Cotton bale totals pass ginner in Texas update
The report notes 6,990,983 bales of cotton have moved past the ginner with Texas figures showing a lower total. The data emphasizes regional variation in the crop movement and overall harvest activity.
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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Oct 25, 1913
Page
7
Marine Intelligence Galveston Hebrides and New York Ports
Maritime notices list arrivals and sailings at Galveston Port Aransas and New York. Ships arriving include Torrhead Hobart River El Occidente Herbet G Wylie Tank Dora Oceanic Baltic Kaiserin Auguste Victoria and St Andrew. Coffee market reports No 7 Rio at 10 1/2 cents steady with December at 10.31 and July values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Esterday
Torrhead
Rioarent el Occidente
New York
Herbert G. Wylie
Tank
Tampico
Dora
Lisbon
Brasbae
Cardiff
Origen
New Orleans
Indore
Liverpool
Woman in Meeker Weds Becomes Imposter Bride
Helen Halstead disguised as a man for two years and married Anna Slifka’s sister in Meeker Colorado. The case reveals the groom’s real identity as Reed Halstead and exposes the ruse amid investigations into college funding plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Meeker
Colo
Jack Hill
White River Country
District Court
Anna Slifka
Marrin
Miss Ka
Totes
Real estate transfers to City of San Antonio 1913
A list of quit claim deeds transferring strips of land to the City of San Antonio for street widening and street purposes. The transfers cover numerous blocks and streets with amounts ranging from 350 to 7200 dollars. Also includes non-city transfers and real estate ads offering parcels and a cottage listing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Rummel Et al
City of San Antonio
New City Block
Commerce Street
J. G
Rosa Lentz
City of
Commerce
Uturri
New City
Kate Jones
William Green
Dilworth
Green Terrace
Sam Berliner
Leonard Anderson
Kingsbury Street
R. L. Ball Et al
J. and
F. Tisdale
Wickes Street
Miss C. Pressier
W. B. Bartes
Rosemere Place
J. M. Mills Et al
A. C. Luna
Magnolia Figs Garden
Mil Gottschalck
S. G McWhorter
Asbury Place
Hunsdon
Southwestern Land Corporation
Lakeview Garden
Los Angeles Heights Improvements Company
Philip Joseph
Los Angeles Heights
J. S. Lytle Et al
J. L. Holmes
Stonewall Street
Melrose Gardens
E. and
M. Heap
Peter McBrearty
Lakeview Avenue
James Inman
John F. Inman
John W
State of Texas
C. D. Hollingsworth
A. T. Josefson
A. T. Anderson
Aes
Sunset Place
Los Angeles
HURRO
Comny-tay
Siwe
Angeles
Lavaca St. Lothha
Wm. W
E. Houston
Cotton statistics from Fort Worth to St Louis markets
Fragmentary cotton and livestock figures show cattle hog and sheep counts and values across major markets including Fort Worth Chicago Kansas City and St Louis with scattered totals and notes on prices and quantities. Strong entities include Fort Worth Chicago Kansas City St Louis and a range of livestock categories though details are incomplete.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Chicago
Kansas City
St. Louis
Fort Worth cattle and hog market figures from Oct 26
Receipts show cattle and calves late to market with 850 cattle and 100 calves. Market nominal for beef cattle. cows $4.00 to $5.25, heifers and bulls $4.00 to $5.00, calves $4.50. Hog receipts 200 with prices up 5 cents. 4 car at $7.95 and other sales $7.75. Blank noted for sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fort Worth
Tex
Livestock Prices and Receipts Report from St Louis Market
Receipts totaled 1800 cattle including 600 Texan head with steady market. Native beef steers bring 5.50 to 8.90, cows 4.75 to 9.00, Texas steers 5.00 to 7.75, calves 6.00 to 6.60. Hogs receipts 3600 with higher market. pigs 7.60 to 8.15, heavy hogs 4.05 to 8.26. Sheep receipts 500 with steady market. native muttons 3.76 to 4.60, lambs 5.50 to 7.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Texas
Oklahoma
Kansas City Livestock Receipts and Prices Oct 25
Receipts and quotations show 4 hogs with market steady and bulk sales from 7.45 to 7.86, cattle receipts 600 with steady market including prime fed steers at 8.85 to 9.50 and cows 4.25 to 7.00, 2000 sheep with lambs 6.50 to 7.15 and yearlings 4.76 to 5.60.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Chicago market receipts and prices on hogs cattle
Receipts and quotations reported in Chicago show hogs 10,000 heads with mixed and light weights selling mostly from 7.50 to 8.80, bulk 7.65 to 8.16, and pigs to 7.40. Cattle receipts 600 with steady values. beef steers 6.90 to 9.70, cows 3.50 to 8.40, stockers 5.10 to 7.65, calves 6.50 to 10.00, natives and yearlings 4.00 to 6.60. Native lambs 5.00 to 7.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
