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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
3
Weather storms disrupt New York cotton reporting as futures turn nervous. July declines from 25.08 to 24.9c and October from 24.80 to 24.50 amid Liverpool strength and English buyers. domestic quotes list various farm goods and steel stock moves follow in a crowded market update.
Sanitary inspection report lists 365 total inspections across bakeries meat markets soda fountains ice cream plants candy factories restaurants and hotels. Meat and milk inspector notes 437 animals inspected including cattle calves sheep hogs and goats with 26 visits to dairies and 26 other inspections and no condemnations.
The report recalls a Coast Line banquet where speakers urged clerks to fulfill duties to country and colleagues. Rev M T Plyler praised unity and understanding to avoid trouble, while L F Gore lauded former agent Moore for earning respect. A banquet menu and attendee list followed.
New York spot cotton on June 14 trades at 25.25 cents per pound. The brief market note records the price with no additional context or transactions.
New Orleans June 14 The cotton market opened with a soft spot as active months fell 2 to 12 points due to liquidation. By mid morning American mill consumption for May provided some support and at the half day mark trading months stood ten to twenty one points over yesterday’s close.
Liverpool market report shows spot cotton steady with good middling at 17.58 pence and middling at 17.32, low middling 16.95. Sales total 14 000 bales with 300 speculative/export. receipts 500. Futures list June 16.65 and several forward dates down to March-April 14.69.
Private McDonald of Omaha in the Sixtieth battalion shows a grafted jaw after a shrapnel wound at German trenches. British surgeons performed the graft replacing the missing bone, leaving only a red scar from back of the jaw to the mouth.
Spirits 38 1 2, Rosin 5.10 and 4.90, Tar 33.00 and 15 cents, Crude 3.60, 3.60 and 2.60. Report notes varying price points for naval stores commodities in Wilmington markets.
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Raw sugar held steady with centrifugal 6.89, mosases 5.01, refined at 7.50. Futures were quiet then slipped about 2 points by noon, closing 1 to 3 points lower. July 5.04, Sept 1.14, Dec 5.00, Jan 4.76.
Futures steady as Rio No 7 coffee prices show September at 7.88 and December at 7.98. Markets held with light trading activity and no significant moves noted.
Children of Goldsboro Orphanage present the operetta Princess Chrysanthemum next Wednesday night in the Odd Fellows hall. The concert is by the Odd Fellows Orphan Home class to raise funds amid the country’s uncertain financial outlook.
A bizarre blue green feathered bird with a red beak and white tip was caught yesterday on the east side of the river near the tar yards by Mr. Tom Walker of the water and sewerage department. It has resisted identification after examination by several people.
In Recorder's court this morning E Todd Sam King and Herbert Stelies and Richard Saggs faced illicit distilling charges. Todd and King waived examination with bonds set for June term. Todd posted 1000 dollars. King and Saggs remained in jail. The raid on a monkey rum still near Ten-mile Post led to arrests. Mary Bellamy was fined 10 dollars or 30 days for disorderly conduct.
Continued report of committees and motions on the agenda. Election of officers and adjournment noted as part of the proceedings. Friday night social event at Lumina listed as a feature.
Mr Q H Brinson, chairman of a sixteen man railway mail clerks committee, announces that clerks on the Wilmington Norfolk line have subscribed to Liberty bonds totaling one thousand dollars. Most clerks paid through banks on a deferred payment plan.
Wilmington Lodge No 532 will present a Flag Day program at the Elks temple on North Front Street at 8 o'clock. The sequence includes lodge ritual, a flag history reading by Marsden Bellamy, performances by the Wilmington Choral Society, a Liberty Bell altar service, and an address by Hon Joseph W Little. A luncheon will follow.
If rapid hair loss occurs try a three day test of Parisian Sage. If it does not stop loss and improve scalp and hair they refund your money. Hundreds report good results for baldness dandruff itching and dull hair with a clean healthy scalp after use. A large bottle is inexpensive.
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