War stock rally continues with steel and rail gains
The market review notes broad strength in war stocks led by Bethlehem Steel, United States Steel and Baldwin, driving the industrial average up to 118.11 for the week while railroad measures also rise. Copper slips despite heavy demand. gold imports hit a weekly record, and foreign exchange remains unstable as dollar bills gain ground over sterling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bethlehem Steel
United States Steel Common
Baldwin Locomotive
Distillers
Westinghouse
Frederick Williams-Taylor
Bank of Montreal
London
Europe
Great Britain
United States
England
France
Italy
Russia
Baltimore & Ohio
Southern Pacific
Inquiries on Anglo French loan bonds and Midvale Steel
Boston Post readers submit questions on international debt and U S steel munitions firms. Answers discuss repurchase risk repayment outlook for Anglo French bonds, Midvale Steel Ordnance structure and NY Boston exchange listing, and details on United Dry Goods and Goldfield Consolidated dividends and assets.
Suffrage Rally at Faneuil Hall Opens Boston Campaign
The Boston suffrage drive opens with a Faneuil Hall rally tonight featuring Miss Margaret Foley making her first Boston speech since a statewide tour. William H. MecMasters will speak, and Wendell P. Thore, backing the non contributory old age pension referendum, will preside.
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Boston
Faneuil Hall
Margaret Foley
Miss Foley
William H. MecMasters
Wendell P. Thore
Pledge Support to Jewish Congress Heard at Otisfield Hall
A large audience heard addresses urging unity and organization among Jews in the United States for a world congress. Resolutions pledging support of an American Jewish congress led by Louis D. Brandeis were adopted. Speakers included Abraham Alpert Leo J Lyons Henry H Levenson Samuel Sheinfein Jacob Rosenberg and Robert Silverman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jewish Congress
Otisfield Hall
United States
World Congress
Louis D. Brandeis
Abraham Alpert
Leo J. Lyons
Henry H. Levenson
Samuel Sheinfein
Jacob Rosenberg
Robert Silverman
Fire Engines Crash Injure Three In Chelsea Collision
Chelsea firefighters respond to a small blaze at 149 Auburn Street caused by matches. The new $10,000 motor fire engine and a horse drawn engine collided at Arlington and Second streets injuring three: John Ford suffered leg injuries, Charles H. Laskey bruises, and Edward Calley minor injuries.
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Chelsea
Jacob Miller
Auburn Street
Arlington
Second Streets
John Ford
Charles H. Laskey
Edward Calley
Academy to discuss The American Mercantile Marine
The Academy of Political Science in New York sets its annual meeting for November 12 and 13 to discuss The American Mercantile Marine. Speakers include Treasury Secretary William G. McAdoo and U S Senator John W Weeks of Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mercantile Marine
New York
Academy of Political Science
American Mercantile Marine
William G. McAdoo
the Treasury
United States
John W. Weeks
Massachusetts
Laphams in Boston Life and a Painter’s Offer
Silas Lapham, once a Vermont farm boy, has become a leading Boston businessman through a mineral paint from his father’s mine. He contemplates Beacon Street residence for his daughters, while inviting Thomas Corey, son of a Beacon Hill family, to join the paint venture after a Nantasket summer meeting. The family discusses books, theater, and the library as Corey seeks a business partnership and the Colonel tests his plans.
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Silas Lapham
Vermont
Boston
Nankeen Square
South End
Lapham
Beacon Street
Thomas Corey
Beacon Hill
Quebec
Corey
Colonel Lapham
Nantasket
Irene
Pen
Middlemarch
George Eliot
Penelope
Joshua Whitcomb
Persis
Mexico
South America
Phillips Corey
Lumberville
Lapham Weighs South America Paint Venture and Irene
Silas Lapham weighs taking a new partner to push paint sales in South America while courting Irene. Persis warns of conflicts with business and romance as Corey’s role and family ties create tension. TheColonel contemplates risks, hopes, and the core issue of trust as the Coreys loom large.
Ships Bring Fresh Fish as Market Opens Amid Tension
Four vessels docked at the new Boston fish pier with over 200000 pounds of fresh fish. Salmon and mackerel stay in demand at piers while prices are expected to stay low early this week. Also noted are hospitalizations, arrivals at Pier 4, and outbound cargoes including grain and alcohol.
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Spray
Mildred Robinson
Buema
Alice
Pacific Coast
T Wharf
John Foley
John J. Fallon
Block Island
Providence
Pier 4
South
Boston
New Haven
Leyland
Anglian
W. J. Toozes
London
Devonian
Leyland Line
Kish
Allan Line
Glasgow
Lrgest
Scotland
Cloughton
Cunard Line
Liverpool
New York
Hercules
Buenos Ayres
Arkansas
Copenhagen
Christiania
Shields
Polrain
Cardiff
Wales
Hermod
Cristobal
Nordland
Matanzas
Shanghai
Malta
British Monarch
Wagania
Helenes
Noruega
William L Elkins
St. John
N. B
W. R. Chester & Co
Prince George
Yarmouth Line
Yarmouth
Skulda
Landsman
Shipping News Arrivals and Sailings Include Multiple Steamers
The list reports arrivals of steamers including Cloughton Hall Skalda Martinnsen Cardenas Prince George McKinnon Yar mouth and many more along with tows by tugs Pallas Charles I Gallagher Standard and others from Providence Sandwich and Belfast. It also notes sailings of Devonian British steamers Currier Manati and others with towed barges and schooners Eleanor A Percy Margaret Thomas and more. Note Eliza Levensaler did not depart on the 23rd as reported.
