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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Mar 12, 1917
Page
9
Colder conditions linger in the northwest while Tuesday remains generally fair with rain confined to the extreme east. The north and west portions trend colder with reduced visibility and light to moderate precipitation possible in exposed areas.
The 1917 ordinance by the City of San Antonio establishes a business district for motor buses and prohibits new jitney licenses within the district. It allows license reissue for back and forth routes to Camp Wilson and the post office and outlines penalties for violations. It repeals portions of a 1915 ordinance and enables temporary bus operation if streetcar service fails, with specific route adjustments and surrender procedures.
The daily spot cotton prices show middling grades at several markets. San Antonio and Houston quote around 17.35 and 18.00 per unit, with New York near 18.90 and New Orleans around 28.61 amid varying sales.
The cotton market began the week with gains fueled by Liverpool buying and dry western weather. In New York prices rose early then steadied after a brief dip, New Orleans showed steady activity aided by a spot inquiry, and San Antonio spots reached 17.36c as the market closed higher in New York. News of President Wilson’s illness prompted afternoon liquidation in New Orleans.
The New York cotton market opened firmer with Liverpool strength and well-connected buyers driving gains. May held near 18.10, October around 16.99, March up 33 points from Saturday, while overall activity cooled after the morning surge and prices ended steady.
New York cotton futures opened firm on March 12 with March at 18.38 and May 18.00, July 17.85, October 16.98 and December 17.05. Rallies through the session pushed closes 3 to 15 points higher amid varied intra day highs and lows.
Classified note advertising sale of real estate space in the Dallas Times Herald explains rates per word and insertion details. Mentions advance payment with stamps and pricing tiers for large and small ads.
H J Benson advertises several four and five room homes near Navarro and Crockett with painting and papering included. Prices range 1500 to 1800 with time payments and cash discounts. Five room cottage listed at 1800 with 200 cash and 20 monthly payments. Also offers a four room bungalow in Denver Heights with 25 cash and 12 monthly payments.
Fragmentary OCR notes reference an eleven oclock call and Liverpool opening on a Tuesday with figures and dates scattered. Mentions New York call and various numerical entries but lacks clear events or outcomes.
In New Orleans on March 12 better cables and lack of rain in western belts spurred cotton buying. Prices rose 15 to 22 points early, with a steady market amid light offerings and rising spot inquiry. A later pullback trimmed gains to 8 to 14 points as trading paused at noon amid illness rumors about President Wilson.
New Orleans reports the cotton market opening steady with March at 17.77 May 17.49 July 17.39 October 16.53 December 16.60. Futures closed 7 to 138 points higher with varied quotes for months and grades across the session.
Cotton prices quoted on the Liverpool market show good middling at 12.194 pence per pound and middling around 12.29 pence. Speculation receipts are listed at 47,000 bales with marked activity despite uncertain demand.
Futures firm data show daily quotations with intermonth contracts across March to next March. Prices listed include 4d for March 11 and various decimal figures for successive rolling futures from March-April to February-March, ending with 10.67d for March-April.
New York March 12 futures markets show coffee No 7 old crop quiet with May at 7.48 and July at 7.64 per cent.
New York sugar market report shows firm raw sugar with centrifugal at 5.39 dollars per unit and molasses at 4.52. Sugar refiners steady with various product quotes including cut leaf 8c, mould A 7.50, cubes 7.50, powdered 7.15, 7.10, fine granulated 7c, diamond A 7c, confectioners A 6.99, No. 1 6.85.
New York reports from March 12 indicate Joseph Hartigan, city commissioner, said telegrams sent to agriculture and food and markets commissioners in 36 states elicited responses from producers and shippers offering millions of pounds of vegetables. Prices quoted would yield retailers a fair profit while allowing ongoing undercutting of the current market.
Observations recorded at 8 a m on Monday March 12 1917. Wind under 10 mph and precipitation under .01 inch not measured. Allen Buell meteorologist Weather Bureau signs.
County assessor Bert V Huth adopting a new plan with County Tax Collector John A Bitter to render property in Bexar county. During Oct 1916 to Jan 1917 Bitter recorded names and addresses of non residents who paid taxes and Huth sent rendition blanks for owners to list property and swear to it before a notary. Replies are arriving and properties are rendered for taxation with correct owner addresses.
Chicago reports a mixed wheat market as fears of a railroad strike ease slightly. Rain in Kansas and snow in Nebraska shift sentiment to bearish, with May and July futures dropping from opening bids to lower close amid weak export demand and broader commodity declines.
Chicago on March 12 reports wheat at No 2 red 1.88 1.88 percent, No 2 hard 1.90 1.93, corn No 2 yellow about 1.10, oats standard 60 61, barley 1.03 1.32.
The wholesale egg price fell by one cent while Texas country candled eggs sell for 22 to 23 cents a dozen. Butter poultry and other items held steady. Strawberries dropped a dollar to six per crate of 24 pints and Florida grapefruit eased to four dollars per box. No changes in fresh vegetables pros geed s grains or mill products.
