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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1916

Page

21

Great Money Making Opportunity In Automobile Industry

A promotional pitch touts vast gains from auto stocks including Ford, Saxon, Overland, and Harround Motors. It claims small investments could grow dramatically, highlights Harround Motors of Detroit and Ray Harroun as chief engineer, and urges immediate purchase ahead of New York Curb trading.

Harroun Motors New York Harroun Motors Corporation Detroit Mich Ray Harroun Maxwell Motors Company Nordyke & Marmon Co International Speedway Maxwell Ford Cole King Premier Marmon Studebaker Joseph D. Caldara Loomis & Riess Broad St New York City

Harroun Motors offers public stock at five dollars a share

Demand for 1917 18 production exceeds plans and Harroun Motors seeks public investment. The Boston firm promises a 25 000 car output for 1917 18 from Wayne Michigan plant with rail access. Stock offered at 5 dollars per share with installment plan or cash and registrars handle transfers.

Prices Reach New Highs Across Movement In Market

Stocks surged to fresh highs with Steel common at 1161-4 and Anaconda at 953-8 aided by heavy volume. General Electric traded about 20,000 shares and New York Central directors authorized a 25 million stock offering with no subscription date. Shares of biscuit makers rose as wheat prices climbed with Loose-Wiles jumping 12 points to 34. Industrial Alcohol saw gains then pulled back on heavy selling.

Arizona RAY Copper Arizona Ray Copper Co Arizona State Corporation Commission San Francisco Mining Stock Exchange San Francisco Arizona Bay Copper Fred & Young Hayes & Monnette Lease Goldfield Moore & Schley Mexico Heinze Copper King Butte Young Ray Consolidated Ray Hercules H.J. Campbell Co Rokers Gold State St Boston Mass F. H Arizona Ray Gila Copper Sulphide Company Gila Copper Prescott Leo B. Mushbarn Asst Sec New York Equitable Trust Company Security Transfer Company Wayne Detroit Anaconda Kreadin Union Pacific General Electric New York Central Central Baltimore City of Tokyo Cotati Nl Dom of Canada Nort & W North Pacific A & Co Penn Bebo Distillers S Erie T&t Man An &Sf T& SF Tae M& M Luni BSA Texas Co Tatas Texas Lees LAN Knoxy Union Bag & E Ore Mashallan Ri CBE T& T Leiden Elerears E & W Va Gi Town Pgnl Colum

Attleboro Woman Struck by Auto Likely Fatally Hurt

Attleboro on Oct 19 Mrs. Harry Card was struck and probably fatally injured by an automobile driven by Harry Murray on Bank Street tonight.

Attleboro Harry Card Harry Murray Bank Street

Waterfront Calendar and Fish Trade Update

The article lists a detailed waterfront calendar with tides and celestial notes, plus Norfolk era street lines. It reports six vessels arriving with fresh groundfish and seven schooners with large mackerel catches, including the Arthur James. Wholesale fish prices rise for several species, while mackerel prices ease. The Kathlamba carries crude rubber valued at $500,000 with other cargo destined for New York, and the San Jose takes on freight for Havana and Port Limon as labor shifts occur at Sun Shipyard Philadelphia with two new 16 000 ton freighters slated soon.

Arthur James Haddock H. Thomas Little Fannie Lois Corkum F. P. Willard Ben Smith Bryda F Kathlamba Calcutta Colombo Cape of Good Hope New York Indian Ocean New England United Fruit San Jose Havana Port Limon Sun Shipbuilding Yard Philadelphia

Shawmut Ships Make Deals and Restorations in 19 Months

Shawmut Steamship Company plans delivery of steamers in 19 months. It recently sold M. E. Harper Penobscot and F. J. Lisman to the French government at a high price. The two masted schooner Georgietta sold to Portuguese interests for service between New Bedford and the Azores. Georgietta registers 135 tons and was built 46 years ago at Ellsworth Missouri. The steamer Prince Arthur returns to the Yarmouth run after removal during the Nantucket raid and Governor Cobb resumes duties at Portland.