For Sale Houses for Sale by Owner in San Antonio Heights
Handsome modern home with 8 rooms, bath and sleeping porches on a corner lot fronting a prime drive. Has garage, servant’s quarters, chicken yard, large trees, and garden. Price 15000 with seller moving away. P O Box 697. Also 1141 Westfalls Ave South Heights cottage with 38 rooms and bath, 2 porches, electric lights, south front on large lot three blocks from car line reduced to 856 cash with balance like rent. Chas O Austin owner 818 Gibbs building. Modern 7 room near Arsenal on easy terms call 1228 Omaha St.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
P. OQ
Westfalls Ave
South Heights
Chas. O. Austin
Gibbs
Saeneeeeaey
Arsenal
Omaha St
Metals and Rice Markets Reported in Early Trading
New York metal quotes show copper firm and prices around 17.00 to 17.25 for Lake copper and electrolytic at 16.87 with near cash deliveries. New Orleans rice markets list Honduras and Japan lots active with rough and clean categories priced from about 2.25 to 6.75 per unit and multiple sack counts reported for rough and clean Honduras and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lake
Guiew Orleans
Didough
Honduras
Japan
Cash&c
Wamales
Weather Forecast for San Antonio and East Texas 1913
The forecast warns fair and warmer conditions for San Antonio tonight with unsettled, colder weather Sunday and possible showers. East Texas faces increasing cloudiness tonight, warmer conditions except in the extreme northwest, and unsettled, showers likely inland Sunday with colder interior temperatures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Antonio
East Texas
Stocks End Mixed as Market Logs Light Trading
New York traders faced a firm close with light volume and subdued tone. Mexican developments dominated sentiment, while iron and steel shares remained weak and many issues slipped fractionally. Bond activity was irregular and early gains faded as the market drifted. Lead and spelter prices were listed in St. Louis quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pennsylvania
National Biscuit
Rock Island
Cotton seed market report from Tennessee daily
Cotton seed acts brisk at Tennessee markets with prime basis oil at 5.87 dollars and meal around 27.25. Linters quoted near 14.4 cents with limit bids of about 4.0 cents. regional figures show trading activity and notable values amid an overall market of tens of millions in statewide commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tenn
Pork Prices Decline With Hog Weakness
Hog markets show a steady price drop at leading packing centers, pulling down pork product prices by about a cent per pound. Beef remains firm with strong demand, while experts expect pork and beef to rise again as winter demand grows. buckwheat flour and potato prices shift amid bad weather and tight supplies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Hoban
Armour Company
Wholesale Produce Market Prices For Eggs To Butter And Groceries
Country eggs candled 28 per dozen with storage 23 2i dozen. Hens six dollars per dozen. friers 3.00 to 4.60. broilers 1.50 to 2.00. turkeys 12-13 per pound. Butter Northern creamery 81c Texas 82 33c per pound. country 18 22c. Cheese best fancy 18 19c per pound. Potatoes California and Colorado $1.90 per hundredweight. Tomatoes Texas 75c to 1.00 per 4 basket crate. California 1.40. Onions Texas 15c per crate. California 75c. Cabbage 3 per hundred pounds. Lettuce California 2.50 per crate. Corn 15-20c per dozen ears. Beans green 1 per 2-3 bushel. Peppers 40c per 4-basket crate. OKRA 60c per 2-bushel box. Cranberries 9 per barrel. Lemons California 50. Mexican 4.50 per box. Peaches California 1 per box. Grapes black 1.25 per crate. white Malaga 1.60 per crate. Apples Colorado Jonathans 1.75. fancy 2.25. Sugar fine granulated 5.10 per hundredweight. Coffee green Peaberry 17 Coice Rio 15. Arkaikis Ariosa roasted 21c. Rice screenings 3.75 per hundredweight. Syrup sorghum 40c per gallon. maple syrup 40c per gallon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Northern
Texas
California
Colorado
Malaga
Missouri
Ben Davis
Japan
Choice Head
Honduras
Liberty Bell
F. O . San Antonio
South
Navy
Wholesale grocery prices and commodity notes
A dense listing of per unit prices across meats, canned goods, grains, dried fruits, and farm staples. Includes brans, flours, cereals, beans, corn, oats, hay, California beans, canned fruits and vegetables, dried peaches and prunes, raisins, cranberries, currants, dates, hides, wool, beeswax and tallow. Names of regions include Texas and California with unit details and bulk terms.
