Market Mixed with Spotty Gains and Bond Demand
A New York stock market report shows mixed activity with an overall spotty tone. Major gains came from American Locomotive preferred and Jersey Central as investors eyed dividends while bond buying surged and gold-like cash remained plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Jersey Central
Delaware & Hudson and Steel Common
Soo
American Locomotive
Delaware &Hudson
Northwest
Reading Common
Steel
Amalgamated
Boston
Anaconda
St. Lawrence
Erie Telephone
Kansas City
Memphis
Birmingham
East Boston
Old Dominion
Quincy
Calumet & Hecla
Smibmcr
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Bay State Trust Company
Old Colony Trust Company
Dominion Coal Company
United States
Boson & Maine
Maine Cental Roads
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Frederick Ayer
William A. Bancroft
John J. Bright
Samuel Carr
T. Jefferson Coolidge, Jr
William A. Gaston
Francis H. Peabody
James Phillips, Jr
James M. Prendergast
Walter Swan
William
Spaulding
Nehemiah W. Rice
Robert Winsor
A. B. Turner & Bro
Immense Piled Structure to Rise by Harbor Front
Boston engineers unveil plans for a massive Board of Trade building on State street. It will sit on 2500 piles with an eight foot cement basement floor, extending a full city block from State to Commerce and opposite the Custom House. The basement lies 16 feet below street level, pitching water seepage as negligible.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Board of Trade
State Street
Custom House
Broad Street
State
Commerce Streets
Kilby Street
Bird Island Flats
Atlantic Avenue
Tors
Wireless Telephony Invention in Use in Pennsylvania
Philadelphia January 6 wireless telephony advances in articulation sound communication. Professor Collins's invention is reported as in use in Pennsylvania, with German and Swedish and American efforts noted as striving toward similar goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Collins
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Diamond Studded Chalice Presented to Rev Father Patterson
The silver jubilee of Rev George J Patterson pastor of St Vincent s Church South Boston was marked with a high mass and a diamond studded chalice presentation to Father Patterson by the clergy Archbishop Williams and Bishop J J Brady attended. A special musical program featured the celebrant Rev George J Patterson deacon Rev Thomas L Flannagan sub-deacon Rev James B Troy and master of ceremonies Rev Lewis Walsh with preacher Rev Francis J Glynn delivering the sermon and honoring the Jubilee. Vicar General Byrne and about 100 clergy sat in the new sanctuary pews.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Girls’ Sodality
St. Augustine’s Parish
St. Augustine's Hall
South Boston
John J. Harkins
Sodality
Father Harkins
Annie Norris
Agnes Hines
Susie Gallagher
Mary Quinn
Kittie Walsh
Letitia McCarthy
Lizzie Kerrigan
Gertie Lynch
Gessie Weir
Father Patterson
St. Vincent’s Church
George J. Patterson
St. Vincent's Church
Thomas L. Flan
Engineers Battle Red Star Towing Company in Labor Dispute
The Marine Engineers' Association declared war on Red Star Wrecking and Towing after a captain dismissed an engineer. Florence tied up. Nathaniel Sprague and Walter Normine quit A. W. Chesterton and Carbonero respectively. Engineers demand control of boats, not wage changes. Red Star, with seven harbor tugs and seven ocean tugs, defends captain’s authority amid rising tensions in port.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Engineers’ Association
Red Star Wrecking and Towing Company
Red Star
Florence
Nathaniel Sprague
A. W. Chesterton
Walter Normine
Carbonero
Red Star Line
Peter W. French
William H. Gallison
William B. Cleary
Dolphin
Samuel Little
Public Schools Reopen After Christmas Vacation
Boston public schools resumed for the winter session after an eight day holiday break from Christmas Day to New Year’s Day. The School Board extended the vacation at Mrs Duff's urging to aid teachers and pupils. no course or text changes planned until the new board organization. The city faces crowded rooms and Mayor Collins advocates up to 1 million dollars for new school houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Collins
Mystery in Mrs Edson Stephens Death in New York
Mrs Edson Stephens aged 68 dies of heart failure at 65 Central Park West after a six day honeymoon with M Theodore Stephens. Her son William D Edson questions whether the marriage occurred. The death certificate cites heart failure and the body is sent to Philadelphia. A church official notes three weddings that day but denies officiating such a mismatched union.
