Weather News Shapes Butter and Vegetable Markets in Texas
The dry spell curbs grass for cattle and tightens butter supply as prices rise. Veggies like watermelons and cantaloupes grow scarce while rain in Texas could ease markets. Miller reports expect no flour price drop next year despite record wheat prospects, with old wheat scarce and new supply uncertain. Rice remains the one staple not yet priced higher, as Texas growers plan smaller acres this year.
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Bexar County
Missouri
Weather forecast for San Antonio and Midwest weather
San Antonio forecast shows increasing cloudiness tonight and Saturday with unsettled conditions. East Texas also expected to worsen with cloudiness and unsettled weather, as a storm intensifies over the Missouri valley and moves eastward, causing rain in parts of Illinois and Minnesota.
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Tex
East Texas
Missouri Valley
Mississippi
Illinois
Minnesota
Cheese firms urge jobbers to lock fall contracts now
A trade circular from cheese manufacturers urges jobbers to place fall delivery contracts. They cite high cheese prices last fall and winter and a drought that has dried grass in dairying regions, making further price drops unlikely.
Strong Sicily lemon market eyed for early July
With continued warm weather prom ised light stocks in the hands of distributors and the Fourth of July not far away brokers expect a strong and active market for Sicily lemons during the next couple of weeks.
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Sicily
Tomato market tightens as heat cuts supply
The local market reports a decline in tomato availability due to hot weather. Prices are expected to firm up soon with a potential shortage if rain does not come in the next week. Top grades fetch 75 cents per six-basket crate as coastal varieties begin arriving. home gardeners offer a few scrubby options.
Prices for dairy and poultry products posted
Price to shipper tess commission. Price to retailer. Butter per pound 20c country butter 12 18c. Eggs fresh country candled 18 15. Cheese fancy cream 42c, fancy brick 20c, American Swiss 24c, imported Swiss 8ic, Limburger 20c, Badger State 1c. Poultry large choice hens frozen $6.00, medium hens per dozen $4 4.25, large springs per dozen 4.00, medium springs per dozen 2.50 2.76, small springs per dozen $2.00 2.25, guineas per dozen 3.25 3.50, ducks per dozen 6.00 6.50, squabs $1 1.26, turkeys per pound 14c.
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Tess Commission
Badger State
Quotations on Dairy Eggs Potatoes Poultry From Chicago Market
Associated Press reports mixed prices across dairy eggs and produce in Chicago. Creameries and daisies show mild changes while eggs hold steady. potatoes remain steady with slight gains for new crops. live poultry soft with weak turkey and fowl values. veal steady across weight categories.
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Chicago
New York Daily Update Reports Steady Eyes and Receipts
In New York on June 16 the report notes quiet, unchanged eyes and receipts totaling 19,793 cases. This brief item records a routine market or operational update with no upheaval or change in status.
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Associated Press
New York
Market Quotations From Kansas City Creamery and Eggs
Quotations list butter at 18c for firsts and 16c for seconds with packing stock 15c. Eggs show extras at 19c, firsts 14c, seconds 8c. This snapshot captures daily dairy and egg pricing in Kansas City on June 16.
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Kansas City
St. Louis Produce Quotations Mixed at Market
June 16 report from St. Louis shows mixed quotes for produce and dairy items with goslings and eggs at varied cents per dozen or pound. Prices for cheese, butter, eggs, and creamery items appear in a fluctuating range, with some lines garbled.
New York Cotton Goods Market Signals Cautious Strength
The New York dry goods market shows a firmer undertone with steady moderate trade. Fancy cotton novelties are displayed for the new season while cotton yarns remain quiet. Buyers in men’s wear eye new spring lines.
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New York
Sugar and Molasses Markets Steady in New York
New York markets report molasses steady and raw sugar firm on June 16. Muscovado 89-test at 8.80 cents, 96-test at 3.98 cents, molasses sugar 9-test at 3.14 cents, refined sugars remaining steady.
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Associated Press
New York
Muscovado
New York Coffee Market Ends Barely Steady
New York coffee futures closed barely steady on June 16 with prices near unchanged to up five points. Sales reached 27 750 bags as spot remained steady. No 7 Rio traded around 12 1 2 cents, No 4 Rio Renton around 13 1 2 cents, with Cordova at 13 cents.
