ANSWERS TO INQUIRIES IN BOSTON POST FINANCE COLUMN
The Boston Post announces a weekly Monday morning column answering reader inquiries on listed and unlisted stocks and bonds from New England industrial, public utility, bank and mill companies. It pledges impartial data, cites trustworthy sources, and notes it will not guarantee accuracy or offer market predictions. Inquiries require full name and street address for consideration.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Financial
The
Inquirer
Boston
Mass
Explaining Short Selling and Loan Rates in Markets
A reader from Augusta asks about stock loan rates and market position when lending is flat or at premiums. The reply explains how brokers borrow stock for delivery, how the certified check and interest flow work, and how a flat loan signals heavy short interest and potential bullish pressure, while premiums indicate varied outcomes.
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Augusta, Me
Oklahoma Oil Refining Co.. 5 Percent Dividend Declared
Mr Dow visited Oklahoma and Kansas properties including Cush ing Field and Butler County Oil Field. The company pays 5 dividend on October 1st and January 1st, with an anticipated 5 dividend to stockholders of record April 1st, 1918. Dow reported properties satisfactory to directors and consented to New England Agency.
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Oklahoma Oil« Refining CO
Cushing Field
Oklahoma
Butler County
Kansas
Dow
New England
Dividend Notices for Northern Texas Electric Company
The Northern Texas Electric Company of North Worth Texas declares a preferred dividend No 25 and a common dividend No 4. The semi annual preferred dividend is 2.00 per share and the quarterly common dividend is 1.00 per share. Both are payable March 4 1918 to shareholders of record at the close of business February 14 1918.
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D. E. L. Manchester
N. H
North Worth
Texas
Northern Texas Electric Company
Brish Artillery Fire On Italian Front Report
An official Rome release notes intensified artillery exchanges along the Brenta eastward front and Giudicarie on the Asiago plateau with brisk activity along the Piave middle course and Capo Bile reconnaissance actions near Montello and Val Dobbiadene.
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Rome
Brenta
Giudicarie
Asiago
Val Dobbiadene
Montello
Piave
Capo Bile
Market Review And Outlook In A Bear Market
Last week saw new high prices for the year but gains faded in two days leaving only a modest weekly net change. Steel common failed to breach 98 1/2 despite heavy volume and a $4.25 dividend due March 1. Congressional action on railroad and war finance bills could unlock speculative gains as government backing supports dividend increases and broader market optimism.
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Steel
Congress
Railroad
War Finance Corporation
Union Pacific
Washington
No Strike on the Elevated Likely
Electric Railway Employees of America have arrived in Boston and are learning details of the situation. A conference with President Matthew C. Brush of the Elevated did not occur due to Rear don’s late arrival and may be held today before a large Tremont Temple mass meeting of Elevated employees.
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Tremont Temple
Power House
Stationary Engineers’ Union
Herman M. Comerford
Union 263
Carmen
Brush
Reardon
The
Boston Union
Boston
Elevated
Storrow
Mahon
Colpoys
Molpoys
Ile
Matthew J. Higgins
W. J. Timmins
Quincy House
Mr. Reardon
John F. Stevens
State Committee of Public Safety
Not Taken Up by McAdoo Says I C C Member
George W. Anderson of the Interstate Commerce Commission said from Washington that the federal government will not intervene in the Boston Elevated strike. He stated he and McAdoo have not discussed the matter and expect locals to settle their disputes and ensure justice with no tie up.
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Washington
George W. Anderson
New England
Interstate Commerce Commission
McAdoo
Boston Elevated
Post
Oldest Mason Official Edward Dillingham Dies in Bangor
Edward F. Dillingham, born 1882, died at his Bangor home. He was billed as the oldest stationer in the United States, oldest merchant in Bangor, and the longest serving Masonic official, recently beginning his sixth term as treasurer of St. Andrew's Lodge.
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Bangor
Edward F. Dillingham
United States
St. Andrew's Lodge
Ill Former Premier Caillaux in Prison
Paris dated report says ex Premier Caillaux, jailed in Sante prison on treason charges, has been ill for three days with indigestion. Dr Socquet will examine him to decide if transfer to an infirmary at Fresnes is needed.
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Paris
Caillaux
Socquet
Fresnes
Rounding the Point Westward on the Route for Halifax
The activity describes turning toward Halifax along the western route as part of ongoing navigation. No further details or outcomes are provided in the readable text.
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Halifax
Tragic Florizel Wreck Off Newfoundland in Storm
The Florizel foundered near Newfoundland as a blizzard raged, with five men seen on the forward rigging and rescue fleets Terra Nova and Home waiting offshore. Passengers included 12 women and four children, plus notable figures such as John Shannon Munn and Royal Flying Corps cadets. The ship, owned by the Red Cross line, was built in Glasgow in 1914 and once ferried Newfoundland regiments across the Atlantic.
