Answers to Inquiries column details stock questions
The Boston Post announces a weekly Monday column answering reader questions on listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds across industries. It promises impartial data based responses, disclaims market forecasts, and requires full name and address for inquiries addressed to the Financial Editor at the Boston Post, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Boston Test
New England
Post
Boston Post
Boston
Mass
Investor Q and A on United States Smelting stock
Dorchester notes United States Smelting as a strong mining stock with dividends on the preferred around 7 percent and common at about 7.50 percent yield. It cites 1911 earnings over $3 a share and a potential surplus of over $7 a share, with diverse business and some copper price resilience.
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United States
Dorchester
Is American Agricultural chemical preferred stock safe?
A Springfield reader asks if American Agricultural Chemical preferred is as safe as industrial favorites. The reply calls it one of the stronger preferred stocks though bonds now hold higher position for earnings and assets due to phosphate land acquisitions. Earnings rose steadily to 1910 with a recent dip. common stockholders received dividends last year for the first time since 1899, suggesting strong preferred security.
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American Agricultural
Springfield
Mass
American Agricultural Chemical
Brockton and Plymouth Street Railway Declares Preferred Dividend
The Brockton and Plymouth Street Railway Company declares a semi annual dividend of 3.00 per share on its preferred stock payable March 15, 1913 to stockholders of record at the close of business March 1, 1918. Stone and Webster Transfer Agents.
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Brockton & Plymouth Street Railway Company
Stone & Webster
Market Review and Outlook Signals Little Change
The market was deadlocked with prices hovering in a narrow range and trading volumes at a minimum. Bulls and bears clashed as Steel and Amalgamated fell more than 20 points from recent highs while the copper market showed rising production and a growing supply, hinting at potential shifts if liquidity and macro conditions change.
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Money Trust
Steel
Amalgamated
Bears
Union Pacific
Steel Corporation
St. Paul
Boston & Maine
Copper Producers’ Association
Europe
Handel and Haydn Society Concert Glowing Reception
The Handel and Haydn Society under Emil Molienhauer offered a mixed program in Symphony Hall last night. Soloists Mrs. Caro line Hudson Alexander Mme Ernestine Schumann Heink Miss Adelaide Griggs Paul Althouse and Frederick Martin with the Boston Festival Orchestra conducted by J W Crowley delivered commendable performances praised for the chorus and distinguished vocal solos.
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Handel and Haydn Society
Emil Molienhauer
Caroline Hudson-Alexander
Mme
Ernestine Schumann-Heink
Adelaide Griggs
Paul Althouse
Frederick Martin
George Chadwick
Phenix
Gounod
Schumann- Heink
Althouse
Martin
Miss Griggs
The
Echo
Italian priest Rev. Francesco Pliberti gravely ill in East Boston
Many friends of the Rev. Francesco Pliberti pastor of Italian Mount Carmel Church East Boston are deeply grieved to learn that he is very sick.
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Francesco Pliberti
Mount Carmel Church
East
Boston
Patrolman Dies After Horse Fall in Blue Hills
Mounted Officer Stewart of the Metropolitan Park police was thrown from his horse Thursday night in the Blue Hills. He sustained a fractured skull and died yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital.
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Stewart
Metropolitan Park Police
Blue Hills
Massachusetts General Hospital
Weingartner Conducts Boston Opera Chamber Concert
Yesterday afternoon the Boston Opera Company orchestra conducted by Felix Weingartner with Lucile Weingartner Marcel as soloist presented Beethoven Egmont overture Debussy La Mer Après-Midi d'un Faun and Beethoven Koilca symphony. Marcel sang Schubert Erlkönig Die Junge Nonne and three songs by Weingartner. The performance earned strong applause for Weingartner and the ensemble's clarity and precision.
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Boston Opera Company
Felix Weingartner
Lucile Weingartner
Marcel
Beethoven
Egmont
Debussy
Miss Marcel
Weingartner
Mr. Weingartner
Germany
Wroteca
Madam Marcel
Schubert
Bicycle crash claims Life of East St Louis rider
Frederick Windt of East St Louis Illinois was fatally injured and Walden Martin of St Louis a United States Olympic team member at Stockholm was seriously hurt when both riders crashed at a new saucer shaped track at the Coliseum. Windt died about thirty minutes later in a hospital. Martin suffered fractures to the left leg and left wrist and remains in precarious condition.
