What are the Liberty Bonds
The article explains Liberty Loan bonds, detailing bonds as written debt certificates with principal repaid at maturity and interest paid periodically. It covers purchase methods, registered versus coupon bonds, interest payouts, redemption options, par value, premium and discount, convertibility, $10 certificates, safe storage, and the rationale for a 3.5 percent to 12.5 percent-approximate interest in light of government security.
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United States
Points in yesterdays markets
Total sales in New York and Boston rose with New York led by Steel and Island Creek in activity. For year to date, New York totals reached 87 300 400 shares and Boston 3 186 895 shares while gains included General Chemical and Pacific Mills and losses included National Biscuit preferred and Calumet and Hecla.
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New York
Boston
Steel
Island Creek
General Chemical
National Biscuit Pref
Pacific Mills
Calumet & Hecla
Liggett Bond Transactions Highlighted By Market Activity
The New York May 29 bond market report notes continued activity on the stock exchange with Liggett & co. among firms listed. Traders monitor yields and price movements as contributions from health and consumer sectors influence bond demand.
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New York
Stock Exchange
Market gains despite short interest pressure on New York stocks
In New York trading May 29 the market reversed early declines as short covering and late buying pushed prices higher. United States Steel dipped early then recovered a point, while Bethlehem, Crucible, and Lackawanna Steel posted modest gains. War supply issues lifted sugars, while Peoples Gas fell to a new low before a partial rebound. Total stock volume reached 1,025,000 shares with bonds uneven but rails and utilities trending up.
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New York
United States Steel
Bethlehem Steel
Crucible Steel
Lackawanna Steel
Peoples Gas
General Chemical
United States
Panama
Boston Market Stages Late Rally Before Memorial Day Close
The Boston market showed weakness early as Steel declined from 1321-4 to 1311-2, with coppers and other issues following. A late-session rally lifted prices amid holiday closures and expectations of a $4.25 Steel dividend to be paid Thursday. Butte & Superior earnings for Q1 1917 were 3.65 a share, vs 7.90 prior quarter, with production cut due to February's short month and flotation changes. Massachusetts Electric preferred rose to 33 4, Pacific Mills at 140, sugar stocks led gains while marine stocks stayed narrow. The New York and Boston exchanges will close for Memorial Day.
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Commission
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Massachusetts Electric Preferred
Pacific Mills
Utah Consolidated Mining Co Declares Dividend
At a directors meeting of the Utah Consolidated Mining Company a dividend of one dollar per share was declared payable June 25, 1917 to stockholders of record at noon June 6 1917. A H Secretary.
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Utah Consolidated Mining CO
Broadway
New York
Utah Consolidated Mining Company
Eye, A. H
Milk and Roses in a Milk Diet Beauty Scheme
A Californian poet discusses a writer and his wife famed for a “milk and roses” complexion. She attributes beauty to a long milk diet and recalls Roman empresses rumored to bathe in milk. The writer’s wife shares tips while the narrator muses on freckles and homemade healing creams.
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Miss Pickford
Fort Lee
Mary
Harvard ROTC Review by General Edwards Today
General Edwards will review the Harvard Reserve Officers' Training Corps at Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock. The public is invited to attend the ceremony.
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Harvard Reserve Officers’ Training Corps
Soldiers’ Field
Edwards
Keep Germans at Their Work Urges U S Marshal
United States Marshal John J. Mitchiell urges all employers of alien labor especially Germans not to discharge enemy aliens for being German. He cites idleness as a greater risk and notes over 2000 Germans registered with 99 percent employed and content. His office will stay open nightly until June 1 when permits to live are required in Massachusetts.
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United States
John J. Mitchiell
Massachusetts
Wood buys first job site in New Bedford
William M. Wood president of the American Woolen Company today acquired a half interest in a New Bedford building where he first worked as an office boy. An offer for the remaining half is believed pending. The structure houses Merchants National and Mechanics National banks and is famed as an old Doric architectural gem. Wood intends to preserve it for sentimental reasons.
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William M. Wood
American Woolen Company
Merchants’ National and Mechanics’ National Banks
Wood
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