Bull market pushes Reading to new high on favorable Supreme Court ruling
Market activity widens with broad buying, led by rail stocks and Reading reaching a fresh peak after news of a Supreme Court decision favorable to coal companies. St Paul and Harriman issues gain, while U S Steel hits highs but sells off later as profit-taking and offerings emerge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Supreme Court
U. S. Steel
Washington
Supeems
Harrimans
St Paul
New York Bond Market Report May 22 1920s style list
Bond prices and yields across American utilities railroads tobacco steel and telegraph firms. Notable names include Armour & Co Atlantic Coast Line Central Pacific New York Central Louisville Nashville Western Union and Southern Pacific with varied coupons and 4s 5s and 6s notes.
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New York
Amarican Agricultural
Armerican Cotton
Éie
American Smottera Fa
Armour & CO
Esc
Atchison
Atchison Co
Altsantic Coast Line
Baltimora
Ohio
Quincy
Chicago Great Western
Airage
Mit
Chicago
Wil
St P
KROT
Colorado and Southern
Consolidated Gas Co cv
Kans
Texas
Montana
Ewer
New York Central
New York City
YNFC
Hartford
Norfolk and Western
Northern Pacifie Ts
Mreson
Tactile
Tel
Pennaylvania
Pennaylvania Ben
Dhs
Steading
Hepunlfe Steph Ss
Loula
San Fran
St Lonia
Southwestern
Peatoard
Alr
Adj
Southern Bell Tel Sa
Southern Pacife cv Bsa
Southern Facile
Baltimore Securities Prices and Money Rates Report
New York May 2 Mercantile paper 3 percent Sterling 0 day bills 4.73 percent demand 176 cables 478 percent francs demand 59 percent cables 591 percent marks demand 77 percent cables 77 percent Kronen demand 12 percent cables 13 percent guilders demand 41 percent cables 629 percent rubles U M cables 31 percent bar alivez 714 Mexican dollars 54 percent time loans easy 60 days 2 percent 90 days 3 months 3 8 percent call money steady high 2 low 3 rating rate 2 last loan 3 closing bid 2 offered at 2**
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New York
Mercantile Paper
Warfield Heads Seaboard Voting Trust Extending Influence
S Davies Warfield chairman and a slate of Southern men named as voting trustees for a new five year Seaboard Air Line Railway voting trust. Trustees include Samuel L Fuller Robert F Maddox Charles H Sabin C Sidney Shepard Frank A Vanderlip Clarence W Watson George W Watts and Albert H Wiggin. First week of May rail earnings rose 28.39 percent to 13 608 168 with 87 railroads. only Nevada California Oregon fell. Bar silver declined in London and in New York prices edged down while Mexican dollars moved between 54 and 68 cents. Calumet and Hecla reports profit 63 63 per share with 50 dividends and surplus up to 8 266 446.
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New York
S. Davies Warfield
Baltimore
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company
South
Warfield
Seaboard
Ryan-Blair
Financial Chronicle
Reno
New
Lakeview
Ore
London
India
New York Stock Market Opens Week in Mixed Trade
Investors faced a cautious start as May 22, 1916, brought mixed results for the New York stock market. Early modest gains by industrials contrasted with declines in key rails as traders weighed wartime uncertainty and corporate prospects.
Senator Harding Seen as Dark Horse for GOP Nomination
New York May 25. Senators supporters at the National Association of Manufacturers meeting express belief that Harding could win the Republican nomination in Chicago. Observers note tariffs remain important but fear dumping of European goods after the war ends. They favor an industrial relations commission to coordinate labor and capital and regulate interstate commerce, with Nagel urging federal corporate incorporation.
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New York
Warren G. Harding
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Federal Senate
National Association of Manufacturers
Harding
Washington
Chicago
National Association of American Manufacturers
United States
Congress
House
Interstate Commerce Commission
Frank Trumbull
Nagel
Association
Charles Nagel
Commerce and Labor
Taft
Industrial Relations Commission
Federal Reserve Board
National Banks
Holland
Washington Railway and Electric Stocks and Bonds Almanac
Market page lists bids and asks for utilities and railroads including Capital Traction Washington Gas and Electric, Anacostia and Potomac, Met R R, and Washington Market stocks. Bond pricing shows Capital Traction 5s at 107, 107 percent. Anac and Potomac 68 at 87 percent. various railroad and utility securities with yields and maturities. several line items for Mergenthaler Linotype and Am Tel and Tel. miscellaneous stocks and savings institutions noted with 160 to 210 price ranges.
