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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1917

Page

16

Money Markets and Foreign Exchange Report

Current quotations show call loans at 3 percent for brokers and outside brokers, commercial loans 4 to 5 percent, collateral loans 4 1/4 to 5 percent, commercial paper 4 to 4 1/2 percent, year money 4 percent. FEDERAL RESERVE figures and New York exchanges indicate steady markets with gains in Sub-Treasury operations and notable exchange rates for sterling, francs, marks, guilders, lire, and roubles.

New York Ferce Federal Reserve ‘Bank E.s.ee Boston Federal Reserve Banks Bnee Treasury

Bond Market Notes and Exchanges Highlight Uneven Yields

The report catalogs various bonds and yields across companies and rail lines including New York Central and Erie, noting prices, rates, and trading activity. A closing notice mentions a comic caption about Colonel Corn becoming a beauty specialist in a future Sunday Post feature.

Colonel Corn

Prudential Reports Record Year of Life Insurance

Prudential Insurance Company announces a record year with more than 591 million dollars in paid-for life insurance at the lowest expense rate in its history. The 41st annual report shows a gain in in force of over 28 million, 15 million policies and over 3 billion dollars in force. Since 1876 the mutualized company has paid over 428 million to policyholders, including 47.278 million in 1916, and has paid 184 war claims totaling 364 thousand dollars.

Prudential Prudential Insurance Company Lfe Forrest F. Dryden Newark N. J Dryden United States Canada

Icebound Towboats and Cargo Reach Boston Harbor

Ice encrusted beam trawlers Ripple and Surge arrived at the fish pier with decks buried in frozen spray after a cold snap. Receipts totaled 109 500 pounds of scrod and 400 pounds of cask while wholesale prices listed haddock and cod across several types. The Argentine transport Chaco docked at Grand Junction, and the British steamer Arrino arrived at Mystic wharf to load for France amid a shipwreck linked dispute local to St Nazaire.

Fish Pier Haddock Colt W. M. Goodspeed Chaco A. S. Eguren Grand Junction Docks Boston Buenos Ayres Arrino Mystic Wharf St. Nazaire France Albert Riley

Captain buys schooner and coal cargo returns to port

Captain O A Gilbert purchases the two masted Emma McAdam after repairs from grounding at Spectacle Island on Jan 4. The Wyoming from Norfolk with 6000 tons of coal is due, first coal schooner to reach the harbor in over two months, while William Levy of Boston buys the Wanda wreck for 420 dollars at Point Allerton.

Genoa O. A. Gilbert Emma McAdam Spectacle Island Wyoming Norfolk William Levy Boston Wanda Point Allerton

Shipping News Arrived and Sailed by Coast Guard and Tugs

Shipping traffic shows the U S coast guard cutter Ossipee at Portland with multiple steamers and schooners listed arriving from Baltimore, New York, Newport News, and Gloucester. Vessels include Arrino, Nordaunt, Chaco, Cretan, and others with numerous towing barges.

U. S. Coast Guard Ossipee Munter Portland Arrino Nordaunt St. Nazaire France Chaco Bguren Buenos Airea Boston Crosby Yarmouth N. S Ontario Bond Baltimore Norfolk Newport News Newton Abbott Harvey H. Brown McLean Meteor Hillyer H. M. Whitney Colberth New York Cretan Page Philadelphia Calvin Austin Strout City Gloucester Limekin Endion Neal Cto Ervin J. Luce Webster Rockport Mass Adam Bishop, Brown Cumberland Svendsen Lamberts Point Savage Michalski Watuppa Almy Newport Fall River Tamaqua Isaakson Cacoosing Beechwood Conewago Standard Herbert S. T. Co Triton McCoy Iowa Idaho Tacony Wallace South Amboy Strafford Beverly Upton Oxford May Ross Allentown Nottingham Quinn Port Johson Lynn Lykens Bengtsson Brookside Franklin Ak Hill Neptune Easter Sandwich Lake Michigan Paoli Oliver Nanticoke Haverford Lehigh McGoldrick Perth Amboy Newburyport Portsmouth Carolina Maskinonge Sydney N. B Kershaw Dimock City of Atlanta Savannah Hampden Laura Allantown Port Johnson Hazelton Vesta William H. Yerkes, Jr Buck Ridge Maple Hill Herndon

Obituary Notices From Boston Area Churches and Homes

A long list of death notices and funeral details for residents of Boston and surrounding towns. Entries specify names, ages, residences, funeral times, masses, and burial venues, with relatives invited to attend and notes on affiliations where provided.

Mains Cambridge Mary McSorley John Mains Tremont St St. Mary's Church MacDonald Brighton Donald A. MacDonald James Laffey Isabella J. MacKachen Glendale Cape Breton North Station Marcy Roxbury Theodore P Mary A. Marcy Martin Oak Grove Terrace St. Francis de Sales Lowell and Natick Somerville John Martin Springfield St St. Joseph’s Church St. Joseph's Court Kearsarge Association M’dermott Katherine BE Conway John McDermott Anatin St St. Mary’s Church M'Eleney John Edward Mary McEleney McEleney Newland St Worthington St Charles P. W. Rogers Mission Church Dorchester James Clara Roster Shea James W. Roster Hunter St St. Matthew's Church Stanton St E Ryan Charlestown Mary E. Ryan Higgins Green St Division 40 Scott Matthew IL Allard Ct Shannon Mary Shannon Galvin Thomas Shannon Gore St Church of the Sacred Heart Smith Terrante Smith Patrick Smith Medford St. Joseph's Church Holy Cross Starr Charles D. Starr Hartford St Stewart Allston Charles M. Stewart Cambridge St Sullivan John G Celis Sullivan Welch Bromiley St Church of the Blessed Sacrament Twomey Revere Albert J Timothy Z Jessie A

Fragmented OCR Note on Penn Service and Flowers

An unclear OCR fragment mentions Penn Service and Penn Flowers with garbled wording and stray characters. It lacks coherent events, dates, or named entities to establish a substantive news item.

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