Answers to Inquiries Column in the Boston Post
Readers are invited to submit questions about listed and unlisted stocks and bonds of New England industrials, utilities, banks, and mills. Financial editor will answer impartially from trustworthy data but will not guarantee accuracy or predict market moves. Include full name and street address. mail to Financial Editor Boston Post Boston Mass.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Inquirer
Boston
Mass
Market Review and Outlook Shapes Up Weak Economic Signals
The column analyzes last week’s price surge breaking a long decline, the bond market’s modest strength, and the need for a healthier foundation before a stock bull run. It notes banks’ cohesion after past panics, tariff and currency reforms, and that improvements will be gradual as overexpansion is corrected.
Investment Q and A on Railroad Notes and Stocks
Readers ask about risk of Boston & Maine and Missouri Pacific notes with high yields. Answers flag substantial risk, potential receivership, and need to raise funds. Also praised Indiana Steel and Massachusetts Gas bonds as high grade. Comparisons of Miami Copper and Ray Consolidated explain yields, life, and assets. Coverage on United States Metal Products explains recent price decline and cautious buying due to limited earnings history.
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Boston & Maine
Missouri Pacific
W. E. Pawtucket
R. I
St. Louis
San Francisco
Indiana Steel
Massachusetts Gas
P. J. Centreville
Mass
United Sates Steel Corporation
Gary
Miami
Ray Consolidated
Ray
United States
Dividend Notice No 47 of Title Insurance Company
Dividend No 47 will be payable August 1. Henry H Edes, Treasurer, 16 State Street, 16 July 1914.
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Ineers Title Insurance Company
State Street
Wenry H, Edes
Treasureston
Questionable assets weigh down a troubled company
A badly financed organization carries cash with securi ties investments debts receivable and inventory totaling 2 000 000 while floating debt stands at 1 175 000 with no dispute over that amount The stock declines reflect general market pressure plus specific causes and the overall condition makes the preferred dividend insecure A reader in Maine asks about Wolverine and Providence Coal Company as to value future ore life and creditor plans with terse replies indicating foreclosure abandonment and uncertain prospects
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United States Metal Products Company
D. E. Auburn
Calendar for Today and Dividend Notes
Thomas G. Plant Co. common 3 percent and preferred 1 percent. Utah Cons. Mag. 50 cents. Ex Dividend Electrical Securities Corp. preferred 1 percent. Books do not close.
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Thomas G. Plant Co
Utah
Dying Property Threatens Wolverine Investments
The article notes a liquidation proposition with an estimated life of eight to ten years. The realization of this fact has driven price declines alongside the broader drop in security values. Investors are cautioned against buying a dying asset, despite Wolverine interests considering acquiring other properties to extend its life.
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Wolverine
Soldiers Ready for War Game at Titicut Camp
Soldiers from the Eighth Regiment and various Massachusetts units arrived by train and electric cars near Titicut and Middleboro for a preliminary encampment. Adjutant General Pearson outlined four days of regimental drill, camp organization, and daily progress reports as 6000 troops prepare for the final maneuvers.
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Boston
Titicut
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Middleboro
Second Corps
New Bedford
Fairhaven
Mattapoisett
Mattapoisett Neck
Pearson
Ganization
Cavalry Starts Tour From Armories to Trains
Four troops of cavalry under Major Charles A. Schmitz entrained for the South Boston field tour from Middleboro camp. They succeed Battery A of the First Battalion Field Artillery, Captain Richard K. Hale, which returned yesterday. Troop A the National Lancers and the governor’s esco Tenney rode from their Bulfinch street quarters. Troop B under Captain J A L Blake left Irvington street for the train in South Boston. Troop C led by Captain T. Gallup came from North Cambridge and Troop D from Rexbury, all riding out as horses were loaded onto trains.
