President Wilson Presses for Immediate Currency Bill Action
President Wilson urged continuous consideration of the pending currency bill, warning against any recess. Senators Stone Simmons Sheppard and James voiced support for quick passage, while Underwood discussed keeping a House quorum. The White House seeks seven weeks of focused work to finish the measure before December session.
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Washington, D. C
Wilson
Stone
Missouri
Simmons
Sheppard
James
Underwood
House
Senate
Congress
Senate Banking and Currency Committee
White House
Hag Ben
United States
Democratic Party
Paper Money Scarce Forces Circulation of Worn Currency
Treasury says paper supply tight by 60 million sheets halting destruction of dirty notes. Printing limits due to reduced paper area and partial money washing leaves a cash shortage amid crop movement. Offshore rainfall and rice data appear alongside unrelated figures in the fragment.
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United States Treasury
Treasury
Burke
Congress
Treasury Department
Coffee Prices Rise In San Antonio Market
The recent surge in coffee values at major markets pushes wholesalers in San Antonio to quote green and roasted coffees at higher prices. Industry observers expect further increases this week while other markets show weakness in sugar. Meat prices hold firm, hogs rally later in the week, and local meat stocks are light, signaling prompt price passes.
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San Antonio
Market Quotations From Chicago Trade Desk
Prices for butter and eggs were steady while potatoes rose. Michigan Wisconsin potatoes ranged 55 to 63 cents, Minnesota Ohio 58 to 63 cents, receipts totaled 5710, poultry held steady.
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Chicago
Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Kansas City Market Quotations October 13
Quotations listed for butter eggs and poultry in Kansas City. Butter creamery 30c firsts 29c seconds 27c packing stock 22c. Eggs firsts 25c seconds 18c. Poultry hens 11 1/2c roosters 9c ducks 10c springs 11 1/2c.
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Kansas City
Made-in-San Antonio Exhibition to Feature Women’s Home Products
The Woman's Club will orchestrate a strong women’s display at the Made-in-San Antonio show with home-made jellies jams and preserves among other exhibits. Prizes include 5 for best grafted paper-shell pecans and 5 for best six grafted American Beauty roses. Thirty-nine manufacturers have signed space for the show building as repairs begin this week.
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Woman's Club
Merchants of
San Antonio
Women’s Department
Edward W. Knox
Mayors Pictures Wanted for San Antonio History
The Carnegie library plans a history project collecting mayor photographs from San Antonio back as far as possible. Librarian Miss Cornelia Notz will work with the city clerk to retrieve records showing each mayor’s election date and term of office.
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San Antonio
Carnegie Library
Cornelia Notz
Cattle market active and prices steady at Union Stock Yards
At Union Stock Yards on October 13 the livestock market showed activity and strength. Receipts included 170 cattle and calves, 97 horses, 68 hogs, and 281 sheep and goats. Best sows sold up to 5.25, calves to 6.50, hogs near 8.00, with most stock trading from 4.50 to 5.50 for cows and calves 5.50 to 6.00, amid keen demand and good packing house activity.
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Union Stock Yards
Commission
Texas
Cattle Market Steady Despite Varied Beef Prices
Fort Worth cattle market reports steady demand for steers cows and heifers with prices from 4.25 to 7.00 for cows and heifers and 4.26 to 9 for bulls. Beef steers 5.50 to 6.50, feeder steers 5.80 to 6.75. Calves 4.50 to 8.00. Hogs 100 higher at range 8.20 to 8.60. Sheep receipts 600 with weak tendency and no prices listed.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Market Report from Kansas City Hogs and Cattle and Sheep
Kansas City stockyards report receipts of 3000 hogs steady prices for bulk hogs and light weights. Cattle receipts 23000 with 200 southern. prime fed steers 9 to 9.50, dressed 8 to 8.90, cows 4.25 to 7.25, heifers 5 to 9.25. Sheep receipts 13000 steady. lambs 6.25 to 7.00, yearlings 5, wether ewes 4.28 to 4.76 and 3.60 to 4.3 per hundred pounds.
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Kansas City
Livestock Prices Report From St Louis Market
Cattle receipts 9500 with 2400 from Texas and Indian steers priced from 5.80 to 9.30 cattle and heifers 4.75 to 9.00 calves in carload lots 5.00 hog receipts 6500 higher pigs and sows 5.76 to 8.50 good heavy 8.45 sheep receipts 4300 steady lambs 5.50 to 7.25 native muttons 3.75 to 4.60 lower
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ST. Louis
Texas
Chicago Market Report Receipts and Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Hogs receipts 2000 strong with bulk sales 8.10 to 8.60, mixed 8.00 to 8.78, heavy 7.85 to 8.65. Cattle receipts 21000 steady with beeves 7.00 to 8.90, Texas steers 6.85 to 8.00, stockers 5.25 to 7.70, cows and heifers 3.60 to 8.40, calves 7.00 to 11.00. Sheep receipts 41000 steady with native 2.90 to 4.90, yearlings 6.00, lambs native 5.85 to 7.10.
