Market shows extended indecision as rails and indistrials diverge
The market last week moved with unusual dispersion among stocks, with little change in the average and no clear evidence of a near bottom. Reading and New York Central show weak earnings structures, while Union Pacific and Steel drift lower. copper shares are among the few that resist broad trends, foreshadowing potential copper gains after lean years.
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Boston
Ecce
Cco
Renee Seseenes
Calumet & Atizoda
Ceeseeescevceegeess
Calume
Utah
Bere Esevesresee
Seerereeweseecareesers
Olverine Eens
Eure Ceneea Ses Easeneerees
Am Ag Chemical
Eres Eeansrese Ees Eseegeeterss
United Shoe
Seegeseeteses Esseneers
aLoss
New York
Ee Atchison
Baltimore & Ohio
Eeseereeaesere
Steeeeaeteeres Oboaee
A Deleware & Hudson Cole Bie
Gene Eas
Illinois Central
Louisville & Nashvi
Missouri Pacific
New Wee Central
Western Ae Ee
Pacific Aewesereseeereeseersee
Southern Pacific
Southern Railway
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Union Pacific Ese
Eeeenesee Eees Eeee Easene
Car Foundry
Seer
Am Smelting Ees Eeenee Een Sere Eee
Colorado Fuel En
Reading
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Great Northern
Union Pacific
American Car & Foundry
Steel
Bears
Prices soar on rail and industry as timing dictates success
Prices are often advanced to absurdly high prices, but railroad and industrial share prices are open to the same criticism. Success comes only to those who start early and quit early, not to, those who wait to be certain, and then stay in an attempt to get it all.
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House
Southern New England Railroad Corporation
General Court
New England
Grand Trunk
Boston
Chicago
Portland
New London
Montreal
Vermont
Detroit
HB. H. Fitzhugh
Grand ‘Trunk
United States
Canadian Pacific
New York
Great West
Maine
Connecticut
Providence
Rhode Island
Massachusetts
Worcester
Lowell
Manchester
N. H
New London and Northern
Granger
Peoria
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Pennsylvania
Vessels arrive with large fares as sugar and fish trade boosts port
Six vessels arrived at the wharf with substantial cargoes including haddock cod hake pollock and large sums. The Foam carried 98000 pounds of cargo. Flora L Oliver arrived as a fine new schooner. Two large passenger liners White Star Devonian scheduled to sail soon with grain and freight. Eva sugar cargo from Matanzas valued over sixty five thousand dollars. Megantic to Liverpool and Beta to activity with sugar refineries awaiting cargo.
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Haddock
Cod
Rose Standish
Lizzie M. Stanley
Flora L. Oliver
T Wharf
Ermen
Glou
White Star
Town
Liverpool
Devonian
Eva
Ellis
Sage
Matanzas
Havana
Syndic
Trinidad
Cuba
Morning Star
Fishcester
Megantic
Queens
Beta
Shipping News February 19 Mini Almanac and Towing Details
Shipping news lists steamer movements including Eva Ellis and City of Memphis with ports from Port Simon to New York. Vessels sailing or inbound include Melrose Norfolk Portland and multiple barges under tow, with tugs and intercept plans noted around Perth Amboy Gloucester and New Haven.
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Airey mi
Eva
Ellis
Matanzas
San Jose
Davison
Port Simon
C. Kt
Boston
Simms
Yarmouth
City of Memphis
Munson
Savannah
Ontario
Bond
Norfolk
Tuscan
Hillary
Philadelphia
H. M. Whitney
Crowell
New York
M. E. Hart
McLean
Lambert's Point
Dingley
Strout
Portland
Melrose
William Chisholm
Newport News
Honey Brook
Port Johnson
C. BR. Rf
N. J
C. BR. R
Guttenberg
Smyrna
Lynn
Forest Belle
Western Belle
Boxer
New Bedford
Annie
New Haven
Beattie
Patience
Lincoln
Portsmouth
Irvington
Bellewood
Rockport
New London
Beckton
Perth Amboy
Wyoming
Cheektowaga
Buccaneer
Occidental
Tacony
Haverford
South Amboy
Gloucester
Two Cornell Students Drown While Skating at Cayuga Lake
Two Cornell roommates Terry A. Converse of Buffalo and Charles W. Getman of Richfield Springs drowned on Cayuga Lake about four thirty in the afternoon one mile south of Kings Ferry. They broke through the ice while skating near shore as Rod ney Newman tried to save them but the bodies were not recovered. Both were civil engineering students at Cornell. Diversity
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Cornell
Ithaca
N. Y
Terry A. Converse
Buffalo
Charles W. Getman
Richfield Springs
Cayuga Lake
Kings Ferry
Rodney Newman
College of Civil End
German harbor expert arrives to advise Boston port
Baurat Wendemuth, a German harbor expert, arrived at South Station on yesterday’s 4 PM train from New York. He will stay about a week in Boston to inspect the harbor, drawing plans and studying conditions before aiding development of other American ports.
