Inquiries Answered on New England Stocks and Mergenthaler
Boston Post financial editor reports on inquiries about Mergenthaler Linotype earnings decline and prospects, Curtiss Aeroplane and Wright Martin Aircraft stocks, and Southern Railway results. Articles detail earnings, war impact, orders, and capital structure considerations.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
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Inquirer
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Boston
Mass
Curtiss Aeroplane Company
Wright- Martin Air Craft Corporation
New Bedford
United States
Glenn H. Curtiss
Burgess Aeroplane Company
Willys-Overland Company
Wright-Martin Aircraft Corporation
Wright Company
Glenn L. Martin Company
Market Review and Outlook Shows Cautious Gains
Market movement rose slightly last week as volume sank to a year low amid weather and price fixing uncertainty. United States Steel reported strong quarterly earnings, but analysts doubt sustained gains. peace prospects and tax policy loom as major drivers of future prices.
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United States Steel Corporation
Washington
Russia
Germans and Turks plan large drive to retake Bagdad
Geneva reports via the Secolo of Rome that a major effort to regain Bagdad is being prepared. General von Falkenhayn has arrived in Constantinople to command assembling forces as four Turkish divisions from Dobrudja and troops from Thrace concentrate in the capital. Austria supplies heavy artillery and Germany furnishes officers. The offensive is set for mid September.
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Switzerland
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Secolo
Rome
von Falkenhayn
Rumania
Constantinople
Dobrudja
Thrace
Austria
Germany
Pacific cable to Philippines broken halting Far East link
The Commercial Cable Company announced disruption of the Pacific cable from San Francisco to the Philippines China and Hong Kong. Cablegrams can be sent only via Europe as repair crews locate the break between Guam and the Philippines, with days or weeks expected before service restores.
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New York
Philippines
China
Hong Kong
San Francisco
Pacific
Europe
Guam
Bad Teeth Spark Draft Review Across Boston Area
Dentists urge easing dental requirements as many fit for service are blocked by eight good chewing teeth rule. Dr. Mansfield calls for state action while 120 more men line up for examination at Huntington Avenue as boards in Dorchester Roxbury and Cambridge start early tests.
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Mansfield
National Guard
Huntington Avenue
Old Blue Law Gets Whallop
Hartford reports a new law allows certain mercantile stores to open Sundays for the first time in nearly 300 years without fear of police action. The change ends the Connecticut blue law monopoly on Sunday sales and permits milk bakery goods fruit ice cream confectionery nonalcoholic beverages tobacco newspapers and automoible supplies to be sold on secular days.
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Hartford
Connecticut
Vote of Confidence Given to Kerensky
An all night conference at the Winter Palace endorsed Premier Kerensky with confidence from five parties and invited him to form a cabinet. Speakers hailed him as Russia's savior while warning that drastic powers for Korniloff were needed to secure the army. The Workers and Soldiers Councils backed Kerensky by 147 to 46, with Maximalists protesting.
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Kerensky
Russia
Associated Press
Romanoff
Moscow
Terestchenko
M. Tseretelli
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M. Lwvoff
Afremoff
Paul M. Milukoff
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M. Kerensky
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Korniloff
Petrograd
M. Nekrasoff
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Uniforms for Home Guards Issued by Secretary Baker
Secretary Baker issued informal instructions on uniforms for home guard groups that would not violate the National Defence Act. The guidance defines suitable attire for civilian defense units operating within the law and emphasizes compliance with federal regulations.
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Washington
Baker
Military uniform details for coat trousers cap and insignia
The specification outlines a single-breasted four button sack coat with two outside bellows pockets and a breast pocket, white metal buttons bearing state arms, matching trousers and cap with black enamelled leather visor, H G collar insignia, and rank chevrons. Shirt white, cravat black, material blends of wool and cotton in forestry green or blue gray.
