Inquiries on American Woolen and Boston Elevated
In this Boston Post financial column readers ask which is the better investment between American Woolen preferred and Boston Elevated. American Woolen offers 7 percent preferred with full 7 percent yield when cumulative, while Boston Elevated yields about 7.40 percent at around 82 and has paid limited dividends. Both are tax exempt in Massachusetts, but American Woolen appears stronger given earnings vs dividend need.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Financial
The
Inquirer
Boston
Mass
Medford
Moline Plow Company
Market Review and Outlook for Railroad Stocks
Market data through March 4 show little change from Feb 4 with no rally in 20 active railroad stocks. Inflation in last fall’s prices largely faded. investors await clearer political and industrial signals before a decisive move. Railroad bond and stock issues likely to rise as banks expect large long term financing and possible dividend increases. A Steel Corp report due March 10 will test demand strength and may signal 1916 business prospects.
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Lee Rubber & Tire Company
Massachusetts
Steel Corporation
Germany
Arrival of Mabel L Leavitt Sets Toned Market Pace
The schooner Mabel L Leavitt arrived from Plymouth with 1009 pounds of flounders. Markets expect fish to be scarce and prices high as other vessels head in. Several ships are delayed or frozen, with cargoes of oats steel and wheat aboard, and a busy port anticipates more arrivals today.
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Mabel L Leavitt
Plymouth
Mabel I. Leavitt
Plymouth Harbor
Shelburne
N. 5
Boston
Yarmouth
Prince George
St. Andrew
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Eastport
Calais
Monadnock
Cunard Line
London
Neva
Anthony
Bear River
Cochrane, Burns & Farnsworth
B. B. Hardwick
Trahan
Clementsport
N. S
Banes
Cuba
Lowland
Refinery
Hull
Eng
Wilson Line
Francesco
Swatara
Scituate
Philadelphia
Landsman
Woman Claims Seat, Reveals Director's Wife Defense
In a crowded railway car a man leaves his seat to fetch food, returns to find a well dressed woman seated there. She declares she is a director's wife. he flatly rebuts that even if she were the director's only wife he would still protest.
Shipping News Arrivals From Coast Guard and Numerous Vessels
Coast guard cutter Gresham reports arrivals including steamers Francisco Bran ton Hull Essex Baron Vieteher Newport Leyland Wolf Banes Kershaw Johnson Gloucester Tateh Norfolk Hu HH Whitney Colberth Suffolk Harding Nor folk J HH Teveraux Bay Port Maker Lansing Fletcher Calvin Austin Strout St. Andrews and schooners Neva Anthony Bear River Virginian Monadnock Hesperus Acadian Louleburg Everett Sewalls Point Charles F Mayer towing barges and multiple barges and tugs listed with routes from Baltimore Nantusket Konda Sewalls Point Philadelphia Delaware Breakwater Lamberts Point New Bedford Mercury Senraport Me towing Waccamaw Boylston and others with dates mid to late November and various port movements
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U. S. Coastguard
Gresham
Cocaden
Provincetown
Francisco
Branton
Hull
Eng
Essex Baron
Vieteher
Newport
Leyland
Nor
Wolf
Banes
Cuba
Kershaw
Johnson
Newport News
Baltimore
Gloucester
Tateh
Norfolk
Tuscan
Thacher
Philadelphia
MW. Whitney
Colberth
New York
Suffolk
Harding
Teveraux
Keene
Bear River
R. Hardwick
Bro
Trahan
Clementsport
Virginian
St. Nazaire
France
Monadnock
London
Hesperus Illans
Manchester
Bog
Acadian
Louleburg
Everett
Sewalls Point
Charles F. Mayer
New
HM. S. Dbmock
Brandon
Providence
Nantusket Konda
Gypsum King
J. B. King & Co
Onterio
Guttenberg
N. J
Wilgrim
Liberty
Smyrna
Swatera
Kimberton
Marion
Edwin KL
Pillsbury
Leanised
Lynn
Boswell
Line
Sea King
Harvard
Delaware
Portamouth
Lamberts Point
Charles W. Parker, Jr
New Bedford
Mercury
Senraport
Waccamaw
Boylston
Fureko
R. 1
Cheektowaga
Perth Amboy
Carlisle
Salem
Poll
Yiedmont
Labor groups plan candidate for Boston school board
Organized labor will nominate and back a union-backed candidate in Boston city school committee elections. A mass meeting of AFL affiliated unions is set for April 30 to select the nominee, with strong union support expected. The move followed heated talks criticizing current school committee methods at a Boston Central Labor Union meeting.
