Stocks Rise Amid Active Buying In New York
New York March 12 The covering movement pushed stocks higher earlier with gains to two to six points from the week’s low. Initial enthusiasm faded as the market dulled and some realization trimmed advances. Canadian Pacific led with over three points, others like Union Pacific Northern Pacific and Reading gained. Call money rose to 5 percent, bearing pressure increased and the close was heavy.
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New York
Andon
Cadian Pacific
Union Pacific
Thern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Staul
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Can
Doherty & Co Offer $3.5 Million in Gas Securities Convertible Notes
Henry L Doherty & Co announces a public offering of 3.5 million dollars of one year 6 percent convertible gold notes of Gas Securities Co dated March 10 and due March 10 1914. Notes convertible into Utilities Improvement Co preferred and common stock if exercised before May 10 1913 with a 30 percent common stock bonus. later conversions incur a 1 percent monthly bonus reduction. Subscriptions require 10 percent cash plus balance on allotment, with noon March 20 deadline at 60 Wall Street New York.
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New York
Henry L. Doerty & Company
Fe Gas Securities Co
Utilities Improvement Co
Henry L. Doherty & Co
Wall Street
8 Securities Co
Utilities Imvement Co
Ces
Acpents Utilities Improvement Co
Doherty Properes
Money on Call Rates Steady Amid Closing Bid Range
In New York on March 12 money on call stayed near the ruling rate, with bids at 4% and offers at 5%. Time loans showed strength for 60 and 90 days around 5% with six month loans around 5 to 5 1/2 percent.
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New York
Copper and metals steady in New York market update
Copper prices show a steady tone with spot at 12.45 dollars and March at 12.42 75. April June contracts range around 14.25 to 15.12, casting near 14.75, weak spot 16.00. Lead holds around 4,804.40, spelter steady 6.35 to 6.45, antimony at Cookson's 9.25 to 49.40. iron remains irregular and unchanged.
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New York
Market Summary from New York March 12
The latest market note from New York shows prime mercantile paper at 514 percent, sterling exchange soft. Bills trade around 4.88.2 for 60 days and 4.87.40 for demand, with miscellaneous bills at 4.83. Bar silver quoted at 57 1 2 cents and Mexican dollars at 48. Bond prices are firm, including railroad issues.
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New York
Igamaereas
London Financials Report March 12
Consols for money by for account 73 percent. Bar silver easy at 26 18 16 cents per ounce. Money 4 percent. Discount rate short bills 8 percent. Three months bills at 4 15 16 percent.
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London
Paris
Paris financial quotes and critique at club dinner
Paris markets report francs and rentes with small gains as three per cent yields, while St. Louis metal prices show Boelter at 6.25 dollars. A club discussion contrasts discretion and valor with a New Year dinner choice and a joke about tipping. The piece ends noting color photographs by TT Photographers in Lyons using flashlight powders.
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Christas
Weather Bureau Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas
Explanatory notes from the Weather Bureau show air pressure and temperature charts. For San Antonio and vicinity the forecast calls for unsettled conditions with rain tonight or Thursday, and colder change expected in northwest portions on Thursday.
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San Antonio
Vicinity
East Texas
Wheat Starts Firm as Short Buying Offsets Early Decline
Chicago reports wheat opening lower then firming on short buying. May futures near 89¢, pork futures climb with May hogs at 20.70 to 20.75. Corn steady, oats improve, and cattle prices support hogs as export trade activity lifts sentiment.
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Chicago
Ill
Chicago cash grain quotes and pricing update
Quotations show cash wheat at 1.00 to 1.04, No 2 hard 88 to 90 1/4 cents, No 1 northern around 88 1/2 cents, spring oats about 88 to 90 cents, velvet chaff at 88 to 90 cents, corn No 2 white 51 1/2 cents, No 2 yellow around 0. Oats No 3 32 cents, No 1 white oats 32 4 to 85 1/4 cents.
