Market Totals and City Breakdowns for Jan 1 1913 to Date
Total sales by city show New York at 81 040 500 shares and Boston at 5 241 634 shares for the year to date. Reading leads New York with 47 200 and Am Tel and Tel tops Boston with 3 912. Changes note Liggett & Meyers up in New York and American Express down.
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New York
Boston
Reading
Am. Tel. & Tel
Liggett & Meyers
American Express
Ahmeek Mining
Old Colony R. A
Stock Market Mixed Movements in New York Trade
New York market showed mixed price movements with slight overall changes. Canadian Pacific weakened sharply, American Express fell beyond par, while London and Paris traders pressured foreign holdings. sentiment remained cautiously optimistic despite uncertainty.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Canadian Pacific
London
Paris
Berlin
U. S
Dividend notices from Massachusetts Lighting Companies
The Massachusetts Lighting Companies declare dividends on all common shares to be 0.75 per share and 1.50 on new preferred shares and 0.25 on new common shares. Payment date January 15, 1914 to holders of record December 26, 1913. Transfer books remain unchanged. Treasurer ADDISM WHITNEY signed December 18 1913.
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Massachusetts Lighting Companies
Addism
Whitney
Island Creek Coal declares quarterly dividend of $1.50
The Directors of Island Creek Coal Company declare a regular quarterly dividend of 1.50 per share on preferred stock, payable January 1, 1914, to preferred stockholders of record at the close of business.
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Island Creek Coal Company
Local Market Shows Firm Tone Amid Telegraph and Shoe Machinery Activity
Boston December market notes a firm undertone with light volume. American Telephone reacts to Burleson proposal for government takeover, closing around 113 1 4 to 115 8. Shoe Machinery price gains to 51 8 4 with 1622 shares traded. Amalgamated and North Butte copper stocks advance on higher activity.
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Boston
American Telephone
Burleson
Amalgamated
North Butte
Transit and Nevada Hills Traders Record Market Brief
Fragmentary stock table shows values for 100 Mason Valley 1,500 Man Transit 13-16 1% and 376 200 Nevada Hills 4% 45 1,500 Nipissing 115 Tonopah 8,800 United Cig St 800 United Copper with assorted notes including percentages and lows. Readable entities include Nipissing Tonopah United Copper and United Cig St with prices or rates linked to market activity.
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Armelt
An Tel & Te
Reai
At&sf
ORI
Ad Beer
Ealt Ohio
Chen & Ohio
Abu
Cora PK. Sie
Deere & Co
Digtillers’ S
Erie
Goodrich
Inter-Met
Lehigh Veley
Liggett & Meyer
Meyer Ft
Mackay
Miami
Nevada
Nor Southern
Nor & Wea
Nor Am
Nor Pac
Pacific Mail
Pac T & 'P
Pitte
Rocksland
Mason Valley
Nevada Hills
United Cig
United Copper
Industrial Trust Co to locate in old Eliot National Bank quarters
Industrial Trust Company has been granted a charter and will open in early 194 with capital of 500000 and surplus 250000. General Edgar R Champlin will serve as president with a diverse board including Eben D Bancroft Alfred Clarke Charles F Cotter and J L Paine among others.
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Industrial Trust Company
Eliot National Bank
John Hancock Building
Trust Company
Edgar R. Champlin
Cambridge
Central Trust Company
Massachusetts Fire & Marine Insurance Company
Eben D. Bancroft
Draper Company
Alfred Clarke
Massachusetts Lighting Companies
Light, Heat & Power Corporation
Charles F. Cotter
Cotter Shoe Company
Lynn
C. B. Devereaux
A. W. Chesterton Company
A. P. Felton
Wadsworth-Howland Company
C. G. Flynn
C. G. Flynn& Leather Company
E. R. Grabow
Grabow Hotel Co
A. C. Harvey
A. G. Harvey Company
H. L. Kincaide
W.J. McDonald
W. A. McKenney
The
McKenney & Waterbury Co
Boulevard Trust Company
Brookline
W. H. Minton
William H
D. Cans Bonto Bastin Oaakineine
Trenmarer
Copper prices stagnate amid heavy buying in city market
Copper prices show no improvement despite heavy buying over the past weeks. London copper markets weaken with drops in best copper and standard warrants, while Amalgamated Copper holds near recent highs. Local brokers note Boston coppers remain firm amid New England liquidation, with little big speculation and many shares under ten dollars reducing potential profit for bears.
