Inquiries to Boston Post Finance Editor
Readers are invited to submit questions on listed and unlisted New England stocks and bonds to the Financial Editor at the Boston Post. Answers will be impartial and based on data from trustworthy sources with no guaranteed accuracy or market prognostication. Include full name and street address in submissions.
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Boston Post
New England
Post
Financial
The
Inquirer
Boston
Mass
New Haven
Investor queries on receipts bonds market and cement stocks
Readers ask about obtaining receipts when buying Liberty bonds and how contracts for securities not yet issued work. Advice notes market for bonds and cement stocks, expected production dates, and how to assess selling Sugar preferred and Toledo St Louis Western series A bonds with available protective committees for bondholder status.
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Toledo, St. Louis & Western Railway
Pawtucket
Waterfront Calendar Shows War Time Date Details
Waterfront calendar lists September 17 as the 1144th day of the war in Europe with U S in war 165 days. It includes tide heights morning and evening star Venus data, full moon dates, and nightly temperatures across U S cities such as Atlantic City Nantucket New Orleans Philadelphia Charleston Portland Me Des Moines San Francisco and others.
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Europe
United States
Venus
Jupiter
Saturn
Mars
Wakak
Atlantic City
Nantucket
Bismarck
New Orleans
Charleston
Philadelphia
Ugar
Jacksonville
Washington
Manes, Coy
Portland
Des Moines
Porulant
Ore
Eastport
San Francisco
Fresh fish flood South Boston pier as arrivals surge
More than half a million pounds of fresh fish arrived at South Boston pier yesterday the largest Sunday total in months. Prices may drop today due to heavy arrivals as several vessels are expected by market opening. Groundfish and mackerel catches included with multiple named vessels and passengers from a Canadian steamer.
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South Boston
Claudia
Island Belle
Josie and
Phebe
Ruth
Margaret
Annie Perry
Delphine Cabral
Eleanor DeCosta
Hortense
Sadie ¢Nunan
James and Esther
Philip P. Manter
Mary
Ralph Brown
Actor
Blanche
Marguerite Haskins
Massachusetts
Bunker Hill
New York
Cape Cod Canal
Canada
Red Cross Sanitary Unit Plans for Ayer Camp Announced
Washington September 16 The American Red Cross War Council announces appropriations for sanitary units to aid health protection around army camps and locations including Newport News Virginia Ayer Massachusetts Atlanta Georgia and Chillicothe Ohio Five thousand dollars is set aside for three nurses to work with the Massachusetts Health Department at Ayer.
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Washington
Red Cross
Army
Newport News
Ayer
Mass
Atlanta
Chillicothe
American Red Cross War Council
Massachusetts Health Department
Mormon Church Growth Highlighted on Boston Common
Missionary Frank D. McGregor of the Mormon Church spoke on Boston Common yesterday praising substantial growth in the last two years. He noted many conversions in Massachusetts and Rhode Island and said LDS principles have influenced other organizations.
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Mormon Church
East
Frank D. McGregor
Boston Common
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Church of Latter Day Saints
America
Market Drift and Prospects After Liquidity Peak
A stock market report notes prices back and forth near September lows with railroads down slightly while industrials and copper hold. It predicts a rebound as the bear market induces a profit outlook tied to government 4 percent loan, rising munitions orders, and eventual tax adjustments, with a potential late-season recovery as weak margins clear and buyers return.
Sinking News Aboard Liner Reveals Submarine Attacks
Crew members from the Mary Baird arrive in New York aboard an American liner. They describe the sinking near the British coast in May by a German U-boat, with stores stripped from the ship and prisoners held on the deck. Survivors from the Laura Anderson and Belgian Prince also recount ordeals at sea, including lifeboat destruction and theft of life jackets.
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Atlantic
Mary Baird
Page Shipping Company
Liverpool
Charles Davis
Laura ©. Anderson
Shell
Teuton Reply to Pope Expected This Week
Rome reports the central powers are to answer the peace proposal of Pope Benedict within five or six days. Vatican sources provided the information today.
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Teuton
Rome
Benedict
Vatican
Harvard to Admit Women to Medical School for First Time
Harvard Medical School will open to women students this fall for the first time in the university history. Duly qualified women registered at Radcliffe College will be admitted when the term begins next week.
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Harvard
Radcliffe College
Harvard Medical School
War prompts more women to study medicine at Harvard
The war's draft on doctors and male medical students leads Harvard Medical School to expand opportunities for women. Ten women have applied for admission under the new plan, with a few more expected from Radcliffe before term starts. Bradford notes the class will not be large and that most subjects will mix sexes, with possible separate instruction in some areas.
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United States
France
Harvard Medical School
E. H. Bradford
Radcliffe
Dr. Bradford
Bradford
Torpedo Jump Saved Vessel Off Atlantic Port
An American steamship arriving from a British port dodged a submarine attack after a German torpedo reportedly leaped from the water and redirected its course. Passengers and crew claimed the torpedo passed near the stern, with no submarine sighted and the ship firing at a possible periscope before hastening away.
