Stock rebound trims losses after prior drop
The market recouped part of yesterday’s decline with about 2 point gains in active issues while totals for the first half hour showed 333000 shares. Rail stocks led the rally on strong first six months earnings of 563347000 dollars, up 21 percent year over year.
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AP Financial
New York
Atchison
Delaware & Hudson
Union Pacific
New York Central
Southern Pacific
Midland Steel Products
Houston Oil
Commercial Investment Trust
General Electric
Auburn Auto
American Tobacco
G. Pacakard Motors
Warren Bros
Crosley Radio
Wright Aeronautical
R. H. Macy
U. S. Steel Common
Westinghouse Electric
Standard Gas & Electric Consolidated Gas
National Biscuit
Brooklyn Union Gas
Newport Co
Worthington Pump
New York Stocks and Cotton Market Snapshot
Stocks show broad activity with many major names listed including Am Beet Sug Am Car and B Co and Coca Cola. The New York cotton market opened steady with a minor decline amid showers in the southwest and light offerings. bets on improved technical position and endweek covering supported rallies amid dry sections of Texas and Oklahoma.
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New York
Southwest
Texas
Oklahoma
Liverpool
New Plant Diseases Appear in Bay State
Waltham Massachusetts reports two plant diseases new to Massachusetts floriculturists. Infectious chlorosis harms rose production and spreads uncontrollably. Sweet pea leaf mould blights blossoms and may lower quality. The only safe defense against infectious chlorosis is removing and destroying infected plants. Copper lime dust, six pounds per 200 by 400 foot greenhouse, can check sweet pea leaf mould.
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Waltham
Mass
Massachusetts
Notice of Land Sale by Trust in Guilford County
Public auction will sell the High Point property described as lot 19 in Burton Place at 12 noon on September 11 at Greensboro Court House door. The deed of trust from Harold L. Ryan to Central Bank and Trust Co. as trustee, dated December 10 1927, was assumed by W. W. Jones. The sale is subject to taxes and assessments. The notice is dated August 9 1929.
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Harold L. Ryan
W. W. Jones
Central Bank and Trust Company
Register of Deeds
Cuilford County
North Carolina
Court House
Greensboro
High Point
County of
Guilford
State of
Boulevard
Poplar) Street
Lindsey
King
Lindsay
Poplar
King) Street
R. H. Wheeler
Burton Place
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
J. T. Ryan
Central Bank & Trust CO
J. G Alexander
Sec
Cotton mills curtail production amid July market lull
Curtailed output hits major mills with weekly shutdowns while July sales exceed output and unfilled orders rise. Bleached cottons advance, rayon and bedspreads gain, fall textiles steady as converters push fall business. Prices in primary markets include prints at 9 to forms in the 60s per yard.
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New York
Southern Standard
Chicago Livestock Prices Mixed On Cattle Sheep And Hogs
Chicago stockyards report shows cattle steady to higher with fed steers and yearlings up to 50 cents. grass and short fed higher. Sheep sold slow with fat lambs up about 25 cents, fat ewes steady. Hogs tested values with buyers present, top around 11.99 for 180 to 200 pounds, assorted weights 9.99 to 11.75.
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Chicago Livestock
Chicago
New Orleans Cotton Opens Easy As Futures Decline
The New Orleans cotton market opened softer with October at 17.93 and December 18.18, January 18.20 as traders weighed an 15.543 million bale crop. After late selling the market rallied to 18.16 for October and 18.40 for December and January before closing barely steady, down 7 to 11 points.
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New Orleans
Liverpool
Agriculture Department
Liverpool Cotton Prices Move Lower on Quiet Market
Cotton spot quiet with prices down across grades led by American strict good middling at 10.92 and good middling at 19.52. Sales total 2,000 bales including 800 Americans. receipts 3,009. Futures closed barely steady with October 9.66 and December 9.64.
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Liverpool
Wheat Prices Dip After Canadian Report Rains on Rally
In Chicago trading on August 10 wheat slid late after a Canadian government crop report suggested stronger than anticipated conditions. The market had shown earlier strength, but the late selling reflected the new figures.
