Leaders Continue Downward Trend In Stock Market
The market extended losses with New York and Boston leaders slipping after steel shares fell to new lows. United States Steel faced a big December unfilled tonnage drop, while Great Northern Ore rose despite steel weakness. Massachusetts Electric preferred led a dull session as brokers weighed potential tax relief for Bay State Street Railway.
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Massachusetts Electric
Paris
United States Steel Corporation
Great Northern
New York Tractions
Board of Estimate
Interborough
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
Massachusetts Electric Preferred
Bay State Street Railway
New York Market Holds Steady Amid Mixed Commodities
New York market saw no major changes as December tonnage data from United States Steel showed a 760,000 ton drop. Call money eased to 3 1/4 percent while United States Steel led about 20 percent of active trading alongside oils sugars and minor metals. Texas Pacific Land Trust fell 70 points on a full lot sale, rails stayed quiet, and bonds faced international heaviness with Liberty bonds retreating. Total volume reached 7.775 million par value with 450,000 shares traded.
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United States Steel Corporation
United States
New York
United States Steel
Texas Pacific Land Trust
Olls
Great Northern
Studebaker
Money markets and loan rates reported with six percent terms
The column lists various money market rates showing six percent for call loans, commercial loans for customers, collateral loans for individuals, commercial paper, and year money. The text notes ae nee de and outside beers as call and mentions loans to customers and collateral arrangements in a compact market snapshot.
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Soret
Ae Nee de
Outaide Beers
Bond Market Snapshot from a Faint Treasury Listing
A fragmentary bond market note lists various securities and issuances with scattered prices and coupons. It mentions U.S. Treasuries, municipal and corporate bonds, and several firms such as Liggett & Myers, Texas Company, and Laclede Gas, alongside mixed quotes and stamps from a historical exchange page.
Waterfront Calendar for January 11 1693
The entry lists maritime calendar data for January 11 1693 with days elapsed in war, tide heights morning and evening, moon phases from January to April, and evening stars Venus Mars Jupiter along with morning star Saturn. It presents precise celestial events and tide observations for the date.
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U. S
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn
Fresh groundfish landings and embargo fears at port
Half a dozen vessels brought about 356000 pounds of fresh groundfish with ex vessel prices lower than Thursday. Haddock and cod prices range 8 to 12 cents per pound, pollock 8 14 to 9, halibut 50 cents, hake and cusk noted among arrivals. Longshoremen threaten to join New York strikers if export freight is embargoed by railroads, hurting New England shipping. The White Star Vedic arrives from Glasgow, 10000 tons, last used as a troopship and designed for third class travel. Bohemian from Liverpool docked after weather delay. eight cabin passengers to land at East Boston. Funeral set for Alexander J. Bremner, long associated with Boston Engineering Company, at 2 PM tomorrow in Jamaica Plain. Interment Forest Hills Cemetery. he leaves a wife, two children, a brother and two sisters.
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Haddock
L. Cod
Pollock
Heroine
Pioneer
F. S. Grueby
Leonora Silveira
Russell
Athena
Frances S. Gruchy
New York
New England
Vedic
White Star Line
Glasgow
Admiralty
Bohemian
Leyland Line
Liverpool
Boston & Albany
Boston
Alexander J. Bremner
Boston Engineering Company
Orchard Street
Jamaica Plain
Forest Hills Cemetery
Bremner
Chatham
N. B
Shipping News Arrived and Sailed with Numerous Barges and Tows
A long shipping list records steamers and torpedo boat destroyers arriving from Norfolk, Plymouth, and Brest via Bermuda, with named tugs, barges, and schooners bound for Salem, Portland, Perth Amboy, and Port Reading. Several vessels sail toward Baltimore, New York, Savannah, and Gloucester, while multiple tows and barges such as Pennypack, Mahoning, Providence, and Maiden are noted, along with cargo and load destinations.
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Vedic
Davies
Glasgow
Greenock
Bohemian
Harrocks
Liverpool
Santa Tecla
Anderson
Iquique
Panama Canal
North Land
Snow
New York
Nantucket
Payne
Norfolk
Brandon
Wilson
Tamberts Point
City of Gloucester
Larsen
Gloucester
Lakewood
Lexington
Heath
Lamberta Point
Mohawk
Whitmore
Portland
W. H. Moody
Dillon
Rockport
Perth Amboy
Charles W. Parker, Jr
Delaware
Monocacy
Providence
Nortly
International
Nortly Argus Brookside
Buck Ridge
Pocopson
Wyoming
Pennypack Belem
Cleona
Silver Brook
Port R
Demand More B. and M. Trains Restore Service
A Public Service Commission hearing on restoring passenger trains for the Boston and Maine railway drew many commuters. It revealed 368 trains arrive and depart North Station daily now, down from 636 in 1910, with operating costs up over 23 percent since entering the war. company officials blamed congestion partly on the Boston Elevated fare increases.
