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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1888

Page

6

Boston Money Market Quiet with Mixed Bond Moves

The Boston money market remained easy with little change and steady clearing house rates. Government securities firmed with 4% s at 107% and 4%s at 124% to 124½%. The U S Treasury totals showed substantial gold and silver holdings, while foreign exchange quoted varied. Local stock activity was active then thin, with several bonds and shares moving, and notable news on Augustus A Page of Hornblower & Page.

Broston Clearing House General Mercantile New York Chicago St. Louis San Neisco Sight Telegraph New Orleans Bank Charleston Savannah United States National Bank Reichsmarks Boston Augustus A. Page Hornblower & Page Boston Stock Exchange Page C. D. Head T. H. Perkins Mr. Hornblower Stock Exchange Hyde Park Atchison Nsas City Santa Fe Hasen Opera Cleveland & Canton Pss

Railroads and mines declare multiple dividends

The Nashua and Lowell Railroad declares a semi annual dividend of 4 4 percent payable May 1. The Fitchburg Railroad proclaims 2 percent on preferred stock. The Northern Railroad pays $2 per share. The Homestake Mining Company issues a regular March dividend of 20 cents per share.

Nashua & Lowell Railroad Company Fitchburg Railroad Company Northern Railroad Company Homestake Mining Company

Auction of Stocks on Saturday April 21 1985

The following stocks will be sold by auction on Saturday April 21 1985 Natick Natl Bank Portsmouth NH Gas Light Co By order of Executor 26 shares Altna Mills Alan aman 5 shares Natl City Bank 11 do Loan and Trust Co Topeka Kan 11 do Kansas Boston Investment Co of Tope and Clay Centre Kan 25 do financial ae Co 23 do Eastern RR 6 do soylston Na bank 2 do Old Boston Natl Bank 3 do Metropolitan Natl Bank do Shoe and Leather Natl Bank do Natl City Bank 19 do Washington Natl Bank

Washington Fire and Marine Insurance Co Atlas Natl Bank Columbian Natl. Bank de Continental Freeman’s Hamilton New England — Bank Bank of Commerce City Bank Easte Bank Hide and Leather Bank Revere Revere Bank Suffolk Natl Middlesex Co Lowell Mfg. Co Lowell Machine Shop Lawrence Mfg Washington Mills Co Mass. Cotton Mills York Mfg. Co Suffolk Natl Bank Boston, Concord Eliot Ins. Co Do Natl Tube Works Co Bates Mfg. Co Mass Hide and Leather Ban Andover Salem Natl Do First Natl Bank Salem Do Asiatic Natl. Bank Do Naumkeag Natl Do Mercantile Nat Tremont & Suffolk Mills Boott Cotton Millis Lawrence Mig Manchester Mills Chapman Valve Mig. Co Do Manschester Mills Dover Charlestown W. &. Blooo Lynn Boston Beverly South Bend Franklin Co Ohio Cambridge Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis RR Kansas City, Lawrence & Southern Gs New Eng. Mort. Sec Burlington& Missouri Boston & Albany Delaware Mutual Insurance Scrip Androscoggin & Kennebec RR Wakefield Ration Co OKERS BARD Jowest A T&s At& Pacine S Diego West End Tamarack A,t&s F. Ercesae O, B&q. Caves F&rm Ny&ne Old Col Ua Pac T& SF Do Inc Ad City of Cincinnati M& Bos Nyg&ne E* P & Ark Vis M&sp Bell Tel Senese NY & Cne BeliTel Newport San Diego T&sf See Cl & C Cal So Inc Ee Am Beli Tel Eae Ee Lamson Consol Og A. Newport Nepro Atlantic Mining Vy O. Bem Dunkin Osceola A. T& See BEA NY &Ne Boylaton Nat Nat Ceeseersseeees Eliot Seer First Nat. Bank Wees Salem Nat. Bank Naumkeag Nat. Bank Asiatic Nat. Bank Great Falls Mig. Co Ee Ereeern Wee Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Amoskeag Mfg Ereeee Old Colony RR Great Falls Con Mont Reece Button Hole Machine Co Lombard Investment Co McKay Heeling Machine Co Boston What Dwelling House Ins. Co Middlesex RR Newport & Richford Rutland N. E. Mort Vermont Bank of Redemption Eessesee Globe Nat. Bank Shawmut Nat. Bank Washington Nat. Bank Bank Ogm National B Columbian Nat. Bank Merchants Bank Mills Eoser Lool Massachusetts Cotton Amoskeag Mfg. Co Boott Cotton Mills Wakefield Rattan Co Nauuikeag Steam Cotton Co Usl Laconia Mfg. Co York Mfg NEOWS Saleton Mfg Old Colony Bur Nor River Rene Boston & Providence Flint & Pere Franklin Telegraph Co Boston & Roxbury Mill Eliot Fire Ins. Co Fae Boston Athenwum Weenese Cleveland Gia St. Paul New Hampshire Salern South Bend Ts St. Louis Gs Toledo Kan City Law Iowa Falls Sioux City Dean Nakiene Icdieesbeesesiaeetioiners Pac Oifle Canton Central Iowa Central Pacific Ches Alton Col del. & H Loty del. & L Den RLG East Tenneee Laity Fort Wayne Hocking Valley Houst Texas Kings Pem Lake Shore Pond Island Lou Central Pacific M. & Essex N. J. Cent N. Y N.E Ohio & Miss West Oregon Pittsburg Wisk Hickenland Ibis Rome Natick Natl. Bank Portsmouth N. H Gas Light Co Altna Mills Aman Natl City Bank Do Oo Loan and Trust Co Topeka Kansas & Boston Investment Co Tope and Do Inancial Ae Co Eastern RR Do Soylston Na Hank Old Boston Natl Metropolitan Shoe and Leather Washington