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Chicago
Winnipeg
North Carolina cotton crop forecast shows sharp decline
North Carolina's 1928 cotton crop is forecast at 787,000 bales, 49,000 fewer than last year, with a state yield 69 percent of normal. The USDA predicts the U.S. total at 15,543,000 bales, up from 14,478,000, while NC and Texas are the only states expected to produce less than last year.
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Crop Reporting Board
North Carolina
United States
Texas
Reynolds Bets on Sheep Raising for Western NC
Reynolds of Asheville argues western North Carolina farmers can profit from sheep raising. He cites high returns, scarce supply for buyers, and favorable mountain conditions. He has organized a cooperative to place thousands of sheep on farmers’ unused pastures on a share basis.
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Raleigh
North Carolina
Robert R. Reynolds
Asheville
United States Senate
Reynolds
Buncombe
Northwest
Charters Granted In North Carolina Corporations
New certificates of incorporation include The Bankers and Merchants bureau of Lillington with capital and stock details, The City club of Clinton non stock social club, The Baker company of Lenoir general mercantile business with subscribed stock by W H Baker of Spartanburg and C C C Wright of Union S C and M Q Baker of Lenoir, N C.
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Raleigh
Bankers and Merchants Bureau, Incorporated
Lillington
Hirama Bageétt
Dolly Moore Baggett
A. A. McDonald
City Club of
Clinton
Senate delays tariff struggle to September 3
The Senate postpones its tariff revision debate from August 19 to September 3 with three day recesses. Republicans and Democrats agree to the delay to allow committee work on rate schedules and administrative provisions. Democrats will study changes while Republicans finish drafting the bill.
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Washington
Senate
Senate Finance Committee
House
Faulty Construction Probed at State School for the Blind
An official inquiry will examine alleged structural faults in the admin building of the North Carolina State School for the Blind in Raleigh. Concrete joists supporting the tile roof have cracked, prompting safety measures before the September opening. The edifice dated from before World War I was designed by architect Thompson and built by contractor W A Barrow. roof replacement could cost about $25,000, with strengthened repairs at roughly $5,000 if feasible.
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Raleigh
State School For the Blind
G. E. Lineberry
Lineberry Couid
Thompson
W. B. Barrow
N. A. Townsend
Gopher Army Plan Urged By Iowa Entomologist
Fred D. Butcher of Iowa State College urges organized efforts to eradicate pocket gophers in Ames Iowa. He says rapid rodent migration requires a mass offense with poisoned bait and cites alfalfa fields as heavy sufferers in Iowa.
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Ames
Iowa
George Washington’s Revolution Expenses Repaid
George Washington received no payment for personal services in the Revolution but his expenses were reimbursed. He collected more than $64,300 for these costs.
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George Washington
Flashes of Life a Nationwide Hosiery Debate and Birthday Gift
Philadelphia readers learn the National Federation of Hosiery Workers outing will enforce a strict bare leg ban with an inspector on the excursion train. Washington reports a door tender at the National Press club celebrated his 87th birthday with an $87 purse after 16 years of service.
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Philadelphia
National Federation of Hosiery Workers
Washington
Mac
National Press Club
Washington Eury Family Loss Noted In Circulation Report
A Washington family, a man, a woman, and a child, are said to have lost 33 cents since July 31, 1928. The circulation metric reports money in circulation per person at the end of last month averaged $59.84, up from $39.67 a year earlier.
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Washington
Eury
Vin Slavin Bets On Ohio Auto Law Win
Newark journalist Vin Slavin of Elizabeth reads the 1925 telegram from a Columbus attorney stating the interpretation of Ohio automobile laws. Slavin expects payment from the attorney soon, or he will pursue the matter.
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Newark
N. J
Vin Slavin
Elizabeth
Columbus
Ohio
Vin
Graf Zep
Siberia
Slavia
Engineer Cooper Criticizes Soviet Regime In Visit
U S engineer Hugh L Cooper in charge of the giant hydro electric project in Russia tells a visiting delegation he is no yes man and that the Soviet government is wrong. He says he bluntly told Stalin and Rykoff what he thinks. Stalin and Rykoff are described as effectively running Russia.
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Kitchwas
S. R
Hugh L. Cooper
Stalin
Rykoff
Russia
Gin bottle called valuable personal property in corruption case
In Albany a bottle of gin was classified as valuable personal property in formal court language. The charge accuses a motor vehicle inspector of seeking the bottle in exchange for a license.
