Reading Stock Rally Persists Amid High Figures and Squeeze
Reading uncommon rise as market moves buoyantly on reports of higher dividends and stock splits. Short-squeeze pressure surrounds Reading with London gains and foreign selling weighing on New Haven and other leaders. late rally fades as dividends are confirmed and profits are cashed out.
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New York
Reading
Shorts
London
Read
New Haven
Union Pacific
Interborough Metropolitan
Can
Rock Island
Great Northern
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Rock Island Securities
Southwestern
Reguar
Steels
Amalgamated
Canadian Pacific
Southern Pacific
New York Central
Weather Bulletin Signals Unsettled Conditions in Cotton Belt
The Cotton Region Bulletin reports unsettled weather with rain in Texas and over one inch of rainfall at several Texas and Mississippi towns including Cuero Amite Hazelhurst Kosciusko Lake Marlow Columbia St Matthews Birmingham Columbus Livingston Macon Meridian Tuscaloosa Waynesboro. Temperature is nearly normal for the period ending 8 a.m. September 17, 1913. Allen Buell, Local Forecaster.
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Emarks
Belt
Texas
Cuero
Amite
Hazelhurst
Kosciusko
Lake
Marlow
Columbia
St. Matthews
Birmingham
Columbus
Livington
Macon
Meridian
Tuscaloosa
Waynesboro
Allen Buell
Weather Bureau
Reading Co Declares Quarterly Dividends on Stocks
Philadelphia Sept 17 Directors of the Reading Company declared the usual quarterly dividend of one percent on the second preferred stock and the regular quarterly dividend of two percent on common stock.
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Philadelphia
Reading Company
Metal Markets Summary From New York and London
Lead steadies at 14.70 as copper remains firm with electrolytic at 16.87 to 17.00. Tin eases with spot around 42.40 to 42.75 and futures near 42.30 to 42.62. London market notes copper and tin quotes, iron warrants quoted in Cleveland at 548 444.
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New York
London
Sting
Cookson
Tran
London Marts
Cleveland
Rainy week dents cotton receipts. mixed Taylor area crops
In Taylor Texas on September 17 the week of rain reduced local cotton receipts to 29 bales yesterday, 12 828 bales for the season. some areas expect a fair top crop due to rains while others are less hopeful. Nearby Shelby county reports 25 percent crop damage from ten days of heavy rain and nearly continuous clouds.
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Taylor
Tex
T. Scruggs
F. E. Ripley
Center
Shelby County
Rains Damage Rice Farms Alarm SW Louisiana
Rice farmers in southwest Louisiana report heavy rains flood Calcasieu parish fields. Work halts as shocks sprout and standing rice rots while new market supply dries up. Farmers fear large losses unless weather improves.
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Lake Charles
Louisiana
Calcasieu Parish
Marine Intelligence Galveston Sails and Arrivals
Galveston reports arrivals and departures. Arrived yesterday was the steamer Preston from New Orleans. Cleared were El Occidente for New York and Viking for Havana. Sailed included Possillipo Genoa Naples Topila Pio IX Barcelona El Occidente for New York and Tampico. Port Aransas noted the Floridian sailing with 12,500 bales of cotton to Liverpool.
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Galveston
Tex
Preston
New Orleans
el Occidente
New York
Viking
Havana
Possillipo
Ital
Genoa
Naples
Topila
Tank
Tampico
Pio IX
Span
Barcelona
Port Aransas
Floridian
Liverpool
Money market rates and bonds steady in New York
Money on call ruling at 3 3 ½ percent with closing bids at 3 ¾ percent. Time loans for 60 days 4 4 ½ percent, 90 days 4 ½ percent, six months 5 ½ percent. Prime mercantile paper 5 ½ 6 percent. Sterling steady at 4.82 to 60 days and 4.65 50 for demand. Commercial bills 4 81 ¼ percent. Bar silver 60 ⅔ cent. Mexican dollars 46 cent. Government and railroad bonds steady.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Weather Observations Taken at 8 A M
Observation notes recorded at 8 a m on Wednesday September 17 1918. The entry notes atmospheric conditions and measurements for that morning period.
Births for Sep Dates Across City Families
Birth notices list a girl for Irvin M. Smith at P and S hospital on September 11. A boy is born to L L Werner at 16 Buena Vista Street on September 1. L T Wilson son born September 16 at 815 Montana Street. R F Gutierrez son born September 13 at 303 Big Foot Street. A Gonzales baby boy born September 16 at 205 South Flores Street. Egypt. In 1912 imported goods valued at 125062038.
