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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 23, 1917
Page
3
Market reports show varied commodity pricing including cotton trading steadiness near late session highs and spot values for Norfolk, Wilmington, and other staples. Stocks list many industrials and rail names with mixed moves as United States Steel and others fluctuated while coppers held limited gains and Allis-Chalmers and General Electric appeared among notable quotes.
Cotton on the New Orleans Exchange rose briefly in early trading as dry Texas weather boosted demand, then faded with a 1 to 2 point decline by noon. Spot New Orleans sold 3,196 bales with prices around 17.81 to 19.74 for various grades, while Liverpool futures showed firm spot and modest gains. Cotton seed oil in New York closed steady with total sales of 18,500 parrels.
The notice records sunrise and sunset times for Tuesday April 23 1917 with sunrise at 6 50 am and sunset after. It lists the event as a daily celestial outline and notes the local date.
Savannah naval stores data for April 23 shows firm turpentine stock at 8,891 and receipts 54 with shipments 111. Rosin stock 94,178, receipts 231, shipments 880. Prices listed for grades B through N range from 5.65 to 6.15 with WG 6.10 and WW 6.15.
Chicago trading opened with mixed moves as wheat prices slipped on reduced speculative buying and favorable crop prospects in the southwest. May and July futures showed slight gains then fell back, while corn and oats followed the broader downtrend with scattered selling and no strong buying interest. Hog and grain markets remained heavy with low spirits and limited demand.
Special correspondent D O McIntyre records a peripatetic April 22 in New York filled with social callings. encounters include H Roth D Gibson and H Ac ton on a florists run and a cinema turn by Hall Caine’s son. witty asides touch on conscription talk a birthday gift a department store and a war pamphleteer dinner with notable guests.
Butter unsettled with receipts 6455 pounds. creamery highers to 44 1 2. eggs firm with 26323 cases delivered. fresh gathered extras 37 1 4 to 36 1 2. cheese strong with 4222 receipts. dressed poultry dull with chickens 23 to 31, fowls 21 to 27, turkeys 27 to 34.
The stage of water in the Cape Fear River at Fayetteville North Carolina at 8 am yesterday was 7.0 feet.
Dr. J. W. Tankersley and Dr. T. J. Wood from this city attended the State Medical Society meeting. Tankersley arrived from Asheville after presenting a surgical paper. Wood was the only other local physician to attend and returned home earlier. They traveled by automobile with Mrs. Tankersley accompanying.
Seaboard Air Line Bulletin lists special round trip fares from Wilmington by date to cities including Atlanta Birmingham New Orleans Washington Dallas and Macon with limited return deadlines. Rates range from 13 20 to 78 90 and end with agent contact R W Wallach C T A Wilmington NC.
A Coney Island police officer found a man singing a slogan near the Columbia carousel. The stranger, Peter T. Pendleton, claimed a cart home and varied talk as his occupation and was arrested for being jiggled.
Broadway players and critics debate the final line of The Easiest Way. Frances Starr reportedly recalled saying I'm off to Rector's and to hell while others doubted this. Eugene Walter, the playwright, later confessed he could not remember the exact words.
Vivid street scene sketches depict a man in a checkered suit and pearl derby carrying a Bible, a wheezy dog with an American flag in its harness, and an elderly woman with gray hair smoking a cigarette, all observed in town.
Mercantile and commercial paper prices listed with 60 day bills at about 4.72 and 4.713 to 4. 4 and francs and other currencies show small changes. Time loans ease to 60 days around 3 1/2, 90 days 4, 6 months 4 1/4. Call money steady to firm with a 3 percent peak and last loan at 3.
New York reports futures for Coffee Rio No 7 at 10c steady. May contract at 7.82 and July at 8.02, signaling a flat trading mood for April 23. Market notes reflect minimal price movement across the board.
Raw sugar quotes steady to firm early, with refined and confectioners grades showing modest gains. The sugar futures market opened easier, with midday declines of 4 to 7 points and MayMay Hallida tion in progress amid light selling by Cuban interests. Sales totaled 13,250 tons as May 5.34 July 5.48 September 5.54.
The Rt. Hon. Arthur J. Balfour aged 69 heads Britain’s delegation to the Washington conference. The former prime minister, famed for his health battle and long public service, is described as modest and languid in his youth, later rising to Chief Secretary for Ireland and ultimately the premiership.
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