Finance Commission Needs More Money for Metro Investigations
The Boston Finance Commission says it will not pursue investigations of metropolitan commissions without a larger budget. Chairman John A. Sullivan notes the current $25 000 appropriation is insufficient to hire engineers and experts for such inquiries under the new charter act.
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New Finance Commission
Metropolitan Commissions
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John A. Sullivan
Boston
Metropolitan Water Commission
Gay & Sturgis
Houghton
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Winona
King Philip
Calendar for Today in Rail and Steel Firms
Books close United States Cast Iron Pipe and Foundry preferred. Books open Chesapeake and Ohio. Meetings Kansas City Southern. Natl Enamel and Stamping.
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United States Cast Iron Pipe & Foundry
Kansas City Southern
Nat. Enamel & Stamping
Dividends Declared by Several Companies This Quarter
The New York Ontario and Western Railway Company declares an annual dividend of 2 percent on common stock with a record date July 0 and payment dates August 9 to stockholders. H B Claflin Company pays 2 percent quarterly on common stock with record date July 15. St Louis Cotton Compress declares 1 dollar quarterly. United Metals Selling Company declares a 5 percent quarterly dividend.
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New York, Ontario & Western Railway Company
H. B. Claflin Company
St. Louis Cotton Compress Company
United Metals Selling Company
Stock Markets Dull and Narrow Day of Minor Changes
Wall Street and Boston saw dull and narrow trading with total New York and Boston volume modest. Reading led NY turnover with 95 800 shares. Amalgamated topped Boston, 3910 shares, while Lackawanna rose 238 in NY and Butterick fell to 31 in NY. Mass Electric preferred gained to 691 in Boston. Calumet & Hecla dropped to 651. Call money moved in NY at 1 3 4 percent. time loans in NY 2 to 4 percent, and in Boston 2 1 2 to 4 1 4 percent.
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New York
Boston
Reading
Amalgamated
Lackawanna
Butterick Company
Mass
Electric
Calumet & Hecla
Market Mixed as Copper Optimism Sparks Curb Trade
Trading on June 28 shows listless activity with a copper driven optimism lifting Reading and other coal stocks. The market closed firm with the 26 leading stocks up 0.45, while money on call stood at 1 to 4 percent and local dealings remained light amid underwriting moves for American Woolen stock.
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Harry E. Jacobs & CO
Devonshire St
State Street
Reading
Wabash
Chesapeake & Ohio
Delaware & Lackawanna
Delaware & Hudson
Ontario & Western
New York Stock Exchange
London
Boston Market Averages and Bond Prices Tally Daily Trades
A Boston financial report records the day's stock and bond market movements with totals of shares traded and overall price shifts. The summary notes closing tendencies, liquidity levels, and notable shifts in key securities amid steady trading activity.
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Boston
Bond Offers and Stock Approvals Hit 1909 Finance Market
The report notes 1909 bond issues including 1250000 school bonds due in 20 years and 1400000 sewer bonds due in 10 years. Weicher Young Conant offer 5 percent first mortgage bonds for Aurora Elgin & Chicago Railroad at 5.3 percent yield, dated 1906 and maturing 1946. Spencer Gas approves 550 additional shares at 100 each and 85000 more 20 year 5 percent bonds. New River Company closes subscriptions for 2.5 million 5 percent 25 year convertibles at 80, with remaining bonds to Paine Webber syndicate. proceeds fund bond cancellations and notes.
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Aurora, Elgin & Chicago Railroad Company
Chicago, Elgin
Aurora
The
Gas Commission
Spencer Gas Company
New River Company
Paine, Webber & Co
Bond Market Notes from Boston to Worcester
Natick borrows 30000 for six months at 3.21 percent discount from Bond & Goodwin. Shannon Copper Company buys 4800 stockholders’ rights and nearly all Shannon & Arizona railroad bonds. Cuyahoga County sells 500000 four percent bonds. Rochester bids for 200000 local improvement notes due eight months from July 1. Interest grows over 1750000 debenture gold bonds due 1954 of New York and West Chester Lighting. Worcester bids due June 39 for 285000 three and one half percent bonds dated April 1.
