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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 12, 1920
Page
20
A sixteen page Tid Bits booklet is distributed to thousands of investors and traders weekly. It contains market analysis and group securities insights. An experienced analyst offers views on the general situation for all readers interested in market phases and forces.
Outside Brokers set quick call at 8 percent while Customers' brokers' loans hold at 8 percent. Customers' collateral loans run at 7 percent and paper 7k to yh percent. Year money stands at 7 percent.
New York market traders maintained a bearish tilt with limited public interest and activity confined to select or speculative shares. Late rallies occurred mainly from short covering in oils, equipment and shippings, despite a 10 percent call loan rate. Industrial output lagged due to railroad congestion and high costs. oil advanced, while steels, motors, and metals showed only modest gains. Total trading volume reached 9.8 million dollars. Liberty bonds held steady as overall sentiment tracked stock movements.
A dense catalog of gilt and bond listings appears with mixed maturities, issuing bodies, and a variety of odd figures. The jumble includes universities, cities, railways, and international issuers, suggesting a broad snapshot of debt securities trading or quoting across regions.
Montreal police arrest Frank Carroll of Salem while two Carroll brothers are held in connection with a South Weymouth robbery. Margaret Nolan, an elderly victim, was targeted as the assailants stole her bag containing two $100 Liberty bonds and $10 cash. Special Officer Thomas Ryan and Patrolman John A. Sullivan pursued the thieves. James Carroll was captured, his brother remaining at large.
A fragment of a personal note from a czarina to a czar expresses affection for a long time partner. It mentions a twenty two year bond and thirty one years total, closing with love and Easter blessings to her lonely angel.
In a published letter to the Czar, the Czarina praises Rasputin as a servant of God whose prayers were heard, notes his warning of shortages in Petrograd at Easter, and reflects on the prophet's lack of recognition in his own country, expressing personal emotion.
A pair of Easter letters from 1916 reveal Imperial affection and faith amid war. The czar’s wife writes of Rasputin’s influence, prayers, and devotion to Russia, while expressing longing to be with her husband and sending blessings to troops in Marseilles.
Fragments describe love blessing and kisses with a note about letters obtained by Isaac Don Levine. Source shows rights and publication details from Boston Post and Chicago Daily News Co with international rights secured and syndicate arrangement.
The note indicates ongoing coverage will run in tomorrow's Boston Post until the story is completed. It signals a multi‑part report across daily and Sunday editions.
The Red Flag Internationalists faced a decisive defeat at the Socialist Party of America national convention in New York. By 103 to 33 the convention rejected a Radical declaration favoring the dictatorship of the proletariat and citizenship limits, amid a day of sharp exchanges between Morris Hillquit and J Louis Engdahl.
A reader asks about election totals for Bryan in 1896 1900 and 1908 and compares landmarks such as the Woolworth Building and the Eiffel Tower. The piece covers Massachusetts battleship commission dates Haig royalty titles Nazimova pronunciation photography history Pope quotes and more in a long Q A format.
Miss Alice M. Whittier will take leading parts in plays by the High School of Practical Arts senior class. The performances showcase senior talent and school theatre program.
The senior class of the High School of Practical Arts will present The Twig of Thorn and King Rene's Daughter in the school hall on Greenville Street Roxbury on Thursday and Friday evenings to raise funds for the class.
Yale undergraduates at Woolsey Hall nominated Herbert Hoover for President on the third ballot with 1440 votes to 1026 for General Leonard Wood. Hoover led the first ballot 1229 to 968 for Wood with 173 for Lowden and 156 for Johnson. Lowden's name was withdrawn, shifting votes to Wood.
Jeremiah Willett of Burlington was found to have prowled about houses and charged with breach of peace. He was sentenced to 60 days in jail. The case centered on alleged peeping activity in Burlington on May 11.
An advertisement claims four ounces of ordinary liquid oreou applied at night dissolves dandruff, with results in mornings and after a few applications. It promises relief from itching, and recommends liquid arvon from drug stores as a cheap, effective cure.
Consolation prizes are awarded today to ten runners up in Limerick No 114 judged as next in merit to the winner. Named recipients include A D Seaver Lyndonville Wt H Eaton Boston M A Ford Boston Helen Nayo West Roxbury Mass Lewis F Ayers Chicopee W E Boyle Boston Helen A Mahan Roxbury Crossing C B Lamb West Newton Shirley Brown Boston and Joanna MacDermott Hyde Park ass.
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