Inquiries Answered on United Cigar Stores and Silver Rise
This Boston Post financial column answers inquiries on investments and market topics. It explains United Cigar Stores Company of America as a holding entity controlling multiple subsidiaries with large common and preferred stock, notes rising earnings and expanding real estate, and cites 1200 stores. It also discusses silver price drivers, including European demand, gold scarcity, and postwar monetary needs, plus railroad maintenance versus gross earnings in rising costs.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Financial
The
Inquirer
Boston
Maas
United Cigar Stores Company
R. D
United Cigar Stores Company of America
United States
A. T. J. Lynn
Mass
Market Opinions Signal Investment Buyback After Decline
Street commentary notes some stocks trading at pre war levels and below such prices, with hoped for price gains once taxes and prices are settled. Analysts expect renewed activity and profits for investors if European needs and inflation trends support a rally, especially in steel copper and oil sectors.
Market Review and Outlook for the Bear Market
The market has seen a sharp decline since June with a brutal selloff last Tuesday and a strong rebound Wednesday. Analysts expect a temporary rally in the coming weeks before another downturn, noting averages fail to set new lows and that liquidation appears checked for now. Officials consider copper and steel prices likely to be fixed favorably, tax measures to rise profits taxes, and a new government loan in October to buoy sentiment. A record corn crop and wheat improvement bolster hopes for steadier times, though the war economy continues to pressure resources.
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Senate
Congress
Europe
Mary Securities
Hingham Potatoes Run Five to Half Peck Claim
George S. Lyon Jr a 19 year old from Hingham grows the Graylyon farm potatoes and offers to match his Irish Cobbler crop against any in Massachusetts He notes five tubers make a half peck weigh six pounds and he sent a bag to the Post with the largest at one pound two ounces.
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Hingham
George S. Lyon, Jr
Graylyon
Massachusetts
Silver climbs as investors eye parity with gold
The article notes a rebound in outside-market stocks driven by a spike in silver prices, reaching 58 cents and signaling rising demand for coinage use. Production cuts by copper firms amid labor trouble reduce silver output, while a prominent silver authority predicting $1.29 an ounce bolsters investor confidence and stock appeal.
Germans Bridge Aa River Concentrating Forces on North Bank
Petrograd reports German engineers have bridged the lower Aa River and are concentrating forces on the north bank. The dispatch notes strategic movements as forces push toward critical positions on the eastern front.
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North Bank
Petrograd
Ag River
Riga front war office reports German activity and Russian counter actions
The war office describes German concentration on the northern bank of the Aa near Riga with cavalry cover and rail junction recon flights at Jacobstadt and Dvinsk. Russian cavalry impede the Pskov road, while fusillades occur along the Dvina. Romanian front reports bombardment and repelled attacks near Arbon and Ajud raid by enemy aircraft on September 7.
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Livonia
War Office
Riga
Pskov
Jacobstadt
Dvinsk
Zegvol
Dvina
Radautz
Sent
Arborn
Ajud
Jealousy Motive of Murderer Sought in Whitman Case
A slayer in jealous anger is being sought as police pursue a new motive in the murder of Harold A. Whitman the Melrose chemist left unconscious on a Somerville dump. Investigators kept details quiet but expect startling disclosures soon.
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Harold A. Whitman
Somerville
Boston chemist’s death tied to Somerville dump dumping
Authorities believe a young chemist was beaten near Boston and driven to a Mystic avenue dump in Somerville where he died. Whitman was seen at North station before 4 p.m. and a letter mailed from there reached its addressee. A hotel meeting and poison analysis were noted as investigations advance.
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Boston
Mystic Avenue
Somerville
Whitman
North Station
Charles C. Kendall
Somerville Department
Harvey
Frank C. White
Laurel Street
Melrose
Copley Plaza Hotel
Mr. Harvey
Professor Whitney
Harvard
Deaths Reported From Strychnine Poisoning In South End
Timothy J. Danahy aged 82 of 332 West Third street South Boston died after consuming strychnine tablets sold as dope. His friend John Murphy of 189 West Ninth street was hospitalized after a severe poisoning and treated by Dr. Perkins before being admitted to City Hospital under the dangerous list. Both men lived in South Boston and bought the tablets from a man in the South End.
