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The Mobile Item

Location

Mobile, Alabama, United States of America

Date

Feb 16, 1913

Page

11

Cotton Market Review Shows Weeklong Rollercoaster Prices

A week of fluctuating cotton prices across New York New Orleans and Liverpool with Monday gains and Friday losses. Reports note heavy selling at times, firm closes, and overall weekly declines amid political and financial tensions. New York March May and July contracts moved from around 12.46 to 12.27 and 12.05 with notable declines in older and new crop months.

Liverpool New York New Orleans Lincoln Atlantic Mexico Balkans New York Stock Exchange McFadden Hester Bears

Market Wrap: Cotton Prices Fall Amid Mixed New Orleans Signals

Traders note divergent tone between New York and New Orleans with large New York stock and better New Orleans grades. Buyers and sellers include Rice, Hertz, Cone, Wilson, Riordan, Hubbard, while Lepley offers 5 000 May at 10 on the curb. Oats influence prices and city trade dominates grocery lines as receipts list small bale movements.

New York Rice, Hertz Cone Wilson McFadden New Orleans Lepley

New York Cotton and Money Markets Report

Money on call nominal no loans. Time loans firm sixty days 4 1 2 5 percent ninety days 4 3 4 5. Sterling exchange steady bankers bills 483.25 sixty day, 487.35 demand. Commercial bills 482.34. Bar silver 62 1 8. Mexican dollars 48 1 2. Cotton futures easy with February 11.52 to 12.48 range and March around 12.25 to 12.40 on closing. Prices for other months shown in text.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Saduryy Cedaresc Eater Heene Keith Teewtes Scqcete.-eys Ccewwse

Sugar Market Report NY February Quiet Trading

Raw sugar markets in New York show quiet activity on February 15. Muscovado 89 test ranges 2.92 to 2.98 cents per pound while centrifugal 96 test sits 3.42 to 3.48. Molasses sugar 9 test trades at 2.67 to 2.72, refined sugar remains quiet with crushed at 5.05, granulated fine 4.35, and powdered 4.45.

New York

Market Resume Shows Mixed Trade and Noted Oddities

City trade runs heavy with seed prices down to 1.60 per crate while apples look for receipts and grain shipments lag behind due to transport delays. Fish market retail activity was brisk with tunes at the cash registers, and blue catfish appeared among receipts as a novelty.

Holland Theeltem

Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Update

Liverpool reports spot cotton prices drifting lower with American middling at 6.84 to 7.40. Sales totaled 6,000 bales with 5,600 American. receipts 14,000 bales. Futures opened easier and closed easy across the calendar, with notable spreads from February through January futures.

Liverpool

Kansas City Cattle and Hogs Market Report

Kansas City market update shows cattle receipts 800 head with 600 Southerns, steady market. Southern steers 6.00 to 7.50, cows and heifers 4.00 to 6.50. Hogs receipts 1,000, bulk 7.95 to 8.05, heavy 7.90 to 8.00, packers 7.95 to 8.10, pigs 6.75 to 7.25. Sheep receipts 700, market steady. mutton 4.50 to 6.25, Colorado lambs 8.00 to 8.75, range wethers and yearlings 5.25 to 7.65.

Kansas City Colorado

Fine Prospects for Wheat Crop

International News Service reports Kansas millers see bright wheat prospects with deep roots strong color and moisture preserving plants for four to six weeks. Kansas City authorities note dry weather favors growth while some areas show ground dry but roots extend below it. Omaha reports no wheat damage yet, while near-term rains could trigger selling. Corn and oats fall on weak orders. cash transactions total 125000 bushels of corn and 110000 bushels of oats with export bids out of line. Hog products see steady demand and smaller offerings as the market remains fair.

Kansas City Kansas Omaha

Stock Market Review Shows Mixed Wall Street Action

New York stocks failed to hold Friday's steadiness with Mackay rising to 86 while Northern Pacific sold off sharply. Pennsylvania rumor of distributing treasury shares spurred liquidation pushing United States Rubber to 358 and Lehigh Valley under pressure. Southern Pacific may be oversold as markets drift lower with weak technicals and continued short covering.

New York Mackay Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Treasury Lehigh Valley United States Rubber Common Shorts St. Southern Pacific

Cotton Prices Take Tumble

New York February 15 The cotton contract market drifted lower as liquidation and short selling pushed values down about 40 joints per bale. Analysts cite favorable weather, steady export demand, and quieter speculation as key factors behind the decline with bets on the new crop and labor constraints shaping future prices.

New York South Liverpool Far East

Stock Ticker Snatches and Bid Notes Across Major Mines

A compressed list of stock quotations shows Amalgamated Copper at 69 7-8, American Beet Sugar 26, American Cotton Oil 50 1-2, and many others including bid prices for American Sugar Refining, American Tel & Tel, Atchison, Atlantic Coast Line, Baltimore & Ohio, and more. Notable values include New York Central 105 2-8, Pennsylvania 1 1-4, United States Steel 62, and Pullman 160 bid, with varying bid and price notations across the chart.

Amalgamated Copper American American Cotton Oil American Smelt. & Renn American Sugar Refining American Tel. & Tel Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Northwestern Chicago Mil International Harvester Louisville & Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kans Texas Lehigh Valley National Lead New York Central Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania Peoples’ Gas Pullman Metal Car Reading Rock Island Co Southern Pacific United States Steel Pra

Turpentine and Rosin Prices Reported in Savannah

Savanna h based price report shows turpentine at 42 3 4 cents per gallon and rosin firm at 6 30 to 6 82 for grade F with 6 85 to 6 87 for grades G. The figures reflect market quotes captured February 15.

Savannah

Local Merchant Promotes Quick Service Hotel and Lager

An unnamed company advertises wholesale and retail services at a city corner near a church. It promises a menial water supply and quick service. Josh Stock is thanked for patronage as H M Henderson notes the location at a former mobile fish and oyster retail space.

Holesale E. Cor Church Be Water cc Josh Stock H. M. Henderson Mobile Fish & Oyster

Cutter Winona Grounded 21 Hours Near Frascati Light

The revenue cutter Winona ran aground for 21 hours near Frascati lighthouse at the mouth of the river. She floated free Saturday around 3 pm with no assistance after grounding Friday night at 7. Tug Nimrod attempted to assist overnight. high tide was awaited. The Winona then moved off on its own. Fort Morgan and Nubian cargoes noted. Dora Allison to repair after deck load loss at Chibarien, Cuba.

Frascati Nea Winona Frida Nimrod Nubian Incorporated Manchester England Belfast New Orleans Munson Docks Munson Steamship Company Fort Morgan Th United Company Bocas del Toro Dora Dora Alison

Chamberlain's Remedy Eases Colds and Aids Expectoration

There is no better medicine for colds than Chamberlain's Remedy. It acts on nature's plan, relieves the lungs, opens the secretion, aids expectoration, and restores a system to a healthy condition. Sold by all dealers.

Chamberlain

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