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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 05, 1916

Page

15

Cotton price fall prompts market unease in Germany note

A German note triggers early market unease as cotton prices dip sharply. Some recovery appears later as traders reassess supply and demand dynamics.

Cotton market quotations from principal spots noted

Daily quotations for middling cotton in major markets including San Antonio and New Orleans. Delivered prices shown with volume totals, reflecting the system used for buying and selling across the country.

San Antonio Isi Asec Meitoolom Sca New Orleans

Cotton market opens easy on German note fears

The New York cotton market starts the session with declines of 12 to 21 points under heavy liquidation amid German note worries. Prices dip to 12.37 for full, 12.47 for October, and 12.65 for December, then rally about 16 points, with Liverpool and traders providing support and covering short positions.

New York Germany Dcember Liverpool

Cotton futures ease as May and other months slip

In New York trading cotton futures edged lower across contracts. May 12.97, July 12.40, October 12.50, December 12.65, January 12.74. Session closed 2 to 6 points down with variable intraday highs and lows.

New York Ocober

San Antonio Cotton Prices at Local Compress Friday

San Antonio cotton buyers paid prices at local compresses Friday with grades including strict middling and good ordinary. The report lists prices around 83.29 for middling and 131.49 for higher grade, reflecting market activity in the area.

Buvery San Antonio Ea. Sourou

New Orleans Cotton Slips on German Note Fear

New Orleans May 5 heavy selling of cotton followed fear Germany’s reply to the American note on submarine warfare. The market opened down 18 to 20 points, with some support at the decline. By midmorning prices were about 10 points under yesterday's close and remained full but steady after noon.

New Orleans

Cotton futures open steady with mixed early bids

New Orleans on May 5 report shows May to January futures opening steady with May and July bids around 12.34 to 13.65 while later months trade lower. Prices narrow. daily high and low not clearly defined with scattered figures across contracts.

Liverpool Cotton Prices and Supplies Snapshot

May 6 report shows spot cotton values with good middling at 8.38d, middling 8.20d, and low middling 7.964d. Sales total 7,000 for speculation and export, with 19,009 receipts.

Liverpool

Futures quiet and Pea Away June 7.87 percent drift

Liverpool notes a quiet futures market with Pea Away for June at 7.87 percent and other spread values for July through 1917 dates. Quotes show slight variations across successive contract periods, including July August and remaining months.

Cozy Cottage With Three Rooms and Large Lot For Cash

Three room cottage with bath, no encumbrance, near jitney and car line. Sold for cash by F R Werfing, Rocket 7996. Large lot improves value and convenience.

F. R. Werfing Rocket

Randera County Mountain Ranch For Sale 500 Acres

River front property near railroad, 40 acres cultivated, $6 per acre with terms. Also Mountain Stock Ranch 1296 acres listed at $12 per acre with good improvements and abundant water. For particulars contact Mrs F Mercer Kerrville Tex.

Randera County Mountain Stock Ranch Rf F. Mercer Kerrville Tex

Potatoes High in Northern Market Pressures and Fresh Crop Notes

The northern market shows firm potato prices due to old spud scarcity while new potatoes move freely. Chicago quotations rise about 15 cents per bushel. onions slump as Texas Bermudas enter. Home gardens boost spring veg and strawberries suffer rain damage but remain pricey for quality fruit.

Chicago Produce Commission

Shippers Market Prices for San Antonio Produce Friday

Buyers paid rates for country produce in San Antonio on Friday. Texas country candled eggs were weak at 17 rife. Texas creamery butter traded at 81 35¢ per pound. country eggs 20 25¢. packing stock 29 22¢ per pound. Poultry values held steady with hens 4.50 to 6.00 per dozen, fryers 4.50 to 5.90, broilers 3.59 to 4.00. turkeys 10 per pound. ducks 4.60 to 5.50 per dozen. geese 7.00 to 9.00 per dozen.

