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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 24, 1897
Page
9
R G Dun notes war in Europe fuels market uncertainty and shifts demand to American goods. Wheat rises as Europe tightens import prospects. corn exports surge while cotton, leather, and wool show mixed activity. Domestic failures dip, but overall trade remains unstable and investment flows shift.
New York April 23 Bradstreets outlook notes slight weekly improvement in general trade conditions though demand across most lines remains dull. Wool, dry goods, and boot shoe orders show mixed signals as Easter and Lexington anniversary effects dampen activity while some cities like St Paul and Milwaukee report better dry goods and hardware movement. Bank clearings for the week total 934 million dollars, down from last week and prior years.
Religious listings show Tremont Temple services with sermons by Rev. Lorimer and Rev. Dr. Lorimer, plus a 12:15 Sunday school and 3 p.m. temperance event. Other congregations named include Old South Church and Tremont Street M B Church with various morning and evening programs and free seating. Spiritist and occult meetings are listed at America Hall, 724 Washington St., Eben Cobb events, and Boston Spirit Temple with lectures and messages.
A dense list of Sunday programs across Boston venues includes Christian Science and Young Men's Christian Association services. Notable talks cover educational revival in Massachusetts, poverty cures, and apostolic faith. The schedule features musical programs, memorials, and patriotic lectures at Arcade Hall, Boston Young Men’s Association, Christadelphians, and People’s Temple among others.
About a month before the outbreak of the panic prices largely trend downward with gains in wheat due to war scare and near term scarcity. Wheat and flour Indian corn and oats rise while cotton coffee and petroleum hold. Lard sugar pork hides turpentine and resin fall. Ontario trade fair, Nova Scotia retail improves, Prince Edward cheese prospects bright, St John lumber active, Newfoundland seal prospects up, Montreal trade improves.
An ad asserts Ayer's Sarsa parilla will purify the blood more perfectly, economically, and speedily than any other remedy, backed by fifty years of cures. It claims no other product can match its record in the market.
The schedule lists Olga Nethersole in Carmen at the Boston Theatre for one week and other acts including James J. Corbett in The Naval Cadet and Andrew J. Mack in Myles Aroon. Also noted are upcoming performances at Park Theatre and Keith's, with finales at the Museum and Castle Square. Sousa's Band, Sol Smith Russell and many local stars across venues.
Dr. B. Longstreet of Dover Del will be principal speaker at the single tax gathering on the Charles street mall Sunday afternoon at 4 oclock. He will lecture on The Cause and Cure of Poverty at Arcade Hall 7 Park square in the evening.
An advertisement for Woodbury facial soap and facial cream claims to clear pimples blackheads and freckles while giving a soft clear complexion. It invites readers to send 10 cents for a sample and a booklet on beauty and complexion care. John H. Woodbury Boston advertises 11 Winter Street.
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