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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 17, 1904

Page

3

Stock prices recede as steel fears pull market back

Union Pacific support fades with a dragging steel trend dampening the general list. Reports on corn, cotton, and spring wheat crop damage add to uncertainty as New York markets close lower after a day of mixed, volatile trading led by weak steel issues and railroad concerns.

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New York Stock Market Quotations Open Mixed in Heavy Volume

New York stock prices showed wide gains and losses with Westinghouse and Chicago area listings among top movers. Daily totals reported 60,500 shares traded as investors parsed mixed signals from wheat, cotton, and bond markets alongside railroad and utility stocks.

Grain market report with record wheat highs and corn dips

New York grain prices rebound with wheat records as September futures top 108 while May, December contracts rise. Corn futures ease amid showers in drought zones. spot oats mixed with varied weights and steady to higher quotes across grades and counties.

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Live Stock Markets Show Mixed Trade Across Regions

New York reports receipts 1219 head with cattle and calves trading unevenly. Cattle prices steady to weak with dressed beef firm. hog markets steady to strong with best heavy cuts firm. Sheep and lambs slow, lambs steady, ewes and culls weak. Chicago notes cattle 5600, hogs 10000, market mixed though steadier for good to prime steers and heavy hogs.

New York Chicago Texas Beef

Baltimore Markets Broad Report on Commodities and Stocks

Baltimore market notes show firmer wheat futures with No 2 red at about 1.01, rising receipts 15,735 bushels and 3,016 bushels exported. Corn, oats, rye and hay steady with mixed results. Union Pacific briefly at par, gold shipments to Cuba totaling 7.5 million amid Cuban Span financing. Local and national prices, receipts, and movements described.

Baltimore Bushela Southern Aspen Uptown Western Fancy Creamery Cuba New York National City Bank National Bank of Commerce

Local financial gossip signals buoyant markets on steady gains

A bullish local exchange shows Washington Railway and Electric 4s rising with large block sales and bids. Mergenthaler and Lanston Mono notes move modestly. Capital Traction trades and gas certificates edge higher as real estate brokers note district building declines amid higher material costs.

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 Sa Washington Market Company Fiat 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 Mergentheler Linotype Lanston V Monotype Local Exchange Washington Railway and Electric 4S Igh Snowden Ashford

Quaint Old Prospector

Steward Edward White in The Outlook observes a modest, adventurous prospector planning a summer trek near Dinkey Creek and across a mountain, sharing rough humor and stories while integrating fly fishing, hunting, and travel tales. He camps with the narrator, then departs at dawn after a brief, vivid encounter with nature.

Edward White Dinkey Creek Ishmael Oregon

Legal Record highlights alimony and probate actions across DC courts

Supreme Court equity actions include alimony orders due by August 20 194, and receiverships. various solicitors named. Probate docket lists administration grants bonds and wills for numerous estates including Mohun Ryder Gately Kelly Daggett Brigham Browning Taylor Ritchie and related guardian appointments. Bankruptcy notes Leonard C Hailey publication of notice.

Supreme Court District of Columbia Equity Court Justice Larnard Beall Va Beall JG ~ Bigelow Adriaans Bryan Curtin Hamilton & Colbert Bauer Holmes E L Gies Hallam & Hallam Brower Stoner EL Gies Glorius George F Willams Breese Campbell R Rosas Perry & Son Oo H Budlong Gibson McLaughlin Campistuant Gordon & Gordon Le“Juckeon Philips Brick Company Stannara Brick Company Hufty & Hufty W. Mathingly & Son Butler Evening Star Plainiff's A S Worthington Ross Perry & Son Bankruptcy 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 Lanier Heights and surrounding wards

A long listing of real estate transfers and secured notes across several DC blocks including Lanier Heights, Le Droit Park, Shaw, and Brightwood. Transactions involve Fisher, Mueller, Beard, Bogley, Crowley, and others with parcels identified by square numbers and street addresses plus numerous loans and securing arrangements.

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 F 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

Weather and the Crops. Deterioration in Corn and Cotton

Government report notes mixed conditions across regions. Excess moisture and drought affect corn in the east and central valleys. cotton shows deterioration across much of the belt with weevils and shedding reported in Texas and Oklahoma. Oat harvest finished in northern districts. hay crop strong in many states. rice acreage totals released by the Bureau of Statistics.

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 Club Promotes Sound Health

An article describes a ladies club named Organized Ruminators or Bovine Club inspired by William E. Gladstone. It humorously chronicles their effort to chew thoroughly during meals, the challenge of a stern butler, and the difficulty of keeping conversation while mastication advances.

Atlantic Bovine Club William E. Gladstone Mark Twain Gladstone 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

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