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Charles A. Schmitz
South Boston
Middleboro
Field Artillery
Richard K. Hale
National Lancers
Esco Tenney
John
Bulfinch Street
J. A.L. Blake
Irvington m
Boston
T. Gallup
North Cambridge
Rexbury
Lynn Woman Takes Poison In Desperate Act
Lena O'Shea a 19 year old wife of Patrick O'Shea of 44 Mulberry Street Lynn swallowed a corrosive sublimate tablet at home in a suicide attempt. She had been despondent and ill for some time. At Lynn Hospital she is expected to recover. A stomach pump was used to remove the poison after groans alerted others in the house.
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Lena O’shea
Patrick O'Shea
Mulberry Street
Lynn
Lynn Hospital
Oldest Harvard physician Dr Oliver Brewster Taylor dies
Hartford July 27 Dr Oliver Brewster Taylor nearly 94 died at his home of old age. He was the oldest living Harvard Medical School alumnus from the class of 1842 for three years. He directed the Mayflower lineage and helped compile the Brewster genealogy.
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Hartford
Conn
Oliver Brewster Taylor
Harvard Medical School
Brewster
Forecaster Smith Reinstated After Suspension
Washington July 27 J Warren Smith weather forecaster at Columbus who was suspended last month for alleged help in Willis L Moore’s campaign for Secretary of Agriculture has been restored to duty. Charges deemed insufficient.
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Washington
J. Warren Smith
Columbus
Willis L. Moore
Bureau
Agriculture
Labor Meeting News: Labor Leaders Snub Governor
Boston labor leaders announce no Governor Foss review of the Labor Day parade. In talks among union officials the parade may not pass the State House, with plans to route via an alternate street. Two large divisions form the parade led by the Central Labor Union and the building trades department.
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Foss
Boston
Organized Labor
State House
Mass Labor Day Parade in Boston Tops 95,000 Expected
Unions plan a massive Labor Day march in Boston with about 95 000 participants. Hyde Park strikers from the Sturtevant Blower and Becker Milling Machine plants are expected to lead with 1500 strows and banners. Governor Foss may be ignored by some if the State House is passed.
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Sturtevant Blower Company
Becker Milling Machine Company
Hyde Park
State House
Tremont Street
Beacon Street
State Capitol
City Hall
Fitzgerald
Boston
Boston Central Labor Union
Wells Memorial Building
Barbers Union Plans Floats for Labor Day Parade
Boston Barbers' Union 182 A F of L will march in the Labor Day parade with two floats one an up to date shop and one an old time shop. A Labor Day committee meeting is set for tomorrow night as about 70 new members may be admitted and most shop owners have signed the union agreement cutting weekly working time by eight hours. A few members remain on strike.
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Boston Barbers’ Union 182
A. F. of L
Labor Day Committee
Saybers’ Union
Boston
Typographical Union votes to reconsider Labor Day parade
Boston Typographical Union No. 13 met at Faneuil Hall and voted to reconsider marching on Labor Day. Members were asked to line up for a strong display of organized labor with floats and other features expected in the parade, reflecting its past reputation.
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Boston Typographical Union No. 13
Faneuil Hall
New Banner Unveiled for Labor Day Parade by Union 5572
At Boston and Maine Freight Handlers Union 5572 meeting held yesterday final parade plans were set. A new banner costing 12 dollars is secured and will be displayed next Wednesday night at Hibernian Hall Charlestown the union headquarters.
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Boston & Maine Freight Handlers’ Union 5572
Hibernian
Freight Handlers Group Plans Labor Day Parade
Local Union 80 representing Boston and Albany workers met at Appleton Hall chaired by President Jeremiah O'Brien. Members voted to join a Labor Day parade with Freight Handlers’ Unions 5572 and 70.
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Boston & Albany
Appleton Hall
Jeremiah O’brien
Labor unions report and fraud warning in Boston area
Leather Handlers Local 14 102 met with about 100 members in Blatchford Hall. five new members were initiated and officers reported satisfactorily. Freight Handlers Local 70 announced Thanksgiving Hall event in Paine Memorial Hall with committee members named. A fakir soliciting ads for a souvenir programme is deemed fraudulent. warning issued to the public. Charlestown Longshoremen's Union received reports from delegates at recent conventions and instructed action on Labor Day parade participation.