New York Financial Markets Mixed As Bonds and Stocks Flip

New York on April 18 reports easy money on call at 2 percent with firm bar silver and active Sterling exchange. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds quiet but firm, and the stock market fluctuated with readings up to 5 percent before retreating. Railroad bonds later firm with mixed gains, while notable issues like Reading, Richmond & West Point and several railroad firsts showed varied movements.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Reading Richmond & West Point Kansas & Texas Norfolk & Western Missouri Pacific Brooklyn Elevated St. Paul Houston &Texas Indianapolis Decatur & Springfield Knoxville & Ohio Louisville New Alang Ohio Southern Rome Watertown Ogdensburg South Carolina Toledo Ann Arbor Grand Trunk Green Bay Chesapeake & Ohio Houston & Texas Waco Ansas & Texas

California mining stocks close at San Francisco market

The official closing prices of mining stocks are listed for April 18 in San Francisco. Best & Belcher 6.25 Ophir 8.60 Bodie Consolidated 2.66 Potosi 2.00 Chollar 5.50 Canadian portion shows 5.50 Crown Point 5.60 Union Consolidated 4.08 Eureka Consolidated 10.50 Utah 1.00 Gould & Curry 4.50 Yellow Jacket 8.25 Hale & Norcross 9.25 Grand Prize 2.45 DACZICAN shows 24 ecu values unreadable.

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Bank Officers Dine At Third Annual Dinner

The Bank Officers Association held its third annual dinner at the United States Hotel with over 250 members attending. Notables included President Francis Sears, City Treasurer A T Turner, and Mayor N J Rust. Speakers praised fellowship, discussed assessments for families of deceased members, and highlighted Bank Officers’ cooperation amid labor tensions. The event closed with a chorus and an original song by Edward A Church.

