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Newspaper

Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Feb 03, 1906

Page

32

Record Year Expected as 1906 Boosts Trade and Weather Promises

New York February reports from R G Dun say January showed solid results and 1906 could be another record year for mercantile activity. Orders remain heavy with strong steel and footwear demand. labor tensions loom, while woolen goods gain momentum and leather prices stay steady. Wheat exports for the year and domestic grain movements show robust activity, with mixed signals from hides, clothing, and shipments as mild weather supports spring trade.

York R. G. Dun & Co Ivy Review of Trade Caporis United States Canada Bradstreet’s Northwest Wesel Oman

Washington cattle market drags after liberal Western receipts

Cattle market margins hold steady with Western receipts boosting supply. Veal calf prices mostly sustain top quotations though age issues vex health authorities. Hog and sheep quotes shown with mixed softness and regional price points. Burned skin ad and arnica salve mention appear as unrelated fillers.

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Market Summary Shows Active Trading and Key Stock Movements

Fairly active session on the Stock Exchange with heavy selling of Lanston and continued selling of Capital Traction. Capital Traction and Lanston led volume. Bonds modest. total sales 8,000 versus 6,100 prior day, 10,100 a week earlier. Washington Railway and Electric and other issues showed varied demand. notable bid activity at 144 to 147 for Capital Traction, closing near the week’s high.

Stock Exchange Lanston Capital Traction Washington Railway and Electric Preferred New York Greene Copper Washington Street Railway Washington Railway and Electric 4 BEL Washington Gas Washington Railway and Electric Washington Railway and Electric, Common National City Bank Higgs Fire Insurance Mergenthaler Wty IL Sie District of Columbia Philippine Land Purchase Capital Traction Railroad Metropolitan Railroad Columbia Railroad City and Suburban Anacostia and Potomac Bs Bristol Gas Ard Electric Washington Gas Company United States Electric Light Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Washington Market Company Potomac Electric Light First Norfolk and Washington Safe Deposit and Trust Studes National Safe Desit and Trust Washington Loan and Trust American Security and Trust Union Trust Company Washington Savings Bank Home Savings Bank Union Savings Bank The Bristol Gas and Electric National Bank Bank of Washington Metropolitan Central Farmers and Mechanics Columbia Capital American Lincoln Riggs National City Hank Rights Franklin Corcoran Potomac Arington National Union People's Commercial Colonial Columbia Title Washington Chesapeake and Potomac Georgetown Gas Mergenthaler Linotype Lunston Greene Consolidated Copper Eta Washington Market Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Reglly Appraisal and Agency Company Mitchell Mining Company Righte

Wheat and corn futures ease amid mixed U.S. market tone

New York and Chicago reports show mixed receipts and exports for wheat and corn with prices closing near yesterday's levels. Wheat futures dipped then recovered in New York while Chicago notes supply pressures from Argentina and fall harvest reports. Corn remained steady to higher on export demand and Argentine shipments, with oat and hog markets mixed as vegetable and fruit prices edge up in regional trade.

W. B. Hibbs & Co F Street New York Stock Exchange Washington Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Chicago United States Argentina Texan St. Louis Bradstreet’s Minneapolis Duluth

Market News And Prices From The Central Market

The North cold brings busier markets at the central market with pay day boosting crowds. Florida peas $1.60 a peck, New potatoes $1 a peck, tomatoes scarce and poor quality at 30 cents a pound, strawberries 40 cents a quart. Apples 66 cents to $1 a peck. Fish stands busy as demand rises with new prices. Quell 3.50 to 4.50 a dozen. allards 1.50 to 2. red heads 3. white canvassback ducks 5 to 6. World visible cotton supply 5,425,270 bales with American 3,896,270 and others 530,000. Great Britain and Europe afloat 2,766,000. Egypt 199,000. India 846,000. United States 4,614,401.

Biz Ved Florida Potomac New Orleans Hester Egypt Brazil India Great Britain Europe United States

Washington Produce Market Report Card

Market notes show arrivals steady with prices easing on butter and cheese while creamery demand remains light. Live poultry and dressed meats quote steady to firm as colder weather boosts pork demand. quail and turkeys priced for current demand. Local retailers advertise Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder with claimed rapid relief.

PGGS Arrivars Tiberal Virginia West Virginia Southwest Virginia Tennessee North Carolina Atnrane New York State Ill Western New

Baltimore Markets and Grain Prices Feb 2

Baltimore markets report dull flour receipts 6,845 barrels and steady grain quotes. Wheat spot and futures show slight moves with March at 8 63 and other months near. Corn firmness noted with No 2 white bids around 86 cents, mixed oats quoted, and rye steady at 72. Butter and eggs unchanged, sugar firm, wool prices rising for washed and unwashed, hides and skins listed with steady ranges. New York reports George A. Kessler elected to the Tennessee Coal and Iron board, and Erie's George N. Orcutt named general claims attorney amid resignations.

New York Jaly Leatiher—Sisady Western Liverpool Rio Baltimore Tennessee Coal and Iron Company George A. Kessler S. L. Schneumaker F. S. Withe Hee

Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills Ad Claim Relief Quickly

An old advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti Pain Pills as a quick cure for nervous or sick headaches and neuraglia. It promises relief in minutes with no heart effects, offers a money back guarantee and a 25 dose, 25 cent package, though it contains many garbled phrases and misspellings.

