Cotton futures gain as buyers push May and October higher
The market shows renewed strength on March 24 with buying by Wall Street brokers lifting May and October futures. Prices move to new highs for several active months, supported by bullish goods trade signals and expectations of cooler weather in the Eastern belt, while some profit taking caps gains later trading.
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York
H Cuse
Magee
Kitajiyy
Wall Street
France
Gra
Alba
Necemlit
New York Spot Cotton Prices Report
New York spot cotton quotes on March 24 show Middling grade at 19.30 cents per pound. Market notes reference steady demand and standard market fluctuations for the day.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Market Sees Buoyant Start Amid Reports
Continued easing in the eastern belt lifts active cotton months in New Orleans. Early gains range from 9 to 12 points as bullish sentiment grows on unconfirmed reports of an American vessel and a German submarine. profits realization later trims gains but the market remains steady with July October and December futures posting gains.
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New Orleans
New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices Rise on March 24
New Orleans reports spot cotton trading steady with gains. Prices show values from 17.25 for good ordinary to 19.37 for strict good middling, with 1,252 bales sold for delivery and 1,300 to arrive.
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New Orleans
Cotton Seed Oil Market Closes Strong in New York
The cotton seed oil market closed strong with March at 18.80 and May around 13.89. Other contracts ranged from 12.88 to 18.88 as of March 24. Total sales reached 12,100 barrels.
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New York
March
Basi
Ois
Money brief with foreign exchange rates and bonds
New York March 24 Mercantile paper quotes include Sterling sixty day bills at 4.71 and 4.70 4 for commercial day bills, demand 4.75 5.55, cables 4.76 7 16. Francs demand 5.84 5 8, cables 5.83 5 8. Marks demand 69 7 8, cables 69 1 4. Kronen demand 11.20, cables 11.35. Guilders 40 1 2, cables 40 9 16. Rubles demand 48 58, cables 28 60. Bar silver 7 1 2. Mexican dollars 55 3 4. Government bonds steady. railroad bonds firm.
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New York
Mercantile Paper
Asheville Troops Mustered Out Amid Army Reorganization
Associated Press reports Asheville Field Hospital Corps No 1 has been mustered out and paid off. Cavalry troops are being mustered out this afternoon. Lieutenants Duvall and Lyon U.S.A. command the muster out. Lt Hallam leads the men and Captain Vila oversees medical examinations.
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Assocvated Press
Aheville
Ashevile Field Hospital Corps No. 1
Cavalry
Duvall
Lyon
Halla * Biying
Vila
Market Prices for Naval Stores and Crude
Prices listed show spirits commodities at $3.00 with 13 1/2 cents, crude oils fluctuating between $3.50 and $3.50 and $2.50 in the period. The notes reference regional dealers and price ranges for navy stores.
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Wa Ee Naval Stores
RENS
Sonegr
N.D
Turpentine and Rosin Prices at Savannah Market
Savannah market report shows turpentine firm at 42 411-2 bid with no offerings and receipts 41. rosin firm sales and receipts 130. Price quotes list B D IF at 5.45 and G H L at 5.50, K M at 5.65, WG and WW at 5.80.
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Savannah
Turpentine
Rosin
Wheat Prices Rise On Food Supply Cooperation Hopes
Chicago traders saw wheat advance as hopes for greater grain sharing with Entente allies supported by rumors of Argentina export limits. May and July futures climbed with gains in corn oats and hog provisions as markets weighed embargo risks and record U S grain movement.
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Chicago
Argentina
Kansas
Cape Fear River Water Stage at Fayetteville
Water stage in the Cape Fear River at Fayetteville North Carolina reported 8 am yesterday at 13.1 feet. No further details or context provided in the readable text.
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Cape Fear River
Fayetteville
N. C
Rail rally on Wall Street amid mixed industrials gains
Opening stock summary shows rails leading with Chicago & Northwestern Norfolk & Western and Southern Railway shares rising. Union Pacific and Reading fall while larger industrials like United States Steel show irregular movement amid a broad list of corporate quotes and totals.
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New York
Wall Street
Chicago & Northwestern
Norfolk & Western
Southern Railway
Erie
Lehigh Valley
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
New Haven
Union Pacific
Reading
United States Steel
Allis-Chalmers
American Car and Foundry
American Cotton Oil
American Smelting
American Sugar
Canoe
American Tel & Tel
American Tobacco
Anconda Copper Atchison
Atlantic Coast Line
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago
Mil
Chicago, R. I
Pacific Colorado Fuel & Tron
Consolidated Gas Edgy Corn Products
Crucible Steel
Mima
Erie General Electric
Great Northern Pfd
Great Northern Ore
Cuslinois Central
Inspiration Copper
Merc
Marine Ptd
International Nickel
International Paper
Kansas City Southern
Kennecott Copper
Louisville & Nashville Liggett & Myers
Lorillard Co
Maxwell Motors
Mexican Petroleum
National Lead
New York Central
N. Y
Southern Railway Ptd
Studebaker Corporation
Tennessee Coer
Bid
WerAe Gewis Ee Sin Oe el Wh
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United Fruit
United States Rubber Sees
U. S. Smelting & Refining
United States. Steel
United States Steel Pfd
Utah Copper
Cos
Weath
Virginia-Carp. Chem
Wabash Pfd
Western Union
Westinghouse Electric Se
Eevce
Queen's Gala Week begins aid drive for Red Cross Sanitarium
The queen contest for Shriners Gala Week April 9 to 14 opens with eight ballot stations at Shriners headquarters and local stores. Many candidates entered, as organizers led by Mrs. Jas. H. Cowan announce committee members and pledge support for the Red Cross Sanitarium fundraiser.
