Weather Hurts Trade and Mixed Textile Outlook in Opening Spring
Bradstreet's notes unsettled, breezy conditions dampen general trade while optimism remains in textiles led by cotton and woolen goods. Metal and coal show dull activity with reduced output and weaker collections, yet buyers’ excursions attract merchants east and west as spring markets begin. Exports report wheat and grain movements, with current week data set against prior periods and seasonal norms.
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York
Bradstreet
Itis
Best
Vtts
Cama
Mieulerly Catten
Woalen
Chicago Grain Market Summary From May to July
Grain prices fluctuated as May deliveries dominated the pit with bids shaping up and high points in early trading. Offerings rose while demand lagged. futures showed weakness despite some short covering as traders noted ample stockpiles and pressure from abroad.
Metal market report from London and New York exchanges
Market desks report a quiet Landen fin mark level with firm prices for spou and fue, while gold and silver see limited activity. London trading shows a weak Vora market at 4854.90 with higher Cleveland ware figures, and Northern furnndry items remain largely unchanged despite scattered price shifts.
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Landau
London
Baltimore Markets Classifieds Summary
In the Post classified columns readers are urged to use the paper for ad placements with no advertising charge. The notice references several market items and vessel steamer services, listing dates and prices in a terse, OCR-like block of text. It mentions Western, Southern, and various carn and steamship terms, signaling commodity and transport listings.
Washington Exchange Quotations From The Stock Market Notice
The Washington Stock Exchange lists quotations for Washington Ry and Micr and Potomac Electric Power and gas issues. Bonds include Capital Traction and Metropolitan 3s with various prices and calls. utilities, rail, and miscellaneous stocks feature Washington Gas and Emerson Steam Pumps among others.
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Washington Gas
Wwe
Capital ‘Traction
Anacoxita
Potomac $S
Fed Safity
Suburban
Columbia
Girorgetown Gas
Columbia Ts
Metropolitan
Wash
Ryana Elec
Potomac Electric Light
Nor
Steamboat
Ches. and
Ceorgrtacht Gas
Beil Telephone of
We Lanston Jousis
Gregne-Cananea
National Bank American Capital City
Galambia
Commercial
Farmers and Mechanics
Lincoln
Washington
American Security and ‘Trust
Nations Savings Anu ‘Trust
Inium Trust
Loan and ‘Trust
United States ‘Truss Tol Savings
Hanome Savings
Merchants and
Valon Savings
Arlington
Metropolitan National
al Potomac
Riggs
Treal Estate
Emerson Steam Pump
Merchants
Washington Market
Washington Produce Market Report Cluttered Soviet Era Style
Market notes show steady demand for fancy and western produce with firm pricing. Poultry and game prices listed. vegetables and fruits priced per unit or barrel, with New York state factories and Virginia areas cited among supplies.
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New York State
Lens
York Imperial
Alberméris Pippi
Hen Davin
Traction stock gains and Canal Zone bank designation
Local financial activity shows Capital Traction stock at record highs with a 7 percent preferred dividend paying $146,194 annually, while Graphophone preferred stock drops after a dividend cut. Washington Railway bonds trade, and Panama Canal Zone funds are designated to Commercial National Bank. Real estate transfers include a bay window dwelling at 414 Twenty-ninth Street NW for $4,500 and two D.C. residences at 1204 and 1208 Thirty-seventh Street NW for $1,850, plus a southeast corner lot at Twenty-second and R Streets sold for $25,000. Major sale by Dr. J. C. Boyd signals plans for a $45,000–$50,000 residence.
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Commercial National Bank
Secretary of the Treasury
Panama Canal Zone
J. McKenney Berry
Mrs. Co
Fagan
Lewia Messinger
Burgeon
J. C.boyd
Navy
F. W. Graham & Co
Twenty-Second
R Streets
John Watt Kearny
Wood, Donn & Deming
Llncal Architects
Washington Cattle Market Report Shows Strong Demand
Cattle prices remain active with choice stock selling well. Calves show demand for better grades while prime offerings command higher per hundred and common cattle fetch lower, reflecting a robust market for a range of grades.
