Distribution of Company Stock Sparks New Trading Combines
The article contrasts early era merges of productive units with modern distribution stills like Sears Roebuck Woolworth S Kresge and Jewel Tea. It notes earnings, dividends and stock watering issues, highlighting how selling organizations rely on goodwill over tangible assets.
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Sears-Roebuck
Boston & Maine
New Haven
F. W. Woolworth
S. S. Kresge
McCrory
United Cigar Stores Company
Jewel Tea Company
New England
Acme Tea Company
Woolworth Company
Stock Exchange
New York
Stock Market Totals and Notable Dailies for New York and Boston
Reported total sales for New York and Boston with shares traded to date and changes from last year. Highlights include Texas Co preferred rising to 193 in New York and Edison Electric advancing to 240 in Boston while South Porto Rico Sugar and Tamarack slipped.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston
American Zinc
Texas Co
Pfd
Porto Rico Sugar
Edison Elec
Tamarack
Steel Leads Market As It Marks Quarterly Earnings
New York market closes with United States Steel as the pivot amid dull trading. Steel reports quarterly earnings at 81,126,045 dollars, with a 1 percent extra dividend surprising investors. Other issues trend downward. total volume 305,000 shares and par value bonds steady before war issue offerings.
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New York
United States Steel
Steel Quarterly Statement
United States
Texas Company
Republic Steel
Distillers’ Securities
American Hide & Leather
Rails
International Group
Reading
Union Pacific
Louisville & Nashville
Erie First
Vanderbilt
Chain store system limits investor risk and boosts earnings
The text argues investors often lack real property but earn reliably through going concerns. It compares chain store buying power to large scale production, noting minimal loss risk due to small unit impact and consistent yearly sales growth, with selling organizations more resilient than old combinations.
Boston stock market: gains and losses on zinc and peers
American Zinc fell to 33 4, with no support seen as new sponsors enter. Butte & Superior held steady with slight losses while Tamarack lightly traded and United Fruit dipped. East Butte moved 11 12, United Shoe remained firm, and Greene Consolidated declared a $1 quarterly dividend, hinting at $2 for Greene-Cananea.
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Boston
Preferred
Butte & Superior
Tamarack
Atlantic Gulf
United Fruit
United Shoe
East Butte
Greene
Greene- Cananea
Buty Asi Cor Adl Gulf
Srillet Cbe& Q iv
Jase
Ahmeek
Allouez Nena Ents
Ag Chem
Ag Ch
Arizona
Atl Gulf
Atl Gulf of
Bos & Albany
Bos & Maine
Bosc & Mel
Butte Bal
Butte & Sup
Cal & Arizona
Cal & Heels
Fitchburg
Island Creek
Isle Royale
Mergenthafer
Miami
Michigan
Mohawk
Eng
Shannon
Ae & Bos
Swift & Co
U S Steel Sab Eee
U S Steel Pf
Af Ll
Utah Apex Ese Deve
Utah Consol
Utah Cop Co
Utah Met Gl
Ventura Oi
Boston Stocks Prices and Last Sales Report
Boston reports today’s market with highest and lowest prices and the last sales. Details include per-share figures for key stocks and overall movement in the session.
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Boston
Steel earnings roar as 1916 profits leap beyond prior years
United States Steel Corp reports a June quarter net of 81.1 million dollars, far above expectations, implying about 12 dollars per share for common stock. Six months total nears 142 million, with forecast 300 million for 1916 and potential extra dividends beyond the 5 percent regular, as cash piles above 100 million remain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Trust
Woolworth Company
Boston & Maine
Foreign Exchange Market Shows Firmer Tone
The money markets report firmer trading with bankers noting sterling at 4.7614 dollars and 4.7574 dollars on demand. Francs traded at 5.9014 per dollar, marks at 73, guilders 417-16, and lire at 6.44.
Studebaker Presses Earnings At 30 Percent On Common Stock
New York curb reports Studebaker Corporation earning about 30 percent on its $30,000,000 common stock. This excludes any profits from war orders. Last year the firm earned 27.45 percent on the common, including about $13,000,000 from war orders.
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Studebaker Corporation
Bond Market Prices Drift In Uncertain New York Session
The market shows uneven moves with focus on American foreign securities and several 5s and 4s. Names like Mercantile Marine 4 4s, United Railways of San Francisco 4s, and Tennessee Copper 6s appear among active trades as totals show weekly sales around $2.6 million.