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Rio
Renton
Cordova
Hort Supply at Local Yards
At Union Stock Yards on June 16 a small run of cattle and two drive-in lots from nearby territory were offered. Cow receipts declined but trade was easier. prices barely steady with yesterday’s decline. Best heavy butcher cows brought up to 3 dollars, general cows 2.75. Desirable calves topped 4.50, bulk 4. Hogs, about twenty head, sold actively and strong at 6 dollars.
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Union Stock Yards
Stockyards Talk on Texas Cattle Conditions and Cattlemen
William Schertz, vice president of a San Antonio macaroni factory, traveled 2000 miles by car through southwest Texas. He notes severe drought three years ago, now improved plains, and heavy influx of cattle from Mexico due to quarantine laws. Ranchers fear water scarcity and losses if water holes fail.
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William Schertz
San Antonio
Mexico
Texas
Plains
Oklahoma
Pruitt Reports Fat Cattle Seen on Irrigated Farms
R. T. Pruitt, a prominent figure in local produce circles, visited farms south and west of San Antonio to inspect crops. He found many fat cattle in green fields, noting this was at irrigated farms and not on the range.
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R. T. Pruitt
San Antonio
German Hog Herd Decimation Warns of Lard Shortage
A letter to a lawman warns that foot-and-mouth disease spreading from France via shipping livestock has led to widespread hog destruction. Restoration of slaughtering expedients has decimated German herds, signaling a domestic lard shortage next fall and drawing German buyers to the American market.
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France
Boll Weevil Scarcity in Texas Due to Heat and Drought
W D Hunter of the U S Agricultural Department laboratory in Dallas reports the boll weevil is scarcer in Texas than in many years because the hot dry summers kill squares and slow weevil development. Weevils are mainly in wooded Gulf coast valleys. seventeen-year locusts will mainly affect orchards and nurseries, not field crops, and do not enter Texas beyond northeast Louisiana.
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W. D. Hunter
United States Agricultural Department Laboratory
Dallas
Texas
Gulf Coast
Hunter
Louisiana
Lost Abstract Notice Returns Reward Offer
A desolate lost abstract item is described with a rubber band around papers. The note requests return to the Light office at once and promises a $5 reward. If the owner orders another, the lost abstract will be of no value.
Texas Steers at 0 Feature Fort Worth Market Report
Fort Worth market report for June 16 details cattle and hog movements. Fifty cars of cattle and eight calves, 2300 total, steer receipts light. Texas steers of choice quality sold around 3.65 with a few at 3.80. Cows and bulls mixed, calves in demand, hogs and sheep also noted with top prices around 6.40 for hogs and 5.25 for some lambs. Cudahy bought many calves. overall market dull yet steady for steers and butcher cattle.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Texas
Cudahy
Oklahoma
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Cattle receipts 1560 including 800 Southern. market steady to strong with native steers 5.00 6.35, southern steers 4.00 5.59, southern cows and heifers 2.50 4.50, native cows and heifers 2.50 7.50, western steers 4.75 6.10, western cows 2.76 4.75. Hogs receipts 26,000. market ten cents higher, bulk 6.00 6.15, heavy 6.00 6.10, packers and butchers 6.00 6.15, lights 6.65 6.15. Sheep receipts 1509. market 10 cents higher, muttons 3.25 4.00, ewes 5 7.00, fed wethers and yearlings 6.60 4.60, fed western ewes 3.00 4.50.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
St Louis Live Stock Prices and Receipts June 16
Cattle receipts 2800 including 700 Texans, market steady. Native beef steers 5.00 to 6.40, cows and heifers 3.00 to 6.25, stockers and feeders 3.00 to 5.00. Hogs receipts 10,000, market steady. Pigs and lights 6.15 to 6.20, packers 5.50 to 6.00, butchers 6.15 to 6.25. Sheep receipts 4060, market steady. Native muttons 3.00 to 3.76, lambs 5.00 to 7.25.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Texas
Chicago live stock market report June 16
Receipts: cattle about 1000, hogs 15000, sheep 8000. Cattle priced to 6.55 for beeves and up to 8.00 for calves. Hogs mostly 5.90 to 6.25 with heavy and good to choice ranges noted. Sheep market steady to higher with native lambs up to 6.40 and spring lambs to 14.25 in quotations.
Stock Market Closes Heavy After Morning Gains
New York June 16 Initial gains faded as the market turned down after the open. Rain reports in crop areas and brisk copper stock inquiries lifted shares briefly with Northern Pacific Amalgamated Copper Utah Copper up a point. Texas Company up three. The tone improved then dulled with limited demand and narrow movement. Reading Union Pacific U S Steel weak, Lehigh Valley and Southern Railway fell on possible dividend cut and hoped coal coal carriage charges review. Overall, market closed heavy with most leaders below yesterday’s close.