West Virginia raid yields murder indictments against officers
Wayne county grand jury indicts deputy U S marshals and deputies for murder after a Vinson home raid on Tug River in which William Vinson and Deputy Sheriff Joseph Litteral were killed. Officials allegedly seized over 1500 in cash and valuables. Habeas corpus appeals loom as defense seeks federal court transfer.
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W. Va
Wayne County Grand Jury
United States
Vinson
Tug River
William Vinson
Joseph Litteral
Louisa
Josep Vinson
Louis, Ky
Daniel W. Cunningham
Charleston
Sam Davis
Joseph Messenger
John Brumfield
Huntington
Sherif Dick Stone
Roland Salmonds
Thomas Cochran
Cassville
German Official Declares Body Not Beckert’s
Baron von Bodman, the German minister to Chile, announced to the Chilean government that the burned body found in the German legation ruins is not Chancellor Beckert. Medical and dental exams confirm murder and identify the deceased as someone else. A legation servant is missing and a friend says Beckert was seen the day after the fire. Becket allegedly captured at Chillan, Noble province. Bristol shooting follows a jealous rivalry at a negro dance in Kingsport. John Ross kills Lee Clark.
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Chile
Baron von Bodman
Legation
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Lere
Beckett
Chillan
Noble
Bristol
Tenn
Favara
Kingsport
John Ross
Lee Clark
Million for All Steel Cars in Rock Island Contracts
Chicago Feb 11 Rock Island has let contracts for 69 all steel passenger cars for through trains. Delivery will begin early in May. The cars will cost 1 000 000.
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Chicago
Rock Island
Oil Quotations and Regional Bank Averages Note
Oil quotations and credit balance figures from City, Pennsylvania and Toledo Ohio show February values. The data includes averages, shipments, and regional price indicators alongside terms like North Elma and South Lima with a listed value of 1.04 comparing to an event labeled UFO Indians at £9.
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OR City
Toledo
Ohio
North Elma
South Lima
Fluttering Hearts Cure Ad From Dr Miles Remedy
An old advertisement claims heart fluttering and nervous weakness respond to Dr Miles Heart Remedy. It cites Gare Maine and Star Soldiers Home Erie Ohio as locations, notes 18 bottles used, promises cure and money back if the first bottle fails, and touts Nervine as a reliable heart medicine.
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Gare
Dr. Miles
David
Frazier
Star Soldiers Home
Erie, Co
Ohio
Miles
Sylvia Green May Wed Report Rekindles Engagement Rumor
A Gallatin Ont dispatch reports Sylvia Green daughter of Hetty Green to Matthew Astor Wilks of New York again announced as engaged. Wilks, a grandson of William Astor, previously denied the match in 1890s. Green is said to be back in Hoboken and Wilks at Union Club, unavailable for comment.
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Washington
New York
Gall
Sylvia Green
Hetty Green
Matthew Astor Wilks
Mr. Wilks
William B. Astor
Miss Green
New Enterprise Thrives as Gov ernment Sales Agent
Consolidated Sales Company Inc operates at Fourteenth Street Northwest selling exclusively to the United States government. It acts as sales agent for 29 major U S manufacturers with no stock on hand and relies on four partners and a board including Arthur C Moses and James Kelly.
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Consolidated Sales Company
Consolidated Sales Company, Inc
At &4
Fourteenth Street Northwest
United States
Louis . Witkowski
Dixon Crucibie Company
Washington
James G. Wonn
Fairbanks Company
Willam W. Connor
Washington Public Schools
Arthur C. Moses
James Kelly
Ambassadors and Officials Leave for Lincoln Celebration
Ambassador Jusserand of France Senator Dolliver Interstate Commerce Commissioner Harlan Former Comptroller Ridgely Assistant Secretary Phillips and others departed last night on a special Baltimore and Ohio train to attend Lincoln events in Springfield Wisconsin and Chicago.
