Wall Street Gossip Highlights Railroads and Mergers
New York traders cashed in on profits ahead of the weekly bank report while stocks rallied in railroads led by St Paul Reading Great Northern Northern Pacific Pennsylvania and Union Pacific. A potential merger among Agricultural Chemical Virginia Carolina Chemical American Cotton Oil and National Linseed is discussed with implications for control of fertilizer and cotton oil.
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Washington Post
New York
St. Paul
Reading
Great Northern
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
lHguiaatha
Union Pacle
Holdinga
Hill
American AgriTicnitural Chemical
National Linseed
Virginia-Carolna Chemical
American Cotton Oil
American Agrcultural Company
Virginia-Carolina Chemical Company
Southern Cotton Oil Company
American Cotton Oil Union
Standard Owl
Pacific
Washington Railway and Electric Bonds Dominate Trading Gains
Tradme saw brisk activity on yesterdays Stock Exchange session with bond trades leading. $27,660 in sales contrasted with $4,200 Friday as Washington Railway and Electric 4s featured heavily, with most business in $4,000 to $6,000 lots at 7 1/2 to 7 3/4. Sit tight on other issues as Lane Railway, Capital Traction, and various banks showed mixed demand and limited sales amid broad bankers participation. Directors elected at Washington Railway and Electric included George Truesdell and Allan L. McDermott, with Sol. Shober Jr. replaced by Dawson as director.
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Tradme
Stock Exchange
Washington Railway and Electric
Adale
Capital Traction
Pune
Lane Railway
Natonal Bank
National Safe Deposit Company
Nationality Bank
Signs
Commercal
Mergenthaler
Tanston
The
Washington Railway and Electrica Conpary
George Truesdell
John C. Davtson
R W Ol Duke
Allan L. McDermot
George H Harries
George W. Young
James B Lackey
Mr. Dawson
Sol. Shober
Allan L. McDermott
George H. Harries
Treaster
Willliam £. Ham
H . Fuller
Washington stock listings show mixed bids and notes
Closing quotations on Saturday's exchanges list Washington area stocks and bonds. Market activity includes Washington Railway and Electric common and 4s, Washington Gas certificates, Potomac Insurance, and Metropolitan Railroad issues with varied bid prices.
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United States Electric Light
Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone
Washington Maret
Potomac Electric Light
Norfolk and Washington Steamboat
Sade Deposit and Trust
National Safe Deposit and Trust
Washington Loan and Trust
American Security and Trust
Union Trust Company
Washington Savings Bank
Capital
American
Edncoln
Riggs
National City
Insurance
tocks—Firemen's
Franklin
Metropolitan
Corcoran
Potomac
Arington
National Union
Columbia
Pepple's
Commercial
Colonial
Realty Appraleal and Agency Company
Mitchell Mining Company
Southern Public Service Corporation
Anettland
Washington Railway and Electric
Sts
SOOO
Washington
Washington Hrailway and Filtie
Washington Railway and Electric Common
Arrana’ Safa
Secuil National Bank
Nationality Bank
Potomac Insurance Company
Washington Ges
Morgenthaler
Larston
Mitchell Mining
Washington Railway
Toceric Common
Hanston
Batturday
District of Columbia
bonte—Capital Traction Railroad
Metropolitan Railroad
Columbia Railroad
City and Suburban Railroad
Anacostia and
Washington Produce Market Sets Grain Prices Steady
Market notes indicate unchanged butter and cheese values with steady dressed poultry and meats. Consumer alerts highlight liberal supply amid forecasts of severe weather possibly lowering production. Virginia and nearby regions show mixed fruit and vegetable pricing, cranberries scarce but prices for apples and citrus hold firm.
Washington Cattle Market Report Highlights Mixed Prices
Cattle remain about steady on better grades with little change for common stock. Fat sheep and lambs in demand at quotes. calves active at full figures but warned when too young or too thin. Hog prices around 4.25 to 5.30 per hundredweight. cows varied from prime fresh to old and dry.
Metal Market Apathy Reflects Nominal Quotations
New York January 20 metal markets show marked apathy with few cables and largely nominal quotes. Spottin at 28.75, Lake and electrolytic copper around 18.60, casting 18.00. Lamd dust at 5.90, spelter 0.065 to 0.434. Iron prices steady with little change.
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New York
Livestock Market Reports Mixed For Cattle Calves and Hogs
Chicago session shows cattle receipts around 400 head with steady to firm prices for different grades. Cows and calves fetch 4.35 to 8.00, good prime steers 5.35 to 6.25, stockers 2.30 to 4.25. Hogs receipts about 2,000 with market strong to a shade higher, lambs and sheep subdued with limited demand.
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Chicago
Belves
New York cotton opens steady after bullish ginner report
New York cotton opened steady up 2.6 points on the National Ginnered Association forecast showing 176000 bales ginned by January 16. Cables softened later as Atlantic State offerings rose, market slipping to close near yesterday's lows amid light support and scattered liquidation. Carnegie Relief Fund disburses 266200.15 to 8 beneficiaries for 1995. accident, death, and pension benefits. Wall Street moral law debated by Theodore W Myers. London satire notes stray joke about a sick sister.
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New York
National
Atlantic States
Carnegie Relief Fund
Pittsburg
Carnege Steel Company
Wall Street
New Jersey
George W. Harris
Theodore W. Myers
Foot Soldier Pack and French Field Equipment Study
The Second division publicizes Commandant Lavisse's Comparative Studies of the Field Equipment of the Foot Soldier of the French and Foreign Armies translated for the U S general staff by Capt Lawton Nineteenth Infantry The work assesses loads knapsacks clothing and rations proposing lighter campaign gear and a two cartridge box system with leather components and aluminum canteens noting US officer alignment with foreign conclusions and advocating helmet over campaign hat leather leggins and lighter footwear for infantry.
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General Staff of
Commandant Lavisse
United States
Lawton
Necaru
Dure Jing
Modern Shoe Dressings Show A Shift From Blacking To Science
A shoe dressings manufacturer explains how the trade transformed from simple round tin box blacking to a science driven by diverse leathers and colors. Dressings now include powders, cakes, cleaners, and dyes, with emphasis on matching leather types and expanding globally beyond American sales.
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France
England
Ready Witted Motorman Rescues Blocked Tracks
A quick thinking motorman on a slippery day uses a sandplunger and a shovel from the trolley hood to set a sand mound on the rails, freeing a fallen brewery horse and clearing both tracks. Police and driver assist, animal remains calm as the wagon is moved and service resumes.
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Cara
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