Market closes weak on mixed gains and dividend news
The New York and Boston stock markets show activity with gains in Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, and Atlantic Coast Line, while Chesapeake & Ohio and Calumet & Hecla slip. Broad selling late in the session offsets earlier gains as investors weigh dividends and bullion trends amid mixed railroad and steel performance.
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New York
Boston
Steel Common
Atl. Coast Line
Reading 2d
N. E
Calumet & Hecla
State Street
London
Harriman
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Chesapeake & Ohio
Atlantic Coast Line
Australia
Bank of England
Atchison
St. Paul
Northern Pacific
Reading
Steel
Oday
New York Stock Exchange
Regular dividends steady for rail and mining concerns
Talks of advancing dividends were dismissed as Harriman confirmed regular quarterly payouts. Union Pacific at 2 1 2 percent and Southern 1 1 2 percent, Guggenheim Exploration elevates Yeatman and Lipman to directors, Nevada Consolidated attracts investors amid anticipated initial payout within three months.
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Pope Yeatman
Charles K. Lipman
The
Guggenheim Exploration Company
M. R. Guggenheim
A. Chester Beatty
Nevada Consolidated
Market Summary of Boston Stocks and Bonds May 20
The Boston Market notes the day’s stock and bond price movements and lists total sales. It records the day's course with a running table of prices and totals, reflecting market activity in government and corporate securities.
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Boston
Boston curb market features thin gains and declines
Boston curb market features Helvetia Southwestern Development Yukon and Bay State Gas with mixed moves. Helvetia fell to 63 8 from 71 16, Southwestern Development slid to 38 cents, Bay State Gas recovered to 57 cents after a drop to 50, Yukon eased to 47 8 from a high of 5. Fluctuations shown in detail.
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Bay State Gas
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Butte Coalition
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Giroux Mining
Goldfield Con
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Rawhide Coalition
Standard Oil
Bond market notes across several cities and bids
Dedham Mass awards 60000 3 12 per cent school bonds to Crocker Fisher at 100 393 for 1910 29 maturities. Chesapeake & Ohio calls 7500000 collateral trust 6 per cent notes due July 1 1910. Malden bids sought until May 25 for 50000 3 1-22 per cent coupon bonds. Metropolitan Steamship bondholders accept deposits until June 15. Milwaukee awards 375000 4 per cent street improvement bonds to R L Day at 101 089. Rochester awards 200000 eight months water renewal notes to Goldman Sachs Co at 3 12 per cent.
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Dedham
Mass
Crocker & Fisher
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Malden
Milwaukee
R. L. Day & Co
Rochester
N. Y
Goldman, Sachs & Co
New York
Dividends Declared by Railways and Firms
A list of dividends declared by multiple companies including Buffalo and Susquehanna Railway, Saco and Pettee Machine Shops, Mines Company of America, Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, Guggenheim Exploration, Union Pacific Railway, Southern Pacific Railway, National Lead, Pacific Mills, Kerr Lake, Railway Steel Springs, Atlantic Coast Line, and Waltham Watch Company. Payments range from 1 percent to 2.5 percent, with dates and record dates noted. several entries include books close and reopen details.
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Auts Chalmers
Amalgamated Copper
Amer Agricultural Ae
Amer
Amer Car & Foundry
Amer Cotton Oil Ee
Amer Hide & L
Lee Securities
Amer Smelt & Refining
Amer Sugar Refining
Amer Tel & Telsaan
Amer Tobacco
Amer Woolen
Anaconda Mining
Atchison Eee
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Bethlehem Steel
Brooklyn Transit
Canadian Pacific
Central Leather
del & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
Distillers Securities
Erie
General Electric
Great Northern
Vlinois Central
Interborough Met
Asaneres Eeenee
Inter Harvester
Inter Marine
International Paper
International Pump
Town Central
Tener
Kansas City Southern
Louisville & Nashville
Minn
St Louis
Missouri Pacific
Kan
Texas
Nat Rys
New York Central
Ontario & Western
Norfolk & Western
Pacific Mail
Pennsylvania
S. Gam
Pitts
C & St Louis
Buffalo & Susquehanna Railway Company
Saco & Pettee Machine Shops Company
Mines Company of America
Chesapeake & Ohio Railway Company
Guggenheim Exploration Company
Union Pacific Railway Company
Southern Pacific Railway Company
National Lead Company
Pacific Mills
Kerr Lake Company
Railway Steel Springs Company
Atlantic Coast Line Company
Waltham Waetch Company
Ex-Dividend Calendar For Today Alerts
Calendar lists today’s ex-dividend items including Standard Oil books open and close windows. Other entries feature Corn Products Ref Kings County Electric Light and Power preferred and Georgia Ry and Elec common plus Superior and Boston.
