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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

May 11, 1911

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2

Erie Alone Shows Strength In Subduing Market Blues

The market halted its recent dull spell with modest volume and a weaker undertone led by Erie stock steadiness amid dividend cuts and strike news. Boston and Maine and New Haven Hartford railroads fell, while iron and steel reports warned of lower prices and shrinking unfilled orders, signaling a cautious outlook.

Boston Closing Prices Report May 10

Boston closing prices list several mining and metal firms including Atlantic, Howton and Corp, Copper Range Consolidated, Copper Mine Franklin, Granby, Mohawk Nevada, Nipissing, Utah Copper, and related entities. The terse market note records stock figures and price points for these firms as of May 10.

Boston Atlantic Howton and Corp Gopper and Silver Mining Butte Coal Centennial Seatees Copper Range Consolidated

Washington Stock and Market Notes Trim and Wide

A wide array of securities and prices from the Washington stock exchange and New York markets is reported, including Potomac Electric, Washington Gas, Farmers and Mechanics National Bank, United States Trust, and East Washington Savings Bank offerings, with postcall notes and yields. Market commentary covers money on call, mercantile paper, sterling, and commodity prices in New York, Philadelphia, London, and Chicago, plus a note on a Walter W. L. Distelhorst story in The Post magazine section.

Salee Potomac Electric Cons Apashington “Railway Eleckie Preferred Washington Gas Georgetown Gas Farmers and Mechanics National Bank United States Trust East Washington Savings Bank Walter W. L. Distelhorst Caesar The Post Armand Roth Graphophone Washington Gas Bs Capital Traction Adacontia and Potomac SA Anacostia and Potomac Ely Columbia Washington Potomac Electric Light Chesapeake and Otomine American Tel Emerson Steam Pe Washington Market Washington Park Cald Nor Steamboat Washington Ray Bec. Com Washington Rwy Elec Norfolk and Wiashington Breamboat Washington-Virginia Lincoln Metropo Ington American Security and Trust National Savings and Trust Union Washington Loan and Tru Bis Laglay Savings Bank Tiome Savings Ace Merchants and Mechanics Savings Union Savings Bank of Commerce

New York Cotton Sees Active Day With Firm August Demand

New York May 10 reports an active cotton market with old crop positions reaching new high records. New crop advanced as well, with late trading showing reactions while overall the market held steady. August futures led the gains, driven by bull demand and short covering. July weakness accompanied August strength.

New York

Legal Record of Federal and District Court Proceedings

A dense listing of cases across the United States Court of Customs Appeals the Court of Appeals District of Columbia and various circuit and bankruptcy courts detailing docket numbers parties counsel and topics including tariff classifications patent appeals equity and probate matters criminal and civil actions with numerous dates and assignments for today and upcoming hearings.

Court of Appeals District of Columbia Justice Robb Justice von Orsdel Edgar H. Cottrell Appellant W. 8. Ruckman Commissioner of Patents E. Clarkson Seward Circuit Court No. 1 Justice Anderson. Craig Parish Executrix Plaintif F. W. Hackett Holmes Conrad Leleh Robinson Baxter Va Degge Ralston Giddens & Richardson A. Leftwich Sinclair Witmer W. Stone Abert BE. H. Thomas William Henry White Loydon Capital Traction Company Williams—Perry, Dunlop Vinson Ve Capital ‘Traction Company Gittings & Chamberlin R. Ross Perry & Son G. Dunlop Kenglave J. J. Light Abert—Thomas Rauscher Hauscher Easby-Smith Thomas White Helmes Washington Railway and Electric Company Dutton Maddox Darlington Butler Va Webb & Forrest Criminal Court NO Clabough United States Anthony D. Gaegler Plex EB. L. Giles Calvin Dillard Robert Pitts Elias W. Wheeler Mark Stearman United States Va William Waple, Jr N. B. Bowles Earl R. Baxter Key-Smi Joseph Goodman M. E. O’brien

Real estate transfers in various DC districts show many parcels sold

Listings reveal transfers across Southeast and Northwest DC including First and Second streets, Tennessee Avenue Northeast, Mount Pleasant and Kalorama Heights. Parties include Ehrlich Smylie Ayer Mahomney Coor and Wardman with parcels ranging from lots 8 to 274 and sums mostly $10 or larger notes.

