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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Apr 20, 1910
Page
17
The day's stock and commodity notes show dull, irregular trading in New York with little immediate impact on financial conditions. Gold exports rise modestly while copper and steel chatter persist. cotton and grain move unevenly amid broad cautious sentiment.
Analyzed reports suggest calls to dissolve the bull pool on Wall Street as speculation over cotton stocks, commissions, and bear actions intensify. Brokers debate legality and potential measures while traders weigh long positions and potential liquidations amid market volatility.
New York exchanges opened with mixed activity as American Security and Trust stock rose to 238 while others traded modestly higher. Baltimore and Ohio Railway’s Mount Clare shops plan a large April workload with about 3,200 workers, signaling record locomotive repairs and overtime to meet demand.
A dense OCR fragment lists prices and bids for copper and various commodities, with mentions of Amalgamated Copper American Sugar American Tobacco and other stocks, rail lines, banks, and market notes. It references government employment banking hours and local price movements for dairy eggs butter and other goods.
Washington banking interests back retail merchants forming a mutual benefit association to monitor credit conditions of customers. Bankers will share information on debt paying qualities of borrowers with the association to aid responsible lending.
Market snapshot from New York shows Treasury notes and national bank notes values, with gold and silver balances, reserve fund and outstanding notes. Copper futures move on the London and New York exchanges, while grain and cattle receipts reflect ongoing commodity activity and prices across multiple markets.
New York shows mixed oil quotations with bids and offers noted. The report lists percentages and rates, including 24 3 per cent ruling, 2% per cent closing bid, and various terms like 60 days and 90 days. Bankers' balances are cited with modest activity and several named bonds or notes appear in the market summary.
Market notes show generally firm conditions with no price repression expected. Fruit and vegetables are low for the season with varied regional listings for Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and nearby markets. Prices include creamery items, potatoes No. 4, and assorted meats with noted crate terms and packing details.
The York cotton market opened with limited activity and scattered bids as traders watched government signals on intervention. Prices showed cautious gains and declines, while South markets faced disapproval of anti-child market actions and overall market nervousness persisted.
An account describes the Sioux medicine dance and related rites. Warriors endure hours of excruciating tests to gain status and healing, with women cheering around a central lodge, while volunteers later seek warrior status through self-inflicted torments, tying to a pole and facing water or rope. The piece also notes other Indigenous dances and their social roles, including the green corn dance, scalp dance, and ceremonial rounds.
Milwaukee mayoral inauguration amid a Socialist Democrat shift with Mayor Seidel backed by two party allies in a council of ten Democrats and four Republicans. He calls for a city cost-keeping system, a municipal research bureau, and a survey of social and economic conditions to guide fair taxation and efficient government.
A government printing office document details census production orders from 1909 including 32 million date cards and 100 million population cards, with special machinery needs and Spanish language usage for Porto Rico. The letter from E Dana Durand to Secretary Nagel, transmitted to President Taft, notes varied requisitions and affirmations of form sufficiency.
Attorney General opinion says trusts must be underbid by competing concerns for Canal construction materials. Secretary Dickinson instructed Panama Canal purchasing to seek lowest responsible bidder, with about 2 million dollars in oil purchases noted. Canal commission is to follow this provision, while prior adoptions complicate supplier selections.
The body of Harry Labarge, an elevator conductor at the New Willard Hotel, is to be buried in Cohoes, New York. Police say his death in his room at 8 Twelfth Street NW may be due to gas from an unturned jet. undertaker arrangements have been authorized by Louis Labarge, his father.
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