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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
May 13, 1912
Page
9
Market reports show a famine like scarcity of old potatoes at the opening of business in San Antonio wholesale markets. Only a few sacks were available with deliveries due later in the week as Texas new crop moves in and old stock dwindles amid cautious selling.
Readable fragments list price ranges for eggs poultry fruits canned goods and staples. Entries show springs hens turkeys butter cheese peas potatoes onions lemons oranges and beans with assorted crate and bulk prices and unit measures from Florida California and Texas sources.
Consumption and production of finished steel products are at peak, with orders running 25 to 50 percent above capacity. Steel firms are producing pig iron at 22.5 million tons and ingots at 30.9 million tons annually but lack enough metal to meet demand. Shipments lag as new business awaits three months after orders. prices rise and plate sales show gains, though higher costs limit gains.
Weather page notes unsettled conditions with showers tonight and Tuesday for San Antonio and East Texas. Past 24 hours recorded precipitation none to .12 inch with monthly total reaching 10.31 inches and excess .77 inch. observations taken at 8 a.m. Meridian time with forecasts through 7 p.m. Tuesday.
May 13 The Liberal cattle market opened with a well filled yard as receipts and offerings reached 4300 head for this market direct and 2206 head total including calves sheep goats and hogs Cows topped at 4 50 calves at 5 50 hogs at 7 50 Rothman Commission carload of beef averaging 911 pounds sold at 5 per cwt shipped by H Kevericks of Hondo This sale marks one of the season’s best beeves on the San Antonio market.
San Antonio Texas May 13 The 24 hour weather summary for the Houston district reports fair conditions with temperatures below normal. Rainfall observed in northwest Texas and Oklahoma with heavier totals in Yemassee D C Wilmington Lumberton New Bern and Wesley GI Savannah Ga reaching 2.50 inches and more. Allen Buell official in charge Local Office U S Weather Bureau.
Prime Nesta oil quoted at 6.59 with meal at 28 and linters 2 4 cents. In New Orleans the May 13 report shows cottonseed meal per refahe ip Barrera at 8 percent ammonite long tom 29 with cake at 27.50.
Open market for cattle showed steady demand with receipts over 6000 head and a thousand calves. Scarcity of quality beef limited activity though prices held at 6 to 6.40 per hundredweight while cattle from the Winfield Scott estate brought 5.30 for cows and 7.50 for calves. Hog trades remained steady early, later supplies above 1000 head and prices drifted down. Sheep offerings near 6600 head moved slowly with few gains early in the day.
Cattle receipts 7000 including 700 southern. steers 7.00 to 8.00. cows 4.25 to 6.26. stockers 5.00 to 7.40. bulls 4.75 to 7.00. calves 5.60 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 7000. bulk sales 7.45 to 7.75. heavy 7.75 to 8.86. light 7.50 to 7.70. Sheep and goats receipts 12,000. muttons 4.25 to 7.25. lambs 7.00 to 9.60. ewes 3.50 to 6.25. Texas goats 3.
Chicago reports cattle receipts near 11 000 with market steady up to 10 cents. Beeves range from 5.90 to 9.00, stockers 4.20 to 6.60, cows 2.75 to 7.75, calves 5.00 to 7.50. Hog receipts about 45 000 with market five cents lower. steer classes listed from 7.30 to 7.85, pigs about 5.00 to 6.95. Sheep and lambs receipts around 18 000. natives 4.80 to 7.50 for yearlings 6.00 to 7.75, lambs 5.90 to 9.00, westerns 6.25 to 9.75.
Cattle receipts 3090 with steady to higher prices. Native steers 6.50 to 9.00, cows and heifers 3.25 to 8.40, feeders 3.75 to 7.00, Texas/Oklahoma steers 5.56 to 7.75, calves 5.25. Hogs receipts 1000 with steady market. pigs and lights 5.15 to 7.85, butchers 7.50 to 8.05. Sheep receipts 3500 with steady market. native muttons 6.00 to 6.75, lambs 7.00 to 9.00.
Market notes list cattle lots by weight and price at Union Stock Yards on May 13. The page includes stray excerpts and dialogue fragments from unrelated fiction, with a misaligned OCR transcription interrupting the sale details.
Fragmentary dialogue shows a student asking a teacher about rain and a name like Jobe Gireet, reflecting a foggy classroom moment. The garbled text hints at speech patterns and uncertainty about who speaks.
Wheat prices fell due to improved crop outlook while corn and oats held or slipped in early trading. Short covering boosted provisions as futures fluctuated with July wheat at 1.12 and July corn around 77 cents, market cautious on US yield expectations.
Wheat and corn quotations listed for May July and Sept contracts with varying grades and prices. Oats and mixed feeds shown with number codes and seasonal settlement figures.
Associated Press reports cash wheat prices in St Louis with misread portions noting No 2 and No 2 white grades and cans of oats, followed by Chicago wheat quotes for No 2 red and No 2 hard and other grades with price ranges. The text is damaged with several illegible segments but conveys daily commodity price activity.
The report notes steadier loan bids with unclear figures and yields around 3 percent. Time loan terms drift, with some indications of firmer rates and varying percentages across instruments.
A girl and her aunt debate faith and pain in a brief anecdote. The Christian Science aunt tells the child to have faith to quell the toothache, and the girl retorts that if her aunt had the same ache she would lack faith. Judge.
