Wall Street Topics Signal Public Interest in Stocks
Brokers report rising public queries on higher prices and timely buying as easy money and crop prospects influence the market. Traction stocks draw attention with perceived earnings gains from transfers, while time money and tipping animus shape broker behavior and public speculation.
Magistrate Dismisses Suit Over Copper Co Fees
Chancellor Pitney dismisses Albert S. Bigelow of Boston suit to stop Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company officers from pursuing Massachusetts actions to recover $2,000,000 promoters fees alleged as illegally paid during Bigelow’s tenure. Ruling leaves matter to Massachusetts courts.
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Trenton
Pitney
Albert S. Bigelow
Boston
Old Dominion Copper Mining and Smelting Company Rem
Massachusetts
Bigetow
American Thread Company Receives Capital Addition
The American Thread Company, wholly owned by the English Sewing Cotton Company, gains 1.2 million dollars in working capital via a call of 1 per share on stock with 3.50 paid of 5 par. The funds fund plant extensions and future needs as per the latest company report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Thread Company
Stock Exchange Rules on US Cast Iron Dividend Enjoined
The Stock Exchange Committee on Securities rules the United States Cast Iron preferred dividend of 1 percent payable to stockholders of record August 11 has been enjoined. Certificates delivered after August 11 must be accompanied by due bills for the dividend amount. Clark, aie & Co. offer 4.65 percent yield on first mortgage 5 percent gold bonds of Missouri Kansas & Texas and Missouri Kansas & Oklahoma railroads due 1942. J. P. Morgan & Co. ready to buy at par in cash all coupons due September 1 from listed bonds, up to August 31.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange Committee On Securities
United States
Clark, Aie & Co
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Company
Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad Company
First
New York & Erie Railroad
Erie Railway Company
First Consolidated
New York, Lake Erie & Western First Consolidated
New York, Pennsylvania & Ohio Railroad
J. P. Morgan & Co
Andrew J. McCormack
Adrian H. Muller & Son
William ST
Vesey Street
Royal Baking Powder Co
Ae Oie & Jersey R. R
Brown Bros. & Co
Lincoln, National Bank
New York Mutual Gas Co
Commonwealth Trust Co
Robert E. Dietz
Anna Dietz
West Virginia Midland R. R. Co
American Car Seating Co
Gulf & Chicago R. R. Co
Mobile
Jackson & Kansas City
2D National Bank of
Jersey City
N. J
Nassau Trust Co
Garfield National Bank
Continental Insurance Co
Buffalo Milk Co
United Copper Co
Davis-Daly’s Estate Copper Co
American Malt. Corporation
Northern Pacific Ry. Genl
Lien A
N. Y
Lack. & Western R. R
Morris & Essex R. R
Ann Artor R. R
A. D. Lamson Lumber Co
Manfs. Co
Mante. Co
Guardian Trust Co
Hudson & Manhattan R. R
Bas
Utah &Northern R. R. Guar
Exten
City Bank of
B’klyn
Lafayette Trust Co
First Natl
Bank
Chemical Nail. Bank
City Bank
Ann Arbor
R. R. Ptd
Corporation Chamber of Commerce N. Y
Carnegie Trust Co
Franklin Trust Co
Farmers Loan & Trust Co
Chicago
Eastern Illinois
R. R
Ind. R
R. R. Reidy
Memphis
Dayton & Ironton R. R
Eee
Midland R. R
State of Jalisco
Mexico
Standard Ae Construction Co
Empire Title Guarantee Co
F. Craven
J. B. Craven
Mexican Sugar Refining Co. of
Berwick Consolidated Gas Co
Union Typewriter Co
Ee Pacific R Way
Change sought in Aldrich law to form New York currency association
Banking leaders led by National City Bank seek amendments to the Aldrich-Vreeland Currency law to allow New York City banks to organize a National Currency Association. Objections from large banks over by law details delay formation. Congress will be urged to act to permit withdrawal, admission rules, and shared control. Meanwhile no immediate move to issue emergency currency is planned.