Madrid Organ Defends Internment of Damaged U Boat
The Epoca, a government organ in Madrid, criticizes pro German press for opposing the internment of the German submarine UB 23 at Corunna after damage. It notes the German government made no protest and cites The Hague rules allowing neutrals to decide on such measures, pointing to Holland’s similar action.
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Epoca
Corunna
Ferrol
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Malden Says Farewell To L Company Fifth Regiment
Amid cheers and tears the city honored L. Company Fifth Regiment as 10,000 gathered for a parade review. The unit marched from Amerige Field along Highland avenue to Pleasant street and Ferryway Green where Captain C. David Berg took the oath while Mayors Blodgett and Adams spoke to the boys.
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Malden
L Company
Ferryway Green
Veterans cheer as Fifth boys march to war
A Malden ceremony lines streets with eight Post 40 G A R members a Sons of Veterans delegation a State Guard unit and others as the Fifth march past. Crowds fight tears at Ferryway Green Captain Berg takes the oath Mayor Blodgett vows prayers and support while Melrose Mayor Adams notes 16 local boys join the marching group. The crowd salutes and pledges care for families back home as Belgium’s plight looms.
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Melrose
Sons of Veterans
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Jim
Chick
Ferryway Green
Berg
Blodgett
Belgium
France
Charles H. Adams
Lincoln
Erzberger in Peace Intrigues in Geneva
Geneva reports that Mathias Erzberger, deputy for the German Reichstag, continues peace propaganda in Switzerland similar to earlier efforts by Prince von Buelow. The Liberte of Freiburg notes he received calls from neutrals, but attempts to contact Bernese representatives of the Allies have, to date, failed.
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Switzerland
Liberte
Friburg
Mathias Erzberger
Reichstag
Prince von Buelow
Berne
Lexington Golf Dates Revealed for August Tournaments
James Stuart Smith, chairman of the Lexing ton Golf Club tournament committee, announced the schedule for remaining August events. Next Saturday features a handicap vs bogey tourney, August 18 presents a best ball foursome, one third combined handicap, and a return match with the Wellesley Country Club at Wellesley on an undetermined date.
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James Stuart Smith
Lexington Golf Club
Wellesley Country Club
Wellesley
Harvard Soldiers Drafted for First U.S. Army Draft
More than 50 members of the Harvard ROTC, encamped at the fair grounds in Barre, will travel to Cambridge tomorrow and Tuesday for physical examinations for the first draft army. Additional registrants will be examined at various points across the United States.
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National Army
East Cambridge
Henry O. Lacey
Sherman E. Lancaster
City Hall
Cambridge Boards
Division 2
George E. Sherman
Malden
Willson Hunt
Medford
Melrose and Wakefield
Melrose City Hall
Curtis L. Sopher
Wakefield
Board
Cadets face exams and training as war corps awaits cap Cordier report
More than 200 corps members were chosen among the red numbers with many already through or refused by exemption boards. Reports from Captain Cordier of the War Department are awaited to decide further exemptions and training at Harvard or other fall camps. Special services at Camp Azan featured Rev C A Smith and Harvard Regimental Band. Captain Shannon plans night trench drills, patrols, dispatch writing, and camp policing this week as Captain McKittrick returns from heat illness.
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Constant Cordier
War Department
Barre
Poe
Harvard
Plattsburg
Camp Azan
C., A. Smith
Unitarian Church
Shannon
Mimic
W. C. McKittrick
193 Draft Rioters Now in Custody
Article describes the suppression of a uprising with Seminole and other Native American participation aiding loyal citizens. Affidavits claim agitators portrayed draft into the army as certain death and that tenant farmers faced shortages. The piece notes years of discontent and frequent clandestine meetings in the woods.
Statue for U S Poet Who Died for France
Paris reports a statue will be erected in memory of Alan Seeger the young American poet killed July 4 1916 while serving with the French Foreign Legion The announcement comes from Figaro and highlights Seegers wartime sacrifice in France
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Alan Seeger
France
Foreign Legion
The
Figaro
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