General business conditions show heavy trade volume
Dun and Co reports overall business activity remains strong with heavy domestic and foreign trade. Railroads and implement makers buy heavily in iron and steel while dry goods slow as jobbing softens. Retailers seek fall orders. wholesale labor disputes ease, boosting woolens and worsteds demand. shoe trade quiet prior to fall buying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
R. D
Dun & Co
Red Sea
Manila
China
Steel trade conditions and market outlook from The Iron Trade Review
The Iron Trade Review reports finished steel production exceeding demand with purchasers placing second half purchases for 1914 delivery. Pig iron in Pittsburg sees activity and expected price concessions before a sharp rise. Sheets show strong demand while the wire market remains quiet and scrap and coke markets stay weak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Iron Trade Review
Pittsburg
Dividends Declared by Various Firms and Banks
A list of companies and banks declaring dividends with payment dates. Names include New England National Bank Walpole Tire & Rubber Co Reading Co Webster & Atlas National Bank Kansas City Gas & Electric American Piano Pittsburg Coal Continental Paper Bag Co East Boston Gas Newton & Watertown Gas Forr Alpaca Co Flint Mills B & R Rubber South End National Bank Massachusetts Lighting Co National Shawmut Bank National Bank of Commerce United States Printing Co American Rolling Mill Proctor & Gamble Railway Steel Spring.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Boston Gas
Newton & Watertown Gas
Forr Alpaca Company
Flint Mills
B. & R. Rubber
South End National Bank
Massachusetts Lighting Company
National Shawmut Bank
National Bank of Commerce
United States Printing Company
American Rolling Mill
Proctor & Gamble
Railway Steel Spring
Bradstreet's Review reshapes 1913 trade signals
Bradstreet's notes retail trade expanding notably while wholesale shows irregularity due to finance. Jobbing remains steady in most regions as staples stay in demand and near by shipments lead consumption. Silk and worsted trades suffer, cotton goods lag, steel orders lag shipments, rails rise, copper weak, bank clearings total 3.284 billion for week ending March 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bradstreet
Brokers Enjoy Easter Holiday Market Closures
The stock exchanges voted to close for the holiday with many staying closed until Monday. Brokers and staff take weekend trips, and the NYSE floor shows a rush to sign petitions as a sign of revived interest after a dull period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Stock Exchange
Boston University to open business administration college
Boston University trustees voted to establish a new College of Business Administration at the fall term. The department will operate with its own dean and faculty, offering evening courses aligned with Liberal Arts and Law, enabling cross credit toward degrees. Notable supporters include university leaders and Boston business figures.
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Boston University
Department of Business Administration
College of Liberal Arts
School of Law
College of Business Administration
Marlin
Ladylove or Maniac Admiral The Fight Over a Widow
Chicago reports reveal a March 1911 letter from Mrs. Eaton to attorney Marshall KE Gallion detailing fear of Rear Admiral Eaton’s violent insanity. She asks for a skilled woman detective in criminal insanity to aid her divorce case and protect Dorothy and herself. Public opinion, rank, age, and navy are cited as obstacles.
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Torney
Marshall E. Callion
Chicago
Mr. Gallion
Whitney
State Police
New England
Plymouth County
Barker
Aiken
Boston
Scott
Hammond
Eaton
Hingham Court
Francis Geogan
June
Dorothy Ainsworth
Mrs. Keyes
Dorothy
Navy
Marshall KE. Gallion
Daniel Henry Ainsworth
Assinippi
Mass
Aoman
Sherlock Holmes
First Day in Cell Mrs Eaton Pleads for Exercise and Letters
Mrs Jennie May Eaton widow of a U S navy admiral charged with murder begins her Plymouth County jail stay on the first day of spring. She requests paper and pencil, writes to family, asks for light breakfast and milk with egg on toast, seeks exercise and books, and welcomes possible family visits.
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Jennie May Eaton
Plymouth Harbor
United States Navy
Mrs. Eaton
Assinippi
Plymouth County
Porter
Thom Defends Eaton Family in Poison Death Case
James F. Thom, a nursery stock salesman, insists Admiral Eaton died from his own drug use. He says June Eaton hated her father, feared poisoning, and that the family faced a troubled, unbearable situation. Thom notes a $50 debt and stories of adoption scars amid ongoing investigation.
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J. F. Thom
Hingham
June Keyes
Admiral Eaton
Thom
Eaton
James F. Thom
June
Joseph O. Burdett
Assinippi
Jane
Dorothy
Tms
Mrs. Eaton
Admiral
Harvard College to Open Evening Business Administration Dept
The new College of Business Administration will hold evening sessions four days weekly for 30 weeks each year in the College of Liberal Arts quarters at 688 Boylston street. Courses cover six departments and aim for college, not post graduate, level with strong ties to Boston business interests. A guarantor board of prominent businessmen oversees direction and funding, including Eugene N. Foss, John F. Fitzgerald, Norman White, H. B. Humphrey, Walter Bucklin, and others from the Boston business and professional communities.
