Improved Conditions In Foreign Markets Reflected By Stocks
New York May 21 Stocks showed a downward drift after an initial firm opening as liquidation pressures increased. Pennsylvania led declines while Canadian Pacific and Rock Island edged up briefly before giving back gains. New city bonds sold at 100 and 109 in a quiet market with few notable movements and overall heavy closes.
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New York
Pennsylvania
London
Steel
Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Rock Island
New City
California Petroleum
Mexican Petroleum
St. Louis
San Francisco
Weather bulletin 1913 May 21 for Houston district area
The Cotton Region Bulletin reports fair weather with showers in western parts and above normal temperatures. Rainfall of an inch or more observed at Palestine Riverside Shawnee Brinkley Wynne as of May 21 1913. Allen Buell, Local Forecaster, Weather Bureau.
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Houston
Palestine
Riverside
Shawnee
Brinkley
Wynne
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Onion crop damage cuts Texas shipments by hundreds of cars
Roy Campbell of the Southern Texas Truck Growers Association reports heavy rain and hail in onion districts from Laredo to Cotulla damaging fields. He estimates the loss of possible shipments at 600 to 800 rail cars, saying the weak market previously kept growers from moving onions. The rain may further depress prices and curtail future shipments.
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South Texas
Roy Campbell
Southern Texas Truck Growers’ Association
Campbell
Ssate City
New York
Laredo
Cotulla
Money on Call Rates and Short Term Loan Edges
New York on May 21 reports money on call ready at 2 to 3 percent with a low ruling rate. Short term loans show steady factors with 60 days at about 3.4 percent and 90 days near 3.4 to 4 percent.
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New York
New York Money Market Brief May 21
Prime mercantile paper quoted with 54 percent, sterling exchange active. Ban kers bills show 483.05 for 60 days and 486.60 for demand. Commercial bills 482 percent, bar silver 60 percent, Mexican dollars 48, government bonds steady, railroad bonds easy.
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New York
Bankers
Metal market reports from New York and St. Louis
New York metal figures show copper firm to July at 15.87 offered, electrolytic at 7616.00, lake 16.00, casting 15.62. tin firm with spot May 48.12 50, June 48 37, July 47.40 75. lead steady at 4.25 bid. spelter weak at 5.35 45. antimony dull, cooksons 8.75 9.00. Iron dull and unchanged. St Louis reports lead 4.20 23 and pelter 5.30.
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Max
Alice Abilene
Marillo
Brenham A
Preidy Bannier
Clear Beeville
Brownwood
Preidy Clarendon
Cuero
Wena Een
Dublin
Fort Worth
Henrietta
Houston
Huntsville
Kerrville
Ween
Lampasas
Weeee
Longview
Thee
Mexia
Nacogdoches
Palestine
Pierce
Xsan Antonio
Snyder
Ptcidy Amer, Smelt & Refining
Spur
E Co
Waco
Tenner
Piddy Atchison . O
Waxahachie
Atlantic Coast Line Sae
Weatherford O
Itimore & Ohio
Austin Ae
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Kopper
Riverside
Chesapeake & Ohio O
Gate Valley Junction
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago
Paul
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Colorado & Southern
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
Wilmington
Secnecesss
Charleston
Louisville & Nashville
Sever
Little Rock
Nee Sewer
Pennsylvania
Eople's
Aee
Ove Rock Island Co
Outhern Pacific Sete
Athern Railway
Nion Pacific Wneee
Nited States Steel
Sehers
Ice
Eee
Abasha
Estern Union Cesesacees Com
Exas Company
New York
London metal prices steady with minor shifts noted
Copper moves little at London spot and futures showing 9d in pounds. Tin quotes hold around 218 pounds spot and 213 pounds futures. Lead priced at 14 pounds 6s 3d, spelter 24 pounds 10s, iron Cleveland warrants at 69s 9d.
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London
Cleveland
Building Permits Filed for Dwellings and Repairs
Juan Avila seeks an eight room dwelling at Mata Moras street for 450 dollars. R D Cooper submits an addition on Willow street and Helena Guenthen porch on Washington street for 125 dollars. Ol in repairs on Commerce street, F Miller repairs on Lavaca street, Paul Garza a one room addition on Morales street for 350 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Avila
Matamoras Street
R. D. Cooper
Willow Street
Helena Guenthen
Washington Street
Ser ‘Olin
Commerce Street
I . A F. Miller
Lavaca Street
Paul Garza
Morales Street
Virginia Man Creates Longkeeping Virginia Beauty Canteloupe
Richmond report details Charles A. Mit chell of Louisa Virginia perfecting a canteloupe by crossing French seeds with Rocky Ford and native varieties. Named Virginia Beauty the melon keeps for months after harvest and commands high prices abroad. Mitchell pledges seeds stay in Virginia only and refuses foreign offers.
