Bids Wanted for Pearsall Road Surface Treatment 1917
Sealed bids to the county auditor are invited until 11:00 a m on Thursday July 6 1917 for surface treatment of the Pearsall Road from city limits to the Leon ek. Information and specs may be obtained from the county auditor. Right to reject bids reserved. Also an ordinance declares city nuisance abatement work on real estate, with liens and foreclosures, and declares an emergency.
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James R. Davis
Pearsall Road
Leonek
W. H. Howard
Nuisance abatement ordinance and penalties in San Antonio
Special notices detail weed brush rubbish definitions and duties of owners to remove nuisances within ten days of notice. City Health Officer may abate at owner cost with a privileged lien, and penalties include fines up to 1900 dollars. Also notice of sale for unclaimed freight to recover unpaid charges scheduled June 26, 1917 at San Antonio depot.
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San Antonio
Bexar County
Texas
A. D
Ffed Fries
Tex
Galveston, Harrisburg & San Antonio Railway Company
Ths
Wyoming St
Hoefgen Ave
C&nw
C. C. Rhodes
Houston
C. C. Rhodes Co
F. Voelcker
Cotton Prices Rise For Big Net Gain
The Cotton Exchange reports prices hitting new highs as bullish weather, Havre exchange closure, and a government condition report influence markets. New Orleans and New York opened firm with gains, while San Antonio spots reached 26.76. Drought in Texas adds pressure amid moderate selling and notable contracts for 50,000 yards of duck.
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Cotton Exchange
Havre Cotton Exchange
New Orleans
New York
Texas
San Antonio
New York Cotton Market Climbs on Rain Absence
The New York cotton market opened steady with gains as rain remained scarce in the southwest. Reports of a crop authority suggested lower acreage and a 4 to 5 percent drop in government figures, lifting October to around 26.75. Contracts for 50,000 yards of cotton duck spurred a mid-morning bulge, then prices pulled back, closing 37 to 44 points higher.
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New York
Cotton futures open steady in New York on June 22
Futures in New York opened steady with July at 26.35, October 25.50, January 26.76 and March at 26.40. Trading closed Saturday with gains of 37 to 44 points from the prior session.
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New York
New high levels in New Orleans cotton market
In New Orleans on June 23, prices advanced as buying, driven by ongoing dry belt weather, lifted active months by 62 to 58 points. Scarcity of contracts and Havre Cotton Exchange closure boosted bullish sentiment. drought in Texas sustained gains though late morning prices stayed 50 to 55 points higher.
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New Orleans
Havre
Texas
Cotton Futures Opened and Closed Mixed in New Orleans
New Orleans Iowa June 23 cotton prices opened with bids around 25.74 for October 25.87 for December and 26.05 for January futures. Intra day highs and lows extended the range, with closing figures showing mixed activity as months shifted.
Conference leaves Liverpool Cotton Exchange closed
London reports no official result from yesterday's meeting between the president of the board of trade and cotton industry representatives. With an adjourned session set for next Wednesday, the general belief is that the Liverpool Cotton Exchange will stay closed, no settlement on prices reached, and government control unlikely.
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London
Board of Trade
Liverpool Cotton Exchange
Decree shuts Havre cotton exchange to curb speculation
Paris June 23 A decree has been issued closing the Bourse de Commerce of Havre the French cotton exchange beginning today to avoid speculation during the cotton crisis.
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Paris
Bourse de Commerce
Havre
Cotton and wool markets firm and higher
New York report notes cotton goods were firm Friday while wool markets rose and silks showed more activity. The brief market digest highlights firmer cotton, stronger wool, and active silk trading on the day.
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New York
Silxs
For Sale Cabinet Grand Star Plano and Bedroom Suite
For sale cabinets Grand Star Plano furniture plus a three piece bedroom set marble top walnut and other items. Call Sunday or Monday at 3158 in Mesquite.
Prices of Wheat Move Up Saturday
Chicago June 23 Wheat prices tended higher on improved vessel availability for Europe shipments. September futures opened at 1.85 and rose to 1.90 as weather worries lifted corn. July futures gained to 2.14 with September at 1.87, then profits and weekend selling narrowed gains. Provisions rose on stronger meat cash demand.
