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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1908
Page
26
Trade review notes improvement for the first time in six months with gains across all departments. Liberal buying of foundry iron, cotton goods, and new business in pig iron signal broader demand, though some sectors show caution and retail trade remains uneven.
Market brief outlines grain buying trends with mixed prices. Mentions oats, Potania Potts and Potania notes, updates on state purchases, and regional price movements. Includes scattered mentions of futures activity and farm markets without full clarity.
Visible cotton supply figures show totals around 408 thousand bales in the United States with regional figures for Egypt Brazil India and Europe. The report notes year over year declines and compares current totals against last year with weekly shifts in production and stock levels.
Chicago grain reports indicate broad weakness with July values lower than June and declines in corn, wheat, and oats. Prices varied by region and quality while rumors of demand shifts and farm labor impacts influenced trading sentiment.
Speaker Wadsworth of the New York Assembly met President Roosevelt at the White House in Washington. He said the visit was personal, planned to return to Albany soon, and that politics came up only modestly in their conversation. The White House confirmed the matter involved personal affairs.
New York May 22 Stuyvesant Fish, heir to millions, becomes a broker's clerk in Wall Street. Once paid 100 a week as a Rock Island station agent at Salina, he aims to learn railroad finance under his prominent family. He previously worked in various clerical roles and was a Yale football captain.
Sics Street Railway faces a $10,000 damages suit in the District Supreme Court filed by Mia Otterback widow of John S. Bitterback. She alleges her husband was hurled from a car platform at the curve of New Jersey Avenue and G Streets NW during a street car accident and blames careless operation by the company’s employees.
A May 22 court gathering in Ingham Palace drew diplomats and notable society figures. Attendees included Mrs Tamu Wie, Mrs Herbert Shipman, Mrs Marion Latinfeld, Miss Duke, Mrs Frank Mitchell, and Princess Linda Lobanott. Mrs Mitchell resides at 17 Hhede Island Avenue Northwest.
Philadelphia society gathers for a grand weekend with weddings and debutantes. Capt and Mrs Summerlin present a jeweled automoble accessory and Miss Dorothy Williams among the debutantes. Attendees include Mrs Craig Biddle and Mrs Alexander Van Rensselaer with lavish gowns and hats. Guests plan a reception at Rauscher’s and a country trip to Manchester before a Europe-bound journey.
An old advertisement touts Dr Miles Anti-Pain Pills as relief for headaches neuralgia sciatica and other nerve pains without gastric upset or after effects. It claims many users rely on them and offers a money back guarantee on the first package if not helped. Thirty five doses cost 25 cents with Miles Medical Co Elkhart Indiana.
Residents on Ocean Avenue and Halidon Hill near Fort Adams brace as big gun target practice begins Monday with 12 and 10 cm rifles and mortars. Shells will be hurled seaward over the hill and ocean drive, making these fashionable Newport areas less agreeable to live in during the exercise. The article notes social figures and prominent Newport cottage colony ties, including Mrs John Nicholas Brown and family awaiting a return from Europe amid Mrs Brown’s serious illness.
The Department of State reports from the American Legation in Peking detail China’s steps to curb opium. China will issue permits only for limited importation of Turkish and Persian opium, cutting entry to 1125 piculs in 1908 and reducing it annually until bans by 1910, with Indian opium also denied under the British agreement.
Anglo American Ladies Club in Mayfair Mayfair core opens for American women in London. Dowager Countess of Stafford and the Marchioness of Dufferin and Ava serve as American vice presidents. Dining room tops the sixth floor with ninety bedrooms and twenty three private sitting rooms. A new wing is leased at Ashdown Park for country use.
The Canal Commission purchased the ocean going tug Jack Swaby from Lambert Point Towboat Co for 7000 dollars. The vessel will be moved to Colon for towing operations under the commission's control.
Before sailing from San Francisco on July 7 the Atlantic battleship fleet will be reorganized into four divisions with flagship Connecticut leading the first division and other battleships including Kansas Minnesota Vermont Georgia Nebraska New Jersey Rhode Island Louisiana Virginia Ohio Missouri Wisconsin Illinois Kearsarge and Kentucky in the following groups. Auxiliaries Panther Glacier Culgoa Ajax tender Frankford and hospital ship Relet accompany.
Military orders list Maj Thomas Griffith to Fort Saulting Minn. Maj Clarence Williams to Midvale Steel Works on fund transfer and accountability. Maj Besti Ho Dutcher to sail for San Francisco with two months leave. various officers granted leaves of absence, transfers, and duties. Movements of ships include arrivals at Boston, San Dusky, Panama, Annapolis, and Norfolk yard commissions. Express Companies appeal docketed in Supreme Court over franks in interstate business.
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