Stock Market Dull With Copper Range Noted Gain
The Boston market was steady but less active amid overall dull trading. Copper Range stood out with demand and a notable uptick, while United Shoe Machinery rose to 77 and Copper Range traded in the 70s before finishing at 70, up from yesterday. Other stocks showed minor moves as market activity remained subdued nationwide.
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Boston
United Shoe Machinery Common
Allouez
New York
London
Minneapolis
St. Paul
Sault Ste. Marie
Northern Pacific
J. S. Bache & Co
Market Summary for Cotton Futures and Spot Prices
New York reports futures opened steady with gains across a range of months and closed quiet. Spot prices show middling uplands at 10.75 and middling gulf at 11.00 with 37 bales sold.
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New York
Uplands
Gulf
New York Clearing House Weekly Statement Highlights Changes
The weekly statement shows loans up 1 316 300 dollars while deposits fall 2 618 600. Circulation rises 685 700 and legal tenders drop 1 070 700. Specie declines 2 726 400 with surplus reserve down 3 141 450. Ex US deposits fall 14 280 200.
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New York
Clearing House
U. S
Copper and railroad notes widen market signals
Amalgamated stocks show strength amid copper boom while Allouez gains in popularity. Copper payrolls in Bingham district reach 2031000 monthly with 2917 miners employed. Vanderbilt plans 3 million dollar Cleveland terminals next year as Lake interests revive copper bets in Boston. July Michigan copper output 162 tons. seven month total 1145 tons. Shannon Copper July refined output 872000 pounds, furnace downtime trims production. New York Produce Exchange authorizes a five member committee for the national reciprocity conference at Chicago August 16-17. Railroad merger talks gain traction. Pennsylvanias June gross income nears 2.5 million as traffic signals strengthen.
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New York Produce Exchange
Chicago
Fortune Knocks But Once at Every Man's Door
A Brooklyn businessman promotes investment in The Mac Levy Company offering stock, claiming ten years of success with a $50,000 start and a $310,000 incorporation under a special act, urging readers to buy small stock and write for the book Ten Years to learn his path to wealth.
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Mac _ Levy Company
Dept. C
Clark St
Brooklyn
N. Y
Market optimism amid rising prosperity and mining news
Reports from R. G. Dun & Co. signal better crop prospects and growing railroad activity as signs of broad revival. Ad venture mine strike ends quickly. Utah Copper optioned by Guggenheim interests with stock purchases totaling up to 1.5 million dollars. Copper shares show dull activity yet price gains, while dividends rise across major houses.
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Utah
Guggenheim
Yacht designer Fife arrives to observe Rochester Iroquois Cup races
Wm Fife designer of Lipton cup challenger yachts arrives in New York from Liverpool aboard the Lucania. He travels to Rochester to study the Rochester Yacht club defender Iroquois and will sail on the Temeraire during Charlotte harbor cup races. Captain H M Durand, son of the British ambassador, accompanies him as part of the transatlantic visit.
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New York
Lucania
Liverpool
Wm. Fife
H. M. Durand
Washington
Rochester
N. Y
Fife
Atlantic
Royal Canadian Yacht Club of Toronto
Charlotte Harbor
Rochester Yacht Club
Charlotte
Roosevelt Welcomes Peace Envoys At Nassau Harbor Landing
In a sunlit Nassau harbor scene the Mayflower hosts President Roosevelt as the Japanese peace commission and Russian plenipotentiaries arrive aboard warships. Bells, salutes, and cheers mark the morning, with envoys proceeding to the Mayflower for formal introductions before departing for Portsmouth, New Hampshire.
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Roosevelt
Coghlan
Winstow
Winslow
Ward Room
Portsmouth
N. H
Proclamation Allows 111 Uintah Entries Daily
President amends the Uintah Indian reservation proclamation on Commissioner Richards recommendation. Beginning August 28 the daily entry limit increases to 111 from 50 to speed entries and give entrymen more time to prepare for winter.
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Washington
Richards
Uintah Indian
Utah
Beef Trust Cases In Washington Conference Over Indictment
District Attorney Morrison of Chicago arrived in Washington at the telegraphic request of Attorney General Moody for a private conference on several important questions arising in the indictment of Chicago beef packers. Neither party disclosed details.
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Washington
Morrison
Chicago
Rtt
Moody
A Day at Old Orchard Excursion August 10
A day of amusement at Old Orchard on the excursion August 10. The round trip rate via the Boston and Maine Railroad is $1.50.
