Steel stocks rise and fall in volatile market
U S Steel opens with a block of 12 000 shares and jumps to 60 60% while Union Pacific hits 159% to 160. The market shows wide swings as shorts cover then sell off United States Steel and Union Pacific move with the trend. Amid Berlin dispatches and war threats, prices end heavy with a featureless last hour.
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New York
London
U. S. Steel
Union Pacific
American Tobacco Securities
L. and
U. 8
Steel
Pee
Groune
Missouri
Shorts
Southern Pacific
Union Acific
Acting
Berlin
Italy
Turkey
U.S
U Steel
Amer
Atlantic Coast Line
OP Cs
Baltimore and Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chi., Mill and St. P
Colorado Fuel and Iron
Colorado and Southern
Delaware and Hudson
Denver and
Rio Grande
Obes
Novas
Illinois Central
Interborough
ASU
Louisville and
Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Kan
Tex
National Biscuit
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Pacific Mail
Bas Pullman Palace Car
Rock Island Co
Southern Railway
I Western Union
High Valley
Norfolk and Western
Pennsylvania
Seseeene
eeVeee Bey
United States “Steel
DEAS
Exas Company
Goettinger Bank Suspends Payments Amid Market Break
In Berlin on September 29 a heavy break in the money market caused the Goettinger bank to suspend operations. Directors believe depositors owed 750000 will be paid in full. They cite market conditions as the reason for the suspension. Bank capital stands at 500000.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Goettinger Bank
Liverpool Cotton Statistics Weekly Report
The weekly cotton statistics show imports and stocks for Liverpool. Imports all kinds 80,000 bales, imports American 73,000, total stock 283,000 with American stock 148,000. American forward 55,000 and total exports 5,000.
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Liverpool
Burial Permits for Two Individuals Listed in Local Records
Robert M. Fhres age 3 died September 28 on South Presa Street and Anton Leal age 66 died September 1226 South San Marcos Street recorded in burial permits. A note mentions two tissue papers, yellow and green, placed inside a hat crown as a sunstroke preventive.
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Robert M. Fhres
Outh Presa
Anton Leal
San Marcos Street
Market Demoralized at Nog Hog Sale
At Nog Market Stock Yards on September 29 the cattle run failed to appear and demand faded. Hog offerings numbered 53 light varieties as traders reported a weak lower market at noon. Sales were sparse with tops at six dollars and many sales in the same range.
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UNION
Des Moines Reception Welcomes Taft In Nonpartisan Tone
Des Moines hosted a nonpartisan reception for President Taft with a breakfast at the Grant club and a city drive to the Coliseum where a major speech was set. Senators Cummins and Young greeted Taft at the Union station, with Cummins planning to accompany him.
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Associated Press
Des Moines
Taft
Grant Club
Iowa
Albila
Ottumwa
Missouri
Nator Albert Cummins
la Follette
Union Station
United States
Young
Cummins
Mr. Cummins
Exports of Scotch Whisky Rise as Distillers Reopen Bottling
Reports from American consulates show Scotch whisky exports to the United States increasing with last year’s shipments totaling 1.5 million dollars. The patent still trade is booming as stock fears boost demand, with the Distillers Company recommissioning a long-idle distillery. Grain whisky prices have jumped from 25 to 60 cents over ten months, driven by rising demand and speculation for young whisky.
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Scotland
Department of Commerce and Labor
United States
Cincinnati Enquirer
Distillers Company (Limited
England
Ireland
Hogs Reach Steady Level At 6.70 Today
Fort Worth, Tex Sept 29. Hog receipts 950 head with top price $6.70 and bulk sales $6.15 to $6.60. Cattle receipts 2700 head steady for steers stockers and feeders cows and bulls with calves $4.00 to $6.00. Sheep none.
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THE
Associated Press
Fort Worth
Tex
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices From Chicago Market
Associated Press report from Chicago dated September 29 lists cattle receipts about 2000 with slow market and varied price ranges from 2.60 to 8.15. hog receipts around 15000 with strong to five-cent gains and mixed price bands. sheep receipts about 6000 with slow market and price ranges from 2.25 to 6.00.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Texas
Market Report Kansas City Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices
Receipts for cattle 1500 including 600 Texans with steady prices. Hogs 7000 head up 5 cents with bulk sales 6.25 to 6.45. Sheep receipts 4000 with steady market. Native steers and cows listed, mixed ranges for stockers, bulls, calves, ranges for muttons lambs and ewes.
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices Hold Near Steady Levels
Receipts for cattle 2800 including 900 Texans, market steady with native steers 5.00 to 6.00, cows and heifers 2.75 to 5.00, Texas and Oklahoma steers 4.00 to 7.00, calves 4.00 to 6.00. Hogs receipts 8500, market higher with age and lights 6.80 to 6.65, packers and butchers 6.85. Sheep receipts 1000, market steady to a shade lower with native muttons 3.25 to 4.00 and lambs 4.00 to 6.00.
