Stock Market activity and intraday changes report
Fairly active Saturday noon trading with prices ending slightly above opening. Steel preferred 57 to 56, sugar weaker, one brief price dip. By 10:10 a.m. gains and losses were small. Brooklyn Transit rose near a point while Republic Steel preferred fell about 1 percent. At 11 a.m. local traction stocks advanced but confidence waned and volume shrank. Brooklyn Transit jumped then slid to 47, other locals slipped, Amalgamated down 1, Westinghouse Electric 2, Corn Products preferred 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brooklyn Transit
Republic Steel Preferred
Metropolitan Street Railway
Manhattan and
Metropolitan Securities
Amalgamated
Westinghouse Electric
Corn Products
Futures Open Steady Amid Decline In Early Trading
In New York on December 5 futures opened steady with declines noted across contracts. December 12.27, January 12.40, February 12.36, March 12.45, April May 12.52, July 12.50, August 12.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cotton mills hit by raw material volatility and cautious buyers
R G Dun reports cotton mills suffer from raw material vagaries eroding profits despite wage cuts. Mills are conservative on future orders while buyers hesitate to bid or purchase. Southern mills may curtail output and woolen goods see little price change as coatings trend low grade. Haven Clement notes persistent high money rates and uncertain relief until after January 1. London gold flows offset by strong discount rates, with call loans steady at 7 to 8 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. G. Dun & Co
London
United States
New York
Pacific Coast
Time-tried dividend stocks offered for sale
Listings of reliable dividend paying stocks suitable for trusts or personal investment including Bigelow Carpet Co 5 percent Boston Elict Nat Bank 6 percent Hasailton Mfg Co 5 percent Massachusetts Cotton Mills 4 percent Mass mills in Georgia 6 percent Merrimack pard receipts 4 percent interest 5 percent when issued Manchester and Lawrence R R 10 percent May Nov guaranteed Nasua Lowell R R 9 percent May Nov guaranteed Pacific Mills 10 percent Monde Prescott Nat Bank 4 percent Shawmut Nat Bank Boston 6 percent Tremont & Suffolk mills 6 percent Union Nat Bank 8 percent Jan July Apr Oct
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Bigelow Carpet Co
Elict Nat. Bank
Boston
Hasailton Mfg. Co
Massachusetts
Mass
Georgia
Manchester
Lawrence R. R
Nasua & Lowell R. R
Pacific Mills
Prescott Nat. Bank
Shawmut Nat. Bank
Tremont & Suffolk Mills
Union Nat. Bank
Walsh Offers Stocks and Bonds in Mill Shares
A. A. G. Walsh advertises stock and bond services highlighting mill shares as a specialty. Office locations include 2 Kilby Street Room 35 Boston Massachusetts and 419 Andover Street Lowell Massachusetts with telephone and P. O. box contact details.
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G. Walsh
Kilby St
Boston
Mass
Telephone
Calm day alone saved city of Schenectady
The New York Central freight house and sheds in Schenectady burned today with vast freight losses. Water from the Urie canal aided firefighting after a pumping station breakdown left mains dry since yesterday morning. Firemen saved adjacent buildings. loss estimated over $50,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City OF Schenectady
Schenectady
N. Y
New York Central Railroad Company
Urie Canal
John Street
Kinsbury
Colombia Rejects Hay Herran Canal Treaty Says Text Objectionable
Washington reports state that Colombia’s Senate rejected the Hay Herran canal treaty on its merits as objectionable both in text and spirit. Minister Beaupre asserts Washington instructions did not influence the vote. Colombians hope to renegotiate a more favorable treaty, with plans for reforming Congress and appointing Gen Reyes to advance talks. Hay’s secretary will present Reyes to Roosevelt, though no success is seen.
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Washington
Beaupre
Bogota
State Department
Hay-Herron
United States
Senate
Congress
Hay
Gen. Reyes
Roosevelt
Gas leak endangers 17 in Roxbury apartment house
A leaky gas pipe filled a Roxbury building with fumes nearly 17 residents inhaled. Mrs Drusilla Connolly and her son Ronald aged 7 plus her mother were unconscious and hospitalized. Others on the second and third floors also suffered but are reported to be stabilizing.
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Boston
Roxbury
Division 9
Drusilla Connolly
Ronald
Culda Putnam
City Hospital
Hugh Green
Mary
John
Wm. Greaney
Greeks and Acre youths clash in Market Street melee
About 50 Greek youths and younger Acre inhabitants fought with sticks stones bottles and snowballs on Market Street near Dummer street Thursday afternoon. The brawl lasted about thirty minutes breaking several panes and injuring several with bruises and minor wounds. No long term losses were recorded as the Greek party dispersed quickly.
