Stock Market Opens Irregular as Trading Dull Early
New York August 1 The stock market opened irregular with few issues traded and small moves. Amalgamated 66½ Atchison 91½ Atchison preferred 101½ Chesapeake & Ohio 54 Erie 58 Rock Island fell 3 Smelting gained over 1 Colorado Fuel rallied 1 to 99. Missouri Pacific 118 Norfolk & Western 64 Reading 67 St. Paul 185 Southern 3.95 Southern Pacific 68 Union Pacific 107 ex rights Steel 39 Steel preferred 89½ Western Union 87. The market remained narrow with slight rallies and sagging overall by midmorning.
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New York
Amalgamated
Atchison
Chesapeake & Ohio
Erie
Rie First
Missouri Pacific
Norfolk & Western
Reading
St. Paul
Southern
Southern Pacific
Union Pacific
Steel
Western Union
Colorado
Kansas City
Fort Scott
Memphis
Rock Island
Futures Market Opens Firm and Quiet in New York
New York on August first reports futures opening firm and quiet with bids listed for August through February contracts. Notable bids include August 8.16, September 7.78, October 7.70, November 7.50, December 7.60, January 7.62, February 7.62 bid, and March 7.61.
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New York
Marcu
Copper stock outlook and coal of Cochiti prospect
Henry Roose and Co in London report small liabilities for a failed firm. In Boston copper insiders push for a uniform price scale as demand rises with industrial expansion. A Colorado Springs cleeping warns of capital seeking profits, while Cochiti miners eye rich ore and future prosperity despite dormant capital.
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Henry Roose & Co
London
Harry A. Ulman
Boston
Boston Stock Exchange
New York
Big Realty Consolidation Formed With 66 Million Capital
New York July 1 official notice announces formation of United States Realty and Consolidation Co with 66 million capital of which 30 million preferred and 36 million common stock. It secures assets from George A Fuller Co Alliance Realty and New York Realty Corp plus Central Realty Bonds and Trust. Exchange ratios set for Fuller and Alliance shares into new stock and appraisal based exchange of Central Realty assets. Terms for NY Realty Corp exchange await announcement.
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New York
United States Realty and Consolidation Company
George A. Fuller Company
Capital
New York Realty Corporation
Alliance Realty Company
Surplus
Central Realty, Bonds and Trust Company
Fuller Preferred
Fuller Common
Alliance
All Common
New Common
Central Realty Bond and Trust Company
Pension Changes From July 12 Announced
Washington August 1 pension changes announced from the July 12 issue list originals and increases. Originals include Sarah R Wright Lynn 12 dollars D Owen Seaver Lawrence 12 Gilmer Stone Westford 6 Joseph H Cheetham North Attleboro 8 Joseph Mietz Jr West Medway deceased 12. Increases include Patrick O’Brien ly mouth 8. Widows Lucy M Brown Brockton 8.
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Washington
Sarah R. Wright
Lynn
D. Owen Seaver
Lawrence
Gilmer Stone
Westford
Joseph H. Cheetham
North Attleboro
Joseph Mietz, Jr
West Medway
Patrick O’brien
Mouth
Lucy M. Brown
Brockton
Riot at Shenandoah Alters Coal Strike Pace in Wilkes Barre
From July 21 report in Wilkes Barre Pennsylvania the Shenandoah riot unsettles strike leadership. Nineth regiment N G P stands ready while United Mine Workers dealers lament bloodshed. Operators expect mines to restart in Schuylkill and Wyoming Lackawanna valleys as militia presence prompts resumed mining. National board member John Fallon cautions the shift may not be decisive.
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Wilkesbarre
Shenandoah
United Mine Workers
Schuylkill
Wyoming
Lackawanna
National Board
John Fallon
Mitchell
M HUGH FOR JAIL IN IRELAND CONTEMPT CASE
Patrick A Mc Hugh nationalist member for Leitrim North left the House of Commons with the Sligo jail governor to serve a three month sentence for contempt of court. A select committee took no action. He was arrested June 15 on a bench warrant over alleged sedition in the Sligo Champion, where he allegedly called the presiding magistrate a damned liar.
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London
Patrick A. Mc Hugh
Paliament
Letim
House of Commons
Sligo
McHugh
The
Sligo Champion
Hunnewell Will Filed for Probate in Dedham
Dedham on July 31 reports the will of the late H. H. Hunnewell of Wellesley was filed for probate today with no public heirs or legacies disclosed in the document.
