Oil and Railroad Stocks Hit New Year Highs on Tuesday
Market news shows oil shares leading gains as merger rumors underpin activity. The 20 leading railroad issues reached a fresh high, with several equities advancing despite profit taking in standard industrials. Texas Company Phillips and Standard Oil of California posted new peaks amid steady earnings and favorable trade conditions.
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New York
California
Midment
Texas Company
Phillips
Standard Oil
Union Oil of
Marland
Pan-Americans
U. S. Steel Common
General Motors
Baldwin
Packing
Coca Cola
Marine Preferred
Mack Truck
Pierce Arrow
Postum Cereal
Woolworth
Pullman
Oy Atlantic
Gulf and West Indies
Federal Mining and Smelting Preferred
Savage Arms
Simmons Company
Sloss-Sheffield Steel
Dry Goods Trade Shows Light Cotton and Silk Movement
In New York on June 22 cotton goods trading remained light while print wash fabrics and dresses moved well at very low prices. Heavy goods were quiet and yarns barely steady. Raw silk showed little change with continued buying from hand to mouth. Silk goods sold from stock at low prices for spring and summer, and fine quality silks for fall developed steadily but slowly. Wool and worsted merchants faced potential strike rumors as repeat fall orders stayed below normal. Burlaps market stayed steady.
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New York
Grain market: wheat near steady as weather boosts harvest
Chicago grain prices eased with wheat closing unchanged to a penny lower as favorable southwest weather and forecasts of fair warm conditions support rapid cutting and threshing. Corn and oats fell modestly while provisions rose.
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Chicago
Chicago Board of Trade
Stock listings and coal property finance notes
Fragmented stock and bond entries list firms such as American Finance Co Amespoen Finance Co Wet National Bluefield Sillarney Smokeless and Virginia Mortgage and Discount Corpora tion with varied prices and preferred holdings. Notable figures show values like 65.00 183.00 325.00 90.00 and 175.00 for coal related and lending securities.
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American Finance Co
Amespoen Finance Co
Wet National Bluefielde Sillarney
Mean Goat Co
Rinceton Rower, Co
W. Va
Names Coal Co
M. Ritter Lumber Weet
Virginia Mortgage and Discount Corporaton
Bond Market Averages Rise On Rail and Oil Sector Demand
An up move in railroad and oil liens paralleled stock gains as bond trading grew more active. Rail securities rose on improved earnings and merger progress, with Van Sweringen roads and Norfolk and Western among top gainers. Skelly 6s jumped over 2 points while Sinclair and California Petroleum saw steady demand.
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New York
van Sweringen
Chesapeake and Ohio
Erie
Nickel Plate
Norfolk and Western
Skelly
Sinclair
Tinton Ot
California
California Petroleum
Foreign exchange rates published in New York
Foreign exchanges ease with quotes in cents for currencies worldwide. Britain demand at 4.86 3-16 with cables 4.86 11-16 and sixty Dilli on banks 4.82% lead the list, followed by France 2.82 demand and 2.84 cables, Italy 3.60 demand and 3.61 cables, and a wide array of European and global rates including Belgium Germany Holland Norway Sweden Denmark Switzerland Spain Greece Poland Czecho Slovakia Jugoslavia Austria Romania Argentina Brazil Tokyo Shanghai Montreal and other markets.
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New York
France
Italy
Belgium
Germany
Holland
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Switzerland
Spain
Greece
Poland
Czecho Slovakia
Jugo Slavia
Austria
Rumania
Argentina
Brazil
Tokyo
Shanghai
Montreal
Call Money Rates Reported in New York Trading
Call money remains easy with rates around 4 percent. Closing bids and offers sit at 4 percent with last loan at 4 percent. Time loans hold steady, with mixed collateral for 60 to 90 days and 4 percent for 4 to 6 months. Prime mercantile paper quoted at 34 4.
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New York
Prime Mercantile Paper
Government Bonds Market Report from New York
Liberty SMe at 101.14 and 4%s 102.18. Liberty first 4% 101. Treasury 3% at 101.26 with 4% 108.6. Treasury 4% 104.8 and 4% first 4 at 101. do second 4% 48 at 100.27. Do fourth 4% at 102.21. Market notes bond prices and yields.
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New York
Liberty Sme
Treasury
New York Stocks Close with Mixed United States Listings
A partial list of closing prices shows varied performance across industries. Prominent names include General Electric, American Sugar, United States Steel, Norfolk and Western, Union Pacific, and Sears Roebuck among others, with several railroads and utilities delivering mixed results.
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Bethlehem Steel
California Petroleum
Canadian Pacific
Central
Erro de Parco
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago
Mil
St. Paul
Pacific
Chite Colorado
Om Anesenes
du Pont de A
Erle Rattroad
Famous Players Lasky
Vick Rubber
Foundation Company
General Asphalt Oo
General Electric
Cheweral Moqorm
Great Northern Iron Ore
Ctf
Great Northern
Gulf States Steel
Hudson Motora
Bed Hilloia Central
Independent O. and
G. Int. Combustion
International Harvester Int
Mer
Bretwren International Nickel
New York
N. Y
Hartford
Northern Pacific
Pacific Oil
Cses Ckard Motor Edgeenenes Paste Corporation
American
American Smelting
American Tobaccopper Armour
Mid- Continent
Petroleum de
Camrade Seas
Norfolk and
Sinclair Consolidated
Southern Pacific
Puapapacoanee Southern Reteway
Union Pacific
Eteres United Cigar Stores
Phas
United States
U States Industrial Alcohol Unite
Sates Steel
Wabash Wa Woolworth
Seed prices listed for Toledo Ohio grains and seeds
Seed and grain prices from Toledo Ohio dated June 22 show No 2 red wheat at 1 51 per bushel No 2 yellow corn at 1 ? oats at 43 44 per bushel barley 7 rye 93 cloverseed cash 22 00 domestic 17 50 October 19 50 December 15 85 Alsike 17 00 Timothy seed cash 3 60 September 3 90 December 3 85.
