Cotton market rallies then slips amid weather views
In New York on May 4 the cotton market opened with a gain of about 225 points amid favorable weather expectations but quickly weakened. July fell from 25 to 24.55, October to 23.98, while New Orleans spot prices edged down with tougher selling due to dry weather. stock market activity showed liberty loan focus and mixed declines across major issues.
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Clearing house banks hold 37 million reserve this week
The New York Clearing House reports banks and trust companies retain a reserve of 37,199,580 in excess of local requirements for the week, an increase of 34,506,410 from the previous tracking period.
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Chicago Grain and Live Stock Reports May 4
Weather forecasts kept above normal highs while corn futures moved narrowly. Hog prices showed slight gains on firm cash bids as hog livers strengthened demand. Live stock receipts rose with hogs and calves steady to higher, cattle steady for the day.
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Mercantile Paper Rates and Bank Bill Quotes
Mercantile paper for past months quotes include six months and commercial sixty day bills. Bank bills list at 4.72 and 4.71 to 4.75 with minor variations. Cable rates show 4.76 and related river remand figures appear.
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Mercantile
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Bar River
Cotton Seed Oil Market Quiet with No Sales Reported
New York May 4 cotton seed market shows no deals. Spot names for May and July contracts are listed but no sales occurred.
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Cotton Seed Oil
New York
Emissary Arrives in England Amid Peace Offensive
A Central News report states a Dutch emissary linked to a new peace offensive has landed in England. An agency note confirms the envoy is on the way and details are still developing.
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Central News
Prussia tightens vote duty and approves secret ballot
The Prussian lower house passed a clause making voting mandatory for every elector as it debates the suffrage reform bill. The principal of the secret ballot was also approved.
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Amsterdam
Heavy fighting reported along Italian front
The official statement details heavy combat along the entire Italian front from the Adriatic to the Giudicaria in the north. It notes intense actions and broad engagement across the zone as of the latest reports.
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London
Adriatic
Giudicaria
Italy
Death Sentence Disapproved by President for Four Soldiers
Washington dated May 4 reports President Wilson disapproved the sentence of four American soldiers in France who were ordered shot. The ruling overturns the capital punishment, reflecting a presidential act in the ongoing military justice matter.
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Wilson
France
Wilson praises efficiency of American farmers using man test
President Wilson argues that measured by the man test rather than the acre test American farmers are most efficient in the world. He states they produce less per acre but much more per man, calling the man test a better standard.
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Local Market Prices and Scarce Goods Listed
The notice catalogs wholesale prices for eggs butter spring chickens and grower chickens along with scarce cabbage onions and potatoes. It lists various regional items including Irish and Maine grown seed potatoes and several peanut and apple varieties with price ranges.
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Weather Report for Wilmington and Vicinity
Fair tonight and Sunday with little temperature change. West winds shift from gentle to moderate and become waterborne. Stage of water at Cape Fear River Fayetteville was 14.5 feet at 8 am yesterday. Forecast indicates continued dry conditions with mild temperatures through the period.
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Cape Fear River
Fayetteville
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Famous Briton to lecture on The Checkerboard of Europe
Sir John Foster Fraser F R G S chairman of the National War Lecture committee will speak on The Checkerboard of Europe at Chautauqua. The Edinburgh native has served with the British army in France and Flanders and visited munition works in Britain and Scotland. He was knighted in June 1917 by King George and has written about his travels in a dozen books.
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