Governor Curtis Guild Announces Key State Prominent Resignations
Governor Curtis Guild Jr. accepted the resignation of Adjutant-General James P. Parker and Chairman James I. Jackson of the Board of Railroad Commissioners. Parker will retire Jan 1 as brigadier general after reorganizing state forces under the Dick law. William H. Brigham named Inspector-General. Jackson to practice law with Herbert Parker and Hugh Bancroft.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curtis Guild, Jr
James P. Parker
William H. Brigham
Parker
Guild
Brigham
James I*. Jackson
Board of Railroad Commissioners
Jackson
Herbert Parker
Hugh Bancroft
Middlesex
Bond Issue Lends Strength To Stocks
Wall Street stock activity followed the government relief plan with initial gains of 1 to 4 points before a retreat as uncertainties over one year 3 per cent notes and currency effects emerged. Treasury actions proposed by Cortelyou aimed to bolster bank circulation via Panama bonds and certs, with widespread gains in industrials and a firm close. Net changes included Amalgamated up 1 1 8 to 46 54 and Smelting up 2 4 to 64, with mixed currency and gold movements shaping the session.
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Wall Street
United States
New York
State Street
Treasury Department
Treasury
London
Sugar
Great Northern
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Steel
Amalgamated
Atchison
Brooklyn Rapid Transit
New York Central
Northern Pacific
Pennsylvania
Reading
Southern Pacific
New York Stock Exchange
Cortelyou
Panama Canal
North Butte Mining Company
J. E. Sherwin
New York Consolidated Stock Exchange
Imperial Bank of Germany
IF. R. Bolles
Copper Range Railroad Company
Boston
New York Metal Exchange
Lake Copper
Waltham Watch Company
William E. Soule
Frank G. Webster
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Double Bodied Spanish Alien Detained By Immigration
Jose Martinez a Spanish alien who arrived on the steamship Canopic is held by immigration officials pending a Washington appeal over deportation. Described as a 45 year old with a visibly double body yet intelligent and physically capable he seeks to remain in the United States amid medical curiosity and legal challenge.
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Jose Martinez
Canopic
Washington
Martinez
Europe
Robert O Brien, Noted Fish Dealer, Dead at 62
Robert O Brien, well known fish dealer of Atlantic Avenue, Somerville, died Sunday afternoon at 424 Broadway after a weeks long illness. He spent over 25 years in the trade, once partnered with William J Emerson, later reestablishing his own firm. Survived by three sons William Daniel and Patrick, and his 94 year old father.
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Robert O'Brien
Atlantic Avenue
Broadway
Somerville
Mr. O'Brien
Old North End
William J. Emerson
William
Daniel
Patrick
Baltimore
New York Stock Exchange Seat Prices Collapse
The price of a seat on the New York Stock Exchange fell again to 51500, the lowest since 1803, in New York on November 18.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Comedy Presented by German Dramatic Society at Roxbury
Die Grosstadtluft a German comedy by Blumenthal and Kadelburg was staged last evening at the Dudley Street Opera House Roxbury under the German Dramatic Society of Boston. Miss Sigrid Gubitz received especially praiseworthy notice. The society will stage Sudermann's The Fires of St John in January.
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Oscar Blumenthal
Gustav Kadelburg
Dudley Street Opera House
Roxbury
German Dramatic Society of
Boston
Sigrid Gubitz
Sudermann
Will of Amasa Clarke Filed Leaves Estate to Wife
The will of Amasa Clarke of Brookline filed in Dedham names his wife Fanny Sturtevant Clarke as executrix and heir to his entire estate. The document is dated May 8, 1902.
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Dedham
Amasa Clarke
Brookline
Fanny Sturtevant Clarke
Market Report Shows Daily Stock and Bond Totals
The Boston market records the day’s stock and bond movements with totals: listed stocks 23 663 shares, unlisted stocks 8 109 shares, bonds 14 000. Ex-dividend and assessment paid figures accompany the daily totals.
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Uex
Steamship bonds lead Boston curb market gains
In Exchange Place Boston on Nov 138 steamship bonds with Howell and Little dominated curb trading. Steamship bonds rose from 10 1 4 to 11 3 4 before ending strong at 10 3 4, Howell and Little advancing from 80 cents to 1 18 3 4 with a close at 11 16. Full list of fluctuations follows.
