Inquiries on Stocks and Bonds from Boston Post Readers
A Boston Post financial column outlines how inquiries about listed and unlisted New England securities are answered. Readers must provide full names and addresses. the column compares Boston & Maine and Rock Island with details on earnings, rights, and investor guidance, clarifying stock rights and dividend considerations.
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New England
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Maas
Ex-Slaves Begin National Reunion in Washington
Former slaves meet in Washington for a two week national reunion. Some attendees are over 100 years old. Emancipation Proclamation anniversary and ratification of the 14th Amendment will be celebrated.
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Washington
Birmingham Again Shocked by Quake
Birmingham reports its second earthquake shock within a week with no damage. A prior quake last Wednesday toppled chimneys and was felt across the southeastern States.
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Birmingham
Market Review and Outlook on Post Break Rally
After a sharp break caused by German submarine activity, steel led a strong rebound with prices recovering much of losses. The broader market, including rails, industrials and copper, rose briefly then steadied below pre-break highs. Amid discussions of a coming presidential election, investors expect mixed short-term effects, with Steel earnings due soon and a general expectation of further gradual price gains rather to a bear market.
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McKinley
Troosevelt
J. P. Morgan
Mr. Roosevelt
Mr. Taft
Wilson
Europe
Federal Reserve System
United States Steel Corporation
Middle West
Protestant Church Meetings Set Across Boston District
Boston district plans discuss Sunday school issues at First Bunker Hill Baptist Church Charlestown on Nov 4. John F Moors and Senator Washburn speak at Trinity Club opening in Trinity Church about political situation. Clerical luncheon at Boston City Club Oct 9 features Bishop Yeatman-Bigges as guest. Woman's Home Missionary Association semi annual meeting slated Park Street Church with schedule from 10 30 am to 2 pm.
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Boston
Massachusetts Sunday School Association
Bunker Fill Baptist Church
Charlestown
John F. Moors
Robert A. Washburn
Worcester
Trinity Club
Trinity Church
Massachusetts Clerical Association
Boston City Club
England
H. W. Yeatman-Bigges
Woman's Home Missionary Association of
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Park Street Church
Allies Press Greece With New Demands From Allies
London October 22 The Entente delivery of additional Greek demands is reported by Reuters from Athens. The Greek king Constantine is told to move all troops from Thessaly to Morea and to hand over war materials for Thessalian forces. Other demands are described as unknown.
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Butte & Superior
Bath
London
Greece
Reuter
Athens
Constantine
Thessaly
Macedonia
Morea
Supreme Court Lags on Opinions Reported Ahead
Washington Oct 22 The Supreme Court has no opinions ready for tomorrow with thirty one cases under advisement, some argued a year ago. It is understood that none of the decisions is ready for release.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Germans Aid Bulgars to Check Serbian Advance
Berlin reports German troops are assisting Bulgarians to halt the Serbian advance on the Macedonian front southeast of Monastir after the Serbians forced a passage of the Cerna River and captured several towns.
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Berlin
Cerna
Monastir
Russian War Office Reports Stubborn Dobrudja Push
The Russian war office says von Mackensen’s new Dobrudia offensive forced Russian and Romanian troops to withdraw slightly. It notes a Romanian surround-and-capture near Bekas west of Piatra taking 500 prisoners and seizing guns. Other actions along the Uzul and Buzeu rivers saw enemy losses and retreats.
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Petrograd
London
von Mackensen
Dobrudia
War Office
Bekas
Piatra
Uzul
Buzeu
Guasiribui
Bran Pass
Dragoslavije
Kronstadt
Dobrudja
Germans Give Dr Bull a Six Year Sentence
London dispatch reports Dr Bull, a wealthy English dentist, sentenced in Belgium to six years for treason. He allegedly funded Edith Cavell's escape effort, aiding Belgians, after Cavell was executed by German authorities in Brussels.
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DR. Bull
London
Reuter
Amsterdam
Bull
Belgium
Brussels
Ghent University Becomes Flemish Academy in Inauguration
Governor-General von Bissing opened the University of Ghent in Berlin as a Flemish academy. He stated the transformation will be valued by Flemish people wherever they live and speaks to cultural renewal under military administration.