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Chicago
Europe
Chicago grain quotations June 23
Quotations from Chicago show wheat No 2 red and No 2 hard as bids for futures. Corn No 2 yellow 72 percent 1.78. Oats Standard 68 6s8c. Rye No 2 nominal No 3 2.35 dollars. Barley 1 dollar 10 to 1 dollar 48.
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Chicago
Market quotations snapshot from Kansas City trading floor
Kansas City market brief shows quotations for cash and No 2 grade prices across several categories including hard red spring and white wheat, mixed grain, and various percentages. Data notes include price points like 1.50 2.66 for hard, 2.30 for No 2 red, and 72 percent for some white and mixed lots.
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Kansas City
Grain futures close with mixed gains in Kansas City
Grain markets closed in Kansas City with Wheat for July at 2.12 percent and September at 1.91 percent. Corn September rose 44 percent with December at 108 cents.
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Kansas City
Grain Prices Report From St. Louis Market
ST. LOUIS June 3 Quotations show cash wheat higher with No 2 red at 2.45 and No 2 dark at 2.65 to 2.70. No 2 white 1.71 No 2 white futures steady. No 2 nominal. Ree steady No 2 nominal.
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ST. Louis
Banks and subscribers clash over Liberty Bond payments
Sub scribers to Liberty Bonds report being urged by banks and committees to pay in full, while official notices from W G McAdoo set a schedule of 2 percent on application and larger installments in June July and August. Chamber of Commerce says many subscribers cannot meet the full amounts yet and faces an embarrassing situation.
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Liberty Bond
Chamber of Commerce
Liberty Bonds
W. G. McAdoo
Cuban Patriot Ralph Martinez Dies in Mobile
Ralph S. Martinez, 70, signer of the original Cuban declaration of independence, died in Mobile after a long illness. He had lived in Mobile for many years.
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Mobile
Ala
Ralph S. Martinez
Frinceton Reception Ends With Advice From Poet Neynes
A Philadelphia Bulletin report describes a Frinceton reception where a young sophomore asks Alfred Neynes for guidance. The poet replies with a wry line about business and truth in writing, suggesting a future in poetry rather than easy earnings.
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Thenglish
Alfred Neyes
Rey
Philadelphia
Local market recap shows turkey prices drop to 13 14 cents
Wholesale turkey prices fell again on Saturday to 13 and 14 cents per pound while other poultry butter and eggs held steady. Bacon extras rose to 264 percent cents and bacon bellies 14-16 pounds to 29 cents. Dry salt bellies 14-16 pounds up to 274 cents. Corn and oats rose one cent per bushel in car lots with white corn 1.89 a bushel mixed corn 1.83 and oats 1 cent. No changes in wholesale prices for fruits vegetables groceries seeds or mill products.
Cattle Market Steady Nationwide as Hogs Dip
UNION STOCK YARDS June 23 The northern cattle market held steady at all centers while hogs were weak and generally lower, worst at Fort Worth with a 10 to 16 cent drop. Sheep remained steady and local cattle trade was dull with receipts of cattle calves hogs and other stock listed for city trade.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth
Shippers Market Prices and Commodity Rates
Saturday market roundup shows eggs steady at 32 33 cents per dozen after commissions, butter steady with Texa Loomery at 82 380 per pound and country at 25 30. Poultry falls, hens at 15 160 per 100 pounds, old roosters 11 12 cents, large springs 25 28 cents, medium springs 22 23, small springs 20 21, broilers 2.59 3.00 per dozen, turkeys 18 14 cents per pound, geese 89.00 10.0 per dozen. summaries reflect price ranges for shippers and retailers.
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Texa Loomery
Market Report from AGO Telegraph June 25
Quotations show Butter higher at 33 37 cents, Eggs unsettled with 19 007 cases receipts. Firsts 29 30 cents, ordinary firsts 27 to 28 cents. Potatoes lower with 30 car receipts Arkansas and Oklahoma priced 3.15 to 3.30, old receipts 5 cars not quoted. Poultry alive lower with fowls 19 19 1/2 cents.
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Arkansas
Oklahoma
Market Report Cattle Hogs and Sheep Steady
Fort Worth cattle receipts 1200 steady with no quotations. Hogs receipts 1000, market 19 to 20 cents higher. Sheep receipts 600 steady.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Market Quotations From Kansas City June 23
Quotations today show butter at 8 cents for firsts 35 cents for creamery firsts 235 cents for seconds 32 cents for jacking 30 cents. Eggs listed at 20 cents for firsts. Poultry prices include hens 17 cents roosters 13 cents and broilers 2 cents. New potatoes priced at 2 dollars 50 cents per bushel.
