Cotton Market Opens Steady After Light New Orleans Signals
The New York cotton market opened steady with a six point to gain range as near months held firm on renewed signs. Wall Street activity was moderate and Liverpool freight rates caused slight fluctuations though business remained quiet. Old crop held near last night’s close while new crop eased back to evening levels as selling pressure appeared.
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New York
Wall Street
Liverpool
New Orleans
Geft
Pris
Spot Cotton Quiet at New York Middling 1780
The New York spot cotton market on March 8 shows a quiet session with middling grade cotton selling at 1780 cents per pound. No significant price movement or offers reported.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Market Ends Steady Despite Early Rise
Unfavorable weather and cables pushed New Orleans cotton prices higher at opening but Liverpool rate withdrawals triggered a decline. By noon prices showed a small gain, then the afternoon session slipped, leaving the market dull and mostly steady with net declines of up to four points on active months.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Colton
New Orleans Cotton Spot Prices and Sales Report
New Orleans on March 8 reports steady spot cotton with a 12 point decline. Sales total 1,912 to arrive 250, with various grade prices listed from good ordinary to strict good middling and beyond. Receipts reach 1,935 with stock levels noted as ANAS.
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New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Review
Liverpool reports firm cotton prices with middling around 12.05, low middling 11.25 and sales of 7,000 bales for speculation and export. Receipts total 3,004 with futures quiet showing scattered month spread quotes through March to February contracts.
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Liverpool
Lee
Two Deeds Filed for Record in Court House
Following are the two deeds filed for record on Thursday morning: Wilmington Suburban Company to H. T. Erick, lot on South Third Street. Thomas Gillespie to Robert Reddick, land on Holden's Creek totaling nearly ten acres.
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Court House
Wilmington Suburban Company
H. T. ‘Erick
Market Notes from Savannah Naval Stores
Savannah March 8 turpentine idle at 48 1 2 cents per gallon with sales none and receipts of 33 Rosin firm with no sales and 201 receipts quote lists several grades and bid ranges including B E F G 600 H 1 620 K 595 to 620 G 602 to 620 N 635 W G 630 to 645 W W 670 for naval stores trades.
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Savannah Naval Stores
Savannah
W. G
W. W
Metal market report from New York and London shows lead steady
METALS New York March 8 lead prices quoted steady at 10 5 8 with east St. Louis delivery at 11 asked. In London lead at 1x 30, 10s. spelter at 1x 47.
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Metals
New York
The
Metal Exchange
Grain and Stocks Mix In Choppy Session On Wheat Outlook
Chicago wheat and corn markets sank briefly then recovered as traders weighed easing shipping obstacles and a bullish farm reserves forecast. May wheat closed near 188 3-4, July around 159, with oats and corn showing mixed, generally firmer, tones amid broad bullish notes in later trading.
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Chicago
Baltimore
Sugar Prices Decline in New York Close
The sugar market eased, closing 6 to 9 points lower in New York. Trading volume reached 11,600 tons with May at 443, July 448, and September 452.
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New York
Coffee Futures Hold Steady as May and July Prices Listed
New York markets report Rio No.7 coffee futures steady on March 8 with May at 742 and July at 755 while overall prices show little change.
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New York
Rio
MoneyMarket: Bank Bills and Bonds Steady in New York
Mercantile paper and government securities show little movement with bones in 60 and 90 day bills at about 471 and 470 3-4. Cables for francs and marks quoted. time loans ease from 3 1-2 to 4 for 60 to six months. Call money holds at 2 1-4 to 2 1-2, close around 2 1-4.
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Mercantile Paper
Kronen
Guilder
Chicago finds children drinking as dance halls probed
United Press reports the Juvenile Protective Association seeks a legislative ban on liquor sales in dance halls with a $200 penalty, citing police corruption and widespread intoxication among minors at 205 of 213 halls. Many dances feature crude acts and “outrageously drunk” children, with parents laughing at the misconduct.
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United Press
Chicago
Juvenile Protective Association of Chicago
Association
Eggs and Poultry Market Report
Kansas City March 8 butter and poultry unchanged. Eggs Firsts price 25 1 2 cents.
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Kansas City
Prices and Commodities Report from Chicago Markets
Butter unsettled with creamery quotes 33 to 40. Eggs lower with receipts at 7,188 cases. Firsts 27 1/2 to 29 1/2 cents, ordinary firsts 26 1/2 to 27 1/2 cents. Potatoes lower with 29 ears receipts. Idaho Colorado Washington Oregon white 240 to 250. Wisconsin Michigan white 225 to 235. Poultry alive and unchanged.
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Chicago
Idaho
Colorado
Washington
Oregon
Wisconsin
Michigan
New York Market Report March 8 Poultry and Dairy Prices
New York and St Louis notes show butter receipts 4 040 with variations by grade. eggs unsettled at 16 484 with fresh extra first 23 and firsts 32 to 12. cheese receipts 1 205. live poultry sales mixed with fowls and chickens quoted in a narrow range. St Louis reports poultry and butter largely unchanged with hens at 19 and turkeys at 25.
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St. Louis
Cotton Seed Oil Market Closes Firm in New York
The cotton seed oil market in New York closes firm with spot bids at 13.25 and futures ranges from March at 13.41 13.45 to October at 12.86 12.90. Total sales reported 21.90.
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New York
Grant Ad Columns Define The Dispatch’s Value
The Wilmington Dispatch editors emphasize the significance of their Grant advertisement columns as a key revenue and content driver. Readers and advertisers alike recognize the columns as central to the paper’s identity and financial health.