San Antonio Texas Texas Creamery

Quotations From Chicago Markets May 5

Butter and eggs prices move lower in Chicago receipts with creamery butter at 30 cents and eggs at 26 081 cases. Potatoes trend down as 20 car lots from Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota and Dakota shift. Poultry fowl prices show alive market down to 17 1/2 cents per pound.

Chicago Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota Dakota Ohios

Daily Kansas City Market Quotes May 5 Prices and Poultry

Quotations today list Butter Creamery at 8 cents, firsts 31, seconds 29, packing 25. Fees firsts 21 cents. Poultry hens 5, turkeys 2, springs 25.

Kansas City

Sugar Prices Moving in New York Markets May Fifth

Raw sugar firms show centrifugal at 6.52 and molasses at 5.75 while refined sugar climbs 15 points. Loaf prices range from 8.80 for cut loaf to 6.75 for Diamond A, with several sugar grades listed from 7.65 to 8.68 for confectioners.

New York

Cotton seed oil prices steady in New York market

In New York on May 56 cotton seed oil closed steady with spot at 10.86 to 11.00 dollars and nearby futures May through December quoted between 9.19 and 11.29 dollars. Total sales reported at 100 dollars.

New York

Turpentine and resin firms report mixed sales and stock

Savannnah reports turpentine firm sales 271 with receipts 449 and stock 7386 while resin firm shows sales 674 and receipts 1614 with stock 60 561. Quotations list multiple grades with prices from 3.80 to 6.76 and 5.15 to 5.20 for WG WW lines.

Savannah

Commodities Report Shows Mixed Rice Run in New Orleans Markets

New Orleans buyers reported firm demand for rough Honduran and Japan rice while clean Honduras rice stayed strong. Receipts totaled 1459 rough and 33 450 clean, with 650 pockets clean Honduras and 250 pockets Japan sold at 3% 4%c. Quotations unchanged.

New Orleans Honduras Japan

Cotton goods firmer with held dress shipments amid strikes

In New York on May 5 cotton goods showed quiet firmness as sheetings and print cloths rose. Dress goods shipments were delayed due to cutters refusing clothes while strikes continue in the area.

New York

Coffee Futures Move Quietly in New York Trade

In New York on May 5, No. 7 Rio coffee priced at 94 cents per pound as futures drifted lower. May futures eased to about 8.20 a bag while December contracts hovered around 8.49, signaling a softening market.

New York Rio

Weather report for Houston district stations May report

The Cotton Region Bulletin for San Antonio notes temperatures, rainfall, and weather for the Houston district over the 24 hours ending 8 a m. Temperatures run below normal with generally fair air across the belt. Allen Buell, Meteorologist.

San Antonio Tex Houston Allen Buell Weather Bureau

Fragmentary Weather Chart Notation

Readable lines describe air pressure at sea level and equal temperature contours. The fragment notes timing at 8 a m and mentions continuous and dotted line patterns as BakS and IsoTHEREs showing equal pressure and temperature points.

Hogs Feature the Live Stock Market at Union Stock Yards

Hogs continued to lead the live stock market with strong higher prices across centers. Cattle held steady and sheep were unchanged. In San Antonio receipts totaled 1184 cattle 61 calves 7 horses 274 hogs and 461 goats with 69 cattle 11 calves and 180 hogs selling locally. Steers topped at 7.50 with bulk 6.50 to 7.00 and hog deals from 8.00 to 9.00. rains have improved pastures boosting rancher independence in market outlook.

Union Stock Yards San Antonio

Cattle Hogs and Sheep Market Report From Fort Worth

Fort Worth Texas May 5 cattle receipts 800 active and steady with prices for calves stockers cows heifers bulls and cows ranges shown. Hogs receipts 2000 higher with bulk buyers paying 9 50 to 9 80 and pigs around 4 59. Sheep receipts 1300 steady with lambs 9 00 to 11 00 yearlings 7 59 to 8 50. Goats 3 50 to 5 26.

