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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1912

Page

14

Markets Show Price Resilience Across Cities

Prices and volumes in yesterday's markets indicate continued resiliency. New York and Boston recorded notable shares traded, with most active issues including American Telephone and Westinghouse Electric and Pittsburg Coal pref. Gains and losses occurred across lists, with monetary rates edging higher in both cities.

New York Boston Steel Common American Telephone Pittsburg Coal Pref Nash, Chatt, & St. Louis Westinghouse Electric Rutland R. R

Local Market Shows Broad Stock Demand and Rising Copper Prices

The market advanced with an overall uptick in prices as copper led gains. Notable movers included Superior, Indiana, Butte & Superior, Old Dominion, Lake Copper, Isle Royale, Amalgamated, Utah Consolidated, and Telephone with a high of 146. Steel common rose to 618-8 while General Electric edges up ex-dividend to 168.

London Superior Indiana Butte & Superior Old Dominion Lake Copper Isle Royale Amalgamated Utah Consolidated Calumet & Hecla Wolverin General Electric

Boston Market Cash Ex Dividend Financial Totals

Ex dividend figures show total sales across listed stocks 1 765 shares and unlisted stocks 28 273 shares with bonds 58 600 and fractions 3 287. The report records cash market activity and security classifications for the period.

Boston curb market activity with Amalgamated Nevada leading

Yesterday's curb market in Boston showed broad activity with Amalgamated Nevada preferred and price rising to 91 2c. Bohemia, Boston Ely, and Southwestern Miami were also noted as interesting issues with subsequent fluctuations detailed.

Nevada Bohemia Boston Ely Miami

Market dividend dates and stock notices period

Chicago grain quotations show two percent preferred on record March 15 for April 1 stock. South Porto Rico Sugar Co announces quarterly one percent common stock with record date March 165 and April 1 stock. West Penn Traction Co declares quarterly one percent common with record March 1 and March 16 close to stock record March 1. Cheseboro Mfg Co Consolidated notes eight and four dollars extra with April 2 close date and March 4 reopen April 3. Galveston Houston Electric Co lists semiannual three dollar preferred with March 15 record March 6 and annual 160 cents common with March 15 record. Mergenthaler Linotype Co reports quarterly 312 percent and 12 percent extra with March 30 close to record March 9.

South Porto Rico Sugar Co West Penn Traction Co Cheseboro Mfg. Co Consolidated Standard Oil Galveston-Houston Electric Co Mergenthaler Linotype Co

Market reacts as dividend talk fuels steel and rail stocks

With coal fire news in England and dividend chatter, shares show mixed moves. Steel common recovers its dividend halts while Union Pacific and Reading rise on bullish tone. General Electric draws buy interest amid dividend and rights rumors. St. Paul gains as Rockefeller interests tilt toward a bull market.

England Steel Mmon Reading Union Pacific Steel Wien Pacific Steel Common Shorts General Electric Brooklyn Rapid Transit Telephone Amalgamated Louisville & Nashville Atlantic Line St. Paul Rockefeller

Stock broker ad cites Tonopah Belmont and New York curb stocks

An advertisement promotes Tonopah Belmont Tonopah Mining West End Cons and related stocks with order requests through J Thomas Reinhardt at 38 Broad Street New York and Percaston in Toronto. It urges readers to secure 300000 readers and buy 10 to 100 shares of boldt amie stock via brokers.

Aegis Ceabeeee Vv & G I. Isso Consol Eweee Penn Coll Oen Motors Eghins Gt Northern Son Chi & Northw Aeeatve Ae Detroit Gas Ches & O Cony OB & Q OM I & St PO & Bbs Ae Bklyn R T Oal Gas & Bibs Vermont Hock Valley Navigation FS &M Ry Kings County el MK & T Ist Minn & St L Ceecees NY & N H Nor & West Nor Pac Oregon Ozark & Cher Penn Poco Colliery Bats Rutland Rich & Danville San An & Ar Southern Pacific Fund Sony Ist Consol Union Pacist U S Realty & Impeh U S Rubber U S$ Steel Tonopah Belmont Tonopah West End Tonopah Extension New York J. Thomas Reinhardt Broad Street N. Y Percaston King St. W Toronto Burton Devonshire St Boston Broad St King St. West Apex Crown Chartered Baeueeeeeeys Big Dome Seeereae Dobie Eeeer Ihe Babes Foley-O' Brien Great Northern Tisdale Preston East Dome Olg Rea Mines West Dome

