Stock Market Mixed as Bond Irregularities Emerge
New York May 13 The foreign markets’ cheerier tone touched trading but uncertainty persisted. Stocks opened near prior levels with some gains in Union Pacific and Steel while Bethlehem Steel and Canadian Pacific slipped. Reading rose to 160 as Canadian Pacific and Reading influenced overall sentiment. bonds showed irregular action and overall activity remained cautious.
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New York
Hertone
Union Pacific
Steel
Yesteray
Bethlehem Steel
Anadian Pacific
Jersey Central
Reading
Shorts
Canadian Acific
Union A
Canadian Pacific
Market and weather brief from New York and cotton belt
May 13 market notes show precious metals and currencies steady with copper firm and varied bids for futures. Bank rates for 60 day and demand bills listed. bar silver and Mexican dollars quoted. Cotton region weather report notes generally fair conditions and near normal temperatures from Allen Buell, local forecaster.
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York
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Rice Futures Signal Steady Gains in New Orleans Trade
Clean rice strong yesterday with no signs of rough rice. Total receipts reached 2307 pockets, with 734 pockets from Honduras at 2 1/2 percent. Japan at 2 1/2 percent also reported 387 pockets, all clean.
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Ceipts
Jes
Honduras
Japan
Mabon Re-elected NYSE President Amid Unopposed Vote
In New York on May 13 the annual stock exchange meeting re-elected B Mabon as president without opposition. E Deaguere was re-elected president of the Consolidated Exchange. In St Louis on May 12 poultry prices showed chickens 23 to 30 cents, spring turkeys 16 cents, ducks and geese lower, creamery butter 24 cents.
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York
New York Stock Exchange
B. Mabon
E. Deaguere
Consolidated Exchange
Cotton goods market and carpet auction report
Cotton goods markets opened steady with fair demand for fall orders. A large carpet auction began under promising conditions as fall price trends shift. Yarns are quiet and health warnings hint at potential respiratory risks. Foley's Honey and Tar is advertised as a remedy.
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York
Looms Closing Down Amid Quiet Wool Market
Wool merchants and texas growers brace for a slow season as mills hold back and demand wanes. Isidore Strauss of A Cohen & Co notes virtually no demand for Texas wool while producers stockpile at railroad points awaiting government price signals and potential policy shifts.
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Isidore Strauss
A. Cohen & Co
Texas
West
Real Estate Transfers Listed for May 1913 to 1918
A compiled record of multiple real estate transfers including parcels in Los Angeles Heights Wickes Street Lakeview and French Place. Notable entries show totals ranging from $10 to $1800 with dates from 1912 to 1918 involving buyers such as J. M. McDaniel Caroline Wagner and Adolph Zander among others and properties including blocks lots towns and surveys.
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Angeles Heights
A. Piu
R. L. Burnett Sr
Anna Klar
Miguel Gartari
Lakeview Townsite Company
J. C. Lane
Lakeview Addition
J. H. Holder
A. J. Zander
New City Block
Robert G. Harris
Guardian
Adolph Zander
New City
Alamo Home Builders
M. M. Agueras
H.G. Denison
Charles G. Denisan
G. Kaah
Lakeview
MM. Kahn
Theodore Magott
Media Creek
R. Parker
George Langfeld
M. W. Kerley
W. R. Parker
French Place
Sugar and oils hold steady amid markets skewing late spring
New York on May 1 reports raw sugar and refined products steady with Muscovado at 2.83 86 and centrifugal at 3.33 36, molasses square 2.58 61, petroleum and hides steady, leather firm as markets pause.
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New York
Berry Prices Hold Steady as Housewife Buys Cheap
In the commercial district activity paled with the election. Berries sold as low as $1.75 per crate as several carloads were offered by commission houses. California cherries carloads arrived in New York after departing on May 4. National Grocers Convention slated May 19 to 22 in St. Louis. Co operative plans to link retailers and consumers discussed. California citrus movement era ended with April. railroads expect 45,000 carloads vs actual under 14,000 this season.
