This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 27 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 01, 1918
Page
7
In New York trading on June 1 the cotton market opened easy and sold off sharply. Active months fell 46 to 63 points from last night’s close with July down to 24.55 and October to 23.14 amid favorable crop news and war-time nerves.
New York spot market on June 1 shows middling cotton at 29.00 cents per pound with quiet trading conditions.
Unfavorable war news and expectations of a holiday Tuesday led to heavy cotton selling in New Orleans. Prices declined 37 to 51 points at the close, with futures showing January at 21.68, July at 25.04, October at 22.25, and December at 21.85.
New Orleans reports spot cotton steady with 738 sales and 1,500 to arrive. Prices: low mid 27.50, middling 30.00, good mid 31.25.
The cotton seed oil market closed quiet with no sales in June July and August 1950.
Mercantile paper for four and six months settling at 4.72 to 4.75. 60 day bills on banks 4.72, commercial day bills 4.71 to 4.75, demand and cable quotes 4.75 to 4.76. Bar silver at 12.
In Chicago on June 1 corn showed strength after an initial drop as light buying lifted the market. Early prices were down 1 4 to 7 8 cents with July at 1.327 8 and June not quoted, then a sag followed by gains to above the prior close amid exporter bidding rumors for oats.
The actual condition of clearing house banks and last companies for the week shows they hold 32,952,930 dollars reserve in excess of legal requirements. This is a decrease of 9,010,110 dollars from last week.
A. Geil figs the Spartanburg baker faced a federal trial in Anderson on charges of receiving stolen government property. Prosecutors rested yesterday after calling character witnesses including the mayor of Spartanburg. Carpenters testified soldiers visited the Gellfuss home but no stolen items were seen. The case could go to the jury tonight.
Italian Army Headquarters reports a short time for an offensive feared to break violently on the Austro German line. A high Italian official states Italy’s armies are thoroughly prepared with up to date material and ready for action as local fighting increases at the front.
A German squadron forced an American aircraft to land in Ilan's Land during aerial activity on the northwest sector. The pilot was captured, and Lieutenant Wilfred W. Castain of Detroit is reported among those prisoners.
Trading was shaped by war tension with the active list sliding early then partial recovery on French bulletin hopes. Marine preferred led losses then rebounded. Liberty bonds and rail issues fluctuated as final dealings pared gains. About 300000 shares changed hands with various bonds and 4s hitting new lows.
London reports that the King's Bench division ruled tea is not a food under the anti hoarding order. A woman fined 250 dollars for storing 122 pounds of tea was found to have acquired leaves rather than consumable tea, prompting the court to reject tea leaves as food under the order.
London authorities prepare a new economy order to take effect in about a month. Provisions include sale only distribution of newspapers and periodicals, reduced music pages, halved theatre programs, smaller catalogues and circulars, prohibition of confetti, no cigarette pictures, lighter package wrapping, and streetcars collecting used tickets with punched destination and fare details.
Washington June 1 Senate military committee heard General March say Germans have reached their objective at the Marne and may dig in for a later Paris drive. With Germans within 45 miles of Paris the situation is serious and military experts warn of dangers to the Allies.
Washington reports Allied air raids on German towns have a greater demoralizing effect on populations than previously reported. Advices to the state department state the impact on cities bombed is substantial and resounds beyond earlier estimates.
Washington reports from the Petrograd telegraph bureau that German forces are using artillery to suppress a Ukrainian peasant uprising. Rebels burn forests destroy crops and refuse to surrender agricultural tools.
Miami, June 1. Lieutenant G. Evans, a naval air station student pilot, died from injuries after a hydroairplane fell into the bay from 500 feet. Evans lived at 223 Twenty fourth Street, Philadelphia. Chief Quartermaster Monaghan, who was with him, sustained minor injuries.
A fragment quotes Sir Walter Scott asserting love binds mortal men and heavenly beings, equating love with heaven and heaven with love in a reflective aphorism.
A reflective pair of quotes on love. First, Lamartine notes that loving for love’s sake is angelic, while ordinary human love seeks reciprocity. Lowell adds that true love is a daily walk through the ordinary demands of life.
A compact musing on love declares happiness lies in the act of loving rather than in the affection it sparks within others, quoting La Rochefoucauld as a maxim of intimate emotion.
The quote asserts that a man should kiss his wife goodbye when leaving home even if he plans to return, reflecting traditional domestic sentiment. It emphasizes affectionate farewell as a general courtesy in marriage.
New York June 1 The governments tax program and the war situation dominate the week in the stock market. Crop prospects boost general business while Washington and the French front overshadow some days. Liquidation of long stock occurs on foreign reports as rails weaken and high grade issues feel sales pressure. Industrial demand grows with government and producer cooperation and steel mills run near full capacity into 1920. Taxes may push money rates higher for the next two weeks.
A reflective saying notes that the kind of man too good for this world seldom possesses much of this world’s goods. The line captures a moral tension between virtue and material wealth.
A proverb frames pacifism as the man who climbs a tree while his wife battles a wolf at their door. The saying contrasts nonviolence with urgent danger and domestic resilience.
A quotation attributes thoughts and passions to ministers of love serving a sacred flame, reflecting Coleridgean emphasis on love as a guiding force guiding human emotion.
There is more catarrh in this region than all other diseases combined and for years was deemed incurable. Hall's Catarrh Medicine, a constitutional remedy by F J Cheney & Co Toledo Ohio, is taken internally and claims to cure by acting through the blood. A one hundred dollar reward is offered for any case it fails to cure.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.