Answers to Inquiries Column Requests Stock Data
The Boston Post announces a weekly Monday financial column answering reader questions on listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds. It will cover securities and financial topics impartially from trustworthy sources and requires inquirers to provide full name and street address for attention.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
The
Inquirer
Financial
Boston
Mass
Investment prospects for International Paper preferred stock
In the six years before the war International Paper preferred under earned its dividend and paid only 2 percent, piling back dividends at 6 percent. 1916 and 1917 yielded sensational earnings, enabling back-dividend settlement partly in cash and stock. Improvements in financial structure and higher assets followed, but earnings remain abnormal and not indicative of normal times.
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International
Preferred
Dayton
Tenn
Shelbyville
Lewisburg
American Cotton Oil
Notice of Sale of 1250 Shares of Preferred Stock
Notice is hereby given that 1250 shares of the preferred stock of the New England Power Company will be sold at public auction on Wednesday June 6 1918 at 11 80 a m at the salesroom of Ash Day Co No 8 Congress Street Boston by order of the Board of Directors Omri W Brooke.
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NEW Dngland Power Company
New Finelenad Fower Company
Ash Day & Co
Congress Street
Bos- Gag
Erie
Omri
W. Brooke
A. Mitchell Palmer
New York Cotton Exchange
New York City
New York Dock Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Commission On Waterways and Public Lands
State House
Boston
Mass
Falmouth Heights
Falmouth
Commission
John N. Cole
Jesse B. Baxter
Williams
M’nary
Ee Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
United States
Postoffi
Jas. A. Wetmore
Market Review And Outlook For The War Economy
The market shows a halted upswing with a notable reaction after extensive gains. Tax revision talk and Secretary McAdoo’s comments influenced sentiment, but experts view tax changes as unlikely to derail the boom, anticipating back and fill before another advance. General discussion covers railroad vs industrial earnings and potential tax-driven shifts in investment.
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Congress
McAdoo
Veterans of Edward M Xinsley Post Honored by Unitarian Service
The 35 gray haired survivors of Edward M Xinsley Post No 113 G A R were guests of honor at South Congregational Society Unitarian yesterday. Rev Edward Cummings praised the veterans in a sermon noting their example and achievements help make American manhood ready to defend democracy and keep the world safe for it.
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Nathaniel Wales
Thirty-fifth
Massachusetts Volunteer Regiment
Kinsley Post
Mr. Cummings
Uncle Sam
America
Washington
Monroe
Lincoln
New World
Edward M Xinsley Post No. 113
South Congregational Society
Unitarian
Edward Cummings
Memorial Services for Grand Army Men in Dorchester Churches
Memorial services for Civil War veterans and current service members were held yesterday in Dorchester churches. The Benjamin Stone Jr. Post G A R and affiliated groups, led by Commander Daniel Weymouth and escorted by Daniel Bowditch Camp Sons of Veterans, attended at Blaney Memorial Church with Rev A A Rideout delivering a patriotic sermon. Evening exercises were held by the Benjamin Stone Jr. Women’s Relief Corps at Grand Army Hall, and morning services honored Civil War veterans and troops abroad at Greenwood Memorial Church.
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Grand Army of the Republic
Dorchester
Benjamin Stone
Grand Army Hall
Greenwood Memorial Church
France
Tells of New War Dangers At Ford Hall Address
George W. Coleman spoke at Ford Hall on war dangers and postwar living. He described hospitals and the YMCA and pictured a civilization altered to meet new living standards. The New England Congress of Forums will hold twenty centers with discussions on war problems led by Charles Kroll and Victor Heath endorsing constructive criticism.
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George W. Coleman
Ford Hall
Coleman
New England Congress of Forums
New England
Charles Kroll
Congress
Victor Heath
Boston Public Safety Committee
May Procession at St. Gregory's Church
More than 200 St. Gregory's School children joined the May procession at St. Gregory's Church Dorchester. One child wore allegorical costume and bore emblems. Services included crowning the statue consecration of the children to the Blessed Virgin and Benediction of the Sacrament.
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St. Gregory’s School
St. Gregory's Church
Dorchester
Boston
Mary J
Thomas F. Sheehan
Gate of Heaven
Simpson
Annie
John Simpson
Park St
Sullivan
Somerville
Julia A. Sullivan
Hartnett
Prescott St
St. Joseph’s Church
Union St
Henry B. Thompson
Chestnut
Jamaica Plain
Turley
Roxbury
Annie Turley
Conant St
Mission Church
Warren
Sharon
Evelyn N
Edward A. Warren
Massapong St
Oak Grove Cemetery
Fall River
Warwick
Belmont
George Willard Warwick
Belmont St
Lafayette
Ind
Watson
Harriet B
James W. Watson
Southern Ave
Halifax Riot Ends as Soldiers Free Captives
Halifax returns to calm after a riot in which returning soldiers freed two comrades and a sailor arrested by police. Four rioters were injured at City Hall as efforts to set the building ablaze were halted. property damage ranged from five to ten thousand dollars.
