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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 04, 1911
Page
14
Prices on the average last week sank to a three week low as the rail averages barely moved. The weak technical position and lack of stimulus suggest forward movement may not resume without a sufficient correction. Money rates rose, yet bullish sentiment did not return, with banks reporting lower reserves than required and a slim overall surplus.
The piece foresees broad business depression easing only slowly as Congress reopens and tariff reforms proceed. It notes declines in pig iron steel copper and major cereals amid liquidation and warns that until policy changes are enacted expansion remains unlikely.
The calendar lists Am. Smelt Securities Ltd and United Fruté with ex-dividend status for today. A. & B. are noted in the schedule.
Cardinal O Connell held a luncheon in the Hotel Quirinal for Boston clergy and local press representatives. He praised Pope Pius and America, saluted Taft and Governor Foss, and anticipated his December 8 address at St. Clement. The event featured various clerics and laity speakers from Boston and beyond.
In Paris Infanta Eulalie replies to King Alfonso of Spain who orders suspension of her book under the name Countess Avita. She retorts that the matter echoes Spain and declares she is free to act privately after the dispute.
University of South Carolina president Samuel C. Mitchell argues for segregating Negroes in the South while opposing lynching. Speaking at Ford Hall on racial adjustment he warns segregation will endure for generations to advance both races and cites Harvard as possible for integration while South conditions require separation.
Miss Dorothy Dwight eldest daughter of Dr and Mrs James Dwight of Beacon street has entered a Roman Catholic sisterhood in Chicago devoted to nursing the sick. She spent two years at Children's Hospital Huntington avenue in charge of Sisters of St Margaret, an Episcopal sisterhood linked to Bowdoin street church.
Two thousand attend the First Baptist Church in Cambridge to honor 92 year old blind hymn writer Miss Fanny Crosby. She read scripture from memory and joined in singing, then greeted about 500 attendees after the service. She will speak again tonight at the church.
A citywide appeal in Catholic churches raised about 75000 dollars across 200 churches in the archdiocese as praise for Cardinal O Connell and the diocese. The collection followed a letter from Auxiliary Bishop Joseph G Anderson detailing the honor.
Nathan Haskell Dole translator of Tolstoi and Mr Ozol of the Second Russian Duma spoke at a Tolstoi Literary Circle meeting at Faneuil Hall. Mrs Papazian read from Dole's translation of The Two Pilgrims and the Muscanto Russian Orchestra performed in native costume.
Dorchester Masons pursue a social club on the Chadwick estate Cushing avenue with reading rooms library and entertainment aims. A meeting is set for Tuesday evening Dec 5 at Uphams Corner Masonic Apartments to enroll 300 charter members and admit families under standard rules.
Anthony Christian of Oxford Massachusetts was found dead in a room he had occupied for weeks. Firemen said death came from suffocation and believe he had been smoking in bed. The fire caused only minor damage to bedding. Christian, 49, left a wife and family in Massachusetts and had worked recently for a local produce dealer.
The Montreal navigation season ends with the Braynead sailing for Irish ports marking the latest close in ten years. The port observes a season longer than in any year of the prior decade.
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