Market Falls as Titanic Aftermath Weighs on Stocks
New York stocks opened dull and declined for hours as sentiment remained muted by the Titanic disaster. Gains came late in the session on Union Pacific United States Steel and Reading with Marconi rumors lifting Western Union and old Marconi stock. Bond and marine issues weakened while cash flow and gold shipments to South America signaled continued liquidity.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Eastern Railway
Union Pacific
United States Steel
Reading
Western Union
Marconi Company
Marconi
Bethlehem Common
International Mercantile Marine
South America
San Francisco
New York City
St. Louis
Bradstreet's Review reports steady trade with cautious optimism
Bradstreet's State of Trade notes overall steady commerce with some irregularity and pockets of improvement. Dry goods, footwear, hats, furnishings and hardware lead activity while iron and steel remain strong. cotton hogs and wheat rise, butter and cheese ease, sugar rebounds, and bank clearings show a large year over year gain. Trade in Canada improves with favorable reports lifting the undertone.
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New York
Bradstreet
United States
Canada
Telegraph
Bradstreet’s
Northwest Wheat Seeding Busy Amid Migrant Influx and Strong Trade
Weather favorable for wheat seeding in the Northwest supports large migrant arrivals with ample funds. Wholesale business remains robust and manufacturers report busy activity. Weekly business failures fall to 2 percent, versus 24 percent in the same week of 1911.
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Northwest
Trade optimism persists amid Titanic shock and strikes
R G Dun weekly review notes continued business confidence and activity, despite the Titanic disaster and textile labor troubles. Coal and dry goods trade improve, machinery and footwear gain, while leather and hides markets strengthen. U S failures total 30 this week versus 263 last year in the US and 27 in Canada.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Middle West
Fall River
United States
Canada
Wheat climbs on crop surprises and state acreage revisions
Chicago reports unexpected downsize in Missouri crop prospects and higher total abandoned acreage in Ohio Indiana and Illinois lifting wheat to its yearly peak. Corn gains 1 4 to 3 8, provisions vary with a mixed session.
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Chicago
Missouri
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Plan for 2800 Mile National Highway Boston to San Francisco
Boston Rotary Club sponsors a proposed 2800 mile national highway from Boston to San Francisco passing through Massachusetts New York Pennsylvania Ohio Indiana Illinois Missouri Kansas Colorado Utah Nevada and California. The project aims for 1915 completion with national state funding shares and auto friendly 40 foot width. Governor Foss supports and promoters expect strong state endorsements.
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Boston
San Francisco
Massachusetts
New York
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Indiana
Illinois
Missouri
Kansas
Colorado
Utah
Nevada
California
Foss
Rotary Club of
New York State Line
Five schooners arrive at wharf as holidays slow fishing
Five schooners Rebecca Margaret Dillon Morning Star Adeline and George H Lubee docked yesterday while most fishermen stayed ashore for the holiday. Two of Friday’s arrivals sailed to Gloucester seeking higher fish prices. congestion grows as a large fleet remains in port.
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Gloucester
Rebecca
Margaret Dillon
Morning Star
Adeline
George H. Lubee
Majestic
Sandenfels
Calcutta
Boston
Landsman
Shipping News Mini Almanac for April 20
Sun rises at 4 55 and sets at 6 51 with a 13 36 day length. High tides at 12 53 and 1 28 pm, rise at 10 ft 4 in. Arrived ships include Californian Lord Kasenga Lindenfels Muller Governor Cobb Pike Nacoochee Dizer Hudgins Greetan Briggs H F Dimock Hawes Cam den Brown Melrose Frostad Governor Dingley City of Gloucester tug Catawissa etc. Cleared ships include Kershaw Governor Dingley Strout and more. Sailed ships include Bulgaria Kentucky Verona Calvin Austin H M Whitney Charles F Mayer and others with barges and tugs in tow.
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Californian
Lord
London
Kasenga
Skelt
Kershaw
Johnson
Newport News
Baltimore
Dingley
Strout
Portland
Camden
Brown
Bangor
Bulgaria
Hamburg
Kentucky
Dan
Copenhagen
Philadelphia
Verona
Port Antonio
Jam
Boston
Yarmouth
Calvin Austin
St. John
N. B
Eastport
H. M. Whitney
New York
Charles F. Mayer
Cheektowaga
Perth Amboy
Beverly
Bravo
Lackawanna
Hoboken
N. J
Newport
Clifford N. Carver
Tampa
Fla
Annie F. Conlon
Extra appropriation urged for Boston Custom House
Elwyn G. Preston of S. S. Pierce Co and Robert S. Peabody of Peabody & Stearns urged the House committee on public buildings and grounds for an immediate extra 350000 dollars for the Boston Custom House due to emergency needs as the current appropriation loses about 98000 dollars yearly to rental draws.
