Cotton and grain markets mixed amid peace talk and rains
New York and Chicago reports show steady cotton open with declines after rainfall scarcity in the Southwest and late gains on peace proposals. Grain futures drift with corn leading advances and wheat near standstill as cash prices surge in Peoria and broad market weakness follows. A Rutgers College note cites a summer diet finding that 27 cents daily per person suffices for wartime meals.
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Chicago
Benedict
Peoria
New York Spot Cotton Prices Report
New York August 14 spot cotton quoted quiet with middling grade at 26.70 cents per pound.
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New York
Cotton prices rise in New Orleans market on strong short covering
Cotton trading opened firm in New Orleans as rains failed in Texas and Vatican peace proposals provided a steadying influence. Heavy short covering pushed active months 65 to 86 points above prior quotes, with gains culminating near 24.40 to 24.66 per pound across front months.
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New Orleans
Texas
Vatican
New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices and Totals
New Orleans spot cotton quiet and unchanged at 25.00 to 26.12 cents. Sales on the spot 40 to arrive 1,000. Receipts 2,743 and stocks 126,538.
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New Orleans
Cotton Prices in Liverpool Fall on Spot and Futures
Liverpool August market shows spot cotton prices down about ten points with American middling fair at 20.38 and good ordinary 18.15. Sales total 5,000 bales including 3,400 American. receipts 4,000 bases. Futures quoted for August to December at several cross contracts, with declines of around 10 points.
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Liverpool
Coffee Prices Noted In York Dispatch Fragments
In York the fragmentary note mentions coffee with vague figures and dates including August 14 and September. The OCR text is incomplete and lacks clear event details or entities to fully define a news item.
Turpentine and Rosin Stocks and Receipts Report
Savannah notes show turpentine firm 371-4 with receipts 565 and shipments 286, stocks 32 468. Rosin firm reports receipts 1 441 shipments 4 290, stocks 90 551. Quoted prices list multiple broker initials with values from 5.15 to 6.95.
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Savannah
Turpentine
Rosin
B. D. BE
W. G
W. W
Sugar futures dip on food bill fears then steady
New York sugar markets show raw sugars 7.65 to 7.77 with molasses 6.89 and refined at 8.40 to 9.15. Fears of food control inclusion trigger heavy liquidation, prices falling 20 to 31 points before short covering recovers. Noon quotes 7 to 12 points lower. close steady to 9 points down. Sales 33,950 tons. Prices: September 6.09 December 5.33 January 4.91 March 4.76.
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New York
Cotton Seed Market Closes Strong In New York
New York reported a firm cotton seed market with spot at 14.80 and August bids around 15.20. Futures ranged from September 15.32 to 15.35 and March 15.10 to 15.12, with total sales 25 700 barrels.
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New York
Pontiff Proposes Peace Note to Powers at War
The Pope issues a formal peace proposal calling for a restoration of the status quo ante bellum and for arbitration on Alsace Lorraine Trent Trieste and Poland. It demands full restoration of Belgium and colonies to Germany, plus territorial adjustments to be settled later. Entente diplomats doubt America will accept terms lacking wide consensus.
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Trieste
von Bethmann-Hollweg
Germany
Belgium
London
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Cardinal Gasparri
Rome
Vatican
Virginian railway manager resigns, effective August 31
Telegraphic Sparks reports James Berlingett, general manager of the Virginian railway based in Norfolk, has tendered his resignation which has been accepted and will take effect on August 31.
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James Berlingett
The
Virginian Railway
Norfolk
Body of Unidentified American Sailor Found At Queenstown
The body of a 34 year old unidentified American bluejacket washed ashore in Queenstown on Aug. 13. A U S N marked key tied around the neck identified him as U S Navy. The American consulate is conducting an investigation.
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Queenstown
Cape Fear River Stage At Fayetteville 8 A.M. Yesterday
Data on the Cape Fear river stage at Fayetteville North Carolina at 8 oclock yesterday morning was not received.
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Fayetteville
N. C
Rotary Club backs Wilmington advertising drive amid universal training talk
The Wilmington Rotary Club discussed universal military training and debated supporting the Chamberlain bill while urging NC lawmakers to back it. The group approved studying the Administration bill, planned to push Chamber of Commerce cooperation, and considered hiring a commercial agent to promote Wilmington’s advantages locally and globally.
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Louis Hanson
Rotary
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Moore
Shrier
Mington
Morris Lipinsky
Bon Marche
Asheville
Leonard Wood
Wilmington
J. R. Eddy
Oglethorpe, Ga
Hugh MacRae
TAR HEELS FOLLOW TRAINING OF ENGINEERS AT AMERICAN UNIVERSITY
The list details engineers and officers awarded promotions and appointments in the engineer training program at American University District of Columbia. Names include 0 B. Bright Curtis Bates R. C. Eugene Gelly O. R. C. and many others across locations such as Roanoke Richmond Atlanta Savannah and Jacksonville with ranks first lieutenant second lieutenant and major engineer section.
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Roanoke
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Eugene Gelly
Atlanta
William $. Pottinger, Jr
Savannah
Henry Taylor
Richmond
Thomas B. Catchingis
Merritt W. Dixon
Alfred B. Marshall
East Falls Church
Collier McCall
St. Petersburg
Fla
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Montezuma
F. Sachs
Jacksonville
Alexander Taylor
Morgantown
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Henry E. Newton
Gabbetville
William E. Matthews
Raleigh
Charles T. Townsend, Jr
London
Cantonment Gardens Suggested by Wood
General Leonard Wood recommends to the War Department that 120 to 150 acre tracts at each cantonment be set aside for vegetable cultivation to feed soldiers. Herbert Hoover endorses the plan, which is likely to be adopted. Troops suited for such work could cultivate the army farms, Wood states.
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Associated Press
Charleston
S. C
Leonard Wood
War Department
Herbert C. Hoover
Pershing's Paris Residence Through Historic Quarter
The Hôtel Gorte in Faubourg Saint Germain, built in the first Empire for the Marquise de Semonville, later owned by the Duchi of Montebello and Princess Stourdza, passed through Russian and American hands. The mansion preserves Louis XV woodwork and paneling, with later restoration and modernization in the prewar era.
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Montebello
Stotirad
Moldavia
Valachia
Louis XV
Faubourg Saint-Germain
War on Mosquitoes at Columbia Camp
The Red Cross War Council allocated 10000 dollars to make the Columbia South Carolina army cantonment and nearby area malaria free. A one mile zone will be created around the camp and the malaria carrying mosquito will be attacked by draining stagnant water regrading creeks oiling pools and streams and an educational campaign for residents.
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Associated Press
Washington
Red Cross War Council
Columbia
S. C
Army
Columbia Cantonment
La Follette War Tax Bill Minority Report Ends Chapter
The continuation presents the La Follette minority stance on the war tax bill. It outlines objections to funding policy and emphasizes fiscal restraint and opposition from the minority perspective.
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Lafollette
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