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A. K
Blatchford Hall
New York, Newen & Hartford Railroad
Paine Memorial Hall
Jere Murray
Cornelius
International
Atlantic Coast District
Boston
O Callaghan Irish Leader Dies Amid Faneuil Hall Tribute
Obituary notes the death of John O Callaghan an Irish leader and longtime secretary of the United Irish League. He inspired conventions and worked with Redmond Ryan and Fitzpatrick forming a Washington era triumvirate. His 1907 Ireland tour and lecture boosted aid and belief Home Rule would come within three years. He was beloved in the newspaper trade for fairness and modesty.
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Faneuil Hall
John O'Callaghan
United Irish League
John KE. Redmond
Michael J. Ryan
League
John O’callaghan
T. B. Fitzpatrick
Ireland
John E. Redmond
Joseph Devlin
Life of John O'Callaghan in America and Press Career
The narrative covers John O Suppressed by surveillance, he joined the Boston Globe in 1887 as private secretary to the managing editor before staff work. He covered William E Russell's gubernatorial campaigns, aided George Fred Williams campaigns, and handled major court cases like Trefethen and Bram. He maintained strong ties to Irish affairs amid evolving political leagues.
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John O'Callaghan
America
Boston Globe
William E. Russell
Nivesell
George Fred Williams
Trefethen
Bram
Riot at Marble Arch end Hyde Park disrupts suf fragette meetings
July 27 London riotous scenes at Marble Arch Hyde Park as suf fragette meetings end in confrontation. A speaker strikes a heckler prompting the mob to surge the platform. Police intervene to shield women and disperse the crowd. All meetings in the park are broken up.
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London
Marble Arch
Hyde Park
Four Foreign Laborers Die In Flat Car Wreck At Newark
Four foreign laborers on the West Nutley branch of the Urie railroad were killed when a flat car overturned on a curve. Several others were buried and injured, with workers engaged in ballasting at the scene.
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Newark
N. J
West Nutley
Urie
Torpedo Boat Rodgers Freed After Food and Water Shortage
The Massachusetts Near Militia sailors marooned Saturday night and Sunday when the torpedo boat Rodgers grounded on a shoal near Horseshoe Reet of Nix's Mate returned to Boston last night. They had survived on a scanty fare of soft shelled crabs and clams dug at low tide while stranded.
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Nix
Massachusetts
United States
Rodgers
Boston
Boston Harbor
Tort Strong
Rodgers Rescued From Nix’s Mate After Harsh Harbor Adventure
The Rodgers was driven aground on Nix’s Mate while returning from an inspection tour with Massachusetts militia aboard. A navy tug eventually freed the torpedo boat, and she docked at the navy yard after dark. Crew endured a day of improvised rations and trench practice as tides and steering faults trapped the vessel.
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Rodgers
Uss
Sioux
Navy Yard
Massachusetts Naval Militia
Governor Foss
Pemberton
Boston
Nix
Thank Mayor for Pay Rise at City Union Meeting
Sanitary and Street Cleaning Department Employees' Union 149 met in Dexter Hall to thank Mayor Fitzgerald for raising city labor pay to 2.50 per day. The group planned a Caledonian Grove outing with free admission for children with parents, plus a sports program and entertainment.
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Union 149
Dexter Hall
Fitzgerald
Caledonian Grove
West Roxbury
W. P. Gleaney
A. F P. of L
Fall River
Garrett Fitzgerald
Plow Corn in the Heavens Cited at Mooseheart Cornerstone
Vice-President Thomas R. Marshall told about 20 000 people at Mooseheart Illinois that the sign P C in the heavens can mean plow corn not preach Christ while addressing the crowd at the cornerstone laying for a 5 million dollar industrial school and home for orphans and the aged to be built by the Loyal Order of the Moose.
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Aurora, .I
P. Cc
Thomas R. Marshall
Mooseheart
Loyal Order of the Moose
Mrs Brown and Mrs Green Talk Across the Fence
Fragments describe Mrs Brown and Mrs Green conversing across a fence with light chatter about pigs and a person named Teun. The text hints at Mrs Brown’s connection to someone “out of the sea” and a cryptic line about “Mre.” with unclear context and numbers.