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Richmond
Charles A. Mitchell
Louisa
Virginian
Luther Burbank
Virginia
Gitchell
Commonwealth
Weather of May 21 1913 for San Antonio and East Texas
Observations at 8 a.m. show air pressure and isobars while isotherms mark temperature. Forecast through 7 p.m. Thursday calls for unsettled, cooler conditions with showers in east Texas and cooler weather in San Antonio and vicinity.
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San Antonio
East Texas
Many Cheap Potatoes Offered in The North
A Texas potato grower faces market hurdles as old stock floods the North and prices barely cover shipping. Brokers expect slow large scale sales until prices fall to 75 to 80 cents per bushel. Trade foresees June carrot potato demand as old stocks are cleared and Texas markets extend to eastern and western regions. New Texas potatoes fetch about 8 dollars per hundred pounds in sacks from nearby growers and the lower coast.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texas
New Texas
Market Prices for Eggs to Raisers and Grocers
A long list of market prices for eggs, poultry, butter, cheese, and vegetables. Listed items include turkey, bacon, butter, cream cheese, tomatoes, potatoes, onions, cabbage, lettuce, cucumbers, garlic, beans, apples, oranges, lemons, limes, bananas, strawberries, sherries, syrup, canned meats and fish, sardines, salmon, squash, flour, peanuts, pecans, walnuts, almonds, coconuts, dried fruits, peaches, figs, sugar and coffee with varied regional prices and pack sizes. Prices are given for Texas, California, Missouri, and other markets with per unit and per weight measurements.
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Texas
Florida
Jonathan
Ben Davis
California
Canned vegetables and meats price list shows bulk costs
The notice outlines prices for canned vegetables such as standard tomatoes 95 cents and No 8 1.25, corn at 1.00 for fancy and 0.90 for standard, Crown marks from Maine ranging up to 2.60, meats including dry salt 12 and bacon around 13 percent, lard at 12 and 8 percent for compound, and grain prices for corn and oats. It also lists flour Pioneer 5.10 per barrel Liberty Bell 6.10, meal 66 cents per 36 pounds, bran 1.20 per 100 pounds, and corn chops 1.30 per hundredweight.
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Alaska
Maine
London
San Antonio
Pioneer
Liberty Bell
Rice Prices and Quotations Hold Steady in New Orleans Market
New Orleans on May 21 sees rice receipts strong with rough at 658 and clean at 6720. Millers report 668 sales with clean Japan at 705 and a 2 percent to 23 percent KC quote range. Quotations unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
Japan
Sugar and hides market report from New York
New York price desk notes quiet trade in raw sugar and Muscovado around 2.77 to 2.80 and centrifugal at 27 to 30 pounds per ton, with molasses quoted 2.50 to 2.55. Refined Peleus and hides and leather show steady activity.
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New York
Eggs and poultry prices steady in Kansas City trading
Kansas City on May 21 reports eggs and poultry unchanged in early trading. Market activity shown as quiet with supply stable and demand holding steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Market Quotations From Chicago Trade Desk
Chicago notes May 21 quotations in dairy and produce markets. Butter eased to 25 28c with 11 190 tubs. cheese and dairy items moved fractions. Potatoes advanced amid 41 car receipts from Michigan Minnesota Wisconsin. poultry prices rose for live poultry and spring ere.
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Chicago
Young Americas
Michigan
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Hogs at Union Stock Yards Hold Steady Prices
May 21 at Union Stock Yards buyers and sellers built a solid price basis as hogs led the market. Receipts included cattle calves horses and hogs with hogs $8.00 to $8.50 and best cows $5.50. Fort Worth quoted porkers 10 to 15 cents higher with overall demand steady for cattle and higher for hogs.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth
Cotton market opens steady in New York with rain talk
New York opens 3 to 5 points higher on firm cables amid rain worries in Arkansas and Oklahoma.Prices ease after early call as selling orders hit, then steady with active months 4 to 56 points above yesterday. July sold freely, old crop undoing straddles, shorts remain major buyers. spot middling uplands at 12.00.
