Gas Net Earnings Largest Since 1919 Record
Gas and electric company earnings rose sharply in February 1921 with net after taxes at 138,670 dollars, up from January and December figures. The Georgetown Gas Company and Washington Gas Light Company both posted strong February results, aided by lower fuel costs and new rate structures. Boardroom notes discuss district Fed Reserve director nominees and local banker meetings, while market reports cover cattle and grain prices, livestock receipts, and commodity quotes in New York and Baltimore.
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Clarally
Washerton
Chorgetown Gas Company
Washing- A Gas Light Company
Georgetown
Interast
Washington Stock Board Mixed Activity With Several Price Moves
Trading on the Washington stock exchange yesterday showed low volume and narrow price moves. Capital Traction and Potomac Electric Power posted firm or mildly varied quotes with notes of small lot sales and after-call activity. several utilities and railway issues, plus miscellaneous issues, displayed modest fluctuations and occasional dividends or notes.
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Washington
Capital
Yale
Washngton Barwas
Electric
Trenty Chaies
Glock
Washington Gas
Potomac Tilectric
Com Capital Traction
Potomae
Capital Traction
Washington Railway &Electric. Com
Washington Railway R& Electric Pra
T &T
T & T Colby
Wash al
Mt V
Ry & DI
Amcuwan Tel & Teiig
Wash
More Truth Than Poetry by James J Montague
A compact critique of the phrase sold used to praise or defend people and ideas. The poet rejects being seen as sold on any person, creed, or policy while lampooning political and social cant. References to taxes and Bolsheviks underscore the era's tensions.
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Loeal Reserve Banks
Bhene
James Foster
Reserve Bank of Richmond
Federal Reserve Banks
James J. Montague
Wilson
Market News and Local Crime Report From New York
New York cotton and metal markets closed steady after hopeful Liverpool and Manchester news. Copper and tin held firm while lead and antimony dipped. a separate police court sentence jailed Robert Jones for 120 days after he assaulted his wife with a bottle, claiming she provoked him.
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New
York
East St Louis
London
Robert Jones
McMahon
Dora
Robert
Steel Earnings Hit 195 Million as 1920 Outlook Brightens
United States Steel Corporation reports 1920 earnings of 185 095 2528 after taxes and charges, with 33 million higher net compared to 1919, including depreciation, interest, and sinking funds. Dividends remain, surplus grows to 29 059 42564, while undivided surplus hits 525 454 890 8. Vanadium Corp reduces current dividend citing cash conservation. Thomas M Schumacher named president of El Paso and Southwestern Railroad to replace Allan A Ryan.
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United States Steel Corporation
Elbert Heary
New York
Vanadium Corporation of America
Thomas M. Schumacher
el Paso and Southwestern Railroad
Allan A Ryan
Need $80,000 to repair Georgetown Leesburg Pike
Eighty thousand dollars will be necessary to improve the Georgetown Leesburg pike. At a Washington Chamber of Commerce meeting presided by Col Robert N Harper, resurfacing was deemed inadvisable due to heavy summer traffic. A committee including Herman E Gasch B A Bowles and D 8S Mackall will prepare plans for bids from road builders to open trade with the Virginia valley.
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Georgetown
Leesburg
Washington Chamber of Commerce
Robert N. Harper
Washington
Virginia Valley
Herman E Gasch
B. A Bowles
D 8
Mackall
McLean
$2 400 Grocery Bill Suit Against Jackson Brothers
George B Jackson, of Jackson Brothers, named defendant in a district supreme court suit for 2400 dollars filed by the American Grocers' Secrets. Petition states Jackson obtained groceries totaling 2400 since January 13 and tore up handling records when asked to settle, vowing not to pay.
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George B Jackson
Jackson Brothers
District Supreme Cour
Jackson
Iis
Killeen Indicted In Killing Of Girl
News brief notes a grand jury indictment against Killeen for the killing of a girl. The item also lists various community meetings and public notices amid a dense, error-filled city page. Strong entities include Killeen and Washington.
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Killeen
Iron rich diet boosts blood and nerves, says Dr Sullivan
A newspaper item cites Dr James Sullivan of Bellevue and Westchester County Hospital urging iron rich foods as essential red blood food. He warns pale complexions reflect iron deficiency and promotes organic iron sources to restore strength, nerves, and overall health with examples and a blood count method.
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James Sullivan
Bellevue Hospital
Westchester County Hospital
New York
Sullivan
Matare
Hame
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Washington, D. C
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Raymond
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Washington, D.C
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Frank J. Reeves
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Fifteenth and
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