Bears Strike Wall Street as Stocks Slump Wide Market Declines
Heavy margin selling and bear trading push prices down across sectors led by U S Steel. Union Pacific Canadian Pacific and utility stocks fall while New Haven posts a large annual deficit. Late day recoveries steady markets but closing remains weak.
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Union Pacific
Canadian Pacific
St. Paul
Amalgamated and Agriculure Chemical
Tobacco
Bears
New Haven
Money on Call Rates Edge Higher in New York Trading
New York on October 6 reports money on call steady at 3.5 percent with ruling rate at 4.25 percent. Closing bids show 4.4 to 4.5 percent, time spans firm at 4.0 percent for 60 days, 4.75 percent for 90 days, and 5.5 percent for six months.
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New York
Market Rates and Bonds Steady in New York Trading
New York on October 6 reports prime mercantile paper at 5 and 6 percent, sterling exchange heavy with 60 day bills at 4 81.70 and demand at 4 85.75, Bar silver 61 cents, Mexican dollars 47 1/2 cents, government bonds steady and railroad bonds easier.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange Heavy
Metal market summaries from New York and other cities
Lead quiet at 4.60 in New York with London quotes. Copper, tin, antimony and zinc listed with bid prices and London spot and futures. St Louis reports lead and spelter prices, Pittsburg oil market noted, Elgin butter at 1c firm.
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London
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Southern
London Tron
Cleveland
Cookson’s
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ST. Louis
Cotton Seed Prices Steady in Memphis Market
Cotton seed products report from Memphis dated Oct 6 shows Prime basis oil at 6.10 dollars per unit, meal quoted between 27.00 and 27.50, and linters at 24.8 cents.
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Memphis
New York Cotton Seed Market Mixed with Notable Probate
The New York cotton seed market closed weak with spot at 7.04 to 7.12 dollars. A series of monthly and future bids from October through May show varied sales, including 700 at 7.02 and 500 at 7.00. Also reported is the first probate of a will in Somerset County Pennsylvania, Israel Fullem of Summit township probate following Mrs. Lydia Wright Fullem's recent death.
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Somerset County
Pennsylvania
Israel Fullem
Summit Township
Fullem
Lydia Wright Fullem
Delegates Sought for Convict Road Work Convention
The Galveston Commercial Association asks the Dallas Chamber Highway Division to name representatives to a Good Roads Day meeting on October 29 at the Dallas State Fair. The aim is to study working convicts on public roads as practiced in Colorado. A state wide reception favors the plan. A Navy recruitment notice requires positive proof of citizenship from all applicants and existing sailors.
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Chamber of Commerce
Dallas
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Galveston
C. H. Miller
Navy
Navy Department
Steel Prices Fall in New York and New England
Independent steel and iron manufacturers report further price cuts in New York and New England with a $2 per ton drop in steel plates and sheet steel. United States Steel Corp shows no policy shift, while tariff law influences recent declines. The company expects 80 percent capacity use into 1914, with demand up for staples but higher wire tubing and structural steel.
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New York
New England
United States Steel Corporation
United States Steel
Steel Corporation
Seaboard
Weather bulletin notes fair cotton belt and above normal heat
The Cotton Region Bulletin reports generally fair weather across the belt with above normal temperatures. Rainfall reads 2 inches at Melville Louisiana. Observations were made at 8 am on Monday October 6 1913 by Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau. The dinner quip comes from a Pittsburgh Post citation.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Sunshine Aids Trade On Wholesale Row
After a week of rain sunshine boosts business in San Antonio with wholesalers busy filling city and out of town orders. New crop canned goods and evaporated fruits arrive in car lots as rice mills warn of delayed carrot shipments due to floods. Seed houses report record demand for sowing seeds while California pink beans rise in price and local fish markets note price gains from coast shippers.
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Texas Rice Mills
Live Market Prices for Eggs to Potatoes in County Markets
Country markets report prices for eggs at 25c per dozen candled, 22-28c for storage. Poultry ranged from hens 5.00-6.00 per dozen, fryers 3.00-4.50, broilers 1.50-3.00, turkeys 12-18c per pound. Dairy and produce include butter 30-32c, cheese 18-19c, and assorted fruits and vegetables with regional variations across Texas and California markets.
