Markets Open Higher as Rail Stocks Hold Gains Across Board
Stocks start strong with most sectors rising while shipping offers the sole exception. Marine preferred drops sharply as rails and several steel and chemical issues show strength including Bethlehem Steel Anaconda Copper and International Paper. Bond markets firm with Liberty bonds steady and U S beet sugar and American Tobacco among active issues. New Orleans cotton prices slip after favorable weather and a private crop outlook citing 14 million bales projection.
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Marine Preferred
Ing
Bethlehem Steel
Baldwin Locomotive
Anaconda
Liberty
American Car & Foundry
American Smelting & Ref
Atchison
Eccesees Esesesse
Canadian Pacific Aire Oe Ca Colo. Fuel & Iron
Louisville & Nashville
Maxwell Motors
Ees
Mexican Petroleum
United Fruit (Bid
Virginia-Carp. Chem
Central Leather
Wis
Erie
General Electric
General Motors
Great Northern
Ctis
Illinois Central
Bid
Atl
Gulf & W
Chesapeake & Ohio
Inspiration Copper
Mer
Marine Pfd
International Paper
Chino Copper
Kennecott Copper
Miami Copper
Arene
Midvale Steel
Missouri Pacific
New York Central
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Wate Ia
Ohio Cities Gas
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh Coal
Ray Consolidated Copper
Reading F
Chewvacieve Weee
Rep. Iron & Steel
Sinclair Oil & Refining
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
Studebaker Corporation
Tennessee Copper
Texas Co
Eevee Naiteess
Cee Jacererave
Union Pacific
United Cigar Stores
U.S Ind
United States Rubber
United States Steel
Utah Copper
Wabash Ptd
Wee
Westinghouse
Willys-Overland
American Tobacco
Atlantic Coast Line
Gulf States Steel
Teese, BT
Seaboard Air Line
Sloss, Shef, Steel & Iron
British and Turkish Movements In Mesopotamia Reported
May 22 dispatch notes little Turkish activity north of Bagdad while British cavalry advances reach Fatha, north of Tekrit. A formal Mesopotamia statement says Turks offered little resistance after retreating beyond the Lesser Zab on May 11 as large stores captured at Kirkuk are moved onward.
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London
Mesopotamia
Bagdad
Tekrit
Tigris
Fatha
Lesser Zab
Kirkuk
Weather Report for Wilmington and Vicinity May 22 1918
Fair tonight and Thursday with gentle to moderate south winds. Cape Fear river stage at Fayetteville yesterday 8.8 feet. Thursday May 22, 1918. Sun rises at 6 05 and sunset at 8 12. Bureau reports show modest rainfall not indicated.
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Wilmington
Cape Fear River
Fayetteville
N. C
Sam
Fragmented OCR sample with unclear financial figures
Poor quality text fragment shows multiple digits and names unclear. It mentions a value 27.00 and other numeric sequences 821-2 and 9.00 with scattered place names like Savannah. No coherent event or identifiable entities emerge for a proper summary.
Cotton market opens weak amid nerves and cov ering rallies
New York May 22 reports show weak first prices for July and October contracts with declines to 23.85 and 23.10. Heavy covering sparked intraday rallies before the hour ended, while the mood stayed unsettled amid rumors of acreage and fertilizer use increases and a mild May crop condition index.
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New York
Cotton Exchange
Esseeeess
Pereo Own Ioe
New York Cotton Spot Quiet With Middling Price
The New York cotton market on May 22 shows a quiet spot session with middling grade at 25.70 cents per pound. Traders note limited activity and stable pricing amid light demand.
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New York
Cotton Seed Oil Market Dolds With No Quotations
The cotton seed oil market in New York on May 22 shows no quotations.
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New York
Liverpool Cotton Prices and Sales Report
Liverpool May 22 cotton market shows spot demand fair with prices weak. Good middling 21.41, middling 20.88, low middling 20.36, good ordinary 19.36, ordinary 18.84. Sales 3,000 bales including 2,100 American. receipts 12,000 bales including 800 American. Futures closed quiet with new contracts May 21.08 June 20.60 July 19.29 August 19.18 September 18.79. Old contracts listed with fixed prices May 39, May-June 19.45, June-July 19.37.
