Traders predict strong stock upmove amid war news
The letter urges buying American Can and Baldwin stocks as a rise is expected once market timing and European news align. It notes Steel common accumulation for a rise, Gary Morgan crowd preparing for a big extra dividend on Apr 30, and claims the stock market reflects war fortunes with possible short setbacks but quick recoveries. It promotes using market reactions for buying and offers a free "Trading Booklet" by mail.
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American Can
Baldwin
Wall Street
France
Gary- Morgan
Stock Exchange
Charlestown Trust declares regular, extra dividends
The Charlestown Trust Company declares a regular quarterly dividend of 11 2 per cent and an extra dividend of 1 2 per cent. Payment is due May 1 to stock on record April 15.
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Charlestown Trust Company
Directors declare quarterly dividend for preferred stock
The Directors of the American Zinc Lead and Smelting Company have declared a regular quarterly dividend of 1.50 dollars per share on the preferred capital stock. The dividend is payable May 1, 1918 to holders of record on April 29, 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Breton Electrica Company, Limited
Stone & Webster
American Zinc, Lead & Smelting Company
General advance in stock prices and active issues
Steel and Equipment stocks show gains while America Ice improves 3 percent. Rails rise slightly as total sales rise in New York and Boston. Gulf States Steel jumps to 95, St Paul preferred drops to 6634, Boston and Providence up to 160, Am Pneumatic second preferred slips to 10. Overall, New York and Boston show higher year to date volumes versus last year.
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America
New York
Boston
Steel
American Telephone
Gulf States Steel
St. Paul
Providence
Am. Pneumatic 2d Pref
Allis-Chalmers
Yar & Fdy
Oreenecee
Inter Corp
T & Tel
Zinc Pf
Anaconda Peewee Ee
Atchison
Atl Coast Line
Atl Gulf & WI
Balt & Ohio
Barrett Co
Beth Steel
Batopilas
Beth S
Booth Fisheries Oe
Burns Bros
Cal Packers
Ches & Ohio
CM & St
CM & St P
Chio & N'west
CRI & Pac
CRI
Erie
Greene-Can
Gulf St Steel
Haskell & B
Seeeeee
Kan City
Kennecott
Kress Co Pf
Lack Steel
Lehi
H Valley
Miami
ORL
Midvale Steel
Minn & St L
Mo Pacific
Mo Pacific Pf
National Acme
Nevada
Nynh&h
Nor & Western
No Pacific
Ohio Cities Gas
Pac Mail
Penn Lawes
Peoples Gas
Phila Co Ee
Pierce-Arrow
Pitts Coal
Pitts & W
Rep 1
Royal Dutch
Seaboard
Sinclair Oil Art
oss-Sheffield
Pacific
Ry Bévand
Brudebaker
Op &S Cc
Texas Cops
Texas Pac
New York Market Opens With War News Boost
The stock market showed heavy dependence on the war situation with dull, narrow trading in early session and broadening later after news of French troops reinforcing British lines. United States Steel led gains, rising as much as 27 8 points, while rails and other sectors posted modest advances. total volume reached 635000 shares.
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New York
Shorts
United States Steel
Canadian Pacific
Union Pacific
Tehigh Valley
Paris
United States
Steelcommon
Republic Tron & Steel
United States Steel Corporation
New York Stocks: Daily Highs Lows and Close Quotes
New York stocks moved through the day with varied highs and lows. Closing quotations and net changes from the previous close are listed for the session in New York on April 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston Stocks Quotation Snapshot From April 18
Boston stocks report lists the day’s high and low figures with the latest quotations and net changes from the previous close. The data covers key indices and notable securities, reflecting market movement in a concise daily update.
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Boston
Boston Market Holds Preholiday Drift in Stocks
In a muted pre-holiday session Boston Market shows little action besides gains in Swift and Fruit. Mason Valley posts annual net income of 358000 after a 242000 tax deduction while United States Smelting rebounds from a sharp drop. Copper rumor persists but may fade as costs rise faster than metal prices. Local market closes while New York remains open.
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New York
Swift
Telephone
Mason Valley
United States
New York Exchange
Miami Copper Company
Money Markets and Foreign Exchange Reported Steady
April 18 money markets show loans at 5 to 6 percent for brokers customers and 6 percent for various collateral and commercial paper. Federal Reserve rediscounts focus on short term paper and US certificates. Afternoon foreign exchange shows Sterling cables at 4.76716 with demand 4.755214. Francs 5.72. Guilders 47. Lire 8.9014. Swiss francs 4.2819. Spanish pesetas 28.
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Secur DG
Gigi Rian Oisos Scree Occa Eseesaes
Eid
Cee Ceee Ee Ees
United States
Help Our Soldier Boys Buy Bonds For France
Let us all help our soldier boys in France and at the cantonments by financing their activities. The duty now confronting us is to purchase a bond.
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France
Steel Leads Market Upward Amid Strong Steel Outlook
The market rose led by Steel common as confidence grew after strong quarterly reports. New England bankers plan a cotton finance scheme to ease costs, while Republic Iron & Steel and Miami Copper showed mixed earnings. Copper mines Ray and Chino reported lower profits, with tax considerations likely cutting further.
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Miami
Bay
China
Porphyry
Ray
Chino
British Cross for American with the Army in France
Lieutenant Theodore Higgins Sweetser of the Medical Reserve, United States army, is recommended for the British Military Cross for conspicuous gallantry near Passchendaele on March 18. He aided more than 40 men suffering gas while himself exposed to the gas effects. his current address is not listed.
