Wall Street Rally Fails to Halt Smelter Selloff
In New York and Boston trading, Amalgamated Copper and American Smelting lead losses as panic selling drives prices lower. Amalgamated stock dips to 79 while Smelting falls to 79 38, with broad declines across major issues before a late rebound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
American Smelting
Amalgamated Copper
American Express
Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Granby Consolidated
Calumet & Hecla
State Street
American Smelting Company
Utah Consolidated Management
Utah Consolidated Company
Rockefeller-Rogers-Ryan- Cole
Utah Consolidated
Amalgamated
North Butte
Arizona Commercial
Lake —Copner
American Woolen
Centennial
Butte Coalition
Lake Copper
Old Dominion
Osceola
Miami Copper
Altagopper Mines Highlight Great Copper Camp Output
The Asther Lode of the Great Corbin Copper Camp leads with historic production totaling over 37 million dollars. A limited amount of Treasury Stock is offered to the public via private subscription, with full particulars available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Corbin
Treasury
Utah Consolidated Mining declares per share dividend
At a board meeting on Dec 15 1908 Utah Consolidated Mining Company of New Jersey declared a dividend of fifty cents per share payable Jan 15 1909 to stockholders of record Dec 21 1908 at 3 pm. Stock books close Dec 21 1908 at 3 pm and reopen Dec 31 1908 at 9 pm. Secretary and Treasurer Pp Addicks signs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah Consolidated
Guggenheims
Atlantic Coast Line
Union Pacific
Amalgamated
St. Paul
Erie
Interboro Metropolitan Common
Northern Pacific
Reading
Southern Pacific
New York
Utah Consolidated Mining Company
Broadway
Utah Consolidated Mining Company of
New Jersey
Addicks
Edison Electric increases Boston stock and offers new shares
Edison Electric Company of Boston votes to raise capital from 126,436 to 136,161 shares. A new issue of 9,725 shares will be offered to current stockholders at 215 per share on a 1 to 13 basis. Subscriptions close January 15 with the Old Colony Trust Company handling. Interest at 4 percent accrues on the first instalment from January 1 to May 1, 1909. Unsubscribed shares will be sold at auction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edison Electric Company of
Boston
Old Colony Trust Company
Curb market trade broad with mixed stock changes
Boston curb market traded broadly today with Chemung Copper around 23 cents and Goldfield Consolidated near 8 cents. Bay State Gas about 0, Consolidated Arizona 20, Superior Boston 16 1 2, Cumberland Ely 7 3 4, First National 7 1 4, Amalgamated Nevada 15, Cobalt Central down 4 to 56 cents after an 8 percent dividend basis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Michigan
Westinghouse Elee
GSO
Old Dominion
Estern Union
Osceola
Heeling & Lake Erie
Wisconsin Central
Bly Bom
Vo Parrott
Amtel & Te Ee Eee
Japan
United Copper
Utah
Utah Copper Co
Cou
Touls & Nash U
Manhat
Victoria
Central
Wolverine
Adams
Wyandot
Amer Tobacco
Minn & SL
Boston
Eali
Ohio
North Pacific
Polk
Nor & We
Lobe
Oregon
Do Ist Inc Oros
Bos & Wor
Peacy
Edison Elec
Ches & Ohio
Vay Rep
Cuba
General Flectri
Chic & Alt
Ee Agie
Georgia Electric
Mass Electris
Seaboard
South Pacific
Colo Indus
Wee Pac Coast Po
Selmi
United Fruit
del & Hudev
iUnion Pacific
den & RG
Deveyv
New York
United Shoe
S Steel
Boston Clearings
New York Clearings
iWis Cent Peis
Ag Chem
T.ow. T.ast
Sige Aw Acer Agm
Butte Coalition
Reichsmarks
SGO
Boston Copper
Ing
Chicago
Boston & C
Yebin
East Butte
Co Oper
Isle Royale
Ariz
Lake Coppe
Cumber-Ely
Miami Copper
Newhouse Mines
Davis-Daly
Douglas Opper Fin Superior & Pitts
Si Swift & Co
SOO Giroux Mining
Coal & Oil
Goldfield
Silas
Greene-Cananea
Havana ‘Tobacco
Miami
Mines Co of
Nevada
M&s
Nipissing M Co
Soo Ohio Copper
HOO United Copper
Yukon
Chemung Copper
Bay State Gas
Consolidated Arizona
Superior & Boston
Cumberland Ely
First National
Amalgamated
Cobalt Central
G & Cc
Bay State Gas Soc
Beaver
Boswyocolo Lee
British Columbia
Sss
Butte & Balak
Noo Butte & London
Bullfrog
Consol Arizona
Davis-Dalyese
Dominion Copper
Dinteks & A
Giroux
Globe Consol
Goldfield Consol
BO Keweenaw
Hancock
Helvetia
Laramie Eae
Majestic
McKinley
McKinley Do 95 200 Mexican Consol 90 Loo 600 Mines Co of Am
I National Explora
Superior
Troy
Manhattan
Serene See
Dividends Declared by Various Companies
