Outlook for Railway Steel Spring Company in 1914
Questions on Railway Steel Spring Company and other firms note slim 1914 earnings for 7 per cent preferred stock at 2.77 per cent, with war orders and large domestic orders possibly lifting demand. Company holds about 4.2 million in current assets against 453 thousand current debts, making near-term common dividends unlikely unless wartime orders rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Steel Spring Company
Pennsylvania Railroad
Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Company
Ecommmon
Adirondack Electric Power Company
Bradford
Mass
Waterfront ships and canal plans spark busy harbor week
Fishing fleets near port are thin but a large arrival is anticipated today. The James S. Whitney will test the Cape Cod Canal next Friday to cut four to five hours off the New York run, with officials and press aboard. The Mascara carrying wool and hemp arrives from London and shifts to Mystic for Glasgow cargo. Cape Ann and City of Gloucester prepare for summer service, while several foreign-bound steamers are due this week, plus the United Fruit San Jose and Yarmouth Prince George with passengers and cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Line
James S. Whitney
L. M. Crowell
Cape Cod Canal
Here
New York
Whitney
Massachusetts
Bunker Hill
Eastern Steamship Corporation
Calvin Austin
O. H. Taylor
August Belmont
Hoosac
Mystic
Glasgow
Cape Ann
Gloucester
City of
Etonian
Leyland
Liverpool
Nicholas Cuneo
Cananova
Cuba
Hackness
Wellington
Australia
Kronprinz Olaf
Sidney
C. B
Sygna
Louisburg
Terschelling
Huelva
Spain
Kelvinhead
Montevideo
Vera
Port Antonio
Jamaica
Soestdyk
Rotterdam
United Fruit
San Jose
McKinnon
Port Simon
Havana
Yarmouth
Prince George
Charles H. Tricke
Pemaquid
Market Review and Outlook Signals Cautious War Anxiety
The week saw markets driven by political fears of Germany rather than business fundamentals. Prices fluctuated as rumors cooled, with a tentative rally by bears holiday trading. Despite war clouds, leading stocks held above prior lows, and money markets remained ample, suggesting resilience to a potential conflict.
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Germany
Pacific
Philadelphia
Steel
Amalgamated
Reading
Union Pacific
United States
Federal Reserve Banks
France
America
Rehearsal of Greek Plays at Harvard Stadium Ensuing Production
The first rehearsal of Iphigenia in Tauris and The Trojan Women by Gilbert Murray translations will be held this afternoon under Lillah McCarthy Granville Barker company. Performances follow at Princeton, Penn, and NY College. proceeds go to relief funds.
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Tauris
Harvard Stadium
Gilbert Murray
Euripides
Lillah McCarthy- Granville Barker
Harvard University
Lillah McCarthy
Granville Barker
Yale Bowl
Harvard
Princeton
University of Pennsylvania
College of the City of New York
British Imperial Relief Fund
Lafayette Fund
Ofund
Iphigenia
Hecuba
She Brought In About 200000 Feet Of Box Boards
The Landsman notes a sizable delivery of box boards estimated at about two hundred thousand feet. The item signals a large shipment suitable for packing commodities or storage. No further context is provided in the readable text.
Shipping News: Steamers and Tugs Towed and Ready
A list of steamers and tugs including Mascara Limond City of Gloucester and Monocacy with towing barges, all noted as sailed or ready for call at Gloucester and other ports. Vessels named include Prince George City of Bangor Belfast City of Gloucester Gouver Dingley and Ready-Schooner Annie with barge movements.
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Monocacy
Philadelphia
Leesport
Suffolk
Gloucester
Richardson
Plymouth
Port Johnson
Annie
Salmon River
Eight Belgian relief ships reach Rotterdam in week
New York reports that eight relief ships of the Commission for Relief in Belgium arrived at Rotterdam during the past week. They total 44,350 tons with cargo value about 4 million dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rotterdam
New York
Commission For Relief
Belgium
Booze fears and sermons ignite Paterson rally crowd
In Paterson New Jersey on May 16 a temperance speaker ridiculed saloon keepers and urged action to drive the liquor trade from the land. He graphically warned of skulls as a throne and announced a charity baseball game featuring ministers against newspaper men tomorrow afternoon.
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Paterson
N. J
Tamerlane
George E. Mooney
Grace M. E. Church
W. T. M. Beale
East Side Presbyterian Church
Dr. Beale
Sunday Campaign Proves Tremendous Turnout in Paterson
Billy Sunday drew massive crowds in Paterson with three meetings totaling about 1388 attendees. He urged converts to temperance as he denounced liquor interests and announced a Sunday parade and a giant temperance engine.
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Billy
New Dances Here To Stay Say Boston Teachers
The Dancing Teachers' Club of Boston reports that 102 instructors like the new dances and expect them to stay. They cite simplicity ease of dancing without fatigue and beauty when properly performed. Elderly dancers are taking up the new dances, supporting their popularity.
