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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1917
Page
14
The cotton market shows a checked decline as spot buying recovers trade activity. Reports describe lower prices in New York and New Orleans with cautious demand, while hopes for large exports influence prices and futures edge lower amid profit taking and market uncertainty.
New York cotton opened with a decline of about 17 points as buyers and sellers tested the market. Private cables from Liverpool suggested improved European demand, while export movements and local selling pressured prices. January futures drifted from 27.79 toward 27.00 with further activity around 27.60 to 26.90 as traders weighed December settlements and potential demand.
Fragmentary OCR text lists scattered names places and figures. Mentions USAR Britain Great Britain and various cities with garbled values. Contains incomplete references to individuals and percentages, lacking coherent event or outcome.
In New Orleans La prices edged up and down amid improving demand. Futures showed firmer notes midday with quotes near 26.80 to 26.98 as traders priced in higher futures while near term activity remained cautious and volume steady.
Fragmented OCR notes list cotton market terms and price quotes for middling and ordinary grades, with references to Liverpool market activity, U S and American accounts, and new contracts dated January to May. The text is garbled but indicates price levels such as middling around 22.58 and 22.069, plus contract periods and tentative adjustments.
In Chicago markets midweek, corn quotations advanced moderately amid expectations of stronger export demand. Weather conditions and improving futures activity supported slight price gains across U S grain futures, with traders noting mixed domestic demand signals and regional crop prospects.
iL PLY GOODS NEW YORK Nov 20 prices mixed with modest advances for cotton goods and textiles. Sugar prices steady in New York market. raw sugar trade cautious. New Orleans markets show rough mill activity and catalog of commodities. brief quotations for Mandarin and Japan tea noted.
Reported Sunday night thieves opened a safe at the Department of Agriculture site on Elmira Street. About 12.50 dollars stolen. inventory notes suggest thieves were familiar with the area and capable, with police offering rewards for return of stolen autos and goods as investigations continue across multiple nearby cities.
Fragmentary market report lists prices for oats and corn in a local exchange. Mentions various commodities including weed sheet, hides, and related goods with rough price notes. The legible parts show price movements and small trades amid unclear context.
Market brief shows varied prices for produce and poultry with mixed terms and broken phrases. Quotations list per pound and per hundredweight in rough form, mentioning chicken and potato items and regional notes, reflecting a volatile but steady retail supply scene.
Fragmentary stock market snippets show activity in Chicago and New York with scattered figures. The garbled text mentions Malt eXttos, Livikiiat Lagan, and references to American checks and London exchange quieting. Overall, unclear pricing and counterpart details dominate the damaged OCR.
Testimony opened in the thirty seventh District Court as witnesses described the night of May 14 near San Antonio. A soldier identified as Delmar Munk faces charges in connection with the killing of Leo Burns after Burns supposedly arranged a trip with four men, some in uniform, to a Travis Street location.
Fragmented OCR reads like a local society note with names such as Paine and Rhathie, mentioning a curate and a team. The passage hints at events at a Maver table with talk of turkeys and a snow laden scene, but details are unclear and names are uncertain.
A stove overheated and sparked a blaze at the Camp Yeavis site, damaging the structure but firefighters contained it before it spread. Multiple city fire companies responded to the Tuesday morning alarm, extinguishing the flames and preventing further damage.
A woman identified as the primary speaker in the raid case sat with officers Monday evening and provided a location tied to the alleged crime. Police said no official basis exists to proceed without further steps to secure the scene.
In Copenhagen on November 9 a court martial of a French prisoner revealed that the Anzaborg Bavaria commissary storehouse holding hay and grain for last year’s crack to the fraine was destroyed by an incendiary blaze. The prisoner admitted starting the fire and was condemned to death.
A fragmented market note shows war fears driving gains in stocks with mixed sector performance. Pacific markets, regulators, and various industrials moved, while energy and distillers fluctuated amid penalties and regulatory updates.
November 20 overview from London and New York markets. Mentions English money exchange, domestic banks, and monetary policy notes. Includes references to currency values, treasury rates, and general market activity without specific figures. A fragmented OCR passes with scattered names and places.
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