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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Apr 16, 1920
Page
12
Markets and grain prices show persistent price movement across Chicago and Minneapolis. Wheat and corn demand fluctuates with new crop harvest expectations while receipts and wholesale quotes for flax and standard flour influence nearby trade at grain markets in the Midwest.
A fragmented April 15 livestock market roundup from Chicago Omaha and Spokane with cattle hogs and sheep receipts and price ranges. Highlights include Chicago top yearlings around 16 dollars and hogs active. Omaha hogs higher with bulk traded at 14 to 15 per hundredweight. Spokane and South St Paul noting steady to higher bids. Also metal and sugar quotes from New York and St Louis baked in.
Trading in New York stocks showed a strong opening with gains in Vanadium and Replagle Steels and early optimism on American Sugar and Consolidated Textile. The session turned irregular as investors weighed Bank of England rates, railway finance, and prospects for money supply, with total sales around 17.65 million dollars and reports noting Gunner forward orders and the Allis-Chalmers dividend status.
Heilbronner reports stock activity driven by money conditions with call money moving from 14 to 15 percent. Strong shows in Pierce Arrow White Motors and General Motors. Vanadium Steel and Replogle Steel lead steel specialties, with Replogle hitting a new high. United States Rubber ex dividend fluctuates. Owens Bottling declares a 4.5 stock dividend. Strike news improving slowly. cautious stance urged.
Well informed quarters report a new pool formed to operate in Pressed Steel Car predicted to meet railroad equipment needs. The note mentions Bonton, Montana, Crystal, Cascade and various entities in a tightening money market. It cites Copper Crown, Eagle and Blacks, Houghton Majestic, and other rail equipment names as part of the broader market chatter.
Neihart Silver Mines rapid development along the Broadwater tunnel 100 foot level shows a large ore body with samples from 30 to 200 ounces per ton. The find lies about 200 feet from the Blackbird claim, with 76 inches uncovered and widening as the drift advances. Thomas Westgard and A B Melane report optimistic plans to connect the Blackbird and Silver Belt mines to Broadwater for economical operation and deeper exploration. An aerial tram and gravity chutes improve transport to the railroad.
Mines and mining firms have entered the market buying large tonnages amid tight copper supplies. France is near a sale agreement for a substantial copper shipment with expectations of an early announcement. French credit is viewed favorably by New York sellers, with financing possibilities discussed.
In Kansas City five boys ages nine to fourteen were detained after a residence on Southwest boulevard was raided. Officers at the Nineteenth street station recovered toys, silverware, vases, and other items found in their possession. They were sent to the defense home for custody and care.
The report covers bid and offer quotes for rail and money markets, with Treasury and Liberty bond prices, discounts on commercial bills, and exchange rates. It notes fluctuations in sterling and Mexican dollars, and cites various bill yields and bond maturities in a concise market briefing.
Lieut. Col. C. Taylor of the Salvation Army Emigration Committee reports from Vancouver that all provinces in the Dominion offer strong opportunities for English and continental women. He notes scarcity of domestic workers and many single men farming in Canada create exceptional chances for war-dependent women, while transportation issues and general investigations leave no province favored. He adds Canada should ease entry for women to address domestic strain from the war.
John Ford faced an eavesdropping charge in London for climbing 18 feet up a wall to peer into a pathroom and listen at night through windows and eaves, allegedly to frame slanderous tales about the king. Authorities describe the act as unlawful listening by night to overhear discourse and damage royal peace.
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