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Irvin M. Smith
P. & S. Hospital
L. L. Werner
Buena Vista Street
L. T. Wilson
Montana Street
R. F. Gutierez
Big Foot Street
A. Gonzales
South Flores Street
Northern mills raise flour prices as buyers brace
Grocery jobbers receive a 20 cent per barrel advance in northern flour, while local mills hold prices steady for now. Demand for breadstuffs remains strong amid rising wheat markets, with rains swelling road conditions and limiting market access for farmers. Fall dry goods and millinery trade expands in San Antonio as Southwest merchants buy season supplies. Cool weather boosts hat demand and retail distributors report heavy activity.
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San Antonio
Southwest
Market Quotations Chicago Prices Standings Report
Quotations today show butter and eggs unchanged while cheese climbs with Daisy 15 percent, Twins 14 to 15 cents, Americans 15 to 16 cents. Potatoes unsettled with Minnesota Ohio Wisconsin Jersey receipts around 40. Poultry advances. springs 17 cents and fowls 14 to 16 cents.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Ohio
Wisconsin
Jersey
Cotton goods markets hold firm in New York
In New York on September 17 the cotton goods market remains firm with demand less active. Hesitation in men's wear selling and mills slow to operate. Cotton yarns stay very firm while silk piece goods and ribbons stay active.
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New York
Sugar and commodities market notes steady prices
New York on September 17 reports raw sugar barely steady with Muscovado at 3.23, centrifugal 3.78, molasses sugar 2.98, refined steady. Petroleum and molasses steady. Hides and feathers firm.
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New York
Market quotations from Kansas City cattle and produce
Kansas City report shows butter at creamery 30c firsts 29c seconds 27c packing stock 22c. Eyes firsts 28c seconds 15c. Poultry hens 13c roosters 9c ducks 10c springers 16 1/4c.
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Kansas City
Rice Market Notes From New Orleans Trade Desk
New Orleans reports demand for rough Honduras and clean Honduras with Japan steady. Quoted prices list rough Honduras 2.50 to 2.60 per unit, clean Honduras 4 5 percent, Japan 3 4 percent for new and 2 3 percent for old. Receipts include 3787 rough 2818 millers and 4228 clean. Sales total 1362 sacks rough Honduras at 3.25 to 3.60 and 4024 pockets clean Honduras, 2930 pockets clean Japan at unknown prices.
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New Orleans
Honduras
Japan
Poultry and Butter Prices Noted in St Louis Market
Quotations listed today in St Louis show chickens at 12 ½ cents, springs 15 ½ cents, turkeys 18 cents, ducks 12 cents, geese 10 ½ cents. Butter creamery 31 cents, eggs 21 cents.
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ST. Louis
Market Prices for Wheat Corn and Oats in The Record
Cash wheat prices list No 2 red 93 94 No 2 hagd 89 and 90K%c No 2 northern 91 92c No 2 spring 91 92c velvet chaff 87% and 1c durum 86 911c Corn shows No 2 74% 75c No 2 white 76% and No 2 yellow 75 76c Oats market: No 2 white 44c standard 43c
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Chicago
Burial permits and odd dream fragment tale span city items
The register lists burial permits for Elizardo Sifuentes 26 died September 15 at 1116 South Laredo Street John Stout 30 died September 15 on San Juan Road Albert Moss 37 died September 16 at Bexar County Hospital Anna Hodge 26 died September 15 on Culebra Road. A scholar dreamed a master explained Cicero passages and a Babylonian inscription fit together into one cylinder. The German navy converts an old torpedo boat to a tug and ice breaker for Berlin duties.
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Elizardo Sifuentes
South Laredo
John Stout
San Juan
Albert M. Moss
Bexar County
Anna Hodge
Culebra
Herr Hilprecht
University of Pennsylvania
Agate
Babylon
Wheat prices ease as French crop outlook improves
News from Chicago notes official French crop forecasts show a larger harvest, easing wheat prices. Early trading fluctuated with some gains, then slipped back to near last night levels as rain concerns persisted and shipping receipts remained lower than a year ago. Provisions for hogs strengthened, while corn and oats followed mixed paths with light demand.
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Chicago
Minneapolis
Commodity prices for wheat corn oats and futures
Cash wheat quotes show No 2 hard 87 90 cents and No 2 red 88 94 cents Corn bids list No 2 761 percent 77 cents and No 2 white TEM ITwc Oats No 2 white 43 cents No 2 mixed 42 cents Close futures show December wheat 87 89 cents May 92 cents Corn September 75 cents December 78 cents May 76 5 percent
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Kansas City
Mess Park
Market report for grains and futures closes
Prices for cash wheat corn and oats listed with grade and track details. Receipts yesterday show wheat 50,000 bushels corn 14,000 oats 49,000 with shipments of flour 18,000 barrels wheat 189,000 bushels corn 28,000 oats 85,000. Futures close shows September and May positions for wheat corn and oats with fractional percent values.
