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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1913

Page

12

Intense Dulness Rocks Stock Markets in Early 1913

The report shows total sales in New York reaching 47,935,600 shares and Boston 2,906,580 shares for Jan 1 to date, with notable gains for Am. Cities Co. in New York and Island Creek Coal in Boston. Losses include Calumet & Hecla in Boston and Am. Beet Sugar in New York, while call money sits around 2 1/4 to 3 1/2 percent and time money from 3 to 6 1/2 percent in New York and Boston.

New York Boston Steel Common Pond Creek Coal Alaska Gold Am. Cities Co Sime Island Creek Coal Calumet & Hecla

Municipal Bond Bids Invited From Several Cities

Lowell Mass offers 166500 41 2 per cent bonds dated July 1 1918 due 1914-28. Syracuse seeks bids on 17000 41 2 per cent bonds dated June 1 1918 maturing 1900 1740 annually 1914-18. Derry plans 110000 refunding bonds. Franklin County NY invites bids on 100000 41 2 to 5 per cent highway bonds dated March 1 1918 maturing 10000 annually 1914-18. Chelsea borrows 210000 temporary loan due 1914. Brockton seeks 250000 temporary loan dated July 18 due Jan 1914. Wabash railroad to default interest on Wheeling & Lake Erie notes after May 1. Bids deadlines: July 19 10 am for Lowell. July 16 1 pm for Syracuse. Aug 1 noon for Derry. July 22 1 pm for Franklin County. July 16 for Brockton. Name of purchaser not given.

Lowell Mass Wabash Railroad Wheeling & Lake Erie Railroad Syracuse N. Y Franklin County Chelsea Brockton Bmell & Ra Ohio Ohio Pf Beth Ches & Ohio Erie Goodrich Lehigh Valley Louis Nash Mex Pet Co Miami Copper Nevada Nynh&h Nor & West Nor Am Nor Pacsapaeke Penn Rock Island Seare-Roebuck The Texas Co Union Pacific UN Pacific Pf United C Alyy Albais Uscip&f USCIP Biteel Pf Utah West Union Woolworth Woolw P

Dividends Declared by Regional Firms and Railways

Cumberland County Power Light declares 112 percent on preferred stock payable Aug 1 with record July 1. Homestake Mining pays 6 cents monthly July 25 to July 19 holders. Dominion Iron 1 1 2 percent on new preferred stock payable Aug 1 with book close July 14 reopen Aug 1. Detroit and Cleveland Navigation pays 4 percent semi annual Aug 15. Dominion Coal 3 1 2 percent on preferred stock payable Aug 1 to July 19 holders. H B Claflin 1 1 4 percent on first and 1 1 2 percent on second preferred stocks payable Aug 1 to July 23 holders. Grand Rapids Company 1 1 4 percent on preferred payable Aug 1 to July 23 holders. Paul Minneapolis Omaha Railway 3 1 2 percent on both preferred and common stock payable Aug 20 to Aug stat record.

Cumberland County Power & Light Company Portland Homestake Mining Company Dominion Iron & Steel Corporation Bookz Detroit & Cleveland Navigation Company Paul, Minneapolis & Omaha Railway Company

Bingham Mines Coun ty Eyes Victoria Property Purchase

Salt Lake City notes say Bingham Mines County negotiates for the Victoria property adjoining Bogie and Blue Bell in Bingham Utah. Control reportedly secured by option. Nipissing reports June ore shipments net $388 883 with month production valued at $215 415. Parker & Co announce July Pacts and Figures.

Salt Lake City Bingham Mines Couny Bogie & Blue Bell Bingham Utah Bingham Mines Company United States Nipissing

Dividend Notice for Sierra Pacific Electric Preferred Shares

Sierra Pacific Electric Company Nevada declares a quarterly preferred dividend of 1.59 per share on the preferred capital stock. Record date is July 19, 1913, with payment to stockholders of record at close of business August 1, 1913. Transfer agents listed as Webster, Transfer Agents.