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Washington Railway and Electric
Capital Traction Railway Ie
Riggs Realty 6A
Washington Railway and Electrici4e
Mergenthaler Linotype
P. Telephone
Georgetown Gas O. L Ss
Georgetown Gas
Washington
Col. Gas & Elec
Iseos Col. G. and
Capital Traction Co
Anac & Pot
River Ry
Anac. & Pot
Amer. Grapho
Mkt. Co
Cold Ste. Ba
N. & W. Steamboat
Riggs Realty
Wash
East Washington Savings
Security Lav. & Com
Lanston Monotype
Greene-Cananes Copper
Bee National Bank
Commercial
District
Federal
Limaotin Oo Esence
Ase Metropolitan
Washingtoaneedee
Trust Company
Amer. Security & Trust
Nat'l Savings & Trust
West Union Trust Company
Wash. Loan & Trust
Sac ‘Continental
Vevcese
Savings Bank
Ase National Union
Bell Tel. & Tel
Falls Land
Rwy
Elec
Pot. & Ches. Steamboat
Capital Traction
Washington Gas
Rev
Pot. & Chen
Steambost
Mergenthaler
Lanaton
Farm. & Mech. Nat. Bank
Continental Trust
Miller Train Control
Gayety Theater
American Paper
Oklahoma Oil
Tripurr Water Systema
Washington Baseball Club
The Metal Market Copper and Tin Prices in New York and London
New York copper futures steady with near term August quotes around 29.00 to 30.00. Tin remains quiet at spot 48.50 to 49.50. London spot copper quoted £137 with futures around £134 to £196, electrolytic £158, and spot £196.
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New York
Northern
Southern
London
New York Produce Prices Report May 2
New York totals show receipts for butter at 8,357 and eggs at 22,911 with fresh gathered and regular pack varieties. Cheese firm with 1,853 receipts lists Wisconsin and State offerings while pork and lard markets move with steady to quiet trends and midwest lard at 12.10 to 18.20.
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New York
Basler
Hennery
Wisconsin
Hell
Middle West
Baltimore Markets Report May 22 Oats Poultry Butter Eggs
Baltimore markets report May 22 lists oats prices for white and mixed grades, poultry prices for chickens ducks and other birds, creamery butter and dairy products, Maryland and Pennsylvania egg quotes, and New York wheat and corn spot and futures. Market notes include slight weakness in futures and spot grain prices across listed commodities and regional price ranges.
Trading Quiet on Washington Stock Exchange Amid Flat Quotations
Bond trading dominated activity on the Washington Stock Exchange with prices steady over time. Riggs Realty and Washington Railway and Electric moved at modest levels, while Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone and other issues showed limited bids. District National Bank advanced to 140, dividends declared by East Washington Savings Bank and Union Trust payable in June, and Greene-Cananea Copper set a June 19 meeting with director elections. transfer books close May 27 and reopen June 20.
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Washington Stock Exchange
Riggs Realty
Washington Railway and Electric
Canital
District National Bank
East Washington Savings Bank
Union Trust Company
Greene-Cananea Copper Company
Duluth
Local Produce Market Prices From Nearby Vendors
Poultry prices include Oliver Hens Ib 19 turkeys 23 24 per lb spring chickens 33 35 New York State cheddar factory 18 19 large 17 ½ Butter Elgin tub 8 23 4 print 33% Eggs nearby Virginia 22 white hens 36 Vegetables list many items with per bushel per crate per basket and per bunch Prices for potatoes onions peppers cucumbers lettuce cabbage tomatoes rhubarb asparagus green fruits and others across regional markets.
