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Newspaper

San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1913

Page

7

Freddy Film Star Arrested on Terrible Charge

Freddy film actor is arrested on a serious charge. Police report details are not released, but local authorities say the case is under investigation and may affect upcoming studio productions.

Stocks Close Weak After Market Touched Low

New York reports a weak market close as bears gain from unclear anti trust actions and a split Southern Pacific and Central Pacific suit. Stocks fell 1 to 2 points, Union Pacific down 2 1/2 to 150, Amalgamated off 1 percent, with major issues setting new lows while some support briefly emerged.

New York Southern Pacific Central Pacific Union Pacific Amalgamated Canadian Pacific Reading Seer Brie Louisville Amalgamated Copper Euybat Amer, Smelting & Refining American Wisesecere Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Seeee Ceseesensees Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Tee Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Ee Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Northwestern Chicago, Mil, & St. Paul Colorado Fuel & Iron Colorado & Southern Delaware & Hudson Denver & Rio Grande Erie General Electric Great Northern Pee Great Northern Ore Illinois Central Interborough Met Inter. Harvester Louisville & Nashville Missouri Pacific Vee Missouri, Kansas & Texas Lehigh Valley New York Central Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Pullman Palace Rock Island Co. . O Southern Pacific Senna Southern Railway - Rostass Seeerenee United States Steel A States Steel Pfd Enewe Wabas Ty Freon Union Cssseceves Texas Company American Cities Railways

Cotton Port Receipts By Gulf and Atlantic Ports

Interior receipts show Houston at 89 bales in warehouse with October reports from New York merchant paper markets noting sterling at 4.81 on 60 days and 4.85 on demand. Bond markets remain easy for government issues while railroad bonds show softness.

New York Sterling Exchange

Garros Flies Mediterranean Distance in Record Flight

Garros yesterday flew from St. Raphael near Frejus to Bizerta in Tunis, 558 miles, in under eight hours. The feat surpasses Bleriot crossing the Channel as a true long distance voyage without support boats or pontoons.

New York World Wilbur Wright Louis Blerifot British Channel Roland Garros St. Raphael Frejus France Bizerta Tunis Yellow Sea Gulf of St. Lawrence Hudson’s Bay China Sea Pacific Ocean Aleutian Isles Atantic Greenland Iceland Faroe Islands Garros

New York Coffee Market Hits Fresh Season High

Excited buying pushes coffee futures to a new season peak as March delivery rises to 11.31 cents a pound. A bull market, tight crop outlook, and small Brazilian reserves drive the advance with spot values ½ cent above yesterday.

New York Brazil

Wholesale Market Prices for Eggs Poultry and Produce

A dense list of wholesale prices by item and region including eggs candied 30 per dozen, hens 5.00 per dozen, turkeys 14c per pound, butter 31c to 82 33c, cheese 18 19c, and a broad sweep of fruits vegetables meats and canned goods with regional references to Texas California Colorado and Mexico.

Texas Creamery Texas California Colorado Pioneer Liberty Bell San Antonio South Alaska Columbia River Freestone Rtlett Illinois

Commodity price list for fruits beans and hides

The document lists prices for cranberries evaporated currants dates and California beans with packaging 10 and 12 ounce packages and per hundred weight rates. Hides wool beeswax and tallow are priced per unit with terms such as dry flint butchers and green salted categories.

London

Market Quotation Update From Chicago Oct 11

Chicago market report shows butter eggs potatoes and poultry unchanged. Receipts listed include 4888 cases of eggs and 60 carloads of potatoes with poultry not altered.

Chicago

Poultry and Butter Prices Reported in St Louis

Quotations listed for poultry and dairy products in St Louis on October 11. Chickens 12 cents, springs 12c, turkeys 18c, ducks 12 1/4c, geese 10c. Creamery butter 31 1/2 cents, eggs 21/2 cents.

ST. Louis

Commodity market notes from New York and Kansas City

Kansas City reports butter eggs and poultry unchanged while New York markets show firmer coffee futures and steady egg prices. Cotton goods remain quiet with gray goods barely steady and Amoskeag flannelettes priced for fall 1914. yarns easier and carpet mills restricting wool due to anticipated supply.

New York

Squirrel Causes Circus at Hoops & Karrs Candy Shop

In New York a lively squirrel hopped into a Third Avenue candy shop drawing cheers from girls and youths. The animal dodged capture, nipped a finger, and fled into a cellar pursued by a crowd and Officer Fitzpatrick.

New York Third Avenue Fuzzy Tail Fitzpatrick

Saturday Cattle Market Active at Union Stock Yards

Oct 11 reports show active trading with strong cow prices up to 5.25 and calves near 6.00. Hogs hit 8.25 top while bulk hogs around 8.00. Receipts: 261 cattle, 80 calves, 41 hogs, 60 goats. goats arriving late unsold.

