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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1912
Page
7
Explanatory notes describe observations at 8 p m local time with air pressure, temperature and precipitation markers. Forecast covers San Antonio and East Texas: fair and colder tonight, warmer Sunday. Northwest winds. Sunday outlook: fair.
Little activity in the wholesale markets last Columbus Day week with few changes in the lobbing and produce trades. Sugar led moves with a 15 cent drop per hundred pounds, lemons cut 60 cents per box, and potatoes firmer at 1.75 1.85. US business failures rose to 273 from 268 the prior week with 212 in the same week of 1911. Canada reported 22, up from 26 and 19 respectively. An advance in rope was quoted for jobbers.
A long OCR derived price sheet lists COUNTRY PRODUCE POULTRY and other commodities with prices for hens, fryers, turkeys, butter, cheese, eggs, vegetables, fruits, nuts, syrups, canned goods, flour, oats, hides, dried fruits, and more. It includes per pound, per dozen, per hundredweight, and per box figures across many goods.
Galveston reports arrivals including steamers Colorado New York El Occidente and more with port of origin and destination details. Cleared vessels include Westward Ho Mercator and Monte with routes to Bremen Liverpool and Fortoican ports. Sailings listed for Gloria de Warrinaga Manchester Torridge and Ulster among others.
At Union Stock Yards on October 12 a light turnout limited buyers for cattle hogs and sheep with few traders present. Prices showed steady trends with best cows near 4 dollars and calves around 4.50 while hogs reached about 8.25 for the week. Receipts were higher than recent periods and upcoming week expectations point to firmer activity as cold weather boosts meat demand.
Choice or prime screened cracked cake or meal offered at low prices with options for immediate or future shipment by Cuero Cotton Oil and Manufacturing Co of Cuero Texas.
Fort Worth stockyards report shows cattle receipts 450 and calves 325 steady. Hogs 950 on hand ten cents lower with top at 9.15 and bulk 8.50 to 8.90. Sheep receipts 400.
Chicago reports cattle receipts 1000 with market slow to weak and price ranges across categories. Hogs receipts 7000 with steady to higher tones and bids from 8.60 to 9.42. Sheep receipts 1000 show mixed native and western prices with yearlings and lambs in modest ranges.
Cattle receipts 1500 with Texans 300, steers from $5.56 to $10.80, Texas and Indian steers $5.00 to $7.00, cows and heifers $3.25 to $6.00, calves $5.00 to $6.50. Hogs receipts 3000, steady to 10 cents higher with pigs and lights 0.50 to 9.20, mixed lots 9.00 to 9.25, good heavies 9.10. Sheep receipts 2300, steady with natives $3.60 to $3.85, lambs $5.50 to $7.00.
Cattle receipts 300 with 100 southerns and steady prices headlined by Native steers 6.00 to 9.00. Hog receipts 1500 strong with packers and heavies 8.75 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 200 steady with muttons 3.00 to 4.10 and lambs 5.50 to 6.50.
St Louis wool market notes for October 11 show medium grade combing and clothing at 23 to 26 cents, light fine at 19 to 21 cents, heavy fine at 13 to 18 cents, and tub washed at 27 to 35 cents.
Boston, Mass. October 12 close mining prices show Arizona Commercial at 42 percent Calumet and Arizona at 9 percent Greene Cananea at 10 percent and North Butte at 38 percent as reported by the board traders.
Bradstreet's weekly trade review notes high demand across the nation with unprecedented sales, strong backlogs, and extensive orders from retailers. Textile mills and steel plants are well booked, while southern areas lag due to cotton harvest delays amid limited first-hand stocks and scarce materials.
Berlin traders were panicky as rumors from Vienna and the Balkan situation fueled selling. Prices fell and many securities were realized amid a volatile session in the Berlin bourse.
San Antonio reports the Houston district weather for the 24 hours ending at 8 am 75th meridian time. Temperatures are generally fair with near normal levels, though the northwest shows a slight deficiency. Rainfall and station conditions are noted by Allen Buell local forecaster Weather Bureau.
Burial permits issued for Minnie C. Swift 43 died October 11 at 129 Water Street Maria F de Gonzales 40 died October 11 at 511 North Pinto Mary Hansen 61 died October 10 at 229 Simpson Street Frank Pugh 32 died October 10 at 745 West Houston Albert Allen 25 died October 9 at Bexar County Hospital.
A girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. R Espinoza on October 10 at 902 San Fernando street. A boy was born to Mr. and Mrs. B Lopez on October 8 at 822 South Frio street.
Berlin financial markets faced a demoralized session as government and banking leaders intervened with buy orders to halt a deeper collapse. Government, bank, and industrial shares fell, rye and wheat prices spiked, signaling unprecedented volatility in the Balkans era.
