This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 13 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 05, 1888
Page
6
The Boston money market eased with a million dollars received from New York. Rates held at 8 percent with time paper 5 to 7 percent. Clearinghouse balances and New York discounts moved, government securities firm, and foreign exchange showed broad activity. The local stock market was strong, led by Atchison and Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, amid dividend talks and broker speculation.
A roundup of declared dividends from Fitchburg National Bank Morse Twist Drill and Machine Co New Bedford Gaslight Co First National Bank Chaco Mill Co Prescott National Bank Lowell Merchants National Bank Old Lowell National Bank Railroad National Bank Appleton National Bank Waniesit National Bank and American Screw Co Providence. Dividends include percentages and dollar per share amounts with timing noted in several entries.
New York April 4. Money on call easy 14 to 21, last loan 14, closing offered 2. Prime mercantile paper 5 7. Bar silver weak at 93. Sterling exchange steady 4.8512 4.85% for 60 day bills, 4.8744 4.87% for demand. Government bonds quiet, railroad bonds quiet to firm. Stock market opened higher and finished active and strong with St Paul leading gains outside a few specialties. Railroad bonds active. sales about 1,282,000, Rock Island 5s 172,000. Numerous issues rose, including Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern, Denver Rio Grande, Big Sandy, Erie, New York Elevated, New Orleans Pacific, Texas Pacific, Mobile Ohio, and others. Rock Island 6s down 1/4 to 180 4. Market tone described as feverish early but regained strength into the close.
London April 4 Consols 101 11 16 for money and account Atlantic and Great Western firsts 365 Canadian Pacific 62 Erie 24 12 Erie seconds 98 54 St Paul common 70 1 New York Central 106 5 Pennsylvania 55 76 Reading 27 14 Paris advices quote 8 per cent rentes 82 fr 6 cts for the account.
Agricultural and commodity notes show Wool dull and weak Flour quiet Corn steady Oats firm Cornmeal very steady Oatmeal firm Rye quiet Rye flour quiet Millseed in good demand Cottonseed meal steady Barley quiet Hops dull Malt unchanged Butter firm Cheese in fair demand Beans quiet Potatoes in fair demand Sweet potatoes in moderate demand Hay quiet and unchanged Rye straw steady Poultry quiet Game in moderate demand Apples in fair demand Oranges in good demand Lemons steady Pork quiet Lard firm and steady Beef unchanged Fresh beef firm Muttons in fair demand Lambs in fair demand Veals steady Truck quiet Raw sugar quiet at old prices Refined sugars active Molasses unchanged.
The wool market remains dull with little weekly change. Tariff unease prompts dealers to clear old stocks before the new clip arrives. Medium wools are scarce and prices steady while buyers push for small lots, seeking bargains ahead of the fresh clip.
Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces stay dull while Australian wool oversupply depresses value. Michigan wools steady with quiet demand. Dealers quote 28c, No 1 at 3bc, catching wools strong, delaines quiet, unwashed combings moderate.
Territory Wools are quiet with little demand and weak prices. Scoured wool around 50c, medium and fine wools in higher demand. Texas wools steady near previous quotations. spring wools dominate sales. Oregon wools quiet. most sales in scoured state near 53c. California wools show no variation. Trade is quiet. prices easing for unwashed and unmerchantable fleeces.
The market for pulled wools is quiet with B supers in highest demand. Combing pulled is in short supply and sales occur on arrival. Extras are quiet and stocks accumulate.
Good Australian wool supply supports free sale in this market while foreign markets are dull. London sales begin April 5 with fair demand for crossbred and Merino blends. rates noted for various fleece and combing grades across Ohio, Michigan, New York, and western states. Prices for territory and southern clothing wools listed with assorted fineness and color grades.
The document lists wool prices across regions including Kentucky Texas Kansas and Nebraska Ohio Michigan Maine and the Pacific Northwest. It covers blood clothing wools unsorted pulled and super wools with figures in cents per pound and notes for Australian Montevideo and Cape wools.
In New York activity remains subdued with a partial holiday effect and unsettled orders. Traders eye tariff prospects and new clips while holding stocks of Western fleeces and Territorial offerings. Cincinnati shows light offerings and steady demand with prices for unwashed and fleece-washed wools listed. Louisville reports stable midrate combing wool, tub washed, and pulled wool prices.
Weekly live stock summary shows cattle, sheep, and hog prices, with arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards. Notes include beef quality, store cattle values, veal calves, and milch cow trends, plus horse market activity and export trade outlook. Prices for beef, oxen, and sheep are listed alongside remarks on market demand and seasonal effects.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.