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London
Engineering & Mining Journal
Amalgamated Copper
Boston Coppers
New England
Bank and mining stocks weigh on December market tone
A 1913 market snapshot notes Bank of England loan rates at 5 percent and reserves up to 55 cents per dollar, with little near-term excitement expected. Union Pacific and Southern Pacific profits shine, Butte & Superior earnings seen around 2.50 per share, North Butte Mining likely four dollars, copper output rising while prices dip.
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Bank of England
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Hill Roads
Harriman
Butte & Superior
United States
North Butte Mining Company
Hamilton Trust Co Takes Over South End National Bank
Stockholders voted for voluntary liquidation of South End National Bank with Goddard as liquidating agent. On Dec 31 1918 the bank’s business will transfer to Hamilton Trust Company which will issue new shares at 200 a piece for each old share. Hamilton Trust also takes over New England National Bank and reshapes several local banks into trust companies. Negotiations implying further consolidations could push the total to six by month end.
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South End National Bank
Goddard
Hamilton Trust Company
New England National Bank
First Ward National Bank of
East Boston
Market National of
Brighton
Boston National
Southnd National Bank
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Funny van Loons
Next Simday
Post
Bond Market Prices Feature Mixed US Debt
In New York on December 18 the market showed a 24 percent point drop in Reading 4s while American Telephone 4s and New York Railways 5s maintained firmness. New York City issues and United States Steel 5s remained steady amid adjustments.
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New York
American Telephone
New York Railways
New York City
Isues
United States Steel
Metal markets show mixed copper and tin shifts on NYME
Copper on the New York Metal Exchange remained steady with various spot and future offers from 14.12 to 15.50 in different forms while tin weakened from 37.00 to 37.60 for March. Lead and spelter stayed quiet around 3.95 to 5.25, antimony quoted by Cookson’s at 7.45 to 37.60, and iron was unchanged.
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Atlanta
Pet'n Lake
Rumely Co
Ee Bull
Rochester
Seaboard
Trethewey
Florence
Wettlaufer
Big Dome
Il Dom
Jim Butler
Wee Pacific
Res Eula
Beaver
Wells-Fargo Bay
Buffalo
West Union
Westinghouse
Wig Central
Woolworth
Ia R McK-Dar
Victoria
Wilbert
Nipissing
New York Metal Exchange
Cookson
Theft of cloth charged to East Cambridge man
Joseph Martis, 25, of Bridge Street East Cambridge, was charged with larceny of 447 yards of cloth valued at $550 from the Boston and Maine Railroad Company on December 6. He was given six months, bound over in new bonds for trial.
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Joseph Martis
Bridge Street
East
Cambridge
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Clark Defends Tariff as Calamity Howlers Fire Back
Washington dispatch reports Speaker Clark exiting the chair to rebut Republican critics dubbed calamity howlers. Clark touts tariff law, cites Root Cannon Hilles Hadley and Mann, argues panic fears reflect politics, notes a cement plant employing 2800 in his district, and predicts quick passage of the currency bill.
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Washington
Clark
House
Mann
America
Root
New York
Cannon
Hilles
Republican National Committee
Hadley
Missouri
Speaker Clark
James J. Hill
John T. N. Johnson
Kansas City
Hill
Johnson
New York City
New York Stock Exchange
Schwab Attacks Charlestown Warship Plan at Copley Plaza
Charles M. Schwab head of Bethlehem Steel denounced building a warship at Charlestown navy yard in competition with private builders. He warned of a deepening business downturn and said Boston buys steel from abroad while tariff issues may be to blame. He urged restraint on naval construction and noted the high cost of navy yard shipbuilding versus private builders.
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Charles M. Schwab
Bethlehem Steel Company
Copley Plaza Hotel
Charlestown Navy Yard
Boston
Schwab
Navy Yard
Fore River Shipbuilding Company
Quincy
Fights Sailor for Half Hour Ends With Arrest
In South Boston, Officer Murdo McDonald faced a half hour battle with a powerful seaman. Patrick Mullen, 28, was booked on assault and battery on a protected man. The victim, a lumber man from the woods, lies in City Hospital with a fractured skull and may die. The suspect is identified by dress as a seaman.
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Boston
Offcer Murdo McDonald
Patrick Mullen
Auburn shoe factory to add 10000 pairs daily
Lunn and Sweet of Auburn Maine will erect a four story addition to their shoe plant to reach a maximum daily capacity of 10,000 pairs. The complex will connect to the present factory and an administration building. Construction uses reinforced stone and brick with modern plant equipment.
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Auburn
Lunn & Sweet
Worta
Not Sentenced Seeks Pardon in the Case
Governor Foss raised the question of whether a pardon can legally be granted before sentencing. Attorney-General Swift favored the possibility and will issue a final ruling before Wednesday. The petition by Worcester coal dealer George E K Hunt seeks pardon after a six months and $100 fine for attempted bribery related to influencing deputy sealer weights and measures Charles Ross. Hunt awaits sentence on January 19 after an appeal to the Supreme Court was overruled.
