Inquiries to Boston Post Finance Editor Invite Public Questions
Monday column invites readers to submit questions on listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds. It promises impartial data from trustworthy sources but disclaims market forecasts or individual price opinions. Include full name and street address when writing to the FINANCIAL EDITOR, Boston Post, Boston, Mass.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Financial
The
Inquirer
Boston
Mass
General Electric earnings and a large stock dividend
The reply explains no earnings revert to the government beyond general corporate tax, noting a substantial 80 percent stock dividend in 1913 from accumulated surplus. It adds GE may issue another stock dividend or cash extra dividend in the next year given its strong finances.
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General Electric Company
Lynn
J.C
General Electric
Boston Suburban Electric Companies
Brookline
Mass
Massachusetts
Lexington and
Norumbega
Infants Die of Paralysis Rise in New York
New York reports 33 infantile paralysis deaths in the 24 hours ending 10 am today, a drop of eight from yesterday. New cases reach 192, up 24 from the previous 24 hours, as health authorities monitor the outbreak.
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N. Y
New York
President Returns to Capital After Hampton Roads Visit
President and Mrs. Wilson concluded a 24 hour Hampton Roads weekend aboard the yacht Mayflower at noon and began the sail up the bay toward Washington where they are due to arrive early tomorrow morning.
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Old Point
Market Review and Outlook on Stocks and Commodities
The week saw dull trading with minor fraction moves. Rail shares slipped slightly while industrials and coppers held steady. Wheat and cotton prices surged on crop damage and tight supply, boosting near term demand and signaling a brighter business outlook despite wage talks and market uncertainty.
Waterfront Calendar Highlights August 7 Fishing and Shipping Updates
Oceanfront notes from the harbor report six vessels at the fish pier with swordfish and groundfish. Cargoes include 38,000 and 83,000 units, plus 120 swordfish aboard Progress and 50 swordfish aboard Viking. Italian Wardha and Norwegian Mortensen cargo moves described, along with arrivals of two Canadian steamers and planned arrivals later in the week.
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Gertrude DeCosta
Surf
Rebecca
Good Luck
Progress
Viking
Gloucester
New England Fish Exchange
New England
Charles R. Tuckett
Customs Guards
Mortensen
Rotterdam
Baltimore
Sweden
Wardha
Genoa
Hoosac
Canada
Mahogany Cargo From Frontera Reaches Palmer Ocean Line
The Danish steamer Gulfax with 500000 feet of Mexican mahogany for Palmer Parker Company is due today and will berth at Constitution wharf. This marks the port's first Mexican mahogany shipment in some time as ships from Frontera unload.
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Anzas
Bello
Tanama
Maskimonge
Sydney
C. B
Ciboa
San Domingo
Eurypylus
Menila
City of
Mexico
Shipping News List of Steamers and Tugs Sailing and Docking
Mariners report a roster of vessels sailing to and from Norfolk London the ports of Baltimore Yarmouth St John BaY Bay State and Gloucester with towing barges and lighter duties including the steamers Marstensen Prince George Bay State and Massachusetts plus tugs Charles P Greenough and H 8 Nichols and barges Annie Harvard and Potomac among others detailing calls at Beverly Salem and related harbors.
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Wardha
Ital
Cceastwise
Rosewalls Point
Massachusetts
Crowell
New York
Herman Winter
Middlesex
Wider
Norfolk
Bay State
Strout
Portland
City of Rockland
Linscott
Bath
Belfast
Rawley
Bangor
City of Gloucester
Linneken
Gloucester
Mass
Cape Ann
Thompson
Nichols
Pittee
Rockport
Herbert
Juno
Kemp
Ellenville
Pallas
Ford
Lynn
Potomac
Sadie Ross
Ross
Sandwich
Baltimore
George M. Warner
Pothier
Weymouth
Marstensen
Prince George
Yarmouth
Calvin Austin
St. John
N. B
Newport News
Charles P. Greenough
Annie
Harvard
Beverly
Salem
Good Roads Week and Motorist Prizes Across States
Gossip for motorists notes touring week with Ford dealer Charles Fay and a steamer captain mixing autos with river shipping. Howard Coffin sails to Europe to study industrial transport as Governors mark National Touring Week and California proclaims Good Roads Day to promote the new state highway system.
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Charles Fay
New England
Ford
Quincy
Mississippi
Howard FE. Coffin
Hudson Motor Car Company
Europe
Philadelphia
England
France
Coffin
U. S. Naval Consulting Board
Hiram Johnson
California
United States
Johnson
California Commonwealth
Labor News Makers of Chain Seek Higher Pay
Wage figures from leading chain manufacturers versus government pay will be sent to Secretary Daniels of the Navy and Boston Navy Yard officials. The move follows adoption of a new wage scale for chain makers and helpers at a special meeting of the International Brotherhood and Helpers' Union 105 at 995 Washington Street.
