Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

We have 4,454,244 pages in Massachusetts

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 16 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 08, 1909

Page

10

Day of Joyful Carnival for Bulls

Day ofJoyful Carnival for Bulls reports market activity with totals for New York and Boston. It notes biggest gain and loss on various lists, call money rates, and plans for Dominion Copper Company reorganization to avert foreclosure and restart operations. It mentions ore bodies at Minnie Healy mine and diamond drill findings at North Lake. It also cites stock status shifts for Giroux Consolidated North Lake and United Fruit.

Giroux Consolidated North Lake United Fruit Amalgamated Copper Company Broadway New York H. Melin

Copper Leads Stock Market Rally in Buoyant Day

The May 7 session showed strong bullish sentiment across metals and industrials led by copper gains. Amalgamated Copper rose to 8414, Anaconda to 6012, and Utah Copper to 6258 as investors priced improved crop data and large equipment orders from New York Central and other railroads.

Local Market Mixed as Copper Stocks Lead Gains

Market activity shows 103 548 shares traded on the local board with broad buying across issues. Amalgamated North Butte Utah Copper Lake Copper and North Lake rise, while Steel, General Electric, Union Pacific and Telephone issues stand out on the day. Copper demand remains strong with Mass Consolidated and Nevada Consolidated noted for improved interest, and news of American Smelting and major copper prices influencing sentiment. Davis Daly on the curb rises amid a reported NY bank balance around 414 000.

North Butte Utah Copper Lake Copper North Lake General Electric Union Pacific Boston Consolidated Calumet & Hecla Granby Isle Royale Lake Tamarack Wolverine Quincy United Metals Selling Company Amalgamated Amer Agri Chem Amer Tel & Tel United Fruit Atchison Bos & Albany Boston Boston & Lowell Fitchburg NY Central Wollaston Tel & Tel Cumberland T & T Western T & T Allouez Teeee Arcadian O Uv Ariz Commer Tee Atlantic Bonanza Ten Edu Butte Coalition Cal & Ariz Cal & Hecla Ewes Greene la Salle Ee Mexico Michigan Sleds Vom. Ae Nevada Old Dominion Osceola Utah Consoleee Utah Victoria Winona Lg Nl Wyandot Amer Pneumatic Mergenthaler Seattle Electric US Steel Boston Consol Boston Corbin East Butte Ae Giroux Hancock Kerr Lake Newhouse Sup & Pitts Swift & Co New York Allis Chalmers Amer Amer Car & Foundry Amer Sugar Refining Amer Tel & Tel Sac Amer Tobacco Amer Woolen Wee Anaconda Mining Co Atchison Pees Ee Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Bethlehem Steel Brooklyn Rapid Transit Canadian Pacific O. Eae Central Leather Central of New Jersey Chesapeake & Ohio Chicago & Alton Tees Chicago Great Western Ay Wh & Northwestern Mil & St Paul C & St Louis Sae Vevado Fuel & Tron Colorado & Southern Ace Elaware & Hudson Enver & Rio Grande O ST +Stillers’ Securities Erie Tee Great Northern Illinois Central Interborough Inter Harvester Inter Marine International Paper Kansas City Southern Louisville Minn, Sp&ssm Ysis Misouri Pacific Kan Ontario & Western Norfolk & Western Pacific Mail Pennsylvania Thepublic Steel Rock Island Co St Louis Southwestern Sloss Sheffield S & I Southern Pacific Southern Railway Tennessee Copper Texas & Pacific Ee Toledo SL & Western Nion Pacific United States Realty United States Rubber United States Steel Carolina Chemical Wabash Em Ori Western Maryland Westinghouse Electric Western Union Steneers THY Ae Wheeling & Lake Erie Wisconsin Central Bay State Gas Chicago Cobalt Central Ve Couar Cumberland Ely Davis Douglas Giroux Mining Manhattan Miami Mines Co Nipissing Ohio Rawhide Coalition Superior & Caret Yukon Arizona Dominion Eagle & Blue Laramie McKinley Majestic Minson Valley Raven Tessesee AO Sonora Devel

