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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1911

Page

2

Brisk Rise in Stocks as London Leads the Advance

The New York open saw American shares rally after yesterday’s drop on crop figures, led by grain carriers and cotton prospects. Consols hit an eight year low while London markets showed strength in American issues, with trading thin but prices firming. Virginia-Carolina Chemical rose on dividend talks before edging down on rate cuts. a cotton print firm ditched price agreements as illegal. Bond market remained firm.

New York Southern Railway London Lordon Europe Morocco Virginia-Carolina Chemical United States Supreme Court

Boston Closing Prices and Fresh Produce Quotations

Closing quotations list various fruits vegetables eggs butter and dairy products with regional U.S. prices. Items include eggs from Virginia and Tennessee, butter from Elgin, cheese from Ashe, poultry and vegetables with multiple regional price points, and assorted produce like cantaloupes Georgia Florida and California.

Virginia Carolina directors cut dividend to 3 percent

Special to The Washington Post reports the Virginia Carolina directors delayed announcing the dividend cut from an anticipated 6 percent to 3 percent after a 10 am to 2 pm board meeting. The share traded around 56, with volatility on the day. James J. Hill predicted strong Northwest crop prospects while foreign exchange stayed firm amid broad market strength.

Washington Post New York Cotton Co Virginia-Carolina

Treasury Money Rates and Exchange Snapshot

New York on July 11 shows money on call steady at 2 1/2 percent with bids at 2 percent and offers at 2 percent. Time loans: 80 days at 2 1/4 percent, 90 days at 2 1/4 percent, six months at 2 1/4 percent. Sterling exchange steady with bankers’ bills at 4.9475 for 60-day bills and 4.8645 for demand. Commercial bills 4.84. Government bonds and railroad bonds described as steady.

New York Sterling Exchange Dillk Har Silver M. Mealeen

New York Cotton closes steadier after massive earlier loss

New York July 11 cotton prices recover from yesterday's slump as covering and demand push values higher. Old crop months gain 34 to 37 points with July at 14.04 and October around 12.82 era. Liverpool reports stronger spinner demand while English spot sales rise on the decline.

New York Liverpool Cables Alice

Washington Railway and Electric stock leads market gains

Washington Railway and Electric continued as the star on yesterday’s Washington Stock Exchange session with a two point gain and broader trading. Washington Gas showed strength, Mergenthaler rose, and American National Bank stock climbed, while speculative interest cooled. The report notes outside purchases aiming to control Washington Railway and Electric, with officials denying knowledge of such efforts. Also covered are rice freight-rate reductions proposed by New Orleans interests, a favorable Interstate Commerce Commission ruling for Southern tanneries, projected low money stringency, Brunswick’s restoration as a customs port, a United States Trust Company board meeting, and new directors elected.

Washington N. and W Capel Traction Washington Railway and Electric Common Washington Railway and Electric Preferred Washington Gas Mergenthaler Linotype American National Bank United States Trust Emerson Georgetown Gas Capital Traction Abacostia Annecatia Potomac Columbia City Columbia Gs Wasa Alex Mt. Vernon Washington Railway and Electric Entomac Electric Coon Nor Potomac Uitrie Light Chesapeake and Potomac Gs American ‘Telephone and Telegram Washington Market Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Riggs Realty Capitol ‘Totton Washington Rw Washington Ry and Flec. Ltd ARIK Viti Norfolk and Washington Steamboat Washington- Virgins Ashington Rrs American Telephone and Telegraph Great Falla Old Dominion Langton Mergenthaler Linotype Greene Cananes Assayes Pa National Bank American Olumbia Ae & Commercial Pancks American Security and ‘Trust BAS Nations Savings and ‘Trust Union Trust Bee Washington Loan and Trust Bain Prinn Merchants and Mechanics Savings Union Bank of Conmerce East Washington Savings Provident Savings Arfington Corcoran Franklin German-America National Union Columbia Chapin-Sacks Emerson Steam Id Jama Chalmers Iowa Central Amalgamated Copper Kansas City American Agricultural Kansas City Southern Pi Lehigh Vaile Louisville and Nashyville Minogapolis St. Lous St. P St. Mf American Ice Securities Mat American Linseed Msee Kans Tex American Locomotive Tooimissouri Pacific Lin, Smelt Hefning An National Biscrue Ol O Ational Seal Steel Foundries Central Tory Anerdcan Qatarla and Esters Armerican Tobacco Voi Urfalk and Western Jroo Aimerivan Tae Anaconda Minlog Co Atchicon Pacific Mall Sana Ua Atchison Etme Atta Atlantic Coast Peonte Baltimore Ohio TIAA It. Louis Hethieham Stee Pittsburg Coal Brooklyn Rapid Transit Pittsby Canadian Pacific Central of New Jersey Reading Fleos Ae Leo jChesapeake Republic Steel Chicago and Alton Chicago Great West New Hock Island Co Chiccago Great West Chicago Northweste Chi Mul St. Paul St. Louis Southwestern C. C St. Law St. Louis Colorado and Southern Southern Pacife Southern Railway Delaware and Hudson Tennessee Copper Denver and Rio Grande Texas and Pacific Bay Denver and Rio Grande Inh Moltol St. L West Ig Distillers? Securities Ae Tol West Lilo A Union Pacific TSA Erie Ist Tinfon Paettte United States Erte 2d General Electric United States Rubber Great Northern Atatea Steel Great Northern Orocifsa Tofted States Steel Ptd Galafield Utah Copper Hindi Central Virginia- Carolina Chemical Wabash Interborough-Met Interborough-Mi Wabash Nter Harvester Western Mary Hibbs Building New York Stock Exchange Chicago Boai Washington Stock Exchange Mergenthaler Lanston Washington- Virginia Railway Common Norfolk Washington Railway and Electric Company Washington-Virginia Railway Company Texas New Orleans Interstate Commerce Commission Southern Tanneries South Southern Railway Company Ineg United States Trust Company Nathan R. Scott Charles A. Douglas James M. Baker A. L. Hawse Daniel C. Roper Scott Mr. Douglas Bank Isaac T. Mann Willam T. Galliher Orren G. Staples George W. Farts Frank $8. Bright Wiliam H. DeLacy