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Halifax
Arrest Bull Man's Brother in Conspiracy Case
New York police arrested John J. O Leary, brother of Jeremiah O Leary, on a conspiracy to obstruct justice charge tied to the disappearance of his brother. He had appeared last Monday for trial on an indictment accusing him of publishing seditious material in the Bull, an anti English periodical.
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New York
John J. O’leary
Jeremiah O’leary
Bull
Fishing Vessels Fill Pier As Market Opens
A large number of fishing vessels lined the fish pier yesterday with more expected by market opening. Prices likely to ease slightly this week as mackerel remain scarce. Lobsters stay plentiful and cheap though Nova Scotia crustacean season nears end and prices may rise. Several merchant ships with sizable cargoes arrived, reports state calm voyages and no new passengers except a few from a Canadian port.
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Nova Scotia
Four U.S. Airmen Reported Missing on British Front
Four American aviators have been reported missing on the British front since April with two shot down behind German lines. Names of the missing men are not yet available. No confirmation yet of a German claim that three American airplanes were brought down on the Lys front Wednesday.
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Associated Press
Onne Lys
Births Engagments Marriages And Deaths Wide City Notice
Births listed for Chase and engagement of Lesley Allen to Katherine Ball. Marriages include Hazel Merrill to David Ferguson hastened for war. A long death notice run covers many residents from Winchester to Dorchester with funeral details.
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Satan
Sseusa Dane
Chase
Raymond T. Chase
Webster St
Haverhill
Allen—Ball
Lesley Allen
Camp Devens
Sheldon W. Ball
New York City
Katherine Woolsey Ball
Plattsburg Normal School
Ferguson
Merril
Hazel Todd Merrill
Charles H. Merrill
Stearns Avenue
Lawrence
David Ferguson
Tufts
John Ferguson
Main St
Andover
In Memoriam Sarah O Connor Mother of the O Connor family
In loving memory of Sarah O Connor who died May 27 1915. Philip and Margaret O Connor express their grief and remembrance of her life and legacy.
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Sarah O'Connor
Philip and
Margaret O’connor
Dooley Family Marks First Anniversary Mass
Dooley observes the first anniversary of James F. Dooley with a Mass on Wednesday May 29 at 9 a m at Sacred Heart Church Roslindale.
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Dooley
James F.dooley
Sacred Heart Church
Roslindale
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International Paper Pfd
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R. I
Answer
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Eve Long
BAY State Film CO
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U. S
Saturn
Mars
Venus
Benton
Winchester
Jay Bayard Benton
First Congregational Church
Berg
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Rachael H. Berg
Blodgett
Richard A
Edward
West Newton
St. Paul’s
Burke
Richard
Mary Burke
Hayden
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Coyne
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Thomas F
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McAuliffe
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Co. F
6Th
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Murray
Longmeadow St
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Gould
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Olcott St
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Greeley
Emma E
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Rosseter St
Harrington
George FE. Harrington
White St
Unitarian Church
Marion St
Hartagan
Cambridge
Mary Lloyd Hartagan
King St
St. John’s Church
Massachusetts Ave
Iefradi
Everett
Philip
Carmella fJerardi
Rinaldi
Broadway
Kaizer
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Grace I
Kaizer (Cortell
Josephine
John G. Corthell
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Hingham Centre
Kenney
Milly
Julia EB. Kenney
Hillside St
Leonard
Forest Hills
Patrick
Mary Leonard
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Maclean
Children’s Hospital
Louise
Everett and
Emma MacLean
Peterson
Princeton St
Macy
James C. Macy
Mahan
Catherine E
George B
Margaret Mahan
Doyle
Hamilton St
St. Peter’s Church
M’cue
James J
Bridget (Mullen) McQue
John McCue
South Boston
Granville St
St. Gregory’s Church
M'Gill
Cecelia
John
Hilda McGill
Corona St
St. Peter's Church
M'Intyrp
Daniel
Mary McIntyre
Heath St
Winter Hill
M’laughlin
Beachmont
Michael (Mountain
Catherine McLaughlin
Corey St
Charlestown
Grigan Ave
Church of Our Lady of Lourdes
Hamilton Court No. 1
M’manus
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Mary BH
Norman G. Reoch
Robert Reoch
Phenix
BR. I
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East
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Carade
Harley-Davidson J
W. J. Walker
W. J. .Walker
West St
H. Quint
Haverhill St
North Union Station
Richmond
United
Washington St
Mass. Shingling Co
Warren St
Tel
Rox
Crescent Gardens
Revere Beach
Path
Helene L. Sweney
Ave
Mabel Hall
Tremont St
BAY Slate
Loomis School
Mass. Ave
Condit’s
Richards
Huntington Ave
Huntington Chambers
B. B
Hawley Electrical School
Rae
WM. Hesble
F. R
Kimball
Newtonville
Ames Quality
Ames
Quincy Hall
Edward A. Monahan
James A. Adie
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Marks & Chester
Coate
Vesta
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Dudley Sq
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Summer St
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