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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Jul 19, 1912

Page

8

Wall Street firm as market shows mild optimism

New York traders witness a cautious session with improving steel demand and favorable crop news lifting sentiment slightly. Amalgamated Copper and steel mills lead in activity while Bank of England reserves strengthen. London markets turn weak after an open, with bonds steady and government issues unchanged.

Wall Street Bank of England York Stocka

Treasury Summary Of New York Money Markets July 18

The United States Treasury reports money on call steady at 4 1/2 to 5 8 3 4 percent, closing bids at 3 percent. Time loans show offerings at 2 percent. Sterling exchange steady, actual business in bankers' drafts at 84 7 8 for 90 day bills and 48 7 4 for short Commercial Dila. Government bonds and pet warrants steady.

New York Sk MK Prime Mercantile Dilla Allin-Chalmers Os A Kansas City Southern Amalgamated Southern Pfd Fenettite Amer Laclede Gas Lehigh Walte Ee iMinn St. Louia Amer. Car & Foundry S. St. M Hide & L Pfa Kansas Texas Ice Securities Kan Tex Missouri Pacific National Biscuit Am. Sm. & Refining N. Ry Am. Steel Foundries New York Central Northern Pacific American Woolen Pacific Mall Anaconda Mining’ Co Pacific Tel. & Tel Ohatchison Pennsylvania Atchison Pfd Naarea People's Gas Eins Atlantic Coast Line Top Baltimore & ‘Ohio Finnitony Pittsburgh Coal Bethichem Steel Pressed Steel Brook Rapid Pullman Place Canadian Pacific Bar Consolidated Reading AOA Central of N. J Republic Steel Chesapeake & Ohio Snus & Alton Rock Inland Co Republic Steel Pid Chicago Gt. Western Rock Island Co. Pian Abbel Chi. Gt. West. Ptd Seaboard Air Line Chicago &N.W Seaboard A. L. Ptd Chi Mil St. Paw Chino Copper Southern Railway Southern Ry Delaware & Huron Tennessee Copper Denver & Rio Grande Texas & Pacific Denver & Rio Baty Imion Pacific Erie United States U. S Steat Great North Orectse JIM Utah Copper Wabash Ir Inter.-Met Wabash Inter. Harvester Western Maryland Inter. Marte Westinghouse Inter Western Union Wheel & Lake Erie Owa

Market Closing Prices From Washington Boston Cured Listing

Georgetown Gas and Potomac Electric issues dominate noon sales with 5s and consolidated notes trading around 103 percent. Washington Railway and Electric and Mergenthaler Linotype show modest gains while Lanston Monotype and District National Bank trade near the 90s and 140s respectively.

Georgetown Gas Potomac Electric Consolidated Potomac Electric Light Washington Railway and Electric Common Mergenthaler Linotype Lanston Monotype New ‘York American Steel Foundry American Steel Adams Express Aeng Anglo-American Oil Braden Brush American. Tobacco Chicago Subway Giroux Consolidated Greene-Cananea Hollinger Intercontinental Ri Kerr Lake Co Gas la Rose Consolidated Ag Lehigh Valley Coal Sales Co Georgetown Meetown Gas Loose W. Biscult Ale Manhattan Transit Capital Traction Co Acostia Potomac Mis Marconi Columbia 2d Moyt Nipsseung Qcolumbia Standard Oil Railway' and Electric Mount Ver Yukon Gold Potomac Electric United Cigar Stores Colectric Power Ist Se Ches Potomac Tel Tel Teles. Com Col Oper Mtg. Co Nort Simbt Risso Hentey T Tong Ty ‘ Short Capital Traction National Bank American Columbia Baltimore Farmers and Mechanics Incain National Bank of Baltimore Metropolitan Consolidated Power Houston Houston Oil Trumpany Seaboard Air Line American Security and Truss United Railways Ational and Trust Union Baltimore City And Loan and Trust Savings Bank G. B Ay Citizens Savings N. O C. Ba Union Savings United Rys Elec East Witrees City Wash Dane National Union Columbia Titts Reed Real Estate Papeter Hol Pagar Washington

New York Grain Market Report July 18

Spot prices show wheat steady then irregular after crop news. No. 3 red at 1.066 to arrive export basis. Duluth futures mixed with July at 1.07 and September around 1.00. corn weaker on export demand with receipts around 50,000 and 21% shipments noted. market commentary reflects fluctuating futures and limited shipments.

