Inquiries on New England stocks and bonds question 2177 I
Boston Post financial column explains liquidation of Cote Piano Manufacturing Company due to war conditions and material shortages. Corporate history notes Fall River plant and 1917 earnings. liquidation expected to reach preferred stockholders at or near par over a few months.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Financial
The
Inquirer
Boston
Mass
Cote Piano Manufacturing Company
Manchester
Fall River
Northern Texas Electric Company declares dividends
A 3 per share dividend on preferred stock and a 2 per share dividend on common stock are declared by Northern Texas Electric Company. They are payable September 3, 1918, to stockholders of record at the close of business August 19, 1918. Stone & Webster, Transfer Agents.
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Island Creek
Eral
Crucible Steel
Crucible
Germi
Northern Texas Electric Company
Stone & Webster
War Time Recipes From New England Housewives
wartime guidance shows lettuce dresses with French dressings and a cheese fry, carrot pudding with grated carrot and suet, Liberty Muffins with rye and white flour, coffee tapioca jelly, baked rice with cheese, and frying fish with batter. Recipes list ingredients and household tips for March era kitchens.
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New England
Helen
Arthur
Main Street
Haverhill
Liberty
Gertrude A. Delahunt
Buffinton Street
Fall River
Market Review and Outlook Signals No Clear Trend
The market remains in a rut with little price movement across industrials and coppers. Railroads show a small yearly high but overall activity is thin, with volume around 200 000 to 300 000 shares daily and no definite trend emerging despite favorable military prospects and anticipated peace effects.
Liquid fire attack described in British WWI trench incident
War reports cite German use of liquid fire against British soldiers in a trench, with several men burned and wounded while others escaped to British lines. A German officer and an armed guard reportedly oversaw the assault as casualties mounted. The British government protested the act.
Tailless monster fish caught and killed in Quincy
A tailless 4 feet 8 inch to 6 feet 6 inch tailed creature, fished from Haywood's Creek, caused a scare among about 30 swimmers before Kenneth Thayer of South Braintree killed it with a red hot poker. It hung from a shipyard crane for viewing by Quincy residents.
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Haywood's Creek
Quincy
Kenneth Thayer
South Braintree
Fore River
Club to host final summer golf match at Wellesley
The Lexington Golf Club closes its summer schedule with a return club team match against Wellesley Country Club next Saturday afternoon. The event will take place on the Wellesley Club's links at Wellesley Highlands.
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Lexington Golf Club
Wellesley Country Club
Wellesley Club
Wellesley Highlands
German outrages on British prisoners disclosed
Details published of alleged German abuses of British prisoners and wounded near Monchy on March 28 affidavits from Scotch soldiers corroborate the charges. A Royal Highlander describes surrender of a unit including one officer and 15 men.
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London
Royal Highlanders
Monchy
Death by own action shocks New York business world
Sylvanus L. Schoonmaker, secretary of General Electric and chairman of American Locomotive, shot himself in his Birch Hill home. Coroner Justice of the Peace Edward Deasy ruled suicide. Ill health and melancholia were noted as factors. he had been under medical care and nursing for weeks.
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New York
Sylvanus L. Schoonmaker
General Electric Company
American Locomotive Company
Rosebank
Birch Hill
Locust Valley
Edward Deasy
Schoonmaker
American Beet Sugar Company
Waterfront Calendar for August 19 War Tally
Waterfront calendar notes the date August 19 during wartime with 1480th day of war and 499th day U S in war. It lists tides 8 feet 3 inches morning and 6 inches evening with a full moon August 22 and new moons on September 5 October 4 and November 3. Evening stars Saturn Mars and morning stars Jupiter Venus noted.
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U. S
Saturn
Mars
Venus
U S Socialists Headed From Rome to Milan
Delegates of the American Social Democratic League of America depart Rome for Milan en route to Paris after productive talks with Italian Socialist groups. The mission reports a large rise in prewar Socialist support during the visit.