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Northern Creamery
Texas Creamery
Texas
California
Colorado
Historical Grocery Price List Slashes Fresh Goods and Canned Meats
The document lists varied prices for extras, hams, bacon bellies, lard, pickled meats, canned meats and fish, dried fruits, raisins and currants, dates, evaporated cranberries, California canned goods, beans, and hides. Notable items include No. 1 roast beef $2.40, salmon $1.45, prunes by size up to 26 lb per box at 10.5%, and evaporated apples priced per dozen cans at $1.90.
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Alaska
California
London
Artiett
Illinois
Market Quotes From Kansas City on October Prices
Quotations today show Butter Creamery at 80 cents a pound with firsts at 29 to 30 cents, seconds at 27 cents, and packing stock at 23 cents. Eggs listed at 25 cents for firsts and 18 cents for seconds. Poultry prices include Hens at 11 to 12 cents, roosters 9 cents, ducks 10 cents, and springs 11 to 12 cents.
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Kansas City
Poultry and Butter Prices Reported in St Louis
Quotation fields list current market prices in St Louis on October 6. Chickens 12c, springers 12% of turkeys 18c, ducks 14 to 40c, geese 10c. Butter creamery 31c, eggs 2c.
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ST. Louis
Quotations Report From Burcaco Market Oct 6
Butter unchanged cereals and meats quoted with other items steady. Current receipts show price mix with 17 24c for ordinary firsts 21% 22%c, firsts 26 26c. Potatoes lower with varied notes. Michigan Wisconsin shipments 52 60c. Minnesota 63 60c. Poultry alive lower at 165c per unit. fowls 12c.
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Burcaco
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Sugar Prices Steady in New York Market Listing
New York sugar prices show no change with Muscovado at 2.98 cents per lb, Centrifugal 5.48, Molasses 2.73, Refined quiet. Various grades and forms quote between 4.30 and 6.15 cents per lb, including Diamond A and Powdered categories.
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New York
Petroleum Prices Steady In New York Markets
Petroleum prices hold steady in New York with refined bulk at 5.00 per barrel and 8.70 per barrel for bulk. cases at 11.00. The report notes steady trading on October 6 indicating stable margins for refiners and distributors.
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New York
Hides and Leather Prices Report From New York Market
Hides steady with Bo gota at 82 338c for Central America 32 1 2c. Leather firm with hemlock firsts at 29 30c and seconds at 28 2 3c.
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New York
Bogota
Central America
Livestock Demand Pushes Prices Higher Across Markets
Union Stock Yards at Oct 6 reported brisk demand for cattle calves hogs and sheep with cows up to 5.25 and calves around 6.00. Hog sales were light at 8.25 and receipts totaled 33 cattle 60 calves 9 hogs and 48 sheep by noon. Fort Worth saw dull lower trade with 2800 cattle 400 calves and 1800 hogs. Chicago Kansas City and St. Louis remained steady for cattle but weaker for hogs.
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UNION
Texas
Fort Worth
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Fort Worth cattle and hog market report
In Fort Worth on October 6 cattle receipts reached 2800 with calves 400 and markets steady to slightly lower. Beef steers sold 6.00 to 6.40, feeder steers 5.50 to 6.86, butcher cows 4.00 to 6.50, heifers 5.00 to 7.00, stocker cattle and bulls 4.26 to 6.60. calves around 50. Hog receipts 800 and prices 8.20 to 8.40 with a softer trend. Sheep were nominally steady with no receipts.
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Chicago Market Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices
Chicago market report lists hog receipts at 40 000 with slow sales and various price ranges for different hog types, cattle receipts at 17 000 with ranges for beeves Texas steers stockers cows calves and sheep receipts at 43 000 with steady trade and price bands for natives yearlings and native lambs.
