Answers to Inquiries Column for Boston Post Financials
This financial column offers Monday Morning inquiries on listed and unlisted stocks and bonds of New England industrial entities, banks, utilities, and mills. It promises impartial responses from trustworthy data while not guaranteeing accuracy or market predictions and requires full name and street address for inquiries.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Financial
The
Inquirer
Boston
Mass
Investment opinions on Steel common and related stocks
User asks about United States Steel common at current prices. The reply notes Steel has earned little in the past year, paid a 2 percent dividend from surplus, trades around 48, and may cut or suspend the dividend. It cites a long-term average earnings rate, tariff effects, and potential for a future surplus if business improves.
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Steel Corporation
New York
Natick. L
American Locomotive Company
Utah Consolidated
Newton
Mass
Utah Onso
Atah Consolidated
Sailor Emiliano Orozco Laid In State At Haymarket Hospital
The body of Emiliano Orozco 23 sailor on the Argentine battleship Rivadavia lies in state at Haymarket Square Relief Hospital. Medical staff arranged the room for viewing under Dr. William J. Brickley as guards from the Rivadavia stand beside the bier with the Argentine flag over the casket and an American flag at the head. He died from pneumonia developed after inhaling illuminating gas.
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Haymarket Square
Emiliano Orozco
Rivadavia
Charlestown Navy Yard
Alpine chasseurs march in sunlit France as war begins
Estelle Kiauder recalls a mountain town welcoming Alpine chasseurs in blue uniforms marching toward war. Dusty from long march, some on gun carriages. youths smile, laugh, and salute amid applause while women in the crowd weep and cheer. Tears and huzzas mark the moment.
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France
Estelle Kiauder
Alps
The Laconico Turn In War Despatches
George Horace Lorimer criticizes laconic war despatches and laments that professional correspondents cannot reach the front. The anecdote recalls an old veteran who described hunger with a quip about eating weeds, illustrating the point with sharp wit.
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George Horace Lorimer
Philadelphia
Jiming
Italy rushes troops to Tripoli amid Bedouin revolt
Special Cable from Rome reports Italy sending troops to defend settlements and loyal tribesmen in Tripoli as Bedouins and Arab rebels, allegedly stirred by Turkish and German agents, threaten the Italian hold in Cyrenaica. Italy seeks explanations from Turkey and Germany as war looms. Governor-General Emeglio requests more troops.
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Tripoli
Derna
Turkey
Germany
Cyrenaica
Black Sea
Great Britain
Russia
France
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War Office
Russia Under War Conditions
A compact digest of European wartime economic and social measures. It discusses Russia abolishing the spirits monopoly, potential tax shifts, Baltic German loyalties, censorship, and military deployments. It notes Finland’s tension, income tax proposals, and ongoing economic strain amid war.
Rhode Island cattle quarantined amid foot and mouth outbreak
Rhode Island reports numerous suspected cases across Providence county with cattle and swine quarantined. Massachusetts authorities push strict quarantines, plan culling and disinfection to stamp out the disease while pigeon and pet controls are debated.
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Massachusetts
Providence County
Scituate
Rhode Island
Smithfield
Johnston
Kent
Washington
Kent County
Pollard
West Providence
Pawtucket
Providence
State Department of Animal Industry
Federal Bureau of Animal Industry
Brighton
Grafton
Southboro
Blackstone
Northboro
Fred F. Walker
James F. Ryder
Boston
The
Bureau of Animal Industry
Last Russification Step at Dorpat University
The Rigasche Zeitung reports the final stage of Russification at the University of Dorpat. In the evangelico theological faculty German is banned from instruction with a single exception for practical theology courses for future vicars in German communities. Lectures will mostly be in Lettic and Estonian.
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Rigasche Zeitung
University of Dorpat
Russian Jewish rights debate sparks fines and suspensions
Reliable data show no improvement for Russian Jews. Prince Trubetzkoi's article in Russkoye Vyedomosti advocating equal political rights led to a 3000 ruble fine. Russkoye Bogatsvo was suspended after its editor protested anti Jewish treatment. The army papers Russische Invalid and Novoe Vremya maintain anti Jewish stance with about 200000 Jews said to serve.
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Copenhagen Berlingske Tidende
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Seyn
von Brincken
Twenty-second Army
Spare
Dahlstroem
Petrograd
Bank of England
Russkoye Vyedomosti
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Russkoye Bogastvo
Russische Invalid
Novoe Vremya
Russians occupy Insterburg long enough for grand duke stay
The Konigsberger Anzeiger reports the temporary Russian occupation of Insterburg with Grand Duke Nicholas and General Rennenkampf staying 19 days at the Dessauer Hof. Russian officers lavishly spend money and champagne flows as the adjutant Colonel von Gra ...
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Tasterburg
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Rennenkampf
Insterburg
Gumbinennen
Konigsberger Anzeiger
Lynn Police Bar Red Flags in Parade at Lynn English
Chief Burches of the Lynn police criticized the red and white banners at Lynn English High and Lynn Classical parades and said the law against carrying a red flag through city streets will be enforced.
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Burches
Lynn Police
Lynn English High
Lynn Classical
Earthquake in San Francisco Stirs Mild Doors Now Felt
A week of warm clear weather ended with a scarcely perceptible quake that rattled doors in downtown San Francisco and was felt across the Bay Area from Oakland to Berkeley and San Jose. No damage was reported.
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San Francisco
Transbay
Oakland
Alameda
Berkeley
San Jose
Peninsula
Training Table for Wellesley Seniors
Eight seniors at Wellesley College enter a strict winter training regime to curb indulgence and enforce early hours. The 1915 class crew vows to block the 1916 juniors from spring exams, banning candy and pastry and enforcing a 10 pm lights-out and 10 minute morning calisthenics. A London theatre manager adds telephone captions for patrons with hearing difficulties.
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Wellesley College
Caroline Blackstone
Adelaide Ross
Virginia Viall
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