Sharp rally in wheat pit as crop damage reports lift prices
Wheat prices surged in Chicago trading after Northwest crop damage reports. September gained 11.25 cents, corn fell 0.125, oats rose 1.20. Initial weakness gave way to bullish sentiment as Minneapolis crop condition updates spurred buying, with a late session push to near-day highs.
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Chicago
Northwest
Liverpool
United States
Minneapolis
Dakotas
Minnesota
Shorts
Wheat and Corn Futures Amid Chicago Board Trends
Prices for September and December wheat and corn shown with opening and closing figures. Trading notes reference options on September wheat with listed bids and calls.
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Ennis & Stoppani
Chicago Board of Trade
State Mutual
Tigh
Law
Chicago
Boston Market Abx-Dividend Report Appears
Abx dividend noted with first instalment paid and assessment settled. Total sales include listed stocks 19 016 shares bonds 84500 dollars unlisted stocks 6408 shares in the market report weekly.
New York Bond Closing Prices and Market Wrap
Bond traders closed mixed with U S government issues trading around 103 to 108 percent. Industrial and railroad issues including Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Westinghouse varied, while US Steel and Wabash debentures showed moderate gains and several rail and utility bonds posted fractional moves.
Dividends Scheduled by Major Firms
Western Telephone and Telegraph declares a semi annual dividend of 214 percent on preferred stock payable Aug 1. Bethlehem Steel issues a quarterly 1 percent preferred dividend due Aug 1. Cambria Steel pays 75 cents per share semi annually on Aug 15. Boston Elevated Railway declares an 8 percent semi annual dividend. National Steel and Wire pays a quarterly 1 and one half percent preferred dividend due Aug 2. Illinois Central Railroad announces a semi annual 3 percent, with an additional 4 percent, due Sept 1.
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Am Pell Tel
Am Tel & Tel
Central Vt
Ill Steel
Stj & C
Adventure
Aliouez
J Amalgamated
Oi Ik Am Ag
Sm & Ref
Inc
L & 8S
Arcadian
Te&se. Eee
Atlantic
Bingham
Bostons
Boston Elevated
Boston & Albany
Catalpa
Con Mercur
Cumber Tel & Tel
Daly-West
Dom Coal M
Dom Iron & Steel
Elm River
Fitchburg
Franklin
Granby
Isle Royale
Mass Electric Pr
Mass Gas
cMass Mining
Mergenthal Lin
Michigan
Tel & Tel
U S Coal & Oil
US Steel
Utah Mining
Victoria Min
Winona
St Ry
Wolverine
Western Telephone & Telegraph Company
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Cambria Steel Company
Boston Elevated Railway Co
National Steel & Wire Company
Illinois Central Railroad Company
Excursion to St. Croix Valley August 7 by Boston and Maine
A special Boston and Maine train departs North Station at 7 a.m. for Calais and St. Croix Valley. Round trip tickets cost 10 dollars, valid two weeks, available at G. W. Dickerman secretary Milk Street Room 45 Boston. Children ages five to twelve pay five dollars.
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ST. Croix Valley
Boston & Maine
R. BR
St. Croix
Visit Ausable Chasm and Adirondacks on Rutland line tours
Plans for escorted rail tours to Ausable Chasm Adirondacks Saguenay and Montreal depart Boston August 5 17 29 and September 7. Free itineraries describe Vermont reports and travel features with itineraries of summer tours. Contact George E Marsters at 298 Washington Street Boston for copies.
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Ausable
Stage matters at Boston theatres this week with varied shows
The Colonial Theatre features The Pearl and the Pumpkin as a top draw while Kafoozelum closes at Tremont and Geezer of Geek debuts on stage. Empire hosts A Royal Family and Arrah na Pogue is planned for next week with William Courtleigh.
