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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1918
Page
10
New England public service commissioners met in Boston and agreed on changes they will ask the federal railroad administration to require in the proposed higher freight rates for New England. They decided the details would not be released publicly until formally communicated to Director General McAdoo.
Geneva July 26 announces 30 army deaths from Spanish flu with hospitals overcrowded and severe doctor and nurse shortages. civilian toll not yet published.
Total sales in New York reached 316 000 shares and Boston 13 506. Most active issue in New York was Steel at 121 600 shares and in Boston Swift at 1501 shares. Year to date totals show New York 80 774 636 shares and Boston 1 916 460 shares, versus last year’s 191 861 000 in New York and 3 839 385 in Boston.
New York activity in July 26 began quiet with irregular trading as war rumors faded. Banks favored policy hopes, call money eased while time funds stayed scarce. United States Steel led gains with 108 3-8, others like Bethlehem and Utah Copper rose. rails were listless and total volume 335,000 shares.
Boston market exhibits firmer tone guided by New York activity with gains in Greene-Cananea Mohawk and Osceola. Swift and Fairbanks lead advances as Utah Consolidated sues Utah Apex Mining for at least 500000 in trespass damages linked to the Yampa Extension claim. National Conduit & Cable runs its brass plant near full capacity with 3000 employees and room for 700 more, largely from government orders.
Boston on July 26 reports daily stock quotes with high and low prices and net changes from the prior close. The brief snapshot lists leading stock movements and market directions for investors.
July 26 figures show current loans rates 54 to 6 percent for brokers and outside brokers call loans. Customers commercial loans and collateral loans listed at 6 percent. commercial paper and year money at 6 percent. Federal Reserve Rediscounts indicate 15 days or less at unspecified rate and 16 to 90 days at 8 percent. bar silver prices noted in New York and London with Mexican dollars.
Investors priced in optimistic war talk Thursday. Allied progress aided shares with United States Steel lifting to 1083-8 and closing near 1077-8. Public utilities and copper drifted. railroads steadied awaiting government contract wording. postal service concerns weighed on wire stocks.
The Fourth Liberty Loan future issue around five or six billion dollars prompts debate over whether it should bear 4 1 2 or 4 1 4 percent interest. Railroads face government negotiations delaying current disbursements. St Paul and New Haven notes mature in 1919, with April peak. Corn Products reports six month earnings of 7.13 million after heavy taxes, while Virginia Carolina Chemical enjoys strong fertilizer and cotton oil profits and predicts earnings growth. Aetna Explosives May losses projected. June earnings expected near 0.8 million before tax.
The article explains a sugar free method to preserve blueberries and other produce by dehydration at home. Mrs. T. D. Paul showcases lifting water from fruit to keep flavor with minimal packing while drying on a rack. Rehydration restores texture for pastry or serving with cream and sugar.
Felix Kazakenza a farmhand of Maplewood Malden is under arrest at Malden police station in connection with yesterday morning s fire at the Shick barn. Police say they will charge him with arson and the damage is estimated at 1000 dollars.
The State Food Administration issued prevailing market prices for household needs. Abundant items include beets carrots cucumbers green beans wax beans and normal items list cabbage potatoes cantaloupes peaches and summer squash while onions spinach shell beans and berries are marked scarce.
U. S. Bureau of Markets releases retail price data on cotton markets with figures from Massa region. Observers note fluctuations in daily prices and regional demand shifts affecting fiber costs.
Ensign John F. Bagley, former Constitutional Convention member, has been commissioned in naval aviation. A commemorative dinner will honor his new post and service.
Ensign John F. Begley former member of the Constitutional Convention from Holyoke who has just received his naval flight commission will be guest of honor at a complimentary dinner hosted by prominent Bostonians at the City Club next Monday night before departing for duty.
The entry lists numbered war days and year progress numbers. It notes tide heights of 10 feet in morning and 10 feet 5 inches in evening. Full moons and new moons are given for August through November. Evening stars Saturn and Mars appear, morning stars Jupiter and Venus are listed.
Over the past week 1.5 million pounds more groundfish arrived than the corresponding week in 1917. Total so far this week 2,978,560 pounds, vs 1,483,490 last year. Yesterday 54,000 pounds of groundfish, plus 145,000 pounds of mackerel and 322 pounds of swordfish. Ex vessel prices listed for haddock cod pollock hake mackerel swordfish halibut. Arrivals include haddock largescale cod and pollock with figures for Dawn Atwood and left over Friday noted.
The Rev Henry Francis Smith pastor of the Congregational Church of West Medford serving as a YMCA worker in France risked his life to feed and supply American soldiers in the trenches during the Franco American offensive at Chateau Thierry according to a cable to the National War Work Council.
Premier Lloyd George stated the government will deem any worker absent from munitions jobs from Monday onward as having voluntarily left the munitions industries.
The premier warned that protection certificates would lapse and workers risk the military service act, forcing noncompliant men into the army.Trade unions urged a return to work amid calls from discharged soldiers supporting Churchill. Leeds engineering conference voted to strike unless skilled-worker embargo is lifted, signaling defiance of government policy. Telegraphed support and opposition flowed from Lincoln to Derby as labor leaders sought a settlement.
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