Bond market notes from Boston May 7 report

Curtis & Sanger with Blodget Merritt and Spencer Trask place 1 million dollars of Georgia Railway and Electric Company refinancing bonds due 1949 at 96 with interest. Sierra Madre Land and Lumber first mortgage bonds 6 percent due 1933 show missed semiannual interest. Hudson county awards 1 million dollar park bonds to Commercial Trust Co and 800 thousand to John D Everett Jr. Plymouth and Malden bids invited for multiple municipal issues. Minnesota sells prison certificates at par. Springfield plans 1 million city hall bonds. Cranston calls for 275 thousand 4 percent funding bonds. Chattanooga Electric 1 million first mortgage bonds sold privately. Dividends declared by Border City Mfg Co, Kansas Natural Gas Co, Eastman Kodak Co both common and preferred on various dates.

Boston Curtis & Sanger Blodget, Merritt & Co Spencer Trask & Co Georgia Railway & Electric Company Sierra Madre Land & Lumber Company Jersey City Board of Freeholders of Hudson County Commercial Trust Company of Court House John D. Everett & Co New York Border City Mfg. Co Kansas Natural Gas Co Eastman Kodak Co

Boston Curb Market Activity Leads By Firms

Local curb market was active with Cumberland Ely, Davis-Daly and Southwestern Development leading trading. Cumberland Ely rose to 838-8, Davis-Daly to 611-16, Southwestern Development recovered to 40 cents, closing at its top. Full curb list fluctuations provided.

Boston Cumberland Ely Davis-Daly Southwestern Development

Calendar for Today Books Open and Close Notices

Books open for American Radiator and United Rus Invest. Close today for United Copper. Gorham Mfg. and Geo. So. Flor. repeat listings with second bids. Geographical mentions include Geo. So. Flor. 2d pid.

United Rus Invest United Copper Gorham Mfg Com Geo. So. Flor Ipid

New York Bonds Earnings Statements 1909 and 1908

Summary totals show Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul bond earnings for 1909 and 1908 with five months' gross and net figures. The data includes multiple city and railroad securities with gross earnings around several million dollars and net results showing a large negative for the period.

Mil. & ST. Paul Earet Cossencves

Dun's Review Signals Strong Trade Recovery Prospects

Dun's Review notes outside New York bank clearings up 15.9 percent from last year and 24.5 percent from 1906, April railroad earnings up 13.9 percent vs 1908, immigration 212000 higher, imports well above 1908 and near 1907, iron and steel orders and prices rising, copper hardening, new construction rising, and tariff revision awaited to restore normal activity. Dry goods market quiet with firm raw material prices. Woolen and leather sectors show rising activity. hides continue strong and footwear trade improving with Eastern buyers.

New York R. G. Dun & Co New England

Bradstreet reports brighter trade with optimism ahead

Bradstreet's new York report notes improvement in retail trade, regained farming activity, more optimistic future outlook, cheerful iron and steel prices, stronger copper from speculation, and heavy exports. May 6 business failures total 214, down from 288 last year. Canada sees improved weather aiding dry goods trade, with 29 failures this week vs 21 prior.

