Inquiries on stocks and bonds from the Boston Post page
The Boston Post announces a weekly financial Q and A column answering inquiries on New England industrial, public utility, bank and mill stocks and bonds. It cautions it will not guarantee data, and suggests investing new funds in stronger issuers. includes a Missouri Pacific example and a Great Western Power Company overview with earnings and bond details.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Boston
Inquirer
Investing Digest of Major Electric and Rail Bonds
A Boston Post note highlights Cumberland County Power & Light Company bonds in Portland Maine and a portfolio of first and refunding mortgage bonds from rail and electric concerns. It covers Market Street Cable Railway bonds in San Francisco and several others including Massillon Electric & Gas, Michigan State Telephone, North Carolina Electrical Power, St. Louis Springfield & Peoria Railroad, Union Gas & Electric, Virginia Railway, with prices yielding 5.1% to 6.0% and details on maturities, call provisions, and earnings coverage.
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Cumberland County Power & Light Company
Portland
Maine
Maine Central Railroad
Maine Savings Banke
Market Street
United Railroads of
San Francisco
Market
Castro
Haight, Hares
McAllister
Fulton
Fifth
Valencia
Oakland
Bay
Market Street Cable Railway
St. Louis
Springfield
Illinois ‘Traction Co
Earnings and prices of International Educational Publishing Co
The International Educational Publishing Company formed in 1908 controls abroad and via the International Text Book Company and International Correspondence Schools. It has authorized common stock of 10 million and 7 percent cumulative preferred stock. outstanding amounts unclear. Dividends on preferred about 7 million common unknown. Earnings rose sharply, gross up two years to 1912. net around a small margin on preferred. Common dividends recently started at 3 percent. Par value 50, price about 52.50 for preferred and 27.60 for common. Current broker quotes 36-38.5 for preferred and 19.5-21.5 for common. Limited information prevents endorsement of investment merits.
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North Fork
Feather River
California
Big Bend
Butte County
Oakland
San Francisco
California Electric Generating Company
City Electric Company
Massillon Electric & Gas Co
Massillon
Ohio
Answer
International Educational Publishing Company
International Text Book Company
International Correspondence Schools
Scranton
Penn
Market Review and Outlook Signals Mixed Investor Sentiment
Market review notes no change in average prices for 20 railroad stocks and a small loss for 12 industrials. Trading remains at a lull, with analysts split between a looming upward move and a coming storm. The piece discusses debt, cash to loans ratios, and historical cycles, warning that stocks will rise only after cash supplies rebuild.
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Wall Street
Investment Opinions on Brooklyn Rapid Transit and Mining Shares
Readers ask which to buy among Brooklyn Rapid Transit Baltimore & Ohio and American Woolen preferred. Recommend Brooklyn Rapid Transit at 8 paying 6 percent with earnings over 11 percent and rising. United States Smelting Refining and Mining Company preferred at 47 yields about 7.5 percent. earnings rise, but notes and coal lands present lower near-term stability. preferred considered well secured mining investment with diversified operations and expanding coal lands in Utah.
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Baltimore & Ohio
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
J. F. Boston
Brooklyn Company
United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Company
Nashua
N. H
D. W
Dog Bites Girl and Policeman in Chelsea
In Chelsea at Spruce and Bloomingdale streets 8 year old Ritta Chandler was bitten on the hand and leg by a bulldog. A young man restrained the dog and brought it to the police station where Patrolman Sherman T. Smalley was bitten on the finger during the dog’s escape attempt. Patrolman William O Neill killed the dog. the animal’s owner Morris E Rogers of 150 Bloomingdale street is named and the dog described as vicious.
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Spruce
Bloomingdale Streets
Chelsea
Ritta Chandler
Sherman T. Smalley
Smalley
William O'Neill
Morris E. Rogers
Bloomingdale Street
Son claims body of hotel death victim
The body of Robert J. Campbell was claimed by his son yesterday and to be taken to the Campbell home in New York for burial. Campbell had suffered financial losses and was despondent after a shooting in his hotel room at the Touraine. He was identified by two letters found in his Rocket.
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Robert J. Campbell
Touraine
Campbell
New York
Death Nelson At City Hospital
August Nelson age 87 dies at City Hospital. Funeral arrangements to be announced by family.
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Nelson
City Hospital
Teamsters Vote Unanimously to Strike at Midnight
In Indianapolis the teamsters union voted to strike at midnight. The powerful local, with 1500 to 2000 members, exempted hearse drivers and arranged milk wagon dispensations. Details include no interference with mail or government vehicles and plans to aid hospitals. some employers will join the strike, while others move wagons to barns and await developments.
