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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1917
Page
10
Prices improved on eastern markets as peace rumors and short covering spurred buying. Copper stocks remained conspicuously strong while overall trading showed little volatility amid cautious optimism ahead of war news over Christmas.
Traders faced uneven activity as holiday trading edged into the market with short-contract settlements and fresh peace rumor chatter. Bond prices fluctuated with French municipals up briefly while Anglo-French 5s remained weak. stocks showed modest gains across rails, industrials, and tobaccos, with total volume at 415000 shares and bond sales near $5.18 million.
Fragmented OCR listing stock names and percentages across many firms including American Beet Sugar, American Can, Kennecott Copper, American Tel and Tel, Atchison, Baltimore and Ohio, Canadian Pacific, Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul, Missouri Pacific, New York Central, Northern Pacific, Southern Pacific, Texas Company, and others with traded percentage figures and certificates.
Boston reports that about 90 percent of the nation’s copper output is used for government war munitions manufacture. Refinery yield is improving and may reach 200 million pounds per month as mine and smelter production rebound from July August lows.
Minneapolis market news reports shipments of 61,782 barrels with flour contracts at 9.90 for fancy patents and 9.30 for first clears, jute at 6. Barley 1.28 1.58, rye 1.84 1.85. Wheat receipts 557 cars alongside corn 1.60 1.65 and oats 77 78c. Flax 3.36% 3.39%.
Mercantile paper stands at 5 percent with slight variation. Bar silver quotes at 86 and three quarters cents. Mexican dollars at 68 and three quarters cents. Government bonds easy while railroad bonds show irregular demand. Time loans firm with 60 90 and 180 day terms at 5 percent bid. Call money easy and high at 6 percent low at 4 percent. Ruling rate 6 percent, closing bid 4 percent, offered at 5 percent, last loan 4 percent.
Shannon Copper company, closed July 1 due to labor troubles, resumed in late November and produced 148000 pounds. Operations are returning to normal, with December figures expected to approach normal levels.
Special Dispatch reports Seattle market receipts for hogs cattle and sheep on December 24. Hogs were slow with prime light at 15.30 15.16 and medium to choice at 15.75 15.85. Cattle remained strong and sheep steady with last week’s closing quotations.
The Great Northern announced a regular quarterly dividend of 1 percent payable February 1 to shareholders on record January 4.
The Anaconda Copper Mining company declares a quarterly dividend of 2 per share payable February 25 with ex dividend January 19.
Duluth Minnesota December 24 John Resko a farm worker near Duluth was arrested by department of justice operatives and detained awaiting internment papers from Washington Attorney John T Kenny said Resko has been talking lately He will be sent to Fort Snelling He is 40 a native of Budapest with a wife and family in Hungary and has lived in the United States for years
Lieutenant J Harvey Douglas recounts first day in a French lazaret. Rations include bread, schinken, bouillon, milk, and coffee. German officers run payments through a feldwebel while prisoners hide funds. Moodie Gray and others endure casts, surgeries, and salvage via black-market exchanges.
Chicago markets extended gains in corn as forecasts of a sharp cold wave spurred rail and crop movement fears. January corn at 1.25 and May at 1.24 led the advance with oats up about one cent, while provisions slipped from 10 to 42 cents, amid holiday market quiet and firm export demand.
Hogs receipts 23,000 firm 25c above Saturday's average with bulk at 16.65 to 17.05. Cattle receipts 13,000 firm including native steers 7.85 to 14.40 and western steers 6.40 to 12.75. cows and heifers 5.20 to 11.30. calves 8.50 to 15.50. Sheep receipts 8,000 strong with wethers 9 to 13.10, ewes 8 to 11.90, lambs 12.60 to 16.40.
The Robert Emmet Literary association holds its thirty fifth annual ball at Hibernia hall on New Year's Eve featuring prize step dancing.
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