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Congress
Financial District
Aldrich-Vreeland
National City Bank
First National
New York City
Clearing House
Borough of
Manhattan
Secretary of the Treasury
Currency Association
Cortelyou
New York
European Markets Mixed as Berlin and Paris Firm on NY News
London money easy with firmer discounts and German gold demand leading 3,000,000 available. Stocks improved before settlement but rails lagged after weak Board of Trade results. Paris and Berlin bourses firm on New York cues with Turkish and Russian securities stronger. coppers active and bar silver steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Stock Exchange
Board of Trade
Kaffirs
New York
German Imperial Bank Statement Shows Mixed Movements
The weekly statement from the Imperial Bank of Germany reports cash on hand up 13.2 million marks, loans down 20.9 million, discounts down 87,251 marks, Treasury notes up 4.01 million, notes in circulation down 38.38 million, and deposits reduced 22.15 million marks.
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Berlin
Imperial Bank of Germany
Boston Bank Statement Brief Listing
The weekly statement of the Asociated National Banks of Boston is reported from Boston dated August 10. The notice outlines the group’s financial movement and figures for the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
Boston
Asociated National Banks of
Market Notes from Boston Busy Amid Broad Activity
Heavy realizing returned to the local market with large volume as offerings were absorbed and prices held. Amalgamated moved above 83 with a slight late loss, North Butte touched 8544 then eased to 84 percent, closing strong at 84. Trinity peaked at 26 and closed at 24, a fractional gain. the generalist sector closed strong with limited stock offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Amalgamated
North Butte
Trinity
Generalist
Cotton Market Dips Amid Nervous Trade After Big Sale Estimate
The market closed barely steady with October 81 points lower and a 13431 point net decline from Friday. About 270000 bales were traded with bull leaders suspected of selling 25000 to 30000 bales. August opened up but fell as general trading remained light. spot markets showed modest declines across Galveston Augusta New Orleans and Houston while futures ranges were listed for August through March. Auctioneer Andrew J. McCormack advertises a stock and bond sale in New York with extensive offerings and notes of various corporations and railroads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cossean
Gulf
Galveston -Quiet
Augusta
New Orleans
Memphis
Houston
Coffee Market Sees Decline and Export Policy Hints
Coffee weakened with a 5 point drop after 9 000 bags sold. Brazil hints at export limits for 1900 and 1910 totals and a franc tax shift, plus a £15 million sterling loan. Havre and Hamburg steady to mixed, while U S warehouse deliveries total 125 162 bags for the week.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brazil
Havre
Hamburg
Rio No
United States
New York
Market Rigging Claims Echo in St. Paul Trading
The speaker boasts strong market control as St. Paul shares rise from 143 7 8 to 146 7 8 amid heavy Bay State activity. He asserts ability to halt moves to let profits and new buyers in FAIR while noting Yukon First National and Trinity also moved, quoting prices like 6 to 6 1 8 and 7 to 7 1 8 and 25 respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul
Bay State
Boston
New York
Yukon
First National
Trinity
Erie Railroad Bonds Coupon Purchase Notice 1908
Erie Railroad Company notifies holders of multiple mortgage bonds that coupons due September 1, 1908 will be bought at par in cash by J P Morgan & Co at their No 22 Wall Street office on or before August 31 1908. Morgan also states readiness to purchase coupons up to August 31 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hurch Street
New York
NEW York and Erie Railroad Company
Erie Railway Company
NEW York, Lake Erie and Estern Railroad Company
NEW York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad Company
Erie Railroad Company
J.P. Morgan & Co
Wall Street
F. D. Underwood
J. P. Morgan & CO
New York & Lake Erie Railroad
Bank of New York
National Banking Association
Charles Olney
Atlantic Building
Wall St
Care Guardian Trust Co
B'way
Atlantic & Lake Superior Railway
Caplin
Paspebiac
Bonaventure
Atlantic, Quebec & Western Railway
Exchequer Court of Canada
Ottawa
Telve
American Coal Company
Allegany County
Broadway
American Coal Company of
New Jersey
Bowlby
Sealed bids sought by New York City departments
Sealed bids and estimates are invited by the Board of Water Supply and the Department of Parks in New York City for various supplies and construction. Bid openings are scheduled, with further details in the City Record. Notices announce installations, openings of streets, and assessments in Manhattan including East 205th Street and West 167th Street projects, with officials Metz and Kennedy involved.