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Rome
American Social Democratic League of America
Milan
Paris
French Mission Freed by Bolsheviki Arrest Ranch
General Lavergne and the staff of the French Military Mission at Moscow, arrested when allied consuls were seized by Bolsheviki, have been released. The update comes via a Copenhagen dispatch to the Temps.
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Paris
Havas
General Lavergne
Moscow
Copenhagen
Temps
Japan Riots Reflect War Time Food Shortage
The piece analyzes riots in Japan amid wartime food scarcity and speculation by merchants. It compares Japan and Russia under strain, noting shipping shortages, Bolshevik controls, and global transport limits while praising national food policy efforts and urging continued war focus.
British Make Gains on Four-Mile Front
The French and Americans along the Vesle and the Americans in Lorraine harass the enemy with artillery fire and local attacks. The foe has not achieved the better of any encounter.
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Somme
Vesle
Lorraine
Allied Push Advances Across Lys Sector and Vesle Front
British forces push 1000 to 2000 yards across a four mile front between Bailleul and Vieuxberquin taking Outtersteen and 400 prisoners as German resistance thins along the Vesle river where American and French patrols probe trenches and barbed wire.
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Bailleul
Vieuxberquin
Lys
Outtersteen
Merville
Arras
Albert
Bucquoy
Somme
Oise
Chaulnes
Roye
Chilly
Franzart
Beuvraignes
Canny-sur-Matz
Lassigny
Noyon
Vesle River
Germans Seek New Allied Attack on Western Front
Amsterdam reports Saturday German newspapers suggest equilibrium on the west front is being restored as surprise attacks fail. Analyst Captain von Salzmann notes troop shifts toward the Somme and an independent American army group forming on the Aisne due to American pride against foreign command.
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Amsterdam
West Front
von Salzmann
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Aisne
Somme
Urges Immediate Advance on Irkutsk by Allied Forces
General Diedrichs, head of the Czecho Slovak forces in Siberia, tells allied representatives that urgent large scale assistance is needed and that an advance on Irkutsk must be ordered. He warns that failure to reach Irkutsk within six weeks could cost all western Siberia to the Czecho Slovaks and leave Russia at German mercy.
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National Food Administration
Japan
Siberia
Europe
Vladivostok
Associated Press
Diedrichs
Irkutsk
Russia
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
Boston
Anid
Boston Post
John U, Flynn
John H, Flynn
City of
Board of Street Commissioners
Frank L. Murphy
Arrival of Allies Impresses Siberia in War News
The Czecho-Slovak forces from Siberia departed for Harbin on August 8 via the Chinese Eastern railway as Allied troops arrive. At the Ussuri front about 100,090 enemy troops are reported with quiet conditions, while Bolshevik and Austro-German forces show desertions rising due to Allied arrivals.
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Tokio
Associated Press
Siberia
Harbin
Ussuri
Clemenceau Pins Medal Upon Haig
Paris August 18 Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig was decorated by Premier Clemenceau with the French Military Medal at headquarters in the field today. The award came on the recommendation of Marshal Foch.
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Paris
Douglas Haig
Clemenceau
Marshal Foch
Record of birth shows Cora boy and family dispute
A birth record identifies a child as a boy named Cora, prompting family disagreement. The sister was married, others doubt the designation while Mrs Vera Norton asserts Cora told the truth and believes the child is a man, adding she would not doubt him.
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Vera Norton
Cora
Governor to Inspect State College Boys
Governor Henry W. Keyes will review the New Hampshire College Training Detachment at a patriotic field day on campus. A forenoon program features agricultural society meetings and campus inspections, with a basket lunch, then an afternoon review of the college soldiers, a patriotic meeting, flag pole dedication, and a baseball game between Newington Shipyard and Training Detachment teams.
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Durham
N. H
Henry W. Keyes
New Hampshire College
Newington
Labor News Urges Coal Saving Amid War Strain
James J. Storrow federal fuel administrator for New England writes to the Boston Central Labor Union asking for help to persuade everyone to save all the coal possible. The note expresses the sentiment that saving coal is essential to the Kaiser effort.
