Net earnings surge for Chesapeake and Ottomac Telephone Co
Net earnings for the year ending today show a 587 percent return on capital of 13,352,174 with eleven months of data. November figures add 79,883 in net operating income and total revenues of 424, as expenses total 320,288, predicting a 733,113 annual net after months of forecasts.
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Hy Morris A. Glazer
Chesapeake
Otomac Telephone Company
Alendar
Uollies Commission
Nets
Iname
Comany
Togy
London Market Review Special Cable Dispatch
London Declines in late year trade with a cheerful but inactive tone. British bonds fall and foreign bonds dull while rails mark time. money pressure in Lombard Street increases as year ends. The U S market shows currency shifts, with bar silver down, and various commodity prices listed, including produce and poultry, alongside Cottonseed Oil futures and Canadian exchange rates.
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London
Texicans
Rajpal
Lombard Street
Bond Sales On The New York Exchange Friday December 9 1921
Reported over direct New York Washington wire by Redmond & Co bond sales on the New York Exchange were noted. At the James Robertson lead works the meeting reconvened for talks by factory representatives and a holiday dinner for about 50 employees at City Clap. An insurance plan was announced offering $500 to estates for employees with a year of service, increasing by $100 yearly to a maximum of $1,000.
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Washington
Columbia Raphophone
Capital Traction Ck
Washington Railway
Lanston
Washington Gas Light
NEW York Exchange
New York-Washington
Redmond & So
James Robertson
Clowe
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Goodyear
Switz
Sterler
Reig
Lehigh
G. BL & As
Mexico
W. Yon EL & H
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Penn
R. R
Atlantic Refin. Co
BR. Bs
Balto
Ohio
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Bell Tel
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Nets
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Central Pacific
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Weise On &Co
May Company Day Hosts Sales Force Conference
The annual May Hardware Company sales force conference opened with industrial films at the Rialto theater showing manufacturing and use of items the firm distributes. An open meeting at 469 477 C Street followed to discuss service improvements for local customers and the sales team.
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F. P. May Hardware Company
Rialto Theater
May Company
C Street
Juncheon
Lin Worthington
Representa
Fire devastates building in Atlanta shop district
A large blaze in Atlanta Ga tonight gutted the Atlanta Barbers Supply Company shop and damaged adjacent structures. Early estimates place total losses near 350 000 with 160 000 insured. Firemen fought the flames through the night and no injuries are reported.
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Atlanta
Phé Buttinz
Atlanta Barbers’ “Supply Company
Calls Tariff Convention Set by Manufacturers
The National Association of Manufacturers announces a Washington convention January 30–31 under its auspices to crystallize manufacturing opinion against the American valuation plan within the tariff bill. A member referendum shows 77.7 percent favorable to American valuation and 20.7 percent unfavorable.
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National Association of Manufacturers
Washington
Ong
Debts at 7 500 000 Liquidation Hits Chicago Grain Market
The firm of H W Wagner & Co of Chicago, tied to Emil W Wagner and others, faced an involuntary bankruptcy petition in Federal court. Liabilities were estimated at 7.5 million with 5 million assets. The Chicago grain pit saw heavy liquidation and rumors of trouble at a major commission house. Rafters of receivership followed the New York Stock Exchange announcement.
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Chicago
Ap Aed
Financial District
Pittsburgh
St. Louis
Kansas City
Milwacked
Minnesoula
Omaha
Toledo
Syracuse
A. N. Bond
Js. Sheppard
Peter J. Rogers
New York
Frederick Boschen
Rudolph Guenther-Russell Law, Inc
E. W. Wagner & Co
New York Stock Exchange
New York Cottege Exchange
New York Curb Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Chicago Stock Exchange
Cleveland Stock Exchange
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Wall Street
Murder Mystery Solved in Cheatertown Tale of Comegys Confession
Special to The Washington Pret. In Golf station Illiam Eppes, a colored resident, was killed last Sunday. Harry Comegys, also colored, confessed after being shown the heart. He claimed insanity and offered no motive, police suspect pursuit of money as Eppes spoke of leaving. Comegys is brother to a youth hanged in 1895 near Millington.
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Washington
Cheatertown
Illiam Eppes
Golf Station
Harry Comegys
Comegys
Dopes
Beck
Eppes
Heigh EN
Millington
Dr Weeks Elected President of Language Association
Dr Raymond Weeks of Columbia University was elected president of the Modern Language Association of America at its annual meeting in Baltimore. The group invited Philadelphia as next year’s convention site and endorsed the secretary’s protest against Fordney tariff book duties.
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Baltimore
Raymond Weeks
Columbia University
New York
Modern Language Association of America
Philadelphia
Dog's lick on cheek fatal in Davidson county farm family
Special to The Washington Post. Nannie Belle Alley, 38, daughter of James Alley, a Davidson county farmer, died at home in Winston Salem after hydrophobia developed from a small pet dog that licked her on the face. Her younger sister was bitten by the same dog but received Pasteur treatment and recovered without ill effects.
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Washington Post
Winston-Salem
N. Y
Nannie Belle Alley
James Alley
Davidson County
Pasteur
Lodger Slain in Sleep at Baltimore Mission
A man identified as Edward Mayer of Philadelphia was shot to death early today at the Inasmuch Gosbel mission on West Saratoga street in Baltimore. He was surrounded by 70 to 75 sleeping men when the slayer, who threatened the watchman, escaped after a pursuit for several blocks. No motive was found for the shooting and police have no trace of the killer.
