European demand for gold in a dull stock market
New York May 20 The stock session showed little movement with modest losses in Missouri Pacific and Western Maryland shares. Foreign exchange rose further with demand for gold noted from New York to Berlin as other leaders held flat and copper and steel sectors showed mixed, cautious activity.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Berlin
Ciyutows
Londore
Paris
Aer Agricultural
Amer Coton Oil
Amer Fel & Telcv
Pgs
Amer Smelting
Ader Tobacca
Tsemour de
Lughison Zee
Atantic Coast Line
Haltimers & Ohio
Halttinos & Ohio
Bethlehen Steel
Brooklyn Transit
Central of Georgia
Central Teather Bs
Rgsapeake
B & Quincy Joint
Chicago
Digiiiers Securities
Erlegen
General Electei
Great Northern
Wis
Alinais Certral
Isterborough Melfigs
Kansas City Southern
Take Shore
Liggett & Mirs
Wes
Léprilard
Leasvilles& Nashville
Kansa
Texas
Dskos
Missouri
Pacihe
Texas Tompany
Tavitic
Tinton Pact de Tinton Proteay
Ratner 'S
Hetet Si
Mireilie-Carolina Chemical
Wabash
Western Unil
Westinghous. Electric
Boston and New York closing price roundups May 20
Boston closes copper and mining quotes with Centennial and Mohawk prominent as prices listed. New York cotton markets firm with government crop report expectations lifting December cotton futures and near terms trading around 12.06 to 12.39 cents per pound.
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Boston
Centennial Copper Rain
East Butte
Franklin
Granby Consolidated Greene Cananea
New York
Close
Baltimore Markets Affected By Mixed Stock And Commodities
Baltimore securities report notes May 4 bid and ask data for Con Power and United R & E Co bonds, with prices. Wheat futures rise on exports, butter cheese steady, and poultry market active with roosters and fowls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Houston
United R & E Co
R & Fb
Balty & Annapolis
Northern
Duluth
Rolley National
Philadelphia Market Highlights of Agricultural Prices and Bonds
Market bulletin lists government bonds in Philadelphia with I-WHEAT-Fiem No 2 red from Baltimore and May 20. Poultry prices show alive chickens, hens, and ducks with weights and prices. Eggs and dairy prices cover Maryland Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia and nearby states with doz values and regional dairy products noted.
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Baltimore
Sranller Springers
Maryland
Pencsylvania
Arete
Lac
Marsland
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Virginia
New York Produce and Market Quotes May 20 New York
Market brief listing receipts and prices across commodities including cheese poultry flour rye cornmeal pork and lard. Notes unsettled cheese and steady pork and dressed poultry with ranges for cottonseed oil and coffee futures.
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New York
Stady
Rio
Central
Santos
Corfova
Nomi
Wall Street Gossip Signals Mixed Trading Mood
New York mood for May shows daytime sales off from yesterday and below Monday by 128,000 shares. Investors weigh speculative interest as Tuesday and Monday trades tick lower with shifts in major rails and steel bets, while earnings and depreciation write-offs shape the financial tone for Westinghouse Electric and peers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waleh
Mau
Union Pacific
Specielike
New York Stock Market Wednesday May 1914
A compact market note from New York on a Wednesday in May 1914 outlines trading activity across major stocks. It records price movements, notable gains and losses, and brief sector shifts affecting the day’s indices. Investors monitor industrials and rails as reports filter in from exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Livestock market report from Chicago and New York
Chicago May 2 hogs receipts 23 001 head with mixed tonnage and price ranges. Cattle receipts about 11 000 with varied classes and values. Sheep receipts around 2 000 with Lambs and Feerllags noted. New York May 30 hogs receipts 2 100 with steady price range. Dressed beef and veal prices listed. calves and lambs shown with several price points.
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Chicago
New York
New York Grain Market Report and Wheat Prices
New York grain reports show spot prices for No 2 hard winter wheat around 4.08 and No 2 red at 1.0 plus, with futures active including May July and September contracts. Corn spot No 2 yellow trades around 31, with firm white and clipped white varieties noted and barley market activity described as steady.
