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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Mar 11, 1918
Page
3
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered figures and place names with unclear dates and values. Key terms include cotton and spot prices, plus references to locations such as Norfolk and Wilmington and numbers that may indicate prices or quantities, but the text is largely unreadable.
Cotton markets in New York and New Orleans edged higher amid nerves and dry weather favorable to demand. May and October futures fluctuated, with spot prices in New York at middling 33.25 cents and New Orleans steady despite earlier gains as traders weighed domestic consumption prospects.
New York March 11 cottonseed oil closes quiet with spot 140 and March May July prices shown around 20.00 to 20.10. No sales reported. Weather forecast notes a stage of water on the Cape Fear River at Fayetteville North Carolina 8 am Tuesday.
Liberal receipts ease corn prices as fine weather supports bears. May contracts show minor moves with oats firmer and hog prices weaker, while overall trade remains dull. Grain and provision quotes show small open to close shifts across corn oats pork lard and ribs with May and July positions listed.
Roswell New Mexico March 11 More than half a million acres of land in eastern Chaves county including part of the Roswell district have been designated for entry today under the stock raising homestead act Land may be taken up in 640 acre tracts if properly titled Clergymen to Greet Sunday in Chicago reception for Billy Sunday at Hotel La Salle tonight as he begins a three month evangelistic campaign in the city
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