Stock Market Reactions In Boston Tuesday Afternoon
The Boston market opened firm with Copper Range drawing heavy interest before dipping to 71 and rebounding to 71.5. Copper Range, United Copper, Allouez, Tecumseh and Smelters showed notable activity while Amalgamated Copper and Sugar advanced on favorable cash signals. The session ended with a small decline from intraday highs as professional sentiment leaned toward lower prices.
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Boston
SeeXoris
Exchans
New York
United Copper
Allouez
Tecumseh
Puited
Union Pacific
Erie Iads
Amalgamated
Ree
Opening stock market gains widen in active session
New York August 1 heavy trading marked by gains across industries. Amalgamated Copper rose significantly and Canada Southern and New York Air Brake posted notable fractions while U S Realty and Union Bay preferred declined. Railroad stocks showed mixed to favorable moves in late morning with some gains balanced by a general list drift.
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New York
Amalgamated Copper
National
Allis-Chalmers
Canada
Atlantic Coast Line
Anaconda
Cotton futures open steady as market quotes vary
New York on August first reports futures opening steady with August at 10.65 to 10.67, September bid 10.77, through April at 11.15. Spot market quiet with middling uplands 10.85 and middling gulf 11.10, sales amounting to 51,210 bales.
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New York
Gulf
Amalgamated Shows Life In Copper Market Rise
Amalgamated gains lift as copper stocks move up with All the 85 Amalgamated taken and prices firm. Delaware, Lackawanna & Western soars, railroads firm, and London markets close August 4 to 8. Copper could peak around 16 cents as activity remains brisk.
Market gains lift crop pessimists in steady year
Merrimack Mfg Co again passes its dividend after a 2.4 percent payout in January 1904. American Smelting shares rise with expectations of a larger dividend. Wolverine Mining lists Michigan majority shareholders. St Louis and San Francisco Railway declares a 1 percent quarterly dividend on second preferred stock payable Sept. 1 to holders of record Aug. 17. Steel rail orders for 1905 exceed 2,400,000 tons with forecasts pushing totals toward 2,700,000 tons, a record year.
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Merrimack Mfg. Co
Houghton, Mich
Wolverine Mining Company
Michigan
St. Louis and
San Francisco
Ches & Ohio
Boy
St. Paul
Xl&n
St Ry. Hee
Mo Pac
Eee
Atiqz N Y
Pac Mail
xPenn Rail
Ss Peoples Gas
So Pac
So Rail
St & S Pfd
TC &I
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UN Pac
U S Steel
U S
Boston
Neises
Oe Mining xAmalst Teee
Arcadian
Adventure
Allénez
Atlantic
Bingham
Cal & Hec
Daly-West
Elm River
Franklin Ere
Isle Royale
Mont C & C
Mass
Rhode Island
Trinity
Utah
Suit Against Grand Trunk Over Lumber Fire Set to Referees
In Bloomfield Vermont on August 1 a suit by Connecticut Valley Lumber Co against Grand Trunk Railway Co seeks 300000 dollars in damages for timberland burned by a locomotive fire. The case, to be decided by referees H F Graham F S Platt and W H Taylor, could set a 200000 dollar precedent for other firms. Over five weeks in May and June 1903 the blaze scorched 40000 acres, with 1000 men fighting day and night. hearing expected to be lengthy with 500 witnesses. Also, the Shah of Persia ordered six high class automobiles from Paris worth about 28500 dollars.
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Grand Trunk Railway Co
Connecticut Valley Lumber Co
Connecticut Valley Company
H. F. Graham
Craftsbury
F. S. Platt
Poultney
W. H. Taylor
Hardwick
Connecticut Valley Lumber Company
Atlantic liner Minneapolis near Nantucket docks by morning
New York reports the Atlantic transport liner Minneapolis en route from London to New York was in wireless contact at 4 AM about 90 miles east of Nantucket lightship and should dock around 8 AM Wednesday. Also, the steamer Carnoria from Liverpool and Queenstown bound for New York was in wireless contact at noon about 130 miles east of Nantucket lightship.
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London
Nantucket
Caronia
Liverpool
Queenstown
Schooner Abel W Parker Floats Off Nantucket Flats
The three masted schooner Abel W Parker that went ashore on Coatue flats en route to New York was floated at high water last night with no injuries. It resumed its voyage to New York.
