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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1916
Page
13
Classified notices offer farms and lots with prices from 200 to 3000 dollars per acre or cash down. Features include a 25 acre dairy tract near the city, seven lots near a car line, and a 20 000 acre mountain ranch with irrigation and full amenities.
Non resident owner to sell quick at 2350 for a 3800 value Cream of Beacon Hill lot 150 by125 in San Antonio area. Temple Hill addition city project with lots from 350 and up, 15 cash and 10 per month no interest no taxes until paid, Engle Miller agents 817-318 State Bank Bldg open until 9 pm.
Buyers paid steady prices for Texas country candied utter and creamery goods in San Antonio. Poultry markets showed firmness with hens at 6.00 to 8.00 per dozen and turkeys 21 to 22 cents per pound. Geese brought 7.00 to 9.00 per dozen.
Chicago market recap notes butter and eggs higher with 4825 receipts. Creamery 32 percent and eggs for firsts quoted at 38 4c, ordinary firsts 31 82c at mark. Potatoes steady with 55 car shipments. Minnesota and Dakota white corn $1.55 to $1.60. Ohio mixes $1.50 to $1.55. Michigan white $1.50. Poultry alive unsettled. fowls spring indicates unsettled market.
Kansas City market prices show Butter creamery firsts 31 cents etc. second 23 cents packing 27 cents. Eggs large 32 cents. Poultry hens 13 cents roasters 11 cents broilers 19 cents. Potatoes steady around 1.46 to 1.50 dollars.
Weather Bureau meteorologist Allen Buell notes wind speeds below 10 mph and precipitation under 0.01 inch are not published in this bulletin. This department of agriculture weather notice reiterates reporting thresholds.
The London Globe reports eminent French figures like Joseph Reinach and Yves Guyot urging the end of the Hohenzol lerns before any wartime settlement. They compare the Kaiser to Napoleon and insist Europe cannot tolerate the dynasty to secure lasting peace.
The cotton market opens higher by $1.50 per base with Liverpool showing gains as prices move up.
The market rises as New York and New Orleans advance, bolstered by a bullish ginning report and a stronger Liverpool market. Spot prices in San Antonio show higher levels for good middling and related grades amid ongoing bullishness.
The New York cotton market opened violently active with active months up to 46 points, driven by heavy covering and bull support after a Liverpool surge and a fresh ginning estimate of 8,619,063 bales. Election uncertainty caused early nervousness and later profit taking, with January trading around 19.38 to 19.50 before steadying near 19.42 as afternoon trading paused.
A brief market note indicates Liverpool is set to open Thursday with a small rise between 1 and 2 percentage points. The 11 o'clock call is reported as New York Call and Close with mixed figures shown as E aT 68 19.78.
New Orleans opening cotton prices rose 30 to 43 points on Liverpool good and small ginning returns, then fell 14 to 26 points on election uncertainty. Buyers returned as the market bulged 38 to 43 points over Monday's close, with noon trading down from morning highs. By afternoon, steady sentiment persisted as spot quotations climbed 37 points and 1:30 prices stood 33 to 34 points net higher.
Liverpool cotton market reports free demand for good middling at 11.67 pence and mid ling at 13.52 with good ordinary 11.01. Sales reach 10,000 bales, including 800 for speculation and export. Receipts total 15,000 bales.
Futures closed unsettled with multiple month-to-month spreads listed from Nov to Oct, showing varied near-term interest rates. Market activity centers on near-term contracts with adjustments through calendar swaps and forward positions.
A time saving concrete barn designed by an Heiwa inventor features a water tank and feed and hay lofts surrounding an empty central space on the ground floor.
Northwest and Middle West jobbers report strong immediate and fall demand for underwear. Trade notes short supply of children's and boys' union suits, especially in lower prices, with wool and worsted lines being marketed. Cotton underwear prices unsettled due to rising cotton costs. Also: Treasury Secretary McAdoo says new dimes will continue circulation despite artist initials.
Wholesale prices to trade list numerous produce items by region and unit. Colorado potatoes and onions from California and Texas appear with per unit rates. fruits include apples, bananas, oranges, peaches, pears, prunes and raisins with variety grades. Canned goods, meats, coffee and staples alongside farm commodities complete the market summary.
Chicago futures rallied on decisive changes in wheat supply and export activity. Prices closed higher as European crop worries and Argentina rainfall influenced sentiment. corn and oats followed with modest gains while lard led stronger provisions amid Liverpool price moves.
Quotations for wheat oats and barley recorded in Chicago today. Wheat prices ranged No. 2 red at 1.84 and No. 2 yellow at 1.02 to 1.05. Oats standard quoted at 54 to 55 cents. Barley around 0.80 to 1.28 with variations noted.
Hogs weakened in the local market with top price for choic e butcher stock at nine dollars. Stockers and feeders traded six fifty to seven fifty, while cattle prices held steady. Receipts totaled 413 cattle 400 calves 179 hogs and 53 horses.
Fort Worth Texas reports cattle receipts around 7000 with prices 10 to 15 cents lower. Steers 6.00 to 7.25, stockers 5.00 to 6.75, heifers 6.50 to 7.25, cows 3.25 to 6.00, bulls 4.00 to 5.00, calves 4.60 to 8.50. Hogs receipts 4000 unchanged, bulk 9.30 to 9.50, top 9.60. Sheep receipts 120 steady, lambs 9.00 to 9.50, yearlings 7.00 to 7.50, ewes 6.50 to 7.00, goats 3.25 to 5.25.
