Cotton market steadies amid weather bureau optimism
The cotton market opened steady and closed very steady as near months rose on firmer cables and a bullish weather outlook. July and October futures traded around 19.8 and 19.25 with later buying in response to a mid day weather bureau report predicting unseasonably warm conditions and supportive Mississippi Valley reports. Local market wholesale prices for eggs butter beef and produce are listed with steady ranges for several items including potatoes cabbage and pork.
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New York
Eatlier Bureau
Liverpool
Mississippi Valley
Weather Bureau
N.C
iVab Aes
Florida
Bir
California
New York Spot Cotton Quiet as Prices Hold
New York reports spot cotton steady at middling 20.25 with quiet trading on May 16. Market watchers note stable values amid light activity and no immediate price shifts.
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New York
New Orleans Cotton Market Opens Higher Then Steady
In New Orleans on May 16 the cotton market opened with gains of 4 to 6 points, eased soon after on favorable weather views, and then firmed as government weekly crop accounts were less favorable than expected. Prices finished the first half hour 2 to 6 points below yesterday, then rose to 9 to 10 points over noon, and closed very steady with front months up 17 to 19 points. January 18.93 to 18.32. May 19.45 to 19.63. October 18.74. December 18.83.
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New Orleans
Newes el Rbs
New Orleans Spot Cotton Prices Report
New Orleans market shows quiet spot cotton with 13 point declines. Sales reported at 04 bales to arrive 50. Quotations list good ordinary 18.12 to strict good ordinary 18.62. low middling 19.12 to strict low middling 19.41. middling 1.00 to strict middling 19.69. good middling 19.98 and strict good middling 15. Receipts total 1,098. ai
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New Orleans
Coffee futures hold steady on May market
New York May 16 Rio No 7 coffee markets show futures steady with May at 00 and July at 8.17 as traders await further data.
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New York
Rio
Milk and Cheese Prices and Poultry Report
New York markets show butter firm at 9 628 receipts with creamery extras around 92 to 39 cents, eyes firm at 29 688 with fresh gathered around 37 1 2 to 38, cheese strong with 9 767 receipts and fresh specials near 27. Live poultry unsettled with prices for chickens 24 to 29, fowls 20 to 25 1 2, turkeys 18 to 35.
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New York
Wilmington Avalon Stores Prices and Receipts Note
Prices listed for spirits rosins tar and crude in Wilmington Avalon Stores. Figures show Spirits 44 1 2, Rosin 5.10 and 5.40, Tar 3.30 and 15 cents, Crude 3.50 3.60 and 2.50. Receipts and unclear numbers follow with stray symbols and partial data.
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Wilmington
Wheat Plunge as Traders Step Back in Chicago Market
Wheat futures fell sharply with prices slipping to near 2.00 a bushel amid scant broker activity in Chicago. In New York stocks showed mixed gains with United States Steel and Bethlehem Steel advancing while Associated Oil dropped. Trading was light, with broad weakness in corn and oats and limited demand for provisions.
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Allis Chalmers
American
American Can
Amer. Car and Foundry
American Locomotive
American Cotton Coil
American Smelting
American Sugar
American Tel
American Tobacco
Anaconda Copper
Atchison
Pateva
Atlantic Coast Line
Baldwin Locomotive
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chi
Mil
Consolidated Gas
Crucible Steel
Cuba
Erie
General Electric
General Motors
Great Northern Ore Ctés
Illinois Central
Inspiration Copper
Int
Merc. Marine
International Paper
Kansas City Southern
Kennecott Copper
Louisville & Nashville
jLiggett & Myers
Bid
Lorillard Co
Maxwell Motors
Mexican Petroleum
Midvale Steel
National Lead
Peer York Centra
N. H. & Hartford
Sloss. Shef. Steel & Iron Ee Ns
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker Corporation
Tenn
Texas Co
LA Union Pacific
United Fruit
Iu. S. Rubber
Ju. S. Smelting & Refining
U.S. Steal
Cs Ce
Steel Pfd
Turpentine and Rosin Trade Reported in Savannah
Savannah May 16 report shows turpentine firm sales 433 441 2 receipts 319 shipments 688 stocks 9752 while rosin firm sales blank receipts 37 shipments 2801 stocks 70057. price quotes listed for grades B D E F G H I K M N WG WW with ranges from 5.82 to 6.25.
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Savannah
Turpentine
Rosin
Sugar futures ease as liquidation weighs on prices
Raw sugar remains steady early trading with quotes at 6.02 for centrifugal and 5.14 for molasses, refined steady. May futures open lower on liquidation by outside interests. at noon prices down 5 to 8 points, close steady to 5 to 7 points lower. Sales reach 20,800 tons with May at 4.93, July 5.03, September 5.09.
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New York
British Campaign in East at Standstill
British campaign in Mesopotamia, after a string of victories over the Turks, is now nearly at a standstill. An official front report states no major operations since the month began, but 136 prisoners have been taken, including 29 in a skirmish near Deli Abbas.
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Associated Press
London
Mesopotamia
Mesopotamian Front
Deli Abbas
Sunrise and Sunset Notice
Fragmentary text reports sunrise and sunset for Thursday with unclear surrounding details and references.
Stock and Bond Owners to Meet in Baltimore
A meeting of railroad stock and bond owners is convened in Baltimore at the Hotel Emerson on May 23 at 11 o'clock. The conference will discuss organizing investors into an association and assess rail credit, securities, and financing as the nation supports war efforts. The call is issued by S Davies Warfield, Baltimore banker and railroad investor, who cites four stakeholder groups and the need for unified investor input.
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Baltimore
Emerson
United States
S. Davies Warfield
Continental Trust Company
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
Warfield
Interstate Commerce Commission
State Commissions
Investment Bankers’ Association
Fulton Eyes Langford Rematch for Ring Comeback
New York May 16 Fred Fulton weighs retirement or a return to favor in boxing. He aims to meet Sam Langford, seeking a knockout to regain prestige after the Mor ris affair and a tough road back toward a potential Willard title shot amid color line debates.
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United Press
New York
Fred Fulton
Fulton
Sam Langford
Fred
Minnesota
Jess Willard
Carl Morris
Morris
Jim Coffey
Frank Moran
Sam
Belabor
Smith
Langford
Jack Johnston
Filipino southpaw Chick Manilla stars for Norfolk in Virginia league
A Filipino left handed pitcher Chick Manilla is pitching for Arthur Devlin's Norfolk team in the Virginia league, delivering strong pitching performances and helping the squad compete for standings.
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Chick Manilla
Arthur Devlin
Norfolk
Truste e Sale of Cape Fear Land Tracts in New Hanover NC
A trustee sale is scheduled for June 15 1917 at noon at the New Hanover County Court House. Lands described as two tracts in Cape Fear township are offered for cash to the highest bidder, under a deed of trust dated October 20 1915 and recorded in Book 87 page 95.
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T. A. Watson
New Hanover County
North Carolina
Court House
County of
New Hanover
Cape Fear
Gordon Road
Castle Haynes
Watson Tract
Office of the Register of Deeds
Castle Haynes Road
Description of property parcels in Watson Tract Third Tract
Legal description details begin at Castle Haynes road and Gordon road, outlining parcels lot numbers 5 6 10 11 in the Watson Tract with measured boundaries. The document is dated May 16 1091T and signed by Marsten Bellamy trustee.
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Gordon Road
Castle Haynes Road
Watson Tract
Said Road
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