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H. H. Hunnewell
Dedham
Wellesley
Beverly Old Home Week Day Two Opens With Parade and Fire Exhibit
Beverly saw a bright second day of Old Home Week with ideal weather. A morning parade led by chief marshal William Stepford drew crowds, while the afternoon featured a fire department exhibition highlighting outdoor events.
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Beverly
William Stepford
Old Home Day Celebrated in North Reading
North Reading observed Old Home Day with all factories and shops closed. Residents gathered in the grove near the common as bells rang at sunrise. Rev. J H Hoffman gave the welcome, followed by addresses from Irving H Upton of Roxbury, George L Flint of Reading, Ida E Hall of Boston, and others.
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Reading
Ample Grove
J. H. Hoffman
Irving H. Upton
Roxbury
George L. Flint
Ida E. Hall
Boston
Freetown Hosts Open Houses and Excursions
In Freetown on July 31 residents opened their homes to guests while many excursions and panic parties visited old homesteads, reflecting a day of communal gatherings and local outings.
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Freetown
Harwich Holds Third Day of Old Home Week
Citizens enjoyed a clam bake dinner at West Harwich as Old Home Week activities continued with speeches by town officials and guests. A baseball game and bicycle races were staged in the afternoon.
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Harwich
West Harwich
Hanson Marks Old Home Week With Baseball Game And Shoot
Hanson observed Old Home Week ending with sports offerings. The program featured a baseball game and a clay pigeon shoot as the principal events concluding the celebration after a varied week-long schedule that began the previous Saturday.
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Hanson
Man Overcome by Heat Driving Horse Wagon in Chambers St
James Hall of 1 Chase avenue was overcome by heat while driving a horse and wagon on Chambers street yesterday. He was taken to his home by ambulance.
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James Hall
Chase Avenue
Chambers Street
Leighton Day Union Ties Lowell Lawrence Couple
Mr George Leighton an electric car conductor on the Lawrence Haverhill line wed Miss Clara Louise Day a noted milliner of Lowell and Lawrence in Haverhill The couple will reside there friends in both cities wish them prosperity and a long honeymoon.
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George Leighton
Lawrence-Haverhill
Clara Louise Day
Lowell
Lawrence
Haverhill
Roxbury Woman Fatally Burned In Oil Stove Blast
Elien Daley aged 60 died when an oil stove exploded at her Roxbury home on Tremont Street shortly after 3 PM yesterday. She was at work in the kitchen when she lit the stove to heat water.
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Elien Daley
Tremont Street
Roxbury
Deer Seen Grazing Near Homes in South Chelmsford
In South Chelmsford, Sunday near sunset two deer were observed by Mr. W. R. Winning in a field and watched for over an hour as they grazed quietly. The deer approached within a few rows of Mr. J. Q. Battles’ house, then were seen again the next morning in the same field lifting their heads as if planning their day.
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W. R. Winning
J. Q. Battles
Wakefield Injured in Fall at South Framingham
In South Framingham Boston on the 31st shortly after nine, Homerus P. Wakefield associate justice of the First Southern Middlesex district court slipped on a short stairway to the treasurer's office at South Union Station and fractured the upper bone of his right arm. He was taken by police ambulance to Haymarket relief station, then to hospital and finally home to 21 Irving Street.
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South Union Station
Boston
Homorus P. Wakefield
First
Southern Middlesex District Court
Haymarket
Irving Street
South Framingham
North Chelmsford Notes on Visits and Vacations
Mrs Oliver M Green vacationing at her brother's Ashby home. No Home Week in village this week. Some residents visited Lowell Thursday. Guy Green of Waltham staying with grandfather Oliver M Green. Mrs Edwin Swain and daughter Gladys Swain visiting friends in Boston. Miss Emma Woodward of West Chelmsford visiting Mrs Viola Mitchell for a week.
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Oliver M. Green
Ashby
Lowell
Guy Green
Waltham
Edwin Swain
Gladys Swain
Boston
Emma Woodward
West Chelmsford
Viola Mitchell
Hodge Family to Attend 70th Birthday in Fayville and Visit in Short Falls
Charles L. Hodge of Hodge and Stevens and his daughter Verna will spend next week in Fayville Massachusetts and Short Falls New Hampshire. They will join in the 70th birthday festivities for Lowell T. Collins their uncle in Fayville before visiting relatives in Short Falls. Also on Aug 9 the Daughters of St George will hold a basket lunch lawn party at Mrs. J W Morley’s Navy Yard home for members and families only. Hillside and Centre Congregational churches plan their annual picnic at Mountain Rock grove with no admission.