Jobbers public prices to retailers or shippers with commissions and futures. Butter steady with Texas creamery at 30 to 34 cents per pound and country 25 to 28 cents. Poultry values range from hens 6 to 9 dollars, friers 6 to 7 dollars, broilers 3.60 to 4.00, turkeys 23 to 24 cents per pound, ducks 7 to 8 dollars per dozen, geese 12 to 16 dollars.
Quotations reported in CITICAGO show butter unchanged and creamery at 23 40c. Receipts total 7442 cases with firsts 26c and ordinary firsts 25 25%c. Potatoes lower with 60 cars. White potatoes ranged from 2.10 to 2.40 in various states. live poultry higher with fowls at 21 ½ cents and springs at 21¾ cents.
Kansas City market prices listed March 12 include butter at 42c for creamery and 41c to 38c for grades, eggs at 25c, poultry with hens at 19c and turkeys at 26c, roosters 15c, potatoes at 2.35 per cwt.
A condensed market note lists dry salt bacon products with various quotes. Items include dry salt extras at 20 cents, bacon extras 21.5 cents, dry salt bellies 14-16 pounds at 21.5 cents, fancy breakfast bacon 33 cents, fancy hams 25 cents, bacon bellies 14-16 pounds at 23 cents, Pure lard 21.5 cents, compound 16.5 cents, and American cheese 9 cents per pound.
Market quotations from Chicago show various price readings with highs and lows for listed securities. The data includes figures like 18.87 17.47 33.00 and a closing value around 83.10, reflecting intraday movement and end of session status for the ticker set.
At Union Stock Yards on March 12 the northern cattle market held steady while hogs were generally weak, with price gaps from steady to 15 cents lower across St. Louis Fort Worth and other markets. Sheep remained near steady as receipts remained heavy. hogs in local San Antonio trade moved higher locally.
Brigadier Stillwell of the Salvation Army, supervisor of homes for women and children in the southwest, will speak at 8 15 Monday evening at the Salvation Army hall 715 East Houston street. The public is invited. This address ends a San Antonio speaking series.
Advertisement for attorney at law J F Carl based in the 521 Bedell Building seeks clients. Contact Crockett 1250 for legal services and inquiries.
An assorted page of modest ads includes A Bar Plumbing guiding defense prep, OConnell Loan Co offering collateral loans with window display, Horace E Wilson lawyer at State Bank Building, Cr 8281, car hire services Cr 7500 at $1.50.
Two white men were arrested by Police Captain Brown at 11 45 p m Sunday night near Fort Sam Houston for selling liquor on Sunday. The cases will be transferred to county authorities.
Leggs Butter and Poultry advertises top prices for any amount of poultry eggs and butter this week. Produce shippers are urged to write phone or wire to Kansas City Produce Co ady.
Fort Worth Kentucky cattle market shows receipts of 6240 with steady prices. Steers 7.00 to 10.00, stockers 6.50 to 8.76, heifers 7.50 to 16.50, cows 4.50 to 8.00, calves 4.59 to 10.50. Hog receipts 12000. bulk 12.50 to 14.20, top 14.30. Sheep receipts 7500. lambs 13.00 to 14.00, yearlings 12.00 to 13.60, wethers 19.00 to 10.50, ewes 9 to 10, goats 4.50.
Classified notice from Crockett listing furnished rooms boarding and apartments available for rent with prices 8c and 5c per line. Printer Dullins Printing Co at 131 Losoya St Crockett 33338 runs the ad as an advertisement.
A wartime style advertisement proclaims disease germs as the great enemy and argues that its plumbing system offers the most effective weapon against them. The message frames sanitation and plumbing as crucial to public health and combatting illness.
On March 12 Chicago recorded hogs receipts of 64 000 with a slow market and varied prices for different hog classes. Cattle receipts 13 000 with a firm market showing native beef cattle at 8.70 to 12.50 and calves 9.50 to 13.25. Sheep receipts 23 000 with a weak market as wethers sold 11.00 to 12.35 and lambs 12.40.
In St. Louis on March 12 receipts and quotations show hogs at 13,000 with steady market and prices from 14.55 to 15.15 for various weights and types. Cattle receipts 9300 with steady market. native beef steers from 7.50 to 11.60, cows 5.50 to 10.00, stockers 5.50 to 9.50, beef cows 4.25 to 4.00, prime yearling beasts 7.50 to 10.00. Sheep receipts 1000, Lambs 13.00 to 14.90, ewes 9.50 to 12.00, yearlings 12.5 to 13.5.
The third practice shoot of the San Antonio Police Rifle Club will be held Tuesday at 12 30 PM over the 300 yard Brackenridge Park range. Commissioner Uhr ordered police captains to notify members of their shifts.
Otto Zoller listed with an office transit number 2014 and a residential transit reference 2926 in an advertisement style notice.
Kansas City trading for March 12 shows Wheat May not listed Ortiz July at 1.49, September 1.3915. Corn May 1.04, July 1.04, September 1.02. Market notes indicate small shifts across contracts.
Metals show varied activity with copper holding firm and spellers quiet. East St Louis delivery and spot prices for electrolytic copper hover around quoted ranges. tin remains firm with spot around fifty four dollars.