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Colonial Theatre
Klaw & Erlanger
The
Colonial
Tremont
Dave Lewis
Amelia Stone
Empire Theatre
William Courtleigh
Shaun the Post
the Park Theatre
Charles Frohman
Rich & Harris
Douglas Flattery
Boston
Bellatzer Sisters
New York Hippodrome
Keith
Fadettes
Williams and Walker Glee Club
Williams
Walker
Dahomey
Bowdoin Square Theatre
Austin & Stone
Powell
Speedy
Paragon Park
Gilchrist’s
Mars
Rustic Theatre
Trip to Provincetown on Bay Line Cape Cod
The Bay line offers an all day Boston to Provincetown excursion aboard the Cape Cod. Weekday departures are at 9 a.m. and Sundays at 9:30 a.m. from the Bay line wharf at 400 Atlantic Avenue. Refreshments are available aboard.
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Bay Line
Boston
Provincetown
Cape Cod
Atlantic Avenue
Rowe's Wharf
Nantasket Steamers Offer Cool Escape From Heat
Thousands ride from Rowe's wharf to Nantasket Beach to beat the heat of midsummer. Steamers depart hourly through the day and evening, offering ocean breezes both en route and at the shore for instant relief from the torrid temperatures.
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Rowe's Wharf
Nantasket Beach
Fastest Shortest Route to Adirondacks via Boston & Maine
Boston & Maine inaugurates Lake Placid and Saranac Lake service this year. The car departs Boston at 4 30 p m on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays arriving Lake Placid at 7 45 a m the next day. Return from Lake Placid at 7 45 p m Sundays Tuesdays and Thursdays arriving Boston at 10 50 a m the next day.
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Adirondacks
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lake Placid
Saranac Lake
Boston
Fitchburg
Hoosac Mountains
Troy
N. Y
Delaware & Hudson
Mechanicville
Boston & Maine Adirondack
General Passenger Department
Boston Excurson to Crescent Park July 22
Popular excursion from Boston to Crescent Park Narragansett Bay resort on Saturday afternoon July 22 via New York New Haven Hartford line. Round trip 1 dollar leaving South Station 2 00 pm Back Bay 2 09 pm Crescent Park return 9 10 pm. Includes Rhode Island clambakes and shore dinners.
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Boston
Crescent Park
Narragansett Bay
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad
South Station
Back Bay
New England
Rhode Island
Ground fishing fleet trades 630000 pounds of mixed fish at pier
A force of 22 schooners and seiners brought in about 630,700 pounds of fresh fish with haddock 355,200 pounds cod 199,000 hake 48,400 pollock 31,000 and 1,000 casks and 1,000 halibut. The sloop Lear C. carried 24 swordfish as prices were noted.
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Haddock
Lear C
Julia Costa
Georgianna
Annie
Jennie
Mary T. Fallon
Mooanam
Flora
Nickerson
Louise Sylva
Elmer E. Gray
Harmony
Sylph
Regina
Fish Hawk
Eva Avina
Flavilla
Viking
Mary C. Santos
Rose Cabral
Emilia Enos
Rapidan
Rose Standish
Grace Darling
Lear C. Nimrod
Shipping News Mini Almanac Announces July 20 Arrivals and Clearances
The almanac lists arrivals and clearances of multiple ships and barges across Atlantic and Caribbean ports. Vessels include United States cruiser Dolphin, steamers Admiral Schley, Parthian, City of Gloucester, and schooners Stella Maud and Katharine D. Perry among others. Also noted are tugs, barges, and steamers bound for Salem, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and Norfolk with several vessels sailing from Salem for Boston and Port Antonio.
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United States
Dolphin
Scott
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Admiral Schley
Jansen
Port Antonio
Jam
Calvin Austin
Pike
St. John
N. B
Prince George
McKinnon
Yarmouth
Chippewa
Devereux
Jacksonville
Charleston
S. C
Parthian
Smith
Philadelphia
H. I. Dimock
Baker
New York
Dingley
Dennison
Portland
City of Rockland
Curtis
Honey Brook
Durkee
Salem
Mass
Francis
Hersey, Baker
Portsmouth
N. H
Drifton
Plymouth
Hansen
Port Johnson
R. R
Stella Maud
Barton
Katharine D. Perry
Garfield
Newport News
Stella B
Cestrian
Liverpool
Admiral Farragut
N. S
Old Dominion
N. J
Cumberland
Baltimore
Holton
Norfolk
Albertha
Halifax
Robert H. Stevenson
Ocean Sail to Plymouth on the Old Colony Steamer
The excursion aboard the Old Colony to Plymouth offers a full day escape from heat. The boat departs Rowe's Wharf at 10 a.m. daily for a three hour sail, stops over two hours, then returns, with Boston arrivals about 6 30 p.m. The trip is a scenic ocean sail along the south shore coast.