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Charles L. Hodge
Hodge & Stevens
Verna
Fayville
Mass
Short Falls
N. H
Lowell T. Collins
Mr. Hodge
Independent Order
Daughters of St. George
J. W. Morley
Navy Yard
Hillside
Centre Congregational
Mountain Rock Grove
Acton Centre Sunday School Picnic At Lake Nagog
The Sunday school held a pleasant picnic at Lake Nagog last week. The Turners, former Moses Taylor employees missing for five weeks, have been heard from. Mrs. Turner says Mr. Turner’s illness caused their detention and she will return to settle affairs. Miss Helen Sanders visits Hammond Taylor’s. The Henry Brooks estate is being improved. Mr. James Billings is in poor health. Farmers begin apple marketing forecasting a large, possibly profitable crop.
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Lainson Foint
Lake Nagog
Turners
Moses Taylor
Turner
Helen Sanders
Hammond Taylor
DUNSTABLE NOTES AND REUNION HIGHLIGHTS
George W. Plodgett return visit after years in Oregon and Washington. Local fish stories shared while visiting Ashland and Pacific coast areas. First Universalist parish reunion and picnic held July 29 at Mr. Robbins's grave with about sixty attendees from Reading Woburn Tyngsboro Nashua Pepperell Leominster and Westminster. Rev C Guy Robbins addressed the gathering. Weather prompted moving dinner to a nearby barn.
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George W. Plodgett
Oregon
Washington
Ashland
Pacific Coast
Universalist
Bedford Meeting to Discuss The Call to Separation
The Bedford FE meeting for the Sabbath will debate The Call to Separation. Mrs. Leon B. Smith and sons left for East Wallingford Vermont to visit her parents, four generations to gather. Thomas Newcomb and family of Medford stay at Mrs. Nancy A. Webber’s and board at Hedford House. An Embroidery class outing with Mrs. Arthur W. Wood's guests occurred at Lexington Park. Bedford house is crowded with guests, many refused board due to limited accommodations.
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Leon B. Smith and Sons
East Wallingford
Vermont
Smith
Otis D. Wilder
Hedford House
Arthur W. Wood
Lexington Park
Bedford House
Tibbetts
Dean's Kidney Pills Endorsements From Mrs Porter
An endorsement from Mrs. John B. Porter of 24 Broadway praises Dean's Kidney Pills for rapid relief of kidney pain and better sleep. She recounts her own treatment, the relief felt, and recommends Ellingwood & Co. as suppliers with Foster-Milburn Co. as U.S. agents. Also notes strong local hotel occupancy and notable visitors.
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John B. Porter
Broadway
Dean
Hopkington
N. H
Ellingwood & Co
Merrimack
Central Streets
Foster-Milburn Co
Buffalo
N. Y
United States
Dean’s
Ambrose Stickney obituary in Townsend aged 55
Ambrose Stickney died at his Canton home of internal cancer at 55. Born on Townsend hill, he was seventh of Alvah and Rebecca Stickney’s twelve children, a former Townsend deacon, Congregational member, and later station agent in Greenville New Jersey. He married Helen Sawyer and leaves a wife and children.
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Methodist
Lake Potampo
Brookline
N. H
Henry Felton
Poughkeepsie
N. Y
G. A. Wilder
Ambrose Stickney
Canton
Townsend Hill
Alvah
Rebecca (Spaulding
Townsend
Harvard News and social notes from July departures and town events
Mr Harold Pollard sails from Boston in the Deconian for London Paris and other places for months absence. Dr Irving Fisher sails for Berlin to continue medical study. The Sunnyside reading on The Dutch at Home featured Miss Katherine Lawrence in Dutch dress with assistants. Social lemonade, a Bessie Pollard tonsilitis and Lilian Tufts visiting at Mr Farwell. Farmers report heavy hay losses from sun and discoloration. Unitarian Sunday school picnic at Bear Hill pond included hurdy gurdy and tambourine music and an evening dance. Rev David P Hatch preached on The Diversity of Gifts and Rev J P Sheare preached in exchange with Dr Bartol. Subscribe for the Courier.
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Harold Pollard
Geo. Pollard
Boston
London
Paris
New England
Irving Fisher
Herbert Fisher
Berlin
Katherine Lawrence
Silas Haynes
Wendell Willard
Gertrude Houghton
Bessie Pollard
Lilian Tufts
Cambridge
Alfred Farwell
Key
Bear Hill Pond
David P. Hatch
Lawrence
Congregational Church
J. P. Sheare
Bartol
Lancaster
Vacation Pupils Play On The South Common
Edson School summer vacation scholars numbered over 300 enjoyed a forenoon event from 8 30 to 11 30 at the schoolhouse and South common. Contributions came from notable locals including Hon Peter J Brady Rev Father Rowan F M Bill Co Friend Bros W M S Hayes and J W Webster. A five inning baseball game between the Masons and the Mahoneys ended 15 to 11 with Lowney boys and Joe O Connell star performers.
