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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1912
Page
12
The market last week showed inertia with little price movement. Only a few copper shares and certain specialties hit new highs while industrials and railroads stayed flat, awaiting a fresh stimulus like a January rise.
A plan to form Puget Sound Traction Light & Power Co under Stone & Webster would consolidate Pacific Coast Power Seattle Electric Seattle Tacoma Power Puget Sound Electric Railway and Whatcom County lines. The new firm would issue 6 percent preferred and 12 percent common stock with exchanges for existing stocks and up to 8 million in 1912 funding for acquisitions and extensions.
About 60 delegates from 19 Societies of the Archdiocesan T. A. Union of Boston gathered in Cheverus Hall to push a resolution banning liquor for and by women on premises. They urged legislation to bar waitresses from serving alcohol and criticized the excise board for inaction on liquor conditions.
A market notice from James Bhay & Co. solicits purchase or sale orders for Porcupine Consolidated stock through their office at 60 State Street. The brief message invites investors to submit bids or offers and states compliance with typical broker trade practices.
Dividend notices include Virginia Railway and Power preferred at 212 percent and 1sland 24 pref. Shawinigan Water and Power U S Industrial Alcohol pref. Books open New York State railways for meeting Tonopah Mining of Nevada for dividend Erie and Pittsburg Goldfield Consolidated Mines Minnesota General Electric New York State Railways assistência
Wireless reports indicate the U S torpedo boat destroyer Terry is in trouble with throttled turbinel engines and ruined stores. Positions cited place it north of Bermuda near latitude 36.21 N 67 W, with the Tagus and South Advices relaying distress and nearby vessels Onondaga and South Carolina in the vicinity. The Tagus sails Bermuda to New York and was due in port soon.
The Rev. Henry B. Smith of Ardmore Oklahoma age 40 arrested in Toledo on forgery charges after trying to enter the Elks lodge using the name Dr. Francis Fite of Muskogee Oklahoma. He will be taken East today following warrants from Washington D C. Smith formerly led an Episcopal church in Ardmore Oklahoma.
Harvard graduate James G Peede advance agent for William Faversham denies secretly marrying Miss Jean Murdock leading woman of the Seven Sisters company. He says they are engaged and have been for some time since meeting in the company now touring in Providence.
Fresh groundfish looks expensive this week as the offshore fleet faces a severe northwesterly gale. Only the schooner Esther Gray arrived with 4000 pounds of haddock, while about 30 schooners waited at T wharf and many sailed after a lull.
Shipping notices list arrivals including Hilarius and Esparta from Buenos Ayres Montevideo Port Spain and Havana with towing barges and steamers. Departures include Nashville Isleworth and several other vessels. notes mention tides and daylight lengths with a British schooner Mercedes reported below yesterday.
Thomas A. Edison hired a taxi from the Blackstone Hotel to the Continental and Commercial National Bank and vanished inside the bank president’s offices. The driver waited hours, called, and finally learned Edison could not recall details but ordered the fare settled.
Four people at William Flanagan’s 1323 North Twenty fourth Street boarding house died after a mysterious poison struck Saturday night. Three others, including Flanagan’s sister in law, are ill as investigators scramble for causes and a post mortem awaits.
After a quarrel with his wife, Flanagan claimed he had been discharged but was found still working at Baldwins. He vanished that night and hasn’t been seen since though rumors place him near the house yesterday. The incident unsettled the household and likely saved two members from harm as they skipped dinner.
Miss Florence J. Lewis of Radcliffe College hosts a box party for the first performance of That Case of the Joneses at Keiths this afternoon. Guests include John Craig Florence Lincoln Agnes Crimmins Marguerite Clark Walter Glendinning Julie Opp William Faversham Ha zel Mackaye Hans Miller and others from Castle Square the Baby Mine company and Harvard drama circles.
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