Market review and outlook week’s fluctuating stock tone
The piece describes mixed market signals with gains and losses, noting Morgan’s influence after Equitable Life’s passing, rising United States Steel prospects, and possible 6 percent dividend. It discusses Treasury deficits, cash balance declines, and overseas gold flows amid a Northwest switchmen strike shaping prices.
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Equitable Life Assurance Society
Thomas Fortune Ryan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Wall Street
South America
Treasury Department
Treasury
London
Bank of England
Northwest
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Woodchuck Phone Inventor Seeks Boston Backing
Akron Fish, inventor of the woodchuck telephone, says Boston businessmen are showing interest and have indicated backing for the enterprise. He claims the device uses woodchuck skin for receivers, delivering a highly sensitive and efficient speaking instrument.
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East Brookfield
Akron Fish
Boston
Fish
Taft Orders Examinations For Diplomatic Appointments
President Taft approves a plan to establish an examining board for secretaries of legations. Examinations in law diplomacy languages and general knowledge will be held in Washington with oral and written tests plus a physical exam. Candidates aged 21 to 50 will be evaluated for promotion potential.
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Washington
Taft
Knox
United States
Europe
Far East
Nero the Roxbury Terrier Delivers News Faithfully for Three Years
Nero the English terrier owned by Al Newman at Hotel Thornton Roxbury for three years carried a penny to a newspaper shop, fetched the Boston Post, and returned it to his master daily. When a substitute Post failed to arrive, he barked and tore apart a Boston newspaper. He plays with local schoolchildren in Egleston square.
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Roxbury
Nero
al Newman
Boston
Thornton
Washington Street
Boston Post
Newman
Post
Egleston Square
Riders Begin Six Day Bicycle Race At Madison Square Garden
Seventeen two man teams started the annual six day bicycle race at Madison Square Garden with a large cheering crowd. The field includes top long distance riders from several nations and features many well known partners racing for pace and endurance.
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McFarland
Moran
Anderson
Vanoni
Leon Georget
France
Emil Georget
Giovanni Caniolo
Italy
Emilio Carapozzi
Reginald Shirley
England
W. H. Mitten
Davenport
Fred G. West
San Francisco
New York
Eddie Root
Joe Fogler
Brooklyn
Walter Rutt
Germany
Johan Stahl
Holland
Floyd MacFarland
San Jose
Cal
Jack Clarke
Melbourne
Australia
Bobby Walthour
Atlanta
Elmer Collins
Boston
F. A. Pye
Patrick Ki. Hohir
New Zealand
Boston-Brooklyn
Fred Hill
Charles Stein
New York-New Jersey
George Cameron
Floyd Krebs
Newark
George Wiley
Syracuse
Peter Drobach
Buoys Along Coast Astray After Northeast Gale
The recent northeast gales disrupted buoys beacons and other navigation aids along New England causing extra lighthouse work but no vessel casualties. Pollock Rip Slue light ship dismastment and a drifting wreck gas buoy at Shenandoah were noted, with widespread spar buoy displacement and submerged Plum Island buoy among damages.
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New England
Katherine D. Perry
Nantucket Sound
Boston Harbor
Broad Sound
Newburyport Harbor
Plum Island Spit
Maine
Bishop Goodsell Dies in New York
The Rev. Daniel Ayres Goodsell, resident bishop of the Methodist Episcopal Church, died today in New York City after several weeks illness following an operation for a carbuncle.
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New York
Daniel Ayres Goodsell
Methodist Episcopal Church
Goodsell
Trade optimism echoed by Massachusetts manufacturers
The December American Industries symposium reports generally normal trade and encouraging 1910 prospects. Boston firms like Ivers & Pond, Chase & Co, Plant Co, Commonwealth Shoe & Leather, Carter's Ink, and McCarroll & Co note stronger demand, improved collections, and higher leather costs shaping a cautiously pro growth outlook.
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American Industries
National Association of Manufacturers
Association
Massachusetts
Ivers & Pond Piano Company
Boston
Commonwealth Shoe & Leather Company
Carter’s Ink Company
R. B. Carter
McCarroll & Co
Doctor Crapsey Praises Heroism of Peace Sermon
Dr A S Crapsey of Rochester preached at Temple Israel on the heroism of peace. He cited men who risked lives for social reform, including the Gunnison tunnel builders, Major Walter Reed, Jane Addams, and a mosquito study martyr, as examples of courage in confronting social evils.
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A. S. Crapsey
Rochester
N. Y
Rabbi Fleischer
Temple Israel
Crapsey
Episcopal Church
Gunnison Tunnel
Walter Reed
Jane Addams
Miss Geraldine Farrar Born in Melrose Mass in 1882
Miss Geraldine Farrar was born in Melrose Massachusetts on February 28, 1882. The inquiry asks about whether an installment piano loan can carry unlawful interest and notes standard rates of 6 percent for prompt payments and 10 percent for deferred payments.
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W. M
Geraldine Farrar
Melrose
Mass
Question on American citizenship for a child of English parents
A child born in the United States to English parents with a father not naturalized is an American citizen. Admission to the United States requires applying at the nearest recruiting station, such as the one on Hanma Street.
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United States
Ss. S
Hanma Street
Reader Question on Grammar and Nationality
The correct sentence is Bill took Harry and me to the ball game. A person born on the high seas generally inherits nationality from their parents, not the water.
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Bill
Harry
A. S
High Seas
Siti
Marriage license needed where marriage is solemnized
Question asks if both spouses must obtain a license in the town of residence to marry in Providence. Answer: the license is obtained where the marriage is solemnized.
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Providence
Divorce Drama Ties Money to Quiet Settlement
The Pittsburg divorce case ends with an absolute divorce granted to Mary H. Dickson from Dr. Joseph Z. Dickson. The physician paid $36,000 to secure the quiet end to their marriage and a separate arrangement about remarriage with nurse Jesse Ray.
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Pittsburg
Penn
Mary H. Dickson
Joseph Z. Dickson
Sewickley Heights
Dickson
Mrs. Dickson
Jessie Ray
Dr. Dickson
Yale Aims Safer Game With New Football Rules
Yale seeks reforms to make football safer and faster. The plan includes altering downs and yards to reach the goal line, enabling more open play between the 15 yard lines, protecting passer and receiver, and promoting safer handling of kicks. Captain Daly to resume winter drills after January reopening.
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New Haven
Conn
Yale
Harvard
Princeton
Walter Camp
Suy
Daly
Deshler To Meet Bronson Again In Armory Clash
Dave Deshler and Ray Bronson renew rivalry after a disputed result. They are matched for December 14 at the Armory to settle the matter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dave Deshler
Bronson
Ray Bronson
Armory A, A
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