Amalgamated stock plunges as market turns sour at close
The New York market showed broad activity with Vanderbilt stocks and coalers leading early gains, while Amalgamated weakened sharply after noon. It fell from 83 1/4 to 79 3/4 intraday, closing around 80 as insiders reportedly sold and rumor of a dividend cut circulated. Boston trading was heavy, with 143,000 Amalgamated shares changing hands and banks offering 4 to 4 1/2 percent call money amid a quiet money market.
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New York
Vanderbilt
Ocoalers
St. Paul
Sugar
Pennsylvania
New York Central
Washington
Keene
Boston
Amalgamated
Baltic
Trimountain
Copper Range Company
Copper Range
Treasury
Boston National Banks
Hst
Atlantic
Eliot
Hide and Leather
New England
Old Boston
State
Suffolk
Webster
Commerce, Exchange
Massachusetts
Union
National Webster Bank
Morrison, Kekewich & Co
London
Gay
Heath
Somerville School Board Honors Late Miss Annie Savage
At the Somerville School Board meeting resolutions were adopted on the death of Miss Annie L. Savage who died November 7. She had served 24 years as a city teacher without missing a session. The resignation of Miss Cora M. Taylor from Knapp School was accepted to join Hugh O'Brien School in Boston. Three teachers were elected Miss Florence A. Colgate Miss Jaicy M. Curtis and Miss Mattie J. Connelly. The board adjourned until next Wednesday evening.
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Somerville School Board
Annie L. Savage
Cora M. Taylor
Knapp
Hugh O’brien
Boston
Florence A. Colgate
Jaicy M. Curtis
Mattie J. Connelly
Past Grand Association Banquet in East Boston
The Past Grand Association of Zenith Lodge I O O F East Boston held its semi annual banquet and ladies night at the Parker House. Miss Beulah S Cone read and Miss Maude Fowler played several piano solos. Captain John Bordman spoke on the customs of the Filipinos.
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Zenith Lodge
East
Boston
Parker House
Beulah
Cone
Maude Fowler
John Bordman
Boston Storm Wreaks Havoc Along Water Front and Suburbs
A fierce Atlantic gale battered the Boston area with record tides. Fronting water flooded ferry lines and streets, while Back Bay cellars and river banks filled. East Boston and Winthrop suffered major damage with wrecked wharves, flooded tracks, and vessels stranded. Nantasket and coastal towns endured widespread destruction as breakwaters, cottages, and docks were battered. residents faced rising waters, forced evacuations, and heroic crossings to reach vessels and services.
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Beacon Street
Boston
Lynn
Winthrop
Beachmont
Swampscott
Nahant
Marblehead
Nova Scotia
Revere
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Hub
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Long Wharf
T Wharf
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Jack Carney
Colonel Billings
Immigration Department
Matron Kelly
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Commonwealth
Nix 3
Commission
Sergeant Clark
United States Quartermasters’ Department
Captain Mellin
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Navahoe
Brunswick
Charleston
S. C
City of Macon
New York
Macon
Nobska
Vineyard Sound
Portland
Stearer Penobscot
Bangor
Kennebec
Bay State
Dingley
St. Croix
Eastport
St. John
N. B
Harvard Bridge
Dorchester
Savin Hill
Cunard and Leyland Lines
Revere Beach & Lynn Railroad
Jeffries Point
Wood Island
Orient Heights
Winthrop Beach
Winthrop Highlands
Stony Beach
Heavy damage reported after Salisbury storm at Salisbury Beach
A fierce storm Sunday was followed by a heavy northeast gale at Salisbury Beach today, driving surf high and causing substantial damage along the shore and nearby structures.
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Salisbury
Salisbury Beach
Gale Brings High Tide Flooding in Provincetown
A gale drives extreme high tides through Provincetown flooding West Find streets up to 100 feet. Fishing schooner Mary A Williams is beached. Helen A Ward loses bowsprit and foremast due to drifting craft. Tug Wrestler and North Star arrive safely.
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Provincetown
Mary A. Williams
Helen A. Ward
Wrestler
North Star
Scow and lighter sunk in Delaware River storm
A scow owned by Peter Hagan and Co. of Philadelphia loaded with about 200 tons of coal sank in the Delaware River at Thurlow Pennsylvania during yesterday’s storm. The lighter Beaver owned by Goucher with 150 tons of coal also sank in the Delaware at the upper end of Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Beach Erosion Damages Seaside Rail and Houses
Beach erosion reaches a peak with the Salisbury electric rail road tracks washed out for a considerable distance. Foundational damage occurs to Seaside and Ocean houses, indicating significant coastal impact over several years.
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Beach
Salisbury Electric Railroad
Nova Scotia Storm Sweeps Halifax Harbor Damage Report
A violent Nova Scotia storm caused extensive damage along the coast and waterfront in Halifax. High seas and spring tides washed over wharves, damaging goods and delaying rail and shipping. fishing villages saw stages and stores wrecked. The British mail steamer Numidian reported severe seas but no damage. ships Glendale and others faced trouble.
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Halifax
N. S
Nova Scotia
Bedford
Liverpool
Herring Cove
Portuguese Cove
Glendale
Charlottetown
Canso
Beachmont Police Save Woman From Self Harm
An elderly Beachmont resident, living alone on Ocean Avenue, was rescued by local police as her life was threatened by rising tides. Officers intervened after she refused help, stabilizing the situation and preventing harm.
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Horatius
Beachmont
Ocean Avenue
One-Cent Postage Near Washington in Report
Third Assistant Postmaster General Edwin C Madden urges consolidating third and fourth class mail, raising indemnity for registered matter to 100 dollars, and holding postal workers responsible for losses due to carelessness. 111,631,193 in postal revenues. expenditures outpaced by 3,923,727. Stamped paper issued nearly 105 million dollars value. 4,698,432 stamp books cost 4.69 per thousand. 659,614,800 postal cards issued. Aims to curb large abuses in second class mail and make 1-cent postage possible later.
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Washington
Edwin C. Madden
The Dromedary Poem Delight at a Peanut Toss
A jovial verse about a contented dromedary enjoying a roasted peanut offered by a small boy. The animal tilts its head, rocks with joy, and gleefully gathers peanuts as anticipation and delight fill the scene.
Probate Notices From Suffolk Court 1901
Massachusetts Probate Court cites interested parties in two estates. Samuel W. Rowse of New York is asked to appear December 12, 1901, regarding a Union Safe Deposit Vault deposit. Solomon Searles of Nashua NH is named in a separate Suffolk probate, with shares in Boston & Lowell Railroad and Vermont & Massachusetts Railroad, to appear December 5, 1901.
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Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Suffolk
Samuel W. Rowse
New York
Commonwealth
Ella A. Rowse
Lemuel B. Fowler
County of New York
Banking Department
the Union Safe Deposit Vaults
Boston
Boston Post
John W. McKim, Esquire
Solomon Searles
Nashua
Hillsborough
New Hampshire
Daniel F. Runnills
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Vermont & Mas
Sachusetts Railroad Company
John W. McKim
Elijah George
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