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Public Service Commission
Boston & Maine Railroad
North Station
Boston Elevated Company
Make Army Life Best for Youth
CAMP DEVENS January 10 With the end of the first week of peace training the soldiers in the 12th division are gaining a new understanding of what service with the colors will mean. It may be predicted a large number of men may remain in the military establishment who had no idea of adopting a soldier's life before the war began.
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Devens
Harry J. Harris
John M. Berkwith
John D. Long
Harris
Baker
Camp Devens Educational Institute
Cyrus R. Snow
78D Infantry
Chelsea
Army camp life mixes recreation with drill for growth
The program at Camp Devens emphasizes mental and physical development through winter sports and future school advantages. Discharges reached 2845 today while convalescents arrived from Newport News. Major Sherburn and Major Peay returned from France as part of the 12th Division advance detachment.
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Congress
Newport News
Fred Stone
36Th Infantry
Gordon N. Peay
73A Infantry
France
12Th Division
Songs of Sunshine by the Bentztown Bard
Poetry from 1918 by Southern Press Syndicate poetically notes shared toil and burdens. It urges readers to send sweetness to others and to share their own songs to brighten shadows and bring light to all readers.
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The
Bentztown
Southern Press Syndicate
Boston mayor seeks bills on land use and health safety
Mayor Peters filed two Senate bills. One would ban landowners from planning or selling non street frontage property without Board of Street Commissioners approval. The second would authorize Boston to spend up to 500000 annually to raze dangerous buildings and modify alleys as deemed by the commissioner of public health.
Mayor Pushes Bills To Reform City Government And Tax Rules
The mayor outlines measures to perfect municipal organization and fix legal defects. Proposals include faster civil service hearings, a three to fourteen day window, and reinstatement if hearings are delayed. A 1919 1920 1921 tax limit by ordinance after public hearings is proposed, plus higher penalties for support to families of the confined. Also aims to place litigant funds in the county treasury and speed tax payments to cities for deceased residents.
Transports Huron Belgic and Atenas sail with 6000 troops
Washington dispatch reports the departure from France of the transports Huron Belgic and Atenas carrying about 6000 troops including many sick and wounded. The Huron sails for Newport News January 15 with 100 officers and 8000 men from the 3rd Provisional Battalion and 56th Engineers among others. The Belgic heads to New York January 18 with 2486 men and various detachments. The Atenas arrives January 19 at New York with 924th Division troops andCasual Company No 11. Pershing assigns the 12th Balloon Company and other units for early convoy home.
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Washington
France
Huron
Belgic
Atenas
War Department
Newport News
56Th Engineers
New York
48Th Infantry
Chemical Warfare Service
924 Division
General Pershing
12Th Balloon Company
Ordnance
Transportation Corps
Postmaster for Boston Vacancy Delayed Must Be Competitive
Washington Jan 10 Congressmen James Gallivan investigated the Boston postmaster vacancy delay learning only one applicant filed for the $8000 job. The Civil Service law requires a competitive examination with more than one candidate.
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Washington
Boston
James Gallivan
Gallivan
United States Civil Service Commission
Gains by government forces in Berlin reported
Berlin dispatch says government forces pressed advances against the Reds or Spartacans with further gains noted. The report emphasizes a continuing trend of improved positions for the government in the city during the current operations.
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London
Berlin
Spartacans
Berlin Civil War Developments Reported Amid Heavy Fighting
Despatches describe widened barred zones in Berlin and a junction of province troops with city forces while Reds still hold several forts. Reports say municipal councillor Herr Richter, a Socialist, named temporary Berlin police head. Spartacan chief Fichhorn fled. Civilians report trains operating on main lines. 5000 printing workers refuse to strike. Spartacans partly defeated near foreign office. heavy battle at Silesian railway station leaves 65 dead.
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Frankfort
Herr Richter
Berlin
Scherl
Ullstein
Mosse
Fichhorn
Spartacan
Zurich
Paris
Copenhagen
Berlinske Tidende
Spartacans
Foreign Office
Silesian
Boston Elevated gets extension for Everett subway work
The Public Service Commission granted Boston Elevated Street Railway Company extra time from December 31, 1918, to July 1, 1919, to begin the Subway and appurtenances for terminal facilities. The Everett underground station must be finished within 18 months from July 1, and detailed plans are due by May 1. Construction of the Sullivan Square to Everett line is nearly done and a temporary Everett terminal should be usable in about two months.
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Public Service Commission
Boston Elevated Street Railway Company
Vie Everett
Everett
Sullivan Square
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