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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 09, 1911

Page

2

Price Changes Rapid Rally in Wall Street Trading

New York August 8 Washington Post report notes a brisk volatile session with wide price swings and a late rally driven by short covering. Speculators return as activity rises while overall averages stay below last week’s close amid mixed results across rails industrials and London buying.

Washington Post New York Wall Street

Wall Street Gossip on Wheat and Rail News From Aug Markets

Foreign crop conditions influence grain markets with Russia's wheat crop pegged 25 percent below 1910. Missouri Pacific rehabilitation progresses as contracts for 50 modern passenger coaches are let. Great Northern shows July earnings up $5,908 after months of declines. Western railroads debate invoking commerce court over intermountain rate. Canadian Pacific remains firm but declines with others. CP stock falls sharply. Panama receipts exchange to proceed. Treasury seeks surrender of receipts. Weather report notes beneficial rains, cool east of Rockies, generally favorable overall. Copper market shows stagnation despite copper producers’ positive August 1 report and rising foreign deliveries. copper stocks down nearly 30 million pounds. dividends declared on Hen stock.

Interstate Commerce Commission Spokane Kahn Great Northern Seaboard Copper Producers’ Association Washington Post New York Atlantic Russia Broomhail’s Speaki North America Missouri Pacific Brush St. Louis

Live Stock Markets in Chicago August Report

Live stock market report from Chicago shows steady to mixed prices across cattle hogs sheep and calves with varied receipts. Cattle receipts around 4 000 and hogs about 15 000. prices quoted for western steers cows and heifers calves and lambs with notable activity in New York based on Aug data and credit balances reported at day end.

Chicago Texas Western

New York Stock Market Reported by Major Exchanges

The dispatch notes activity in New York stocks received by W B Hibbs and Company and Kantfere and Company from the New York Stock Exchange and the Chicago Board of Trade, detailing market movements and quotations across key issues and sectors as trading progresses.

W. B. Hibbs & Co Kantfere New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of

Vealenites Steady Hogs and Veal Prices Reported

A New York bond market update notes steady hog prices with per hundredweight bids at 614 8 percent, and veal values listed for lambs and spring veal. The Washington Stock Exchange details sector moves as per a cross market summary, with veal and lamb quotes shown in mixed fractions and per pound terms.

Washington Stock Exchange Brightens Amid Active Trading

Washington market shows stronger prices and rising activity with Mergen thaler and Washington Goa among notable moves. Bank stocks stay in demand as District National and Union Trust see brisk buying while bonds like Potomadé Consolidated trade around 1017-8 to 102.

Washington Stock Exchange Mergenthaler Washington Goa Washington Railway and Electric Common Potomadé Consolidated 68 Capital Traction Capital Washington Railways District National Union Trust

Nashville Gas Light Office Plan Sold in City Sale

Officials disclosed that George town Gas Light Company will build a modern office at the northeast corner of Wisconsin avenue and Dumbarton street after the property sale. The Washington Railway and Electric Company held an option on the site which has expired. Work on the building will start in the fall amid limited details from gas company officials.

James A. Cahill D. J. Dunigan Kilbourne Street Georgetown Gas Light Company Wisconsin Avenue Dumbarton Street Washington Railway and Electric Company

New York Produce Markets Report August Prices

New York market notes show butter steady with 7,617 receipts and cheese steady with 7,518 receipts. Eggs steady with 20,060 receipts, poultry dressed firm with Western broilers and fowls up to 17 and 16 respectively, and turkeys at 12 to 16. Flour steady to firm with 18,005 receipts, rye flour steady, cornmeal steady, hay firm, and various commodities such as hides dull, leather firm, pork and beef firm, lard up to 9.05, molasses steady, rice steady, cottonseed oil firm, petroleum steady, rosin firm, turpentine quiet, sugar steady, coffee quiet, Porto Rican products noted, cabbage firm, and oats unchanged.

New York Cawe Tate Middle West Rio Santos Cordova

Chicago Grain Market Slides After Sharp Opening

Chicago traders faced a mixed session with heavy selling to anticipate higher opening prices. A brief drop pressured wheat as frost and rust fears linger, while oats and provisions showed irregular or varying moves. Government crop reports due tomorrow loomed as a key market catalyst.

Chicago Seliera

Washington Produce Market Quotations Become Wholesale Report

The Washington Produce Market lists wholesale quotations for eggs butter cheese poultry and vegetables. Prices cover Virginia West Virginia Tennessee Kentucky and nearby regions with ranges for potatoes cucumbers onions cabbage lettuce peppers apples oranges and more reflecting strong demand and varied regional sourcing.

