Answers to Inquiries on Cuba Cane Sugar and Erie Stocks
This Boston Post financial column answers questions on investment merit for Cuba Cane Sugar preferred stock and Erie Railroad securities. It explains Cuba Cane Sugar's assets, potential 1917 net, and the safety of the preferred dividend, while noting limited seasoning for high-grade status, and reviews Erie’s past dividends, current earnings, and potential for future preferred payouts amid ongoing recovery efforts.
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Cuba Cane Sugar Corporation
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Auction sale of 1173 Haverhill Electric Company shares
1173 un subscribed shares of Haverhill Electric Company will be sold at auction by R Ek Day & Company at the Real Estate Exchange & Auction Board Boston on Thursday May 31 1917 at 1130 AM By order of the Board of Directors Elihu A Bradley Treasurer Boston Lodge No 10 Benevolent Protective Order of Elks notices of bond payments to holders of 5 percent gold bonds dated January 15 1907 will be paid on presentation before July 16 1917 with interest through that date after which interest ceases on July 6 1917 Alfred Dr Wellington Treasurer Boston Lodge No 10 Elks.
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Dwight E. Woodbridge
M. E
Henrietta
Butternut
Big Ledge Copper Company
Lake Superior
John Borg
New York
Curb Market Association
Erie Railroad Company
Erie Railroad
Erie
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Anaconda Copper Company
Haverhill Electric Company
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Boston
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Elihu A. Bradley
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Benevolent & Protective Order of Elks
Federal Trust Seer
Federal Trust Co
Corner Water
Devonshire Sts
Boston Lodge NO 10, Benevolent & Protective Order OF Elks
Alfred DR. Wellington
Germans Have Fish a Plenty Across Berlin Baltic Waters
German news reports celebrate a fish surplus from Baltic catches and imports with price controls relaxed and fish available without cards. The army and smoking houses also hold excess fish while Denmark is urged to curb shipments. asparagus and potato shortages add to supply concerns as heat hurts crops.
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London
Germany
Baltic Sea
Denmark
Market Review and Outlook for Steel Stocks Rise
Market gains extended last week led by steel shares with United States Steel surging to a record high as buyers push prices despite looming profit-taking. The broader market remains below last fall’s peaks though war spending and inflation fears fuel continued optimism and potential modest pullbacks followed by rebounds.
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United States Steel
Memorial Mass at Fenway Park Honors Spain War Veterans
Ten thousand people attended a memorial mass at Fenway Park after a parade from Copley Square along Huntington and Boylston streets to the grounds. A squad of Spanish War veterans led the line, under Captain Patrick F. King, with a sanctuary decorated by A. P. Nardini and 150 seminarians from St. John’s Seminary. Cardinal’s hymn and “The Star Spangled Banner” opened and closed the service as Mer Roche delivered a sermon urging national unity and loyalty to God and country, praising the flag and cross as symbols of love and sacrifice.
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Huntington Avenue
Massachusetts Avenue
Boylston Street
Ipswich Street
Patrick F. King
Police Department
United States
A. P. Nardini
Thesmass
St. John’s Seminary
Brighton
Pio de Luca
Mer. Roche
America
Voltaire
Christ
Elvic
Fenway Park
Boston
Police
King
German Aviator Describes Losing Passenger In Mid Air
A German pilot recounted how a lieutenant observer died during a reconnaissance flight after the observer insisted on opposite maneuvers. The craft was hit by British fighters, and the two-seater crashed after the pilot dived to escape. The observer was not found in the wreckage.
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London
Farmers Pray for Rain After Late Spring Start
The text notes farmers facing a late spring start and awaiting rain as they project harvest rates, reflecting anxious hopes for better soil moisture and timely crop development.
Deportations Not Stopped Says Belgian Records
Belgian authorities released a copy of a German order showing Berlin’s deception over halting deportations at the Pope Benedict facility. The document notes Mons must furnish 600 young men to a cavalry barracks by noon with clothing and provisions, under a 300 mark penalty per missing man, and signals that women may soon be included as census work proceeds.
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Havre
Mons
Benedict
Neorger
Whien
Rights of Russian Soldiers Declared by Kerensky
Petrogad via London May 27. War Minister Kerensky issued an order of the day declaring eighteen paragraphs from the provisional government’s declaration. Soldiers gain liberty of conscience and political opinions and may wear civilian clothes off duty. The salute becomes optional. No soldier is punished without trial, though during war commanders may use force to compel obedience.
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Petrograd
London
Kerensky
Allied air bomb German defences along Belgian coast
A London despatch cites an Amsterdam report that allied air squadrons from Britain France and Belgium bombed German defences at Heyst Blanckenberghe and Zeebrugge in Belgium last night. Many explosions were observed.
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Exchange
Amsterdam
Heyst
Blanckenberghe
Zeebrugge
Belgium
Ninth Regiment Veterans at Mission Church Memorial Service
Members of the Ninth Regiment Veterans' Association attended a memorial service at Mission Church Roxbury. A military high mass was celebrated by Rev James Lynch and a sermon on the gospel of the day was delivered by Rev James Clark.