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New York
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Wool market shows rising interest amid falling prices
In Boston on May 21 manufacturers and dealers report modest uptick in domestic wool interest as new territory wools arrive. Prices sit lower across grades with old territory stocks slow to move. Western wool trades fair but demand for Texas and California products weak. key bids list Wisconsin Missouri fleece grades and Texas California finer lots with cut values noted.
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Boston
New Territory
Texas
California
Wisconsin
Missouri
Kentucky
Milar
Wheat and grain prices and receipts in Kansas City
Kansas City markets report cash wheat prices for No 2 hard and No 2 red and oats and mixed oats. Receipts and shipments detailed for Wheat Corn and Oats with closing futures for May July and September across wheat and oats interested traders.
Cotton futures open steady in New York trading
May contracts at 11.55 bid and July 11.66 with a range across months from 11.45 to 11.38 as bids hover around 11.0. Market shows steady tones with several months recording similar levels amid a broad 11.0s trading band.
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New York
Ea How
Claes
Marine Intelligence Galveston May Arrivals and Exports
Galveston dispatch reports arrivals including the steamers Ethelhilda Exford and Cleared ships Harry T Inge El Mundo. Port Arthur notes arrival of Peebles with Northtown Guifoil sailing. Port Aransas records Waneta with barge Hainut inbound and outbound for Tampico daily.
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Galveston
Tex
Ethelhilda
New Orleans
Exford
Rio Janeiro
Harry T. Inge
Port Simon
el Mundo
New York
Port Arthur
Peebles
Laplata
Northtown
Bayonne
Guifoil
Philadelphia
Port Aransas
Waneta
Tucker
Tamapico
Tampico
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady After Morning Gains
In New Orleans May 12 1 Cotton futures opened steady with a 1 to 3 point advance on good cables. Weather showed scattered showers and warm temps aiding crops. Quiet buying, especially for new crop months, and mixed floor chatter from continental traders marked the session. By noon, nearby months stood 6 to 9 points over prior quotes, old crop weaker than new.
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New Orleans
Cotton seed oil closes steady with varied May to December quotes
New York reports mixed cotton seed oil quotes for May through December with several monthly values. Trade shows 9100 total sales including May 200 at 7.10 and July 1100 at 7.05, plus October 100 at 7.12, amid further purchases across months.
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New York
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans trade
May contracts opened at 12.80 with various months listed around 12.14 to 11.16 as bids. Futures closed steady with a net advance of 5 to 7 points, showing modest gains amid fluctuating in market quotes and front-month activity in New Orleans.
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New Orleans
Oc Ee
Iene Gt
Ac Ee
Becee
Ncse
Nay Reekdeld
Baek
Bae Raee
Midweek cattle and hog receipts at Fort Worth market
Fort Worth reports 6000 cattle 300 calves and 3500 hogs 4500 sheep received midweek. Beef steers slow and barely lower, stocker cattle dragy, butcher cows and heifers firmer, bulls and calves steady. Hogs strong with prices about 8.60 to 8.76 per hundredweight.
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Fort Worth
Eggs Steady as Receipts Hit 3221 Cases
New York reports eggs steady with receipts totaling 3,221 cases on May 21. The brief note notes price stability and volume for the market day.
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New York
Cotton prices ease in dull Liverpool market
Liverpool on May 21 reports a dull cotton market with prices lower across grades. American middling fair is 7.26, middling 6.72, low middling 6.58, good ordinary 6.24, ordinary 5.90. Sales total 6000 bales, receipts 5000 with 4300 American. 600 bales for speculation and export.
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Liverpool
Fuller & Sons Sells 600 Steers at 34 Dollars Each
Snyder Texas May 21 W A Fuller and Sons sold six hundred steers and yearlings to J R S Hull for thirty four dollars a head. The cattle were shipped today to Gordon for pasture.
Poultry and Dairy Prices Reported by St. Louis Market
May 21 poultry and dairy quotes from St. Louis market show chickens at 24 31, turkey 16, geese 7. butter creamery 27 28. eggs 17.
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ST. Louis
Futures quotes steady at Liverpool open
Futures began quiet in Liverpool with the May 6.47 percent rate and a series of near equal spreads through January-February 6.04 percent and May-June 6.07 percent, ending steadier.
