Upward Swing in Rail and Industrial Stocks Sparks Market
New York August 17. Stocks advanced broadly with rail and industrial averages at yearly highs. News of Quick Belgium debt settlement and possible Christmas tax cut contributed alongside improving trade conditions and easy money rates. Rail shares led gains with Wabash, Katy, Western Pacific and others hitting or nearing new records.
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New York
Stockes
Coolidge
Belgium
United States
Wabash Common
Katy
Western Pacific
New Haven
Great Northern
Ann Arbor
Norfolk and Western
Kansas City Southern
New York Central
Rock Island
Atlantic Coast Line
Colorado and Southern
Lackawanna
Louieville
Nashville
St. Louis
Mack Trucks
White Motors
General
Allie-Chalmers
Weston Electrical Instrument
Eatinghouse Electric
American Smelting
Chicago Pneumatic Tool
Fleischmann
Postum Cereal
International Nickel
International Business Machine
International Harvester
Atlantic
Gulf and West Indies
Coal and financial listings for West Virginia firms
A dense catalog of regional companies including First National Bank Bluefield, Aracama Coal, War Creek Coal, Pocahontas Coal Co, Mahantas Coal, Premier Red Ash, Sterling Hardware, and West Virginia Mortgage and Discount Corp, noting stock bonds coal property interests and corporate classifications across multiple local entities.
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Aracama Coal Co
Arland Development O
Hikhern Valley Grocery
EPO Cae
Eeseestreens
Sittle War Creek Coal Co
U Mead Coe Co
Ahantas Fuel Co
C’m
Hantas Coal Land Coation
Premier
Red Ash Coal Canoeton Power Co
Combeam Coal Co
Terling Hardware Co
Thermo Pocahontas Coal Co
Csess Tere Eeses
West Virginia Mortgage and Discount Corporation
OcK VA Building OcK VA Building 195.00 20.00
OcK VA Building shows charges of 195.00 and 20.00 with totals and a 115.00 balance. The fragment lists figures 183.30 and 10. as part of the financial entry.
Bond market shows moderate improvement on rails and Belgian debt
The bond market rose modestly led by railroad issues amid merger talks in the southwestern field and rising earnings. Belgium government bonds gained on news of a potential early U S funding of wartime debt, while overall activity focused on these areas and the rail list.
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New York
Belgium
Coolidge
United States
Motto on Our Coins and the In God We Trust Motto
In 1861 Rev M R Watkinson of Ridleyville Pa urged a national motto for coins in a letter written November 13 to Salmon P Chase then secretary of the treasury. Chase then instructed the mint director to stamp all major coins with In God We Trust.
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M. R. Watkinson
Ridleyville, Pa
Salmon P. Chase
the Treasury
Market bids shift as rail and chemical stocks slip on merger talk
Boardings show mixed action with Poland 66 easing while Kansas City Southern and other railroad stocks rise on merger rumors. Eastern carriers and chemical issues retrace after reorganizing plans. public debt offers loom with North American Cement sale to fund a Helderberg and Security Cement merger. foreign refinancing and a Munich loan are discussed.
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Poland 66
Kansas City Southern
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Katy
Chesapeake and Ohio
Erie
Norfolk and Western
Western Maryland
SkeNy
Pan-American
Sinclair
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
Kelly-Springfield Tire
North American Cement Corporation
Helderberg Cement and
Security Cement and Lime Companies
Munich
Germany
Government bonds closing prices in New York
The daily liberty bond quotes show Liberty 3s at 100.28, first 4s at 101.25, second 4s at 100.30, third 4s 8 at 101.12, fourth 4s at 192.3, and Treasury issues with 4a at 102.17 and 4% at 106.5.
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New York
Liberty
Treasury
Call Money Rates and Conditions on Aug 17 in New York
Call money in New York on August 17 was steady with high and low at 4, ruling rate 4, offered at 4 for last loan. Time loans also steady with mixed collateral for 60 to 90 days at 4 1/2 percent and 4 to 6 months at 4 percent. prime commercial paper noted.
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New York
Butter Market Steady on Low Grades as Top Scores Firm
Chicago buyers held steady on lower butter grades while top scores stayed firm. Demand remained active for 89 to 91 score but premiums over market prices appeared in some districts. Supplies were tightly held with 90 score centralized cars plentiful yet slow selling under light demand. Fresh 2 grade priced at 41 cents and centralized 0 grade at 41 cents.
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Chicago
John Robinson Circus Promises The Perfect Performance
Management touts The Perfect Performance for its 1925 tour with a Monday August 24 public preview. The show features hundreds of wild animals, famed handlers, and the five hundred strong Peter Pan in Animal Land, plus the unique wrestling tiger Kittie and Miss Lorraine Wallace in arena battles.
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John Robinson
Ricardo
Theo Schroeder
Nellie Roth
Margaret Thompson
Lorraine Wallace
Albert Langdon
Wink Weaver
Robert Thornton
Kittie
Dairy prices hold steadier as receipts slow in New York
Butter markets firm with receipts totaling 932 dollars while creamery butter and cheese show modest gains. Fresh gathered extra firsts trade at 34 to 35 cents, with nearby hennery whites and browns varying by grade, and Pacific Coast whites at 46 to 48 cents.