Boston Stock Exchange Thins Holdings Amid Liquidation

The Boston Stock Exchange removes 1,000,000 shares of Butte Coalition as the firm undergoes liquidation. The Boston Curb adds 84,550 Trethewey Silver Cobalt Mine shares while Bingham Mary Mines and Butte-Montana Mining are stricken. Ely Central reorganizes as New Ely Central Copper Company in Delaware. Frank J. Souther & Co. report February curb sales at 513,500 shares with top issues including Bay State Gas and Amalgamated Nevada.

Atchison Se Eee Bos & Albany Bors Eee Bos & Maine Pitchburg Pf Nye&nhe Old Colony Ee Eree Rutland Union Centennial Seereee Daly West Asewes M Nl Franklin Ee Granby Greene la Salle Osceola Er Santa Fe Eels Orne Shannon Sewe Beeen St Mary’s U S Boston Wollaston Georgia Mergenthaler Ee Pullman Co See Reece Bu Hole Ie Ses United Hewreeee Rod Seannes Westinghouse Eerese Algomah Amalgamated Nevada Bay State Boston Bly Bohemia Butte Central Cactus Calaveras Davis Eagle Bluebell i BOM Ely Consol Ower First National Goldfield Consol Houghton Eseeveree Humboldt Laramie Miami South Lake Yukon Boston Stock Exchange Butte Coalition Trethewey Silver Cobalt Mine, Ltd Bingham Mary Mines Company Butte-Montana Mining Company Ely Central Reorganization Committee Delaware Ely Central Copper Company Frank J. Souther & Co Bay State Gas Rhode Island Coal Porcupine Northern Porcupine Southern Amalgamated Nevada Porcupine Central Corbin Copper Majestic Davis-Daly Beaver Braden Copper British Columbia Ely Giroux Manhat Transit Mason Valley McKinley Car Utah Nevada Hills Preston K Dome I Bay Central Tuolumne Tonopah Mining Wettlaufer Pete

Bradstreet's Review Reports Mixed Trade Yet Overall Satisfactory

Bradstreet's anticipated state of trade shows general improvement with undercurrents of fair gains. Activity varies by region with brisk coal and iron ore operations, steady groceries and hardware, and weather affecting West and Northwest road business.

New York Bradstreet Pacifico Northwest United States Canada Telegraph Bradstreet’s Trafic

Nearing Spring Boosts Trade While Weather Bites Railroads

R G Dun & Co notes winter stranglehold on distribution easing as spring nears. Demand grows for cotton goods. print cloths and ginghams move, yarns rise modestly, and export trade stays robust. Footwear stays quiet. leather prices firm with mixed demand. hides remain strong, especially packer and foreign varieties.

New York R. G Dun & Co Fall River India Red Sea Africa

Four vessels reach wharf with large haddock and cod catches

Four vessels landed heavy hauls from offshore grounds totaling 227000 pounds haddock 31000 pounds cod 19000 pounds hake and 6000 pounds cask. The cask came from the schooner John J Fallon. All ships sailed Feb 22 amid a gale with minor damage to the Diana and Elsie.

