Rising Money Rates Trigger Liquidation in Stock Market
New York Oct 29 Prices rose early despite unfavorable international monetary news as private discounts rose to 5 percent. Higher money rates and wage-shift talk weighed on sentiment but led to an upturn that faded as profits were booked. Banks lifted loan rates to 5 percent and stocks slid back, ending the session heavy with overall liquidation.
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International Monetary
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Ible
Bank of England
Reading
Southern Pacific
Canadian Pacific
Texas Company
Missouri Pacific
Market quotes and rates for mercantile paper and bonds
New York reports prime mercantile paper at 54 5 per cent with sterling exchange firm at 4.81 10 for 66 days and 4.85 40 for demand. Commercial bills 4.80 65. Bar silver 59 14 cents. Mexican dollars 46 4 cents. Government bonds steady and railroad bonds firm.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Money on Call Rates Reported in New York Market
Money on call steadied at 4 percent as the ruling rate in New York opened at 4 percent. Closing bid stood at 446 5 per cent with time loans showing 4 percent for 60 days 4 40 percent 90 days and 4 5 percent for six months amid a steady debt market.
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New York
New York Raw Sugar Prices Reported
Raw sugar prices listed for Muscovado Centrifugal and Molasses sugar with refined and unsettled notes. Market figures show Muscovado at 2.98 to 3.04, Centrifugal 2.48 to 3.63, Molasses sugar 3.73 to 3.79.
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New York
Muscovado
Grain standards favored by dealers and government
Representatives of the National Grain Dealers Association notified Secretary Houston that they support standardizing foreign grades. Baltimore merchants oppose, fearing export trade impacts, while many speakers at the hearing seek modifications such as a new standard grade and altered moisture limits. Officials expect enforcement under the pure food law with no further legislation.
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National Grain Dealers’ Association Today
Houston
Baltimore Chamber of Commerce
Grain Dealers’ Association
Agricultural Department
Metal Markets Report From New York Trading
Lead movable in narrow ranges with prices around 4.30 to 4.40 dollars in New York and London quotes at 20 pounds 7s6d. Copper holds steady with standard spot unquoted while future months show bids around 16.25 to 16.87 dollars. Tin remains steady near 40 dollars with October to December deliveries listed and London prices at 153 pounds 1s for futures and spot. Antimony weak with Cookson’s at 7.60 dollars and iron steady with Cleveland warrants fading.
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London
Cookson's
Cleveland
Cotton freight notes discussed to cut country damage claims
Representatives of all Texas cotton carrying railroads and major compress companies met in Galveston to devise a plan for standardizing notations on export cotton bills of lading. The aim is to minimize country damage claims and align notations with steamship agents showing actual cotton condition during handling.
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Galveston
Tex
Texas
Baby Heiress of Mine Aims for Alaska Claim Power
Chicago girl Catheryn Mulcaire of Rosemont Illinois inherits a mining claim in Alaska through an unseen uncle. The child, only thirteen, is sole heir after Howard Mulcaire and sister-in-law Ellen Riley die leaving the stake to his offspring.
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Baby Catheryn Mulccaire
Rosemont
Ill
Alaska
New Orleans
Howard Mulcaire
Ellen Riley
James B. Riley
Omaha
Mulcaire
Illinois
Riley
Klondike
Weather Report From 8 A M October 29, 1913
Observations recorded at 8 a m on Wednesday October 29 1913. Details likely include temperature humidity wind and barometric pressure though numbers are not visible.
Butter Prices Climb as Demand Surges
Butter markets firm as creamery grades remain in strong demand. Texas creamery butter up one cent from last week and Elgin quote five cents higher than Wednesday. Frost affects dairy regions, milk supply tightens while winter pens approach, egg and poultry supplies steady with unchanged prices.
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Texas
Elgin
Wholesale market prices for country produce listed
A long list of wholesale retail prices covers eggs poultry butter cheese vegetables and fruits, with California and Texas origins. Specifics include eggs 28¢ a dozen, hens $5.00 a dozen, butter 31¢, tomatoes $1.75 to $2.76 per four basket crate, oranges around $4.00 to $4.50 per box, lemons up to $6.50 per box, and meats and canned goods priced per pound or can.
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California Canned Goods and Dried Fruits Price List Revealed
A detailed sale listing shows California canned goods and dried fruits with prices per case or per pound. Items include apples apricots blackberries cherries grapes freestone peaches Bartlett pears and evaporated apples with varying grades. Also listed are canned vegetables dried fruits prunes raisins cranberries currants dates hides wool and beeswax with multiple pricing tiers.
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California
Illinois
London
Central America 32 Leather Firm Hides Easy
The brief sports wire notes Central America scores 32, Leather firm as a quick update from New York on October 29.
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Central America
Leather
Stock Yard Market Steady Cattle Prices In Fort Worth Route
Union Stock Yards reports Oct 29 active trading with light receipts. Cows up to 5.25, calves to 6.50, hogs to 7.50, cattle and calves clearing mostly 4.00 to 4.50 with calves 6.00 to 6.60. Sheep moving through en route to Fort Worth. Through billing common among cattle and calves. Texas markets generally steady.
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Union Stock Yards
Fort Worth
Texas
Butter arrives from Siberia Argentina Liberia in Chicago market
Chicago traders note the first imports of butter from Siberia and Argentina. A shipment totals 750 pounds from Liberia and 56 pounds from Argentina, aided by a new tariff law that creates a chance of profit for importers.
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Siberia
Argentina
Liberia
Cattle and hog markets report from Fort Worth
Fort Worth dealers record cattle receipts around 4500 with calves 600 and beef steers 6.00 to 7.25 per hundredweight. Cows and heifers show small gains while stockers and bulls move near previous levels. Hogs total 1600 head with prices around 7.80 to 8.10. Sheep demand remains strong at about 4.60.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Cotton goods markets firm as export dull in New York
New York buyers watched a firm cotton goods and cotton yarn market with light trading. Export business was dull while heavyweight men s wear in fancy weaves was liquidated for fall and jobbers reported solid business for the period.
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New York
Market Receipts and Quotations From St Louis Stands
St Louis reports cattle receipts of 6500 including 1100 Texans with varied prices for native beer steers cows and heifers and calves in carload lots. hog receipts 7500 with prices for pigs and lights and good heavies. sheep receipts 3300 with native muttons and lambs prices.
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Texas
Oklahoma
Cotton closes weak on bear selling after bullish crop news
New York reports mixed cotton activity after bullish crop estimates. Prices slipped 2 to 12 points intraday with rallies late in the session as traders weighed favorable weather and local ginning figures showing a 16 million bale crop potential.
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New York
Liverpool
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady Then Drops Sharply
In New Orleans on October 29 the cotton market opened steady but fell 11 to 22 points amid lower prices elsewhere and unfavorable belt weather. Short sellers and liquidation pressed prices, with near months down 14 to 22 points by midmorning and 2 pm quotes 1 to 12 points below Monday's close.
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New Orleans
Louisiana
Mississippi
Cotton Futures Open Steady After Mixed Price Moves
The cotton futures market opened steady with a nominal November decline and closed 16 to 19 points lower. Prices showed scattered activity across contracts from October through July with varied intraday levels and late-session softness in December and March.
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New Orleans
Orcs Vere
Cotton prices hold steady in fair demand at Liverpool
Close spot cotton in fair demand with prices unchanged led by middling fair at 8.174 pence, good middling 8.874, and middling 7.754. Sales totaled 8000 bales including 7000 American and 600 for speculation and export, receipts 27000 bales of which 26900 were American.
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Liverpool
Cotton futures closing values in Liverpool market
Cotton futures closed easy in Liverpool with figures for October through October and November delivery. Key contracts included October at 7.48, November at 7.26, December at 7.24, January at 7.22, February at 7.22, March at 7.24, April at 7.21, May at 7.21, and June at 7.16 pence per pound.
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Liverpool
Fresh gathered eggs firm New York market report
New York traders quoted fresh gathered eggs at 35 to 36 cents per dozen with steady demand. The market news notes firm prices for the value range as supplies meet current buying interest.
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New York
Egegs
Commodity Prices And Receipts In Chicago Market Note
Chicago market update shows butter and eggs unchanged with 4581 cases receipts. Cheese rises while several farm products such as Daisies Twins Americas Long Horns and potatoes show varied prices and 70 car receipts, poultry remains alive and unchanged.
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Americas
Grace Koontz Fights for Allegheny County Treasurer Post
Mrs Grace Koontz of Midland Maryland runs as Socialist candidate for treasurer of Allegheny County Maryland. She engages in a spirited campaign to win at the polls.
