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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 01, 1917

Page

12

Market roundup of yesterday's stock activity

Total sales in New York reached 361,800 shares and Boston 8,191. General Electric led gains in New York at 17 percent to 129 1/4, while Railway Steel Spring fell 3 percent to 40. In Boston United Shoe pref climbed to 254 from 234, and Calumet & Hecla dropped 8 to 422. Total year to date sales: New York 217,168,046 shares, Boston 5,807,791. Compare with last year: New York 197,245,657 and Boston 11,701,197.

New York Boston Steel Bonanza

Wall Street Dips as Peace Talks Fail to Spark Rally

On trading eve of the inter allied conference, New York market shows broad declines with rails sliding to near decade lows. Shares such as Pennsylvania and Baltimore & Ohio drop while United States Steel weakens after ex-dividend. mixed late-session recoveries temper the session. Bond activity centers on Liberty issues with total sales around 4.75 million par.

New York Wall Street Russia Pennsylvania Baltimore & Ohio Canadian Pacific Lehigh Valley United States Steel United States

New York Stocks Rise and Fall on November 30

New York trading reports high, low and closing quotations for today with net changes from the previous close. The list covers major stocks and highlights market movement in thin, late autumn activity.

New York

Boston Market Stocks Fall Amid War Tax Worries

The Boston market closed lower as most active stocks declined after New York weakness. Metal stocks such as Allouez Copper Range Calumet & Arizona and American Zinc dropped one point or more, while Swift & Co and American Telephone weakened in the industrials. New Haven rose? no, fell to 27. St Marys Mineral Land declared a 2 dollar dividend totaling 17 for the year, but future payments likely shrink due to war taxes. East Boston Land slumped to 1/2 a share with no bidders, the lowest in nine years, and Nova Scotia Steel October profits neared 400000 or 30 per common share after tax reserves.

New York Allouez Copper Range Calumet & Arizona American Zinc Swift & Co American Telephone New Haven St. Mary’s Mineral Land East Boston Nova Scotia Steel Marquis Lansdowne England Baltimore & Ohio Pennsylvania Reading Anaconda Commission Congress

Boston Stocks Show Daily Highs Lows and Net Change

Boston stock report lists today s high and low quotations with eloring change from the previous close. Financial figures reflect market activity across listed securities in the session ending today.

United Drug declares fourth quarterly stock dividend

The United Drug Company has declared a quarterly stock dividend of 14 percent on its common stock, payable January 2, 1918, to holders of record December 15, 1917.

United Drug Co

Cotton Markets Liverpool Nov 30 Futures Open Easy Close Steady

Futures opened easy and closed steady with 16 to 19 point moves, pot cotton quiet and unchanged at 23d for old American good middlings and 21.90d for new. Sales total 4000 bales, including 2500 American. Receipts 25,000 bales, of which 14,800 were American. New contracts ranged as follows.

Liverpool

War market declines and notes on Baltimore & Ohio stock

The holiday war news sent prices down early with losses in Baltimore & Ohio to the lowest since 1898 and a broad market sag. The piece discusses earnings, dividends, and the potential for a future recovery, noting preparations in Congress and war demand for iron and steel. It also reports on United States Rubber’s war orders and the Massachusetts Electric holding company's restructuring prospects.

United States Rubber The Iron Trade Review Massachusetts Electric Massachusetts Electric Securities Massachusetts Electric Companies Bay State Street Railway

Warning in Ireland: Dillon urges caution on Sinn Fein rise

John Dillon warns against blind support for the Sinn Fein movement and cautions that pursuing a republic could lead to disaster. He cites Easter week, de Valera, and Maxwell as factors, urges practical leadership, and recalls American sympathy and Irish history to argue for a measured path within home rule.

Donovan Young Ireland Society of Belfast Ireland Sinn Fein Mansion House Griffith Mr. Griffith Sir John Maxwell Arthur Griffith John MacNeill de Valera Ulster Orangemen Ulster Unionists Wolfe Tone Leitrim England Hamburg Marchievicz Roscommon

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