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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1904

Page

26

Stoge Market Firm. Moderate Volume Leads Gains

A firmer stock market in New York with gains in Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio and allied lines. Amalgamated Copper the standout in the Industrial list as Sterling exchange weakens. wheat climbs on frost reports but demand remains moderate. Reading among most active as several rails advance.

Pennsylvania Baltimore Ohio Sterling Exchange New York Northwest Manitoba Rearing Chesapeake and Ohio Norfolk and Western Reading St. Louis St. Paul Simon Pac Fle Stork Gome Ontaro Western Union Pavine New York Central Jersey Central Central Delawar Southern Railway Toledo St Louis and Western Wisconsin Central Kansas Chicago Sow Lo New Orleans United States

Bar hive Sales and Prices Across Markets

Quotations from New York and Chicago show mixed activity with wheat rising to new highs on short-covering and bullish crop rumors, while cotton advanced amid ongoing weather fears and later cooled on profit-taking. Wabash and United States Steel features appear in a broad market roundup with numerous bond and stock listings.

WW. B. Hibbe & Co F Street New York Stock Exchange Washington Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade New York Shorts Liverpool South Alan Bowses Manitoba Minneapolis Duluth Chicago Omaha

New York Grain Markets See Mixed Wheat and Corn Activity

Nomin barley quiet as rye and wheat movements dominate. Wheat futures fluctuated on forecasts of frost and heat, closing with slight losses after initial gains. Corn receipts listed, spot prices steady to easy, oats data show varied offerings and pricing across grades and weights.

New York Duluth Manitoba Jonas Nebraska Llee Baltimore Southern Liverpool Cork

New York Produce Prices Mixed Across Commodities

New York produce markets show uneven recalls with butter and eggs steady, cheese easing, and flour exports unsettled. Livestock and meats stay firm, oats and cornmeal steady, and metals like tin and copper move in London while local quotes hold.

New York

Washington Produce Market Prices and Goods Listing

A market list details prices for vegetables fruits and other items from Washington Produce Market. It includes potatoes beets carrots cabbages cucumbers egg plants green corn onions peaches apples lemons cantaloupes watermelons and butter with various regional sources and price ranges. Also listed are live fowl items and a promotional note for Dr. King's New Discovery with price.

Virginia Maryland West Virginia Southwest Virginia Tennessee North Carolina

Legal records from DC courts list various appearances and probate actions

Supreme Court cases show appearances ordered for Waieh v Atkinson and others. Trustees under will directed to partition real estate. Amendments granted and ratified. Receivers appointed in partnership dissolution. Court orders extend hearings and notices in multiple districts. Probate actions admit wills and grant letters testamentary or administration with bonds set. Attorneys named for each party.

Supreme Court District of Columbia Quirk Court Justice Stafford Waieh Va Atkinson Wse Fox Ve Va. Robertson W. G. Gardeer W. C. Martin Justice Brafford Kate Terney James N. Fitzpatrick James C. Rogers Samuel Knott Charles H. Ennis J. T. Rup Carl Hugo Zlemann

Real estate transfers roll across several Washington neighborhoods

Real estate transfers list numerous parcels from University Heights to Congress Heights. Names include Anna M Esch, Perling Esch, Samuel Cottrall Jr, Elizabeth Canpari, Hilen Laurenson, Mortis Bloom, Thomas Stubblefield, Annis Johnson, Edward Ham, John Ward, Diller Groff, Anna Snelling, Mary Boyce, Edward Rees, Beverly Groff, and Marie Fepard. Amounts and lot details vary from $10 to $350, with notes on monthly payments and secured liens. Also appears is a lawsuit entry for American Butteries Company vs Wilkins and Washington Delicatessen Company with $321.75 claimed.

