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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 12, 1916
Page
11
The document outlines weather observations at 8 m readings with 75th parallel time and notes air pressure reaching sea level. It describes lines of equal temperature and mass flow through pressure points, with conditions described as clear or cloudy with rain snow. It records precipitation thresholds and wind speeds observations.
Special notice to taxpayers: the Board of Equalization meets October 17 1916 at City Hall room 18 to hear appeals from the City Assessor and to review assessments for the year ending May 31 1917. Sessions run daily 9:30 am to 5 pm Sundays and holidays excluded. Adjournment ends petitions on adjournment. Clinton G. Brown mayor. Fred Fries city clerk. Property sale ads and rental listings follow with local offers.
294 acre farm and oil land 17 miles out in Sommerset with 400 yards of preenene well 240 cultivated 30 acres orchard well fenced and watered 3 story rock residence tenant houses barns exclusive agent T E George Moore Building FOR SALE A NICE WELL IMPROVED small farm 250 to 380 acres with house 100 cultivated good barn waterworks address J C Reinhard Boerne Texas
Mexican vegetables and peppers surge in demand across northern cities as militiamen report on border life. San Antonio dealers note a 2000 pound chili pepper order to St. Louis and say crops in Mexico are strong with prices likely to rise. English money data is also listed.
The Liverpool cotton market shows an unusual price drop followed by a strong recovery. Traders monitor shifts in demand and supply as prices rebound after the late session dip.
The text reports daily quotations for middling cotton at various markets led by Ben Antonio and Houston, with totals for several ports and ships. It describes Columbus day celebrations closing U S markets and details Liverpool futures opening strong, then dipping before a late rise, with specific point changes and sales totaling 8000.
Liverpool reports prices for a spot cotton market with good middling at 10.16 cents and middling at 10.294 cents, low middling 9.9 cents. Bales traded around 8000 with 1000 for speculation and export. Receipts total 11,000.
The report lists contract quotations for numerous forward periods from October to September with minimal changes. Key figures include October 10.12¾d and several months at 10.124d, reflecting stable trading activity in Liverpool futures.
Shippers notes from San Antonio show prices for county produce steady with candied Texas fruit and creamery products quoted. Poultry markets remain firm with hens at six dollars per dozen and large fryers at over six thousand dollars, while turkeys sell 18 to 19 cents per pound and ducks and geese vary per dozen.
Local packing house quotations listed for Thursday include dry salt extras at 16 percent, dry salt bellies averaging 14 to 16 pounds at 18 cents, fancy breakfast bacon 75 cents, fancy hams 22 cents, bacon bellies averaging 14 to 46 pounds at 20 cents, pure lard 16 1/2 cents, and compound lard 13 1/2 cents.
Turpentine firm 44 percent sales 286 receipts 180 shipments 88 stock 24350. Resin firm sales 74 receipts 826 shipments 660 stock 90131. Prices shown include 9 eeee A Beett Reicb W. G 96.35 and W. W 6.45.
A disheveled man bursts into the police station claiming a robbery. Sgt. Pat Murnane calms him as the porter reveals a rolled stash of six thousand dollars found after the train. The man recognizes the money and questions why it was not turned in earlier.
A long pricing sheet lists wholesale prices for vegetables, fruits, canned goods, grains, and fats to trade buyers. It includes potatoes and onions from Colorado and California, tomatoes, cabbage, peppers, lettuce, apples, bananas, oranges, lemons, peaches, grapes, raisins, figs, dates, and many other items with per unit or per weight figures.
Trading in the local live stock market was unusually dull due to light cattle and hog supplies. Expect 15 to 20 carloads of stocker steers cows and hogs to arrive tomorrow to meet demand. Mexico shipments and goats are anticipated to bolster later supplies and keep quotations largely steady. Receipts today included cattle 885 calves 79 hogs 197. Fort Worth figures show cattle 2700 hogs 1500 with steadier to higher prices.
Receipts and prices for hogs, cattle, and sheep summarized from Chicago markets on Oct 12. Hogs plentiful at 10 cents above yesterday’s average with varied bulk and premium ranges. cattle and calves steady with mixed feeder notes. sheep steady with western and lamb prices listed.
Hog receipts 5000 with markets 10 to 20 cents higher. Light hogs 9.75 to 10.25, pigs 8.40 to 9.45, mixed and butchers 9.45 to 10.45, bulk 9.85. Cattle receipts 6500 with steady prices. native beef cattle 7.60 to 11.00, yearlings 8.60 to 10.65, cows 6.50 to 7.60, stockers 5.30 to 7.50, prime steers 8.00 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 2000 and steady. lambs 7.00 to 10.40, ewes 5.00 to 7.25, yearlings 5.00 to 8.75, bleating ewes 8.50 to 9.50.
Receipts and price ranges for hogs cattle and sheep reported in Kansas City on October 12. Hogs steady to higher with bulk at 10.60 to 10.66. prime fed steers 9.50 to 11.00. dressed beef steers 7.00 to 9.95. cows 4.5 to 7.25. heifers 6.00 to 9.60. Sheep and lambs listed with prices from 6.60 to 10.40 and related stockers in the 5.50 to 9.75 range.
Receipts today show cattle at 1600 head steady and hogs at 1700 head 10 to 16 cents higher, top price 9.80. Sales include Moffett and Fuson of Indianahoma Oklahoma reporting 81 dollars at 6.00, 7605.40 seers 2006.25. Also New Orleans notes rough rice easier with sacks and pockets listed and rough Honduras and Blue Rose prices given.
Kansas City report lists butter at 29 and 30 cents, creamery butter 29 cents for first quality. Eggs steady at 26 to 29 cents, poultry prices for hens roosters and broilers given. Potatoes firm. Brief item notes Japan building a rice straw paper factory in China.
The belt remains generally fair with below normal temperatures except in Texas where readings are above average. Rainfall of an inch or more reported at Clarendon and Beeville. Allen Buell, Meteorologist, Weather Bureau.
Observations taken at 8 a m Thursday October 12 1918 show Mexican currency in San Antonio with quotes on silver pesos half pesos and various bank notes including State Bank National Bank and Bank of London Mex. Caranza money and related values listed for the market day trading. Wind under ten miles per hour and precipitation under .01 inch noted as not prevailing.
Washington reports favorable weather boosted cotton picking across Georgia Alabama Mississippi Arkansas Louisiana Texas North Carolina Oklahoma with some states nearing top crops. Late cotton damaged by weevil and caterpillars in Florida. droughts reduced crops in Southern Tennessee and Louisiana. Corn harvesting and winter plowing progressed while rice harvest neared completion in Arkansas and Texas.
Quotations to Butter and eggs held firm while potatoes rose in price in Chicago trade. Receipts totaled 40 cars from Minnesota and Dakota with white spuds at 1.25 to 1.30. Wisconsin and Michigan whites 1.06 to 1.10. A kitchen gag and a London joke about taters follow, then notes on Chile arable land and Pennsylvania anthracite tunnels.
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