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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 07, 1909

Page

12

Prices Fall After Mixed Trading on Profit Taking

New York and Boston markets showed lower prices as profit taking set in amid broad activity. Union Pacific led the New York list with 103 600 shares, and American Telephone topped Boston with 7 995 shares, while Delaware, Lackawanna & Western rose to 590 in New York and Allouez Mining slipped to 394 in Boston.

New York Boston Union Pacific American Telephone Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Chicago & Alton New N. E. Telephone Allouez Mining Time

Market mixed as steel earnings and wages rumor weigh on prices

State Street reports a cautious trading day with profits in sight but widespread profit taking. Steel shares led declines amid expected wage cuts while independents like Lakawanna and PennsylvaniaSteel cut prices. Chesapeake & Ohio and American Telephone hit new highs as investors bid up favored issues.

Vail Swift Shoe Machinery Steel Common East Boston Land Quincy North Butte Mass Consolidated Amalgamated State Street Chicago & Alton Steel Corporation Lakawanna Steel Company Pennsylvania Steel Company Maryland Steel Company Jones & Laughlin Company Republic Iron & Steel Company

New York Stocks Report Daily Market Tables

Boston reports the day's stock and bond price movements and total sales, noting the course of shares in New York listings. The table captures closing prices and turnover across key issues for investors tracking market activity.

Kr. A. Haines New York Boston Stock Exchange Tucker, Anthony & Co Boston

Boston Curb Market Quiet With Select Price Shifts

The Boston curb market saw activity limited to a few items. Notable moves included Southwestern Development rising from 20 to 8 cents, Majestic trading 94 to 98 cents, Bay State Gas at 60 to 64 cents, Begole Syndicate inching to 14 1/4, and Cumberland Wry near 73-4. Details of all fluctuations accompany the report.

Boston Majestic Bay State Gas Begole Syndicate Cumberland Wry

Unclear Financial Figures and Entities Dictated by OCR

A fragmented OCR snippet lists various financial figures and entity remnants such as 400 Silver Leaf 13 percent, ia 18 percent ae 2720 Sonora Mining 68 0.68 15850 SW Develop 0.19 30 08, Sup & Globe 02 208 08 485. The text contains inconsistent decimal points and misplaced numbers, obscuring a coherent story or destination. No clear event or outcome is discernible.

Sonora Mining Sup & Globe

Municipal bond sales and bids across several cities

South Sharon sells 60000 at 4 1 2 percent 30 year bonds to Lawrence Barnum at a 2000 premium. White Plains sells 35000 at 5 percent semi annual 19 year bonds to First National Bank of Cleveland at 107 2. No bids for 27000 30 year water and 12000 25 year sewer bonds. Braintree awards 40000 temporary loan at 3 01 percent discount with 1000 premium with Estabrook Co. rivals Loring Tolman Tupper and Blake Brothers also bid. Daily Bond Buyer March municipal sale estimate 35266840 versus prior years. Lowell bids requested for 200000 temporary loan due 1909.

South Sharon Penn Lawrence, Barnum & Co White Plains N. Y First National Bank of Cleveland Braintree Mass Estabrook & Co Loring, Tolman & Tupper Blake Brothers & Co

Bonds and yields listed for US and international issues

A dense ledger of bond prices and yields across US reference 2s reg 101%4, US ref 2s con 1004, Japan 48 23.52%, Korea won 26 20e, and numerous corporate and railway issues. Entries include Allis-Chalmers Ist 5s 83, Am T & T ev 4s 99, Am Tobacco 4s 79, Atchison gen 4s 8 100%, and US Steel 2d 5s 103% with various serials, maturities, and coupon rates.

Car & Foundry Am Woolen Anaconda Mining Co Atchison OA Eee Ae Etree Owe Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Brooklyn Rapid Transit Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago Great Western Chicago & Northwestern Chicago C Cc & A Louis Colorado Fuel & Tron Colorado & Southern Consolidated Gas Delaware & Hudson Denver & Rio Grande Distillers General Electric Great Northern Illinois Central Interborough Met Minneapolis & St Louis Minn Stp & S Missouri Pacific Kansas & Texas New York Central Ontario & Western Norfolk & Western Northern Pacific Pennsylvania People’s Gas Iman Palace Republic Steel Tee Islan Cole Vane Osha St Louis Sloss Sheffield Southern Pacific Line Southern Railway Tennessee Copper Texas & Pacific Utah Virginia Carolina Western Union Peewee Ee Wisconsin Central SOM Fel & Tel Am U_S Japan Mo Pacific Atchison Nyc Y City New Aece WIAS Brook Tranev Ches & Ohio Chi & Alton C, B&q C. M & Stp RI & P Col Col Indus CcCé& S del & Huder den & Rio Erie Debe Nor & W Seaboard A LL So Pacific Col So Railway Union Pacific Woom Secur Ae U_S Steel Wabash Ist Western Md Westing Elev Wis Cent D & RG Refuse C & O Fdgetfs Adams Exp

