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Newspaper
Washington Post
Location
Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1904
Page
12
The afternoon notes show a mixed market with heavy engagement in gold and strong speculative activity fading near closing. Large capital moves centered on industrials and low priced stocks, with confidence wavering as call loans and bank reserves loom amid reports from Chicago, Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and Boston.
New York stock activity showed mixed trading as investors weighed corporate results and economic data. Traders eyed gains led by technology issues while energy shares declined on weaker oil prices.
Closing high and low bids across Southern Railway Tennessee Coal and Iron Union Pacific United States Steel and other major names. Washington Stock Exchange notes closing bids for railroads, utilities, and banks with bond prices and certificates of indebtedness. Includes district bonds and miscellaneous securities with varied yields and prices.
The cotton market opened quiet and steady with little Southern news. New Orleans prices showed slight change while Liverpool cables implied no social shifts. Corn and oats futures opened easy, then dipped, with May and July contracts lower and December down. Live stock markets in Newark showed mixed bids with cattle, hogs, and sheep showing small shifts in prices.
Local financial gossip reports a quiet Washington exchange with minimal trading and modest price moves. Capitol Traction rose half a point to 1851-2 amid light volume, while Washington Railway and Electric preferred declined fractionally. several small lots changed hands in limited sectors.
A dense listing of New York market quotes covers butter cheese eggs poultry and various commodities. Prices are given for creamery and imitation creamery products, western and Pennsylvania sources, with notes on firmness and firming trends for rye flour hops lard pork potatoes coffee sugar and metals including London and Glasgow quotes and local highlights. Strong receipts and steady or firm movements appear across butter cheese poultry and raw materials.
Chicago grain markets slide as absence of European market news prompts liquidation in wheat and corn. December and May quotes fall, with December near 114 and May around 112.9. oats trade quiet while hog prices drift lower on weak yard reports. Primary receipts total 1,291,000 bushels for wheat, with mixed car counts in Minneapolis Duluth and Chicago.
Baltimore markets report steady to firm tone across grains with quotations for flour, corn, oats, hay and cheese. Receipts and prices are given for winter and spring wheat, corn, oats, rye, and hay, with steam shipments to Liverpool and quarterly cork orders noted. sugar prices remain unchanged.
A long tongue in cheek family reminiscence about a wealthy relative who saved and planned to enjoy life after retiring from business. He joked about marriage, avoided expenses, and finally died after delays, leaving a mixed view of his prudence and eccentricities. The piece portrays the relatives debating his character and choices, ending with a stubborn claim that he remained a shining example.
In New York on Nov 14 the Northern Securities Company opened in Hoboken but adjourned to Monday after a protest by Continental Security president H Venace. Few stockholders attended and the objection argued the noon meeting time invalidates any action. A St Louis Frisco system meeting re-elected directors except Loree, with Loree replaced by Hubert Mather. Gold exports to Paris totalling 3.7 million are arranged, with National City Bank and Royal Bank of Canada shipping portions and Lazard Freres sending 2.0 million. The ex Emperor of Annam betrothal to a Frenchwoman boosts Algeria relations. The wedding will occur Nov 7 in Algiers with high officials as witnesses. A Yonkers Statesman gag notes a Dowie critique of critics and stock-market reactions.
From the New York Sun the dealer notes most canes are round but other shapes exist. Partridge wood canes appear in square oval and elliptical forms with smooth inlaid mountings. Fashion shifts from straight sticks to curved handles, with pimento wood popular for now and buyers often purchasing multiple canes yearly.
Swiss Austrian and German sausage makers plan an international sausage exhibition next year in Bern with 1749 varieties on display and machinery for manufacture. Berlin authorities claim up to 3000 varieties exist though some are conjectural. Ingredients will be open to inspection, drawing trade concern over appetite impact.
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