Union Stock Yards

Fort Worth Market Report Cattle Steady Hogs Up Slightly

Fort Worth Texas reports cattle receipts 286 calves 60 market steady. Butcher rates bulls 4.25 to 6 dollars calves 4 dollars. Hogs receipts 00 market up 10 to 16 cents. Range bulk sales 8.10 to 8.40. Lambs prices steady with a 15 cent weekly advance to 5.90 dollars.

Fort Worth Tex

Market Receipts and Prices From St Louis Stockyards

Receipts today include 1200 cattle with 600 Texans and a steady market. Hogs at 2000 head show steady demand, with pigs and lights about 5.75 to 8.50 and good heavies near 8. i. Sheep receipts 1900 with steady trade. lambs around 6.50 and muttons about 4.75 to 4.60.

ST. Louis

Chicago live stock market report October receipts and prices

Cicago live stock at Chicago on October 11 reports hog receipts of about 10 000 with a strong market. Bulk sales range 8 00 to 8 50 per cwt and mixed hogs 7 90 to 8 65. Cattle receipts sparse and steady with steers 6 90 to 8 50 and calves 7 50 to 11 25. Sheep receipts around 2000 and steady with native lambs 5 90 to 7 20.

Chicago Texas

Kansas City Live Stock Market Receipts and Quotes

Kansas City reports today with hogs receipts 500 and prices 6.00 to 8.35 per cwt across categories. Cattle receipts 400 with primes at 9.00 to 9.50 for fed steers and cows from 4.25 to 7.26. Sheep receipts 1000 with lambs 6.25 to 7.00 and yearlings 5.00 to 6.60.

Kansas City

Marine Intelligence Galveston October 11

Galveston reports arrivals and clearances including the steamers El Mundo from New York and Bremen, and the steamers Bloomfield with tank from Nov. to Port Limon. Also listed are departures of Sioux and Wittekind and the steamers Hi Dia and others. New York reports the arrival of La Sa voie from Havre. Port Aransas notes the Waneta with barge Hainut carrying oil from Tampico.

Galveston el Mundo New York Bremen Denver Newark Bloomfield Tank Tuxpam Origen Port Limon Sioux Wittekind Hi Dia Port Aransas Tex Waneta Tucker Tampico

New York Spot Cotton Quiet on Oct 1 Trade

New York spots show quiet activity as prices hold. The lint markets report night drafts at 18.70 for middling uplands and 18.95 for gulf, with no additional sales recorded.

New York

Cotton rises on foreign market strength despite closing declines

Liverpool strength and weather fears in the southwest gave cotton a firmer tone in New York trade on Oct 11. First prices opened 9 to 14 points higher, but later session saw scattered selling and liquidation, with active months easing and the close near unchanged to slightly lower.

New York Liverpool Wall Street Eay

Cotton futures close lower on October session

New York reports Cotton futures closed easy with October 13.44 and May around 12.93 while July and December show minor declines. Open High Low quotes indicate subdued trading as prices drifted within narrow ranges.

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New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady on Frost Outlook

Cotton futures in New Orleans opened with a 10 to 16 point advance on a strong Liv pool market and frost fears. Early strength faded as aggressive short selling and weaker spot demand pushed prices down, with losses of 8 to 4 points below yesterday's close and a new weekly low forming.

New Orleans Livpool Liverpool Oklahoma

Cotton futures open steady with mixed October to July bids

Futures showed steady to mixed bids across the curve with October at 13.38 40 and July around 12.47 49 while December and March traded near 13.28 29 and 13.39 38. Cotton closed quietly lower by 1 to 6 points, final values not clearly stated.

New Orleans

Cotton Market Steady in Liverpool with Strong American Sales

Spot cotton quiet in Liverpool on Oct 11 with prices steady. Middling fair 8.084, good middling 7.734, middling 7.61d, low middling 7.394, good ordinary 6.734, ordinary 6.39d. Sales 6000 bales including 4100 American and 300 for speculation and export. Receipts 25,000 bales including 24,700 American.

Liverpool

Futures Close Firm On Liverpool Exchange

Futures closed firm with quotes for October through November and beyond. Key figures include October 7.284 with various near and distant month contracts such as Nov-Dec 7.08 and June-July 7.05 with multiple mid-year maturities.

Liverpool

Spot Cotton Prices Edge Higher in New Orleans Trade

New Orleans spot cot ton quiet with middling 13 8 16 cents. Sales 134 bales to arrive 300. Receipts 5346 bales, stock 62 895 bales. Other markets list varied middling figures across New York, Houston, Galveston, Liverpool and Memphis.

