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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jan 12, 1918
Page
3
The New York cotton market faced unsettled trading as traders awaited details of a proposed bill. Prices swung with a big liquidation and Wall Street selling near the session. March futures slid to 30.90 and May around 20.45, down about 64 points.
New York spot cotton remains quiet on Jan 12 with TM price at 32.65 cents per pound. No bids or trades reported as market interest pauses amid routine trading conditions.
Virtual stoppage of the crop movement appears inevitable for some time causing the Chicago car market to rise despite limited orders from crippled wire service commission houses. January and May futures shifted higher with corn and oats gaining on the same basics while hog quotes rose lifting provisions, though activity stayed mainly in lard.
In St Louis on January 12 hog receipts reached 14 000 with prices from 16.10 to 16.60 for various qualities. Cattle totals around 40 with native beef steers and heifers trading roughly 8.00 to 15.00, cows 10.00 to 10.50, calves 5.75 to 16.75. Sheep show no receipts. lambs 14.00 to 17.75, ewes 11.30 to 12.00, wethers 11.50 to 12.75, cans 6.00 to 9.00.
Partial OCR text shows prices and codes such as 5.45 and 3.50 with currency marks. Mentions Rosin 22 and CRON. and references to BE 35. The readable content is fragmentary with no clear event or narrative.
An OCR fragment shows garbled notes about cotton receipts and pricing figures with scattered numbers. The readable parts hint at trade activity but lack clear entities or dates.
Savannah market summary shows Turpentine firm with 45 sales 88 receipts 28 shipments. stock 41254. Rosin firm reports 407 sales 238 receipts 360 shipments stock 88491. Price table lists D BE F G H 6.35 I 6.40 K 6.65 M 6.80 N 7.26 W G 7.45 W W 7.60.
Cornell and Annapolis are noted as the remaining prominent institutions not enrolled in the National Collegiate Athletic Association. The absence marks a high profile stand amid ongoing college sports governance discussions.
Charley Schons a Pittsburgh boxer and former national amateur middleweight champion has entered the professional ranks signaling a new phase in his career and potential clashes with recognized pro rivals.
London December 29 Lord Cecil calls Germany’s fundamental evil idolatry praising the state as a graven idol. He cites German conduct from Belgium to submarine warfare as outcomes of worship of state power. He warns of civilization’s collapse and supports Allied resolve to finish the war, contrasting Wilson and Lansdowne.
The article notes New York clearing house banks showing reserves and required totals for the week, including a reserve figure of 17,302,490 dollars. It reports four young women injured in a collision between a automobile and a trolley at Fifth and Red Cross streets, resting comfortably at Brooks Home on Market Street with no serious results anticipated.
Mercantile Paper New York quotes for January 12 show 60 day bills and commercial rates in pounds to sterling around 4.72 and 4/72, with Bahka rates noted. Demand 4.75 1-4, edible silver at 90 1-8.
Mrs. Katie Ahlers also known as Mrs. Katherine Travers is indicted for first degree murder in the October 31 Dallas killing of Phil E. Tucker, a local broker, and the shooting of Tucker’s companion. Jealousy is alleged to have sparked the shooting. The case draws wide attention due to sensational circumstances.
Tide forecast for Sunday shows high water at 10 10 A M and 10 42 P M and low water at 4 07 A M and 4 50 P M. WILMINGTON and M'boro entries list additional tides at 7 37 and 8 09 A M and 1 34 and 2 17 P M in the morning and afternoon columns.
An advertisement touts Dr Bell's Pine Tar Honey as an effective remedy for colds coughs and related ailments. It claims to prevent chronic coughing loosen phlegm relieve congestion and aid recovery for grippe bronchitis asthma and croup especially in children.
New York report promotes pyorigy as a cure for Riggs disease. It claims gums regain healthy color within days and inflammation, soreness, and bleeding vanish. Teeth tighten as gums revive, with separated teeth joining and loose teeth firming. The ointment sells for one dollar at local drug stores.
In the Superior Court Maryland Onslow vs Priscilla Onslow. The defendant is required to appear at the February term 1918 in Wilmington NC to answer or demur to the complaint seeking divorce on adultery grounds. This 28th day of December 1917. Arriss, Clerk Superior Court. 12-20- oaw-4w-BSat
Notice announces Thomas W. Davis qualified as administrator of Maria A Fosgate deceased of New Hanover County. Creditors urged to present claims by December 4 1917 and debtors to settle promptly. Signed at Wilmington North Carolina on December 4 1917.
The Winston-Salem Morehead City Beaufort Sleeping Car Line is renamed to Winston-Salem Goldsboro Line effective Sunday August 12. Cars will operate on trains 282 112 and 111 237. For details contact Southern Railway System agents or Traveling Passenger Agent O Jones Raleigh NC.
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