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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

May 22, 1914

Page

13

Paris Takes More American Gold Boosting Stocks

New York May 22 Stocks opened with little change as Chesapeake & Ohio rose after a regular dividend and Missouri Pacific slipped. A $2 million gold agreement for Paris supported continued gold exports while London also entered the market for American gold. Activity peaked at noon with about 8000 shares, and forecasts of weekly cash movement varied but favored a substantial gain as bonds held firm and the market closed firm.

New York Chesapeake & Ohio Missouri Pacific Paris London

Metal Markets on York May 22 Report Prices

Lead quiet at $3.85, London lead at £18 128 64, spelter dull with $5.05 5.15 and London spelter £21 7s 6d. Copper steady, tin steady at $33.30 spot and $33.20 July, iron steady. London copper £62 18s 9d spot and £23 lis 8d futures. Cleveland warrants noted.

York London Oie Cleveland

Bumper fruit crops forecast for 1914 across many fruits

Washington reports that US Chamber of Commerce statistics predict a strong fruit yield in 1914, except peaches. Severe spring cold damaged peaches in Oklahoma, Arkansas and Kansas with crops not expected to exceed 25 percent of normal there, while Missouri and several southern states also showed losses. Elsewhere the outlook is promising with peaches near normal.

Washington United States Chamber of Commerce Committee On Oklahoma Arkansas Kansas Missouri Mississippi Alabama Texas Georgia Kentucky Tennessee Idaho North Carolina

Mercantile Exchange Rates and Bond Notes Steady in New York

New York on May 22 reports mercantile paper at a steady percent, sterling exchange for 60 days at 4 86.10, demand 4 88.60, commercial bills 4 85. Bar silver at 57 1/2 cents. Mexican dollars 46 1/2 cents. Government and railroad bonds hold firm.

New York Mercantile Sterling Exchange

Money market notes in New York closes mixed

Call money ranged 1 to 2 percent with closing at 1 to 2 percent. Time loans were steady with 60 and 90 day at 2 percent and six months at 3 percent.

New York

Cotton goods markets steady with good spring demand

New York May 22 markets remained steady with solid trading in gray cloths. Foreign mens wear goods were purchased for spring 1915 at prices current a year ago, indicating stable pricing and active demand in the textile sector.

New York

Market Report: Honduran and Japanese Rice Steady

New Orleans market notes show rough Honduras and Japan rice prices steady with clean qualities quoted. Rice per ton around 26 to 27 dollars with bran around 17 to 18 cents per unit. receipts indicating clean rice entries.

New Orleans Honduras Japan Igiean

Butter and dairy prices rise in Chicago market report

Butter higher with creameries quoted 19 to 25 cents. Receipts 19,606 cases. ordinary firsts 17 1/2 to 17 3/4 cents, firsts 18 1/2 cents. Cheese unchanged. Daisies 14 1/2 cents, Twins 18 1/2 cents, Americas 15 1/2 cents. Potatoes higher with Michigan Wisconsin white 65 to 73 cents, Minnesota white 65 to 70 cents. Poultry alive unchanged. fowls 15 cents.

Chicago Americas Michigan Wisconsin Minnesota

Pedestrian-Madam Confronts Boy Over Stone Wound

In a terse exchange a boy, described as the speaker’s son, throws a stone injuring a passerby. The passerby seeks remedy while the boy’s mother proposes arnica and directs to a nearby drugstore. The exchange appears in a Boston transcript.

Arnica Boston Transcript

New York Refiners Order Sugar Price Increase

New York refiners quote a five cent per hundredweight advance in refined sugars and New Orleans is expected to adopt the higher figures Saturday. San Antonio prices follow New Orleans, while Texas sugar stocks remain light and imports rise. Cuban production may need to expand to cover future tariff impacts. Strawberries sell higher as season ends. meat lists unchanged. rains slow but Friday sun promises a busy next week for merchants.

New York New Orleans San Antonio Texas United States

Wholesale Market Prices for Country Produce List

A dense list of retail-like wholesale prices across eggs poultry butter vegetables fruits and canned goods. Eggs candled 17¢ a dozen. poultry hens to turkeys and ducks priced per dozen or per pound. butter 13 to 28¢ per pound. vegetables including potatoes cabbage onions and peppers with varied per hundredweight per crate rates. fruits such as oranges lemons limes bananas and grapes with crate and per hundredweight pricing. California canned fruits and vegetables with assorted can sizes and prices. sugar coffee rice syrups flour and bran with unit prices across standard barrels sacks and per ton rates.

Northern Creamery Texas Oregon California Messina Florida Illinois Japan Choice Honduras Pioneer Liberty Bell

Kansas crop outlook weighs on wheat prices in Chicago

Chicago May 22 Wheat prices drifted lower after an initial rise as optimistic Kansas crop reports weakened the market. Corn rose modestly on bullish Argentine weather, oats gained on dry east of the Mississippi, and hogs aided provisions. Hessian fly damage in Missouri and Illinois worsened the outlook before a late dry-weather spike and lower Chicago stocks produced an unsettled close with a net advance.