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Boston
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Bond & Goodwin
Shannon & Arizona Railroad
Shannon Copper Company
Rochester
N. Y
New York and
West Chester Lighting Company
Dominick & Dominick
Tefft & Co
Coggshall & Hicks
New York
Curtis & Sanger
US bond denominations and percent yields summary
A dense list of US and international bond issues with series numbers, coupon rates, registrations, and percentage yields. Securities include US reg 10144 Japan 4s, American Telephone and Telegraph 4s, Atchison gen 4s, Reading gen 4s, Union Pacific 5s, and numerous others with figures like 86 percent 95 percent and 100 percent.
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L & N UN
Allis Chal
Mo Pacific
Atchison Gen
City
New
NH & H
Atlan C I
Eali & Ohio
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Brook Tran
Penney
St L & S F
Weona
Ches & Ohio
Chi & Alton
Seaboard AL
M & Stp
So Railway
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Indus Bs
S Steel
del & Hudev
Vir Car Chem
Do Ist
Wabash
den & Rio G
Western Md
Erle Prior
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Armour
Interbor Met
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Adams
Income tax amendment proposed to Constitution
A joint resolution proposing an income tax amendment was reported to the Senate by the finance committee and ordered printed and laid on the table. The amendment would authorize Congress to lay and collect taxes on incomes from any source without apportionment among states or census basis.
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Washington
Senate
Aldrich
Finance Committee
Congress
Borah
Von Buelow to Quit Rich Privilege After Finance Reform
Berlin June 28 Prince Von Buelow will retire from the imperial chancellorship as soon as the finance reform bill clears. He will return to Rome to live in a villa bought for $500000 after twelve years as foreign secretary. He departs a pauper turned count and prince by a $1875000 inheritance from Herr Godfrey of Hamburg.
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Crowds Attend Big Sale at Starrs
The second week of the dissolution sale of L Starr & Co at 35 to 45 Winter Street opened yesterday with many regular and extra salesgirls at work. The withdrawing partner severed ties after a prior money raising sale. A dissolution decision keeps price cutting to convert stock into cash while new shipments arrive to be added to the sale.
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L. Starr & Co
Winter Street
Elks to Los Angeles on New England tour
New England Elks depart Boston Sunday July 4 at 11 30 am visiting Denver Colorado Springs and Salt Lake City en route round trip fare 89 45. Bowler's California North Pacific tour July 15. Y P C A and Christian Endeavor trips to St Paul Minneapolis July 1 3 round trip fare 38 95. Inquiries to FE H Boynton N E P A 360 Washington Street Boston.
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Grand Trunk Railways
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Medford Theatre Delights Crowds With The Brinkley Girl
Hot weather drives audiences to Medford Boulevard Summer Theatre for the musical comedy The Brinkley Girl drawing crowded houses this week.
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Medford Boulevard Theatre
Medford Boulevard
L'Amour de l Artist pantomime at Keith's theater
Mr B F Keith presents a mid winter style pantomime in Parisian setting titled L Amour de l Artist by Signor Molasso of Milan. The drama follows Marchel Prateaux Nana Mig non and Martha Clarin with musical accompaniment and strong performances by Mlle Dazie Mile Carlo Frank Reicher and others. Additional acts include monologue by Ben Johnson Love s Garden Wynn and Lee and various vaudeville acts as part of the program.
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Jimsey
Richard Mansfield
Edmund Stanley
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Dagwell Sisters
van der Koors
Chalk Saunders
de Chaunt
The Travelling Salesman Plays to Packed Park Theatre
All roads led to the Park Theatre last evening as The Travelling Salesman entered its last week, drawing a larger than usual audience and signaling a strong finish for the run.
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Park Theatre
Divers and performers thrill crowds at Austin and Stone's
Bigney the high diver wowed a dozen audiences in the large tank at Austin and Stone's proving himself a star of the show. John Y. Smith, the Boston strongman, is second only to Sandow in heavy lifting. The Manhattan Girls featured a lively minstrel show with Dan Malundy as interlocutor and Billy Hill and Tom Bullock as end men.
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Austin & Stone
John Y. Smith
Boston
Sandow
Manhattan
Dan Malundy
Billy Hill
Tom Bullock
Bowdoin Square Theatre Presents Enemies for Lafe Melodrama
The Bowdoin Square Theatre drew large crowds for both performances of Enemies for Lafe. Naomi Wellington earns the enmity of Hester Cameron as rightful heir to a vast estate, with a villainous plot unfolding to a happy, well-acted conclusion.
