Market activity shows undercurrent as stock prices fluctuate
A dated market snapshot reports varied trading with a firm undertone and scarce shares as settlements reveal limited stock availability. It notes a large gold bars transfer possibly to Ottawa or Bank of England credit, lists several leading stocks rising from 2 to 43 cents, and describes mixed moves amid international and bond activity with London and German bank signals.
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Assay
Ottawa
Bank of England Credit
Baltimore Securities Mirror Disorganized Quotes
A fragmented Baltimore securities note lists prices for treasury and government bonds, rail line firm data, and call money rates in a jumbled January report. The unclear OCR yields scattered figures for silver, bonds, and demand notes, with dates and terms partially garbled.
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Dew York
Jan
Menantila
Stevlog Ercuarge
Mente
Local Stock Exchange Vegetables and Poultry Prices Decline
Weeklong light receipts across the vegetable market and subdued demand reflect weaker pace for seasonal trade. Poultry and cheese quotes hold, with Florida and California produce showing mixed pricing, including turkeys, potatoes, lettuce, peppers, onions, and citrus across regional vendors.
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New York State
New
Ruyper
UCGS
Virginia
West Virginia
Florida
Ohra
California
Hartlett
Indian Cotton Crop Falls Off in 1815 Season
The Indian cotton crop for 1815 shows a 5 percent drop to 4,900,000 bale field estimate by the director of statistics, reported via the Indian government and American consulate in Bombay. February will reveal the final figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bombay
Oil Quotations and Market Notes
Oil quotations and market shorthand itemizing cetus and Oa with January figures 138081 and averages. Mentions New York and London copper futures and related balance and shipment terms with unclear values.
Washington Cattle Market Prices Per Pound and Items
Market prices for cattle and sheep in Washington are listed per pound with several items shown. Figures appear garbled and may reflect pricing per pound for cattle and sheep, with additional entries that are unclear.
New York Produce Prices and Receipts Listed
New York close shows butter steady with receipts 13 011 tabs and cheese steady at 1 228 boxes. Eggs vary by grade with fresh gathered extra fine at 43 44 and firsts at 40 41. poultry dressed steady, Western chickens 14 to 15, turkeys 18. Sugar raw at 8.36 3.42 and refiners steady. cottonseed oil spot at 8 616.10. flour and grains firm. pork and beef prices firm with various midweek quotes.
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New York
Jan
Pennsyla
Keanery
Baltimore
Jane
Kent Island
Gobbiers
Maryland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
West Virginia
Philadelphia Markets Report January 6
Philadelphia markets show butter and cheese trends with firm prices noted for EGCS and Stealy cheese. Wheat prices rise with No 2 red spot export at 1.546 and No 4 northern Duluth export between 1.42 and 1.45. Cork and oats show higher values for No 2 reliew local and No 2 white with bids around 664 to 7.
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Philadelphia
EGCS
Duluth
Cork
Value fixed at ten billions in farm output report
New York Jan. 5. Secretary Redfield estimates for 1914 place the money value of U S farm products at about 10 billion dollars with total production near 40 billion across all sectors. Agriculture adds roughly one quarter of national output, while a strong cotton harvest and favorable weather boosted domestic markets and potential exports.
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Europe
New York
Redfield
Department of Commerce
Washington
United States
Agriculture
James J. Hill
T Redfield
Holland
Live Stock Markets Wrap for Chicago and New York
Chicago hogs receipts 43 000 market lower bulk 7.10 to 7.25 light 7.20 7.32 mixed 6.90 to 7.90 heavy 6.80 to 7.32 pigs 5.25 to 7.10 cattle receipts 7 000 market lower native steers 5.50 to 7.90 Western 4.90 to 7.50 cows and heifers 2.90 to 6.80 sheep receipts 15 000 market firm sheep 5.50 to 6.15 yearlings 0.90 to 7.85 lambs 6.75 to 7.75 New York beef receipts 1 365 no trading calves receipts 2 market ready yearlings and calves 9.00 to 13.00, culls 5.00 to 8.00, fed and mixed 6.50 to 8.00, yearlings 5.00 to 6.50 sheep and lambs receipts 2 645 market steady sheep 5.50 to 6.50 culls 5.00 to 7.50 lambs 6.25 to 7.00 hogs receipts 7 950 market steady heavies 7.00 to 7.75
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Chicago
Western
New York
Jan
London Market Stronger With Brisk American Trades
London market activity picked up with steadier tone as dealers navigated complex recording forms. American section saw brisk business especially United States Steel amid varied trading. Canadian Pacific traded and closed near 160.14. Gilt edged sector active with war loans and Consols in demand. miscellaneous oils and Marconis, Brazilian trade items moved on hardening prices. Money plentiful and discounts easy.