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France
Associated Press
Theodore Higgins Sweetser
United States Army
Passchendaele
Sweetser
Bond Drive Message Echoes Wartime Pressure
A terse wartime appeal urges support for the national bond drive. The line hints that loyalty to the homeland is shown through financial sacrifice. The phrase underscores public participation in financing military efforts during the conflict.
Births and engagements among Boston families in April 1918
Gladstone Herman Gladstone and Elizabeth Rabinowich announce the birth of a son on April 12 at Lying-In Hospital. Engagement announced of Pauline Garraway to Dr Hudson R. Miller newly commissioned as first lieutenant in Medical Officers' Reserve Corps. Numerous obituaries and funeral notices follow for April 17–21 across Boston and New England, naming families, residences, and church services.
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Herman Gladstone
Elizabeth Rabinowich
West 171St St
Miller
Garraway
John Garraway
Fourth Ave
Pauline
Hudson R. Miller
Medical Officers’ Reserve Corps
United States Base Hospital No
Andrews
Christ Church
Short Hills
N. J
Malcolm Douglas
Eleanor Isabelle Town
Samuel Hart Town
Philadelphia
Thomas Wood Andrews
Knight—Whitney
American Church
Paris
Frances Pierrepont
Eli Whitney
New Haven
Conn
Earl Knight
Buckley
Charlestown
Edward
Edward F
Frances L. Buckley
Ryder
Mt. Vernon St
Clasby
Egleston Sq
Fred
Cecilia D. Clasby
Bowen
Uisworth St
St. Mary of the Angels’ Church
Colligan
Lovelock
Nevada
Joseph CC. Colligan
Boston
Forest Hills Chapel
At & P. m. Cook
Lexington
James F. Cook
Butler Ave
St. John’s
N. F
Cuddiny
Dorchester
George J. Cuddihy
Templeton St
Dolan
Bickford Ave
Revere
Joseph Dolan
Avon
Main At
St. Michael's Church
Hampstead
Fieflds
Woburn
Angelia
Joseph W. Fields
Richardson Pl
Fitzgerald
Norfolk
Maurice
U. S. S. Missouri
Catherine Vitagerald
Summer &T
Somerville
St. Joseph’s Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Gillen
Brighton
John F
Elizabeth J. Gillen
McCaffrey
Mt. Vernon Ave
St. Columbkille’s Church
Market St
Gorman
Mary
James Gorman
Darmody
Meridian St
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer
L. A
Gormley
James N
John J
Ida F. Gormley
Morse
West Eagle St
Grant
Jamaica Plain
Wilbur
Charles IL
Helen Grant
O'Brien
Lamartine Place
Griffin
Michael
Celia Griffin
O'Rourke
Henderson St
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South Weymouth
Mary A. Honnens
Mary A. Kearns
Keane
Larkin St
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Malden
New York
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Melrose
Margaret
Michael Kelly
Feneral
Linwood Ave
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Roxbury
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Mary Kelly
Leary
Catherine Leary
J. Edward Kent
Elmont St
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Gloucester
Mass
Maloney
Roslindale
Richard Joseph
Edward L
Florence May Maloney
Hobbs
Ardale St
M'Cabe
Cambridge
Margaret R
James J
Celia A. McCabe
Lowry
Berkshire Place
M'Carty
Brookline
Lawrence J. McCarty
Abbottsford Rd
St. Afiden’s
Freeman St
M'Devitt
West Somerville
Neil McDevitt
Summer St
St. Catherine's Church
Meegan
David Z
Alma Meegan
Peter Jredrickson
Moreland St
Moore
Waltham
George Clark Moore
Lowell St
Orourke
Michael O'Rourke
West Nd
Margaret N. Manning
Nea Donaher
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Jennie EF. Osborne
Francis
Lorenzo A. Osborne
Rank
Perkins St
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Truman A. Porter
A. I. Foster
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Saugus Centre
Rick
Catherine H
James M. Rice
Noonan
Bennington St
St. Omar Commandery
A. I
A. M
Smitit
Weymouth
Charles H. Smith
Washington St
Tanner
Leland N. Tanner
Broadway
Lowell
Williams
Pigeon Cove
Isabella Ef, Williams
St. Joachiim'’s Catholic
Italy Cross Cemetery
Wilson
Silas C. Wilson
Fairland St
South Wakefield
N. H
Bedford
Wheat price support rejected by House vote
Washington April 18 The House defeated the proposed $2.50 guaranteed wheat price, 167 to 98, sending the issue back to conference. Under the food control act 1918 price was $2 a bushel, with Wilson fixing $2.20 at interior markets. Senate riders to raise to $2.50 faced further rejections.
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Washilington
House
Senate
Wilson
Cowles Files Exceptions in Child Custody Case
Dr Edward S Cowles of Portsmouth New Hampshire has filed a personal bill of exceptions to a Superior Court decree granting control of his two children to his wife Florence Jaquith Cowles and setting visitation terms. He argues the court lacked right to require him to accept the conditions and claims witnesses perjured themselves and that custodian Elizabeth Brewer Wells is unsuitable.
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Portsmouth
N. H
Edwards
Cowles
John IE. Allen
Superior Court
Florence Jaquith Cowles
Elizabeth Brewer Wells
FOR SALE LARGE MILL PLANT IN TROY NEW HAMPSHIRE
Business opportunities offered including a large mill plant with steam and water power a portable steam saw mill and a spruce lot over two million feet also listed is an opportunity to represent manufacturers via two general agents with twenty years of Pittsburg territory experience. Address Orrim R Howard Croydon Lot New Hampshire and Agents 1017 Bessemer Building Pittsburgh Pa.
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N. H
Orrim R. Howard
Croydon Lot
Pittsburg
Bessemer
Pemberton
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