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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1891
Page
5
The York and Liverpool cotton markets trend higher as near positions gain 12 to 13 points and eight to nine points on distant positions. Futures at Liverpool stand around 264 pence with spot sales steady. receipts at ports total 1,000 bales today, against prior weeks.
The report covers the cotton market in Ravelca with middling and low middling prices, notes market weakness, and gathers New York financials including money rates exchange, government bonds, and various state and city quotes. It also lists commodity prices for flour wheat corn oats rye hay pork bacon lard butter eggs coffee sugar and Southern flour trends with mixed activity and port receipts.
Prices fluctuated little with most futures closing slightly lower. Spot sales varied by commodity including corn, oats, pork, lard and molasses with mixed results. Spirits turpentine and rosin showed firm demand in several markets while crop reports influenced wheat and corn futures. A medical testimonial note follows about Bradycrotine and Ely's Cream Balm with unrelated usage claims.
A historical notice describes Chowal Baptist Female Institute with twenty eight acres. It notes proposals for property and facility arrangements, recent piano purchases, and a planned music department overhaul. Tuition is two hundred dollars for the scholastic year if paid in advance. Address JOAN B. BREWER, President, for catalog.
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