Sierra Pacific Electric Eone Webster Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company Guy E Tripp Kuhn, Loeb & CO New York William & Pine Streets

Market stagnation marks New York trading amid copper weakness

Continued paralyzing speculation dominated the New York market as prices held steady with few gains and copper weakness dragging some leaders. Smelting and Canadian Pacific showed losses while Union Pacific lagged. gold exports to Europe were expected to resume, totaling 64.885 million this year with 41 million to Europe and the rest to South America.

New York Amalgamated Canadian Pacific Union Pacific Europe South America United States

Local Market Notice Notes Small Session in 1905 Boston Trade

The market saw 10 506 shares traded today with Pond Creek Coal Alaska Gold and Butte Superior as notable movers. Foreign demand boosted Pond Creek Coal while Boston and Maine faded from 61 to 60 as the session closed dull and firm. A large estate sold holdings above 90 and placed orders below current levels.

Boston Pond Creek Coal Alaska Gold Butte & Superior Features Boston & Maine

Boston Curb Market Sees Broad Declines Across Metals

Yesterday’s curb market in Boston tallies 13 issues and 9245 shares with Mexican Metals leading at 2290. Prices drifted lower as Metals fell from 53e to 46c and Ohio from 58 to 55¢, Calaveras from 211-16 to 214, and Butte Central from 5c to 13¢, hitting a new low.

Ohio Calaveras Butte Central Bay State Gas Opecae Butte Central Oc Butte Nat'l Laramie

Walpole Tire & Rubber to Defer Preferred Dividend

Notices expected today from Walpole Tire & Rubber Company state that the preferred dividend will be deferred and common stock dividend skipped. Financing strains after rapid expansion plus past bank failures prompt management changes led by F J Gleason and R C Fisher. About 18 000 preferred shares face 35 000 to 36 000 in payments. common dividend around 15 000. New financing hoped after asset appraisal and improved business prospects. notes offering underperformed with only 100 000 of 750 000 sold.

Walpole Tire & Rubber Company Atlantic National Bank of Providence Walpole Company Walpole Atlantic Bank I E. W. Tinkham Alvi T. Baldwin F. J. Gleason R. C. Fisher New York Mr. Baldwin R. L. Curtis Providence R. I Atlantic National Bank of

Richmond Lace Co Scrip Dividend In Stock Not Cash

The Richmond Lace Company the fourth largest lace maker in the nation declares its 312 percent semi annual dividend in stock rather than cash to conserve cash amid a tight money market. Earnings are strong with recent months ahead of last year and a cash dividend for the second half year is expected to be paid in cash.

Richmond Lace Company

Boston Cold Storage Defaults In ter est on Bonds

The Boston Cold Storage and Terminal Company has defaulted the July 1 interest payment on its bonds. Arrangements are being made to satisfy bondholders and arrange new financing within the three months of grace. The firm, organized January 1911, owns main plant at Newstreet East Boston with $6 percent preferred and $1,000,000 common stock. Authorized debt reaches $750,000 with $608,000 outstanding.

Boston Cold Storage and Terminal Company Post Massachusetts Traders’ Wharf and Warehouse Company Eastern Wharf and Storage Company Massachusetts Wharf Trust, Inc Boston Cold

Dull Cotton Trade Amid Sparse July and October Business

Today's cotton market showed unusual dullness with light trading for weeks. Only a few thousand bales of July were bought and there was fair demand for October by one or two houses likely involved in straddle operations. The weather over Sunday was generally favorable and remains dry in the Southwest per the weekly Weather Bureau forecast.

Weather Bureau

Bond Market Steady as US Government Bonds Edge Lower

United States registered 2s held at 98 percent while American Smelting 6s declined fractionally. A new low price was recorded for the Wabash-Pittsburg Terminal first issue bonds.

United States Wabash-Pittsburg

Mining Stocks and Government Bonds in Wide Market Report

A dense listing shows Bid and Asked prices across mining shares such as Dome, Hollinger, Mohawk and Mizpah, with traders noting extensive quotes and varied activity. The report also lists major corporate bonds and market indices including American Telephone and Telegraph and Pacific Gas and Electric, reflecting six months of performance data and net earnings figures.

