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Newspaper
Anaconda Standard
Location
Anaconda, Montana, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1913
Page
5
A scrambled New York stock scene describes mixed early gains fading, with tariffs, currency worries, and crop concerns affecting sentiment. London buyers sold off while U S stocks, bonds, and major names fluctuated, including declines for People's Gas and others before a late rally.
The column lists numerous mining stocks and company names led by Paine Webber provisions and several consolidations. Notable entries include Manhattan Consolidated, Virginia, Belmont, Gipsy Queen, and West End among many others, with varied price points and merger notes scattered throughout the list.
Copper traders report reaction over with bears failing to trigger fresh lows and slight gains at close. Private copper outlooks show strength and chances of another sharp advance despite recent weakness. London prices ease while New York values stay steady as sentiment shifts toward higher drives in copper.
New York reports steady sterling at 481.90 for S-day bills and 483.70 for demand, with commercial bills at 41.82. Government and yard bonds listed irregular. Daylight money on call easter at 2 percent with various time loans noted. Portland cattle receipts show market steady with prime steers at 7.00 to 7.16, cows and heifers around 6.25 to 7.75, and calves mixed. Sheep receipts 4,000 with steady market for wethers and ewes, lambs. Minneapolis grain and wheat futures cited No. 1 hard and No. 1 northern values, with Montana and other No. 2 grades listed.
Portland area rancher Janus Maes after trying to murder his two daughters shot himself in the chest. Daughter Tulby Barnes, 16, was badly wounded with a bullet through the breast. sister Mrs Fda Dowlin escaped unharmed as the man turned the revolver on himself amid reports of prior insanity and a recent stay in a sanitarian.
Washington dispatch reports Secretary Redfield sending W A Graham Clark to China to investigate why American cotton goods sales fell. In 1905 shipments reached 42 million dollars, by fiscal 1912 only 47.4 million dollars were sold, with tea shipments valued around six thousand dollars.
Chicago on September 2 reports wheat sinking to its lowest level of the year amid heavy receipts from Duluth and the northwest. Prices end mixed with corn and oats slipping, while pork and lard see active trading. Hogs, cattle, and sheep receipts and prices are listed with market tones described as steady to firm.
London observers at Hendon aerodrome watched acrobat Alphonse Pegoud execute aerial feats. He lifted the plane to a 90 degree angle, pirouetted on a wing tip, and performed nose-down dives from 34 feet before restoring balance. From 3000 feet he rolled the aircraft onto its back and repeated the stunt, returning to earth to an ovation from a large crowd.
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