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ST. Louis
Frederick Windt
East St. Louis
Ill
Walden
Martin
United States
Stockholm
Coliseum
Windt
Hold Couple for Illegal Operation
Mr and Mrs Albert Holm of Roxbury are held at Station 10 on illegal operation charges from December involving a young woman whose name is withheld They were recently in Roxbury Court on charges of possessing illegal surgical instruments.
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Albert Holm
Centre Street
Roxbury
Station 10
Holms
Roxbury Court
Tumulty's Rise From Trenton to White House Impresses Doubters
In Trenton on February 9, observers who once doubted Joseph P Tumulty as governor Wilsons private secretary now acclaim his appointment as Wilsons future president secretary Time will reveal if he truly makes good They predict he will prove critics wrong by showing Washington his resolve and capability.
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Trenton
N. J
Joseph P.tumulty
Wilson
Joseph P. Tumulty
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Washington
Danilel S. Lamont
George B. Cortelyou
William Teeb, Jr
Congress
Smith
Jones
Johnson
White House
Tumulty to serve as president's secretary
The piece outlines how to pronounce Tumulty and describes the role of the president's secretary. It notes the position requires political tact, diplomacy, and broad knowledge of national matters. It highlights risks of missteps, the need for discretion, long hours, and the potential career rewards including influence and high-status appointments.
Labor Dock Men Remain Undecided After Stormy Sessions
After tumultuous meetings of the longshoremen unions yesterday no vote was taken on a strike or the proposed compromise. Officials say a strike is likely if no settlement is reached before week’s end.
Garment Workers in Boston Face Impending Strike
Boston garment workers prepare for a potential strike as manufacturers’ stance will be known in two days. Union leaders are to receive instructions today and may present worker demands amid looming industrial tensions affecting about 10,000 employees.
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Garment Workers of
Boston
Secrecy Follows Sessions as Labor Circles Expect Strike
Secrecy remained at session end with many desiring to strike while others counseled waiting for compromise. Labor circles foresee an industrial battle as District Trade Council delegates report to unions of longshoremen dock workers freight handlers and transatlantic steamship clerks. Reactions ranged from jeers to silence to calls for a strike.
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District Trade Council
New York Employers Withdraw Offers in Garment Strike
The United Manufacturers and Merchants Association, whose members employ most of the 100,000 garment workers on strike, today withdrew all settlement offers to the United Garment Workers Union after the union rejected several proposals deemed acceptable by employers, signaling no near resumption of work.
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New York
United Manufacturers’ and Merchants’ Association
United Garment Workers’ Union
Organize Roxbury Yard Next Saturday
At the Sanitary and Street Cleaning Union 149 meeting yesterday a committee was formed to organize the Roxbury yard next Saturday. A separate committee will meet Superintendent Rourke of the department of public works and the Civil Service Commission to pursue changing the rule so extra men become regular employees after six months rather than after a full year.
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Sanitary and Street Cleaning Union
Roxbury Yard
Rourke
Department of Public Works
Civil Service Commission
Twenty Five Join Bootblacks Union at North End Meeting
Twenty-five new members were added to the Bootblacks Union at its regular meeting held at 2 Charter Street in the North End. Action on new demands and a proposed strike was postponed until next meeting because the negotiating committee with the A. F. of T. and the Central Labor Union lacked a full report.
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Bootblacks’ Union
Charter Street
North End
A. F. of T
Central Labor Union
Labor Unions Plan Member Replacements and Wage Talks
Labor notes report Bartenders of Union 77 will lose their buttons and be replaced by men in good standing following a local meeting. Hoisting Engineers Local 74 discussed a new wage schedule. A wage and working conditions proposal to be submitted to employers on April 1 was the main topic at the coal teamsters chauffeurs and helpers gathering at Wells Memorial yesterday.
