Chicago Telephone declares quarterly dividend of 2 percent
Chicago Telephone Company announces a quarterly dividend of 2 percent. The books close on June 27 and reopen on July 1.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 06, 1910
Page
14
Chicago Telephone Company announces a quarterly dividend of 2 percent. The books close on June 27 and reopen on July 1.
Calendar note signals today with events on bookings and open meetings in the national mining sector. Reads like a brief agenda item listing upcoming sessions and organizational notes for the day.
Sebastian Pasco, 22, of 2 Phipps Place, narrowly escaped serious harm when chemical engine No. 22 struck his bicycle at the Washington Street and Boylston Street corner. He suffered only lacerations to hands and arms. he was sent home after examination at City Hospital.
Stock Exchange seats declined in price with two memberships transferred for 75,000 dollars each. The transfers involved the late David Lapsy to George H. Bull and B. T. Kingsford to A. Graves Ely, compared with 78,000 dollars paid on March 11.
New England housewives discuss stretching household budgets using Sunday Post guidance. Readers share practical tips on domestic management, cooking plans, and thrifty shopping to offset high living costs in their homes.
Markets reflect improved trading as New York sales reach 825,700 shares and Boston 48,224 with Steel common leading in New York and Amalgamated Copper in Boston. Gains and losses swing through major issues while money rates ease as foreign exchange stabilizes, supporting bullish sentiment amid hoped soundness of rail bond sales and Paris listings.
The Boston Market issue outlines the day’s stock and bond price movements, total sales for the session, and a comparison to the previous close, beginning with a section on bonds and continuing through market activity.
Boston seeks bids by May 6 for a temporary 10000 loan maturing in 1910 while Lowell invites bids by May 10 for 118000 in 4 per cent bonds including sewer and street improvement issues dated May 1 1910. Atlanta Birmingham and Atlantic notes offer 20 percent cash plus new three year notes at 80 percent with par at maturity, and New London Northern Railroad finances 1500000 in 4 per cent 30 year bonds to retire floating debt. Municipal notes and government issues listed in brief.
Boston on May 5 reports mixed gains and losses across the curb list. Mackinaw Copper fell from 55 to 25 cents amid 900 shares traded. Massachusetts Coal and Power slid to 55 cents from 69, later rebounding to 65. National Mining Exploration dropped to 30.5 from 38, closing at 83. Other notable movers include Ohio Copper, Calaveras Copper, Rhode Island Coal, and several copper plays. Willet hit a record low of 2.12. Active curb list details follow.
Nine arrivals at the wharf, 198,700 pounds of groundfish with haddock, cod, hake, pollock, cusk and halibut. Harriett and Ida M. Silva landings noted. Lobsters plentiful in the wholesale market. Steamers Boston and A. W. Perry bring crates from Yarmouth and Halifax. Haddock and cod prices listed. Priscilla wreck near Fort Warren. rescue and repairs underway. Malden touches Twenty-Five Foot Shoal but sustains no damage. Barges contract awarded to Green & Son for harbor transport. competing Bath firm time dispute. Gloucester crews return from Niagara wreck voyage. Alpha yacht to dry dock. Visit yacht to Lawley’s basin, plan for summer deployment.
Shipping news lists arrivals and clearances from Portsmouth to South Amboy, detailing steamers and schooners such as Iverna, Hawes, Governor Cobb, Governor Dingley, Mayflower, Menominee, and Sunlight. It records ports, destinations, and towing barges with numerous vessel names and routes in a period-typical maritime ledger.
Dedham May 5 By Judge Loranus E Hitchcock filing with clerk Louis A Cook the Nor folk Superior Court John M O'Brien a foreman in the Quincy sewer department will recover about 700 in wages he says are due him The suit contends he passed the civil service exam with a high grade and proved fully competent to perform his duties
Thad Sample of confiscated whiskey, 68 percent purified wood alcohol, linked to 14 deaths since April 8 in Westerly area, summarized today by John R. Groff, state chemist, to Attorney General William B. Greenough. Greenough had not decided future state actions.
Senator William Turtle proposed an amendment to the eight hour bill yesterday removing the prima facie clause. He argued that workers exceeding eight hours would not automatically prove employer guilt, a point Governor Draper warned could trigger a veto if reconsidered. The measure was postponed to Tuesday at Turtle’s request.
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