Kansas City market results show hogs receipts 12 009 price range 9.40 to 9.20, cattle receipts 7 000 with prime fed steers 9.76 to 11.25, dressed beef steers 7.60 to 9.50, cows 4.56 to 7.80, calves 6.50, and lambs 10.60 to 11.10 with wethers 7.28 to 8.25 and stockers 5.60 to 10.00.
Chicago Ill November 8 hog receipts about 43000 with slow demand and mixed price ranges. Cattle receipts around 28000 with steady to uneven prices for native and western stock. Sheep receipts about 18000 with firm prices for wethers and lambs.
Prices for wheat and corn were reported with several grades listed. Wheat values showed gains with specific figures for No 2 red and hard wheat, while corn values were cited as nominal for No 2 and No 2 white grades. Rye and other grains were noted as nominal.
In St Louis Missouri November market notes show hog receipts at 10 000 with steady prices. Beef cows yearling steers and heifers with varied ranges from 5 50 to 9 00 per hundredweight. Sheep and lamb receipts listed with prices from 3 76 to 11 15 and yearlings around 8 00. Prices reflect mixed trades and quarantine constraints impacting bulk lots.
In Kansas City trading, wheat advanced with hard red No 2 at 1.82 to 1.90, No 2 red at 1.89. Corn gains across grades No 2 mixed 94 to 96 cents, No 2 white 96 cents, No 2 yellow 8? cents. Oats climb with No 2 white 64 cents, No 2 mixed 55 to 57 cents. Rye at 1.35 dollars.
Grain futures closed with Wheat December at 1.83 and May at 1.83 percent, while Corn December at 86 and May at 87 cents. The Kansas City market reflected modest gains in the grains.
Receipts today show cattle at 700 head and steady prices, hogs at 1700 head with steady to 6 cent lower, and sheep at 60 head steady. Examples include Crawford Purcell 27 steers about 670 pounds valued at 6.60, Johnson Norman 80 head steers about 2460 pounds at 6.60, Tatum Washington 30 steers around 620 pounds at 6.10, Britt Shamrock 61 steers, Dawson Amarillo 188 cows around 790 pounds at 6.10.
Chicago market quotes list open high and low for Cinse Peas and Merc products with prices around 26.25 to 26.47 and 13.95 to 16.75. San Antonio provisions note local packing house quotations for dry salt extras 16 and bacon extras 18 and other bacon belly prices 14 16 pounds averaging 14 20 to 20c.
In Savannah Georgia a turpentine firm shows 46 percent 47e sales 557 receipts 629 shipments 213 and stock 18384. Another firm reports 99 percent sales 2667 receipts 465 shipments with notes and financial figures 6 36.
In Lexington Kentucky Uncle Bill Stevens sold his famed whiskers to a city official for two dollars after being urged that a Woodrow Wilson follower should not wear Hughes style whiskers. The amputation occurred with scissors before a large crowd at city hall. Stevens has always voted Democratic.
A Boonville Arkansas Progress riff on editorial duties in small towns. It lampoons how editors mold images of brides and grooms to please subscribers and avoid scandal, and notes the pressures of covering obituary notices for prominent locals.
Sugar futures hold steady and rise 1 2 points on covering in New York. Raw sugar values show centrifugal at 6.46 and molasses at 5.1. Fine granulated sugar priced at 7.60. A weekly light Want Ads offer appears with a special plan for Sundays and Thursdays.
The Department of Agriculture released preliminary November crop estimates showing 1916 harvest totals in million bushels for major crops with 1915 figures and 1910–14 averages. Corn stocks on farms on November 1 were 89,686,000 bushels, down from a year ago and the five year average. Final crop and value estimates will be announced December 15.
Washington discusses cotton ginned before November 1 totaling 8,619,063 bales, up from 7,378,886 last year and 9,826,912 in 1914. Round bales 153,698 and Sea Island 80,310. State totals listed: Alabama 879,974 Arkansas 18,718 California 11,233 Florida 39,036 Georgia 1,486,842 Louisiana 864,711 Mississippi 561,728 North Carolina 381,255 Tennessee 229,178 Texas 3,110,299 Oklahoma 692,546 South Carolina 639,734 All other states 59,759.
Detroit Journal reports hundreds named Baker gathered at the Danish Brotherhood hall to organize acquisition and sale of $1,000,000,000 in Philadelphia real estate believed leased to the U S government since 1797. Access restricted to Baker cardholders. public kept out as negotiations start. Philadelphia property includes assets from banks to Lehigh Valley railroad trackage and the zoo gardens.
A clergyman visits an old bedridden lady who stays cheerful despite affliction and recalls her gratitude for being comfortable while others suffer in a fire. In a separate note, two English officers trick a teetotal landlady by asking for whiskey to clean pipes, which she supplies for washing a child’s mouth and jokes about the outcome.
A man seeks joining the uplift literary club claiming to have little to offer the community beyond raising pigs and plans to live by his pen, a notion met with skepticism and a rough American tone.
Wall Street shows political doubt following the election while stocks hold, led by United States Steel. Big single trades rose up to 125.8. American Woolen and Gulf States Steel posted solid gains. Final hour prices drifted 2 to 4 points as results remained uncertain.
New York markets show lead at 7.00 to 7.08 with strong spot demand for East St Louis delivery. Spelter trades firm at London with lead at 108 and spelter at 156 in sterling terms.
A New York letter to the Pittsburg Dispatch calls a local district the "Great Wet Way" praising saloon streets. A Pittsburgh pastor claims saloons would stretch the world’s longest street if placed end to end, arguing a high saloon-to-church ratio fuels Prohibitionist opposition.
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