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Newspaper
San Antonio Light
Location
San Antonio, Texas, United States of America
Date
Sep 08, 1912
Page
13
Observations recorded at p.m. with air pressure at sea level. Continuous bars indicate equal pressure. dotted lines pass through zero, freezing, and 100 clear to snow conditions. Arrows show wind direction and speed. report notes precipitation of 0.01 inch or more in past 24 hours with maximum wind velocity.
Daily favorable weather boosts U S corn output with reports from all regions noting good stands and rising bushel totals. Wheat market remains bearish as private buyers and export takings shape futures while oats sales exceed 1 000 000 bushels and world feeders seek more corn and barley.
Chicago quotations show cash wheat as No 2 red 1.04 to 1.05, No 2 hard 92%e from 93c, No 1 northern 98 to 94%e, velvet chaff 84 to 91%40, and durum 87 to 92c. Corn No 2 at 78% to 79e, No 2 white 80% to 81e, No 2 yellow 79% to %ec. Oats No 2 32% sec, No 2 white 88% to 84%c, standard 32 31%c.
Quotations from St Louis show wheat at No 2 red 1.00 and 1.04 percent, No 2 hard 90 93 cents. Corn No 2 78 cents, No 2 white 80 cents. Oats No 2 2 cents and No 2 white 35 cents. December wheat 91 1/2 cents, May 92 1/2 cents. December corn 51 1/2 cents, May 61 cents. December oats 81 1/2 cents, May 88 cents.
Jose M. Zartucho and Maria Hernandez, Daniel Douglas and Hetelia Valdez, Nicolas Corangriccha and Amanda Castiglione, John J. Sexton and Eva L Kesler, James Callaway and Carrie Jenkins, Miguel Quiros and Ysabel Espinosa, Victoriano Herrera and Blasa Lopez, John Hanley and Ida Broadbridge, EB Cepeda and Adela OMalley, G F Jackson and Adele Reed, Charles L Woods and Gladys Charpenter registered for marriage licenses.
William A. Chapman aged 45 died September at 111 Callaghan Avenue. Burial permits are issued following a local death record entry and rites are pending.
A J Greiner advertises several near streetcar line homes in Tobin Hill and Lawndale with prices from 1400 to 4500, 7% car service, small cash down, immediate possession, and options to build to suit or accept labor or property as payment. 240 Moore Blog. Both phones 2553.
An advertisement from R. H. Wester Company at 23838 E. Houston St. offers loan placement services for city and land properties. No cost to loan funds and directs interested parties to contact Mr. Wester via phone.
Barlandalbe Realty Co announces affordable home ownership with $100 down. H. J. Benson and B. B. Harlan lead sales, offering direct Harlandale cars to the office and flexible balance payments as income permits. Old phone 2476 listed.
Property ad offers a neat three room cottage near the oar line on the south side priced at 950 dollars. Payment plan includes 25 cash and 10 monthly installments. Contact Mr. Blackwell at L. P. Peck Company 109 East Houston Street.
Nomin ally steady cattle market in Fort Worth on Saturday as receipts stayed light. About 75 Mexican beef steers sold around 4.05 to 8.75 per hundredweight while holdover calves brought 5.25. Hogs, roughly 150 head, sold steady with top at 9.26. Sheep none. Cattle 312 received. calves 169. hogs 150.
Chicago stockyards today showed cattle receipts of 300 and steady markets with beef prices ranging from 5.75 to 12.00 for calves. Hog receipts at 6500 with a strong market 5 to 10 cents higher and prices from 7.76 to 9.20. Sheep receipts 2000 with a strong market and price spread from 3.40 to 7.30 for natives, western stockers, lambs, and lambs.
St Louis Livestock reports cattle receipts 400 with Texan entries. cattle prices range from 4.00 to 10.50 for native beef steers and varied cows and heifers. Hogs receipts 3000 with markets steady. pig and hog classes from 6.00 to 9.18. Sheep receipts 950 and market steady. native muttons 3.50 to 3.85 and lambs 5.50 to 7.00.
A dense list of property transfers and deeds dated 1911 1912 records multiple buyers sellers and parcels across San Jose and nearby towns. Notable entries include Terrell Well Co to Ella L Campbell for Lot 36 Block 129 on San Jose street and Southwestern Land Corp transfers to Gerardo Riber a lot 1 16 Block 6 Berlin Heights and to J Campbell of Live Oak County for Lot 82 Block 7 Rosedale Park.
H M Carroll repairs Camden street and Malone repairs Westfall avenue at 160 dollars. C H Kearney sheds Houston street for 300 dollars.