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American Foreign Securities
Anglo-lrench
Mercantile Marine
Tennessee Copper
United Railways of
San Francisco
Industrial War Munitions Orders Marked by Large Totals
American Locomotive and American Car & Foundry report multi million dollar shell orders for Britain totaling about 33 million dollars. Over 1.5 million large shells have been distributed in the past week as Am Steel Foundries pursues a duplicate 18 million dollar order. International Mercantile Marine shows six month earnings near 33.5 million with war tax trimming 11 million. United States Smelting posts second quarter net around 3.1 million. Central Leather quarter profits rise to 4.64 million eclipsing last year. James E. Simpson joins Butte-Detroit Copper board. Puget Sound Traction improves to above 3 percent on 13 million preferred stock.
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United States Steel
International Harvester
American Smelting
American Locomotive
Sears Roebuck
Chicago
F. W. Woolworth
New York
Acme Tea Co 1A
Alaska
Juneau
S& Hig Eos
Hide & i
Hide & L Pf
Smelt & R
Baldwin Loco
Eteseees
Ealt Ohio
Balt Ohio Pe
Brunswick
Pacific
Denver & Rio G
Ngny & Rio G
Det Edison Co
Great Britain
American Car & Foundry
American Steel Foundries
United States
Calendar for July 26 tides and celestial notes
Calendar page lists tides at 7 ft 6 in morning and long decrease 35 minutes evening. Notes include sun moon phases, full moons July 14 August 13 September 11, evening Mars and morning Jupiter as celestial markers.
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Mars
Jupiter
Fresh groundfish prices at the pier and fish cargo updates
Prices for groundfish rose with swordfish steady while mackerel arrivals were zero. Wholesale rates listed for hake cod pollock and halibut among others. Vessels carrying haddock cod pollock hake and other species reported arrivals and cargoes at ports, plus notes on steamer schedules and a marine buoy replacement plan.
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Breaker
Haddock
Spray
Ruth
Olivia Sears
Georgiana
Morning Star
Commonwealth
Crest
Evelyn Sears
Esther Gray
Benlee
Cardiff
Baltimore
Fowey
Eng
Portland
United Fruit
Juan
San Domingo
Graves Whistling Bay
Broad Sound
Lucia Porter
St. John
N. B
Tuas Palmas
Canary Islands
Kenwood
Philadelphia
Bahia
United States
Nellie
East Boston
Wilson & Furness Leyland
Anglian
Hoosac Docks
London
Shipping News: Mohawk and Fleet Sail for Atlantic Routes
Coast guard cutter Mohawk with Garden New York and multiple steamers and schooners depart ports including Eastport Portland Nantucket and Rockport while others sail for Prov in Cape Breton Yarmouth and Baltimore. The Ohio and assorted tugs and barges also sail or return, detailing a broad Atlantic and coastal movement.
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Nantucket
New Orleans
Buffalo
New York
Charleston
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pittsburg
Denver
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Des Moines
Ore
Eastport
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Los Angele Baste Hatteras Cieleeseees
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Helena Lethen Beer
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Jacksonville
Washington
Kansas City
Seattle
Coast Guard
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Garden
Prince George
Simms
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Mitchell
St. John
N. B
McDorman
Norfolk
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Crowell
Bay State
Strout
Belfast
Rawley
Bangor
City of Rockland
Linscott
Bath
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Limekin
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Thompson
Gloucester
Fannie Parnell
Long
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Swatara
Phillips
Bethayres
Glendower
Thomaston
Nichols
Pittee
Rockport
Mass
Herbert
West End
F. C. Hersey
Huey
Plymouth
High View
Portsmouth
Perkins
Greenland
Westport
M. Mitchell Davis
Hoyt
Baltimore
United States
Ohio
Provincetown
Anglian
London
Cape Breton
Sidney
C. B
N. C
Hampden
City of Augusta
Savannah
Brandon
Lamberts Point
Juniata
Herman Winter
Hilda Emma
Boothbay Harbor
Albert Baldwin
Nantucket Sound
Cacoosing
Merriam
Silver Brook
Widow recalls husband’s toil over rising coal prices
In a tearful reminiscence a widow says John labored over every downturn. On his last day he fretted about coal price increases of two shillings a ton. A friend consoles that he is now free from such worries. Tit-Bits.
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John
Dean Hole and the Cambridge horticultural show tale
The story recalls Dean Hole and a Cambridge horticultural show suddenly invaded by sweet girl graduates. An executive member tells the supervising lady this is a school for horticulture not husbandry, in a witty clash of roles.
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Dean Hole
England
Cambridge
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