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Foss
Swift
George EK. Hunt
Worcester
Supreme Court
Hunt
Charles Ross
New Cutoff Nears Completion on Boston and Albany Line
The Boston and Albany railroad yesterday ran trains over the east bound track of the new two mile cut off at Middlefield, built since 1811 to avoid replacing four unsafe masonry arches. The west bound track should be ready in a week, with a third track for freight to finish in the spring. The cut off, costing over half a million dollars, required blasting through solid rock in many parts.
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Boston and Albany Railroad
Middlefield
Algebra and French Added to Grammar School Curriculum
In Dorchester and East Boston the grammar schools begin experimental introduction of simple forms of algebra and French. The plan aims to influence grammar and high school courses citywide. Schools involved include Henry L. Pierce Edward Everett Mary Hemenway in Dorchester and Chapman in East Boston.
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Dorchester
East
Boston
Henry L. Pierre
Edward Everett
Mary Hemenway
Chapman School
A. Athe Pierce
Hemenway
Groundfish prices ease after day of moderate arrivals
Groundfish prices at T wharf showed a partial rebound from a two day slump as arrivals stayed modest and total catches remained below normal. Haddock at 8 cents and various hake and cod items traded, while the steamer Montrose reported heavy Atlantic weather after a Halifax stop for coal. The Madawaska and other vessels faced fuel shortages and sailing crews cut spars for furnaces while communications noted diverging port movements and upcoming ship launches.
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T Wharf
Cod
Montrose
Reid
Japan
China
Atlantic
Halifax
Madawaska
Carey
Calcutta
Hydrographic Office
Portinglis
Juniata
New Fish Pier
Boston
Trent
Irene
Bath
Madeline Chase
Everett
Darrow-Mann
Portland
Bartlett
Cuba
Fall River
Cape Cod
Harper
California
Liverpool
River Plate
Hortensius
Hesperides
Herminias
Honorias
Bellagio
Chalister
Landsman
Shipping News Arrivals and Sailings From Major Ports
A list of arriving steamers and barges names a long roster including Montrose Reid Calcutta City of Atlanta and City of Rockland, along with tugs and sailing ships. It covers ships from Britain and Netherlands to New York Boston Philadelphia Norfolk and Providence with tows of barges and pontoon units and mentions schooners and sloop Albert Baldwin amid harbor moves and departures.
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Montrose
Reid
Japan
China
Madawaska
Cary
Calcutta
Colombo
Stigstad
Larsen
Louisburg
Boston
Simm
Yarmouth
Calvin Autin
Mitchell
St. John
City of Atlanta
Diehl
Savannah
Chippewa
Maguire
Jacksonville
Howard
Chase
Norfolk
F. J. Lisman
Smith
Wathfinder
Baker
L. V. Stoddard
Bergman
Newport News
H. F. Dimock
O'Donnell
New York
City of Rockland
Curtis
Bangor
Bay State
Strout
Portland
City of
Manatawney
Germantown
Maple Hill
Daniel Willard
Troy
Binghamton
Albany
Cuba
Winthrop
Lackawanna
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Bank and corporate actions in early 1910s notes
The Board of Bank Incorporation granted charters to five institutions including Industrial Trust Company and Shawmut Co operative Bank. Westinghouse director replacement announced for A L Humphrey. South western Miami Development Company calls instalment No 3 of 2c per share due Jan 12, 1914 to fund diamond drill work. South nd National Bank to liquidate and transfer to Hamilton Trust Company by Dec 31, 1913. Massachusetts Gas Company subsidiaries report November earnings of 231,144, down 12.26 percent from 1912.
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United States
Stock Exchange
T&t
Chicago
CR Aon
NSIC
Ial & So
Detroit Edison
Distillers
Erie
Ey & T
Seab Air
Ill Steel
Indiana Steel
Enya
Bell
Basie
Kan City
Armour & Co ‘Reall Tae
Mobile & O
Tenn Ci&r
Rss
At & SF
Texas Co
Manhattan
Swaa
Union Pac
Petra
Ae Sa
Canada South
St Con Pacific
Belea Ee
North Parise
Ds West Ener
Gt Western
Pacific
Sai
Board of Bank Incorporation
Industrial Trust Company
First Ward Trust Company
North American Trust Company
Cosmopolitan Trust Company
Shawmut Co-operative Bank
Southwestern Miami Development Company
Massachusetts Gas Companies
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Houghton
Majestic
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Abington & Rockland
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