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New York
California
National Association of Retail Grocers
St. Louis
Union
Southern Pacific
New York Journal of Commerce
Markets Record Wide Range of Prices for Groceries
Retail prices listed for eggs, poultry, butter, cheese, vegetables, fruits, canned goods, meats, and seeds. Notable items include eggs 16c per dozen, Florida tomatoes 4.25 per six basket crate, California navel oranges 4.25 per box, lemons 6.00 to 6.50 per box, bananas 3.50 per hundredweight, and various canned meats and fish priced per case or can.
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Texas
California
Idaho
Louisiana
Jonathan
York Imperial
Missouri
King Davids
Ben Davis
Penancy
Alaska
South
Navy
Maxwell Case
Wholesale fruit and dry goods price list highlights
A dense catalog of produce and commodities with unit prices and pack sizes. Items include tomatoes, corn, oats, citron and peel, flour and meal, dried fruits like peaches pears and apples, with varied crown sizes and package weights, all listed for bulk orders and retail pricing.
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Maine
London
Quotations for May 13 at Chicago market
Quotations today show firm receipts of 27,331 cases with 17% 18 percent discounts on ordinary firsts at 174% 18 percent and firsts at 18 percent. Potatoes unchanged with 67 cars received. Poultry prices unchanged.
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Chicago
Market Quotes From St Louis Poultry and Dairy
The St Louis market reports poultry prices with chickens at 14c, springs 23 80c, turkeys 16c, ducks 12c, geese 7c, butter Creamery 24 28c, eggs 18c. Minor OCR fragment lists various items and prices observed in the May 13 report.
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ST. Louis
Egg market report from New York on May 13
Eggs firmer as New York reports receipts of 37,9380 cases of fresh gathered extras. Prices range about 22 to 28 cents per dozen, with gradual upward movement noted in the market tone.
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New York
Market Roundup Butter Eggs Poultry Steady Futures
Kansas City notes butter eggs and poultry unchanged. New York Coffee futures steady with July at 11.40 and December at 11.60.
Moderate Offerings in Live Stock Trade
Northern markets prices steady. Union Stock Yards May 13 saw about a thousand head of sheep moving north, with cattle 172 calves 27 hogs 23 and one horse offered at noon. Best cows to 5.60 calves 8 hogs 3.50. Cows mostly 4.50 to 6 calves 6.50 to 7.50 hogs 8 to 8.50.
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Union Stock Yards
Cattle market steady as hogs unchanged in Fort Worth report
Fort Worth Texas May 13 cattle market shows slow steady trade. Hogs unchanged while sheep and lambs align with Monday basis. Beef steers 6.25 to 7.25, stocker steers 5.00 to 6.00, cows 4.50 to 5.75, bulls 4.50 to 6.25, calves 5.56 to 8.60 with receipts 6100 cattle and 800 hogs and 2550 sheep posted.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Chicago Livestock Receipts and Quotes Reported
Chicago on May 13 reports hogs at 12 000 receipts with steady market and hog prices from 8 00 to 8 52 for various grades. Cattle receipts around 2500 with slow market and beef cattle prices from 3 75 to 9 00. Sheep receipts 14000 with native lambs and yearlings quoted from 5 74 to 8 60 and related categories in play.
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Chicago
Church built on dimes in Salina plans razing old building
The English Lutheran Church congregation considers tearing down the 1881 structure famed for each brick bearing a 10 cent donor’s name. Begun by a system of overseas chain letters, the dime fund filled the coffers as donors from many lands were inscribed in diverse languages.
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Salina
Kan
English Lutheran Church
Building Committee
Kansas City Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Kansas City market summary shows cattle receipts about 9000 with 200 southern cattle. Native steers 7.35 to 8.70, cows and heifers 4.50 to 7.50. Hog receipts 16000 with bulk 8.00 to 8.35, heavy 8.30, lights 5.25 to 8.37. Sheep receipts 10090 with muttons 5.00 to 6.60 and yearlings 5.25 to 7.26.
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Kansas City
Car
Old-Time Breakfast Pork Sausage Sold By The Pound
Union Meat Company offers one pound boxes of breakfast pork sausage at twenty five cents per pound. A note on a new use for x rays describes destroying the tobacco worm in cigars by x raying a tobacco box before processing.
