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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 19, 1917
Page
10
The market drifted in a narrow range with reduced volume. Analysts note a potential rally as stocks move toward intrinsic values after a broad readjustment and stronger holders demand, while rail congestion and war fears temper near-term moves.
Adirondack Electric Power Corp proposes buying new properties with payment partly in common stock by reducing par value from 100 to 50. A $6.5 million bond issue and $4.6 million preferred stock are planned. A Boston firm will supervise the properties and may hold a block of stock. exact terms are secret, provoking opposition. The plan would raise fixed charges but aim to boost earnings and per share power, with 1917 projected common earnings at 6.36 percent.
A young woman recounts a lavish, mobile life with Ted Thatcher from San Francisco to New York and beyond, then a rapid collapse into poverty. She describes carnival nights, costly gowns, a vanished allowance, debt, and her struggle to survive in Boston and Washington as she clings to a fading dream.
Monday readers submit questions on listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds. The Boston Post answers impartially using data from trustworthy sources and disclaims market predictions or prices. Inquiries must include full name and street address for attention by the financial editor.
A reader asks about investing in Atchison Great Northern American Telephone and American Sugar preferred. The piece reviews each issuer's earnings history and dividend record, noting strong long term yields and earnings margins, with the overall risk framed as typical business investment risk.
In a Cathedral Church of St Paul sermon, Bishop Thomas W Davies of western Massachusetts urged that education is incomplete without developing religious faculties. He said true education draws out the noblest in a person and that the best self is a religious self.
A vespers service at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross drew good attendance with Rev. John W. Culhane as celebrant and choir from the Cathedral Sunday school under Rev. Neil A. Cronin. Notable speakers include Rev. M J Scanlan and Mgr Ambrose F Roche at St Patrick's Hall Watertown next Sunday February 25. The Home for Destitute Catholic Children reports 14 new placements for the week ending February 8, with 23 restored or placed with families. the home now houses 105 boys and 91 girls. An 8 o'clock Mass Friday will honor the Confraternity of the Holy Cross, followed by a 3 o'clock meeting and Holy Hour devotions from 8 to 9 pm.
A frightened horse driven by John P. Antoine of Cohasset reared and struck its hooves through a radiator on Atlantic avenue and Beach street. The animal fell against the windshield, gashing itself. flying glass cut the face of Lott E. Bates of Scituate, operator of the automobile.
In a candid interview Mrs. Charlotte Thatcher, acquitted of aiding her husband David Douglas in pilfering 20 thousand dollars from the National Shawmut Bank, recounts her rise from a Los Angeles typesetter to a wife whose life unfolded in luxury and deception. She describes meeting Douglas, his disguises, the world’s fair, and the moment she learned of the fraud in Boston.
The interviewee recalls a troubled two years with Ted now named as her husband to be. She forgives him for past mistakes and expresses readiness to relocate near him in Los Angeles, reflecting on lessons learned about money pleasure and happiness. She warns young women against hasty marriage but would endure it again for love.
Waterfront calendar lists February 19 as the 50th day of the year in wartime, with coastal tide data and celestial references. It notes morning tides at 10 feet 4 inches and evening tides at 6 feet 2 inches, plus full moons on March 8 and April 7 and evening stars Jupiter and Saturn. Venus is identified as the morning star.
The fish trade enters the Lenten season amid its busiest period as the local fleet shrinks from previous sales. Meat prices high have driven demand to fish and cold storage supplies are lower than usual. If large receipts do not arrive from Wednesday onward, prices are expected to rise.
The report lists numerous steamers and tugs along with associated towing barges and destinations including Baltimore Newport News Norfolk Portland and New York. Entries mention vessels such as Francisco Br Branton Hull England and James S Whitney along with others like Devon Radnor Shamokin Oxford Malvern and S.T. Nos. SS. 123 and J. B. Walker.
Berlin says the December 29 shelling of the Dutch steamer Ol damoit at Zeebrugge was an accident of force majeure. The German government expresses sincere regret that civilians were killed or injured and offers compensation to the relatives of those affected.
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