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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Mar 16, 1917

Page

13

Weather Update Shows Small Daily Rainfall

Trace precipitation recorded on Thursday with normal conditions. Total since January 1 reaches 1.56 inches, with a 2.71 inch deficiency.

San Antonio Ordinance Restricts Local Bus Traffic in Business District

The 1917 measure establishes a defined motor bus district in San Antonio and bans new licenses within it. It alters existing routes and requires surrender for corrected licenses, with exceptions for Camp Wilson and post office routes. Violations carry fines up to 200 dollars per day. Repeals prior motor vehicle for hire rules, preserving older ordinances outside the district.

City of San Antonio South Alamo Nueva Street South Laredo Nueva Streets West Travis Street Travis Street Fourth Street Bowie Street East Commerce Street Ten Lieven Camp Wilson Avenue D Avenue E Houston Street Avenue B Cond Brown Ayor van Antonio Fred Fries

Cotton quotes from principal spot markets listed

Daily quotations from major markets including San Antonio Houston Galveston New York New Orleans Liverpool show middling grade prices for delivered cotton. The record includes sales figures with quantities and prices such as 17.10, 17.75, 18.00 and 12.08 in various units.

San Antonio Houston Galveston New York New Orleans Liverpool Principa

Cotton Market Opens With Slump Amid Russian News

The New Orleans cotton market opened with a heavy decline due to poor cables and the Russian revolution. A rally followed on the decline, prices easing to a moderate net loss. New York opened lower on Russian and strike concerns, later stabilizing near noon. By afternoon sessions, New York showed a firmer tone while New Orleans remained subdued. San Antonio spots priced at 17.10.

Cotton Exchange New Orleans New York San Antonio

New York Cotton Markets Nervous Over Russia and Rail Strikes

The cotton market opened steady but unsettled amid tensions from Russia and a railroad strike threat. May fell to 17.60 and October 16.75, then rallied as Liverpool buying and spot activity offered support. By midday May around 17.70 and October 16.86, with rumors of a cabinet meeting boosting optimism.

New York Russia New Orleans Liverpool

Cotton futures open steady with varied March to December quotes

New York reports futures from March to December showing slight moves. March at 17.65, May 17.86, July 17.45, October 16.29, December 16.84 with closes around unchanged to mixed. Data lists intraday highs and lows across months and notes minor shifts in closing figures.

New York

Cotton Prices in Liverpool Market Report

Liverpool spot cotton eases with good middling at 12.18d and middling 12.08d and low middling 11.90d. Transactions include 6000 bales sold with 500 for speculation and export. Receipts recorded at 20,000 bales.

Liverpool

Futures Slide and Steady Trading in Liverpool Markets

Futures quiet and steady in Liverpool with closing figures for March and a full calendar of spread quotes including March 1.61d and May-June 11.38d. The brief list shows continuous commodity futures trades from March through February, highlighting ongoing market activity.

Liverpool

Weekly Cotton Statistics From Liverpool Market

Liverpool report shows 76 000 bales forwarded to mills with 62 000 American. Stock stands 785 000 with 662 000 American. Imports total 59 000 with 63 000 American. Exports reach 6 000.

Liverpool

Cotton Statistics and Stock Figures Across Ports

Cotton bale totals and stock figures are listed for Galveston Houston New Orleans Ravana Charleston Wilmington Marto and Boston. The data shows yesterday stock 1 2496638 and last year 1453281 with a deficit this season.

Bales Galveston Tex Smouston Ceestea Segees

Eleven O Clock Call Report From New York

Fragmentary New York call data shows numerical quotes around 17.865 ET and 17.49 ARNG with additional figures 16.83 and 16.82, indicating short price or rate readings in the late hours.

New York Close

New Orleans Cotton Prices Fall on Poor Cables and Russia News

Cotton traders dumped contracts as weak cables and political tensions in Russia sparked selling in New Orleans. Prices slipped 19 to 45 points early, then rebounded to a net loss of 3 to 6 points by noon. Trading later slowed due to a railroad labor crisis as prices hovered under yesterday’s close.

