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Newspaper
The Mobile News Item
Location
Mobile, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Dec 07, 1925
Page
8
TNAL DAY MARKET REPORT notes cotton futures easing 2 to 6 points amid expectations of a government crop estimate of 15,006,800 bales. December around 19.08, March about 18, May 18.50, with Orleans spot activity steady at midpoints down.
The report notes steady prices with minor gains in futures as December and January positions show limited movement. Cotton remains quiet in New York with middling around 20.85, while futures show cautious activity and absorption effects on oils and related commodities amid private crop signals.
Liverpool December 1—Cotton markets show fair demand and steady prices. Quotations list strictly good middling 11.00, middling 11.02, strictly middling 10.82, low middling 9.42, good ordinary 9.02, with forecasts and futures closing by December 1 and January 10.04, March 10.04, May 10.04, July 9.96, October 9.72. Market receipts show 0 bales, with total gales estimated at 6,000 bales including fog factors.
Grain markets show mixed changes with wheat rising to 1 977 000 bushels and oats falling, while corn varies. Chicago cash prices list No 1 hard wheat at 1.81 1 2, No 2 hard at 82 1 2, No 2 white oats at 42 1 2, lard and rib prices noted. St Louis futures show Wheat bid 1.77 3 8, May 1.15 1 4, Corn December bid 82 1 2, May 82 1 2, July 85 1 8.
Savannah reports steady stock and shipments with 971 1/2 cents as a benchmark while sales reach 210 and receipts 1 248. Chicago dairy prices rise with butter at higher levels and eggs up with multiple grade differentials across creamery and firsts classes.
Cago December 7 poultry market reports steady prices. Carload lots show ripat 2 9 per unit, turkeys up to 30 cents, ducks 18 to 20 cents, geese 16 cents.
The report shows raw silk steady with varied quotations for different grades and styles. Extras and best No 1 to extra values range from 6.20 to 7.05 cents, with new style 14 16s at about 6.45 to 5.55 cents.
A fragment listing coffee related figures with price 1.44 and references to Cantos No 4 and numbers 223 8. It also mentions December 15 93 and a May note, indicating pricing or catalog entries in a historical ledger.
The market reports mixed activity with No. 2 Red steady and No. 2 Yellow White market cases steady. Malting and clover mixed rates hold firm while tonnage remains quiet. Rotterdam Antwerp cargoes steady with varied tonnage supply. Wool and domestic Ohio Pennsy show quiet trading with small open gains and spot adjustments.
New York December 1 Wall Street turned cautious as price moves reflected mixed sentiment. Buyings in carrier issues picked up with railroad stocks gaining on anticipated legislation. American Telephone led the declines while Chrysler and Hudson advanced with renewed interest in motor shares.
A fragmented note lists exchange rates and demand figures for various countries. Entries include Italy 4.03, Greece 1.32 1-2, Brazil 108, Shanghai 77 3-4, and Montreal 100.1 with related cables and bank terms.
Prices advanced with buying interest split between foreign obligations and U S railroad issues. French 8s rose on progress of France's financial program while Lyons and Soissons taxes showed gains. Rail road bonds led by adjustment 5s and Delaware and Hudson convertible 5s. Murray Body rose on reports receivership may be brief. Local traction issues remained firm as Liberty bonds fluctuated.
The New York stock page lists prices for many firms including American Can 249 1 2, General Electric 322, U S Steel 175, Chesapeake & Ohio 117 7 8, Reading 88 1 2, Coca Cola 127 1 4 and more. Also shown are index style figures and daily close notes across multiple industries.
Cow and heifer interest steady bidding on cankers and bulls, eight vealers steady at 5.25 for vealers. Sheep receipts 1,000 with steady to strong demand for choice lambs top 16.60, bulk 16.00 16.50, fat ewes 6.50 93.50, cannner and cull grades 1.50 75.00.
Livestock totals show cattle and sheep steady to higher with fat lambs and feeding lambs advancing. Sheep receipts around 13 000 with fat lambs selling up to 17 80. beef steer trade slow to steady at 7 75 to 9 60. Hog prices mixed with lighter weights up to 7 term. overall receipts about 12 600 to 15 000 in the United States market.
Market notes show potato receipts steady on Sunday with bids around 64 cents per peck and total values near 8.38 dollars per hundredweight. Specific lot prices include russets priced about 3.65 dollars a sack and fancy potatoes around 2.50 to 3.60 per unit.
The notes show varied rates for time funds and loans with terms from 60 to 90 days and 4 to 6 months. Prime mercantile paper remains cited, with mixed collateral and acceptance calls.
