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Newspaper

Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Apr 09, 1917

Page

3

Market Roundup and Cotton Prices at New York and New Orleans

The market opened with gains in cotton futures but faced quick profit-taking and a quiet session thereafter. Prices held around 20.81 for May and 19.42 for October with modest late-day gains in New Orleans traffic. Spot cotton in New York steadied at 21.15 middling. Wilmington shows no naval store activity while Savannah reports firm turpentine and rosin prices with Wg and WW grades at 6.00 and 6.00 respectively.

New York New Orleans Ign Sdate Savannah Turpentine Rosin S .Os

Stock Market Opens Week with Cautious Gains and Shifts

New York April 9 stocks move with mild advances in munitions metals and United States Steel. Rail and coal shares rebound while rails falter. Grain futures show erratic swings with corn and wheat volatile as hog prices hit fresh highs in eager buying.

New York Wall Street United States Steel Railway Ohio Gas Texas Company American Tobacco Cuba- American Sugar Schloss-Sheffield Steel Canadian Pacific Southern Pacific Delaware and Hudson

Fatally Injured Yard Conductor In Smiths Creek Accident

J S Shepard yard conductor for the Atlantic Coast Line was crushed between draw-heads of a standing switch engine and moving freight cars at Smiths Creek yards around 9 am. He suffered severe injuries and was taken to James Walker Memorial Hospital with poor prognosis. He lived at 705 North Fourth Street and had six years with the railway.

J. S. Shepard Atlantic Coast Line Smith’s Creek Shepard James Walker Memorial Hospital Sheppard R. B. Slocumb Mr. Shepard North Fourth Street Atlantic Coast Line Railway Company

Live Stock Market Reports for Kansas City and Chicago Apr 9

Kansas City cattle and hog prices show higher hog receipts by 8 000 head with strong bids and wide ranges for light and heavy hogs, prime fed steers at 12.25 to 12.75, and lambs 12.60 to 15.25. Chicago hogs rise with bulk 15.95 to 16.15, cattle receipts 16 000 with native beef cattle 9.40 to 13.15, and sheep 15 000 with lambs 11.90 to 15.60.

Kansas Nebraska Kansas City Chicago

Sugar futures rise on active covering and buying interest

Raw sugar prices show gains with 6.05 for centrifugal and 5.15 for molasses as refined sugar holds firm. Various sugar products trade between 7.35 and 8.65 with No 1 at 7.35 and heavy early session buying nudging prices 8 to 16 points higher at noon.

New York

His Vague Views

A brief Louisville Courier Journal exchange features a child asking what flatulence means and a parent linking it jokingly to a foot ailment, illustrating a lighthearted, wry tone in a domestic vignette.

Louisville Courier-Journal

Market Report on Butter Eggs Poultry Across Cities

Kansas City and Chicago price shifts for butter creamery eggs and poultry with state receipts noted. New York prices show firmness in butter and varied egg values while dressed poultry ranges are listed.

Kansas City New York

Smithfield approves flower yard and garden access law

Smithfield town commissioners pass a law allowing residents to cultivate flower yards and gardens with less trouble from foraging chickens. Citizens say it took courage and officials are being praised for the stand.

Smithfield

Old Recipe to Darken Hair with Sage and Sulphur

An old home remedy for darkening faded or gray hair is now sold as Wyeths Sage and Sulphur Compound. A bottle costs about 50 cents and is applied with a sponge to strands to darken hair naturally and evenly, making you look years younger. It is marketed as a toilet requisite not a medical cure.

Wyeth

Court Convenes Tomorrow in Edenton Superior Court

Judge W. M. Bond of Edenton will open a two weeks term of the Superior Court tomorrow morning to hear civil cases. The docket is not expected to hold major hearings and most observers anticipate a quick wipe of the slate within the two week period.

Bond W. M. Bond Edenton Superior Court

Life of Our Saviour shown at Victoria theatre

The Life of Our Saviour, a seven reel Pathe feature in natural colors, is playing at the Victoria theatre this afternoon and again this evening tomorrow afternoon and tomorrow night. The film is praised as a top Pathe production with scenes including Christ walking on the sea. Seattle shipbuilders plan a conference on aiding wooden ship production for the transport service with Vice Chairman Thomas Brent of the Federal Shipping Board in attendance. New York show windows feature Easter millinery and patriotic navy themed displays, with merchants pledging patriotic appeals and a navy sponsored push.

Pathe Victoria Theatre Pathe Company Christ Seattle Wash Puget Sound Transport Service New York Navy Publicity Department of the Navy

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