Americans Withdrawn from Belgium Relief Mission
Washington announces formal withdrawal of American relief workers and Minister Brand Whitlock from Belgium. Secretary Lansing says the Netherlands will assume the commission's work, with the aim of humanitarian continuation under Dutch oversight.
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Associated, Press
Washington
Belgium
Brand Whitlock
State Department
Lansing
Wilson
Netherlands
France
Commission
Rotterdam
I.t
Bride Rejoices After Mate Rescued From Vigilancia
A bride celebrates as her partner is saved from Vigilancia in a dramatic incident. Local authorities reported the escape and the couple’s relief, with witnesses noting a swift response and safe outcome.
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Mate
Vigilancia
O Connell Survives Torpedoing of Vigilancia
New York report notes O Connell first mate aboard the Vigilancia torpedoed by a German submarine. He married two weeks before sailing and joined the ship for higher pay and possible captaincy. His wife is sister to a former shipmate on the Standard Oil tanker John D Archbold.
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New York
O’connell
Vigilancia
Charles Street
O'Connell
Vizilancia
Standard Oil
John D. Archbold
Soldiers to Guard Interned Germans Arrive at Fort Oglethorpe
Six companies of United States Infantry assigned to guard interned German sailors at Oglethorpe will arrive at 6 PM. Local rail officials have orders canceling a special Philadelphia to Georgia train bringing the interned sailors to Fort Oglethorpe and Fort McPherson.
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Associated Press
Atlanta
United States Infantry
Oglethrope
Philadelphia
Fort Oglethrope
Fort McPherson
Denver Murder Trial Dramatized in New Play
A play by Mrs. Ben B. Lindsey wife of Denver’s juvenile court judge will be staged at the Drama theatre tomorrow. The Greater Love is based on a Denver murder trial with a heroine modeled after a local girl involved in an unusual case in Judge Lindsey’s court. Cast includes Mrs. Jas. Howard Grainger Mrs. Hugh MacRae Mrs. J. Solomon Mrs. Dc. J. Kelloway and Miss Nellie Durham.
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Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Ben B. Lindsey
Drama Theatre
Denial of rumors on Capt Freimuth loyalty in Wilmington
Members of Hose Company No. 3 sign a statement denying rumors about Captain L Freimuth of Wilmington Fire Station No. 3. They assert his loyalty to the Democratic Party and the American Nation and deny withholding Woodrow Wilson’s image or the U S flag at their engine house. The affidavit notes the 1916 election context and registrars’ roles.
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L. Freimuth
Wilmington
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Democratic Party
Freimuth
Capt. Freimuth
L. R. Frost
J. D.ishipp
L. L. King
Cc. A. Hargrove
Ww. H. Merritt
North Carolina
New Hanover
W. A. McGowan
R. J. Darden
Thos. R. Marshall
American aviator McConnell killed in action over German lines
Paris reports Sergeant J. R. McConnell, American aviator missing five days after a combat with two German machines, was killed in action as observers witnessed his plane fall in flames. Wounded pilot Edmund C. Gent, great grandson of Citizen Gent a former French minister, accompanied him.
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Associated Press
Paris
J. R. McConnell
Edmund C. Gent
McConnell
Gent
United States
Washington
America
Sergeant McConnell A Virginia Graduate and Carthage Native
Sergeant McConnell, about 30, son of Judge S P McConnell of Carthage North Carolina, was a University of Virginia graduate.
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Sergeant McConnell
S. P. McConnell
Carthage, N. C
University of Virginia
Maude's forces retake Kut el Amara and press Turks toward Baghdad
The first photo of Kut el Amara's occupation by General Maude recalls Townshend's futile Townshend siege. Maude recaptured Kut el Amara and routed Turkish troops, driving them beyond Baghdad as Russian advances press from Persia. One Turkish army flees toward Persia while another is boxed in by Russian and British efforts.
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Kut-el-Amara
General Maude
Maude
Persia
Mesopotamian
Mesopotamia
Picture controversy cited at engine house polling place
In a March 24 1917 affidavit R J Darden testifies that a picture of Mr Wilson and Mr Marshall was attempted to be displayed in the engine house at Fourth and Campbell Streets the designated polling place for the First Ward during the November 7 1916 general election but Captain L Freimuth prohibited the display.
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Dency
United States
Fourth and
Campbell Streets
Board of Elections For
Wilson
Marshall
L. Freimuth
R. J. Darden
A. D
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Ies Eto Reed
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Nethlands
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Ww. A. McGowan
Donovans
Weather Reports
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Jacksonville
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