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Newspaper

New York Times

Location

New York, New York, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1908

Page

11

Betsy Ross Flag Legend Debunked by Adams Clash

Col John Quincy Adams disputes Philadelphia Campaign report denying Betsy Ross designed the first American flag. He asserts Washington, Morris, and George Ross arranged the flag’s making at Betsy Ross House with five star discussion, and he vows proof from courts and family memories. He cites bills and family testimony to support the legacy amid Founders Day controversy.

John Quincy Adams Andrew Adams Samuel Adams John Adams United States American Flag House Betsy Ross Memorial Association William J. Campbell Philadelphia Historic Sites Committee Betsy Ross West 117Th Street Col. Adams Chairman Campbell Campbell Independence Hall Washington Robert Morris George Ross Col.Adams Strom George Washington Stone House Hetry Ross Reyburn Betsy Griscom John Ross Wilmington Del Arch Street Boston John Hancock Hancock George Cany Gorge Canby Yars Ag Morris Ashington

Two Principals Named After Clinton and Stuyvesant Heads

The High School Committees of the Board of Education and the Board of Superintendents hold a joint session this afternoon to select successors to the late Dr. John T. Buchanan at De Witt Clinton High School and to Dr. Frank Rollins at Stuyvesant High School. Wilson, long senior assistant to Rollins, is the likely appointment.

Board of Education Board of Superintendents John T. Buchanan de Witt Clinton High School Frank Rollins Stuyvesant High School Albany Wilson

Bank dividends and bond notices from 1908

The Bank of America in New York declares a semi annual dividend of 13 percent tax free payable July 1 1908 with books closed until July 2 1909. Toledo St Louis and Western Railroad coupons due July 1 1908 from Prior Lien Mortgage 3 3/4 percent bonds payable after presentation at 60 Wall Street New York. Market and Fulton National Bank in New York declares a quarterly dividend of 2 1 2 percent tax free payable July 1 1908 with transfer books closed to that date.

Ae . S THE Bank OF America New York Toledo, ST. Louis & Western Railroad Company Com Wall Street New York City JAS Steuart Mackie Fulton National Bank T. J. Stevens American Telephone & Telecom American Tobacco Gs American Tobacco Santa Fé Atch S. Fé East Oklahoma Santa I ° É Atlantic Coast Line Atlantic Coast Line Baltimore & Ohio Balt Ohio Southwest Canada Southern Central of Georgia Consol Macon & Ga Central Leather US Central Pacific Ltd Central R. R. of New Jersey Central R. A. & Bank. Co Ga. Col Chesapeake & Ohio Ee Ee Chicago & Alton Chi Bur Q. Ger Bur & Q Illinois Liz Chicago Eastern Illinois Syli Mil St. Paul Mik & St. Paul Minn Pace. & W Chicago & Northwestern Chicago & Northwestern S. F Chicago & Northwestern Consol Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Col Rock Island & Pacific Cleve Cin St. Louis Colorado Fuel & Iron Colorado Midland Colorado Industrial Os Colorado Southern Colorado & Southern Consolidated Gas Consolidated Tobacco Consumers’ Gas of Chicago Delaware & Hudson Cevccess Denver & Rio Grande Con Eeesseees Seeee Denver & Rio Grande Impt Distillers’ Securities Ad Whe Ae Ee Erie Ereseses Eeeese Sv Erie Pennsylvania Fort Worth Denver City General Electric Illinois Central Louis Inter. R. T. Con Interborough-Metropolitan International Paper Kansas City Ft. Scott & Memphis Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Oy Sly Louisville & Nashville Unified Yith Bta Louis & Nash Mobile & Mont Manhattan Consol Saib Ee Osly Mercantile Marine Sweet Ewner Rere Metropolitan Street Railway Mexican Central Consol Iin Ctis Mexican Central 2d Inc T. T Minneapolis & St. Louis Iowa Missouri, Kansas & Texas Esenece Missouri Pacific Trust OS Missouri Pacific Ceecenseenesse Nash., Chatt St. Louis Consol Stee Aweeevee York Central New York Central New York Cent Lake Mich Chicago & St. Louis Yy . Gas el. L H. & P. Coll Yale Aa Wee Yane Tv Ontario & Western Norfolk & Western Consol Norfolk & Western Nort. & West Pocatas Coal & Coke Northern Pacific Northern Pac Sic Ogdensburg Lake Champlain Oregon Railroad & Navigation Oregon TCHS Ceessee Reading Jersey Central ONG Q Se Republic Iron & Steel Col Ry Ae Ree Iron Mt. & So. Unif TOY + OS St Louis San Francisco St Louis Southwestern Consol St Louis Southwestern Ist St P Man St Paul, Minn St Paul Sioux City San Antonio & Aransas Pass Seaboard Air Line Scioto Valley New England Pac. of Cal Southern Pacific Sacto Southern Railway Tennessee Coal & Iron Texas & Pacific Us Ae Third Avenue Toledo St. Louis & Western Ulster & Delaware Union Pacific Ec Estes U . S. Steel Corp Mtge S. DS S. Steel Corp S. F Virginia-Carolina Chemical Eece Wabash Sateen Oahu Pittsburg Westinghouse Elec Mfg. Conv. S. F West Shore Western Maryland Western Union Coll. Tr Western Union Real Estate Wheeling & Lake Erie Consol Wisconsin Central Eeesenes Cess Republic of Cuba United States of Mexico Ales New SRIOS Colorado & Southern Railway System Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek District Railway Company Chem* Hoe National Bank Broadway New Yorkty Colorado Springs & Cripple Creek Rhode Island Suburban Railway CO Rhode Island Suburban Railway Company Messrs. Clark, Dodge & Company Providence A. Babcock R. I East River National Bank Z. E. Newell Detroit United Railway First Consolidated Kean, van Cortlandt & Co G. H. Russel Chicago Pneumatic Tool Co National City Bank of New York L. Beardsley Savings Bank Daniel Barnes George M. Halsey Panama Rail Road Company State Street F. C. Nordsiek