Financial Ticker Snippets From Century and South America Era

A compact list of securities and company names appears, including Cent. & So. Am. Tele. at 11 to 2 percent, Vermont and Massachusetts railroad at 3 percent, and mentions of Books Close H. B. Claflin common and Ingersoll Rand. Other items note Books Open Bethlehem Steel and Centennial Copper with related firms Pitts, Ft Wayne & Chi Ltd, Seattle Electric, Butterick Company, Isle Royale Copper, and Southern Pacific.

Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad Bethlehem Steel Centennial Copper Phelps, Dodge & Co Pitts Ft. Wayne & Chi Seattle Electric

Reece Buttonhole Firm Reports 1908 Earnings and Dividends

The Reece Buttonhole Machine Company posts 1908 earnings of 283,184 with expenses 178,429 and net 104,754, and dividends totaling 80,000. The International Buttonhole Company reports 37,084 earnings, 10,877 expenses, 26,656 net profits, and 20,000 in dividends.

Reece Buttonhole Reece Buttonhole Machine Company International Buttonhole Company

Centennial Copper Annual Report for year ended 1908

Centennial Copper Mining Company reports 1908 receipts of 1,014,161 with sources from assessments townsite sales copper sales and mill site sales. Payments total 884,176 including smelting marketing construction and assessment costs. Balance 18,260 on one side and 129,985 on the other after year end. Average copper price noted as 13.3932 cents per pound and notes issued totaling 67,000.

Centennial Copper Mining Company Isc S Cis

Dividends Declared by Several Companies

Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company declares a quarterly dividend of 1 percent for stock of record May 1 with payment May 25. Harbinson-Walker Refractories Company Limited declares 14 percent preferred quarterly dividend for stock of record April 10 with payment April 20. Dominion Natural Gas Company declares 2 percent quarterly dividend for stock of record April 15 with payment April 26. Federal Trust Company Boston declares semi annual 3 percent dividend for stock of record April 24 with payment May 1. Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company also declares a dividend.

Peoples Gas Light & Coke Company Harbinson-Walker Refractories Company, Ltd Dominion Natural Gas Company Federal Trust Company Boston Milwaukee Electric Railway & Light Company Charles River Basin Commission Boylston Street Mass Charles River Cambridge Bridge Berkeley Street Commonwealth Henry D. Yerxa Joshua BR. Holden Edgar R. Champlin Hiram A. Miller William S. Youngman AT&10

Keokuk and Des Moines Rails Issue Preferred Stock Details

The notice lists quarterly 1144 percent preferred stock actions for record dates April 20 and April 23. Keokuk and Des Moines Railway Company issues 1 percent preferred stock with record dates May 1 and April 23.

Keokuk & Des Moines Railway Companys

Yale and Penn to row two races over shortened course

Yale and Pennsylvania officials met and agreed to a mile and a half course for the big race next Saturday instead of two miles. The crews trained hard in the heat and will also have a second varsity race preceding the main event.

Philadelphia Penn Yale Pennsylvania

New England Wrestlers to Contest National Amateur Championship

Hugo Bjorkland welterweight champion and Gus Hakan son lightweight wrestler will represent New England at the National Amateur Wrestling Championships in New York on Thursday night. Thirty wrestlers will represent the Swedish Gymnastic Club.

Hugo Bjorkland New England Gus Hakanson New York Swedish Gymnastic Club

Little Captures Harvard Shot Put

The handicap shot put on Soldiers Field yesterday afternoon was won by C. C. Little 710 with a put of 43 feet from scratch. Second place went to J. P. Long 11 with a 6 foot handicap and an actual put of 33 feet 2 inches.

Soldiers’ Field C. C. Little J. P. Long Little Solidiers’ Field

Delabaye IX Wins Monte Carlo 450-Km Cruiser Race

Delabaye IX won the 450 kilometer cruiser race at Monte Carlo with a time of 1 hour 13 minutes 55 seconds. The event was for boats 24 to under 36 feet in length.