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Market values and bids for Philadelphia area bonds

Journal listing various bond issuances and bid and asked prices for Philadelphia and New Jersey issuers. Includes entries like Am Rys Camb, Penn Natl Bid, Phila Co, and Welsh 5s with percentages and prices such as 38 88% and 17.50p, reflecting trading activity and market quotations.

Am Rys Camb &Tl Cntry Lk Sp Cop Teh Vries Penn Nalt Phila Co Do Pre

Grain Markets Show Gains and Fleet Update at Boston

Substantial tone improvement and fair price gains seen in grains with stronger holders and good buying. World wheat and corn movements, mixed overseas prices, and a fleet reaching T wharf include swordfish catches and groundfish receipts with detailed vessel names and cargoes.

Liverpool Berlin Budapest Antwerp Paris Minneapolis Duluth Chicago

The Crops and Crop Moving

The article discusses two key questions for the nation: crop size this year and how to move the harvest. It notes the crop size matters for capital needs amid a tight money market and previews a financial page piece in the Boston Post analyzing crop conditions, acreage, and how cash will be raised to move the crops.

Boston Post

Dragged buoy blocks channel near Shovelful Lightship

Buoy No 2 has dragged 600 feet south of Shovelful Lightship and now lies in the navigation channel posing a menace to vessels. The Landsman notes the hazard and calls for timely salvage to restore safe passage.

Shipping Movements Rail Through Atlantic Ports and Bays

Shipping list reports arrivals and clearances of multiple steamers lighters and tugs at Halifax and New York. Vessels include Canopic Metcalf Evangeline and Lord Ormonde with routes via Naples Genoa and Buenos Ayres. Several schooners and barges sail or are towed to ports from Portland to Portsmouth with numerous tug and barge consignments.

Prairie Seales Philadelphia Canopic Metcalf Genoa Naples Palermo Azores Lord Ormonde Girvan Rosario Buenos Ayres Montevideo Barbadoes Bermuda Evangeline Ellis Charlottetown EK. 1 Hawkesbury C. C Halifax N. S Ontario Bond Baltimore Newport News Norfolk Melrose Vrostad Bunker Hill Crowell New York Bay State Strout Portland Cape Ann Godfrey Gloucester Eureka Benner Newburyport Reliance Merriam, Co Jonas H. French Rickes, Co Mary F. Scully Gegg F. B. Sutton Henry Falling Security Muller Calvin Austin St. John N. B Cobb Westport Kershaw Suffolk Prince Arthur Yarmouth W. IL Confidence Provincetown Channing Herbert Piedmont Savage Portsmouth

Towage movements list by Portland and surrounding ports

A doorway of shipping notices lists towage instructions and vessel movements. Port entries include F C Hersey at Portland towing barges 17 from Baltimore to Portsmouth and 25 to Portland, Charles W Parker Jr at Hampton Roads towing Alice Dora and Grace, and Tacony at Portland towing barge Upton to Parkers Flats. Additional entries note schooners Jessie Ashley and Northern Light at Maitland N C, Laura E Melanson, Lyra, and Daniel McLoud in Musquodobott and St Martins.

Portland F. C. Hersey Baltimore Portsmouth Charles W. Parker, Jr Hampton Roads Alice Dora Grace Tacony Upton Parkers Flats Jessie Ashley Maitland N. C Northern Light Bangor George R. Bradford Rockport Mass Laura E. Melanson Mereghan River N. S Lyra St. Martins N. B Daniel McLoud

Fires in Chelsea Strike Twice with Incendiary Attempt

After a major Chelsea blaze, the fire department responded to two calls on Saturday and Sunday. A 2:48 p.m. alarm cited a rat and match fire at 99 Spencer Avenue, damaging goods for $100 and the building for $159 in a tenement occupied by B. J. Twomey. A 4:30 p.m. call found lumber ablaze behind 382 Broadway, suspected arson. At 9:20 p.m. an attempt to ignite 101 Blossom Street, home of Edward J. Barry, was stopped before it could spread.