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Bowdoin Square Theatre
Lafe
Naomi Wellington
Hester Cameron
Theatre Comique screens Joan of Arc at Maic Orleans this week
Theatergoers who missed the Stadium production of Joan of Arc last week can see it at the Maic Orleans now showing at Theatre Comique during every performance this week.
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Stadium
Orleans
Theatre Comique
Scenic Temple Continues Busy Summer Patronage
The torrid weather has not reduced attendance at the Scenic Temple. The new motion pictures entertain with artistic humor sentiment and educational value in Boston.
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Boston
Hub Theatre Draws Crowds In Warm Spell
The Hub Theatre proves a capital hot weather attraction with audiences noting the cool, inviting atmosphere during the warm spell.
Open air theatre at Lexington Park crowds past week
Lexington Park open air theatre has been at capacity for nearly every performance this week. With the talent booked for upcoming weeks, the crowded condition will likely continue for the rest of the season. An numerous 1800 free seats are available for all afternoon shows.
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Lexington Park
Sapho at the Orpheum Delivers Solid Cast and Edna Bruns
Manager Morison presents Sapho at the Orpheum with Edna Bruns as Fanny LeGrand. The four acts are well mounted with tasteful detail and earnest, smooth performance. Bruns portrays a conflicted woman drawn to vice, avoiding offensive overtones while the cast including Hansel, Seeley, Birch, and West delivers conscientious work.
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Birch
Decilette
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Tremont Theatre Opens Week With A Broken Idol
A fine Boston audience attended the Tremont Theatre last evening as A Broken Idol began its fifth week, promising a highly successful summer season. The play's bright jokes and lively music suit the hot weather and please the crowd.
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Tremont Theatre
Boston
Globe Theatre Adds Light Summer Program of Variety
The Globe Theatre presents a varied week program featuring The Chappie's Visit a clever comedietta by the Hart Bessie company Adams and Hart perform as wooden shoe dancers Todd Nard Duo showcases strength feats Henry Little offers humorous character sketches Jack Clahane and Florence Mann present pictorial numbers and pictures are excellent.
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Globe
Hart-Bessie Company
Chappie
Adams
Hart
Todd Nard
Henry Little
Jack Clahane
Florence Mann
Florodora Heads to Final Castle Square Run
The John Craig stock company offers Florodora, with over 60 cast members, as a lively finale at Castle Square Theatre. Audiences bid farewell as the run ends, marking a week of strong attendance and warm farewells.
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Castle Square
Tau Revoir
John Craig Stock Company
Florodora
New Palace Theatre Late Summer Vaudeville Cast
The mid summer vaudeville bill at the Palace Theatre features Winters Comedy Four Small Sloane and Sherman and a group of international singers and character change artists Pluto and Fluto a comedy pantomime team Evarts and Barnes a Hebrew comedy duo and Goertz and Nelson a pair of comedy acrobats performing sensational stunts.
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Pluto
Fluto
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Barnes
Goertz
Nelson
Theatre Premier Show Headlines in City
Bessie Winn the clever comedienne is the feature attraction on the Cameras phone this week at the Theatre Premier. Browning and Welp perform a clever tough boy and girl specialty. Marie Cahill with Arab love song by a 10 member company. Knight and Day acrobats perform a series of feats.
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Browning and Welp
Marie Cahill
Knight and Day
Wonderland adds girl minstrels and chorus acts
The Wonderland season features about two dozen young performers led by four dancer girls Belle Crawford Queenie Elliott Charlotte Walters and Mazie Elliott. Kitty Bingham serves as the popular interlocutor with many hall circle acts in singing and dancing.
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Norumebga Park Open Air Theatre Features Top Vaudeville
This week at Norumebga Park open air theatre offers an exceptional vaudeville program led by John Dunn Wilhelma Francis and company performing a comedy playlet Tha Hold Up. The Piquays perform clever acrobatics and Daisy Chaplin with Ted Lutell present The Elopers novelty musical sketch.
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Norumbega Park
Norumbega
John Dunn
Wilhelma Francis
Paragon Park Introduces Noted Opera Star at Band Stand
Paragon Park Manager Dodge revived last season policy by featuring Mile. Olga Neradoff with the Russian Operatic Band of 79 pieces conducted by Valerio Saja. The reception was highly flattering and drew about 15,000 people around the band stand each appearance.
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Real E Arnest
Satuday
Valerio Saja
Mile
Olga Neradoff
Neradoff
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