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London
United States Steel
Canadian Pacific
Marconis
American Round Bale Press Company Files For Bankruptcy
New York Jan 5 The American Round Bale Press Company a New York corporation with 6 000 060 authorized capital filed a voluntary petition in bankruptcy Its liabilities were set at 934 900 against assets including 59 cotton gin plants in the South and presses Paul Jones local attorney was named receiver on a 50 000 bond Attorneys for the receiver blamed the failure on the European war The Kansas City Board of Trade complaint over proportional rates from Kansas City to Memphis on wheat and products was dismissed yesterday with no evidence of unreasonableness or discrimination
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New York
American Round Bale Press Company
New York Corporation
Paul Jones
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City Board of Trade
Kansas City
Memphis
New York Cotton Moves Narrow Amid Nervous Trading
The cotton market opened nervous and irregular with a sharp early drop, then rallied to new high ground and closed steady with a net gain. Futures near term showed January 8.08, March 8.20, May 8.36, July 8.55, October 8.76.
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New York
Jan
Chicago Grain Prices Hit Record Cash Wheat Levels
Chicago spike in cash wheat prices echoes postwar highs with domestic buyers led by millers and large export orders for European shipments. Speculative values rise, while grain and provisions show higher closes across corn oats and related markets amid unsettled finish.
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Chicago
Seaboard
Ariel
Tay
New York Grain Market Reports Mixed Bid Prices
New York grain notes show spot strength for No 2 red and No 2 yellow corn with prices around 1.42 to 1.43 for wheat and 1.42 to 1.44 for No 1 Northern oats. Futures edge higher with July at about 1.50. Barley remains firm and notes export interest in Manitoba and Duluth regions. Argentina corn offered around 75 cents.
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New York
Jax
Northern
Manitoba
Buffalo
Srigerss
New Western
Barliy
Carnegie and Harries Invited to Willard Anniversary
Baltimore markets list prices for wheat oats and poultry with dense figures. Carnegie and Gen George Harries named as honorary Washington Board of Trade members to attend the twenty-fifth anniversary supper at the Willard on January 14. Board president to appoint six delegates to the US Chamber of Commerce meeting in February. Industrial interest group opposes Occoquan goods clause in District appropriations bill.
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Washington Board of Trade
Willard
William H. Singleton
1Ta
Andrew Carnegie
United States Chamber of Commerce
Committee On
Charles W. Gill
Edward Pagel
America praised by Servian diplomat wife in London
Mme Grouitch wife of the former Servian charge d affaires in London extols Servian people praising their sobriety and flower loving culture. She recalls an American family sharing pride in America and notes Servia’s virtue while rich in spirit but poor in material wealth and hospital shortages.
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London
Washington Post
Tendon
Mme. Groulich
Nish
America
Servia
Mme. Grouitch
Sershe
Russia
France
Great Britain
Austria
Supreme Court Rules on Widow Support and Bank Guaranty Law
The Supreme Court held widows and minor children of deceased bankrupts are entitled to a year's support if state statutes authorize it. Oklahoma’s bank guaranty law was upheld as not subject to court payment orders, establishing a precedent for depositors in defunct state banks. Four justices dissented. The court found Covington streetcar limits unconstitutional as an interstate commerce issue and upheld Ohio workers compensation. The decision could influence eight hour laws for women in several states and DC.
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Supreme Court
Oklahoma State Board of Banking
Covington
Ohio River
Cincinnati
California
District of Columbia
Arizona
Colorado
Washington State
District Court News and Probate Notices
Petitions for a limited divorce and alimony were filed by Minnie J. Degges against Frederick Degges alleging repeated beating and choking with a January 9 hearing set for alimony. Wills probated include Mary J. Kelley with several Half Street SW bequests and life use for James C. Reeves, Lizzie Downie naming Walter Etter as executor, and Mary Newman’s will naming Cornelia Evans as executrix. A suit against Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance for 3000 on Albert W. Harris’s death was filed in district court.
