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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 02, 1906
Page
10
The May 1 stock market opened with cautious gains but quickly reversed as buyers stayed away at higher prices. Liquidation surged, pushing prices lower across leading issues and triggering stoploss waves, with Great Northern preferred among the big losers and the overall market finishing at cyclical lows for 1906.
The gathering at Boston College honored Most Rev William H O Connell custodian of the archdiocese and alumnus as he returns to his alma mater in a formal reception. Speakers praised Alma Mater and urged loyalty while recounting the archbishop’s rise and ties to the college community. The event featured a college orchestra, multiple addresses, and a post program reception with faculty, alumni and students.
The Copper Range Consolidated Company reports total mine production of 40,568,572 pounds of copper for the year ended Dec 31 1905 and an average price of 15.56 cents per pound. Surplus earnings on the Copper Range railroad reached 157 732 with potential dividends of 6 per share if 1906 price holds at 18 cents, alongside construction allocations and a maintained surplus. The report compares net profits of Trimountain and Baltic for 1903 1904 1905, noting Baltic ahead by 1 290 110 over Trimountain and a 300 000 dividend by Trimountain in 1903 prior to acquisition by Copper Range.
Boston May 1 bond and stock market figures show daily price movement and total sales across bonds and railroads. The tabulated data lists high and low quotes, bid and asked rates, with prices for West End bonds and several railroad issues including Atchison Union Pacific and Rutland.
Boston resident John J. Roberts credits Doan's Kidney Pills with easing back and limb pains after kidney trouble. The ad urges readers with kidney symptoms to cure themselves before complications like diabetes or Bright's disease, noting price 50 cents and Foster Milburn Co. as U.S. agents.
It was a quiet day on the exchange curb with Butte Coalition and Acme Consolidated supplying most business. Prices throughout the list ruled fractionally lower as the market showed a weak tone in step with the regular exchanges.
A compiled listing shows varied U S government and corporate bond prices with current yields. Entries include US 2s and 3s with yields around 7.1 to 1.2 percent, along with various 4s and 5s from issuers like Manco, Atch Gen, NYC Gen, and Penn. The data reflects bond prices near par with fractional adjustments and notes on first and second series, multiple issuers, and regional securities.
Great Barrington May 1 Mrs Florence Morrisey determined to ensure good care for her saddle horse on the trip to Boston rides in a freight car with the animal She would not trust it to local horsemen and expects a rugged journey aboard the freight car with her horse on the way to Boston
Ex Mayor B B Johnson accepts invitation to speak at Memorial Day services for F P A Rogers Post 29 G A R. Spanish War Veterans and Sons of Veterans to take a larger role in services, easing GA R duties.
A large audience enjoyed two hours of humor and feats in the New York Hippodrome show A Yankee Circus on Mars at the Boston Theatre. Colonel Gaston Bordeverry used a pistol to shatter a sugar target on Peter McNally in a box. He performed rifle hits on piano keys to play American and Cavalleria Rusticana. The act climaxes with a controversial costume removal on stage.
English High meets Rindge Manual Training School this afternoon at Locust street grounds in the Interscholastic league. English High carries an undefeated record in the series and aims to extend it against Cambridge rivals.
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