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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1918
Page
15
New York June 5 The corn market showed firmer early prices rising up to 1 cent but demand proved disappointing and prices fell under only moderate selling. Weather overall favorable for new crop with heavy rains in Iowa noted. Oats opened higher then weakened, and a cautious mood persisted ahead of a Friday government report.
New York cotton quotations issued by T. L. Watson & Co show prices for various months with closing figures and changes. Values listed include October around 2375, November near 2329, December about 2329 to 2297, and other nearby quotes, reflecting market movement on the day.
The New York Bar Harbor line will run northbound June 17 to October 4 with daily 7 p.m. departures from Grand Central, except Sundays, to Old Orchard Poland Spring Bangor and Bar Harbor. Maine express now operates from Central Terminal at 10 p.m. beginning June 16 with sleeping cars only. White Mountains and Bretton Woods connections offered with parlor and sleeping cars.
In New Haven on June 5 the first 24 hours of the baby welfare drive recorded eight tons of babies weighed. The figure was officially released today by campaign officials.
New York stocks opened strong with broad gains then pulled back as offerings increased and profit taking set in. War news remained favorable but offered little near term relief on the French front. U S bonds steady.
A compact market roundup lists mining stocks including Hecla Mining, Moth Lode, Copper Mines, Copper Valley, and Nix Nevada with varied percent figures. Automobile shares feature Chevrolet Motor and Weystone Tire alongside other industrials such as Air Reduction and Curtiss Aero. The table hints at mixed performance across sectors with prices and percent changes scattered through the sheet.
In June 1918, notices announce the deaths of Thomas Llanimill age unknown, Wilston Jo. Price, and Annie T. Parrott widow of Andrew B. Parrott. Price’s funeral from 404 Arctic Street Friday at 9 am St Charles church with Mass, interment at Nichuiel’s cemetery. Parrott’s funeral at the home of her son Harry S. Parrott 278 Garfield Avenue Friday at 2 pm, burial Lakeview cemetery.
Yale undergraduates fined for breach of the peace after the May 20 demonstration appealed to the court of common pleas. Yale faculty will act after the cases are disposed of.
Public auction Friday at 1 P M at St W Becks Corner Fairfield near Ash Creek. Items include 20 horses, 1 pony, 50 bags feed, 1000 ft lumber, a 14 passenger Ford car, Johnson estate tools, 3 barrels salt, 2 other autos, miscellaneous wood. Absolute sale. transportation advised to Ash Creek via car or jitney. sale at 8 W Becks Corner.
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