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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 08, 1918
Page
13
Current prices show 6 percent across brokers loans customers loans commercial loans collateral loans and commercial paper. Sterling demand firmer while Swiss francs ease. afternoon bankers rates list cables sterling 4.76 dollars francs 5.73 guilders 4.349 lire 8.44 roubles 13 Swiss francs 4.47.
Total sales in New York 566100 and Boston 9428 shares. Most active New York issue Steel 174100 shares. Boston Ventura 2050. Cumulative sales Jan 1 1918 to date New York 4670600 and Boston 92679. Last year comparison New York 4893600 and Boston 175507. Largest New York gain Cluett Peabody 71 4 to 54. largest New York loss D L W 71 2 to 172 1 2. Boston gain Mohawk 212 to 65. Boston loss General Electric 4 to 130.
The New York market opened sluggish amid bad weather reducing business in the West and South. War aims praised, Russian situation encouraging, and rail earnings news disappointing. Industrials held tight. steel, copper, and shipping rallied late. Coalitions showed irregularities in special stocks. Liberty bonds fell to new lows.
New York stocks barometer shows high and low trading ranges for today with closing quotations and net changes from the previous close. The list includes prices for leading issues across key market sectors and indicates overall market movement for the session.
Boston stock page reports today’s high and low prices with net changes from the previous close. Detailed quotations cover main securities traded in the Boston market.
Market results were mixed with fractional gains and losses. American Telephone rose to 108 while Atlantic Gulf gained to 99. Mohawk led copper with a 2 1/2 point advance. Arizona Commercial traded lightly amid a 50 cent quarterly dividend and six payments since. Miami Copper paid 1.50 and Edison Electric slipped to 140. Elevated held around 83 3/4. Boston Elevated reported a near 20 million gross and potential dividend, despite higher expenses.
The court ruled stock dividends are not income and upheld delaying the United States Steel dissolution case. Bethlehem Steel and other industrials rallied while rail shares showed mixed results. American Tobacco proposes scrip dividends to conserve cash and support debt.
The text suggests earnings statements might embrace a modern dividend policy due to unusually liberal provisions. It hints at a shift in payout approach, aligning with broader financial strategy toward regular distributions.
Fragmented OCR notes show a bond market brief with numbers and codes like 1957 and 05 percent. No clear entities or events are readable to define a fuller item.
Joseph S. Shalow argues that Jews form a nation with a rightful demand for a national home in Palestine. He contends anti Zionism underestimates Jewish history and calls for Zionist rights as a global civilizing project. He warns against cosmopolitan ideals and urges nations to support Jewish self determination in Palestine.
Harris Forbes & Co circular urges confidence for investors after the 1914 war start. It cites repurchases of over 1.5 billion dollars in American railroad securities and alliances loans, plus a large gold reserve, nine months into U S involvement. It deems bonds of their type safe with yields higher than many stocks or business returns.
A reader from Milltown Malbay argues the famous Ireland Big Wind myth is real. He recalls terror across Ireland, cites anecdote of Bill Murphy’s gray mare foaling, and notes rocks moved along the Ennis to Galway line as lasting evidence.
Jeremiah 8. Ryan, longtime Belmont police chief for 16 years, died at his home 18 Common Street Belmont after a yearlong illness. He had served on the Belmont force for over two decades.
In South Boston Mary Y Tomilson aged 28, daughter of Richard D and the late Mary G Tomilson, died January 6. Funeral from the residence at 875 Athens Ave to Holy Trinity Church at 9 30 am. Burial at Holy Cemetery.
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