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Baurat Wendemuth
Boston
South Station
New York
German harbor expert Baurat Wendemuth arrives in Boston
Baurat Wendemuth lands in Boston with secretary Andreas Hartong and is greeted by Port Directors Chairman Hugh Bancroft and aide Harry Wellman. He tours the Touraine, plans a week in Boston to study harbor conditions and advise on possible dredging and basin creation like Hamburg while noting Boston’s different geography from Hamburg.
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Baurat Wendemuth
New York
Hugh Bancroft
Harry R. Wellman
Andreas Gerhardt Hartong
Bancroft
Touraine
Wendemuth
Baurat
Boston
Germany
Holland
Hamburg
Herr Wendemuth
Elbe
May Need Bigger Hall for Horsemen's Meet
The Work-Horse Parade Association reports high demand for tickets to a February 29 smoke talk for drivers and grooms, prompting a possible larger venue at 15 Beacon Street. Stable inspections are free, conducted by top experts, with confidential proprietor reports. Entries welcome from any stable, including livery. Barrel-rack class aims to be expanded and improved as horses have shown notable progress since starting exhibitions.
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Beacon Street
Man killed by car in Lexington on Massachusetts Avenue
An unidentified man about 30 years old was killed by a car around 12:25 yesterday morning on Massachusetts Avenue Lexington between Lexington Inn and East Lexington railroad station. He stood about five feet eight inches tall, weighed 170 pounds, and wore a dark blue suit with a gray overcoat.
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Massachusetts Avenue
Lexington
Lexington Inn
East Lexington
Public Opinion Hearing On Legislature Right
A public opinion hearing on a bill to enable citizens to instruct representatives will be held at 10 30 a m today before the committee on election laws at the State House.
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Committee On Election Laws
State House
Night meetings for voters fade as venues fall short
The passage notes that in Boston and nearby towns such nighttime gatherings are no longer feasible due to insufficiently large venues and the impracticality of such meetings since only a few attendees could hear.
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Boston
Eight Hour Day For Gas Men In Boston Plants
Boston Consolidated Gas Company will adopt an eight hour workday for all engine rooms starting July 1. At a Stationary Firemen's Union meeting a report stated two more local plants have established the shorter shift and the campaign to extend it to engineers firemen and oilers near completion with widespread employer agreement.
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Boston Consolidated Gas Company
Stationary Firemen’s Union
Thomas H. Dow
Cheverus Ball Planned by Knights of Columbus in Greater Boston
The Cheverus Assembly Fourth Degree Knights of Columbus met at Symphony Hall to finalize arrangements for a grand reception and ball this evening. Subscriptions were increased to 650 due to high demand, with tickets available at various headquarters and the box office. Notable guests include Governor Foss and several mayors from Cambridge Everett Quincy Malden Somerville and more. Edward T. McGettrick to lead the grand march with Miss Katherine M. Gookin. transportation plans ensure ample post event service.
