Market Review Reflects Irregular Week in Stocks
The stock market saw uneven price moves as investors weighed the presidential election. Steel shares rose on strong quarterly results but faced selling as orders dwindled and 1909 outlook remained uncertain. Traders note manipulation and big-money influence shaping prices with fears of a natural recession if demand falters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standard Railway
United States Steel Corporation
Steel Corporation
Tion
Taft
Curb Split Over Lawson Issue Sparks Breach Among Brokers
Internal curb dissension over Lawson leadership threatens a split. Anti Lawson brokers intend to stay at Exchange Place, while others plan a move to 19 23 Doane Street. A transfer to Deane Street was announced, with disputes over where trading should occur and Lawson influence blamed for friction.
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Boston Stock Exchange
Exchange Place
Doane Street
The
Curb
Deane Street
Stock Exchange
Thomas W. Lawson
Lawson
Back Bay Residents Seek End to Night Mail Delivery
Back Bay residents protest night mail delivery saying it disrupts evening socials and plan to push for discontinuation. Letter carriers doubt the plan will succeed.
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Back Bay
Killed as car hits cab in Cambridge tragedy
Thomas Brennan of 7 Linden Park street Roxbury was killed when a Cot tage Farm car struck his cab on Charles River road near Cambridge. Brennan was taking two women from Brookline to Cambridge. he fell from the cab wheel’s impact and died shortly after at Cambridge Relief hospital. The two passengers were bruised and shaken and treated at the Hotel Touraine.
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Thomas Brennan
Linden Park Street
Roxbury
Cambridge
Brennan
Brookline
Brokline Street Bridge
Charles River Road
D. A. Brown
Cambridge Relief Hospital
Louis Hicks
Sewall Street
Somerville
Tie
Francis Hoye
Nathanville
R. I
Heaseman
Providence
Touraine
Newton Considers Evening Mail Delivery Trial
Newton residents show interest in an evening mail delivery while Boston back bay discussions remain tentative. If adopted, midday delivery would end and postal workers oppose night shifts due to increased workload.
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Newton
Back Bay
Boston
Body Found in Woods Near Dunstable New Hampshire
G A B Leach while fox hunting with two companions discovered a dead man in the woods outside Dunstable. Authorities suspect the deceased may be O Malley who disappeared from Manchester last spring. No foul play detected. The body likely lay in the woods eight to ten months.
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Dunstable
N. H
G. A. B. Leach
O’malley
Manchester
Manchester- Nashua
Leach
Congdon
Admiral Schley rescues crew from burning schooner Luke L Pollard
The steamer Admiral Schley arrived from Port Antonio with the captain and crew of the burned schooner Luke L Pollard bound for New York. A steward lit a sidelight with a match in the engine room, causing an explosion that ignited the forward house and gasoline tanks, forcing the crew to flee to the stern.
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New York
Admiral Schley
Port Antonio
Luke L. Pollard
Fernandina
Powell
Lack of Work Affects Millions in England
London reports a nationwide hardship as at least seven and a half million people in Great Britain face unemployment and its hardships amid widespread job scarcity.
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England
Admiralty to Sell Refloated Gladiator
The admiralty plans to sell the refloated cruiser Gladiator to shipbrokers. Salvage costs have run about 325000 dollars. The ship could bring around 40000 to 50000 dollars in the current condition.
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Admiralty
London
Gladiator
M. C. Barnard & Co Observe Anniversary
M C Barnard and Co the curb and financial house celebrated its anniversary at 35 Congress street with hundreds of clients and friends in an informal reception. Floral tributes from New Zealand and telegrams of congratulations flowed in from executives including Frank Lister and A W Coote.
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M. C. Barnard & Co
Curb and Financial House
Congress Street
New Zingland
Frank Lister
Compressed Air Power Company
Keighley
England
Lister
Bostonia Ladies’ Orchestra
Stock Exchange
Curb Houses
Magnomiscock Golf Club House Destroyed by Fire
Magnomis cock Golf Club house in Milford was burned this morning in a fire believed incendiary. The building dates from 1891 and was valued at 3000 dollars.
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Magnomiscock Golf Club
Milford
Burial for John W. Hutchinson Bard of High Rock
John W. Hutchinson known as the Bard of High Rock was buried at Cottage Home in Lynn after a funeral led by Rev BE A Cooper. The Harvard quartet sang and the will was read revealing an estate of about 375000 with one quarter to the widow a grandson and Mrs Viola Campbell and the rest to three other relatives.
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Lynn
John W. Hutchinson
High Rock
BE. A. Cooper
Little Wanderers
Boston
Harvard
Lynn Cemetery
Fred Nichols
R. E B. Hutchinson
Viola Campbell
Hutchinson
Frothingham Heffernan Co marks 12 years in rug trade
The Boston carpet house Frothingham Heffernan & Co. celebrates 12 years at 169 171 Washington Street. Partners A. S. Frothingham E. L. Heffernan C. B. Luther and Jared Plaisted expanded to import Oriental rugs linens and laces while securing major local contracts. They tout a November sale featuring Renaissance lace curtains from a French house offered at half price.
