Answers to Inquiries Financial Column Details
The Boston Post will publish a monthly Q and A on listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds including industrial public utilities banks and mills. It will also run comment on financial topics when feasible with impartial data. The Post does not guarantee data accuracy nor forecast market prices or individual reliability.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Goldfield Consolidated
Roxbury
Goldfield
Nevada
Inquiries to Financial Editor on New England securities
The letter instructs that inquiries be limited to one subject and require the inquirers full name and street address. Answers will address listed and unlisted stocks and bonds of New England industrial public utility bank and mill companies. Address inquiries to Financial Editor Boston Post Boston Mass.
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Inquirer
New England
Boston Post
Boston
Mass
Investor verdict on American Woolen stock risk return
Q and A notes American Woolen preferred stock at 9 percent yield is too high for a conservative investor. Six years show a $1,000,000 surplus after depreciation and preferred dividends, implying need for 7 percent with a margin. Declining depreciation and weak cash position raise questions about safety of the dividend.
Dividends Declared by Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric and Baton Rouge Electric
Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric declares a semi annual preferred dividend of 3.00 per share and a quarterly common dividend of 2.00 per share payable June 2 1913 to holders of record May 21 1913. Baton Rouge Electric declares a preferred dividend of 3.00 per share payable June 7 1915 to holders of record May 21 1915.
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Blackstone Valley Gas and Electric Company
Pawtucket and Woonsocket
Rhode Island
Blackstone Valley Gas & Electric Company
Stone & Webster
Baton Rouge Electric Company
Baton Rouge
Louisiana
ONE & Webster
Market Review And Outlook On Stocks And Tariff Trends
The market shows modest gains as bears wobble, with large houses saying stocks are oversold amid tariff, Balkan, money and Japanese tensions. International reserves lag, money tight ahead of crop moves, while Steel Common remains near six months earlier levels. Bond sales signal scarce capital and the safest path is a cautious, middle course.
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Balkan States
Middle West
Morgan
New England
United States
Bank of France
Bank of Germany
Bank of England
New York Clearing House
Fragmentary Hardrock Mining Note
A fragmentary report discusses feelings about a mine project with uncertainty over allocating funds for a shaft and ore extraction. It mentions exploratory work and the need for warrants and management decisions, but details are unclear and unspecific.
Profit cue signals 3 dollar share at 2 million ton mark
Indications point to a dividend of 3 dollars per share tied to a profit of 30 cents per ton when production hits the 2,000,000 ton milestone.
Superior Copper Company earnings and Pond Creek stock outlook
The Superior Copper Company shows a 1912 profit and reduced production costs with 22.76 pounds of copper per ton and about $1 balance per share. Management is Calumet & Hecla. Pond Creek Coal declined from 29 to 18 with 400 workers and 40 000 tons monthly output, rising toward 2 000 000 tons per year in 18 months, profit around 50 cents per ton today and 30 cents as a long term basis. 2 million in 6 percent convertible bonds will yield 200 000 shares.
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Superior M. A. C
Wakefield
Superior Copper Company
Calumet & Hecla
Pond Creek Coal Company
Roxbury
Pond Creek
Pond Creek Cmpany
Calumet & Arizona Mining Company Investment View
Calumet and Arizona after merging with Superior and Pittsburg shows large ore reserves and production above 50 million pounds of copper annually at about 7 cents per pound. Last year earnings were over 7 dollars a share, with potential earnings around 6 to 8 dollars a share per copper price tier. At around 64 dollars the stock may be slightly below value. copper shares remain speculative rather than investments.
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Calumet & Arizona Mining Company
A. G. T. Boston
Calumet & Arizona
Superior & Pittsburg
Italians suffer major loss in Tripoli defeat at Sidi Garba
In Chiasso Switzerland on May 25 reports say the Italian forces faced a severe setback in Tripoli. Censorship by Italy has limited details but it is learned the Sidi Garba defeat on May 16 resulted from an Arab plan.
