Boston & Maine dividend cut shocks local markets
The Boston and Maine announces a reduction of its common stock dividend from six to four percent triggering heavy trading. Shares fall to 105 amid 879 trades in the first hour, dipping to 101 before recovering, while New Haven declines and a House inquiry is ordered to investigate the dividend cut with May 31, 1911 as a reporting deadline.
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Boston & Maine
Eakness
United States
New Haven
New York
William B. Lawrence
Benjamin Franklin Saines
Medford
House of Representatives
Railroad Commission
Boston & Maine Railroad
Haines
Baron von Heinhausen Accepts Belgian Ambassador Post
Baron Haniel von Heinhausen, counsel lor to the German embassy in Washington, accepted the position of Belgian ambassador of the German Empire. He arrived at the Lenox Hotel from Europe to relocate his family to the United States and plans to buy a beach house in Manchester. Dr. Harvey Wiley and Dr. Charles Bradley attended a Vendome convention of medical experts. More than 75 Bowdoin alumnae gathered at the Oxford Hotel for their annual dinner, led by Mrs. Lean Nulives of class of 1946.
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Baron Haniel von Heinhausen
Washington
Lenox Hotel
Europe
Thither
United States
Manchester
Harvey Wiley
Uncle Sam
the Vendome
Charles Bradley
The
Vendome
Bowdoin School
Oxford Hotel
Lean Nulives
Foss Calls for Uniform Property Tax Rate Across State
Governor Foss urged an end to tax evasion and proposed a uniform personal property tax of 17 dollars per thousand. He spoke to the Chamber of Commerce at a meeting yesterday in the American House, outlining his views on statewide taxation.
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Foss
Chamber of Commerce Assembly
American House
Alexander W. J5k
Governor’s Council
Wilant Warrutavicz
Worcester
House of Correction
Eli
Governor Calls for Tax Uniformity Against Local Undervaluation
The governor questions why workers earning two to four dollars a day face high assessments while valuable district properties are undervalued and intangible property avoids taxation. He cites a pending Supreme Court case on uniform personal property taxation and suggests testing uniform rates to curb tax shifts between cities and ensure justice in taxation.
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Boston
Supreme Court
Commonwealth
Francis Zottoli
Ely
Foss
Holman
Swift
Swift. “I Guess This Case Does Not Fit In My Pigeon Hole,’’ Telephoned Mr. Swift
World Home Mission Day At Boston Exposition
Women and girls fill the World exposition in Boston for World Home Mission Day. Rev O P Gifford of Brookline welcomes delegates while Miss E H Stanwood speaks for the missions. A Watertown Circle demonstration on a missionary meeting highlights duties and lapses, drawing both amusement and instruction. Lectures and booth talks amplify the work of women across missions.
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Boston
Midway
O. P. Gifford
D. D
Brookline
Exhibition Hall
Foss Talks With Pomeroy During Prison Visit
Governor Foss met Jesse Pomeroy at the State prison after pardons were granted to Alexander W. Ek and John J. McCarthy and Mrs. Gennina Mazzocca. Pomeroy requested limited changes to solitary confinement, while Foss agreed to receive the inmate’s elderly mother and praised prison conditions.
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Foss
Jesse Pomeroy
State House
Council
Alexander W. Ek
Worcester
State
John J. McCarthy
Concord
Gennina Mazzocca
Charles Street
Pomeroy
Long
Russell
Buck and Doe Die in Drive With Rivermen Near Wells River
Two deer on the river bank were swept into the rapids as logs thundered past. Rivermen Joseph Roeby, Jesse Van Dore, and Eddie Gillespie survived after diving in to retrieve the lines, while the forest fire advancing toward Guildhall remains a growing danger to workers and timber operations along the Wells River drive.
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Lancaster
N. H
Connecticut
Guildhall
Wells River
Browns Mill
Paul Stream
Joe Roeby
Jesse van Dore
Eddie Gillespie
Sam White
Fifteen Mile Falls
Dead Water Brook
van Core
Gillespie
Vermont
Bloomfield
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Westminster Street
Providence
Buffalo
Main &T
34Th St
Philadelphia
15Th & Cheatnut
North ST
Wolf's
My Clothier
Hanover
Portland Streets
R. R
New England
LT Poe Tid
Stiles
Worcester County
O’day
Worcester Police
Taft
Charlestown
McCarthy
Sawyer
Dillaway Place
Mazzocca
Salvatore Mazzocca
Tak
Bridges
Governor
Buck
Fred H. Thompson
Sheinwald Shoe Syndicate
William Sheinwald
ALL America
Douglas
Crockett
Barry
Hannah
Oxfords
Hannah Oxfords
Douglas Custom Shoes
Summer St
Goodyear West
Sale Priof
Carter
Adams Square
Panama
Union Hat CO
Union A
Clothier
Portli
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