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Board of Water Supply
the Board
Broadway
New York
Department OF Parks
Arsenal Building
Fifth Avenue
Sixty Fourth Street
Borough of Manhattan
Ity of
Park Board
Ehams
Borough of
Yianhattan
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Central Park
City of New York
Henry Smith
Joseph S. Berry
Michael J. Kennedy
Commissioners of Parks
City Record
Supreme Court
Borough OF the
RRUN
4Th Ward
Manhattan
12Th Ward
West 167Th Street
Amsterdam
SE. Nicholas Avenue
Herman A. Metz
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Interborough Common
Europe
Exchange
Bigelow Mining
Financial Notes
Forces
Bers
Paris
Reutes
Newark
Netdon
Money &G
Atchison
Erie
Central Renewee
Lous. & Nash
Central
Pennsylvania
Union Pacific
S. Steel
Foreign Public Securities
Bank of Germany
Saxony
City of Berlin
City of
Cologne
Munich
Augsburg
Vienna
City of Frankfort-On-M
Boston Bank Statement
Boston Stock Market
The
Baty
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Coal& Oil
Atchison Ewe
Boston Sub
Boston & Albany
Boston & Maine
Fitchburg Pf
Mass Elec
N. H
Ag. Chem
Pneu
Woolen
Boston Land
Edison
Ga. Ry
Elec
Mergenthaler
Pullman Ee
le -Seattle Elec
United Fruit
United Shoe
United Shoe Pf
U. S. Steel Pl
E “Noy Mining Sereeeere
Adventure Oy
One
Allouez
Zinc
Anaconda O
Butte Coalition
Cal
Arizona
Hecla Cas
Daly-West
Elm River
Ceesees
Franklin
Nevada
Old Colony
Old Dominion
Rhode Island
Santa’ Fe
Shannon
United Copper
Utah Con Seeeveses
Utah Copper
Victoria Er
Seeesereees
Wolverine Oeverveess
Wyandotte Eee Ene
Metal Market Reports
Standard Foundry
Cleveland
Metal Exchange
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Bere Eeeeseene Ae
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Cam Bird
Esperanza O
Tom Boy Seeeres
Dolores Ee
Stratton
S .Ind
Io el Ore
Ecosleess
Thomas W. Lawson
the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company
William Street
Bishopsgate St
Within
Boulevard Haussmann
Columbia
Willard
William H. Nichols
Langley W. Wiggin
Park Terrell
Mgr. Bond Dept
John D. Barrett
Johnson & Higgins
Samuel G. Bayne
Seaboard Nat. Bank
Roberts. Bradley
Am. Agricultural Chemical Co
Frederick H. Eaton
Am. Car and Foundry Co
James M. Gifford
Gifford, Hobbs & Beard
Henry Goldman
Goldman, Sachs & Co
A. B. Hepburn
Chase Nat'l Bank
H. Huttig
Third Nat'l Bank
St. Louis
Willard V. King
John F. McGinley
Pittsburgh
Charles F. Mathewson
Harmon & Mathewson
General Chemical Co
Augustus
Missouri, Kansas & Texas Railway Co, Missouri, Kansas & Oklahoma Railroad CO
New York Stock Exchange
Clark, Dodge & Co., Bankers
MUTUAL BANK _ of
Enrich Mfg. Co
William Glasgow
Joseph Kenny
Lambert Tynewriter Co
William Miies
State of New York
County of New York
Hugh N. Kirkland
Mutual Bank of New York
Hugh. N. Kirkland
Robt. R. Greason
Notary Public
George A. Moulton
Lawyers Title Insurance & Trust Company
Liberty Street
Montague Street
Brooklyn
Washington Trust Company Postal
Lawson
Copper
Lawson Mexican
Clapp
Mr. Lawson
Charles C. Clapp & Co., Bankers and Brokers
Congress Street
New Rochelle
Common Council
Main
Mechanic Streets
New Roch
State of
Baie Des Chaleurs
Metapedia
Intercolonial Railway
P. Q
Ots
Registrar of the Exchequer Court of Canada
Messrs. Cargrat, Mitchell & Surveyor
Canada Life Building
Advocates
Montreal
L. -A.- Audette
Dolores Mines Company
Tooker
Department OF Water Supply
Park Row
Bronx
Bathgate
Bryant, Johnson, Lafayette
Popham Avenues
Faile
Borough of the Krom
One Hundred and Seventy-ninth Street
Boropsh
John H. O'Brien
Pap Cereata
Trelan Corners
New Hurley
Gardiner
Plattkill
Shawangunk
Ulster County
John & Bensel
Charles N. Chadwick
Charles. A. Shaw
J. Waldo Smith
Thomas Hassett
John A. Bensel
Charles A. Shaw
the Board of Water Supply
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