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Bluefield Daily Telegraph

Location

Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America

Date

May 02, 1925

Page

19

Revival of speculative activity in railroad shares on Friday

New York May 1 Revival of speculative activity in railroad shares featured Friday's stock trading with wide volume gains. Dela ware and Hudson leased the Buffalo Rochester and Pittsburgh Railway boosting rail buys. Norfolk and Southern and Atlantic Coast Line posted new peak prices, while several rail issues slipped from earlier highs. Public utilities rose with Utah Securities and Electric certificates hitting peaks.

New York Delaware and Hideon Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsbore Buffalo Rochester Pittsboro Detroit and Hudson Higker Norfolk and Southern Marsden Perry O Ernst Williams Guilt Mobile Northern New Urican Texas Mexico Southern Railway Atlantic Coast Line Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago Northwestern Ann Arbor Chicago and Alton Kansas City Southern Katy Norfolk and Western Southern Pacific Frisco Oommon St. Louis Southwestern Texas and Pacific Western Pacific Mercantile Reviews Uradstreet Utah Securities Federal Licht and Traction Cuba Gas and Electric Electric Lac Pittsburg Coal Common Jones Brothers Tea Butte Superior Miami Copper

Coal and Bank Listings Hidden in Stock Ledger Page

A fragment from a financial column shows various coal companies and banks with mixed figures such as 160 and 100.90 alongside names like First National Bank Keystone Kroll-Litz Coal Co and Virginia Armature Co. The text is partial and jumbled, listing entities and numbers without full context.

First National Bank Keystone Kroll-Litz Coal Co War Creek Coal Co Low Volatile Consolidated Coal Co Mead Coal Co Milami Fork Coal Mead Co Scasse Mingo Lime and Lamber Sa

Rail bonds rise on merger hopes and dividend rumors

New York May 1 bonds led by rail issues surged as merger news and favorable dividend chatter spurred buying. Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburgh bonds climbed with a proposed lease to Delaware and Hudson, while Detroit and Hudson and Norfolk and Southern bonds also advanced. A large block of stock changed hands to a group linked to Duke Tobacco interests, boosting rail confidence overall.

New York Rails Buffalo Rochester Pittsboro Delaware and Hudson Pitts Detroit and Hudson Norfolk and Southern Duke Tobacco

New York Stock Prices Reported for Allied and Other Rail and Steel Firms

The list shows daily price quotes for Allied Chemical and Dye, American Car and Foundry, American Locomotive, American Smelting, and many others. Shares from United States Steel, General Electric, General Motors, and Chicago lines are included with varied percentage figures reflecting market movement.

New York Allied Chemical and Dye Aene Uy American Car Mrmany American Smelting American Tobacco American Water Works Naconda Copper Atchison Atlantic Coast Line Baldwin Locomotive Bethlehem Steel Hatimore and Ofte California Petroleum Otecb Tres Oe Corroe Paesikos Reap Eseses Cerro de Pasco Orn Chandler Motor Chesapeake and Ohio Chicago Northwesern Mil el Pau Pacific Chile Voevuess Coen Cole Coe Couseenees General Electric General Motors Northern jolt States Steel now _o Houston Hudson Motors OTR Hlllnois Central I International Harvester Sce Int. Merchant Mar Kelly Springfield Norfolk and Western North American Pan American Petroleum Philadelphia Reading Phillipa Petrolewn Republic Tron and Steel Reynolds Tobacco St. Louis San Francisco Seaboard Air Line Roebuck & Tant Sinclair Consolidated Free United States United States Steel

Rail and bond market update shows continued gains and shifts

Railroad stocks such as Santa Fe Frisco Missouri Pacific Norfolk and Western Seaboard and Katy advanced more than a point while heavy rail lien sales and early year gains dominated trading. Treasury issues rose to peak prices for the year and Liberty bonds edged higher. Sugar Company bonds drifted lower amid falling commodity prices.