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Toledo
Ohio
Butter and Car Markets Hold Firm on Higher Grading
Butter market ruled firm with prices higher for better grades. Centralized car market active with early business on 90 score cars at 39 cents, later 39 1/2. Fresh 92 score 39, 10 score 38. Centralized 90 score 39 1/2, 89 score 37 4.
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Chicago
Sugar futures slip on June market downturn
New York June 22 A decline of 122 cents to the basis of 4.11 occurred in the raw sugar market as futures eased. Final prices showed net losses of 4 to 5 points with July closing at 2.58 and March at 2.69. Refined sugar remained unchanged from 5.40 to 6.70 for granulated.
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New York
Poultry Prices Reported in New York Market
New York on June 22 notes live poultry weakness in Peter market. Broilers sold by express at 40. Dressed poultry prices show weakness with old roosters at 18 to 23.
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New York
Peter Weak
Express
Meat market report shows beef and lamb demand steady
Prices for pigs around 14.75 to 14.90 with 4,500 shipped and estimated holdover 8,000. Sheep receipts about 7,000 with fat lambs rising to 35 higher and Idaho fat lambs at 16.25 to packers. Natives 15.25 to 16.10, bulk 15.00 to 15.25, fat sheep steady at 5.00 to 6.50, Idaho feeders 60 pounds 14.75 to traders only.
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Choice Idaho
Idahos
Real estate transfers filed in county court clerk’s office
Yesterday’s records show deeds including G W Mays to Rufus Thompson for one acre in Bluestone Junction at 400 dollars, C D McIntorf trustee to F W Catron for Hill Avenue lot in Bluefield at 950, and several other transfers involving Beaver Pond Princeton Hearn Reservation and Bluefield properties with prices ranging up to 9650 dollars, listing buyers and sellers such as Eugene Hambrick C L Will and W R Graham J Tracy Walker. The batch covers 10+ parcels including 119 acres near Princeton and multiple named properties with specified consideration amounts.
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G. W. Mays
Rufus Thompson
C. D. McIntorf
F. W. Catron
Beaver Pond
L. C. Craft
Nannie
Craft
Bee Addition
Princeton
E. E. Pritchard
Sallie Riffe
Hearn
Virgie M. Blevins
W. P. Winfrey
W. R. Graham
J. Tracy Walker
Bluefield
Livestock Prices In Chicago Cattle Hogs Report
Chicago cattle receipts reach 10000 with strong demand for better grade fed steers and yearlings, prices up to 12.00 for some tops while plain stockers stay weak. Hogs receipts 23000 open slow then steady with declines. most weights 14.10 to 14.55 with tops near 14.90 and packing sows 12.50 to 12.90.
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Chicago
Yews of the Colored People Return to Columbus
Mr and Mrs Luther Johnson of Columbus Ohio return home after visiting friends on Jones Street. He formerly worked as a fireman on the Norfolk and Western Northfork branch. Flat Top Choral Society to hold sixth annual session with Scott Street Baptist church choirs. Rev L A Watkins D D to preach Wednesday morning and Rev H R James to preach at night. Second day details follow.
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Columbus
Luther Johnson
Ohio
Flat Top Choral Society
Scott Street Baptist Church
L. A. Watkins
D. D
H. R. James
Train Schedule Fragments Show Routes and Times
Readable pieces indicate early morning departures from Bluefield to Radford and Norfolk with connections to Philadelphia and New York. Roanoke service includes 4:55 pm and 9:07 pm sleepers to Norfolk and a Cincinnati sleeper to Columbus.
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Bluefield
Radford
Norfolk
Philadelphia
York
Roanoke
Sleeper
Norfe
Wemon
Nati Eave
Cineianast
Uae
Coal Field Musical Program Promises Local Talent
A musical program will be rendered by able talent from all points in the coal fields assisted by local talent. Prizes will be given to the two best vocal solos rendered. The public is invited to attend these meetings. Committees.
Offensive remarks spark discussion in dialogue
The exchange features Sophia and Sylvia commenting on arrogance and perfume. A statistic from France notes about 6.4 million bicyclists, with bicycles outnumbering automobiles by ten to one.
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Sophia
Sylvia
London
France
Vacation Bible School at First Christian Church opens Tuesday
Bluefield families are invited to enroll in the fourth annual Vacation Bible School at the First Christian Church starting next Tuesday at 9 AM. The program mixes Bible study with activities for all ages, including contests, stories, music, crafts, maps, games, moving pictures, and an planned daily automobile ride for attendees. A list of students who rode to Glenwood last year is named.
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Bluefield
First Christian Church
Glenwood
Marvin Douthat, Jr
Wade Davis
Charles Pruett
Jack Mulkey
Raymond Hall
Billy Coles
Frank Bailey
Eunice Hasselvander
Billy Bane Johnson
Irene
Mary Cole
Wilmer Underwood
Marcelia Whitlock
Virginia Davis
Pearl Hasselvander
Estella Hall
Thelma Mangus
Evelyn Swan
Ruth Webber
Louis Douthat
Harold Blankenship
Edwin Blankenship
D. T. Whitlock
Harry Woods
Lorraine Brookie
Helen Dixon
Evelyn Dixon
Nellie Mae
Vernie Geordan
Virginia Waltz
Fragmentary note on marriage roles and wives behavior
A partial sentence discusses how wives’ absence and praise influence husbands. It suggests wives’ absence makes men dull, while praise and infrequent criticism keep husbands lively and engaging companions.
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