Cattle and hog prices steady at Union Stock Yards market
Union Stock Yards reports a lively market with 239 cattle 25 calves and 60 hogs offered. Mexicans and natives showed good condition with cattle around 3.50 per hundredweight and hogs to 8 dollars. Weather rains aid pasture and future supply expectations.
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UNION
Grasse
Cattle Prices Rally as Fort Worth Market Sees Strong Demand
Fort Worth Texas on September 17 reports cattle receipts of about 2800 with 600 calves. Demand is brisk with beef steers at 6.00 to 7.15, butcher cows 4.50 to 6.76, hogs mixed, bulls 4.00 to 5.25, calves 5.00 to 7.50, stockers 3.75 to 6.25, and top cattle reaching 8.75 while the bulk ranges 8.40 to 8.60. Sheep traders move 465 head with a slow, mostly steady market and limited desirable offerings.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Market Receipts and Quotations for Cattle Hogs and Sheep
St Louis reports today cattle receipts 6000 including 790 Texans with steady market and beef steers 5.50 to 9.00, Texas steers 6.00 to 7.75, cows and heifers 4.25 to 6.50, calves 5.00 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 6500 with market five cents higher. pigs and lights 6.26 to 9.05, good heavy 8.70 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 2000 steady. native muttons 3.25 to 4.00, lambs 5.60 to 7.26.
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ST. Louis
Texas
Market Receipts and Quotes for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
Kansas City price report lists hogs receipts 7000 with market up five cents. bulk 8 256, heavy 186, light 820 to 865, pigs 6.00 to 6.50. Cattle receipts 12000 including 1200 southerns. prime fed steers 8.75 to 9.80, dressed 7.60 to 8.70, southern steers 5.50 to 7.75, cows 4.00 to 7.00, heifers 5.00 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 15000, market steady. lambs 5.09 to 7.15, yearlings 4.56 to 5.25, wethers 4.00 to 4.75, ewes 3.50 to 4.00.
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Kansas City
Chicago Livestock Receipts Mixed as Market Rises
Receipts total 21 000 hogs with a market strong five cents above yesterday. Bulk sales run 8.00 to 8.80 for hogs and 6.65 to 9.30 for beeves. Texas and western steers copy gains while cows and calves show varied ranges. Sheep receipts blossom with prices from 3.50 to 7.35 for natives and westerns.
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Chicago
Texas
New York Coffee Prices drift on futures
New York September 17. Coffee market reports No 7 Rio trading at 9 8 for futures steady. December futures at 3.90 and March at 9.20 with La decline implied.
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New York
Cotton futures rise on crop complaints and demand abroad
New York reports show Liverpool cables and Texas crop damage fueling an active cotton market. Prices opened 16 to 20 points higher with gains around 22 to 26 points later, amid heavy buying in Liverpool and strong demand abroad before afternoon consolidation.
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New York
Liverpool
Texas
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady on Strong Liverpool Links
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened firm with gains of 13 to 28 points, aided by strong Liverpool buying on crop fears in Texas and Oklahoma and anticipated labor troubles in Galveston and England. Weather forecasts and Clarke bill developments kept sentiment steady, with prices closing the morning 15 to 24 points above prior quotes.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Texas
Oklahoma
Galveston
England
Washington
Longs
Mississippi
Cotton futures open steady close firm in New Orleans
In New Orleans on September 17 the cotton market opened steady with bids for September at 12.95 and other months ranging to May at 13.36. Futures closed firm with gains from 24 to 80 points as listed by Open High Low figures for Sept Oct Dec Jan Mar May contracts.
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New Orleans
Liverpool cotton market steady with firm prices
Spot cotton in Liverpool shows moderate business and firmness with middling fair at 8.05 pence. Prices for good middle 7.77, middling 7.57, low middling 7.31, and ordinary 6.31 pence. Sales reach 7000 bales including 6600 American and 600 for speculation and export. receipts zero.
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Liverpool
Futures Close Feverish in Liverpool Markets
In Liverpool on September 7 futures closed feverish with a range of roll dates quoted. Prices span September to August contracts with shifts around 7.0 percent and minor variations across successive months. The report notes activity across multiple monthly spreads from September through August.
Leading Spot Markets Across U S Ports
New York and New Orleans report middling prices at 13.40 and 13 percent respectively with Houston and Galveston at 13 and 13 16 cents. Liverpool shows 7 53 pence with Memphis at 13 cents as market activity noted.
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New York
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Liverpool
Memphis
Spot Cotton Prices Rise in New Orleans Market
New Orleans on September 17 reports firm spot cotton with middling at 13 3/4 cents. Spot sales reach 470 bales, arrivals 476 bales. Receipts total 2892 bales, stock 29946 bales. Various grades listed from low ordinary to strict good middling with quoted prices.
