Cotton market recovers as rail orders aid sentiment
New York early trading sees the cotton market rebound, with May futures near 29.36 and a net rise from the previous session amid expectations of continued shipments to the south and fewer price-fix concerns. Wholesale price lists show varied grain and produce values across regions, while Wilmington naval stores and Savannah turpentine and rosin markets reflect firm activity and stock levels.
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New York
Railroe
New Ee
Ilign
Pecembe
Pie Eee Lege
England
Ary Weal Yaeres
Spot cotton quiet as middling uplands at 31.50
New York on February 2 reports spot cotton market quiet with middling uplands priced at 31.50 cents per pound. The brief note catalogs current price for the benchmark grade in the active region.
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New York
Spot Cotton in New Orleans Holds Steady
New Orleans spot cotton remains quiet and unchanged with 33 bales sold on the spot and 148 to arrive. Quotations show low middling at 29.25, middling 30.50, and good middling 31.25 per hundredweight.
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New Orleans
Chicago live stock prices and receipts report
Chicago market update shows hogs receipts at 95 000 with bulk prices 16.25 to 16.50 and varied ranges for light mixed and heavy hogs. Cattle receipts 6 000 with range 6.40 to 14.15 for cows and heifers and 7.45 to 10.60 for stockers. Sheep receipts 5 000 with lambs 14.75 to 17.75 and feeders 10.00 to 13.50.
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Chicago
Grain and meat futures and cash prices listed
Markets show corn at 1271 and 1.276 on March and May contracts with oats around 813 and 868. Pork May at 7.258 and lard May at 20.00 with ribs at 24.60. Cash prices quote corn No 2-3 yellow 1.66 to 1.70 and oats No 3 white 88 to 88 3-4 with rye and barley nominal and Timothy and clover ranges.
Foreclosure Sale by Mechanics Home Association in Wilmington
By virtue of a mortgage power Mechanics Home Association will sell at public auction on Monday February 4 1918 at noon at the New Hanover County Courthouse to the highest bidder the described land in Wilmington North Carolina parcel part of lots 5 and 6 in Block 4 in the plan of the city due to default in payments. The sale is for cash to satisfy the mortgage. W B McKay attorney for the association. 1-14-21t
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Herbert Eskins
Viola Eskins
Office of the Register of Deeds
New Hanover County
Mechanics’ Home Association
Court House
County of
New Hanover
Wooster Street
Seventh Street
W. B. McKay
Nerney
Mechanics’ Home Associaton
W. A. Simon
Annie HB. Simon
C. F. Howell
Jessi N. Howell
Etney
Office of the Register of Deeds of
Per Onine
Wright Street
Fifth Street
Wilmington
N. C
W. B. MC Eoy
The
Seed Oil Market Quiet With No Sales Reported
New York cotton seed oil market remained quiet with spot 20.20 bid. March and May 20 25 offers reported but no sales occurred.
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Atlantic Coast Line
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American Sugar Refining
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Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
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China Copper
Colorado
de Columbia Gas and Electric
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Midvale Steel
Missouri Pacific
Nevada Copper
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Northern Pacific
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Pittsburg Coal
Ray Consolidated ‘Copper Bs
Reading
Acu Eeens
Republic Iron & Steel
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Sinclair Oil
Tobanco
Oaks
Cicore
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Union Pacific
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U. S. Industrial Alcohol
U.S. Rubber
United States Steel
Utah Copper
United Fruit
Virginia Cara. Chem
Wabash Ptd
Gulf States Steel (B
Inspiration Copper
Westinghouse Electric
Willys-Overland
City Teachers Set Monday Afternoon Meeting at Hemenway
Monthly session of city school teachers to be held in the Hemenway School auditorium Monday at 4 o'clock. Attendance expected to be large. Only routine matters to be discussed.
