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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1904

Page

3

Stoge Market Firmer Trade In Moderate Volume

Stock market ends with firmer tone on fresh crop hopes for corn and cotton. Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio rise markedly, allied issues gain, Union Pacific and Southern Pacific quiet, Amalgamated Copper leads industrials while London trading stays light. Wheat climbs on Manitoba frost talk but gains largely pared by session end.

New York Northwest Manitoba Pennsylvania Baltimore Ohio 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 Sterling Exchange United States

Market News From Aug 25 Cotton and Grain Fluctuations

The report details a volatile session in New York with cotton surging to new highs on short-covering and bullish weather cues, while wheat and corn faced mixed moves amid frost fears and weather updates. It notes prices, closing levels, and related futures movements, including bids from major brokers and exchanges.

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

New York Grain Market Report for RYE and WHEAT

New York August grain prices show rye and barley quiet while wheat receives 18 900 bushels. Prices moved on foreign selling and English market drops, later rallying on Manitoba report before profit taking. Corn and oats receipts and spot prices listed with varying elevator and fob quotes.

New York Duluth Manitoba Jonas Nebraska Llee

New York Produce Prices Mixed Across Commodities

New York produce listings show butter and cheese receipts steady to easy while eggs, pork, and lard hold firm. Coffee copper and tin futures move, with London prices cited. local spot copper up slightly, rosin and molasses steady, potatoes and cabbages listed with minor changes.

New York Cordova Long Island Jerey and Southern Jersey London Spelter Glasgow Middlesboro Ion Northern Werther Southern Southern Soft

Washington Produce Market Prices and Dried Goods Listing

A market list shows prices for vegetables fruits and dairy items near Washington including potatoes beets carrots cabbages cucumbers egg plants green corn onions peaches apples lemons cantaloupes watermelons and butter with assorted grades. It also notes live poultry prices and a Dr King’s New Discovery advert promising cures with a dollar price.

Virginia Maryland West Virginia Southwest Virginia Tennessee North Carolina

Legal records from Supreme Court DC and District Court filings

Listings cover appearances ordered in Waieh v Atkinson and motions in Buchlynn real estate matter, amendments and ratifications in multiple bills, receivership in Kinckhuhn case, consignments to probate in Terney Knott Kenal cases, and probate letters granting with bonds. Also notices on consents, continuances, and transcript filings in various district and circuit courts.

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 Across Several DC Neighborhoods

Real estate transfers list transactions in University Heights Bloomingdale Southeast Effingham Place Massachusetts Avenue Southeast Trinidad Mount Pleasant Pleasant Plains and Congress Heights with buyers, sellers, lot or block identifiers and prices. Notable entries include Esch to Esch for $3,000 and Diller Groff related parcels, plus a $350 sale in Southeast and a $500 security agreement in Congress Heights. There is also a lawsuit reference for American Butteries Company and Washington Delicatessen Company with attorney R B Behrend.

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 Gains Lead On Stock Exchange

Washington Railway and Electric common topped activity, rising to 17 from 15 on the Washington Stock Exchange as W. B. Hibbs purchased all 19 shares offered and then expanded bids. Gains also appeared in associated issues with small trading and selective allotments, including Capital Traction and Mergenthaler, with limited sales and muted demand overall.

Saly Washington Railway and Electric Ds Capital Traction Washington Railway and Electric Lanston Washington Trailway Columbia Railroad City and Suburban Railroad Anacostia and Potorbac The Washington Railway and Electric Company Washington Gas Company United States Electric Light deSapeake 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 Columbia Title 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 Crop Prospects Dented by Boll Weevil and Labor Shortages

New York August 25 1904 Theodore F. Price reports 1153 towns and 678 cotton producing counties show total 1904-05 cotton production near 10.7 million bales with 60 percent of counties in Alabama Arkansas Georgia Mississippi North Carolina South Carolina Tennessee Texas and Oklahoma. He notes bumper crop prospects abandoned and world supply tightening due to boll weevil seed impairment land exhaustion and severe labor shortage. Population and acreage trends indicate cotton area up 43 percent while rural population grew only 25 percent, implying lower yield per acre and rising scarcity of available labor for cotton cultivation. He warns the cotton trade must adjust to a prolonged supply stringency this decade.

Alabama Arkansas Florida Georgia North Carolina Oklahoma South Carolina Tex Kan Texas South Theodore FH

Oregon Water Cure: A Humane Alternative to Whipping

The Oregon State penitentiary adopted the cold water cure, replacing flogging in most cases. Two prisoners, including a white man, were subjected to the hose treatment. both ceased disobedience, with one returning to work and the other showing lasting restraint, pleasing Gov. Chamberlain and authorities who seek abolition of the lash.

Portland Oregonian Oregon State Penitentiary Gov. Chamberlain

BRIEF FROST SCARE AND LIVELY WHEAT TRADING

Chicago reports frost indications in the Canadian Northwest reviving bullish sentiment in wheat with prices rising briefly. September futures moved to around 103 to 1 1/8 while cash and nearby were steadier, traders who had sold for a drop bought back on renewed strength.

Chicago Canadian Northwest

Got What He Looked For in Fifth Avenue Fight

A Schoharie County man visiting the Republican county committee headquarters at 1 Madison Avenue incited trouble with Roosevelt and Parker supporters. He attacked clerk Hid Bodine, causing a scuffle in the hall before police intervened. Bodine quipped of past political feuds as the intruder boasted of hustling for a fight and leaving with a bruised ego.

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

He Forgot Nothing on the Hudson River Boat

A perspiring man bundles aboard a Hudson River boat and insists he forgot nothing. He lists a fruit basket, toweling, cambric, silk, rattle, a thingumbob, and a book for Agnes as his wife notices the missing item. The boat pulls away as the husband claims total recall.

New York Jonni Jane Agnes

Espistaxis Puzzles Magistrate And Sends Man To Six Weeks

John Donelly, charged with drunken and disorderly conduct, was injured while taken to the police station. A doctor certified espistaxis, a nosebleed, prompting confusion. Magistrate Mr Plowden consulted a dictionary and noted the term, then sentenced Donelly to six weeks imprisonment.

London Leader John Donelly Marylebone Mr. Plowden Plowden

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