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Old Orchard
Boston & Maine
R. R
Dying on City Steps Hearts Tie to Faked Police
Lorette A Phiffer a 20 year old girl was found dying on front steps in North Bergen New Jersey after two men posing as policemen abducted her from a companion after a picnic at Little Coney Island The man waited for five dollars then the abductors released him The girl died of heart failure at the Sullivan residence identified by her New York father authorities seek the two suspects in this case
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New York
Lorette A. Phiffer
Sullivan
North Bergen
N. J
Little Coney Island
New Jersey
Government to Take Charge of Health Effort in South
New federal role expands the fight against yellow fever centered in New Orleans. Dr White says strict quarantines aim to curb incubative spread. Rail and fruit shipping adjustments ease border issues as seven new cases bring total to 482 with 93 deaths. Mails delayed. fumigation not ordered. refused mail returned to senders.
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New Orleans
Washington
Marine Hospital
White
Mobile
United Fruit Company
New York
Louisiana
Interruption of Mail Service Not Extensive
The post office department said mail disruption in Mississippi Louisiana and Texas due to quarantine enforcement is limited to small areas and points served by local trains. Service will be restored as quarantine rules permit and the interruption so far is lighter than in some prior years.
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Washington
Post Office Department
Mississippi
Louisiana
Texas
Captain Ross Sent to Enforce New Orleans Quarantine
Washington Aug 5 Secretary Shaw wires Capt Ross of the revenue cutter service to proceed at once to New Orleans to personally supervise quarantine measures. Ross, while on annual inspection along the Atlantic coast, is at Portland Missouri and is expected to depart for New Orleans. Shaw says every effort will confine the scourge within New Orleans city limits.
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Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Shaw
Capt. Ross
Revenue Cutter Service
New Orleans
Ross
Atlantic Coast
Portland
Barnton Arrives With 15 Sick From Malaria Heading to Chester
The British steamer Barnton, from Port De Paix Haiti via Colon, docked at the Delaware breakwater near Philadelphia with 15 crew members ill. Officials will decide if malaria is the cause and whether to detain the ship. The Marine Hospital Service declined to reveal disease details.
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Philadelphia
Barnton
Port de Paix
Haiti
Chester
Delaware Breakwater
Colon
Marine Hospital
Fever Suspects From Steamer Paso Quarantined
Two crew members aboard the steamer Paso from New Orleans were removed at quarantine with elevated temperatures. They were taken to Toffman's island for observation as a precaution amid fever concerns.
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New York
New Orleans
Toffman’s Island
Lowest Round Trip Rates to Colorado via Nickel Plate Road
Travel offer for the American Osteopathic Association and Eagles Convention with tickets on sale from August 11 to 13. Final return limit September 25. For full information write L. P. Burgess in the Old South Building, Boston Mass.
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Colorado
Nickel Plate Road
American Osteopathic Association
Eagles Convention
L. P. Burgess
Old South Brig
Boston
Mass
Question Box Answers From A Busy Community Column
A long readers’ column compiles questions on books, censuses, London’s age, family records, coins, secret societies, cigar boxes, world rulers, banks, marriages of cousins, naval apprenticeships, and clock faces. Answers cover publishers, dates, historical notes, and practical guidance with names and places such as Funk and Wagnalls New York, London grand lodge, and the Bank of England, plus brief biographical sketches of Nancy Hanks and Harriet Beecher Stowe.
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A. Funk & Wagnalls
New York City
P. M
London
Eng
Rome
Trinobantes
George III
God
Ezekiel
Solomon
Freemasonry
Tower of Babel
J. H
Christ
King Edward
Great Britain
Emperor William
Germany
Czar
Nicholas
Russia
Mikado Matsuhito
Japan
Emperor Joseph
Austria- Hungary
Loubet
France
Alphonso
Spain
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Turkey
Leopold
Otto
Bavaria
Shah
Persia
John D. Rockfeller
Alfred Beit
Bank of England
Bank of Scotland
Bank of Austria-Hungary
Bank of France
Bank of Germany
Bank of Russia
New York
K. A
G. W
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Nancy Hanks
Harriet Beecher Stowe
Thomas Lincoln
Elizabethtown
H. W Beecher
C. E. Stowe
Litchfield
Conn
Hartford
Cincinnati
F. K
Averett
Crocnhopper
New Orleans
J. S
Timeline of Lincoln’s death and Cleveland’s legal career
The excerpt notes the moment of President Lincoln’s death and cites a Boston watchmaker firm from 1819 for a clockmaking custom tied to perfect clock angles. It also outlines Grover Cleveland being admitted to the bar in 1859, practicing until 1881 with a three year sheriff term, and practicing in New York City between his presidential terms.
