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San Antonio Light

Location

San Antonio, Texas, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1916

Page

9

Necessity of Federal Agents to Texas Lands

Public notice-like missive advertising a San Antonio Light article on federal agents in Texas lands and a new real property law textbook from Corporation Law Publishing Co. Also mentions a sale corner ad and Light want ads with pricing and contact details.

North Texas Dallas Times Texas San Antonio Corporation Law Publishing Company Maller Chicago Ill

Seven Room House For Sale With Amenities

For sale a seven room house at 1022 Paso, Ontario with bath, gas lights, barn and a large lot. Modern throughout with easy terms. Seller Zay Smith known as The Fender Man at ravie 1702.

Zay Smith

Four Room Cottage and New House Listings in Tikal Area

Property notices advertise a six room cottage with barn and garage on a shaded large lot near schools and streets at 372 owner H SALE and a four room cottage fronting park on Woodlawn avenue. Also listed is a three room house at 1806 Hedges street and a Roach property with high ceilings and sheds priced around 2800 with terms. Agents Nicholson and Furnish via Brady Building handle viewings.

Pittsburg Nicholson Brady Tikal Woodlawn Avenue Alley Vorles P. Brown Gunter Building Carling Hedges Street Knight Crockett Main Ave

For Sale Or Trade Vintage 4 Room Cottage

Beautiful four room cottage with modern improvements offered for sale or trade. Contact Crockett 2565 for details and arrangements.

Crockett

Cotton goods market shows record strength and price gains

New York reports cotton goods markets holding stiff with prices rising beyond 1907 boom levels. Standards and brown sheetings up to 7 to 10 percent, ducks at record highs, and yarn and knit markets very strong amid labor shortages reducing production.

New York

German envoy’s wife first sighting since war began

Countess von Bernstorff wife of the German ambassador to this country has seen her husband for the first time since the European war began. She arrived aboard the Frederick VIII from Copenhagen and was treated with utmost consideration by British officers at Kirkwall. She was formerly Miss Jeanne Luckemeyer of New York.

Countess von Bernstorff Copenhagen Kirkwall Jeanne Luckemeyer New York

jitney traffic hits San Juan wrecking electric line losses

In Porto Rico, jitney cars carry thousands daily and cut the Porto Rico Railway, Light and Power Company losses to about 34000 since January 1. Since last November, jitneys ran 385 to 1383 trips daily, with former streetcar owners leaving service as gasoline rose from nineteen to eighty six cents per gallon.

Associated Press San Juan Porto Rico M. Sewell Porto Rico Railway, Light and Power Company

William J Spillman 75 Dies at Home in San Antonio

William J Spillman age 75 died at 1 30 Monday morning at his residence 427 Cooper Street. He was a teacher by profession and had lived in San Antonio 32 years. He is survived by wife two daughters Maline and Nannie a son Beverly and a grandson. Funeral arrangements not yet made.

William J. Spillman Cooper Street San Antonio Maline Nannie Beverly

Spot Cotton Prices Dip in Limited Demand at Liverpool

Liverpool, Sept 4. Spot cotton shows limited demand with prices falling. Good middling 9.84, middling 9.68, low middling 9.52. Sales reach 5,000 bales, including 4,900 American. Receipts total 17,000 bales, of which 16,500 are American.

Liverpool

Futures Close on Comber Markets Varying Rates Noted

Liverpool report shows futures closing around 9.60 percent for September and October, with varying spreads into December and January futures. Market notes indicate duty cycles and shifts in term structure including August and May-June intervals.

Liverpool Sept

Cotton Market Activity Promises Sharp Week Ahead

New interest is expected as government August crop report informs traders. Last week saw the most volatile cotton trading in thirteen years with wide swings and record highs. Markets near to reopening the international futures arena as the federal act takes effect, English traders had monopolized the straddle business. Local note: markets closed Sunday except Liverpool line service and a church ad for Sutherland Springs.

Cotton Exchange Liverpool

Wholesale Markets Close Early Monday

Prices stayed high after last week’s peak despite no strike fear. Potatoes tomatoes onions lettuce and cabbage held firm with increased carload supplies suggesting a Tuesday decline. Poultry and eggs remained steady with large frying chickens at retail price up to 7 per dozen. Labor Day closures affected wholesale operations on Monday. Immigrants from Rotterdam show a drop to 6178 last year from 82470 in 1913 per Associated Press.

Rotterdam Associated Press Amsterdam Netherlands Emigration Commission North America

Chicago Market Receipts and Prices for Hogs Cattle Sheep

Chicago market reports show hog receipts 14,600 with prices 9.95 to 11.20 for various weights and pigs 6.75 to 9.00. Cattle receipts 6,000 with natives 6.75 to 11.25 and westerns 6.40 to 9.20. Sheep receipts 6,600 with wethers 6.40 to 7.75 and lambs 6.50 to 10.80. market generally strong.

Chicago

Kansas City Live Stock Markets Report

Receipts and prices for hogs and cattle listed with figures for weights, grades, and markets. Hogs $10.30 to $16.70, porkers and butchers around $10.40 to $10.75. cattle receipts 6500 with prime fed at about $19.00 and cows near $5.75 to $7.25, stockers $9.75.

Keansas City

Hen Sets In Thresher At Washington Pa Farm

Scott Brothers near Bentleyville relate a curious incident as an old hen nested inside their thresher during work. After sorting more than seventy five bushels of grain from straw and chaff they discovered the bird dusted and seated on her nest, motherly in the grinding machine.

Washington Scott Brothers Bentleyville

Obituary notices for Goldbeck Crow and Galloway headlined in San Antonio

Obituaries for Benno T. Goldbeck 66 died at a sanitarium in San Antonio with funeral from Zizik Parlors and City cemetery No. 1. William Milton Crow 56 died at home on Halliday Avenue of heart trouble. services held with Modern Woodmen of America at residence and burial in Mission Burial Park. C Sorell 25 died at a sanitarium after a few days in San Antonio. body sent to Seguin. Anna Lawrence Galloway 25 died at home on San Pedro Avenue. survived by husband A. J. Galloway and relatives. body sent to Corpus Christi.

Benno T. Goldbeck San Antonio Zizik Undertaking William Milton Crow Halliday Avenue Texas Mission Burial Park Co. C Anna Lawrence Galloway San Pedro Avenue Corpus Christi A. J. Galloway T. M. Lawrence T. M. Lawrence Jr Mexico City RE. O. Garrett Corpus Chris

Market Receipts and Quotations for Hogs Cattle and Sheep

In St. Louis on September 4 receipts and price ranges were listed for hogs cattle and sheep. Hogs receipts 1500 with prices from 7.00 to 11.06. cattle receipts 25400 with various classes priced from 4.50 to 10.75. sheep receipts 1000 with ranges from 5.00 to 10.25 and related lamb and yearling values.

ST. Louis Texas

The Real Hardship

A Columbus cellar excavation slows as ground stays stubborn under heat. A team of mules pulls a plow while two men manage the reins and the handles. Porch-sitters shade the scene, and a passer notes the mules’ gate is hindered by nearby women.

Columbus

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