Fort Worth Tex

Market Report Kansas City Beef Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices

Kansas City market report shows hog receipts 4590 with prices from 8.50 to 9.90 and a strong bid. Cattle receipts 200 with prime fed steers 9.84 to 9.75 and dressed beef steers 8.00 to 9.28. cows 6.50 to 8.38 and heifers 7.25 to 9.25. Sheep receipts 2500 with lambs 10.09 to 11.60 and yearlings 9.75 to 10.75 while wethers run 8.75 to 9.50 and ewes 8.00 to 8.85.

Kansas City Wouthern

Chicago Livestock Receipts and Prices May 5

Chicago May 5 receipts and quotations show hogs firm with assorted prices from 7.25 to 9.95 depending on grade, cattle receipts near 1 000 market steady with native beef steers at 7.90 to 9.90 and cows 4.25 to 9.50, calves 7.2 to 9.50, and sheep steady with wethers 6.90 to 9.80 and lambs 7.75 to 11.70.

Chicago

Market Receipts And Quotes From St Louis Auction

In St Louis Missouri receipts show hogs and cattle with steady to higher prices. Hog prices range from 7.75 to 9.95 for varying grades while cattle receipts total 6660 with native beef steers at 7.50 to 9.85 and stockers at 5.50 to 8.50. cows 8.25 to 8.28 and Texas Oklahoma steer mix 5.75 to 8.75.

FT. Louis Texas Oklahoma

Cattle Receipts Steady as Hog Prices Rise in OK City

Oklahoma City market report notes cattle receipts at 96 with steady prices and hog receipts at 3120 up five cents. Top hog price reached 9.75 dollars.

Oklahoma City Okla

Anarchist Plot Comment Sparks Grim Metaphor

Chicago officials describe a national anarchist plot as ghastly, likening it to a peculiar fishing tale from a mother and her four year old son. The remark underscores the era's tense mood and the sensational tone of coverage in the Chicago Record-Herald.

Clabaugh Chicago Chicago Record-Herald

Devotion Test Sets Course in Small Town Talk

A practical young man challenges a woman about loyalty and marriage amid talk of love and social expectations. The discussion pivots on devotion and whether affection can withstand social pressures from a grocer and a butcher. The excerpt reflects witty, caf meal era dialogue.

Indianapolis

Federal Reserve Report Signals Broad US Trade Strength

A May report from the Federal Reserve shows April prosperity rising nationwide. District notes include St Louis high demand, Kansas City crop strength, Boston and New York gains, and robust oil, cotton, and lumber activity. Southern banks lead earnings. overall Fed banks earned $758,707 gross and $257,667 net for the quarter.

Washington Federal Reserve Board United States St. Louie Kansas City Texas YitHae Raine Boston New York Philadelphia Cleveland Stee Richmond Atlanta Optiook Chicago Minneapolis San Francisco Federal Reserve Dallas St. Louis Chicags

Rest Cure For Big Business Plea Pleads For Public Sympathy

W G Kahlert and E C Berg efficiency experts urged public and legislative consideration for corporations at a Rotary Club luncheon at the St Anthony Hotel. They spoke for the Bureau of Commercial Economics Washington D C outlining corporate history and role in U S prosperity. They cited packing firms paying 48 for a steer and selling meat at 40 with profits from by products.

W. G. Kahlert E. C. Berg Rotary Club St. Anthony Hotel Berg Bureau of Commercial Economics Washington, D. C University of Minnesota Kahlert United States

Rotary session follows lectures on big business

The speaker argued that corporations employ three fourths of the workforce and that 12,000,000 of the remaining quarter are farmers. He warned that excessive legislation threatens prosperity by hampering big business and urged the audience to support a rest cure for big business. A business meeting of the Rotary Club followed the lectures.