Wall Street Gossip Special to The Washington Prat

New York May 10 The Vandalia cut its dividend rate from 5 to 4 per cent, yet the market remained steady as the 1910 earnings showed a $638,753 surplus over charges. Cotton prices surged with July to 15.73 and August to 15.33 as buyers pushed higher. Treasury plans to bid $50 million canal bonds with no circulation privilege, likely set at up to 3 per cent. American Beet Sugar reports record earnings with 9 per cent to dividends and net debt free. Bond activity lifts inactive issues, including Florida East Coast 4.5s trading around 81.25.

Washington Prat New York Vandalia American Beet Sugar Company Stock Exchange Florida East Coast

New York Stock Market Total Day Sales Report

Total sales for the day reached 168 600 as recorded by W B Hibbs bankers and brokers Hibbs Building members of the New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade and Washington Stock Exchange.

W. B. Hibbs & Bankers and Brokers Hibbs Building New York Stock Exchange Chicago Bosin of Trade Washington Stock Exchange

Local Financial News Shows Dull Exchange Trade

The local stock exchange experienced a quiet day with limited sales and little urgency. Mergenthaler showed strength while Washington Railway and Electric preferred traded at 98 1 2 percent, and Farmers and Mechanics Bank moved at 2 1 2 percent. bonds were firm with light overall activity.

Local Stock Exchange Washington Gas Georgetown Mergenthaler Boston Washington Railway and Electric Traction Group Farmers and Mechanics Bank

New York Produce Prices May 10 Decline Steady Across Goods

New York May 10 reports show butter and cheese steady with ample receipts. Eggs steady at 24,497. poultry steady with Western fowls around 13 1 4, turkeys 1 16. Cottonseed oil firm with varying crude and refined, sugar raw steady at 3.3, coffee quiet, potatoes steady, cabbages firm in the South, peanuts unchanged, freights unchanged.

New York Middle West Santos Cordova Southern

Baltimore Markets Summary of Farm Prices May 10

Market report from Baltimore and beyond lists dull wheat, firm corn and oats, and steady rye. Butter and eggs show varied creamery and country pricing across Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio and nearby regions. Poultry and potatoes feature wide ranges for spring chickens, ducks, pigeons, and white and sweet potatoes in multiple locales.

Baltimore Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia Virginia West Virginie North Carolina Delaware

New York Grain Wheat and Corn Prices Edge Up in Mixed Trade

Wheat gains driven by Northwest weather, Oklahoma winds, and European crop concerns while exporters stay cautious. May closes near 96 cents, July at 94. Futures show limited activity. Corn spot steady with modest futures move. Receipts and shipments detailed. oats and barley quiet with no clear futures trades.

New York Duluth Har Winda Oklahoma Europe Sea

Chicago Grain Market Faces Moderate Gains Amid Droughts

Chicago May 10 reports hot winds in Oklahoma and Kansas boosting wheat prices, with dryness in southern Russia adding support. Rainfall shortfalls in the spring crop belt south of the Canadian line kept the market firm at close. Corn gained about one to thirteen sixteenths, oats up a few cents, and hog products priced higher by several cents.

Chicago Oklahoma Kansas Russia

The Metal Market in New York and London Prices

Copper futures and spot prices drift lower and higher across May and June with London activity subdued. Copper exports for May reach 8,189 tons. Lake copper and electrolytic, casting prices noted. iron market quiet with No. 1 foundry grades listed for Northern and Southern regions.

New York London Custom House TRON Cleveland Foundry Northern Southern Southern Soft

Local Bureau Adverts Civil Service Call Inquiries

Minutely garbled notice lists officers employees and agents with a Colorado street address and phone numbers for contact. The fragment hints at a formal advertisement or job or service inquiry from a L L Perkins entity, inviting responses.

Property transfers and deeds listed in local notes

Walter H Wright and Frank E Hopkins transfer lots 34 and 5 in block 9. Abner Greenleaf sold to Joshua W Carr lot 15 square 6 at $10. Francis Leonard to Mamie Krackhardt lots 71 72 and 7 in square 603 at $19. Lea Hill to Jennie Bartlett part original lot 13 square 622 at $10. Frederick J White head et al to Ralph W Lee lot 47 block a at $10. Richard Miner et al to Harry G Laycock part original lot 16 square 157 at $10. Jennie Bartlett to Les Hill lots 8 9 block 44 and lots 2 3 block 45 at $10. Raymond K Ferguson property transfer $10. Raymond K Ferguson to Lea Hill lots 18 and 18 square 288 at $10. Deeds of trust show multiple security interests across squares 744 1012 1301 732 3026 403 5542 87% and others. amounts from $800 to $7,006 with terms from 1 to 6 years and 1 to 128 months, 6 percent or 8 percent. Transfer chains include Mount Pleasant Pleasant Plains and Burville areas with numerous lot and block references and various trustees.

