Stock Market Uneven As Speculation Slumps At Open
The morning sees uneven stocks with dull and irregular trading led by Reading and Union Pacific. Reading, People's Gas and Canadian Pacific suffer sharp dips while Rock Island collateral issues rebound. Union Pacific later recovers and market closes weak with bears active and mid day short covering. Money rates steady near 8 percent with mixed loan terms lingering.
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Reading
Union Pacific
People’s Gas
Canadian Pacific
Rock Island
Pittsburg Co
California Petroleum
St. Paul
Great Northern
New York Central
Amalgamated
Cotton Bull Estes Sees Record Demand and Steady Prices
W C Estes a leading Texas cotton figure and Gilbert & Clay partner expect 17 cent cotton by March and 16 cent by Christmas as mills consume more cotton. He notes poor grade limits buyers, predicts Texas yields match last year, and commends enhanced farmer marketing and market reporting in The San Antonio Light.
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Shreveport
Estes
San Antonio
Texas
Gilbert & Clay
New York
New Orleans
South
Cotton statistics show steady receipts and strong exports
Week and month receipts are listed with season to date totals. Interior receipts include Houston and Memphis figures. United States exports to Great Britain and the Continent are totaled, while port stock data compare yesterday, last week, and last year with a season deficit of 93 926 bales.
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Os Os
Os Ments
Augusta
Memphis
Tent
St. Louis
Houston
Tex
Galveston
France
Prime mercantile paper and exchange rates
New York on September 23 reports prime mercantile paper at 5 percent and 6 percent. Sterling exchange steadies at 4.82 15 for 60 day bills and 4.85 75 for sight. Commercial bills at 4.81 3 4. Bar silver at 61 2. Mexican dollars at 47 2. Government bonds weak while railroad bonds ease.
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New York
Metals Markets Report: Lead Copper Tin and Spelter Steady
Lead quiet at 4.70 with London rates. Spelter 5.75 to 5.85, London 20s6d. Copper steady with multiple Sept Oct futures around 15.75 to 16.70. London prices firm. Tin steady with spot around 41.55 to 41.90 and London futures 41.70 to 41.90. Antimony dull at 8.30. other notes include London warrants 65s and Cleveland warrants 4.65.
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London
London Tin Firm
Dull
Cookson
Tron
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Record gold consignment valued at 6.85 million faced London
A record consign ent of gold bars valued at six million eight hundred fifty thousand dollars faced London today from the Trans. The shipment marks a historic transfer, underscoring postwar bullion movements and London’s role in global finance.
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Marine Intelligence Galveston Arrivals and Clearances
Galveston September 23 reports arrivals and departures of ships. Arrived yesterday was the steamship El Oriente from New York. Cleared included the Steamer Frankenwald from Hamburg and the Lord Antrim from Britain heading to Rotterdam and Bremen. Also listed were Breslau Breen El Mundo from New York and the steamers El Mar and Alabama among others sailing to Boston Tampico and New York variously.
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Gomez Ortiz and Regina Velases marriage license granted
Gomez Ortiz and Regina Velases obtained a marriage license, filed for union and approval in the local civil records. The license documents include names of both parties and the issuing authority, marking a formal step toward marriage.
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Regina Velases
Cotton Region Bulletin Weather Summary 1913
The bulletin notes fair weather across the belt with temperatures below normal. Observations recorded at 8 am Tuesday September 23 1913 by Allen Buell Local Forecaster Weather Bureau.
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Weather Bureau
Canned Goods Trade Study Eyes Port Aransas Route
Seaboard & Gulf Steamship Company conducts data gathering in San Antonio on a potential New York to Port Aransas canned goods service this fall. officials expect rail and water freight shifts to lower overall rates, with Texas merchants buoyed by anticipated lower costs and a fall delivery season shaping up.
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Seaboard & Gulf Steamship Company of
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Port Aransas
Paul
Galveston
Port Araneas
Texas
Southwest
Upstate
Sugar Prices Steady as Market Reports Raw Varieties
New York on September 23 reports raw sugar prices steady with muscovado at 3.17 and centrifugal 67 and molasses at 2.92. Refined sugar also held firm.
