Cotton Market Reacts to Holiday Silence and Rail Demand
New York and New Orleans spot cotton steadies with prices around 29.30 to 31.50 amid scattered liquidation and improved export demand. Oil and grain markets edge higher on dampness and warm weather, while stocks close firmer after holiday settlements with notable gains in rails and metals.
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New Orleans
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Liberty
Chicago Live Stock Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago live stock market notes February 9 with hogs receipts about 1,000 and mixed price ranges from 15.85 to 16.60 for heavy and light hogs. Cattle receipts around 4,000 with native steers 8.40 to 18.90 and calves up to 9.50. Sheep count 7,000 with lambs at 14.25 and other ranges.
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Savannah Market Turpentine and Osin Prices Report
Savannah market data from February 8 shows turpentine sales at 44, receipts 22, shipments 148, stock 25,659. Osin figures include sales 383, receipts 750, shipments, 90,494, with quotes BD EFGHI 6.25, K 6.70, N 740, We 7.60, WW 7.65.
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Fragmentary Receipt Digest From Unknown Source
The text presents a fragmentary sequence of letters numbers and symbols without clear context. It lacks identifiable persons organizations places dates or actionable events. Stored as an unreadable OCR snippet with no coherent narrative.
Wilmington Naval Stores Market Summary
Spirits at 43. Rosin N. D Tar three dollars and eleven and four tenths cents. Crude prices listed as four dollars, four dollars, and three dollars.
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Wilmington
N. D
Spanish Steamer Sebastian Sunk Off Course to New York
Official announce ment reports the Spanish steamship Sebastian of 4,500 tons torpedoed while bound for New York. The crew was saved.
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Madrid
Sebastian
New York
Clearing House Reserves Rise in New York Week
The week shows clearing house banks and trust companies holding 89,305,280 dollars in excess of legal requirements. This marks an increase of 26,997,980 dollars from the previous week.
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Nap Lajoie in Toronto War Sparks Cubs Toronto Standoff
In a tense bid to rescue Nap Lajoie, the Cubs brace for a Toronto clash that could end with Napoleon playing for Toronto or not at all. The Maple Leafs assert control over Lajoie’s appearance, risking a canceled game if demands aren’t met.
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Local Markets Wholesale Prices List
Eggs and butter priced with eggs at various figures. Chickens and ducks offered with ranges. Beef dressed at 13 to 14 cents. Potatoes Irish Maine seed listed. Hams shoulders and ribs quoted. Cabbage scarce at 4.35 per 100 pounds. Hides wool corn beeswax salt tallow onions peanuts apples oranges and other produce priced. Various regional items including North Carolina and Virginia origins.
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Ice cream too hot for Americans says Prof Washburn
Washington February 9 Ice cream is too hot a food for Americans to eat says Prof R M Washburn of the University of Minnesota He warns warm weather eating a dish of ice cream actually makes the eater hotter The ice cream men plan to cool the product more for next summer and adjust fat standards to wartime needs reducing fat from about 14 percent to 8-10 percent to save fat and money and aid health and war work.
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Washington
R. M. Washburn
University of Minnesota
Bulletin
Washburn
Fallen Sammies to Be Buried in France
A Toledo gas expert recounts opposition within the American Expeditionary Army to the Purple Cross plan to embalm and return soldiers’ bodies from No Man’s Land at no cost to families. Officers fear the danger to stretcher bearers and question sentimental value versus military practicality.
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Hoover Aims to End Dining Room Swing in Baseball Era
The article states for the first time baseball players cannot freely dine in hotel dining rooms while the nation searches for reform. It presents Mr. Hoover as the solution to this long standing issue affecting players and the sport.
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Class One Eyes Draft With Quiet Confidence
The article notes some pastimers not chasing a top rating in the draft while a veteran group labeled Class One appears ready. A ball tosser notes the odds and prepares for the selective process with cautious optimism.
Soldier's View on War Sentiment and Burial Wishes
A soldier speaks of his preference to die where he falls rather than be transported home after six weeks. He notes burial would shock his mother, yet she would be proud, and that pride might help her cope with the loss. He questions the need to carry him home in any case.
Philadelphus High students stage "Dust of the Earth" play
Maxton North Carolina February 9 The Philadelphus High school pupils presented the play The Dust of the Earth in the Graded School auditorium last evening Proceeds were shared between Maxton Chapter Red Cross and the Philadelphus auxiliary The article also notes silver wedding anniversaries invitations from Rev A L Ormond and Mrs Ormond and the homecoming of Mrs J O McClelland Milton L McRae a respected negro merchant was buried yesterday He was well known among both races and admired for honesty in business and friendships with white communities
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Maxton
N. C
Philadelphus High School
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Ormond
Wilmington
Al McCoy Displaying Skills in Pacific Winter Bouts
Al McCoy once claimed the middleweight title and is showcasing his fighting style in short bouts along the Pacific this winter.
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al McCoy
Pacific
Auction Notice of Wilmington Mortgage Foreclosure
By virtue of powers of sale in two mortgages held by W A Simon and C F Howell the Mechanics Home Association will sell at public auction on February 15 1918 at 12 oclock noon at the New Hanover County Court House door the described land in Wilmington N C to satisfy defaulted payments. The first tract covers parts of Blocks 1 and 2 in Block 20 and the second tract is a contiguous lot in the same block. Attorney W B McK was authorized to execute this foreclosure.
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Wright Street
Fifth Street
Wilmington
N. C
W. B. MC K Attorney
The
Mechanics’ Home Association
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