Grain Markets Hover Amid Bearish Wheat and Mixed Corn
Grain traders stood by as government crop report expectations weighed on futures. May wheat slipped while May corn advanced amid improved seaboard demand and local buying. provincial reports showed variable prospects across states, with provisions rising briefly before settling.
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Chicago
Eee
Seaboard
Minneapolis
Uth
St. Louis
Southwest
New York
Agc
May
Grain market reports across New York St Louis Baltimore Toledo
Wheat and corn futures mixed as markets traded on receipts exports and weather signals. Prices moved with spot and forward months, with no clear direction and regional quotes from New York St Louis Baltimore Toledo reflecting quiet or steady tone in various grains and related commodities.
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New York
Duluth
Manitoba
Atic
Cordova
ST. Louis
Béc. Park
Baltimore
aGle
Grain Trade Signals Stable Winter Wheat Prospects
The Cincinnati Price Current notes no essential change in winter wheat from the prior week, with cool weather aiding steady growth. Moisture remains adequate overall, though Nebraska and parts of Iowa, Missouri, and Kansas face dryness. Spring wheat seeding has begun with good moisture. oats progress slowly due to cool, wet conditions.
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Ohio
Indiana
Sas Rae
Illinois
Iowa
Missouri
Kangas
Nebraska
Northwest
Chicago
Moe
Minneapolis
St. Louis
New York
Liverpool
Cincinnati
Kansas
Still Hopeful to Get Western Maryland Road
Colonel Myron T. Herrick of the Fuller Syndicate comments on Western Maryland bid proceedings in Baltimore. He says no bids rejected yet and no conclusive city action has been taken. He notes divergent City Council positions and asserts the syndicate will pursue the road or an alternative route to tidewater.
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Baltimore
Myron T. Herrick
Fuller Syndicate
Maryland
St. Louis
Ramsey
Tidewater
Plaster Trust Buys Ohio Independents
Special Despatch from Port Clinton Ohio reports United States Gypsum Company forming a plaster trust by acquiring Granite Plaster Company and Marsh Company plants near Port Clinton plus other assets in the region. The deal totals about 600000 though complete figures were not released. Some independent plaster lands in Toledo and Cleveland remain outside the combine.
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Commercial Tribune
Port Clinton
United States Gypsum Company
New Plaster Trust
Chicago
Granite
Ofort Clinto Youngstown Asky
Pittsburg
Marsh & Co
Plaster Bed
Immense lumber deal closed in Washburn Wis
Chicago April 10 A $2 000 000 deal closed between Edward Hines Lumber Company and Bigelow Brothers selling their Washburn Wisconsin interest for cash and retirement from the district The transfer includes a fifty one mile lumber railroad and five locomotives.
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Chicago
Edward Hines Lumber Company
Bigelow Brothers
Washburn
Wis
Ohio Incorporations Authorized In Columbus Apr 10 1920
The authorities in Columbus authorized several incorporations including the Northern Ohio Ray Machine Company of Cleveland with capital stock, The Contractors and Building Association of Mansfield, The Ironton Door and Manufacturing Company, The Northwestern Oil Company, and The Green Bank Fishing Club of Cincinnati among others with varied capital stocks. Official notices list names such as Jacob Getz and A Ehrman as associated with some filings.
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Commercial Tribune
Columbus
Northern Ohio &Ray Machine Company
Cleveland
Mansfield
Ironton Door and Manufacturing Com
Ierense
Northwestern Oil Company
Tolease Opene
Bats Oo
Knmpany
Capital
Toe Mt. Oave M. E. Church
Barton Toran
Paulding County
Green Bank Fishing Club
Cinninati
Incor
Yahase
ParsonS Board Reelects Officers At Kansas Railway Meeting
At the annual Missouri Kansas and Texas Railway meeting in Parsons Kansas the board of directors was re elected and reaffirmed the existing officers for the coming year. President Rouse and other officials arrived by special train en route to St Louis.
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Parsons, Kan
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway
Rouse
Texas
Wos
St. Louis
Commission Agents Lose Ticket Sale Commissions
Chicago April 10. The Executive Committee of Presidents and General Managers of Western Northwestern and Southwestern roads ordered a total ban on commissions for ticket sales. Steamship lines were informed to stop paying such commissions immediately or risk being cut off from ticket sales by all roads represented.
