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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1905

Page

10

Railroads Under Pressure All Day On Wall Street

On January 24, stock trading showed markedly slower activity with prices drifting but improving in tone after reduced foreign liquidation fears. The market closed near its lows, with weak performances in copper plays and notable actions in Amalgamated, Erie, and Atlantic mining shares, while dividends were announced for Atlantic Mining and United Shoe Machinery reached new highs.

Wall Street Erie State Street Amalgamated France Russia America Boston Bingham Calumet & Hecla Parrot Tamarack Wolverine Atlantic New York American Telephone and Telegraph Dominion Iron Mining and Stock Exchange Arizona Commercial Bay State Gas Horseshoe Massachusetts Breweries Suburban Electric United Zinc

Bond Prices End Close With Mixed Gains On Trade News

Closing day bond prices show varied performance from January 24 to January 23 with U S issues and company issues mixed. Treasury and corporate bonds like U S 4s rising to 130 percent while others hover near parity. notable gains include Am To 48 at 78 percent and Tex Pac 4s at 120 percent.

U S N.r N.c Do 1St Inc Do 2d Inc C &O C.b&q N C.ri& P G.ri&pe CCC FW &Dcis Japan L & No N & WW Penn c

Chicago Grain Quotations and May Wheat Options

Grain quotes from Chicago board of trade show May wheat opening 115 and closing 114 with highs 115. May and July futures, Sept options indicated with calls at 115 and puts at 114. Market notes include bids and price ranges for wheat futures and stated option activity on May wheat.

Chicago Ennis & Stoppani Chicago Board of Trade State Mutual

Police probe death of Cornelius J. O Keefe at Lynn dock

Police investigate the death of Cornelius J. O Keefe whose body was found at a Lynn dock. He disappeared January 6. Bruises noted but money in his pockets leads investigators to suspect accidental death. He was 35 years old.

Lynn Cornelius J. O'Keefe O'Keefe

Boston Market Report on Securities and Dividends

The Boston Market closes with total sales across listed stocks at 25 259 shares bonds totaling 58 500 dollars unlisted stocks 8802 shares rights 195. First in installment paid and ex dividend noted.

Bell Tel Tel & Tel Sig Skq Co CJ &S Y Bs Ill Steel 8 & M Gs M & B Inc Sts & CB Wisconsin Allouez Am Ag Chemical Amel & Tel Centennial Ju & Stk Yds Con Mereur Eal Cop Ran Cumber & T Rts Daly-West Dom Iron & Men Edison el Ill Fitchburg Pref Franklin Gary & Elec Dore Granby SY Gen Electric Iseie Greene Con Guanajuato Isle Royale Maine Central Eee cMass Michigan NH & H Nor & Wor Pref Pere Marquette Sea Planters Camp Pullman Co Rhode Island Santa Fe Seattle Shannon Tamarack Trinity Union C, L Rao Pace United Shoe Ma Us Oal & Oll Utah Mining Va-Ca Victoria Minis West A St Ry bWestern T& T Winona Ae Wolverine Wyandot

Financial market summary under pressure with mixed gains

New York markets show dulness and irregularity within a moderate range as St Paul and Reading slip while buyers lift American Hide and Leather and other issues. The day ends weak at the day’s low, with total volume 170,900 shares and quotes from John Filkins & Co.

Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Canadian Pacific Central of New Ers Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Alton Chicago Great Western Chicago & Eee Chicago Mil & St Paul A Ter & Trans O & St Louis Delaware & Hudson Denver & Rilo Grande Erie Iowantra Louieville & Nashville Manhattan St Paul Missouri Pacific Teeconel Kan &Tex Natin R of Mexico New York Central New York Ont & Ees Norfolk & Western Pennsylvania Pittsburg CCC& BL Louis & SF St Louis Southwestern ParGmetting & Meine Dore Amer Brooklyn Rapid Stransit Colorado Fuel & Iron Consolidated Ee Line General Electric Pacific Mail Frese Steel Car Eae Eeereee Epublic Steel Tennessee Coal& Iron U S Virginia Carolina St. Paul Reading Ehe New York, Ontario & Western Paris John Filkins & Co Congress Street Amalgamated Chi Mil & St P RI & FP Southern Pacific Union Pacific US Steel

Bust of Burns Unveiled at Caledonian Club Anniversary

Sculptor Hugh Cairns presents a colossal eight foot high portrait bust of Robert Burns to the Caledonian Club at Mechanics Hall for the 146th Burns birthday celebration. The unveiling will be done by George Scott as Cairns’ months long labor yields a lifelike large scale work.