Baltimore Markets Bulletin of August Prices and Supplies

Baltimore parents report fresh price quotes for commodities including corn oats rye and poultry. Butter ranges from 18 to 28 cents per pound with spreads and prints listed, while creamery grades vary from 20 to 28 cents. Several regional dairy products from Maryland Pennsylvania and West Virginia are noted with domestic eggs and guinea fowl priced per dozen or pair.

The Metal Market Report for New York and London

Standard copper remains steady in New York spot at 12.17 to 12.97 per unit with August to November futures around 12.20 to 12.87. London quiet with spot £56 64 and futures £67 2563. Arrivals in New York total 195 tons. Exports shown by Custom House total 5 66 tons for the month. Iron prices steady locally with No 1 foundry Northern at 15.00 to 16.25 and No 2 at 14.76 to 15.00.

New York London Cleveland Northern Southern

New York Grain Market Faces Sharp Post-Report Slide

New York grain prices show a sharp early decline on favorable crop news and government data, easing later as export demand improves. Spot bid for No. 2 wheat steady to firmer on elevator basis. corn and oats largely unmoved with limited futures activity and steady to unchanged closes. Receipts shown for wheat, corn, oats, and barley along with delivery and shipment figures.

New York New Duluth Rovelpta

Philadelphia markets report varying grain and livestock prices

Philadelphia markets show wheat at 91 1 2 percent export grade No 2 red in export elevators corn firm No 3 yellow local trade at 73 1 3 percent oats firm No 2 white old 46 16 to 46 2 1 2 percent butter firm extra Western creamery 8 do nearby printed 30 cents eggs firm Pennsylvania nearby 6 0 per case current receipts 6 40 per case Western do firsts 6 10 per case current receipts 5 1005 40 do case cheese firm New York full cream fancy 13 4 13 5 percent poultry firm fowls 14 14 old roosters 0 10 percent spring chickens 11 17 ducks old 12 60 dressed poultry steady 1b6 1 Western 12 15 old roosters 9 % broiling chickens nearby 1 86 20 do Western 14 18 potatoes Jersey per basket 68 75 cents

Allis-Chalmers Iowa Central Amalgamated Copper Kansas City Southern American Agricultural American Bert Sugar Laclede Gat Lehigh Wall American Car Aid Foundry Louisville Nashville Am. Car and Foundry Pyd Mackey (Co. Bmg Minneapolis St. Louis Ming St. P S. St. M Kans Tex Tex. P Missouri Pacific National Biscuit National Lead Am. Smelt American Steel Foundries Nat" Rys. of Mexico New York Central Os Lot American Tel Ontario West American Tobacco Pia Norfolk and Western American Wovlen Northern Pacific Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Pacific Mal Pacific Tel. An Pennsylvania Baltimore Ohio People’s Gas Bethlehem Steel Pitts C.C St.Loui Brooklyn Rapid Tranalt Pittsburg Conl Canadian Pacific Central Tasther Central Leather Ptd Railway Steel Spring Central of New Jersey Chesapeake and Ohio Republic Steel Chicago and Alton Republic Steel Ptd Chicago Great West Rock Island Co Pta Rock Bas Sheffield Steel and Iron Southern Southern Pacific Consolidated Ga Southern Railway Delaware and Hudeor Tennessee Texas and Pacific Denver and Rio Grande Tgl St.d Diatillera’ Securities TOR St. L Pti AK 4A Union Pacific United States Realty United States Rubber United States Steel Great Northern Pi HTH Great Northern Ctah Copper HiMinois Central Interborough Met Interborough Wabash Inter Harvester Lam Western Mary Gom Martis Pfd Westinghouse Electric International Paper Western Union Wheeling and Lake Erie Hibbs Building N ‘Trade Washington Stock Exchange Virginia West Virginia Southwest Virginia Elgin New York State California Florida Delaware Niagara Concord Maryland el Western North Carolina Philadelphia Aug New York Jersey

Treasury Treasury balance and deficit figures

The United States Treasury reports a working balance of 88,472,519 in Treasury offices and 34,800,083 in banks and Philippine treasury, totaling 261,524,978 in the general fund. Receipts yesterday were 913,989 and disbursements 2,482,724, with a year to date deficit of 18,714,833. Excludes Panama Canal and public debt transactions.

