Markets Turn Bullish Then Waver as Profit Taking Spreads
New York and Boston trading show mixed tone with gains in Reading and United Fruit while declines hit Amalgamated and St. Paul. Heavy selling followed Paris gold export news, but bullish forces still hold, and money markets show easy conditions amid ongoing investment activity.
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Third Avenue
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Southern Pacific
Harriman
Reading
Jersey Central
Delaware & Budson
Great Northern
Delaware & Studson
Northern Pacific
Ennis & Stoppani
Union Pacific
Amalgamated
Smelting
Canadian Pacific
Centra Leather
Chesapeake& Ohio
St. Paul
Consolidated Gas
Erie
Interboro Metropolitan
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Common
Pennsylvania
Rawhide Coalition Weakens in Boston Curb Trade
Boston curb market sees Rawhide Coalition as the day’s most active yet weakest issue. It opened at 8712 cents, rose to 94 cents, then declined to 62 cents, closing weak at 70 cents amid broad pressure. New York trade opened at $1 and slid to 68 cents. Other notable moves included Rawhide Mining rising to 39 cents and Amalgamated Nevada, East Butte, Laramie, First National, and Ohio Copper showing activity as fluctuations across the curb list continued.
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Amster
Arizona
Amalgamated
North Butte
Pneumatic Service Company
Bath
United Fruit
Chemical Common
Edison Electric
Lake
Shoe Machinery
Arizona Commercial
Boston
Rawhide Coalition
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Ohio Copper
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Globe Consol
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Nipissing
Butte
Ohio
Yukon
Market Prices And Day's Sales Recorded
The Boston market section provides a precise table of stock and bond prices and the total sales for the day. The report lists the day’s overall market movements and contextual figures for the Boston financial scene.
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Dividends Declared by Various Companies
A consolidated list shows Empire Steel & Iron Co Duluth Edison Electric Co Union Exchange Bank Second United Cities Realty Co Central District and Printing Telegraph Co Cincinnati New Orleans Texas Pacific Rail way Co Railroad Securities Co Halifax Electric Tramway Co American Cigar Co Old Dominion Steamship Co Mahoning Coal Railroad Co Chicago Junction Railways Union Stock Yards Co Metropolitan Trust Co and others declaring semi annual or quarterly dividends with record and close dates. Multiple entries specify preferred or common shares and dates for books close and reopening.
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Amer
Hide & Teather
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Amer Sugar Refining
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Sme
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United States Steel Aa
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Utah
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Empire Steel & Iron Co
Duluth Edison Electric Co
Union Exchange Bank
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Second United Cities Realty Co
Central District and Printing Telegraph Co
Cincinnati, New Orleans & Texas Pacific Railway Co
Railroad Securities Co
Halifax Electric Tramway Co., Ltd
Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railway Co
American Cigar Co
Winnisimmer Co
Standard Gas Light Co
Old Dominion Steamship Co
Mahoning Coal Railroad Co
Mahoning Coal R. RR. Co
Chicago Junction Railways and Union Stock Yards Co
Metropolitan Trust Co
New York
New England Market Shows Holiday Demand and Quiet Wholesale
Dun and Company reports active retail holiday trade in apparel and goods while wholesale and jobbing stay quiet on new business. Pig iron production rises with improving confidence. Cotton goods markets are seasonably quiet. exports dull. Footwear prices may rise slightly as raw materials allow small increases. Failures in US total 312 vs 322 last year. Canada 42 vs 52.
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R. G. Dun & Co
New England
Boston
United States
Canada
The Boston Theatres Buzz With Upcoming Shows
The Hollis Colonial Park Theatre and other venues announce a busy slate next week featuring The Third Degree, Paid in Full, The Great Divide, Hook of Holland, The Merry Widow and more. Star turns include Irene Franklin at Keiths and Jesse Laskys At the Country Cone, with opera and vaudeville plus Dorando Longboat Marathon race returns and election results on stage.