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Daniels
Navy Department
Boston Navy Yard
International Brotherhood and Helpers’ Union 105
Washington Street
Wage Data Show Uniform Pay for Chain Makers and Helpers
Union gathered figures reveal a fixed wage for chain makers and helpers with most workers at five to seven hours daily. Added 10 percent on government work plus existing raises, piece workers in outside shops earn seven to fifteen dollars daily, helpers three to seven, light chains about five. Since wage rates began, some raises of ten to thirty-five cents per hour emerged, with tools provided gratis by blacksmiths. Charlestown navy yard reports heavy chain workers four dollars eight cents daily and helpers two dollars forty cents. Private firms surveyed include Lebanon Chain Works, Standard Chain Works, Bradley Chain Works, Woodhouse Chain Works, Columbus Chain Works, Hayden & Corbett, J. B. Carr & Co., and Frankford Chain Works.
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Charlestown Navy Yard
Lebanon Chain Works
Lebanon
Penn
Standard Chain Works
Columbus
Bradley Chain Works
Philadelphia
Woodhouse Chain Works
Trenton
N. J
Columbus Chain Works
Hayden & Corbett
J. B. Carr & Co
Troy
N. Tu
Frankford Chain Works
Labor union asks probe into South Boston cofferdam accident
The Boston Central Labor Union urges District Attorney Pelletier to probe the cofferdam accident at the South Boston dry dock site and to convene the grand jury to investigate the tunnel explosion under Summer street. They seek inquiry into possible collusion among McSweeney, other officials, contractors, and engineers and potential losses to the Commonwealth.
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Pelletier
Boston Central Labor Union
South Boston
Grand Jury
Edison Company
Summer Street
McSweeney
Board of Port Directors
Labor Leaders Meet To Chart Parade Lineups And Wages
Boston labor circles report a Labor Day committee gathering next Thursday to draw parade positions. International Association of Steam and Operating Engineers arrives from Chicago to discuss jurisdiction with locals. Printing Pressmen Local 67 backs Henry Abrahams for Boston school committee. Steam and Firemen Union 559 seeks wage payments from city departments. Thomas Flaherty re elected head of Boston Laborers Union 223 with several officers named. Bay State Lodge Brotherhood of Carmen moves to demand wage increases for members on the New Haven railroad line.
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Harry Jennings
Boston Central Labor Union
Labor Day Committee
Matt Comerford
International Association of Steam and Operating Engineers
Chicago
Printing Pressmen's Union
Local 67
Henry Abrahams
Organized Labor
Boston
Curley
Steam and Operating Engineers and Firemen’s Union 559
Thomas Flaherty
Boston Laborers’ Union 223
Harrison Avenue
Patrick Connors
Michael Sullivan
John Heffernan
Daniel O'Neil
John M. Sullivan
Thomas Hartnet
Daniel J. Sullivan
Bay State Lodge
Brotherhood of Carmen
New Haven
Brotherhood
System Federation
Old Quilt Comes Home From South Reading Firehouse Era
A 1853 hand stitched quilt made by 30 Wakefield women for Yale Hand Engine Co No 1 of South Reading returns to Chief Code of the Wakefield fire department. The large 7 by 6 foot piece was won at a fair and may be purchased by a popular subscription for the Wakefield Historical Society.
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Yale Hand Engine Company No. 1
South Reading
Wakefield Fire Department
Old Hand Tub Company
Wakefield
Charles B. Locke
Cade
Wakefield Historical Society
Hibbert A Greene Funeral Planned After Died Saturday
Hibbert Allen Greene head of Greene Bros. & Co. carriage makers died at his Dorchester home Saturday evening. Funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon from 65 Monadnock Street and Cedar Grove Cemetery in Milton will be the burial site.
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Hibbert Allen Greene
Greene Bros. & Co
Monadnock Street
Dorchester
Cedar Grove
Milton
Memorial meeting for Sir Roger Casement announced
A memorial meeting for Sir Roger Casement, executed Thursday in London, will be held next Sunday at Grand Army Hall on Washington and Dover streets. The announcement came at a Roger Casement branch meeting of the Friends of Irish Freedom.
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Casement
Sir Roger Casement
London
Grand Army Hall
Washington
Dover Streets
Roger Casement
Friends of Irish Freedom
Reinsmen Open Five Days of Grand Circuit Racing
Pittsburg hosts five days of Brunos Island grand circuit harness racing starting tomorrow with a three heat William stake for 2.07 pacers. Key events include Grand Rapids railway stake for trotters under 2000, Matron stake for 38 year olds, furniture manufacturers purse for 2:08 trotters, Comstock stake for 2:12 pacers, and a free for all finale featuring top light harness entrants.
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Pittsburg
Grand Rapids
William Stake
Grand Rapids Railway
Furniture Manufacturers
Comstock
Danes Oppose Sale of West Indies Proposals
Copenhagen August 6 reports that while many in the Rigsdag favor selling the Danish West Indies to the United States an agitation against the transfer grows across the country. An open meeting of the Rigsdag to discuss ratification is set for next Thursday.
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Copenhagen
London
Rigsdag
Danish West Indies
United States
Deaths McCabe In Waltham
Winnifred Flaherty McCabe dies in Waltham on Aug 6. Funeral set from 71 Lexington Street Wednesday Aug 9 with solemn high mass of requiem at St Marys Church at 9 oclock. Relatives and friends invited.
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Federal Motor Truck
Stock Exchange
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