Complete Bond Transactions Week Ended June 24 1908

A summary of bond dealings concluded during the week ending June 24 1908 lists securities issued, maturities, and issuers. The report notes totals for government and corporate issues, with brief notes on interest rates and transaction volumes handled by leading banks and brokerage houses. Several names and institutions appear in connection with specific issues.

London Bishopsgate and Paris Haussmann addresses

Readable lines show two prominent addresses: 18 Bishopsgate Street Within London and 41 Boulevard Haussmann in Paris, indicating a cross city reference or listing of locations tied to a person or event.

London Bishopsgate St Paris Boulevard Haussmann

Diverse Bond Listings Across Cities and Companies

A compilation of bonds and debentures due on or after July 15 1908 from numerous entities including Meriden Southington & Compounce Tramway Co Milwaukee Office Co Port Townsend Seattle Spokane and others. Securities feature firsts and cons 4s 5s 6s with several municipal and corporate issues listed for payment and funding in varied regions.

Meriden, Southington’ & Compounce Tramway Co Middleport Gas & Electric Ist Milledgeville Mfg. Co Milwaukee Office Co Montgomery Als City of Montgomery Hotel Co Pe Ngssau Electric R. R. Co Neuse River Mills Newhouse Mines & Smelters New London Gas & Elec. Co New York Butchers’ Dressed’ Meat Co Niagara Falls Gas & Elec. Co Norfolk Warehouse Association Norfolk Warehouse Corp Consol Pennsylvania Cement Co Pneumatic Transit Co Port Townsend Washington City of Municipal Publishers’ Paper Co Quincy Manchester Sargent Co Racine Gas Light Wash Standard Gas. & Electric Co Raleigh N. C Sterling Dyeing. & Finishing Company Steubenville, Mingo Ohio Valley Traction Co Syracuse Light & Power Tannersville Water Co Telluride Power Co Traders’ Paper Board Co Elum Hunter, Bros. Paper Co King County Simpson Securities Co United Box Board Paper Co

July Investments and Exemptions Across Cities and Rail Lines

A financial snapshot lists investments and tax-exempt statuses across multiple locales including Allegheny County Pa Boston Mass West Seneca N Y Bartlesville Okla and Bangor Aroostook R R. It notes railroad and electric company holdings with yields ranging from about 3.55 to 3.93 percent and marks special circulars available upon request for exchange references.

Et Allegheny Co Massachusetts City of Boston Mass West Seneca N. Y. Ax N. Y Bartlesville Oklahoma U.S Pennsylvania R. R Bangor & Aroostook Northern Maine Seaport Minneapolis General Elec. Co Indianapolis & Martinsville R.T Nor. Side Land Detroit Suburban

Dividend notices from multiple railways and banks dated 1908

Board lists semi annual and quarterly dividends for W H Trumbull The German Exchange Bank Kansas City Southern Railway Canada Southern Eastern bank notices show dividends payable July 1 or August 1 1908. Meetings close transfer books June 20 to 30 and stockholder records determine eligibility. Various offices in New York Providence and Detroit handle payments.

