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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
17
National banks listed include Boylston National Bank in Boston and Union Market National Bank in WVRCEICOWN with an address string 6555 appearing in the fragment.
A Liberty Loan button serves as the insignia for the Sons of Freedom urging readers to buy a bond and support the war effort.
AT&T announces a dividend of two dollars per share to stockholders of record as of September 20 1918. The payment date is Tuesday October 15 1918. MILNE is treasurer.
Markets opened with small losses before rallying then slumped as peace prospects spread. War stocks led declines with Baldwin Locomotive and others hitting new lows while copper and utilities showed strength. United Motors merger with General Motors discussed. Lackawanna Steel reports weaker nine months but steady earnings outlook.
Despite not crossing to fight, the article urges strength through bond purchases. It frames national resolve in terms of financial action and investment strategy.
Belmont Spring Country Club hosted 17 couples in an open mixed foursome. Miss F D McCarthy Woodland Club and I G Hartford Belmont won the net prize with 81. Best gross went to Mrs J D Woodfin Brae Burn and A M Hoxie Wollaston Montclair.
J. E. Long, assistant crew manager of the freshman rowing squad at Cambridge, donned a Marine uniform yesterday and will train for the officers' school of the Marine section as he becomes a soldier of the sea.
Roger Buntin, praised for bravery and decorated by Italy for Red Cross service on the Piave, returns to Cambridge and plans to join the naval unit at Harvard as a sailor.
A dense market scan lists bonds from US and foreign issuers including Indiana Steel, Sinclair Oil, and various railroad and utility entities. Prices show diverse yields and maturities with notes on specific issues like 4s and 5s, plus scattered references to rail lines and oil groups. The report reads as a rapid-fire catalog of securities and their trading status.
A wartime urged return home as the Fourth Liberty Loan drives patriotic support. The call asks swift repatriation of soldiers and intensified national effort to secure victory bonds.
Mrs. A. H. Walker of Northampton Massachusetts leads Perambular Cafe workers in the American Red Cross. Perambular Cafes operate at railroad stations and embarkation points in England France and America supplying hot coffee cocoa consommé and other beverages to troops aboard trains.
James E. Gaffney, former owner and local contractor, says he will reclaim the Boston Braves franchise next Monday unless current owners settle overdue obligations. He cites unpaid Braves Field rental and interest on bonds in default.
Joe Duggan, Crimson half miler, joins the Naval unit after leading Wakefield High School to victory in interscholastic running. He later impressed at Harvard and now aims to lead Navy in track events.
New York on October 9 outlines key issues facing the National and American leagues as they plan meetings in December and Chicago in two days. Owners debate resuming operations next spring and how 1919 contracts and options would carry over or be voided if baseball remains suspended by government actions. The piece notes players may become free agents if no contracts are issued by March 1 and describes potential reversion to original clubs if leagues restart later.
Carl Spillman of Wellesley, a Harvard freshman last year and star in football hockey and baseball, is cited for bravery on the Italian front. He left Harvard to join the Royal Flying Corps with his brother and carried food and ammunition to cut-off troops during the Piave drive.
C. B. Crockett, star pitcher and captain of the St. Mark's baseball team, is set to join the Marine section of the Harvard S A T C. His selection marks another notable addition to the program.
Eddie Goode, former captain of the High School of Commerce baseball team and later a pitcher for Exeter, has been accepted by the naval unit. He is noted as a leader in both academics and sports.
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