Market Review and Outlook Amid Steel Price Slashes
Market reviews note that price reductions on steel bars and plates signal broader shifts in demand. Opinions split on whether cuts will boost trade, with some fearing breach of agreements. Despite mixed views, manufacturers push curtailment to prevent surplus, while stock markets face swings ahead of political conventions. Bonds from Union Pacific suggest potential near term bullishness, though harvest, liquidity, and election factors add uncertainty.
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Ntl
United Eel Corporation
Nce
Steel Corporation
Union Pacific
Drowning Tragedy After Canoe Ride On Lake
Four girls and a boy drowned after a canoe trip to Blake Island when stones shifted weight and the craft sank. They paddled between Rostrevors and Tatassit Club houses, with nearby boats failing to aid promptly as the canoe overturned.
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Blake Island
Farwell
Rostrevors
Tatassit
Yale Senior Drowned After Canoe Accident at Stony Creek
An overturned canoe was found at Stony Creek with unconscious Yale Law School junior A. W. Ruff strapped to it. Ruff, of Schenectady, New York, later revived briefly but his body was not recovered. Fellow Yale undergraduates involved included George Catlin, 21, of New Haven, and W. W. Sparhawk and H. H. Burroughs.
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Stony Creek
A. W. Ruff
Schenectady
N. Y
Yale Law School
George Catlin
Yale
W. W. Sparhawk
West Swansea
N. H
H. H. Burroughs
Campens
Catlin
Burroughs
Sparhawk
Ruff
Post Crusade Provides Shelter At L Street Bath
Seven thousand people received accommodations at the L street bath as part of the Post crusade. Clothes closets were made available and the formal opening is scheduled for next Sunday.
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the Post
L Street
Bath house opens with heavy Sunday crowds
Early morning crowds of men and boys rushed to the bath house with Superintendent Kelly overseeing five assistants. Towels were sold and beachgoers praised the concession from the Post as thousands flocked to the water from dawn to night. Next Sunday the bath will run in full with extra towels and keys prepared for demand.
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Bath
Kelly
Fine list of horse entries at Brookline meeting
The Country Club race meeting features flat races from half a mile to a mile, with a strong entry list for galloway events and a one mile race. Eager owners shipping runners include J Ambrose Clark J Watson Webb Henry J Morris George J Potter Grosvenor Farm Stables A J D Paul H Dulaney E J Hogan Hampton Stables and Tom Mannix.June 17 offers galloway back welterweight and handicap races alongside two steeplechases daily and three on the final day.
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Country Club
Brookline
J. Ambrose Clark
J. Watson Webb
Henry J. Morris
George J. Potter
Grosvenor Farm Stables
A. J. D. Paul
H. Dulaney
E. J. Hogan
Hampton Stables
Tom Mannix
Two More Drownings At Worcester
Worcester reports the drowning of 16 year old Wilfred Duquette of 3 Grand Street Place at Coes Reservoir. Police continue salvage operations for the missing child, the daughter of Carl Carlson of Huntington Avenue, last seen near the pond at 6 p.m. and believed in the same waters.
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Worcester
Wilfred Duquette
Joseph Duquette
Grand Street Place
Coes Reservoir
Oldest Augustinian Brother Lawrence Dies in Lawrence
Lawrence, oldest known Augustinian in the United States, died today at St. Marys parochial residence. Born March 2 1809 in Callan Ireland, he joined the order at 38 and came to Villa Nova Penn in 1849. He settled in Lawrence in 1871 serving as sexton bell ringer carpenter gardener furnace man sacristan and school discipline figure.
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Lawrence
United States
St. Mary’s
Callan
County Kilkenny
Ireland
Kelly
Villa Nova
Penn
Villa Nova College
Father Calvary
Springfield
St. Mary’s Church
Found Dead in Elevator Well at Cambridge Building
William Day 40 of 64 Brookline Street Cambridgeport was found dead in the elevator shaft of a new Cambridge building under construction by the Lydian Confectionery Company on State Street where he worked as watchman. Two workmen discovered the body and notified police. Day leaves a widow and two children.
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William Day
Brookline Street
Cambridgeport
Lydian Confectionery Company
State Street
Cambridge
Clarence E. McCloskey
Thomas Simmons
Conlon
Station 2
Litchfield
Day
Tornado Ravages Charles City Iowa Demolishes 200 Buildings
A tornado struck Charles City causing widespread destruction with about 200 buildings leveled. W. R. Beck and a child were killed, three children are missing, and telephone wires are down. details of rural damage are limited.
