This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 15 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Jan 03, 1912
Page
8
Reinvestment of January interest and dividend payments boosts demand for securities. Favorable reports from steel and copper sectors support a bullish tone. Prices advance across many issues with broad gains and early optimism persisting into the week.
Fragmented OCR lists regional market names and entities including Boston and Butte amid a closing quote. It mentions Copper Rangoon Co East Butte Vine Franklin Btrong Granby Consolidated Greens Canima Alohank Nevada Mipisaing Vines North Butte North Lake O14 Dominion Shennon Utah Consolidated Teahopper Co. No clear event or outcome given.
A chaotic OCR readout shows stock lines from Washington stock exchanges with many misreads. It lists Rail and Electric issues, Potomac Electric, Mergenthaler Linotype, and various percentages and prices, interspersed with broken phrases and stray notation indicating a volatile, unclear market snapshot.
The Washington Gas and Washington Railway common led a busy opening as brokers bought nearly 1,000 shares. Prices climbed from 90% to 90% with 90% asked, while 52 and 62% trades moved solidly. Mergenthaler and Lanston shares traded, Potomac Electric bonds touched 101. The market showed speculative vigor but limited broad appeal. Interstate Commerce Commission issued guidance on two carrier competition for equal rates, and several executives joined or moved in the financial sector. Carpenter Baggott & Co opened a Washington branch with Sidney B Harris on site.
Cattle receipts 100 mar kel steady beeves around 4 70 to 9 78 cattle categories Texas and Western cattle shown with prices. Hog receipts 26000 market slow to steady. open bids marked. Calves and sheep data mixed with varying prices. Financial news notes the year 1811 ends with 734 national banks and $74 603 187 in circulation. National City Bank of Indianapolis granted charter with $1 000 000 capitalization through consolidation plan. National Bank of San Antonio charter requested with $20 000 capital.
Obscure policy notes show Secretary of the Treasury MacVeagh urging a broad law to prevent banks from owning stock in other banks, aiming to shield individual banks from domination by concentrated interests. The plan seeks an unambiguous congressional intent to curb direct or indirect control via banks or linked entities amid volatile market quotes from New York.
Actor Sidney Drew filed a voluntary bankruptcy petition citing liabilities around 2G and assets near 200. Liabilities largely stem from breach of contract issues as reported from New York on January 2.
Wall Street gossip notes Hopes to retain Fred A Delano as president and discusses United States Steel common stock. It reports Jane George Gould and associates ousted from Wabash Railroad control, a receivership, and the Pierce and Wallace committees influencing bond plans and stock moves amid market swings.
Rights offered to members of the New York Stock Exchange and Washington Bourse by William B. Flibbs & Co are noted as receiving options or privileges. The record summarizes an exchange-related offer within the market community.
New York Jan 2 Judge Ward denounces the American Tobacco Co defense in a Sherman antitrust suit for 469000 damages. The court denied a rehearing on verified answers, rejecting claims a company officer could not verify without self incrimination. Plaintiffs are Louis August and Samuel Simon.
The document lists varied dairy and farm product prices and receipts across states. Items include butter, cheese, eggs, flour, pork, wool, potatoes, tobacco, and poultry with regional notes and tentative weekly price ranges. Notable entities include states like Pennsylvania and Virginia, and items such as GHEESE, EGGS, FLOUR, and POUATOEE with mixed condition terms like fancy, good, fair, and poor.
New York cotton futures posted a firmer tone with a small net advance amid cautious activity. January notices circulated and trading suggested limited fresh development as prices edged up and delivery options remained unsettled.
A fragmented list of market items and prices from Wartington Produce Market includes apples cucumbers Florida peppers potatoes and onions with numerous figures in a rough OCR style. The note mentions meats fruit and vegetables from Florida and Almeria with several numeric prices scattered throughout.
Market brief from Baltimore lists grain and dairy items including No 2 white oats, No 2 rye, and creamery butter. Regional prices cover Maryland Pennsylvania Delaware Virginia and adjacent areas with notes on eggs poultry and fowl movements.
Market notes show firm wheat at about 4 percent and various elevator and creamery quotes. Prices cover potatoes in Jersey baskets, Newark bushels, and live poultry values, with ranges for fowls, turkeys, and dressed poultry amid steady demand and near-term receipts.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.