Stock Markets Show Further Improvement in Boston
Boston stock market gains as unions advance and investors seek rail and copper issues. Union Pacific leads with a strong advance while Fitchburg preferred dividends set. East Boston Company prospects rise with October lease news. Copper stocks show notable activity with Amalgamated and Anaconda rallying amid optimistic outlooks for late year profits.
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New York
Sub-Treasury
Union Pacific
Boston
Baltimore & Ohio
Messrs. J. P. Morgan & Co
Bank of England
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine
Rock Island
East Boston
Boston Financial News
East Boston Company
Boston & Albany
New York Central Railroad
Albany
Tay York
ILFOM
Escsesessess
Pacific States Telephone Company
San Francisco
Boston & Montana
Osceola
Isle Royale
Arcadian
Utah
Parrot
Centennial
British Columbia
Copper Range
Amalgamated
Anaconda
5. O
Mensers, Schofield, Whicher & Co
Butte
Amalgamated Company
Baltic
Trimountain
Arnold
Santa Yeabel
Dominion Coal Company
Bay State
Fortuna-Republican
Pinkham
Anaconda Arcadian
Arch, T&sf Ae
Bingham Boston & Albany
Boston Elec Light
Boon & Maine Bos & Monttr
Butte & Boston Calumet & Hecla
Centennial Eureka
Dominion Coal
Boston Land
Elm River
Federal Steel
Michigan Mining
Gas & Coke
I San Ie
Tel & H Et Ali
Pullman Co
Ase Quincy
Ccccesse
Rutlan Seeeseceoe
Tamarac
Winona West
Eleo Pref
Wolverine
Pioneer Gold Mining Co Stockholders Notice
Stockholders urged to protect themselves and seek information at once sent via B O Box 3664 Boston from the Pioneer Gold Mining Co notice.
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Pioneer Gold Mining Co
B. O. Nox
Boston
Tin workers press wage scale talks at Cleveland meeting
An important conference in Cleveland brought together representatives of about 20 000 tin workers and manufacturers to adjust the wage scale for the coming year. The meeting centered on concessions demanded by the workers and discussed at length.
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Cleveland
Chicago
Boston's Debts and Lost Industries Prompt Public Outcry
In a letter to the Post, John Quinn Jr. argues Boston's policy has swelled debt and eroded old industries. He cites 1891 to 1900 debt growth, rising sinking funds, large authorized loans, and costly public works while questioning tax burdens and lack of new employment. He urges businesslike governance to restore Boston as a leading city.
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Boston
Sssuebt
Atlantic Avenue
East Boston
Bennington Street
Rutherford Avenue
Metropolitan Commissioners
Metropolitan Park Commissioners
Metropolitan Sewerage Commission
Metropolitanater Commission
Dorchester
Roxbury
Boater
South
East
Boseton
Grand Rapids
Mich
New York
Dennison Manufacturing Company
Norwood Publishing Company
Woonsocket
Ya Jong
Paris
Europe
Dean's Ointment Promises Skin Relief for Eczema
An advertisement touts Dean's Ointment as a cure for eczema and other skin conditions. It claims it is harmless and available at any drug store for 50 cents.
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Dean
Pastor Marks 22 Years Serving Four Reformed Congregations
Schaefferstown Penn Aug 3 The Rev J A Bachman completes the twenty second year of his pastorate over four Re formed congregations at Schaefferstown Millbach Newmanstown and Bismarck. He also preaches regularly at Christ Church in Cornwall township Templeton.
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Schaefferstown
Penn
J. A. Bachman
Millbach
Newmanstown
Bismarck
Christ Church
Cornwall Township
Templeton
Pennsylvania Preacher Bachman Sees 6000 Miles In 22 Years
The Rev J A Bachman, a Pennsylvania pastor, served churches at South Mountain and Richland in Lebanon County. Over twenty two years he traveled about six thousand miles by team to reach congregations inaccessible by rail or trolley. He preached 3742 sermons and gave 118 addresses and lectures while baptizing 1810 infants, confirming 1066 catechumens, and performing 587 marriages.
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J. A. Bachman
Pennsylvania
South Mountain
Richland
Lebanon County
Bachman
Gentleman
Returns filed on lobby act payments for street railway and grounds bills
The secretary of state received records of payments by lobbyists under the lobby act. Fred H. Williams paid 70 dollars, Charles J. Noyes 100 dollars, Benjamin F. Gibby 1600 dollars, A. L. Harwood 25 dollars. Charles C. Merritt paid 12 dollars to J. J. Dowd for the Boston & Brockton electric freight railway bill. Charles M. Jewett reported a 500 dollar payment to Wesley Paul as legislative agent on the Breeders' Association speed trials bill.