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Atlantic
Italians Gain and Take 400 More Prisoners
Italian troops gained ground on the southeast edge of the Bainsizza plateau and captured 17 officers, more than 400 men, and some machine guns. Ravnica area near Monte San Gabrielle was bombarded with about 212 tons of bombs.
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Rome
Bainsizza
Sassari
Ravnica
Monte San Gabrielle
Battle on Riga Front Intensifies on Multiple Fronts
Increased activity reported over the past 24 hours near Riga and on the Isonzo. A stubborn clash rages near Zegevold Farm on the Riga Pskoff road 30 miles northeast of Riga with Russian forces valiantly repelling attacks. The exact German intent remains unclear.
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Riga
Isonzo
Zegevold Farm
Pskoff Road
Petrograd
Italians Push Fronts on Bonisizzo Plateau and Meuse
In the region of Bonisizzo plateau northeast of Gorizia and Monte San Gabriele the Italians advanced and captured over 400 prisoners plus machine guns. French and British forces repelled German attacks near Verdun, Loivre, Cherisy, Inverness Copse, and Longemarck while Berlin reports mixed results.
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Bonisizzo
Gorizia
Monte San Gabriele
Cadorna
Champagne
Verdun
Rheims
Loivre
Meuse
Courieres Wood
Cherisy
Arras
Berlin
Flanders
Ypres-Menin Road
Inverness Copse
Longemarck
French Deputy Suspected of Treason Over Hidden Banknotes
M Turmel, French deputy and Franco-Swiss adviser, faced treason rumors after 25 Swiss 1000-franc notes were found in an envelope in the chamber. He claimed legal fees, Swiss dealings, and possession of 27,900 francs in Swiss money. Swiss authorities stopped his frontier return amid investigations into payments and contracts tied to cattle deliveries and water power ventures.
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Michaelis
M. Turmel
Switzerland
Questors
Roudeache
Brittany
Paris
Italy
France
Cleveland to Acquire Johnson from Senators
Baltimore September 16 Walter Johnson, star pitcher of the Washington Senators, is set to join the Cleveland Indians next season in a deal nearly completed by Cleveland president James Dunn and Senators management. Dunn has long sought Johnson to bolster a pennant and World Series bid, following big past salaries for Tris Speaker and Texan Johnson.
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Baltimore
Walter Johnson
James Dunn
Cleveland
Senators
Washington
Dunn
Johnson
Cleveland Tilra Gam
Chicago
Tris Speaker
Texan
Believed Fisher Edwins Storey Drowns Off Winthrop Shore
Edwin F Storey of North Cambridge went from Revere Beach yesterday noon in a rowboat with Everett E Black to fish for smelt. Their trail craft sprang a leak a mile and a half off the Winthrop shore. Black swam a mile and was rescued by two privates from Fort Heath. Storey is believed drowned.
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Edwin F. Storey
North Cambridge
Revere Beach
Everett E. Black
Winthrop
Black
Shirley Street
West Somerville
Fort Heath
Two Swimmers Missing After Boat Sinks Near Revere
In a noon incident at Ocean Pier two 26 year old men in swimming suits jumped in after fishing. Storey vanished after the boat filled with water while Black swam toward shore and was rescued near Fort Heath. Black guided to shore by Privates Bellow and Hoyie after being stranded on a sand bar. Storey, of 8 King Street North Cambridge, is missing.
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Ocean Pier
Bath House
Storey
Revere
Winthrop
Black
Fort Heath
Bellow
Hoyie
King Street
North
Cambridge
Hospitals to aid wounded soldiers under new government plan
General Gorgas announced a sweeping shift in wartime care. The government will train and re educate wounded soldiers after healing and return them to civil life with new roles. Orthopedic surgeons will support field and domestic hospitals with reconstruction workshops and employment bureaus.
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Gorgas
United States
Jones
England
Goldthwait
France
Japanese Mission at Perry's Grave in Newport
The Japanese mission visiting Newport Newport Historical Society building reception and sword of Commodore Perry. Bishop Perry delivered the sole address at Perry Circle and Vis count Ishii offered thanks. The party arrived from Philadelphia and was hosted by local officials and the summer colony including Captain Perry Belmont. They toured Tuoro Synagogue, the oldest Jewish worship place in the country.
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Ishii
Philadelphia
J. Henry Reuter
R. Livingston Beeckman
Clark Burdick
Second Naval District
S. F. Bryan
Captain Perry Belmont
Commodore Perry
Newport Historical Society
Army
Navy
the Historical Society
Tuoro Synagogue
Potatoes Seen As Surplus Must Be Stored For War Needs
Washington September 16 Carl Vrooman Assistant Secretary of Agriculture said a potato crop at least 100 million bushels larger than needed would be a military blunder without warehouses to store the surplus. He urged action to release equivalent food value to the army and allies.
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Washington
Carl Vrooman
United States
Navy League to Use Mrs Dewey s Name
The Navy League comforts committee will continue sending articles to sailors in honor of its honorary chairman Mrs George Dewey despite Secretary Daniels order that relief and contributions to the navy be handled through the American Red Cross.