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Oliver
New York State
Elgin
Tub
A . Hggs
Virginia
California
Florida
Philadelphia Markets Summary May Prices and Changes
Market notes for butter cheese and grains show Western creamery butter at 31 32 and 36 in nearby prints with various receipts and firsts. Cheese quiet with New York full cream quoted 16% 17%. Wheat No 2 red spot and May at 1.09 1.11, Southern red 1.07 1.08. Corn No 2 yellow local 82% 83, steamer 51 82. Oats No 3 white 50% 51, No 3 white 48 49.
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Alaska Gala M
Alaska-Junea
Lorillard, PQ
Alla-Chalmer
Louis & Nash
MackAy Cos
AlNs-Chal. Pf
Mackay Cos. P
Am. Ag. Chem
Man. Shirt Co
Am. A. Ch. Pf
Maxwell M. Co
Maxwell My
Maxwell M. Baape
Car & F
Miami Copper
Am. Hide & L
St.p.&s
Kans. & T
Mo. Pacific
Locomo
Pac
Nat. Blocuit
Nat. Ci
Thal
Arm. Smel. Pt. A
Nat
Enam, & S
Steel Fury
Am. Sugar
Nev. C. Copper
Am. Te. & Tel
N.hl&h
North Pacific
Ntario
Atchison
Enat
Enat.- 10%] 11% 100)At. Coast Lins Lis
Loco
People'’a G
Balt
Ohio
Phila Co. Oe
Steel Car
Butte & Sup
C. Pt
Can
Ches, & Ohio
Bay
Quickailver
Chic, & Alton
Ray Con
Gt. Wert
Chic
Gt. W
C.M& Sep
Rap. I. & Steel
N. W
St. L
C. C
S.L
Consol
Pacific
Southern Ry
South. Ry. Pf
HTE
Stand. Mil Pf
Crucible Steal
Studebaker
Crucible S. Ptd
Cuba
Rio G
Third Avenue
Den
Rio G.pfd
T. St. L
R. B
Gen. Electric
Union Bag & Pj
Gen Motors
Union Acre
Goodrich, B. F
Union Pac
North
UN. Cigar Pf
Gt. N. Cre
UN. Cigar M. Pt
Greene C. Cop
UN. Cig. of Am
Lody Gale S. St. Jord
United Fruit
Illnois Central
Ios
United Ry. Inv
Int. Agricult
Int.Agricult. Pf
Inc
Interboro Con
Wahbash
Int
Nickel
Wabash Pf
Jewel Tea
Wells Fargo
Kan
City
West
Mary
Weat
Tel
Kelly S. Tire
Westinghouse
Kelly S. Tire Pf
Woolworth
Kennecott
Woolworth Pf
Naanette
Lack Steel
Lake HL & W
Lehigh Valley
Len. Rub.& Tire
Willys Over
Long Island
Willys O, Pt. F.p
Wisconsin
Philadelphia
Western Creamery
Western
New York
Oil Quotations From Oil City May 22
Credit balances show 2 Runs 165145 average 188894 Shipments 118335 average 80690. This brief financial snippet lists oil market figures for Oil City Pennsylvania with emphasis on balances and shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oil City
Treasury daily balance and wheat market report May 20 1916
Treasury figures show net general fund balance of 124.78 million and total assets 1.63 billion with substantial gold and silver holdings. Separate Chicago market notes report dampened wheat prices due to bearish crop signals in Kansas and Nebraska, with declines across corn oats and provisions and futures activity mixed.