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Grant
Wilmington Dispatch
Southport Debates Municipal Ownership of Electric Plant
Southport may take over its electric light plant as aldermen lean toward municipal ownership amid private company competition. Private firm orders $6000 more equipment and hires Richmond manager. informal talks priced municipal power at 6.12 cents per kilowatt hour versus 4 cents by the private firm. Street lights could rise to $2.50 monthly from $1 under private control. Alderman Carr advocates municipal ownership.
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Southport
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Richmond
Carr
Recorder's Court Fines One, Suspends Others in Thursday Docket
Luley Guin, white, was fined 40 dollars and ordered to pay costs after conviction for assault with a deadly weapon. W. J. Davis, white, discharged after evidence in a prohibition case. Sam Holloman, colored, had judgment suspended on paying costs after a drug or driving offense conviction. Charles Carroll, colored, perjury case continued to Saturday.
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Recorder’s Court
White
Recorder's Court
W. J., Davis
Sam Holloman
Charles Carroll
Water stage at Cape Fear River Fayetteville Falls
The Cape Fear river at Fayetteville North Carolina stood at 42.2 feet at 8 a m yesterday and was still falling, indicating improving flood conditions for the area.
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Cape Fear River
Fayetteville
N. C
Old Lumberton Twirler Signs with Richmond Inland League
Luther Barnes former Lumberton pitcher signed with the Richmond club of the International League. Lee Stone another local hurler joined Petersburg in the Virginia League. The moves were reported as part of regional baseball player signings.
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Luther Barnes
Richmond Club
Lee Stone
Petersburg
Eggs Drop Further In Wilmington Market Prices
Eggs were offered on the Wilmington market Thursday at wholesale 25 to 27 cents per dozen and retailers sold at 30 cents. Over ten days wholesale prices have fallen about 15 cents per dozen while retailers dropped from 40 to 30 cents. Commission merchants expect further declines.
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Wilmington
Local Lawyers Change Posts In Pittsboro Community
Frank H. Gibbs returns to Fayetteville to resume law practice there after months with R. H. Hayes in Pittsboro. Mr. and Mrs. F. W. Bynum move to Rockingham where he will practice law. Rev. W. B. Wolf, recently called to the Baptist church, will occupy the Bynum home soon.
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Frank H. Gibbs
R. H. Hayes
Fayetteville
F. W. Bynum
Rockingham
Bynum
W. B. Wolf
Baptist Church
Kansas Teachers in Session in Concordia
Concordia hosts the annual North Central Kansas Teachers Association convention through the week with a large turnout. President Jessie G. Adee called the meeting and State Superintendent W. D. Ross along with other education leaders are slated to speak during the three day sessions.
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North Central Kansas Teachers’ Association
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W. D. Ross
Big Seven Senate Defied Wilson on Armed Neutrality Bill
The article lists twelve Senators responsible for defeating President Wilson's Armed Neutrality bill. The key seven include William J. Stone of Missouri as Foreign Relations chair, Robert M. La Follette of Wisconsin, James A. O'Gorman of New York, James K. Vardaman of Mississippi, John D. Works of California, Albert B. Cummins of Iowa, and William S. Kenyon of Iowa.
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William J. Stone
Missouri
Senate Committee On Foreign Relations
Robert M. la Follette
Wisconsin
James A. O’gorman
New York
James K. Vardaman
Mississippi
John D. Works
California
Albert B. Cummins
Iowa
William S. Kenyon
Darcy To Debut In Milwaukee Bout, Gibbons Targeted
Australian middleweight Les Darcey will make his first U S appearance in Milwaukee. Frank Mulkern, a Milwaukee fight promoter, says Darcy will travel west shortly to accept a match with Mike Gibbons of St Paul before a Milwaukee club.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Les Darcey
Milwaukee
Frank Mulkern
Mulkern
Darcy Woud
Mike Gibbons
St. Paul
McCaig Supporters Circulate Petitions for Unanimous Reelection
Friends of Councilman W D McCaig from the Sixth ward circulate petitions to secure unanimous support for his reelection before the primary. A Delgado gathering considered McCaig for mayor, though he has not decided. Petitions also urge appointing Walter C Boesch to replace W F Jones who may resign to become county public defender. Umpires Jesse Tannehill and Bob Hart were chosen to officiate exhibition games between the Boston Braves and the New York Yankees.
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W. D. McCaig
Sixth
Delgado
McCaig
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Walter C. Boesch
W. F. Jones
Jesse Tannehill
Bob Hart
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New York Yankees
Notice of Mortgage Sale in Wilmington North Carolina
Mortgagee Hanover Building and Loan Association will sell at public auction for cash at the New Hanover County Court House on April 2, 1917, 12 noon, property in Wilmington described as parts of Lots 1 2 3 in Block 136, bounded by Fifth and Campbell streets and an alley. Sale proceeds to satisfy the mortgage executed June 22 1910 by J W Yarborough and others trustees for First Baptist Church colored, recorded Book 60 page 668. Court House door Wilmington. Dated March 2 1917. D. WeeksAttorney
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First Baptist Church
New Hanover County
Wilmington
New Hanover
North Carolina
Fth
Campell Streets
Fifth Street
Campbell Street
Wilmingon
Hanover Building and Loan Association
Hall's Catarrh Cure Offered With Reward
An advertisement proclaims Hall's Catarrh Cure cures catarrh through constitutional treatment. It claims the medicine acts on blood and mucous surfaces and offers a $100 reward if it fails, with testimonials available. The note credits B S Cheney & Co of Toledo Ohio and notes druggists carry the remedy.
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B.S. Cheney & CO
Toledo
Ohio
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