Robert Burns Caledonian Club Hugh Cairns Mechanics’ Hall George Scott Cairns America

Taunton Strikers Back After Vague Wage Cut

Taunton Massachusetts January 24 The earners at Corr cotton mills East Taunton who with weavers and other workers struck yesterday over a 12 1 2 per cent cut returned to work this afternoon The 140 weavers remain out A second conference with Agent H H Shumway failed to alter the price list The weavers formed a committee to compare wages with Fall River mills A New Bedford mill representative sought to hire some strikers.

Taunton Corr East Taunton H. H. Shumway Fall River New Bedford Mills

Possible Subway Strike Looms Over NY System Demands

A threatened strike on New York's subway arises as workers present grievances to August Belmont head of Interborough Company. They seek a new block signal system to reduce accidents and claim an earlier agreement with Belmont was not kept. E P Bryan doubts a strike will occur and calls the plan absurd.

New York August Belmont Interborough Company E. P. Bryan

Board and Bottle Attack Leaves Victim Hospitalized

Hyman Epstein of 42 Spring Street was brought to Relief Hospital with severe facial wounds after saying he was struck first with a board and then with a bottle at a boarding house at Salem and Parmeter streets. Police arrested Jacob Givorsky of 156 Merrimac Street on suspicion.

Hyman Epstein Spring Street Relief Hospital Salem Parmenter Streets Jacob Givorsky Merrimac Street

Dividend notices for several firms with payable dates

Dividends payable announced by The Mining Company at 50 cents per share on eb. 15. Commonwealth Building Trust lists a 5 percent preferred stock dividend up to Oct. 6, 1904, with payment on Jan. 20. American Hide & Leather Company declares an initial 1 percent preferred dividend on Feb. 15.

Messrs. N. L. Amster & Co Old Dominion Arizona Atlantic Mining Company Topeka Kan Atchison Ripley Kendrick Osceola Samuel Newhouse Boston Consolidated Messrs Arthur A. Leland & Co Old Colony Trust Company Charles F. Ayer Thomas L. Livermore Charles 8. Tuckerman Henry C. Weston United Shoe Machinery Common United Shoe Machinery Boston News Bureau Greene Consolidated Copper Company Edwin G. Heath the Mining Company Commonwealth Building Trust American Hide & Leather Company

Lumbago Get Instant Relief Rub On Painkiller

A brief ad listing an instant relief rub on painkiller for lumbago. Claims fast effect for backache and muscle pain with topical application. Rights and dosage not provided. May promote quick comfort for sufferers seeking topical remedy.

Military groups join Burns celebration in Boston hall

Invitations for the Burns celebration in Grand Hall Mechanics Building were accepted by members of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Fusilier Veterans Fraser Royal Highlanders of Pawtucket Scots Guards and British Naval and Military Veterans. The Boston Caledonian Club hosts the event marking fifty years since honoring poet Robert Burns with an early evening concert and dancing from 11 p m to 6 a m Thursday morning.

Grand Hall Mechanics’ Building Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company Fusilier Veterans Fraser Royal Highlanders of Pawtucket Scots Guards Boston Caledonian Club Bobby”’ Burns

Harvard Men Marry In College Wave At Cambridge

President Roosevelt’s complaint about Harvard men not reproducing may fade as more undergrads and graduates wed. An estimated 30 to 40 married students attend Harvard in Cambridge this year with sophomores E C Potter and Levi C Wade among recently married. Notable pairs include Lawrence Mott with wife and child, a Law School student famed for rambles with his wife and twins, and Harry Phillips the oarsman. A Cambridge real estate firm may build a dormitory for young married couples and mothers visiting Cambridge students.

Roosevelt Harvard Crimson University Cambridge E. C. Potter New Yorker Levi C. Wade Newton Expressman Lawrence Mott Langdon Street Law School Eliot Harry Phillips Boston Latin School Frank Story Harvard University

Reception to Mr and Mrs Edward J Mealey

Mr and Mrs Edward J Mealey hosted a reception at the Hotel St Leon after their wedding. The bride Alma Kelley wore white silk with a rose bouquet, and about 75 friends attended the event hosted by James C Mealey with arrangements by Mrs Burnham and Mrs T A Lyons. After Feb 1 the couple will reside at 33 River Street Beacon Hill.

Edward J. Mealey Alma Kelley Charlestown Hotel St. Leon James C. Mealey Burnham The T. A. Lyons River Street Beacon Hill

Laxative Bromosquinine Sold For Five Cavors 25 Cents

A vintage ad notes a laxative bromosquinine product offered at 25 cents. The fragment emphasizes the cataloged price and product presence, reflecting early 20th century medicinal marketing.

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