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Home
John Shannon Munn
Bowring Bros., Ltd
Betty
New York
Plori steamship built as sealer armored below waterline
In a February report from New York the steamship Plori, tied to the New York Newfoundland Halifax line, is described as heavily armored below the water line and built as a sealing vessel. The sister ship was also noted for strong protection and a reinforced hull.
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Florizel
Seven Bodies Found Off Broad Cove Five Identified
At Broad Cove Newfoundland reporters said seven bodies washed ashore by midnight. Identified victims include Mrs. Fred Butler a first class passenger for New York Edward Froude a first class passenger Corporal Fred Snow of the Royal Flying Corps Joseph Kean master mariner and James Long a seaman.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Broad Cove
Fred Butler
New York
Edward Froude
Fred Snow
Royal Flying Corps
Joseph Kean
James Long
Purser F H Jones on ship sunk by U 53 in 1916
St John s Newfoundland February 24 Purser F H Jones of the Florizes served as chief purser of the Red Cross line He was aboard the sister ship the Stephano when it was torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U 53 off the Massachusetts coast in 1916
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ST. John’s, N. F
F. H. Jones
First Newfoundland Troops Carried Over in 1914
The Red Cross liner Florizel carried the first Newfoundland regiment to Europe in October 1914, accompanying other ships with the original Canadian contingent.
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First Newfoundland
ST. John’s
N. F
Red Cross
Florizel
Atlantic
First Newfoundland Regiment
Florizel Vessel Afloat From Newfoundland To New York Ice Breaker Role
The Florizel- a Cunard line vessel built as a sealing ship and later used as a dispatch boat between St. John’s and New York with Halifax calls- carried 50 to 110 passengers on recent trips and served as an ice breaker during a cold spell. Captain W J Martin commands. the ship's armor plated hull and reinforced bows enable it to ride and crush heavy ice. The Russian government offered to buy the Florizel and its sister ship Stephano for White Sea ice breaking, but the owners refused.
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St. John’s
Halifax
Florizel
Prorizel
W. J. Martin
Atlantic
Newfoundland
New York
Stephano
New York- St. John’s
Labrador
White Sea
West Hee Tree
Passenger List of the Steamer Florizel
The passenger list details first and second class travelers to New York and Halifax. Notable names include St. John business figures, Royal Flying Corps cadets, and several families, with entries for Miss Beaumont Miss Munn and others. Returns include a passenger listed as a return to New York and multiple Halifax and St. John ties.
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ST. John’s
N. F
Florizel
New York
Alec Ledingham
Thomas McNeil
Fred Smythe
J. H. Baggs
William Butler
Fred Butler
Patrick Laracy
Edward Froude
James McCoubrey
Robert Wright
James Miller
James Daly
St. John's
Kitty Cantwell
Annie Dalton
Barrett
Joseph Maloney
William Dodd
P. J. Fitzpatrick
A. Power
J. G
Sparrow
Edward Greening
John Costello
Peter Guilfoyle
Thomas Phelan
William Gusswell
David Griffiths
Minnie Daniel
Elizabeth, Pelley
Halifax
Frank Chown
Fred Snow
Edward Berteau
Jack C. Parsons
Newman Sellars
Ralph Burnham
The
Royal Flying Corps
George Massie
William E. Bishop
Charles H. Miller
W. W. Dauphinee
D. P. Belleveau
George A. Moulton
George Parmiter
Gerald St. John
William Moore
John Kiely
Michael Connolly
John Connolly
William Parmiter
Michael Sullivan
Archibald Gardner
Joseph Kean
John S. Munn
William Earle
Michael O. Driscoll
Miss Beaumont
Miss Munn
Miss Trenchard
George Long
A. G. Fagan
R. J. Fowler
George Puddster
Gregory Mahoney
John Lynch
W. Richard
Leonard Nichelle
John Cleary
James Crockwell
H. Pearcey
James Bartlett
Charles Howell
J. Forrest
Joseph Stockley
Mr. Stevens
Florizes Crew List Published From Bowring Office
The Florizes crew list shows W. J. Martin as master and J. E. Tucker as first officer with a full contingent of officers seamen engineers and firemen from St. John's Newfoundland and Halifax plus Spanish nationals and New York wireless operators. Additional crew may have joined in St. John's.