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Exchange Place
Howell & Little
J. Thomas Reinhardt
Boston
Broad Street
New York City
Acme
Ieee
American Rotary
Bay State Gas
Bingham Mary
Cumberland Bly
Davis-Daly
Denver Arizona
Dominion
Eagle & Blue Bell
Fast Butte
Farwell Mt Ont
Coldfield
Consol
Greene
Lowe 1
Little
Laramie
Nevada
Nipissing
North Butte
T&e
Reed Gas
Eas
Rosario
Aweel
Seneca
Shawmut
Smerick & Pitts
Thunder Mt
Utah-Apex
SOULE
Roosevelt Urges Normal Business Through Investment
In a November 19, 1907 letter from Boston, President Roosevelt argues for public cooperation to restore circulation and confidence. He notes gold holdings, proposed Panama bonds, and large government notes to back currency while warning investors to seek sound advice amid volatile markets.
Eliot outlines city government by commission at Harvard
President Eliot outlines his plan for municipal government by commission at the Harvard Political Club, arguing it delivers from political machines. He cites Galveston examples, praises at large selection, primary elections in Iowa, and the need to curb waste and corruption in Boston. He claims the movement represents a revolution in American cities and a better use of public funds.
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Harvard Political Club
Union
Eliot
Boston
Massachusetts
Galveston
Texas
Iowa
America
Bond Issue Pleases Bankers in Boston
Financial circles in Boston welcomed the Treasury Department plan to ease the money squeeze and restore confidence. Bankers and brokers said the move should aid circulation, with certificates of indebtedness offering 3 percent yields. Critics noted the effect depends on whether funds are drawn from banks.
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Boston
Treasury Department
Washington
William A. Gaston
National Shawmut Bank
Commercial High School Report Traces Founding and Early Development
The Boston School Committee reports on the Commercial High School founded in March 1906 with F. W. Thompson as headmaster. It details a business community advisory group, summer work, lectures on local industries, and high retention. The Patrick A. Collins building houses classrooms, a commercial museum, library, and geography lab. The school earned a gold medal at Jamestown for administration and student work.
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F. W.thompson
Thompson
Europe
James J. Storrow
Boston School Committee
Amory A. Lawrence
Merchants’ Association
Andrew J. Webster
Associated Board of Trade
John IF. Crocker
Chamber of Commerce
Brooks
Boston
Business Men’s
Patrick A. Collins
Normal School
High School of Commerce
Margaret Carley
Rious Charitable Organizations
Bunkel
Brookline
Aberdeen
Brighton
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Peabo
Parker and
the Treasury
Telephone
United Fruit
Sturday
Butte Coalition
Boston & Maine
Boston Consolidated
Calumet & Hecla
Copper Range
Granby
New Haven
Quincy
Utah Consolidated
Boston Clearings
Sub-treasury Credit Ve
Chicago
Bankers Sterling
Een
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Howely, & Little Exploration Company of
Inter-Trust Security
Water St
Boston, Mass
Ennis &Stoppani
Broad ST
Consolidated Stock Exchange of
N. Y
New York Produce Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
Byston Staite Mutual
Congress ST. Tel
Beverly R. Wood
Mgr
Owen Goldsmith & _Company
KILBY
TS Ngee
Fda
James Shay & CO
GO State St
Nit Oncve
Golder
State &T
Car & Foundry Eee
S& Do
Smelting & Refining
Hee AO
Anaconda Mining Co
Vis Ve
Eeee
Atlantic Coast Line
Baltimore & Ohio
Canadian Pacific
Central Ather
Central of New Jersey
Chesapeake & Ohio
Thicago Great Western
Chicago & Northwestern
Mil & St Paul
C & St
Colorado Fuel & Iron
Colorado & Southern
Delawart & Hudson
Denver & Rio Grande
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Erie
Oprel
General Electric
St P & S
Ste
Missouri Pacific
Kansas & Texas
Etree
Haly
Rock Island Co
Bido Oie
Ois StilLek Sand
Southern Railway Ee
Texas & Pacific Wa
Toledo St
I & West
Wwe
United States Realty
United States Rubber
United States Steel
Westinghouse Electric
Western Union
Wheeling & Lake Erie
Ennis & Stoppani
State Mutual
German Dramatic Society
Curtis
Sederquist
The
Congress Street
American Smelters & Refining
Tel
Bell ‘Tel
Bos & Alb
Bos Eley
Bos & Low
Bos & Me
Union Pac
West End
Ae aAdventure
Arcadian
Arizona
Sly
Bingham
Bonanza
Ae Butte Coal
Cal & Ariz
Cal & Heela
Con Mereur
Oaml
Cop Tange
Daly-West
Mexico
Michigan
Santa Fe
Shannon
McLey
Edison
Seattle
I S Steel
Ans Oe Ae
bAmalgama’d
Rey
Isle Royale
la Salle
Roosevelt
President Roosevelt
Panama
Secretary of the Treasury
Maine
California
C.F. King
Journal Building
Machine Politics
Pres. Eliot
Knell
Commercial High School
Organization of Advisory Board
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