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New England
Dancing Teachers’ Club of
Boston
Tremont Street
Wrong Man Held as Murder Suspect in Pottsville Case
Andrew Tilingale of Pottsville Pennsylvania was held by Boston police for 24 hours on suspicion of murder. He was released after police noted a resemblance to the suspect in a Pottsville murder three days earlier, aided by circulated circulars from the Pennsylvania State Constabulary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Andrew Tilingale
Pottsville
Penn
Boston
Pennsylvania State Constabulary
Leominster Fatal Car Crash Leaves Man Dead
May 16 Leominster Charles Burby, about 60, died after an automobile crashed into a telephone pole. He was thrown from the car and fatally injured as the driver Saul Pouleoit of Woonsocket, R I, was arrested for reckless operation. Four others in the vehicle escaped serious injury.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leominster
Charles Burbey
Saul Pouleoit
Woonsocket
R.I
Three .400 hitters lead Harvard 1918 freshmen team
Harvard 1918 freshmen baseball features three .400 or higher averages. Boyden leads at .435, Tom Enwright follows at .416, Captain Billy Murray hits .400, Knowles at .357, Wiswall .333, with Enwright also high in runs scored and Murray second.
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Harvard
Boyden
Tom Enwright
Billy Murray
Knowles
Wiswall
Murray
Harvard prize poet receives 100 letters
C Huntington Jacobs author of Gott Mit Uns, the Harvard prize poem attacked by Professor Kuno Meyer, has received over 100 letters in recent weeks. Many come from women praising his poem or denouncing the Kaiser and Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. Huntington Jacobs
Kuno Meyer
Harvard
Melrose Health Board Puts Free Tuberculosis Dispensary Online
The Melrose Board of Health has launched a campaign against tuberculosis and arranged a free tuberculosis dispensary at Melrose Hospital to fight the disease locally.
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Melrose Board of Health
Melrose Hospital
Miss Muriel Badger Engaged to John E Booth of Burlington
At a tea hosted by Mr and Mrs Edward J Badger of 9 Park Street Wolllaston the engagement of their daughter Muriel to John E Booth of Burlington VI was announced. Both are prominent socially and Muriel is a Vassar graduate.
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Edward J. Badger
Park Street
Wollaston
Muriel
John. E. Booth
Burlington, VI
Vassar
Pollyanna Comes to Live with Aunt Polly After Accident
Pollyanna, famed for the glad game, moves in with Aunt Polly Harrington. An auto accident leaves Pollyanna unable to walk and baffles the local physician. Two specialists are summoned, their verdict shocks Miss Harrington, who fears the child will never walk again.
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Pollyanna
Polly
Polly Harrington
Mrs Harrington's nudge shifts Penny to news of Pendleton
Nancy arrives with the verdict from Dr Mead that Pollyanna cannot walk again. Pendleton, moved by Pollyanna's plight and Nancy's tale, reveals he will adopt Jimmy Bean, hoping the child can be Pollyanna's presence. Pollyanna, though sad, senses a hopeful turn for both.
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Nancy
John Pendleton
Dr. Mead
Miss Polly
House of Mystery
Mr. John Pendleton
Mr. Pendleton
Prism
Pollyanna
Mrss Snow
Beldingsville
New York
Pollyanna Whittier
Harrington Homestead
Polly
Dr. Warren
Jimmy Bean
Jimmy
L. C. Page & Co., Inc
Pollyanna Sequel Interest Sought by Boston Post
The Boston Post seeks reader support to publish Pollyanna Grows Up as a sequel. Readers who want the continuation should write a note or postcard to the Address Feature Editor in Boston Massachusetts, urging friends to read Pollyanna.
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the Post
Boston Post
Boston
Mass
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Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company
T Etme
Charles Hayden
James S. Alexander
W. Emlen Roosevelt
Carter, Ledyard & Milburn
W. J. Matheson
K. R. Babbitt
Francis L. Leland
A. F. van Hall
M. M
Ferguson
Broad Street
N. Y
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The
Inquirer
H. R. Lake View
Bigelow-Hartford Carpet Co
Millbrook
Adirondack Electric Power Co
Boston & Maine Bonds
Boston & Maine
Arlington
Lyon Carpet Co
H. D
Portsmouth
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American Realstate Company
Beacon Street
Everett A. White
Host & McWilliam
Davison CO
State ST
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing CO
Broadway
James C. Bennett
Waterfront
Lillah M’carthy
Shipping News
Mascara
Limond
London
Eng
Port Limon
C. R
N. S
City of Atlanta
Garfield
Savannah
Dorchester
Herbert
Norfolk
Tuscan
Thacher
Hampden
Hersey
Newport News
Herman Winter
Crowell
Charles F. Mayer
Machen
Baltimore
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Vollyanna
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