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Kansas City
Chicago Market Receipts and Prices June 23
Chicago til June 23 reports receipts and price ranges for hogs and cattle. Hogs show varied classes with light to heavy weights trading from 14.50 to 18.05. Cattle receipts near 1000 with native beef at 8.50 to 13.80, stockers 6.90 to 10.00, cows and heifers 5.75 to 11.75, calves 11.60 to 16.75. Sheep receipts 10,000 with wethers 9.15 to 12.00, ewes 11.00 to 16.75, lambs 14.50 to 19.00.
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Til
Abbiene
Tex
Amarillo
Tex. Ga
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Brownsville
Corpus’ Christi
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Louisville
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Newark
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Elgin Butter Market Holds Steady in Ill June Trade
In Elgin Illinois on June 23 butter was quoted at 37 cents asked and 364 cents bid with no sales recorded.
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Elgin, Ill
Kansas City Live Stock Receipts and Prices Tone
Kansas City market report shows receipts of 700 dogs 1500 cattle and 2000 sheep. Prices quoted include bulk cattle and dressed beef steers with ranges from 9.50 to 18.50, cows 5.06 to 11.00, heifers 8.60 to 13.00, lambs 16.00 to 19.10, yearlings 11.00 to 15.00, wethers 9.00 to 11.50, and stockers 7.00 to 13.25. Market described as steady across categories.
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Kansas City
Southern
Provision Markets Local Packing House Quotations
Local packing house quotes for Saturday list dry salt extras at 24c and bacon extras at 26c. Dry salt bellies 14 to 16 pounds average 27 4 cents, fancy breakfast bacon 40c, fancy home 28c, bacon bellies 14 1/2 pounds average 28c, pure lard 23 1/2c, compound 19c, American cheese 29c per pound.
Quotations Market Movements From Chicago Session
In Chicago quotes for Park and Lord show open high low and close figures for June and September deliveries. Prices move within narrow ranges with near term and deferred contracts showing modest gains and slight pullbacks in late trading.
Rice market steady with no sales in New Orleans report
New Orleans June 23 rough and clean rice remained strong with no sales and quotes unchanged. Receipts rough 355 sacks millery 335 clean 1102 pockets reported, indicating steady market activity despite producer inventories.
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New Orleans
Coffee futures steady as Rio No. 7 leads gains
New York June 23 report shows No. 7 Rio coffee at 9 percent, with futures quiet. September futures at 7.73 and December at 7.80 reflect limited activity in a subdued market.
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New York
Rio
Market Report St Louis Livestock Prices June 23
Receipts 4500 hogs and 1300 cattle with steady to lower bids. Hog prices ranged 5 to 10 cents lower with lights at 12.25, mixed and butcher grades 12.25 to 15.85, bulk 12.25 to 16.75. Native steer bids show 7.50 to 13.50 for beef cattle, yearlings 8.50 to 13.25, cows 6.00 to 10.50, stockers 6.00 to 9.50, prime southern steers 3.00 to 12.25, beef cows 4.25 to 9.00, native calves 6.00 to 15.00. Sheep receipts none. market nominal. Clipped lambs 13.00 to 16.50, clipped ewes 9.00 to 10.00, spring lambs 15.00 to 19.00, canners 5.00 to 6.50, choppers 7.00 to 7.50.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Prime Southern
Anthrax appears in Nebraska cattle in two counties
Lincoln Neb June 23 Anthrax has appeared among cattle in Furness and Madison counties Neb according to state veterinarians Two herds one afflicted last year have been quarantined Ten head have died.
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Lincoln
Neb
Furness
Madison Counties
Golf and aviation clash in wartime dinner tale
Aero Club of America president Alan R Hawley defends an attacked aeroplane amid a joke laden scene in New York. A farmer in a golf field is struck by a ball and quarrels with a golfer over cash as the crowd reacts in a humorous exchange captured by the Chicago News.