A list of corporations declaring quarterly and semiannual dividends with rates and record dates. Includes Tonopah Mining Company 25 cents quarterly. Cobalt Central Mines 2 percent. Boston and Worcester Electric 1 dollar preferred. Massachusetts Lighting 1.5 percent. Cutting Car 1.4 percent. Pittsburg Plate Glass 1 1 4 percent common. Naumkeag Steam Cotton 3 percent. Mortgage Bond Company 1 1 4 percent. New Jersey Quicksilver Mining 38 cents. Liberty National Bank 5 percent quarterly and extra 5 percent. Records close on indicated dates with reopen dates noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tonopah Mining Co
Cobalt Central Mines Co
Boston & Worcester Electric Cos
Massachusetts Lighting Cos
Cutting Car Co
Pittsburg Plate Glass Co
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Mortgage Bond Co
N. Y
New Jndiia Quicksilver Mining Co
Liberty National Bank
Ios
Dun's Weekly Review Reports Holiday Trade Rise and Cautious Demand
Dun's Weekly Review notes holiday trade active with widespread volume up from a year earlier. Wholesale and jobbing firms maintain normal year end activity while many wait for January demand. Cotton goods markets quiet to steady, footwear seasonally quiet with uneven orders, leather dull though Great Britain and continental buyers show interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. G. Dun
Review of Trade
New England
Boston
Theatre Gossip and Holiday Shows Dominate Boston Scenes
The Majestic opens The Goddess of Reason and The Third Degree plays. Hollis hosts The Merry Widow and Jack Straw. Colonial, Park, Tremont, and other venues show Bunco of Arizona, The Heir to the Hoorah, and The Circus Girl. Upcoming acts include Nat M. Wills, Jesse Lasky’s Country Club, Maude Odell, and other vaudeville and motion picture showcases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Julia Marlowe
Mary Johnston
Hollis
Frank Daniels
Hook
Holland
Park
Fanny Ward
Colonial
John Drew
Jack Straw
the Tremont
Boston Theatre
Castle Square
Grand Opera House
Bunco
Arizona
Nat M. Wills
Keith
Country Club
Jesse Lasky
Jeorge Spink
Ned Reardon
Mayme Kelso
Hyams and McIntyre
Willy Pantzer
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Uncle Tom’s Cabin
Matty Baldwin
Kid Goodman
the Howard
Owen Moran
Maude Odell
Orpheum Theatre
Gaiety Theatre
Casino Girls
Violet Pearl
Rollickers
Columbia
Dorothy Collins
Palace Theatre
New York
Zelda Rotali
Scenic Temple
Austin & Stone’s
Sam Mahoney
English Channel
Star Theatre
Hub Theatre
Signora Pasqualina de Voe
Nellie Elliott
Bertha Reuck
Theatre Comique
Bradstreet's Report Signals Mixed Holiday Trade Year
Bradstreet's State of Trade notes holiday trade expanding but uneven across cities. Larger centers show strength while smaller towns lag, with demand shifting to cheaper lines. Wool sales thin, cotton and copper dull, and railway earnings decline. 1908 wool clip up 4.3 percent from 1907 but below 1902 record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet
South
Symphony Hall Rehearsal Review Praises Living Message
A 1908 Symphony Hall report lauds the ninth public rehearsal of the season. Josef Shevinne handles Rubinstein’s concerto with virtuosity but the piece feels thin. Fiedler earns praise for Wagner selections and the Dutchman overture, with strong pacing and dramatic vision. The note ends by mentioning the next week’s public rehearsal moved to Thursday for Christmas Day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Symphony Hall
Symphony Orchestra
Haydn
Rubinstein
Siegfried
Wagner
Josef Shevinne
Shevinne
Fiedler
Richard Wagner
Guckenberger School Concert in Steinert Hall Ends Week
The last of three Steinert Hall concerts by pupils of the Guckenberger School of Music featured the Guckenberger Orchestra conducted by the director. Performances included Haydn in D major, Mozart concert movements, and vocal and cello pieces by Rubinstein Wagner Wickede Saint-Saens Handel Schwarenka, with strong articulation and refined phrasing throughout.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guckenberger School of Music
Steinert Hall
Guckenberger Orchestra
Haydn
Lillian Akeroyd
Rubinstein
Wagner
Sathel Cromie
Mozart
Katherine Towle
Temple
Adrian Sea
Ronald
Daniel Tierney
Hildegard Berthold
Servais’ Morceau de Concert
Barbara Mayer
Des Herzen
Handel
Oscar Henning
Maestoso
Xaver Schwarenka
Sportsmens Show Promises New Outdoor Talks
The Sportsmen's Show at Mechanics' Building runs December 24 to January 5. Boston & Maine and Maine Central railroads replace mounted heads with illustrated talks on outdoor enjoyment in New England. Talks will be given by James A. Cruikshank of Field and Stream, New York City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mechanics’ Building