The Metal Market

New York copper prices show quiet activity with spot at 12.12% to 12.35 for July and 12.15 to 12.35 for July. London spot firm at £57 5d with futures at £57 16s 3d. Imports today reach 835 tons while exports for the month total 9,735 tons 50 tar. Local iron markets remain quiet with No. 1 foundry Northern at 15.00 to 15.25 and No. 2 Northern at 14.75 to 15.00 while Southern foundry grades hold around 14.75 to 15.25.

New York London Custom House Tron Cleveland Northern Southern

City Bonds At Counter Sales

Philadelphia July 11. Mayor Reyburn rejected the syndicate bid of Drexel & Co. and Brown Bros. & Co. for 9.75 million dollar 4 percent 30 year city loan. He awarded 3.634 million to higher bidders and will offer the remaining 6.216 million over the counter to the public at 10. The average bid exceeded 101. He warned of a possible business combination to keep prices down to freeze out small bidders.

Philadelphia Drexel & Co Brown Bros. & Co Reyburn

100 Story Building Planned by New York Builders

George T. Mortimer of New York told the National Association of Building Owners and Managers that plans for a 100 story building about 1,200 feet high have been drawn and such a structure is a near term probability in New York Reginald P Bolton of New York praised modern office buildings while criticizing many of New York's structures as monuments of uselessness.

Cleveland Ohio National Association of Building Owners and Managers George T. Mortimer New York Reginald P. Bolton

Commodities report shows steady prices amid mixed receipts

New York market notes June 11 report unsettled butter and weak eggs with strong receipts. Prices hold across cheese, flour, pork, beef, lard, and cottonseed oil while raw sugar and coffee show firm to steady levels with multiple grade listings.

Chicago Grain Prices and Live Poultry Report

A historical price listing covers wheat corn oats butter and dairy products, with live poultry including spring chickens ducks and pigeons priced per pound or per pair. Regional references include Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio Virginia and North Carolina, with notes on quality grades and market firmness varying by item.

Live Stock Markets Report from New York and Chicago

Live stock receipts and price ranges for beef calves sheep and hogs in New York with July figures from Chicago. Beef and veal prices steady to firm, cattle and hogs mixed with various regional quotes and per hundredweight breakdowns for native and western categories.

Philadelphia Markets Telegraphed Prices for Wheat to Potatoes

Philadelphia markets report steady to firm prices across commodities. Wheat grade No 2 red in export elevator 99 4 8044, corn No 2 yellow for local trade, oats No 2 white natural 524 53, butter extra Western creamery 27, nearby 29, eggs Pennsylvania firsts free cases 5 10 per case, Western firsts 5 40 per case, cheese New York full creams 12 1 2 32. Poultry steady with fowls 15 44 16, spring chickens 21 26, ducks 12 13, broiling chickens nearby 25 10, Jersey potatoes per basket 65 70.

New York Middle West Muncovado Santos Cordova Battlemore Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Virginia Philadelphia Jersey

New York grain market summary for wheat corn and oats

Wheat: spot No 2 red 94 to 95 in elevator and afloat. July 94 1/2 September 96 1/2 December 98. Receipts 37,500. shipments 95,320. Corn: spot No 2 corn 69 with futures inactive. September and December around 7 and 7.0. Receipts 5,500. shipments 182,620. Oats: spot steady. futures inactive. Receipts 186,975. shipments 9,244.

New York Duluth S. A

Oil quotations and regional credit balances report

Oil quotations from OU City Pennsylvania dated July 11 show credit balances at 31.20 with 201,402 runs and an average of 108,450. Shipments total 220,288 with an average 210,292. Toledo Ohio dated July 1 reports North Lima at 8 and South jima and Indiana at 7 percent.

