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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 04, 1912

Page

14

Markets Display A Heavy Tone With Shifts In Shares

Total sales New York 420 800 shares and Boston 42176. Most active issue in New York steel common 112700 shares. Boston steel common 3776 shares. Jan 1 1912 to date New York 918200 shares and Boston 99057 shares. Compared with last year New York 935900 and Boston 43692. Notable gains New York P C C St L pfd 5 percent to 114. Losses Virginia I C C 4 percent to 85. Boston gains Boston Providence 2 to 299. Loss Calumet Hecla 10 to 440. Call money in New York 3 34 percent Boston 4 to 5 percent. Time money New York 3 to 4 percent Boston 414 to 4 4 percent.

New York Boston Steel Common St. L Pfd Virginia I Providence Calumet & Hecla Call Money Eeeeaeses Ocd East Ohio Beth Steel Bklyn RT Ohio Isi Distillers’ S SS & A. Eenese Erie Inter Senee Seles Louis Nash Lehigh Valley Marine Mer Marine Nevada Nor Pac Nor & Wes Pacific Mail Pac T Penn . & Eeeeee S L POO & St L Pfa Pullman Sp Reese Ray Consol Rock Island Ry St South Pacific Sears Roebuck South Ry Texas Pacific Third Ave Pd Third Ave Wi SL & W Ae Sant Twin City RT Union Pacific Eeee Boip & E U S Rubber U S Steel Utah Copper Ol & O West Maryland Weatl House

Market Opens Strong Then Turns Weaker As Short Selling Appears

The market rose early with Lehigh Valley up over 8 points and Steel common reaching a new high of 697 8 on 1000 share lots. Yet profits-taking spread as freer offerings appeared, later eroding the gains and leaving prices well below the prior close before 8 pm.

Lehigh Valley Steel Common Pennsylvania Washington Egypt

Stock Market Tone and Key Price Shifts in Boston

The article notes a heavy market tone in New York, with Amalgamated under pressure and a notable price recession. Prices sagged in Calumet & Arizona Osceola Wolverine Nipissing and North Butte, though the old guard steadied North Butte at 28 1 2. Inside buying resurfaced for Massachusetts Electric and American Telephone as Algomah paid a 1 assessment with no effect. The close remained weak with market conditions described for local money and exchange rates.

New York Amalgamated Calumet & Arizona Osceola Wolverine Nipissing North Butte North Buttewell Massachusetts Electric American Telephone Algomah

Boston curb market mixed gains as Ely Consolidated leads

Ely Consolidated rose from 60 to 56 cents, a 16 cent increase over recent days, in a session where Rhode Island Coal moved to 52 cents. Bay State Gas First National and Nevada Utah also showed activity with varied fluctuations.

Ely Consolidated Mhst Rhode Island Coal Bay State Gas First National Nevada Utah

Algomah Mining Declares $1 Share Assessment

The Algomah Mining Company calls an assessment of one dollar per share payable January 22 to stockholders of record January 20. Yesterday's auction results show Merrimack Manufacturing common down 15 to 40, Barnard Manufacturing down 16 to 74, Estabrook and Anderson Shoe preferred down 8 to 100, and Harmony Mills preferred up 8.5 to 114.5. Also noted are retirements at several firms including Frank W. Holmes leaving Thompson Towle & Co, William H. Wallace Jr and Norrie Sellar leaving Dick Bros & Co, and Charles O. Burbank leaving J. R. Williston & Co. Boston Safe Deposit & Trust Co issues a booklet on coupon payment locations for bonds termed Boston investments.

American Telephone & Telegraph Co William R. Driver Ee Apsley Rubber cse+ Babcock. & SOX Weere Ceces Bigelow Carpet Borden’s Milk Eeeseeeies Columbian Nat Life Ins Diamond Match Douglas Shoe Draper Mfg First Nat Bank Nbypt Farr Alpaca Fitch & Leominster St Ry Hartford Carpet Hey. Bros & Ww Cace Seeeer Niles Bement P Oswego & Syracuse Otis Elevator BESEA Mobie Cuaees Pere Marquette GO ME Deel Ns Ceavccieeeen Pope Mfg Regal Shoe Stafford Mills Syracuse Rapid Transit Underwood Typewriter United Cigar Mfg Unions Typewriter Utica, Chenango & Sus Waltham Watch Com Wamsutta Mills Ereseseenes Whitman & Barnes Mfg American Real Estate Atlanta, Birm & At Seeees Canton New Phila Eeaeees Heastern Steamship Hudson River Indiana, Col & Fast Merrimack Manufacturing Company Barnard Manufacturing Company Estabrook-Anderson Shoe Harmony Mills Frank W. Holmes Thompson, Towle & Co William H. Wallace, Jr Norrie Sellar Dick Bros. & Co Charles O. Burbank J. R. Williston & Co

Nevada Utah Mining Stockholders Form Association Push

In New England a majority of stockholders in the Nevada Utah Mining and Smelting Co would benefit from forming an association to protect their interests. Attorney Thomas J. Barry invites interested stockholders to send name address and shares held to 4 Post Office Square Boston Massachusetts.

New England Nevada-Utah Mining & Smeting Co

Massachusetts towns issue bonds and seek short term loans

Beverly awards 20000 in four percent schoolhouse bonds payable 2000 annually through 1912 to 1921 to Naumkeag Trust Co of Salem at 101.83 Woburn bids for a temporary 15000 loan due Oct 15 1912. Chicopee seeks 100000 temporary loan due Nov 15 1912 bids due Jan 8. Waltham awards 40000 temporary loan due Apr 12 1912. Lawrence accepts bids for a 200000 tanllpeseresy loan due Jan 6.

