Stock market rises amid copper gains and rail optimism
New York May 14 stock dealings show a notable rise with Butte and Superior Copper leading gains as rails climb on proposed rate increases. Utilities and metals, including United States Steel and diverse issues such as American Sugar and Union Pacific, advance, while Liberty 41-48 hits a new high of 97.70 amid broad market strength.
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New York
Butte
Superior
Rails
Denver
Riogrande
United States Steel
Liberty
American Car & Foundry
Merican T. & T
Eee
Atchison
Gulf & W. Indies
Baldwin
Baltimore & Ohio
Pethlehem Steel
Chesapeake & Ghig , Ws Us Ae
Chi
Mil. & St. Paul Cn Wc
Chi, R. I. & Pac
China Copper
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Cuba
Ossnan
Cenecal Electric
General Motors
Great Northern Peg
Inois Central
Inspiration
Mer
Marine
International Paper
Kennecott Copper
Louisville & Nashville
Maxwell Motors
Mexican Petroleum
Miami Copper
Midvale Steel
Os O
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Ohio Cities Gas
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Coal
Consolidated Copper
Westinghouse Electric
Willys-Overland
Tennessee Copper
Toras Cos
American Tobacco
Atlantic Coast Line
Gulf States Steel
Seaboard Air Line
Sloss, Shef, Steel & Iron
Bid
United Fruit
Oc Ce Aw Snoek
Virginia-Caro, Chem
Market Report Shows Mixed Live Stock Prices in Chicago
Chicago markets report receipts of 54,000 for cattle and 18,000 for sheep with weak tone across livestock. Beef cattle show native steers quoted 10.15 to 17.50, stockers 9.00 to 12.85, cows and heifers 6.80 to 14.25, calves 8.00 to 14.00, while hogs range 14.00 to 17.25 with varied weights and grades. Sheep and lamb prices also listed with limited activity and soft demand.
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N. C
Virginia
Chicago market mixed as oats and grains trend higher
May corn opens near unchanged before rising sharply to 1 3/4 higher by day’s end. July wheat climbs above Saturday’s close while oats follow corn. Pork and lard futures show firmness with May and July contracts posting gains despite tight shorts. Prices for soy and other staples listed with several entities and levels.
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Chicago
Tim
Women sales force grows as war boosts hiring drive
The number of traveling saleswomen in the United States is estimated to have risen by at least 35 percent since the war began. General Electric aims to recruit college women as telewomen for laboratory work. Detroit post office reports 30 men mail carriers in service.
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United States
The
General Electric Company
Detroit
Notable Naval Stores Price Snapshot
Spirits sell at 48 cents. Tar at 3.25 dollars. Crude prices listed at 6.25, 4.25 and 3.25 dollars. Pasta and related items show no movement.
Marine Corps Casualty List Released by Navy Department
Washington May 13 Navy Department made public a casualty list naming 18 Marines. Seventeen were wounded slightly and one reported missing in action.
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Marine Corps
Washington
Navy Department
Money Market Summary May 13 Reports Rates
Mercantile paper four months six months at 6 percent. Sterling sixty day bills 4.72 3 4, commercial sixty day bills 4.72 4.71 3 4, demand 4.75 1 2, cables 4.76 7 16. Bar silver 99 1 2. Time loans easier sixty ninety days 5 3 4 to 6 percent, six months 6 bid. Call money weaker high 4 1 2, low 8, ruling rate 4 1 2, closing bid 3, offered 3 1 2, last loan 3 2.
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New York
Mercantile Paper
Chicago Cattle Prices and Receipts Report
Chicago markets show hog receipts at 30,000 with mixed to heavy ranges from 14.00 to 17.70. Cattle receipts 13,000 with stable to varied: native steers 10.15 to 17.70, cows and heifers 6.90 to 14.25, calves 8.00 to 14.00. Sheep receipts 18,000 with sheep 12.00 to 16.25 and lambs 15.00 to 20.25.
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Chicago
Chicago Grain Market Murmurs as Warmer Weather Grows
Chicago bears gain slight edge as warmer weather boosts planting prospects. May prices open modestly higher before retreating, with July oats and corn slipping on improved conditions. Provisions follow grain weakness as hog strength fails to offset downward drift.
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Chicago
Bears
Turpentine and rosin market report for Savannah
Turpentine firm shows 451-2 barrel lot, sales 152, receipts 227, stock 23 640 with no shipments. Rosin firm reports sales 548, receipts 1 375, stock 97 185 and no shipments. Price quotes list grades B to WG with ranges from 6.50 to 7.35 per unit.
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Savannah
England 10 Denounce Commercial Treaties
In London on May 14 Andrew Bonar Law announced in the commons that Britain will denounce all commercial treaties with most favored nation clauses. The Times notes this could free fiscal policy, allowing Britain to tailor duties and imports for allies, dominions, and others after war era treaties end.
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London
Andrew Bonar- Law
House of Commons
the Times
Edward Carson
The
Times
Great Britain
United Kingdom
United United Kingdom
Belgian Forced to Join German Army
A Belgian national, born to Belgian parents in Touvean, was forcibly enlisted in the German army on January 1, 1918 and deserted on March 4 joining Belgian representatives in a neutral country. He was drafted into the First Ersatz battalion of regiment seniger 161 at Duren in the Rhineland.
