Wall Street Cites Cotton Collapse Amid Market Worries
New York February 4 stock trading remained constrained with wavering prices as a sharp morning break in cotton led to a cautious decline in stocks. A ten per cent government deposit call and fears of the Russo Japanese crisis influenced markets alongside heavy speculative commitments in commodities. Bond activity varied while money rates and exchanges showed minor shifts as bankers prepared for Panama canal payments.
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New York
Wall Street
Panama Canal
United States Treasury
United States
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchanges
Bankers
Miler & Co
London
Far East
Blood Wine advertised as cure for consumption and constipation
A letter from S Raynor of Washington DC touts Blood Wine curing his daughter Elsie’s consumption after typhoid left her weak. A pharmacist-turned-insurance agent, J W Pearson, corroborates the tale. The piece closes with an offer of Liver Pills for 25 cents.
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J. W. Pearson
I Street
Equitable Insurance Company
Cotton Letter Widespread Activity and War Hopes
Multiple New York cotton letters report wild opening trades and sharp declines in prices with Liverpool and New Orleans leading the market. Observers note possible crop size shifts, war fears between Japan and Russia, and heavy selling by Egyptian and continental interests as traders gauge future supply.
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Cothran & Co
New York
New Orleans
Liverpool
Atlanta Brokerage Co
Japan
Russia
Sally Brown
Wayne
Howell Jones Co
Subbard Bros. & Co
America
South
Texas
New Orbans
New Georgia Florida railroad officials ride wreck near LaGrange
A special train carrying new officials of the Georgia and Florida railroad, resuming control of the Macon and Birmingham, wrecked at LaGrange, Ga. No injuries reported. Both engines and a coal car damaged. two cars of the working train derailed and rolled about nine miles before stopping.
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Macon
Birmingham
LaGrange
Prices Across Markets and Commodities in Cotton Belt
Atlanta and New York report varied prices for flour corn oats bran and meal with Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis markets showing firm to higher levels. Coffee sugar lard and meat prices listed for Atlanta New York and surrounding trade centers. A census bulletin on cotton ginning is slated for February 9.
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Victor
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
Ted
California
Jeener
Arbuckle
Lion
Blue Ribbon
Shrup
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Armand
F. W
L. W
Avanta
Abilene
Augusta
Buffalo
Charleston
Charlotte
Corpus Christi
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Dodge City
Galveston
Huron
Jacksonville
Kansas City
Knoxville
Memphis
Mobile
Montgomery
Old New York
Norfolk
North Platte
Omaha
Palestine
Raleigh
Rapid City
St Louis
St Paul
Bayanneh
Tampa
Vicksburg
Whitnington
Palatine Insurance Company Statement and Georgia Suicide Report
A multifaceted historical notice reports the Palatine Insurance Company Limited statement with capital, insured amounts, and reinsurance details filed in New York. It also notes a Georgia barber Jasper Brown’s near-fatal self-inflicted gunshot wound near Arlington, with local reporting of the incident.
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Palatine Insurance Company, Ltd
London
Great Brttain
Insurances Commissioner
State OF New York
County of New York
Ho Wray
Palatine Insurance Company, Limited
Richard M Smart JR
Barber
Arlington
Jasper Brown
Perry Creek
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