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New York
Edson- Stephens
Central Park West
Edward G. Clifton
William D. Edson
Philadelphia
Ives
M. Theodore Stephens
Houghton
Church of the Transfiguration
Clifton
Stephens
Philadlphia
Wireless Telephone Pioneer Near Edison Rivalry
Article describes Professor A F Collins developing a wireless telephone using Earth currents from the Delaware River base in Narberth and Philadelphia. He aims to allow multiple subscribers to converse without cross talk by a resistance dial system. early tests show ground to skyscraper and Delaware River transmission, with calls heard clearer than wired systems.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Frederick Collins
Delaware River
Pennsylvania
Edison
Tesla
Marconi
Collins
Narberth
Penn
Cullins
Philadelphia
Hanging Abbey Paintings Tied to Grail Mural Show
A. Abbey’s final ten pieces for The Quest of the Holy Grail mural are being mounted in the Public Library delivery room. Architect Mr Fox and New Yorker Charles Hesselbach assist as white lead is applied and air squeezed from the canvas. The installation will take at least three days, with works concealed behind curtains until completion.
Royal Blues Tour To Washington From Boston
Leaving Boston Friday evening January seventeenth and other dates, the Royal Blues tour to Washington via Fall River line offers a personally conducted trip at two dollars covering all expenses with five days’ board at a first class hotel in Washington. It includes visits to Philadelphia and New York with stop-over privileges. For illustrated itinerary contact Joseph P. Taggart, N. E. P. A., 21 Washington Street, Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Fall River Line
Washington
Philadelphia
New York
Joseph P. Taggart
Washington Street
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Germany
Great Britain
Boston Stock Sales
Tel
Central Vtest
Anne
Chiu & Stk
Erie Tel
M & B Inc
Rk & Ft
NE Gas & Coke
Allouez Mining
Amel & & Tel
Ais
Daly-West Min
Dom Oat Mining
Dom Ox & Steel
Boston Land
teSieen el al Aseeces
Erie Tel & Tel
Fitchburg Pref
Franklin Mining
Guanajuato
Minas
Isle Royale Ee
Mass Electric
Mexican Central
Michigan Mining
Mohawk Mining
Mont & Bos Mining
Petoust Mining Oe
Ont
West
Northern
Old Colon
Mini
Old Dam Mining
Osceola Mining
Parrot Mining
Pere Marinette
Ey Phenix M
Pullman Co
Quincy Mining
Rhode Island
Saeeee
Rutland
Santa Fe Mining
Seattle
Elec
Swift
Tamarack Mining
Tecumseh Mining
Trinity Mining
Union Pacific
United Fruit
U . Ol Mining
Utah Mining
Victoria Minin
West End St
Winona Minin
Wolverine Mining
Teena
Wail St
Haient & Freese
Bway
Summer St
Brattle St
Harvard Aq
NEW York Stock Exchange Railroads
Utone & Ohblo
Deer Ewne
Canada Southern A
Chesapeake & Ohio
Cee & Alton Do Ees
Chicago
Chicago & Great Western
Chica & Northwestern
Cc . O & St Louis Sense
Colorado
Hudson
Rio Grande
Erie
Hocking Valley
Illinois
Central
Iowa
Newier Cougel
New York Central
Ree & Western
Ontario & Western
St Louis
Wee Central
Youndry
Anaconda Mining Co
Colorado Fuel
Consolidated Gas
Fon Tobacco
International Paper
International Power Ae
National
Ee Tee Sugar
Tennessee Coal & Iron: & Paper Co
Union Bager
Oy Weer
Lanteen Unisereseree
Leonn FT
Frank B. Conlin
St. Augustine’s Church
Sweden
Frederick A Collins
Engineers Fight Towing Company
Hanging Abbey
Royal Blues
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