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Wantucket
Abel W Parker
Coatue Flats
Nantucket Harbor
New York
Machias
Brown's Island
St. John
Boston
Jonesport
Red Cross liner collides with fishing schooner off Cape Race
The Red Cross line steamer Rosalind, arriving from St John’s, N F, collided in fog with a fifty ton fishing schooner off Cape Race. No distress signal from the schooner. The Rosalind reports no blame, and continues to New York. the schooner was damaged and headed to St John’s.
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Halifax
N.S
Red Cross Line
Clarke
Rosalind
St. John’s
N. F
New York
Telegraphers Strike Over Wage Scale Rules
In St Paul on August 1 the Great Northern Railway telegrahers across Wilmar Fergus Falls Breckenridge divisions walked out over the company wage scale. The union says it is a lockout while the firm reports 80 percent satisfaction. Employees were asked to accept new rules or leave. upon refusal they allege immediate discharge.
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St. Paul, Minn
Great Northern Railway Company
Wilmar
North Dakota
Fergus Falls
Breckenridge, Minn
Weather cancels Boston & Northern beach excursion
Weather permitting the Boston and Northern planned a Revere Beach trolley trip today. The trip was called off due to rain. If conditions improve there will be excursions to Revere Beach Thursday afternoon and Friday forenoon.
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Boston & Northern
Revere Beach
Registering for Homesteads In Uintah Reserve
Advices from Grand Junction and Utah towns indicate homestead registration proceeds orderly. Registration lasts 12 days and a drawing will begin August 17 to distribute the land to qualified applicants.
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Denver
Col
Grand Junction
Vernal, Price
Provo
Utah
Uintah Reservation
Nahant Tennis Contests First Round Results
In Nahant on August 1 the Nahant Club invitation played on clay courts. B B Lyons beat L J Grant 6 1 6 3. C Atkinson defeated P Stockton by default. R Hooker defaulted to F C Colston and L Glacebrook defaulted to J Sulloway.
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Nahant Club
B. B. V. Lyons
L. J. Grant
C. Atkinson
P. Stockton
R. Hooker
F. C. Colston
L. Glacebrook
J. Sulloway
Finest hand made settings for rpm diamonds at Woods
Finest hand made settings for rpm diamonds at M F Woods 104 Mer rimack street opposite John street. Telephone.
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M. F. Woods
Merrimack Street
John — Street
Telephone
Sheriff Confidence Boosts Local Crop Prospects
Avanta Consti Sutton notes a forward mood as the sheriff expresses confidence in the harvest outlook. The exchange suggests optimism about the season and the community's anticipated yields amid ongoing preparations and regional conditions.
Windor prison inquiry resumes with Supt Oakes accused
Bellows Falls Vermont August 1 Wind sor state prison investigation resumes before a legislative commission. Testimony unfolds about former Supt Oakes alleged misuse of prison provisions and employment on his own books. Witnesses Herrick Hutchinson Lindsley detail limited on site work and irregularities in payroll and supplies. Lindsley says she observed no wrongdoing during her years at the prison.
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Bellows Falls
Windsor
Legislative Commission
W. Oakes
L. LC. Herrick
Claremont
Lindsley
Cornish Flats
N. H
Wallace A. Hutchins
Herrick
Hutchinson
Oakes
Lake Sunapee
Woodstock
John Oakes
Narragansett Races Extended By Jockey Club Action
Narragansett Breeders Association won approval from the jockey club stewards at Saratoga to extend the summer meeting at Narragansett Park for another week. Advices indicate local action likely to follow, delaying the end date from August 5. Petitions from owners, trainers, and others at Narragansett prompted the extension decision.
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Providence
R. L
Narragansett Park
Narragansett
Concord Fair Grounds Race Meet Planned for August Dates
Concord New Hampshire August 1 The management of the Concord state fair grounds race track announces a race meeting of 12 classes on August 22 23 24 and 25 The purses will be 400 in each class and on account of prevailing conditions in Massachusetts a large entry is expected.
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N. H
Concord State Fair Grounds Race Track
Massachusetts
Boycott Against Americans Expands to Nagasaki Japan
A cablegram from American Consul Harris in Nagasaki reports the boycott against Americans and American products has spread from Shanghai to Nagasaki. The move into Japan signals broader anti foreign sentiment, though U S officials note little American trade in Nagasaki is Chinese controlled and unlikely to drawn China government action.
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Washington
State Department
Harris
Nagasaki
Shanghai
Japan
Miss Storrs and Capt Bedwell Wed at Brookline Church
Miss Anna Elizabeth Storrs daughter of Rev Leonard Kip Storrs rector of St Pauls Brookline and Captain Edward Parker Bedwell of the Royal Field Artillery England were married today at the church of the bride's father. Capt Bedwell is stationed at Exeter Devonshire England where the couple will reside.