OU City Credit Balaries Toledo Ohio North Lima South Jima Indiana

Equity Court D C clears receiver reports and splits cases

Supreme Court District of Columbia Justice Anderson discharges receivers and ratifies reports in multiple matters including Darrell vs Croswell and Lewis vs Lewis. Other entries include extended dates for testimony and audits, divisions involving Brice Curtis and Hitchcock, and numerous probate and real estate transfers across the city.

Supreme Court District of Columbia Equity Court Anderson Darrell Croswell WJ. Brown Bell Mamson Griffin Plaintif P. W H. Waters Craig Washington Baltimore and Anoapolis Electric Railway Company Pettit Hayre George C. Gertman Etherington Montexima Mining Company Decréa Pro Confesso W. Megrath Circuit Court Justice Anderson Brice Curtis Collins Hemans M. N. Richardson J. A. Cobb Richard Rosenthel J. A. Burkart Towner Kappler W. H. Marlow, Jr Criminal Court United States Albert F. Johnson William H. Dumbhurst Harry F. Dunkhorst A. H. Bell George X. Holland C. A. Barnard James J. Jouison George C. Scurtoc Henry Butther Elizabeth D. Behafer George Bayell John Scott Lizzie S. Jones LM. King Herbert J. Greaily John H. Greally Bond M. M. Doyle William McGarvey A. L. Neumier L. H. David Everett S. Cole James F. Bundy George Collins Mary H. Lewis T. A Margaret B. Jones J. A. Toomey Li A. Bailey Mary F. Newburn Marie A. D. Madre Birney & Woodard Daniel B. Webster Delaphine Stroma Sylvia Barnes William Henry Wood William A. Haley Earl Hennige August G. Herriman George Gertman Charles H. Bavman Ned C. McLaughlin Sargota C. McLaughlin Crandal Mackey Wiliam A. Burke W. Gwynn Gardiner W. @. Gardiner William F. Dove Lemuel Fugitt James McGrath

Deeds of Trust Listings Across Districts in 1911 Records

A long inventory of deeds of trust across Georgetown, Anacostia, Mount Pleasant, Brookland, and other local blocks lists numerous property liens. Names include Richard A. Colston, Thomas Walker, James Bundy, Clarence DeVelle, and trustees for Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church among others. Amounts range from $600 to $290,000 with terms from 1 to 5 years and semiannual or monthly payments.

Trinidad Richard A. Colston Thomas Walker James F. Bundy Clarence M. DeVelle Memorial Evangelical Lutheran Church National Savings and Trust Company American Security and Trust Company Samuel Livingston Samuel Livingston Et al. To American Security and Trust Company William R. Metcalf James I. Karrick F. Hazel Cashel Mount Pleasant John P. Stuckert George Starkey Wilkes C. Prather Baker Evans Emla M. Ray American Security and Trust Commpany Amos H. Plumb Brookland Rene B. Wallet William A Firman R. Horner James L. Marshall John A. Massie Black & Square Savane F Perpetual Building Association Claude Gainer Henry H. Bergmann George M. Emmerich Metropolis Building Association Joseph C. Rossiter Anacostia Serena M. Bronson Same Square Charles 5 George W. Marsh Leonard W. Groomes Thomas Somerville Thomas Somerville Company LE Droit Park Charles Fasseaux Wiliam J. Flather Milton E. Alles John M. Jones Block Square Charles L. Shank John T. Arms Samuel A. Drury Lee Brown Minnig E. Newton United States Trust Company Lynchburg Investment Corporation George W. Mankey Scottish Rite Home Building Company Walter R. Wilcox George F. Hane Alberta W. K. Brown Aquilla South Grounds Columbian College Jam K. Hill Et Ax Mary M. Hamilton V. Parke Washington Loan and Trust Company Equitable Cooperative Building Association Mary Russell James F. Shea George T. Berger William P. Normouls John D. Ogden Et al B. Francin Saul S. Percy Thompson Harry Wardman Thomas Hones Lewie Turner, Jr B. Francis Saul Home Savings Bank Cyprian P. Lancaster H. D. Gordon Robert E. Heater Fulton R. Gordon Mount Fleabant Heights Fannie G. Blanchard William Murphy Horatio N. Taplin John D. Coughlin Lillie T. Taplin Dry Meadows Chevy Chase John Collins George D. Brookes Paul V. Mitchell J. Clinton Tribby Charles E.tribbs

Local Notices Fragment Blue-Letter OCR

Partial OCR reads a list of roles and roles terms like executors administrators and agents. The readable words include names and department style phrases with disjointed punctuation and missing context. No clear event date location or outcome available in the fragment.

Chicago Traction Merger Plans Unify Transit Under Holding Co

Chicago announces plans to merge elevated and surface transit into a single holding company. Massachusetts law will govern the firm which will oversee 1028 miles of street railway with Samuel Insull as president and Henry A Blair as chairman. Capitalization about 146 million dollars. Separately the U S and Salvador extradition treaty has been ratified expanding the 1870 accord.

Chicago Ble Massachusetts Samuel Insull Common Wealth Edison Company New Traction Company Henry A. Blair

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