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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 22, 1916

Page

12

Wall Street Sees Record Volume Amid Sharp Market Selloff

The stock market fell steeply as Wilson issued a peace note and Secretary Lansing explained it, fueling fears of war. Daily volume surged past 3 million shares, a record level since 1901, with many rails and industrials sliding while Goodrich Rubber and Willys Overland showed limited gains.

Stock Exchange Wilson Germany Lansing United States

Bond market snapshot with multiple 4s and 5s across firms and rails

The page lists numerous bond issues from Amer For Co CB Q gm to railroads and utilities, detailing serials, series letters, maturities around 1920 to 1931, and prices or yields. Names include New York Central, Chicago Milwaukee St Paul, Penn a, Erie, Southern Pacific, Reading, and others, reflecting a broad municipal corporate and railroad debt trading scene.

Union Pacific Reading Rock Island Erie Southern Railway New York Central Amer CB & Q Mont Tram É& M Iowa Enon Chic Mil& St P Livavee Ricwess Lousals Reasus Be Leo Ce Bas Sieies Y City Wee Ashe Bens Cae OY Dock Y Gas & E Ht & P Dom Canada Boo AGS Sais Fe Ae NH & Har R I&p Norf & W Leavis Isi Notris Indas Pac Gas & E Virginia Alaska Riis Grivans Bogg i Wes Penna den & R G Sir Ae Th Pitts CC & St L Am Smel Se Pub Ser Corp Dea Ug Bot Pe Erie Gal L &Sf Ad Eae Am Tel & Tel Ser Eae Oh Ts Tex Co Bret Ann Arbor Ser Bouiee Aegis Hock Val Bec Iers BO Geers TOSS Ups&l Hud & Man Adj Am Ser Otel Massis Ref & M Bae Epics Boa Virginian Beth Steel Oop Wabash RT Kcrts & M NY & P Kan City Sect Fcr Lack Steel Fey Suis Deas EE Lececaa Cal Gas & el Bs St L Lake S Ches & O L&n - At-Knoxv Oia Gs Rees Boece Rues Ae Rees C&o Tbs Oise

Boston Stocks: Bond Quotations Today and Yesterday

Boston reports today’s and yesterday’s bond quotations with high, low, and close figures. The brief financial update lists market activity for bonds in the local exchange.

Boston

Market activity totals by exchange and notable moves

Total sales in New York reach 3 176 800 shares with Boston at 95 784. The most active New York issue is Steel at 865 900 shares and Boston is led by Atlantic Gulf at 9015 shares. Through Jan 1 1916 the New York total is 224 476 937 shares and Boston 12 795 479 shares versus last year. National Biscuit pref shows a 21 4 to 128 1 4 gain in New York. Gulf States Steel 2d pref drops 29 1 2 to 108 1 2. In Boston, Boston & Albany rises 1 to 174 while Calumet & Hecla sinks 29 to 510.

New York Boston Steel Atlantic Gulf National Biscuit Gulf States Steel 2d Albany Calumet & Hecla Dec AT & T New Cerro de P Cosden Oil Cosden New Midvale Rus Gov New Seater Eee Sinclair O Butte Federal Reserve Bank Federal Reserve Banks Pitts & W Rock Island Wi St Joseph Ld Sub-Treasury UN Motors Western Pac Balantes Wright-Mar Treasury Cosden & Co Cosden O & G Sapulpa O & R Sequoya Sinclair Oil

Market Reversals Hit New York Stocks After War Peace Shifts

New York trading saw a record 3,176,000 shares change hands as stocks slid across the board amid peace prospects. United States Steel plunged from 104 1 2 to 101 to end at 101, with other major industrial and rail issues posting sharp losses. Bonds were uneven, with internationals strong, total par value sales $5.35 million.

New York United States Steel Bethlehem Steel Common Nova Scotia Steel Gulf States Steel American Locomotive Baldwin Locomotive New York Air Brake Lackawanna Steel Crucible Steel Mercantile Marines Atlantic Gulf & West Indies United Fruit Rails Union Pacific Reading Norfolk & Western Canadian Pacific St. Paul Paris United Kingdom United States

Boston stocks plunge as war profits fade in market rout

Boston markets faced heavy declines with copper zinc and marine issues selling off. Atlantic Gulf fell from 105 to 93, lingering near 91 1 2 as margin calls loom, wiping out about 8.5 million in paper profits and driving fear through the trading floor.

Boston Atlantic Gulf Lst Butte & Superior New York

New York Curb Money Markets Report

Sterling steadied in the foreign exchange market while continentals rose. Afternoon rates show sterling cables at 4.767 16 demand 4.754 with francs 5.84 marks 75.54 guilders 40 15 16 lire 6.87 and roubles 31.0.

Pa Van Loon Spreads Christmas Spirit in Sunday Post

Pa Van Loon brings holiday cheer with a comic feature set for the next Sunday Post. The piece promises a lighthearted, festive roundup sure to delight readers seeking seasonal humor and charm.

Pa van Loon Next Sunday Post

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