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Bishop Cheverus
Knights of Columbus
Symphony Hall
Greater
Boston
Edward T. McGettrick
Carney Building
John E. Riley
Waterloo Street
Dorchester
Governor Foss
Attridge
J. Edwin Barry
Cambridge
Chambers
Everett
Eugene R. Stone
Quincy
Charles A. Burns
Somerville
George Ll. Farrell
M. D
John H. Gordon
Alwyn F. Rose
John B. Dore
Peter F. Hanley
Newport Now Spotless Town
Governor Pothier oversees a crackdown across Newport Rhode Island closing gambling joints penny slots and cigar stores. Dis orderly houses liquor traffic and saloons that stayed open Sundays are removed and reform is declared complete.
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James Anthony
Newport
Rhode Island
Demand for Labor Department in State
Tomorrow morning before the committee on labor petitioners favor creating a state department of labor to take over inspection and enforcement work from the State Board of Health and State police. Wednesday at 10 30 a m the State branch bill on elections of judges will be heard before the committee on a
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Labor Department
State
Committee On Labor
Department of Labor
State Board of Health
Committee On A
Labor notes from Boston unions highlight meetings and bids
John Mitchell to speak at Mechanics Hall Worcester for Melien memorial. Boston cigar unions deny claims about Lawrence strikers’ children. New organizing drives and wage talks occur across several unions including barbers, printers, bakers, and teamsters. Local unions plan conventions and wage scale committees while officials prepare for upcoming engagements in Boston and beyond.
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John Mitchell
United Mine. Workers
American Federation of Labor
Mechanics’ Hall
Worcester
James’ H. Melien
Edward Broders
Boston Cigarmakers’ Union 97
Boston
Lawrence
Rudolph Modest
New York
Butcher Workers’ Union
Brewery Workers’ Union
Boston Central Labor Union
State Executive Board of Barbers’ Unions
Lynn Barbers’ Union
Boston Typographical Union 13
F. A. Stevens
Postoffice Clerks’ Association
Intercolonial Hall
Dudley Street
Henry Lewis Johnson
Boston Society of Printers
Harvard University
Printing Preassmen’s Union
Haywood Assembly Halls
Métal Polishers, Buffers and Platers’ Union
Tremont Street
Albert Warner
White Rats Actors’ Union
Bert Speare
Coopers’ Union
William P. Greaney
Sanitary and Street Cleaning Teamsters’ Union
Fitzgerald
Joseph T. Walsh
New England
Bakers’ Unions
New
Antonio Ruggiero
John B. Manganaro
John J. Flynn
Chicago
National
Michael F. O’brien
National Federation of State
National Organization
Faneuil Hall
Boston Bill Posters and
Billers’ Union 17
Embroidery Display Draws New England in Contest
The fourth floor of Gilchrist Company hosts a week long embroidery exhibit and contest with $5 $3 and $1 prizes in each department. Entries include framed pictures French eyelet centrepieces pillows and table covers valued at about $20000. Mrs Anna C Franklin runs a free embroidery school as part of the event drawing thousands daily. The display features silk Pond lilies and a 72 year old maker’s 66 inch centrepiece among works and historical pieces.
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Gilchrist Company
New England
Anna C. Franklin
Blink
Gainsborough
Duchess of Devonshire
Sees Gain in Annexation Discussed by Boston Officials
In a Wells Memorial Institute talk Representative Walter R. Means and Newton Alderman Arthur W. Blakemore outlined annexation benefits. They argued for unified government to settle policy, align school and firehouse locations, and ensure suburb residents working in Boston have a full vote while cutting duplication of effort.
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Boston
Walter R. Means
Arthur W. Blakemore
Newton
Wells Memorial Institute
Means
Boston Finance Commission
Blakemore
Hyde Park
Surprise Weiler Celebrates 70th Birthday At Home
Friends host a surprise party at Commonwealth avenue for Jason Weiler of Jason Weiler & Son on his 70th birthday. Born in 1842 in Casel Germany, he came to the United States in the 1860s and built a jewelry firm with annual rounds to Antwerp and Paris. The event featured a silver loving cup gift by employees, a program led by Ernest F Brunelle, and Weiler singing German folk songs. Telegrams and cables from relatives and customers arrived.
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Jason Weiler
Jason Weiler & Son
Weiler
Commonwealth Avenue
Mr. Weiler
Casel
Germany
America
Maine
Antwerp
Paris
Marcus Selig
Ernest F. Brunelle
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