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Liverpool
Coffee futures steady as No 7 Rio holds gains
New York traders report futures for No 7 Rio coffee at 11 percent, with July at 10.94 and December at 11.16 as values hold steady on the market calm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rio
Cotton goods markets steady with fair trade activity
New York May 21 reports steady cotton goods markets with fair trade in gray fabrics. Large shipments of chambray and shirting madras are moving to the cutting trade. Spot goods are offered at low figures to clear stock. Fancy silks for late fall are being bought abroad quite liberally.
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New York
Madras
Live Stock Prices at Kansas City Sale Grounds
Cattle receipts reach 5000 with 300 southern cattle and steady trends. Native steers fetch 7.00 to 8.50, southern steers 6.00 to 7.60, cows and heifers 4.50 to 7.10. Hog receipts 12,000 steady with bulk 8.45 to 8.55, heavy 8.45 to 8.55, lights 8.50 to 8.60, pigs 7.00 to 7.50. Sheep receipts 9000 steady with muttons 4.00 to 6.50 and range sheep 4.50 to 7.00.
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Kansas City
Spot market closes with mixed middling prices
New York and New Orleans report middling at 12 cents, Houston at 12 3 16, Galveston at 12 5 16, Liverpool at 6 72d, Memphis at 12. The market shows varied gains and holds across key cotton hubs.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Houston
Galveston
Memphis
Novel Bakery and other licenses listed in city directory
Automobiles licenses numbered 3618 for The Novel Bakery at 416 Carson Street and 3614 for Motocycle, J. Al. Turpin at 127 Tremier Avenue, plus entries for Entlaoe Co. Smith, 1617 Jones and 1616 Dorris Motor Car Co., 1314 Grayson Street. Around Sherman Lake cottage owners and campers flock in summer. a farmer converts a barn into an open air theater with hayloft stage and wallpaper scenery for unique playhouse in rural New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
the Novel Bakery
Carson Street
Motocycle
J. AL. Turpin
Tremier Avenue
Entlaoe Co. Smith
Jones
Dorris Motor Car Co
Grayson Street
Sherman Lake
New York State
Cattle and Hog Markets Near St Louis May 21
Cattle receipts 6000 with 900 Texans. native beef steers 5.75 to 9.00, cows 4.50 to 6.50, Texas and Indian steers 6.25 to 6.50, calves in carload fats around .86. Hogs receipts 2800. pigs and lights 7.00 to 8.75, good heavies 8.56 to 8.65. Sheep receipts 2000. native muttons 5.60 to 8.75, lambs 7.00 to 8.25.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Livestock prices and receipts at Chicago market
Hog receipts reached 22 000 with steady bids. bulk sales at 8.59 to 8.10 per unit. Cattle receipts 13 000 with mix of beeves Texas steers and cows trading from 3.80 to 9.20. Sheep receipts 18 000 with natives 5.40 to 6.10 and lambs 6.00 to 7.60.
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Chicago
Texas
Spot cotton market quiet in New Orleans listings
New Orleans on May 21 reports spot cotton steady with middling at 12 11 16c to 13 11 16c. Receipts total 2447 bales, stock 74 575 bales, sales on the spot 1460 bales to arrive 439 bales, low ordinary to good middling quoted in small increments.
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New Orleans
Spot market closes steady with no change in Houston
Houston May 21 spot market ends steady with no movement in price. Trade notes show shipments totaling 3044 bales and overall stock at 78,292 bales.
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Houston
Tex
Marriage Licenses Listed For Multiple Couples
Raymond and Ida E Dickens. Charles E Strum and Mrs Rosa Vander. James F Merriman and Ida V Earnest. Ramon Briones and Angelita Maltos. Frederick C Krause and Eleanor Heubaum.
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Raymond
Dickens
Ida E. Jonas
Charles E. Strum
Mrs
Rosa Wan
Spot Cot ton closes steady in Galveston market
May 21 Galveston spot cotton closes steady up 1 sixteenth to 1 cent. Prices range from 8 1/16 cents for low ordinaries to 12 11/16 cents for good middling. Receipts total 1132 bales, stock 122075 bales. No sales reported.