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Boston
Anna Elizabeth Storrs
Leonard Kip Storrs
St. Paul's Episcopal Church
Brookline
Edward Parker Bedwell
Royal Field Artillery
Eng
Bedwell
Exeter
Devonshire
Two Men Drowned Crossing Long Island Sound
Two young men R A Elmendorf of Weehawken and Horace Foster of Pleasantville N Y drowned at Rye Beach while attempting to cross Long Island Sound in an overloaded rowboat. Two companions who were good swimmers kept afloat until rescued.
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New York
Long Island Sound
Rye Beach
N. Y
R. A. Elmendorf
Weehawken
Horace Foster
Pleasantville
Watches and Jewelry Service at Millard F Woods
An advertisement for first class watch clock and jewelry repair at Millard F Woods 104 Merrimack Street invites customers to use the shop. A humorous stray exchange ends with a joke about a wife talking in her sleep.
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Millard F. Woods
Merrimack Street
Yellow Fever fears spread as quarantines tighten
Stegomyia vectors pose risk via cars and coaches. Lafayette bans freight from New Orleans until disinfection. Alexander allows boric landings. Port Gibson forms vigilance committee to block strangers. Pass Christian shutters its doors amid rising cases, Gulf coast canning crushed by strict quarantines. refugees return home after long detours. Lumberton camp head debunks five Italians shot rumor.
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New Orleans
Alexander
Mo’ Boric
Port Gibson
Pass Christian
Gulf Coast
Louisiana
Chas. Lebaroz
Lumberton
Miss
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Doty releases all suspects except two in fever case
New York reports Health Officer Doty has freed seven first cabin passengers from the steamer Proteus and five men from the freight steamer El Sud, along with seven crew from Seguranca, leaving only two suspects in detention. A stoker and a waiter from Seguranca remain ill but improve.
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Doty
Sime
Proteus
New Orleans
el Sud
Texas Extends Quarantine Against Louisiana
Galveston Tex Aug 1 The Texas quarantine against Louisiana begins again with expectations of a longer duration than last week. Railroads entering New Orleans have cut train service and a total withdrawal of east of the Sabine River may follow.
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Galveston
Tex
State of
Texas
Louisiana
New Orleans
Sabine River
Health boards to act in concert on yellow fever risk
Norfolk health board leaders from Norfolk Portsmouth Berkley and Norfolk County will work jointly to safeguard the region from yellow fever. The increased arrival of steamships from infected ports seeking bunker coal is cited as a principal reason for coordinated action.
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Norfolk Health Board
Health Commissioners of
Portsmouth
Berkley
Norfolk County
Havana Immigrants Split Between Detention and Immunes
The steamer from Tampa brought 81 passengers to Havana on August 1. Most are Cuban, with twenty three sent to the detention station while the rest are designated immunes.
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Havana
Tampa
Fie
Literary Notes on New Books and Publications
Messrs Fox Duffield announce Clarence S Darrow etching an Eye for an Eye a Chicago lawyer and mayor Dunnes adviser writes a murder tale in a prison hourlong talk Tarbell on Joan Rockefeller appears in press and McClures July issue sells quickly The Living Age reprints a Church Quarterly Review study of Ferdinand Febre and Paul Elder announces Phebe Estelie Spaldings Womanhood in Az a large illustrated volume on Venus Mona Lisa and other art icons with ethical message for women
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Clarence S. Darrow
Chicago
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Dunne
Teamsters’ Union
Lake Michigan
Ferdinand Febre
Church Quarterly Review
Phebe Estelie Spalding
Claremont College
Los Angeles
Paul Elder & Co
San F Francisco
Womanhood
Eve
Madonne
Walter H Litchfield Found Dead in Elks Hall
Keene New Hampshire July 31 Walter H Litchfield a 30 year old jeweler and prominent Elks member was found dead today with a bullet wound in his right temple a revolver in his hand and medical referee rules death by his own action he leaves a widow and the incident is under investigation
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Walter H. Litchfield
Elks Hall
Mr. Litchfield
Litchfield
The August Reader fiction lineup heats the issue
The August Reader centers on fiction with Meredith Nicholson’s House of a Thousand Candies third installment and Paul Kester’s Gone to the Dogs. Other pieces include Raine’s The Healing of Harcourt, Neff’s Life Elixir of Marthy, Hibben’s What Measure Ye Meant, Laughlin’s Ruthers, and multi-author features like The Day They Celebrate. Photographs accompany nature pieces by Brownell and Holder’s The Hottest Place in the United States.