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Great Northern
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Union Pacific
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Interstate Commerce Commission
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Southern Railway
Wool Markets in St Louis Prices Steady
St Louis June 16 Wool markets steady with medium combing and clothing wool at 18 20 1 2 cents, light fine 17 18 cents, heavy fine 15 17 cents, tub washed 25 3 4 cents.
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ST. Louis
Regular Tone Closes Gotton at the Close in New Orleans
New York loses 6 to 10, New Orleans gains 4 to 12, Liverpool inches 1 to 2 percent. Spots reflect declines for New York 5, New Orleans 1 to 16, Liverpool 3, Houston 1 to 16. Galveston remains unchanged.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Houston
Galveston
New York cotton market opens steady with varied early moves
The New York cotton market opened steady with a small decline then gains as covering and bull support emerge on initial favorable cables. By midday new crop months rose on dry Houston weather hopes, while July slid to near new lows before recovering. old crop climbed modestly as shorts covered.
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Houston
Cotton futures open steady on New York market
New York June 16 cotton futures opened steady with January at 13.43 44, March 13.48 49, May 13.62 bid, July 16.25 26, August 14.85 386, September 18.60 70, October 13.43 44, December 13.44 45. Futures closed irregular.
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New York
Jan Eee
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New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Near Day's End
New Orleans cotton prices opened steady with gains of 6 to 11 points for old and new crop contracts after a morning rally as buyers returned. Weather remained dry and bears added pressure, with July and August futures finishing mixed but overall higher than yesterday's close.
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New Orleans
Oklahoma City
Bears
Cotton futures open steady with mixed bids and asks
New Orleans June 16 cotton futures opened steady with June at 15.13 bid and July at 15.28 asked. August 14.50 asked, September 13.69 asked, October 13.34 asked, December 18.32 34, January 13.34 bid, March 13.46 bid.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Quiet With Daily Sales and Prices
Close cotton spot quiet in Liverpool with prices down three points. American middling fair 8.81, good middling 8.49, middling 8.27, low middling 8.07, good ordinary 7.81, ordinary 7.56. Sales 6000 bales of which 500 were for speculation and export, 5100 American. Receipts 100 all American. Futures opened barely steady and closed quiet with various forward quotes listed.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Market snapshot shows uneven demand across port cities
Trading note reports mixed activity in leading spot markets with Liverpool and New York quiet, New Orleans steady, Houston and Galveston softer. Prices and volumes appear muted across 6,000 to 1,200 unit ranges with limited demand.
Cotton market quiet in New Orleans with varied prices
New Orleans on June 16 reports quiet cotton trading with spot sales around 200 bales. Prices quoted across grades range from low ordinary to good middling, with mid to upper levels near 15 15 16 cents and receipts at 115 pending and stock at 77 072.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Norie
Spot cotton prices in Galveston Texas
Galveston Texas June 16 spot cotton prices show middling at 15.8 cents, with market easing noted as buyers watch futures and supply shifts in the southern cotton belt.
Memphis Spots Cotton Steady at Middles in June Report
MEMPHIS TENN June 16 Spot cotton prices hold steady with middling at 155 16 per pound as market data shows no change from prior readings. Local traders observe stable demand and global market cues amid quiet trading.
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Memphis
Tenn
Cotton Gossip Says Rain Likely Delays Dallas Belt Supplies
The report notes light showers in parts of Texas while the cotton belt shows no overnight rain on the weather map. Markets expected rain and traded lower after an early rally as a low pressure area appeared in west Texas. Forecasts predict increasing clouds in Oklahoma and Texas with fair weather in the deep south. Liverpool cables indicate Continental spinners expect lower prices and free yarn selling without new crop cover.
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Cotton Belt
Liverpool
Market Outlook For New Crop Options In Wet Weather
Henry Clews and company say traders lean to caution amid unsettled weather and bull interest in old crop months. Short interest is high, but current new crop option prices seem unjustified without real crop damage, even as prospects point to a record yield.
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Henry Clews and Company
Cotton crop improves despite drought in Jackson Miss
Jackson Mississippi reports the cotton crop weathering the dry spell without damage and showing improvement as days pass. The update notes the crop looks better every day and remains under careful watch by local agronomists.
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Jackson
First Bale Sells On Houston Cotton Exchange Stirring Texas
The initial bale of new crop cotton sold on the Houston exchange sparked strong interest among Texas cotton interests, signaling potential market impact.
