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Newspaper

Bridgeport Evening Farmer

Location

Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1916

Page

4

Financial Times targets German stock and dye bluff

The piece notes The Financial Times in London and Paris criticizing war era German and Austrian quotes and warning against securities marked default. It lists major stockholders in the New Haven and Hartford Rail Company, including American press and Kidder, Peabody, with others like Henry Clews & Co and J P Morgan noted among large holders while observing chemical price declines and German dye import bluff aimed at American mills.

Financial Times London Paris Grmkes New , New Haven and Hartford Rail‘Company Railroad Company American Press Company Id Fire and Marine Insure Company Hull Boston Ean Express Co Guise Expram Co Pratt al. Tr Y. Harknewms M. Y sAmter Hartford Migwinson & Co Barnlow Burr Brox South Manche Germany Washington National Aniline Company Standard Aniline Company New England National Anrline Itis

New York Stock Exchange Quotations Briefly Noted

Quotations from the New York Stock Exchange appear briefly in this late edition, listing Parmer and Sans as entries in the page’s small display. The fragmentary text suggests a clipped accounting of market figures and advertisements.

New York ‘Stock Exchange

Stock Market Opens Rally Fueled by Speculative Favorites

New York May 12 opening shows continued strength in markets as Mercantile Marine leads with over 2 points gain on large transactions. United Pearl and munitions stocks add fractions. Willys Overland and Canadian Pacific rise. Mexican shares dip then firm. Rails like Antom Pacific and Reading see brisk demand. New Haven and Chicago and St Louis advance. US Steel lags amid forenoon rally. Bonds firm.

New York Mercantile Mains United Prult Willys Overland Canadian Pacific Antom Pacific Reading Dhan New Haven Cincinnati Chicago

Mutiny Reported on Dutch Warships at Batavia

Mutiny reported on three Dutch battleships at Java. Three hundred sailors deserted and paraded the streets of Wel tevreden. Batavia garrison captured 69 mutineers who were punished.

Java Telecraaf Batavia Weltevreden

Wanderers Piled Kindling Wood in Christian Union Yard

Announcement from the Bridgeport Christian Union reports excess split kindling wood available today for gale with an appeal for clothing. The note suggests increased labor by transients despite growth of constitutional haziness in the city.

Christian Unions Bridgeport Christian Union Gale Lorger Traction Wanderer

New Departure Co. of Bristol in Big Merger

New Departure Co. of Bristol announces a $60,009,000 merger forming United Motors Corporation, with W. C. Durant guiding the deal. Stock surged 69.5 points amid a Bristol and investment scramble as investors seek control.

NEW Departure CO. OF Bristol New Departure Co United Motors Corporation W. C. Durant Chevrolet Motor Co

Why He Roasted Them

A brief humorous exchange shows a back and forth about roasting joy riders and a witty line about ancestry. The fragment references an Irish king and a dead man used in defense, with unrelated mentions of newspapers Springfield Union and Liverpool Mercury.

Alighspeed Joy Riders Dryscreed Springfield Union Jerry Pat Liverpool Mercury

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