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Frothingham, Heffernan & Co
Washington Street
Joel Goldthwaite & Co
Messrs
A. S. Frothingham
Boston
H. H. Cotton
E. LD. Heffernan
C. B. Luther
Paine
Furniture House
Jared Plaisted
Charles Street
Snyder’s
Marseilles
Lyons and Lisle
France
Saxony
Messrs. F. L. Jacobs
Haverhill
A. H. Libby
H. J. Watson
Arrest in Parade Pickpocket Case on Massachusetts Ave
Harry Colton, 28, of 48 Cross Street, was arrested by Sergeant Norton Inspector Patterson and Lieutenant Carter for pickpocketing $2 on Massachusetts Avenue during the parade.
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Harry Colton
Cross Street
Norton
Inspector Patterson
Carter
Massachusetts Avenue
Asquith Elected Lord Rector at Aberdeen University
In Aberdeen Scotland on November 1 Herbert H. Asquith won the university rector election defeating Sir Edward Carson by 434 votes to 376. The result makes Asquith the new lord rector of Aberdeen University.
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Aberdeen
Scotland
Herbert H. Asquith
Aberdeen University
Edward Carson
Duff brothers charged with breaking and entering Norwood office
Alexander Duff and Sidney Duff are charged with breaking and entering the Adams Express office in Norwood on October 20. They are accused of larceny of $182 and two revolvers. Both brothers, aged 23 and 18, were arrested at their Somerville home and turned over to Boston police.
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Adams Express Company
Norwood
Alexander Duff
Sidney
Columbia Street
Somerville
Carter
Dameny
Boston Police
Dutt
Duff
Lexander
Concord Reformatory
Emergency tents aid marchers with medical staff on scene
Six hospital tents lined the march route under Dr. Laura A. Hughes with a corps of nurses and ambulances. About 35 spectators and marchers received treatment, most cases minor, including several named individuals treated at City Hospital, Massachusetts General, and Relief Hospital.
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Patrick F. Hannon
Longwood Avenue
Dartmouth
Commonwealth Avenue
City Hospital
William B. Lucas
Tremont Street
Clarendon Street
William E. Moore
Green Street
Seominster
Charles
Beacon Streets
Massachusetts General Hospital
Cornelius Murphy
Prentiss Street
Watertown
Arlington Street
Patrick Willch
Lynn
Louis Parent
Lowell
William F. Johnson
Willard Place
Commonwealth and
Massachusetts Avenues
Minnie Murphy
Havre Street
East
Boston
Massachusetts and
Commonwealth Avenues
Richard J. MecCoullough
Saugus
John Burns
John Carney
Mary F. Donovan
Laura Carney
Jenny R. Dix
Catherine Fitzgerald
Nora Brosnahan
Elsie Galvin
Traveler Shoe Company’s Rise To Notable Prosperity
I Wit founded the Traveler Shoe Company about a dozen years ago opposite Old South Church. The Traveler 2.00 shoe debuted as a one priced style at 2.50, earning rapid trust. Now operating fine Traveler Shoe Stores in leading U S cities, Boston hosts four. The brand is as familiar as a 2 cent postage stamp, built on fair dealing and courteous service.
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I. Wit
Traveler Shoe Company
Traveler Shoe
Old South Church
Mr. Wit
United States
Boston
Chinese Dine Men of Fleet Amoy
Two thousand men of the American fleet landed at Amoy and were served a European luncheon and a Chinese dinner. Restrictions kept them from leaving the grounds due to cholera and plague fears. Admiral Sah hosted a luncheon for Rear Admiral Emory and fleet commanders. Tea was served at the Temple with foreign residents in attendance. A Kentucky baseball team defeated Virginia yesterday.
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Amoy
Sah
Emory
Kentucky
Virginia
Remarkably Punctual Boston Parade Impresses Officials
Boston military and police officials praised last evenings parade for perfect start at 12 45 with no hitches. Major John J Leonard planned ahead and societies arrived on time while a strong river wind challenged paraders and a Syrian Catholic contingent marked a first time participation. The start and disbanding drew favorable comments.
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Boston
John J. Leonard
Beacon Street
Massachusetts Avenue
New York
Lowell Societies Parade Detach To Bay State Road Review
Late arriving groups from division 12 under Marshal Hugh J. Molloy separated from the main parade and marched 20 minutes after. About 1500 men in the group plus a blue uniformed boys society formed a cross as Archbishop O Connell reviewed them on Bay State Road before heading to North Station for trains.
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Lowell
Division 12
Hugh J. Molloy
Bay State Road
Archbishop O'Connell
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