easing early then steady Friday, hogs fluctuating daily and ending lower at Fort Worth, and sheep generally weak with a brighter note on Thursday. Local markets showed little change, with cattle and hogs remaining steady to unchanged.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth
Fort Worth Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Fort Worth market summary shows cattle receipts 1200 with mixed price ranges for Reeves stockers heifers cows bulls and calves. Hog receipts 560 down tenth with heavy to pigs price spread. Sheep and goat receipts 600 with lambs yearlings wethers ewes and culls listed along with goat price.
Chicago Market Prices and Receipts for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago June 9 reports show hog receipts 10000 with market slow and lower by about 10 cents. Bulk sales range from 15.15 to 15.65, pigs at 10.50. Cattle receipts 1000 with steady market. beef cattle 9.20 to 13.75, stockers and feeders 7.40 to 10.50, cows and heifers 6.25 to 11.75, calves 9.75 to 14.50. Sheep receipts 2000 with steady market. wethers 8.59 to 19.80, lambs 9.50 to 14.50, springs 12.00 to 16.50.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago
ST. Louis
Texas
Kansas City Livestock Receipts and Prices Report
Receipts and quotations for Hogs Cattle and Sheep are listed. Hogs 400 head with lower values. Bulk 15.10 to 15.65, heavy 15.60 to 15.70. Cattle receipts 200 including 100 Southerns with steady market. Prime fed steers 12.50 to 13.50, cows 6.29 to 11.00, calves 7.00 to 12.50. Sheep receipts zone, market nominally steady. Lambs 13.00 to 16.25, yearlings 11.00 to 13.00.
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Kansas City
Avive
Market Receipts and Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
St Louis reports receipts for hogs at 2800 with prices ranging 10 to 15 cents lower, light weights and mixed categories listed, cattle receipts at 400 with steady market and varied beef and yearling prices, calves and sheep also shown with range prices across several categories. Prime and native cattle values cited alongside quarantine steers and feeder notes.
Local Market Fluctuations Show Mixed Advances and Drops
Wholesale fruit and vegetable prices last week saw a balance of gains and declines. Texas tomatoes celery okra garlic Wine Sap apples Florida era fruit and lemons led in gains while onions cucumbers rhubarb corn Texas wax beans Texas plums and apricots fell. Poultry prices rose one cent for hens to 16 or 17 cents a pound. Butter held steady and eggs stayed unchanged though high spoilage from heat was reported. Sugar pink beans and blackeye peas advanced. Flour oats and corn chops declined while white corn moves varied by lot.
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Texas
Commission
Shippers' Market Prices From Saturday Trade Report
Jobbers' prices to retailers or paid shippers show legs steady with commissions. Texas country candied 31 32c per dozen. Butter steady. Texas creamery 32 36c per pound, country 25 80c. Poultry steady with hens 16 17c lb, old roosters 11 1c, large springs 30 Sic, medium springs 28 30c, small springs 2E3Te broilers 2.50 3.00 per dozen, turkeys 18 19c lb, ducks 7.00 8.00 per dozen, geese 9.06 10.60.
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Texas
Texas Creamery
Chicago Market Report Shows Mixed Dairy and Produce Moves
Chicago receipts for butter and creamery goods show slight shifts with 86 39½¢ creamery quotes and 17 131 cases on file. Firsts range 32 33¢ ordinary 80 31¢ with 32 33¢ to 33¢ spread as cases counted. Potatoes hold steady while new receipts note 3 cars. Texas, Louisiana and Alabama Triumphs bring prices 3.40 to 3.60 with Louisiana white and Seee Old noted. 6 cars shipped alive. Fowls quoted 22¢.
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Alabama
Kansas City Market Quotations June 9
Quotations today show butter at 41 cents for creamery, 39 cents firsts, 38 cents seconds, 32 a packing. Eggs quoted at 32 cents for firsts. Poultry prices list hens at 17 cents, twoosters at 4 cents, broilers at 30 cents. Potatoes from Queensland at 3 10 now 3 40.
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Kansas City
Butter Sale Report From Flgin Illinois
A listing shows 25 tubs of butter priced at 39 percent discount in Flgin Illinois. The note includes percent figure and quantity but lacks broader context or seller details.
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Flgin
Provision Markets Local Packing House Quotations
Local packing house quotations for Saturday feature dry salt extras at 24 cents bacon extras 26 cents and bacon bellies 14 to 16 pounds averaging 25 cents. Fancy breakfast bacon 400, fancy hams 37, Pure lard 28 cents compound 19 cents American cheese 29 cents a pound.
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Dealera
War as Disease Threatens Civilization in Harper's June Issue
B S Martin argues in Harper's Magazine that the war reveals a systemic crisis in civilization. He warns that reliance on mechanization and material progress fails to prevent collapse of credit and social order while a deadly global scourge tests science and theology alike.
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B. S. Martin
Harper's Magazine
Grain Prices Rally After New Market Controls
Wheat and corn surged this week with a new maximum price limit for corn driving heavy trading. Corn rose 6% to 16% from a week earlier while wheat gained 13 to 26 cents, oats up, and provisions down. Market speculation centered on a 1.65 dollar bushel cap for corn versus higher prior levels, and wheat rose on forecasts of a leaner domestic yield.