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Washington
Comforts Committee
The
Navy League
George Dewey
Daniels
American Red Cross
Italian air ace wins nineteenth victory in war
London dispatch reports Captain Baracca achieved his 19th victory by shooting down or forcing to land an enemy aircraft during engagements near Monte San Gabriele. Other Italian aviators also added their 11th 10th and fourth victories.
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London
Reiekave
Baracca
Monte San Gabriele
Absent Fighters Hear Sullivan At St Pauls Cathedral
Rev Edward T. Sullivan preached on Those Who Wait for Tidings at St Pauls Cathedral. A crowd of about 4000 gathered on Tremont Street before the service, listening to a 45 minute song service as part of a patriotic and consecration ceremony.
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Edward T. Sullivan
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Tremont Street
Service Honors War Heroes With Open Air Cathedral Tribute
The Rev Sullivan led three cheers for the flag as the Naval Reserve Band played at an open air service. About 100 pews were reserved for men in army and navy uniforms. The service honored those who have gone to the front with prayers for the nation, the armed forces, the President, and the warring nations.
Luxburg Indiscretion Angers Berlin Over Argentine Cable
LUXBURG INDISCREET AMSTERDAM Sept 16 The Pan German press criticizes Count Luxburg for blunt dispatches to the German foreign office via the Swedish legation in Argentina. They argue his cable naming Argentinian foreign minister as a notorious ass was premature and question the political use of such language. The note notes submarine warfare hints and warns that American oversight of neutral telegraphic coding is a key issue.
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Amsterdam
Count Luxburg
Argentina
Tageliche Rundschau
Berlin
Zeitung Ammitag
Count von Reventlow
Tages Zeitung
Count Luxbury
Red Cross Health Scholarships Announced for Women
The Town and Country Nursing Service of the American Red Cross offers eight month $250 scholarships for public health nursing. Donated by chapters and individuals, the awards fund study at Columbia University Simmons College Western Reserve University University of Cincinnati and the School of Civics and Philanthropy in Chicago to train women for community health service.
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Washington
Town and Country Nursing Service
The
American Red Cross
Columbia University
Simmons College
Western Reserve University
University of Cincinnati
School of Civics and Philanthropy
Chicago
Censor Halts Three Berlin Newspapers
The military censor has stopped publication of three Berlin newspapers the Tages Zeitung Boersen Zeitung and Freisin nige Zeitung in Copenhagen dated Sept 16.
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Copenhagen
Berlin
Tages Zeitung
Boersen Zeitung
Freisinnige Zeitung
Fire sweeps Umarock Beach cottages in 30 mile wind
A town fire swept Umarock Beach destroying 10 cottages before local and neighboring departments from Hull Hingham Cohasset Scituate and Duxbury could tame the blaze. The fire began in Mrs Nellie Winslow's Winthrop cottage and rapidly gained headway.
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Marshfield
Humarock Beach
Hull
Hingham
Cohasset
Scituate
Duxbury
Nellie Winslow
Winthrop
Fire Ravages Summer Beach Cottages Amid Water Bid
A large blaze along a summer beach destroyed numerous cottages after a 500 gallon gasolene tank exploded in Frank W. Roberts’s West Roxbury cottage. Towns from Hull to Scituate responded with extra hose and salt water lines, but losses totaled about 50 000 dollars as two thousand spectators looked on. Victims include Frederick G. Roberts West Roxbury Frank Hammond Clinton Minnie Mulally Dorchester Ashton W. Sherman Marshfield Mrs Annie West Pembroke Mrs Nellie Winslow Winthrop James I. Moore Dorchester and Clifford Dow Newton.
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Frank W. Roberts
West Roxbury
Hull
Cohasset
Hingham
Duxbury
Scituate
Frederick G. Roberts
Frank Hammond
Clinton
Minnie Mulally
Dorchester
Hyde Park Fire Destroys Express Stable Complex
A major Hyde Park blaze consumed William Mahony's express business stable, causing about 15000 in damage. Fire spread to Ward's stable and a storage building, prompting rapid evacuation of horses and vehicles. Police and volunteers battled flames as two alarms drew crews. over 2000 spectators watched as 25 patrolmen held lines.
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William Mahony
Rowland Ward
Hyde Park Avenue
Mahony
Hyde Park
Norfolk Garage
Waterman Company
Thomas J. Halpin
Halpin
Ward
James Sheridan
Summer Street
George Crawford
Frank Mahony
John McDonald
Crawford
Bay State Lines
Cleary Square
Dedham
Readville
Foster
Waugh
Death notices from Everett and Chelsea on Sept 16
Paier or Baier 45 year old widow of James Graham. funeral at 18 Baker Road Tuesday 2:30 PM. Mrs Lyng 447 Saratoga Street funeral from her residence Wednesday 8:15 AM with solemn mass at Star of the Sea Church 9:00 AM. Hazen Jones 60 of Chelsea. services at 51 Beacon Street Wednesday 2:00 PM.
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BR Raa Rao SR
James Graham
Michael Lyng
Saratoga St
Star of the Sea
Jones
Chelsea
Hazen Jones
Beacon Six
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