Bank Officers Association United States H.A. Tenney Trancis Bb. Sears Alanson V. Beard Phillips Brooks EB. A. Horton J. J. Eddy T. J. Hiler G.W Newhall C. H. Cole J. Reynolds J. W.ee F. E. Seaver G. W. Moses D. S. Waterman T. E. Barnes G. B. Warren C. S. Stoddard S&s Horton Beard Bank Officers’ Association Turner Boston Arthur F. Luke Association E. A. Stone New York Association Edward A. Church Boylston National Bank

Emergency and Hygiene Association holds fourth annual meeting

The fourth annual meeting at Mrs. K G Wells house on Boylston Street re elected Dr Francis Minot president. Reports span 110 lectures on emergency nursing and hygiene in city and state wide branches in Worcester Springfield Lynn Malden Lowell Cambridge police instruction and doctor led aid, with hospitals and schools benefiting and a shift to playgrounds for children.

Emergency and Hygiene Association K. G. Wells Boylston Street Francis Minot Buckminster Brown W. Hi. Gorham Galvin Otis H. Marion Massachusetts Militia Worcester Springfield Lynn Malden Lowell Cambridge Boston H. C. Baldwin Helen C. Betts F. M. Briggs H. W. Broughton Emma L. Call Helen B. Carpenter A. B. Coffin Emma B. Culbertson H.S. Dearing H. Durgin C. Foster G. W. Galvin D. D. Gilbert R. W. Greenleaf Harriet L. Harrington Lena O. Ingraham Elizabeth C. Keller R. A. Kingman H. Marion Mead J. C. Munro Sarah E. Palmer H. L. Pomeroy G. G. Sears Mary Smith 5. W. Bowles William A. Tower John Lowell M. A. Wales E. M. Tower A. A. Nd K.G. Wells W. H. Gorham T. H. Tyndale Curtis Guild, Jr Frank Wells M.D

Market Report hits steady to firm trends across commodities

Wool dull and hops dull while flour and milseed show firm or steady moves. Cornmeal and lard firm, eggs and beans steady. Butter cheese and meats largely unchanged with beef and pork in good demand. Demand varies by item as oats oats rye and fruits show slower movement with oranges fair and apples slow.

Wheat Market Deteriorates as Bears Return to Selloff

The Chicago wheat market opened weak and fell 4 to 114 cents, pausing briefly before extending the decline amid heavy selling. Corn opened strong on shorts then eased on expected higher receipts while the hog market shows mixed tones with prices quoted for light to heavy hogs and upcoming carlot estimates. Cattle and dairy sections note steady to soft demand with scattered sales of oxen, milch cows, veal calves, and store pigs, alongside export cattle movements for Liverpool, Glasgow, and the Atlantic trade.

Farnum, Reardon & Co Shorts Adis Cares International Horse Exchange Western Canada Lload Pinsoneault Yeoman Maine Dr Franklin Cardington Morgan Messener H & E Snow H Wardwell W Frost Norway N E Winn New Hampshire West End Charles Cummings Woburn Ed Ricker & Son Whipple & Farnham LC Libby & Son J H Gilman CO H Merrill

The Cattle Market Brighton and Watertown Yards

Report for the Boston Post by George J. Fox covering the week ending April 18 1888 shows live stock totals at 2908 cattle 13047 sheep 11158 swine with arrivals at Watertown 2053 cattle 1030 sheep 1496 veals and at Brighton 7000 plus. Prices for beef and store cattle listed along with heifer milch cow sales and numerous individual consignments and notes on market tone and westward supplies. sheep and lamb trade features price rises and modest demand while horse market activity remains steady with several sales and prices noted.

Watertown F Fairbanks Springfield W Ricker & Son W_H Bardwell Charles Cummings Svec J A Hathaway K S Hastings Brighton Sampe Monroe Farrell & Me Flynn Boston Post George J. Fox W H Monroe A N Monroe Hollis & Co A Davis JS Henry W Scollans P W Thompson Robert French F H Coolidge Glines & Weston H Taft

Wool Market Shows No Real Shift Across Regions

The wool market remains steady with irregular, weak demand favoring buyers. Ohio and Pennsylvania fleeces stay dull, while California and Oregon wools show limited activity. Pulling wools hold, Australian wools stay active, and New York demand is cautious with prices nominal in Cincinnati.

Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan Texas California Oregon Territory New York Cincinnati Louisville

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