New York Bradstreet Canada Montreal

Well Known Persons On Canopic's List

On the flood tide at noon today the steamship Canopie of the White Star line will leave Hoosac docks Charlestown for the Azores Gibraltar and Naples. She will carry out 125 saloon 60 second cabin and 300 steerage passengers. The steamer will arrive at the Azores next Friday. Among the saloon passengers are Mrs. Eugene Tompkins Robert Treat Paine 2d Mrs. Paine and maid and two children Mrs. Charles Blake and maid W O Blake Mrs Lince Prescott the Misses Edith C Frances L and Augusta P Prescott Mr and Mrs George H Adams Miss Caroline M Adams Master Frederick W Adams Mr and Mrs William Lindsay Misses Dorothy and Leslie H Lindsay Mr and Mrs Charles Butcher RobertS Guilford and Mrs Guilford Quincey Kilby former treasurer of the Boston Theatre Mrs Kilby and her daughter Mr and Mrs Nathan Warren and Miss Margaret Warren Mr and Mrs Paul Washburn Miss Dorothy Washburn Master Paul Washburn and Mrs Miles Washburn Rev Jose Crus of Fall River Rev Fathers Campeau and Jean BR V Campeau of Springfield.

Canopie White Star Line Hoosac Charlestown Azores Gibraltar Naples Eugene Tompkins Boston Robert Treat Paine Lince Prescott Edith C Frances L Augusta P. Prescott George H. Adams Caroline M. Adams Frederick W. Adams William Lindsay Dorothy Leslie H. Lindsay Charles Butcher Roberts. Guilford

Palace Theatre Opens With Quality Vaudeville Show

Doors swing open as Boston unveils its new Palace Theatre after a full renovation. A ladies' orchestra plays as Three Lady Sisters head a strong opening program with O'Donnell Brothers, Keva Kilduff, Francelli and Lewis, Robert Vanni, Russell and Held, and Sig Fontaine. Souvenirs await all guests.

New Palace Theatre Boston O'Donnell Brothers Trish Keva Kilduff Francelli Lewis Robert Vanni Grau Opera Company Russell Held Magnetic Sig. Fontaine

Hingham Carpenter Frank Peters Dies After Self-Inflicted Gunshot

Frank Peters a Hingham carpenter shot himself Thursday evening and died at Massachusetts General Hospital yesterday.

Frank Peters Hingham Massachusetts General Hospital

At Gloucester Wharf Yesterday 240,500 Pounds of Mixed Fish Sold

The Boston and Gloucester fleets brought in a large catch with 240,500 pounds of mixed fresh fish including 126,800 haddock and 77,100 cod. Prices ranged from 1 to 3 1 4 cents per pound with haddock at 2 to 2 12 cents and cod at 3 cents. Several vessels and cargoes are listed, along with ship movements and dockyard repairs affecting the season.

T Wharf Haddock Josie & Phebe Mary Edith Sadie M. Nunan Valentiana Cee Cee Almeida Ida M. Silva Emerald Buelah Maud Diana Gloucester Fulton Market New York Robert C. Harris Parkman Hodgdon Boston Raymah Felix Hogan Wolf Island National Dock Norwood Maitland N. S Yarmouth River Plate Massachusetts Boston Merchants’ Line Cedar Tree Neck Vineyard Sound Old Colony Bunker Hill H. F. Barrett Eastlands D. Lloyd Mystic Wharf Christophersen Aurora Nuevitas Cuba Laura L. Sprague David W. Simpson A. Winsor & Son State Street Messrs Warren Sachem Liverpool Leyland Line Philadelphia J. Gardiner London Hoosae Docks Charlestown Lanecastrian Dominion-Atlantic Prince Arthur

Shipping News May 8 Mini Almanac and Arrivals

Sun rises 4 30 sets 6 51 length of day 14 hours 21 minutes Moon rises 10 21 p m high water 12 57 a m 1 26 p m ships arriving Eastlands Gloucester Christo pheron Kenosha etc list of vessels with origins cargos and last ports including Huelva Nuevitas Baltimore Portland Bangor and Gloucester with barges and tugs named in the brief shipping column

Eastlands Lloyd Huelva Spain Portland City of Rockland Sawyer Bangor Ransom B Fuller Blair Bath Cape Ann Godfrey Gloucester Mass Ontario Hersey Guttenburg N. J Ellenville Thomas L. Parker Smyrna Blanche Perkins Haverhill

Stage Notes Highlight Boston Theatre Week Moves

Boston theater listings show David Warfield closing his Majestic engagement with a farewell next Saturday as Belasco prepares a new season opening. Marie Cahill ends at the Boyd and Betty today, May Robson appears next at the Fremont, and Sothern performs Richelieu in midweek.