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Iverpool
Liverpool
Irish of America Appeals for Liberty Fight
An appeal to Irish Americans urges full public disclosure of the situation and calls for informed support in the liberty struggle. The message emphasizes the duty of citizens to understand events shaping their community and nation.
Chicago Livestock and Market Report May 22
Hogs receipts 19,000 slow. bulk 17.45 17.90, heavy 16.50 17.75, pigs 14.75 17.60. Cattle receipts 7,000 weak. native steers 10.50 17.60, cows 7.30 14.60, calves 8.00 14.00. Sheep receipts 6,000 steady. lambs 13.25 16.73. Grain futures mixed with July corn easing after early strength. oats pressured by Kansas rains. hog strength boosts provisions. overall light trade. Corn Nos 3 and 4 yellow steady, oats 3 white 76 1/2 78 3/4, rye No 2 77 nominal. Barley 1.30 1.51. Pork nominal. lard 24.62 24.67. ribs 22.05 22.67.
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Dillon urges US Irish to back nationalist party in Ireland
Dublin May 22 John Dillon nationalist leader accuses British propaganda of blackening Ireland in America. He denounces Sinn Fein tactics while calling on Irish Americans to support the party fighting for liberty, criticizing conscription and British policy. He cites gov actions against Sinn Fein prisoners and appeals to oppose pro German plots.
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United States
Ireland
John Dillon
Associated Press
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Sinn Fein
America
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Lord French
England
Sir Edward Carson
Germany
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Edward Carson
Europe
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New York
Two St. Louis-Lake Charles pilots die in field collision
Lake Charles Louisiana May 22 Lieutenants Lathan Polk and Spencer Charles Williams were killed at Gerstner Field when two airplanes collided at about 3000 feet Polk hailed from New York City Williams from Buffalo and both were off duty or training at the base at the time of the crash.
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Lathan Polk
Spencer Charles Willims
Gerstner Field
Polk
New York City
Williams
Buffalo
Report of the Condensed Bank Statement 1918 Wilmington NC
The May 10 1918 bank statement for the American Bank Ad aA shows resources totaling 3 835 988 51 with loans, discounts, securities, and deposits. Cashier I C Bethea swore to the accuracy of the report before Notary R H Gieschen on May 22 1918 with directors Milton Calder Cuthbert Martin and W B Cooper attesting.
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American Bank
AD Aa
Wilmington
North Carolina
United States
U. S
State of
New Hanover
I. C. EB. Bethea
Bethema
Wihuestian
R. H. Gieschen
Italian Troops Repel Attacks West of Brenta
Rome reports Italian forces in the Brenta mountains repelled enemy assaults on Sasso Rosso and nearby areas. An Austrian position on Monte Spinontà near Piave was destroyed with 53 prisoners captured. A surprise attack on Sotto Castello was repulsed and another on Monte Spinencia succeeded, taking 53 prisoners. Nine enemy aircraft were shot down.
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Piave
Rome
Brenta
Sasso Rosso
Monte Spinondta
War Office
Sotto Castello
Sassa
Dutch note contends U S seizure reply incomplete
A supplementary note against British and American seizure of Dutch shipping was handed to Secretary Lansing by the Dutch legation. It argues that the United States did not answer the Dutch objections to the seizure in its earlier explanation.
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Washington
Lansing
United States
Naval stores and spirits price report
Prices listed include spirits at 48 cents, Posin-N. D. Tar at 3 dollars 25 and 14 12 cents, and Crude at 4 dollars 35 cents, 4 dollars 35 cents, and 3 dollars 35 cents.
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Turpentine and Rosin Stock Reports from Savannah
Savantrrah Naval Stores in Savannah records for May 22 show turpentine firm sales 47 with receipts 193 and shipments none, stock 22,415. Rosin firm sales 964 with receipts 1,142 and shipments none, stock 95,614. Quote values list several grades with prices from 7.40 to 8.05.
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Savantrrah Naval
Savannah
Turpentine
Rosin
London air raid toll rises to 44 dead and 179 hurt
The supplemental statement issued today lists 44 killed and 179 injured from Sunday night's air raid in London.
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