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Organized Labor
Boston
A. F. of
Boston Central Labor Union
Public School Association
Educational Committee
U. Lt. A
James T. Moriarty
Open Mass Meeting In Boston Under Barbers Union 182
An open mass meeting will be held at Bryant Hall in Maasden to organize in the city under Barbers Union 182. Speakers include Freak N. McCarthy A F L New England organizer Henry Abrams Boston I U Henry Cohen raincoat makers and others.
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Bryant Hall
Bryant Street
Maasden
Barbers’ Union 182
New England
Freak N. McCarthy
A. F. of
Henry Abrahams
Boston €. I. U
Henry Cohen
The
Raincoat Makers
J. If
Boschlitt
J. T.inits
Joseph J. Dwyer
Barbers’ Union
A. Wellsman
Cigar Makers’ Union
Electrical Workers’ Union
Inemen
Washington Street
Teamsters’ Union
Wiremen’s Union
Lawrence
Lynn
Building Laborers’ Union 225
Aafternoon
Harrison Avenue
Jon Z. Fenton
Coal Teamsters' Union
Albert C. Bettley
Coal Dealers’ Association
United States Fastener Company
Ninth
Mercer Streets
Boston
Union
Hartenders’ Union
Paine Memorial Hall
Earnings Hit Record January for New Haven Railroad
The New York New Haven Hartford Railroad reports January gross income of 1 045 022, the highest for the month in road history, while net corporate income falls to 266 495 from 205 692 last year. Increased freight car charges and rising transportation costs contribute to expenses despite higher earnings.
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New York
New York, New Haven & Hartford Railroad Company
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Mrs Thayer Launches Second Metaphysical Club Talks
Mrs Mary Thayer begins a second series of Tuesday morning talks at the Metaphysical Club 30 Huntington Avenue at 11 o'clock. First topic Work and Play. Future talks include The Crucible of Human Attachment Growth Practical Spirituality. Meetings open to the public and last an hour.
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Mary Thayer
Metaphysical Club
Huntington Avenue
Ier
Newbury Street
Prisoner Nott Dies from Prison Camp Injury at Rutland
Charles KH Nott of Winthrop a prisoner at the Rutland tuberculosis camp and hospital died at Peter Bent Brigham Hospital Brookline from injuries suffered while operating a compressed air drill in the camp quarry Friday morning His home was Woodside Avenue Winthrop and his wife Lulu Nott was notified.
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Charles KH. Nott
Winthrop
Rutland
Peter Bent Brigham
Brookline
Nott
Woodside Avenue
Lulu Nott
Red Cross Fund Receipts Show European War Relief Support
Massachusetts Red Cross collects subscriptions totaling 144071.60 for Polish and Belgian relief plus 1187.80 in memory gifts and general aid. Donations come from Revere city groups Wheaton College Worcester County chapter and individuals including Dr TL Howard Mrs R Stuart Chase and Mary Frost Munroe fund.
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Revere
Young Men's Hebrew Association of
Wheaton College
W. H
TL. B. Howard
Mauter
Roe
R. Stuart Chase
Poland
R. H. Stevenson
Worcester County
American National Red Cros
St. George Episcopal Partai
Mayurig
Itoerensson
Red Cross
Mary Frost Munroe
Almoric
Fund for French Wounded Surpasses Fifty Thousand Dollars
Kidder, Peabody & Co reports eleven donations ranging from 100 to 500 dollars in a week. The American Fund for French Wounded grows to over 50,000 with contributions from individuals such as Mrs. Roland Seeger, Mr. and Mrs. Henry B. Cabot, Charles P. Bowditch, and many others including Miss Ellen Watson and Miss Marie Bramwell. A final tally lists total contributions at 5222,450.31.