University Heights Anna M. Esch Perling A. Esch Bloomingdale Samuel Cottrall, Jr Elizabeth A Mery C. Canpari New Jersey Avenue L Strent Hilen Laurenson Et Vir Thomas Mortis Bloom Effingham Place Thomas W. Stubblefield Annis Johnson Massachusetts Avenue Edward A. Oldham John T. Ward Trinidad Diller B. Groff Anna J. Snelling Mount Pleasant Pleasant Plains Warren Et al Mary HB. Boyce Strent Streste Richard E. Patro Edward N. Rees Anna J. Belting Beverly T Diller F. Groff Samuel Scrivener Congress Heights Marie HB. Fepard Anthony Joseph C. Mattingly William E Jordan Filen E. Bruce

Washington Railway stock leads market drift

Washington Railway and Electric common showed strength with a rise to 17 in yesterday’s Washington Stock Exchange trading. W. B. Hibbs bought 80 shares at the new level, then increased bids to 17 for an additional 100 shares, while activity in other issues remained light with scattered small trades and no sales of Mergenthaler.

Saly Washington Railway and Electric Ds Capital Traction Washington Railway and Electric Lanston Washington Trailway Columbia Railroad City and Suburban Railroad Anacostia and Potorhac The Washington Railway and Electric Company Washington Gas Company United States Electric Light deSapeake and Potomac Telephone Washington Market Company National Safe Depont and Trust Washington Loan and Trust American Traders Lincoln Riggs Firemen's Frankkiln Metropolitan Corcoran Potomac Arington National Union Columbia People's Commercial Colonial Washington Chesapeake and Potomac Washington Gas Mergenthaler Linotype Langton Monotype atocka—Greene Consolidated Copper Company Washington Market Norfolk and J. Maury Dove Company Washington Railway and Electric Common Washington Stock Exchange W. B. Hibbs Washington Railway and Eilectric Anston Monotype Mergenthaler

Cotton Prospects Dented by Weevil Labor and Population Imbalance

Theodore F. Price reports on August 25 1904 that soil and labor constraints combined with boll weevil infestation foretell aContinued cotton shortage. He notes 1 576 replies from 1 155 towns and 678 counties show reduced yield prospects and a 63 percent rise in cotton acreage since 1890 but only a 24 percent Negro population increase, implying declining productivity and a tightening national supply for the 1904 05 season. He compares state by state production and warns the trade must adjust to likely stringency through the decade.

New York Trentees Ag Agricultural Department Pra Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tannestea Tex Kan Texas South Theodore FH

Oregon Water Cure in Prison Abolishes Flogging

The Oregon State penitentiary has adopted the cold water cure as a punishment, largely replacing flogging. Two prisoners, one Black and one white, were treated, each submitting after brief exposure. Governors and authorities applaud the method for its lack of scars and quicker end, keeping flogging as a last resort.

Portland Oregonian Oregon State Penitentiary Gov. Chamberlain

Frosty Wheat Skies Spark Trading Rally In Chicago

Chicago reports frost indications in the Canadian Northwest fueling bullish sentiment in wheat. Prices climbed briefly with September futures up about 1 8 to 1 2, closing around 103 to 106 1 3 cents. The day also carried scattered notes from New York and Baltimore markets on beef, cattle, grain futures, and currency movements.

Chicago Canadian Northwest

Schoharie Parker Man Causes Posture Clash at Party HQ

A Schoharie County man seeking Roosevelt supporters burst into the Republican county committee headquarters at 1 Madison Avenue, clashed with clerk H id Bodine, and fled after a brief brawl. Bodine recounted the incident while resuming work, noting the man boasted of past fights in the Fifth district. The intruder claimed Hustlin' brought him his due as he left via the elevator saying he found trouble and took it.

Schoharie Parker New York Tribune Republican County Committee Madison Avenue Roosevelt Schoharie County Hid” Bodine Mr. Bodine Bodine Parker Hiro Fifth Assembly District van Cott Schoharie

Forgetful Purchaser on Hudson River Boat

A perspiring man rushes onto a Hudson River boat laden with bundles, narrowly causing a small boy to stumble as he carts off gifts and a basket of peaches. He braggs he has forgotten nothing, while his wife teases him over the missing items and questions which store he left them in as the boat departs.

New York Jonni Jane Agnes

Espistaxis Confounds Magistrate In Drunkenness Case

John Donelly was taken to the Marylebone police station on a charge of drunken and disorderly conduct and sustained a head injury. A doctor’s certificate cited espistaxis, prompting Mr. Plowden to consult a dictionary and remark that bleeding from the nose was meant. Donelly was sentenced to six weeks' imprisonment.

London Leader John Donelly Marylebone Mr. Plowden Plowden

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