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Chicago
Winter Wheat Not Up 10 Despite April Report
Washington April 10 The April report of the statistician of the Department of Agriculture shows the average condition of winter wheat on April 1 at 78.7 compared with 91.7 in 1901 and 82.4 as the ten year April mean. State figures are listed with Pennsylvania 82 and Missouri 91 among others. The report to be published May 10 will include estimates of winter acreage abandoned and condition.
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Washington
Department of Agriculture
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Indiana
Tilmois
Tennessee
Texas
Kansas
Missouri
Nebraska
California
Oklahoma
New York
Illinois
Kroger Grocery and Baking Co Opens Stock Issue
Subscriptions for the preferred stock of the Grocery and Baking Company closed at 3 o clock with 67000 oversubscribed. The company, capitalized at 1000000, issued at 110 a share to about 215 subscribers, with major blocks of 200 shares. The meeting at President Savings Bank organized the board and officers. stock certificates ready next Tuesday.
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Grocery and Baking Company
B. H. Kroger
W. E. Hutton & Co
Claude Ashbrook
Plocke
President Savings Bank and Trust Company
R. J. Kroger
H. B. Quackenbusch
Harry L. Gordon
Leo J. van Lahr
R. H. Kroger
Ministering Angels and a Hospital Child Ward
Lillie Hamilton French recalls a 16th birthday girl who helped in a children's ward. A group of schoolgirls staffed shifts, sang, read, fed meals, and brought toys and Christmas dinners, with annual dues funding one bed as doctors and nurses faced low funds.
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Lillie Hamilton French
Eliot Gregory
Ladies’ Auxiliary Committee
Board to vote tonight on new club home proposals
After a series of executive sessions the Business Men's Club Building Committee reports progress toward a new club home. The board will consider three proposals from eight plans aligned with the Chamber of Commerce and two external options. Details include financial estimates and site considerations as they narrow to a final recommendation.
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Business Men’s Club
Board of Governors
Chamber of Commerce
Real estate transfers and leases in Cincinnati area sales
Real estate notices show William V. Ebersole & Co selling properties in Rose Hill and Clifton as well as numerous parcels leased or mortgaged. Atkins plans a residence on Rosedale Avenue, three new houses on Trace Avenue. Multiple parcels change hands or leases with values from $200 to $16,000 and deadlines noted.
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William V
Ter- Trace Avenue
Clifton
Joseph Butler
Stockholders authorize $8,000,000 loan for Rubber Goods
New Jersey meeting in Jersey City approves directors borrowing power up to 8 million dollars to extend business by mortgaging assets. By law changes to divide the board into three classes are defeated. Directors elected include Arthur L. Trowbirds Swan W A Towner Alvan S Burrrow Henry T ears and others. A vacancy from Burr Dale’s retirement is filled by W A Towner.
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New York
Rubber Goods Manufacturing Company
Jersey City
Arthur L. Trowbirds
Swan
W. A. Towner
Alvan Ss Burrow
Henry Tears
W. R. Atler
Burritt R
Tobacco and Sugar Tariff Cut Sought by New York Chamber
The New York Chamber of Commerce urged the House to reduce Cuba sugar and tobacco duties by not less than 60 percent and to grant relief promptly. The resolution argues the current 20 percent reduction is insufficient and criticizes the delay in delivering effective relief to Cuban consumers.
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New York
New York Chamber of Commerce
House of Representatives
Cuba
Court finds Bemis verdict excessive in rail case
Judge Jackson of the Superior Court ordered a new trial motion in the Pennsylvan ia Railroad v Bemis case. Bemis, a Grand Rapids traveling man, was awarded 10 000 by a jury after a G R I passenger porter alleged he passed counterfeit silver dollars. The court set a five day window to reduce damages to 2500 or grant the new trial. Attorneys Michie Clore for Bemis and Ramsey for the railroad attended.
