Surprise in Market Steel Preferred Leads Trading Rise
New York September 2 stock market shows renewed activity amid cotton volatility and a shortened week. United States Steel preferred and common stock push to new highs with heavy buying, while international list prices firm in London. Several rails and utilities climb, though Metropolitan and some issues retreat. money market remains abundant and cheap with exports up amid mixed trading dynamics.
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United States Steel
Woser
St Paul
Erie
Baltiumore
Ohio
Southern Pacific
Norfalk
Western
Chisdtpecke
Obi
Elecina
Woestinghouse
Pennsylvania
Louis Nite
Naishville
Chirag
New Orleans
Toto
Sotme
Agricultrato
Esota Voien Pacific
Bank Clearings Across Cities for Week Ended Sept 1
Bradstreet compiles a nationwide table of bank clearings showing New York led at $1.088 trillion with a 16.9 percent rise from last year, while Chicago, Boston, and Philadelphia posted declines. Other notable totals include San Francisco down 12 percent and New Orleans up 32.7 percent, with multiple cities and regional totals listed.
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Kansas City
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Cleveland
Minneapolis
Detroit
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Omaha
Milwaukee
Providence
Buffalo
Indianapolis
St Paul
Denve
Memphis
Hichmond
Washington
Savannah
Macreane
Atlanta
Norfolk
Augusta Ga
Irmingham
Wilmington
Del
Wheeling
Jacksonvile
Metal Market Prices and Local Market Quiet
New York September 2 tin remains firm in London at 124 pounds 7s 6d for spot and 124 pounds 17s 6d for futures. Locally prices show a reactionary tendency with spot tin at 27 12 and 27 26. Copper unchanged to slightly lower in London with spot at 57 pounds and futures at 1s d. Local copper prices steady around 12 62 to 13 27 and 12 50 to 12 75. Lead up to 11 pounds 11s 4d spot in the teten market but locally unchanged at 42 06 to 42 40. Spelter steady. London 42 5 to 43, local 42 15 5. Iron in London 5s and Glasgow 4 33, Mid dlesboro quiet. Foundry markets: No 1 Northern 13.75 24.25, No 2 Northern 13.3 13.75, No 1 Northern Southern 13.50. BUCKLEN'S ARNICA SALVE advertised as the best for cuts and burns.
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Hght
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Jersey
Tiverpool
Trade review notes uncertainty amid broad market shifts
Bradstreet's reports larger fair trade across leading centers with August business the strongest of the season, yet failures rise and labor frictions loom. Wool and dry goods improve while steel pools seek price cuts. Wheat and corn exports surge, but overall industry outlook remains unsettled amid labor unrest and price swings.
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R. G. Dun & Co
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New York Grain Report Signals Mixed Wheat and Corn Trades
New York grain market notes receipts of 9,000 bushels for wheat with spot prices easy on mixed futures. Heavy buying in spring wheat states supported early gains but liquidation and bear pressure left prices down. May and September futures show modest declines while corn demand and exports support firm tone early but fade as traders reassess.
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Bradstreet’s
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Manitoba
F. O. Basket
New York Cotton Market Opens Weakened on Easy Cables
The New York cotton market opened weak amid easier cables and long liquidation. Prices slid from the morning to a net decline of 37.45 points, with September around 10.37, October 10.23, December 10.35, January 10.40, and March 10.40, as bears pressured and room shorts covered.
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Liverpool
Live Stock Markets Report from Chicago and New York
Live stock markets show mixed results with receipts heavy in cattle hogs and sheep. Cattle prices range from 1.75 to 6.40 for various grades, hogs steady to 6.60, and sheep and lambs holding steady, while New York reports cattle and sheep largely unchanged and calves weaker. Also notes a uniform steel tubing price cut and railroad stock listings. An advertisement claims Dr Agnew's Catarrhal Powder offers rapid relief for catarrh.
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Cablea
Stock Exchange Moves Up In Quiet Session
Bullish tone in yesterday’s stock exchange trading lifted prices without expanding volume. Traction, Washington Railway, American Security and Trust, National Safe Deposit and other names showed gains with several blocks traded. The day closed with an early adjournment and note that Saturday sessions resume after Labor Day with a three day broker holiday.