Kansas City Market Quotes for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hogs receipts 8000 head market steady with 3.20 to 8.45 for bulk heavy and lights. pigs 6.00 to 7.50. Cattle receipts 28,000 head including 2000 southerns. prime fed steers 9.00 to 9.50, dressed beef steers 8.00 to 8.90, southern steers and cows 4.25 to 7.25, heifers 5.00 to 9.26. Sheep receipts 15,000 head market steady. lambs 6.75 to 7.40, yearlings 5.00, wethers 4.25 to 5.00, ewes 4.50 to 4.50.
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Texas
Kansas City
Poet Wethers
Cattle Hog and Sheep Markets Reported in St Louis
Cattle receipts reach 6500 head including 800 Texans with mixed prices for native beef steers cows and heifers and Texas Indian stock. Hog imports 7000 head. market trends lower with range for pigs lights and heavy at about 5.75 to 8.80. Sheep receipts 2000 head. native muttons bring 3.75 to 4.50 and lambs 5.50 to 7.66.
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Texas
Texas Mayors to Meet at Austin on November 4
Invitations issued by Mayor Wooldridge to mayors and city attorneys of Texas cities with 5000 plus population to gather in Austin on November 4 to form the Texas Association of Mayors and City Attorneys. Meeting aligned with University School of Government work headed by Dr Herman J James.
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Austin
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Wooldridge
Texas Association of Mayors and
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Pale
Herman J. James
Traders Sell Cotton on Big Crop Report and Weather News
New York reports show clearing weather and bearish crop estimates triggering early declines, with cotton futures sliding 14 to 26 points as traders digest a Georgia crop projection of 15,750,000 bales and forecasters warn of unsettled conditions and frost risk in the southwest. Liverpool and other markets move mixed as sentiment shifts through the morning.
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New York
Liverpool
Georgia
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Then Slips On Bearish Crop Talk
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened 13 to 17 points lower on poor cables and dry conditions, with bears selling as a 15,750,000 bale minimum crop estimate from a private bureau spurred bearish sentiment. By late morning prices fell to 19 to 21 points under Saturday's close before a midday rally and afternoon steadier tone saw prices about 10 to 13 points below Saturday's close.
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New Orleans
Bears
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Sales Report
Spot market steady with good business and firm prices. Cotton sales total 10,000 bales including 9,700 American and 500 for speculation and export.
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Liverpool
Midas Fair
Futures Close Quiet in Liverpool Market
The Liverpool futures market shows quiet closes across the forward curve with October at 17.41 percent, and successive months from October through November and into next year featuring small declines ranging from about 7.29 percent to 6.62 percent as contracts roll forward.
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Liverpool
World Market Reports Spot Prices Across Cities
Leading spot markets show New York 14.10 cents, New Orleans 13 percent, Houston 14.440 cents, Galveston 14.40 cents, Liverpool 7 834 cents, and Memphis 13 percent.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Houston
Galveston
Memphis
New Orleans Spot Cotton Quiet with Varied Quotations
Spot cotton quotes show middling at 18 1/2 cents with several classifications listed from low ordinary to good middling. A total of 230 bales were sold on the spot to arrive 1180, receipts 4244 bales, stock 56,847 bales.
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New Orleans
Memphis Cotton Spot Rates Steady in Market
Memphis reports October 6 spot cotton remains steady with middling prices unchanged at the local markets, indicating stable demand and supply conditions for the day.
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Memphis
New York Spots Market Quiet On October 6
New York spots markets showed quiet trading with middling uplands at 14.10 cents and middling gulf at 14.35 cents. no sales reported.
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New York
Midland Gulf
Texas Cotton Market Faces Weather Driven Moves This Week
The Texas crop damage from heavy rains could push prices higher while clear weather may trigger a downturn. Traders expect bulls to push toward 13,500,000 bales with weather in Texas dictating yield guesses. Spot demand and spinner activity in both the United States and abroad add to price volatility this week.
