Cotton market opens steady with slight declines and recalls
New York trading opens quiet as bids hold firm with May cotton trading between 15.92 and 16.06 as the market shows little fresh sentiment. Spot cotton in New York steady at 15.95 while Wall Street notes cover and strength in steel copper and rail shares amid varied shifts in several commodities. Water stage in Cape Fear at 8 am measured 6.0 feet.
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New York
Urs Earls Yu Alll Yance
Trad
Cotton market in New Orleans shows weekend upturn
Weekend trading in New Orleans opened with short covering and a small rise of 2 to 6 points in the first half hour. Few new deals emerged as professionals dominated activity. By session end prices stood 11 to 14 points above yesterday's close and closed 4 to several points higher.
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New York
Wall Street
United States Steel
New York Central
Union Pacific
Reading
New Haven
Motor Group
International Nickel
American
New Orleans
New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices Hover Steady
New Orleans spot cotton held steady as sales reached 1 838 bales with 800 to arrive. Quotations show good ordinary at 15.69, strict good ordinary 16.19, low middling 16.69, strict low middling 16.94, middling 17.1, strict middling 17.38, good middling 17.59 and strict good middling 17.59.
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New Orleans
Sugar Market Mixed drift on unsettled Cuban affairs
The sugar futures market showed fair activity with an unsettled undertone due to Cuban events. Some producing regions offered favorable cues and prices closed near end-week levels with March at 4.58, May 4.51, July 4.51, and September 4.52. Raw sugar firm with molasses 4.65 to 4.77, centrifugal 5.52 to 5.64, refined firm 7.00 to 7.50.
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New York
Cuba
Wheat Prices Rise on Crop Damage Reports
Chicago notes crop damage from the Southwest and West lifting wheat values. May futures reach 172 1210173 1 2 and July 147 3 4 to 148 14, with broad gains. Corn and oats ease on better freight movement and thin trading, while provisions edge up before packers turn selling.
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Chicago
Savannah Naval Stores Prices and Receipts Report
Turpentine firm shows 48 sales and 86 receipts while Rosin firm records 1276 receipts. Price quotes include B D E F G at 6.00, H I K M at 6.20, N at 6.40, W G at 6.50, and W W at 6.75 set in Savannah on February 17.
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Savannah
Rosin
W. G
W. W
Eggs and Poultry Markets Report From Kansas City and Chicago
Butter and eggs figures move little in Kansas City and Chicago on February 17. Butter firm. creamery 32 to 42 cents. Eggs higher with receipts 3,396 cases. firsts 43.5 to 44 cents, ordinary 42 to 42.5, under mark 40 to 43. Potatoes receipts 35 cars unchanged. Poultry alive lower. fowls and springs 20.5 cents per pound.
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Raleigh
Louis
Claer
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Cldy
Allis-Chalmers
Lima
American Car and Foundry
Peanuts
Virginia
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Baldwin Locomotive
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Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
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International Nickel
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International Paper
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Kennecott Copper
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Moexwell Motors
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Central Blast Salvagecets
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Eon
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Ray Consolidated
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Shef. Steel & Iron
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Avis
Ig Bist Wed
Southern Railway
Studebaker Corporation
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Iinian Pacific
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Rubber Eee
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S. Steel Yw
US. Steel Pfd
Utah Copper
Car. Chem. Ee
Wabash
Deep Western Union
Westinghouse Electric
Coffee Prices Steady in New York Futures
New York February 17 Rio No 7 coffee trades at 10 cents per pound steady futures with March at 8.24 and July at 8.50 as market closes.
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New York
Rio No
Money Market Showers Foreign Rates and Bond Notes
The New York money market shows mercantile paper at 4.41 4, sterling sixty day bills at 4.72 1 2, commercial sixty day bills on banks 4.72 1 4, and demand 4.75 3 8. Cables quote francs 5.83 7 8, marks 683 16, kronen 11.02, guilders 4 011 16, roubles 287 8, with bar silver at 78 3 8 and Mexican dollars at 60 5 8. Government bonds hold steady while railroad bonds are irregular.
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New York
Feo
Mercantile
Don’t Be Bald Hair Growth Formula Ad
A hair specialist warns many people go bald from carelessness and offers a simple treatment. Shampoo every ten days to remove dirt and apply Parisian Sage to combat dandruff and invigorate roots. The ad claims it stops itching, nourishes hair, and doubles volume. sold cheap at R. R. Bellamy's Drug Store with a guarantee.
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R. R. Bellamy
Advt
Cotton Seed Oil Market Closes Firm in New York
The cotton seed oil market closed steady with spot bids at 12.40 and near-months quoted from 12.40 to 12.50 for February through September. Total sales reached 1,900 barrels.
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New York
Eckman’s Alterative Aids Tuberculosis Care
Advice stresses fresh air diet and rest as first aid for tuberculosis and urges extra help when needed. Claims Eckman’s Alterative helps recovery and treats asthma and bronchial issues without opiates or habit forming drugs. sold by Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
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Ickman
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
Foreclosure Sale in Wilmington: Lot 1 Block 338 Seaward Plan
Martin Schnibbin, mortgagee, will advertise a public auction for cash on March 16 1917 at the Court House door in New Hanover County to sell a Wilmington NC parcel described as part of lot 1 in block 338, bounded by Nixon and Seventh streets, due to default on a January 24 1914 mortgage by Jacob Howe and wife.
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Jacob Howe
Martin Schnibben
Register of Deeds
New Hanover County
Wilmington
N. C
County of Hanover
State of
North Carolina
Nixon Street
Seventh Street
Martin Schnibbin
Morning hot water cleanse for health and vitality
An old health column urges readers to start each day with a glass of hot water and limestone phosphate to flush the stomach liver kidneys and bowels. The author argues this daily inside bathing prevents waste buildup and reduces constipation biliousness and nervous days.
Green fashion colors sweep Spring 1917 gowns
A 1917 fashion column notes Spring colors centering on green shades from shadow lawn to emerald and jade. It links color trends to political humor, describes green hats and accessories, and mulls a playful shift toward green foods and ideas.
New York City Nightlife Off the Beaten Path
Special correspondent recalls diverse New York scenes from Washington Square to the Crazy Cat Club and Cafe LaFayette. Vivid anecdotes cover clubs, debates, and a comic encounter with a nicotine crusader aboard a dining room quarrel, ending with a cheeky shark-report joke from Oyster Bay.
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Washington Arch
Oyster Bay
British farmer girls in working dress on English farm
A photograph shows three members of the Women’s Land League near Evesham, England. They wear linen smocks riding trousers puttees and wide brimmed felt hats as they labor in the countryside.
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Women's Land League
Evesham
England
Britain
Corns Hurt Today
A lighthearted note suggests lifting coins or calluses with fingers as a painless remedy for corns.
Freezone the magic drug for painless corn and callus removal
A Cincinnati inventor promotes Freezone as a painless remedy for corns and calluses. Tiny bottles sold in drug stores claim to soften and loosen the issue with a few drops, allowing removal without pain or soreness. Look for the product's yellow label on the bottle.
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Cincinnati
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