National Bank Declares Semiannual Tax-Free Dividend

The National Bank of New York announces a three percent semiannual dividend free of tax. Payment begins July 1, 1908, with transfer books closed from June 18 to July 2, 1908. WM. H. Chase, Cashier.

Fourth National Bank declares quarterly dividend in 1908

The Board of Directors has this day declared a quarterly dividend of two percent, payable on and after July 1. The transfer books will close at 3 P M on June 28 and reopen July 1, 1908. Charles H. Patterson, Cashier.

Greenwich Savings Bank E. Cor 6Th Ave 16Th St James Quinlan Charles Oe Dutcher Treas R. J. Hampden Roe Francis M. Bacon, Jr Fourth National Bank of City of New York Board of Directors Proximo Charles H. Patterson The American Savings Bank West 420 Board of Trustees Clarence Gordby William M. Hazelton

Philadelphia Company declares quarterly dividend on common stock

Treasury Department Pittsburgh June 28 1908 The Directors this day declared a quarterly dividend on the Common Stock of One and One-Half Percent payable August 1 1908 to stockholders of record July 1 1908 Cheques are mailed J Braun Jr Treasurer.

Kansas City ‘Southern Railway Co Broad St New York R. B. Sperry Canada Southern Railway CO Grand Central Station N. Y Charles F. Cox Michigan Central Railroad CO C Poge E. W. Bliss. Co Borough of Brooklyn Howard C. Seaman Philadelphia Company Treasury Department Pittsburgh J. Braun, Jr

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Adams E K Philadel Phia Committee the Farmers’ Loan and Trust Company William Street Fifth Avenue the Trust Company of America American Siena Marble Co Atlantic Avenue R. R. Co Imp Atlantic & Danville Railway Co Barr Lake Land & Imp. Co Battery Place Realty Co Bogota City Railway Co Branchland Coal Co Broadway & Newport Bridge Co Buffalo & Lockport Railway Co Cedar River Water Supply Chattanooga Station Co Chehalis County Citizens’ Water Supply Co Newtown Clarke County Confectioners’ Mfg. Co Connecticut Power Co Connecticut Railway & Lighting Co Consolidated Lighting Co Consolidated Ry. & Power Co Corning Gas & Electric Co Dawson Ry. & Coal Co Ist Hygiene Ice Co Des Moines, Town Falls & Northern Railway Co Development Co. of America Elec. Ry. Co el Paso & Rock Island R. R. Co el Paso Union Passenger Depot Co Fries Mfg. & Power Co Frontier Telephone Co Globe Navigation Co Homer & Cortland Gas Light Co Hudson Navigation Co Hutton Company, Ae Hyde Wind Las Animas W. H. Trumbull & CO Congress St Wall St German Exchange Bank Edmund F. Swanberg Bowling Green Trust Company William M. ‘Laws Trust Company OF America Wall Street, New York Colonial Gresham St B. C Guardian Trust Company Frank W. Woolworth Lathrop C. Haynes George W. Fairchild Alfred M. Barrett E. G. Goodridge Lamar Ross Bank For Savings Fourth Avenue Walter Trimble Charles A. Sherman James Knowles Citizens’ Savings Bank Bowery Cor Canal ST Ftst Henry Hasler Henry Sayler Emil A. Huber Dry Dock Savings Institution Bowery, Cor Andrew Mills WM. F. Patterson Charles Miehling NEW York Savings Bank W. Cor 14Th St 8Th Avenue Or Batere William Fellinger James L. Wandling Archibald M. Pentz Tae Rya Union Dime Savings Institution 6Th Avenue Greeley Square Charles E. Sprague Francis M. Leake William G. Ross Washington Savings Bank West 59Th Strand Columbus Circle L. A. Cheney Sec J. G. Robin Manhattan Company P. H. Pierson Virginia-Carolina Chemical Co Richmond Busines W. Travers Merchants National Bank Board of Ee Joseph Byrne Texas Central Railroad Company Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company D. Comyn Moran the National Een and Drovers Bank WM. H. Chase Hanover National Bank Ela E. Whittaker Emigrant Industrial Savings Bank Chambers St Board of Trustes Thomas M. Mulry John J. Pulleyn Cooper Institute Jonathan KB. Currey Edward Sherer Manhattan Savings Institution Joseph Bird Frank G. Stiles Constant M.' Bird Srving S Savings. Institution IMS W. H. B. Totten George B. Dunning Ele Tener,jr North River Savings Bank 34Th St. Bet Samuel D. Styles Frederick N. Cheshire Charles F. Turton Seamen’s Bank For Savings East River Savings Bank General Depot Q. M. Pept Jeffersonville Ind Q. M Manila P. L George Ruhlen U.S. Army
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