United States Treasury Treasury Philippine Treasury General Fund Panama Canal

New York Money Market Summary

New York money market shows call money steady at 2 percent with the ruling rate, closing bids and offers at 2 percent. Time loans remain strong with 60 day at 3.63 and 90 days at 3.4 percent. Sterling exchange softens with bank bills at 4.8380 for 60 days and 4.605 for demand. Government and railroad bonds listed as steady or easy.

New York Prims Mercantile Sterling Exchange

Equity Court records show numerous district cases complicated by trustees and guardians

In Supreme and Circuit Courts of the District of Columbia, multiple cases before Justice Barnard reference auditors, guardians and trustees, with various parties including Shoemaker, Cooper, Hemans, Collins, Cobb, Gibbs, Shreve and others. Notices cover wills, administrations, probate orders, asset sales, and dividends, with many rule returnable dates in August and September.

Supreme Court District of Columbia Equity Court NO Justice Barnard Shoemaker Caruisla & Johns John Ridost Cooper Va Cooper B. L. Gaskins J. A. Cobb Hemans & Collins Francis Ve. Fuller Guardian Ad Item Berry & Miner Groff Dudley J. A. Mandel Dawson Ve. Dawson Pisintif J. H. Zabel Smith Va Smith John M. George James M. Toomey U.S Southwestern Insurance and Surety Company Ingham Baker Plaintitt L. J. Mather E. N. Hopewell Sleman & Lerch Jacob Cohen

Deeds of Trust Listings for Various Squares

A series of deed of trust records listing multiple properties and loan details. Entries include payees O M P Brown Theodore P Het and others, with secured amounts ranging from 200 to 5,500 dollars, terms from 1 to 4 years, and interest rates from 4 to 6 percent, across numerous square lots and property names.

Perkins firm contact and office listing in Colorado Building

The clipping provides contact details for L. L. Perkins and associates, listing executors, administrators, officers, employees, and agents. It notes a phone number Main 7122 and an address Colorado Building Room 402, signaling an official or business office listing.

Pono Colorado

Multiple Mortgage Securing Trusts Across City Blocks

A string of financing notices lists numerous individuals and entities entering secured loans with various building associations and banks. Names include George F. Jonas, FP Thompson, H T Shannon, Margaret Steckels, Willem A Sheehan, and many others. Properties referenced span SQUARE SOUTH OF 8801, SQUARE 40K, SQUARE 14, and other blocks, detailing amounts from 2490 to 26000 with terms ranging from months to years and rates from 5 to 7 percent, with semiannual or quarterly payments. The notices indicate securing loans for houses, building associations, and commercial properties, with trust companies such as National Savings and Trust Company, Orientel Building Association, and Washington Loan and Trust Company involved.

Security Company George M. Reynolds Continental and Commercial National Bank of Chicago Levy Mayer MacVeagh Continental and Commercial American Trust Company of Chicago National Savings and Just Company The Cure American Securic, and Trust Company George F. Johnas Ona FP. Thompson H T Shannon H. Wardman Margaret R. Steckels RG Donaldson AH Ferguson Willem A Sheehan MiIanie Mahl Chapin Brown Nergmann Orientel Building Association Lie Cohen Lester National Permanent Haliding Association Chevy Chase Agnes’ Chase Bhd Gordon Rob Heater FB Gordon Aquare Brookland John Ro Tiassip Et Ux Brown J. Ho Bergemann Ental Building Association Tueck Rosenale John F Noonau National Ravinga and James Berry Wildlem Meklayton Arthur Carr Perpetual Building Association First Methodist Episcopal Church Joseph Bert Mek Clayton Woodliy Park Taech Tavis and Fyessford G. ©. Pumphrey Lacy Hall

Miss Mary Rowan Found Dead in Riverside Drive Home

Police found Miss Mary I Rowan sister of Samuel Booth in a Riverside Drive residence. She had been dead a week, leaving a note claiming family troubles and asking relatives to handle her remains. Letters to Mrs J B Farronte and others, and a missing week from her Great Neck summer home, are noted.

New York Riverside Drive Mary I. Rowan Mia Samuel Booth Ward Line of Steamships Miss Rowan J. B. Farronte Fartonte Newark N. J Booth Walter Lawrence Hooth Great Neck Long Island

Wealthy Miner Ties Generous Alms To Accident

Thomas Laws, 76, a Santa Cruz mine and stand owner, sprains his ankle in a fall at Cleveland Union station. He awards passengers who helped him with 5-dollar bills, the ambulance crew with 3 dollars each, and later reveals 2406 dollars in his pockets at Huron Road Hospital.

Cleveland Ohio Thomas Laws Santa Cruz Cal Lake Shore Union Huron Road Hospital Laws

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