Market opens with strength as steel and tobacco rise
New York stocks opened strong with United States Steel advancing up to 1 point and Sumatra Tobacco hitting new highs. Several issues including Bethlehem Steel Crucible Steel Republic Iron Airplane American Sugar and others posted gains while Liberty bonds slipped to new lows amid broad fluctuations. New Orleans cotton rose early on shorts covering with a net advance of 1 to 66 points.
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New York
United States Steel
Sumatra Tobacco
Bethlehem and Crucible Steels
Republic Iron
Marine Preferred
Baldwin Locomotive
Airplake
Industrial Alcohol
Royal Dutch Oil
American
American Car & Foundry
Amer. Smelt
American T. & T
Anaconda Couee
Atchison
Gulf & W. Indies
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago
Mil
St. Paul
R. I. & Pacq
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Crucible Steel
Eccecesnees
Cuba
Esesseeves
BYIG
Ilinoig Central
Bid
Inspiration Copper
Mer
Marine
Younnaye
International Paper
Kennecott Copper
Louisville & Nashville
Maxwell Motors
Mexican Petroleum
Miami Copper
Pede
Rates Bee'se
Midvale Steelee
Missouri Pacific
Erseege Haak
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Ohio Cities Gassete
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Coal
Ray Consolidated Ae
Weeve Wesaeeses
Rep
Iron & Steel
Napa Weuwe
Sinclair Oil & Refining Aeees
Southern Pacific
Reess
Southern Railway
Coers
Studebaker Corporation
Tennessee Copper
Ever
Texas Co
Union Pacific
United Cigar Stores
U. S. Ind
United States Rubber
Utah Copper
Meine Wee Sols Wabash Pfd
Westinghouse Electric
Willys-Overland
American Tobacco
Atlantic Coast Line
Gulf States Steel
Seaboard Air Line
Sloss, Shef, Steel & Iron
United Fruit
Agee Carp
Chem
Tewecee
N.Y. N.H
I.ceves
Naval Stores Prices Reported in Minutes
Spirits price at 48 cents per unit Rosin and N D Tar listed at 3.25 and 14 12 cents Crude prices shown as 4.35 and 3.35 reflecting recent market quotes for naval stores products.
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Rosin—N. D
Cotton Seed Oil Market Report May 23
New York May 23 cotton seed oil prices are noted with no quotations reported. The market activity includes steady demand from manufacturers and traders watching futures and crate markets for pricing signals.
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New York
Chicago Livestock Prices May 24 Report
Hogs receipts 26000 weak with bids 17.25 to 17.55 for light and mixed hogs. Cattle receipts 3000 steady with native steers 10.40 to 17.50 and cows 7.25 to 14.85. Sheep receipts 7000 steady with ewes 9.75 to 14.80 and lambs 13.25 to 6.65.
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Chicago
Chicago grain price movement on May 24 crops and hogs
Heavy rains threatened planting as corn opened with mixed gains and later rose. Oats tracked corn with a parallel pattern while hogs weakened with provisions. lard held steadier. No. 2 yellow corn quoted at 1.76, No. 3 yellow 1.65 to 1.73, oats 74 to 76 cents, rye 2.05, barley 1.30 to 1.50, pork nominal, lard 24.00 to 24.05, ribs 21.45 to 22.07.
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Chicago Grain
Chicago
Fragmented Shipping Rates Across Ports
Incomplete OCR shows Wilmington, Charleston, Norfolk, Savannah with inconsistent values. Notable figures include 28.00 at Wilmington and 30.00 at Charleston, with Savannah listing 390.00 in unclear terms. Data appears garbled and lacks full context or dates.
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Wilmington
Aspot Ob
Charleston
Ise Ee
Norfolk
Savannah Ligiconatecaniats
New York Cotton Opens Firm as Prices Rise
Good buyers at the open lift the market with old crop prices up 5 to 13 points and new crop 28 to 43 points. July hits 23.85 and October 23.30, posting 40 to 44 point gains from last night. Liverpool and traders mainly cover positions while market eases after opening on favorable weather and cooled technicals.
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New York
Liverpool
New York Spot Cotton Quiet As Middling Holds
New York on May 24 reports spot cotton quiet with middling at 27.30 cents per pound. Traders note stable demand and limited price movement amid market consolidation.
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New York
Spot Cotton Prices in New Orleans On May Twenty Fourth
New Orleans May 24 Spot cotton unchanged with 1,293 bales on sale arriving 100 bales low middling at 26.25 middling 28.75 good middling 30.00. Receipts 295 stock 393,486.
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New Orleans
Liverpool Cotton Prices Steady Amid Quiet Spot Market
Liverpool reports spot cotton quiet with prices holding firm. Good middling 21.41, middling 20.88, low middling 20.36, good ordinary 19.36. Sales 2,000 bales, including 1,300 American. receipts 22,000 bales, 21,700 American. Futures closed quiet with new and old contract levels listed.
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Iverpool
Liverpool
COFTON SEED OIL. Now iy 2-Cotton seed of, no cplaneal
No coherent record available from readable text. Unable to identify a clear event, entities, or location.
Commodity Price Notation From Historical Ledger
The record lists rosin and tar prices with multiple figures: tar at 3.25 and 1412 cents. crude tar at 4.50, 4.50, and 3.50. These entries reflect historical pricing notation in a trade ledger.
Southern division hits Red Cross goal and totals soar
The Southern division exceeded its Red Cross drive quota by last night and reached 23,025,000 by noon today with a 4,000,000 goal. States report Tennessee 857,000 Georgia 778,000 North Carolina 645,000 South Carolina 581,000 Florida 463,000 as part of the drive.
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Dispatch
Atlanta
Red Cross
Tennesse
Weather Outlook for Wilmington Area May 24 1918
Partly cloudy tonight and Saturday with probable showers. Gentle to moderate shifting winds. Cape Fear river stage at Fayetteville was 7.0 feet at 8 a m yesterday. Weather Bureau reports. Sun rises, sun sets.
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Wilmington
Cape Fear River
Fayetteville
N. C
Reese
Obstacle to Hungary's Hopes Stated in Speech
Amsterdam dispatch reports Count Michael Rarely, leader of the Hungarian independent party, condemning Austria Hungary Germany tensions as an obstacle to Hungary's political and economic aspirations. He urged pacifism and said civilization's preservation depends on peaceful understanding.
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Amsterdam
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Count Michael
Eger
Budapest
Weser Zeitung
Hungary
Michael
Hungarian Independent Party
Michael Lennon Arrest Ties Sinn Fein Leader to 1916 Rebellion
Dublin reports Michael Lennon, editor of Young Ireland, arrested for active participation in the 1916 rebellion and sedition after release from amnesty. His arrest signals government vigilance among Sinn Fein leaders and substitutes as five more arrests are announced and Mrs Clark and others deported to England. In Washington, three fourths of a Red Cross war fund target is reached with $74,269,824 pledged toward the drive.
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Dublin
Michael Lennon
Sian ‘Fein
Young Ireland
Sinn
Sinn Fein
Thomas J. Clark
England
Washington
Red Cross
National Headquarters
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