St Paul Leads Narrow Market Gains Amid Dull Session
New York August 30 stock market was dull and firm at the top with St Paul and Reading showing strength. Short covering supported prices as New England advanced near 2 percent, while Colorado Coal and Pacific Mail also moved. Overall, most issues traded narrowly with little news, bonds steady, and a cautious close.
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Reading
New England
Minneapolis
St. Louis
Colorado Coil
Pacific Mail
Atchison
Grains weaken despite bullish news on domestic crop
Crtcaco Aug 30 Wheat futures fell after an opening rally as frost and dry reports from the Northwest cooled sentiment. Despite some bullish domestic notes and harvest concerns, selling pressure spread across wheat and other grains, leaving prices near the day’s lows. Weather and disease rumors weighed on markets despite intermittent strength at the session’s start.
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Board of Trade
Northwest
Minneapolis
North Dakota
Europe
New York
General Markets Report From New York Grain and Stocks
Market data shows receipts 54 600 in packages and 903 000 in? exports. Prices for No 2 red, August at 50c and December at 8 1 2d, with futures and spot markets weaker on English supply and foreign selling. Various grains and commodities including oats, rye, corn, and lard show mixed activity, with dull demand and close values weakening from yesterday.
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Goteber
Market Mixed As Duquesne Traction Leads Gains
Trespay Aug 30. Philadelphia Company and Duquesne Traction were moderately active today with Standard Underground Cable and Westinghouse Airbrake stronger. Most local securities were dull. traders cited doubt and fear. Duquesne Traction and other rail shares showed resilience, while Electric preferred and certain bonds moved modestly. Dividend and earnings notes for Philadelphia Company noted a strong year and potential 6 percent dividend.
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Standard Underground
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Dullnes
Central Tractio Pleasant Valley
People’s Pi ‘@ an Union &witch and
Signal
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P.& B. Traction
Katm Bros
Hoxton
Electric Company of All Nations
Wesinghouse
Pittburn
T.H
Edison
Airbrake
Duquene Traction
Underground
Union Switch and Signal
P, & B Traction
Westinghouse Electric First
Toqtey
Union
Ai Electric
Pleasant Valley
Citizens
Bridgewaer
Central
Als
Monetary Rates Hold Steady Amid Dying Demand
Money on call remains easy at around 2 3/4 percent with last loan near 2 3/4 percent. Sterling exchange quiet. bank clearings reported in multiple cities with varying balances. Bar silver in London quoted lower, New York dealers price at about 24 1/2 cents per ounce.
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Sterling Exchange Quiet and
Clearing House
New Tong
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Aus
Chcaco
New York Exchange
R. Louis
New York
Tnoinnati
Moner
Meuram
Ang
New Re
London
Chicago
Pittsburg
Market notes and stock quotations amid global rates and wool market
The report lists bullion drawn from the Bank of England at 650000 pounds, Paris three percent rentes at 8882 centimes, and various European and American equity mentions. It covers open-market rates, Canadian Pacific and Mexican Central shares, and electric stock bids. Wool markets show steady demand with firm prices across Ohio, Michigan, and Western territories, and Australian wool remaining in firm demand.
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Paris
Aus
Loybos
New York
Pennsylvania
Canadian Pacific
Sore Erie
Illinois Central
Paul Common
New York Central
Texas
Ohio
Michigan
Territory
California
Oregon
Cotton Market Report from Galveston August 3
Prices held steady for cotton with daily receipts of 2,169 bales, including 1,131 bales of new crop. Markets show futures quotes for October 7.50 and December 7.83, with sales activity noted in New York and continent shipments.
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Squirrel Hill tract bid stirs Wilkinsburg buyers
A heated Aug 30 contest for a Squirrel Hill tract draws Wilkinsburg capitalist interests against speculative city ring merchants and an area inventor. The owner demands 6000 per acre, rejects 5500 cash, and signals potential outbidding depending on final terms. Meanwhile Building Permits soar this month, shattering records with many large blocks, schools, and public works approved, led by the Twentieth Ward School Board project and major commercial establishments.
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Squirrel Hill
Post
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Sugar advances as prices drift upward across several commodities
Sugar prices rise again with a four and a half cent increase per pound pushing standard granulated to 430. Refiners mark a one cent rise amid oversold conditions while raw sugar climbs on strong consumption. Beets, fruit and grain markets show mixed signals with plentiful green fruit shipments and drought urged supply. California beet output remains solid. New Jersey cranberry crop suffers from grasshoppers and flour weakens with wheat.
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Sacramento
Cal
California
Pacific
Anwar
Chino
New Jersey
Grain and Flour Exchange on Call Sales Today
Grain and Flour Exchange activity notes on call sales for timothy hay with September delivery priced at 1.00 and 1 car new timothy hay at September delivery 913 3 percent. Bids and market range listed with standard notations for grain and cattle market terminology.
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Timothy Hay
Ltimothy Hay
Nfane
Commodity prices and grain market report
Market notes show mixed grain values with No 3 red and No 9 red corn steady to firm. Oats demand higher with No 2 mixed and No 2 white oats quoted up. Wheat firm to dull with No 1 hard at 8c and No 2 red around 8c. Receipts and shipments figures indicate sizable wheat movement, corn and oats volumes vary by category.
New York Metal Market Prices Steady Amid Mixed Metals
New York metal market shows quiet steady trading with American copper at 130 dollars per unit and tin around 20 dollars, while other metals such as dull copper and straits show weakness or uncertain demand.
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Live Stock Market Mixed Across Regions and Species
East Linenty reports cattle slow hogs dull sheep lower with receipts around 683 head and prices down. Texas and Chicago show steady to higher cattle with strong numbers, while New York and Cincinnati note firm dressed beef and mixed sheep trends. Overall, cattle vary by region, hogs soft, and sheep mixed.
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New York
Associated Press
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Haweas
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the Evening Journal
Texas
Convicts In Bold Penitentiary Escape Bid Ends Fatal
At Jackson Michigan Edward Huntley, 20, Detroit burglar, John Davis, Kalamazoo burglar, and Lige Bullard, Detroit convict, attempted to escape by scaling the penitentiary wall at 10 o clock. Huntley and Davis were fatally shot, Bullard captured after the assault on Guard Clark. Davis aided by throwing stones while Huntley and Bullard led the climb. Guard Clark later wounded Huntley and Bullard as they fled, with Davis down from the wall and Bullard surrendering.
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Kalamazoo
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J. J. Freeman
Sheriff Kills Oklahoma Man in Arrest Attempt
Gutsrtre Oklahoma. Sheriff Johan Hixon shot and killed N. P. Scott after Scott fired on him while the sheriff served an arrest warrant for alleged obtaining goods under false pretenses. Scott, ten miles from town, was known locally as a bad character.
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Electricity to heat and cook in Ottawa headline
Ottawa readers witness a dinner cooked entirely by electricity at the Windsor House as electricity begins to be used for heating and cooking. The Aug date marks an inaugural event signaling broader adoption of electric cooking in the city.
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Castoria Ad Slogan Echoes Through Ages
An old ad line traces Castoria through stages of childhood from sickness to motherhood, noting that as a child she cried for Castoria and as a mother she gave it to her children, ending with Castor.
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