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France
Dolliver
Town
Harlan
William B. Ridgely
Phillips
Baltimore’ and Ohio Railroad
Springfield
Chicago
New Hampshire Legislature Backs Taft Tariff Policy
Concord lawmakers in February adopted a unanimous resolution endorsing the tariff reform policy announced by President-elect Taft. The measure states that the policy be, and hereby is, endorsed by the New Hampshire House of Representatives.
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Concord
N. H
Washington and Lee Announces 1908 Football Schedule
Special to The Washington Post Lexington Virginia reports Washington and Lee University plans a 1908 football schedule testing the team against Davidson College Virginia Polytechnic Institute Agricultural and Mechanical North Carolina University of North Carolina and Georgetown. Open date October 16 may be filled by Manager Chenoweth. Key players return including Tuard Morales Pipes Blackburn Smartt Izard and Barnard. Eleven veteran players form nucleus with new talent likely to strengthen the team. October 2 Roanoke College October 1 Hampton Sidney College October 16 Open October 27 Davidson College Roanoke October 30 Virginia Polytechnic Institute Lynchburg November 6 A and M of North Carolina Lexington November 1 University of North Carolina Newport News Thanksgiving Georgetown University Washington Earthquake shocks felt in Rodez France with two oscillations reported and no damage.
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Lexington
Washington and Lee University
Davidson College
Virginia
Polytechnicc Institute, Agricultural and Mechanical of North Carolina
University of North Carolina
Georgetown
Washington
Chenoweth
Washington and Lee
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Morales
Pipes
Blackburn
Smartt
Inemen
Armen
Trout
Barnard
Barwood
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Izard
Brown
Streit
Waddell
Reanokek College
Getoner
Hampton-Sidney College
Roanoke
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Lynchburg
M. of North Carolna
Newport News
Georgetown University
Washington, DE
Opposed to Central Bank Says United States Trust Official
Charles W. Warden, first vice president of United States Trust Company, denounces pro national legislation for a government operated central bank as unnecessary and potentially harmful. He argues the country is too large for such a system and that it would hamper financial interests, with no real need for a central bank or postal savings plan.
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Charles W. Warden
United States Trust Company
Friends of the Central Bank
England
Postal Savings Bank
Ketchell to Fight OBrien in Six Round Bout
Promoter in Philadelphia announces a six round encounter between Jack O’Brien and Stanley Ketchell. O’Brien states Ketchell accepted a term offer from Edwards and McGuigan of the National to arrange the match here, aiming for a large guaranteed purse.
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Philadelphia
Washington Post
Feb
Jack O'Brien
Stanley Ketchell
O'Brien
Brittany Ketehell
Messrs. Edwards
McGuigan
National Tech
Ketchell
Til
O'Brien Begins Training Near Philadelphia for Ketchelbee Bout
The fighter O'Brien starts training tomorrow at King of Prussia Inn, about 12 miles from Philadelphia, in preparation for a match with Ketchelbee next month. The remark asserts confidence in his own fighting ability and expects the opponent to be convinced.
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O'Brien
King of Prussia Inn
Philadelphia
Princeton Baseball Schedule Announced For 35 Contests
Princeton University will play 35 baseball games this season, with fewer away games than usual. The schedule lists matches against New York University, Villanova, Penn, and other peers, with home and away dates spread through March and April.
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N. J
Princeton University
Hamve
New York University
Ureinus
Trinceton
Villanova
Prince
New York Senses Cooper’s Dramatic Drug Sale at Broadway
A Western stomachologist, L. T. Cooper, sparks a Broadway spectacle drawing crowds daily. He claims his Cooper's New Discovery boosts gastric juices and digestion, with druggists noting unprecedented demand and public fervor. Cooper plans a London tour after a two month rest, while enthusiasts like George J. Scott attest to dramatic health gains from the remedy.
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Ninth Street
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England
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Cooner Medicine Co
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