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Berlin
Sayville
von Bissing
University of
Ghent
War News In Brief From Fronts Across Europe
Field Marshal von Mackensen’s army in Dobrudja wins a decisive victory driving Russians and Rumanians from positions. Germany claims defeat of Russians southeast of Lemberg and 755 prisoners taken. British gains near Ancre River on Somme amid heavy losses for Entente. An aeroplane bombs Sheerness. seaplane raider destroyed off coast. French positions on Somme repulsed attacks with heavy German losses. Austro German victory over Russians along Narayuvka. Russians hold small western bank. Chaulnes wood attacks fail. 150 prisoners taken. Balkan fronts see limited progress. Cerna River fighting continues with Bulgarian help. weather slows Austro-Italian operations.
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Dobrudja
Berlin
Lemberg
Somme
Ancre
Grandcourt
Pys
Sheerness
London
Somme Front
Paris
Narayuvka
Galicia
Svitelniki
Skomovochy
Petrograd
Chaulnes Wood
Somme River
France
Biaches
la Maisonnette
Cerna
French repulse German assault near Chaulnes on Somme front
Paris reports a German attack early today on French positions near Chaulnes and in the Chaulnes woods. The French say they held ground, inflicted heavy losses, and retained gains from yesterday while other sectors saw routine shelling and limited patrol skirmishes.
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Paris
Tlondon
Chaulnes
Somme
War Office
Biaches
Blaise Wood
British Attack on Somme Front Captures 800 Germans
London reports the British attack on the Somme front achieved all objectives. More than 800 German prisoners were captured with slight British casualties. The enemy did not threaten the ground gained during the night.
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London
Somme
War Office
German victory announced in Dobrudja fronts
The German war office reports Field Marshal von Mackensen's forces defeated Russian and Romanian troops in Dobrudja driving them from all positions on the front. Topral Sari and Cobadin near Constanta and Rashova have fallen as German and allied units pursue the retreating enemy.
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Berlin
Sayville
War Office
von Maciensen
Dobrudja
Toprai Sari
Dobadin
von Mackensen
Assassination of Austrian Premier Shocks Vienna
Dr. Friedrich Adler, a radical socialist, shot Count Karl Sturgkh at the Meissl hotel in Vienna as the premier dined at 1:20 pm and 2:00 pm a stranger joined, then fired three shots. Adler confessed political motives after arrest, wounding two bystanders, Baron Aehrenthal and a head waiter. The premier died. Adler surrendered calmly. News spread rapidly amid indignant reaction.
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Vienna
Berlin
Sayville
Associated Press
Karl Stuergkh
Friedrich Adler
Dr. Adler
Count Stuergkh
Baron Aehrenthal
Meissl Und Schaha
Count Toggenberg
Tyrol
Herr Jacobson
Adler
Canada Sends More Troops Arrive in England
The Nova Scotia Highland Brigade and several Canadian units totaling 276 officers and 5529 men arrived safely in England. They sailed from Halifax on October 13 in secrecy, five days after the German submarine 1-55 sank five ships off Nantucket Island.
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Halifax
N.S
Nova Scotia Highland Brigade
England
1-55
Nantucket Island
Romanian Withdrawal in Dobrudja Amid Teuton Assaults
The war office reports Romanian forces retreating in Dobrudja under heavy pressure from Field Marshal von Mackensen’s army. Teutonic attacks are repulsed on the Transylvanian front while front lines elsewhere remain unchanged though bombardments occur in Predeal and Goioasa.
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Bucharest
London
Dobrudia
von Mackensen
War Office
Tulghes
Bicaz
Trotus
Goioasa
Uzul
Oituz
Slanie
Buzeu
Dragoslavle
Scara
Jiul
Alt
Orsova
Danube
Dobrudja
Italian Front Report Details Snowbound Operations
Rome reports rain and heavy snow yesterday limited actions to artillery duels and small reconnaissance missions. Official statement says troops continued active engagement to strengthen and improve new positions.
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Rome
London
German Note Protests Norwegian Submarine Embargo
London Oct 22 German minister presented a note to the Norwegian government protesting Norway’s embargo on bellicose submarines. The cabinet met but did not publish a decision. Press backs the government’s ordinance against hostile submarine activity as Sweden has done. Dr Alfred Zimmerman calls the note serious, arguing it conflicts with The Hague Paragraph 1 and neutrality, and Germany will not submit quietly.