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Union Meat Company
Market receipts and prices at St Louis cattle hogs sheep
Receipts and quotes today show cattle 2000 head with 700 Texan, market steady. hogs 8606 head, prices higher. sheep 7000 head, market steady. Beef cattle range 5.75 to 9.00, Texas steer 6.25 to 8.50, pigs 7.00 to 8.55, lambs 7.00 to 8.26.
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Oklahoma
Coffee and Cotton Exchanges Announce Closure Dates
New York reports on Decoration Day closures for the coffee exchange and cotton exchange. The coffee market will shut on Decoration Day and the following Saturday. The cotton market will close on May 30 and Povecetan Day, plus the Saturday after.
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New York
Largest resin shipment sails from New Orleans to Liverpool
The British steamship Wayfarer departed New Orleans yesterday carrying 10 450 barrels of resin the port’s largest single shipment on record bound for Liverpool in strong trade news from May.
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Liverpool
Wayfarer
Demand the best for your money. Try Piel bottled beer.
The ad urges readers to seek top value in beverages with a promotion for Piel bottled beer. It emphasizes getting the best return on money spent and invites consumers to sample the product.
Fragmentary Market Ledger Entry From St Louis
Partial May 13 market note records prices for lead at 4.20 and spelter at 5.35 with missing surrounding context or quantities.
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ST. Louis
Spelter
Cotton Opens Steady While Market Remains Irregular
The cotton market opened steady with a gain of 3 to 5 points on stronger cables and bullish crop news. Traders watched crop progress, weather patterns in the south, and selling of new crop, with mid day prices 1 to 2 points above yesterday before easing as outlooks and profits tempered demand.
Cotton futures open steady with mixed spot bids
New York May 13 cotton futures opened steady with May at 11.53, June 11.65, July 11.68, August 11.41, and later contracts at 11.10 to 11.17.
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New York
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans market
New Orleans May cotton opened steady to one point up from yesterday as weather maps and news offered no clear advantage. Rain fell in the eastern half of the cotton region with more forecast, while temperatures remained low and seed germination reports raised concerns. The market was quiet through the morning with modest demand countering scalping pressure. by 2 pm prices stood 6 to 8 points under yesterday's quotes.
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New Orleans
Mississippi River
Jong
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans market
New Orleans notes show May through Dec contracts opening steady with prices around 12 cents and later closing with a small net decline of 4 to 6 points. The report lists bid and ask ranges for each delivery month along with scattered figures for March and July contracts.
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Sheca
Socus
Coven Stonge
LMG Ak Sahate
Spot cotton prices and sales report New Orleans May 18
Spot cotton in New Orleans remains steady with middling at 12 5-16 cents per pound. Buyers purchased 180 bales on the spot and 650 bales to arrive, while receipts reached 2 799 bales and total stock stood at 6 503 bales.
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New Orleans
Cotton Spot Quietly Closed In New York Market
New York on May 13 reports cotton spot closed quiet with middling uplands at 12.100 cents and middling gulf at 12.35 cents per pound. Sales reached 101 bales.
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New York
Spot cotton market closes steady in Houston
The Houston spot cotton market closed 7s higher and unchanged overall with sales of 177 bales f o b none, shipments totaling 2092 bales and a stock of 85,120 bales. Quotations remained unchanged.
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Houston
Tex
Spot cotton closes quiet in Galveston market
Galveston Texas May 13 spot cotton market closed quiet with 750 bales traded. Fibers show no forward sales. stock counted at 119400 bales and receipts at 2456 bales.
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Galveston
Tex
Better Manufactories
A report for Chairman Underwood shows 17 industries in Britain and the United States. U S establishments display higher efficiency with two and a half times as many workers and more power needed in Britain to yield equal value output. Average British wages are half American, while wage cost to obtain same output runs 19 percent higher in Britain.
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Underwood
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Great Britain
United States
United Kingdom
Marine Arrivals and Vessels Reported Along Coast May 138
Shipping news notes arrivals including El Valle Bloomfield Origen PiNor steamers and Oceanic at Southampton New York. It lists United States arriving in Copenhagen Zeeland Ryndam Rotterdam and mentions a humorous Puck cartoon about a husband giving a clock to his wife to track his return time.