Chelsea Blossom Street Spencer Avenue B. J. Twomey Twomey Broadway Edward J. Barry

Woman Hurt by Fall In Harrison Avenue Extension

Miss Cecilia Carroll aged 74 of 74 West Newton Street slipped on the sidewalk in Harrison avenue extension last night and was carried to City hospital with a fractured right leg.

Cecilia Carroll West Newton Street Harrison Avenue City Hospital

Obituary notices from Reading and surrounding towns July events

In Reading and neighboring locales many residents are listed with funerals and services. Notices cover Bancroft Battis Bradshaw Clarke Curry Davis Evers Flynn Holland Hurtin Kee Kerrigan Lynch Lynde Mahoney Massey McGrath McLaughlin Parker Pomes Porter Sheehan Smith Tracey Tuohy Venuti Wallace Wilcox Wild Zimmerman with details on dates times and burial places and invitations to relatives and friends.

Parker Somerville Mare Zuerite Range Parker George F. Powers Central St New York Courrier Des Etats Unis Porter Charlesgate Hospital Cambridge Angeline M. Porter Boston Whitingville Sheehan New England Julian A John Mary Sheehan Carey Feneral John J. Buckley Crestave Beachmont Lady of Lourdes Family Haynes St Smith Harriet William Johnson Smith First United Presbyterian Church Inman Square Tracey Waltham Mary F Daniel J Margaret Tracey Willow St St. Mary's Church Calvary Cemetery Tuohy Brighton Henry F Mary Tuohy Walsh Corey Rd St. Aidan’s Church Venuti North End Gennaro Pasquelina Venuti Immaculate Conception Holy Cross Cemetery Wilcox Winchester Edwin A. Wilcox Chestnut St Westminster West Wild City Hospital Samuel Wild Waterman Chapel Washington St Roxbury Mt. Hope Cemetery Zimmer East Boston Martin A. Zimmer Trenton St Post Baltimore

In Memoriam Walter Hi Lynch Departed July 15 1910

In loving memory of our darling boy Walter Hi Lynch who died in his ninth year on July 15 1910. Though he passed away his memory remains dear today and always. Mr and Mrs Peter Lynch 835 Alexander Street Dorchester Mass July 15 1918.

Walter Hi. Lynch Lfe Gol Peter Lynch Alexander Street Dorchester Mass

In Memoriam Cathrine T Dickinson Hartigan

In loving remembrance of Cathrine T Dickinson nee Hartigan who died July 15 1011 two years have passed our hearts still sore. As time slides on we miss her more her loving smile her welcome face no one can fill her vacant place from Mrs Julia Fef Hartigan and family

Cathrine T. Dickinson Hartigan Julia Fef. Hartigan

Death notices for Boston Clansmen Creyab and Cromb

Clansman James T. Creyab died July 13 1915 at Cushing Hospital Boston funeral July 16 at 2 pm at his late residence 17 Wetham st Boston Officials Thomas Bell 4th Chieftain James Urquhart Chief Clans MacKenzie No 20 8 C are notified of death of Clansman James J Cromb funeral at 2 pm Wednesday at 17 W Pelham Boston Clansmen urged to attend Ernest T Cameron Chief

Bancroft Reading William Hazen Bancroft Wilfred A. Bancroft Copland Ave Battis Boston Effie Jean Battis Fred W Lillian B. Battis Meridian St Winthrop Bradshaw Jamaica Plain Robert H. Bradshaw Kate Ellems Centre St Chase Santa Barbara Cal Nina D. Chase H. G. Chase Clarke West Manchester Joseph Clarke Church of the Sacred Treart Manchester Canton Mass Boston Caledonian Club James T. Creyab Cushing Hospital Wetham St Thomas Bell James Urquhart MacKenzie No

Flowers Delivered Across the United States in One Hour

A historic floral service promises nationwide delivery within an hour. Members Floriste Telegraph Delivery reports rapid dispatch from multiple depots, aiming to redefine urgent bloom logistics and consumer expectations nationwide.

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