Cotton Market Mixed as Futures Close Steady After Fluctuations
Aug 17 reports show futures firming briefly then easing as weather prospects and private crop reports influenced sentiment. Spot prices in New York and New Orleans fluctuated, with New York steady at 26.17 and New Orleans easing 18 to 24 points on selling.
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New York
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Crucible
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Reading
Canadian Pacific
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Wilmington Naval Stores and Chicago Grain Figures
Wilmington naval stores list Spirits Rosin Tar and Crude prices. Chicago grain notes corn up and down on peace speculation with December and May futures. oats strong on exports. September wheat quiet then firm. New York stocks mixed with rails, metals, and industrials fluctuating.
New Orleans Cotton Spot Prices and Receipts
New Orleans spot market on Route 17 shows cotton firm at 25 points with 854 sales on the spot to arrive. Quotations include good ordinary 24.62 to 25.12, middling around 26.25, low middling 25.60, and good middling 27.00 with 209 receipts and total stock 98,295.
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New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Trade Figures
Liverpool Aus 17. Spot prices ease with good middling at 25. middling 15.80 low middling 19.35. Sales 2,000 bales, including 1,500 American. Recounts 9,000 bales, including 500 American. Futures lower with August at 18.60 and May-June at 16.56.
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Weekly Cotton Statement From Liverpool Market
Liverpool reports weekly cotton statistics with totals: 56 bales forwarded to mills, 50 060 American bales forwarded, stock 100, American 142 000, imports 15 000 American, exports 156.
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Liverpool
Cotton Seed Oil Prices Wait on Spot and Futures
In New York on August 17 the cotton seed oil market closed steady with spot at 15.25. August contracts ranged 15.50 to 15.70 and futures covered several months from September to March, with December through February near 14.93 to 15.32. Total sales reached 21,500 barrels.
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Seoiter
Water level report Payetteville Cape Fear river at 8 am
Water in the Cape Fear river at Payetteville was reported at 24 feet yesterday at 8 am.
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Market Report Butter Eggs Cheese and Poultry Prices
New York market snapshot August 17 shows butter receipts at 12 220 tubs with creamery prices ranging 41 1 4 to 42 1 4 for extras and 39 1 2 to 41 for firsts. Eggs firm with 14 252 cases and prices for extras 44 to 45, firsts 37 to 42. Cheese irregular with 5 971 boxes, fresh state 23 1 2 to 24, average 22 3 4 to 23 1 4. Dresed poultry irregular with chicks 19 to 26, fowls 18 to 25 1 2, turkeys 18 to 32.
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New York
Dresed
Sugar futures steady as New York markets close
Raw sugar in New York on August 17 quiet with centrifugal 7.39 and molasses 6.61. Refined sugar steady with fine granulated 8.40 to 9.15. No trading in futures.
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New York
Coffee No. 7 Rio futures tuck lower
New York price report notes coffee futures ease on Aug 17 with December at 7.75 and March at 7.98.
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New York
Russian torpedo boat destroyed near Aland Archipelago
The Russian torpedo boat destroyer Lieutenant Bourakoff was sunk by a German mine in the Baltic Sea near the Aland Archipelago while following a squadron that included Lieutenant Lebedoeff minister of marine. The loss was confirmed by an official Russian statement.
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Farm Youth Jeopardizes Draft Claim. Kills Self
Abingdon Virginia August 17 James Lee Hawkins about 25 a farmer of Clinchburg Washington killed himself early today at his home by staking poison He had been examined yesterday under the draft law and passed though claiming exemption on the ground of dependent family The incident follows his drafted status and his ultimate decision to end his life rather than join the army
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Suffragists Answer Soldiers Appeal in France
Carrie Chapman Catt, president of the National Woman's Suffrage Association, says suffragists will supply newspapers and magazines to American troops in France. She notes 2,000,000 members will spread the effort, delivering reading material to General Pershing's forces as part of democratic service.
