Quiet Cotton Market Amid Stock Exchange Shifts
The New York market opened with bullish momentum as Durant influenced many stocks upward. General Motors surged late, American Smelting hit a record, and Radio and Victor rose on merger rumors while rails stayed steady and yen cables remained near $4.88.
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Hupp
Chrysler
Dodge Bros
International Telephone
Radio
Victor
Western Union
Gimbel Bros
Sears Roebuck
Stiffening rates sober speculators in New York week
Stiff money rates cooled speculative fervor in New York securities trading this week. Despite some price highs, trading was not frenzied. daily volume hovered near 3,000,000 shares. Merger news and market figures revived motor stocks while oils faded and coppers showed life.
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New York
Chrysler-Dodge
William C. Durant
Motor Group
Low Western Union
Abitibi
Cotton market quiet as week-end weather news affects orders
New York June 2. The cotton market shows a quiet session with an opening advance pared by weekend selling. October futures slid to 20.76 from 20.90, closing near 20.76 amid a steady market with 3 point declines. Weather fears in the south and possible mill curtailments influenced dealings, while Liverpool and Alexandria markets closed today.
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New York
Mississippi Valley
Texas
Liverpool
Alexandria
Wee
Ees
Will Rogers as Candidate for President in Bankless Party Move
Will Rogers agrees to run for president at the urging of a fifteen member committee of famous Americans to oppose the banks. Backers forming the National Committee include Henry Ford Harold Lloyd Nicholas Murray Butler Roy Howard and Glenn H Curtis among others. The Life magazine offer prompted the announcement as a bid to challenge the two old parties.
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Rogers
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Bankless Party
Henry Ford
Harold Lloyd
Nicholas Murray Butler
Roy Howard
Glenn H. Curtis
Ben B
Rogers launches first political appeal as candidate
In his initial weekly appeal, Rogers rejects party leadership and offers his candidacy philosophy. He cites modesty after nomination, notes many claim others are more qualified, and argues it is easier to be a candidate than to govern. He sketches early policies and critiques the two major parties.
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Davis
Jefferson Davis
Schaff
Beauregard
Jefferson
Confederacy
Lee
Monroe
South
John OC. Craven
Mr. Davis
Party Leaders Face Harsh Critique and Campaign Aims
The piece quotes leaders criticizing slogans and vowing to avoid sex appeal as a political ploy. Rogers laments money shortages for buying votes and says support must come from those who want nothing but security. The remarks underline a populist, anti-sloganeering stance.
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Ting
Rogers
Jefferson Davis Life and Legacy in a State Contest Essay
A state wide Daughters of the Confederacy contest selects a Jefferson Davis essay winner a Groometown student earns a $200 UNC or NC State scholarship and honors Davis in a comprehensive profile. The piece traces his career from Mississippi senator to Confederacy president, detailing battles, reforms, captivity, writings, and death.
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C. A. Groome
Groometown
Greensboro
University of North Carolina
State College At
Raleigh
John S. Welborn
Davis
Trent
United States
Brown
Mississippi
United States Senate
Calhoun
Jefferson
Wilson
Senate
Jefferson Davis
Old South
Dodd
Franklin Pierce
Panama Canal
Cotton goods market report from New York
Cotton goods and yarns closed quiet after a dull week. Burlaps firmer on spot and near term deliveries. Clothing manufacturers push to clear spring and summer lines before fall orders, keeping fabric reorders quiet. Rayon plant expansion underway but orders lighter while ran silk buying gains from declines.
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New York
Market quiet as cotton seed oil futures hold steady
New Orleans traders waited for developments with no clear price trend. Prime summer yellow oil closed at 9.70, prime crude 8.50 to 8.87, and futures finished steady with June 9.75, July 9.82, September 10.00, October 10.00, and December 10.06.
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New Orleans
Market summary of railroads utilities and industrials
The snapshot lists first grade rails around 95.85 96.05 and railroads around 20 industrials. Public Utilities hover near 98.02 98.06 with combined averages about 98.34 98.39 and a year ago around 97.43. Total sales reach 1,737,300.
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Wriday
Ceceste
Hieh
Lam
Robinson wins mile handicap in 4 22 1 5 at New York trials
Sid Robinson former Mississippi A M college star now with New York A C won the mile handicap in 4 22 1 5 in field trials. He started from scratch and finished ahead of 8. McNeil of the New York A C who had a 40 yard handicap and Johnny Theobald with a 15 yard start.
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Sid Robinson
Mississippi A
M. College
New York A. C
Robinson
McNeil
Johnny Theobald
Unbiased study aims to honor the Confederate president
The author states a purpose to reassess the high character and service of the lone Confederate president. He vows an unbiased exposition, noting access to sources and gratitude to Dodd Craven Maurice and others for their treatments of the subject.
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Southern Confederacy
Messrs
William Ek. Dodd
John (. Craven
Frederick Maurice
Alfred and
Trent
Jefferson Davis Frontiersman Turned Confederate Leader
Born in Todd County Kentucky on June 3 1808 Jefferson Davis followed a frontier raised path. A West Point graduate he served as a colonel in the Mexican War and later entered politics before guiding the Confederacy. His early life stressed manners courage and public service.
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Lincoln
Jefferson Davis
Todd County
Kentucky
Mississippi
Transylvania University of Lexington
United States
West Point
Albert Sidney Johnson
Leonidas Pope
Robert E. Lee
Joseph E. Johnston
Roosevelt
Davis
Calhoun
United States Congress
Howell
Washington
John Quincy Adams
Clay
Webster
Buena Vista
New York Stocks Close Mixed Amid Farm Sector Lift
Market observers note firm gains in farm related stocks lifting portions of the market while technology shares show modest declines. Analysts say supply data and earnings signals influenced trading as investors weighed sector rotations and potential policy shifts.
Plane crash at Atlanta injures five on takeoff
At Chandlier Field the cabin of a Baltimore Memphis bound plane failed during takeoff. Two men, Wayne Mendell of Orange New Jersey and William H. North of New York, were bruised and cut. The craft swerved in a cross wind, ending in a bank after reaching the runway, injuring three others.
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Memphis
Chandlier Field
Wayne Mendell
Orange
N. J
U. S. Hoffman Machinery Company
William H. North
New York
Typton
Fresh Salads with Fresh Vegetables
Fresh salads use raw vegetables cut or shredded into fine dices. Garnish with watercress parsley or mint to enhance color and flavor.
Lindbergh at 26 Years Old
The report states Col. Charles A. Lindbergh is twenty six years old.
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Col
Charles A. Lindbergh
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