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Kidder, Peabody & Co
Spcmre
Eens Wanek Ae
Roland Seeger
Pala
Henry B. “Cabot
Charles P. Bowditch
Gordon Abbott
Henry Hornblower
Frances R. Morse
George Ti. Lyman
Ellen Watson
Engenia Gardiner
Charles T. Russell
Henry P. Widder
M. L. Goddard
Mary P. Sears
Icteeeveveen
Tucker Daland
Evelyn Walker
J. C. Bates
Parkman Shaw
Marie Bramwell
Gertrude Sampson
Annie J. Packer
Gardiner G.hammond
Homer BR. Richardson
M. Frances Smith
Worcester Branch
J. Swann
George HI
Norcross
Serra
R. P. Keep
Kingsmill
Shiwaie
Fiward A. Newell
Miss Crisfield
Lowell
Wayneflete School
Arthur P A
George FB
I. J. Murphy
Sehen
Friend
Weg
Tate
Daisy B. Walke
Porter
A. G. Clark
Essence Edsaes
Royal Robbins
C.ccsee
France
Sarees -Ss
Heaconsfield
Mary F. Atkinson
Woman's Alliance
Kingston
Maas
DeCoster
Fannie TL
Sive Plaster
Braxton
Lucian Osborn
Tae
Palatine Ube Rae Bie Unley
Serbian Distress Fund Receives Over Eighty Thousand
John I. Moors reports total contributions to the Serbian distress fund at 82 147 dollars to date. The week’s donors include several hundred dollars and numerous individual contributions from named supporters such as John Olmstead Desmond Fitzgerald Gorham Brooks and Mrs W H Redfield among others alongside street box and envelope gifts.
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John I. Moors
John
Olmstead
Desmond Fitzgerald
Gorham Brooks
G. Frederick Schwarz
Charles BP. Bowdlteh
Sam Chaevher Loring
Freeman Clarke
Mra
My Tamas
Pamtboes Ao
Redfield
Toulse Trust
Emily W. Tyler
Wedding of Dorothy Morgan and Paul G Courtney Planned
Boston society notes a post season wedding for Miss Dorothy Morgan and Paul G Courtney. Miss Morgan, daughter of Mr and Mrs George M Morgan of Clarendon street, is described as popular and engaged early in her presentation year. Courtney is son of Dr and Mrs J W Courtney of Marlboro street, a Harvard man. No date yet set. expected to be a church ceremony with a reception at the Morgan home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Morgan
Clarendon Street
Paul G. Courtney
J. W. Courtney
Marlboro Street
Boston
Dorothy Morgan
Miss Morgan
Laurence W. Morgan
Esther Turner
Brookline
Courtney
Morgan Residence
Hab Perdue Remembered for Turf Beating Groundwork
Groundkeepers in the National League recall Hab Perdue known for pawing the field near the pitcher's slab. His turf beating performances stirred storms and curses from many, as the Gallatin Squash nickname echoed in ballpark lore.
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Hab Perdue
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Naumkeag Steam Cotton CO
Beacon Falls Rubber Shoe CO
Cabot Manufacturing CO
Plymouth Cordage CO
Gray & Davis, Inc
Hood Rubber CO
Blake Brothers & CO
Devonshire Street
Wall Street
Central Branch Railway Company
Missouri Pacific Railway System
Protective Committee
Emerson W. Judd
Cadwalader, Wickersham Taft
Wall St
Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company
William St
Charles A. Peabody
Mutual Life Insurance Company of New York
Edmund Zacher
Travelers’ Insurance Company
Hartford
Conn
Robert Struthers, JR
Wood, Struthers & Co
Nevada Consolidated
Utah Copper
Utah Copper Company
Worcester
Lee Rubber & Tire Co
H. M. Lowell
G. W. Field & Co
Boston Curb Exchange
Congress St
N. Y
Tank-Ship Building Corporation
A. H. Martens & Company
Broadway
Chicago
el Paso Electric Company
el Paso
Texas
Ebrre Las
Venonan
Paso Electric
Pasette Maceu
Teronce
Thie Pleece
Wustness
Maret & Pte Blosh & Welstier
Lenoes Agents
Shipping News
Labor News
LABOR
New Haven
Thayer
RED Cross Fund
I. L. Higginson, Jr
American Red Cross
Des Moines
Emil G. Schmidt
Des Moines City Railway Company
State
Iowa
Harris Forbes & Company
N. W. Harris & Co Inc
Federal Street
Harris Trust & Savings Bank Bond Department
Pine Street, Cor, William
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