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Associated Press
Texas
Oklahoma
Market Quotations Kansas City Wheat Corn Prices
Kansas City quotes show cash wheat steady with No 2 hard at 1.02 to 1.08 and No 2 red at 98 3/4 to 99 cents. Corn follows steady with No 2 mixed at 67 cents and No 2 white at 67 1/2 cents. Oats stay unchanged with No 2 white around 46 to 47 cents. December wheat near 98 1/2 to 99 cents and May at 143 1/2 cents. December corn at 61 1/2 to 62 cents and May at 68 1/2 to 69 cents.
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Associated Press
Kansas City
Cuban Lottery Profits Raise in War Department Reports
The Cuba lottery nets $3.8 million in profits last year, about 10 percent of all receipts. $500,000 in tickets remained unsold, yet the government would claim prizes from that pool. Despite revenue, Cuba considers phasing out the lottery gradually.
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Cuba
War Department
Grain Market Unsettled As Wheat Rises While Corn Falls
Chicago Wheat opens higher as Italy declares war stirring early gains in December contracts. Corn weakens on soft demand with December dipping to 63 and oats showing independent movement amid a volatile grain session. Provisions lean bullish. January pork and lard prices edge higher while ribs soften.
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Italy
Grain Receipts Across Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth Rise
Wheat receipts reached 36 cars with 9 of contract grade. Corn 273 cars with 72 of contract grade. Oats 143 cars. Total receipts at Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth today 1052 cars, up from 641 last week and 674 on the same day last year.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Minneapolis
Duluth
Market Quotations From Chicago Grain Prices
Quotations today show cash wheat prices for various grades with No 2 red at 95 95 and No 2 hard winter at 1 1.04. No 1 northern spring around 108 0125, velvet chaff near 90 1.07, oats and rye prices listed with fractions. Corn figures include No 2 and No 2 white with prices around 06 and 047 48, standard at 4714 48c.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Market quotes for wheat corn oats and oats prices
Wheat higher with December futures around 98 1 40 as price reports show No 2 hard at 1 03 to 1 10. Corn steady around 68 1 0 and No 2 white about 70. Oats weak with No 2 track near 46 1 0 and No 2 white around 39 1 0.
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Louis
Bent
Nios
Birth Record Notice for Joseph Hennessy Family
Birth record addressed to Mr and Mrs Joseph Hennessy at 897 Leigh Street September Ch 8 new entry announced for the household.
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Joseph Hennessy
Leigh Street
Cotton Opens Barely Steady as Sell Orders Weigh
New York opened barely steady with October futures down 13 points and nearby deliveries 5 to 8 points under yesterday's close amid selling by the south and local liquidation. By midmorning prices recovered near last night’s level, then slid to a net 5 to 6 point decline as southern selling and local bear pressure persisted.
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Associated Press
New York
New Orleans Cotton Opens Steady After Bearish Trade
New Orleans cotton futures opened with losses of 8 to 15 points as bearish week start stats and strong Texas crop rumors weighed on sentiment. Cables lagged expectations while short selling and later buybacks kept prices near yesterday's close, spot middle upland at 10.45.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Texas
Italy
Turkey
Futures Opened Steady Amid October to May Contract Notes
The Associated Press reports futures opened steady with October at 10.10, December 10.22 23, January 10.29 30, March 10.44, and May 10.65 as the bid levels.
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Associated Press
York
Pen
Euek Os
New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Prices Steady as Spot Market Quiet
Liverpool Sept 29 spot cotton remains quiet with prices unchanged. American middling fair 6.51, good middling 6.25, middling 6.11, low middling 6.97, good ordinary 5.71, ordinary. Day’s sales 6000 bales, 1000 for speculation and export including American. Receipts 11,000 with 10,100 American. futures opened firm then eased.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
BOC American
Market Report New Orleans Cotton Prices and Receipts
New Orleans cotton market notes spot cot ton quiet and unchanged with 320 sales and 1000 expected arrivals. Quotations range from low ordinary at 7 15-16 to good middling at 11 11-16 with receipts at 3180 and total stock at 35 223.
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Newark
New Orleans
Houston
Galveston
Associated Press
Market Noted Active for Cotton Goods in San Antonio Trade
The San Antonio dry goods market remains steady and normal though cooler weather failed to arrive on time. Retailers are cautious, winter stock is light, and mills are firm on prices while expecting higher values later. salesmen plan spring canvassing and foresee strong business in both seasons.
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San Antonio
Cotton Statistics This Week and Season 1910
The item reports weekly and seasonal cotton statistics for 1910. It lists figures such as 206, an pets for the week and 712,000 649,000 for the season, indicating production or consumption metrics without context.
Cottonseed Prices and Oil Quotations Updated
Memphis reports prime basis for cotton seed at 4.53 64 cents per unit with meal oils and linters noted. New York market shows open and close oil quotes with October and November futures listed and near 5.70 to 5.68 range, reflecting current trading levels.
