Wall Street opens with mixed moves in stocks and bonds
The market opens irregularly with Brooklyn Transit up one, Southern Pacific and St. Paul down one, Baltimore & Ohio and Minneapolis & St. Louis preferred off two. Union Pacific slips after initial gains while copper trials lift several issues. Bonds hold steady as traders digest live hog receipts and dairy prices, with a firm noon tone and scattered gains in key issues.
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New York
Wall Street
Brooklyn Transit
Northern Pacific Sk
Southern Paxcifie
St. Paul
Baltimore & Ohio
Minneapolis & S J. Louis
Union Pacific
Ish Cowper
Western Union
Amalgamated Copper
American Car & Foundry
American Steling & Refining
Amer. Smelting & Refining Ptd
Avican Sugar Refining
Avaconda Mining
Atchison
Chison Preferred
Brooklyn
Canadian Pachio
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago & Northwestern
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Colorado & Southern
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
Upllinois Central
International Paper
Borough Metropolitan
Borough Metropolitan Ptd
pUlsville & Nashville
Mi Pacific
Missouri
Kansas & Texas
Jonal Biscuit
York Central
Serbhern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Praple’s Gan
Reidingeck Island
Southern Pacific
States Steel
OK Wabash
J Wester
Wheat Market Edges Down Amid Frost and Wet Weather
Prices opened strong on the local market but faded as selling by influential traders weighed. December futures traded around 8 cents with weakness reasserting, while store prices showed slight declines and later December drifted higher but remained weak amid wet weather in the West and Northwest.
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S& Pense
Chicagnm
Azvera
Gigiene
Nebraska
Executions in Russia Reported by Official Statistics
The Associated Press reports official 1970 Russian executions by military district courts totaling 677, with 643 civilians and 34 soldiers. Most executions were for murder or robbery amid violence. mutiny and desertion noted. Balt provinces led with 26, Kiev region 84, Warsaw 65, Moscow 59.
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Associated Press
Ht. Petersburg
Red
Russia
Brenay
Fowe
Kiev
Odes
Statyline
Warsaw
Moscow
Stolen Goods Recovered in Menasha Detectives Bust Suspects
Rail detectives nab three men in Milwaukee linked to a car break in Chicago area thefts. Jewelry tied to Nelson and Anderson of Neenah values the haul. Separate local items note funerals, hospitalizations, fines, a Halloween social plan, and warnings about a young woman using fraud to collect funds for a Green Bay Catholic institution.
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Menasha
Wis
Suliwaukee
Uspiclon
Ita
Taliled
Allvervare
Nelson’ & Anderson Jewelry
Neenah
Lnto
Milwaukee
Helen Feeney
St. Patrick's Church
DeKeiver
Charles. Beckwith
Kaukmunn
Aha
Alice Royce
Jones
Ding & Hievelo
Stein
Costa
P. S.C
Congregational Church
John Strange
Vienera
Humane Agent
Wilkie
Oshkosh
Winnebago County
Tle Vluk
Elks
Bujl
Quahkosh
Appleton
Bryan-Kern Club
John M. Aslward
Armory
Kaukauna
Bayly
Selo
Green Bay
Deep Water Harbor Plan for Chicago
A proposal by a Texas related company seeks to deepen a lake harbor north of the Chicago River mouth to serve passenger and freight traffic. It envisions docks slips and streetcar extensions along the docks, plus a lighterage system, with city ownership to transfer after twenty years if approved by the city’s administration and council.
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Associated Prev
Chicago
Get
Chicas
Ely
Othe Council
Stearing
Allie
Hoe
Taft Campaign Speeches Planned Across Multiple States
In a cabinet meeting the president decided that each official will campaign in states with uncertain Taft support. Postmaster General Moyer schedules speeches in Paulding Ohio October 26, Sandusky October 27, Belleair Maryland October 29, Trenton New Jersey October 30, and Boston November 2. Senator Depew’s Virginia campaign stops at Harrisonburg Lynchburg Norfolk and Suffolk beginning October 26 were cancelled to focus on more doubtful states.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Paulding
Sandusky
Bellare
Trenton
N. J
Boston
Virginia
Depew
Harrisonburg
Lynchburg
Norfolk
Suffolk
Private Bernard Lesser Dishonorably Discharged for Green Apples
Private Bernard Lesser of Battery D Third Field Artillery was dishonorably discharged after eating green apples contrary to a superior’s orders. He was sentenced to forfeit all pay and allowances and to six months hard labor. The court martial found conduct prejudicial to good order and discipline for eating the apples after a sergeant ordered them destroyed.
