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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 20, 1911
Page
14
After a sharp rise the market edged higher last week but prices cooled and leveled near the week-ago mark. Analysts note weak technicals and large amateur short interest in Steel common, with traders awaiting clearer bullish or bearish signals amid political rhetoric and corporate earnings.
Champion Copper Company announces exchange of nearly 400 old shares for new shares at 3 cents per share under a reorganization. The new company will foreclose $10,000 mortgage to obtain clear title and start with about $50,000 working capital. Exchange ends 12 noon November 25 1911. shares not exchanged may be sold to an underwriting syndicate. Directors pledge cooperation and monthly payment options via mail or in person at Room 701 Congress St Boston.
The calendar notes a meeting with Baltimore and Ohio. It lists an assessment payable in San Antonio priced at 50 cents.
Rev. Dr. George W. King urged support for Police Commissioner O'Meara and Watch and Ward Society head J Frank Chase. He called for reporting wrongdoing, funding investigations, and pursuing constructive plans to rescue those in sin and improve morals.
The W H Reed schooner brought in 3000 pounds of cod at T wharf while Mooanam Virginia and Klondike held over catches for today. Francisco from Hull reached Mystic in a storm that slowed 3000 miles across the Atlantic, discharging 800 tons of freight before heading to New York. Sygna, from Louisburg Cape Breton, with 7000 tons of coal, endured heavy seas en route to Everett. Winifredion from Liverpool was late likely due to boisterous weather. Several overdue steamers are expected today including Lord Roberts Sloterdyk Bosnia Earl of Carrick Bostonian and Kentucky. The battleship Florida and Utah prepared for Pensacola and joint Atlantic squadron at Guantanamo for winter practice. Fore River shipyard nears launching two new trawlers Surf and Swell for Bay State Fishing. Newton coal carrier delivered to Newport News for 7300 tons of coal. Prince Arthur, six hours late from Yarmouth, carried 140 passengers. Bohemian delayed by cattle loading, departing with 80 000 bushels of wheat and 2000 bales of cotton among other goods.
Captain Robert Welsh of the Pejepscot Lumber Company barge bled to death when his right leg was severed by a hawser during a mooring attempt as the barge broke loose near St. John New Brunswick. He died before doctors arrived. his wife and large family survive.
Friends fear for Captain Oliver B. Thomas and his five crewmen after the Searsport broke adrift while in tow and has been missing for a week. The Harper line of Boston says the vessel may yet appear. Mrs. Thomas mourns as wireless warnings go to all coastwise steamers. The 2700 ton coal cargo was bound from Norfolk to Boston. A scout cruiser and revenue cutter conduct the hunt from New York.
Establishment invites applications for a lunch room position from applicants directed to A SEGAL located at 46 Hampden Street Roxbury on the first floor between 12 and 1.
Nov 20 sun rises 6 40 to 4 19 day length 9h 39m high water 10 59 am 11 184 pm tide rise 10 ft. Arrived steamers include Winfredian Sygna Bohemian and others from Liverpool Hull Portland and Gloucester. Cleared ships include Sygna Louisburg and United States battleship Florida. Tugs and barges listed for Hoboken Sewalls Point Buzzard s Bay and Portland with several towings recorded.
Miss Dorothy Parker, star of Pomander Walk at the Plymouth Theatre, plans to settle in Boston Dorchester's Pomander Walk after the season. She calls herself a true Bostonian and says her ancestors were Bostonians, intending to spend part of each year in the city and buying a home there. Her father, Louis N. Parker, author of Pomander Walk, is mentioned as part of the family background.
A renowned playwright arrives in Boston to attend Parker Night and discuss relocating his residence to the city, aiming to settle amid its vibrant theater scene.
In Philadelphia a mercy stabbing left 11 year old David Goldschneider wounded in the back after a marble quarrel with eight year old Ruby Fleisman. He was taken to Pennsylvania Hospital in critical condition. Ruby fled to a yard and hid in a barn before officers captured her.
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