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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 26, 1905
Page
10
The Philadelphia Press can be purchased at Young's Hotel Hotel Touraine Parker House Hotel Vendome Hotel Essex United States Hotel and South Terminal Station outlets.
New York bond prices yesterday versus Saturday September 25 show mixed yields across U S Treasury and corporate issues. Listings include U S Serf 2s at 104, U S 38 reg at 104, Ad's Ex 4s at 102, Am Tob 4s at 76 3 4, C&O 4s at 108, Cuba 5s at 81 1 2, Japan 6s at 102, and numerous municipal and railroad issues with varying yields.
Merchants National Bank of Boston declares a semiannual 8 percent dividend payable October 2. New Century Zinc and Mining Company sets a monthly 1 percent dividend due October 2. Electric Storage Battery Company announces a quarterly 1 percent dividend for common and preferred shares payable October 2.
The Eagle Canoe Club of Auburndale plans a minstrel show in the band stand on the Charles River between Riverside and Weston bridges. The event is set for Thursday at 8 oclock or the first pleasant evening thereafter.
The advisory urges buying this stock at 1.50 to 2.00 per share and predicts a sale at double that price within ninety days. It cites the Laramie Hahns Peak Pacific Railway as the involved entity and projects rapid appreciation.
Speculative liquidation dominated last week pushing prices down as money supply tightens. Banks cut loans to cover looming bond subscriptions and quarterly settlements while gold and foreign exchange moved higher. Investors debated whether selling was forced or profit taking amid broad declines across sectors.
Unusually strong North Butte results spark Midwest demand as Ken tucky property bought by North Butte from First National Bank of Butte. Boston Consolidated plans a Great Salt Lake concentrator while exposing new porphyry deposits. Copper output and prices rise with heavy shipments to Bingham and Utah Consolidated profits near record highs. Mexico Consolidated reports multimillion dollar ore value and mill readiness by mid-November.
The Boston Market reports ex dividend and the second instalment paid with assessment completed. Total sales show listed stocks 49 062 shares and bonds valued at 25000 dollars, plus unlisted stocks 9215 shares.
Ennis & Stoppani report wheat futures easing on strong supply. May wheat and December options seen active. Corn falls on good weather and solid crop prospects while oats stay dull. demand noted for May with two operators buying.
It is understood that Jesse T. Park of Tampa Florida will temporarily succeed A A Sherman as examiner of tobacco in the customs service. Both men were moved in a general shift months ago to equalize tobacco valuations at different ports and are expected to return to their former stations soon.
Special low rates from New England to California Montana and the North Pacific coast run Sept 15 to Oct 31. Colonist tickets to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Seattle Butte and other Western points at set prices with liberal stopover privileges. Weekly escorted tours depart Mondays and Wednesdays via Boston Vermont lines. Write T. H. Hanley 360 Washington St Boston Mass for quotes and folders.
A party with personal escort departs Boston Oct 13 and New York Oct 14 for a week long tour of Gettysburg Harper’s Ferry Washington Philadelphia. It traverses eastern Pennsylvania and the Blue Ridge with three days in the capital and a Gettysburg field visit. Tickets from Boston 32 dollars and from New York 22 dollars.
A Brookline minister argues vacations demoralize the mind and disrupt study while others from Charlestown and Boston defend breaks as vital. They say routine sustains life and health, with vacations aiding teachers, workers, and families by providing rest, renewal, and perspective amid daily grind.
About 250 members toured the new Twentieth Century Club of Boston clubhouse at No 3 Joy Street, formerly Rufus Choate’s home. The adjoining Hardy estate connects with the Massachusetts Civic Association and Massachusetts Forestry Association, Apollo Club, with the assembly room for 250, black oak fittings, a reading room, a women’s tea room, and basement lockers and kitchens.
California Oregon and Washington Colonist tickets on sale daily Sept 15 to Oct 31 with rates rising about 17 after the last date Boston to San Francisco Los Angeles Portland Tacoma Seattle and other coast points available with reduced rates from all New England points Daily and personal Pullman tourist sleeping cars on direct line or via Colorado scenic route at half the price of standard berths Call or write S A Hutchinson manager tourist department Chicago Union Pacific and Northwestern line 300 Washington Street Boston
Friday September 29 is the last day to secure reduced price tickets for autumn excursions over the Eastern Steamship Company. Round trip fares from Boston to Eastport Luced or St Andrews Calais or St John New Brunswick are about half the regular rate and valid 30 days from issue. Sailing from Commercial Wharf to Portland Eastport and other ports departs Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays at 9 am.
The case of Harry W. Comstock charged with larceny of bonds valued at $2000 from Cora A. Frothingham of Cambridge was continued until next month by Judge Pierce in the Superior Criminal Court. Illness delayed his defense as he remains in Charles Street jail awaiting trial.
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