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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
12
A city real estate and loan business announces hiring Mr. Cowan from Hagelstein as city salesman and loan negotiator. It touts his architectural and building background, pledges against inflated values, and offers a large citywide listing of business, residential, and vacant lots ready for development from bungalows to apartments or hotels. Office at 331 Gunter Building.
Cotton markets show gains with New York and New Orleans prices up early while London and Liverpool quotes follow. Trading opened steady but slipped as Russian news prompted a broad market reaction, with December and January futures moving amid fluctuations and higher near term values.
The New York cotton market opened with gains around 13 points and firm selling, as December and January futures moved to higher levels before slipping. Prices showed steady support from southern market features, with lingering uncertainty from external factors and speculative activity shaping late trading.
Fragmented data lists cotton statistics and port references including Galveston Ter Moaneton with garbled terms. The readable items mention port names and scattered figures such as 985 02 but lack clear context or complete data.
A San Antonio market report lists varied prices for poultry and related commodities including hens, broilers, and eggs. Notable figures show per hundredweight costs and regional trade notes with references to creameries and distributors amid fluctuating demand.
Fragmentary OCR of a cotton trading ledger lists prices and quantities for various grades and items. Mentions Ordinary and other categories with figures like 4300 Anseri MH VOR, plus references to buyers, sellers, and taxing or stamping notes. Several illegible lines hinder full comprehension of the trade details and dates.
A fragmented market report shows corn prices advancing and hog prices edging higher in northern markets while overall losses mount. The text mentions Port Worth and Chicago futures, livestock receipts, and mixed quotations across multiple grain and livestock categories, reflecting a volatile trading day.
Markets finished weak with New York stock activity mixed and declines in several sectors. Early losses were pared as investors shifted to hazardous bets, while gains in utilities and industrials provided limited support.
A garbled market briefing describes money and exchange activity in Mazigan and New York with references to bids ahead, 88 day bills, bank rates, and railroad traffic. It notes maturities around November and December, mentions Mexico, British banking notices, and the Swiss/continental money markets.
OCR fragments indicate a local public notice with unclear names and actions. Readable items reference authorities and actions but missing dates and precise locations. Further context would clarify the notice type and involved parties.
Readable market note shows wholesale price shifts across commodities. Beef and pork wholesale prices varied with chops down to 110 per hundredweight, cotton meal and other staples moving per ton and per hundred units.
In a frayed market roundup readers glimpse scattered pricing and product notes including bacon and lard amid erratic quotes. The item lists several shopper prices and vaguely references regional offerings with fragmented descriptions and unclear vendor names.
New York reports uneasy metal markets with prices fluctuating as steel and textile components struggle. Spot values slip for copper while cotton goods rebound slightly amid cautious consumer demand, and yarns face pressure from rising costs.
The General Passenger Agents of the Pexwa radlrondra held a monthly meeting at the Menger hotel with twelve members present. Reports described clear weather conditions and fluctuating rail traffic as an excursion was tentatively planned for Thursday evening.
The central bureau reports U S ginning prior to November reached 7 758 bales including 133 150 round bales and 482 bales of new island with notable state totals across Florida Georgia Illinois Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tennessee Texas Virginia and others. Last year ginned to date totaled 7 823 893 bales with state by state figures.
Gus Glover charged with fatally shooting his wife Mrs Minnia Glover last Friday afternoon has been moved from Honert 22 Green Memorial Pass Hidalgo to Facar County Jail while he recovers from a chest wound. Local residents Mrs Hindman and Mrs Stedman provided statements about the incident and addresses in the Texas area.
A garbled paragraph discusses agriculture and weather terminology with stray phrases about farming, location references and a tangential exchange. The text is largely unreadable but notes an unspecified date in November and mentions names or places obscured by OCR errors.
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