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Chicago
Grain Quotations From Kansas City and St Louis
Quotations today show various bids for corn oats and wheat on March 12 in Kansas City and St Louis. Notable prices include Wheat No 2 red 1.09 to 1.11 1 4 in St Louis Corn No 2 white 51 cents in St Louis Oats No 2 32 to 34 cents both cities. May and July futures cited for each grain.
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Kansas City
ST. Louis
Marriage Licenses Granted to Four Couples
Anthony De Caristo and Ardath Ronai. Louis Landau and Pepi Rosenwasser received marriage licenses as listed in the public records.
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Anthony de Caristo
Ardath Ronai
Louis Landau
Pepi Rosenwasser
Local Guests Filling San Antonio Hotels
A flurry of visitors from across the United States check in at the city’s hotels. Names include Newell B. Wallace from Detroit at the St Anthony, Mrs. Will Hussey of Waco at the Bexar, and J. C. Gilkins of New York at the St Anthony, among many others.
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Newell B. Wallace
Detroit
St. Anthony Hotel
Will Hussey
Waco
Bexar Hotel
R. A. Stone
W. L. Coleman
Georgetown
Tex
Crockett
W. W. Dinas
St. Louis
Gunter Hotel
H. H. Field
Lockhart
Savoy Hotel
G. W. Nellis
San Francisco
Cal
Menger
J. L. Garland
Bowie Hotel
W. F
J. M. Pettus
D. A. Lott
Goliad
J. C. Gilkins
New York
Enthia Morris
Beaumont
Bowie
Charles L. Smith
A. P. Phillips
Atlanta
R. W. Anglin
Harlingen
Savoy
J. B. Jennings
J. M. Murphy
Gonzales
Bexar
John McKay
M. Maloney
M. Powers of
Palestine, Tex
St. Anthony
Ruth Denman
R. C. Boettcher
Schulenburg
Menger Hotel
Otis K. Hamblen
Houston
Gunter
W. H. Kuykendall
Liano
B. A. Grieseenbeck
George Dunstan
Carl Sparks
Shreveport
Kathryn Bell
Della Morris
Stuttgart
Ark
Marine Intelligence Galveston March 12 Arrivals and Clearances
Shipping news records arrivals and clearances with vessels such as Counsellor Belize Viking Progreso Ciboa Santa Mateo El Occidente New York Paul Palmer and others. Port movements include steamers and schooners between Galveston and various ports including Bremen Boston Liverpool Queenstown and New York with multiple dates cited.
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Galveston
Tex
Counsellor
Belize
Viking
Progreso
Ciboa
Santa Mateo
el Occidente
New York
Paul Palmer
Tampa
Copenhagen
United States
Liberal cow supply eases into strong market at Fort Worth
Cattle sold on an active market with beef steers up to 10 cents higher. Cows 4.50 to 6.25, bulls 4.50 to 6.00, calves 4.50 to 8.00. Hogs active, tops 8.90 with bulk around 8.60 to 8.85. Sheep steady, mixed stock 5.65, feeder sheep 4.75. receipts 800 cattle, 3500 hogs, 350 sheep.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Kansas City Market Receipts and Quotations Report
Kansas City market prices rise across livestock categories with large receipts. Cattle receipts near 4500 including 300 southern cattle. southern steers range 6.50 to 8.25, southern cows and heifers 4.25 to 7.25. Hogs receipts 10,000. heavy 8.45 to 8.60, packers and butcher meats 8.55 to 8.75, pigs 7.25. Sheep receipts 8000. muttons 5.00 to 6.75, Colorado lambs 8.26, yearlings 6.75 to 6.756.