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Union 77
Local 74
Washington Street
Wells Memorial Building
Boston garment strike looms as unions mobilize workers
The city faces a threatened industry wide walkout affecting about 17 000 workers unless quick wage settlements are reached. Unions meet at 724 Washington street set picket duty at dawn with 1200 expected, while raincoat makers report smooth progress and several shops have already settled. Boston braces for possible last minute talks and further actions this week.
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United Garment Workers
United Garment Workers, Men’s Clothing Makers
Washington Street
Yorn
Benjamin Horn
International Ladies’ Garment Makers
International
Abraham Rosenberg
Boston
Miss Gillespie
Women’s Trade Union League
Aleck Finkiestein
New York
Zorn
Twin baby mountain lions hide from crowds at Norumbega Park
Two baby mountain lions, claimed to be the first twins born in captivity, were kept hidden from more than 1000 visitors as a lioness and a male lion played with the cubs at Norumbega Park, forest setting.
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Norumbega Park
Boston Zoo Twins Enter World Amid Secrecy at Park
Curious crowds crowded the Charles River banks as twins born to the park's lioness stirred public interest. Father Pete the ten year old Western mountain lion, long a park favorite, watched the cubs from the cage as keepers handled them without fear. The zoo kept the birth secret at manager Carl Alberti's request while skaters were kept from climbing the park fence and police guarded the gate.
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Greater
Boston
Zoo
Charles River
Metropoltan Park
Cubs
Carl Alberti
Removal of Officials Urged Over Reclamation Service
Washington hearings seek 25000 for a congressional inquiry into reclamation projects. The report urges removal from office of Assistant Secretary Samuel Adams and F. H. Newell plus I. C. Hill, director and supervising engineer, amid charges of incompetency and maladministration. Interior officials deny the allegations as Rep. Hensley prepares to present the document.
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Reclamation Service
House
Committees On Interior Department
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Newell
Hensley
Missouri
Warns Groom to Hurry Knot in Hysterical Marriage Run
Mary Kovalazuk of Mount Union with suitors Wesyl Slacki Paul Henreka and Wesyl Wukikow pursued marriage licenses from Recorder Kopper Beck between January and February. After declaring each groom unsuitable for falsified ages she obtained a third license and the recorder urged haste to the rector before she changed her mind.
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Huntingdon
Penn
Mary Kovalazuk
Mount Union
Wesyl Slacki
Recorder
Berlin Doctors Plan Day Off
Berlin physicians plan a pilot scheme in the Moabit district to answer all calls from noon to midnight on Sundays. Different doctors would rotate each Sunday so others may rest one day weekly, with a possible citywide extension if successful.
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Berlin
Moahit
Jewelry theft at Back Bay home on Commonwealth Avenue
Jewelry valued at 234 dollars was stolen from the home of James R. Holmer at 857 Commonwealth Avenue between 4 and 8 50 yesterday afternoon while the family was away. Entry was gained by forcing a window with a chisel.
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James R. Holmer
Commonwealth Avenue
Port Frontite Cranes and Ice Bound Ships at Harbor
The Crest arrived with about 60,000 pounds of groundfish. Several steamers from foreign ports, including two from the far East, reached port with large cargoes. The Anglian was at Hoosac docks Charlestown. Ice and rough seas affected several vessels, and a section of a bridge and ladder were damaged by a big wave on the Boston bound liner. A Freienfels freighter carried a large Calcutta cargo after delays from Gibraltar. A Tovland from Cuba came in with sugar and a canary aboard Freienfels.
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Crest
T Wharf
Far East
Leyland Line Anglian
Hoosac
Charlestown
Axenfels
Calcutt
Colombo
Tuticorin
Malta
Newport News
Von Thulen_ sai
Boston
Calcutta
Freienfels
Gibraltar
Simms
Cuba
Tovland
Death at lodging house on Washington Street
A 64 year old single man identified as John Conlin was found dead in bed yesterday on the top floor of the lodging house at 1202 Washington Street South End. The cause of death is not yet determined pending medical examination.
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Washinton Street
John Conlin
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