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Washington Post

Location

Washington, Washington Dc, United States of America

Date

Oct 24, 1911

Page

2

Harvester Shares Up as Market Slows in Sluggish Session

New York stocks show little interest as professionals curb trades. Harvester shares rise over four points amid rumors of a Russian harvesting machinery monopoly, while cotton prices fall due to unproven frost fears and a suspected bear crowd pushing declines.

Washington Post New York Norfolk and Western International Harvester Russia J. Thomas Heflin Alabama Heflin

Market Prices and Commodities Report on Currency and Goods

The report lists fruits and vegetables in strong demand with tight supply and steady receipts. It covers eggs, butter, cheese, poultry, meat, and produce with regional price quotes for Virginia, West Virginia, Tennessee, and Maine, plus New York and California fruit boxes and crates, along with bond notes and exchange status.

Virginia West vVirginia Tennesacs Elgin Maine California

Live Stock Markets Across Cities Reported Volatile Prices

New York receipts 4705 cattle and 12120 hogs with mixed results. Calves and grassfed veals show firmness while sheep and lambs vary. dressed beef steady. Chicago shows dull cattle demand with Texas and Western steers mixed. Baltimore reports weekly cattle receipts and steady price ranges for steers bulls and cows. hogs light with fair supply.

New York Boto Ite Snteady Chicago Texas Matoe A. Baltinore Ile Head

Wall Street Gossip on Foreign Investment Flows and Cotton Bets

New York bankers loaned 220 million to the Propa government drawing debate on investing abroad while funds flow overseas. The market showed no clear reaction as speculation in cotton remains brisk and anticipated China and crop reports hint at volatility. Leaders note Germany bond activity and Prussian securities mark a rare sale in New York.

France Germany Morocco Congo Bank of Rosland London Paris Weelal New York Propaian Oii

Washington Stocks Hold Firm Despite Quiet Opening

Washington markets opened with steady demand for stocks and bonds. Gases and Traction bonds traded near prior closes, while rail and street railway issues showed mixed activity. Notable notes include executives Woodruff and Plant resuming posts. reserve actions and a land dispute involving Havemeyer heirs. Cotton outlook cited by Heflin predicts under 18 million bales with farmers planning to hold.

Washington Stock Exchange Washington Capital Traction Washington Railway and Electric Anacostia and Potomac Railroad Columbia Railroad Washington Gays Tracden Washington Railway and Electric Preferred Lanaston

Telegraphers See Early Settlement After Rail Talks

Telegraphers with the Southern Railway push for a quick wage settlement after vice president and general manager Coopman returns to Washington. Operators refuse a 24 percent raise, with the union’s A. G. Alexander meeting Coopman and signaling possible action only if no agreement. No strike expected, but secrecy remains as talks continue in New York.

Southern Railway H. Coapman Washington A. G. Alexandher Coopman W. W. Finley

New York Grain and Cotton Markets Report

New York grain notes mixed futures with declines on w heat corn and oats amid lower cables and favorable weather while mills buy and closes show modest losses. Cotton futures steady after South reports and spot prices ease. several market figures and receipts listed alongside urban area notices and reformation discussions.

Duluth Buffalo Barldy meRing New York South Wea Gulf

Daily Cotton Market and metal prices in New York and London

New York led prices for standard copper with spot and futures near 12.16 to 14.28 cents. London steadies at 61 pounds spot, with futures around 256-18. Export totals show 14 002 tons for the month so far. Local warehouse quotes for iron and mixed metal products appear, with various grade prices listed.

New York London Customs House Cleveland

Size of battlefields growth since olden days

Berlin correspondence outlines German debate on modern battlefield sizes. Falkenhausen imagines 1.38 million versus 1.38 million spanning 200 by 150 miles, while 1.25 million forces on each side could cover 500 by 300 miles and 160,000 square miles. The piece weighs logistics, communications, and human limits, noting potential shifts to smaller professional armies.

Berlin London Standard Falckenhausen Falkenhausen Armiea Germany France Russia andustria-Hungary Frederick the Great Moltke Europe Commissariat Department America England

Stock quotes notice from Hibbs Co on exchange listings

Total sales for the day 317800 shares. The foregoing quotations are the sane anthem received by W B Hibbs Co bankers 104 broken Hibbs Building who are members of the New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade and the Washington Stock Exchange.

