Cotton market advances amid light offerings and firming prices
An early advance in cotton prices is reported with May up to 1.80 and July rising to 17.11 as buyers covered shorts and demand increased. Local stock activity showed bullish spot strength, with Liverpool selling pushing gains, though morning offers were light and the market firmed on renewed covering before midday. Corton closed steady with varied price movements across contracts. Wilmington naval stores and related receipts are noted with price ranges for spirits and crude products.
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Ork
May
Liverpool
Inners
Teures
Corton
New York Spot Cotton Price Report
New York March 2 spot cotton price for ready middling reported at 17.14 cents per pound.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Market Rises Despite Rain Delays
March 2 Associated Press reports a firmer opening in New Orleans cotton with buying from Liverpool and spot houses, shorts covering, and Eastern belt rains. By noon prices showed gains of 43 to 57 points over yesterday's close, and the market closed steady with an overall advance.
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New Orleans
iBy Associated Press
Liverpool
New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices Rise Sharply
New Orleans market shows firm by 25 points with sales on Po to arrive. Quotations range from 15.25 for strict good Minny to 16.94 for strict middling with stock listings at 661 and 421,246.
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New Orleans
Hv Associated Press
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Market Notes
Liverpool reports spot cotton steady with good demand. Mid category 11.48 to 11.58 pence per pound. sales 1,000 bales with 800 for speculation and export. Receipts 18,000. Forward prices shown for March to December with various spreads and delivery months.
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Liverpool
Wee
Dee
Coffee Market Snapshot from New York Trading Floor
Coffee prices show limited movement in early trading on March 2 as futures hover near steady levels. Rises and slips are minimal with March and July contracts listed around 7.60 to 7.80 per unit in cautious activity.
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York
Ricki
Turpentine and Rosin Prices in Savannah Trade
Turpentine prices listed as dull at 4.81 2, with receipts of 30. Rosin market firm with receipts of 230. Quotes for resin grades B through G range around 6.00 to 6.20 per unit, with WG 640 and WW 6.45 to 6.70.
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N. C
California
Florida
Lima
Virginia
Savannah
Associated Press
Dull
Weekly cotton statistics from Liverpool report
Liverpool reports weekly cotton figures. Total forwarded to mills 68 000 bales, American share 55 000. Stocks total 821 000 with American 692 000. Imports 49 000 of which American 38 000. Exports 1 800.
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Associated Press
Liverpool
Eggs and Poultry Market Report Across Regions
Market notes from Kansas City Chicago St Louis and New York show butter steady to firm eggs unsettled with strong receipts and varied prices. Cheese firm while poultry demand remains weak with mixed advances for fresh and frozen meats across states and cities.
Mercantile Exchange Rates and Money Market Quotes
New York on March 2 reports bid and ask levels for currencies and commodities. Rates include sterling 60 day bills 4.71 and 4.70 3-4, francs around 5.85, marks near 0.683, rubles 28, and bar silver at 76 1-4. Government and railroad bonds described as heavy and irregular, with time loans quoted 38-4 to 4 for sixty and ninety days, six months 4 1-4 to 4 1-2, call money steady at 2 1-4 to 2 1-2, close at 2 1-4.
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New York
Mercantile Paper
Great Britain borrows 150000 for Charlie Chaplin film
The Louisville Courier Journal notes Britain borrowed 150000 to support Charlie Chaplin’s film project, framing the comedy as linked to world war tragedy.
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Great Britain
Charlie Chaplin
Louisville Courier-Journal
Stocks Rise at Opening as Industrials Lead Gains
Wall Street opens with speculative stocks in demand and notable gains in early trading led by shipping, metals, and industrial issues. Marine, Atlantic Gulf & West Indies, United States Steel, and Bethlehem Steel push ahead, while rails lag. midday activity broadens with Texas Company surging seven points.
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Associated Press
New York
Wall Street
Marine
Atlantic
Gulf & West Indies
United States Steel
Crucible
Bethlehem Steel
United States
Utah
Texas Company
Sugar futures steady with late rally on Cuban buying
Raw sugar prices remained steady with refined grades steady. At noon the market moved within a one point range and closed firm, rising 8 to 16 points. May sugar quoted at 4.69, July 4.65, September 4.71. total sales 29,700 tons.
