Market Review and Outlook Ahead of Denver Convention
The week saw subdued stock activity as Chicago political conventions influenced sentiment. Taft’s nomination initially pleased markets but drew mixed criticism, while the anti injunction plank and currency reform debate stirred unease among investors. Dividend cuts by rail and steel firms and lighter traffic suggested cautious outlook, with prices in copper and iron holding steady. The money market showed modest rates, and gold stocks in Europe remained high as Russia and Germany affected trade flows. Traders should monitor politics crop data and business signals for future price moves.
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Chicago
Taft
Republican Party
Monetary Commission
Congress
Vanderbilt
Lake Erie & Western
Big Four
Republic Iron & Steel Company
Louisville & Nashville
Baltimore & Ohio
Stock Exchange
Imperial Bank of Germany
Germany
Bank of England
Worcester Girl's Swim Shows Rivalry Settled
Miss Ida Russell of Worcester defeated Miss Reina Hurlburt of Boston in a hastily arranged Lake Quinsigamond cross and return race by 100 yards. The two had not met since a six year old medal race when Hurlburt claimed Russell did not finish.
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Worcester
Ida Russell
Alvarado Avenue
Reina Hurlburt
Boston
Lake Quinsigamond
Miss Russell
Miss Hurlburt
Fainting Incident After Streetcar and Hose Wagon Collision
Mrs. John Connors fainted on Cambridge Street after a collision between Engine Company 6 hose wagon and an inward-bound Western Avenue car. Her baby in her arms remained uninjured. She was revived by a physician. both vehicles suffered no damage and traveled at a slow speed.
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Cambridge Street
John Connors
Tolstoi Works Suppressed by Interior Ministry Censor
The censorship department of the Ministry of the Interior in St. Petersburg has suppressed Count Leo Tolstoi's books on Christianity patriotism and the history of materialism.
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ST. Petersburg
Ministry of the Interior
Leo Tolstoi
Crusade Against Finery Aims to End Silk Petticoats
In St. Louis on June 21 Mrs. Kneffler head of the Woman's Trade Union League warns that the silk petticoat tempts poor girls into ruin. She says the rustle signals luxury and leads to extravagance and suspicion, urging a campaign to ban the garment.
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ST. Louis
Bryan Holds Nomination in Democratic Convention
Washington dispatch says William J. Bryan is poised to control delegates and likely walk over at the Denver convention while a fierce contest develops over the party platform. Bryan intends to draft the platform and select the ticket.
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Washington, D.C
William J.bryan
Denver
Bryan
Bryan poised for nomination as delegates favor him
An impartial tally shows only four states voting and Bryan holding 691 delegates, two thirds of the convention. He needs 672 to secure the nomination, and only his own action could prevent it by forming allies to push for another standard bearer in the name of harmony.
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Montana
Georgia
North Carolina
Vermont
Bryan
Man Mistakes Antiseptic for Root Beer
In a dimly lit room at 2 Fairfield Place Louis Ellison 45 drank antiseptic thinking it was root beer. His wife called a doctor and he was taken to the Relief Station where his name is listed as in danger.
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Fairfield Place
Louis Ellison
Ellison
Lend a Hand Record and Dr Hale Memorial in Boston
The Lend a Hand Record founded in 1886 under editor Dr Edward Everett Hale is highlighted as a major Boston religious journal with worldwide readership. The piece notes its non denominational reach, support from various denominations, missionary interest, and efforts to fund an endowment memorial for Hale on his Sth birthday with nearly 50000 assured.
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The
Lend A Hand Record
Lend A Hand Society
Edward Everett Hale
the Record
Record
Hale
Beacon Street
Lend-A-Hand Record
Tufts Professor Charles C Bray Resigns after 39 Years of Service
Professor Charles Curtin Bray, 39 year veteran of Tufts University in mechanical and civil engineering, resigns to devote time to travel and private research. Born in Valley Falls Rhode Island and Brown graduate 1864 he led in Annapolis Naval Academy class and served on public commissions. He helped Tufts grow from 60 students and six professors to its current size.