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New York
Butter Eggs and Poultry Prices Hold Steady
Kansas City report notes butter eggs and poultry prices unchanged as market conditions steadied on September 23.
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Kansas City
Chicago Produce Quotation Report Sept 23 New York
Quotations for September 23 show butter unchanged with receipts of 7538 cases. Potatoes unsettled with 120 cars from Michigan Wisconsin at 75 to 83 cents and Minnesota Ohio at 82 to 83 8 cents. Poultry unchanged.
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Michigan
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Ohio
Market Verse Reports Quiet Hides Leather Molasses Steady
YORK and ST LOUIS reports note hides and leather activities steady. Quoted today poultry prices stay quiet with chickens 12c springs 14c turkeys 18c ducks 12c geese uncertain. Butter Creamery 81c per pound. Eggs 24c.
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ST. Louis
Wool Market Report Sees Steady North and West Mediums
ST. LOUIS reports wool prices steady with northern and western mediums showing slight bargain activity. Fine wool offered around 14 to 16 cents with burrs noted and a general steady tone in the market.
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ST. Louis
Cotton Markets Rise as Yarns and Goods Gain Strength
New York reports a strong cotton market with prices advancing yesterday. Yarns rose up to one cent per pound on coarse numbers, corp dress goods for spring opened with 10 to 17 percent reductions, and tussah silk advanced.
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New York
Honduran Rice Market Reports Mixed Activity
Rough Honduras rice active while Japan is nominal to steady. Clean Honduras active with higher bids. Quotation ranges include rough Honduras 2.50 to 4.75 per sack, clean Honduras 4.00 to 6.00, Japan 3 1/2 to 8 1/2 cents. Receipts and sales figures show substantial movement across rough, clean, and Japan sacks and pockets.
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New Orleans
Japan
Honduras
Coffee Prices Steady in New York Market
New York on September 23 reports Rio coffee at 9 1 2 premium steady. December 9 15 and May contracts unchanged amid trading.
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New York
Rio
Market quotes and light humor from early Kansas City news
Quotations show cash and near term prices for wheat corn and oats with season and contract figures. A joking court exchange and a family doctor joke are included, reflecting brief miscellany in the period’s wire service humor and local chatter.
Wheat Market Fluctuates as Chicago Stocks Shift
Chicago elevators report a decreased wheat stock aiding prices offset by bearish outlooks from Australia Argentina and Russia. Reports cite tariff uncertainty and weather forecasts lifting corn while hog losses pressure provisions. market ends unsettled with wheat down modestly and corn slipping as selling pressure grows.
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Australia
Argentina
Russia
Canada
Chicago grain quotations Sept 23 1930s market report
Chicago prices for cash wheat and corn and oats show No 2 red 91% to 98¢, No 2 hard 86% 88c, No 2 northern 87 90c, No 2 spring 87% 89c. Velvet chaff 86 89c, durum 83 58c. Corn No 2 74% 75c, No 2 white 75% 75c, No 2 yellow 74% 75c. Oats standard 42% 42c.
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Kansas City
Chicago
ST. Louis
Commodity price quotes and market receipts report
The report lists cash wheat corn and oats prices with No 2 and grade details, plus September and May futures for wheat corn and oats. It also provides yesterday’s receipts for flour wheat corn and oats and shipments by commodity. A stray quoted line discusses suffragette silence and a Baltimore market reference.
Cattle Pens Cleared with Prices Steady at Union Stock Yards
At Oklahoma City Union Stock Yards on Sept 23 a steady, featureless market ruled across cattle calves hogs and sheep. Receipts totaled 61 cattle 64 calves 6 horses 24 hogs and 61 sheep with demand paced and sales concluding by noon. Best cows brought 5.25 calves 6.50 hogs 8 and sheep around 4.50.