First Second Streste Harry Ehrlich Frances M. Smylie Elizabeth A. Irey Tennessee Avenue Elisabeth A. Trey Charles W Whitney Close Robert R. Mahomney Edwin A Mahela F. Forsyth Wisconsin Avenue International Realty and Development Company Philip M. Coor Kalorama Heights National Savings and Trust Company O. H. Perry Johnson Anacostia James W. Ayer Annie A. Otterback Elmer E. Rogers Florence H. Rogers Mount Pleasant Charles H. Davidson Elmer T. Hunt Massachusetts Avenue A. W. Fleming Henry W. Hodges Normenstone Pretty Prospect Potomac Heights Wiliam C. Blundon Sarah BE. Taff Lillie Campbell Et Aiz G.D Antonio Mastrolacasa Oregon Avenue Seventeenth Eighteenth Streets Edmund Knox Gertrude C. H. Notes Sic Massachusetts Avenue Heights American Security and Trust Company Et al Mies W. Ely Louise H. Emmert Josephine Neurath J. William Henry pEanwooo Heights John W. Gregory Walter H. Wright Frank E. Hopkins Petworth Abner Greenleaf Joshua W. Carr Union Street Francis Leonard Mamie Krackhardt Third Street Lea Hill Jennie Bartlett Washington Heights Frederick J. Whitehead Ralph W. Lee Eighteenth Richard Miner Harry G. Laycock Brookland Les Hill Jota Raymond K. Ferguson Raymond K Ferguson Square Harry L. Rust George C. Bowie Frances W. Smyle Heber L. Thornton D. H. Roland Drury Doran Platt Garfield A. Street Nelson Wilson W. T. Lawrence Eeme Tobbin Edith R. Taylor Ancie L. Ridgway Ancie L Phillip M. Corr Eugene Carusi Alexander Hall Walter R. Wilcox George F. Hane Eleanor M. Cronise LE Droit Park William C Normanstone Dulaney R. Thomas Robinson Edward McKnew Pears Margaret E. Kennedy Edmond Fitzgerald John J. Fegan En‘Terprise Serial Building Association F. Square William A. Oakley Samuel G. Townshend Mamie T. al Brittain Ida Hopkins Ernest L. Schmidt George M. Emmerich German- American Building Association Clark Mills Mary C. King Henry H. Bergmann Charles Gchafer Northern Liberty German-American Building Association Antonio Mastrolacasa Et Ax Wharton I. Lester Michael J. Colbert National Permanent Building Association Gertrude C. H Fred H. Walker Francis M. Benjamin Edmund K. Fox Squard Louise M. Emmert Louis H Same William Henry Mary E. Brennan Jessa Fi. Wilson Levin Frey Equitable Building Association Peter's Mill Fountain Peytom Fred G. Coldren Thomas Walker Marcia A. Taylor Lula V. Green James L. Nelli George W. Murray Lot D. Square Thomas V. Hammoné Edwin L. Turnbull John W. Davidge Frances L. Turnbull Lor H. Square Ella L. Chandler Thomas A Washington Loan and Trust Company Equitable Cooperative Richard Miner Brinton & Miner W. Bladen Jackson D. H. Drury George J. Beufferle Thomas Jervisetux Percival M. Brown William H. Saunders Park Savings Bank Simon Helo Et Az Wiliam Edmonston Louie R. Peak Edward S. McKnew Anacostia —Trustess Anacostia Baptist American Security and Trust Company Kerry K. Boss H. Glenn Phelpe

Oil Quotations Report From Multiple Markets

Oil price quotations from Toledo Lima Ti Indiana Ou Chu Pa and North Lima list limited activity. The report notes totals including runs at 216 082 with an average of 143 44 and a 28 7 average. other regional figures appear incomplete or garbled.

Toledo Ohio Lima Indiana Ou Chu North

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