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San Antonio motorists receive praise and auto sales update
Chief Phil Wright of the city fire department received a letter and a $50 check for the Fireman's Relief Fund praising the department's performance during the May 3 warehouse fire. A. Robinson buys a Hudson Phaeton while Buick, Lozier, and Detroit Electric agents report strong sales and local dealer comments amid political unrest.
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B. R. Webb
Buick Automobile Company
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The
Hudson Company
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Cotton Seed Oil Prices Cite Mixed Moves Across Markets
Prime basis oil 6.14 and meal 28 reported from Memphis on May 13. New York Cotton Oil notes spot ease and varied futures bids with multiple lots traded from May through December, totaling around 8600 units with prices ranging from about 6.27 to 7.00 per unit.
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Memphis
Tenn
Burial Permits List For Six Local Deaths
Burial permits issued for Catherine Ball 75 died May 11 at 120 King William street Jose A M Hernandez 2 died May 12 at 1507 El Paso street P M McCain 69 died May 5 at San Juan road Emelia Ybarra 26 died May 5 at San Juan road Thomas E Shedrock 1 died May 11 at 205 Vargas street Mrs Josephine Tafolla 39 died May 11 at City Hospital
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King William Street
Jose A. M. Hernandez
el Paso
P. M. McCain
San Juan
Emelia Ybarra
Thomas E. Shedrock
Vargas
Josephine Tafolla
City Hospital
Births Recorded For Five Local Families This May
Five birth notices list new daughters born to the Watson family on Leigh Street Glenwood addition Hernandez and Mills households on Burnett and San Jacinto streets with May dates. Names include H Hernandex and J Harry Mills as parents.
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Leigh Street
Thomas Wilson
Glenwood Addition
H. ‘Hernandex
San Jacinto Street
J. Harry Mills
Burnett Street
Cotton Market Steady In Memphis Trade
Spot cotton in Memphis on May 13 held steady with middling grade at 12 1/2 cents per pound.
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Memphis
Tenn
Favorable crop prospects fade as European visible tightens wheat fears
Chicago markets opened flat and slipped as traders priced in a potential rise in European visible supplies. July wheat traded near 9. to 88 and settled weak after mixed signals on corn and oats. Pork and other daily lifts remained limited amid weak export demand and uncertain weather, with July contracts finishing lower overall.
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Chicago
Wheat and grain prices and futures close
Cash wheat prices show No 2 red at 97 1.07 and No 2 hard 89 to 91 cents. Corn levels include No 2 at 68 cents and No 2 white at 61 cents. Oats No 2 at 36 to 41 cents. Wheat July 86 cents and Sept 36 cents. Corn July 55 cents and Sept 58 cents. Oats July 35 cents and Sept 34 cents. Receipts yesterday: flour 19 000 barrels, wheat 12 000 bushels, corn 64 000 bushels, oats 34 000 bushels.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Grain and Corn Quotations May 13
Quotations listed for grain and corn on May 13 in Chicago. Prices include No. 2 red and northern at 91 98c, No. 2 hard 91 93c, No. 2 northern 89% 981%c, No. 2 spring 89, velvet chaff 87 93c, durum 92c. Corn No. 2 56% 57c, white 59% 59%c, yellow 5644 57c. Oats No. 2 white 88%c, est 38% 88%o.
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Chicago
Northern
Market Quotations From Kansas City on May 13
Quotations show cash wheat prices for No 2 hard and red varieties, No 2 corn mixed and white, and No 2 oats with close figures for May July and Sept futures. Receipts yesterday were 102000 bushels wheat, 62000 corn, 22000 oats. shipments totaled 60000 wheat, 34000 corn, 12000 oats.
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Kansas City
Money on Call Steady In New York Market
Money on call remains steady with ruling and closing bid at 2 1/2 percent. Time loans show firmness with 60 days at 4 1/4 percent, 90 days at 4 percent, and six months at 4 1/2 percent.
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New York
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