New York Cotton Market Sees Unsettled, Declining Start
The cotton market opened unsettled on reports of a sunken American steamship with crew saved, then rallied late morning as new crop prospects stayed firm. May fell sharply midday before recovering slightly. October hovered around 16.80 to 17.00 as prices fluctuated amid selling from Wall Street sources.
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Pont
New Orleans
East River
Wall Street
Wire House
Vareh
ATS
Spot cotton steady in New York market
New York spot cotton closed quiet on March 14 with middling grade at 18.05 cents per pound, offering a stable reading for buyers and sellers.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Prices Slip After Vessel Sinking News
Cotton prices in New Orleans moved lower after news of a vessel sinking. Early trading showed declines of 12 to 19 points with fresh lows for old crops, then the market eased to close unsettled with about 19 to 48 point declines across the new and old futures contracts.
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New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Futures Amid Vanishing Demand
Liverpool on March 14 reports spot cotton good middling 1246, middling 236, low middling 1218 with 6 000 bales sold and 300 for speculation and export. Receipts total 11 000. Futures show irregular movement with closing at 1173 for March, and a sequence of near term contracts from March-April 1167 to March-April 1064, reflecting fluctuating demand.
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Liverpool
Liverpool Spot Prices and Market Totals
New Orleans reports steady to unchanged spot cotton with 5170 bales on sale and 720 to arrive. Prices range from good ordinary at 16.25 to strict good middling at 18.37, with receipts at 21 and stock at 426 749.
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Liverpool
New Orleans
Cotton Seed Oil Market Closes Firm in New York
The cotton seed oil market closed firm in New York on March 14 with spot bids for March at 13.30 to 13.34, April 13.08 to 13.09, May 13.33 to 13.36, June 13.35 to 13.37, July 13.33 to 13.25, August 13.25 to 13.37, September 13.35, October 12.92 to 12.93. Total sales 14,000.
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Spot
Lmakais
Au- Asi
Wall Street
International Paper
American Sugar
National Biscuit
United States Steel
Reading
Allis-Chalmers
American Car and Foundry
Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore and Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
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Great Northern Ore
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International Nickel
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Kennecott Copper
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Eenac Neall Maxwell Motors
Mexican Petroleum
National Lead
New York Central
N. H. & Hartford Seves
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Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading Sb
Od Sa Sean
Republic Iron & Stee
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Ee Sloss, Shef, Steel & Iron
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Pasas Cos
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Ocata Aah
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U. S. Smelting & Refining
United States
Spring planting push from Audubon Nursery ad
Audubon Nursery urges readers to plant now offering a selection of plants. The contact details include P O Box 731 and phone number 258 1 Aavt with a March 14 2011 date.
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Audubon Nursery
P. O
Wilmington Naval Stores Receipts Report
Receipts show 41 bales of cotton, 6 barrels of spirits, and 41 tar recorded under Wilmington naval stores transactions. The brief entry indicates no further activity at this time.
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Wilmington
Savannah Naval Stores Market Report
Turpentine quiet with no sales in Savannah on March 14 as receipts reached 48 and shipments 88 leaving stocks 12 849. Rosin shows no sales with receipts 454 shipments 125 and stocks 80 572. Quotes firm for B D E F and G at 6.00 H I K M and N at 6.20 nominal for W G 6.30 a45 W W 6.70.
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Savannah Naval Stores
Savannah
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Market Reacts to Algonquin Sinkage in Turbulent Wheat Trade
Chicago traders disagreed on price impact as Algonquin sinking sparked debate over war risks and railway strikes. Wheat futures swung from loss to gain before closing unsettled. May and July contractions followed by broad corn and oats movement amid railroad freight refusals.