Chicago Kansas Argentine Mississippi Wheat Missouri Illinois

Livestock markets favor shipper at Fort Worth centers

Hog prices fell again but the overall market favored shippers across centers. Fort Worth quotations were among the week’s most attractive, while local yards showed little activity with receipts limited to 470 cattle, 2 calves, 1 horse, and 4 hogs. Ranchers praised improved conditions as warm weather returns.

Union Stock Yards Fort Worth Texas

Cotton futures rise and fall amid variable advices

Cotton markets opened easy on disappointing foreign advices with mixed session moves. Prices swung, with Dec contracts steady below 12.30 as liquidation and fresh buying influenced trading, while later quotes showed declines and recoveries across regions.

New Orleans Cotton Dips on Poor Cables and Weather Woes

In New Orleans on May 22 poor cables and a slightly better weather map triggered cotton selling early. Prices opened 6 to 6 points lower, then fell to 7 9 points down after the call. Buying support lifted quotes briefly before heavy short selling near noon left the market 5 to 11 points lower at close.

New York Texas Houston Moe New Orleans

Cotton futures open steady as prices slip in New Orleans

Futures opened steady, May at 13.46, July 18.17, October 12.26, with May closing at 18.40, July 18.14, and other contracts down 8 to 11 points. Quotations show day ranges and late closes, reflecting a softer session in New Orleans.

New York New Orleans

Market Quotes From Kansas City Wheat and Corn

Kansas City market quotes for May 22 show cash grain prices with wheat at 92 9 1 2 cents for No 2 red and 92 1 2 cents for No 2 yellow, corn at 57c No 2 white oats meanwhile listed at 49 1 2 cents for No 2 white.

Kansas City

Liverpool Cotton Market Report May 22

Spot cotton unchanged in Liverpool with good middling at 8.214 pence per pound and middling 7.594 while low middling stands at 7.114. Sales reached 11 000 bales including 1 000 for export and speculation. receipts 4 000 bales.

Liverpool

Market Futures Steady From Liverpool Trade Notes

Futures in Liverpool show steady prices with May June at 7.20 pence and July August at 7.024 pence. August September quotes stand at 6.894 pence while October November move to 6.62 pence and January February at 6.534 pence.

Liverpool Mayay

Cotton statistics report from Liverpool market

Liverpool dispatches show weekly cotton statistics with totals for American and Block 10,699,000 bales, imports and exports, including 63,000 bales American and 826,000 bales American in various categories, and 75,000 bales imports with 38,000 bales American.

Liverpool

Cotton market closes steady on May 22 reports

Memphis reports show bids near 6.33 to 6.84 for staples while New York cotton closes steady with May at 7.00 20 and futures for June through December posting varied levels. Total sales reach 4000 contracts as of May 22.

Memphis Tenn New York

Fort Worth cattle market shows modest gains and steady hogs

May 22 Fort Worth cattle receipts about 2500 head with generally higher markets. Beef steers up 10 to 15 cents with ranges from 26.50 to 28.90. stocker steers 5.75 to 6.75. cows 4.50 to 6.25. heifers 5.10 to 7.25. stocker cows and heifers 4.25. bulls 4.60 to 6.50. calves 5.50. Hog arrivals only 800. market steady to lower. top 8,465, bulk 8,200. Sheep receipts about 2500. market 10 cents lower. best wethers 5.50, lambs around 6.50 to 8.25.

Fort Worth Tex Hearl

Spot Cotton Markets US and UK Report May 22

New York middling 13.66 and 15 points lower to 13.60 with no sales in New York. New Orleans spot unchanged at 18 to arrive 178 and today 566 sales. Galveston spot 13 with 1650 bales sold. Houston spot 12 4 with 368 bales sold. Liverpool middling 13 c.

New Orleans New York Liverpool Houston Galveston Tex Abliene Amarillo Atlanta Augusta Birmingham Brownsville Charleston Chicago Corpus Christ del Rio el Paso Indianapolis Kansas City Knoxville Tenn Louisville Memphis Mobile Ala Peddy Montgomery Oklahoma City Palestine St. Louis St. Paul Minn San Antonio Fila Tampa Taylor Washington Allen Buell

Grain futures close steady with modest gains

Kansas City May 22 grain futures closed steady with May wheat at 90½ cents, July 81½. corn May 72½, July 69½. oats May 30, July 39½ cents.

Siege Kansas City

Live Stock Market Results Kansas City May 22

Receipts and market summary for cattle hogs and sheep at Kansas City on May 22. Hog receipts 4000 with weak market. bulk sales 8.25 to 8.40, night 8.20 to 8.35, pigs 7.50 to 8.00. Cattle receipts 600 including 400 southerns with strong market. prime fed steers 8.50 to 9.00, dressed beef 7.50 to 8.59, southern steers 6.50 to 8.25, cows 4.50 to 7.75, heifers 7.00 to 9.00, stockers 6.50 to 9.25. Sheep receipts 2006 with steady market. lambs 7.00 to 9.25, yearlings 6.00 to 6.75, wethers 5.50 to 6.50, ewes 4.75 to 5.75.

