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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 10, 1920
Page
12
Prices posted fair gains last week though the 20 stock average showed little net rise due to Studebaker ex dividend. The market's comeback has halted liquidation and may push prices higher for several weeks with luxury shares lagging behind industrials like steels and rails. Investors expect a March April rally despite weaker fundamentals.
Monday financial column invites readers to submit questions on listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds. It promises impartial data from trustworthy sources but disclaims market or price opinions and accuracy guarantees. Readers must include full name and street address for responses.
This answer explains Ahmeek as a Calumet Hecla subsidiary with 200,000 shares of a $25 par value, totaling $5 million capital, 951 Keweenaw county Michigan acres, near Mohawk Allouez and Kearsarge. It notes 1919 dividends at $2 per share, a 29 percent output drop to 17,223,111 pounds, and prior earnings fluctuations with weaker outlook for near term production.
The piece links silver price movements to stock market swings and outlines three economic fixes. Tax reform, production efficiency, and transportation improvements are cited as essential. Rail securities weather optimism, with an expected freight rate rise from the Interstate Commerce Commission. Boston & Maine shows unusual activity aided by a major New England bank.
John Julian an employee of the Malden Gas Light Company was injured when his car crashed into a tree at the Melrose Saugus line. He was taken to Melrose Hospital with slight abrasions and sent home after treatment.
Police stopped a Twilight league contest between Becker Milling Machine Co and James J. Chittick Council at Stony Brook Reservation Hyde Park after 7th inning with the score 3 3. Police cited no permit, though league president George W. Tacey said a permit existed for Smith Field. Fans dispersed quietly.
The Metropolitan Opera announces its 1920 21 season with two Wagner operas in English Lohengrin and Tristan and Isolde. Other new works include The Polish Jew in English, Don Carlos, Louise with Geraldine Farrar, and Andrea Chenier with Caruso.
Patrolman Butler of Roxbury Crossing was severely beaten while arresting Patrick Carr of 7 Twing street Roxbury for alleged drunkenness. He clung to his prisoner as a crowd attacked with fists until reserves and police intervened to prevent further harm. Carr was involved in the melee.
Frederick Ruckert, 46, of White Metal Manufacturing, was shot five times during a fight with a masked burglar who escaped. Police suspect an insider knew the home contents as $1500 cash remained untouched. Ruckert, soon to marry Elsie Vorrach, was expected to wed in days.
A Boston benefit performance at Tremont Theatre for the Home for Italian Children fills every seat and turns away hundreds. Four year old Camille Palumbo, daughter of slain World War I volunteer Ralph Palumbo, boosts total by collecting nearly $200 in contributions.
Newly printed letters show the Czarina under Rasputin's influence urging harsh action against Russian generals. She orders clearing them out and replacing with young, energetic men, criticizing the Kaiser’s field marshal rank to the Sultan as mockery and warning against bluster.
Ricocheting letters from Tsarskoye Selo dated March 14 1916 and March 15 1916 reveal Rasputin’s influence on cabinet matters and ministerial appointments. They discuss Ivanov as war minister potential, opposition figures Khvostov Beletsky Beretsky Nikon and Sturmer, Ania safety, and criticism of generals. The missives note Rostchakovsky and Rostakovsky correspondence and warn against anti dynastic aims.
The note indicates ongoing coverage will resume in tomorrow's Boston Post and continue in subsequent issues until the story is finished.
At a special Town Hall meeting the local American Legion post organized a women's auxiliary. Fifty women enrolled, with Mary O'Neil elected president and Gladys Prada as vice president. Other officers include Mary Frada treasurer Catherine Maneus secretary and an executive committee of L J Days Mary Salvadore and Antone Barnes.
Tonight at the Tremont Theatre the Marys of Boston are asked to attend a premiere event for the George M. Cohan musical Mary. Janet Velie stars in the title role as hundreds of women named Mary gather to view the show and offer first impressions.
The last line selected for First Prize in Limerick No 112 was written by Mrs E M Stebbins of 114 Glenville Ave Allston Mass who received a $100 check. Consolation prizes go to Grace M Bailey Plymouth Mass Katherine L Treggett Berlin N H Winifred F Leland Roxbury Mass Dean S French Stoughton Mass Mildred L Marshall East Saugus Mass Rev Ralph M Jones Chester VI E W Gillett South Braintree Mass J Edmund Brown Providence R I Mattie Godfrey Brewster Mass George W Berry Dorchester Mass.
The Post will publish the prize-winning Last Line of Limerick No 113 tomorrow. The writer’s name and the final line will be printed along with the entry details.
The Boston Post announces a daily four line original limerick contest with cash rewards for the best last line and consolation prizes for nearby entries. Open to all except staff, entries must be mailed sealed with the line number and received by 5 PM four days after publication.
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