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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
May 24, 1921
Page
19
Market resumes hesitant trading with selective strength in favorites while a mix of weak and soggy issues posts mixed results. Declines in rails and Mexican shares weigh on sentiment. tobacco and some food issues slump to year lows. Bond and currency markets show volatility as French and Belgian rates slide and overall activity remains tepid with total sales around 10,175,000,000 in war value.
A dense OCR style listing shows numerous stocks with highs lows and last prices for many companies. It includes names like Adams Express Inter Can Tecks. Steel Reading Consol Gas General Motors Sears Roebuck Studebaker and Union Pantin among others, with quantities and prices interspersed.
An OCR fragment details a curb market and industrial listings, naming numerous coal and oil firms, mines, and related companies. Entries include Coal and Oil producers such as Alden Coal, Reading Coal, Reading Corts Jou, and various oil brands, with scattered figures and product mentions across a dense ledger-like page. The text shows a mix of company names, product types, and numeric codes, reflecting a stock-like market snapshot or categorised trade ledger from the era.
Market reports show creameries steady with higher scores for some items and a firm eye market. Details note state dairy products unsettled with whale milk specials and varying grades from fancy to lower. Nearby skims and firsts range around mid to high twenties with fluctuating quotients.
Bridgeport market report from the Department of Market Information notes dull food markets with slow movement. Georgia peaches command 8.50-4.00 per basket, strawberries arriving from several regions with variable prices, and mixed fruit trends. Vegetables and dairy show varied pricing. live livestock and meat demand remains active for spring varieties. spot cotton in New York quiet at middling. Babe Ruth quips about home runs in baseball lore.
London reports large scale shift as coal boilers are converted to oil fuel. Tests at Barrow electricity works and Crewe tramways show oil burning maintains public service. Cotton mills at Shaw near Oldham and other sites confirm satisfactory results with oil fuel replacing coal.
Referee in Bankruptcy J. J. Ken yesterday reviewed composition offers to creditors. He approved a 25 percent claim for Israel Peck estate and set a $1,000 fee for Wills TD. Cook bankruptcy officials. Appraisers named include Bernard Sait MG Hayes and Lawrence J. Bernard F. Si. Sixmund Tine’s furnishings shop offer at 2.5 cents on the dollar faced no opposition. Referee Keogh will recommend acceptance to the court.
Fragmentary notes mention Morris Piddleman of 20 Malic street and a recommendation by Referee Keogh. Mr Fiddlemen operated a small crabler shop, as recorded in the imperfect text.
Reports from the Shelton Bank and its receiver indicate sales of Morigaper neid assets reached 80.00 this past week while about 300,000 had been sold to depositors and others leaving roughly 3.5 million yet to be disposed of as part of the plan to wind up the bank’s affairs after state examiner action.
The ruling rate from acceptances remained at seven percent with modest changes in bids and a 1 1/2 point spread. Market activity in New York showed varied demand as banks posted rates near six to six and a half percent with occasional higher offers.
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