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James F. Shaw
Wesley Paul
Cape Steamer Sets Record Speeds Boston to Provincetown
The new steamer Cape Hodip provides a record fast run from Boston to Provincetown. It completed the trip in four hours on Sunday and has since shortened times, with yesterday’s return taking three and a half hours from Provincetown wharf to Boston. The sprint tops the Longfellow and Nantucket four hour schedule, marking a record pace for Cape Cod passage.
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Cape Hod
Boston
Provincetown
Cape
Longfellow
Nantucket
Corn crop and trade show modest gains in period
Bradstreet's notes mixed signals with buyer-favorable trade conditions yet midsummer dampening demand. Crop outlook improves with a 2.1 billion bushel corn forecast, better spring wheat quality, and a strong apple yield. Iron and steel prices ease, railways steady, and bank clearings slip year over year amid widespread economic caution.
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New York
Bradstreet
Shenango
Mahoning
Fall River Committee
Mississippi
St. Louis
Chicago
Pittsburg
Kansas City
Omaha
South
Baltimore
Boston
Providence
Montreal
Toronto
Manitoba
Canada
Failures in July Rise Amid Banking Defaults
Dun and Co review shows 73 failedConcerns totaling 9.76 million liabilities with 4 banking defaults at 0.201 million. Manufacturing failures reach 183 with 5.18 million liabilities and trading 660 with 3.32 million. Compared with last year, July failures rise due to stronger prior conditions and higher mobilities reported.
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New York
R. G. Dun & Co
Manufac
McCarthy Held on $1000 Bond in Chelsea Shooting
John H. McCarthy of Chelsea shot partner Thomas E. J. Hayde on Sir Columbus Avenue Thursday afternoon. He pleaded not guilty to assault and battery with a loaded revolver in Roxbury District Court and was ordered to provide $1000 bond for August 13. Hayde listed as on the dangerous list at City Hospital.
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John H. McCarthy
Chelsea
Thomas E. J. Hayde
Sir Columbus Avenue
Roxbury District Court
Hayde
City Hospital
Public bequests in late Barthold Schlesinger will
The will filed for probate in Dedham lists $14,000 in public bequests. Hampton School in Virginia and the German Aid Society in Boston receive $1000 each. Radcliffe College MIT Harvard and other major bodies receive $2000 each.
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Barthold Schlesinger
Brookline
Dedham
Hampton School
Hampton
German Aid Society of Boston
New England Moral Reform Society
Radcliffe College
Martin Luther Home
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Harvard University
Massachusetts Society For the Prevention of Cruelty To Children
Schlesinger
Shah Says Assassin Was Frustrated by Fate in Paris
The Shah of Persia, described as a fatalist, faced an assassination attempt in Paris with calm remarks about fate. The would be killer, Francois Salson born 1876, an anarchist, had prior convictions for preaching anarchy in 1898 and 1899. He lived quietly in a Paris hotel before the attempt, reportedly buying a revolver days earlier.
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Paris
Persia
Mirza Mezam de Gaffary
Italy
Contrexeville
No. & Piazza di Naples
Salson
Francois Salson
Sarson
No Gerrymander Promise In Cuba Conventio
A joint committee of the Republican Nationalist and Union Democratic parties met with Governor General Wood in Havana to discuss minority representation at the upcoming constitutional convention. Wood approved the principle of minority representation as a safeguard against gerrymandering.
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Havana
Wood
Fire wipes out Sopp’s Arm saw mill and settlement
A forest fire at Sopp's Arm White Bay Newfoundland destroyed a large saw mill and lumber worth millions, along with 120 houses. Residents were evacuated by a coal schooner bound for mail steamer service. At Winthrop the Shirleys face the New Winthrops in a local fast game with amateur players and strong pitching by Frank of the Shirleys.
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St, John's
N. F
Sopp’s Arm
White Bay
Winthrop
Ocean Spray
Shirleys
Winthrops
Frank
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Third Avenue
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Anaconda Mining Co
Brooklyn Ra Transit
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Continental Opera
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Penny Avenue
Jacob Henry
Jacob
Jacob Henry Brestwick
John Quinn, Jr
Dun-Bradstreet
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New England
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Tron and Steel
American Woollen Company
Coates Bros
United States
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