New York Duluth

New York Produce Prices Prompt Mixed Readings Across Goods

Market report from New York on July 18 shows butter steady, eggs irregular with high receipts, cheese steady, poultry unsettled with Western broilers and fowls varying, flour and rye flour moderately steady, hay prices easy but stable, lard and tallow quiet, oils firm for cottonseed and linseed, coffee unsettled with Rio and Santon quotes, potatoes firm on Southern and Jersey markets, cabbages steady, peanuts unchanged.

New York Pennsylvania Hennery Hores Pacific Coast Rio Cordova Southern New Jersey Long Island

Live Stock Markets Report From Chicago and New York

Various livestock prices and receipts logged across Chicago and New York on July 18. Cattle receipts steady to higher, hogs mixed, sheep steady to slightly lower. notable quotes include Texas and Western cattle ranges, city dressed veals and calves, and regional grain and dairy price levels in Baltimore and Maryland markets.

Chicago Texas New York Abeep Virginia Tembe Common Kentucky Catia

Wheat yields seen at record sizes amid frost risks in Northwest

Chicago grain markets flagged potential record wheat per acre yields across Minnesota, the Dakotas, and the Northwest, with frost damage feared in Canada. Corn oats and barley showed mixed or weak moves as copper and metals markets also drifted, while signals of large wheat output dominated trade.

Chicago Northwest Minnesota Dakotas Canadian New York Cleveland London

Metal Market Movements In Philadelphia Trade Brief

The Philadelphia metal market reports mixed grain results with wheat slipping and corn and oats holding steady. Butter and eggs show little change as nearby receipts vary and price quotes remain unsettled across export elevators and Western markets.

Philadelphia

Wall Street Gossip Highlights Crop Outlook and Bank Notes

Northwestern National Bank of Minneapolis says Northwest crops show favorable progress as rains restore moisture, easing drought fears. Iron Mountain dividend boosts Missouri Pacific income, aiding bond financing. Panhandle and Norfolk stocks move on dividend and yields, Bank of England reports weekly gold holdings rise.

New York Northwestern ‘National Bank Minneapolis Northwest Iron Mountain Miasaour! _Pacific treasury

Washington Produce Market Wholesale Quotations Read

Florida and North Carolina fruits and vegetables in good demand. Home grown vegetables moderate. Butter and cheese prices listed. Eggs, poultry, and a wide range of vegetables with regional price variations. Green fruits include California oranges and cherries with New York and Georgia items also priced. Meats show dampened pork and hen prices.

Florida North Carolina Elgin New York State New Virginia West Virginia Texas New York California Georgia

New York Cotton Market Rises on Short Covering

After a quiet start the New York cotton market grew active and firm closing with a 11.17 point gain. Spot cotton rose 15 points with middling uplands at 12.60 and twenty nine dollars per bale listed. futures quotations show varied highs and lows as traders cover shorts and step into long positions.

New York

Washington Stock Exchange activity and early 1912 trade

The Washington Stock Exchange session saw sparse orders and weak demand with minor trades in Mer Esterh a Merjenthaler and Langston stocks. Bank and utility issues showed limited movement while Argentina rises to eighth in U S imports, with U S exports to South America up across several nations in the eleven months to May 9 1932.

South America United States Chile Uruguay Venezuela Brazil Colombia Argentina Péru

Holland writes of growth of our manufactured exports

New York July 18 the president of a major Kansas City bank is quoted noting bumper crops in the Southwest if weather holds and farmers show little concern for the presidential election. The government reports detail U.S. foreign commerce for the year ending June 30, highlighting a shift from agriculture to manufactured exports and the rising share of industry in international trade.

New York Kansas City Southwest United States Chicago Washington Department of Commerce and Labor Department Bhose Haae Dhe

Nation's Foreign Trade Tops 4 Billion With Gross Potential

The United States reports a grand foreign commerce near 3.9 billion in round numbers for the year, excluding Porto Rico and Hawaii. If included, the total would top 4 billion, rivaling Great Britain and hinting at the nation becoming the world’s leading trading power in ten years if growth persists. Shipping under foreign flags limits true national gain by about 100 million or more. Holland.

