Short Traders Cover as New Year Opens with Brisk and Firm
New York trading opens the year with a firm market, gains in standard issues, and notable advances in General Asphalt and tobacco shares. Broadly positive sentiment follows optimistic industry and banking outlooks, despite early losses in Atlantic Gulf West Indies and shipping stocks.
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Brisk
Firm
Broadan- Wall
New York
Wall ‘Street
Atlantic
Gulf & West Indies
Wall Street Firm on U S Britain Debt Negotiations
Wall Street remains hopeful as talks between the U S Treasury and Britain move toward funding the wartime loans to allow timely payments of principal and interest. Experts see long term bonds, possibly 25 to 50 years, easing credit and stabilizing the money market amid plans to convert demand notes into reliable securities.
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Holland
New York
Jan
Treasury Department
Great Britain
United States
Tou
Eugene
Congress
Henry
Davison
Europe
Mr. Davison
Our!abies
Britain
Pan Berome
Tain
Ier
British Treasury
New York area dairy and produce market notes
Market bulletin reports fresh gathered creamery products and potatoes with receipts totaling 11.562. It lists items such as firsts and extras for f egs, browns, and mixed colors, along with Bermuda potatoes and Bermuda deliveries. Prices referenced include 8.50 for Bermuda and 1.25 to 1.65 for other potatoes, with regional mentions of Tong Island Hol, Maryland, and Western henneries.
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State Penn
Hennery
Bermuda
Ate
Tong Island
Larsey
Maryland
Multiple 1921 Obituaries and Funeral Notices
Died Armstrong in this city Saturday January 1 1921 Charles Henry Armstrong aged 1 year Funeral service at late home 20 Brooklawn avenue Tuesday 4th Inst at 2 36 o clock p m Friends omit flowers Burial Mt Grove cemetery Emma E Leavenworth wife of Richard H Uroderi Feneral private Cook In this city Monday January 3 1920 Bridget widow of Patrick Cook from estate residence Noras a Fairfield avenue January 5 at 8 30 a m and from St Peters church 6 o clock Burial in St Michaels cemetery McManus in Middletown Conn Tree 28 1920 Mary widow of Patrick McManus formerly of this city aged 64 Interment January 4 1921 in St Stiches cemetery OConnor in this city Saturday January 1 1921 David Bough ton OConnor aged 72 years 2 months funeral from late residence 715 Atlantic Et Wednesday January 5 48 p m cemetery Card of Thanks We desire to thank all friends and neighbors for kindness shown in our great bereavement in the losses of my wife also to all for floral tokens sent William Smith Rrig er and Sister
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Bridget
Patrick
Fairfield Avenue
St. Peters Church
St. Michael's
Mcmanus
Middletown
Conn
Mary
Patrick Mchfanus
St Stiches
O'Connor
David Boughton O'Connor
Atlantic Et
Doral Toisens
William
Smith Rriger
U S Steel Shares May Be Bought by Workers
United States Steel announced an 81 a share price for workers to buy stock from the company. The price last year was 106, with 50,000 shares available. this year the amount available was not announced. Steel opened on the exchange at 81 1 8.
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New York
Jen
United States Steel Corporation
Stock, Exchange
Sugar market steadies as New York reports quiet demand
Sugar trading in New York shows steady cash prices with little business. Bulk sales include 37,500 bags Porto Rico and 13,550 bags Peru at 5.37 for centrifugal. Cuba at 5.39. Refined market unchanged. demand remains light. Futures eased then recovered with final bids around 4.70 to 4.10 for different months.
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New York
Porto Ricos
Perus
Cubas
Liberty bonds and grain rally in Chicago markets
Liberty bonds quotes ranged across several series on Jan 2 with first and second issues trading in the 81.80 and 45 8.32 areas. In Chicago wheat surged on heavy export buying and Senate passage of the war finance act, with March around 3.74 and May near 4.71 as corn and oats rose and provisions followed the grain strength.
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New York
Liberty Bonds
Fins
Victory
Chicago
Senate
France
St. Louis
Baltimore
Stock Transactions Across Global Firms and Commodities
A dense listing of companies and commodities appears, noting firms like Allis Chalmers, Beets Sugar, American interests, copper and steel makers, railways, and oil majors. The fragmentary OCR reads names such as Bethlehem Steel, Brooklyn Rapid Transit, Canadian Pacific, General Electric, General Motors, and Pennsylvanian firms, alongside mineral and petroleum entities, suggesting a broad ledger of reported trades and holdings. The sweep includes oil, copper, coal products, and various airlines and utilities, implying a cross-market snapshot rather than a single event.