Iere Agnew Ata Qureg James Headley Dundee Stone & Poole O’donnell Miles

Legal Record of District of Columbia Court Assignments

Court calendar lists numerous assignments for February 1906 in the Supreme and Circuit Courts. It records appellant and appellee attorneys for cases across DC, with specific docket numbers, names, and counsel. It also notes estate matters, guardianships, and liquidation actions, plus criminal and equity entries and a lunacy adjudication list.

Court of Appeals District of Columbia O'Brien United States W. J. Lambert Appellee J. S. Tasby-Smith Barnes J. Lankbert EL H. Thomas Fields F. J. Hogan Easby-Smith Johnson Vs Gittings & Chamberlin H. Thomas McKinton Duval M. Richardson H. C. Stewart EH. Thomas Winslow Baltimore and Ghlo Railreed Company W. G. Johnson Appelles Hamilton Colbart Wil District of Columbia Ve. Glass E. H. Thomen F. Stephenk A. B. Browne Nom Supreme Court Eqrty Court Justice Anderson Mo- Lions Clarke Samuel Maddox Equity Court No. 2 Justice Stafford Fowler Va Hall John B. Layner Kraus Douglase & Douglass Woll & Rosenberg Schneider A. Heitmuller Bleir Rhom L. Gies Hamilton & Colbert Tierney Washington National Building and Loan Association Thompson & Laskey Mattory Thompson & Laskes Ellett Va. Burke A. G. Bentley R. A. Ford J. B. Green Scott Washington Real Hatate Company Warren & Warren J. Rideout W. M. Williams 7. A. Larner Thomas Va Thomas Circuit Court NO Glabough Meyer Va Standard Stone Company Flinntif John Ridout Ambrose & Meritat Gibbs Reavis Plaintif D. W. O Donoghue Dartington and Mle Tran- Tipt Witt & Foe McKenney & Flannery Ollrayer Northen Liberty Market Company H. Merilet C. FL Varust Arthur Poler Colbert Chapmea Ve Thompson Caterdar John Aldout Witzer & Barksdale Heald Tarker Ridout Donaldson & Parker Filey American Security and Trust Company Conta Josaph J. Stewart W. F. Mattingly A.B. Browne W. A. McKenney Justice Wright Mary Graves D. Truitt J. McD Carrington William R. Pruitt J. A. Johnson J. A. Burkart Equity Court Justice Gould Government Hospital For Samuel A. McNeely Katharine H. Stade Kate Sullivan Timothy Shes Thomas K. Kinnard Luetts Brentzer John Stewart

Deeds of Trusts Across Multiple Squares and Parks

A list of deeds of trust detailing properties in Pleasant Plains Chichester Brightwood Park and surrounding areas. Transactions show defendants and securing parties, property blocks and lots, loan amounts from $600 to $15,000, terms from 3 months to 6 years, and interest rates from 3 to 6 percent with semiannual payments. Also includes court notices for criminal and probate matters dated 1906.

Josephine McNamera Hamilton M William J. Plather Wiliam K. Bus William A. Gieseking Pleasant. Plains Samuel J. Prescott William G. Ednwnston Charlee R. Wright Martha F. Harmon Chichester Brightwood Park Jeames Holmes K. Hilton Jackson Daniel E.jackson Gopawin Y. AtLee Charles Bayly Jenks Pleasant Plains George P. Horton, Jr Herman W. van Senden George Henderson Oscar Wickinean the Highlands B. Warren Et Aiz Alfred S. Niles Robert M. Rother Hopkins Place Savings Bank Mount Pleasant and Theresa Dillon Walter G. Duckett Benjamin F. Whiteside University Park Thomas DE. Kirby Natlore Safe Deposit, Savings and Trust Company American Security and Pruet Company Langdon Park George ‘A. Joyces Albert Wilson John B. Larner Washington Loan and Trust Company Ira J. Baker Wiley A. Bailey Et Ax Equitable Co-operative Building Association Cleveland Park Johm Sherman Union Trust Company Gilbert Hipitzen Aime North Columbia Heights George C. Herryman Percy H Russell Thomas H. Barnes Ernest M. Iitwell Louis P. Shoemaker Charles R. Newman Meridian Hill Wilton J. Lambert Shhoemaker

Philadelphia Woman Aims to Press $1 Million War Claim

Miss Sarah Jane Heisler of 1428 Tasker Street Philadelphia travels to Washington to pursue a claim against the United States for arms and supplies provided during the Revolutionary War by her grandfather Michael Heisler. She contends the government owes over a million dollars and intends to push the case.

Sarah Jane Heisler Tasker Street Philadelphia Washington United States Miss Heisler Uncle Sam Michael Heisler Lancaster

Steamer Empress of China Delayed by Dense Fog

Vancouver reports the Empress of China anchored in English Bay for six hours awaiting fog to lift before entering the narrows. The vessel carries valuable cargo including silk worth about a million dollars. Wet passengers and mail were landed by the steamer van amid the delay. Baltimore and Return 81.35 via Pennsylvania Railroad on Saturdays and Sundays. all trains except Congressional Limited.

Vancouver B. C Orient English Bay Baltimore and Return Pennsylvania Railroad

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