Market Movements Drift as Union Pacific Support Fades
Stock prices receded amid mixed signals with faint rail stock strength. Reports of crop damage and steel weak spots tempered optimism while speculative sentiment shrank and trading volume fell.
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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1904
Page
26
New York Stocks and Commodities Mixed on Aug 16
New York and Chicago markets show mixed closes with Westinghouse and other rails quoted high. Wheat hits a new season peak while corn and oats slip. daily sales from W H Hibbs shows total trades around 60,500 shares with rail and utility issues including Washington Gas and Washington Railway cited in quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cloang
New York
Westinghouse Electric
Western Laion
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Wisconsin Central
W B Hibbs & Co
F Street
New York Stock Exchange
Washington Stock Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Sssr NY
Chicago
Minneapolis
Gome
Willi Kely
Manitoba
Bar
Winnipeg
Kansas
Trnois Wiesouri
New York Grain Prices Hit Fresh Highs in Wheat Corn Oats
New high wheat prices reported with September above 108 and several contracts closing mixed around 108. Corn receipts total 99,280 bushels with spot No 2 and No 2 yellow bids easing. Oats show steady spot values with varied weights and grade classifications amid market pressure from showers in drought regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Duluth
Live Stock Markets Report From New York and Chicago
Market rounded up receipts and price levels for cattle calves hogs and sheep with mixed demand. New York shows weak to fair demand across beef sides and dressed calves while Chicago reports steady to strong hog and cattle action with prime steers and western cattle leading values and lighter cattle steady prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Texas Beef
Baltimore Markets Aug 16 Wheat and freight prices
Baltimore reports mixed grain notes with May strong wheat spot prices and firm oats rye and corn values. Southern wheat touches a dollar per bushel. Western wheat also firmer. Union Pacific stock advances to around 100. gold shipments to Cuba rise as banks move funds for Cuban Span financing.
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Atchison General
Atchison Adjustment
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore and Onia
Baltimore and Ohio
Wa Central of Georgia Sa
Central of Georgia
Chesapeake and Ohio
Chiago and Alton
Chicago
Burlington and Quincy New
Chicago, Milwaukee and
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Chicago and Northwestern
Pacific
St Louis
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Consolidated Tobacco
Coulorado and
Southern
Colorado
Denver and
Rio Grande
Erie
Erie General de Fort Worth
Denver City
Hocking Valley
Louisville
Nashville
Manhattan Consul Gold
Alexican Central
Mexican Central
Minneapolis
Texas Missouri Baraas
Texas
Mat Railroad of
Mexico
Ronsot
New York Central
New Jersey Central General
Northern Pacific
Nortel
Western Consol
Oregon
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Tren
S. Louis
San Francisco
Bam St Louis Southwestern
Seaboard Air Line
Southern Pacific
Bae Southern Railway
Ute
Texas and Pacific Ista
Toledo St Louis and Western
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Wheeling and
Lake Erie
Wisconsin Central
Baltimore
New York
Cuba
National City Bank
National Bank of Commerce
Local Financial Gossip Signals Bull Market Movements
A buoyant market with a bullish tone showed Washington Railway and Electric 4s advancing as $11,000 in bonds traded, with bids climbing to 84 1-8 and strong activity in Mergenthaler and Lanston Mono type issues. Gas certificates, Capital Traction, and real estate notes also moved, while building operations in the District declined by over 98 million dollars, attributed to fewer large apartment projects and lending caution by trust companies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Railway and Electric
Washington Gas
Washington Hallway and Electric
Mergenthaler Linotype
Lanston
Greene
Capital Traction
Block Exchange District of Columbia
Capital Traction Railroad
Metropolitan Railroad
Columbia Railroad
City and Suburban Railroad
Anacostia and Potomac
The
Washington Railway and Electric Company
Konda—Washington Gas Company
Washington Gas Company
United States Electric Light
United States Histric Light
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Sn
Washington Market Company
National Safe Deposit and Trust
Washington Loan and Trust
American Security and Trust
Union Trust and Storage
Washington Savings Bank
Capital Traction Company
Washington Halfway and Electric Company
National Bank
Bank of Washington
Central
Farmers and Mechanics
I Firemen
Fo Frankilp
Metropolitan
Corcoran
Potomac
Arlington
National Union
Columbia
Washington
Chesapeake and Potomac
Mergentheler Linotype
Lanston V Monotype
Stacked Greene Consolidated Copper Company
Washington Market
Hortolk
Washington Steamboat
Local Exchange
Washington Railway and Electric 4S
Igh
Snowden Ashford
Quaint Old Prospector Near Dinkey Creek
An Outlook piece follows Steward Edward White as a modest, curious prospector who camps near Dinkey Creek and contemplates mineralized areas atop a distant mountain. He chats about bear hunting, travels, and flies, then leaves at dawn after a brief visit with travelers. The excerpt blends travelogue with rural humor and frontier ethos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edward White
Dinkey Creek
Ishmael
Oregon
Legal notices from Equity Court and Probate Court actions
Supreme Court DC equity court orders alimony by August 20 194, various receiverships and auditors reports. Bankruptcy and probate matters include letters of administration granted bonds set and guardianship appointments with multiple attorneys listed. Notices cover will admissions probate bonds and estate administrations across numerous estates and parties.