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Frank Daniels
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Boston Theatre Stock Company
Walls of Jericho
John Craig
Castle Square Theatre
Pawtucket
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Irene Franklin
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Jesse Lasky
Country Cone
George Spink
Bill Simmons
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Charlotte Hunt
Twins Sullivan
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New York
the Columbia
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Happyland
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James Thornton
Bob van Osten
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Esther Ray
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Bradstreet Preview Signals Mixed Trade After Holiday Rush
Bradstreet's reports retail and holiday demand rising this week while wholesale and jobbing activity cools. Colder weather and year end push boost final distribution though Christmas shopping lags in the South due to low priced cotton. Industrial orders remain solid but raw material prices trend higher. copper markets show weakness while brass and sheet copper stay near normal.
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New York
Bradstreet
Export data show mixed grain demand and rising failures
Wheat and flour exports from the United States and Canada for the week ending December 19 total 3 750 493 bushels, down from 6 185 573 the previous year. Corn exports rise to 1 101 084 bushels for the week, with 24 week totals undercutting last year, while business failures for the week ending December 10 reach 298, higher than 1907 and prior years.
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United States
Canada
Telegraph
Bradstreet’s
Italy photographed: Elmendorf's Tremont Temple lecture
Dwight Elmendorf presented an illustrated talk on Italy at Tremont Temple. He showcased Venice Milan Florence Rome Naples Capri and the Bay of Naples, with a sensational Vesuvius motion picture and Capri's Blue Grotto views.
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Italy
Eelmendorf
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Milan
Florence
Rome
Naples
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Bay of Naples
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Capri
Life convict made free after 22 years in prison
Charles Hayes, a lifelong prisoner for the 1885 killing of Tilly E. Robinson in Cambridge, is freed after Governor Guild signs his pardon. He has shown reform, learning to read and write in prison and becoming a model inmate under Warden Bridges. Hayes expressed gratitude as he left for the State House with Alderman Barry.
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Governor Guild
Tilly E. Robinson
Brewery Street
East Cambridge
Hayes
Benjamin F. Bridges
Flayes
Alderman Barry
Cambridge
Cherry Hill
Jesse Pomeroy
Bridges
State House
Guild
Boston
Hair Cut Costs a Dollar in Tiny Connecticut Town
Winsted Connecticut reports barber F W Yutzler charges 20 cents for a haircut while incurring at least a dollar in costs. He cannot cut his own hair and must travel to Canaan for the service. Car fare for the round trip is 50 cents.
Worcester Men Arrested for Fraud Conspiracy
Worcester men Walter H. Quimby and Hector McLean were arrested in Bridgeport on conspiracy to defraud. William H. Batcheller, also from Worcester, is wanted and believed to have fled to Chicago. McLean allegedly secured Mrs. G A Benwell’s signature on a deed and then negotiated a $1600 mortgage instead of paying $4900 to her husband.
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Walter H. Quimby
Hector
McLean
Worcester
Mass
William H. Batcheller
Chicago
G. A. Benwell
Chinese Hogs as Chicago Beef Rivals
At a regular Peninsular & Oriental Steamship Company meeting Sir Thomas Southerland announced plans to import Chinese hogs next year. He believes hogs can be transported in refrigerating ships in large quantities and may become a competitor to frozen beef and mutton.
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Peninsular & Oriental Steamship Company
Thomas Sutherland
Thomas
Arrest by Officers Disguised as Expressmen
Officers in Roxbury disguised as expressmen arrested 60 year old Fred Cole at 2543 Washington Street on a charge of setting up and promoting a lottery. Cole will be arraigned in Judge Williams' court today after a wagon was pressed into service to move freight between vehicles.
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Sheehan
Augusta
Fred Cole
Washington Street
Cole
Noted American Sea Captain Dies in Thomas ton
Captain Frank F. Curling aged 58 a renowned retired American sea captain died today in Thomas ton of heart failure. He commanded some of the largest American full rigged ships in his career.
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Frank F. Curling
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