United States Washington Porto Rico Hawaii Great Britain Holland

Back Hawaiian Bond Issue Approved by Treasury

The Treasury Department will accept new Hawaiian bonds up to 1.5 million dollars as security for public bank deposits at market value not exceeding par. The move may raise the rate at which existing bonds are held as security for 685 thousand dollars in deposits. President Taft and Secretary Fisher approved the new issue, with Hawaii’s treasurer negotiating their sale in Washington.

Treasury Department Department Treasury Ag Security Taft Interior Fisher Hawaii

Legal Record Highlights from District Supreme and Probate Courts

Equity court actions include Junilee Wright case with Drew as trustee, and Absent defendant in Anderson v Wiltsie fixed. Habeas corpus hearing in Spearing case continued. Probate matters list wills, guardians, and estates such as Cousins, Langworthy, Rogers, Banks, Stiefel, Shaw, Bernhard, Nishaus, Noack, and others with bonds and guardians appointed.

Supreme Court District of Columbia Equity Court Junilee Wright Douglas Drew C. W. Fitts George H. Macdonald George W. Drew Anderson Va Wiltsie George F. Collins George P.pearing West Virginia Spearing Hurdle Justice Wright James Cousins, Sr F. D. Blackintone Emma F. Langworthy Lavigia Rogers Charles D. Horner Thomas Walker Mary M. Johnston Thomas Banks C. H. Merillat Dorothy Stiefel H. L Mary J. Shaw W. C. Sullivan Grace Bernhard J. Berphara B. J. Bernhard Tore Clyda R Wheeler Robet Wheeler Bond Montray T. Herbert L. Cabell Willemsen Louisa Bratensh George C.F. Bratenahl Blair & Hillyer Margaret Nishaus August W. Noack H. E Ars

Real Rotate Transfers on North West Streets and Surroundings

Listing of property transfers in various Washington DC neighborhoods including Alberta, North West and Petworth. Names include John B. fat, Norman E. Brooks, Willem L. Lanning, William C. Miller, Charien H. Williams, Frank Dely, Henrietta Hobkell, Ralph P. Barnard, Guy H. Johnson, Amory K. Tingle, Carl L. Pavin, Josephine Washburn, and Henry A. Wiath. Properties span streets between Thirteenth and Fourteenth, Forty-third, and wider blocks with values noted such as 10 dollars or 16 dollars, up to 70 dollars in one entry.

Edud Forty-third John B. Fat Norman E. Brooks Norman E. Brooke Jet Ba Harry Macrae Versity Heights Willam L. Lanning Q Ker West Lot Ount Pleasant William C. Miller Charien H. Williams Arey Rena Annie ‘Byrd James A. West Charles G. Meyer Frank Dely Col Gargs Heights Frances Beekmas Feswarth Pieter F Pterfield Congress Heights Ralph P. Barnard Fous Henrietts Heiske Henry L Guy H. Johnson Ethel Spoodridge Henry A. Wiath James Feete Tanta Square Thirteenth Fourteenth Streets Price Ingleside Widdaugh Witie M. Chamberlin Betteeen Fourtesoth Fitesnth George W. Blankenship Charles H. Davidson Rite Barry G Laycock Thomas Bk. Fortune Francis Clifford i George C Mountcastle Park Columbia Heights Charles E. Roach Henry W. Offutt

Property liens listed across districts and blocks

A long list of mortgages and secured notes for numerous properties in multiple wards and squares. It records transfers to various trustees and lenders, including amounts from a few thousand dollars, terms from 1 to 4 years, and interest rates typically around 5 to 6 percent, with properties such as lots, blocks, and quarters noted in each entry. It cites locations like CONGRESS HEIGHTS HOLMEAN MANOR and WEST ECKINGTON among others, with dates and parcel references embedded.

Contempt Finding Stays For Newport News Merchant

Norfolk July 13 A bankrupt Newport News and Hampton merchant Teaac Kiraner was found in contempt by Federal Judge Wad aff for failing to turn over 3000 dollars to bankruptcy trustees for creditors. He appealed and was held in 5000 dollar bond for his November appearance.

Norfolk Teaac Kiraner Newport News Hampton Wadaff Kirsner Wea Hief

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