The case of C. W. Dickens charged by indictment with killing John Dubeck on January 7 1917 was resumed Monday morning in the Thirty seventh District Court after a postponement due to the absence of a material witness.
In St Louis on March 12 quotations show No 2 red at 2.04 dollars, No 2 hard at 1.93, No 2 at 1.10, No 2 white oats at 61 to 62 cents, No 2 white nominal. The figures reflect daily grain market activity with several grades listed.
The New York market notes extraordinary pressure on steel mills with capacity pre empted into late 1918 and mid 1919. Advances include 4 per ton on wrought steel and iron 5 on light section rails 7 on soft steel bars 10 on structural shapes and 15 on tank plates. Contracts show 78000 tons of heavy rails and 172 locomotives ordered by domestic roads. Cunard line places another 13 990 000 ship contract.
London market prices show lead at 50 pounds 10 shillings, spelter 47 pounds, spot copper 135 pounds 10 and a half, electrolytic 151 pounds, spot tin 200 pounds 5 shillings, futures 199 pounds 15 shillings. Lead quoted at 130 pounds 10 shillings.
The Norwegian steamer Storstad, in relief service for Belgium, was shelled by a submarine off southern Ireland. After signaling and submerging, the vessel was torpedoed while stationary. all crew were rescued except the fourth engineer who died of exposure. One American crew member was among the survivors.
Print cloths, convertibles and sheetings were active with substantial forward orders. Prices firm or higher per yard, wearables and wash goods steady, duck markets strong, cottons easing in some jobbers, yarns steadier, knit goods firm as spring demand rises. costs of production cited by mills.
A letter mailed in Dallas on August 4, 1904, to the Denton County Court with subpoenas for J. C. Hicks and J. A. Smith related to a horse trading trial was received in Denton. The envelope note said the letter was found Saturday by a railway mail clerk wedged in a mail car crack.
Receipts and quotations listed for hogs cattle and sheep in Kansas City. Hogs showing bulk prices around 14.00 to 14.90 with pigs near 11.26, cattle receipts about 15,000 with prime fed steers 11.50 to 12.00 and cows 5.50 to 9.00, sheep receipts 7,000 and lambs 12.00 to 14.75 with yearlings at 13.00 to 13.65 and wethers 11.50 to 12.50.
Ian Dan Lewis attorney at law provides office at 414 15 Kampmann Building Travis 6413 and can be reached for legal services.
County commissioners inspected a sample of a county road signpost contracted for erection. The board will carry road names and mileage to San Antonio with a white arrow indicating direction. About 450 miles of improved roads in Bexar county may feature these signboards.
In Chicago on March 12 semi panicky trading pushed wheat prices down by as much as 7 cents a bushel from Saturday. May delivery slipped to 1.79 5 8 and closed around 1.80 1 8 to 1.80 8 8. Weakness stems from railway strike fears, improving Western crop conditions and weak export demand.
The dialogue presents a humorous exchange between a judge and a character named Raggles Honest. The Columbus Citizen voice suggests a satirical or fictional courtroom scene with playful mispronunciations and a casual cadence. The piece centers on questioning past arrests in a theatrical manner.
A female inventor receives a patent for a post hole digging tool featuring a hinged scoop to lift and remove large amounts of earth from a hole, improving efficiency for fence and sign installation.
An engaged man discusses marriage with his friend. The friend notes Miss Richley has money but is exacting. The man counters that marriage would force him to give up smoking and drinking, while remaining unsure if he would have to give up eating alan.
Riebe's Jewelry Store at 306 Main Ave stands as a bargain option a block from rising prices with store front appeal and local shopper interest noted in the article.
The Overland Auto Livery changes hands and lists new Jeffery and Chandler cars. Immediate service with polite drivers who know the area. Rates range from 1.50 to 2.00 per hour and trips start at 25 cents. Phone numbers: All phones 4100.
Hertzberg and Kercheville attorneys at law operate from the 605 610 Brady Building offering legal services.
Jack White assistant manager of the Gun ter Hotel has been in Physicians' and Surgeons' Hospital for several weeks recovering from an illness. He is now reported to be back at work and recuperating.
New York traders resumed activity with advances of 1 to 4 points in many stocks as rails showed gains and coppers and industrials dipped. United States Steel varied on large offerings while tobacco led notable gains in late trading. The final hour saw heavy selling across industrials shippings and specialties, ending the day clearly weak.
Time spans steady with 60 and 90 days at 3 percent quoted for call money. Rates show 2 percent across the board with high and low 2 percent and closing bids at 2 percent.
New York on March 12 reports mercantile paper at 4 4% and 7 Sterling with sixty day bills at 471. Commercial 60 day bills on banks at 471 and 470% for other bills. Demand and cable quotes show 470 to 476 7-16. Guilders listed at 4041 and 40% cables. Mexican dollars at 68¢. Government bonds steady while railway bonds show irregular trading.
A teacher asked for an essay on London. A pupil’s draft criticized the city as “noted to their stupidity,” then corrected with “Please, Miss.” The scene highlights confusion between phrases and proper usage in the class.
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