Kansas City Sierra

Market Quotations In Chicago Wheat Prices May 22

Chicago May 22 Quotations reported cash wheat prices including Pa 2 red at 99 cents No 2 hard at 99c No 2 soft at 97 18c and No 2 white at 97 1 8c. Barley traded around 50 63 cents with varying bids.

Chicago

Market Quotations for Wheat and Corn in St Louis

Wheat prices ranged from 96 to 97 cents for No 2 red and 95 to 98 cents for No 2 hard. Corn values showed No 2 at 72 to 75 cents and No 2 white at 75 to 76 cents.

ST. Louis

Livestock Receipts and Prices From St Louis Market

May 22 receipts and quotes show hogs 7000 head with market lower. pigs and lights 7.00 to 8.55. good heavy 8.50 to 8.55. Cattle receipts 400 including 100 Texas. native beef steers 7.59 to 9.10. cows and heifers 4.25 to 9.00. stockers 5.00 to 8.00. Texas and Oklahoma steers 5.75 to 8.40. cows and heifers 4.50 to 6.50. native calves 6.00 to 10.75. Sheep receipts 900, market steady. sheep 7.00 to 8.00. spring lambs 9.00 to 9.60.

Coffee futures steady on July and December contracts

Rio, May 22. Market notes show No. 7 soft futures steady with July at 8.60 and December figures listed, while other benchmarks remain unchanged.

Rio Oak

Marine Intelligence Galveston May 22 Sees Arrivals and Sails

Marine intelligence from Galveston reports arrivals Panaman New York El Occidente New York Grid Nov and Puerto Barrios. Sailed Earlswood Br Pensacola schooner Mary E H G Dow Baltimore. Also notes poultry and livestock selling fast and a garden planting scene as a local aside.

Galveston Tex Panaman New York el Occidente Grid Puerto Barrios Earlswood Pensacola Baltimore

Weather report from Cotton Region Bulletin May 22 1914

Temperature and rainfall data for the Houston district stations over the past 24 hours. Weather is generally fair in the belt with rain in Central and West Texas. Recorded rainfall includes Cuero Brownwood Alice Ballinger Kerrville with notable totals. Observation taken at 8 a.m. Friday May 22 1914 by Allen Buell Local Forecaster.

San Antonio Tex Houston Central West Texas Cuero Brownwood Alice Ballinger Kerrville Bax Raia Puridg Brenham Peachiy Clarendon Corsicana Cloud Cuero Eastland Oat Preidy Clear Waco Weatherford Austin Columbus Clear Valley Junction Fall Wilmington Charleston 8. C Augusta Savannah Atlanta Peewee Tees Montgomery Ala Mobile Memphis Tenn Vieira, Mgr New Orion Little Rock Ark Oklahoma City Okla

Automobile Licenses List with Names and Addresses

The page lists license numbers 180 to 5181 for Overland and other counties, naming holders such as John P. Crane at 101 Culpepper Street and Rev. Harvey IL. Page at 741 East Houston Street along with Lyons Knight and Mrs. L. J. For bre at 605 West Magnolia Avenue.

Overland John P. Crane Culpepper Street Harvey IL. Page East Houston Street Lyons Knight L. J. Forbre West Magnolia Avenue

Building Permits Granted for Additions and Storage

A. J. Castanda files for a store edition on North Flores street valued at 4000 dollars. Magnolia Petroleum Company seeks an addition to a warehouse on Carolina street valued at 400 dollars. E. McKenzie requests an addition to a dwelling on Indiana avenue valued at 600 dollars.

A. J. Castanda North Flores Street Magnolia Petroleum Company Carolina Street E. McKenzie Indiana Avenue

Marriage Licenses for Four Couples Listed

Santiago Corona and Petra Moreno, Antonio Valdez and de Garza, and Maria Ynes Diavila are recorded as marriage license applicants in the latest city clerk listings. The notices confirm filings and pending ceremonies.

Santiago Corona Petra Moreno Antonio Valdez de Garza Maria Ynes Diavila

Junior A League Cardinals and Athletics Win Doubleheader

In a Junior A Indoor Baseball League doubleheader at the Y M C A Thursday, the Cardinals defeated the White Sox 9 to 3 while the Athletics beat the Giants 6 to 2. Barber had elev hits, Richey Hamilton four hits, Katz three, and Rockafellow led the Sox with three, as Schofield’s wild pitching aided the Athletics in game two.

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Bargains in Lots and Rent Deals From Howard Rieg

Real estate listings offer $100 down and balance on rent as bargains in lots and other properties. Contact Howard Rieg at 419 Gunter Building for details and availability.

Howard Rieg Gunter Bidg

Tobin Hill Cottage and Close-In Lot For Sale

Passive rooms and bath one block from Gaff with a large south front lot. A A Gray and Co offer Close-In Lot 100 by 102 with houses 19 rooms over 10 percent tale. Price 7600 William Herring E Houston Street.

Tobin Hill A. A. Gray & CO William Herring E. Houston St

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