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Jackson
Superior Court
Pennsylvania Railroad
Frank M. Bemis
Grand Rapids
Bemis
T. L. Michie
J. C. Clore
Maxie Ramsey
Railroad
Hardware Men Elect Officers and Adourn
ST LOUIS April 10 The Heavy Hardware Dealers National Union closed its session with J A Gregg of St Louis and W A Brown of Chicago elected as officers. Basen of Xouts was named Chairman of the Executive Committee, joined by Seefeld Bonniwell and Van Po as new vice presidents. Brier’s calls on the committee included Faith A Kimbark Holliday and Hunter.
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ST. Lou's
National Union
J. A. Gregg
St. _ eee
W. A Brown
Chietary-Treasu Spare EB
Les BE. Faith
Iles A. Kimbark
J. 8. Holliday
Henry B. Hunter
Grand Trunk Railway Sees Prosperity and Track Plans
At the semi annual meeting in London Sir C R Wilson reported the Grand Trunk Railway had a prosperous half year with no major events. He outlined progress on a second track and hoped for completion from Montreal to Chicago within a year. Directors were reelected.
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London
Grand Trunk Railway
C R. Wilson
Profis
Montreal
Chicago
Shareholder Criticism at Cunard Ship Line Meeting
In London shareholders denounced years of mismanagement and urged directors to consider bids for shares as another British line faces uncertain prospects. Director Sir Winans Forwood defended the company saying shares are not worth much more than par and that no rival stands in a clear position. The report of a four percent dividend was adopted.
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London
Cunard Steamship Line
Amalatentons
Sir Winans Forwood
Sai
British Steamship Company
The
Men claim new oil discovery in Wyoming fields
Despatch from Cheyenne reports Philip Daveran and James Maccanna say they have found twenty seven flowing oil springs and a large lake of pure oil in the eastern Popoaggia fields near Lost Creek. They describe a tar lined border and geology akin to the Hendersons English discovery, claiming high grade petroleum.
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Chéyenné
Wyo
Philip Daveran
James Maccanna
Rocky Mountain
Bridger M
Fremont County
Popoagia
Hendersons
England
Big Government Contract Boosts Early & Daniels Deal
Early & Daniels, hay and grain dealers, secured a major government contract. Assistant Quartermaster General John Simpson allotted the deal for hay oats straw and bran to supply the Seventh United States Cavalry at Chickamaw Park camp starting May 1. Shipments begin after May 1 with specified tonnage targets.
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Early & Daniels
John Simpson
United States Cavalry
Chickamaw Park
Fur Dealers Are Pushed to the Wall
Becker, Davaillon & Co., noted fur dealers on Race Street, made an assignment in the Insolvency Court to Frank J. Keefe. The firm cites dull trade as the cause with assets listed at 14,000 dollars and liabilities at 6,90 with no preferential claims. The firm comprises D. Becker and Victor Davail lon, long established in the city.
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Becker
Speyer & Co Controls Choctaw Gulf Railroad
Speyer and Company announced it has bought control of the Choctaw Oklahoma and Gulf Railroad in New York on April 10. They declined to disclose the terms or the names of parties for whom they acted.
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Speyer & Co
New York
Speyer& Co
Choctaw, Oklahoma & Gulf Railroad
New Suits Filed in Common Pleas and Superior Court
A string of civil cases filed in Common Pleas and Sparks Superior Court lists divorce actions including Katharine Davis v Mevil B Davis and Hugh B Wood v Carrie Wood, damage claims of 5000 and 1000, writ of habeas corpus application for Frank Huber, and possession and damages actions by The City Button Works against The Walter A Simmons Co and by Nicholas Schramm against Louis Keller et al.
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Katharine Davis
Mevil B. Davis
Celia Cohn
Max Oo
H. Wiltsie
A.W. Bruck
Wilhelmina Weschke
Wm. Beckmann
C. W. Rattermann
Hugh B.wood
Carrie Wood
Joseph Schultz
Frank Huber
Sparks
City -Button Works
Walter A. Simmons Co
Kramer Kramer
Nicholas Schramm
Louis Keller
Neighborly Caution Quietly Echoes in Chicago
In Chicago terminology a Mrs Jenner Tolbesees notes neighbors across the street avoid peering into windows while recalling a couple moving into the house next door. The chatter hints at curiosity over unfamiliar residents without alleging misdeeds.
