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Newspaper
The State Chronicle
Location
Raleigh, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Dec 20, 1891
Page
5
Reports from Liverpool indicate a slow start with prices firming later as tariff and demand cues shape sentiment. Dealers note a general improvement outlook, with 37 000 bales traded at ports and cautious optimism about futures and yarn contracts amid scarce cotton supplies and upcoming weekly market shifts.
Liverpool spot cotton held steady as Middling uplands quoted 41 4d with 12 000 bales sold. New York and Baltimore reports show mixed futures values, currency rates, and bond activity. grain futures closed with wheat up modestly and corn and oats varying. Provisions and sugar flat to firm amid fluctuating cash prices and growing receipts.
Market notes from New York Wilmington Charleston and Savannah show spirits turpentine steady around 30 to 34 cents and rosin largely firm with good strained values near 1.25 to 1.40 per barrel or per cwt in different ports. A moral ad closes the report urging daily habits for the young and promoting Simmons Liver Regulator.
A cryptic sports note lists nine figures including Scady and 263 bU-70 a5 -85 OT 92 S09 2829 BN gi v-50 a8 -59 S465 W715, implying an eightfold draft sequence or result from a local night meet with unclear identifiers.
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