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Old Colony
Plymouth
Rowe’s Wharf
Boston
South Shore
Henderson's Point Explosion Draws Thousands In Portsmouth
Forty five tons of dynamite to be exploded at Henderson's Point on Saturday July 22 at 8 pm. Spectators view from three islands with pontoon bridges. special train fares listed from Boston and surrounding cities. Attendees can also tour the Peace Commission building and historic Portsmouth landmarks.
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Henderson's Point
Boston & Maine Railroad
Piscataqua River
Portsmouth Bay
Hell Gate
Portsmouth
Gate Street
Islands
Boston
Lynn
Salem
Newburyport
Amesbury
Saco
Maine
Biddeford
Portland
Dover
N. H
Manchester
Concord
Nashua Junction
Rockingham Junction
Lawrence
Haverhill
Bradford
Mass
Lowell Junction
Lowell
Peace Commission
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Sarah B. Hart
Benjamin F. Hart
Aidoston
Boston Post
John W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Hold Up Gang Active in Lynn Summer Visit
In Lynn on July 19 a pair of robbers struck twice. Fred W. Crosby of Salem was robbed on Willow street of 80 dollars after midnight. Earlier, Greek baker Charles Mantzaris on Federal square repelled four attackers with a whip and forced the armed man to flee, escaping unharmed.
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Lynn
Fred W. Crosby
Salem
Willow Street
Charles Mantzaris
Federal Square
Mantzaris
Visit Bass Point by Ocean Excursion steamers
Readers are invited to ride from Lincoln wharf to Bass Point aboard Ocean Excursion Company steamers. A cool harbor breeze and refreshing atmosphere await, with reliable sea winds and enjoyable diversions for visitors during the trip.
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Bass Point
Ocean Excursion Company
Lincoln Wharf
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NEW York Bonds
Bal & O
C&a
Ri& P
D & RG i
Erie
Japan
M & Sts
West Md
Sa W&le
Canada
North
Norumbega Park
Torelli
Gracie Emmett
Daly and Kelso
Kenyon
DeGarmo
Lexington Park
Lenna Claire Howe
Women’s
Maud Dunn
Point of Pines
McLain Sisters
Ratelle
Mammoth Theatre
Revere Beach
George C. Marshall
Johnstown
Scollay Square
Boston & Northern Road
Nantasket Steamers
R. 1
C. W. Bartlett
Vineyard Sound
Martha's Vineyard
Cormorant
William BR. Cleary
Henry Dalby
South Boston
Manila
Iloilo
Oakburn
Crosthwaite
Springburn
Burn Line
Greenock
Port Glasgow
Landsman
Shipping News
Ocean
Holdup Gang
West End Dispensary
Cambridge St
Bowdoin Sq
Compton and
Tremont Ats
Castle
Surdaeys
James McCurdy
Sullivan St
Eastport
Wood Piano CO
Tremont ST
Gabler
Dudley St
Rox
Coney Island
Joston
Ocean View Park
Bathhouse
Fife Insurance
Massachusetts Title Insurance Co
Old South
Nice Street
Old South Bldg
Somerville
W. A. Dunham
Ee Eess
Hampton Beach
Wheaton
the Post
Ferncroft Farm
Alton
W. P. Peabody
Revere House
Old Orchard
Ene Park
Mattapan
Fremont Pl
SanannapUaha Ea Ree
Clarendon St
City
Guy’s
Canal St
Winthrop St
Winthrop
Thornton — Ton