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Chicago
Market Quotes Chicago June 9 Prices for Wheat Corn and Grains
Quotations in Chicago on June 9 show cash wheat at No. 2 red nominal and No. 2 hard at 2.72 dollars. Corn No. 2 yellow at 1.73 to 1.74 dollars. Oats standard at 66 to 67 cents. Barley ranged from 1.15 to 1.45 dollars.
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Chicago
Grain futures close with mixed July and September prices
Grain futures in Kansas City closed with Wheat July at 2.1s and September at 2.00. Corn showed July at 1.55 and September at 1.46 while December traded around 1.06.
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Kansas City
Jane
Wheat and oats price quotations from Kansas City
Quotations show No 2 hard wheat 2.95 to 3.01 dollars per bushel No 2 red 2.92 to 2.95 No 2 mixed 1.67 No 2 white oats 0.66 to 0.67 dollars per bushel No 2 mixed 0.63 to 0.64 dollars per bushel marked from Kansas City on June 9.
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Kansas City
Grain and oats price quotations in St. Louis market
In St Louis on June 9 quotations show No 2 red nominal oats No 2 white at 171 and 171 percent No 2 oats 67 cents No 2 white nominal.
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ST. Louis
Observations Taken at 8 P M Saturday June 1917
Observations recorded at eight o clock in the evening on a Saturday in June nineteen seventeen. The fragment notes a time and date but no additional context or locations are provided.
Prolonging It War Talk in Anglophone Workers Circle
Two English workers debate World War I toll and prisoner exchanges. One says the war will drag on as Germans hold thousands of Russian prisoners and Russians hold thousands of German prisoners. They fear a future where Russians are in Germany unless the conflict ends soon.
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Sam
Germany
Stock Market Strength Persists Amid Gains and Optimism
The stock market remained strong in New York as May’s influences reappear this week, with reduced short interest and rising demand. West and midwest crops supportive, government call responses and easy monetary conditions drive activity across industries, GM up 64 points, Industrial Alcohol at a record 170, bonds steady with higher turnover.
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Risg
Fae
General Motors
Money markets report from San An Noe trading
Trading in Mexican money at San An Noe on Saturday showed bid and asked prices for silver pesos and bank notes. Quoted bids included 53 and 60 for various pesos, while notes from State Bank, National Bank, and Bank of London and Mex appeared with narrow bid ask spreads.
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Bank of London
Mex
Market Summary Reported Bond and Currency Levels
New York June 9 mercantile paper and 60 day bills quoted at 4 77 and 4 71 percent respectively. Commercial 60 day bills 4 71 percent, German and Dutch exchange rates shown with guilders cables at 4 13 1 2 to 4 15 1 2, bar silver at 7 Mexican peso values noted. Government bonds weak while railroad bonds hold steady.
London Money Markets Reported Rates
On London on June 9 bar silver at 38 percent per ounce. Money rates 3 and 4 percent. Discount rates: short bills 4 11 16 percent, three months bills 4 percent.
New York Bank Statement Shows Reserve Drop and Deposits Decline
The New York week’s bank and trust company report shows total loans at 3.79 billion, reserves in vaults down 28.14 thousand, net demand deposits down 504.9 thousand, and net time deposits down 4.58 thousand. State banks in Greater New York posted a 71.65 thousand decrease in loans and notes a rise in specie by 1.20 million.
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Federal Reserve Bank
United States Eee
Aes
Copper markets hold firm with tight supply in New York
In New York on June 9 copper showed firm tone despite weak demand. Very little copper is available for delivery before August with spot and nearby electrolytic quotations around 32 to 34 dollars. Third quarter and later deliveries ranged from 29.50 to 32 dollars. Iron prices were unchanged.
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New York
Rice market report from New Orleans sale day
New Orleans buyers steady as rough and clean rice prices hold firm on Friday trading. Honduras rice prices quoted around 422 pockets with strong demand and limited supply lifting overall market sentiment.
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Ponty
Epee Rae Aomete
Honduras
Pocketa
Wholesale Fresh Vegetables Prices Across Texas Trade
Wholesale prices to trade list dozens of commodities from Texas and California. Items include onions, cucumbers, tomatoes, okra, peppers, beets, carrots, cabbage, radish, celery, squash, corn, beans, grapes, peaches, prunes, apricots, dates, bananas, oranges, lemons, and canned fruits and vegetables. Multiple organizations and market terms appear with per unit and per weight pricing.
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Texas
Bermuda
Ana
California
Coffee futures steady in New York trade
New York June 9 reports No 7 Rio coffee futures steady with futures at 10 percent. September futures quoted at 7.90 and December at 8.03.
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New York
Rio
Government must publish full shipping loss facts now
The London Times argues government should reform shipping loss reporting to counter unpatriotic attacks and to keep the public accurately informed. It says democracy requires transparent figures to justify rationing and mobilization for war despite calls for voluntary measures.
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London Times
Runciman
Sir Edward
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