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Albany
N. Y
Ford matches dimes with golf watches in Lapeer visit
Henry Ford in Lapeer, Michigan, matching John D. Rockefeller’s dimes with golf watches during an antique buying trip. He gave a watch to one of three boys, saying he carries one watch at a time but has many more in Dearborn.
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Lapeer
Mich
Henry Ford
John D
Ford
Dearborn
Rum smugglers captured after rubber shod horses reported
Plattsburgh report describes a border smuggling gang using rubber shoes and soft tire buggies to muffle sounds during night crossings. One outfit has been captured, revealing a novelty approach to evading detection.
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Plattsburgh
N. Y
Canadian
London backs Snowden reparations stance at Hague
The nation supports Chan chancellor Snowden in his reparations position but notes discomfort at being represented in The Hague by a speaker described as having the stiffest neck on the subject.
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London
Snowden
Hague
Man Arrested After Found 135 Bottles of Home Brew
A. T. Gray of the High Point Greensboro highway near the Wrenn farm was arrested by Federal Prohibition Agents B. C. Deton and W. T. Kenney with 135 bottles of home brew cooling on ice in his home. Deputy Sheriff C. M. Miles assisted in the raid. Judge W. G. Brown released Gray on $500 bond pending a preliminary hearing Tuesday afternoon.
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A. T. Gray
High Point-Greensboro
Wrenn
Penny
B. C. Dealton
WT. Kenney
C. M. Miles
W. G. Brown
Steel Tonnage Shows Decrease
United States Steel Corporation reports July 31 unfilled tonnage at 4,088,177 tons, down 168,733 from June 30, but 517,259 tons higher than July 31, 1928 totals. The figure reflects progress in steel production and inventory management for the period.
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New York
United States Steel Corporation Today
Bayonet with Civil War ties donated to history hall
A Confederate bayonet used to hang hams for 68 years was donated to the state hall of history by Mrs. Henry M. London. It was found in an old smoke house near a mill on Little River where Col. Alexander Elliott, her grandfather, crafted sabres and bayonets for Confederate forces. The weapon is described as heavy and ponderous compared to modern bayonets.
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Raleigh
State Hall of History
Henry M. London
Little River
Alexander [Elliott
Londen
Ships Driven To Cover By Storm In Chile Harbor
A violent morning storm battered Antofagasta and wrecked the artificial harbor. Ships were forced to seek sea to escape heavy surf and salvage crews aided by firemen and troops amid enormous material losses.
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Antofagasta
Chile
Look To The Ladies
LONDON The girls are more cultured nowadays than men say Dr Josian Oldfield eminent Physician of London Boys are too often satisfied to be louts he adds Girls are always anxious to be ladies
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London
Josian Oldfield
Four World Bank-wide Open Days This Year
The present year records only four days when banks worldwide are open. Each date marks a rare global banking service window. Authorities note widespread disruptions limit typical operations to these four occasions.
Ethiopia Official Name Eclipses Abyssinia Usage
The country officially named Ethiopia remains the recognized sovereign state in Africa, though many Americans historically referred to it as Abyssinia. The terminology reflects colonial and historical usage, with modern references favoring Ethiopia in diplomatic and global contexts.
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Ethiopia
America
Abyssinia
Notice of Land Sale in High Point Guilford County NC
Public auction to the highest bidder for cash at 12 noon on September 11, 1929, at the Greensboro courthouse. The sale covers the property known as 1416 West Green Street High Point described as northerly parts of lots 2 16 and 11 of the N V Cassady lands, subject to taxes and assessments. Central Bank & Trust Co trustee, by J C Alexander, Assistant Secretary.
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Green Street
North Main Street
Ward Street
High Point
North Carolina
N. V. Cassady
Office of the Register of Deeds
Guilford County
Central Bank & Trust CO
J. C. Alexander
Notice of Forced Land Sale in High Point
Public auction to sell at 12 noon September 11 at Greensboro courthouse door the property described as Lot No 9 of D W Cassady lots Nos 2 in High Point Guilford County North Carolina as security for a deed of trust dated August 24 1927. Trustee Central Bank and Trust Company will convey title to the highest cash bidder.
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