New Orleans Russia

Cotton futures open irregular in New Orleans market

Cotton futures opened irregular in New Orleans with May at 17.00, July 16.95, October 16.30, December 16.38, and January 14.45. Futures closed 8 to 14 points lower amid uneven trading. Data lines following appear garbled and unreadable.

New Orleans

Two modern five room cottages for business use

Ad text offers two modern five room cottages close in suitable for place of business or secure notes. Addresses A214 Light LL TT 850 equity in four room bungalow south of Beacon Hill at address A216.

Beacon Hill Aint

Cotton goods hold steady on Thursday market

New York reports on March 16 that cotton goods remained steady with print cloth and yarn goods firm. Yarns stayed steady while wool goods were firm and quiet. raw silk showed more activity at lower prices.

New York

Turpentine and Resin Market Report from Savannah

Turpentine firm shows 44 sales 144 receipts 32 shipments 6 stock 12885. Resin dull with no sales 438 receipts 200 shipments stock 80910. Quotations list grades A through H at 6.00 and wider letters G W 26.20.

Savannah

Weather Bureau Observation for March 16 1917

Observations taken at 8 a.m. Friday March 16 1917. Wind under 10 mph and precipitation under .01 inch not published. Allen Buell, Meteorologist, Weather Bureau.

Allen Buell Weather Bureau

Northern cattle and hog markets show irregular activity

Union Stock Yards report March 16 shows northern cattle varying from strong at Fort Worth to weak at Chicago and hogs from slow at Fort Worth and Chicago to higher at Kansas City and St Louis. Sheep edge up with light receipts. city trade steady to slow.

Fort Worth Chicago Kansas City St. Louis Union Stock Yards

Cattle and Hogs Market Report From Fort Worth

Fort Worth on March 16 reports cattle receipts of 2600 with strong demand. Steers range 6.50 to 9.50, stockers 6.50 to 8.50, heifers 6.50 to 10.00, cows 4.00 to 5.08, bulls 4.25 to 7.00, calves 4.50 to 10.00. Hog receipts 2500 with sluggish trade, bulk 13.50 to 14.00, top 14.30. Sheep receipts 400 with firm market. lambs 13.00 to 14.00, yearlings 12.00 to 13.00, wethers 10.00 to 10.50, ewes 9.00 to 10.00, culls 6.50 to 7.50, goats 4.50 to 7.10.

Fort Worth

Chicago Livestock Prices and Receipts Report

Chicago markets list receipts for hogs cattle and sheep with mixed price ranges. Hogs run 19 000 head slow market bulk 14.66 to 14.90 dollars. cattle 2 000 head weak native beef 9.00 to 12.60. stockers 6.80 to 9.75. cows 5.70 to 10.65. calves 9.75 to 13.75. sheep 8 000 head steady wethers 11.00 to 12.50. lambs 12.35 to 17.00.

Chicago

Market quotes for live hogs cattle and sheep in Kansas City

Kansas City market notes show hog receipts around six thousand with higher values. Bulk hogs 14.35 to 14.86, heavy 14.75 to 14.90, light 14.20 to 14.60, pigs 10.00 to 12.75. Cattle receipts around zero with steady to strong after prime fed steers 11.76 to 12.25 and cows 6.00 to 10.00. Sheep receipts six thousand with lambs 12.00 to 14.60 and yearlings 13.40 to 14.50. wethers 11.50 to 12.50, ewes 9.00 to 11.00.

Kansas City

Live Stock Receipts and Prices Reported in St Louis

Receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep listed with ranges. Hogs midpoints 9.00 to 15.00 per hundredweight. cattle native beef steers 10.50 to 11.75. yearling steers and heifers 8.50 to 11.50. cows 5.51 to 10.00. stockers and feeders 5.75 to 10.00. prime southern beef steers 8.00 to 11.00. beef cows and heifers 4.25 to 9.00. sheep lambs 13.00 to 14.90. ewes 9.50 to 12.00. yearlings 12.25 to 13.50. Receipts: hogs 7000, cattle 1160, sheep 1200. Market tones: hogs and sheep strong, cattle steady.

