General advance in commodity prices reported during war turmoil
The Boston financial district saw cautious markets as banks rush to secure emergency currency. A mix of price hikes hits steel, tin, wool, sugar, coffee and leather while lenders temper credit and foreign trade notes potential new credit systems.
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The
Steel Corporation
Canada
United States Steel Corporation
Bessemer
Chicago
New York
London
Wrades
Central Leather Company
Europe
Russia
Africa
India
St Louis & San Francisco to Halt 4% Refunding Bond Purchases
The St. Louis and San Francisco Railway announces after August 12, 1914 no further purchases of the 4% Refunding Mortgage Gold Bonds due July 1, 1951 will be made by the Committee. Holders may still deposit bonds at the Committee's discretion, with right to refuse deposits without further notice. Dated New York August 4, 1914.
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St. Louis & San Francisco Railroad Co
New York
Europe may face a $300 million loan plan said by May
Max May of the Guaranty Trust Company warned Europe is bankrupt and that a $300,000,000 loan for Europe is under discussion. He suggested depositing funds here in trust to back loans or bond issues, enabling shipment of American goods and restoring credit balance after the war.
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New York
Great Britain
Continent
J. P. Morgan & Co
Paris
Morgan, Harjes & Co
Bank of France
France
United States
Max May
Guaranty Trust Company of
Europe
Dividends Declared by Several Firms This Period
Hartford Carpet Corporation declares regular semi annual dividends of 3 12 percent on both preferred and common stock payable Oct 1 to shareholders of record Sept 30. Homestake Mining Company pays a regular monthly dividend of 65 cents on Aug 25 to holders of record Aug 2. Niles Bement Pond Company issues a quarterly dividend of 11 2 percent on preferred payable Aug 15 with books closing Aug 6 and reopening Aug 17. Pratt and Whitney and Silversmith Company declare a quarterly dividend of 1 percent payable Aug 15 to holders of record Aug 7.
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Hartford Carpet Corporation
Homestake Mining Company
Niles-Bement Pond Company
Pratt & Whitney Company
Silversmith Company
New York Banks Gain on Sub Treasury Operations
New York banks gained on Sub-Treasury operations yesterday. Net loss since Friday reaches 305,000 with balances and exchanges figures shown, including 20,874,431 balances and 1,858,464 Sub-Treasury credit.
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New York
Sub-Treasury
Treasury
Emergency currency deliveries to banks in New York
Emergency currency totaling 38,010,000 had reached 21 national banks by the sub-treasury’s closing hour. About 8,000,000 remained available for delivery and applications total around 50,000,000. Mr. Hamlin planned to press to bring the remaining New York allotment here on return to Washington.
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United States Sub-Treasury
Hamlin
Washington
New York
Mrs Wilson Dies After Long Suffering at White House
President Wilson and his three daughters kept vigil as Mrs. Wilson died after a long illness in the White House. Doctors announced the end near 5 PM with Congress adjourned and the flag at half mast signaling national mourning. Burial plans contemplate Rome Georgia or Princeton New Jersey per family ties.
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Rome
Bill Passed to Please the Dying Mrs. Wilson
Mrs. Wilson, wife of President Woodrow Wilson, expressed happiness at Congress passing a Washington slums reform bill. She grew gravely ill, received constant care, and died at the White House. Her death prompted immediate adjournment in the Senate and House as leaders mourned. She was 50, born Ellen Axson in Savannah, a painter and artist devoted to public welfare.
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Francis Bowes Sayre
McAdoo
Mrs. Wilson
House
Church of
Princeton
Washington
Congress
Senate
Wilson
Grayson
Underwood
White House
Moon
United States
Woodrow Wilson
New York
Ellen Louise Axsen
Savannah
Samuel Edward
Margaret Axson
Woman's College
Rome
Art Students’ League
Mrs Woodrow Wilson Described as A Home Bodied Figure
The article portrays Ellen Axson Wilson as a home oriented, art loving figure who shunned publicity. It notes her philanthropy and art education, her influence on Woodrow Wilson, and the close family life with daughters Margaret Jessie and Eleanor in Princeton. It recalls her 1885 Savannah wedding and her public stance on women’s suffrage.
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Wilsons
Princeton
Margaret
Jessie
Francis Bowes Sayres
Ww! Hams College
Eleanor
Wilium G. McAdoo
the Treasury
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Charles E. Sigler
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