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Washington Stock Quotes and Market Notes, Sept 1904
The Washington Stock Exchange closes with diverse bids including Capital Traction at 12744 and 20 shares, Washington Railway and Electric preferred at 69, common at 20, and American Security and Trust at 198. District of Columbia bonds, rail and Metropolitan Railroad issues trade in the 100s and 110s, with numerous banks and insurance stocks quoted. A dividend is noted.
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Greene Consoldated Copper Company
Washington Market
Norfols
Washington Steamboat
J’ Maury Dove Company
Realty Appraisal and Agency Company
New York Produce Prices and Market Receipts Report
New York market report lists flour receipts at 16 838 barrels exports 10 237 barrels with mixed price bids across grains oils and meats. Prices shown for corn meal rye barley butter cheese eggs poultry petroleum rosin turpentine molasses sugar cottonseed oil and potatoes indicate firm to dull conditions with regional variations and freight costs to Liverpool noted.
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HYE Flaur
Washington Produce Market Prices Unclear and Incomplete
A historical list shows market quotations for vegetables and fruits including potatoes sweet potatoes carrots cabbages cucumbers eggplants green corn and more With irregular spacing and OCR artifacts it lists items by location and unit with varied prices such as potatoes near by at 1 50 per barrel and apples near by at 1 50 per barrel New York State peaches pears grapes and other fruits appear with inconsistent figures and truncated decimals indicating a damaged ledger style price sheet.
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Baltimore Markets September grain and flour prices steady
Baltimore markets report flour area unchanged with 9,990 bushels receipts exported. Wheat steady with spot No 2 red Western at 1.07 for September and 1.05 for October. steamer No 2 red around 1.05 to 1.10. Corn dull with spot around 58 38 percent and September bids. oats firm with No 2 white 3 4 percent and receipts of 22,155 bushels.
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Southern
Market Report From Up Town Prices and Arrivals
Rye firm at uptown market No 2 Western 82 18 re velpts 3045 bushels hay steady and unchanged freight to Liverpool dull and unchanged Butter firm unchanged fancy imitation 17 18 fancy creamery well 21 fancy ladle 14 15 eta packed 10 12 Eggs firm unchanged Cheese firm 2nd unchanged large 3% 10 medium 9 14 9 small 9% s10 Sugar strong and unchanged coarse granulated 540 One 5.40
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Shipbuilding Sales Suspend Bethlehem Stock in Public Auction
Receiver Smith of United States Shipbuilding Company sold 300,000 Bethlehem Steel shares in Newark New Jersey at auction. The sole bidder was a Standard Trust representative, with an upset price of 7.5 million dollars. The sale aligns with an agreement by Charles M Schwab and the reorganization committee to retain Bethlehem control. The next planned sales include Crescent Moore and Canda in New Jersey on the 8th, Eastern Shipbuilding in New London on the 12th, Hyde Windlass Bath Works in Bath Maine on the 19th, Union Iron Works in San Francisco on the 26th, and the Harlan and Hollingsworth assets and goodwill in early October, all to be bought by the committee for transfer to new corporations and securities.
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Standard ‘Trust Company
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Bethlehem Company
Willam Neil
Union Iron Works
San Francisco
Harlan and Hollingsworth Companies
Monthly Cotton Report Shows Table of State Averages
The Bureau of Statistics report for August 25 shows an average cotton condition of 84.1, down from 91.6 last month. The record includes state by state figures for 1902 1903 and 1904 with ten year averages and a July 2 1904 reference, plus totals for the United States. Treasury receipts show $869,634 in notes redeemed and general receipts of internal revenue customs and miscellaneous totaling $2,?8,000 with expenditures at $2,380,000.
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Philippine Peso Supplants Mexican Dollar in Philippines
The Sioux City Journal reports that the Philippine peso, fixed at two pesos to one gold dollar and worth 50 cents, is replacing the Mexican silver dollar in Philippine commerce. By year end, officials expect the peso to dominate circulation, with some Mexican coins sent to Treasury or China. The move foreshadows wider Orient adoption of a modified gold standard.
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Peck Measure and Cat Misery Take the Cake
A Chicago Tribune quip about glue factory odors leads to a Cleveland Plain Dealer wink at a cat’s misfortune. A sparrow chase turns into a dozen pecks, a playful look at domestic woes and sharp judgment in a lighthearted item.
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