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Ninth Regiment Veterans' Association
Mission Church
Roxbury
James Lynch
James Clark
Girl Trips On Rug Injures Four Year Old
Four year old Evelyn Sullivan of 185 Pearl Street Somerville is in serious condition at Somerville Hospital after falling down stairs yesterday afternoon. She suffered a concussion and was placed on the dangerous list by physicians.
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Evelyn Sullivan
Pearl Street
Somerville
Rich Girls Slacker Charge Stirs Boston Labor Debate
Edward F. McGrady, president of the Boston Central Labor Union, labeled young society women famed for patriotic war work as slackers in a statement made yesterday. The assertion targets those aiding soldiers at home and in Europe.
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Europe
Edward F. McGrady
Boston Central Labor Union
McGrady Faults Society Women Use of Labor Sourcing
President McGrady criticizes society women for exploiting working girls by funneling their post work sewing into homes of the wealthy. He urges mobilizing both youth and private school boys to farms to make them producers not slackers. He plans to bring these issues to labor representatives on the State Committee of Public Safety.
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Friends of the German Republic Seek End to Autocracy
A New York report notes Germans abroad form the Friends of the German Republic to dethrone Emperor Wilhelm and establish a republic. The group claims national scope with English and German appeals and a headquarters. Observers warn of a Russian-inspired upheaval spreading toward Germany.
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Germany
Roxbury’s Oldest Resident Raises Flag
Jeremiah M. Swett aged 9, Roxbury’s oldest male resident, raised a new iron flagstaff flag ceremony on 75 West Cottage street with 50 friends present. He ordered the pole when war with Germany was declared and yesterday raised the flag with Miss Flor ence Watt and Master Frederick Watt assisting as guests sang the Star Spangled Banner. Swett served 13 years in the Roxbury police and 23 years as a truant officer.
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West Cottage Street
Germany
United States
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Florence Watt
Frederick Watt
South Boston
Waitresses Union 112 Opposes Prohibition Policy
Boston union members vow opposition to any prohibition form. Resolution notes 600 workers in liquor sales connected roles and warns that about 50 percent could lose employment if prohibition becomes law. union emphasizes families depend on income and condemns prohibition at any time.
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Waitresses’ Union 112
Waterfront Council formed to unite marine crafts
The Waterfront Council received broad support at a large meeting at its headquarters. Leaders from labor groups including James Mullaren of Syracuse and John W. Beck of New York City addressed the gathering along with Fred C. Bolam and John T. Fennel, promoting better working and economic conditions for crafts touching marine work.
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Waterfront Council
James Mullaren
Syracuse
N. Y
John W. Beck
New York City
Painters’ Brotherhood
Fred C. Bolam
Labor note on wage scales for Lathers and unions
The Lathers' State Council approved wage scales for locals including Lyon Salem Springfield Brockton Lawrence Waltham and Boston. Local 72 settled on a compromise scale with 72.5 cents an hour four and five nail lathe wages and five dollar day rates, expiring Jan 1 1918. Public notice of future scales and wartime work plans announced.
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Lathers’ Union
Lathers
Lyon
Salem
Springfield
Brockton
Lawrence
Waltham
Boston
Sanitary and Street Cleaning Teamsters’ Union
Local 149
Curley
Norton
Women Delegates Meet in Washington June 1 for War Mobilization Plans
Delegates from 14 Atlantic seaboard states will gather in Washington on June 1 for a conference with the women's committee of the Council of National Defence. The meeting begins a series to discuss organizing women for wartime mobilization.
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Atlantic Seaboard
Women's Committee
Council of National Defence
Women of America
British and French casualties and raids in World War I fronts
British troops in Lens sector repulsed a German attack east of Loos while Haig’s forces raided northwest of St Quentin. French efforts to take Crown Prince positions south of Pargny failed after heavy losses. Arras reconnoitering detachments southwest of Acheville were repulsed as shelling intensified along Aisne and Champagne fronts with French air raids dropping explosives on German works.
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France
Loos
Haig
St. Quentin
London
Pargny
Arras
Acheville
Berlin
Aisne
Champagne
Laffaux Mill
Paris
Italian forces smash Austrian line at Gorizia front
Italian troops repulse Austrian attempts to seize Gorizia as fighting continues on multiple fronts. British raids northwest of St Quentin and near Fontaine les-Croisilles yield gains, while French and German units clash along the Aisne and Champagne fronts. Germans strike near Teton but Petain forces counter, and attacks around Lafaux mill, Braye en Laonnois, and Vauxaillon are repelled.
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France
St. Quentin
Fontaine-les-Croisilles
Arras
Loos
Aisne
Champagne
Teton
Petain
Laffaux Mill
Pargny
Allette
Braye-en-Laonnois
Berlin
Vauxailion
German birth rate alarms rise over wartime decline
London dateline reports a continuing drop in German births in 1916 versus 1915 and 1914, with 26 cities over 200000 showing a 38.3 percent fall and 15 000 plus cities a 39.2 percent drop. Infant mortality also falls, while sociologists warn of a future impact. authorities plan legislation to boost births and cut infant deaths.
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London
Imperial Health Bureau
Germany
Ministry of the Interior
Reichstag
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