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New Orleans
New York Cotton Prices Steady on Spot Market
Cotton spot stays steady with middling uplands at 13.40 and middling gulf at 12.65. No sales reported.
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New York
Browning sale notes and sugar mill plans in Zululand
In Memphis spot cotton remains steady at middling 13c with advance. The Browning sale in London reveals modest jewelry for Mrs Browning and letters show the couple endured poverty while Lov ers misread luxury. The South African government plans a large mill to boost Zululand sugar cane cultivation.
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Memphis
Tenn
London
Browning
Elizabeth
Zululand
Cotton statistics show mixed receipts at ports and interior
The data lists semi weekly movement with last 47,138 receipts this year and 14,577 average, shipments 82,848 last year 72,156, and interior receipts 101,879 with 95,400 for last period. Overall figures include totals around 127,407 for shipments and related metrics.
Cotton seed prices steady in Memphis market
Memphis Sept 17 prime oak 7.56 a hundredweight meal 31.50 to 32.00 linters 2 percent ac. The brief price report notes prevailing values for cotton seed products in the local market.
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Memphis
Tenn
Linters
Cotton seed oil market closes easy in New York
In New York on September 17 the cotton seed oil market closed easy with spot at 7.15 to 7.40. Prices moved across months from September at 7.10 to 7.11 and 7.14, October at 7.07 to 7.09, and December at 6.87 to 6.91. Notable sales included 28 700 total, with multiple lots traded across October to March and prices ranging 6.88 to 7.18.
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Ceenvceeveeere
BPOIS
Ercessonersceeee
Sfrive
Cscresevveree
New York
Real Estate Transfers Include Multiple City Lot Deals
A 1912 to 1918 record of property transfers shows H A Rhodius selling south half of lot 179 to San Antonio Land and Building Co for 8000 dollars, and several other parcels changing hands. Notable entries include Callaghan avenue deeds, Dawson street parcels, and Sunset Place blocks with sums from 25 to 2660 dollars among buyers such as Leon Basse, Chester Basse, Homer Jones, Mra W P Baugh, and G R Stoats.
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San Antonio Land and Building Company
Cc. R. Basse
Leon Basse
New City
Callaghan Avenue
Leigh Street
William and
B. Rossy
Z. T. Nesbit
New City Block
N. A. Dawson
Robert Moore
Thomas Watzlavzick
Chester R. Basse
R. R. Stout
8. Lopez
Leuvel Heights
W. P. Baugh
Homer Jones
Dawson Street
P. C. Woods
Mra
M. E. Cotton
L. Co. L. Neese
M. E. Womack
Park Place
Wilson County
Ll. B. Haines
Jesse Lassen
Sunset Place
L. B. Haines
Texas Ruegell
Tigers Win Final New York Game 4-3 on Hits and Errors
Detroit clinches season finale in New York by a 4 to 3 score. Jennings shut Caldwell, who had five straight wins, with key hits in the second and eighth. Veach drives in two with a sacrifice fly as Detroit takes the lead in the eighth. Holden injures hand in ninth trying to field a single.
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Jennings
Caldwell
Davis
Veach
Onslow
Holden
Gibson
World Tour Planned by Nationals and Americans
Seventy five people will join the round the world tour next winter organized by the New York Nationals and the Chicago Americans. President Com isnkey announced that 50 will sail from Vancouver November 19 and the Gotham delegation will total 25.
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New York Nationals
Chicago Americans
Comiskey
Vancouver
Gotham
English Soldier to Box Champ
Sapper O Neil leaves London on September 24 for the United States to challenge Willie Ritchie for the lightweight championship in a high profile bout.
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London
Americans to Have Another Yacht Syndicate
Bristol Rhode Island September 17 A new New York Yacht Club syndicate may back a second Herreshoff boat to defend the American Cup next year. Frederick G Bourne George F Baker Jr and probably C Oliver Iselin seen as backers. Plans were discussed at a New York Yacht Club meeting near Newport. English reports cite Liptons challenger as a dangerous competitor.
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R. I
New York Yacht Club
Frederick G. Bourne
George F. Baker Jr
C. Oliver Iselin
Herreshoff
Newport
England
Sir Thomas Lipton
Kendall County Fair Ad Promises Fair Texas Experience
A 1920 Kendall County Fair advertisement from Boerne touts the fairest fair in Texas with a San Antonio round trip and a 50 cent rate for a later date. The piece contrasts with a historical note on church practices using a beadle and a “rousing stick” to wake sleepers during services.
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Boerne
Texas
San Antonio
Betty Finch
Holy Trinity Church
Warrington
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