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...sensation of last week in the stock market arose from the passing of the 7% dividend upon American Woolen common. Dividends on the stock at a rate of 5% were inaugurated April 15, 1916; on Oct. 15, 1919, the rate was raised to 7%, which has been paid ever since. The Company's statement attributed the dividend action to "the severe depression in the textile industry"; American Woolen itself is probably experiencing the most trying period since its formation over 25 years ago. The day before the dividend was passed, the stock "acted queer" in the market, declining noticeably...
...Woolen underwear and fur-lined coats...
...bought lighter garb. Last week they were stationed at the small village of Brough on the Humber in England, having an "easy time"- though working feverishly all day, overhauling their motors, reconditioning their planes-and purchasing new cold-weather outfits for their passage over the North Atlantic. Woolen underwear and fur-lined coats spell many gallons of gasoline. Everything unessential must be discarded, and even safety razors must disappear. Their fellow citizens will welcome gallant officers who are heavily bewhiskered...
...playing for which ends a week from Friday: Gore: 1. S. Morris: 2. C. C. Colby: 3. E. M. Weld: 4. H. Bowker: 5. L. Levinson. Standish: L. W. Stern: 2, C. S. Smith: 3. R. B. Shneider: 4. J. Gerstein; 5. C. Vremer. Smith 1. R. M. Woolen. 2. D. Barnum. 3 L. H. Gordon: 4. C. Grayson. 5. E. Bauer...
...woolen union-suit in the German Embassy...