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Washington
Elwyn G. Preston
Boston
S. S. Pierce Company
Robert S. Peabody
Peabody & Stearns
Boston to San Francisco Highway Plan Gains Momentum
Boston Rotary Club pushes a 2800 mile national highway from Boston to San Francisco. Massachusetts leads the effort with state cooperation, aiming to link existing roads into one continuous route, potentially completing by 1915 for the upcoming fair. Governor Foss backs the project as strong local support grows.
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Boston Rotary Club
Civic Committee
Boston
National Association of Rotary Clubs
Far West
California
Prouty
Iowa
Congress
Representative Prouty
Rotary Club
Taft
Major O'Keefe
Massachusetts
Mr. O'Keefe
Foss
San Francisco
Public Worship Notes From Boston Churches
A roundup of Sunday services from First Baptist on Commonwealth Avenue and multiple Boston churches. It lists service times, sermon topics such as The Spoil of the Sea and The Human Output of Our Business System, choir and soloist details, and notes on free seating and welcome crowds.
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First Baptist Church
Commonwealth Avenue
Clarendon Street
Austen Kennedy de Blois
Samuel the Seer
Brotherhood
Dr. Myers
Lotus
Temple Chorus
Mme
Wilhelmina Wright Calvert
A. J. Fairbanks
James A. Francis
First U. P
Warren Avenue
West Brookline Street
Berkeley Street
Francis
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
New West Canton Street
Herbert S. Johnson
John Jacob Astor
Johnson
Adelphi
Robert Lister
Isabel
Melville
Lister
Bible School
Dudley Street
Strons of the Times
Centre
Myrtle Streets
Jamaica Plain
Walter Calley
D. T
Eleanor Fox Allen
Lowell
Christian Scientist
First Church OF Christ, Scientist
Mother Church
Falmouth
Norway
St. Paul Streets
Boston
Congregational
Endeavor
Park Street
J. Willis Conant
Union Congregational Church
Columbus Avenue
West Newton Street
Allen A. Stockdale
Specia
Union Church
Georgia Pray Lasselle
Grace Chisolm
William Lester Bates
Shawmut Congregational Church
Tremont
Brookline
FE. Ellsworth Shumaker
Clara Barton
Episcopal Church OF the Advent
Mt. Vernon
Brimmer Streets
William Herman van Allen
Aitkins
ST. Stephen's Church
Florence Street
Lutheran ST. Mark's English Lutheran Church
Winthrop Street
Roxbury
Edwin Lunn Miller
St. Mark's” Methodist Episcopal Bromfield-Tremont Street
L. A. Nie
Bromfield Street
Joe M. Jeonard
Tremont Street
Tremont Stree Church
Corner Concord
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Frank J.souther & CO
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United Wireless
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National Association of Rotary Clubs of America
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Bay State
B.F. Keith
Edward Abeles & CO
Willie Collier
Edgar Selwyn
Lydia Barry
New York Winter Garden
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KLASS
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Kimberly
Hodgkins
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Tonis Newes
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Billie Burke
David Belasco
Frances Starr
Edward Locke
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Shubert
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Wheere
Lew Fields
ALL Star Company
Max Rogers
Carter DeHaven
Bobby North
Harry Cooper
Hugh Cameron
Vera Michelena
Plora Parker
Myrtle Gilbert
Virginia Evans
Jillian Lewicks
Montgomery & Moore
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Oxford
Eliot St
Mat
Inster
Warner
Jimmy Valentine
Shawm Us
Blue Hill Ave
LOEW
Orpheus
Castle Sq. Tel
Craig
Winter St
School For Scandal
Waldron’s Casino
Hanover St
Tremont Row
TAX Girls
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Beylsten
Via Rail and Beat
Washington St
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Colonial Line
Wash
F. H
Baily
Hattie Williams
Journal
Herbert Cortell
William Pruette
Lennox Pawle
Arthur Stanford
Arthur Lipson
William Danforth
Emma Janvier
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Bertha Holly
Maude Allan
Montmarte
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Mars
Wm. Harris
Lessees
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Tonald Brian Con
N. Y
Julia Sanderson
Frank Moulan
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Ethel Cadman
Alan Made
Tremont Theatre
Joe Weber
Geo
Hobart
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Richard Thornton
Annie Laurie
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Ives
Few
Asborn
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Mignon
BASE
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Jersey and
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Wright & Ditson's
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Revere Beach
Poole’s
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Ony Hall
Nikisch
SYMPI
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Wax Fiedler
NY Hall
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Theatre Matinee Today
Charles Dillingham
Montgomery & Stone
George Ade
Old Town
Gustav Luders
Andrew Mack
Tom Moore
SALE
Actors’ Fund
Theatre Managers Association of
Mary Young
H. B. Warner
Andrew Mack Will Wear
John Craig
Emma Janvier Donald Brian Frank Moulan
Hubert Cortell
Charles Dalton
Alan Mudie
Keith's Theatre Orpheum
Aborn Opera Co
Adventists Adventist Church
Putnam Street
Somerville
C. KR. Crossett
F.A. Blackmer
Christ
Advent Christian Church
Warres Street
C. ©. Farnham
Disciples OF Christ
Sunday Post
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