This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 34 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1916
Page
15
Oklahoma City November 1 75 percent of the state's corn crop remains in farmer hands with expectations of higher prices. Cotton condition 57 percent and 75 percent of the crop picked by October 25. The 1916 crop is estimated at 628685 bales. Wheat and oats on hand 20 and 37 percent. Hay acreage and alfalfa down. Prices for all crops improved.
In Austin on November 1 Commissioner C. O. Austin said Texas banks hold over 20 million dollars in individual deposits and total deposits near 118 million dollars, noting unprecedented prosperity but warning lawmakers to guard the public’s money amid favorable but speculative conditions.
Wheat prices softened on November 1 as U S German diplomatic tensions influenced markets. Argentina and Europe issued bearish crop signals while San Francisco eyed Australian imports. December futures slipped to about 1.83 and May near 1.81 as corn and oats followed lower and hog provisions rose.
Chicago market notes show grain bids with mixed signals. Wheat prices stand near 1.61 to 1.65 for No 2 red and hard varieties while No 2 yellow corn bids hover around 1.46 to 1.60. Oats and barley quotes appear inconsistent with standard oats near 52 to 53 percent and barley around 0.85 to 1.22.
Quotations show wheat prices easing across grades in St Louis trading. No. 2 ce, No. 2 hard and No. 8 futures listed with slight declines, while No. 2 white prices hold mixed figures amid broader market softness.
Quotations to Gav show grain prices with wheat at No 2 hard 1.82 1.87 and No 2 red 1.90 1.84. Corn ranges include No 2 mixed 99 100 No 2 white 1.01 No 2 yellow 1.62 1.08. Oats and rye figures are partial and unclear due to transcription errors.
Kansas City grain futures closed with wheat around 1.77 dollars for May and corn showing a minor decline to about 84 percent, reflecting a cautious trading day in the market.
Buyers paid prices for country produce in San Antonio on Wednesday. Eyes steady Texas candled 82 33c. Butter steady Texas creamery 30 3ic per pound. Country 25 26c packing stock 22 25c. Poultry firm Hens per dozen 6.00 8.00 large fryers 4.50 7.00 broiled 3.50 4.00 turkeys 19 20c per pound ducks 5.50 6.00 per dozen geese 7.00 9.00.
Quotations today show butter rising with creamery at 31 to 35 cents and eggs higher with receipts of 3720 cases. Firsts 31 to 32 1/2 cents, ordinary 29 to 38 cents at market. Potatoes fall with 6 car receipts. Minnesota and Dakota whites at 1.10 to 1.50, Wisconsin and Michigan 1.50. Poultry unsettled with live fowls and turkeys noted.
Quotations show butter creamery 33 cents firsts 21 cents seconds 29 and a half cents packing 27 cents. Eggs firsts six cents. Poultry hens one cent roosters twelve cents broilers twenty cents. Potatoes easy. Northern early Ohio and Colorado rurals priced at 1.40. A stray note mentions Esther Bill claiming to have beaten Jess Willard and Regher Yeni calling his house one morning before he was up.
Reports from the Comptroller of the Treasury put the growth in banking resources at six and one half billion dollars from July 1913 to July 1916, noting a historic surge in assets and capital and a concurrent drop in interest charges. Fort Worth banks posted a record month with total clearings of 56,728,687.24, surpassing prior records by over 16.9 million. Houston clearings reached 71,191,345 in October, a 4 percent rise from 1915. Draper Company of Hopedale announced wage increases for 2,500 workers within two weeks due to higher living costs. The Ohio Cannery Association predicted 10 to 40 cent per dozen price hikes for 1917 amid rising material costs.
Wednesday quotations show dry salt bacon extras at 18 cents and dry salt bellies at 14 to 16 cents per pound. Fancy breakfast bacon and other cuts are listed with price points around 15 to 18 cents, reflecting mixed bulk rates for traders.
New York November 1 The opening showed fractional declines across many issues but a rally followed led by Crucible and Republic Steels Pressed Steel Car Central Leather with gains in several equipment and specialty stocks. Rail coal and shipping shares also climbed with United States Steel and munitions names among late strength as trading weakened and closed strong.
Trading in Mexican dollars and currencies reported with New York mercantile paper quotes. Totals include 40 day bills 4.70 percent, commercial pedals 4.704 percent, demand 4.75 percent, cables Francs 5.9414 percent, cables 5.828 percent. Golds demand 10 percent, cables 41 percent, bar silver 68 percent, Mexican dollars 52 percent. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds irregular.
Time loans easy with 60 and 80 day terms at 3 3 percent, six months at 3 4 percent. Call money steady around 2 percent, last loan 2 percent. In London, bar silver at 32 44 per ounce, money at 5 percent, discount rates around 6 percent for short bills and three months.