ST. Louis Texas

Market quotations from Tocal Packing House dealers

Provision market round up with dry salt and bacon extras. Quoted prices include dry salt extras 20 cents and bacon extras 21 1/2 cents, dry salt bellies 14 to 16 pounds 14 1/2 cents, fancy breakfast bacon 33 cents, fancy hams 25 cents, bacon bellies 14-16 pounds 23 1/2 cents, pure lard 21 cents, compound 15 cents, American cheese 9 cents per pound.

Tocal Packing House

Quotations: Market Prices Fluctuate Across Pork and Lard

Chicago quotation notes show pork prices with highs and lows for May and July contracts. Lard figures appear across multiple grades, with fluctuations between highs and lows and spread differences among open and close values.

Texas crop news service expands in Rio Grande Valley

The Department of Agriculture will restart its market news service in the Rio Grande Valley this spring to aid marketing and distribution of the Texas Union crop. Two headquarters are planned at Laredo and Mission, the latter adding cabbage grower assistance, with telegraph and mail reports to reach Texas truck farmers.

Washington, D. C Department of Agriculture Rio Grande Valley Texas Union Laredo Mission Texas

Onion crop movement fuels worry over railway tie up

Laredo Texas March 16 with the million dollar onion crop to be started at month end shippers fear a predicted railway tie up may disrupt shipments and raise concerns over delivery schedules and prices ahead of the harvest.

Laredo Tex

New York Coffee Futures Steady After Rio Report

In New York on March 16, coffee futures showed steady movement despite a Rio report. May futures were at 7.65 and July at 1.75 with bids holding firm for the session.

New York

Wholesale price list for fresh vegetables and fruits

A long list of wholesale prices for fresh produce with prices per hundredweight per crate and per pound. Items include potatoes onions tomatoes cranberries cabbage cauliflower peppers beets carrots radishes asparagus celery turnips rhubarb lettuce eggplant sweet potatoes spinach fresh fruits such as strawberries apples bananas oranges grape fruit lemons limes dried fruits and raisins with various regional origins and unit figures.

California Colorado Oregon Texas Florida Boston Ben Davis Arkansas Commerce Missouri Ll. M Ll. M. Raisins C. L. M. Raisins Peachus

Kate Williams Obituary Passes At 69 In San Antonio

Mrs. Kate Williams 69 died at 12:20 PM Thursday at a local sanitarium. A native of Indiana she moved to San Antonio from Kennendale Texas two months ago. Burial arrangements not yet announced as the body is held by Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company pending word from Indiana relatives.

Kate Williams Indiana San Antonio Kennendale Texas Shelley-Loring Undertaking Company

Wheat market closes irregularly on rail strike talk

Chicago dispatch reports moderate declines in wheat on March 16 as orders for a railway strike loom. Opening prices fell 4 to 24 cents, May at 1.78 to 1.79 and July at 1.54 to 1.65, with late rallies and net declines ranging from fractions to several cents. Provisions rose while corn showed mixed action and oats followed wheat.

Chicago Wilson

Market Quotations for Wheat Corn Oats and Barley

Chicago market report lists cash grain quotes with wheat nominal, corn No 2 yellow at 1.67 and 1.09, oats standard at 58 to 60 cents, and barley from 1.03 to 1.32 per bushel.

Chicago

Market Quotations Report From Kansas City

Kansas City market brief lists grain prices for wheat corn and oats. No. 2 hard wheat at 1.87 to 1.89, No. 2 red 1.83 to 1.88, corn No. 2 mixed 1.08 to 1.09, No. 3 white 1.01 to 1.08, oats No. 2 white 0.62 to 0.61, No. mixed 0.59 to 0.61.

Kansas City

Grain futures close with mixed wheat corn prices

Grain futures prices finished the day with Wheat May at 1.79 percent and July 1.515 percent while September stood at 1.41 percent. Corn ranged from May 1.06 and July 1.05 to September 1.03 percent, all closing values given in Kansas City.

Kansas City

Grain quotations from St. Louis market report

Market notes show wheat prices for No 2 red at 1.94 dollars, No 2 hard 1.9, No 2 white around 1.094, with No 2 oats at 62 cents. The report lists various graded categories and nominal values.

