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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1907
Page
10
News from New Bedford reports that priests moved by Vicar-General Smyth before Bishop Feehan's arrival will be returned to their former parishes. Bishop Feehan is said to have declared the prior appointments illegal. The diocese chancellor declined to comment.
George W Hooton is elected president and John J Sullivan vice president of Boston Expressmen's Union 307. William H Frazier reelected secretary treasurer of the International Seamen's Union of America. Next conventions set for New Orleans and related officer elections planned across unions in East Boston and Riverside areas. A social event by Ladies Tailors and Dressmakers Union 86 invited women to Arcade Hall Park Square with speakers from the Women's Trade Union League. Mary C Crawford tours western Massachusetts promoting WTUL efforts.
Wall Street reports a bearish session with Amalgamated and Distillers Securities among the notable losers. Sugar and Tamarack posted gains while several rails and industrials showed weakness as money rates firmed and dividend talks weighed on sentiment.
The W. L. Douglas Shoe Company of Brockton Massachusetts mailed 52500 in checks to preferred stockholders two weeks early, declaring an 8 12 percent semiannual dividend due January 1 1908. The accompanying letter notes panics national confidence and reports stronger six month performance than 1907 with increased future deliveries and holiday wishes.
Frank Malek a young Pole was arraigned in Municipal Criminal Court yesterday charged with larceny of 36 dollars in money a revolver and watch chain the property of Mrs. Katherine Mislow of 16 Stillman Street He was sentenced by Judge Parmenter to the Massachusetts reformatory.
The Boston Market reports daily stock and bond prices with total sales. Listed stocks total 17,308 shares. unlisted stocks 13,085 shares. bonds at $34,000. rights 6,693. Ex div and x rights noted in the official sales table.
Dec 16 at Exchange Place Majestic traded 20 to 36 cents and Bay State Gas 95 cents to 118, closing at 118. Bay State Gas rose on news of T. W. Lawson’s election to the presidency. The rest of the market stayed quiet and firm.
A Boston broker urges buying Sugar Common from American Sugar Refining Company as a solid investment under par. He highlights a long dividend legacy, strong assets, large surplus, and high past prices, asserting 7 percent or more dividends and likely rapid value appreciation. He offers to execute purchases for cash, via wire or mail, from the Journal Building in Boston on December 17, 1907.
Ennis and Stoppani of the Chicago Board of Trade note in their market letter that on any further advance they advise sales for a turn. The report lists Wheat Corn and Oats prices with Dec May and July quotes and daily highs lows closes.
In Salem a jury awarded Mary A Shanahan $100 against the Boston and Northern Railroad for damages from a collision on the Point of Pines route. In Worcester Walter W Walling, engineer of the B and A wrecked train, is critically injured. In Woods Hole a bill to reimburse Captain Jorgensen and crew for loss on Nightship 58 is proposed in Congress. In West Quincy Patrick Hughes dies at 74 from pneumonia. In Newburyport Ling Packing Co factory burns, losses about 10000 contents and 3000 building.
Seek genuine remedy by calling for full name and checking for E. W. Grove signature. Advertisement notes price of 25 cents.
Cambridge students discuss a local Fleur De Lis Club initiation described as a parlor ceremony. A male candidate is blindfolded kissed by a degree worker, then must kiss every girl present and identify the first kisser, with an undisclosed forfeit if he fails.
Stamford reports a coal laden two masted schooner was wrecked on the sea wall opposite John D. Crimmins’s summer home at Callender's Point between Stamford and South Norwalk. The incident follows a spate of maritime danger in the area.
A walnut cabinet made by Abraham Lincoln was saved from a disastrous fire in the residence of United States Commissioner J. W. Wartmann by the quick work of firefighters.
A local report says forged certificates of a Goldfield mining company were sold on the curb market for 1400 dollars to a broker. Norman Griffith of Griffith and McWain confirms the swindle and says police are investigating. The certificates were not from a traded Goldfield company and involved about 500 shares. The broker learned of the forgery when sending transfers to Chicago.
A Boston Merchants Association transportation committee met with New York, New Haven & Hartford vice president T. B. Byrnes to pursue faster freight handling. They invited joint sessions with the Chamber of Commerce and Fruit and Produce Exchange to find common ground to reduce free storage time and achieve full freight delivery. Byrnes will cooperate with the committee in this effort.
Ex-Representative Andrew Badaracco of Ward 6 likely to be appointed by Mayor Fitzgerald to replace George H. Sargent as chairman of the board of trustees of the insane hospital department. Sargent’s resignation was accepted yesterday. A Public Library trustees vacancy filled by Solomon Lincoln’s death may be announced before the mayor leaves office, with William F. Kenney of the Boston Globe mentioned for the post.
Frank Ruscoe a 19 year old English a slipped from his London home and took passage on a cattle steamer. He was arraigned in Municipal Court on vagrancy charges and the case continued until Wednesday as probation officials plan to aid his return home.
A fire at the Agricultur Hall in South Marshfield early Sunday morning caused serious loss to the Marshfield Agricultural and Horticultural Society. The building, one of the town's landmarks, was reported by local news on December 16.
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