Cotton market ends with steady tone across cities
Reports from Liverpool New York New Orleans and Columbus Georgia show steady prices with demand picking up for spots while the market drifts to a lower level. Riordan bought and sold gold as action remains in vogue and a trader who went long on cotton then short on cash falls into a board quotation remark after a theatre viewing.
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Liverpool
New York
New Orleans
Columbus
Georgia
Riordan
Receipts Reported for Several Railroads and Steamer Transports
Receipts show export compressed bales for Southern Railway Co Train 153 with 59 bales across multiple firms. Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co exports 219 bales aboard Steamer John Quill and Steamer American carries 8 bales. Totals include 288 bales across listed carriers and consignors F. M. Ladd Baker-Lyons Co and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans, Mobile ,and
Chicago Railroad
Southern Railway Co
Davis, Wilson & Gaillard
Louisville and Nashville Railroad
Baker-Lyons Co
Touart & Quinn
Farmers’ Commisssion Co
F. M. Ladd
Mobile and Ohio Railroad Co
John Quill
Steel’s Bluff
Bevill-Phillips Co
Farmers’ Commission Co
American
Selma
Ala
New Orleans Cotton Futures Open Steady on Good Weather
Cotton futures opened steady with a 1 to 3 point advance on favorable belt weather. First notice day for March saw a few hundred bales circulated, quickly halted, while trading later drifted. noon quotes largely held, with overall session showing quiet, small declines.
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New Orleans
Magen Fi Nesss Sss
Aas
Delreel Iste
Uuay Aware Ene Sre Sas
Mentember
Seevemoper
Cotton futures open steady as Liverpool cables lift prices
New York cotton futures start with gains of 3 to 8 points on firmer Liverpool cables and talk of improved European politics. Foreign buying and short covering mix with selling by Southern and Wall Street. By late forenoon prices steady near session highs, then ease to 4 to 8 points lower with spot steady at Middling 12.60 and Middling Gulf 12.75.
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New York
Liverpool
Europe
Southern
Wall Street
Gulf
Market Resume Notes On Fresh Fish And Local Goods
Monday market report notes well stocked freshwater perch at 12 12 cents per pound, new corn syrup apple jelly seen, thirty pound pairs worth 1 26, growing Italian demand for spaghetti, wheat receipts large at wholesalers, butter sellers anticipate month end, Sicily lemons at 6 00 per box, and a hint of lemonade shortages for summer.
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Sicily
Cotton market report from Liverpool on February 24
Cotton spot steady with moderate activity and steady prices. US middling grades quoted at 7.37 for American middling fair down to 5.95 for low ordinary, with 8,000 bales sold including 800 for speculation and export and 7,600 American. Futures opened and closed steady with forward quotations listed for successive months.
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Liverpool
New York Stock List Highlights Key Industrials and Rail Lines
A stock list shows prices for major companies including Amalgamated Copper American Beet Sugar American Cotton Oil American Smelting and Refining American Sugar Refining American Tel and Tel Anaconda Mining Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore and Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago and North Western Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul Colorado Fuel and Iron Colorado and Southern Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Erie General Electric Great Northern and its preferred Interborough Met Inter Harvester Louisville and Nashville Missouri Pacific Missouri Kansas and Texas Lehigh Valley National Lead New York Central Norfolk and Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania People's Gas Palace Car Rock Island Rock Island preferred Southern Pacific Southern Railway Union Pacific United States Steel United States Steel preferred Wabash Western Union Texas Oil Company and others listed with varied prices.
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Amalgamated Copper
American Beet Sugar
American Cotton Oil
American Smelting & Ref’ng
American Sugar Refining
American Tel. & Tel
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago & North Western
Chicago, Mil. & St. Paul
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Colorado & Southern
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
Erie
General Electric
Great Northern
Pfd
Great Northern Ore Ciss
Ilinois Central
Interborough- Met
Interborough-Met
Inter Harvester
Louisville & Nashville
Missouri Pacific
Missouri, Kansas & Texas
Lehigh Valley
National
New York Central
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
People’s Gas
Fee Palace
Ending
Rock Island
Rock Island, Ptd
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Wabash
Western Union
Texas Oil Co
Wall Street Slump Triggers Broad Market Selloff
New York shares sank as rumors of government action and state legislation spurred a broad decline. Dan led losses dropping six points while high class rails including Union Pacific Reading and Lehigh Valley slid 2 to 4 points. Bonds eased amid lower price levels and volatile trading through the session.
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New York
New York State
Dan
Union Pacific
Reading
Lehigh Valley
Missouri
Pacific
Erie
Turpentine Market Notes From Savannah
Turpentine firm activity in Savannah shows no sales with receipts at 238. Prices quoted range across grades with several figures such as 6.40 to 7.10 and mixed letters indicating varying qualities. The report includes scattered lines on market conditions and a stray editorial fragment about a sleeping man and working hours.
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Savanah
Grain and Provisions Prices in Chicago Trading
Wheat fluctuated within a narrow range amid cold weather. May wheat opened higher at 925-8c, touched 921-2, then 92 6-8 3-4c. May corn opened steady at 52 1-2c, rose to 62 1-2 52 6-8c. May oats opened at 341-4c and held. Provisions gained on light demand with May pork at 19.80, lard 10.65-10.70, ribs 10.55.
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Chicago
London stocks end with gains erased amid Near East news
Near East news lifted market mood in early trading but late prices softened and most gains faded. American securities stayed quiet and steady as New York trades closed easy while money discount rates remained firm.