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New York
Bowring and Company
W. J. Martin
J. E. Tucker
J. R. King
F. J. Jackson
M. Fower
J. Finsent
St. John’s
N. F
King
Nova Scotia
J. Barry
G. Crocker
R. Best
J. Viscount
C. Bailey
T. Green
J. Fower
W. Holley
A. Jones
A. Grover
R. Freeman
W. Dooley
A. T. Pritchard
C. H. Curtis
Cecil G. Carter
Bernhard J. Murphy
J. V. Reader
Halifax
J. G. Lumsden
E. H. Colier
H. Taylor
J. Davis
R. Timmons
T. Henneburry
Oilers
HM. Fornes
J. Secane
J. Fernandez
M. Yanes
M. Rodriguez
F. Requeira
T. Garvia
J. Mendez
Brooklyn
N. Y
H. Berge
G. Guthrie
B. Hardery
J. McKinnon
A. Moody
Line
Children struck by auto in Watertown terminaling in hospital deaths
Alba Capowricus a seven year old of 7 Hearn street Watertown died from injuries after being hit with her sister Anna Juliana aged six of 17 Hearn street while crossing Mt. Auburn and Cottage streets Watertown. The driver Frank A Puffer of 68 G street South Boston was arrested on a manslaughter charge and released on 1000 dollar bail. The accident occurred as the children tried to cross the street.
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Alba Capowricus
Hearn Street
Watertown
Cambridge Hospital
Anna Juliana
Frank A. Puffer
G Street
Boston
Mt. Auburn
Cottage Streets
Puffer
No Peace Talk for Gompers
German trade unionists invited Samuel Gompers to a workers conference on peace, but he declined. The proposal aimed to include delegates from all Allied nations and was routed through Karl Legien and M. Oudergest with hoped participation by Britain and France.
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New York
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Gompers
Mr. Gompers
Karl Legien
Federated Trade Unions
Germany
Reichstag
M. Oudergest
Amsterdam
Holland
Pringland
France
Car Hits Pole After Collision In Cohasset
In Cohasset on North Main Street and Forest Avenue a touring car driven by Charles Foster of Boston collided with a motorcycle sidecar driven by Tred Mitchell of Cohasset. Foster and passenger Carlo Figurado were injured. Figurado suffered two broken arms while Foster received cuts. The motorcycle riders were sent home.
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Cohasset
Charles ¥. Foster
Boston
North Main Street
Forest Avenue
Tred Mitchell
Beachwood Street
Foster
Carlo F. Figurado
Charlies S. Bennett
Figurado
Bou cher at 72 challenges British military limits
Private Bou cher rejects the view that age over 72 disqualifies service and says he should be on the firing line. He even disagrees with military experts and King George regarding age limits for combat.
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Boucher
King George of
England
Veteran Civil War fighter stuns with World War insights
Canadian born veteran born 1845 recounts crossing to the North in 1863 at age 18 to fight in Civil War battles. He later served in Britain during World War I, earned two medals, built a railway to support trench logistics, and compares modern combat to Civil War fighting while awaiting pension arrangements.
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George
Canada
Wes
Renfrew
Ont
Boucher
Buckingham Palace
Maon
Cadet Buckley Killed in Airplane Accident
General Pershing notified the War Department that Cadet Harold K. Buckley of the Signal Corps was killed in an airplane accident on February 18. No details were provided. Buckley's father, Edward G. Buckley, is a New York City businessman at 2% Broad Street.
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Washington
General Pershing
War Department
Harold K. Buckley
Signal Corps
Edward G. Buckley
Broad Street
New York City
Injured Rider Treated After Horse Incident on Bridle Path
William P. Dockendorf, 35, of 15 Buckminster Street, was hurt yesterday while riding near Longwood Avenue on a bridle path. He was treated at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital for head injuries and is expected to recover.
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Longwood Avenue
William P. Dockendorf
Buckminster Street
Peter Bent Brigham Hospital
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the National City Company
State Street
Aia
New Haven
General Motors
Bears
Roxbury
Massachusetts
United States Secret Service
Victory
Squantum
Fore River
Watertown Arsenal
Charlestown Navy Yard
Willard Howland
State Board of Conciliation and Arbitration
James J. Storrow
Arthur F. Dow & Company
Midwest Securities Corporation
Broadway
Anaconda
Couperange
West End St. Ry
Trinity
Davis Daly
First National
Bay State Gas
Denbigh
Champion
Ohio Copper
Richard J. Burton & Co
P. O. Sq
Webster
Transfer Agenta
Russia
Petrograd
Junkers
Congressional
M’adoo
Edw. F. Dillingham
U. S
Bostom
Cape Cod
Red Cross Line
Cape’ Race
Newfoundland Forestry Battalion
Scotland
Sable
McMurdo Drug Company
Newfoundland Woolen Mills
Montreal
O. P. Belleve
New York, Newfoundland & Halifax Steamship Company
C. T. Bowring Company, Ltd
New York, Newfoundland & Halifax Steamship Ffarmnease
Plori
Purser
King George
London
Goucher
Buckley
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