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Seldom-Holme
Jenner Tolbesees
National Bank Plan Approved for Delphos U
The Comptroller of the Currency approved the application of Alexander Jr Lellich Frank H Stallkamp Theodore Kemper John F Lindemann and Samuel D Chambers to organize the National Bank of Delphos U with capital details provided.
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Commercial Tribune
Washington
Comptroller of the Currency Today
National Reciprocity League Formed in Chicago
Sixty leading U S manufacturing firms created the National Reciprocity League in Chicago to press the Senate for nine reciprocal trade treaties with foreign nations. W B Stanley Kansas governor was elected president, A B Hulet Topeka secretary, with B B Swift Chicago treasurer and a diverse board of directors. The group aims to educate on reciprocal trade and seek open world markets for U S goods with a likely national convention soon planned in Chicago.
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Chicago
United‘States
Stanley
Kansas
United States
United States Senate
A. B. Hulet
Topeka
Kan
New League
B.B. Swift
H.C. Carver
G. Watson Franch
Davenport
Microbes Claimed as Cause of Gray Hair in New Theory
A Paris despatch reports bacteriologist M Metchnikoff has proposed a bacillus named ophagus that consumes hair pigment to explain graying. The claim notes the microbe thrives with low vitality and may multiply rapidly, with experts urging caution and further study before accepting the theory.
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Metchnikoff
New York Herald
Byron
Lord Byron
Bonnivard
Satan
Paris
M. Metchnikoff
Ferdinand’ M. Jeffries
Jeffries
Erle
Board of ‘Health
Herman Biggs
Forgotten oath of Vice President sworn in 1853 near Matanzas
A traveler returning from Matanzas recalls El Cumbre and a rare American history fact. He notes that William Rufus King, Vice President under Franklin Pierce, took the oath of office on March 2, 1853 while dying of consumption, a detail few Americans know.
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Matanzas
Puritan
el Cumbre
United States
Eress
William Rufus King
Franklin Pierce
Diplomatic tax scandal recalls Randolph’s brief Russia posting
The excerpt recounts John Randolph of Roanoke who was named Minister to Russia in 1830. He sailed in June but stayed ten days, went to England for about a year, and returned home in October 1891, later drawing funds from the Treasury to settle private debts.
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United States
Virginia
John Randolph
Roanoke
Russia
England
Treasury
Market Frenzy Ruins Hundreds as Louisville & Nashville Stocks Collapse
April 10 Louisville investors reel as 70 thousand L and N shares trade within half an hour. Morgan and Joan W Gates seek to buy all L N stock, prompting corner fears among brokers and forcing rapid dumping of holdings. A misordered buy and sudden reversals sparked a brief panic, with thousands of stop orders triggering a market tremor across the scene.
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Commercial Tribune
NEW Orkey
Louisville & Nashville
Northern Pacific Comen
Morgan
Joan W. Gates
Louisville
New Postal Cards Feature McKinley Portrait on 1 Cent Card
The Bureau of Engraving and Printing will issue a 3 1 2 by 5 1 4 inch postal card with a McKinley portrait in place of Jefferson. The Jefferson design will be discontinued when stock runs out and cards will be sold in sheets of forty with space layouts for postmark and address.
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Waslington
Evening Star
Bureau of Engraving and Printing
McKinley
Jefferson
Jeferson
Moley
United States
Measuring a River's Width by Visual Angle Technique
An excerpt describes using the brim of a hat to sight across a river. Stand at the water and align the brim with the opposite bank to form a visual angle. If the river bank is flat, measure a corresponding distance on our side to estimate width within a few feet.
Glassblowers Strike Hits Two New York Firms
A strike by glassblowers at the More Jonas Glass Company in Uriggeron New York and the George Jonas Glass Company of Minolia I J spreads as workers protest rejection of talks with management. Demands include full cash payments, meeting stipends, and abolition of child labor, with unions seeking adherence to labor standards.
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Philadelphia
More- Jonas Glass Company
Uriggeron
N. Y
George Jonas Glass Company
Minoia
Fey
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Myere Y. Cooper
J. H. Bates
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Fairmount
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Lu & B. Co
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F.x.prinzbach
Aragon B.& L-Co
H. F. Chapman
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