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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1913
Page
16
A brief notice announces a west end office catering to travelers seeking special convenience. Details indicate location and available services, with emphasis on passenger access and timetables. Official agency names and dates are not specified in readable text.
Readers are invited to submit questions about listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds. The column promises impartial answers based on trustworthy data but will not guarantee accuracy or market predictions. Submit full name and street address to FINANCIAL EDITOR, Boston Post, Boston, Mass.
An 1913 column reaffirms wariness about North Butte stock due to lack of publicity from 1909 to 1910 as prices fell from eight to eighteen dollars. It notes later claims of larger ore reserves, a four dollar per share profit in 1912, and very bright prospects but advises skepticism.
The market drifted near last week’s highs with only a fractional advance after a five point rally in railroad stocks. A key selloff followed the Interstate Commerce Commission’s refusal to grant a 56 percent rate increase for Eastern lines, while bank clearings remained positive despite mixed outlooks for rail earnings.
Final installment of fifteen cents a share has been called on Raven Copper Company stock payable at the International Trust Co. 45 Milk St. Boston on or before June 25 1913. Certificates must be presented for indorsement at payment time.
Cities Service Company plans a public offering of 2 million dollars of seven per cent five year convertible coupon notes at par, redeemable at 102, with conversion into six per cent preferred stock. The issue backs by substantial equity, earnings rising, and sizable surplus as of May 31, 1913, with the company showing strong growth and no bonded debt.
Calendar lists dividends payable for Calumet and Ariz Quincy Mag Superior and Pitts Amer Agriculture Chem Amer oolon Boston and War Elec Davol Interborough Lanston Monotype National Licorice Poent Western Elec Western Ohio Ry with several dates in parentheses. Note that books do not close and several entries show payables on July and June dates.
Massachusetts militia officers at the West Barnstable camp protest the strenuous duties of the officers school. Several men threaten to file reports against the school conduct, as tensions rise over the workload and discipline.
A devastating Montreal blaze today killed four firemen and left three others hospitalized. The fire gutted the Itzweire & Sarazin sash and blind factory and the City Ice Company warehouse, with other buildings damaged. It began from a match or cigarette tossed near wood shavings.
A meeting of the Ironworkers Union of Boston will be held tonight at 995 Washington Street to decide actions in response to shop owners’ refusal to meet the demand for shorter hours.
Twenty new members were admitted at an open meeting of Leather Handlers Union 14102 yesterday afternoon. Speakers included Julius Freedman of the Cap Makers Union Frank McCarthy of the A F L Harry Jennings of the Teamsters Union and Charles Morris of the Hatters Union.
In Groton a liquor raid on a boarding house sparked a two and a half hour melee involving 75 police and an equal number of foreign workers and women. Four men were arrested as leaders and jailed for assaulting officers and disturbing the peace. Two kegs of beer were seized.
Chief of Police John H. Riley and one constable led a raid on a boarding house. Officers encountered heavy resistance from laborers, forcing retreat as the confrontation escalated and crowd actions continued.
Secretary Wilson took full responsibility for delaying the Diggs Caminetti trial amid sensational charges. He said he urged postponement to allow Commissioner-General Caminetti to orient himself with immigration duties and attend his son’s trial, framing the move as in the public service interest.
The Boston and Maine trackmen in the terminal division are expected to settle their nearly two month strike within a few days. International vice president M. J. White reports individual strikers are being offered the rate of pay they struck for, $1.90 per day for 10 hours with double time on Sundays overtime and time and a half for holiday work.
Ossining N Y June 22 The siren at Sing Sing signalled the escape of two trusties Maurice Clifford and William Forbes from the prison tonight Both men from near New York were serving two to four year terms for burglary and were on duty near the warden's house as they slipped away at dusk and fled toward the railway tracks A large force of keepers hunted for them and police in nearby areas were notified.
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