Reports from New York on May 13 indicate cotton futures declined amid heavy selling and cooler weather expectations. Early losses of 6 points narrowed later as traders anticipated rains in the western belt and firmer demand near midday, with prices hovering just below last week’s close.
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady with a 5 to 6 point decline as weather forecasts favored dry conditions in the belt. Early lows gave way to slight gains, then selling reappeared on wet weather expectations in the west and a cold north wave, closing 2 to 4 points lower than Saturday.
New Orleans traders note steady start for cotton futures on May 13 with initial bids across months. January contracts show 11.57 58, March 11.64 66, May 11.75 76, July bids at 10.83, August 11.68 70, September 11.69 61, October 11.62 53, December 11.54 55.
The Associated Press reports at Liverpool on May 14 that spot cotton demand was weak by 4 points. American selling stood at 7.11 for good middling and values declined across grades to 5.41 for ordinary. Total bales were 8000 with 500 for speculation and export including 700 American. receipts reached 1000 with 600 American.
Associated Press reports futures in Liverbolt opened steady with corn markets showing June and July figures and varying rates. Notable points include July August shifts and December contracts around 6.19 to 6.27 percent, with dates referencing 1946 and March.
Spot cotton closed quiet at a sixteenth decline with 170 sales and 472 arrivals. Prices ranged from low ordinary around 86 to strict good middling around 12 per pound with receipts 1051 and stock 657929.
Galveston Texas report shows a quiet market with little change. Various prices and receipts cited include 124 percent good middling and 13 percent fiddlin fair. Stock and receipts totals listed with figures such as 167 and 476 and stock 189 521.
Abbreviated AP dispatch from Texas notes super cotton closing steady with small grade moves. Prices for low ordinary to good ordinary range from 75 to 1018 16, middling around 1118 107, with state grade 129 16. Sales tally shows 31 new lots, stock at 55 8.
Spot cotton in New York on May 13 closes five points lower. Middling uplands at 31.65 cents per pound and middling gulf at 11.90. Sales recorded at 400 bales.
Memphis cotton market report notes spot cotton ready and unchanged with middling at 11 1/2 cents.
A fragment suggests the British post office oversees 800000 miles of telephone lines. The note references a chauffeur and a tiny car with a loud horn, signaling a miscellany page item from a historical publication.
The Associated Press reports Prime mercantile paper at 4% and sterling around 4.84 to 4.86 in bankers bills, with commercial bills at 483 and Bay silver price at 60 cents. Mention of bonds and an English invention for automobilist hints at a technological innovation.
Markets show few features with wholesale prices holding steady for many commodities. Fresh produce appears in ample display with strawberries dewberries corn beans and toes at low prices to aid shoppers. Meat prices show a fading beef rise while eggs butter poultry and fish list varied but steady. Fruits vegetables and staples such as cranberries strawberries and onions are offered broadly with assorted per unit or per dozen pricing.
In New York on May 18, primary cotton goods markets remained firm despite adverse weather. Jobbers report solid fall business, retailers show confidence, and a renewed order flow is expected with clearing skies. Gingham values stay at 64 cents, shirtings at 6 1/4 cents, and prints bleached cottons along with brown sheetings and drills maintain steady demand.
Quotations show butter steady with creamery and ordinary firsts in the 16 to 18 cent range. Cheese steady with various dairy items listed including Daisies Twins and Young Americans at 15 to 15 4 cents. Potatoes described as easy with Wisconsin prices around 1.98 and Michigan Minnesota near 1.29 to 1.30. Poultry prices indicate live firm markets for turkeys and chicks with springs not offered.
Fragmentary text from Associated Press dateline New York May 1 shows garbled phrases about market items or notes. No coherent event or names are readable to establish a full news item.
Quotations listed for creamery butter at 29 cents per pound for firsts 27 cents for seconds 25 cents for ding k 20 cents for extras lower firsts 17 cents for seconds 14 cents.
In May reports from BW Yok, Kaw Marcos Vado 80 is noted amid unclear details on gas test costs and product references such as molasses hides and leather. The misspelled text suggests an Associated Press dispatch with garbled figures and terms.
The Scientific American outlines five major Africa rail projects: Cape to Cairo, French trans Saharan linking Niger Laka Chad to Atlantic rail, German transequatorial line, and a route from the Straits of Gibraltar to Dakar via Casablanca and Agadir. The schemes span northern to southern Africa with key shipment ports like Dakar and agents in West Africa.
A description notes Persian gtr aesthetics demand a small waist and moonlike face with arched dark eyes and black brows. It claims lips cheeks gums must be red, skin teeth white, and limbs long, with art filling gaps if natural traits lack.
London hostesses vow to oppose the introduction of American dances like the grizzly bear hug into English ballrooms. Some newspapers note the visible American influence and a growing trend toward eccentric dancing among the changing public as they mark the 280th anniversary of Phan Hae.
New York trading opened with Lehigh Valley leading gains while Reading and other rail shares rose. United States Steel fell as concerns mounted over a possible adverse decision by the Supreme Court. Canadian Pacific hit a new high and American prices showed strength. By noon activity cooled and bonds held steady as readings and rail issues fluctuated amid a cautious session.
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