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Charles City
Iowa
W. R. Beck
Massachusetts Delegation Prepares for Denver Convention Trip
Preparations for the Massachusetts delegation to the Democratic convention in Denver on July 7 are stalled with at least two weeks needed. The route is set but turnout remains uncertain, with some Bryan leaders claiming 60 or more. If counts fall short, railroads may pull in New England members. many old-guard leaders plan to stay home. Four at large delegates look likely to attend, bar John B. Moran, and the group will pick a national committeeman on the Denver train.
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Denver
Massachusetts
Transportation Committee
New England
William A. Gaston
Charles 8. Hamlin
John A. Sullivan
Nathan Matthews
James Donovan
Martin Lomasney
J. F. Fitzgerald
Kelcher
Gallivan
Boston
John B. Moran
Market Slumps as Dockside Trade Skips with Scarce Bait
The water front at T wharf opens with low activity as dogfish depredations and bait shortages dry up fish fares. Groundfish and mackerel arrivals push totals to 543000 pounds, including haddock and cod, signaling lower prices. Port shipping, charters fade, and several vessels wait for work while major liners and tug contracts loom.
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T Wharf
Flora S. Nickerson
Jessie Costa
Mary Santos
Milk train wreck halts Boston & Maine line in Salisbury
A milk train backing onto a misaligned switch collided with a standing empty train, derailing three rear cars and two flats and destroying them. The collision tied up the main line from 6:30 to 10 o'clock, delaying traffic in Salisbury.
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Salisbury
Boston & Maine Railroad
Doctor Revives Woman by Restarting Stopped Heart
New York June 7. Dr J Sherman Wight of Brooklyn restored a heartbeat in a woman whose heart had ceased. Respiration lasted three days from last Wednesday to Saturday. If pneumonia had not developed after lungs were uncovered, recovery was thought possible.
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New York
J. Sherman Wight
Brooklyn
Desertion Divorce Suit in Suffolk Court Seeks Decree
Grace D P Bryers of Boston files for divorce from George E Bryers after three years of desertion dating from June 2 1904. Libel invites response with notice by Boston Post publication and registered mail before the first July 1908 court session.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Superior Court
Suffolk
Boston
Grace
George E. Bryers
Harwich
Mass
George FE. Bryers
Grace D. Bryers
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
County of
Boston Post
Francis A. Campbell
George P. Drury
Shipping News Mini Almanac for June 8
The miniature almanac records sun rise at 4 07 am and set at 7 19 pm with a day length of 115 hours 12 minutes and moon set at 1 02 am. High water occurs at 6 00 am and 6 30 pm for June 8.
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Ose
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Great Nor Pref
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St Paul Eeene
Southern Ry
Gai RE
South Pacific
U S
U S Steel
Union Pacific
Eeese
Western Union
Secretary Elihu Root Arrives in Boston for Visit
Secretary of State Elihu Root landed in Boston from Washington about 7 39 yesterday morning and checked at Hotel Somerset. He had breakfast there and spoke with Lt. U S Grant Jr a son of General Ulysses S Grant. Grant is stationed at a Boston harbor fort. Root met friends in the afternoon and stayed overnight.
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Elihu Root
Boston
Washington
Somerset
U. S. Grant, Jr
Regular Army
Fred Grant
Grant
Boston Harbor
Mr. Root
Death by Own Action Believed To Be Suicide in Mansfield
William Dg Wiley a 41 year old Mansfield resident ended his life by hanging in his barn. His wife found the body after a noon return from a drive with his wife and children. He left six children aged six months to 12. He had worries over being called as a witness in a liquor selling case.
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Mansfield
William Dg. Wiley
Tie
Wiley
Auction of Ground in South Boston by Mortgagee
Mortgagee South Boston Savings Bank will sell at public auction on July 2 1908 at 3 PM the premises conveyed by a 1890 mortgage to Peter B Corbett and Mary F Corbett. The property lies along Gold Street with surrounding parcels and two five foot wide passageways. A $100 cash deposit is required at sale with balance due in ten days.
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West End Street Railway Company
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Ghee
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South Boseton
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Henry Gardner
Barr
Fourth Street
Edward J. Barton
Neponset Ave
Dorchester
Mary Nash
Elizabeth Nash
Anastasia Nash
Eben Tolman
Neponset Avenue
John G. Wood
Edward H. Barton
G. C. Jdrrell
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Eagh
Rogers Dow
State St
Mass
Sherife
New England Store Warehouse Company
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