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THE
Associated Press
Memphis
Tenn
New York
Spot cotton steady in Houston market
Houston Tex October 29 Spot cotton held steady at middling 10 3/4 cents a pound with no change reported in nearby prices.
Matrimonial Bug Bites Comptroller Heston in Atlantic City
The Atlantic City item says Comptroller Heston received many marriage offers after predicting six secretaries would wed. He reports over 806 offers since the complaint, with girls city and county wide signing iron clad contracts not to wed if offered a job. Also mentions a Munich cat tax rule and cat catchers.
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Heston
Atlantic City
N. J
Comptroller
Cotton prices ease as market closes steady
Associated Press reports New York spot cotton finished quiet, down six points with middling uplands at 10.40 and dogulaft 10.65. Sales totals reached 4300.
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Associated Press
New York
Middlin Uplands
Dogulf
Pat’s witty remark about boss and suit of clothes
Memphis report notes cotton steady at middling 10 1 2. A New York Tribune remark about Pat under a stingy boss is recounted as a joke where a friend taunts him on a “brand new suit” that is only “the sleeves in the vest.”
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Patrick
New York Tribune
Pat
Winter price rises loom for corn syrup and related goods
The letter warns of higher costs for breakfast staples as corn syrup makers plan a ten cent per case increase due to corn market gains. Starch and other items may see price hikes later. Hog and beef markets show mixed signals with demand steady but prices volatile. Cheese and can fruit markets face modest shifts as drought and packing winds down. George Sgitcovich and Company received a carload of apples.
Butter and Poultry Prices From Local Market Report
Price to shipper less commission. Butter per pound 25¢, country butter 16 17c. Fresh country candled storage 16 17c. Cheese varieties listed with prices from 12c to 24c. Poultry markets steady with hens at 5 to six dollars per dozen, springs 2.40 to 3.50 per dozen, ducks 6.00 per dozen, turkeys 14 to 15¢ per pound.
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Limburger
Badger State
Quotations for dairy produce and goods in Chicago market
Quotations from Chicago on September 29 show butter at 27c to 28c, eggs at 15c to 20c, cheese steady with various brands, potatoes firm 60c to 68c, poultry live prices easing and veal steady across weight ranges. Receipts tally 6080 cases across categories.
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Associated Press
ICAGO
Freshly Gathered Extra Firsts Reported in New York Market
New York market report notes receipts of 9172 cases with fresh gathered extra firsts trading at 23 25 cents per unit.
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THE
Associated Press
New York
Butter and dairy prices from Associated Press market report
The report lists creamery butter at 25 cents, firsts at 23.1 cents, seconds 21 cents, packing stock 1749 cents. Eggs or Begs accompany at 22 cents for extras, 20 cents for firsts, 13 cents for ends.
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THE
Associated Press
Kansas City
Rice market report steady tone with varied bids
AP reports New Orleans rice prices held steady with mixed quotes. Receipts totaled 4233 rough and 900 millers and clean, while sales included Honduras rough 4 at 1.25 to 1.28, Japan rough 154 at 3.66, Honduras 6800 at 2.41, and Japan 1 at 2.81.
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Associated Press
New Orleans
Sept
Honduras
Japan
Cotton Market Report Signals Moderate Demand and Quiet Trade
New York on September 29 reported a quiet cotton market with jobbers and retailers ordering in moderate lots. Yarns show stronger use and exports of heavy cotton continue at a moderate pace.
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Associated Press
New York
Market Report Sees Mixed Commodities Steady
New York markets show hides wool quiet while leather petroleum and rice hold steady. Molasses and refined sugar firm. raw sugar easy with Muscovado 89 test at 5.86 cents and centri 96 test at 5.86.
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Associated Press
New York
Centri
Coffee futures close steady with modest gains
New York futures closed steady yesterday with a 2 point net rise as winter months showed firmness. Sales reached 104,250 bags with Rio No. 7 at 18% 14c and Santos No. 4 at 14% 26%o amid mild quiet in Cordova trading.
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THE
Associated Press
New York
Rio No
Santos No
Cordova
Wool Market Report from St Louis Seeks Clarity
Wool prices in St Louis show weakness with drum grades weak and common trading around 204% of standard, light tine 17 cents, heavy 15 cents, tub washed 21 cents, reflecting a soft market tone.
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THE
Associated Press
ST. Louis
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Prime Mercantile
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Liverpool Statistics
GEO. Sgitcovich & CO
N. Plores Street
Vicinity
East Texas
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Willis L. Moore
Tyre
Joe
San Antonio, Tex
Senator Cummins
Chicago Livestock
Kansas City Livestock
Kansas City Grain
Chicago Grain Movement
ST. Louis Grain
NEW York Futures
Cotton Statistics
U. 5
Mobile
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N. C
Norfolk
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Brunswick
Pensacola
Fla
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Eretee
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Continent
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Eis SF
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George Sgitcovich and Company
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