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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 02, 1921
Page
12
The market overview shows irregular trading on the New York and Boston exchanges with losses at the close. General Motors leads New York activity at 57,400 shares while Gardner Motors tops Boston with 1,110. Total 1921 YTD NY 44,553,400. Boston 1,017,460 shares.
Financial notes show Gulf slipping to 33 7 8 with a six point loss and American Sumatra down 3 1 2 as oils retreat. Steel and rails move little while motor stocks edge higher on improved business signals. Reports on Gulf’s bank loan extension spark bearish sentiment. negotiations by Mexican Petroleum affect Atlantic Gulf holdings. Tobacco stocks stay weak amid crop rumors and anti pro movement fears. Railroad talks spark varied views on policy and dividends, Sears Roebuck plans major inventory cuts. Bonds and margin questions add to the cautious market mood.
The page lists various railroad and utility bonds with issue notes and yields. Items include Southern vs Chicago notes, Lackawanna 5s, L&N 4s and 5s, Chicago and West Indiana 4s, Missouri Pacific 4s, Santa Fe joint issues, St Louis pairings, and Teletype and Lorillard 7s. Market phrases show yields around mid to high single digits and notes of intercity lines and issuing companies.
A dense list of wholesale rates for apples beans butter cheese corn meal and grains with prices in dollars and cents and notes on crate sizes and quality. Includes specific items like Baldwin apples Greenings Northern Spy butter EGGs cornmeal oats lambs and live poultry with regional and storage details.
A fragmentary market listing shows bids and prices for pork products and refined sugar from American Sugar Befg Co. and assorted vegetables. Entries include beets carrots spinach peppers parsnips and tomatoes with per unit ranges, while meat figures cover pork weights and price bands. The OCR yields scattered figures such as 27.75 to 34.25, 7 to 13 cents, and various per bushel and per box quotes for fruits and vegetables.
A narrative piece recalls Henry Wadsworth Longfellow's early years in Portland and Cambridge. It highlights his childhood letters requesting a Bible and a drum, his described temper and kindness, Irving's praise for the Sketch Book, and Longfellow’s journal entry and poem My Lost Youth inspired by Portland.
A lengthy list records marriage intentions between numerous residents of Boston area cities and towns. Names, occupations, and home addresses appear for each prospective couple, spanning Dorchester Somerville Cambridge Jamaica Plain Roxbury Roslindale and nearby communities.
Numerous Cambridge residents are listed with partners in a cascade of domestic arrangements. The notices name for each couple: occupations and home addresses spanning Cambridge, Boston, and surrounding towns, indicating joint households or marital status.
Death notices list many local residents with last names Caffrey Crowley Doheny Donahue Francis Gill Glynn Jones Lincoln Littlefield Magrath Martin McCarron McLaughlin M'Tiernan Moran Mulligan O Brien Stout with funeral details. Services scheduled across St. Augustine's St. Catherine's Sacred Heart and Gate of Heaven churches and area cemeteries. Relatives and friends invited. motor or auto cortege noted for several cases.
Loving memory notice for Anthony Sloane who died April 2, 1917. Published by his parents and siblings. Reunited on the blessed shore beyond farewell words.
Deane Monument Co lists offerings at 109 Morton St Forest Hill near Main Entrance Cemetery Nice assortment of lettering and design services. Jamaica 1220 accepts liberty bonds and related payments.
House Rochester New York and Ethel M Rom ney at home 65 Greenough St Brookline David H Brewer retired 16 John St Brookline and Beatrice M Keeney at home 23 Kilsyth Rd Brookline.
Wills filed list legatees by locality and shares. St Frances Battles and Tewksbury legatees include husband and son with real estate 5000 and personal 5000. Other entries note Melrose Reading and Everett legatees with varied personal and real estate balances. Names include Lucy J Knight Arthur Mason Arthur Munn Sara Cambridge Quayle and Odtie Roussell with assorted real estate and personal amounts.
Herbert Frank Schuchmann instructor 10 Beaufort road personal estate 50000 legatee mother. Lizzie Saville single woman sole legatee. Mary Robinson Cressey Dover NH 17 no valuation. Margaret Morgan 26 Clarendon st legatees sister ew and nieces no value. Frank Edward Hill personal estate sole legatee mother.
Agnes Kuehn of Lawrence appears with no estimate and life interest directing to her son. Ruth Barr of Haverhill receives a personal legacy of 2500 dollars. Paul A Rich of Rowley is named legatee with real estate valued at 1500 dollars and a personal legacy of 3000 dollars to his wife.
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