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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1909
Page
38
Weather worsens trade, but textile industries report above average activity while metal and coal transactions lag. Collections show weaknesses. overall business sentiment remains cautious yet optimistic amid irregularities across sectors. Grain and wheat occurrences dominate weekly market notes with mixed exports and price signals.
Fragmentary text mentions market activity and various names and places, with unclear context. It references London, Cleveland, and several personal identifiers, but the core facts are not fully readable. No coherent event or outcome is discernible from the OCR.
Market notes from Baltimore show unsettled prices and varying receipts. References to Western Ly obaa ty PL and Northern white corn appear among scattered quotations. Credit balances reach 173 with shipments totaling 14D and other figures such as 2740 and 99 surface in the rough OCR.
Quotations furnished by Thea L Hume & Co show buy and sell values across Washington stocks. Listings include Washington Ry and Erie, Potomac Electric, Capital Traction, United States Trust, Metropolitan, Anacostia and Potomac, Suburban, and several rail and gas issuers with bid and asked prices. Also present are Capital Traction bonds, insurance stocks, savings banks, and mining and miscellaneous securities with varying quotes and small caps noted.
Market arrivals of fancy goods steady with renovations and packed stocks. Dairy and poultry show solid demand, with specific prices for intimate items like creamery firsts and roasted fowl. Vegetables, fruits, and canned products hold steady. apples and grapes meet moderate demand with several varieties highlighted.
Local stock movements show Merkanthelter stock rising to high levels with bids around 421 and sales near 2101.2. Graphophone preferred stock drops after dividend decision. common stock activity limited. Real estate deals include Dr J C Boyd purchasing a 4 by 100 foot lot at Twenty second and R, with plans for a substantial residence and an estimated cost between 4000 and 5000 dollars, while other properties change hands in Northwest districts.
Cattle active with demand for better grades. Choice cattle and lambs sell well. calves show good demand for top quality. Prices per hundredweight: Extra 6 50 to 4 50, butchers 4 0 0 7 2 5 0. prime calves Ti 8 44 per pound. cows prime 35 00 to 45 0 0, common 25 0 0 to 35 0 0, old and dry 10 0 0 to 15 0 0.
Charles W Ward en vice president United States Trust Company condemns proposed national legislation to establish a government operated central bank. He says the country is too large for such a system and warns it would harm financial interests and business. He notes no necessity for the central bank, cites England as precedent, and questions postal savings bank plans as well.
Consolidated Sales Company at SH Pourleouth Street Northwest operates as a level business entity serving the United States government. It acts as sales agent for 23 large manufacturers with no stock on hand and four members driving sales. Officers include Louis Co Watkowski, James G Wonn, William W Connor, with Arthur Moses and James Li in the board.
Alexandria Masons hosted a grand reception at Mount Vernon Hall with notable visitors Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley and Senator Tilman, along with Virginia Rep Carlin and other dignitaries amid cheers from a large crowd. Highlights included brief speeches by Schley and Tilman and a reception at the portico. The event featured a long assembly of lodge officers and civic leaders from Alexandria and Washington.
William Jones, 21, of Rohtlis county, lost his lower lip last September when a gun discharged accidentally. Dr Stephen H Watts at the University of Virginia Hospital replaced the lip by transplanting a flap from the abdominal wall to the forearm, then moved it to the face after two weeks to secure blood supply and form a new lip.
David Frazier of State Soldiers Home Erie Ohio reports 40 years of heart trouble cured after 18 bottles of Dr Miles Heart Remedy. Fluttering signals nerve and muscle weakness in the heart. Dr Miles Nervine praised as a reliable heart medicine to strengthen action and digestion with a money back guarantee if the first bottle does not help.
Convict George Strombo testified before a legislative investigating committee that inmates sold ten cent tobacco in the prison for 12 4 cents without licenses and acting for certain guards. Testimony linked Clark Sprouts and William Seabright to graft, with a parole payoff claim denied. An additional note described a counterfeiting outfit found in the prison.
King Edward prefers limited illness to attend royal engagements in Berlin. He visits the Emperor Frederick Museum with Queen and Kaiser, then dines with the crown prince and princess before a gala performance of Sardanapalus at the opera. Authorities report the von Buelow conference yielded satisfactory results for both nations.
Santiago Chile Feb German minister to Chile Beron von Bodman declares the burned body found in the German legation ruins is not Chancellor Beckert’s and was murdered with three knife wounds. Dentists confirm the body differs from Beckert. A legation servant is missing and Beckert is rumored captured at Chillan. In Chicago Rock Island awards 69 all steel cars for through trains at a cost of $1,000,000.
Rome Feb 11 King Victor Emmanuel privately received Capt Huse commander of the relief ship Celtic and spoke for over half an hour expressing gratitude for the Celtic and Cassria relief work in Sicily and Calabria He wished his thanks and those of the Italian people conveyed to the American people and government for their generosity to earthquake sufferers in New York Feb 11 The thanks of the King were conveyed in return to America for aid.
Sharp earthquake shocks were felt in the Rodez district France this morning with two oscillations reported and no damage. In Bastol Tennessee a jealous rival killed a man after a dispute at a dance hall. Additional notes reference charity and diplomatic figures but lack clear context.
Crowds throng Broadway and Ninth Street as Cooper, the Western aromachologist, touts a stomach and digestion remedy. Drugstores report unprecedented demand and pharmacists say New Yorkers are buying heavily while Cooper plans a London tour after a two month rest. A West Nin teenth Street resident praises the cure after years of rheumatism and costly medicines.
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