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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Mar 17, 1908
Page
2
The report tracks Monday March 1 with mixed results across major indices, noting gains in several sectors while tech and energy show volatility. Investors react to corporate news and macro signals as trading sessions extend into late hours with cautious sentiment across New York exchanges.
The article details bond and commodity quotations with currencies, Treasury note values, and futures alongside rates for wheat, sugar, cheese, creamery products, and other items. It lists prices for grain, cotton, and financial instruments across major markets with references to exchanges and locations such as New York, Liverpool, and Chicago.
Local financial notes explain that Washington investors remain cautious as markets recover slowly from recent losses. Brokers report few orders and little price movement with selective demand pushing some small lots higher while larger blocks stay inactive. (Entities: Washington Stock Exchange, Greene-Canada, Lanston, American Security and Trust Company, George T. Dunlop, Cresby 3 Noyes, insurance agents, forthcoming organization)
The Washington Stock Exchange reports numerous entries for various stocks with mixed figures and percentages. Notable mentions include Capital Traction, Lim, and Washington Rwy with multiple shares traded at varied prices and a 6 percent note for Iam Washington Goa.
Quoted wholesale prices for Virginia and Southwest Virginia produce reflect rising costs. The market shows quotes for poultry including hens ducks geese and turkeys per pound, livestock calves and hogs per pound, and vegetables such as potatoes carrots cabbage and tomatoes with varied crate and barrel pricing across multiple items.
A scrambled listing of cattle prices from Washington markets with per ewt figures for various grades including prime trash common and other terms. The fragmentary data mentions Lima Ohio and Indiana regions with scattered figures such as 1.74 and 11.72, indicating localized price reporting.
New York market dispatch outlines prices across commodities including dressed poultry with varied walk and fowls ranges, butter irregular receipts, and cheese and egg markets showing firmness or weakness by region. It notes state, western, and southern freight trends, and lists legible figures for hog, beef, wool, oil, and molasses values amid steady or firm tendencies.
Chicago grain notes show a weak open and heavy trading as May wheat dips while July and September rallies reflect strong Nebraska Texas Oklahoma yield prospects. Cites large Northwest receipts and early shipments as pressure, with May futures slipping to lower levels and a broad market tone of cautious selling despite some pork and corn movements.
Fragmented report on cotton market values and related financial terms. Mentions dates, percentages, foreign exchange, demand, and various commodities with garbled names and places. overall content appears as scattered market data rather than a coherent event.
Fragmentary OCR report notes Morse returning from Europe amid a banking dispute at Nubranid Bank of Navige Sawriey. References to judgment entered by AG Morse and rumored actions against the Smith case suggest legal and financial tensions surrounding a bond or note collection.
The report covers a grand jury presence and multiple court cases. It notes a Negro charged with stat e offenses and a robbery conviction before Justice Barnard in Criminal Court No 2. Also mentioned are Knickerbocker Trust directors named Hinsdill Parsons and Harding.
Traders debated a rumored special message that never appeared, fueling anxiety and a price advance earlier in the day. A broad market dip followed as professionals warned of a moderate correction while insiders stayed cautious about future swings and dividend factors.
Readers near Lloyd Tastoes Drug Store and The Post branch offices are urged to send advertisements directly to the publication office. Submitting ads locally will save time and reduce inconvenience for the advertiser and the paper.
The Post invites readers to use the Want Section free of charge. This daily opportunity reaches Washington readers and encourages placing want ads in the newspaper.
The $2,000,000 Baltimore City stock issues for parks and the annex drew bids totaling about $18,000,000. Bids came from New York Boston Chicago and other cities with top bids at 105 and lowest successful at 101. Leading bidders included Samuel Keller and M A McKenna of New York and Toby Kirk of New York.
Denver Colo March 11 1905 1505 machinists employed on the Denver Rio Grande system began a strike in response to an order by W J McQueeney head of the national machinists union The strike affects the Gould system and may spread nationwide as talks span industrywide issues and a pending arbitration suit.
The market report details weak gains in certain live stock categories and steady to firm indications in cattle and calves. It notes futures trading in Lenmtun with prices showing slight increases and references several named markets and traders amid fluctuating weights and market conditions.
The readable parts describe various scattered terms and names without a coherent event or clear facts. No decisive people, places, or dates emerge to form a valid summary.
Fragmentary text appears to reference individuals and places in a distorted format. The readable bits mention a Mama Kooxeret, Fores, and Magi Mo Sterie along with references to a prisoner and names like Margaret Seowale and Andrew Liteverd. All else is garbled and nonessential.
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