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Christianta
London
Norway
Sweden
Alfred Zimmerman
Copenhagen
Aftenposten
Germany
Recognize U Boat Traders Announcement From Amsterdam
Amsterdam via London reports the Nieuwe Van Den Hag states that in response to the allied memorandum on interning submarines in neutral waters the Dutch government will treat commercial submarines as merchantmen under Dutch law.
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Amsterdam
London
The
Nieuwe van den Hag
Holland
Child Murder Early Discovery Shocks Chicopee
In Chicopee on October 22, a 3 year old girl Leona Kaezer died from wounds after being found murdered and mutilated under a deserted porch. Police and locals search for a reportedly foreign, shabbily dressed man seen near the child’s home. clues are scarce and fear grows of the killer’s capture.
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Chicopee
Leona Kaezer
Mercy Hospital
Smith College Girl to Wed Harvard Man
Lilian Saunders Clapp of Lexington will wed Robert Harold Holt, Harvard ’11 and Harvard Law School ’15, in a Boston area wedding. Miss Clapp, Smith College 1914 graduate, is daughter of Mr and Mrs Robert Parker Clapp of Lexington. Holt is a practicing lawyer from Gardiner, Maine.
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Lillian Saunders Clapp
Lexington
Robert Harold Holt
Harvard
Boston
Lilian Saunders Clapp
Smith College
Harvard ‘Ll
Harvard Law School
Miss Clapp
Robert Parker Clapp
Holt
Gardiner
Longshoremen to File a Protest Over Benefits
The O'Connell Union of Longshoremen will file a complaint with the Industrial Accident Board against a major insurer. The union says the company has refused to pay more than eight dollars weekly, claiming this equals two thirds of the longshoreman's average wage under the workmen's compensation act.
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Industrial Accident Board
O'Connell Union of
Sheerness Bombed By Aeroplane During War Raid
London reports a hostile aeroplane attacked the fortified seaport of Sheerness at the mouth of the Thames. Four bombs were dropped with no official casualties. One seaplane was shot down by a naval aircraft, the enemy machine sinking in the sea.
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London
Sheerness
Thames
Labor News Typos Get New Scale
Boston Typographical Union No 1s reaches wage pact with newspaper publishers granting a two dollar weekly raise. Wage committee report approved. President Edward M Martin to sign. Trainer Nolan addresses members on forming a printing trades union, with a meeting planned to organize.
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Boston Typographical Union No. 1S
Edward M. Mirtin
Thomas M. Nolan
Mansfield
Union Meetings In Boston Area See New Members and Wage Talks
Fifty new candidates were enrolled at a Boston meeting of the Boston & Maine Freight Handlers Union 5572 in Charlestown. Other unions reported new members and wage scale discussions including the Teamsters Local 25 and overall workers in six shops seeking higher pay and a 450 hour week.
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K. of L
Wibhernian Hall
Charlestown
Grovers and Provision Clerks’ Union
Tts
Boston Navy Yard
Teamsters’ Union
Curley
Joseph J. Hunt
Local 25
Massachusetts State Branch
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Crossing semaphores replace flags with disks
Human crossing semaphores appeared along the Old Colony branch of the New Haven railroad. Gate tenders and crossing tenders used large white disks labeled Stop on both sides instead of waving flags. The disk design is said to attract more attention and be more visible than prior signaling.
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Old Colony
New Haven
Mrs Carranza Quits Mexico Arrives in Nuevo Laredo
Mrs Virginia Carranza wife of General Carranza in charge of the de facto government arrives in Nuevo Laredo with her two daughters and Mrs Alvaro Obregon on a special train. Alonzo B Garrett the U S consul at Nuevo Laredo is to assist them entering the United States They will depart for San Antonio tomorrow Mrs Obregon may later go to Los Angeles
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San Antonio
Deaths Horan in Cambridge obituary notice
In Cambridge on October 22 John Horan husband of the late Mary Lee Horan. Relatives and friends are invited to attend the funeral from the residence of his daughter at 26 Granville rd on Tuesday October 24 at 9 o'clock. Solemn high requiem at St. Peter's Church at 10 o'clock.
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Horan
Cambridge
John
Mary Lee Horan
John J. Kerwin
Granville Rd
St. Peter's Church
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