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Chicago
Texas
Marine Intelligence Galveston October Arrivals and Sails
Galveston reports arrivals including Ethelwynne Pensacola Benefactor Tampico Lodovica Sossifoglu Rio Janeiro and El Cid. New York notes Rochambeau Havre. Port Aransas lists Waneta with barge Hainaut bound for Tampico. New York shows Ancona Naples Madonna Marseilles arrivals.
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Galveston
Ethelwynne
Pensacola
Tampico
Lodovica
Bocas Grande
Sossifoglu
Rio Janeiro
el Cid
New York
Port Aransas
Tex
Waneta
Tucker
Hainaut
Ancona
Naples
Madonna
Marseilles
Cotton Region Bulletin Weather Update October 18 1913
The bulletin reports that in the cotton region over the past 24 hours ending 8 a m on Monday October 18 1913 light rain prevailed across the belt. Temperatures are near average with regional variation noted by the local forecaster Allen Buell.
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Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
San Antonio Abandons Vanderbilt Cup Plan In Favor Of Track Meet
Chamber of Commerce meeting ends push for the Vanderbilt cup and grand prize races due to prohibitive costs. Instead organizers commit to the original November track meet with hopes to sign three racing teams and cover about $9,000 in expenses with city and Automobile Club backing.
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San Antonio
Chamber of Commerce
John B. Carrington
R. W. Carr
Dr. Hering
R. T. Pruitt
J. H. Kirkpatrick
Vanderbilt
Enecer
Roberts
Lloyd Spencer
C. M. Roberts
Savannah
W. B. Tuttle
W. H. Furlong Jr
W. S. Stires
G. A. C. Halff
General Weather Bulletin Observations Reported
Weather bulletin notes observations at sa on October 13, 1913 with Montes as a named location. The fragment shows a dated meteorological record and place identifier.
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Montes
Weather and frost risks loom over cotton market shifts
New Orleans reports Columbus Day holiday delaying open of cotton markets. Forecasters warn a cold wave and early frosts could decide prices as rains hindered boll maturation. Bulls seek favorable weather to lift spot demand, while weak demand favors bears amid cautious cash markets.
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New Orleans
Cotton Belt
Census Bureau Repor
Burials Filed for Several Local Residents
Burial permits list several deceased individuals with ages and dates. Benita G. Zepeda 80 died October 11 at Jones Avenue Florence Wells 14 died October 10 at City Hospital R Stewart 35 died October 6 at a barn Dolores Monzon 53 died October 10 at 204 Speed Street
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Benita G. Zepeda
Jones Avenue
Florence Wells
City Hospital
R. Stewart
Ars
Austin O Wonee
Dolores Monzon
Speed Street
Automobiles Licenses and Transfers from Liverpool News
The list shows license numbers for local vehicles owners including Draughon’s Business College and Tom White, with transfers noted for steamers Carmania and Caronia set to move to the Liverpool Boston service in March. Plans for a tourist hotel on Ben Nevis include a railway linking the site at an estimated cost of about $150000.
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Liverpool
Cunard Company
Carmania
Caronia
Boston
Ben Nevis
Scotland
Spot Cotton Prices Edge Down in Liverpool Market
Liverpool, Oct. 13. Spot cotton sales strong but prices ease across grades. Middling to good ordinary ranges quoted from 7.334 pence to 7.97 pence, with $000 in sales including 7500 American and 5000 speculation/export. Receipts list all American.
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Liverpool
Futures Close Easy in Liverpool Market
Futures closed easy with quotes across several near and distant spreads including October 7.14 and October-November 7.08 percent, and a chain of intermonth figures from December-January to September-October.
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Arriv
New Orleans
Liverpool
Cotton seed products and spot cotton prices in Memphis
Memphis reports price data for cotton seed products with prime basis oil at 5 dollars a hundredweight and Shoal at 27 dollars, while cotton spot in Memphis remains steady with middling at 13 1/2. The notes date October 13 and October 15.
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Memphis
World Cotton Prices Open With Mixed Holiday Levels
Leading spot markets show New York New Orleans Houston and Galveston middling levels as holiday trading persists. Liverpool quotes at 7.65d with Memphis at 13 percent cent.
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New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Houston
Galveston
Memphis
Local marriage licenses issued to six couples
Richard Schirner with Ottilie Wolff, George Echtle with Mary Wittmann, Ben A Ward with Rosa Rittimann, Charles A Smith with Mrs Adam White, Genaro Mata with Victoria Tovar, and Francisco Leiga with Epimeniqa Limas received marriage licenses.
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Richard Schirner
Ottilie Wolff
George Echtle
Mary Wittmann
Ben A. Ward
Rosa Rittimann
Charles A. Smith
Adam White
Genaro Mata
Victoria Tovar
Francisco Leiga
Epimeniqa Limas
Senator Clapp Bill Limits Campaign Funds In Transit
In the Senate on October 18, Senator Clapp introduced a bill to ban interstate movement of campaign funds for national elections. The measure would not bar special trains for presidential candidates or payment of actual expenses for speakers literature or advertising. Also noted: Mme Dieulafay in France is the only woman allowed to wear male attire under a special law for her benefit.
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Washington, D. C
Clapp
Senate
Mme. Dieulafay
France
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