Markets Rally and Drift as Investors Digest Debt Plan
The market opened with small gains of one to three points, then trimmed and revised, while transportations hardened on proposals to fund railway debt. Oils surged on a tax decree delay in Mexico, foreign exchange responded to British miners' strike settlement, and steels and equipment demand pushed final-hour highs. Baldwins, U S Steel, Mexican Petroleum, Reading, Southern Pacific led gains. 525,000 shares traded. American Ice dividend raised to five percent.
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New York
Canadian Pacific
Crucible
United States Steel
Baldwin Locomotive
Mexican Petroleum
Chandler
Reading
Southern Pacific
Wheat and seed price report from Toledo market
The Toledo market list shows cash wheat prices with July at 1.27 and later months 1.22 1 2 and September 1.20 1 2. Clover seed prime cash ranges from 19.00 with October at 11.55, December 11.50, February 11.55, March 11. so. Alsike prime cash August and October 11.50. Timothy prime cash 1918 2.95, 1919 300, 1920 3.05, with September 5.40 and October 5.50.
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Toledo
Timothy Prime
Cotton goods steady as yarns firmer in New York market
In New York on June 28 cotton goods held steady while yarns showed slight firmness. A rise in cotton followed Britain’s coal strike adjustment, viewed as a conservative factor. Silks were quiet and wool goods ruled steady with burlaps easier.
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New York
Doan's Kidney Pills Praised by Bluefield Woman
Mrs. T. E. Powers of 403 Fourth St Bluefield credits Doan's Kidney Pills with curing backache kidney disorder and low energy. She reports improvement after one and a half boxes and, in a 1921 update, says kidney trouble rarely returns.
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T. E. Powers
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Doan
Goodykoontz Drug Co
Helf
Skirt Styles Shrink Further in Paris Fashion
Paris fashion notes show continuing decline in skirt length with races displaying newest designs. Attire favors somber hues from dark blue to near black.
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Paris
Defense of Oahu Moves With Railway Artillery Plan
Honolulu reports two new defense measures for Oahu. A railway artillery battalion with 12 inch mortars will be formed to cover strategic coast areas. Spur tracks will enable rapid movement from Oahu Railway lines to Keahi Point near Pearl Harbor for a new fort command.
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T. H
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Pearl Harbor
Keahi Point
Fort Kamehameha
Watches Going Up Atlantic City Timepiece Debuts
The ankle watch has faded as the call watch takes over. A young person in a wheelchair drew a crowd on the Boardwalk for a first look at the new timepiece a square platinum fitting high on the wrist.
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Atlantic City
Boardwalkers
Oxen Still Used in Connecticut Farms Trade
June 23 report from Kansas City notes Connecticut farmers buy oxen at local stock yard sales to rework into work cattle for New England farms. C. F. Colcord, Illinois farmer representing Connecticut, buys old steers for plowing and machine pulling, then auctions them back to local farmers.
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Old
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