Beverly Mass Naumkeag Trust Company of Salem Woburn Chicopee Waltham, Mass

Swell steam trawler sails from T wharf on first voyage

Captain Herbert Green leads the new steam trawler Swell from T wharf just stocked with provisions and ice. The sister ship is due to depart Friday or Saturday. A 200 pound shark was brought in from the eastward grounds by Edward Armstrong on the Elizabeth Nunan after a five minute fight. The shark seller was an Italian fisherman at T wharf. Boston Fish Bureau elected officers for the year with George Willey as president and John Burns Jr as vice president among nine others. A fight aboard the Boston schooner Kenwood at Santos, Brazil left one man dead and two crewmen arrested. Kenwood had sailed from this city months earlier. Captain H A OBrien will sail to Barbadoes aboard the Lucinda Sutton after its recent gale damage. the Sutton arrived from Montevideo and is bound for Barbadoes.

Herbert Green T Wharf Elizabeth Nunan Edward Armstrong Armstrong Boston Fish Bureau George E. Willey John Burns, Jr George W. Catur F. F. Dimick Howard B. Ritchie Joseph A. Rich E. J. Livingston Ward L. Pierce George H. Prior Boston Kenwood Santos Brazil Pascagoula H. A. O’brien Lucinda Sutton Greenwood New York Barbadoes Sutton Montevideo Edith Silveira Dominion Atlantic Railway Long Wharf Silveira William Chisholm Newport News Occidental Chelsea Bridge Chisholm Boyne Chamber of Commerce Italy England Ivernia A. F. Kindberg Bangor John Sumner East Cambridge Ayer’s Mill South Brewer Mate Anderson Sumner Anderson David Walsh William F. Hurley Charlestown Navy Yard Hampton Roads Guantanamo Bay Cuba Virginia James Glennon New Jersey

Dividends Declared by Major Companies This Quarter

Commonwealth Trust Company issues 2 percent quarterly dividends with record date January 3 for January 15 payment. Boston Cold Storage & Terminal Company pays 3 percent semi annually on January 15. Great Northern Railway 18-4 percent quarterly with February 1 payment and January 12 record. J G White & Co Inc 1.5 percent preferred quarterly with February 1 and January 2 record. Brooklyn City Railroad 2 percent quarterly with January 15 payment. International Steam Pump Company 1.5 percent preferred quarterly with February 1 and January 20 record. American Light & Traction Company pays 2.5 percent and 2.5 percent on common stock with February 1 and January 16 records.

Commonwealth Trust Company Boston Cold Storage & Terminal Company Great Northern Railway Company J. G. White & Co., Inc Brooklyn City Railroad Company International, Steam Pump Company American Light & Traction Company

Calendar for today ex dividend notices

Ex dividend schedule includes American Locomotive preferred and common. Wells Fargo, Detroit and Mackinac common and preferred dividend dates. Guanajuato Consolidated Milling and Smelting and Refining for mortgage meeting. Concord and Montreal special meeting. Swift and Company listing.

Fishing Schooner Edith Silveira Damages Wharf Door

The Edith Silveira was towed from a Boston wharf when its main boom punched a door on the Dominion Atlantic pier end at Long Wharf. A wooden partition inside was wrecked but the vessel escaped harm and moved on.

Shipping News and Mini Almanac Update

Shipping news lists arrivals and clears of multiple vessels including Mona han under Lt Commander Evans and ships like Georgia Solace Virginia Boyne and Sixaola. Port calls feature Philadelphia Newport News Portland and Norfolk with barges and tugs noted. local tide times and daylight length included.

United States Torpedo Boat Monahan Evans Newport Hellenes Anderson Buenos Aires Pernambuco Barbadoes Jabos Anapa Park Fowey Eng Thacher Philadelphia Dingley Strout Portland Gloucester Godfrey Ontario Bond Baltimore Newport News Norfolk H. PF. Dimock Hawes New York Transportation Hersey Wilhelmina McKtege Boca Grande Fla M. B. Harper McLean Concord Armstrong Cardenas Tipton Valley Forge Lablich Porteland Saucon Maple Hill St. Nicholas Nottingham Quinn R. R N. J Salem Port Johnson Irvington Farnham Perth Amboy Black Diamond Brooklyn Beckton E. L. Pillsbury Swim W. H. Yerkes, Jr Perkins Lynn Martha P. Small Barlow Georgia Solace Hampton Roads Virginia Guantanamo Cuba Boyne Monocacy Cocalico Burnside Rutherford GC. R. R Everett Sixaola

Opera Singer Seeks Divorce From Wealthy Husband

New York January 8 Mrs Claudia Wheeler a grand opera singer filed suit for separation from Albert Gallatin Wheeler Jr a New York Stock Exchange member and Chicago Subway Company factor. She has lived apart for over a year and receives 500 monthly alimony pending trial. He seeks to cut alimony to 100 monthly, claiming he borrowed the funds.

New York Claudia Wheeler Claudia Charlstedt Albert Gallatin Wheeler New York Stock Exchange Chicago Supreme Court Wheeler

Died in Poorhouse Left Town Funds to Official

Henry Houghtaling died ten days ago in Lee poor house at Lenox Massachusetts and left $700 in a savings bank by will to J Perry keeper of the Lee town farm. The town will claim the money as he had lived at the town farm four years and was the oldest man in Lee.

Lenox Mass Henry Houghtaling Lee J. Perry Houghtaling

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