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Associated Frees
New York
Bernard Lesser
Battery D
Third Field Artillery
UW. Ss. A
Lesser
Kaiser Likes Dr Hill at Berlin Court Events
Emperor William through cordial greetings to Dr David Jayne Hill American ambassador during wedding festivities for Prince August William and Princess Alexandra. The emperor invited Hill to approach at the gala opera and spoke with him for a time while Prince Menfy also conferred with Hill about experiences in America.
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Associated Press
Berlin
Emperor Wham
Corna
David Jayne Hill
Hill
Ger
William
Alexandra
Dr. Hei
Prince Menfy
Dr. Hill
America
Senator Elkins Refuses Comment On Daughter’s Engagement
United States Senator Elkins declines to confirm or deny reports of his daughter Katherine Elkins’s engagement to the Duke of the Abruzzi. In a lengthy telephone interview with the Associated Press, he says discussions were unwise and that many rumors are pure inventions, offering no usable information for publication.
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Associated Press
Pittsburg
United States
Elkins
Katherine Elkins
Europe
Wisconsin Congregational meeting at Fond du Lac
President E D Maton of Beloit College Judge C D Rosa of Beloit and F D Harwom of Appleton form a committee of the Wisconsin Congregational association to confer with the First Congregational church of Fond du Lac regarding church matters.
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Fond du Lac
Wis
E. D. Maton
Beloit College
Beloit
Appleton
Wisconsin Congregational
Keller Named State Association Superintendent Amid Congregation Pleas
A committee urged adoption of Trev L Hy Keller for the state association role with strong speeches praising his service. Congregation members from the Congregational church voiced fears his departure would harm the local parish, prompting vigorous applause and no vote.
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Trev. L. Hy Keller
Keller
Congregational Church
Publicity Campaign Planned by Home Missions Council
New York Oct. 3 The Home Missions council of twenty leading Protestant denominations plans a nationwide publicity drive in support of home missions. Seventeen cities on the campaign list will host meetings over several days with nationally known speakers. Cities already identified include St Paul and Minneapolis.
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Associated Press
New York
Home Missions Council
United States
St. Paul
Minneano
Joe James Executed After Guilty Confession
Springfield reports the execution of eighteen year old Joe James who confessed guilt and prayed before death. He and accomplice A Ballard, a railroad engineer, were linked to a July 3 murder that sparked a fatal city race riot.
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Associated Press
Springfield
Aving
Jon James
Lange
Mes
A. Ballard
Denver Rio Grande Merger Bonds $160 Million Filed
The Denver and Rio Grande railway merger was made effective with a new bond issue totaling 160 million dollars filed as a mortgage yesterday. The filing completes the financial restructuring of the merger and signals a major corporate move for the railway.
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Associated Press
Denver
Col
Denver & Rio Grande Railway
Bryan in Delights and Delays as Bryan Visits
A crowded Philadelphia railway scene in Wilmington sees W J Bryan late and delivering brief remarks amid newspaper scrutiny. He heads to New Jersey for speeches while Mrs Bryan draws cheers. In Washington a separate note reports Bryan slipping past officials unseen and asleep during a station stop.
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Associated Press
Wilmington
Del
Pennsylvania
W. J. Bryan
Mr. Bryan
Teoosevete
Gompers
Knox
Bryan
New Jersey
Tonceverle
W. Va
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Lambertville
Irenchtown
Millard
Phillipsburg
Hampton Tunction
Whitehouse
Somerville
Perth
Antwick
Newark
Palladelphls
Philadelphia
Penns
Seeashington
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Willam J. Bryan
New York
West Virginia
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