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Union Stock Yards
Soneteerag
Livestock Prices Report from Fort Worth Market
Fort Worth Texas reports receipts of cattle 4300 with beef steers 5.50 to 6.50, stocker steers 6.50 to 6.65, butcher cows 4.35 to 5.50, heifers 5, calves 5.00. Hogs receipts 1000 market steady to 5 cents lower with bulk 8.30 to 8.50. Sheep receipts 700 head all lambs of fair sort selling around 4.90.
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Tex
Livestock Receipts and Prices From Chicago Market Report
Hogs receipts 20 000 market slow five cents under yesterday bulk of sales 8.20 to 8.75 rights 8.45 to 9.25 mixed 7.95 to 9.20 heavy 8.5 9.0 rough 7.85 to 8.05 pigs 4.50 to 8.2 Cattle receipts 5500 steady to strong Beeves 7.15 to 9.40 Texas steers 7.00 to 8.10 stockers 6.40 to 8.00 cows and heifers 3.80 to 8.75 calves 8.50 to 11.50 Sheep receipts 60 000 market steady to 15 cents lower Native 3.65 to 4.76 western 8.80 to 4.75 yearlings 4.75 to 5.70 native lambs 5.60 to 7.25 western 6.75 to 26.
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Texas
Livestock Receipts and Prices at St Louis Market
ST LOUIS Sept 23 Receipts and quotations today cattle 9000 with steady market native beef steers 5.50 9.50 Texas steers 5.00 7.75 Texas cows and heifers 4.25 6.50 calves in carload lots 5.00 6.00 hogs receipts 9500 market five cents lower pigs and lights 6.50 9.10 good heavy 5.50 8.95 sheep receipts 3500 market steady muttons 4.26 lambs 6.50
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Texas
Kansas City Livestock Prices and Receipts Report
Receipts today hogs 13 000 with prices 5 cents lower. bulk sales 8.20 to 8.65. Cattle receipts 21 000 including 800 Texans. prime fed steers 8.70 to 9.20, dressed 7.50 to 8.75, cows 4.25 to 7.00, heifers 5.00 to 9.00. Sheep receipts 14 000 with lambs 6.60 to 7.16, yearlings around .15, wethers 4.25 to 4.75, ewes 3.60 to 4.25.
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Kansas City
Spot cotton closes firm in Galveston market
Galveston Spot cotton closes 1 16 up with prices across grades from low ordinary to middling fair. Sales total 52 spots and 450 bales f o b. The article then shifts to describe the Swiss Guard of the Vatican, noting its Swiss origin, scarlet and yellow uniforms, and roles alongside other Vatican protection units.
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Papal Guard
Switzerland
Michelangelo
Vatican
Cotton market rises on active buying in early trade
Active buying sends cotton prices higher at the open with gains of 12 to 20 points. Traders note strong Liverpool cables cold weather forecasts and cover by shorts, with later gains constrained by realizations and weaker selling. Estimated receipts total 78,000 bales.
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New York
Liverpool
Washington
NY Cotton Futures Open and Close Prices Report
New York market reports show eee futures opening firm with varied day prices for October through July. Cotton futures closed steady with figures for open high low and close across several contract months.
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Bop
Sever Ves
NOG
Oscce Ee Ova Miebes- Acces Dee
Deresscce
Soke Casas
New Orleans Cotton Prices Open Higher Despite Mixed Weather
Cotton futures in New Orleans opened 10 to 13 points up on good cables amid unseasonably cold temperatures and expectations of rain in the western belt. Private Liverpool messages noted lack of U.S. exports. By midmorning prices climbed to 15 to 17 points, then eased as long positions sold, with noon quotes 8 to 10 points over yesterday’s close.
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Liverpool
Washington
Texas
Oklahoma
Cotton futures close steady with modest gains
Market summary shows cotton futures finishing with a small net advance while remaining steady overall. Prices for September through May stretch across a narrow range with open high low and close values cited, indicating a cautious trading session.