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Charles Curtin Bray
Tufts
Bray
Valley Falls
R. I
Brown University
Rhode Island Volunteers
Annapolis Naval Academy
United States
Boston Societyf Civil Engineers
The
American Society of Mechanical Engineers
Association For the Advancement of Engineering Education
American Society of Naval Engineers
Utah Consolidated Mining Co Declares 0.50 Dividend
At a June 17 1908 board meeting of the Utah Consolidated Mining Company of New Jersey a dividend of fifty cents per share on the capital stock was declared payable July 15 1908 to stockholders of record June 23 1908 at 3 PM. Stock transfer books close June 23 1908 at 8 PM and reopen July 2 1908 at 9 AM.
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Amalgamated Adventure
Allénez
Arcadian
Arizona
Atlantic Eevee
Bingham Eee
Broston Consol
Boston & Corbin
Butte
Cal & Hecla
Elm River
Franklin
la Salle
Michigan
Montana Coal
Nevada
Osceola
Quincy
Rhode Island
Santa Fe
Shannon
Tamarack
United Copper Ee
U S
Coal & Oil
Utah Consol
Victoria
Utah Copper
Winona Ee
Utah Consolidated Mining CO
Broadway
New York
Utah Consolidated Mining Company of New Jersey
P. Addicks
Unions Probe Boston Schoolhouse Commission Role in Repairs
Finance Commission probes the Boston Schoolhouse Commission over school repairs costs versus private party work. The inquiry links contractors and party affiliations, with Labor unions opposing Mayor Hibbard’s appointees and calling for practical builders and architects on the panel.
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Finance Commission
Boston Schoolhouse Commission
Schoolhouse Commission
Hibbard
Metcalf & Eddy
Messrs. Logue and Mullen
Messrs. Noyes and Bell
Boston
John F. Kennedy
Boston Central Labor Union
Kennedy
Sheet Metal Workers’ Union
Noyes
Bell
Fitzgerald
Sanity Returns for Minister Killed by Firing Squad
The Rev Valentine Strauss of the German Evangelical Church near Hermann Missouri died after a two month homicidal mania. He fired at random injuring four before being killed by a mob of armed locals at Staple and Knieche. In his final moments he prayed for his killers and forgave them.
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Hermann, Mo
Aozen
Valentine Strauss
German Evangelical Church
Mr. Strauss
Staple
Here
Fredericksburg
Max Knieche
Strauss
Knieche
Stabbing Incident Interrupts Cambridge Night
John McCarthy of 13 Hunting Street was attacked on Cambridge Street near Windsor Street by an Armenian man asking for a match. He was cut on the left arm. Officer Donohue arrived and the assailant fled, McCarthy taken to Cambridge Relief Hospital.
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Cambridge
John McCarthy
Hunting Street
McCarthy
Cambridge Street
Winsor Street
Donohue
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Women rise in industry threaten home and family bonds
Rev. A A Berle argues that women's entry into industrial life endangers domestic life and the family idea. He predicts vast social changes if women move into politics and wage work, noting shifts in medicine and law and a masculine age spirit diminishing female religious devotion.
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A. A. Berle
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General Electric
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Big Rock Island
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South Pacific
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Union Pacific
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Tolstoi
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Dr. Hale
Park Street
Prof. Bray
Boston Daily Curb Reporter
Old South Building
A. D. F. Adams
Fort Hill
State St
Curtis, B’way and
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Eureka Common
Eureka Mines Common
Eureka Mine’ Common
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Copeland
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Gallagher
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Louis M. Granat
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Ten Bick
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Big Beauty
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National Federation of Women’s Clubs
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NEW England Street Railway Club
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Atlantic Ave
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Pemberton
Gen. Mer
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