A wave of arrivals and departures marks the city scene with J Hugh Campbell from Kansas City at the Gunter, Miss Kleo Killinger at the Menger, and Bexar guests including J M Arthur of Aransas Pass. Wanderers include F D Wood in the Savoy and A S Kings in the Menger while Major and Mrs Dapray return to San Antonio to join the Peacock military school.
To Mr and Mrs Arthur H Brie a girl born September 3 at Pecan street. To Mr and Mrs W B H Nicholas a girl at 412 West Craig place. To Mr and Mrs J R Boyd a girl born September 6 at 240 Ynd a street. To Mr and Mrs R R Oelze a boy born September 5 at East End. To Mr and Mrs Evan Hankinson a boy born September 2 at 228 Sandmyer street. To Mr and Mrs P J Handley a boy born September 5 at 926 Hase street.
Sugar prices advanced in the past week with refiners lifting granulated and raw quotes. Prompt buyers paid 4.36 and sellers 4.42, while local refiners except one quoted 5.20 list price, accepting limited business at 5.10, as London markets showed little change.
Cattle receipts 590 with native and southern grades steady to soft. Native steers from 6.50 to 10.50, cows and heifers 3.26 to 8.50, southern steers 4.25 to 6.50, southern cows 3.25 to 5.25. Hog receipts 500 with gains of 5 to 10 cents, bulk 8.45 to 8.75, heavies 8.80 to 8.50, lights 8.50 to 8.85, pigs 6.00 to 7.00. Sheep and lambs limited with muttons 8.75 to 4.50 and lambs 6.25 to 7.10.
Banks and trust companies in San Antonio are funding cotton movement, with local banks lending to smaller town banks to handle the bumper crop. Deposits rise and farmers look for brighter prospects as rates ease slightly. A cooperative cold storage project is discussed by city merchants, while sugar and coffee markets show volatility and refiners face delays and price gains.
Butter and creamery items show firm to steady quotes with few shifts. Eggs hold near 18 cents for firsts, 21 cents for prime. Cheese quotes range from 15 to 16 cents for several brands. Potatoes and poultry remain steady amid modest receipts, with live weight chickens priced at 9 to 14 cents per pound and regionally varied bacon and meat tones.
Quotations from St Louis on September 7 show poultry prices firm for chickens 13 to 17 cents, turkeys 17 to 21 cents, ducks 9 to 11 cents, geese 5 to 10 cents. Butter creamery 24 to 27 cents, eggs 20 cents.
Quotations show cash wheat at No. 2 hard 86 88 1/8 cents, No. 2 red 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 cents, No. 2 mixed 74 to 75 cents, and No. 2 white 84 1/2 cents. September wheat 86 1/2 cents, December 85 1/2 cents, May 89 cents. Corn seen at September 70 cents, December 49 1/2 cents, May 49 1/2 cents. Oats for December 82 1/2 cents, May 34 1/4 cents.
New York cotton prices rose 74 to 85 points for the week as bears fought back and bulls held firm. Futures broke to high levels amid active trading and short covering while concerns over crop deterioration and potential frost weighed on sentiment.
Closing figures show the cotton market for the week ending with gains ranging from 74 to 85 points over last week. January through December prices are listed with differencing against the prior week, led by a 85 point rise in May and a 79 point rise in September.
Closing cotton at Liverpool shows a dull spot market with gains of four points. American middling fair quotes at 7.48 with various grades listed and total sales for the day at 4000 bales, including 3600 American. no receipts reported.
Liverpool reports the futures closing figures for the year with monthly and seasonal percentages. Values span Sept to Aug with rates ranging around 6.1 to 6.3 percent, noted under a series of consecutive month pairs.
In New Orleans Bert 7 market shows steady spot cotton up 1 16 to 11 percent middling at 11 percent. Sales 83 bales, arrivals none. Price ranges from low ordinary 7 18-16 to strict good middling 11 percent with receipts 649 bales and total stocks 23 539.
Spot cotton closed steady with prices listed as good ordinary seven cents, ordinary eight, good ordinary eight and a half, low middling ten, middling eleven and a ninth, good middling eleven and a half, middling fair twelve and one quarter. Receipts and stock details show 126,867 bales. FOB quotations indicate a 1845 origin.
Butter and eggs prices listed with minor gains. Creamery butter 24c, firsts 22c, packing stock 20c, seconds 20c. Eggs extras 23c, firsts 22c, seconds 16c. Prices reflect standard market offerings in the period.
New York on September 7 reports egg prices firm with receipts totaling 8081 cases. Higher grade eggs hold steady while inferior grades move between 14 and 18 cents.
