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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1929
Page
21
An OCR style catalog entry notes several classic cars with brief specs and prices. Items include Hudson Coach .5 380 four horsepower, Nash Ramsinter ten unit, Buick Roadster, Oakland Coupe, Dodge Roadster, Whippet Coach with new tires and perfect motor, and 1928 Whippet Six Coach with main bearing wear, crankshaft work, new tires and Dyno status.
The New Orleans cotton market opened lower on June 18 amid bearish cables and fading demand. Prices eased toward July and December contracts while a Mississippi plant board weevil report influenced outlook. By June 19, New York trade showed declines with some covering and shifting from July to later deliveries, aided by favorable, though mixed, weather reports and global price signals. Futures in Liverpool showed steady to firm tendencies with UK cotton prices quoted across several grades.
A garbled advertisement window lists 1028 Chevrolet deliveries and multiple 1920s models from Ford, Dodge, Essex, Nash, and Hudson. Prices range from 200 to 400 with notes on tires, repainting, and restorations. several dealer names appear such as Ormsby Chevrolet Co and Wilcox And Holfe.
Local San Antonio area fruit and vegetable prices show watermelons at six dollars per bushel, with melons and a wide range of produce like lettuce and yellow squash listed. California lettuce trades around 35.96 to 36.50 per unit, pumpkins and pumpkins of varying sizes noted as market demand shifts. Prices for produce from Aubertos and Teras areas reflect ongoing supply increases and price adjustments as harvests peak.
A long OCR extracted page lists food prices from various produce items such as eggs lettuce onions onions and many fruits with prices per crate bushel pound and dozen. It also includes commission quotations for apricots apples oranges grapes and other fruits along with government bids for county road projects and court furniture with bid submission deadlines and required保証 checks.
A fragmented advertisement notes nightly dancing for women at Webb's new venue near St. Geyer five miles from the city, with music by Dick's Melody Seven and Mores Makers. It references lively entertainment and a Labor Day themed event at Travenster Hall, 1918 W Commerce, amid garbled names and partial lines.
The report notes moderate to fair conditions across the cotton belt with warmer temperatures and increasing rainfall in parts. In the Atlantic coast, conditions are generally fair with small white frosts early in the period. Growth is steady in Alabama Arkansas and Tennessee with good to excellent emergence in central districts and varied results in Louisiana and Mississippi.
Noticed intentions to make affidavits and confirm identities in a local Vital Statistics section. Entries list names, ages, and addresses for prospective changes and recorded dates, with several individuals and properties noted across multiple streets.
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