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Cy Associated Press
New York
Cotton seed oil market closes firm in New York
The cotton seed oil market closed firm with spot bids at 13.10 and contracts for March to October ranging from 12.65 to 13.20. Total sales reached 39,300 barrels.
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New York
Public sale ordered in Henrietta Shepard heirs case in Wilmington
By judgment of the New Hanover Superior Court a commissioner will expose for sale the Wilmington city land described as part of lots 2 and 3 in Block 24 on Sun Street and Cape Fear Avenue, to be divided among the heirs at law of Mrs. Henrietta Shepard. Sale set for March 10 1917 at noon at the courthouse door in Wilmington, to the highest bidder for cash. Fr H McCullough commissioner KENAN WRIGHT attorneys. Feb 10 16 23 Mar 2 9.
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Superior Court
New Hanover County
Gertrude F. Bryan
Mary F. Stone
J. (. Shepard
Alfred Shepard
Henrietta Sinclair
American Bank & Trust Company
Will
Court House
Wilmington
N. C
City of
Sun Street
Wright Street
Cape Fear Avenue
Sth Street
J. ©. Reilly
B. O Stone
Henrietta Shepard
Fr. H. McUllough
Kenan & Wright
After the War The Shift to American Machinery in Europe
London reports a broad postwar debate over replacing hand labor with machines, especially American equipment. Observations from Havre show Belgian factories with 90 percent American machinery, including auto polishing discs and other labor-saving devices. The trend spans England France and unoccupied Belgium, edging toward widespread adoption of new tech.
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England
France
Havre
Associated Press
Bridgeport
Providence
Boston
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Belgium
Europe
Carrolls Face Lands Sale Suit in New Hanover Court
In the Superior Court of New Hanover County Sylvia Carroll sues James Carroll seeking sale of lands to support the plaintiff wife. James Carroll must appear at the April 1917 term in Wilmington to answer or demur, as dictated by the complaint. Dated February 23, 1917. Clerk Ww. N. Harriss.
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James Carroll
New Hanover County
Wilmington
N. C
Notice of Execution Sale in New Hanover County
The Superior Court of New Hanover County orders execution to sell William Nutt’s property in Wilmington at court house door on April 2 1917 at 12 o clock noon. The land is described as portions of eastern ends of lots 1 and 2 in Block 174 on Princess and Eleventh streets. The sheriff is George Tackson.
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William Nutt
New Hanover County
Court House
Wilmington
Princess Street
Eleventh Street
George, Tackson
Sherif
North Carolina
L. W. Moore
William Wimes
Superior Court
William Wines
State of North Carolina
Masonboro Township
Notice of Commissioner Sale of Land in New Hanover
Commissioner will sell at noon April 2 1917 at the New Hanover County Courthouse door the Cape Fear Township Farm No 4 Castle Hayne tract described in the 1917 decree J W Winders Administrator vs Harriet Van Wagner et al The sale notice is dated February 28 1917 and posted by CDP Weeks Commissioner
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Superior Court
New Hanover County
J. W. Winders
Harriet van Wagner
Court House
Cape Fear Township
Castle Hayne
Office of the Register of Deeds
New Ilanover County
Weeks
New York Day By Day on Percy Richards The Man in White
Special correspondent reports Percy Richards known as the Man in White parading hatless on Fifth Avenue. Richards pursued singing after wartime arrival, faced poverty with wife, gained recognition after a Chaliff's recital near Carnegie Hall. Dr John D Quackenbos notes rising female drinking and public cases of excess linked to wealth.
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Beeteh
New-York
Fifth Avenue
Big Avenue
Percy Richards
Richards
America
Moving Picture Theatre
Chaliff’s
Carnegie Hall
Ice Cathedral attracts attention around The Little Church Around the Corner
In East Twenty-ninth Street, the Church of the Transfiguration allows a fountain to run day and night. An ice cathedral forms from fountain spray, resembling a miniature church with buttresses and balconies. Nearby business towers frame the crystalline structure drawing observers.
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Church of the Transfiguration
East Twenty-ninth Street
Fifth Avenue
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