ST. Louis

Funeral for Frank Houghton at Sloan & Hagg Chapel

Funeral services for 63 year old Frank Houghton who died last Wednesday at a local hospital were held 5:30 PM Thursday from the Sloan & Hagg Undertaking Company chapel. Burial followed in Cemetery No 1. Houghton, a Maine native, had lived in San Antonio about seven years and was a carpenter by trade.

Frank Houghton Sloan & Hagg Undertaking Company Houghton Maine San Antonio

Joseph J Gregg, 63, Dies at Home in Waco

Joseph J. Gregg died at his home 100 St John Street Thursday afternoon native of Indiana came from Indianapolis eight years ago. Surviving widow four sons Frank Glenn Gregg W H Elwood Earl Gregg three daughters Mrs H L Helton Mrs F O Downs Ruby Gregg. Services Friday afternoon at Sloan Hagg Funeral Chapel Rev J Porter officiating body sent to Indianapolis for burial.

Joseph J. Gregg St. John Street Indiana Indianapolis Ind Knights of Pythias Frank Glenn Gregg West Virginia W. H. Elwood Earl Gregg San Antonio H. L. Helton Waco F. O. Downs Ruby Gregg Sloan & Hagg Undertaking Company 8. J. Porter First Baptist Church

Funeral for FiveYearOld Leon Morris Held Friday

The funeral for Leon Morris aged five will be at 4 p.m. Friday from Riebe Undertaking Company chapel. Rev J F Lawlis of South Alamo Street Methodist Church will officiate. Pallbearers will be Railway Mail Clerks' Association members. Interment follows at the new Lutheran Cemetery.

Leon Morris Riebe Undertaking Company J. F. Lawlis South Alamo Street Methodist Church Railway Mail Clerks’ Association New Lutheran Cemetery

Funeral for Eddie L. Dupree 16 Drowns at San Pedro Creek

The funeral for Eddie Leon Dupree aged 16 who drowned in San Pedro Creek Thursday afternoon was held at 2 pm Friday at Ludwig Undertaking Company chapel. Burial followed in Cemetery No 1. He is survived by his parents Mr and Mrs Oscar Dupree and a brother Thed Dunree.

E. L. Dupree Eddie Leon Dupree San Pedro Creek Ludwig Undertaking Company Oscar Dupree Thed Dunree

Sheley Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment

Local business advertisement for Sheley Loring Undertaking Company offering automobile equipment and related services with contact by phone 971 Adv.

Sheley-Loring Undertaking Co

Local Market Prices Edges and Changes Report

Eggs receipts fell 50 percent Friday morning while prices firmed at 24 cents a dozen wholesale. Poultry receipts light but prices unchanged. Strawberries drop to 2.59 per crate of 24 pints, down 60 cents. California turnips 4.50 per crate, tops. Flour climbs to 9.10 9.30 per barrel. Fran prices 2.00 2.50 per hundredweight. Wheat shorts 2.25 2.75 per hundredweight. Wheat screenings chicken feed 2.50 per hundredweight. No changes in other wholesale groceries provisions seeds grains or hides.

Texas California

Shippers Market Prices and Fresh Produce Update

Friday market notes show shipper prices to retailers or on hand with commissions. Figs rise. Texas country candied at 24 cents. Butter steady. creamery 30 to 54 cents per pound, country 25 to 28 cents. Poultry largely steady with hens from 7 to 9 dollars, friers 5.50 to 7.00, turkeys 23 to 24 cents per pound, ducks 7.00 to 8.00 per dozen, geese 12 to 15 dollars.

Texas Texas Creamery

Quotations Report From Chicago Market Prices

Chicago market notes show butter unchanged with creamery at 23 40 and a higher level. Receipts stand at 5616 cases. Firsts 274 28c and ordinary firsts 26 27 44c at mark with 26 27¢c in included cases. Potatoes rise with 25 cars received. White potatoes from Washington Colorado Oregon Idaho at 94 00 2.60. Michigan Wisconsin white at 80 2.40. Poultry alive higher with fowls 23 4 cents and springs 23 sc.