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Supreme Court
District of Columbia
Equity Court
Larnard Beall
Beall
JG ~ Bigelow
Adriaans Bryan
Curtin
Hamilton & Colbert
Bauer
Holmes
E L Gies
Hallam & Hallam Brower Ve
Stoner
EL Gies
Glorius
George F Willams Breese
Campbell
R Rosas Perry & Son
Oo H Budlong Gibson
McLaughlin
Justice Barnard
Leonard C Hailey
Mary Mohun
Michael Mohun
Oscar Luckett
John Ryder
Anie
Taylor
James Gately
Jeeney
A B Webb
Susannah F Kelly
G Percy McGiue
G@ P McGive
Albert Daggett
Court of Appeals
Joseph H Brigham
Rey
Harry H Brigham
Real estate transfers in Washington Heights and adjacent streets
Real estate transfers show transactions across Lanier Heights to Brightwood Park, Le Droit Park and Columbia Heights. Names include Fisher, Shea, Mueller, Crombs, Beard, Pettis, Fletcher, Bogley, Crowley, Merriam, Park, Hamilton, Nally, Scrivener, Hartman, Johnson, Wheeler, and many more with parcels from blocks 2 to 9 and streets like Golden Street Southwest, Eleventh Street Southeast, Thirteenth Street Northwest, and Ninth to Tenth Streets Northwest. Several loans and secured notes are listed with institutions such as Oriental Building Association, Washington Loan and Trust Company, and Perpetual Building Association.
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Lanier Heights
Thirty-fourth
Thomas R Pettis
Peyton B
Fletcher
Peyton B Fletcher
Emory H Bogley
Thirty Third
Thirty Fourth
George P Bobrer
Robert F Crowley
New Jersey Avenue
Arthur C Merriam Et Ax
John Scrivener
Mary G Hartman
Clar Sarge Wright
Thirteenth Street
Annie W Johnson
Susan Gangener
Barry Fary
Matilda A Wheeler
R Clara Wheeler
Beall
John W Glennan
Richard F Patra
Herbert A Gil
Patra
Square
Sarsh J
de Witt C
Fred W Reeves
George Hendreon
John Serivener
Charles F Benjamin
Roger T Mitchell
Perpetual Building Association
Dobbins
Dopnie Brandt
Chapin Brown
Henry H Hergmann
Oriental Building Association
Mary R Moler
Albert H
George
Emmerich
Douglass
Mackall
Washington
Permanent Building Association
Peter
Mill Seat
Brightwood Park
Edward T Mullett
Henry H Bergmann
Max F Muller
Northern Liberty
German American Building Association
Peter's
Jones
Allan CG Walker
Mary Baylor
Center Eckington
Metropolis View
Clemene Krogmpan
Francis Saul
James F .Snea
Home Savings Bank
Washington Heights
Alice J Pagin
Oliver
George W White
William A Hill
Gerald M Johnson
Wydwing Terrace
Waddy B Woodet Ax
Arthur Brice
William J. Flather
Francis P Morse
Lanidr Heights
Yary E Mann
Arthur T Brice
William J Fiather
Francis P Morae
Metropolitan Loan and Trust Co
E Street
N. W
U3 Ag
Potomac Guarantee Loan CO
F Street NW
Atlantic Building
Tpward
Building and Loan Association
National Mortgage Loan Company
F ST NW
Weather and the Crops Deterioration in Corn and Cotton
Government crop report details widespread moisture shortages and heat reducing corn yields in the central valleys and northern regions while rain could help the corn belt. It notes deteriorating cotton in most states, boll weevils damaging Texas and other areas, oats harvest complete northward, wheat and hay prospects good in many regions, and rice acreage total pending official totals.
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Weather Bureau
Atlantic Coast
Hast Gulf
Lake Region
Rocky Mountain
North Pacific Coast
South Atlantic
Missouri Valley
Oho Valley
Tennessee
Indiana
Towa
Kansas
Middle Atlantic
Lake
Dakotas
Minnesota
Washington
Oregon
Oklahoma
Texas
Indian Territories
Missouri
Arkansas
Ohio Valley
England
Ohio
Virginia
Nouthern
New England
New York
Michigan
Artions
Pennsylvania
Organized Ruminators and the Bovine Club Joke Piece
A humorous piece about a ladies club called Organized Ruminators or Bovine Club led by patron William E. Gladstone. It playfully discusses mastication, a butler obstacle, and the imagined challenges of chewing thirty two times, with light satire on social etiquette and intelligent conversation during meals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic
Bovine Club
William E. Gladstone
Mark Twain
Gladstone
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Washington Loan & Trust Co
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John A
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Ellis Spear
Geo W Casilear
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National Metropolitan Bank
Washington DC
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Washington Mortgage Loan Co
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Tolman
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