Upward Price Move Persists Amid Mixed Trading
York May 29 profit taking and sporadic buying fail to halt the overall advance in prices. Volume surpasses 1.25 million shares as Pan American and Sinclair slip on Elk Hills and Pearl Harbor case effects, while firms like Readline and Southern Railway hit new highs on anticipated dividend payments.
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Allis Chalmers
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Hudson
Paige-Detroit
Fisher Body
Havana Electric
Brooklyn-Manhattan
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American Telephone
International Telephone
Abitibi Power
Kansas City Light and Power First
International Paper
American Beet Sugar
California Packing
Frank G. Shattuck
Brown Shoe
Certainteed Products
Woolworth and
Consolidated Cigar
Readine and
Southern Railway
Bond prices hold firm as holiday dampens trading
New York May 29 bond prices remained firm in quiet trading with holiday approach restraining activity. Profit taking persisted but selling pressure met stiff resistance and renewed speculative buying by investors supported railroad and public utility issues, lifting market sentiment today.
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New York
Syndicate Led by Blair Plans Broad Bond Issue Next Week
A syndicate headed by Blair and Company will issue forty-year 6 percent bonds next Monday through a nationwide banking group. The amount was cut from 33 million dollars and the bonds will be offered several points below par. United States government bond quotes follow with Liberty bonds and Treasury notes listed at various prices.
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Union Pacific
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chicago
Denmark
United States
Liberty
Detroit Edison
Blair and Company
Treasury
May wheat futures slump in Chicago market
May wheat contracts sank on a wild Chicago market with May delivery finishing around 1.66 to 1.66 and July at 1.63 to 1.63. Corn was steady to up, oats rose slightly, and provisions varied from the prior close amid ample supplies and a record high earlier in the season.
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Chicago
Dry goods market shows mixed, steady demand in New York
May 29 report notes moderate sheetings for bag trades at 36 cents per pound. Staple cotton goods quiet but wash fabric novelties in demand. Yarns steady. Western dry goods distribution outlook brighter than last year. Silk steady, silk goods active in wholesale and retail. Wool goods firmer without rising activity. Burlaps quiet, linens steadier.
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New York
Wool market steadier as activity picks up in Boston
Boston wool trade shows more activity with restricted selling and firmer fleeces. Dealers report a more stable market and are taking on wool as fall inquiries grow for finer qualities, with sales being consummated. Territory
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Boston
Staple Prices Edge Up. Goods Market Remains Slow
Staple stock shows modest strength with good staple at 1.20 to 1.25 dollars per unit. One half and three eighths let sing rise slightly. London and Bradford firmer while overall goods market stays slow. Prices unchanged from yesterday.
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London
Bradford
Butter prices steady in New York dairy market report
New York dairy market shows butter steady with receipts at 14 418. creamery higher than extras at 43 44 cents. extras 92 score at 43 cents. firsts 88 to 91 score at 41 42 cents. Irregular exes receipts 29 215. fresh gathered seconds 31 31 cents. Pacific Coast whites firsts to extra firsts 37 40 cents. cheese firm receipts 70 477 pounds.
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New York
Pacific Coast
Seed prices in loledo Ohio market report
Seed prices listed for loledo Ohio on May 29 show No. 2 red wheat at 1.89 1.90, cloverseed at 16.00 with October 16.45 bid and December 13.80 bid, alsike at 12.60 in August, and timothy seed cash at 3.50 with September 3.95.
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Loledo
Ohio
Alsike
Timothy
Sugar Prices Steady as Cuban Sugar Holds 43 Cents
New York May 29 no change in raw sugar with light trading and spot at 43 cents for Cuban duty paid. A 10,000 base sale was reported for first half June shipment. Early futures dips due to liquidation and Cuban-linked selling gave way to rallies on covering before the holiday.
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New York
Trustee's Sale of Bluefield Real Estate by Deeds of Trust
Defaulted on debts secured by two deeds of trust to Luther G. Scott trustee for Economy House and Material Company. Sale includes three Bluefield parcels in Mercer County West Virginia with described boundaries and frontages. Terms cash. Public auction set for June 8 1925 at 10 o clock at the front door of the Commercial Bank Building Bluefield West Virginia.
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A. KR. Bird
Luther G. Scott
Econemy House and Material Company
Mercer County
West Virginia
Economy House and Serial Company
Bluefield
R. P. Bird
Allff Street
el. H
D. H. Bird
HM Bird
Luther Street
Commercial Bank
West A
Olack
Market moves show steady close on refined sugar futures
Prices for July 2.67, September 281, December 2.85, March 2.89. Moderate inquiry for refined sugar with prices unchanged 5.56 to 5.70 for finer refined. Refined futures nominal and trading in refined futures discontinued today.
Real estate transfers filed in county records
Real estate transfers recorded include B D Farley and wife to Sanford Farley for 54 acres on Camp Creek for 1 dollar. Roxie H Boyd and husband to Walter R Umberger for lot 11 section 895 Bluefield for 1700 dollars. Bluefield Development Company to J K Belcher and wife for lots 14 and 115 section 213 Bluefield for 1000 dollars. J P Gills et al to R J Lipscomb for lot 13 section 965 Bluefield for 1660 dollars. H A Rice and wife to A W Nixon.
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B. D. Farley
Sanford Farley
Camp Creek
Roxie H. Boyd
Walter R. Umberger
Bluefield
Bluefield Development Company
J. K. Belcher
J. P. Gills
R. J. Lipscomb
H. A. Rice
A. W. Nixon
Real estate transfers in Bluefield and Princeton
Virginia Realty Loan Company sells to Roy D. Phillips two parcels in Bluefield for 1 dollar. McCulloch's Incorporated transfers to Benjamin H. McCullo, a lot near Ceres for 1 dollar. T F McCary sells part of lots 10 and 11 in section 6 on Park Avenue Princeton for 7000 dollars.
Bridegroom Trembles At Marriage Ceremony Says Dr Wallett
London notes quote Dr Joseph Wallett on wedding day nerves for grooms at the ceremony while brides are calm. He adds men often sign the marriage register in a messy hand.
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London
Joseph Wallett
Otris
Woman's remark sparks tale of jilted lovers
The exchange hints at Ethel's engagement to Bob Halsey while noting he has been jilted by several women. The quip suggests a preface to expected marital plans and social shuffle in a domestic scene.
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Ethel
Bob Halsey
Notice to lien holders in Mercer County West Virginia
In pursuance of a circuit court decree of the Circuit Court of Princeton West Virginia notice is given to all persons holding liens on real estate or on any part thereof in the city of Princeton Mercer County that such claims must be filed on or before the tenth day of July. Dated May 21 1925 at Princeton. Alex M Mahood Commissioner.
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Tate
W. Reed
Princeton
Mercer County
West
Alex M. Mahood
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