Majestic Theatre David Warfield Boston Warfield Mr. Belasco Rbelasco Stuyvesant Theatre Grace van Studdiford Hollis Marie Cahill Boyd Betty May Robson Aunt Mary Wremont Theatre Serseant E. H. Sothern Richelieu Colonial Castle Square Chauncey Olcott Ragged Robin Boston Theatre Montana Grand Opera House Keith's Theatre Bert Williams Williams and Walker Clara Belle Jeroma Valerie Bergera Ralph Smalley Boston Symphony Players Charlotte Hunt Rachel Goldstein Bowdoin Square Theatre

Telepost expands Missouri line linking St Louis Sedalia

The Telepost Company opened its St Louis to Sedalia section in Missouri and plans to connect all large Middle West towns soon. Rapid progress is also noted toward linking the East and West as expansion continues.

Telepost Company St. Louis-Kansas City Missouri St. Louis Sedalia Middle West

Also Mentioned on This Page

Reading Central of William E. Soule Anaconda Tennessee Colorado Canadian Pacific New York Central Republic Iron and Steel Company New Brunswick Grand Trunk Pacific National Transportation Railway St. Lawrence River Moncton Lake Shore & Michigan Southern Railway Steel Common New York Stock Exchange Giroux Consolidated Company Mass Consolidated Goldman, Sachs & Co Argentina Boston News Bureau Walker Producers’ Association Thomas Gibson Corn Exchange Bank American Smelting & Refining Company Union Southern Pacifics New York City Nevada Consolidated Asa A Davis Daly Plymouth Malden Ee Em Minnesota Capital National Bank of Springfield City Hall Cranston R. T William A. Read & Co Warner, Tucker & Co Chattanooga Electric Company Charles A. Stoneham & Co State St Broad St U. S Rhode Island Coal James Shay & CO Rhode Island Coal 1 M. V. Crandell Room Milk St Tel Leach & Co., Inc Manchester N. H NEW York Bonds Japan Son Lake Sh Tr & N Unis Al-Chal Oz Am Rouen SON Am Balt & Ohio Pacific Co&8 Gq Cent N J Gen As. .128%S 18 W Con 4S, I Fg 4S. : 87% Ches Do Toi C. Chie & Alton Sigs Say Be& T Arik Sou Pac Col Nh Mes SP Chie Polde Sou Railway Gen & Ae C.C.C & SL Col Indus Sr & E Steel Det & Hudev Distillers Ossees West el Nat Rys Adams Ken Dun’s Review OLD Colony Trust CO Court Street and Temple Place Dorothy Palmer Harding Newport News Sarah D. Fell Chehaw S. C Portland Packet Sadler Newell B. Hawes Hassan Ipswich Ervin J. Luce Paschal Bostonian Manitou Antwerp Willie Port Antonio Jam Alabama Port Morani City of Memphis Savannah Port Greville Beulah St. Martin's N. B Florence A Machias Lancastrian Nantucket Baltimore Harvard John G. Chandler Bessie Lynn Edith Henry Endicott Perth Amboy Bravo Bustle Black Tom Concord Elizabethport Standard S. O. Co Prudence Delaware Providence Allyn Mertie Crowley Shipping News Orpheum Theatre May Creary Beatrice Haynes Pearl Stevens Ada Burnett Uncle Sam Columbia Billy Watson Gaiety Theatre Harry Bryant Empire Women's Orchestra Scenic Temple Miles Brothers Hub Theatre Theatre Comique Beth Robie Lena Haviland Harold Dunne
Search Courier

Search the Boston Post Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Boston Post?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication