Storm Water Sewer Construction Bids Sought in San Antonio
Sealed proposals due September 14 1916 for storm water sewer work on Mason North Flores to San Pedro Marshall streets. Proposals must include cashier’s or certified check up to 10 percent of total cost. City reserves right to reject bids. Fred Fries City Clerk.
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San Antonio
Texas
Mason
Flores Street
Santo Avenue
Jackson Street
Con Street
Marshall Street
San Pedro Avenue
James Davis
Commissioners Court
Bexar County Court House
Wv. H. Howard
For Sale Real Estate Thirteen Acres Near Floresville
Thirteen acres in cultivation one mile from Floresville with irrigation fine water supply a modern six room dwelling a large dairy barn for 30 cows and a six horsepower gasoline engine price 3500 dollars with 2000 cash and balance in one and two years. W B Whitaker room 8 French Building. Jackson County Bargain 1540 acres black hogwallow land near Genado seventy percent open prairie hay meadow easily cultivated at small expense balance lightly timbered running water along one side no waste values rising an excellent investment or farming proposition what have you to trade.wm H Russell Kampmann Building San Antonio Tex.
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Floresville
W. B. Whitaker
Jackson County
Genado
Wm. H. Russell
Kampmann Bldg
San Antonio
Tex
Arinoel
Cottage on W Commerce St Priced at 1800 in Hilltop Area
Real estate ad notes a four room white cottage with front and back galleries, sew ers and water on a 50 by 155 lot on W Commerce St, with the owner compelled to sell. Nearby lots are priced at 1250 and new house at Carline 1906 Hedges Street lists a three room house for 800 with small cash payment and monthly rent of 8.
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Conness Realty Co
Hedges Street
Wanted to Buy and Exchange Listings in San Antonio Area
A string of classified buy and exchange requests from owners seeking land 1000 acres near Leon Springs near Scenic Loop and other properties. Includes building lots Tobin Hill Laurel and West Commerce St exchanges plus a two story seven room residence offer at 4000 with trade options for a cottage or suburb property. Contacts include R A Lybrook 122 Madison St and O C McLeod Co 811 State Bank Bldg.
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Leon Springs
Scenic Loop
Main Ave
Commerce St
City Hunts
O. C. McLeod Co
State Bank
Banner Day at Boerne Fair Draws Large Crowds
San Antonio day boosts attendance as 2000-plus visitors arrive by train and auto for Kendall county fair events. Judges finalize entries in high school, culinary, fine stock, and relics. Baby show prizes go to Agnes Gallat, Lorrella Voges, Gilbert Melcher Jr, and others.
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Boerne
Tex
San Antonio
Kendall County Fair
Bandera
F. W. Krause
L. W. King
C. L. Dienzer
Alvin Carstansen
L. Vollprecht
Ernst Geigert
Kendall County
San Marcos
New Braunfels
Fredericksburg
Frank Winerich
J. M. Young
Affleck
Agnes BE
Gallat
Lorrella Voges
Gilbert Melcher Jr
Comfort
Howard Jungmichel
Walter Voelcker
Willie M. Vogt
James Zoeller
Villa and bandits now near El Valle in Texas
Francisco Villa leads about 1000 men after victories near Latevo and attacks General Eliscondo near Santa Ysabel. Carranza forces of about 600 retreat toward Chihuahua City with Villa claiming lighter losses. Hipolito Villa in US custody, whereabouts and charges undisclosed.
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EL Paso
Tex
Francisco Villa
Latevo
Eliscondo
Santa Ysabel
Carranza
Chihuahua City
Villa
el Valle
United States
Hipolito Villa
Juarez
Havana
Il Paso
Ysleta
Here
Department of Justice
Fort Bliss
Mariano Tames
Manuel Ochoa
Retail Merchants Buy Large Stocks In Close Week
The produce market stayed steady Saturday as retailers stocked up on green goods and other produce. Commission men foresee prices easing Monday if a strike ends, while sugar remains scarce and demand brisk. government purchases were sizable but typical for the weekend.
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California
Commission
Cotton markets report prices in San Antonio Saturday
Buyers in San Antonio paid various prices for cotton delivered at local compresses on Saturday. Prices show categories such as good middling and strict middling with figures noted for each category.
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San Antonio
Neepees
Cotton Trade Steady as Prices Rise in New York
New York day goods report shows cotton goods and yarns steady with rising prices. Ready to wear trade remains active while wool markets stay quiet and firm.
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New York
Wheat Prices Rise on Strike Hopes in Chicago Market
Wheat futures edged higher as strike settlement expectations boosted sentiment in Chicago. Traders noted export demand and North American stock depletion, with December and May contracts showing gains from opening prices. Corn rose after railway embargo removals, while overall market strength supported grain futures and a bullish tone for provisions tied to warehouse stocks.
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Chicago
Congress
Market Quotation Rundown From Chicago and St Louis
Chicago and St Louis quotations show wheat and corn moves with prices for No. 2 yellow and red wheat, No. 2 hard, and No. 2 white corn. Wheat ranges around 1.87 to 1.50 in two markets while corn edges higher or lower by grade.
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Chicago
ST. Louis
Sept
Kansas City Wheat and Corn Prices Report
Kansas City market update shows No 2 hard wheat at 1 45 to 1 50 per bushel No 2 red 1 48 Fe Corn No 2 mixed 81 82 percent No 2 white 1 percent 82c No 2 yellow 82 4c Oats No 2 white 46 46 percent No 2 mixed 46 47 percent per bushel
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Kansas City
Obituary Notices for Charles Bihl and Ballel Taylor
Charles Fred Bihl 42 died suddenly while helping free a car near Bandera road San Antonio from heart trouble burial at 4 Sunday at 608 North Flores Street Rev Arthur G Jones First Presbyterian Church. Ballel Taylor 31 died at home 425 Steed Street survived by widow and parents two sons two daughters three brothers and two sisters. funeral 2:30 Sunday from residence with San Fernando Cemetery interment.
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Charles Fred Bihl
San Antonio
Bandera
Bihl
George D. Bihl
Erich Menger
Ballel Taylor
Steed Street
Rita Taylor
Robert
David
Manuel
G. T. Martinez
G.T. Castro
San Fernando
Provision Markets San Antonio Provisions Show Prices
Local packing house quotations to dealers Saturday list dry salt extras 16 percent bacon extras 17 percent dry salt bellies 14 16 pound average 18 percent Deacon extras 17 percent dry salt bellies 14 16 pound average 20 percent fancy breakfast cuts 28 cents fancy hams 22 cents bacon bellies 14 16 pound average 20 cents Pure lard 15 cents compound 11 cents
Shippers Market Prices for Texas Country Produce
Buyers paid prices in San Antonio on Saturday for eggs butter poultry and poultry products. Eggs steady 25 to 26 cents per dozen. Butter steady. Creamery 75 to 200 pounds per case. Country per pound 19 to 20 cents. Packing stock 18 to 19 cents. Hens 6.00 to 7.00 per dozen. Large fryers 5.50 to 6.59 per dozen. Broilers 1.90 to 2.50 per pound. Turkeys 17 to 18 cents per pound. Ducks 4.00 to 5.00 per dozen. Geese 4.60 to 5.00 per dozen.
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San Antonio
Texas
Texas Creamery
Market Report Chicago Butter and Produce prices
Chicago market notes show butter unchanged and eggs receipts at 11 451 cases with no price change. Potatoes decline with 35 car receipts. Jersey cobblers and giants mixed around 1.60 to 1.70 and 1.50 to 1.60 for Minnesota ohios. Poultry alive prices lower with fowls 14 to 17 cents and springs 19 cents per pound.
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Chicago
Jersey
Jersey Giants
Minnesota-Ohios
Springs
Suspect Said to Match Fay Corinth Description
A man believed to be Robert Fay who escaped the Atlanta federal penitentiary was arrested in Mississipp i and held for Atlanta confirmation. Fay, convicted of attempting to blow up ships with munitions, was headed toward the Mexican border after escaping. German iron founders push furnace slag as ore substitute to cut costs and use more slag and crushed stone in concrete.
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Corinth
Miss
Robert Fay
Atlanta
Fay
Shelby Loring Undertaking Co Advertises Auto Equipment
Shelby Loring Undertaking Co advertises automobile equipment with phone numbers 971 and 971 and mentions weekly service or ads. Also notes Sutherland Springs schedule with Sunday 8 15 a m and references Southern Pacific Lines in an advertising context.
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Shelby-Loring Undertaking Co
Sutherland Springs
Southern Pacific Lines
Market Brief Swings in Butter and Eggs
Kansas City report notes butter and eggs mixed as Ohio prices hold steady at about $1.00 per unit. Market observers say milk and dairy costs show little change amid regional shifts in demand and supply.
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Kansas City
Market quotes show peso trading amid banknote notes
Fragmentary financial note records silver pesos and Mexican money trading in San Antonio. Banks and London notes appear with cotton mentions and Carranza money figures.
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San Antonio
Astate
National Bank
Nk of
London
Eine
Carranza Money
Cotton seed oil futures hover with varied month quotes
New York price board shows firm cotton seed oil activity with October at 10.04 cents, November and December at 9.95, January 10.02, March 10.89, prime crude 8.53 nominal, and prime summer yellow spot 9.95 cents. Trade details reference a 12,800 unit sale and firm near-term positioning.
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New York
Livestock Market Figures Across Cities
Supply figures show cattle, sheep, and hogs traded in Fort Worth Kansas City Chicago St Louis with totals around 350 200 1 2000 1800 1200 13060 and 2600 head respectively. The data lists volumes in each market, highlighting regional activity levels and price classes across major centers.
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Spee
Fort Worth
Kansas City
Chicago
St. Louis
Cattle and Hogs Market Report from Fort Worth
Fort Worth reports cattle receipts at 350 head with steady demand. Steers bring 6 to 7 dollars, stockers 5.50 to 6.50, cows 5 to 7, bulls 4 to 5, calves 4.50. Hog receipts 2000 head with top 10.40 and bulk 10.05 to 10.28. Lambs 9 to 9.50, wethers 6.50 to 7, ewes 6 to 6.50, culls 4 to 5, goats 4.50.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Kansas City Market Prices for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Receipts show hogs at 10.30 to 10.65 for various loads with 10 cent drop. packers and butchers steady to 20 heavy at 10.40. light 10.30 to 10.70. pigs around 8.60. Cattle receipts 200 with 50 southern. prime fed steers 10.00 to 11.00. dressed beef 7.50 to 9.75. southern steers 5.78 to 8.25. cows 4.50 to 7.25. heifers 9.00 to 10.25. stockers 5.75 to 7.70. Sheep receipts none. market steady. lambs 9.75 to 10.25. yearlings 7.25 to 8.00. wethers 7.00 to 7.75. ewes 6.50 to 7.10.
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Kansas City
Chicago Hog and Cattle Market Receipts Report
Chicago market data show hog receipts 28 000 and cattle 1 260 as demand remained weak. Hog prices ranged with bulk at 10.80 to 10.85 and pigs 7.00 to 9.40. native beef cattle 6.65 to 11.20. western steers 6.30 to 9.00. sheep and lambs about 18 000 head with lambs 4.25 to 10.60.
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Chicago
Livestock Market Receipts and Prices Report
In St Louis reports receipts across hogs cattle and sheep with bid prices. Hogs offered at 10.60 to 10.95 per cwt for heavy and mixed. cattle and fat cattle prices from 10.60 to 10.95. native cattle and yearling steers mixed. Sheep and lambs with receipts around 800. lambs from 7.00 to 10.25. ewes 5.00 to 7.26. yearlings 6.00 to 9.50. Market noted as steady to lower in some classes.
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ST. Louis
Pune
Texas
Weather and market notes from Cotton Belt and Arkansas
Cotton region bulletin reports fair weather across the belt with near normal temperatures. Rainfall exceeds one inch in Batesville and Mena Arkansas and Longview Texas. Butter sales noted in Elgin Illinois with 50 tubs sold as part of a brief oddities snippet.
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Batesville
Mena
Ark
Longview
Tex
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Army Orders Grant Leaves and Promotions Across Ranks
Leaves of absence are approved for several officers including Brig. Gen. George P. Scriven for one month and Lt. James H. Karon for two months four days. Promotions and retirements include Maj. Quincy C. M. Gilmore advancing to major and Captains and Lieutenants advancing to higher classes and next programs. Resignations accepted include several Medical Reserve and Iowa National Guard officers.
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George P. Scriven
James H. Karon
Medical Reserve Corp
Jesse R. Harris
Medical Corps
William C. Langfitt
Southern Department
H. H. Rogers
James H. Lawson
Reserve Corps of
California
Charles A. Dewey
Iowa National Guard
Bender Z. Cashman
Medical Reserve Corps
Harry Gantz
Quincy C. M. Gilmore
Eee
Infantry
Army Staff
Fparrand Sayre
Second Cavalry
Army War College
Maynard A. Wells
Army School of the Line
Hotel Guests and Registrations Across Cities
Dallas resident R Newsom and El Paso’s John G Barry are listed as guests at the Gunter and St Anthony. Dallas figures A H Winston and A H Davidson stay at the Menger while G Strobach from St Louis stops at the Gunter. Other visitors include L Lyon Fort Worth at St Anthony and E S Adams Oklahoma City at the Menger. Additional names appear among guests and registrants at the Gunter St Anthony and Menger in a long roster of travelers.
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R. Newsom
Dallas
Gunter
John G. Barry
el Paso
St. Anthony
A. H. Winston
A. H. Davidson
Menger
G. Strobach
St. Louis
Gunter. Co
BE. C. Buster
Houston
Fred R. Adams
San Francisco
Cal
A. M. McElwee
Fort Worth
C. W. Winthrow
Cincinnati
Henry Miles
Chicago
Til
J. T. Evans
New York Clearing Banks Report Large Reserve Over Legal Need
The weekly statement shows clearing house banks and trust companies hold 95.83 million dollars in reserve above legal requirements, down 29.56 million from last week. It lists loans at 3.29 billion, net deposits 3.254 billion, and total aggregate reserve 656.37 million with a 95.83 million excess.
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New York
Federal Reserve
Tvi
Bpeche
Irregular changes reflect conflicting opinions on strike
In New York a market summary notes irregular price moves at the start of a session. Speculative interests such as Marine, Inspiration, and U S Steel led gains, while Motors, Tennessee Copper and some war-related issues faced countervailing pressure as investors weighed strike implications.
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New York
Cape Vorites
Marine
Inspiration
U. S. Steel
Reading
Allis-Chalmers
American Car & Foundry American Locomotive
New York Central
Northern Pacific Faire & Western
Pennsylvania
Seaboard Air Line
Rep
Iron & Steel Ees
Steel & Iron
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker Corporation
Tereaeeenees
Texas Tennessee Copper
Union Pacific
United Fruit
States Rubber
Soeveese
United States Steel
Vine Caro. Chem, Trdneneen
Westinghouse Electric
Kennecott
Copper Market Holds Steady as Week Ends in New York
The copper market in New York remained steady at week’s end with quotations from 29 for electrolytic. Traders reported Tron was unchanged and prices showed little movement amid steady demand.
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New York
Tron
Tarpenine and resin firm prices and figures in Savannah market
Market brief from Savannah dated September 2 shows Tarpenine firm at 42 percent with sales 128 and 50 shipments, resin receipts 1615 and stock 17 147, plus assorted prices for Guatemala commodities and other items with varied bid figures.
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Savannah
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East Texas
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G. W. Saunders
Ben L. Miller Co
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Morrison Coffee Co
Travis
Alamo Cycle Co
Royal Headquarters
Potchernick-Birdsong Co
Houston St
Phone Crockett
Ewe LL Kommer & Cunningham
Crockett
Ainting
Etail Merchants’ Association
Petrichur. Lumber Co
Lockwood National Bank
A. G. Goff
O. E. Davis
Saitorial
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Ring Crockett
Ess Care
A. Builders’ Exchange
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Jallas
U. S
Dell Hospital
Navarro
Jame Tent & Awning Co
215
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Dane Crockett
Abundance
Edgewood Addition
Motes San Antonio
The
Antonio Loan & Trust Co
J. R. Em
Mason St. Crockett
South Op
Pleasanton Road
August Limburger
Soledad St
Ps. W. B. Whitaker
Reo & French
Zay Smith
Fender Man
Beacon Hill
Baity-Bilt
Pittsburg
Nicholson & Furnish
Brady
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Frost Building
Dwyer Ave
Matnove
Walter Ovize
Frost
Belmont St
Room & French
Woodlawn Avenue
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Gunter Building
W. Commerce St
R. A. Lybrook
Madison St
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Cotton Statistics
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Cotton Region Bulletin
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the Central Trust Co
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Oppenheimer
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Russell Adolph Wagner Alexander Joske
Bechtel
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NEW York Metals
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