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New Orleans
Texas
Big Texas Pecan Crop Expected to Surpass 425 Carloads
C D Stokes of Lampasas, in San Antonio, projects this year’s Texas pecan harvest will exceed 425 carloads, up from about 300 carloads last year. He markets pecans and handles wool and mohair in bulk, noting top bids of 7 1 2 cents per pound today and several offers as low as 4 cents. He also comments that free foreign wool would not further depress prices, and ranchers remain optimistic about fall marketing.
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Texas
Louisiana
C. D. Stokes
Lampasas
Stokes
Interior Movement Receipts Reported for Houston Area
A brief interior movement update shows current receipts of 21,904 for Houston compared with last year. The figures include totals for today, last week, and season to date with prior year benchmarks.
Meeting Called to Discuss Sanitary Measures in City
Citizens auxiliary to the board of health will meet at 4 o’clock Tuesday in the St Anthony Hotel ballroom to discuss strict sanitary actions to prevent disease after last week’s flood. Dr W A King, city health officer and auxiliary chairman, urged cooperation with disinfectants in disease-prone areas.
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Shriners Plan San Antonio Ceremonial at October Event
The Ancient and Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine organizes a ceremonial in San Antonio on October 2. Preparations are elaborate and about 25 candidates are slated for induction.
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Nobles of the Mystic Shrine
San Antonio
Interurban Officials Inspect Line for Dallas Waco Service
Southern Traction Company officials traveling on two special cars left Waxahachie to inspect the Dallas to Waco interurban line. The trip will determine track and roadbed conditions and the date for starting passenger service between Dallas and Waco.
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Southern Traction Company
Dallas-Waco
Waco
Dallas
Aco
Coffee market report from York on October trade
A York market item notes No 7 Rio coffee remaining steady with December at 10.26 cents and July at 10 cents. The brief reflects futures quotations and near term pricing in a concise exchange.
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Rio
World Wheat Shipments Large and Prices Decline
Chicago reports world wheat shipments larger than expected amid price weakness. Argentina acreage cited as smaller than last year helps curb declines. Corn and oats slide, provisions ease, hog prices fall. Tariff talk about Argentina Russia and China shipping wheat boosts low mood. closes steady.
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Argentina
Russia
China
Cash wheat and corn prices on mixed futures
Market notes show No 2 hard wheat around 84 90 per cent with No 2 red near 91 92 cents, No 2 mixed corn at 72 cents and No 2 white at 70s. oats quoted at 42 cents for No 2 white and 41 cents for No 2 mixed. December wheat around 83 to 83 1/2 cents, May contracts near 93 83 1/2 cents. Corn December around 69 to 69 1/2 cents, May near 72 cents.
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Kansas City
Grain futures quotes from St Louis market report
Wheat prices listed with No 2 hard at 86% to 93 cents and No 2 white around 41 to 41 1/2 cents. Cash wheat quotes show December at 92 1/2 to 93 cents and May at 92 1/2 cents. Corn futures cite December around 69 1/2 to 70 cents and May near 72 cents. Prices for oats and other items shown with similar ranges.
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ST. Louis
Tour
Chicago
Grain and ship arrivals reported in Chicago and New York
Chicago prices show No 1 hard red winter wheat and No 2 northern and spring values with fractions noted. Other grains include corn and oats with specific No 2 white and No 3 bids. New York reports ships Vaderland Antwerp Europe Naples Ryndam Rotterdam arriving.
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B and O Engineer Fatally Injured in Collision
A Baltimore and Ohio westbound passenger train struck a freight train taking a siding at Summerfield Illinois, killing the engineer Alberty. No passengers were reported hurt in the rear end collision that occurred today en route from New York to St. Louis.
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Oregon City Divorce Grants Alimony After Nine Marriages
Mrs Ellen Deering Gran grow of Pendleton wins a divorce from Grant Nicholas Grangrow after four attempts and pays him 2000 alimony. Both are Indians. she is 63, he 59. She has been widowed or divorced after nine marriages and four desertions among a string of partners. Source cites Houston Post flavor.
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Ore
Ellen Deering Grangrow
Pendleton
Grant Nicholas Grangrow
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