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Houston Exchange
Texas
Auction Sparks Houston Frenzy Over Jones Purchase
Houston erupted as Jesse H. Jones, renowned financier, paid 1015 dollars at the floor auction, drawing wide attention to the sale and its spirited bidding. The event highlighted Jones’s prominent role in local commerce and the lively auction culture surrounding it.
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Houston
Jesse H. Jones
Cotton imagery marks Jesse Jones sale on Rio Grande
The chronicle quotes celebrate Jesse Jones buying a small cotton bale at a Rio Grande sale. The verse likens cotton to fleecy clouds and tiny drops, praising Houston as its source while noting the notable purchase that drew attention at the exchange.
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Houston Chronicle
Jesse Jones
Rio Grande
Houston
Cotton Statistics Highlight Houston Output
Last year Houston Texas led regional cotton statistics with a reported 280 units of yield. The brief notes performance compares with neighboring areas and outlines factors influencing production.
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Tex
Stock figures show season deficit and weekly loss
The report lists yesterday's stock at 268 278 compared with 285 968 last week and 349 255 from the same day last year. It notes a season deficit of 80 97F.
Market Summary: Sterling Rates and Bonds Mixed
New York reports a steady close in mercantile paper at 4 4 percent. Sterling exchange remains easy with bankers bills at 4.84 and 4.8485 for demand. Commercial bills 4.83 6. Bar silver at 63 1/2. Mexican dollars 45. Government bonds steady while railroad bonds are irregular. Money on call 2 percent. ruling rate 2 percent. time deposits steady with sixty days 2 percent, 90 days 3 percent, six months 3 1/4 percent.
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Associated Press
New York
Sterling Exchange
Cottonseed prices in Memphis market today
In Memphis on June 16 prime basis oil trades at 5.60 per unit meal at 24.25 and linters at 3 percent 4 percent.
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Associated Press
Memphis
Wheat Gains as European Prices Hold Firm in Chicago
European price firmness pushed Chicago wheat to the bull side despite Atlantic declines. July opened slightly lower then rose to 87% with intraday highs near 87%. September advanced to 56% as offerings remained light and hog prices lifted provisions, with pork at 15.10, lard 8.30, ribs 8.25.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Atlantic
Daily Movement of Grain at Chicago
Shipments today show receipts and movement for flour wheat corn oats and barley. Flour barrels 15,900 14,500. Wheat bushels 600 3,300. Corn bushels 471,200 281,600. Oats bushels 858,400 203,600. Barley bushels 19,500 9,300.
Market receipts report for Chicago and region
Wheat receipts total 20 cars with 6 contract grade. Corn 524 cars with 230 contract grade. Oats 20 cars. City wide wheat receipts 138 cars for Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth, down from 207 last week and 209 on the same day last year.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
Grain prices update from the market report
Cash wheat held steady with No 2 track red at 88 cents and No 2 hard at 88 93 cents. Corn declined with No 2 track at 54 to 55 cents and No 2 white at 55 cents. Oats were unsettled with No 2 track at 43 cents and No 2 white around 40 to 46 cents.
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Associated Press
ST. Louis
Kansas City Grain Prices Report
Cash wheat steady with No 2 hard 76 92c and No 2 red 84 86c. Corn stable at No 2 mixed 55%c and No 2 white 56% c. Oats up 1/2 to 1 cent with No 2 white 40% 41%c and No 2 mixed 37 to 39c. Close shows July wheat 81%c and September 83 %c sellers. Corn futures: July 54 5%c and September 56%c.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Wheat and corn futures rise on Chicago market
Wheat futures climbed with July at 84 to 84 1-8 cents and September at 85 5 1-8 cents. Corn futures advanced with July at 54 3-8 cents and September at 56 cents. Oats firm at 39 1-4 cents trading on the St Louis market.
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Fey
Associated Press
St. Louis
Lead and Spelter Prices Rise in St Louis Trading
To St Louis on June 16 lead prices climbed to 4.37 percent while spelter advanced to 5.37 percent as trading showed higher quotes.
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ST. Louis
Funeral Notice for James Russell Jones in San Antonio
James Russell Jones died in San Antonio Texas in June 1911. The funeral is set for June 17 at 4 p.m. at 1137 Matamoras with interment in City Cemetery No. 3. Attendance of friends is requested.
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James Russell Jones
San Antonio
Tex
James Jones
Matamoras
City
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