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Lincoln
Boston
Grover Cleveland
New York City
Steamers in wireless contact near Nantucket lightship
The steamer New York, sailing from Southampton and Cherbourg to New York, reported wireless contact at 1.15 am with the Siasconset station, about 85 miles east of Nantucket lightship, and likely to dock by 6 pm. The steamer Columbia, from Glasgow and Moville to New York, also spoke with Siasconset by wireless at 11 am while 75 miles east of Nantucket lightship.
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New York
Southampton
Cherbourg
Siasconset
Mass
Nantucket
Columbia
Glasgow
Moville
Second Regiment Wins The Tri-Color Rifle Shoot
Wakefield Aug 4 The Second Regiment captured the Tri-Color rifle shoot as the Massachusetts militia state championship contests concluded on the state range. The 200 600 800 1000 yard totals reached 1462 for the Second Regiment with heavy artillery and Sixth Regiment at 1454. The 1000 yard unfinished event yesterday closed today with first heavy artillery tied for first and first corps of cadets at 275 of 500 while second infantry trailed by one point. Conditions were tougher today as governor's cup round fire followed the state trophy race.
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Wakefield
Massachusetts
Northern Pacific Trains Not Blocked by Strike
Report from St. Paul indicates passenger trains on the Northern Pacific are operating on time with good service across the line. Despite a four day dual strike by telegraphers on Northern Pacific and Great Northern, freight delays persist but movement continues and J. J. Hill’s August 10 arrival in St. Paul fuels hopes for arbitration.
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Northern Pacific
New York
Northern Pacific Railway
St. Paul
Great Northern
West
J. J. Hill
Army court martial sentences approved by president
Washington Aug 5 The president approved the sentences of courts martial in two cases First Lieut Marion B Wilhoit artillery corps dismissed for duplication of pay accounts at Jackson barracks La and Second Lieut M C Foote 28th Infantry convicted of embezzlement at Panter Mindanao sentenced to dismissal but the sentence was commuted to loss of 115 files
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Washington
Marion B. Wilhoit
Artillery Corps
Jackson Barracks
M. C. Foote
28Th Infantry
Pantar
Mindanao
Mrs Carlisle Dies at 70 in West Islip Country Home
Mrs Mary G Carlisle wife of former secretary of the treasury John G Carlisle died at her West Islip country home after a three week illness of peritonitis She was 70 daughter of Man John A Goodsen of Covington New York.
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Babylon
L. I
Mary G. Carlisle
Secretary of the Treasury
John G. Carlisle
West Islip
Carlisle
John A. Goodsen
Covington, Y
Old Orchard excursion on the Boston and Maine R R
A planned excursion to Old Orchard via the Boston and Maine Railroad costs $1.50 for a round trip. The offer outlines a single fare for travel on August 10 with service details expected from the railroad.
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Vanderbilt
Cleveland
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Shannon Copper Company
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Bright, Sears & Co
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C. N. Woodward
Mgr
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R. G. Dun & Co
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Curtis & Sederquist
Corey, Milliken & Co
Henry Clews & Co
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B& Oo Wee
Can Pac
Ches & Ohio
c&Gw
St Paul
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Chesapeake & Ohio Greene Consolidated
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New York Consolidated Stock” Exchange
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Telegram
Central St
F. W. Mills
Congress St. Boston
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Albert S.guild
Long Island
Dolphin
Galveston
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Captain Ross
Eer
Lakeview
Eckhoff and Gordon
D. J. Harrington
George and Harrington
Willie Gardner
Thomas and Payne
Marine News
Wireless
Toals
Eeee
Eae Oo
Tegimeon Bss
Eeecweecceeeeseelsad
Mrs. Carlisle
Boston & Maine R. R
Apiezo
Canobie Lake Park
Hardy
Niagara Rapids
Genesee Gorge
Montmorency Falls
Crystal Paleace
Alexandra Palace
New Brighton Tower
Etcc
Ball Park
Grand Stand
Prof
Julius Ward
Crescent Park
Narragansett Bay Resort
Chelmsford
Concorde
Narragansett Bay
NEW York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Lexington Park
Willow Dale Rink
Optician Geo. G. Rogers
Merrimade Street
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