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Georgia
Common
Superior
Boston
Questioning Fin Com Reports Writer Claim Sparked by Cipher
A Boston student of municipal research argues that John F. Fitzgerald authored the Fin Com reports and that Mayor Hibbard edited the Republic magazine, basing the claim on a Baconian cipher method. The article promises fuller explanation in the following section.
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W. S. Booth
Cambridge
Bacon
Shakspere
Republic Magazine
Cryptogram Craze Entangles Boston Politicos and Editors
The Post exposes a cryptogram theory linking John F Fitzgerald to Finance Commission reports and Mayor Hibbard to editorial comments on the city charter. It analyzes how acrostic methods reveal hidden authorship amid ongoing political debate and newspaper coverage.
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World of Literature
Cambridge
Post
John IF. Fitzgerald
Finance Commission
Hibbard
the Republic
Board of Schoolhouse Commissioners
Tabapechtay
Balloon Ride Planned for James J Jeffries by Leo Stevens
Pittsfield May 2 Leo Stevens announced he would take James J Jeffries heavyweight boxer as a passenger in a June balloon ascent. The launch site Mary be Pittsfield North Adams or Springfield and Jeffries has expressed a wish to ascend, which Stevens confirmed after being informed by Mr Taylor.
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Leo Stevens
James J. Jeffries
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Jeffries
Stevens
Taylor
Hebrew High School Presents The Maccabeans Drama
The Hebrew High School children will perform a three act Hebrew biblical drama The Maccabeans on Sunday evening May 23. The piece was written for the occasion by M. M. Tamarof and will be staged at the Grand Opera House.
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Hebrew High School
M. M. Tamarof
Grand Onera
Tissandier Flies Wright Machine 35 Miles in 70 Minutes
In France on May 20 M Tissandier flew a Wright machine with a new motor for 1 hour 10 minutes covering 35 miles marking a notable aviation test.
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France
M. Tissandier
Booth on His Cipher
W S Booth explains his acrostic method inspired by Falconer and a sequential shift. He compares it to finding royal flushes in succession and notes the difficulty of reproducing exact letter collocations in writing. He predicts eventual understanding amid hostility from scholars and calls for patience as the idea spreads.
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W. S. Booth
Francis Bacon
John Falconer
Government action denies powder price cutting claim
In New York on May 2 an official for the Du Pont De Nemours Powder Company testified that none of his Boston office agents had ever tried to lure customers from rivals by underquoting prices or otherwise drive competitors from business.
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New York
RE. I. Dupont-De Nemours Powder Company
H. B. Temby
Boston
Brotherhood seeks young men for Christian Brothers Order
Brother Simon of the Christian Brotherhood of Pocantico Hills, N Y, travels to Boston in search of boys aged 16 to 18 who wish to join the order. A college for training the brothers was built three years ago at Pocantico Hills, and Brother Simon stays at Patrick Tivnan’s residence, 74 Linden Street, Dorchester.
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Christian Brotherhood of
Alfred Moseley Arrives in New York from England
Alfred Moseley, English educator and participant in prior British American teacher exchanges, arrived in New York on the Adriatic from England.
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Alfred Moseeley
England
Death of Mrs Mary Chadwick at South End ruled natural causes
Mrs Mary Chadwick aged 44 of Laconia Street South End was found dead in her bed yesterday at noon. The medical examiner ruled the death due to natural causes.
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