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Indianapolis
Teamsters’ Union
Thomas J. Farrell
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
America
Farrell
National Vehicle Owners’ Protective Association
Await U. S. action on New Haven and railroads
Rumors claim a federal suit may be filed this week against the New York New Haven Hartford and Boston and Maine railroads over the Fitchburg lease. Officials deny direct confirmation from the Department of Justice while state and federal authority questions loom. Stock moves reflect anxiety as Fitchburg notes drift from 91 to 84 with concerns over guarantees and potential lease dissolution.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Boston & Maine
Department of Justice
Fitchburg
State Street
David I. Walsh
Elliott
New Haven
Massachusetts
Supreme Court
Southern Pacific
New England
Charles A. Prouty
Bostom & Maine
Prouty
Bond Hearing Today on New Haven 67 Million Issue
The New York New Haven and Hartford rail bond issue of 67 million dollars faces a full Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court hearing after a public service commission review and a prior Supreme Court session. Morgan G Bulkeley leads opposing counsel while Nathan Mathews James F Jackson and others represent New Haven seeking swift resolution and funding.
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New York, New Haven & Hartford
Public Service Commission
Sheldon
Supreme Court
Massachusetts Supreme Court
New Haven
J. P. Morgan & Co
Massachusetts
Morgan G. Bulkeley
Aetna Lifa Insurance Company
Connecticut
Nathan Mathews
Massachusetts Railroad Commission
James F. Jackson
Charles F. Choate, Jr
Edward D. Robbins
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Brown Brothers & CO
State St
Brown, Shipley &Co
Pali Mall
S. W
Missouri Pacific
Great Western Power Co. Bonds
Great Western Power Company of
Somerville
Great Western Power Company
THE
Buffalo
New York State
Michigan State Telephone Co
American Telephone & Telegraph Company
North Carolina Electrical Power Co
Weaver Tower
Fond Uteras
Union Gas & Electric Co
Commonwealth Power Railway & Light Co
Michigan
Virginian Railway Co
Norfolk
Parahontas
New River Con
Deepwater
West Virginia
Chicago
S.W. Straus & CO
Straus Building
Lishing
Eeeie Lynn
Cumulative Preferred Stock
Co. G. Newfields
Dulness
Schwab
Stock Exchange
United States
Utah
Utah Company
Son
Indianapolis Union’s
U. S
Millie DE Leon
Millie
Fay Foster
Howard Street
Marcelaine Montague
Clare Burg
Florence Press
Verona Husmanne
Sam Micals
Ernest Jon
Harry Fields
Lester Allen
Jonley
Berlin
Paris
Old Howard
Mike Glover
Anni
Versary
B. F. Keith
LEROY
Talma & Bosco
Florence Roberts & CO
Hassan Ben Ali
Lydia Barry Monetta
Bronson & Baldwin
Joe Cook
Middleton & Spellmeyer
Laura Buckley
Prevost & Brown
Kennedy & Kramer
MRS
Stuart Darrow
PATHE
Hollis
Chas. Frohman
Rich & Harris
Lessees&Megrs
Wed
Sat
Mats
Charles Frohman
Nazimova
Scollay
Olympia
Richard Bennett
Waldron
Leeeesnse
Rosie Posiesie Girls
Gayety
Americas
Bowdoin Sq
Grand Opera House
Follies
GLOBE
Hap Ward
Wilson Healance
Boston Opera House
Tristan and
Isoldr
Matzenauer
Nielsen-Stone
Ferrari- Fontana
Amato
Ludikar
Everett
Andre-Caplet
Madonna
Edvina
D’ Alvarez
Ferrari-Fontana
Ancona
Maranzon
Fri
Tim
Monna Vanna
Garden
Swartz- Morse
Muratore
Marcoux
Faust
Swarte- Morse
Laffitte
Parnell
Tanlongo
Blanchart
Schiavoni
SUN
Scotney, D'Alvareg
Steinert's
Boylston St
Mason & Hamlin
Barnum & Bailey
Montgomery
Elsie Janis
Airlorld
Tremont
Plymouth F1
Henry Jewett
Jeffery Farnol
National
Majestic
Williamn Brady
Draconic Ballard
John Barrymore
Mary Young
Shubert
Oxi
Percy’ MacKaye
Europe
Riviera
Italy
Italan Lakes
France
Spain
Pyrennes
Switzerland
Greece
Dalmatian Coast
Algeria
Tunisia
Raymond & Whitcomb Co
Washington
Temple Place
Jordan Hall
Egeneiff
Symphony Nell Symphony Hall
Josef Hofmann
Stokelt
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