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Wilmington Dispatch

Location

Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America

Date

Dec 21, 1917

Page

3

Cotton and grain futures drift amid war scare and rail car delays

Chicago and New York markets show mixed movement with cotton futures easing after December notices. grain prices dip as weather improves crop quality. Reports cite railcar shortages as Eastern roads return to the West, while stocks slide on war financing fears and tighter trade restrictions.

Chicago New York Baltimore and Ohio American Tobacco Inspiration Copper Studebaker Pullman Liberty

New Orleans Cotton market gains on fresh buying

New Orleans open December cotton shows 2 to 4 points rally from yesterday's close as buying returns. Spot cotton in New Orleans rises 2 to 5 points with sales at 2 7 0 1 to arrive 70 and middling around 29.18 amid receipts of 3 351 and stock levels unchanged.

Imere Riterie Liverpool Germany New Orleans Orleans Virleans

Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Report

Liverpool cotton market figures show spot prices steady with good middling around 22.31. Receipts total 2,000 bales with 2,000 held for delivery and 209 bales from America. Futures: January at 22.29, May at 22.19, with earlier fixed prices for December and January notes and March-April ranges.

Liverpool Leerpool Nertean Jin Janame Opmary Miny-dune

Chicago live stock market report

Hog receipts total 7,000 with prices ranging from 11.00 to 16.70 for mixed and rough grades. Cattle and calves show 9,000 receipts with calves at 9.00 to 16.50, cows and heifers around 11.20, stockers and yearlings 10.25, western cattle 12.75, and lambs at 12.50. Overall market movement described as steady to weak.

Chicago Dee

Liverpool Cotton Statistics Weekly Report

Liverpool dispatches week of December 21 show 39 000 bales forwarded to mills and sales, American stock 285 000 bales, imports 55 000 bales, exports noted. The figures reflect weekly activity in American cotton trade with mills and markets.

Liverpool Seles

Savannah Naval Stores Report on December Stocks and Sales

The Savannah naval stores report shows turpentine firm sales of 45, receipts 154, shipments 157, stock 25 715. Rosin firm sales 486, receipts 559, shipments 100, stock 79 962. Quotation: BDEFGHI 6.15 K 6.70 M 7.00 N 7.30 WG 7.60 WW 1d.

Savannah Naval Stores Savannah

Cotton seed oil market closes strong in New York

The market closed strong with spot 19.00, December 19.00, January 19.05, March 19.24, May 18.99. Total sales reached 1,000 barrels.

New York

Realty Deals. Few Transactions Filed for Record This Morning

Deeds filed for record include C. D. Weeks and wife to W. D. Colwell for $100 and other considerations, northern Castle street line 53 feet from Seventh street, 26 1 2 by 100. Southern Realty and Development Co to Scott Stone for $1 and lot at Lakeside Park.

C. D. Weeks W. D. Colwell Castle Street Seventh Street Southern Realty and Development Company Scott Stone Lakesice Park

August Flower Remedy Promoted for Digestive Ailments

Green's advertisement presents August Flower as a gentle laxative and tonic for disordered stomachs and inactive liver. It claims to ease sick head ache constipation sour stomach and indigestion by regulating digestion and stimulating bile flow. Bottles priced 25 and 75 cents sold at Green's Drug Store.

Green’s Drug Store Adv

Certain Courtesies Arranged

British Danish French and Belgian consuls visited Leon Trotzky Bolshevik foreign minister in Petrograd and arranged to exchange courtesies with Russian official couriers.

Petrograd Leon Trotzky

Minimum 3 000 000 Seals Reached Drive for 5 000 000

Raleigh December 21 N C Only a few days remain the State Board of Health reminds in urging the drive to close the sale of Red Cross Christmas seals to fund tuberculosis relief war conditions. North Carolina targets 3 000 000 to 5 000 000 seals with per capita nine seals and a possible maximum of 50 000 dollars.

Raleigh N. C State Board of Health Red Cross North Carolina le B. McBrayer Execu Tive State Red Cross Seal Commission

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