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Chicago
New
York
Avelve
Duluth
Manitoba
New York Money Market Overview May 20
Mercantile paper quoted at 4 percent while sterling exchange shows strength with 60 day at 4.8575 and demand at 4.8858. Commercial failures 4.85 percent. Bar silver at 67.5 cents. Mexican dollars at 4. Government bonds steady. Railroad bonds heavy. Call money firm at 4 1/2 percent. Time loans 1 1/2 to 2 1/2 percent. Ending rates show small changes across money markets.
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New York
Mercantile Paper
Bterling Exchange
Bar
Allvar
Joane Sailer
Oil Quotations and Market Notes
Fragmentary OCR notes show oil quotations with mixed figures for average prices and shipments. Details are unclear due to legible text gaps, but entries mention May and assorted price figures with references to shipments.
Sulphur Riches and Aluminum Plans in the South
Richmond chapter of the American Institute of Banking heard Richard Edmonds of Baltimore claim a Louisiana sulphur property yields 1000 percent dividends, with estate appraisals at 5000 a share. He linked South deposits to a broader future aluminum boom, Panama Canal commerce, and rising Southern wealth via bauxite sites in North Carolina and Tennessee.
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North Carolina
New York
Richmond,.a
American Institute of Banking
Richard Redmonds
Baltimore
Arental
H. McK. Twombiey
Twombiey
South
Edmonds
Richmond
Whith Fe
Panama Canal
United States
Tampico
Texas
Louisiana
Lord Kelvin
Niagara Falla
France
Pittsburgh
East
Tennessee
North
Carolina
Appalachian
Europe
England
Local Financial and Business Notis Review of Market Activity
Local financial and business notices show firm prices from the previous day with several trades in Capital Traction and Washington Railway and Electric stock. Capital Traction notes 100 and 190.4, Washington Railway 841.8 and 24, Washington Electric at 83, dividends declared of $1 per share. Bid at 218.4 with no offers under 216. Market outlook discouraging but aligned with New York and broader exchanges.
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Edmonds
United States
New York City
Delius
Italy
Hdmonds
Washington Rail Way
Mectric
Washington Guay
Trac- Son Ba
M,' Worth
Washington
Cepttal Traction
Washington Railway and Electric Preferred
Washington Gas
Capital Traction Railroad
Washington Railway and Fioe Sde
Georgetown
Ind
Georgetown Columbia Gas
Columbia Gap
Capital jPeachlan Co
Aniver R. I. Fa
Columbia
Solumbia Ry
Selropallian R. R
Elec
Alex
Mt. Bs
Balto
Mtg
Elec Power
Hs. C. & P Telephone Bs
Amer. Tel
Tel
Steamboat
W. Steamboat
Columbia Gas
Amer
TelCo
Mergenthauler Linotype
Lanston Ma
Seace Greene-Cananea Copper
National Bank Biggy American - Capital
Volumbia
Promercial Mb District
Farmers Ands
Federal
Lincoln Metropol
Riggs Oe
Secand
Trust Come
Amer. Sec
Sie National Savinga & Trust
Union Trust Company
Washington Tan and Trust
Washington Market
Millionaire on Stand Denies Bribe Intent in Paper Case
Wealthy paper maker Peter G Thomson, president of the Champion Coated Paper Company, testifies in Criminal Court No 1 that a $100 mail payment to Post Office inspector M W Zantzinger was not a bribe. He explains the sum as compensation for information about a former employee and a Washington contract dispute, while denying any intent to bribe. Senator Burton serves as Thomson’s character witness as the examination continues.
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Zantzinger
M W . Zantmager
Post Office Department
Justice Gould
Peter G Thomson
Champion Coated Paper Company
Hamilton
Ohio
Thomson
Zantsinger
Washington
Champlo Company
Bureau of Standards
Burton
Wade H
Munsey Trust Company
Harding for Reserve Board Governor
Po G Harding a Birmingham banker is urged for appointment as governor of the general Nerve board. The President’s decision was delayed yesterday by Senator Bankhead and Representative Underwood. A capital reduction proposal was sent to all Commercial Fire Insurance Co stockholders aiming to cut capital by 50 percent to boost cash surplus. Some stockholders oppose the move. the superintendent of insurance says he will not interfere.