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Paris
Touvean
Havre
Seniger
Duren
Rhenish Prus
Fragmentary score tally from unidentified teams
Partial scoreboard data shows Wilmington Charleston Norfolk and Savannah with scattered figures. The text lists per team entries such as 2-80.00 and 1-2 but lacks full context or dates.
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Wilmington
Charleston
Norfolk
Savannah
Cotton market falls from early gains in New York trading
The May contract opened up nine points but soon dropped, with July and October slipping to 26.00 and 25.30. Liverpool was a seller and liquidation by prior buyers contributed to a broad decline, as April mill consumption forecasts remained weak. Cotton closed easy across contracts.
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New York
Liverpool
Cotton market closes steady at 27.20
New York SProrT reports cotton finished near unchanged as quotes closed barely steady at a middling 27.20 amid quiet trading.
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New York
Cotton market weakens as April mill stats disappoints New Orleans
In New Orleans on May 14 prices fell 22 to 32 points in early trading after April American mill statistics undercut expectations. Unfavorable belt weather steadied the decline with closing values about 85 to 95 points lower. May to January futures listed with notable drops reflecting the day’s slower demand and weather concerns.
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New Orleans
Yestrday
New Orleans Spot Cotton Steady as Markets Report Quiet
New Orleans on May 14 reports spot cotton quiet and unchanged with sales 327 bales to arrive none. Prices show low middling 26.75, middling 29.25, good middling 30.50. Receipts 2,701, Block 423,609.
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New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Prices Hold Steady in Dull Market
Liverpool on May 14 reports spot dull with prices unchanged led by good middle and middling grades. Sales reach 2,000 bales including 1,800 American while futures close steady with new May at 21.71 and June at 21.34, other months lower. Old contracts at fixed prices May 20.45 and May-June 20.37.
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Liverpool
Cotton seed oil market quiet with no quotations
New York May 13 cotton seed oil market shows no quotations as trading remains quiet. Industry insiders note absence of announced bids or offers and little active interest across the session.
Cotton seed oil market report lacks quotations
New York May 14 report notes no quotations in the cotton seed oil market with unchanged prices and limited trading activity. Brokers expect cautious sessions ahead as supply data remains available and market players monitor demand signals.
Thrift Soldiers Decorated Today at Hemenway School
Judge Gilbert T. Stephenson of Winston-Salem presided at noon exercises marking city students earning thrift emblems for selling war savings stamps. Forty four Hemenway pupils earned medals. six received corporals and two generals, Henry and Everett Huggins, won gold medals. Other city schools’ students also honored.
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Gilbert T. Stephenson
Winston-Salem
Hemenway School
Hemenway
Thrift
Henry
Everett Huggins
Grace Methodist Church Education Committee Meeting
The Woman's Missionary Auxiliary of Grace Methodist Church will hold a meeting tomorrow after noon at 4 o'clock at the church. All members are expected to attend.
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Woman’s Missionary Auxiliary of
Grace Methodist Church
Wilmington Weather Report Fair and cooler with variable winds
Fair and cooler tonight for Wilmington and vicinity. Wednesday will be fair with moderate north winds turning variable. Stage of water in the Cape Fear River at Fayetteville was 6.8 feet yesterday morning. Sunrise and sunset times listed. Weather Bureau reports referenced.
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Wilmington
Cape Fear River
Fayetteville
N. C
Cotton consumption and stocks rise in April report
The Census Bureau reports April cotton consumption at 544,559 running bales excluding lint, with nine month total 4,944,792 bales. April 30 hand in consuming establishments was 1,807,055 bales and imports 21,157 bales. exports 217,802 bales.
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Washington
Census Bureau Today
Puppy Dog Born With Camouflage In Front Line Trench
In France on May 13 a notice posted by a censor describes a puppy born in an American trench. The pup wore a camouflage suit and the bulletin urged readers to “go look at the dog.”
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France
First Payment of Bonds In Liberty Loan
Washington banks rush to handle the first semi annual payment on second liberty loan bonds due tomorrow with interest coupons totaling 76 175 000 dollars as of May 14.
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Washington
Cox College Marks 75th Anniversary This Month
Cox College in Atlanta celebrates its 75th anniversary this month. As one of the world’s oldest institutions chartered for women, the college reflects on its long history and achievements.
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Cox College
Atlanta
Bank Call Issued for National Banks
Washington May 14 The comptroller of the currency issued a call for the condition of all national banks as of close of business Friday May 10.
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Bank Gall
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
Rheuma claim offers quick relief with refund guarantee
A Syracuse reader testimonial asserts five years of arthritic pain vanished after using Rheuma, with Mrs Lucia Ryder of 102 Gilbert Street praising the remedy. The ad promises a money back guarantee if no quick relief is felt and notes ready sale at druggists with a two week supply noted as inexpensive.
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Lucia Ryder
Gilbert Street
Syracuse
N. Y
Mechanic's lien sale in New Hanover County NC
State court order authorizes sale of a Saxon automobile left at the shop by George Kostavars to satisfy a mechanic's lien for repairs. The sale, conducted at the county courthouse, occurs for cash to the highest bidder. May 9 1918. Kh. P. Dudley.
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New Hanover County
Ab. Selock M
Court House
Dear
George Kostavars
Kh. P. Dudley
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