Temperamental weather, including heat, hail and thunder storms, chills and high winds, have proved disturbing to grain prices, although advancing them. Outside that, the week proved serene and somewhat monotonously cheerful. Perhaps the improvement in what is called "business sentiment" was revealed in the stockmarket, where a tendency was shown to lift prices out of their late doldrums.
Most enthusiasm has been exhibited with public utility shares, despite their recent rise. These whilom conservative issues have lately become most lively vehicles for speculation, owing both to sound anticipation of large future...
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