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Chiasso
Switzerland
Tripoli
Sidi Garba
Italo Turkish War Bloodiest Day for Italian Forces
Italian commander Gandretti led 3000 troops in a three column assault at Derna based on a misleading prisoner tale. The attack failed after fierce frontal and reverse assaults with heavy shellfire. Colonel Magdalena died commanding. About 1000 Italians were lost. Major promoted for leadership amid twice wounded.
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Machiavelli
Gandretti
Tassoni
Benghazi
Magdalena
Derna
Out of Work Man Ends Life in Lynn
Fred S. White, 40, of 311 Summer Street Lynn, despondent over unemployment, ended his life in his room by blocking the gas jet and turning on the gas. He covered the keyhole with a handkerchief and sealed the windows before the act. His body was found yesterday afternoon by housekeepers after he failed to appear. White had been a shoeworker out of work for months.
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Fred S. White
Summer Street
Lynn
White
Looting Arrest in Roxbury Pawnshop Grab
James Fleming aged 32 of 10 Hawthorne Street Roxbury was caught by a watchman looting Morris S. Rosenbaum’s pawnshop at 59 Shawmut Avenue during widening of Pleasant street yesterday around five in the afternoon.
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Pleasant Street
James Fleming
Hawthorne Street
Roxbury
Morris S. Rosenbaum
Shawmut Avenue
AM Real Estate Stock Offering by The American Real Estate Co
The American Real Estate Company of 6 Beacon Street offers an issue of 1 000 000 dollars of seven per cent cumulative preferred stock as part of a 2 000 000 dollar authorized issue. Proceeds support further real estate investments. The firm counts assets of 27 202 824 dollars and a surplus of 2 088 805 dollars with 190 000 dollars in common stock having earned over twenty times its par value in 25 years after bond maturities and expenses.
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American Real Estate Company
Beacon Street
Engineers Go Hungry After Long Shifts On Boston & Maine
Boston & Maine locomotive engineers and firemen met at Engineers Hall to demand better working conditions. They cited inadequate sleeping arrangements and lack of meals for crews ending late runs in distant towns, with no lunchrooms or hotels open after midnight.
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Boston & Maine
Engineers’ Hall
Canal Street
Talk Over Compromise Wage Talks by Coal Teamsters
The Coal Teamsters and Handlers' Union met for five hours discussing a compromise wage increase proposed by coal dealers to start October 1. The union committee received instructions for a follow up conference with dealers. Key speakers included International Vice-President Harry P. Jennings Organizer John M. Gillespie President Joseph J. Hunt and agents O'Donnell Driscoll and Sullivan.
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Union
International
Harry P. Jennings
John M. Gillespie
Joseph J. Hunt
Teamsters’ Unions Council
O’donnell
Union 25
Driscoll
Union and
Sullivan
Lumber Teamsters’ Union
Chicago labor leader to visit Boston this week
P. J. Flannery of Chicago, international president of the Freight Handlers and Clerks' Unions, will visit Boston this week as announced to Boston & Maine Freight Handlers' Union in Charlestown. Officers will be nominated at the next meeting amid 28 new Leather Handlers' Union members and a guest speaker, Frank H. McCarthy of the A. F. of L. The Provident Longshoremen's Union reported the death of John Harrington of Charlestown with resolutions of regret and a $85 sick benefit vote to injured and infirm members.
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P. J. Flannery
Chicago
Boston
Boston & Maine
Charlestown
Leather Handlers
Frank H. McCarthy
A. F. of L
John Harrington
Provident Longshoremen’s Union
Boston Theatrical Stage Employees’ Union
Edward T. Reynolds
William N. Meagher
M. P. Pickering
John J. Barry
Fred J. Dempsey
Joseph F. Haley
Thomas J. Callaghan
The
International Union
Seattle
William M. Gallagher
East Boston
M. J. O'Donnell
Elevator and Operators and Porters’ Union
Ames Estate
Steam Engineers’ Unions
Brockton
Longshoremen’s Union 799
Dennis I. Driscoll
Boston Central Union
Peter F. Mullen
John F. McKernan
Park Department Employees’ Union
Franklin Park
Wells Memorial Building
State Council of Wood, Wire and Meta Iathers
Wells Memorial Hall
Knights of Tabor
Lawley
Neponset
Unclear fragmentary notice from ARH pages
Fragmentary text discusses savings and a fashion item with a bright red design. Mentions women’s summer attire and lake bathing, suggesting a promotional or lifestyle item but lacks complete details or context.