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R. N. Harper
Bates Warren
Geared W. Atkinson
Bestor R. Walters
Robert R. Tuite
F. 3. Dudley
Commercial Fire Insurance Company
Insurance
Negbit
United States Treasury May 19 1914 Revenue and Disbursements
Treasury report shows May 19 1914 receipts 2 020 538 18. ordinary disbursements 2 044 840 24. excess disbursements 28 509 11. Details include monthly and year-to-date revenue receipts and disbursement figures, assets across gold and silver holdings, currency notes, and total cash assets in general fund and nationwide trust accounts.
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Sewaco
Eee
Treasury
United States
National Bank
National S
Philippines
Teta
E.s
Tung Ceweeeers
Lara
Washington Cattle Market Fall Jambs and Market Notes
Reports show fall jambs with hogs at 84.4 cents per pound and sheep at 35 percent per inch, while veal calves sell high. Receipts of calves and spring lambs are light, with strong demand and immediate need for supplies noted. The piece also reflects on long term U.S. agricultural growth and Panama Canal effects, citing projections of manufacturing, banking resources, and investment in the South, attributed to Holland.
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United States
South
Panama Canal
Holland
Opponents to Crosser Bill Urged as Hearings Loom
Electric railway leaders plan to testify before the House District committee opposing the Crosser municipal ownership bill. Experts will claim impracticability, while financiers note opponents delay witnesses. Copper exports from the United States reach 495 million pounds in the six months to March, matching full 1906 totals and surpassing prior year. Monthly copper shipments show Nov 62 million, Dec 76 million, Jan 72.5 million, Feb 76.25 million, and Mar 45.25 million pounds.
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House District Committee
United States
Department of Commerce
Local Produce Market Prices For Four States
Wholesale prices for Virginia, Pennsylvania, Maryland, and Delaware fruits and vegetables. Includes poultry, butter, cheese, vegetables like potatoes, lettuce, peppers, tomatoes, cabbage, cranberries, and berries with assorted per basket or per crate costs. Also lists California oranges lemons apples and grapes with varied box and crate rates.
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Virginia
Pennsylvania
Maryland
Delaware
New York State
West Virginia
Michigan
Okfa
Omatoes
Florida
South Carolina
South’ Carolina
Texas
Malaga
Steel companies lose rail allowance rehearings
The Interstate Commerce Commission refused to rehear and upheld the ruling that trunk line railroads east of the Mississippi and north of the Potomac must discontinue allowances paying muons of dollars to iron and steel railways. The decision cites the United States Steel Corporation and others, with experts estimating the yearly total at about 39 million dollars for US Steel alone.
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Mississippi
Ome
Potomand
Interstate Commerce Commission
United States Steel Corporation
Iron and Steel
Commission
Independent Phone Merger Plans in Ohio End Four Years of Talks
Cleveland and Ohio universities mark the virtual completion of a merger arranging about 15 independent phone firms with more than 25 million in capitalization. J P Mongan & Co, long the lead bankers, will withdraw from the field as plans include later additions from other states.
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Cleveland
Univ
Ohio
Bell and Independent
United System
J. P Mongan & Co
New York
Will leaves back pay claim to friend in 1913 chart
Gustav Kenselverzer a former US Army lieutenant left in his will dated March 13 1913 a claim against the United States government for back pay to his friend Joseph Schindt noting all relatives were dead and Schindt had rendered him financial assistance Hesselberger died on April 20.
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Gustav Kenselverzer
United States Army
Ius
Joseph Schindt
United States
Schiadt
Hesselberger
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Pacific Mail
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Brook
People’s Gas
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China Copper
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Colo. Fuel & Iron
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Averago
Shipmeute
Aiky
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Local Stock Exchange
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Local Produce Market
Independent Phone Merger
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Union Pacific Railroad CO
Broadway
Vrederic
Crosby
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Washington Correspondents
Pennsylvania Avenue
National Bank of Washington Tech
la. Ave. NW
Fifteenth Street
U S. Treasury
Oldest National Bank
District of Columbia
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
N. W
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Real Estate Trust CO
St. N. W
Gloraltar
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Frank A. Munsey
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Penn Ave
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15Th
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F Street
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Equitable NO Browerage
HO Commission
John Joy
J. Thilman
Hendrick Hendrick Building
15Th St. N. W
Washington Stock Exchange
Manhattan Life Insurance Co
W. B. Hibbs & CO
New York Stock Exchange
Chicago Bonarda of Trade
Hibbs
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