Shawmut Steamship Company Shawmut Company M. E. Harper Penobscot F. J. Lisman Georgietta Boston Ship Brokerage Company New Bedford Azores Ellsworth Prince Arthur Yarmouth Nantucket Governor Cobb Portland

Shipping News Arrived and Sailed with Multiple Steamers and Tugs

Shipping news records steamers Kathlamba Isbister Calcutta and Colombo via Cape Town Prince Arthur Kinney Yarmouth Gloucester Hatch Norfolk Tuscan Page Philadelphia Massachusetts Crowell New York Governor Cobb Ingalls Portland Camden Brown Ban or tugs Essex Anderson Searsport towing barges for Lyne Cassie Beattie Temple for Philadelphia Luckenbach Wartridge New York Kennebec and Kathleen for New York SAILED. Steamers San Mateo Isabela Boston Castle New York Philadelphia San Jose Havana Port Simon Calvin Austin Portland Fastport St Jon Kershaw Norfolk Melrose Sewalls Point Brandon Baltimore Gettysburg towing barges Pickering Mahanoy fonocacy Cymru Searsport Neptune Irene

Kathlamba Isbister Calcutta Colombo Cape Town Prince Arthur Kinney Yarmouth Gloucester Hatch Norfolk Tuscan Page Philadelphia Massachusetts Crowell New York Cobb Ingalls Portland Camden Brown Ban‘or Essex Anderson Searsport Greenwood Ampere Rockland Eastern Snyder Newburyport Boswell Armstrong Irene Sewarks Point Lyne Cassie Lamberts Point Beattie International Bonde Temple Luckenbach No Wartridge Portsmouth C. F. Sargent Covington Law Kennebec Leader Doane Lynn Kathleen San Mateo Isabela Cto Boston Castle San Jose Havana Port Simon Calvin Austin Fastport St. Jon Kershaw Melrose Sewalls Point Brandon Baltimore Gettysburg Pickering Mahanoy Fonocacy Cymru Phoenix Bangor Neptune

Prohibition Candidate to Address Newton Baptist Class

Protestant Churches report Prohibition candidate for governor Chester R. Lawrence will address the men's class at First Baptist Church Newton Sunday noon. Harvest vesper service set for Charlestown First Church Sunday at 7 30 with a special musical program by vested chorus and soloists. Food sale by women of First Parish Society Waltham in church vestry tomorrow afternoon led by Mrs Frederick H Kirwin Miss Abbie Stearns and Women's Alliance members.

Chester R. Lawrence First Baptist Church Newton Charlestown Massachusetts Bay Colony the First Parish Society of Waltham Frederick H. Kirwin Abbie Stearns Women’s Alliance

Bond Market Swings Lift Convertible and Rail Issues

The market saw swings in convertible securities and Missouri Pacific issues push to new highs while foreign bonds lagged. Notable activity centered on United Kingdom 5s Mercantile Marine 6s and Interborough Rapid Transit 5s with select US bonds trading near prior levels. broad totals show strong turnover and mixed results across issuers and sectors.

Cheaspeake & Ohio Missouri Pacific News United Kingdom New York City Mercantile Marine Interborough Rapid Transit

Imprisonment of Two Aged Men at Macaroni Factory Court

Salvatore Di Rosa chased into Police Court on assault and false imprisonment charges after luring Hyman Liftman and Abraham Spilberg into a squalid courtyard behind a macaroni factory. The two 60 to 70 year old victims were drenched with cold water and injured while being held, with similar incidents reported the previous day. The case, tied to G Capodilupo's factory in East Boston, was continued to next Thursday.

Salvatore di Rosa di Rosa Station 1 Hyman Liftman Chambers Street Abraham Spilberg Porter Street Boston G. Capodilupo Philip Davis Civic Service House Salem Street Littman Spilberg

First Recital by Levitski in Boston’s Jordan Hall

Mischa Levitski, pianist, offered his Boston debut in Jordan Hall with a standard program of Bach Liszt Gluck Brahms Mozart Beethoven Schumann Chopin and Liszt. He showed talent and study, though nerves and overconscious technique muted spontaneity. the Beethoven Waldstein impressed with its scale and orchestral suggestion, while the Bach Liszt fugue lacked conviction. He will likely develop a personal voice as his artistry matures.

Mischa Levitski Boston Jordan Hall Mozart Beethoven Schumann Chopin Liszt Levitski Gluck-Brahms

Save Bowdoin School Girls From Poor Conditions

Civic leader Philip Davis at 112 Salem street reports West End girls at Bowdoin school Myrtle and North Russell lack a playground and recess waste time in streets. Grills guard sidewalks before and after school as principal Miss Lillian Towne enforces police supervision to shield students from ogling and misconduct.

West End Bowdoin School Myrtle North Russell Streets Post Philip Davis Civic Service House Salem Street Lillian Towne

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