Spot cotton in Houston on Sept 7 closes steady with a 1 16 cent rise. Quotations list low ordinary through good middling at 6% to 11% and middling fair at 12% with 75 bales traded and a stock of 68 227 bales. Shipments show 16 203? and f.o.b. purchases noted.
MEMPHIS TENN September 7 Spot cotton is steady with no change. Middling grades quoted at 11 1 2 cents per pound.
Metal dull and practically nominal with Lake and electrolytic copper at 17% cents, casting copper at 17% cents, and karon unchanged.
Coffee futures hold steady with No 7 rip offering futures trading. Dec contracts hover around 14.01 cents while March sits near 14 cents as markets absorb supply signals and demand trends in New York trading sessions.
Observations at 8 a m on Saturday September 7 1912 record wind direction in first column wind velocity in second column temperature in third column rainfall in fourth column and state of weather in fifth column.
Raw sugar prices show Muscovado 89 test at 8.86 cents, centrifugal 96 test at 4.36, and molasses 89 test 8.61. Refined products steady with crushed at 5.80 and fine granulated at 6.10. powdered 5.20. Molasses steady on New Orleans market 5 tie. Hides firm with Bogota at 26 26 percent and Central America 25 percent. Leather markets list Hemlock firsts 26 34 27, seconds 24 26, thirds 22 23, rejects 1b.
Trade notes Cotton seed (New York) held firm with nearby futures around 6.40 to 6.99 dollars per hundredweight. Prices for September through March contracts listed with bids and sales figures, including 600 to 700 lots traded and totals around 6300 units.
Wool steady in St Louis with prices quoted for combing and clothing fiber at 23 to 27 cents for light fine, 26 to 28 cents for heavy fine, tub washed 27 to 36 cents. range noted 13 to 18 cents for some grades.
New Orleans September reports Secretary Hester notes six day movement into sight at 166,678 bales, down from 169,400 last year but up from pevious years. Six days total receipts across U S ports reach 108,145, with southern mills taking 35,000 bales and exports 68,960. Stocks at ports and interior centers rise to 8,831 more than last year’s date, with 631,391 bales brought into sight for the new season.
Net receipts at all U S ports for the week are reported at 164 515 with total receipts since Sept 1 at 108 279. The figures compare with 168 662 receipts to the same date last year.
Market brief notes rising cotton stocks with prices and mentions of Egypt and Brazil. Indicates trade activity and stock levels amid uneven demand, with the general tone of financial update for commodity markets.
The weekly condition of New York clearing house banks shows reserve excess at 2.75 million dollars, a drop of 1.80 million from the prior week. Loans total 2.08 billion, down 9.9 million, with specie and legal tenders likewise slipping and net deposits off by 21.1 million.
New York reports a bullish week for coffee with overall price gains despite midweek dips. Rio and Santos show slight declines while futures for September to May trade in the 13.99 to 14.15 range and total weekly sales reach 17,000 bags.
Galveston report lists arrivals of El Rio New York El Mar Sparrows Point DeGama and New York yesterday and departures of Burstad Frontera Antares Laguna to sea lanes.
Closing stock consols for money 745-16 for account 74%. Bar silver steady 28% and money 144 2. Discount rates for short bills 3% and three months bills 39-16 5a. Date Sept 7. London market overview with minor variances in currency and bullion.
New York markets show quiet week with a slow rise across the list. Banks hold 2,765,000 in excess reserves, and export prospects for grain and cotton support trade. Metals lead gains while tobaccos roads and general industrials rise. iron and steel affected by rail equipment shortages.
In New York on September 7 the market shows prime mercantile paper at 6 14 percent and sterling exchange steady at 4 83 40 for 600 day bills and 4 86 40 for demand. Mexican dollars quoted at 48 4/ cents. Government bonds hold steady while railroad bonds vary.
ST. LOUIS September 1 Lead strong, 4.77 percent rise in futures spur activity. Spelter prices hold firm at 7.2 percent as traders weigh supply signals and demand outlook.
New York money on call remains nominal with no loans. Time loans steady with six percent for 90 days 5 percent for three months and four percent for six months. Demand for funds shows firming activity in the financial market system.
London on September 7 reports copper at 1793 cc sterling with futures at 79 pounds sterling 12s 6d. Tin prices ease with spot at 217 pounds 5s and futures at 215 pounds 5s. Local tin sales run 25 tons. Lead quoted at 22 pounds 6s 64d with local exchanges selling 60,000 pounds. Spelter 268 64d and Cleveland warrants 65s in London.
Texas Office Machinery at 206 Main Avenue endorses An Addressing Machine for mailings and lists Montague Machine as the best option. The brief note highlights the utility of an addressing machine for efficient address work in a practical business context.
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