Boy says man gave liquor after stairs fall
Robert Menkes seven of 4 Flag Street South End was injured after allegedly drinking liquor from a bottle given by a man outside his home. He fell on the front stairs at City Hospital suffering a fractured left arm and a gash on the head.
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Robert Menkes
Flagg Street
South End
Robert
Train stopping bridge finds unidentified body at water
Engineer John H. Brady of the Boston Revere Beach Lynn road stopped his train on the Wood Island bridge late last night and recovered the body of a man about 80 years old from the water. The identity could not be learned.
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Wood Island Bridge
John H. Brady
Boston, Revere Beach & Lynn Road
Harvard Men Plan Dinner for President Lowell in London
July 27 London report says Harvard graduates in London will host a dinner for President A Lawrence Lowell. About seven Harvard alumni will attend and many visiting Harvard men will join the reception in his honor.
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London
A. Lawrence Lowell
Harvard
Lowell
Fay Life Saver Saves Drowning Woman at Nantasket Beach
Gillette Safety Razor Company treasurer F S Fay rescued Hannah Pendergast, a domestic, from drowning off Nantasket Beach yesterday. Pendergast swam out beyond her depth at Kenderma before Fay plunged in without delay and brought her to shore. Dr. Sturgiss was notified for further aid.
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F. S& Fay
Gillette Safety Razor Company
Nantasket Beach
Hannah Pendergast
Miss Pendergast
Kenderma
Mr. Fay
Ashorp
Sturgiss
Miter Orkestes Aie
Death notices and funeral notices from Boston area
Deaths and funerals for Joseph Carline Catherine Carney Charles Coakley George Curran Patrick Dooley John Joseph Fallon William Foley Bridget Goode David Hurley Annie Jones George Marshal Margarett Murray Catherine Nolan Francis Quinn William Rooney Mary Spencer Mary Sullivan Delia Sullivan Chester Lindquist memorial note from Winthrop provide dates and locations for services, residences, church names, and interment details.
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Carney
Lawrence
Catherine E
John W. Carney
Mehan
Winthrop Ave
South Lawrence
St. Patrick’s Church
Abington
South Station
Worcester
Brockton
Coakley
Boston
Charles Coakley
North End
William B. de
Webster St
St. Margaret's Church
Division 13
Fallon
Roxbury
John Joseph
Margaret Fallon
Sharkey
Thomas Fallon
Conant St. Pl
Conant St
Mission Church
New York
East Cambridge
William J
Peter
Frances Foley
Goode
Bridget
Thomas Goode
Dolan
Newbern St
St. Francis de Sales’ Church
Hurley
Charlestown
David J. Hurley
Mary A. Hurley
O'Regan
Lynde Aye
Main St
Tuesda
St. Mary’s Church
Warren St
Jones
Annie C
Henry W. Jones
Melean
John Skillings
Union St
Brooklyn
Marshal
George W. Marshal
School St
Murray
Somerville
John J. Nolan
Washington Ave
Chelsea
Catherine F
Alfred J. Sullivan
Enwright
Medford St
St. Francis de Sales Church
Sullivan
Chocorua
N. St
Delia Sullivan
Sylvester
Mary Sullivan
Sculley
Jeremiah O'Leary
Carroll St
St. E'S Church
Sweny
Revere
Dorothy
Charles F
Mary
Farren
Yrs
Beach St
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Brown Brothers & CO
State St
Brown, Shipley & CO
West End
Pall Nail, S. W
Wiscasset
Rhode Island Coal
Providence Coal Company
Cohasset
Electrical Securities Corp
Paul H. Roberts
Cavalry
Smith
Labor Meeting News
Central Labor Union Division
Building Trades Department
Barbers
Boston Union 13
B. A
LABOR
O’callaghan
United Irish League of America
Purdy
Confidence
Marshall
Carline
Joseph P
Charles P
Jennie Carline
Chester
Gustaf Lindquist
Winthrop
U. S
Aswan An
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