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Kansas City
Attle
Colorado
Market Report for Livestock in St Louis
Receipts total 2200 cattle including 200 Texans with higher markets. Native beef steers 5.75 to 9.10, Texas Oklahoma steers 5.25 to 8.25, cows and heifers 3.75 to 6.50, calves in carload lots 5.00 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 9000, market steady. Pigs and lights 6.75 to 9.00, mixed and butchers 8.85 to 9.00, good heavy 6.85 to 9.60. Sheep receipts 6500, market steady. Muttons 5.56 to 6.75, lambs 7.00.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Market summary of livestock and grain receipts in Chicago
Chicago reports receipts totaling 23 000 hogs with varied bids from 8.20 to 9.00 for different grades and 11 500 cattle with firm market. Reeves 7.15 to 9.15, Texas steers 6.00 to 7.00, western steers 6.60 to 7.90, stockers 6.00 to 8.00, veals 3.50 to 8.00, calves 7.00 to 1.00. Sheep receipts show a strong market with natives 6.00 to 7.10, yearlings 7.25 to 8.25, native lambs 8.00 to 9.1.
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Chicago
Soo
Reeves
Texas
Burial Permits Listed For Three Local Residents
Mrs. Fannie Almeta Hahn aged 48 died March 10 at 516 North San Marcos street. Susanne Basel aged 88 died March 10 at 183 Cedar street. Arthur Watts aged 27 died March 10 at 1010 Victoria street.
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Fannie Almeta Hahn
North San Marcos Street
Susanne Basel
Cedar Street
Arthur Watts
Victoria Street
Births Recorded for Dozens of Local Families
A list of births on March 2 through March 9 includes boys and girls born to couples at Monterey Street Lakeview Avenue Lubbock Street and other addresses. Parents include Otto Brown A McDonald Bowen Wray Vogt Brooks Morielli Harding Solis Mayfield Krause Vela and Scharrack.
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Otto Brown
Monterey Street
A. McDonald
Lakeview Avenue
John Bowen
Lubbock Street
Tom Wray
Arzamora Street
Max Vogt
North
San Jacinto Street
E. R. Brooks
Lewis Street
G. Morielli
Matamoras Street
R. G. Harding
West Johnson Street
Dan Solis
Bank Street
R. E. Mayfield
North Comal Street
E. R. Krause
Water Street
John Vela
South Laredo Street
Meyer Scharrack
South Center Street
Automobile Licenses Listed For Walker Strune Bluitt
The notice lists licenses numbers 88382 A for M. Walker at Gunter building 3333 Ford Sales Co. on 720 East Houston, 3834 for P J Strune at 202 Eighth Street, 3385 for H J Bluitt at R F D No. 2.
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A. M. Walker
Gunter Building
Ford Sales Co
East
Houston Street
P. J. Strune
Eighth Street
H. J. Bluitt
Texas Cotton Acreage Upbeat Sparks Mixed Market Drift
New York cotton opened steady to firmer on March 12 as buyers and short covers emerged amid rumors of a five percent Texas acreage increase and favorable eastern belt crop outlooks. Prices fluctuated with imports from Liverpool and Wall Street activity, easing to a modest net decline by late forenoon.
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New York
Liverpool
Wall Street
Texas
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady as Rain Fears Damp Demand
New Orleans March 12 Cotton futures opened steady to one point up from yesterday's close. Weather maps show heavy rain across the belt stirring fears of delayed new crop work. By midmorning selling intensified, with prices slipping 6 to 6 points from yesterday's close. Active months posted a net decline around noon.
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New Orleans
Shorts
Cotton futures end steady with small decline
Cotton futures closed steady but finished the session down 5 to 7 points. The market displayed mixed open, high, low, and close figures across the contract months from March through December, with minor price variations and slight losses overall.
Liverpool Cotton Prices Rise in Moderate Market
Closing in Liverpool shows moderate business and higher prices. American middling fair reaches 7.3884 and good middling 17.04 with sales totaling 8000 bales, including 1000 for speculation and export and 17700 American. Receipts stand at 1000 bales, with no American purchases.
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Liverpool
Futures open steady and close quiet in Liverpool report
Futures in Liverpool opened steady and finished quiet with contracts for March 6 634 and the April May series around 6.514. The June July 6.49d and July August 6.45%d show slight shifts, with more months including Sept Oct 6.23d and Nov Dec 6.12%4. The Jan Feb 6.10 ed closes the listing.