Fidelity
Hanover
Creamer-Wing Loy. CO
West Newton St
Place Box CO
Norfolk St
Cambridge
Mentor Company
Atlantic Ave
MR. Rooney
Treat’s Wharf
New St
Bartlett Press
Beach St
Washington Gt
Cor
Main St
Charlestown
Heinemann
Slye
BAY State Dancing School
Washington St
Roxbury Sewing Machine Agency
Warren St
Roxbury
Sumtuth
Whitman & CO
Arlington Ave
Sullivan
Albee’s
Blackstone St
James Cunningham, Son & CO
Merrimac St
Canal
Dorchester St
River St
Tel
Typewriter Exchange
Bromfield St. hood&St
HUB Cycle CO
Cooper
Bankers’ Loan Company
Smith Brig
Court Square
Dewey Loan & Banking Co
State Street
STATE
Haverhill St
North Union Station
Coyne
M. K
Maas-sachusetts
Railway Association
Monroe St
Brooklyn
Franklin School
Massachusetts Corporation
Union
Coyne Bros. CO. Plumbing Schools
New York City
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Aces
Annteie
Magis Isin
Army
Hanover St
T. N. O'Connell
Harding St
Alberts
Stout
Houghton & Ware
Washington
Slee Atsenseten Onanenine Sabensensistenaatent
Jos. Hill
South Framingham
L. Shaw CO
Otis St
East O
Lowell St
Collins
Columbus Ave
Hewlett Bt
Roslindale
Penn
Ad. NI
Court St
Meeting House Hill
Winter St
Indy
Holiday St
Dorchester
Warren
Chelsea Sts
Henley
Stenna
North Station
West
Seth Knowls
Machliasport
F. W. Richards
Carlton St
Brookline
Milford St
EE S
N. BE. Wallpaper CO
Causeway St
Whitewass She
Hay
Spizer & Cooper
Billerica St
Seene J, Stane & CO
Leverett St
R. Wise & C O
Ewywitan Dp
East Boston
London
Cambrian
Charles- Bnen
Wilson & Furness-Leyland Line, Ltd
East Oston
RED Star Line
Antwerp
Etonian
White Star Line
Mediterranean
Company
India Building
State St
MARD
Queenstown
Ivernia
Saxonia
Sylvania
Etruria
Campania
Carpathia
Umbria
York
Pannonia
Slavonia
Cunard Steamship Co., Ltd
Chasp, Sumner
Agt
R. I
T. Meighan
Border St
Ashcroft
Dedham
Chas
C. Allen
Astrology
Zabola
Merchants and Miners Transportation Co
Steamship Lines
Providence
A. M. Graham
Battery Wharf
Washington Street
Summer Street
W. P. Corla
Dominion Atlantic Railway Steamship Line
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
P. E. Island
Newfoundland
Long Wharf
Foot State St
J. ¥. Masters
N. E
Boston and Philadelphia Steamship Line
Madelphia
Wedmunday
F. P. Wing
Central Wharf
Wash. St
Sagamore
Sachem
Liverpool &Re
Hoosac Tunnel
Warren & CO
Milk Street
Cape Bretton
Prince Edward Island
Union Wharf
Hawkesbay
Charlottetown
Maritime Provinces
A. W. Perry
Genz. Mgr
Mercantile Finance CO
Wm. J. Kennedy
Mgr
Bowdoin Square
Ocolonial Loan CO
Milk St
d&Sutt
Mioney I
R. Briggs
Ddress
P. O
Strong & CO
Devonshire ST
Hargest Basipene
Tolman
Mfeld
Workincmen’s Loan Association
Robert Treat Paine
d&Su Tf Franklin Loan CO
School St
Ass. Ave
Rae
Martin
Harvard
Shawmat Ave
Persian Med. Co
Arch St
B Pans Co
Wien St
A. Hargrove
Sun
City Hall
William Jackson
State House
F. E. Barker
Read’s Legal Agency
California
Cushing Medical Supply
Thos. Snow & Sons
North Market St
Dr. Weinstein
Tremont Street
Dr. Weinstab
Hotel
Touraine
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