Market Quotations for Butter Eggs Potatoes and Poultry
Chicago reports unchanged butter eggs potatoes and poultry with receipts of 4263 cases of eggs and 63 car loads of potatoes. Kansas City notes unchanged prices for butter eggs and poultry while New York market desks maintain firm eggs and raw sugar with listed Molovado and molasses sugar price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
New York
Muldovado
Mercantile and financial market notes from New York
Prime mercantile paper at 5 percent. Sterling exchange weaker at 4.80 35 for 60 days and 4.85 15 for demand. Commercial bills 4.80. Bar silver at 60 cents. Mexican dollars 46 1/4 cents. Government bonds easy while railroad bonds show irregular activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Poultry and dairy prices in St. Louis market report
In St Louis on October 26 poultry prices ranged chickens 12 cents, springs 18 cents, turkeys 18 cents, ducks 12 ½ cents, geese 10 ¾ cents. Butter creamery 29 ½ to 29 ¾ cents, eggs 29 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Springs
Cotton Advances as Cold Wave Fears Trigger Buying Surge
New York trading opened steady to firm with active months 12 to 15 points above yesterday. By late morning the market stayed firm and closed 20 to 25 points higher with near months setting new seasonal highs amid expectations of another cold snap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady with Mixed Ginning Outlook
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened steady to slightly lower as traders weighed mild selling pressure in brokers' hands against bullish ginning progress. Bulls cited Oct 18 crop ginning above 60 percent and a potential yield under 14 million bales, while bears noted 46.9 percent gained three years ago and wet weather delaying picking. By late morning the market firmed with trading months 21 to 22 points over yesterday's close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Census Bureau
William J. Harris
Sea Island
Ates
Riven Cceeveceres
South Carolina
Texas
Florida
Georgia
New Orleans
Bears
Cotton futures open steady in New Orleans
In New Orleans on October 25 cotton futures opened steady with October at 14.03 06 and nearby months mixed from 13.72 to 18.76. Futures closed steady with a net advance of 13 to 15 points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wees
Erree
Eee
Dee, Eee
Oon
Wee Ee
Mch
Apri
Erree En
June Wees
Aeee
New Orleans
Close
West
Spot Cotton Prices Liven in Liverpool Market
Liverpool October 26 spot cotton prices ease amid 5000 bales traded. Middling fair 8.144, good middling 7.844, middling 7.724, low middling 7.60, good ordinary 6.844. Receipts 16,000 bales all American with 4800 for American and 300 for speculation and export.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Geomnery
Futures quoted in quiet London market
Futures closed quiet in London with a string of weekly and monthly contracts listed from October through August. Notable rates include October at 7.49% and January at 7.234% with several near 7.2% to 7.2% ranges across successive months.
Market Snapshot Reaches Across U S Ports
Leading spot markets show New York at 14.60 middling, New Orleans 13 percent, Houston 18 middling with 156 16, Galveston 14, Liverpool 7 72d, and Memphis 184 middling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Liverpool
Memphis
Cheneratiees
Moir
Abilene
Tex
Amarillo
Atlanta
Augusta
Birmingham
Ala
Boston
Mass
Brownsville
Chicago
Ill
Charleston
8. C
Corre
Montgomery
City
Oklahoma City
Palestine
Spot cotton steady in New Orleans market
On October 26 in New Orleans spot cotton held steady with Middling at 13 percent. Sales reached 632 bales with arrivals of 3789 bales and receipts totaling 10,198 bales while stock stood at 104,268 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston
Etree
Wilmington
Norfolk
Boston
Texas City
Houston
Tex
United States
Great Britain
France
Continent
Mexico
Japan
Augusta Sseaee
Memphis
Seer
Louis
Houston Oaene
Wenee Eaves
Cotton market steady as Galveston reports close
Galveston Texas October 25 spot cotton closed steady with revisions across grades. Low ordinary eight cents, ordinary nine and a half, good ordinary ten, low middling eighteen cents, middling state good middling fourteen and a half, middling fair thirteen and a half cents. Sales total six bales with forward delivery. receipts eighteen thousand five hundred eighty five, stock one hundred eighty nine thousand five hundred seventy one.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Galveston
Tex
Spot cotton market closes steady in Houston
Houston October 25 spot cotton market closes steady and unchanged for 1911 bales f o b 1951 shipments total 13 693 and stock 130 621 remains unchanged in quiet trading at end of day
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houston
Tex
Market Cotton Steady as Prices Hold in New York
Spot cotton holds steady in New York with middling uplands at 14.60 cents per pound and at the gulf 14.75. No sales reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cotton Market Slightly Steady in Memphis
Memphis, October 25. Cotton spot prices held steady with middling cotton reported at 133 and a quarter cents per pound. Market watchers noted no change in the day's trading, with prices stable across the key middling grade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Memphis