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Chicago
Bears
Germany
St. Louis
Money rates and exchange in New York markets
Mercantile paper 4 to 14 percent, sterling exchange 60 days bills 471, commercial 60 days around 470 3-4, demand 475 7-16, cables 476 7-16. Francs demand 585, cables 583 7-8. Marks demand 68 3-8, cables 68 1-2. Kronen demand 1115, cables 1118. Guilders demand 40 1-4, cables 40 5-16. Lives demand 783, cables 782. Rubles demand 28, cables 28 1-4. Bar silver 73 1-4. Mexican dollars 56 3-8. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds easy. Time leans steady. 60 days 3 to 1-2, 90 days 3 1-2 to 3-4, six months 4
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New York
Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Live Stock Prices and Receipts in Kansas City Markets
Kansas City market report shows hogs receipts about 8200 with prices 11.00 to 14.80 for various grades. cattle receipts around 5000 with prime fed steers 11.50 to 12.00 and cows 5.50 to 10.00. sheep receipts about 8000 with lambs 12.00 to 14.65 and yearlings 13.65 to 15.00.
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Kansas City
Live Stock Market Report from St Louis Yard Receipts
Hogs receipts reached 10 000 with prices for light pigs and heavy hogs varying from 10.50 to 14.85. Cattle receipts totaled 3 300 with native beef steers and yearlings trading between 7.50 and 11.75 and cows 5.50 to 10.00.
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St. Louis
Market quote shorthand colors bid and loan details
The note lists call money ease and high figures with low ranges and the ruling rate. It records last loan closing bid offered amounts and related shorthand market terms.
Wooden Ship Men Meet to Plan Fast Fleet
Builders of wooden ships meet at the Federal Shipping Board call in Washington to craft a swift fleet of American vessels for trans Atlantic trade and wartime supplies. Plans include 3600 ton ships and using unskilled labor to replace skilled labor in war.
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Washinton
Federal Shipping Board
United States
Red Cross welcomes Wilmington soldiers returning home
The Wilmington Chapter of the Red Cross Society plans a large welcome at Union Station for returning Wilmington soldiers. President Mrs Cuthbert Martin calls all chapter members to participate and assist with any reception or support work for the sailors and soldiers.
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Wilmington
The
Red Cross Society
Cuthbert Martin
Union Station
Sugar futures market buoyant on covering amid strike fears
Raw sugar held steady while futures opened higher on covering and then closed irregular. May 4.55 July 5.60 September 4.65 with sales of 11,500 tons as fears of a railroad strike unsettled traders.
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New York
Sao
Metal Exchange Reports Mixed London and U S Lead Prices
The Metal Exchange quotes lead at 10 in New York as easy and speller dull spot East St Louis delivery at JU7 8. In London lead is quoted Lx 30 10s with speller Lx 47, reflecting differing market conditions between markets.
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New York
The
Metal Exchange
East St. Louis
London
Coffee futures firm as Rio No. 7 holds gains
New York on March 14 reports Coffee Rio No. 7 at 95 8 holding firm with May at 765 and July at 782 as futures markets steady.
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New York
Coffee
Egg and poultry market quotes from Kansas City
Kansas City market notes list butter prices for creamery and packing at 42 and 27 1 2 cents per pound, eggs at 26 cents for firsts, poultry caps of hens 2012, roosters 15, and turkeys 25 cents.
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Kansas City
Chicago Market Report Reads Mixed Prices March
Chicago market notes butter unchanged and eggs higher with 7,702 cases received. Firsts at 26 1 2 and 25 1 2 to 26 with at mark 25 and 26 12. Potatoes receipts 25 cars unchanged. Poultry alive higher with fowls and springs at 28.
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Chicago
New York Market Report Butter Eggs Cheese and Poultry
New York and St Louis market data shows butter steady with good receipts and creamery prices up to 42 for extras. Eggs firm with large supplies and firsts around 27. Cheese firm with strong creamery figures. poultry prices vary as live birds hold while dressed meat remains weak.
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New York
Sheep Receipts and War Wireless Training Women Formed
Receipts show steadier lambs at 13.00 to 14.90, ewes 9.50 to 12.00, yearlings 12.25 to 13.50. Under the Special Aid Society for American Preparedness two classes of women are being trained in Sheoston to become wireless operators for government stations in case of war. Weather reports follow.
