Inquiries on Listed and Unlisted Bonds
Boston Post readers asked about investing in listed versus unlisted bonds and the column advised using a reliable bond house. It suggested focusing on older first mortgage railroad bonds yielding 4.5 to 5 percent, noting market trends and the likely future price reaction.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Boston
Mass
American Agricultural Chemical
United States Steel
United States Rubber
American Writing Paper
Ss. W. Roslindale
New York City
Judge hears hobo nickel pass claim in street exchange
An officer reports a conversation where a hobo admits passing a bad nickel after being questioned by a judge. The exchange suggests a small street-level dispute over counterfeit currency witnessed on the sidewalk.
Market Review and Outlook Signals Mixed Financial Tone
Prices fell for railroad stocks to a 1911-like low while volume did not surge, suggesting deliberate value marking by traders rather than panic selling. Despite weaker markets, big names supported with sharp declines in specialty stocks, and the steel sector showed uneven but improving indicators as unfilled orders edged down.
Offering of American Public Utilities Co Collateral Trust 5s
The Collateral Trust five per cent sinking fund bonds of the American Public Utilities Company are being offered by H. L. Nason & Co at 92 1/2 and interest. Denominations are 100 500 and 1000 dollars. The firm notes the issue enables small investors to share in profits of a company earning over 13 times its interest charges. The company reports January gross up 12.7 per cent and January net income up 18.4 per cent from 1912, with four months ending Jan 31, 1913 showing net income of 438 782 and distributions of 190 141 interest and 78 280 dividends on preferred stock, leaving 170 860 for common stock from 2 995 000 outstanding shares.
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Steel Trust
Wall Street
Woolworth
Rumely
Kresge
Goodrich
Sears Roebuck
New York Stock Exchange
Steel
Steel Corporation
New York Assembly
Stock Exchange
American Public Utilities Company
H. L. Nason & Co
Public Utilities Company
Funeral for Michael W. Fitzsimmons City official
Prominent city officials and Knights of Columbus members attended the funeral of Michael W. Fitzsimmons, superintendent of the city planning department, who died Thursday at his home in Jamaica Plain. Prayers were led by Rev. Father Daly at Blessed Sacrament Church. The body was taken to Brookline for burial in Holyhood Cemetery. A high requiem mass will be held at Blessed Sacrament Church at 9 this morning.
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Knights of Columbus
Michael W. Fitzsimmons
City Planning Department
Sheridan Street
Jamaica Plain
Father Daly
Blessed Sacrament Church
Fitzsimmons
Brookline
Holyhood Cemetery
Poor's Manual of Railroads for 1913 Issued
The Poor's Railroad Manual Company at 68 William Street New York issues the 1913 edition four months ahead of prior editions. This issue covers the fiscal year ended June 30 1912 and includes changes to February 5 1918 focusing on steam railroads with new analytical tables on fixed charges and operating expenses. Edited by H Carey it is touted as the most valuable of the 46 annual numbers.
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Management of Poor's Railroad Manual Company
William Street
New York City
Manual of Railroads
H. Carey
Educators Gather in Philadelphia for Annual Conference
In Philadelphia on February 23 the National Education Association opens its annual meeting with focus on teachers pay and the high cost of living. Eight thousand delegates are expected as educators from across the nation arrive. a planning committee includes Harvard President Lowell and UC President Wheeler for an international congress of educators to meet in 1914.
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Philadelphia
National Education Association
Lowell
Harvard
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Westwood Police Officer Dies at Mass General Hospital
Frank H. Tolman, a Westwood police officer, died yesterday at Massachusetts General Hospital after being taken there Tuesday afternoon. Born in Jamaica Plain on May 1, 1877, he was a graduate of the Agassiz Grammar School and a member of Dedham Lodge, A. O. U. W.
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Westwood
Frank H. Tolman
Massachusetts General Hospital
Jamaica Plain
Agassiz Grammar School
Dedham Lodge
Port block threatens East Boston railroad terminal plan
A rift between the Port Directors and the East Boston Land Company endangers the board's plan to develop East Boston into a major railroad terminal. The dispute centers on a proposed sale of about 5,000,000 square feet of flats adjacent to state land, with a majority of Port Directors opposing the Land Company's proposal for state purchase.
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East Boston Land Company
East Boston
East
Boston
East Boston land price sparks port development debate
A legislative committee weighs the East Boston land deal as appraisals floated six cents per foot versus the asking price near 20 cents. Lawmakers seek full disclosure on a $9 million port project and a $5 million fund, amid ongoing negotiations between Port Directors and the East Boston Land Company.
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Boston
Champ Clark to be guest speaker at Evacuation Day in Boston
Congressman James M Curley reports Speaker Champ Clark has consented to attend Evacuation Day in South Boston March 17. The South Boston committee telegrams Barry to acknowledge arrangements and vows a grand ovation surpassing any prior guest, even President Taft.
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Champ Clark
Boston
E. T. Barry
South Boston
James M. Curley
M. C
Curley
Taft
Edward T. Barry
Count Boni de Castellaine Seen at Roman Luncheons
Rome Feb 23 Count Boni de CasTellane was guest of honor at several smart luncheons and dinners during the week. Rumor says if he secures an annulment of his marriage to Anna Gould from the Vatican apostolic signatura tribunal he will marry Betha Radziwill daughter of Prince and Princess Radziwill who recently had an audience with the Pope.