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Timothy J. Danahy
John Murphy
City Hospital
South End
Boston
Danahy
West Third Street
Murphy
West Ninth Street
Hamilton G. Perkins
E Street
Waterfront Fish Market and Shipyard News
Fresh fish arrivals at South Boston pier include Sadie Nunan with 60,000 pounds and Angie Watson with 60 swordfish. A large fleet is expected back with higher prices as market opens due to ongoing demand and an exhibition on the Common. The Racine steamer is being converted into an ocean tug at Atlantic Works, with completion in three to four months. Captain William McAloney of Portland builds a new four masted schooner for himself.
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South Boston
Sadie Nunan
Angie Watson
Racine
Chicago
New York
St. Lawrence River
Atlantic Works
New Jersey
Elderly Cobbler in Saugus Dead by Self-Inflicted Shot
John G Anderson an elderly repairer in Saugus shot himself in his workshop behind the right ear yesterday forenoon. Discovered after 1 pm by six year old Nelson Bloom who had brought shoes for repair. Despondency over ill health given as cause.
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John G Anderson
Saugus
Lawndale Avenue
Nelson Bloom
Clayton Street
Red Cross Outlines Work Abroad in Europe War Report
The Red Cross War Council details its Europe operations since U S entry in World War I. It cites 12 33968187 total appropriations through Aug 31 with 10692601 for France, outlines commissions to France Russia Italy and others, and describes hospital, canteen, and relief efforts for soldiers and refugees.
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Washington
Red Cross
Europe
United States
Red Cross War Council
War Council
France
Grayson M P. Murphy
The
Russia
Petrograd
Italy
Rome
Romania
Serbia
Great Britain
American Red Cross
Paris
Red Cross Commission
Murphy
Pershing
War Relief Clearing House
United States Army
American Ambulance Hospital
Neuilly
J. A. Blake
American Surgical
America
Jefferson R. Kean
United States Medical Corps
Organ
Ise
Presbyterian
Mt. Sinai
Bellevue
New York
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Baltimore
Lakeside Hospital
Cleveland
St. Louis
Chicago
San Francisco
Army Medical Corps
Liquor Smuggling Suspected Into Maine by Steamer
Sheriff deputies confirmed wholesale liquor shipments into Maine by water after finding 100 quarts of whiskey and rum on the Boston Portland passenger boat Ransom B Fuller. The liquor was hidden in bed ticking stored under the engine room aboard the Eastern Steam ship lines vessel.
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Portland
King S. Graham
Ransom B. Fuller
Eastern Steamship Lines
Proposals for Treasury and Navy Department Projects
A collage of 1917 procurement notices from Washington and Boston announces sealed proposals for interior lighting at the United States Appraisers' Stores in Boston, miscellaneous alterations to the Boston Custom House, and various supplies for the Navy Yard in Boston. Also listed are a Newport Rhode Island wharf extension project and local Boston painting and paperhanging ads with contractor addresses and rates.
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Treasury Department
Washington, D. C
United States
Boston
Mass
Jas. A. Wetmore
Supervising Architect
United States Custom House
Post Office
Sub-Treasury
Navy Yard
Bureau of Supplies and Accounts
Samuel M'Gowan
the Navy
Office
U. S
Newport
Fort Greble
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Ches. & Ohio Awy
N. Y. Central R. R. Equip
Beltimore & Ohio R. R
Elec
Auto-Lite Corp
Erie Railroad Company
Kingdom of Gt
Britain & Ireland
American Foreign Securities Co
the National City Company of
State Street
National City Bank
United Cigar Stores
J. D. R. Melrose
Canada
Orient
Allies
Mexico
Japan
Victoria
H.e.wade & Company
J. S. Bache & Co
Whitney & Elwell
F. G. Roberts & Co
A. B. Benesch & Co
F. L. Milliken & Co
Cama
Hunt, Ellis’& Co
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Los Angeles
Atlantic City
Montreal
Bismarck
Nantucket
Buffalo
Orleans
Charleston
Pavecseoua
New York Tee
Philadelphia
Denver
Pittsburg
Des Moines
Portland, Me
Eastport
Portland, Ore
Galveston
Hatteras
Seattle
Helena
Jacksonville
St. Paul
Pets
Kansas City
Army
Navy
American
Conseils Generaux
Ministry For Foreign Affairs
Germany
Ministry of the Interior
Switzerland
Evian
Maine
S. Spizer
Reed St
Arlington
Emerald Painting CO
Emerald St. Tel. Beach
Geneva Painting CO
Geneva Ave
Dor
Green St
Bend
M. J
Ferry St
Everett
I Is Buggies
Dudley
Sie Singer
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