Rotary Club

Obituary Louis Rather 23 Died at Parents Home in San Antonio

Louis M. Rather age 23 died at his parents J M Rather residence 225 McKinley avenue Thursday. Born in Centerville Mississippi he lived in San Antonio eight years after leaving New Orleans. Survived by parents five brothers Festus Allen Dan F J Robert and sister Mrs W S Jones all of San Antonio. Funeral 8 30 Friday afternoon at home. Interment Mission Burial Park.

Louis M. Rather J. M. Rather McKinley Avenue Centerville Miss San Antonio New Orleans Festus Allen Dan F. J Robert Rather W. S. Jones Mission Burial Park

Shelby Loring Undertaking Co Automobile Equipment

Shelby Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment with two phone numbers 971 and a secondary contact.

Shelby-Loring Undertaking Co

Border City Celebration Dims Cinco de Mayo Festivities

Cinco de Mayo observance in Nuevo Laredo was quieter than past years with gunfire bells and noise makers marking the day. In Laredo no public celebration occurred as students paraded and addresses were given amid orderly crowds.

Laredo Tex Nuevo Laredo

Cotton Situation at a Glance San Antonio Prices

Agricultural brief notes San Antonio shows quick summary of cotton market movement with price ranges, buyers and sellers, local price indices, and context from regional markets. Readers see short trends and key price points affecting growers and merchants.

Market Opens Weak On German Note. Recoveries Seen

Wall Street opened with heavy liquidation as the German note sparked broad weakness in leading stocks. Bethlehem Steel slid nineteen points while war issues and industrials fell three to six points. Early efforts at rallies faded but later recoveries emerged. by close the general average held above yesterday's level with shipping shares leading the gain.

New York May Bethlehem Steel Middle West Wall Street

Money markets and exchange rates in San Antonio and New York

Trading in Mexican money in San Antonio Friday showed quotations for state and national bank notes and London and Mexican currencies. Time loans in New York were firm with 60 day at 2% and 90 days at 8% with six months at 4% while call money stayed steady with a 2% rate.

San Antonio New York Java

London Financial Roundup Reports Silver and Rates

London market bulletin notes par silver at 35 15 164 per ounce, money at 4 4 percent, and discount rates for short bills and three months at 4 percent and 4 percent respectively.

London

Metals Markets Report From New York May 6 Lead and Tin Prices

New York metal markets show lead quoted at 7.30 to 7.40 per unit, spelter easy in spot East St Louis delivery at 17 percent. Copper remains firm with electrolytic near 28.45 to 29.59 for August and later. Iron holds, tin quiet at 50.00 to 52.60 per unit.

NEW York Metal New York East St. Louis Epper

London Market Prices Snapshot May 56

Lead at 34 2 64, Spelter 98, Spot copper 187, Futures 139, Electrolytic 150. Spot gin 201, Futures 19 1 5 per pound. Sterling values reflect London metals and commodities trading in May 1956.

London

Marine Intelligence Galveston and New York May 5

Arrivals and sailings list ships at Galveston and New York including El Sud Kildare Favignana Genoa and Hikosan Maru plus Duca di Genova Naples and Mrs Flubdub quotes from the Louisville Courier Journal and Washington Star dialogue about a husband’s taste in music and sleep during a concert.

Galveston. Tex el Sud New York Kildare Cardiff Favignana Genoa Canfield Tampico Haelen Rotterdam Cette Virginia Savona Duca di Genova Naples Washington Ste

Liverpool Cotton Statistics Reported For Week

Weekly cotton statistics show 76 000 forwarded to mills with 64 900 American. Stock totals 766 000 with 599 000 American. Imports 66 000 and 62 000 American. Exports 15 000.

Liverpool

Lumber rate hike on Pacific North carloads suspended

Washington May 6 The Interstate Commerce Commission suspended proposed rate increases on lumber shipped in carloads from North Pacific ports to Oklahoma Texas and New Mexico until November 14.