New York New Orleans Houston Galveston Liverpool Memphis Dir Vel Amal Abilene Tex Amarillo Birmingham PtCidy Boston Brownaville Chicago Charleston Corpus Christi el Paso Clear Knoxville Louisville Macon Miami Fila Mobile Ala Montgomery Oklahoma City Palestine Fla. E Taylor, Tex Washington Allen Buell

Banking reserves rise in excess of requirements

The statement on banks and trust companies shows a weekly reserve of 7,957,260 dollars above requirements, an increase of 4,262,100 dollars from the prior week. The data reflects the actual condition of clearing house institutions in New York.

New York

Rice Prices Rise on Honduran and Japanese Goods

New Orleans market notes show Honduras and Japan rice quotes advancing with rough Honduras at 2.75, rough Japan 2.75, and clean Honduras 4% 6%c. Receipts list 2207 rough, 1172 clean. sales include 1463 rough Honduras at 3.50, 42 rough Japan at 3.00, and 1654 pockets clean Honduras.

New Orleans Honduras Japan

Metals Quiet As Copper Prices Hold Near Friday Levels

New York reports copper nominal at 16.75 to 17.00 per pound with electrolytic at 16.50 to 16.87 and costs 16.37. Iron prices remain unchanged.

New York

Hutchins Hotel Shielded From Mosquitoes In San Antonio

Guests at the Hutchins Hotel 205 Garden street report immunity from mosquitoes while nearby river banks and flood pools breed pests. Owner Mr Hutchins notes the hotel is thoroughly screened top to bottom and claims it was among the first in the city to be screened. A letter mentions local complaints about unscreened houses nearby.

Hutchins Garden Street Mr. Hutchins San Antonio Tol

Beauty is Engaged to a New York Suitor

Miss Marie Taylor, hailed this summer by Grand Duke Alexander as the most beautiful girl in America, is rumored to have pledged herself to one of the many eligible bachelors who have pursued her over the past year.

Marie Taylor New York Alexander Michaelovitch America

Cotton Region Bulletin Weather Summary October 11 1913

Weather in the belts generally fair with near normal temperatures. Rainfall of an inch or more reported at Wilmington New Bern Monroe Batesville Helena Pine Bluff Brownsville Milan Malvern Newport Portland Warren Eldorado Clarksdale Greenville and Rosedale from observations taken Saturday morning October 11 1913.

Wilmington Newhern N. C Monroe Batesvill Helena Pine Bluff Brownsville Milan Malvern Newport Portland Warren Eldorado Clarksdale Greenville Rosedale

Cotton seed oil prices mixed with steady close

Cotton seed oil closed steady with spot near 6.95 to 7.10 and several futures contracts trading in a narrow range. October through May contracts moved within a 6.90 to 7.36 window, with notable sales across October December January and February deliveries.

New York

Speculators Sell Wheat as Prices Fall in Chicago Trade

Speculative selling drove wheat lower after an open. The market opened unchanged to a shade higher, then slipped to percent to percent. Corn moved with wheat while oats weakened and hogs strengthened later. Provisions sagged with lack of support. Argentina imports pressured prices. the session closed nervous with fractional declines across grains and products.

Chicago Ill Minneapolis

Chicago cash grain quotations and commodities

Chicago cash grain quotations list prices for wheat corn and oats with varying grades and quality figures. The report notes No 2 red wheat No 2 hard and No 2 northern values and references velvet chaff durum and durum prices along with oats and corn figures.

Chicago

Grain and Corn Prices and Trade Receipts Report

The report lists cash prices for wheat and corn with 2s and 3s fractions, oats and oats futures, and December and May contracts. It records yesterday’s receipts of flour 10 000 barrels and grains including wheat 48 000, corn 47 000, oats 112 009 bushels, along with shipments of flour 17 000 barrels and wheat 64 000, corn 13 000, oats 70 000 bushels.

ST. Louis

Cotton and hides market report from Memphis and New York

Spot cotton in Memphis remains steady at Middling 13 percent. In New York the hides hold steady while leather markets remain firm as of October 11.

New York

Curious student thought examples from Southern California Abnormal School

Professor Watts Eaton Hughes surveys odd exam answers including claims that infields are fathers of male offspring, Columbus founded Ohio, Joan of Arc married Noah, and gravity travels at 20 miles an hour in California.

Los Angeles Watts Eaton Hughes Southern California Abnormal School Ohio Columbus Cincinnatus Joan of Arc Noah Worms England Henry Clay Romulus Remus California Ghent Julius Caesar United States Nile Alexander Sodom Gomorrah

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