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Frederick Degges
Equity
District Supreme Court
Minnie J. Degges
Michael ©. O'Brien
Degges
A_ street
McCoy
Mary J. Kelley
Clinton James
Mabel Luckett
Half Street
James C. Reeves
George D. Lippincott
Stephen H. Wright
Warner Wright
Testatrix
Mary Newman
James A. O'Shea
Cornelia Elizabeth Evans
Newman
Phoenix Mutual Life Insurance Company
Albert W. Harris
Notable probate and adoption actions filed in district court
Walter F E Tee filed for probate of the late walef M Girard taw who died recently, naming his wife Mie Vrances Mo fore as executrix and estate heir. A suit seeks to annul a marriage on grounds of unsoundness of mind at the time of marriage to Anna Greuierg Steinberg. The court legalized the adoptions of Rosa and une named girls by Joseph Squitieri and Indovica Squitieri after the father died and mother had died. petitioners seek heirs to provide for them and the two changed surnames. Attorneys Alonzo H W Stewart and Witten J Lambert with George B Fraser represented petitioners.
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Girard Taw
Walter FE Tee
Itoas
Sprit
Mie Vrances
Wemes
Jebus Charles Sicinte
Aly
Anna Greuierg Steinberg
Steinberg
District Supreme Court
Alonzo HW. Stewart
Rosa
Ancette Umba
Joseph Squitieri
Indovica Squitieri
Prt- Hon
McCoy
Sidechidren
Witten J Lambert
George B. Fraser
Altorneys
Biggest Uncle Sam stamp sale prompts pricey bids
A Jacksonville, January 2 report describes a dramatic scene at the Internal Revenue Office where a man sought a $2 stamp while staff showed $50 stamps on a sheet worth about 10,009 dollars. Attorneys meanwhile bought a stamp to affix to a record, illustrating a case of high valued philatelic transfer and property value speculation.
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Uncle Sam
Jacksonville
Internal Revenue Office
Attornry
Amele Sanz
AEROS DESTROY A HANGAR IN BRUSSELS AREA
London report says French aviators bombed near Brussels on Saturday, destroying part of a Zeppelin shed under construction and killing several German soldiers. The Amsterdam dispatch cites the Exchange Telegraph Company.
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London
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Brussels
Young Merchants Learn Spanish for South American Trade
Seven young men met Monday at the Builders' and Manufacturers' association for a Spanish class led by S. J. Macfarren. The program aims to prepare them to secure South American trade for European nations after the war. Lessons will be held weekly.
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South America
S. J. Macfarren
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Local Produce Market
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Albion IX. Parrty
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Sid & Northwestern
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International Paper
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Tang International
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Washington Cattle Market
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American Round Bale Press Corporation
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Mme. Grouich
U.S. Supreme Court
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Kentucky Railroad Commission
Kentucky
Fourth Federal Circuit Court of Appeals
Sarah Holbrook
Pando
W. Va
Norfolk and Western Railway
District Court News
Lizzie Downie
Walter Etter
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Munsey Trust CO
Munsey
Munsey Trust Company
Frank A. Munsey
Arthur Cowsill
Ron Hibbs
15Th St.n. W
Amer
Graphophone
du Pont Powder Securities Wheatley
Eee
Broadway
Brega
F. Rk. Dorr
Fifteenth St
UN Logout Nhonel
A. C. Moses Co., Inc
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Chris Cox Dawson
T20
15Th Street
Law Division
Caroline A. Harris
Daniel Thew Wright
Harris
Eapda Vetteri
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Tastrngt Supresie Court
Antonly Vetter
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Chareley Glowlgl
MoE _AILE ae
WM J. Feather
Wenry J. Wlathet
Pashier Josut A Evans, Jr
Riggs Enational Bank
Huy. & Electric
Honda
Potomac
Georgetown
Langston
Nor. & Wank
Steamboat
Thomas L. Hume
Camtal Bans le
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Washington Loan & Trust Company
Joy Miro
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Comditia
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