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Anti-Saloon Rule Narrowed For Temporary Camps
Washington August 17 The War Department modified the order banning two saloons within a half mile of a military camp so it does not apply to purely temporary camps. The change follows Kansas City actions as troops mobilized in Convention Hall led to many closures. Officers will restrain soldiers rather than close bars during temporary mobilizations.
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Fire fighting costs rise in New York budget
New York City estimates fire department budget for 1918 shows total firefighting costs at 10,126,297.34 dollars, an increase of 599,717.88 dollars from the current year.
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Associated Press
New York
Sunrise and Sunset Times Chart
Saturday sunrises and sunsets listed with 5:35 sunrise and 6:56 sunset. The page presents a simple daily times table without additional events or context.
Five Men Discharged as Physically Unfit by Draft Board
Five drafted men were discharged as physically unfit. Thurman Clark is discharged conditionally for six weeks due to curable hernia. The group includes Archie Evans white 86 Delgado Street, John Deering Schley white 718 Chestnutt Street, Thurman Clark white 1016 North Fourth Street, Edward Ellis colored 403 Wright Street, and William Jackson colored 1206 North Second Street.
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North Second Street
Self-Styled Spy Graves Seized at Union Station
Dr Armgaard Karl Graves once famed as the Kaiser’s personal spy was arrested in Kansas City for entering a restricted enemy alien area without permits. He claimed work for the State Department and was found with papers on a Saxon Union. Authorities say his State Department cover prompted the arrest.
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Denver
Atony Graves
Washington
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Kansas
Graves
Japanese Socialists to Send Katayama to Stockholm Meet
A small group of Japanese Socialists in Tokyo voted to send Seh Katayama, the Japanese Socialist leader now in New York, as a delegate to the Stockholm Socialist conference. The government reportedly opposes Japanese participation.
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Old Home Week Returns to New Hampshire Towns
Concord reports the eighteenth annual Old Home Week as cities and towns across New Hampshire welcome back native sons and daughters. The event runs August 17 through the week with beacon bonfires, union religious services, picnics, and reunions, drawing former residents from states and territories such as Oregon, California, Texas, and Western Canada.
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Senator LaFollette faces war aims clash in Senate
Utah Senator says finish revenue bill first then decisively defeat LaFollette war aims resolution. He argues the United States should not talk peace but press on with guns and money to France and the allies to beat Germany.
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Amusement, Ice Firms Donate Tickets to Kings Daughters
Town Topics reports Howard-Wells Amusement Company and Plate Ice Company each donated 12.50 dollars worth of ice tickets to the Ministering Circle of Kings Daughters for distribution to the poor. The Norfolk freighter, built recently, now runs New York Wilmington Georgetown replacing the Cherokee. Capt. R W Hart, former Cherokee skipper, commands the Norfolk.
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Road to Mount Olive Now Seems Assured
Dunn August 17 Special to The Dispatch says the Central Carolina railroad from Lillington to Mount Olive is practically assured with capital subscribed after the death of promoter Captain W J Edwards. John Robert Baggett, ex State Senator and Lilling ton lawyer, leads the effort and hopes to extend to the coast. The line would connect Sanford and Lillington and pass through Bute's Creek Coates in Harnett Benson Johnston Newton Grove Sampson and Mount Olive in Wayne. Township bond issues backed by stock are to finance the project, with most towns already agreeing before Edwards' death.
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Nol Presses and Minor Auto Violations Dominate Recorder Session
This morning's Recorder court session was light with autos law issues. J H Johnson had nol pros on tax ordinance, others faced fines or costs for reckless driving and licenses, while several driving ordinance cases were continued to August.
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David Sanders
Cooper Edwards
William Green
Philadelphia mill women pack fracture pillows for Red Cross
One hundred women and girls at a large Philadelphia knitting mill devote the noon hour to packing fracture pillows with waste thread and materials. The pillows will be donated to the Red Cross.
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