Chicago Washington Colorado Oregon Idaho Michigan Wisconsin Springs

Local Market Prices Reported for Butter Eggs and Poultry

Fragmented OCR item lists butter at 42c creamery firsts 40c seconds 88c, packing 2849c. Eyes Flats 27c. Poultry hens 20c roosters 15c turkeys 25c. Potatoes at $2.25 42.35.

Kansas City

Market Briefs from New Orleans Grain and Rice Trade

New Orleans reports Rough and rice prices steady with millers handling large sacks and packs. Prices shown for Honduras and Japan markets include blue rose and clean Honduras with per ton and per bushel quotes, indicating ongoing demand and mixed quotations across commodities.

New Orleans Neegh Honduras Japan Blue Rage Blue Rose

Stock Market Rises on Thin Trade Amid War Hardware Demand

On March 16 in New York the stock market opened higher with irregular but largely gains in many issues. United States Steel Utah Copper and Marine preferred led, Ohio Gas rose about three points, Bethlehem Steel and other war stocks held firm. General Motors surged about four percent as Industrials and rails drove the closing strength.

New York United States Steel Utah Copper Marine Ohio Gas Bethlehem Steel General Motors Virginia Coal and Iron Thurs Allis-Chalmers American Car and Foundry American Tel Tel Anaconda Atchison Copper Atlantic Coast Line Baldwin Locomotive Baltimore & Ohio Canadian Pacific Central Leathe Chesapeake & Ohio Chi Mil & St P Toeventescs Tveevencen Consolidated Gas Colorado Fuel & Iron Inspiration Copper Seer International Nickel International Paper Sosseseee Kansas City Southern Kennecott Copper Aessees Liggett & Myers Lorillard Company Seeveeese Maxwell Motors Sereene Mexican Petroleum New National Ny York Seaboard Air Line Feewes Sloss. Shef. Steel & Iron Southern Pacific Neemene Southern Railway Seeree Wane Studebaker Corporation Cone Tennessee Copper Exas Company Union Pacific Eeeeeeseereees el dl United Fruit United States Rubber Seese United States Stee Ee Eenesees Ae Seeeseeneees l Lli Ubah Copper Sreersevs Neeves Ell Aly Lis ginia-Caro, Chem Ete Ee Tenes Wabash P Ee Ee Western Union Eee Westinghouse Electric

Time loan rates steady with modest gains noted

New York March 16 reports time loans steady with sixty days at 34 3 percent, ninety days at 3 percent and six months at 34 4. Call money also steady with a high of 2 percent and a closing bid at 2 percent.

New York

Mercantile and currency market report from New York

On March 18 in New York Mercantile Exchange figures show 4 4% for mercantile paper. Sterling 60 day bills quoted around 4 1/4 percent, commercial 60 day bills on banks 4 7 1 percent, cables at 54s. Guilders demand 40 4 percent, cables 40 percent. Bar silver 73 cents, Mexican dollars 56 2 percent. Government bonds and railroad bonds steady.

New York Mercantile Paper

London Silver and Money Rates Report

London reports bar silver at 35 4 per ounce with money at 315 percent and discount rates listed as short and three month percentages.

London

Metal markets report from New York trading floor

Lead easy nine percent asked while Spelter stays dull. East St Louis spot delivery 10 percent asked and easy. Copper quiet with electrolytic spot and first quarter prices around 33.00. Second quarter 33.00 to 33.50 and third quarter about 31.50 to 32.50. Iron firm unchanged and Tin steady with spot 53.00 to 54.00.

New York

Copper and metal prices reported in London market

London market figures show lead at £80 16s, copper at £136, tin at £3 12s, electrolytic prices £152, and related items including speiler and tetures quoted with various sums.

London Speiler

New York Sugar Prices Air Oddities In March Market

Raw sugar moved steadily with centrifugal at 3.33 and refined sugar holding firm. A curious note hints at June hikes and weather quirks as a landlady contemplates a punch bowl scene while March weather persists.

Stude

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