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Rome
Count Boni de Castellane
Anna Gould
Tes
Apostolic Signatura Tribunal
Vatican
Betha
Radziwill
Wakefield Teacher to Wed On March 4
Miss Edith Ann Chellis a Wakefield teacher will marry Luther Howe of Wakefield. The wedding is set for Tuesday March 4 at the bride's home 814 Main Street Greenwood.
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Greenwood
Edith Ann Chellis
Wakefield
Luther Howe
Main Street
Taft Hosts Farewell Dinner for Washington Press
President Taft hosted the last formal dinner of his administration at the White House with about 60 Washington newspaper correspondents as guests. The event highlighted the close ties between the administration and the press during his tenure.
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Washington
Taft
White House
Boston school committee report urges broader use of buildings and vocational reform
The Boston school committee under new superintendent Dr. Franklin B. Dyer releases a wide ranging annual report urging expanded continuation and evening schools, a more vocational elementary curriculum, and greater use of school buildings as civic centers. It calls for reorg of high schools into specialized types and stresses parent and pupil involvement through questions and home discussion. The report favors reduced corporal punishment and notes progress in discipline while promoting community use of school facilities.
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Boston School Committee
Franklin B. Dyer
Boston
Quake Puts City in Panic in Guayaquil
Guayaquil Ecuador was shaken by a seven second quake at 9 40 p m causing panic as residents spilled into the streets and theaters were packed Four additional minor tremors followed that night with no reported injuries or damage throughout the republic
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Guayaquil
Ecuador
Republic
Civil War veteran Eben P. Smith dies in Newburyport
Eben P. Smith a Civil War veteran and early contributor to the construction of the Union Pacific railroad first transcontinental line died at his Parker and Hill Streets home in Newburyport this noon. He helped pioneer the early railroad project and his passing marks the loss of a key figure in regional and national transportation history.
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Newburyport
Eben P. Smith
Union Pacific Railroad
United States
Parker and Hill Streets
William Barnes Sr dies at Nantucket after illness
Nantucket February 23 one of the organizers of the Republican party and longtime Republican lawyer in New York state William Barnes Sr died at his Homestead on the Cliff residence after a four day illness of pneumonia. Barnes moved to Nantucket in 1905 and remained active in national politics.
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Nantucket
William Barnes
New York State
Homestead-on-the-Cliff
Barnes
Prominent New York Lawyer Barnes Dies Leaving Family
born May 26 1824 at Pompey New York leaves widow two sons William Barnes Jr and Thurlow Weed Barnes of New York and three daughters Mrs George Hollister of Rochester Mrs Snowden Ward of London and Mrs Rufus Thayer of Shanghai. He studied law admitted to the bar in Utica 1846 served as special counsel to the bank department of New York and was first superintendent of insurance 1860 to 1870. He helped organize the 1854 Saratoga Springs Republican convention and was US delegate to the 1872 International Statistical Congress in St Petersburg where Czar Alexander II gifted him a diamond ring. He was twice married, first to Emily Weed in 1849 and then to Lizzie Balmer Williams in 1891.
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N. Y
William Barnes, Jr
New York
Thurlow Weed Barnes
George Hollister
Rochester
Snowden Ward
London
Rufus Thayer
Shanghai
China
Manlius Academy
Barnes
Utica
Bank Department
State of
Saratoga Springs
Grant
United States
International Statistical Congress
St. Petersburg
Alexander II
Society of Medical Jurisprudence
New York City
Emily P. Weed
Thurlow Weed
Lizzie Balmer Williams
San Francisco
Turks in Force on Bulair Line
London Feb 24 The Daily Telegraphs correspondent reports after a week in the Dardanelles there has been no fighting at Gallipoli Turkish forces hold the Bulair line in strength Bulgarians are entrenched in front of Turkish positions with no offensive intent as Greeks failed to land on the Asiatic coast. About 20 000 Turkish troops are now in the Dardanelles region landed from Enver Beys armada.
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Daily Telegraph
Dardanelles
Constanza
Gallipoli
Bulair
Enver Bey
Hodgdon and Fillebrown Debate Single Tax Link to Housing
Charles B. Fillebrown argued for the single tax in housing questions while John S. Hodgdon presented the opposing view at the Wells Memorial. The discussion focused on the single tax’s relation to the housing problem.
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Charles B. Fillebrown
John S. Hodgdon
The
Wells Memorial
Mr. Fillebrown
W Hodgdon
Catholics urged to unite for moral reform in Boston
A call to Catholics of Boston to unite as one body to wield moral force capable of driving immoral plays and public immorality from the city within 24 hours, warning public figures against supporting immoral conduct.
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Boston
Catholic Federation urged to expand influence in Boston
In a keynote address at the Church of the Holy Redeemer East Boston the Rt. Rev. Patrick J. Supple urged expanding the American Federation of Catholic Societies to protect public morality and educate children. Francis A. Campbell praised the churchs role in law and marriage rights, linking church influence to labor dignity and social reform.
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Patrick J. Supple
D. D
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Church of the Holy Redeemer
Boston
Archdiocese of
Daniel O'Connell
Federation
Federation For Good
Francis A. Campbell
Church
Convent Elevator Fall Injures Brighton Janitor
George Marshall a Brighton janitor at the Convent of the Cenacle on Lake Street was seriously injured yesterday when he fell eighty feet down an elevator well in the convent. He was found unconscious by the sisters and transported to a hospital for treatment.
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George Marshall
Shepard Street
Brighton
Lake Street
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