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New York
Il Ié
Liverpool
Spot cotton prices hold steady in New Orleans market
In New Orleans on March 12 spot cot ton remained quiet and unchanged with middling at 12 percent. Sales totaled 616 bales for immediate delivery with 79 bales to arrive. receipts reached 6607 bales and stock stood at 109,849 bales.
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New Orleans
Cotton Prices Steady Across Memphis and New York Spots
Memphis reports spot cotton quiet with Middling at 12.16 cents. New York spots show Middling Uplands at 12.40 and Middling Gulf at 12.65 with no sales.
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New York
Cotton seed market reports from Memphis and New York
Memphis reports prime basis at 5.40 to 5.44 with meal around 24.50. New York closes firm for cotton seed oil with spot at 6.36 to 6.40 and various March May and July contracts trading between 6.38 and 6.44 amid numerous sales totals.
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Memphis
Tenn
New York
Spot
London Metal Prices Report March 12
Copper firm Spot 65 pounds 5s. Futures 66 pounds 16s. Tin firm Spot 212 pevans sterling Futures 209 pounds sterling. Lead 15 pounds 1s 34. Spelter 24 pounds 10s. Iron Cleveland warrants 628 10%d in London.
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London
Cleveland
Cotton goods markets steady with wash fabrics active
In New York on March 12 the cotton goods markets are quiet overall with jobbers conducting normal business across lines. Wash fabrics show unusual activity in novelty lines signaling selective demand in the period.
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New York
New York Coffee Futures Steady Amid Market Gaps
A terse New York trade note reports coffee futures steady on May and July contracts with May at 11.93 while referencing a 1912 Pennsylvania hunting season in a brief historical aside.
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New York
Uly
Cis
Pennsylvania
Egg Cold Storage Talk Signals Market Shifts in 1918
Local produce circles discuss a 1918 cold storage deal with an expected April egg price near 12 cents a dozen, five cents lower than last year. Commission men offer farmers 13 cents, retailers 15 cents, consumers 20 cents. receipts are abundant and shipments head north as grocers report steady demand and rising meat prices prompt higher pork quotes.
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Commission
Market Quotations From Chicago Produce Trade
Chicago prices show butter steady at 28 36c a pound, eggs firm with receipts 14,440 cases, cheese weak with variations among varieties, and dairy products holding steady on regional offerings. Potatoes trade at steady levels, with arrivals from Michigan Minnesota and Wisconsin ranging 42 49c, while poultry markets soften with dressed turkeys at 2c, live chickens and springs each around 16c.
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Chicago
Ill
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Butter and Cheese Prices and Receipts Report
New York on March 12 reports butter quotations steady with receipts totaling 7458 tabs. Cheese receipts 629 boxes with irregular market. eggs steady at 19 to 20 percent with 23 cases and fresh gathered extras.
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New York
Quotations for Poultry and Butter Return Mixed Prices
St Louis market notes list poultry items with prices for chickens at 14 cents, hens at 16 cents, turkeys 20 cents, ducks 16 cents, geese at 50 cents, and butter creamery at 18 cents per pound amid another unclear entry.
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Louis
Market Update: Butter and Eggs Steady in Kansas City
Kansas City report notes butter and eggs unchanged. Prices listed include roosters eight and a half cents, ducks sixteen and a half cents, and hen eggs at eighteen and a half cents.
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Kansas City
Renee
Rice Market Steady With No Rough Sales In New Orleans
New Orleans reports a steady rice market with no rough sales. Receipts include rough 300 and clean 1412 sacks. Sales show 300 rough Honduras and 400 rough Japan. Quotations list Honduras rough 2 1/2 to 4 3/4 cents per pound, Japan 2 3/4 to 4 1/4, clean Honduras 4 1/2 to 5 1/2, Japan 3 1/2 to 4 1/4.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
New York Markets Report March 12 Sugar and Resources
Raw sugar firm Muscovado 89 test at 3.08, 96 test certififu al at 3.58, molasses sugar 89 test 2.83. Refined steady. Petroleum and molasses steady. Hides quiet. Leather firm.