Boston & Maine
Maine Central
New England
James A. Cruikshank
Field and Stream
New York City
Last Elmendorf Lecture On The Desert
The final Elmendorf illustrated lecture at Tremont Temple described journeys from Tunis to ancient Carthage El Djem and Kirawan. The talk traced desert landscapes and pictured scenes showed much of the city and its wonders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dwight L. Elmendorf
Tremont Temple
Desert
Tunis
Carthage
el Djem
Kirawan
Elmendorf Delivers Desert Lecture Final Appearance
A lecture on leading industries featured images of the open desert a sand storm and an oasis the talk closed with The Heart of the Garden of Allah The event will be repeated this afternoon marking the speaker's last appearance for almost a year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Garden of Allah
Elmendorf
MIT Students Tour Felton Son's Distillery in Boston
About 20 fourth year industrial biology students from MIT visited Crystal Spring Ruin Distillery in South Boston. Professor Samuel C Prescott led the group and toured each department with Felton & Son executives, ending in the lab where Prescott hoped for an endowed facility equal to Felton & Son's equipment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Samuel C. Prescott
Crystal Spring Ruin
South Boston
Felton & He
Herbert J., Felton
Prescott
Institute
Felton & Son
Morris & Butler's Exclusive Novelties for Christmas
Morris & Butler's at 97 Summer Street showcases four floors of discounted furniture and a rich Christmas display. Highlights include desks, music cabinets, lamp shades on the first floor, extensive rugs with Oriental pieces on the third, and a fourth floor devoted to Colonial four poster beds and other antique style items. The store also emphasizes mission furniture and a baby department with chairs, tables, stands, and doll iron beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morris & Butler’s
Summer Street
Morris & Butler
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Rally
Farly
Altagopper Mines
Sorbin, Montana
Congress
NEW York Bonds
United States
Atlantic, Gulf & West Indies Company
Old Colony Copper Company
United Fruit Co
London
John P. Freese
R. L. Day & Co
Mr. Freese
The
Boston & Worcester Company
William M. Butler
Arthur EK. Childs
George A. Butman
W. M. Butler
A. E. Childs
Philip Stockton
Charles Hayden
James F. Shaw
John D. Cuddihy
Hancock Consolidated Company
Local Stock Exchange
Boston & Corbin
New York State
Melrose Savings Bank
Cambridge Electric Light Company
Gas Commission
Houghton
William E. Soule
Amer Tel & Tel
B & Q Iowa
Consol
Atchison Ee Ee
Boston Elevated
Fitchburg
Allouez
Ain
Atlantic
Cal & Heela Ees Ee
Ao Centennial Eee Eee
Daly West
Franklin
Granby
Greene Cananea
la Salle
Ay & Foundry
Hide & Leather of
Gee
Am Locomotive
Am Smelting & Ret
Aes
Anaconda Mining Co
Atchison
Atlantic C Line
Baltimore
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Canadian Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Chicago Great Western
Mil & St Paul
OG C,. C. Cc & St Louis
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Colorado & Southern
Consolidated Gas
Delaware & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
Distillers Securities
General Electric
Great Northern
Interborough
Noble International
Iowa Central
Kansas City Southerno
Louisville & Nashville
St P & S
Ste M
Missouri Pacific
Kansas & Texas
National
New York Central
Jas Mae
Ontario & West
Norfolk & Western
North American
Pennsylvania
People’s Gas
Pitts
C & St Louis
Ms Republic
Rock Island Co
St L
St Louis Southwestern
Ooo
Vi Ways Ae
Sloss
Sheffield
Opery Southern Railway
Met
Tennessee
Texas & Pacific Vine
Toledo
St Louis
Ennis & Stoppani
Chicago Board of Trade
State Mutual
Dun’s Weekly Review
Business
BY Olin Downes
Sportsmen’s
Important Stars
Joe Weber
Henry and the Devil
W. Savage
Goddess of
Reason
Irene Franklin
Burt Green
Lasky
Stuart Barnes
Ellis-Nowlan
Circus
Leightons
Franco Piper
Dillon Brothers
Jacobs
Oscar Loraine
Tony
Erna Balliott
Tech
Felton @ Son’s Distillery
Orpheu
Charles Frohman
Colonial Theatre
Castle Sq
John Craig Stock Company
Temple Place
Howard
Grand Opera
Big Review Company
Variety
Washington St
Freeman
Nate TV
the Serenaders Res
Orch
Tel
Oxford
Henry W. Savage
Cele
Trepiont Theatre
Mgr
SFOCK
Walls OF Jericho
Mat Tu
Novas
DEGRE
Fier ES Klein Ity
Michael J. Kelly
Bowdoin
Park Sa
Khagai
Macfarland
Turville
RUDEN
Lmendorfe
Opnatiah
Providence Joy Line
Sune Ottice
Aid
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