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United States Treasury
Thia Gay
Treasury
United States
Federal Reserve
Banka
Federal Reserve Banks
Philippinan
Chicago
Kansas
Nebraska
Livestock Market Report for May 22 Across Cities
Receipts and price ranges from New York and Chicago markets show steady to lower trends across hogs cattle calves sheep and lambs. Notable figures include New York hogs 3.75 to 10.40, Chicago hogs 9.30 to 10.00, cattle receipts about 15 000 in Chicago with native beef cattle 8.15 to 10.40, and Baltimore weekly cattle at 5.65 to 9.25 for cows and steers and sheep lambs 3.50 to 18 cents for spring lambs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Stearn
Chicago
Baltimore
New York Cotton Prices Slip On Peace Hopes and Weather
In New York on May 22 diminishing belief in immediate peace talks and favorable weather spurred a drop in the cotton market. July futures fell to 12.91, about 36 points below last week’s high, then steadied with July at 13.05 and the overall list ending slightly lower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cottonseed Oil Market Prices Reported in New York
New York May 22 cottonseed oil market prices listed for various contracts including Olf-Prime crude at 3.67 sales and prime summer yellow prices for May June and July with multiple monthly figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Gen Arthur Goergel Dies at 98 in Exile and War Leader
London reports the death of General Arthur Goergel aged 98 in Budapest. A former commander in chief of the Hungarian army during the 1848-49 war of liberation, he later led from exile and engaged in chemistry. He faced temporary deposition after a retreat ordered against Kossuth but was reinstated, and after Russia intervened he surrendered and spent years in retreat.
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London
Budapest
Arthur Goergel
Amsterdam
Goergel
George
Kossuth
Russia
Austria
Funeral of George B. Cox in Cincinnati Attended by Leaders
Funeral services for George B. Cox were held at his Cincinnati home with theatrical and political leaders from across the country in attendance. Local Lodge Hika members conducted the preceding rites, with Rev. Hugo Hisenlohr officiating in Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Ohio
George B. Cox
Hika
Hugo Hisenlohr
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Railway Group
Reading
Railway Division
Brooklyn Union Gas
Utopia
Wlilys- Overland
Repta
Expos
New Orleans
Galveston
Mobile
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Nwmorfollk
Boston
Norfolk
Repte
Houston
Momphis
Augusta
St. Louis
Little Rock
Dallas
Montgomery
Memphis
AusSusta
Hughes & Dier Bankere and Brokers
Hughes & Dier Building
Walnut Street
Baltimore Securities
Siew
Corontal
United
Douaton
Rvs & Elec Inc
Curb Market
Amer. Int. Corp
Aetna
Ajax Rub
Butte Cap. & Zinc
Cosden & Co
Gaston Will & W
Holly Sugar
Flemish Lynn
Flemish Lynn Pf
Kenefick Zinc
Lynn Phanog
Magma Copose
Maxim Man
Met. Petroleum
Midvale Steel
Oklahoma Ref
Ray Hercules
Perlman Rim
Submarine Corp
Triangle Film
United Mot. W. i
Atlas Powder Waren
du Pont Powder
Habana Tobacco
Habanna Tobacco Pt
Hercules Powder
Lake Torpedoboat
Lehteh C. Sales
N. J
Cal
Kansae
Oil
Nebr
N. Y
St Oil of
United Profit Shark World Film Yukon Gala
Weennee
Stones ‘Adventure
Alaska Gold
Allouez Mining
Maine
Bo Copper
East Butte Mining
Franklin Mining
Lake Mining
Mayflower Tae
Miami
Mohawk Mining
Sweeeereseeass
N.Y
Wall Street
Consolidation Coal Company
Fairmont
W. Va
George W. Watts
Durham
N. C
Albert H. Wiggin
Chase Nat [Tional Bank
Calumet Jand Hecla Mining Company
NEW York Stock Market
U. 8
Industrials Relations Commission
Local Stock Exchange
U. S
Panama
Maryland
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
NEW York Grain
Manitoba
Adi
Local Produce Market
Chicago Grain
Goerges
Taw
W. B. Moses & Sons
National Savings & Trust Company Cor
N. Y. Ave
District of Columbia
Swartzell, Rheem & Hensey Co
Fifteenth Street
Ralph W. Lee
14Th St. N. W
GEO. J Easterday
G ST. N. W
United Motors
General Motors
9 & Holding Corporation
Meral Motera
Theneral Motors
Exchange Place
Wash, Ry
Lanston
Franklin National Bank
McLachlen Bank Corp
Thomas L. Hume
G Street
A. B. Leach & Co
Cedar St
Flather
Moorhead & Elmore
15Th St
Union Savings Bank
Wade H. Cooper
Flather, Moorhead & Elmore
New York Stock Exchange
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