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Newspaper
Bridgeport Evening Farmer
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Dec 12, 1916
Page
2
Trustees announce a two percent dividend payable on all eligible deposits for the six months ending December 31 1916 with the option to draw the full dividend plus part of the deposit after December 20 1916. Bank reports a sharp rise in deposits and depositors with 23 239 current accounts and 10 721 450 23 in total deposits, up from the prior year.
A Bridgeport based wires report lists extensive stock quotes from Allis Chalmers to Willys Overland with prices and percent bids. A separate White House denial states that “Big Bill” Edwards would not be appointed postmaster at New York.
New York December stocks fell at the open as investors extended yesterday’s downturn across major issues. United States Steel led declines with fresh losses, while Central Leather, Atlantic Gulf & West Indies and Pressed Steel Car posted initial gains. By noon, peace proposal news triggered further selling, Bethlehem Steel and Gulf States Steel slumped, coppers and rails dropped, and liquida tion continued with broad price impairment.
The 1914 manufacturing sector produced goods valued over 24 billion dollars and employed more than 8 million people, with salaries and wages around 5.367 billion. Also notes a 10 percent wage increase at Jones & Laughlin Steel Co. and probate notices in Bridgeport for Catherine F. Fagan estate with six months to file claims.
Mexicans observe the Feast of the Virgin of Guadalupe with large crowds, fireworks, dancing, and processions, honoring the patron saint of Mexico and linking the event to Christmas and Independence-era festivity. The piece notes Guadalupana devotion cuts across social classes and emphasizes its historical founding near Mexico City.
After dining with Lord St. Helens in Moscow soon after Emperor Paul’s assassination, Tennyson blurted out details of the murder. He was warned by the ambassador to flee, hidden for weeks, and eventually smuggled aboard an English frigate in disguise.
A sales pitch cites large gains from tire stocks including Goodyear Firestone and Kelly Springfield to entice readers to buy Post Tire & Rubber Corp. stock through Dillingham Spindler & Co at 55 Liberty Street New York.
A bold offer invites men and women to join a modern tire and rubber goods factory as partners, promising high returns like famed tire stock investors. Read the papers to see how original investors accumulated fortunes and consider investigating carefully before acting.
The men invest in Post Tire and Rubber Corp and Post Products, stressing brains and experience. They work in harmony toward making the company the biggest and best, with enthusiasm and ideas. They expect thousands of small investors to be watching and to see them “make good.”
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