W. B. Hibbs& Co Bankers Hibbs Building New York Stock Exchange Chicago Board of Trade Washington Stock Exchange

Baltimore Markets Wrap: Wheat, Corn, Butter and Eggs

Baltimore market notes show steady wheat with strong on grade and 1.00 per bushel premium, corn easing, oats firm at No 7 white 61/, rye firm at No 2 Western domestic 2.06, poultry prices varied by young and old birds, butter quotes range from creamery fancy to process, eggs mixed across Maryland and neighboring regions, wholesale quotations compiled for Oct 2.

New York Weconis Jante Crete Pennsylvania Hennery Maine Liverpool Lonoh Virginia Baltimore Kent Island Igi Maryland West Virginia Ohio Southers North Carolina Philadelphia New York Eady

Robbery Targeted Paymaster for Lane Brothers Lumber

Lexington dispatch reports Oct. The Washington man E KR Drawry paymaster for Lane Brothers Lumber Company was robbed of six thousand dollars four miles from Jackson. Six robbers approached as two guards fled, Drawry fought them off single handed, uninjured, and rode to Jackson seeking aid. Captain Milligan organized a country-wide search with two broadaings.

Washington Lexington Jackson E. KR. Drawry Lane Brothers Lumber Company Crawry Milligan Tock

Prague citizen defends Old Prague against Loring’s claims

Karel Musek, stage manager of Prague’s Bohemian and National Theater, writes to your paper denying Joseph Holland Loring’s assertion that Czechs are intensely anti English and pro Russian. He asserts Czechs are hospitable to English speakers, cites broad praise from British and American officials, and notes Prague’s city hall is not yet open.

Prague Joseph Holland Loring New York Association of Chamber of Commerce of England London Chamber of Commerce of Boston Brittain City Hall

Jailed for impure food in New York court action

In New York on October 23, two men were jailed for 30 and 20 days and many others fined from 30 to 190 dollars in a General Sessions trial for violations of the pure food law. Lews Hamer, a West Side baker, received the 30 day sentence for possessing 176 dozen bad eggs intended for baking. Frank Fozzeno, a butcher, got twenty days for serving defective veal.

New York Court of General Sessions Lews Hamer Frank Fozzeno

Philadelphia Markets Report Hit by Mixed Grain and Poultry Prices

Philadelphia markets show firm wheat and corn with export notes and local pork byproducts. Poultry prices vary by category with live fowls and turkeys mixed. dressed poultry remains quiet while Western fresh and frozen lots show price shifts.

Oil Quotations and Market Notes

Oil quotations list city market figures with Rhode Island style shorthand and numeric runs. The report includes balances and averages for ships and Lima product lines with numbers indicating prices and totals.

City LEL Shipatosta Toledo Lima Cma Ana Ingles

City to rank higher with boosted federal building costs

Commissioner Rudolph approved a plan to include federal building costs in the district monthly Building Inspector report. The move aims to raise Washington's profile in commercial circles by showing total public building outlays.

Rudolph Washington H E. W. Markham Fulton R. Gordon Colorado Building Morris Hacker Supervising Architect the Treasury New York Chicago Philadelphia Boston

Fourteen Tobacco Firms Should Be Independent AGs Say

Virginia North and South Carolina attorneys general filed objections to the American Tobacco Company disintegration plan. They argue the plan attempts to nullify the Supreme Court judgment and prefer complete independence for the fourteen companies with no cross ownership.

New York American Tobacco Company Virginia North South Carolina United States Circuit Court United States Supreme Court

One Legged Trousers Stir Atlanta Clergy Denouncement

Special to The Washington Poet from Atlanta reports clergy denouncing the city’s women fashions as a moral danger. Reverends Pisa and Stephens attack tight skirts and one legged trousers as symbols of improper conduct, contrasting American dress with Chinese norms in a provocative sermon at St. Philip's Cathedral.

Atlanta Washington Haltimore Savannah C.T. A. Pisa St. Philip's Episcopal Cathedral Stephens

Receivers Appointed for Valley Building and Loan

Special to The Washington rose Woodstock Va Oct The Valley Building and Loan Association of Woodstock placed in receivers hands this afternoon W W Logan stockholder and secretary and Judge E D Newman were appointed receivers by the court and executed hands The officers insist the company is solvent and that an understanding with creditors will secure business resumption The Habittles are more than 300 000 in debt.

Washingten Rose Woodstock Valley Building and Loan Association J. L. Wiseman W. W. Logan E D. Newman Z . Cuit

Capon Springs Fire Damage Revised Loss Estimate

Capon Springs Va October fire damage was less extensive than first reported. The blaze destroyed the hotel and Hannums store while other buildings including baths, annex, cottages, and stables were saved. Losses may exceed $10,000 with about $40,000 insured. Rebuilding plans are being formed for the 1912 season.

Capon Springs Hannum’s

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