Douglas Copper stock offer at $10.50 a share for limited allotment
A Boston memo from April 29 1907 urges quick purchase of 20 000 Douglas Copper Company shares at 10.50 each citing bonanza ore findings in Sonora Mexico and comparing production costs and dividends with major copper firms. The offer may close soon and aims for quarterly dividends beginning autumn with long term payoff.
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Douglas Copper Company
Sonora
Mexico
Theodore Douglas
Greene Consolidated Copper Company
Utah Consolidated Copper Company
Osceola Company
Lake Superior
Calumet and
Arizona
Calumet and Eola Mining Company
Cecil Rhodes
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing CO
New York
Sit Batte Coalition
Boston
Calumet & Arizona
Calumet & Ee
Alle
Eeseesveevese
Mass
Minin
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Michigan
North Butte
Theode Island Uiney
Santa Fe
Shannon
Tamarac
U. Ss
Utah
Vietoam Eeee
Dare Ad Promises Big Returns For Small Stake
A bold offer urges readers to send ten dollars to East St. Louis company POST T. P. CO for a “dare” investment plan. Promises claim returns of fifty dollars or more within ten to fifteen days and invite further investments, labeling imitators unreliable. Readers are told to report where they saw the ad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. P. CO
East St. Louis
Rural free delivery carriers get pay raise across miles
Postmaster General Meyer approved a detailed salary readjustment for rural free delivery carriers based on miles traveled. The new scale, effective July 1, increases pay by 9 to 2 percent and adds upwards of 6.9 million dollars to the rural service appropriation, totaling nearly 35 million dollars for the next fiscal year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Meyer
DeGraw
Department
Congress
Market Review and Outlook for the Week
Sluggish price movement and lack of public participation mark the week. Analysts cite heavy losses among leaders and indifference from the banking sector as key factors. Copper shares show fluctuations in a provided table as the market awaits Roosevelt’s stance on railroads and corporate policy.
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Jamestown
United States
Western Chambers of Commerce
Roosevelt
Legend or History of Vinland Voyages Debated
In a letter to the Post the writer rebuts labeling Lief Ericson’s Vinland voyages as legend. He cites Icelandic accounts and modern scholarship, arguing the voyages deserve historical consideration alongside Jamestown. Berlin, New Elm, April 27.
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Jamestown Exposition
Lief Ericson
Century Dictionary
Bjorne
Ericson
Jamestown
Virginia
Herodotus
Darius
Cyrus
Hildreth
Tandberg
Berlin
N. EL
Champion Miles Changes Front in Tennis Title Fight
Hustace Fr. Miles, holder of the court tennis championship, says he will train to defend his title after pressure from friends. The semi final winner was set to be champion by Miles default. Jay Gould, who reached the semi finals, is upset and will decide next week whether to face Miles or withdraw.
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London
Hustace Fr. Miles
Miles
Jay Gould
England
Weather Diary Echoes Boston’s Extreme 1907 Season
Peaceful Howler records a chaotic April 28 1907 in Boston with 10 feet of snow on the ground. He notes broken routines breakfast coal shortages and a flood of weather shifts from sun to rain to heavy snowfall while reflecting on poems editors and city life.
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Herbert
Percival
Beacon Hill
New York
Boston
Maude Harrison Actress Dies Suddenly in New York
Maude Harrison the actress died after she was stricken with paralysis in her Hotel Willard apartment in New York. She was about 51, sister of actor Louis Harrison, a former Daly player, who retired five years earlier to care for her ailing mother.
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New York
Volcano eruption throws ash over Sicily and Calabria
The Royal Observatory on Mt. Etna records an extraordinary eruption affecting Stromboli and ejecting ash and cinders that damage vineyards across Sicily and Calabria.
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Catania
Sicily
Royal Observatory
Mt. Etna
Stromboli
Calabria
Bombs Found in Villa Rented by Kaulbars in Odessa
In Odessa on April 28 sixteen bombs were discovered in a villa rented by Governor Kaulbars for a summer residence.
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Kaulbars
Odessa
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Douglas Copper
George Westinghouse
Westinghouse Electric and Manufacturing Company
Journal Building
Helvetia Copper
Helvetia
Anaconda
Amalgamated Copper
Union Pacific
New York Central
Dominion Copper
Interboro
United Zinc
Frederick R. Tibbitts Investment Securities
Monks Bldg
Congress ST
Columbia
H. J. Philips State
W. Siemon
Mioney
Almond
P. O. Box
Carriers
William E. Soule
Peaceful Howler
Maude Harrison
Western Telephone & Telegraph Company
Western Telephone & Telegraph Co
Peabody & Company
Tremont Theatre
James’ K. Hackett
Alfred Sutro
Walls of Jericho
Howell Hansel and His Co
BARDS
America
Les 8Alvaggies
Helena Frederick
la Vine- Cimaron Trio
Vernon, Reiff Bros
Willits Family
The
Zarnes
Broadway
Boston Theatre
Will J. Block Amusement Co
Irene
Lalor
Stellage
Company of Tomorrow
Percy Williams
Orpheum
Oxford
Vasco Musical
Marvel
W. J. O’hearn & Co
Caren
Herbert Matthews
Harris Quinlan & Mack
Aribes
Madge Fox
Joseph Santley
Billy the Kid
Eyceu Mie
Katie John Graig
Heart OF
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Airee
Charlotte Hunt
Aus Scollat Square
Jin & Stoni
Continu
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Max Rogers
John J. MecNally
Pasig
Rocers Bros
Ireland
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Virginia Harned
Thurs
Tolstoi
Castile
the Stock Opera CO
Tremont
Down Town
Winter St
Mats. Was
Charles Dillingham
Nance O’neil
Aw A
Rey Cleo
Edwin Milton Royle
Colonial Theatre
Carib
Huntington Avenue
WRIGHT _ DITSON
Washington Street
Herrick’s
Copley Square
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T. Adamowski
Gale
Condit
Revere
Nautical
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Poole’s
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