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Cloughton
Hall
Liverpool
Eng
Skalda
Martinnsen
Cardenas
Cuba
Prince George
McKinnon
Yarmouth
N. S
Nantucket
McDorman
Norfolk
Indian
Thacher
Philadelphia
Middlesex
Wider
Norfolk, Va
Arlington
Michelson
Newport News
L. V. Stoddard
Hodgson
Sewalls Point
Malden
Brown
S. O. Co
William L. Elkins
Berryman
St. John
N. B
Georgeetta
Grant
Sullivan
Abbie Bowker
Callahan
Rockland
Marguerite
Geyer
Newburyport
Mass
James Young
Bath
New York
Devonian
Glasgow
Brandon
Currier
Manati
M. E. Harper
Bay Port
Onondaga
Charleston
Jacksonville
Mary F. Scully
Western Belle
Portsmouth
Governor Robie
FE. B. Sutton
Eleanor A. Percy
Margaret Thomas
Portland
W. H. Yerkes, Jr
Eliza Levensaler
San Francisco Coast League Champion Sealed for 1915
San Francisco, under manager Harry Wolverton, finished the Pacific Coast league season in first place after clinching the pennant last week. Salt Lake City rose to second place, edging Los Angeles in a tight finish, with Vernon, Oakland, and Portland following in that order.
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San Francisco
Harry Wolverton
Salt Lake City
Los Angeles
Vernon
Oakland
Portland
Seven of One Family Killed by Train
Seven members of a single family died instantly when a Grand Trunk passenger train struck their automobile near Fraser Michigan. An eighth family member was fatally injured in the collision about 16 miles from Detroit on October 24.
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Detroit
Mich
Grand Trunk
Fraser, Mich
Ministers Endorse Shaw in Mass Prohibition Bid
Nearly one hundred Massachusetts ministers from Cape Cod to the Berkshires issue a letter urging the election of William Shaw, the Prohibition candidate for governor, representing diverse denominations in cities and towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neary
Massachusetts
William Shaw
Prohibition
Cape Cod
Berkshires
Jewish Colonists in Palestine Face Starvation Crisis
Rabbi Stephen Wise of New York appealed for immediate aid at a mass meeting in Convention Hall to raise 80,000 in 10 days for Jewish agriculturists in Palestine after locusts destroyed over 6,000,000 worth of crops. He urged Boston and Brandeis to help.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palestine
Stephen 5
America
Boston
Israel
Louis D. Brandeis
Botha Party Wins Victory In South Africa Election
Premier Botha and his Imperial policy secured a major win as the Botha party captured 54 seats, Unionists 40, Independents 5, Hertzog 27, and Labor 4. Labor candidates suffered a sharp rout amid the final results.
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Johannesburg
Union of South Africa
Botha
South Africa
Hertzog
Labor
Boston Hippodrome Opens With First Concert
The Boston Hippodrome presents Creature and his 50 musician band offering a varied program. Highlights include Thomas French horn solo by Signor Celine, Massanet pieces, Faust selections, and solos by Demetri Rossi and De Luca. Daily program changes noted.
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Creature
Boston Hippodrome
Thomas
Sig
Celine
Cas Massanet
Faust
Watts
Signori Demetri
Rossi
de Luca
Hippodrome
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Milk Street
Telephone Main
Market Review
Uotionod
Moys Epes
American Smelting & Refining Company
Boston Post
New England
Post
Financial
The
Inquirer
Cooke
Midvale Steel & Ordnance Co
Midvale Steel & Ordnance Company
FF. M
R. I
Midvale Steel Company
Pennsylvania
Nicetown
Penn
Worth Brothers
Remington Arms Company
W. E. Corey
Alva C. Dinkey
New York Exchange
United Dry Goods Preferred
United Dry Goods
R. Bangor
United Dry Goods Companies
John Claflin
Associated Merchants Company
H. B. Claflin Company
Claflin
Associated Merchants
Goldfield Consolidated
Mae
Roxbury
Utah
Utah Apex
Cambridge
Charles G. Schirmer
International Agricultural Corp
International Agricultural
Lowell
International Agricultural Corporation
Florida Mining Company
Atlas Phosphate Company
Buffalo Fertilizer Company
Dominion Fertilizer Company
Florence Cotton Oil Company
Home Mixture Guano Company
Agriculture Investment Corporation
Pennsylvania Fertilizer & Chemical Co
Independent Phosphate Company
Houston
Caledonia
N. Y
Espy
Wilkesbarre
Prairie Pebble Phosphate Company
Polk
Hillsboro
de Soto Counties
Fla
Tennessee Copper Company
Oscar Alexander & Co
Broad St
Boise-Payette River Electric Power Co
Old Colony Trust Co
Protective Committee
John P. O'Brien & CO
State St
Coeur D’alene
Stewart
Success
Temple H. Fay & CO
Fort Hill
Richard J. Burton & CO
Scollay Bldg
Court Street
Trinity
Island Creek Coal Company
Coal Company
FE. W. Batchelder
Westinghouse Electric & Manufacturing Company
Recordi
H. D. Shuts
Edison Electric Illuminating Company of
Brockton
Stone & Webster
Milk St
Chicago
William Dean Howells
Mrs. Laphane
KicAlil
Mrs. Lapham
Silas
Coreys
W. D. Howells
Houghton, Mifflin & Co
A. Z. Conrad
Park Street Congregational Church
George L. Cady
Pilgrim Congregational Church
Dorchester
O. P. Gifford
Brookline
B. In Jennings
Grace M. E. Church
Worcester
Nicholas van der Pyl
Central Congregational Church
Haverhill
C. C. Poland
Winchester
Ralph Scott
Ballardvale Methodist Church
R. A. Colpitts
C. A. Butterfield
C. W. Rice
Eaton Freeman
Springfield
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Commonwealth
Alden M. Cleveland
Park Street Church
Shipping News
Shaw
Rabbi Wise
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