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Galveston
Tex
Cotton prices steady on US spot market in May report
New York on May 21 reports cotton spot closed steady with middling uplands at 12.00 and middling gulf at 12.25. Sales tallied at 2000 bales. Also noted Riebe Undertaking Co providing ambulance service at 221 E. Commerce, phone 341.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gulf
Riebe Undertaking Co
Auto Ambulance Service
E. Commerce
Teaching That Pays Shows Agriculture Teachers Earn More
A U S bulletin reports high school agriculture teachers earn about 1200 dollars while general high school teachers average 700 dollars. The gap reflects teacher shortage, expansion of agricultural study, and state aid boosting salaries. growth in agricultural instruction began around 1906 with rising secondary and elementary levels across many states.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Education
United States
C. H. Rovinson
F. B. Jenks
Bureau of Education
Alabama
Arkansas
California
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Maine
Mississippi
Missouri
North Carolina
North Dakota
Ohio
Oklahoma
South Carolina
Texas
West Virginia
Wisconsin
Grain market slips as rains improve demand steady
Chicago consignments report firmer demand despite cooler Canadian Northwest weather. Wheat slipped early as rains arrived but shorts covered and market firmed later with July near 90 cents, corn steadied after a weak start, oats and pork/lard ribs also showing modest gains on export sales and crop deterioration notes.
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Chicago
India
Kansas
Grain prices and receipts reported in St. Louis market
May 21 St. Louis market report shows cash wheat and corn bids with varying numbers for No. 2 and track classifications. Receipts yesterday include flour 80,000. wheat 49,000. corn 54,000. oats 44,000. Shipments list 12,000 flour, 86,000 wheat, 46,000 corn, 55,000 oats. July and September futures quotes given for corn and oats.
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ST. Louis
Grain Price Matrix For Wheat Corn and Oats
Market prices list cash wheat with grades No 2 red No 2 hard and North Dakota No 2 spring and durum values. Corn No 2 and No 2 white and yellow figures shown. Oats No 2 white and standard prices given.
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Chicago
Bristol Sus Only 122 West 49th St
An item notes a location at 122 West 49th Street linked to a $3.00 rate per American e Plan Hotels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bristol
West 49Th St
Seashore and Country Mansion at Fisher's Island
At the meeting of the Atlantic Ocean and Long Island Sound, the Seashore and Country Mansion house on Fisher's Island offers golf tennis bathing and an orchestra for visitors and guests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fisher's Island
London
Conn
Atlantic Ocean
Long Island Sound
Greenwich Inn Offers Golf Bathing and Tennis
Describes YE OLD GREENWICH INN near Sound Beach Connecticut with easy access to New York City. Notes amenities including golf bathing and tennis and orchestra. Advertisement invites readers to send for Fisher's Island Greenwich Inn Illustrated and provides address 1122 Broadway New York.
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Greenwich Inn Sound Beach
Conn
New York
Fisher's Island
Greenwich Inn
Wm. F
Broadway
Mizzentop Hotel Ad in New York Area
An advertisement for the Mizzentop Hotel in Berkshire Fawiling near New York lists 2200 automobile headquarters, with rates and bath rooms at 1122 Broadway under W P Chase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince George Hotel
28Th ST
Broadway
Hotel Flanders
W. 47Th ST
Somerset 41Th Street
Bath
ST. James 46Th ST
Longacre Hotel
Iscacion
Mizzentop Hotel Southern
Berkshire
Fawiling
New York
York and Lennox
W. P. Chase
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Cotton Region Bulletin
NEW York Money
Pelter
London Metal
Mig. Co
East Houston St
Nelson Civil
Swearingen-McCraw
Pfhounes
General Weather Report
Dir
Temp
Abilene Vel
Amarillo
Augusta
Birmingham
Cleareston
St. Paul
Preidy
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hiatt
Mredlear
Idaho
South
Navy
Cotton
Vattly
Fort Work
Incssee
Oklahoma City
Cotton Statistics
U. S
Mobile
Sears
NEW York Futures
Marine Intelligence
Kansas City Livestock
Charles Kingsley
A. ©. Benson
Kingsley
Eversley
Benson
Herculaenum
Diana
T Ritord Rder
Cambridge
Grain and Provisions
ST .Louis
New York City
Information Bureaus
Arlington 25Th Street
Seville
Madison Ave
29Th St
Hermitage Hotel
7Th Ave
Albert 11Th St. & University Pt
B'way
ST. Hubert
67Th St
Martha Washington
Richmond 46Th ST
Sth Ave
Aberdeen
Pierrepont
Earle Ra
Waverly
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