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Paul Kester
Will Vawter
Harcourt
Arizona
William MacLeod Raine
Iris M. Andrews
Marthy
Elizabeth Hyer Neff
Walter Gallaway
Paxtor Hibben
Clyde Squires
Ruthers
Clara E. Laughlin
Harvard
Yale
Princeton
Leland Stanford Jr
George P. Baker
Emerson G. Taylor
Jesse Lynch Williams
Raymond M. Alden
Frank Crane
Sherlock
Vivian Burnett
Mabel Osgood Wright
Henry T. Finck
Shep
E. P. Powell
New York City
L. W. Brownell
United States
Charles F. Holder
Dallas Lore Sharp
Adachi Kinnosuke
Popular Science August List of Articles and Authors
The August Popular Science Monthly features articles by Charles Dilton Perrine on an eclipse observer in Sumatra John M Coulter on public interest in research John F Cargill on the value of old age George Trumbull Ladd on nerve anastomosis Hugo de Vries visits Luther Burbank Walter Ngon Fong on educational problems in China Kenyon L Butterfield on social phases of agricultural education W H Maxwell on education for efficiency and Roosevelt’s address to the National Educational Association.
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China
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W. H. Maxwell
Roosevelt
National Educational Association
Woman's Home Companion August issue review features varied fiction and articles
The August issue showcases nine short stories by Morgan Robertson Seumas MacManus Ella Higginson Julia Truitt Bishop and Otho B Senga with notable articles The Tornado Goes Skylarking The Americanization of the Holy Land Notes From the Diary of an Employment Agent There Ought to Be a Law The American Social Invasion of England Fashion and youth sections by Grace Margaret Gould Aunt Janet and regular departments by Mrs Sangster Mrs Richardson and Mrs Herrick plus two pages of cat and kitten photographs from recent publications The Crowell Publishing Company Springfield Ohio published the magazine
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Woman's Home Companion
Morgan Robertson
Seumas MacManus
Ella Higginson
Julia Truitt Bishop
Otho B. Senga
Crowell Publishing Company
Springfield
Ohio
Southern author Ruth McEnery Stuart Summering at Onteora Club
Ruth McEnery Stuart, author of The Second Wooing of Salina Sue, visits the Onteora Club near Tannersville for summer. A new edition of the novel has just been printed. Also at Onteora is Mrs Selden Bacon Josephine Dodge Daskam with her daughter, reflecting on baby-rearing in her Memoirs of a Baby, while the Binks character remains as vivid as ever.
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Ruth McEnery Stuart
The
Harpers
Onteora Club
Tannersville
Selden Bacon
Josephine Dodge Daskam
Onteora
New York
Brinkburne officers resign over contraband cargo incident
In San Francisco the British steamship Brinkburne was found loading contraband bound for Vladivostok. All officers except the captain quit, and the Chinese crew tried to land but customs officers blocked them with a claim or ruling.
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Brinkburne
San Francisco
Vladivostok
Notable Contributors in The Smart Set August Number
Mrs Burton Harrisons entertaining fiction The Carlyles opens the August issue. Richard Le Gallienne offers The Butterfly of Dreams a delicate idyll. Elizabeth Jordan writes We Save Evelina May a humorous tale. Edna Kenton presents The Good Man a psychological study. Emery Pottle analyzes a young girls emotions in The Higher Life. Zona Gale tells of an old couple hosting a party for elderly friends in The Dance. May Isabel Fisk contributes a humorous monologue and Henry Sydnor Harrison a summer tale A Matter of Hats. Maurice Francis Egan essays The Infernal Feminine in his lively vein.
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Emery Pottle
Gir
Peleas
Zona Gale
May Isabel Fisk
Henry Sydnor Harrison
Building progress highlighted in Carpentry and Building
In the August issue, a six months resume showcases unprecedented building progress. Featured pieces include a Brookline Massachusetts house and pieces on construction study and brick house gable treatment. The number also offers concrete construction rules and department correspondence.
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Brookline
Mass
Little Folks Auggust Stories Highlighted for Children
In the August Little Folks section several stories are noted including Tea at Miss Susen Grandma's Company Mud's Pesni tarity The Chicken House Carpenter Tommy Crackers For a Yellow Dog's Sake and Three Little Patriots. The accompanying pictures are described as attractive as usual.
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Grandma’s Company
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