Investment opinions on Swift & Co stock and peers
Questions from Groton and Dover discuss Swift & Co stock value with high 8 percent dividends and rapid growth since 1899. New England Telephone price weakness blamed on overpricing and high expansion costs. future earnings may rise with traffic but rates may fall. Douglas Shoe preferred stock details show 7 percent non cumulative dividends and opaque common earnings. Massachusetts Gas Companies act as holding with 7 percent common dividend, rising margins, and possible tax changes affecting future payouts.
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New England
Dover
Mass
New England Telephone
W. L. Douglas Shoe Company
Massachusetts
Maine
W. L. Douglas
Answer — Massachusetts Gas Companies
Boston
New England Manufacturing Company
Treasuries
Utah Metal and Tunnel Co Dividend Declaration Notice
The directors of Utah Metal and Tunnel Company declare a dividend of 30 cents per share payable December 10 to stockholders of record November 30. Books closed November 30 and reopen December 11. President I B Rothwell signs the notice.
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Utah Metal and Tunnel Company
I. B. Rothwell
Preferred Dividend Declared by Central Mississippi Valley Electric
Central Mississippi Valley Electric Properties declares a quarterly preferred dividend of 1.50 per share payable December 1, 1917 to holders of record at the close of business November 15, 1917. STONE & WEBSTER, Transfer Agents.
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Central Mississippi Valley Electric Properties
Stone & Webster
Former German spy linked to Hindu revolt plot in San Francisco case
Joseph W. Noth, arrested in Chicago with documents tying him to the German secret service, said to testify before grand jury about the Hindu revolt plot. Names Wolfe von Igel and others in the case. Noth claimed German secret police past but denied wartime ties. Noth listed Canton Ohio as home, born in Baden, 28, not draft registered.
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Chicago
Joseph W. Noth
Secret Service
San Francisco
Wolfe von Igel
von Papen
Noth
S. Noth
Wilhelmstrasse
Bernstorff
Baron Krut von Reiswitz
Secret Police
United States
Canton
Baden
Germany
Hearst Buys Advertiser in Boston Newspaper Deal
Charles Sumner Bird owner of the Boston Advertiser and the Boston Record sells the Advertiser to William Randolph Hearst. Hearst will take over the Advertiser on December 1 while Bird continues the Record publication.
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Charles Sumner Bird
The
Boston Advertiser
Boston Record
Advertiser
William Randolph Hearst
Mr. Hearst
Mr. Bird
Record
Boston Post Office Clerks Hear Conference Report
The Boston Post Office Clerks Association held its regular meeting at Longfellow Hall with focus on the amalgamation issue. President Sheehan explained points from recent conferees and a resolution was adopted to obtain state wage statistics for the past five years for Congress. The committee reported 100 parcels for Christmas will be shipped to enlisted clerks.
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Boston Post Office Clerks’ Association
Longfellow Hall
Sheehan
State Board of Labor
Congress
Market Review and Outlook Headlines A Sluggish Week
A dull steady week signals the bear market may be nearing a halt with many brokers arguing the decline is near completion. Investors weigh potential rallies and the impact of UK and Allied moves, U S labor trends, rate cases, and inflation dynamics on future prices.
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Germany
Medford Boy Dead in France in World War I
Captain Melvin C. A. Johnson of Medford was killed in action in France on October 2 while serving with B Company Canadian Mounted Rifles. He was 21, had been wounded several times, won three decorations, and had recently been promoted to captain after bravery at Vimy Ridge. He had written to his uncle, John Henry O'Brien, predicting safety.
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Kerensky
Germany
Italy
England
Lloyd George
United States Steel Corporation
Melvin C. A. Johnson
Medford
Canadian Mounted Rifles
John Henry O’brien
Boston Post Office
Rived
Johnson
Fifth Canadian Mounted Rifles
Vimy Ridge
Walter B. Henderson
John C. Paige & Co
New York
Finance Commission Reports on City Bonding Practices
The Finance Commission prints Part I on bonding city employees, accusing Mayor Curley of steering business to Peter J. Fitzgerald and Daly, urging flat rates to cut costs. It notes bids, rates, and the push for competitive pricing, while criticizing bureaucratic delays and conflicts of interest in Boston’s bonding arrangements.
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Commission
Boston
Peter J. Fitzgerald
Somerville
Boston & Maine Railroad
City of
New York
Fidelity
Magenis
Morrison
Massachusetts Bonding and Insurance Company
Daly Plumbing Supply Company
Francis L. Daly
Oakmount Land Company
James M. Curley
Edwin P. Fitzgerald
Edwin
Curley
William B. Joyce
National Surety Company
Fitzgerald
Obrion, Russell & Co
Suffolk
William J. Hobbs
Guaranty Company of North America
Obrion & Russell
Finance Commission
Towner
James Curley
International Insurance Company
International Fidelity Insurance Company
International Company
United States Guarantee Company
City of Boston
the Finance Commission
John R Murphy
Corporation Council
Mason Street
Boston & Maine Railroad Company
Mavar's Reply Addresses Bonding Rates in Jersey City
The mayor responds to a question from the Finance Committee about bonding through a Jersey City company at rates 15 to 20 percent below the prevailing scale. The exchange centers on cost savings and credit implications for city projects.
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Boston
Jersey City Company
War Time Moral Sermon Attacks Selfish Wealth
The Rev. Herbert Johnson of Warren Avenue Baptist Church denounces selfish indulgence amid wartime sacrifice. He cites a hotel scene of a wife consuming a large steak and a banker ordering extra sugar, warning such excess risks moral ruin alongside the Kaiser.
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Herbert Johnson
Warren Avenue Baptist Church
North
South America
North America
Waterfront Calendar Update For War Era Details
Waterfront calendar lists war era timing and astronomical notes. It records day counts in Europe and the United States, tide heights for morning and evening, moon phases for November and December, and morning stars Jupiter Saturn Mars until late November with Venus as evening star.
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Europe
United States
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
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Groton
Answer—Swift & Co
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Ings
Massachusetts Gas
Ss. M. Boston
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Mississippi Valley
Crestie
Illinois
Iowa
Ohio
Hearst
P. C
Virginian Railway
the National City Company
State Street
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France
Fin. Com
Daly
Daniel P. Sullivan, Jr
Sullivan & Daly Company
Democratic City Committee
P. J. Fitzgerald
O Brion
Said Dnly
Mr. Henderson
Joyce
Mr. Fitzgerald
Robert J. Dunkle
Obrion, Russell
Henderson
International Fidelity Insurance Co
Jersey City
N. J
A. A. Altschuler
Massachusetts Bonding & Insurance Company
Cape Ann
Thacher’s Island
Express
Canada
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