Liverpool cotton market steady with strong sales
Spot cotton in fair demand and unchanged at Liverpool. Middling fair 8.31d, good middling 8.03d, middling 7.81d, low middling 7.594d, good ordinary 6.93d, ordinary 6.59d. Sales reached 10 000 bales, including 4500 American and 1000 for speculation and export. Receipts totaled 20 000, including 18 500 American.
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Liverpool
Irregular Futures Close in Liverpool Trade
Futures in Liverpool closed irregular and unsettled with contracts listed for September through August across multiple monthly pairings. Notable rates include September 75.0d and several 7.0x percent ranges for various spreads.
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Liverpool
Market Report Middling Prices Across Cities
Leading spot markets show New York at 13.60 middling New Orleans 137-16 Houston 13% Galveston 13 Liverpool 7.81 Memphis 13% indicating mixed returns across major cotton buying centers in the period.
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Cotton Prices Reported for New York Market
New York market update shows spot cotton at Middling uplands 13.60 and Gulf 18.55 per hundredweight as of September 23.
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New York
Baermann Applicants Seek West Woodlawn Dwelling Permit
Building permits filed for M. Baermann for a one room dwelling on West Woodlawn avenue and a shop on Avenue D valued at 3800 dollars.
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West Woodlawn Avenue
Avenue D
Ranger Captain Delivers Dimmit Suspects to Frio Jail
San Antonio dispatch reports Captain J. J. Sanders of the state range arrived from Pearsall with eight guards and moved 14 alleged Dimmit county smugglers to Frio county jail without incident. The party split up here with some heading to Houston and others to Del Rio station.
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Fourteenth Anniversary Celebration With Many Guests
The couple celebrated their fourteenth wedding anniversary with games and an orchestra. Attendees included Mr. and Mrs Rudolph Hoefling, Mr. and Mrs Rudolph Ahr, Mr. and Mrs Albert Yourzk, Mr. and Mrs Arthur Dumiline, Mr. and Mrs August Sharp, Mr. and Mrs George Nickerson and Grandma Nickerson, Grandpa App, Miss Grace Herchen and Rudolph Hoefling Jr. Edward Froehling of Schertz Texas filed his declaration of intention in federal court this morning. He was born in Germany and arrived in 1884.
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Albert Yourzk
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Grandpa” App
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Final naturalization filed by Texas farmer Buckholtz
William Buckholtz of Converse Texas filed for final naturalization this morning in the federal clerk of court office. A German native who came to the United States in 1881 he declared his intention in 1887. His petition will be acted on during the May 1914 term of the Federal Court. Packard and Stearns Knight touring cars and taxicabs for hire. Loy Crockett 1 2 3 new 1 2 3.
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Federal Clerk of Court
Germany
United States
Man Fined for Reckless Motorcycle Crossing
Louis R. Roth was fined $10 in Corporation Court after conviction for recklessly operating a motor vehicle. He struck a woman pedestrian while crossing Commerce Street at Alamo Street.
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Doctors King and Hirschfeld Move to Navarro Street
Drs. King and Hirschfeld, Genito Urinary Specialists, relocate offices to 515 Navarro Street opposite the St. Anthony Hotel.
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Speeding Fines Imposed in Corporation Court
Cassi dy and J W Kleck were each fined one dollar after conviction in the Corporation Court for speeding.
Cotton Seed Market Briefs From Memphis
Cotton seed products note quiet trading in Memphis with prime and linters nominal and unpriced, indicating stability in the market. Regions report slight activity as producers adjust prices but no clear movement in demand or supply.
Cotton seed oil market closes steady in New York
The cotton seed oil market closed steady with spot prices ranging from 6.97 to 7.08 and futures for January to April quoted between 6.98 and 7.28. Active trading saw 11,300 total sales including October 100 at 7.10 and March 300 at 7.18.
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New York
Spot Ao Ee
New Orleans Cotton Prices and Stock Report
New Orleans spot cotton prices and conditions list middling at 13 7 16 to 14 7 16. On the spot 740 bales to arrive 959 bales. Receipts 3912 bales. Stock 1,618 bales. Prices show low ordinary to good middling ranges with nominal variations and percentages for the market.
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