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Tlinder
Special Aid Society For American Preparedness
Sheoston
Old Hickory's Event This Week
Washington notes the 150th anniversary of Andrew Jackson born March 15, 1767. The piece recalls his humble origins, Tennessee rise, early political roles, brief judicial service, and later leadership in the War of 1812 and defense of Mobile Pensacola and New Orleans establishing him as a pivotal figure in American democracy.
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Washington, D. C
Andrew Jackson
New Orleans
United States
Jackson
Hamilton
Clay
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South Carolina
Tennessee
Congress
United States Congress
Supreme Court
Great Britain
Iull
Canada
South
Natchez
John Armstrong
Public Service
Mobile
Lis
United States Army
Army of the South
Pensacola
Governor Rye Urges Primary Law and Reforms
Nashville March 14 Governor Rye sent a special message urging the legislature to enact a primary election law and reforms. He pressed for ballot purity school and public health improvements highway funding anti pass laws workmen compensation and anti lobbying acts budget system changes. The session runs to April 7 and he praised both parties on prohibition and law enforcement progress.
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Nashville
Tenn
Rye
Auto bandits rob and kill paymaster in Cleveland
Two armed bandits in automobiles shot and killed Cuyler Mowrey paymaster for N. J. Rich and Co in front of the Rich factory on Sixty-first street. They took $5,400 and fled the scene.
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Associated P Press
Cleveland, O
Cuyler Mowrey
N. J. Rich & Co
Rich
Sixty-first Street
Seamen Return From Martinique Voyage With Harsh Memories
Captain Tom Morse and crew of the Milla including Engineer John Risley and Fireman EF bl return from Martinique after marooning experiences and language barriers near a volcano. The Ella voyage included a boiler explosion off Cuba injuring Mr Ward with a dislocated finger.
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Tom Morse
John Risley
EF. Bl
Brogan
John Scellers
George Dicksey
Frank McCartney
Milla
Port du France
Martinique
Ella
Cuba
Ward
German freighter Liebenfels towed to shore at Charleston
Water in the Liebenfels hold was pumped out and the vessel towed toward shore where it rests in 18 feet of water. The ship sunk January 31 and eight crew members were convicted last week in Florence, S C, by a Federal court of sinking a vessel in a navigable stream.
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Associated Press
Charleston
S. C
Florence
Third Sacker Sold by Memphis Team
Jimmy Walsh, third baseman for Memphis in the Southern Association last year, was sold today to the Rochester club in the International League. The move transfers a key infielder from Memphis to Rochester as the season nears.
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Associated Trees
Memphis
Tenn
Jimmy Walsh
Rochester Club
Commissioner’s Sale of Land in Wilmington NC 1917
A court ordered sale by Commissioner C. Bellamy under a 1916 Superior Court action in New Hanover County. The property is described as the northwest quarter of Lot 38 in Block 255 in Wilmington. The sale to satisfy the judgment will be at the New Hanover County Court House on Monday April 2, 1917 at noon for cash.
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State of North Carolina
County of New Hanover
Iuperior
City of Wilmington
John W. Nell
Matilda Nel
Sallie Jane Nell
W. Connor
Superio
New Hanover County
Saland
Court House
New Hanove County
Willington
Anderson Street
Eaothern
Green Street
Geren Street
Wilmington
N. Co
C. Co. Bellamy
North Carolina Sale of City Lot in Wilmington
In New Hanover County a commissioner's sale is set for April 16 1917 at 12 o clock noon at the courthouse door Wilmington North Carolina. The court action lists Maria Walker and others as plaintiffs and John T Howe and others as defendants. The parcel described is Lot No 4 Block 204 on the official plan of the City of Wilmington bounded by Harnett and Third streets. The sale is for cash under an order of the Superior Court.
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North Carolina
New Hanover County
Maria Walker
Duke
Walker
Jane McDonald
Lucretia Bradley
John Walker
George Walker
John T. Howe
Howe
Jane T. Howe
Alfred Howe
Willard Howe
A. PR. Co
Lucretia Clinton
New Hanover
Harnett Street
Third Street
Thir Street
Hog's’ Folly Tract
Hog’s Folly Tract
City of Wilmington
N.C
Ss. M. Empif
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