Typo Graphical Unions Move Toward Amalgamation
At a Faneuil Hall meeting yesterday afternoon Boston Typographical Union 13 passed a resolution favoring the amalgamation of the Cambridge and Boston unions. Labor Day parade plans were postponed to the next meeting. A communication from the international body on a proposed new government structure was set as the special order for the June meeting.
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Boston Typographical Union
Faneuil Hall
Cambridge
Boston
Everett union meeting boosts strike aid and organization
Edward A Mahoney urged support for Coch rane Chemical workers in Everett as $15 was donated to strikers and $10 to Boston & Maine trackmen. Resolutions condemned anonymous articles, a committee was named to organize book and job printers, graves in Mt Hope Cemetery to be decorated, and sympathy sent to ill Mortimer W O'Brien. Eight new members joined, 11 applications received, and an officers election loomed with campaign handouts and souvenir cards.
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Edward A. Mahoney
Chemical Workers’ Union of
Everett
Cochrane Chemical Company
Teeting
Boston & Maine
Mt. Hope
Reading
Mortimer W. O’brien
Arthur M. Huddell
Engineers’ Union
Rourke Addresses Ten Teamsters Union Meeting
Louis K. Rourke, commissioner of public works, spoke to Sanitary and Street Cleaners Union 149 about the new ash and garbage disposal contract. He outlined contract terms, limits on outside authority, and future extension possibilities. He announced a $2.50 daily wage to take effect June 1 and new rules including hearings before suspensions and civil service exam chances for lower-rated workers.
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Louis K. Rourke
Public Works
Sanitary Division
Rourke
Central Labor Union
Joint Council of
City Department
Engineers Form Demands for Aug Wage Schedule
Boston Coal Hoisting Engineers' Union 74 reports wage schedule requests for Aug 1 nearly complete. President James J. Brennan says they will present to employers within a week. Nominations for the annual election set for June 15 with voting on June 29. Change from Sunday meetings due to state convention in Brockton on June 8 where five officers will attend.
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Boston Coal Hoisting
Union 74
James J. Brennan
Brockton
B M Trackmen Strike Continues At North Station
Boston and Maine trackmen at the North station terminal remain unsettled. International vice president Michael J. White of the Freight Handlers Union accuses B M officials of suspending men in other road sections who refused to work for strikers to pressure a living wage. Union leaders say Saturday’s meeting included track and section men with power to call further action if needed. They prefer a targeted settlement rather than a roadwide strike.
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England
Germany
New England
West
Old England
Boston & Maine
North Station
Michael J. White
Striking Boston and Maine workers plan yard picketing
Strike leaders report suspensions across nearly every division as picketing of yards begins for the first time over alleged company hires masking a strike. They warn of a showdown with President Mellen if sub officials fail to settle and pledge extreme measures if needed.
In Memory of Our Mother Died May 96 1800
In memory of our mother who died May 96 1800 Frederick and Maryrell.
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Frederick and
Mary’ May Rell
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Patrick T
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George E
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Ronayne
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Michael Garcia
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William J. O’brien
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Skerry
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New Calvary Cemetery
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Dorchester
Louis P., Jr
Louis P
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Radlo
Dora Radlo
Rosenthal
Gabriel Radlo
Dorchester St
Mishkan Tefila
Repetto
North End
Augustina Repetto
Garbarino
Garl
Mary A. Schmolz
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Sacred Heart Church
Shiels
John A. Shiels
Joseph .M. Patten
Maywood St
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Strong
Wilmington
Church St
Joseph W. Strong
Nellie Strong
Woodward
Anne J
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Mos
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Everett A. White
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