Market Slump Dampens Wall Street Trading Amid Lull
May 6 Wall Street shows renewed weakness as activity fades and leadership dries up. Coal, copper, and mining shares diverge with some gains for Reading and United States Leather while most industrials drift and call money falls. Boston copper listings slip as analysts note low buying interest and a summer exchange pause looms.
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Big Indian
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A. W. Eaton
FE. G. Boissevain
Edwin Gould
H. H. Picking
Champion
Baltic
Heath
Gift to Melville Washington Arctic relics
Rear Admiral Melville, chief engineer of the navy and Arctic explorer, received musk ox horns and a copper Esquiman lamp sheet from Medical Director Winslow of New Bedford. The relics come from Sir John Franklin’s Arctic expedition, whose ships were abandoned and crew perished in the frozen north.
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Melville
Navy
Winslow
New Bedford
Masgss
Esquiman
Sir John Franklin
Hancock Tavern Demolition Begins
Demolition of the historic Hancock Tavern started yesterday and is expected to finish within a few days.
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Hancock Tavern
Dividend notice from New England Telephone and Telegraph Company
The New England Telephone and Telegraph Company declares a dividend of 1.50 per share to stockholders of record at close of business April 23 1905. Transfer books close April 24 to May 9 1903. Treasurer William R Driver signs the notice on April 8 1903.
British American Dredging Syndicate stock offering
The British American Dredging Syndicate Ltd offers a limited amount of stock guaranteed by a major financial institution. Fifteen miles of continuous gold and platinum bearing grades for dredging are cited. Call for appointment or write F. B. Vrooman at Hotel Touraine Boston.
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F. B. Vrooman
Hotel Touraine
Boston
Market Dividend and Trade Totals Reported
The report shows total sales across categories: listed stocks 14 407 shares rights 871 bonds 27060 unlisted stocks 5448 shares. Assessment paid and Px rights noted for the Bosiion Market as of the latest report.
Maine farmer reports rich gold vein on Auburn farm
Mack WKeith of Auburn says a gold vein 50 feet wide runs nearly two miles on his Breton Mills area farm. He cites 80 assays all showing gold above a paying basis, indicating a potentially lucrative discovery.
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Last Livermore
Mack Wkeith
Auburn
Breton Mills
Devery’s Daughter Weds Secretly in New York
William S. Devery seeks his daughter Anna and her husband Edward B. Fink after they vanished from Devery’s home and were married secretly the night before. Devery forgives them.
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New York
William S. Devery
Anna
Edward B. Fink
Types of New Architecture Adopted by Boston's Schoolhouse Department
Reproduced from an annual Boston schoolhouse department report this notice describes upcoming school buildings within the city. It details locations on Westville street Norman and South Margin streets Huntington avenue Kenwood road Horace Byron Heath School and West Roxbury with lot sizes and interior light and playground arrangements.
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Bowdoin Square
Head Street
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South Margin Streets
Huntington Avenue
Kenwood Road
Horace and
Byron Streets
School Street
West Roxbury
Boylston Place
Norfolk
Baltimore
Newport News
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A. M. Graham
Battery Wharf
Washington Street
Summer Street
W. P. Corla
Perpetual motion crank starved in New York failure
Adolph Chapp, 60, described as a crank on perpetual motion, was taken to Bellevue Hospital in New York suffering from starvation. He had lived for years on bread and apples, and his machine accompanied him.
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New York
Adolph Chapp
Bellevue
McGregor Held for Grand Jury on Fatal Beverly Death
In Salem District Court Edward McGregor of Hamilton waived examination on a charge of causing Charles Ritchie’s death in Beverly Sunday morning. He was held in 1000 bond to await the grand jury convening next Monday.
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Edward McGregor
Hamilton
Charles Ritchie
Beverly
Fall River Man Surprised by 25 Year Board Bill
Andrew J. Sweet of 193 Hartford Street was surprised when a 25 year old board bill was paid. The money had been left for him at the police station by a debtor whose boarder in his family vanished twenty years ago.
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Andrew J. Sweet
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Mr. Sweet
Sweet
Cohoes
N. Y
William Jones
East Fifth Street
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Main Street
Charlestown
McLeod
Everyman Open Air at Wellesley May 2 with Ben Greet
Wellesley College English department announces two open air shows by Ben Greet and the Everyman company on campus May 2. The 4:15 p.m. performance will mirror the Boston version with minor changes and new intro and outro features. An 8 p.m. showing of Ben Jonson's Sad Shepherd follows, noted for its pastoral beauty and as a rare second performance.
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Ben Greet
Everyman” Company
Everyman
Boston
Ben Jonson
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