Wall Street Sluggish as Profit Taking Pauses Rally
Blended market report notes early gains fading as traders take profits on yesterday's rise. Bears push Canadian Pacific while Virginia Carolina Chemical and others face renewed pressure. liquidity returns slowly and sentiment remains cautious despite some stabilization in the exchange market.
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Wall Street
New York Central
Virginia-Carolina Chemical
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Montreal
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Boston
Boston Sunday Post Coupon Offer For Three Green Stamps
In August the Boston Sunday Post runs a page 2 coupon each Sunday offering three green trading stamps. Each coupon can be redeemed for three stamps at listed stores without any cost. Readers are reminded to order next Sunday's Post.
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Boston Sunday Post
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Morgan's Big Bank Merger Unites National and Western Banks
New York August 7 J Pierpont Morgan consolidates the National Bank of Commerce and the Western National Bank to form a stronger institution with $25 million capital and $150 million in deposits. The merged bank will keep the National Bank of Commerce name and begin Oct 5 with a $10 million surplus. Shares of the Western National valued at 300 to 325 per share. The merger increases capital of the National Bank of Commerce to $25 million and the Western National to 12.5 million with 2.5 million new shares issued at 140 each to current Western stockholders.
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New York
J. Pierpont Morgan
National Bank of Commerce
Western National Bank
Bank of Commerce
Western
Consolidated Bank
Western National
Mexican Central Plans Readjustment of Securities
A committee led by Ladenburg Thalmann & Co and the Equitable Trust Co will offer to swap existing Mexican Central Railway income bonds totaling about 32 million dollars for new short term debentures. The new bonds will pay 3 percent interest for three years and 4 percent for the final two years, with no increase in overall capitalization.
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Mexican Central Railway
Ladenburg, Thulman & Co
Equitable Trust Company
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Mississippi Valley Trust Company
St. Louis
Old Colony Trust Company
Boston
J. Henry Schroeder
London
Fifth Regiment Goes Into Camp At Powder Point
The Fifth Infantry under Colonel William H. Oakes begins its annual camp duty at Powder Point Duxbury with field day for Hooker Day ceremonies. The camp ends Aug 14. Governor Bates reviews the regiment next Wednesday followed by receptions at Captain Huckins home and Hotel Standish.
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Standish
New Police Appointees Delayed for a Week
Judge Emmons says the police department names will not be released for a week. The Civil Service Board chairman is on vacation and Secretary Dudley is unavailable until Tuesday. Exams will occur then and the final selections decided shortly after.
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Outlook Good Agencies Say
Bradstreet’s reports a bright overall trade outlook with optimism in West and South while East faces high raw material costs and strikes. Wheat and corn exports rise, backlogs ease. 161 business failures this week amid a mostly favorable view from R G Dun & Co. weekly review.
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Canada
R. G. Dun & Co
Review of Trade
Democrats Can Win With the Right Man and Platform
Colonel Henry Watterson, en route to Saratoga, says Democratic prospects improve if a suitable man and platform carry the ticket. He criticizes Roosevelt for alienating financial backers and notes the need to win the solid South and key states to secure victory. He avoids naming a candidate, likening it to predicting a Derby winner.
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Court Holds Automobile Registration Law Unconstitutional
The New York Court of Special Sessions ruled the Bailey law requiring motor vehicle registration and state certificates unconstitutional for discriminating against private owners while citing dealer and manufacturer exemptions as unfair. The Teza case included motorcycles under the law, and Ellis faced questions over due process regarding losing the right to drive.
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Court of Special Sessions
James T. McWilliams
Secretary of State
Julian Teza
William H. Ellis
Ex-dividend rights and sales report for listed and unlisted securities
Ex-dividend and ex-rights report shows total sales across listed stocks 16024 shares and unlisted stocks 11384 shares, rights 5772, bonds 15600. The item summarizes market activity and security types traded in the period.
Rise of Paper Patterns In Women’s Dress Industry
A fragment notes rapid progress in women’s fashion through paper pattern manufacturing. It highlights pattern making as a major factor in improving dress design and production, reflecting industrial advance and everyday style.
Peerless Patterns Lead In Expanding Paper Garment Trends
The Gilchrist Company has arranged to handle popular Peerless Paper Patterns and will supply free monthly fashion books on request, highlighting the garment patterns that suit all sizes and experience levels.
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Gilchrist Company
The Tyfold Collar Advertisement Preview
The Tyfold Collar shows a cut out on each side to adjust a necktie without springing open. It keeps front collars tight and hides the cut out, with the tie retained above the button. Worn for summer comfort and style, sold by dealers. Cluett Brand 25c Arrow Brand 15c Cluett Peabody & Co.
Heiress Found in a Garret in New York
Lillian Maria Mason, once a private secretary to Clara Barton, was found living in a Bushwick Junction garret with dirty-faced children she nurses for the city. She claimed marriage to a machinist James McCarthy and said she bears a baby boy Edmund Pullman. a fortune was left to her but she showed little interest in wealth.
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Clara Barton
Bushwick Junction
L. L
Lillian Mason
Sumner A. Mason
George H. Pullman
The
Red Cross Society
James McCarthy
Edmund Pullman
Stage season opens with The Child Slaves of New York at Grand Op era House
The Grand Opera House opens its dramatic season tonight with The Child Slaves of New York, a melodrama set in Alaska and New York featuring cast led by William Vedder Georgie Mack Ida Howell Vernon Sommers and others. The Castle Square Theatre stock company performs Her Majesty this afternoon and evening as Mary Hall ends her engagement. Next week Martha Norton presents Her Lord and Master, with Music Hall reopening under Stair and Wilbur for Down by the Sea led by Fanny Curtis and an all star company.
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Fire Damages Brighton Street Building in Water-Heavy Blaze
Four-story brick building at 106 Brighton Street suffered about $100 in damage from a fire that started on the second floor around 7 15 PM. Occupants offered little explanation and the blaze was extinguished by the fire department after receiving Box 414. Most of the damage came from water.
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