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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 28, 1900
Page
10
An advertisement claims a shoe with a collapsing CENTRESOLE mold fits instantly to each bone and muscle, expands with the ball, reduces pinch, prevents upper stretching, distributes pressure evenly, and spreads wear for less effort and longer use.
The weekly trade review notes weak activity in the Resilia Shoe Co. and a broad downturn in East shipments of boots and shoes. Iron and cotton markets show declines and irregularities. wool sales remain limited as producers face high raw material costs and slow distribution.
Wheat yielded a fraction while corn gained one cent for the week. Exports remain larger than a year ago with Atlantic wheat exports four weeks including flour at 8,099,667 bushels versus 8,017,480 last year and Pacific exports 2,725,196 vs 1,373,892. Failures for the week total 204 in the United States and 2 in Canada, compared with 184 and 23 last year respectively.
Bradstreet's notes a dual trend in the general trade situation with some sectors rebounding and others cooling. Retail demand improves while speculation remains low. manufacturing shows mixed results with steel and wire price readjustments and gains in pig iron export potential.
Sugar led New York trading with 185 000 shares traded and opened at 119 moving to 1191 2 then closing 113 2. Bullish reports and insider activity contrasted with a weak general market, while American Tobacco and United States Leather showed gains but slid later. Boston–Montana mining notes, Utah dividends, and United Fruit Company updates finish with governance changes at Boston & Montana and remarks on Western stockholder sentiment.
The article notes beer as a favorite drink in ancient Egypt cited by Dr J P Mahaffy. It muses how cooling might have influenced pyramid construction and imagines Pharaoh and Moses stopping at a Pyramid for a schooner in the cool evening.
The report discusses price pyramiding in commodities like pork and copper, noting potential profits from rising prices. It covers market activity in Boston and New York including copper shares, alongside an analysis of Amalgamated stock moves and a prediction of further copper gains. It reports on American Bell Telephone Company shareholdings with Governor Crane and Zenas Crane as top holders, and notes shifts in major investors including Westinghouse interests.
Boston reports today show the highest and lowest sales along with closing bid and asked prices. Prices reflect the day’s market activity and overall trading levels in the city.
Mersrs. Howard Crosby & Co report Chicago wheat opened strong with May up over last night and July advancing as cables push prices higher. Argentine weekly shipments fall while visible supplies drop. year to date shipments exceed last year by 18.9 million bushels. Corn strengthens on wheat gains and Northwest receipts show mixed comparisons.
The President sent a nomination to the Senate listing Sydney B. Everett of Massachusetts for the role of secretary at the United States delegation in Guatemala City. Other appointments were included in the same transmission.
The Rev Dr Ingram N W Irvine of St Johns Church Huntingdon Penn was publicly deposed from the priesthood by Bishop Ethelbert Talbot in St Lukes Church Philadelphia for affectionate remarks to several parish women and inviting young members on visits. Testimony described the pastor placing his arm around waists and hints of deep love to a married member.
In New York on April 27, a judge signed a decree granting Mrs Rita Hernandes d Alba Acosta Stokes absolute divorce from William Earle Dodge Stokes on statutory grounds. She gains custody of their only child, resumes her maiden name, and receives alimony of 12000 dollars yearly. Stokes is a multimillionaire with notable family ties and assets in the city.
In New Haven on April 27 Alderman George R Coon a leading lawyer and college ward representative in the City Council was publicly horsewhipped last night by his wife E B Cooley in front of the O Connell Hotel West Haven. Cooley is a member of the First Church.
In Winsted Connecticut on April 26 farmer Fred Schermerhorn and his daughter Ida cleared an old barn filled with last season's hay finding a floor swarming with snakes. Ida armed with a pitchfork attacked the reptiles and killed forty eight black snakes as her father cheered.
A new pink rose named Queen of Edgely debuts as a sister to the American Beauty. Bred in Philadelphia, the bloom measures up to 6 inches across with 6 foot stems and dark foliage. Plants remain with original growers until March next year, with florists far in the future and high prices expected for exhibition and elite buyers.
Promises drugless Nerve Vitalisation to cure disease and habits while patients work or rest. Claims Dr. Thomas A. Edwards, M D, Boston expert with London Paris study, treats piles fistula and chronic illnesses without surgery. Advertised hours and contact details likely from a period newspaper notice.
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