Ern Railway Frisco Missouri Pacific Norfolk and Western Seaboard Katy United States Treasury Liberty Sugar Company

Livestock Market Report Chicago May 1

Cattle receipts 4 000. Trade slow and weak with narrow demand, better grades scarce. Steers avg 1117 lb. best around 1065. Cows 6.25 to 6.70. heifers 7.50 to 9.00. bulls weak. Veal calves uneven. packer bulk 5.00 to 7.90. Hogs receipts 16 000 opened steady, closed dull. Weights 160–225 lb up to 11.50. 240–325 lb around 11.40. Sows 10.00 to 10.25. pigs 10.75 to 11.00. Sheep 8 000 receipts. fat lambs 2.65 to 3.0 lower, wool lambs top 15.75. weightier types 13.60 to 15.76.

Chicago

Raw sugar market steadies as shipments rise on futures dip

New York May 1. Raw sugar price level kept at 4.27 duty paid for spot. 5 000 bags Porto Rico prompt shipments sold at 4.27 and 21 000 bags Philippine June July at 4.52. Futures eased then rallied on covering and Wall Street buying. May 2.60 July 2.71 September 2.83 December 2.85. Refined sugar unchanged to 10 points lower with refiners at 5.60 and 6.70. demand weak and refined futures nominal.

New York Porto Rico Philippine Wall Street

New York Dry Goods Market Mixed as May Trade Opens

Raw cotton goods stay dull in primary markets as prices fall to new lows. Buyers gather for Monday auction of carpets and rugs with 92 000 bales and 6 500 rolls of carpeting to be sold. Burlap demand rises slightly for future shipments. linens also quiet while raw silk edges up.

New York

Dairy price report from New York May 1

Butter steady on receipts of 10 395. Bees firmer with 33 450 received. Fresh gathered extras and storage packed ranges noted from 30 31 2 to 32 0. Fresh gathered seconds at 28 4 to 29 4. Nearby beanery whites and Pacific Coast whites show varied extras. Cheese irregular with 51 290 receipts and whole milk flats average run around 19 9 to 18 0 per pound.

New York Pacific Coast

Seed prices in Toledo market report May 1

Wheat cash No 2 red $1.88. Clover seed cash $16.50 asked. October $13.05 December $12.90. Alsike adequate $12.50 asked. Timothy seed cash and May $5.00 September $3.55.

Toledo Alsike Timothy

Grain Market Jolts Chicago Trading Floor

Grain prices surged today in Chicago, with notable upturns in the market. Traders reported widespread buying as buyers pushed futures higher and local dealers noted brisk demand across stockyards and mills.

Crop Estimates Signal Lower Wheat Harvest This Year

Official crop estimates indicate the United States will harvest about 201 million bushels less wheat than last year. Wheat futures were volatile with gains of 6 to 8 cents in the nearby market, May at 1.59 to 1.60 and July at 1.50 to 1.50 percent. Corn rose 2 to 3 cents, and oats showed a fractional gain while provisions posted modest improvements.

United States

Real estate transfers filed in county court clerk office

Real estate transfers list several deeds: Sophia A. McBride to Mamie Bell for $500 a near Coopers. P W Barry and wife to George D Kendrick for $400 lot 31 section 307 Blue field. Sara Webb and husband to W H Watt for $2,700 part lot 5 section 9 Stonewall addition Princeton. W B McNutt trustee to J C Crockett for lot 2 section 20 Bee addition.

Sophia A. McBride Mamie Bell Coopers P. W. Barry George D. Kendrick Bluefield Sara Webb W. H. Watt Stonewall Princeton W. B. McNutt J. C. Crockett Bee Addi

Property Transfer Notices in Princeton and Area

Legal abstracts reveal transfers including W B McNutt trustee to Bailey for lot 3 section 14 Baltimore Land Company addition Princeton with consideration $1 200 and other conveyance valued at $2 600. Names W B McNutt Bailey Baltimore Land Company appear in the records.

Tion Princeton W. B. McNutt Bailey Baltimore Land Company

Builders Construct Barn Around Cow in Mascaline Iowa

James Carson and his son erected a stable around their ailing cow in Mascaline. After the cow recovered they tore down part of the structure because the doorway proved too small for her to exit. Traveling to see new things isn’t always as interesting as watching old ones change.

Mascaline Iowa James Carson

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