Market Stood Strain as Big Stocks Leap and Slump
The market showed unusual strength amid rumor driven moves in American Smelting and Refining and National Lead. Both stocks jumped sharply before retreating to near opening prices, while the overall list recovered some gains after a heavy early volume, with copper prices rising abroad and a government crop report mixing favorable and wary signals.
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Washington Post
New York
London
Harriman
San Francisco
Salt Lake City
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Tima
Wall Street Gossips of August Market Surge and Rumors
The Wall Street market opened with copper, smelters, New York Central, and Reading up a point or more, heavy trading and rumors of manipulation. Traders cited Guggenheim interests and Standard Oil links as drivers while after the early surge profits prompted selling and a volatile day.
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Washington Post
New York
New York Central
Wis
Siement
Eee
Guggenheim
Rockefeller
Standard Oil
New York Money Market Report Shows Mixed Rates
New York money market edges lower with firm and dull tone. Sixty days bills yield 2% to 2 1 2 percent while ninety days rise to around 3 and six months to 3 1 2 to 4 percent. Prime mercantile paper quoted at 4 percent. Sterling exchange steady with bankers bills at 4 5164.95 for sixty day bills and 4 5696 for demand. Government bonds noted.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
New York Stock Market Brief August 7 1908
The New York Stock Market report for Friday August 7 1908 notes activity received by W B Hibhs and Co bankers and exchange Chicago Board of Trade and Washington brokers. The brief item mentions market movements and broker notices without full detail.
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New York Stock Market
W. B. Hibhs & Go
Bankers and Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Wash
New York Stock Exchange
Washington Stock Exchange
Caiengo Board of Trade
Washington markets buoyant as New York activity rises
The Washington Stock Exchange was buoyant while New York markets surged, sending volume down locally. Washington Gas led gains closing at 1 1 2, Capital Traction trades at 110 1 4, and brokers note reduced floating short interest amid a broad market strength.
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Washington Gas
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Washington Stock Exchange
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Capital ‘Traction
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Miss Allaneous Stocks Graphophone
Graphophone Ltd
Washington Railway and Electric Capital
Washington Produce Market Prices Report
Quoted wholesale prices for butter cheese live poultry dressed poultry meats and vegetables. Notable items include butter creamery fancy 23 cents pound live poultry supplies mixed with steady to weak demand, dressed turkey 18 cents, chickens 17 to 18 cents, hogs and ham prices around 5 dollars per hundred pounds, potatoes 2.50 per barrel, sweet potatoes 3.80 to 4.50, yams 2.90 to 3.00 per barrel, apples and pears varied with Bartlett and Le Conte listings, currants and melons in mixed demand, western and southern receipts note quality and price shifts.
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North Carolina
Ubrral
Norfolk
Waterer
Arades
Sone Bartlett
D. Oh
Fruit Market Prices Field Maryland Delaware North Carolina
Listed untuk fruit and produce prices by carrier and region including Maryland Delaware North Carolina. Items include plums blackberries raspberries gooseberries huckleberries muskmelons watermelons and crates with per quart per pound per hundred pricing and regional notes. Names of states and quantities given in shorthand with OCR artifacts.
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Hecker
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Jersey
North Carolina
North Carolna
Trade liens are good buyers in jobbing markets
R Dun & Co weekly review notes mixed signals in August trade with encouraging gains in wholesale and jobbing markets and rising confidence for fall trade. Iron and steel demand strengthens while railways delay purchases. dress goods auction prices rise. hides and leather stay firm, limiting footwear business. cotton futures loom over primary markets amid expectations of a large crop and weaker prices.
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New York
R. Dun & Co
Trely
New York Produce Prices and Wheat Market Report
New York August 7 Poultry and eggs steady butter and cheese firm. Prices for wheat corn oats rye and petroleum listed with receipts exports and freight notes. Wheat nervous market with midday slip. corn and oats steady to higher. hogs and beef figures not specified.
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Areiay
Chicago Grain Market Ends Strong on August Report
Chicago grain markets closed firmer after a bullish August crop report. Wheat September rose to 95.0 to 95.5, corn climbed early then settled near 75, oats gained, and provisions slipped with pork and lard easing. Receipts and exports showed mixed changes across Minneapolis, Duluth, and Chicago.
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Bradstreet
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Duluth
Kansas
Nebraska
Missouri
Shorts
Gata
Nj Western
Crop Report Shows Mixed U S Farm Yields August 1
The crop reporting board releases August 1 conditions for corn wheat oats barley tobacco and hay. Corn at 82 5 percent of normal last year 83 8 percent monthly. spring wheat 80 7 percent versus 93 4 prior. oats 76 2 percent down from 87 last month. buckwheat acreage down 14 percent to 789 000. Preliminary winter wheat yield about 14 3 bushels per acre totaling 425 990 000 bushels. Hay acreage up 1 2 percent to 44 538 000 acres. Tobacco the average 35 8 percent with state figures Kentucky 82 North Carolina 0 Virginia 9 Tennessee 55 Ohio 76 Wisconsin 89 Connecticut 98 Florida 89. White potatoes 92 9 percent normal. Daydrop 92 1 percent.
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Atchison Pleads Guilty to Rebating in Sugar Deal
The Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe Railway pleaded guilty in U S district court to rebating. Judge Bethea fined the railroad $7,000 after government proof that a $50,000 bonus to Garden City Sugar and Land Co was effectively a rebate. The case falls under interstate commerce and Elkins law.
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Atchison, Topeke and Santa Fe Railroad Company
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United States District Court
Edwin W. Sims
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Su-gar and Land Company
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Interstate Commerce Commission
Elkins
New York Cotton Market Makes Fresh Highs Amid Steady Open
New York cotton prices surged to new highs with heavy activity estimated at 150000 bales. October led gains to about 17 points, August rose up to 25 points, while the market opened firm on better cables before fluctuating under tiring selling and late buying for both accounts.
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Pirvate
Liverpool
Unig
Baltimore Markets Report Grain and commodity prices dull
Baltimore markets report flat activity across grains and dairy with dull bids for wheat and corn. Prices shown include No 2 red wheat around 99, barge and futures notes, mixed corn around 82, oats steady, rye firm, and butter and sugar markets quiet with minor variations.
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Metal Market Update From New York and London
The London tin market rose to £3 5s 0d with futures at £120. Locally tin, copper, lead, and iron saw varied moves amid steady demand and limited trading. Copper reached £8 10s spot and £83 4s futures. tin around £18 10s. lead steady at £15 1d. The London iron market held. local No 1 Northern and Southern prices listed, with erratic local figures.
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Livestock market results and prices across cities
New York and Chicago reports show slow demand and mixed declines for cattle and calves. Prices range from 1.76 to 5.25 for cows and bulls, with calves at 5.00 to 7.70 and sheep dull with limited gains. Hogs balance heavy trade from 6.30 to 6.90, with steady to firm tone in several classes.
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Liverpool
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A.bied
Washington cattle market report and rainfall note
In Kansas City Missouri a heavy rain night and morning drenched western Missouri and eastern southern Kansas. The report lists cattle market terms in per cwt and per ewt, hog prices, lamb and calf notes, with scattered OCR garble throughout.
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