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Edson School
John Condon
Sarah E. Scales
Clarence Mahoney
Peter J. Brady
Father Rowan
F. M. Bill & Co
Friend Bros
W. MH. S. Hayes
J. W. Webster
Masons
Mahoneys
Lowney Boys
Joe O'Connell
Condon
Solh Mason
Obituary of Mrs A Swanton in Andover
Mrs. A. Swanton died at her Andover home Thursday afternoon at age 65. She was the mother of Albion F. Swanton of this city.
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A. Swanton
Albion F. Swanton
Andover
Funeral notices from Lawrence mills to Edson cemetery
The funeral of Nicholas Baraxes, injured at work, was held at 9.3 o clock from Molloy Undertaker rooms and at 1 o clock at the Greek church, burial in Edson cemetery. Also lists funerals for Mrs Ann Horon in Sandwich and for Mary Cryan, Beatrice Fawcett, Neill Callahan, and William J McCutcheon with ages and residences in Lowell and neighboring towns.
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Nicholas Baraxes
Lawrence Mills
Molloy
Greek Church
Edson
Ann Horon
Charles A. Donoghue
Marion Street
Sandwich
Mays
A Birds Bump of Locality in Penguin Lore
In an Leslie's Monthly article, Antarctic explorer C. Eb. Borchgrevink notes penguins’ water affinity and distinctive bump of locality. He describes their upright sprint on ice, sudden belly-down runs, and swift paddling. He recounts a larger species finding a mate after a mile underwater, amid similarly ice floes.
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C. EB. Borchgrevink
Leslie's Monthly
Bryan Leaves New Haven for New York
William J. Bryan departed New Haven at 8 10 a m for New York in a brief early morning departure announced today
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New Haven
William J. Bryan
New York
Polos and peril a luxury for rich players
Ainslee's describes polo as a risky pursuit for the super rich. Texas bred ponies, trained in the west, cost 250 to 1000 dollars and carry heavy riders. George Gould's Lakewood field hosts brutal play with multiple mounts. spectators cheer as riders risk life and limb for sport and status.
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Texas
Allen Sangree
Ainslee’s
P. F. Collier
George Gould
Lakewood
N. J
Rhodes Puzzles In The Cape Assembly A Speaker Emerges
A Uitendage Times writer profiles Cecil Rhodes as a Cape Colony House of Assembly speaker. He pulls notes from inside pockets, rattles envelopes, and rockets from falsetto pauses to a tense hunt for the point. Though not an orator, he commands attention with each search.
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Cecil Rhodes
Uitendage Times
Cape Colony
Mr. Speaker
Rhodes’ Puzales
Ministerial visitation as laborious pastoral duty
Dr. John Watson argues pastors with large congregations face exhausting labor in visiting homes and addressing new sorrows. He suggests devoting about a quarter of a minister’s work time to visitation, noting it is draining yet not unprofitable upon life’s accounting.
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John Watson
Ian Maclaren
Shah of Persia in Germany Leaves Officials Speechless
The shah’s stay with the Kaiser in Germany shocked a large military contingent as he complained of the heat, spent hours indoors in shirt sleeves, and rode in an open car with his coat off. He also donated 10,000 marks to aid Martiniquais relief efforts.
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Persia
Germany
Leipsic
Carlsbad
Ice Cream Giant of New York Sells Vast Daily Volume
The New York Press describes a leading New York ice cream company as the largest in the country selling about 100000 quarts daily. Its capital stock is $40000, yet all officers and directors are millionaires.
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New York
The Nomenclative Disease in Writers Names and Hyphens
The essay tracks how authors adopt or abandon names from Boz to Marion Crawford, noting a trend toward hyphenated, initials, or pen names. It argues the trend harms personal individuality and warns that Marion Crawford’s children could herald a new form of authorial naming.
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Harding Davis
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Francia Marlon Crawford
Andrew Lang
Cyrus Townsend Brady
Mr. Crawford
Mr. Lang
Francis Marion Crawford
Marion Crawford
Italy
Supreme Court of
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Hobart-Chatfield
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Barrett Browning
Ernest Aroni
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