Washington Oklahoma Texas New Mexico Interstate Commerce Commission

Crop men meet Commissioners of Agriculture at Washington

Commissioners from forty eight states gathered in Washington and organized the National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture. E. J. Watson of South Carolina was named president and Clarence J. Owens of the Southern Commercial Congress became secretary treasurer. The group endorsed the Sheppard bill to create a national chamber of agriculture to oversee state cooperative marketing and purchasing systems for farmers.

Washington Commissioners of Agriculture National Association of Commissioners of Agriculture E. J. Watson South Carolina Clarence J. Owens Southern Commercial Congress National Chamber of Agriculture

Indigent Sailors Awarded Restitution by Court

United States Circuit Court of Appeals awards $65.50 to each crew member of the Alaska fishing schooner Ray Comers for sickness from bad food on a voyage to northern waters. Items charged include impure water 14.60, bad potatoes 29, rice 6, onions 8, beans 2, salt pork 6.

United States Circuit Court of Appeals San Francisco Bulletin Alaska Ray Comers

Boarding House Menu Joke Sparks Freshman Chat

A humorous exchange in the Pennsylvania Punch Bowl has a freshman asking for a portion of meat while a boarding house mistress offers a playful reply about which part of the chicken. The light scene captures campus wit and social chatter.

Pennsylvania Punch Bowl

Weather note on light winds and negligible precipitation

Wind velocities below ten miles per hour and rainfall under 0.01 inch are not published hereon, states Allen Buell, meteorologist.

Allen Buell

German Situation Causes Uneasiness and Grain Declines

Chicago May 5 Nervousness over a German note weighed on grain markets with wheat opening lower and closing weak at about May 1.12½ and July 1.13. Corn followed wheat down with modest losses and oats moved in line with cereals as hog prices rose, dampening the day’s trading mood.

Chicago Ill Yestereday

Grain and hay prices paid by buyers in Sam Antonio Texas

Friday market prices from Sam Antonio Texas show grain and hay rates. No. 3 white 86 cents per bushel mix 82% percent. Texas No 3 red 44% cents. oats white 63% cents. bulk hay prices include cane hay 15.00 per ton Kaffir corn 1.10 per bushel. alfalfa preferred green New Mexico 20.00 per ton.

Sam Antonio Texas New Mexico

Market Quotes From Chicago May 5

Quotations reflect mixed grain prices with corn and oats listed. No hard data provided on futures terms. prices show modest variation and standard market terms for yellow corn and oats appear in the report.

Market quotation roundup for wheat corn and oats

In St Louis on May 6 quotations for futures and spot prices are listed. Wheat No 2 red at 1.28 to 1.21 1/2. No 2 hard nominal. Corn No 2 at 75 3/4 to 76 1/2 cents. No 2 white at 75 1/4 to 75 1/2 cents. Oats No 2 at 43 1/2 to 44 1/4 cents. No 2 white nominal.

ST. Louis

Market quotations for grains in Kansas City

Kansas City market summary lists Wheat No 2 hard at about 1.06 to 1.14 per bushel with red at 1.12. Corn No 2 mixed around 71 to 73 cents, No 2 white 71 to 71 1/2 cents. Oats No 2 white 45 to 46 cents, mixed around 40 to 41 cents.

Kansas City

Grain futures close steady in Kansas City trading

Grain futures closed steady with Wheat May 1.04 dollars and July 1.06. Corn May 9 and July 10c, Oats May 42c in Kansas City trading on May 6.

Kansas City

Provision market packing house quotes for dealers

Readable text notes local packing house quotations for Friday with dry salt extras and bacon items including 14-16 pound averages and 18pound averages. Mentions pure lard and compound lard prices with percentages. Contains stray quotes about distilleries and munitions, attributed to Washington Star and Philadelphia Star.

Symposium Meaning Question Sparks Laughs

A Baltimore Americas quip mocks a symposium as a gathering where many pose, with a playful mispronunciation and a punchline about simps posing at meetings.

Baltimore Americas

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