Tenn
Banks Show Reserve Excess Slips Week Over Week
The weekly statement on clearing house banks and trust companies reports a reserve of 11,287,250 dollars in excess of legal requirements, down 1,384,100 from the previous week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Money on Call and Time Loan Rates Reported
New York October 25 money on call nominal with no loans. Time loans steady with 60 days at 4 1 2 percent 90 days at 6 percent and six months at 4 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Watson denies plan for three story Avenue C building
J M Watson president of the Guarantee Shoe Company emphatically denied today a rumor he planned a three story building on Avenue C for his firm. He called the report baseless and said he knew nothing of it until reading the account in the paper. He noted the current Alamo plaza lease runs for five years nine months more and will not change. He owns adjoining property but has no present plans to build, though future construction could occur without specifying height.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. M. Watson
Guarantee Shoe Company
Avenue C
Mr. Watson
Alamo Plaza
Bedell-Moore
Travis Street
Condense Tax Rolls Discussion At State Conference
Albert V. Huth of Bexar county attended a conference in Austin with Comptroller W. P. Lane and a committee of assessors and tax collectors to streamline the tax rolls. Debate centered on reducing space waste in indentures and making rolls meet statewide needs. Separate meeting outlined plans for the December Temple convention of the association. Participants included Elliot of Tarrant, Ellis of Dallas, Shaddock of Collins, Wendt of Washington, A. G. Vick of Bell, Gus Reininger of Comal, John Reed of McLennan, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albert V. Huth
Bexar County
Austin
W. P. Lane
Temple
Elliot
Tarrant County
Ellis
Dallas County
Shaddock
Collins County
William Wendt
Washington County
A. G. Vick
Bell County
Gus Reininger
Not Guilty for Dairymen in Milk Adulteration Case
W E McDavitt and J M Cooper were found not guilty by a jury in Justice Campbell's court on charges of offering adulterated milk. Affidavits claimed water was added. local health inspectors and state pure food officers prosecuted. Two other dairymen' cases set for next week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. E. McDavitt
J. M. Cooper
Farmers Union Concludes Southwest Texas Session
After a day and a half the Southwest Texas district Farmers Union adjourned a noon today with executive meetings lasting past midnight. The convention urged legislative funding to exterminate jack rabbits, proposing a bounty of 5 cents per head from the state and an additional 5 cents from counties willing to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southwest Texas
Farmers’ Union
Chamber of Commerce
Cotton seed oil market closes firm in New York
The New York cotton seed oil market closes firm with spot prices at 6.88 to 7.50 and forward months from October to May quoted up to 7.45. There were 9800 total sales across contracts, with notable counts for October 800 and December 1500 at specific prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Spot
Tober
Predictions of bad weather lift market in corn belt
Wheat remained firm while corn advanced on forecast storms. Market opened steady to moderately higher with corn reversing initial dips, oats tracking grain trends, and provisions rising on firmer prices. First sales showed gains of 2 to 10 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Market quotes from Kansas City grain futures and cash prices
Quotations today list cash wheat at No 2 hard 287 1 2 cents, No 2 red 58 90c. Corn No 2 mixed 70 1 2 cents, No 3 white 71 1 2 cents. Oats No 2 white 40 cents, No 2 mixed 89 39 1 2 cents. December wheat 80 1 2 cents, May 86 1 2 cents. Corn December 69 1 2 cents, May 72 1 2 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas City
Grain Quotations From St Louis Market Notes
Wheat prices listed for No 2 red and No 3 hard with decimals. December wheat at 86 cents, December corn at 69 percent, May corn 71 cents, oats December 40 1/2 cents, May 48 1/2 cents. Receipts and shipments for flour, wheat, corn, and oats provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Hides and Leather Market Summary
Hides steady and leather market shows firmness with firming tendencies noted in New York trading on October 25. Observers report demand remaining steady for bide hides while leather buyers maintain cautious bidding amid shifting supply dynamics.
Weather bulletin details cotton region October 26
The belt shows fair weather with some east portion cloudiness and below normal temperatures. Rainfall of an inch or more reported at Bolivar Wilmington Goldsboro Cheraw Florence Lumberton Newbern Raleigh and Weldon in the Wilmington district. Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bolivar
Wilmington
Goldsboro
Cheraw
Florence
Lumberton
Newbern
Raleigh
Weldon
Allen Buell
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General Weather Report
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Cotton Region Bulletin
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