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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1918
Page
12
This Boston Post financial column invites readers to send inquiries about listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds. It pledges impartial, sourced data but no market forecasts or price opinions. Inquiries require full name and street address to receive attention.
Facts about Libby McNeil Libby as a Swift & Co subsidiary. Discusses Swift stock exchange into Libby shares, par values, and dividend expectations. Notes May 4 surplus, cash, receivables, inventory, and payables. potential initial dividend of $10 per Libby share contemplated.
The market failed to rise after armistice terms were signed with exchanges closed before reopening Tuesday. Prices fell as professionals sold and traders anticipated a longer readjustment. Analysts note a two phase shakeout: price normalization from high wartime levels and the gradual withdrawal of artificial controls as demobilization proceeds.
The text notes that by 1914 dividends of 6 percent or more were paid on this issue. For the year ending Oct 31 1917 earnings matched the full preferred dividend and about 8 percent on common. In 1916 preferred earnings were 7.27 percent, vs 2.58 percent in 1915 and 4.60 percent in 1914. In the four years before 1914 earnings exceeded the dividend requirement.
The census bureau reports unofficial estimates showing 82,306 deaths from influenza and pneumonia in 46 cities from Sept 9 to Nov 9. This exceeds total American Expeditionary Forces deaths from all causes from the first unit landed in France until hostilities ended, suggesting about 78,000 epidemic mortalities.
A column on polite behavior notes women may be brusque to conductors and allow children to take space. It states a diamond solitaire suits a fiancé but only if affordable. It advises brides to acknowledge gifts before the wedding if possible.
A meeting of thanksgiving by Congregation Beth Hamedrash Hagadol in Roxbury approved a resolution favoring establishing a national home in Palestine and praising the president and allies. The vote was to present the resolution to President Wilson via Lt. Governor Cox. Speakers included Councillor Collins Lt. Hinckley and rabbis Epstein and Newman. Cantor Chagy provided selections.
Famous escape artist Houdini arrives with his manager to attend the opening instalment of The Master Mystery at the St James Theatre in Boston. He has long headlined vaudeville and escaped many noted prisons worldwide proving elusive to police.
Colonel Theodore Roosevelt announced that he and Mrs. Roosevelt would visit the grave of their son Lieutenant Quentin Roosevelt in France where he fell after his aircraft was shot down. The move followed a protest against repatriating the body, while General March affirmed the policy to return soldiers’ remains where spouses or families desire.
Washington denies Wilson informed Berlin the armistice would be revoked if Russian Bolshevik representatives are admitted. No diplomatic reference to Bolsheviks in U S Berlin exchanges. German government not told maintenance of law and order is required for armistice. Berlin dispatch cites Berlingsko Tidende report of Wilson stance.
Belmont Springs Country Club members held a dinner dance to dedicate a new clubhouse and raised 7600 for the United War Work funds. About 200 attendees contributed with two gifts of 100 each. B. B. Conrad chaired the arrangements committee and President Burgess urged support.
A wartime appeal calls on readers to support troops overseas through the United War Work Fund. The message urges immediate contributions to provide comfort and protection for servicemen, using the slogan Give! Give! Give! and stresses collective public support.
A poem questions male behaviors seen as rude by women, comparing barbering and grooming to public displays, then shifts to humorous recipes and domestic tips from readers in Maine and Boston, mentioning beets, pickles, fruit cake, and a lemon sponge pie from various contributing households.
One egg with cinnamon nutmeg sugar salt melted butter flour baking powder and rolled oats. Beat egg and mix with ingredients. Drop spoonfuls into buttered tins and bake.
A long list of death notices and funeral arrangements for multiple residents across Boston and nearby towns. Entries include names such as Julia Bates, David Burke, Agnes Clifford, Herman Cohen, Elizabeth Fleming, James Flynn, Catherine Foley, Hugo Franz, Charles Galleher, Mary Gillespie, Arthur Hood, Edward Hudson, Benjamin Hunt, George Keyzer, Alta Lord, John Luke, Mary McKenna, Ethel Merrigan, Ralph Meyer, Priscilla Moody, James Moody, Julia Nolan, Anna O Keefe, Elizabeth O Rourke, James Parker, Ellen Quinlan, Owen Reardon, Catherine Rice, Frank Roscoe, Carl Sporron g, Gertrude Symones, Margaret Walsh, Frances Webber, Robert Whitelaw, Keith Whithycombe, Jessie Yates, Catherine Zukackes. Each line notes residence, age or family relations, funeral date and mass at local churches, and common directives such as automobile cortege or flowers omitted.
An anniversary high mass for the repose of the soul of Cornelius J. O'Brien will be celebrated Tuesday morning November 19 at 8 o'clock at St. Francis de Sales Church Charlestown.
A plea urges New England residents to support the United War Work Fund with strong donations. The message frames giving as both a privilege and a duty, urging immediate action and repeated exhortations to contribute.
Arrivals at South Boston fish pier were light last evening with several vessels expected today. The Balaine steam trawler, newly purchased by East Coast Fish Company from Leonard Fish Company of Nova Scotia, docked yesterday. Kingfisher, torpedoed by a German submarine, remains under British register until peace is settled.
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