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Allis Chalmers
Car & Fay Am
Hee Pam
Cotton Bil Co
Int. Corp
Wee Am
Smelty& Ti & Rete
Sumatra
Tel
Tela
Wooten Am
Zine Atl
Gull & W. Indies
Anacondy
Copper & Baldwin Loco
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Brooklyn Rapid
Butse & Sup
Cerro de Pasco
Chandler Motors
Chi M & Re
Great West
Chile Island
Chile
Eesea
Chesapeake & Ohio Consolidated Gas
Cot Fuel
Iran
General Eleetriv
General Motume
Goodrich Co
Gt Northern Paci
Inspiration Wuapper
International Nieket Inter Mwarves
Mer Marche International Pape
Kansas City Bull Kenneuat
Lehigh Valles
Maxwell Motorsrae Mex Petroleum
Missouri Mining
Mo Ikan
Texan
Norfolk
Wevlers
Northern Miceine
Paclic Oil
Pan Am Petroleum
Peeples
Pennsylvania
Ray Coma
Repub Iron Ass Ster
Royal Dutch
Sincinfir
Cotton market reacts to policy news and holiday restarts
The cotton market shows activity with futures rising from 2438 to near 250, and nearby months surging as mills reopen after holidays. Reports of a presidential veto delay and potential War Revenue measures spark buying, while Southern selling and mixed private cables temper gains. Strong exports and private cables point to renewed demand as markets close firmer for the day.
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Enttoa
Yanil
Liverpool
Warly
Whilaon
Rinaner Carpors- Gow
Mt Bork
Coffee futures dip after firm Brazilian offers aid
A volatile session saw Brazil's offers steady to a touch higher while Wall Street sellers pulled back gains. Coffee futures for January through December slipped, with March and May contracts down and spot coffee quiet as brokers noted scattered buying in the cash market. In New York foods, meal makers posted a firmer showing on new year demand.
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Brazil
Wall Street
Trading notes on uncertain prices and markets
An unclear market brief notes inexact prices and offerings for several commodities. Mentions wool bounds and steady gains with mixed signals, indicating cautious trading and variable demand across regions. No identifiable entities or dates clearly present in readable text.
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General Asphalt
Sherts
Federal Reserve District
American Tobaccs
United Retail Stores
Ligegett-Myers
Lorillard Commanion
San Francisco
U. S
England
NEW Fore
Walker and Banks Funeral Directors Office
Fatrfield
Telephone Barnum
da. F. Walker i. T. Banks
Gottage ST
Elmwnad Place
Hughes & Chapman Co
Stratford Ave. Conn
Bridgeport
U.S. Steel
J. E. Conant & CO
Office Jowell Massachuetts
INO
TRS
Ziec
Min Boayograph Products Corporation
Salem
Massachusetts
Cers
Philp W. Jacobs
Philip It. Armidon
Wdyward AL Founthan
Ir. Vrusteca
Southern Railway
Fiat
Studebaker Corptee
Texas Pacite
Renee
Texas
Tob
Unior Pacific United Tretetl
Ind Aleshoi
Ti S Steel
Reyes
TT & Smelter
Virginia Care Chem
Wabash Ms
Westinghouse Vie Mleothy Vere Son CH
Dblygoods
Markeis
Ju Owith
Moore
Peter Perkins
Kriebel 8
Lasalle Ste Chicado
A. M. Wooster Atygrney
LAW
Examinar U
State Street
William R. Bull
Noble
Security Bldg
Bridgeport. Conn
The
Bridgeport Trust
Equitable Industrial Logan Society
Fairfield Ave
Main ST
Add
Connecticut
T. L. Watson & CO
Cor. Main and
John Streets
Philadelphe
City National Bank
Main Street
Hincks Bros. & CO
New York Stock Excluance Investment Bankers
First Mortgage
Guaranty & Trust Co
First Bridgeport National Bank
Bridgeport, Conn
City Savings Bank
Toc
Fear
Partat Chrismas Club
State Streets
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