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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Mar 05, 1920
Page
12
Market notes show corn gains on May and July futures amid export hopes and sterling strength. Reports mention mixed prices across grades, with No. 3 yellow and No. 3 white corn rising, flax and flour largely unchanged, and shipments totaling 49,900 barrels.
Market details show mixed cattle and hog receipts in Chicago and Spokane with price ranges for heavy, medium, and light weights. Beef cuts and veal sold steady to strong, while hogs traded steady to firm. interest in stockers and feeders noted amidst varied regional demand and circulating money market data.
New York March 4 The stock market showed a notably firmer tone with higher activity as call money rates eased and foreign exchange strengthened. Demand loans opened at 9 percent, with a rise in British remittance expectations and broad gains across industrials and specialties. Transportation and non-transport sectors boosted by reports on copper costs and railroad financing, while analysts note limited upside due to money pressure and ongoing war effects. Major Hokka dies, Vancouver March 4 Cabless report Maj Fitz Horrigan died in Honolulu. he led Royal Canadian Mounted Police since 1899.
C. F. Burnett a juryman in the trial of Harry E. Wootton charged with kidnapping in the Bisbee deportations shot himself at his ranch nine miles northeast of Courtland last night, according to the county attorney's office today.
March 4 report notes bad wires causing trouble yet shows an upward tendency in steels, motors and equipment. Copper and railroad stocks show little change while general business activity may slow but remain strong overall. Liquidation appears paused. private investors absorb stock as larger traders stay inactive. some railroads, copper, steel and equipment shares may rise a few points.
Reports from Scobey Montana describe a gold discovery 12 miles west of Scobey triggering a rush with hundreds of claims. The French Butte Mining Company forms with Sid Bennett as president and others officers. The find by Emanuel Hefferlin yields ore assayed at 420 dollars per ton. As metal markets and banknotes influence silver and copper sectors, mining growth continues with expansion at Butte & Superior and Davis Daly copper operations showing strong earnings and rapid development.
Berlin reports a potash syndicate has booked orders totaling 50 million dollars, as cited by the Vosische Zeitung. The European deal size indicates a substantial minerals trade move amid March activities.
The delivery terms extend for years as production improves and the syndicate hopes to develop most output for the American export trade. Payment for potash shipped to America will be in dollars, aiding the government’s aims to meet foreign financial obligations.
Mary Pickford, the motion picture actress divorced in Minden, fled reporters from Reno to San Jose after arriving by train. Accompanied by her mother and a maid, she refused to speak and was towed from the car into a corridor as one Sacramento reporter reached her compartment.
On March 4 the New York Stock Exchange saw a record as 10 shares of Atlantic company common stock sell for 13 50 a share. The prior high was 10 60 a share for Northern Pacific on May 9 during a panic.
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