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Hemenway
Heenway
Masonic Degrees Conferred at Wilmington Lodge Meeting
The fellowcraft degree was conferred on several candidates at the emergent Wilmington Lodge communication held Saturday at 3 30 PM in the Masonic Temple. Degrees from nineteenth to thirtieth were given by Liberty Council of Kadosh and the thirtieth first by Wilmington consistory last night. In a separate item, D C Martin suffered serious bruising when a tree he and W M Gray were felling fell onto him. no bones were broken according to Dr Goley.
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Wilmington
D. C. Martin
W. M. Gray
Mr. Martin
Brunswick County News
North Carolina Red Cross drives exceed in ten chapters
About ten North Carolina Red Cross chapters met their Christmas drive allotments with Whiteville and Acme in Columbus county among the success stories. Whiteville workers nearly doubled the target, as reported by the Whiteville News Reporter. Rubber boots at Peterson and Rulfs. AdV.
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Red Cross
North Carolina
Columbus County
Whiteville
Acme
Smallest Class of Lawyers in 25 Years
Raleigh February 2 Special dispatch reports a $4,000,000 steel plant charter and an elastic license for construction tied to Mr Armistead. New lawyer licenses total 22, the smallest class in 25 years. Notable names include Marion Butler Fowler Edward L Travis Jr Dan Hugh McLean and Joseph L Seawell with local political and health notes.
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N. C
Armistead
Bryan Grimes
Charles H. Twist
New York
Raymond C. Tyree
Sherwood Haywood
Twist
Marion Butler Fowler
Hillsboro
Edw. L. Travis, Jr
Halifax
State Corporation Commission
Dan Hugh McLean
Harnett
Alfred Moore McLean
McLean
North Carolina
Bryan
Joseph L. Seawell
Snowfall totals in Watauga County noted by resident
A Watauga County resident measured winter snowfalls and found since December 8 a total of four feet two inches if all melted snow remained. A late September snow in the region measured four inches and warned Mountaineers of the season to come.
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Charlotte Observer
Boone Democrat
Watauga County
Watauga
The Advantages of Wilmington Fully Described
The article details advantages of Wilmington, outlining economic growth, infrastructure, and civic benefits. It emphasizes port activity, shipping, and regional development as key factors shaping the city’s progress.
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Wilmington
Wilmington Seaboard Magazine Highlights Gateway and Industrial Promise
The Seaboard Magazine extols Wilmington North Carolina as a strategic seaport and growing industrial center. It emphasizes proximity to raw materials, low power and labor costs, strong transport links, and a substantial industrial payroll while noting banks, living conditions, and a active chamber of commerce.
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Seaboard Magazine
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Wilmington
N. C
New York
Fernandina
Jacksonville
Fla
Cape Fear River
North Atlantic
United States
Southeast
South Atlantic
Birmingham
Oth
Progressive Railway
Seaboard Air Line
Chamber of Commerce
Hanover County Primary Candidacy Mentioned
A note indicates an individual plans to run as a candidate in Hanover County during the upcoming primary. The brief fragment signals candidacy without detailing party affiliation or election date.
Democratic Candidates Announce for Hanover County
Two notices from 1913 1918 invite Democratic voters in Hanover County to support EDGAR D WILLI and JOHN HAAR for local offices. Writings pledge to abide by primary outcomes and seek best service to the people. The postings date February 2 1913 and reference a primary election in 1918.
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Hanover County
Edgar D. Willi
Candidate for Register of Deeds in 1918 Primary
A local candidate announces intention to run for the office of Register of Deeds in the March 19 1918 primary election and seeks the support of Democratic voters in New Hanover County.
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New Hn
Register OF Deeds
New Hang County
Fegi of Deeds
New Hanover County
J. D. Edwards
J. Herbert Johnstn Sun Mon
Ng Hanover County
Office of Register Deeds
Enamored note mailed by error to Bladen Journal
A terse musty line recalls a misaddressed letter to Bladen Journal called an enamorating epistle. The sender warns a cautious recipient and hints at a humorous, affectionate misdelivery tied to a person nicknamed humming bird.
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Bladen Journal
George
Blad
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