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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jul 07, 1920
Page
15
Fragmented OCR lists grains meats oils and spot prices with figures for wheat oats corn sugar and pork. Mentions New York New Jersey Los Angeles Jersey and various markets. No clear event or narrative. appears as a market brief strip with scattered numbers and commodities.
The Gotten market showed July positions rising to 99.75, within 30 points of the season's high, as last April's movement and Friday's close influenced prices. Delivery closed around 90 points higher while new crop positions advanced about 40 points, with total bases traded near 5,209 for the day and season totals around 6,205.56.
Washington June 6 The currency situation today issued a report on the condition of national banks at the close of business. The statement outlines bank status and market tone as of day’s end.
Funeral notices for Margacee, John Flame, Ethel Dieboi, and others from Southport and nearby cities, listing ages, dates, residences, and funeral arrangements. Attendees invited. services at churches and cemeteries. interments at Michaels cemetery and Lakeview, with dates in July.
Legal notice states responsibility for debts contracted in name or by par after July 1420. Mentions sale of musical instruments including a piano and other items with listed prices and contact references. Includes references to patents and manufacturing, and a business aiding inventors.
After a three day holiday, stocks moved higher with new buying supporting the list. Shares in General Motors rose as the market priced in a likely Republican victory, while Pan-American and Mexican Petroleum showed strength. Bond and currency markets also firmed, with broad gains across railroad equipment and international issues.
Building permits listed for a series of construction and remodeling projects in multiple addresses including 17 Hilldale Avenue for a two family house, 233 Lexington Avenue for a cement block garage, and additions and alterations at several other locations, reflecting ongoing local development activity.
In New York, Liberty bond prices were reported with mixed movements as investors reacted to federal guidance. Traders watched rates and market sentiment for further shifts in early trading.
Liquidation in Chicago grain futures dominated the session with a sharp drop in corn values and widespread short covering. Oat and wheat contracts followed the trend as July deliveries approached, triggering a broad market reaction and erasing much of the intraweek gains.
Fragmented OCR text notes renewed activity in the Hauldatian coffee market with prices slipping. Mentions bids for foreign sales and several month figures including September and December values, and unclear trader names.
A Boston reader claims a city water club forecast envisions a future where Europe faces a drinkable water shortage. The remark, shared by a W. C. D. Li. enthusiast, is unclear and unverified.
Secretary of the Interior Daniels plans to inspect Alaska coal fields with Governor Riggs, leaving Seattle on a destroyer to study lands and potential oil prospects. Payne and other officials will join from New Mexico to assess possible developments, with optimism tempered by limited chances.
New York June report from Dunn’s review states business failures in the first half of 1920 were the smallest since 1881. For 91x months ended, 2,352 commercial failures occurred with liabilities of about 36.7 million dollars, compared with 3,468 failures and higher liabilities in the same period of 1913, marking a 29.2 percent rise from 1919 and a 20 percent drop from earlier years.
New York July 6 Papers filed for a 2,000,000 suit by H. Stanley Chase against 5. B. Chazin & Ceelock brokers of 111 Broadway. Chase alleges he deposited 400,000 in November 1918 for stocks including Standard Oil and Crugibla Steel that were not delivered, with liens demanded and not honored. The story notes a touristic pun and references a California hotel proprietor offering patrol gear.
The article reports factories cutting production due to a severe lack of railroad cars. Steel and cement industries suffer as shipments face embargoes, with only about 350 cars available daily instead of 00. Coal mines also run at roughly 19 percent of normal output while miners crave work. A broader rail strike pattern is blamed on a hidden mastermind coordinating sporadic protests, delaying distribution nationwide.
Chicago shipper representative Clifford Thorne urged the Interstate Commerce Commission to favor unified private operations of railroads under a single system. He argued government control failed, railroads faced high costs under private ownership, and proposed rate reforms to avoid public backlash if inaction continued. He warned the public would press for return to government control if private lines raise rates further.
The Heonoms Manof retting company bought 14,000 gounré of land on Brewster Street from Alderman John Roachy for a new factory site. An option was placed on another nearby parcel in the same locality, with terms noted in the clerk's office yesterday.
In New York on July 6 buyers increased in the dry goods market as cotton moods rose and gray cloaks gained price. Yarns were uneven while silks moved to Gull Burlaps for August. Separately, clearing house exchanges totaled $590,408,818 with a balance of $109,882,393 and subtreasury credit balance at $47,212, federal reserve credit balance $108,362,008.
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