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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 30, 1887

Page

6

Money Market and Stock Action in Boston and New England

The money market remains lender friendly with call loans 4 to 5 percent and double name paper at 5 to 5 1 2 percent while single name 5 to 6 and manufacturing paper scarce at 4 to 5 percent. Bank balances and exchange rates shift as rail and utility stocks rally with Atchison, Wisconsin Central, and Eastern rail interests. News on Boston Water Power and East Boston stock activity hints at looming reorganizations and large price gains amid upcoming meetings and potential leases or consolidations.

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Dividends Declared by Regional Companies in 1857

The Boston and Maine Railroad will pay a dividend of 35 per share on May 16, 1857. Sagamore Manufacturing in Fall River declares a $2 per share dividend. Union Cotton Manufacturing of Fall River announces a 5 percent dividend. Dedham National Bank proclaims a 3 percent dividend. Globe Street Railway in Fall River declares a quarterly 1 1/4 percent dividend. Marblehead Savings Bank declares a 2 percent dividend.

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Semi Annual Dividends and Market Summary for May 1887

Compiled for the Boston Post by Josefa G. Manrin, the report lists May dividends and interest payments due in Boston and some in New York, with details on state and government interest, bond redemptions, and local bank payments. It also covers intraday market moves, bond and stock performances, and New York stock sales data from April 29, noting prices, openings, highs, lows, and closes.

Boston Post Josefa G. Manrin State Street Boston

The Fish Market Report on Mackerel and Cod Prices

The general market is quiet while mackerel prices rise for No 1s and receipts are variable. Early arrivals include the Caroline Vought with 10,000 small mackerel at 6 cents each. later boats report mixed catches and prices, with 70,000 and 12,000 fish aboard Nellie W Rowe and Gaffney. Codfish and herring markets remain firm with steady or unchanged prices. inventories and weekly Gloucester and Boston receipts show sizable totals, and new Bank and Georges prices are listed for pickled and dry fish.

New York Caroline Vought Emma W. Brown Nellie N. Rowe Margaret Smith John W. Whittier Hattie Evelyn Novelty Nellie W. Rowe Gaffney Rene Montreal Herald Peter Mitchell Marine and Fisheries MacDougall Rockland Wellfleet Provincetown South Side F. A. Williams Gloucester Western Bank Hereward Nantucket Ipswich Bay Jeffries Boston Frome Labrador Newfoundland Eastport Nova Scotia Best Norfolk Providence

New York Money Market Report April 20

New York money on call easy at 4 to 5 percent with last loan at 4 and closing bids at 4. Prime mercantile paper quoted at 5.5 percent. Bar silver priced around 9644. Exchange dull and unsettled. Government bonds steady, railroad bonds quiet and generally firm. Stock market activity continued with subdued tone.

Market summaries and stock quotes from London April 29

The report lists United States bond prices and stock indices with figures for 4s 13242, 4148, Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 48 percent, Canadian Pacific at 664, Erie at 347 percent, Erie seconds at 1053, Illinois Central 18742, Mexican ordinary 68, St Paul common 93 percent, New York Central 116, Pennsylvania 604, Reading 227s.

Fort Worth Denver New England West Point Iroad Atlantic & Pacific Green Bay Boston Hoosac Great Western Colorado Coalts St. Paul & Minneapolis International Utah Southern Extension London United States Atlantic & Great Western Erie St. Paul New York

Imitative Youth Roasts Chickens After Reading Fox Book

A Boston Roxbury episode shows two 8 year old boys tying pallets to a stake and roasting them to death, mimicking Fox's Book of Martyrs. The piece argues readers imitate literature, compares Pilgrim's Progress Gulliver's Travels and Mother Goose, and urges wholesome facts and guided emulation for child reading. It cites Dr Newton praising Digestylin and advertises Kidder & Co. remedies.

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Market Roundup Faces Mixed Commodity Trends Across Staples

The report notes quiet to steady movements in fish flour oats and rye while a firmer tone appears in flour demand and butter, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, hay, and grass seeds. Chicago futures show varied closing prices. Minneapolis mills raise output slightly amid firmer flour pricing. Additional items cover cornmeal, rye, oats, malt, hops, and dairy product quotations across major markets.

Liverpool St. Louis Elgin Creamery Western Dairy Philadelphia New York Chicago Elgin Western Creamery Hebrons Western Good To Choice Michigan Nova Scotia Vermont Jersey East Swale Houlton Hebrons Aroostook Arooston Northern Burbanks Maine Houlton Prince Edward Island

Market Reports April 29 Quiet Grain and Wheat Prices

The flour market remains quiet with no changes. Corn sales are modest while flat lots of steamer yellow and mixed varieties move at specific fractional prices. Oat prices vary by lot with on call bids and asks noted. Millfeed remains scarce and firm as oats futures show activity. Inspections include six cars with limited readable grades.

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Money Market Devonshire Street Kedder, Peabody & CO Nassau St John Jeffries & Sons Fitchburg Railroad Bankers Congress Street Baverick National Bank Peace Asa P. Potter J.W. Work Essex Company Mercantile Marine Insurance Company Stony Brook Wilton St. Joseph & Grand Islands Highland Street Railway Consolidated Road Worcester, Nashua & Rochester Globe Bank Worcester Boston Stock Exchange Sable Island Grand Bank NEW York Financial Foreign Financial Markets Robert Nuewton W. F. Kidder & Co John Street Northwestern Minneapolis Bakers Michigan Stone Michigan Roliers New York Rollers Canada Superior Canada Rollers Canada No 1 Bush Canada Western Gibraltar Palermo Baldwin Spies Valencia Messina Florida Baracoa Jamaica
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