In New York on December 7, raw sugar futures opened down about 2 points after notices but recovered on covering and buying. December delivery prices were unchanged to 3 points higher at midday, while refined prices ranged from 5.00 to 6.50 per 100 pounds as demand appeared strong.
Bar silver at New York on December 7 quotes 691-4c per ounce. Mexican dollars bid at 631-4c per ounce.
The League of Nations council gathers in Geneva to address the Mosul dispute between Turkey and Britain. Turkish Foreign Minister Tevfik Rüştü Bey rejects any settlement requiring sovereignty concessions, urging mediation only. Britain resents the permanent court ruling method while Turkey warns of military occupation implications if the council acts against it.
Texas officials press ahead with a Travis county grand jury probe into irregularities in state highway contracts. The prior panel adjourned without indictments as Attorney General Dan Moody Solicits possible criminal cases from the renewed inquiry. Resigned highway officials Frank Lanham and Joe Burkett may be recalled for questions. A special legislative session to support the inquiry remains in abeyance.
More than 500 delegates of the Investment Bankers Association of America opened their fourteenth national convention in St. Petersburg Florida. They will map out policies affecting world finance and discuss municipal bonds foreign securities and loans to other nations. The session will cover taxation blue sky laws investment banking ethics and needed legislation and runs through Friday.
A cigarette tossed into a clothes chute from basement to fourth floor sparked a fire at St. Vincent's hospital in Birmingham. Firemen and nurses moved patients to a wing as smoke filled the main building. A baby was born during the blaze. mother and son are reported well.
Reports say several rum laden craft maneuver near Timbalier Light close to Barrataria Bay as Federal agents try to stop holiday liquor supply. Prohibition rounds up aid by courts and attorneys prep for trials of figures including Walter Cohen and Gertrude Luttro.
Los Angeles dispatch profiles Sydney Franklin 22 a Columbia University graduate who rose from Mexico City exhibition to bull ring in Tijuana sharing honors with Manuel de los Rios. The American plans to reach master status in Spain next year.
New Rochelle reports Mrs. Alice Rhinelander overwhelmed after a stranger announced he was Leonard Kip Rhinelander returning to his bride. The man, Teddy Dorn of Newark, was detained and later held in a padded cell. Rhinelander’s husband vanished from White Plains and is in seclusion.
Paris report states Premier Briand will propose Senator Victor Berenger for ambassador to the United States. If approved, Berenger will depart soon to replace Daeschner as envoy in Washington and will serve a six month term with possible renewal. Also noted is a separate legal notice seeking pardon for Dave Vaughn in Mobile Alabama.
Long Worth is named speaker in a House vote affecting representation and duty to constituents. The decision signals a shift in leadership and legislative priorities for the chamber.
The Supreme Court upheld Alaska's graded excise tax on salmon canners in a ruling tied to the Pacific American Fisheries case. The court also refused to rule on the alien property custodian’s authority to seize securities in German insurer trusts and announced a recess until January after motions and options are next week's agenda.
Ale 7 Dec 1931 Chicago Bears star Red Grange to perform in Birmingham January 9 at the Alabama State Fair Grounds. He will lead the Bears nucleus against picked collegians from Florida and California as part of a joint race track infield gridiron event.
The Journal reports Finance Minister Loucheur will present a reform plan to the cabinet proposing eight billion francs in new taxes for the coming year. The plan retains the sinking fund and reshapes income tax enforcement, seeks optional evasion conversion, and aims to stabilize the franc and settle inter allied debts.
Three persons were slightly bruised and a girl escaped unharmed when an automobile carrying four people was struck by a Southern Pacific freight train near New Orleans shortly after midnight.
Chaerigs Mac reach, the new American ambassador to Japan, will present credentials to the prince regent next Wednesday and then meet with the empress.
Dr. M Lavin a World War II major and chief surgeon of the 334th Infantry Division died in Sarasota Florida of pneumonia aged 56 He was known as a prominent Chicago physician earlier in his career and had been badly gassed during the war after which he retired and moved to Sarasota
Burwash England December 7. Author Rudyard Kipling continues to show limited improvement as tronchial pneumonia keeps his lung condition steady. Medical updates report his strength holding with no new complications.
The readable fragment discusses a tax related topic and mentions civilian age data. It references a car payment and a count of feline inhabitants, with unclear context about a prominent group. The text remains incomplete and does not provide concrete event details or identifiable entities.
The article races through estimates by animal groups noting dogs outnumber pets in towns and farms. It cites examples from New Jersey farms with 47 felines and a town keeping 22 cats as pets, and imagines a massive gathering of cats and dogs to cover New York City.
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