Cottonseed Products New Orleans reports a quiet market with rough rice in fair demand and Honduran clean rice steady. Receipts totaled 11 552 rough and 7 196 millers. sales included 1 561 rough and 1 585 Honduras at 1.25 to 1.75 per unit and 2.60 to 3.76 for Japan.
Copper weak with spot at 76 pounds 178 6d and futures 77 12 6. Tin soft with spot 226 pounds and futures 225. Lead quoted at 21 pounds 7s 6d. Spelter at 27 pounds 128 6d. Cleveland warrants 668 3d in London.
Paris reports stable rates with three percent rents at 80 francs 65 centimes for the account. Exchange to London stands at 25 francs 26 1/2 centimes for checks. Private rate discount remains at three percent.
London reports a theft at the Bank of England involving bullion valued at 5000 pounds. Separately a bank ship transferred 100000 pounds to France and another 100000 pounds to the continent.
Consols for money 73 9-16, account 73 11-16. Bar silver weak at 29. Money 1 1 2 percent, short bills 3 4 percent, three months bills 4 percent.
A sequence of 1912 property transfers records deeds between multiple buyers and sellers across city blocks and additions including East End Colonia Tampico Harlandale Gladstone and Los Angeles Heights. Notable entries include G and M Casas de Ortiz to Jake Rubiola and F F Rodriguez for 300 dollars and Raf and E E Olivia to Jake Rubiola for 500 dollars. The list also shows numerous transfers to and from J Moulin D C Ogden and others involving blocks 1462 1443 2964 and 8849 with prices ranging from 10 to 5343.33 dollars. A stray note cites a cook Abdul in India remarking on ill health.
New Orleans reports cotton futures opening steady with losses of 1 to 6 points as frost forecasts and war news dampen activity. Prices dip after the call, then drift, with late morning weakness and declines of 7 to 10 points from Friday’s close amid offerings and Balkan war concerns.
Futures opened easy and ended steady with July to December contracts quoted across several spreads. Notable values include October at 6.02 cents and December-January at 6.98 cents, reflecting a firming but stable trend in the Liverpool grain futures scene.
Cotton futures closed steady with a net decline of 6 to 10 points. Prices listed show Oct at 10.83, Nov 10.78, Dec 10.80, Jan 10.84, Mar 11.01, May 11.10, July 11.18 with minor intraday shifts and low to close ranges noted.
Spot prices ease as Liverpool market shows quiet activity on Oct 12. American middling fair 6.654, good middling 6.484, middling 6.234, low middling 6.034, good ordinary 5.614, ordinary 6.034. Sales 5000 bales, including 300 for speculation and export. receipts 3000, none American.
New Orleans middling ten and a half to eleven cents a pound Liverpool middling six and a quarter cents Houston middling about one cent Galveston middling eleven and one sixteenth to one sixteenth Memphis middling eleven cents with varied price spreads across major markets.
New Orleans on October 12 reports spot cotton quiet and unchanged. Middling stands at 10 1 2 cents, with sales of 200 on the spot and 2000 to arrive. The table lists several grades from low ordinary to good middling with minor differences and receipts totaling 7154 and stock at 79 8065.
MEMPHIS Tennessee October 12 Spot cotton is steady with no change seen at middling 11 and three quarters cents per pound. The brief market note records current price stability in the local cotton trade.
In Houston today the Rice Institute was formally dedicated with a $10,000,000 endowment. Notable speakers included the Bishop of Tennessee and Texas Supreme Court Chief Justice Brown. Dr. Henry Van Dyke read a poem. the final ceremony will be a Sunday sermon at the Auditorium by Rev. Dr. Charles F. Aked.
A misread marriage license notice addressed to County Clerk of Bexar County Texas warns against issuing a marriage to an underage daughter until 1914. Separate items report anOdd Fellows statue unveiling in Nashville October 20 with Grand Sire John Nolen memory honored by grandchildren. In Los Angeles the California Grand Lodge bars members in the saloon trade with an exemption for restaurant liquor sales.
More than 14 000 bales of this season's cotton crop have been marketed here in Losing Texas. Farmers say there is still more cotton to be marketed and many seek rain for fall planting.
Neepit Oshkosh son of Oshkosh and last of his family died at Shawne Wisconsin at age 81. He was named chief of the Menominee tribe in 1854.
Fort Worth Tex Oct 12 Howard Geers motocyclist died this morning from injuries suffered Thursday when he struck a woman.
Cato Sells, democratic national committee man from Texas, is in Beaumont for a conference with the democrats of Jefferson county.
The dry goods market in New York remained am but steady as of October 12. Jobbers reported good repeat order business and improved advance orders for fine fabrics for spring. Foreign wools continued firm.
A bus timetable fragment lists trains from and to various origins including Mexico Palestine Kerrville and Laredo with arrivals departures and mixed local services. The page notes express and local services with times and a plumber contact at 416 Main Ave.
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