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Alan R. Hawley
The
Aero Club of America
New York
Chicago
Lost Chicken Dinner at Central Station Stuns Police
A Saturday dawn tale ends with detectives dining on Rhode Island Red hens. A watchman halted a fleeing man after a pistol shot, dropping a suitcase of eight to nine hens whose heads were removed. The birds were later claimed by a local coop owner during a spontaneous police lunch.
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Central Headquarters
Southern Pacific Railway
Rhode Island
W. G. Furman
Carson Street
Conversation and News Freely Discussed
A Washington Star exchange mocks censorship urging openness in public discourse. Miss Cayenne questions restraint while noting the danger of silence, arguing the most reckless talker is the one who cannot grasp what is being discussed.
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Miss Cayenne
Washbington Star
New York Bank Statement Shows Reserve Excess Falls
The New York clearing banks and trust companies report an excess reserve of 41,827,230, down 2,223,562 from last week. Loans total 3,760,169,000, down 64,826,000. circulation 29,669,000, up 26,000. total deposits 1,008,915,100, down 25,208,600. State banks in Greater New York show deposits at 1,008,915,100 with declines, and ventures in specie and tenders."
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New York
Federal Reserve Bank
United States de Aite Pees
Cotton Region Bulletin for Houston District Weather
Temperatures throughout the Houston district are seasonable with day readings up to the high hundreds in the north and western areas. Scattered light showers occurred in eastern Alabama, southern Georgia, southern South Carolina and a few stations elsewhere. Allen Buell, Meteorologist, Weather Bureau.
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Gamereklahoma
Exas
Alabama
Georgia
South Carolina
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Save Cans and Jars Urged for War Time Use
Mrs. J L Landrum of the Agriculture Department urges Texas housewives to save not only cans but cream jars and other containers for canning. The measure is pitched as a war effort to conserve resources amid shortages and wartime needs.
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Austin
Tex
Texas
J. L. Landrum
Woman's Economic Division
Department of Agriculture
Stock Market Shows General Advances
New York June 23 Moderate irregularity opened trading before prices firmed on short covering and hopeful government price regulation. War shares led gains while United States Steel, Bethlehem Steel, Crucible, Baldwin Locomotive, Mexican Petroleum and Saxon Motors moved. Closing was strong with about 350,000 shares traded and Liberty bonds widely dealt.
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Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
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Mil & St. Paul Sue
Chi, I. & Pac
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Crucible Steel
Krie . Ee
General Electric
General Motors
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Great Northern Ore Ct
Gulf State Steel
Illinois Central
Inspiration Copper i
Int. Mere, Marine
Int. Mere
Marine Pf
International Nickel
International Paper
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Kennecott Copper
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New York Nevada Consolidated
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Ohio Cities Gas
Mosahessads Laiee
Pennsylvan Tent Een
Ray Consolidated Copper
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New York
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Crucible
Baldwin Locomtive
Sinclair Oil
Saxon Motors
Stock Exchange
Ohio
Liberty S
Money markets report San Antonio Saturday pesos quotes
Trading in Mexican money in San Antonio Saturday was at the following quotations. See Sus National Bank notes escoe 16 Bank of London and Mex. 14 i.
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San Antonio
Escoe
Bank of London
Mex
Financial market roundup from New York on June 23
Mercantile paper quoted at 5 5 percent. Sterling 60 day bills 472, commercial 60 day bills on banks 471 percent, 472 percent for commercial 60 days. Demand 475 percent. Cable transfers Guilders demand 415-16, cables 41 percent. Bar silver 78 cents. Mexican dollars 61 percent. Government bonds strong, railroad bonds irregular.
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New York
Mercantile Paper
Market rates and precious metal prices in London
London reports include bar silver at 39 percent per ounce and money at 4 1 4 percent. Discount rates are listed as 4 percent for short bills and three month bills.
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London
Copper Market Quiet in New York Trade June 23
The copper market in New York remained quiet with no business activity. Spot and nearby deliveries were quoted from 33.00 to 34.00, with later months from 29.50 to 32.00 through the year end. Iron prices were unchanged.
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New York
Turpod Firm Reports Mixed Sales and Receipts in Savannah
Savannah reports show Turpod firm with 29 sales totaling 182 receipts 921. Calment stock 19 4663 and resin firm 1139 receipts 2656 shipments 27. Data includes various figures and partial entries, listing stock and shipments amid unclear context in June notes from Savannah.
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