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New York
Hennery
Pacific Coast
C. Do
Foreign exchange rates steady in New York markets
Foreign exchanges remained steady as of August 17 in New York. Quotations in cents show Great Britain at 4.85% demand and 4.85% cables, 90 day bills at 4.82, France 4.63% demand and 4.64% cables, Italy 3.60% demand and 5.60% cables, with several other European currencies listed including Belgium Germany Holland and Spain.
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New York
Great Britain
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Denmark
Spain
Greece
Poland
Czecho-Slova
Economic Tickers Mix Across Nations
A compact snapshot lists mixed financial figures by country and city. Austria 144 Romania Argentina 40.37 Brazil 12.10 Okio 411/16 Shanghai 79 percent Montreal 100 1/16.
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Kia
Austria
Rumania
Argentina
Brazil
Okio
Shanghai
Montreal
Livestock Market Report From Chicago Trade
Cattle receipts reach 21 000 with mixed firmness and declines across categories. Hogs receipts 33 000 with uneven trade, best 140 to 210 pound hogs 15 60 to 13 80, k illers 13 20 to 13 60. Sheep and lambs receipts 24 000 with fat lambs mostly 25 cents lower and feeding lambs rising toward 15 50.
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Chicago
Sugar futures rise as refined demand looms
The raw sugar market held firm at 4.33 Cuban duty paid with no sales reported. Futures advanced three to four points on renewed commission buying, then eased with minor losses. Refined sugar stayed at 5.55 to 5.50 for fine granulated as old contracts were withdrawn and new business expected to grow.
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New York
Cotton goods markets stay quiet yet firm in New York
In New York the dry goods trade shows quiet but firm activity with small September print cloth orders at fall prices. Percale orders rise from jobbers, fancy wash linens demand improves, and worsted dress goods lines for spring are set to expand this week. Men’s wear specialties stay stronger than staples as raw silk softens slightly while mills run at capacity and fall demand remains heavy. Burlap prices stay firm in Calcutta but local buying remains cautious.
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New York
Calcutta
Wheat markets rally on visible supply drop in Chicago
Brisk gains in the Chicago wheat market near the close followed news of a reduced visible supply. After an irregular start and overall bearish local sentiment, prices finished mixed with wheat higher and near the day’s peak. September futures at 1.59 and December at 1.58, corn and oats down, provisions marginally lower.
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Chicago
Market Prices for Wheat and Feeds in Toledo
Wheat Lash 1.69 1.7 Clover-Cash 16.95, oreor 15.50 bid December 14.65. Alsike December 13.1y Timothy-Cash 3.85 September sill October 4.00 December.
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Toledo
Ohio
Real estate transfers filed in county court clerk office
Real estate transfers recorded include Mary Julia Deverlie et al to Elaine Curtis McCormack for lot 6 section 3 North Walker street Prince ton for 3000 dollars. Wm T Shorter to A T Shorter 116 acres Plymouth for 1060.50 dollars. Henley French Day and wife to KR W Honaker for lot 1 section 817 Bluefield for 1 dollar. I W Kinzer and wife to 8 S J Wilson for lot 1 section 43 Bluefeld for 300 dollars.
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Mary Julia Deverlie
Elain Curtis McCormack
Walker Street
Princeton
Wm. T. Shorter
A. T. Shorter
Plymouth
Henley French Day
KR. W. Honaker
Bluefield
T. O J. Wilson
E. B. Lilly
Bluefeld
I. W. Kinzer
Williamson Gateway to the Billion Dollar Coal Field
A Detroit automobile maker paid ten million dollars for one third of the mines on a Williamson Creek in the coal field. Williamson is a trading hub for many towns with pay rolls reaching into the millions. The office lists coal mines, lands, stores, and real estate for sale by cash and terms.
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Williamson
Detroit
Wall Street
Edw. R. Juhling
Wm. F. Toney
Property transfers at Mercer and Main streets
Kell transfers a lot at the corner of Mercer and Main streets in a gpee neeton for 6500 dollars to H. W. Straley III for Prince ton Lawn Tennis Club with a tennis court. Mercer street parcel sells for 2000 dollars.
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Kell
Mercer
Main Streets
Neeton
H. W. Straley III
Princeton Lawn Tennis Club
Mercer Street
Wool market steady as mills buy fair amounts in Boston
There is little change in the wool market with mills purchasing fair quantities of fine wools from domestic and foreign stocks. Fine fleeces like Ohio delaines hold near recent quotations around 64 to 65 cents, with trading softer than a few weeks ago.
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Boston
Ohio
Grain price notes in fragmented local exchange
Fragmented OCR mentions grease pricing and territory wood staples with rough ranges around 1.12 to 1.15 per unit, indicating a rough market quote. Details are sparse but point to a commodities price update.
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Staples
Doctor’s rider loses friend after first bump near track
Dr Lazaron of Liverpool University offered to take a friend to the races in a motorcycle sidecar. A big bump threw the friend out and the doctor did not realize the loss until reaching the track 13 miles away.
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Liverpool
Dr. Lazaron
Liverpool University
Retired Railroad Engineer Frank J. Robinson Reaches Vast Mileage
Frank J. Robinson of Gloversville North Carolina, aged 43 years with the railroad for 43 years, retires after an estimated 1,883,400 miles traveled.
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Frank J. Robinson
Gloversville
N. C
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