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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 02, 1900
Page
6
The New York market opened strong with steady demand for steel stocks and closed well above prior levels. Bulls and bears reportedly align, signaling higher prices ahead for about thirty days. Currency bill prospects and a strong bank statement loom as factors shaping the market.
Boston stock notes show sharp wheat price gains after Liverpool steadiness and a colder winter belt. Reports from Howard Crosby & Co cite improved cash bids, cautious sentiment, and French cables lifting prices. North West receipts show gains versus last year.
Market letter prepared for delivery Saturday focuses on Bay State Gas and several other stocks likely to rise soon. Readers are invited to write or call for a copy. Interest paid on deposits. Orders executed for stocks and bonds. Private dispatches and information from different financial bureaux in Boston and New York on file.
A diverse market summary notes shifting stock moves in 1900 with Tennessee Coal & Iron rising sharply while Third Avenue declines amid financing rumors. Amalgamated Company restructuring and a Boston Montana manager appointment are reported, alongside a mixed instrument output for the American Bell Telephone Company and a Bay State curb sale.
H W Chaplin assignee of the John P Squire Company says Broadway Bank could have continued with Curtiss cashing demonstrations and that the clearing house system favored the Globe while harming Broadway. He asserts Broadway had 500000 cash and 225000 surplus plus Squire paper valued at 160000 and that Downer acted on uncertain statements leading to suspension. Curtiss and Downer declined to comment.
A delirious man was found at Roger Williams Park foot of the statue holding a newspaper with "Roger cannot come back" and "Massachusetts Legislature refuses no annul decree of banishment." He told officials he was seated in the park feeling glad he wasn't as naked as the critter in the menagerie, sharing odd tales.
J R Elliott of 40 Summer Street Laconia New Hampshire a longtime grocer recalls overwork from five years without vacation leading to illness. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People with a full recovery after taking three boxes. Available at druggists or from Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY 50 cents per box or 6 for 2 50.
Residents report a man described as Jack the Hugger has appeared repeatedly near Washington street and the Fitchburg railroad bridge. Two young women told Police Sergeant McGarr that the same man chased one to her home steps, prompting complaints and police attention.
A big locomotive and a switcher collided in the South terminal yard after 3 PM yesterday due to signal miscommunication. Both engines derailed and traffic was delayed into the evening while crews cleared the tracks.
The Rev Joseph Cook will deliver a noon address at Park Street Church next Monday Feb 5 under the Evangelistic Association of New England. The group announced noon meetings in Bromfield Street Church end Jan 27 but will continue noonday gatherings in other venues. The talk should draw General Court members, with doors opening 1130 a.m. to the public.
A humorous reminiscence unfolds with a living statue Roger leaving his pedestal at midnight. He chats about English victories and Boston rapid transit while wondering about the Legislature and a Bryan banquet with mentions of gold and silver bugs.
A narrator recalls Roger Williams and Bacchante in Boston with playful banter about pictures in Tatin books and library doors. The scene shifts to rumors of voting on Williams's name and a guard’s skepticism as the city hums with a mock-polished bustle.
Julius Schroeter of Forest Hill New Jersey is charged with forging Virginia State bonds to secure loans totaling about sixty eight thousand dollars from the Importers and Traders Bank Ladenberg Thalman Co and Seaboard National Bank. Police say up to one hundred thousand in bonds were forged with Emeline Turner named as owner. He was arraigned in Police Court and held on five thousand bail.
Leopold Morse Co. undertakes extensive interior remodelling with a grand entrance and foyer while a heavy wooden barricade seals the former display area. The work, visible across multiple floors, reflects the firm’s solid prospects in a quiet season.
New York Feb 1 The fund to pay the debts of the late Father McGlynn grows steadily with two active committees. The clerical subscriptions alone total over 4000 dollars and wide priestly support comes from across the country.
Browning, King & Co's Illustrated Monthly for February highlights St. Valentine themes with poems and stories about valentines. It includes puzzle and photograph pages showing last month's winners and new prizes, plus high quality specimen photos. Readers can obtain copies by writing to Boston publishers at 700 Washington Street.
Speaker Myers presided as the Massachusetts House debated gas price reductions for Brockton and Lynn among about a dozen amendments. The session stretched long with motions to table and refer, while officials discussed gas commissions, licenses, railroads, and proposed reforms. Final action was incomplete before adjournment.
Prominent Boston lawyers led by Solomon Lincoln Lewis Dabney Moorfield Storey and others petition for salary increases for state judges and legislators. Chief justice 8500 per year associate justices 8000 chief superior court 7500 and associate 7000 with 300 travel each. Senate members 1500 House 1000 for session plus 2 per mule mileage. Senate president 2500 Speaker 2000 with mileage. Act to take effect January 1 1909.
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