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London
New York
Money
Mobile Markets slipping as loser struggles with deal
Fragmentary OCR notes show a tense scene where a loser resists conceding a square deal amid market pressures. The text hints at a bargaining context and contested terms with implied stakes, but specifics are unclear.
SQUEALER SHOT DAUGHTER AFTER TESTIMONY TO GRAND JURY
James Purcell, a gaming house keeper, allegedly paid over $60,000 in ten years to a crooked police ring for protection. His alleged mental strain from testimony preceded his fatal shooting of his daughter and the attempted murder of his wife. Early statements blamed police harassment and later a family quarrel.
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James Purcell
New York Grand Jury
Purcell
New Steamer in the Fruit Trade Charters Dictator
Announcement by Ashbel Hubbard of Hubbard Zemurry Steamship Co. says the British steamship Dictator is chartered for Mobile Puerto Cortez fruit trade and will arrive in the states in early April. The Stavenger, also chartered, sails to Puerto Cortez and maiden fruit cargo arrives Mobile March 26. The company will operate four steamers on the Mobile Puerto Cortez route, aiming for about three sailings weekly.
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Ashbel Hubbard
Hubbard- Zemurry Steamship Company
Mobile
Puerto Cortez
New Orleans
United Fruit Company
Hubbard
States
Stavengern
Christiana
Mobile-Puerto Corteza
Filibuster Threat Worries Senate On Valuation Bill
The Senate did not act on the railroad physical valuation bill as Senator La Follette warned of a filibuster. An all day fight over the river and harbor bill threatened to derail the vote.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
la Follette
Cotton Future Deals Ahead of Senate Action
Federal legislation to prohibit telegraph transmission of cotton futures and options information heads to the Senate. Senator Smith of South Carolina moves to discharge the judiciary committee from further consideration of the bill, which passed the House last summer.
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Associated Press
Washington
Senate
Smith
South Carolina
Judiciary Committee
House
River stages Albert Ashenberger report from Weather Bureau
Local forecaster Albert Ashenberger of the Weather Bureau provides updates on river stages and flood risk. Measurements monitor water levels, forecasted rises, and potential impacts for nearby communities.
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Albert Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Shippers' Forecast Warns of Cold Shelves Routes
A weather advisory directs protection for shipments moving north for 36 hours at 20 degrees, and for routes 32 degrees west and 84 degrees east, outlining cold exposure risks and precautions for transport.
Weather Map Signals Cold Front And Snow Across Regions
Fair and cold conditions extend south to Taylor Texas with subzero temps reaching Kansas. A low pressure persists over the South Carolina coast bringing snow through the middle Atlantic states, while another low spans California to Utah. High pressure will bring fair, colder weather from Mobile tonight into Tuesday.
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Taylor
Texas
Kansas
Rocky
Alleghany Mountains
Middle Atlantic States
South Atlantic
South Carolina
California
Utah
Mobile
Albert ‘Ashenberger
Weather Bureau
Dr. King's New Discovery Ad Offers Soothing Cough Relief
An old advertisement touts Dr. King's New Discovery for irritated throats and lungs, claiming it stops chronic coughing and relieves tickling throat. It warns to take no other remedy after using it and encourages purchase at all druggists.
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Dr. King
Statesmen Use Franking Privilege Less Than Expected
The passage suggests that official business presented through franking privileges is not as extensive as it might appear, hinting at a gap between rhetoric and actual administrative use. It discusses expectations of governmental correspondence and real-world practices.
Funeral Notice James E Hamilton
The friends of the family are invited to attend the funeral for James E Hamilton at his residence 211 Bloodgood Street tomorrow morning February 25 at 10 o'clock Interment Magnolia Cemetery in his 36th year
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Hamilton
Digh
James E. Hamilton
Bloodgood Street
Magnolia Cemetery
Harbor Active at Start of Week on the Water Front
Eight vessels entered port Sunday and Monday. Steamships Atlantis Wavelet Kyleakin Nunima Pedersen Karen Fjell and four masted schooner Dorothy Bell plus Edna V. Pickels arrived or anchored in the stream. Nunima denies earlier damage reports from Antwerp.
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New Orleans
Munson
Fort Gaines
Nor
Gulfport Stream
Loraine
Scardale
Harald
Olinger-Bruce Earl of Aberdeen
Cardenas
Annie F. Conlin
Havana
Oscar G
Bhiefields M. & O
Charlevoix
Kingston
Turner-Hartwell Venture
St. Martins
A. Spencer
Porto Rico
Georgia
D. Jenkins
Cuba
Laura
Porto Rico Pinto Docks
Coral Leaf
Teresa
Newegian
Atlantis
Seberg Steamship Line
Windward Islands
Wavelet
Gulf States Shipping Co
Marseilles
France
Port Arthur
Texas
Kyleakin
Nunima
Europe
Campbell
Gulfport
Mobile Liners, Incorporated
Thoren
Immingham
Page & Jones
New York
Antwerp
Munson Line
Karen
Pedersen
Karen v
James Gibboney & Co
Fjell, Tranema
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New York Stock List
Wall Street Review
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London Stock Market
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Peter
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Ying
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Macartney and Schleybama
BI ' Askee
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Ene
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F. Walter & CO
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T. D. Nettles
J. J. Kelleher
Mobile, Ala
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Willis L. Moore
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