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Kaiser
James J. Storrow
New England
Boston Central Labor Union
Central Labor Union
Boston Coal Plan Aims to Speed Deliveries This Winter
A Boston fuel committee letter to P. Harry Jennings and others outlines plans to accelerate coal deliveries for next winter. It notes 43 city dealers will file unfilled orders and, if slow, will shift work to other dealers or city teams. The message explains reduced mine labor due to war and urges conservation and early stockpiling of wood.
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P. Harry Jennings
Michael A. Murphy
Herman Comerford
Boston
Massachusetts
National Fuel Administration
Boston Committee
Europe
New England
Boston Fuel Committee
Fuel Saver Urges Boston Coal Conservation
A letter from Federal Fuel Administrator James J. Storrow appeals to Boston residents and the Central Labor Union to conserve coal this winter. He notes coal burning around the clock is economical for a few weeks but stresses the war effort requires saving coal now to speed victory and support troops at the front.
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Boston
Leason
Central Labor Union
James J. Storrow
Labor Day Parade Divide in Boston Labor Union Row
The Boston Central Labor Union opposes a Labor Day parade while several large unions including the Metal Trades Council with thousands of workers at major plants express willingness to participate. The city faces a split among organized labor on whether to march.
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Boston
Boston Central Labor Union
Big Metal Trades Council
Navy Yard
Watertown Arsenal
Protests Against Five Day Work or Fight Clause
The Boston Central Labor Union voted unanimously against including a five day work or fight clause for men aged 18 to 45 in the draft law. The executive board sent copies of the resolution to Massachusetts senators and representatives opposing the clause.
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Boston Central Labor Union
Senate
House of Representatives
Labor union helps sewer inspectors seek higher wages
Members of the Municipal Sewer Inspectors Union Local 14 386 will gain aid from a committee of the Keston Central Labor Union in their bid for better pay. They claim a $400 yearly wage cut by the current administration and a later 100 raise. Denis J. Driscoll, after meetings with Mayor Peters on firemen’s pay, urged prompt action by city workers seeking raises. The Boston Central Labor Union pledges full support of federal fuel supply efforts to heat homes and keep mills running, as stated in adopted resolutions.
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Keston Central Labor Union
Denis J. Driscoll
Peters
Boston Central Labor Union
United States
Cuban vegetables and fruit allowed under new ruling
Washington August 18 General importation of fresh fruits and vegetables from Cuba is permitted under a ruling by the War Trade Board. Previously, Cuban produce could be imported without a license only if shipped by railroad and car ferry from Havana or on specific vessels approved by the War Trade Board.
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Washington
Cuba
Havana
War Trade Board
Army Employs Pork as Temporary Beef Substitute
War Department announcements that U S troops in cantonments receive fresh pork two days in every ten as a temporary substitute for beef. Pork chosen due to abundant supply while beef stocks are low and prices high.
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Washington
United States
War Department
Lewis Guest of Honor at Paris Dinner
United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis of Chicago, recently back from visiting troops, was guest of honor at a dinner at the Volney Club in Paris. Francois Monod presided and Professor Fernand Baldensperger of Columbia introduced the senator.
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Paris
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Chicago
Volney Clu
Francois Monod
Fernand Baldensperger
Columbia University
N. Y
Lewis
La Plata Corporation seeks dissolution in Suffolk court
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court receives a petition for dissolution of La Plata Corporation organized in July 1917 to export and import with South America. Only four shares issued. officers and directors named. parties seek decree dissolving the company and closing affairs.
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Commonwealth GO
Massachusetts
Suffolk
Supreme Judicial Court
la Plata Corporation
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
South America
Ienry Hall
Henry C. Benchley
John N. Colbert
Superior Court
Suffolk County
Syd
Dunbar, Nutter & M'Clennen
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Catherine Clonan
Cabot Street
Roxbury
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Federal Reserve System
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Red Guard
Haig
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