Monte Carlo Delabaye IX

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Cole-Ryan Giroux Cole- Ryan Thomas F. Cole Mexico Alfred Mestre & Co Broadway Southern Pacific Majestic Mines Company A. D. Moffat George J. Gould Gould William Hamilton C. I. Hudson & Co Jacob H. Schiff Europe B. Thayer Amalgamated Copper Company North Butte Extension Development Company Sphinx Michigander Mining Alexander Leggat Ryan Butte Extension Brooklyn Mackay Companies Mackay Mackay Company Peoples Gas Light & Coke Co Goldfield Nevada Combination Fraction George Wingfield Frick Consolidated Fraction Nevada Godfield Mill Little Florence Consolidated Red Top Ease Treasury Bankers Sterling Reichsmarks OAS Hals Uilders William E. Soule American Rock Island Preferred Delaware Lackawanna & Western Lackawanna St. Paul National Reading New York Stock Exchange Arizona Telephone American Telephone Company American Bell Telephone Company Massachusetts F. L. Milliken Bankers State St Tel Leavitt & Grant Consolidated Stock Exchange of New York Frederick R. Tibbitts Congress St Charles A. Stoneham & Co Broad St United States Canada A. D. F. Adams Commission Stock Broker Fort Hill Eureka Mines Co M. G. Barnard &Co Stocks la Rose Rep Stee Atchison, Am. Car & Foundry Alton, Majestic Mars Win H. A. Brown & CO F. McConville Kilby St Neer State St Davis-Daly Copper Company Falure W. C. Shaw NEW England Telephone and Telegraph Company William R. Driver Amer Agri Chem Amer Tel & Tel Atl G & W Indies Central Vermont Chie Junction Illinois Steel United Fruit Atchison Eee Ohio Boston & Albany Toston & Lowell Boston & Maine Fitchburg Nay & NH Old Colony Arcadian Se Atlantic Butte Coalition Cal O& Heela Franklin Ee Granby Greene Cananea la Salle Lara Michigan Dominion Victoria Cumberland Eng West Pac Coast TP Co Seattle Elee the Pullman Co United Shoe Weet US Steel Ee van Am Woolen Batopilas Corbin. Og. Oe PQ East Butte Hancock Isle Royale Lake Miami Copper Montana Coal Newhouse Mines North Lake Ojibway Mining Oygi Com Superior A Superior & Pitts Swift & Cover GSO Tye Soo Acme Consol Ray State Gas Bingham Mines Ely Pease Ee Boswyocolo LOS Osm Butte & London Corbin Cova Chemung Cobalt Central Corbin Crown Rs Cumberland Ely Davis Daly Dominion Copper Ocala Geyser Giroux Consol Bad Goldfield Consol SK Sly Goldfield Flor Bg Iy Greene Helvetia Ee Inter Rotary Kerr Lake & Ss Mehmaed Laramie Odae Lia Rose McKinley Dar Mason Valley Mines Co of Amer Nipissing Luly Butte Ohio Copper Lowell Oo Bay State Ariz Cumberland Elyes Qi Y Oy Din Douglas Copper Nat Giroux Mining Kerr Lake King Edward Manhattan Transit McKinley Darragh Miami Lle Mines Co Nipissing M Co United Copper NEW York Bonds H. B. Claflin Ingersoll Rand Butterick Company Isle Royale Copper Total Gtock Centennial Copper Annual Report Saxonia Ivernia Queenstown Marconi Liverpool Mauretania Lusitania Gibraltar Genoa Naples Adriatic Slavonia Carpathia Pannonia Merchants & Miners Transportation Co Fiske Wharf Hanover St Norfolk Baltimore Newport News Battery Wharf Balto C. H. Maynard Halifax Washington St Michigan Freight House Hoosac Tunnel Warren & CO State St. Warren Line Commonwealth of Massachusetts John SF. Garrick W. F. Dodge Carroll Engine & Machine CO John F. Garrick W. FF. Dodge Soul & CO Washington Street Mason Financial Cor Weloas Mason Financial CO Milk St Dewey & CO Bijjorkland and Hakanson Harvard Boston Finance CO Court St Briggs Coo Biscount CO Tremont St.ith D. H. Tolman Devonshire St Mcnamara H. Elwood Briggs & May Ames Workingmen’s Loan Association Robert Treat Paine Treas Coana Beacon St Foley Co Water St S. Phillips Mark’'S Walnut St Chelsea van Dam bLossboo d&eSail Summer ST High & Hoyt
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