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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1917
Page
3
New York cotton traders report a thin local stock ahead of May deliveries with modest selling and a generally steady tone. May prices slip to 19.37 while July and October hover around 19.10 and 18.05 as May buyers edge toward July and October contracts.
New Orleans April 24 traders bought futures as favorable weather forecasts and census data pointed to heavier lint output than expected this season. After a stronger start the market gave way as selling picked up. opening months fell about 51 points from yesterday's close.
Orleans market reports steady tones with spot prices in the upper teens to low twenties and sales around 4,673 bales for the day. Liverpool cotton futures show quick moves with good middling at 12.57 and various near term contracts trading around 11.37 to 11.85.
Chicago grain figures show an upward swing as unfavorable foreign crop reports and heavy plowing of Illinois wheat pressure futures. May futures climb to around 2.31 1 2 while July nears 1.98 to 1.98 3 4 with broad gains across months.
The page lists commodity prices for eggs, butter, beef, potatoes, produce, and naval stores. Prices are given for regional items such as NC hams and shoulders, Florida cabbage, Virginia and Spanish peanuts, waxes, and tar and rosin, with occasional notes on receipts and market activity.
Turpentine firm mixed receipts and small stock rise with 8 911 barrels on hand. Rosin firm shows 667 receipts and 93 931 stocks while shipments reach 914. Prices quoted for various grades range from 5.65 to 6.20 with multiple series and week-adjusted figures.
New York reports unsettled egg receipts totaling 23 515 with fresh gathered and storage packed items priced from 34 1/2 to 86 1/2 cents for fresh firsts. Butter unchanged. Cheese strong with state fresh specials around 26 1/4 to 1/2. Live poultry steady. dressed market dull with chickens 23 to 51 cents, fowls 21 to 27, turkeys 18 to 34 cents.
New York on April 24 raw sugar trading remained quiet with May notices around 2500 tons in circulation and liquidation continuing in sugar futures. Prices at midday held steady with late gains as Cuban buyers and cover activity pushed values up.
New York April 24 Coffee Rio No. 7 futures ended steady with May at 7.83 and July at 8.02 as traders held positions. Market notes show Rio No. 7 quality remains in focus amid theater of supply signals.
New York April 24 stocks show early strength with equipment and munition issues leading advances of 1 to 11-2 points and Ohio Gas up 23-4. United States Steel gains a full point with associated industrials. Copper recovers and rails stay largely flat while Interborough preferred falls 4 points. Major names include American Tobacco up 5-1/2, United Fruit at 133-1/4, General Motors down slightly and many industrials listed with varied quotes.
Fritz Hanson defeated John Kelonis in Sumter South Carolina after both won a fall each. The Greek Kelonis was disqualified for a persistent stranglehold, with Hanson taking the second fall by head scissors and ankle grip after Kelonis led the first with a double arm lock.
An explosion at the Aetna Explosives Company plant in Coalburg near Birmingham instantly killed three powder workers around noon. Several others were injured. Company officers ordered an investigation into the cause of the blast.
Denver, April 24 Rev S R S Gray vicar of Immanuel Episcopal Church says America is a prayer to the Deity for the Nation. Most congregants are of German descent yet the National anthem is sung at services. The custom began three months ago when war was a distant prospect.
Seaboard announces limited return fare offers to Atlanta Birmingham New Orleans Washington Dallas and Macon with sale dates in April May June at reduced prices, various returning deadlines, and a one dollar to fifty cent extension options. Contact R W Wallace T A Wilmington N C for details.
The article discusses the arrival of French leaders and officials, led by Marshal Joffre, and outlines their roles in advising and aiding the American effort in organizing the new army. It lists figures like Vice Admiral Chocheprat, Marquis de Chambrun, M. Suttron, M. Hovelacque, and Surgeon Major Dreyfus, detailing their backgrounds and intended contributions.
Warsaw books a Redcliffe Chautauqua for early fall with guarantors from leading local business and professional men. Town officials promise strong financial backing and broad civic benefit from the event.
An advertisement touts Pompeian HAIR Massage as a treatment to stop dandruff and improve hair thickness and shine. It claims quick scalp stimulation, non staining amber liquid formula, and easy use with a Turkish towel, offered in 25¢ 50¢ and $1 sizes.
A coroner's jury found Captain John Wesley Hinnant of Coast Line section master died when a switch was left open by unknown hands allowing a coal car collision. The inquest examined railway workers present at the Smith Creek yard scene.
Fragmentary OCR notes give a Wednesday sun rise and set time with unclear values and garbled names. The readable part mentions sunrise and sunset and a date-like entry, but lacks precise times or location details.
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