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College of Liberal Arts
Clarence H. Dempsey
Malden
L. C. Hascall
Frank W. Kimball
Walter S. Bucklin
Everett W. Lord
Howard T. Crawford
College of Business Administration
Boylston Street
Harvard Business School
Boston
Eugene N. Foss
John IF. Fitzgerald
Norman White
State Finance Commission
A. Merrow
Burbank & Ryder. Co
W. Barron
Boston News Bureau
H. B. Humphrey
H. B. Humphrey Advertising Company
Walter 8. Bucklin
Employer's
E. C. Fisk
Fisk Teachers’ Agency
EF. A. Grazier
Boston Post. Co
H. J. Kimball
H. H. Bryant, Ginn & Co
Waseall
Stoddard’s Lee Alfred
Samuel T. Russell
Library Bureau
A. Moses
Strathmore Paper Company
Fimer J. Bliss
Regal Shoe Company
Draper Company Faces I W W Strike Threat
Rumors circulating today claim a strike by I W W members will keep hundreds from reporting for work at the Draper plant in Hopedale on Monday morning. Organizers have worked among employees for weeks prompting local authorities to deny permission for meetings at the Town Hall or on street corners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milford
Draper Company
Hopedale
I W W Threats Prompt State Officers to Milford Visit
Threats to conduct meetings despite official orders brought Captain William H. Proctor and Inspector Fred Flynn of the State police to Milford to investigate. I W W organizers built a strong Italian employee base at the Draper plant while seeking Armenian, Lithuanian, Polish, and other nationalities. The plan sought town hall access to unite employees of all nationalities amid threats following a denial. Draper plant, a cotton machinery manufacturer, employs thousands. former Governor Eben Draper is a chief stockholder.
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William H. Proctor
Fred Flynn
State Police
Milford
Draper
J. J. O’neil
Eben
Calendar for Today of Local Stocks and Dividends
Calendar lists today’s entries for Cheseborough Mfg Davies Mills Ahmeek Mag American Can California Ry and Pwr DuPont Int’l Pwdr General Baking Hartford Carpet Co Houghton County Trac Kolb Bakery Laurentide Co Terre Haute Ind’l & Eastern Trac United Utilities West End St Ry with 6 per cent 4 per cent notes and payable dates. Books do not close.
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Ahmeek Mag
American Can
California Ry. & Pwr
DuPont Int'l Pwdr Co
General Baking Co
Hartford Carpet Co
Com
Houghton County Trac
Kolb Bakery
Laurentide Co
Terre Haute
Ind
L & Eastern Trac
United Utilities, Pfd
West End St. Ry
Cascarets Offer Quick Relief for Stomach Upset
Advertises Cascarets as a fast cure for sour stomach, belching, heartburn, bloating, and nausea. Claims the product cleanses the stomach, liver, and bowels, removes waste and poison, and promises results by morning with a 10 cent box. Encourages use for children as well.
Mrs Eaton Appeals for Calm in Letter to Dorothy Ainsworth
Mrs Eaton writes to Dorothy Ainsworth urging composure and care for their mother and the household. She asks not to worry, promising the situation will be resolved in a few days and to keep mother from becoming excited while tending to the place.
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Mrs. Eaton
Dorothy
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Kidder, Peabody & CO
Devonshire Street
Wall Street
Dun
New England National Bank
Walpole Tire & Rubber Company
Island Creek Coal Company
J. W. Batchielder
F. W. Batchelder
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
William RE
Bradstreet’s
William M. Flanders
William M. Flanders Company
Grocers
Charles H. Jones
Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Company
R. A. Skinner
Derby Desk Company
Harry L. Rice
Rice & Hutchins
Waldron H. Rand
P. I. Sullivan
Bay State Street Railway Company
George F. Willett
Willett & Co
Leonard H. Rhodes
Rhodes Brothers
Herbert S. Avery
London Guarantee & Accident Co
L. B. Folsom
Folsom & Sunegren
United States
Kendrick C. Babcock
United States Bureau of Education
Frederick H. Cleveland
President’s Commission On Efficiency and Economy
Leonard P. Ayres
Division of Education
Russell Sage Foundation
Edward S. Mead
Wharton School of Finance
Edwin F. Gay
Harvard Graduate School
Willard EF. Hotchkiss
Northwestern University School of Commerce
Edwin J. Clapp
Eaton Home
Hunt
Lowell
Rockland
Judge Kelley
Secret Service
Hannah Barnes
Eatons
James Prouty
Mrs. Barnes
Post
Mr. Prouty
Jim
J. Frank Trammond
Ous
Norwell
Brookline
Board of Guarantors
Cheseborough Mfg
Davies Mills
William A. M’goun
John Hilty
Eaton House
United
Aia
Val Hat Ors
Rices, United Feather CO
Temple Place
Yours Truly
Raymond
Norfolk
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