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Acre
Market Street
Dummer Street
Sons of Greece
Grand Jury List for Cambridge Term Reveals Largely Serious Felonies
The December grand jury for the superior court in Cambridge includes Lowell defendants such as John P. Thompson alias Christopher Sorenson for larceny Edmund Connors for poisoning a horse Thomas Adams for fire setting Matthew Ryan for polygamy William Murphy for perjury Roland Lemay for breaking and entering and larceny Joseph McCrain and Arthur Bernhardt for breaking and entering and larceny Fred Briere alias John Smith for larceny Thomas Milette and Josephine Gagner for lewd cohabitation Eugene Ordway for larceny The list though not long is described as unusually solid with gravity all cases. Wednesday December 9 is Lowell day at the grand jury hearing and witnesses will depart for Cambridge at 7 45 train.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cambridge
Lowell
John P. Thompson
Christopher Sorenson
Joseph McCrain
Arthur Bernhardt
Fred Briere
John Smith
Thomas Milette
Josephine Gagner
Eugene C. Ordway
Howe in War Veteran Support Highlighted
A concise note reports an old soldier and a young soldier both voting for Howe, underscoring his military background as part of the campaign message.
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Howe
May Bother Funerals Strike Threat Strikes Loom
Chicago officials report a near certainty of a carriage drivers strike after talks with the Liverymen's association broke off. Drivers seek 14 dollars for a seven day week or 12 hours per day while employers offer 12 dollars for fourteen hours weekly. If enacted, funeral services may face carriage shortages as hearse drivers join the walkout.
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Chicago
Businessman Patten Named Purchasing Agent
A twenty year veteran in business is elected Purchasing Agent and vows to run the office on a business basis from inauguration day. The appointee is William T. Patten.
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William T. Patten
Adv
Harrison's Dragnet Hits West Side Lodging Houses
Chicago authorities under Mayor Harrison issued a sweeping crime cleansing order. Detectives and police raided barrel houses and resorts frequented by women, arresting over 80 people and ordering many more to seek work or face imprisonment this winter.
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Chicago
West Side
Harrison
Bridgeport Attorney Charged With Embezzlement and Forgery
Charges of embezzlement forgery and perjury filed in superior court against Stratford attorney George W. Carey who has practiced in Bridgeport for 12 years He is accused in his roles as executor and trustee for the Ford estate and as conservator for Mrs Ford Hearing held in Milford probate court on removing him as executor and for an accounting Carey 35 married prominent in local church and social circles as president of the Bridgeport Christian Endeavor union and Epworth league of the New York East M E conference
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Bridgeport
Conn
Fairfield County Bar Association
George W. Carey
Stratford
Carey
John W. Ford
Milford
Ford
Bridgeport Christian Endeavor Union
Epworth League
New York East
M. E. Conference
Overseer from Lowell gains control in Tilton mill strike
Practically all the striking weavers at the O. and E. Morrison woolen mills in Tilton New Hampshire have returned to work. A new overseer from Lowell is in charge and two new fixers will be added. No further trouble is anticipated. The strike stemmed from a wage schedule change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tilton, N. H
O. & E. Morrison Woolen Mills
Lowell
Hartwell Petition Tossed by Registrars
The board of registrars met yesterday and considered 54 names Charles C. Hartwell sought to strike from the voting lists. The board voted to place the names on file, effectively rejecting the petition.
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Board of Registrars of Voters
Charles C. Hartwell
Hamburg American and White Star reach four-ship Mediterranean service
Berlin dated December 4. An agreement binds Hamburg American and White Star lines to supply four steamers each for the American Mediterranean service. Hamburg American ships will sail from New York while White Star vessels depart from Boston. The Genoa office of Hamburg American will manage White Star’s segment.
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Berlin
Hamburg- American
White Star Lines
New York
White Star
Boston
Genoa
Poles in Merrimack Square Razed by Work Crew
A gang has spent weeks removing large telegraph poles from Merrimack square lower Merrimack and Central streets. Yesterday the pole before the Courier Citizen building was dragged away with ease, drawing a curious crowd. Despite danger, workers continued with no accidents so far.
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Merrimack Square
Merrimack
Courier-Citizen
New Pastor's Work At Wesley Church
Rev W P Ray of Cambridge begins duties at Wesley church here conducting Friday prayer meetings and Sunday services. He is regarded as a first class Bible teacher and preacher with past leadership of a Bible school and YMCA work in Connecticut New York and Pennsylvania. He has led services for three Sundays and will lead Friday prayers plus preach and conduct devotionals each Sunday.
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W. P. Ray
Cambridge
Wesley Church
Ray
Connecticut
New York
Pennsylvania
Paris Denies Report On Negotiations In Progress
Paris officials rejected circulating American claims that negotiations are advancing. The denial clarified it is premature to discuss any substantive talks and stressed no formal talks are under way.
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Paris
America
Business man Patten for Purchasing Agent slate
William T. Patten, the business men's candidate for Purchasing Agent, touts twenty years in business. He says his broad experience connects him with the whole business world and will earn votes from thinking citizens concerned with the city's welfare on election day.
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William T. Patten
Adv
Phelps Exhibition Shows Monadnock Views in Lowell
William Preston Phelps opens his annual oil painting show in Lowell at the Glidden building Middlesex street. The 45 canvas collection titled Monadnock and other scenes emphasizes twilight and evening studies and includes notable works like Monadnock at Dawn and Driving Home the Sheep. The public exhibition runs until Thursday afternoon December 10 with sale at auction to follow. also on display is burnt woodwork by Mrs Robert Pater Hayward of Keene, New Hampshire.