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Baltimore
Gosbel
West Saratogs Street
Edward Mayer
Philadelphia
Is Slayer
Gov Davis Names Appointees to Virginia Boards
Richmond announces changes in state boards as Westmoreland Davis appoints Dr. McGuire Newton to the State Board of Health to replace the late Dr. Edward McGuire. Danville's J Clyde Holland is named to the Virginia Home and Industrial School for Girls at Bon Air to fill Benjamin Wy Wilson. Williamsburg picks Robert Burkey Wats for the Board of Visitors of Virginia Polytechnic Institute in Blacksburg to fill the vacancy from J Thompson Brown's death.
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Richmond
Westmoreland Davis
McGuire Newton
State Board of Health
Edward McGuire
Clyde Holland
Danville
Virginia Home,and Industrial School For Girls
Bon Air
Benjamin “Wy, Wilson
Robert Burkey Wats
Williamsburg
Virginia Polytechnic
Ihatiime
Blacksburg
J. Thompson
Brown
Bedfore County
Fire destroys Phi Kappa Sigma fraternity house in Virginia
At the University of Virginia in Charlottesville the Phi Kappa Sigma house is reported destroyed by fire. Thirty resident students were safely evacuated as the building burned and the blaze caused significant damage to the fraternity complex.
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Charlottesville
Phi Kanna Sigma
University of Virginia
Waa
Trade Revival Said To Boost 1922 Business Outlook
Omaha Chamber of Commerce hosts an entertainment for traveling salesmen, citing President Harding's 1922 optimism for improved national business. The event underscores belief that traveling salesmen embody the nation’s business spirit and will help lift confidence and economic conditions in the new year.
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nOmaha
Harding
Omaha Chamber of Commerce
Omaha
Poolroom shooting kills man in Alexandria
Police hunt for Matt Grooms after Herbert McCray, 36, dies at Alexandria hospital from a pistol wound fired through a poolroom door. Grooms escapes as investigators plan a coroner's jury inquiry. Also notes resignations, court appointments, cantatas, a wedding in Washington, and a religious education meeting.
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Washington Post Bureau
N. Patrick St
Alexandria
Herbert McCray
North Payne Street
Alexandria Hospital
Matt Grooms
Cameron and Fayette Streets
T. M. Jones
Haywood Currer
McCray
Grooms
Q Grooms
Postpone Board Meeting of the Washington Board of Trade
The regular meeting of the Washington Board of Trade board of directors scheduled for Monday at 3 o'clock has been postponed until January 9.
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Washington Board of Trade
United States Buyers Meeting Success in Retaining Costa Rica Coffee
The Commerce Department reported improved conditions in Chile and Mexico and a large Costa Rica coffee crop. Consul Waterman in San Jose forecast 38 to 40 million pounds for 1924-25, up from the normal 32 million, as American buyers continue to secure Costa Rican coffee formerly controlled by Europe. Costa Rica shipped about 57 percent of its coffee to the United States in 1919-21, with 60 percent expected for 1921-22.
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Associated Press
Chile
Mexico
Costa Rica
Commerce Department
Washington
McQueen
Santiago
New York
Connell
Mexico City
Consul Waterman
San Jose
Flood's Successor Named After Special Virginia Election
Richmond announced a special election set for March 21 to fill the late Representative Hall Flood seat in Virginia's Tenth District. Candidates include Harry St. George Tucker, A Willis Robertson, Aubrey W. H. Strode, Clarence J. Campbell, Floyd King, and Maj. Richard F. Beirne. Bland Massie is mentioned as a possibility. All candidates listed are Democrats.
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Richmond
Westmoreland Davis
Virginia
Allegheny
Bland Massie
Nelson County
Legal notices in supreme court and probate court cases
In the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia James Tolliver sues Canme Toliver and Zacharias Smyth for divorce on adultery. Orders require appearance by the fortieth day after first publication. notices published weekly in Was Washington Law Reporter and The Washington Post. Also probate notices administering Hattie Ric Bulmer’s estate with claims due by December 28, 1922. creditors to present vouchers or risk exclusion from estate benefits.
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Columbia
James Tolliver
Ya Canme Toliver
Zacharias Santh
Mertty
Zacharias Smyth
Wasulogion Law Reporter
Washington Post
William Hitz
Morgan Heach
F E Cunningham
Desi
Millan & Smith
Supreme Court OF the District OF Columbia
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District of Golumbis
James P. Coon
O Streetea
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Clark Taylor
District of Columbia
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Washington Avenue
Newport News
William A. Donch
Kennedy Street
WM Clark Taylor
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Anna EB. Haton
Edwin C Dutton
Anna EE. Eaton
Henry ‘F T. Law
G Street
Washington Law Reporter
Court
Probate Court notices for DC estates in 1921 proceedings
Multiple probate notices from the Supreme Court of the District of Columbia announce administration and testamentary applications for estates including Andrew Hustey Allen William Kiesecke Anna Eaton and others. Dates reference December 1921 filings with Jan 24 1922 return days, publication requirements in Washington Law Reporter and Washington Post, and appointment details for executors and attorneys.
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Washington Law Reporter
Washington Post
Holeling
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War
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Register of Wills
District of Columbia
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Washington
Mohn Eaton School
D' Aon
Tno Rudolph
James Foyster
Charles Keller
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