Haddock John J. Fallon Diana Elsie Cod Pardo Esparta Sierra Leone Africa Hamburg-American Line Bethania Hamburg Erne Boston Buenos Ayres Mystic Wharf Ninian Leyland Line London Atlantic Warren Line Michigan J. F. Evans Hoosac Docks Charlestown New York North Star North Land Whitney Harold L. Colberth Miefield Drummond

Dividends Declared by Several Companies This Quarter

American Beet Sugar Company declares quarterly 11 1 2 percent preferred dividends with record date March 16 and payment April 1. Yukon Gold Co. declares 11 2 percent quarterly dividend with books close March 12 and reopen April 1. Guggenheim Exploration Co. declares 2 1 2 percent quarterly dividend with close dates March 18 and reopen April 2. Bay State Cotton Corporation declares first and second preferred dividends 8 1 2 percent semiannual and annual with record dates Feb 20 and March 1. E. and T. Fairbanks & Co. declares $5 dividend with books close March 1 reopen March 16. American Manufacturing Co. declares quarterly dividends 11 8 percent and 2 percent extra with record date March 15 and payment March 30.

American Beet Sugar Company Yukon Gold Co Guggenheim Exploration Co Bay State Cotton Corporation E. & T. Fairbanks & Co American Manufacturing Co South Porto Rico Sugar Co

Calendar for Today Shows Closing and Opening of Trading Books

Books close Green Bay & Western for meeting. Books open American Pneu. Serv. pfd. for division. Greene-Cananea for division. Nickel com for division. Smelt and Ref for division. Met. W. 8S. Elev pfd for division. Michigan State Tel com for division.

Am. Pneu. Ser Greene-Cananea Nickel State Tel

Change in Control of Phones Considered by Committee

The committee on mercantile affairs debated telephone rates and service yesterday and proposed shifting supervision from the Highway Commission to the Gas and Electric Light Commission.

Committee On Mercantile Affairs Highway Commission Gas and Electric Light Commission Benjamin C. Lane United Improvement Association Jackson Telephones Company Lane Greater Boston

Shipping News Mini Almanac Reflects Port Movements

Arrivals list includes Revenue cutter Gresham and numerous steamers and tugs bound for and from Eastport Portland Baltimore Norfolk and Gloucester. Cleared ships include Michigan and City of Memphis while sails and tows move along coastlines to Lynn Gloucester Portsmouth and New Bedford with multiple barges and lighters noted.

Gresham Wilram Bethania Ger Rusch Hamburg Calvin Austin Mitchell St. John N. B Eastport Portland Onondaga Macbeth Jacksonville Charleston Kershaw Johnson Baltimore Newport News Norfolk Transportation Hersey Grecian Briggs Philadelphia Herman Winter O'’Donnell New York Belfast Curtis Winterport Dingley Strout Michigan Liverpool Bostonian Manchester Eng City of Memphis Savannah Esparta Port Limon C. R Boston Yarmouth Orland H. M. Whitney James & Whitney Nantucket Newrt News Alden Sewall’s Point Oxford Portsmouth Devon Gloucester Haverford Plymouth Port Johnson Ft. Kr N. J Pallas New Bedford Ughter Salvor Joshua Lovett Henry Endicott Elizabethport Flora Juno Lynn Cherry Edwin L. Pillsbury Clara Mary Arnold Rockland Georges Creek Cumberland Piscataqua Boswell Norfolk, Va Swatara Glendower East Maple Hill George W. Wells Metinic Stonington

Warren urges expansion of service and criticism of zone plan

Charles Warren of Dedham former Civil Service Commission chair argues that experts misjudge Boston telephone needs and urges unlimited service across the city. He faults measured service as illogical and presses restoring flat rates, criticizing the zone system as artificial and wasteful.

Charles Warren Dedham Civil Service Commission Commission Highway Commission Warren Boston Meins Roxbury

Charity Society Liable for Elevator Injury in Court

The Massachusetts Horticultural Society cannot avoid liability for an elevator fall that injured Tom A. Holder, an employee. The Supreme Judicial Court reverses the lower court, rejects statutory exemption, and orders a $2500 judgment against the society.

Tom A. Holder

Rosen suspended after Juarez feature win

Sebago the 5 to 2 favorite won the six furlong feature at Juarez. Jockey Rosen was set down for 10 days by the starter.

Juarez Mex Sebago Rosen

England Linotype School Desk Dix Price

Advertisement notes an exclusive linotype school in Boston Massachusetts offering day or evening instruction and encouraging request for a booklet on course details and fees.

England Linotype Dix Price Boston Mass

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