Fragmentary cotton price notes from market page
Partial OCR shows cotton price figures with decimals and stray letters. No clear event or entities. unable to identify date, location, or names.
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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1918
Page
7
Partial OCR shows cotton price figures with decimals and stray letters. No clear event or entities. unable to identify date, location, or names.
May 6 data show cotton futures up 29 to 80 points as Liverpool buyers enter after selling at 25.14 for July and 24.50 for October. Prices eased late on better rains in the southwest and renewed liquidity. July and October slid to around 24.70 and 24.00 respectively, with the previous day’s close near 25.60.
New York spot cotton in middling grade quoted at 27.20 cents per pound on May 6, reflecting current market levels.
Early New Orleans cotton trading shows nervous activity as rains in the western region boost buying at first call pushing active months up 21 to 5 points. Heavy offerings later pull futures down, end of first half hour up 15 points, closing steady with gains of 47 to 59 points.
New Orleans spot cotton opened unchanged with sales of 1240 bales on the go to arrive 186. The market shows low mid ing 26.50 middling 28.50 good middling 29.75. Receipts reached 5,430 and stock stood at 65 816.
Everpool May 6 reports spot prices for cotton easing with good middling at 21.18 and middling 21.18. low middling 19.66 and ordinary 19. }. New contracts show May at 21.35. June 20.38. July 20.38. August 19.85. September 19.45. Old contracts: May 20.12. May-June 20.05. June-July 19.97.
Chicago price data shows oats and corn easing on peace talks with May and July futures dropping. Cash corn No 2 yellow around 1.50 to 1.65 and oats No 3 white near 76 1/2 to 77 1/2. rye and barley quoted, pork and lard futures steady with nearby prices around 25.37 for lard and 45.60 for pork.
Chicago May 6 news reports hogs with receipts around 15 000 and firm bids. Native steers 10 to 17.70, stockers 8 to 12.60, cows and calves 14 to 16, calves around 14.00. Sheep receipts 10 000 with firm prices for lambs and sheep ranging about 12.75 to 16.75.
New York stocks rise across steels shippings tobacco and other prominent specialties in a broad rally. Oils and minor equipment advance while rails show little change. readings for Liberty bonds hold steady with the market advancing into the first half hour.
A Savannah market note lists turpentine firm data with 102 sales 6 receipts 156 shipments and 23 370 stocks, and rosin firm data with 125 sales 4 receipts 125 shipments and 96 451 stocks. Prices quoted include B D E F G I 6.00 K 6.05 M 6.15 N 6.10 WG 6.70 WW 6.90.
In North Carolina New Hanover County Superior Court before the Clerk the final report of the Board of Levers for Drainage District No 2 is accepted and a hearing set for May 2 1918. The order directs posting at the court house door and five district sites and publication in Wilmington Dispatch for two weeks. Clerk N Harris signs the order.
A condensed market update listing wholesale prices for eggs hams shoulders and ribs pork products corn wool hides tallow onions peanuts apples and naval stores including spirits rosins turpentine and oils with figures in cents and dollars. The brief notes scarce eggs and varied prices across commodities reflect regional market conditions.
An old ad praised Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription for nervous prostration and expectancy related relief. Testimonies from Rosa Hogan and A Hunains claim strong results and recommend the product to women. The notice notes the product contains no alcohol or narcotics and offers trial packages and free literature from Buffalo New York.
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