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New York
Building Permits For Multiple Remodels And Dwellings
L Ward remodal project on Dwyer Avenue valued at 2750 dollars. Fest & Co alterations on South Flores Street valued at 400 dollars. J A Hovel alterations on West Park Avenue valued at 200 dollars. Edwin Eiffer five room dwelling on Paso Hondo Street valued at 400 dollars. A Garza four room dwelling on Guadalupe Street valued at 650 dollars.
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Dwyer Avenue
Fest & Co
South Flores Street
J. A. Hovel
West Park Avenue
Edwin Eiffer
Paso Hondo Street
A. Garza
Guadalupe Street
Harlandale Hot Sulphur Baths Offer Relief
Readers are urged to take a course of Harlandale hot sulphur baths on South Flores Street to ease nervous disorders insomnia and post grip aftereffects. The ad promises medicinal benefits from the waters and suggests riding the South Flores streetcar to reach the baths.
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Harlandale
South Flores Screet
Clearing Wool Bins In Boston March 12 Trade Declines
Heavy trade on declines marks the domestic wool markets. Holders clear bins for the new clip while bids rise. territory wool in demand and nearby fleeces sell well. Bids for the 1912 clip are light. Wisconsin and Missouri fleeces and Kentucky fleeces show various bloodlines with unwashed and scoured prices listed.
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Boston
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kentucky
Texas
Wool Prices Steady in St Louis Market
In St Louis on March 12 wool prices held steady across grades with points for medium opining and clothing 23 to 26 cents per pound, light fine 19 to 21 cents, heavy fine 13 to 18 cents, tub washed 27 3 to 6 cents. Weekly stock figures show 46,519 this day, 60,16 last week, and 1,169,124 last year, with a season deficit of 422,605.
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ST. Louis
Augusta
Memphis
Tenn
St Louis
Houston
Tex
Galveston
Great Britain
France
Sae
Probe death of Rear Admiral Joseph G Whiton
Eaton Norwell Mass march 12 investigation begun after the sudden death of Rear Admiral Joseph Giles Whiton U S S N retired Autopsy shows death from stomach inflammation The sheriff declined comment Admiral Whiton was 65 and had lived on a farm since retirement Los Angeles moves to appoint a committee to draft a new charter
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Norwell
Mass
Joseph Giles Wiaton
Eaton
Live Stock Market Quotes Boost at St Louis Fort Worth
Receipts at Union Stock Yards March 12 include 104 cattle 71 horses and 107 hogs with best cows at 5.25 and calves to 6.60. Hogs sold from 7.50 to 8.00 while St Louis quoted sales up to 9.50. Fort Worth and northern markets held strong with prices near the 9 dollar mark as rain benefits reach Texas pastures.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth
St. Louis
Texas
Real estate transfers across Los Angeles Heights and nearby blocks
A compilation of property transfers dated 1913 to 1918 shows multiple deeds across Los Angeles Heights Gardendale addition Laurel Heights California Gardens and related blocks. Purchasers include Lee J Bogart A Braun H Faber J Fraser Ira Ogden Mollie Cloud and others with amounts from 1 to 6000 and notes for quit claims and sheriff transfers.
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Los Angeles Heights
Hazlewood
F. C. Emison
R. Hunt
J. A. Warren
R. Hun
George T. Bartlett
J. W. Fraser
Alamo Heights
Dl J. Stanley
Fred Steiner
New City
R. T. and
D. Smith
Ira Ogden
Laurel Heights
I. C. Shafer
Louis Dauver
California Gardens
Wallace Rogers
R. T. Smith
E. H. Storms
Mollie Cloud
Denverside
L. J. Weiss
H. H. Shel
Palm Heights Development Co
Mra. de Overboy
W. A. Morris
W. E. and Ware
Powell Street
Hadley Pierce
Mae Pace
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