The New Orleans exchange closed as futures trading dominated New York activity with heavy offerings. Prices slid to the day’s low, Liverpool held firmer, while San Antonio spot quotes showed a range from good middling to strict low middling as demand waned. Local San Antonio trading was light with most business passing through New Orleans houses.
The New York cotton market opened with a five to sixteen point gain on overnight buying and higher cables. Early strength faded as heavy realizing and liquidation set in, with January slipping to 19.08 and May to 19.28, though bull support steadied losses and a late rally followed improved views on the submarine situation and crop estimates.
The document notes Liverpool is set to open Thursday with a fifteen point deficit. An 11 o'clock call references New York, with dates and price-like figures for January, March and May indicating market movements or forecasts.
The Liverpool cotton market shows strong demand with good middling at 3 134, middling 11 214, and low middling 11 6. Sales reach 10,000 bales with 800 for speculative and export purposes and 22,000 for the remainder.
Liverpool futures show a series of daily settlement figures with November at 10.9544 and various calendar spreads from November-December through October-November, including values like 10.62 and 11.10 for different pairings and months.
Lead ranged 7.00 to 7.95 with firm Spelter. spot East St Louis delivery at 10 percent. Electrolytic first quarter at 28.00. Iron steady. Tin steady at 41.67 to 41.87.
London reports copper and metal prices with spot and futures standings. In Washington the Interstate Commerce Commission ruled on a rehearing that Gulf Colorado and Texas Railroad improperly switched cars over private tracks to aid a competitor at Silsbee Texas, denying Midvale complainants an equivalent service.
A dialogue between an old gentleman and a retired case head outside the Spotted Dragon lampoons motors. The speaker laments motor buses and jokes about his past work holding cases’ heads before engines changed the scene.
In the Upstate market at Union Stock Yards, Fort Worth, cattle trading was slow and draggy with low receipts and modest quality. Prices were largely unchanged from yesterday, while Fort Worth saw continued declines in hogs. yard receipts totaled 650 cattle, 250 calves, 2560 hogs, and 126 horses.
Memphis presented its bid for a federal farm loan bank serving Tennessee Alabama Mississippi Arkansas and Louisiana at a hearing before the federal farm loan commissioners. About twenty witnesses argued Memphis already handles a vast farm loan business with superior railroad and transportation facilities.
Readable lines show a Savannah Florida area listing firm figures for turpentine receipts 482 and 8,475 plus 1,089 in 1944, with resin firm sales and shipments noted as 13 and 72 respectively, alongside various fragmented monetary values and percentages.
New Orleans rice market reports show both rough and clean rice moving but with steady quotations. Rough receipts reach 15 022 sacks with Honduran and Japanese lots noted, while clean sales total 4 451 pockets with Honduras and Japan offerings listed.
New York reports quieter cotton goods and yarns as carpet auction prices stay near current fall quotations. Silk rib bon prices rose from six to sixteen percent, while Jobberg reported active business.
Cattle receipts today total 2400 at steady prices with values around 4.50 to 4.75. Total sheep 1506 steady with late yesterday averages near 6.00 to 6.75 per hundredweight. Trade details include top cattle around 6.50 while sheep showed strong demand on several lots.
Fort Worth reports cattle and hog market figures with mixed prices. Cattle seen with lower bids across categories including steers stockers cows and calves, while hog receipts total around 3500 with bulk prices near 9.70 to 9.85 and top around 9.50. Goats and sheep appear with smaller totals and scattered quotes.
Chicago Nov 1 receipts and quotations show hogs at 44 000 with slow demand and prices from 9.40 to 10.20 for bulk to mixed, and cattle receipts 8 8 thousand with native beef cattle around 6.50 to 11.00 for various classes. sheep and lambs weaker with wethers near 8.85 and lambs 8.50 to 11.20.
St Louis reports hogs receipts at 14 000 with mixed and butcher prices from 9.40 to 10.20. Cattle receipts 500 with native beef steers 7.50 to 11.15 and cows 4.50 to 7.50. Sheep receipts 9 500 with lambs about 8.75 to 16.00 and yearlings around 7.26.
Kansas City market notes November 1 show cattle receipts at 14 000 with southern steers and calves priced to 7.75 to 10.75. Prime fed steers reach 9.59 to 11.00, dressed beef steers 7.50 to 9.35, cows 4.50 to 7.25, heifers 5.10 to 8.25, stocker and feeder bids 5.50 to 9.85 while calves and yearlings bring 7.75 to 8.75 and wethers 7.00 to 8.00. Hog receipts 17 000 with live prices 9.00 to 10.10 and pigs 8.75 to 9.50. Packer and butcher bids include 9.00 to 9.50.
Raw sugar and refined sugar prices moved higher as futures opened firm in New York. Active short covering and demand from trade houses pushed noon levels up, with gains of up to 19 points on the day.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.