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Midland
Allegheny County
Marine Intelligence Galveston Cargoes and Arrivals
Galveston report lists arrivals including Balmes Barcelona Malm and Bolton Hall Cleared ships Texas Christiana Gothenburg, and Tiara Torrhead sailing to Hamburg Belfast Also Port Aransas notes Russian Prince with 30000 barrels crude oil and St Andrew loading 5850 bales cotton New York entries include Imperator and Campanella with Rotterdam arrival
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New Orleans
Malm
Bolton Hall
Pensacola
Texas
Christiana
Gothenburg
Tiara
Hamburg
el Occidente
New York
Torrhead
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Tam Pico
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Savannah Pilot Plans Atlantic Crossing With New Hydro Aéroplane
Captain Mathew A. Batson, U.S.A. retired, announces the launch of a great hydro aeroplane to cross the Atlantic this week if winds permit. He asserts current craft cannot cross without a new design and claims his machine, though larger and more powerful, is an evolutionary step with infallible engines and ample fuel and supplies.
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Mathew A. Batson
Atlantic
Market Quotations From St Louis Poultry and Dairy Prices
St Louis market rows show poultry prices with chickens at 11 to 12 percent, springers 6 to 8 percent, turkeys 18c, ducks 12% to 13c, and creams 16 percent. Butter creamery at 31c, eggs at 29 5/8c.
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ST. Louis
Market Report Notes Oil and Metals Prices
Kansas City and St. Louis market items show eggs butter and poultry unchanged while lead priced at 4.20 and spelter at 5.25 per unit with 96-30 at 4.28 percent. The items reflect daily commodity pricing from October 29.
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ST. Louis
Chicago Market Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Chicago reports mixed hog prices with receipts around 27 000 and strong demand. Light to heavy hogs bring 7.65 to 8.30 per cwt, pigs 5.00 to 7.75. cattle receipts 19 000 and steady with beeves 6.60 to 7.90 and calves 6.50 to 10.26. sheep receipts 40 000 and steady with natives 5.10 to 7.60 and yearlings 5.00 to 6.00.
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Texas
Spot cotton steady across New Orleans and Memphis markets
New Orleans reports quiet unchanged spot cotton with middling 13 times 13 c yielding 830 bales sold on the spot and 1139 bales to arrive, receipts 13439, stock 121259. New York spots show middling uplands 14.40 and gulf 14.65 with 800 bales sold. Memphis spots mark steady market at 13 c middling.
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Houston
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Liverpool
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Tenn
Market quotes and notes from Memphis and St Louis
Cotton seed products in Memphis show prim oil at 6c and meal around 27 dollars, with linter prices. St Louis grain quotes list daily cash and nearby futures for wheat corn and oats, with prices for No 2 red cash wheat around 93c and corn near 71c for Dec. London reports over ninety thousand street gas lamps.
Kansas City Market Ledger Reports Mixed Farm Prices
Receipts and prices for hogs cattle and sheep in Kansas City show gains and steadies across categories. Prime fed steers reach 8.90 to 9.50, dressed beef steers 7.25 to 8.85, and lambs 6.75 to 7.40 with strong sheep demand. Several odd items mention unrelated statistics about nettle fiber, steel rails, clergy salaries, and patent figures.
Argentina Wheat and U.S. Grain Markets Report
Market report from Chicago and Kansas City on Oct 29 30 showing Argentine wheat crop conditions and mixed futures moves. Wheat prices edged up then eased, corn rose on firming stock feeding and then eased, oats offered little, Canada wheat imports impacted and Kansas City quotes listed for cash and futures through December and May.
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Argentina
Vance
Grain quotations from Chicago on Oct 29
Chicago markets report cash wheat and corn quotes with No 2 red at 95% to 96% cents, No 2 hard 87 to 88, No 2 northern 88 to 89, No 2 spring 89 to 89 1/2 cents. Corn prices range No 3 72 to 73, No 2 yellow 72 1/2, oats quoted No 2 white 41 to 42 cents.
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ST. Louis
Chicago
Cotton futures close steady in New York market
The cotton market closed steady with spot at 6.83. Futures for November to July posted varied bids with notable sales including 300 contracts at 6.79 and 500 at 6.97 for December. Total sales reached 10,3 (truncated in OCR).
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New York
Coffee Market Report From New York
New York trading on October 29 shows No 7 Rio coffee at 10? percent and a steady pie. December futures at 10.46 cents per pound with July at a similar level.
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New York
Alligator Found in Shreveport Kitchen Steps for Capture
A three foot alligator, aged 15 to 25 years, was found near the heart of Shreveport by Claude Ellis. It was lassoed, captured, and shown downtown. Officials speculate it wandered through drainage ditches seeking warmth as temperatures dropped.
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Shreveport
Claude Ellis
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