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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Feb 12, 1909
Page
58
Weather disrupts trade with textiles showing above average activity while metal and coal sectors stay dull. Weekly collections retreat, yet merchants remain hopeful as early harvests and grain exports signal potential stabilization amid uneven industrial performance.
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Market notes from Baltimore show steady prices across commodities with fractions noted for white corn and other grains. Quotations list credit balances, ship shipments, and regional bid receipts, reflecting a quiet trading day with no dramatic shifts.
Quotations furnished by Thea L Hume & Co reflect bids and asks across Washington stocks, rails, utilities, and bonds. Records show prices for Capital Traction, Washington Ry and Electric, Potomac Electric, United States Trust, American Security and Trust, Merchants Savings, and banking, insurance, and real estate stocks amid a broader market snapshot at press time.
The Washington Produce Market notes arrivals of fancy goods with steady prices in creamery products and poultry. Demand for ducks geese and chickens remains steady with varied per pound rates, while dressed fowl and game items show broad pricing and steady receipts for vegetables and fruit including apples pears grapes and berries.
Local stock activity showed gains on the exchange with bids climbing to 421-8 and prices reaching as high as 427-8 before dipping. Graphophone preferred stock fell after a dividend suspension was announced, while common stock traded around 441-3. In real estate, Dr. J C Boyd bought a 100 by 4 feet lot at Twenty-second and R, with plans for a sizable residence costing about 4000 to 5000 dollars, and other properties around Thirteenth and Fairmont and Thirty-seventh Street changing hands for sums near 16,000 and 18,50 dollars respectively.
Choice cattle and lambs sell well with strong demand for better calves. Cattle prices range from 4.50 to 6.50 per ewt for various grades, with butchers and common cattle noted. Sheep and lamb listings include prime clipped and common grades, calves priced by ewt or per pound, cows priced per head, and quotes for old and dry stock.
Charles W. Warden of United States Trust Company denounces proposed national legislation for a government operated central bank as unnecessary and politically motivated. He argues the country is too large for such a structure and warns it would harm financial interests and business. He doubts England’s model proves feasibility here and condemns postal savings bank plans as potentially damaging to national finances.
Consolidated Sales Company Inc operates on a stockless, service-based model selling to the United States government for 23 major manufacturers. Based on Pourleouth Street Northwest, the four-member team led by Louis Co Watkowski, with James G Wonn, William W Connor, and directors Arthur Moses and James Li Belly, focus entirely on selling rather than inventory.
Honor guests of Masons arrive at the Alexandria hall for a reception and speeches. Rear Admiral Winfield Scott Schley, Senator Tilman, and other dignitaries march through a cheering crowd amid band music and formal introductions at Mount Vernon Hall.
William Jones, 21, of Ristol County, had his lower lip shot away by an accidental gun discharge last September. Dr Stephen H Watts at University of Virginia Hospital replaced the lip with a skin flap from the abdominal wall, first grafted to the forearm to grow blood supply, then moved to the face and molded into position after two weeks.
David Frazier of the State Soldiers Home in Erie Ohio reports 40 years of fluttering hearts cured after taking 18 bottles of Dr Miles Heart Remedy He claims the medicine cures heart weakness and promotes stronger heart action and circulation The ad asserts the first bottle helps and offers a money back guarantee via the druggist support.
Convict George Strombo testified before a legislative investigating committee that ten cent tobacco packs were sold inside the Moundsville prison for 12 4 cents without any license. He said some convicts acted for certain guards. Other testimony touched on parole promises and a counterfeit operation found in the prison.
King Edward, mildly ill, visits the Emperor and Empress, tours the Frederick Museum with Queen and entourage. He attends a gala rendition of Sardanapalus at the opera after dining with the Crown Prince and Princess, as Sir Charles Hardinges meets Chancellor von Buelow to discuss policy.
German minister to Chile declares the burned body found in the German legation ruins is not Chancellor Becker. Forensic exams show three knife wounds identifying the corpse as someone else. A missing legation servant is unaccounted for and a Beckert associate claims he saw Beckert after the fire. Rumor places Beckert in Chillan.
Rome on February 11 King Victor Emmanuel privately received Captain Huse of the patrol Celtic and praised the Celtic and Cassia for relief work in Sicily and Cass ria. He expressed sincere thanks to the American people and government for their generosity toward earthquake sufferers. New York February 11 The thanks of the king were conveyed.
A sharp earthquake shook the Rodez region in France this morning with two oscillations noted and no damage reported. In Tennessee, a jealous rival feud is linked to a fatal shooting at a dance hall leaving Rosa dead and Lee Clark slain.
A Western aromachologist named Cooper sparked a New York frenzy as crowds flood his Broadway stand at Ninth Street. He claims his remedy stimulates gastric tubes and regulates digestion, with testimonials from George J Beott praising relief from rheumatism after a month. Cooper plans a London tour after a two month rest, while druggists report unprecedented demand and sales across the city.
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