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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 07, 1917
Page
3
Market review lists wholesale prices for poultry and produce with figures for butter ducks Irish potatoes cabbage and hides. Wilmington naval stores values shown for spirits rosin tar and crude with ranges. Observed place mentions include Wilmington Charleston and Savannah reflecting regional pricing and commodities.
New York reports a sharp early market rise driven by sparse selling and renewed buying interest in the southwest. October and January futures showed gains around 26.50 and 26.11 respectively as prices edged higher, with a thin spot market and Corton closing steady amid overall firming tone.
The New York spot market reported quiet activity with middling cotton priced at 28.00 cents per pound. The August 7 report notes no significant price movement and steady demand for the fiber in the trading session.
New Orleans August 7. The cotton market opened firm as western spot strength boosted demand. In the first half hour active months rose 49 to 53 points with little cotton for sale around the contract right. Cotton closed steady, 2 to 6 points higher.
In Liverpool on August 7 the cotton market showed a fair inquiry with spot prices up 60 points. American middling at 20.58, good middling 20.15, and other grades listed. Sales 4,000 bales, receipts 9,000, futures 50 points higher with values through May-July at 16.46. All prices fixed.
The cotton seed oil market in New York closed steady with spot bids at 14.85 and futures ranges from August to March. Total sales reached 60,200 units.
Butter irregular receipts reach 13000 with creamery higher kin extras at 40 1 2 to 41 1 4. Eggs firm with 21285 cases gathered extras 40 to 41 and firsts 34 to 39 3 4. Choose Firm reports 3876 receipts with averages 21 3 4 to 22 1 2. Dresad Poultry unchanged.
Coffee futures calm with September at 8.02 and December at 8.02 as Ricks and related notes show steady pricing in New York on August 7. The report records brief quotes and limited trading detail from COFFEE, New York.
New York prices for raw sugar range 7.27 to 7.40 with refining strong and futures opening firm. Noon quotes 5 to 15 points higher. closing steady to 1 to 8 points higher. Sales reported at 23,300 tons with September 6.37 and December 5.93.
Turpentine firm held 551 receipts and 25 shipments with stocks at 30 858 while Rosin firm shows 2 492 receipts 1 060 shipments and 89 160 stocks. The New York market noted a mixed day with United States Steel down to 126 3 4 and many industrials slipping. Chicago grains faced rain aided bears but rallied.
A German seal plane landed at Texel in Holland yesterday after being fired on by Dutch soldiers. It was short of gasoline and the occupants were interned.
The former Czar of Russia, before his reposition, owned an estate about three times England’s area. British Museum aims to copy every published book. Its vast library contains 7,125,000 volumes.
Stage of water in the Cape Fear River at Fayetteville North Carolina at 8 a m yesterday was 8.0 feet. Sun rises yesterday and sets Wednesday at 5 28 a m 107.
The Public Health Service directs a new sanitation bureau led by Dr. W H Frost to improve cantonment health. Red Cross War Council Chairman Henry P Davidson says the effort is vital for troops and civilians as local funds may be limited. Sanitary units include bacteriologists inspectors nurses and assistants to supply disinfactants and home sanitation support.
Seven Texas lower Rio Grande representatives urged drastic action to block Mexican pink boll worm intrusion. They supported a cotton free zone only as a last resort, preferring Mexico side measures and substitutes if needed, with department aid and careful consideration of regional losses.
Allied secret intelligence officers with Scandinavian police cooperation uncovered a large German submarine intelligence network based in Gothenburg Sweden with maps and code systems to track Allied and neutral ships. The operation included branches in Christiania and Malmo and involved Scandinavian agents. Also noted were a German plot to murder the British ambassador in Petrograd and a Texas conference on pink bollworm safeguards.
Report notes the alleged German plot involving Heinrich von Hekharat to use Mexico to drive a wedge between Mexico and the United States and to sway Japan from the Allies. The marginal story ties the Zimmermann affair to a broader plan attributed to German officials.
Chicago August 16. The Illinois State Council of Defense met to plan concerted action to reduce coal prices possibly seizing mines as advocates from 16 states gathered for the conference.
An official notice from the Admiralty announces Vice Admiral Sir Rosslyn Wemyss as second sea lord replacing Admiral Sir Cecil Burney. Alan Garrett Anderson becomes controller of naval construction, while Sir William Graham Greene leaves the permanent secretary post to join the ministry of munitions. The changes signal a broader reorganization aimed at energizing naval policy and war planning efforts.
Scattered OCR text references a stamped or painted sign with the phrase Christowebth and a set of numbers or codes. Mentions a person, an undersigned, and a manager role with a list of numbers. The fragmentary wording lacks clear event, date, or location details.
A quorum was not present and no meeting occurred in last night’s City Council session. The Lonon Times reports a push to grant Edinburgh a freedom title to Walter Hines Page, the American ambassador to the court of St James.
Letters to the Illinois Council of Defense urge women be engaged in war work as 41 men drawn for service. The Wesley-Shaw Taxicab Company, operating 800 cabs and employing over 2,000 workers, has already called for women chauffeurs.
Members of the House decided to dispatch five representatives to the United States to study conditions. The delegation will depart in September and return in December. Mrs. Mary H. Sharp, 98, registered for national service in Montgomery City, Missouri.
The bulletin lists limited return round trip fares from Wilmington and intermediate points to destinations such as Buffalo Chattanooga Lake Toxaway Black Mountain Ridge Chest Waynesville St Louis Raleigh Cleveland Vicksburg Atlanta and more with final limits ranging from August 17 to October 31 1917. Fares include 12 to 38 55 with varying sale dates and final limits. Reservations are via phone 160 and C Whith Gen Pass Agt.
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