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William Preston Phelps
Lowell
Glidden
Middlesex Street
Phelps
Mount Monadnock
Robert Pater Hayward
Keene
N. H
Boston
Vote for William T Patten for Purchasing Agent
Expressed wish to run Purchasing Agent office on business principles. Twenty years as a successful businessman will win the day for Mr Patten. Ady.
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William T. Patten
Mr. Patten
Ady
After Thirty Years They Meet In State Street Store
In Chicago on December 4 Mrs. Margaret Holmes, long separated from her brother John H. Keron, encountered him in a State street department store after thirty years. Keron, now in the lumber business at Oconto Wisconsin, had been adopted after his parents died and later traced to Minneapolis where Mrs. Holmes married William Holmes and moved to Chicago. She finally recognized him and the siblings reunited.
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Chicago
Margaret Holmes
John H. Keron
State Street
Keron
Minneapolis
Minn
Olmes
Keren
Oconto
Wis
Acquittal Expected in Leather Conspiracy Case
In Baltimore on December 4, defense counsel for former Postal Clerks Thomas McGregor and Columbus E. Upton declared they will close their clients' case without calling witnesses after arguing the prosecution failed to establish a prima facie case in the government fraud trial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Thomas McGregor
Columbus E. Upton
Howe's Managers Silence Young Talk on Casey for Mayor
A political note states that Howe's managers have ended talk that Casey is too young for mayor. The public recognizes Casey as the suitable candidate, with consensus supporting his mayoral bid.
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Howe
Casey
Adv
Ady
Poisonings Plague Dunstable Horses Across Town
Farmers in Dunstable report multiple horse deaths and ailments linked to a mysterious poison. General J H Whitney was alerted as Humane Society Agent Richardson investigates. Owners fear for their families and cattle, with families recalling prior tragedies as tension rises.
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Dunstable
J. H. Whitney
Agent Richardson
The
Humane Society
Lowell
Thomas Larkin
Edwards
Bartholomew F. Dunn
Mr. Dunn
Funeral Notices for Lynch Conley and Deloge Families
The funeral of Mrs Margaret Lynch was held from 45 Mead Street with a 9 oclock mass at St Peter s Church officiated by Rev Fr McDermot. Burial followed at St Patrick s Cemetery with Rev Fr McDermot at the grave. Undertaker Rogers oversaw affairs. A second service for Mrs Margaret A Conley occurred from 30 Davidson Street with Mass at Immaculate Conception Church led by Rev Fr Tighe. Undertaker Molloy assisted. Albert Deloge infant son of Simeon and Delphine Deloge died at 678 Lakeview Avenue. Funeral from the home was held at 2 PM with Undertaker Archambault in charge.
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Margaret Lynch
Mead Street
St. Peter’s Church
Fr. McDermot
Patrick
John
Martin McGuire
Michael E. Golden
Eugene Sullivan
Patrick Rowan
St. Patrick’s Cemetery
Rogers
Margaret A. Conley
Davidson Street
Immaculate Conception Church
Fr. Tighe
Patrick Hoar
Stephen Howard
Martin Conley
James Gahagan
F. McLaughlin
John Martin
Molloy
Albert Deloge
Simeon and
Delphine Deloge
Lakeview Avenue
Archambault
Sanborn Obituary Notice for Elon A Sanborn 88
In this city Dec 4 at his residence 7 Sanborn street Elon A Sanborn aged 88 Funeral will take place from 7 Sanborn street Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock Friends invited No flowers Burial private Cassius In this city Dec 3 at 4 Arthur avenue Emma Cassius wife of Marcus Cassius
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Sanborn
Sanborn Street
Elon A. Sanborn
Cassius
Arthur Avenue
Emma Cassius
Marcus Cassius
Man votes for Howe to curb taxes
The advertisement notes that the homeowner supports Howe, praising his efforts to keep taxes down in the upcoming election. It emphasizes the owner’s choice based on taxation policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Howe
Woman shoots ex husband in self defense in Des Moines
Mrs Nettie Klingenbiel fired five shots at her divorced husband who escaped from the state hospital for the insane. One bullet lodged near the heart but likely not fatal. She called a policeman and had him taken to a hotel and then to the station, claiming he attacked her.
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Des Moines
State Hospital For
Nettie Klingenbiel
Jury Discharged In Maine Murder Trial
Skowhegan Maine December 4 Justice Powers discharged the jury in the trial of Alexander Terrio for the murder of Matthias Pere due to Foreman Burnham Foxs illness. The case likely will not be tried until March term. Witness John McIntosh was arrested for perjury for false testimony in the previous trial. A hearing was scheduled for this afternoon. Tool chests and tools without chests at The Thompson Hardware Co offer good gifts for men and boys.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skowhegan
Burnham Fox
Alexander Terrio
Matthias Pere
Justice Powers
John McIntosh
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Dragnet
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Exchange of New York
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Wyman
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Monadnock
Courier
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