Market ends with firm undertone despite dull finish
July stock activity was muted with early gains for favorites but closed steady. Bonds gained on selective demand as investors reinvested year‑mid payments, while reserve levels edged down slightly.
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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Jul 04, 1914
Page
8
July stock activity was muted with early gains for favorites but closed steady. Bonds gained on selective demand as investors reinvested year‑mid payments, while reserve levels edged down slightly.
The feature of yesterday’s market was Amalga stock buying pushing price above 90 and holding. Insiders reportedly accelerated the move due to company improvements and stronger position versus a year ago. Total New York exchange volume reached 151,300 shares with notable short covering and mixed activity across related copper and industrial stocks.
In Minneapolis, the GTR Phonograph Co at West Park advertises Edison’s Diamond Disk phonograph, promising full concerts at daily times including 10:30 and 2:80. The notice invites listeners to hear new recordings and enjoy uninterrupted演.
Markets show mixed movements across grains and livestock with July wheat opening varied and corn and oats down modestly. Prices quoted include Wheat July 7 high 7 and low. Corn July 9. Pork futures around 30.25 for September. Lard 10.1 to 10.3. hogs steady. receipts listed at 7,000 head for sheep and lambs with prices noted among mixed bids.
Portland market notes show cattle steady and hogs higher with prime light and medium at 8.15 and 2.85, smooth heavy 74.07, rough heavy 59.76, fuel 44.25, yearlings 50.03. A Canadian parliament measure aims to create labor bureaus modeled on the British system in the next session.
An old advertisement invites families to spend the Fourth at Co Tumble gardens offering luncheon, car rides, and a nearby pavilion for dancing. It promises a happy day with no worry and convenient return home for father mother and children.
An 1914 horoscope warns of a sinister planetary influence in the later days of the month affecting the U S president with anxieties over naval relations. Excursions by water are advised as lucky while deep sea fishing and aquatic sports appear favorable. Restaurateurs and hoteliers may gain from favorable omens, but political rhetoric may invite scandals. Domestic discord is likely and illness or tragedy shadows prominent figures. birthdates bring litigation risks and children born on this day may be clever and fortunate in material matters.
Regular subscribers of the Standard may purchase a cotton flag three by six feet with rope and holder in an excellent combination for 73 cents. Supply is limited, but one flag per customer. Wool bunting flags in combination set with rope and header cost 1.25, one to a customer, out of town subscribers supplied at the same price.
The Fourth in Butte will be quiet with patriotic prayer and broad calls for brotherhood and justice. The city honors the nation while postponing turmoil and movie shows, inviting children to the Ansonia theater program and Kathlyn Will James last appearance in The Adventures of Kathlyn.
A fragmentary article recounts a senator advising a middle course to an extremist while a tea conversation touches family plans for summer and Newport. The piece notes the high replacement cost of steel passenger cars for U.S. roads, estimated over 600000 dollars.
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