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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1885

Page

3

Money Matters in Boston Money Market Report

Boston money market shows abundant supply with prime paper scarce under 5 percent and strong demand for note brokers. New York funds range at premiums, weekly clearing totals reach over 55 million dollars, and year over year comparisons reveal steadier eastern markets and mixed regional money demand.

Boston New York New York Stock Exchange Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Louisville Providence Detroit Cleveland Indianapolis Memphis Worcester Springfield Baltimore Pittsburg Milwaukee Minneapolis

unclear numeric ledger fragment

Unable to determine a coherent event or claim from the fragmented figures provided. The text appears to be a sequence of monetary values and codes without readable context or identifiable entities.

Dividends Declared by Railroads and Mills

Illinois Central 4 percent dividend declared. Boston Cyclorama 2 percent for July. Chicago and Alton 2 percent payable Sept 1. New York Providence and Boston 2 percent quarterly payable Aug 10. Winthrop Mills 8 percent payable Aug 10.

New York Boston St. Louis Baltimore San Fran Cincinnati Pittsburg Kansas City Milwaukee Townsville Providence Detroit Omaha Minneapolis Cleveland Columbus Hartford Indianapolis New Haven Memphis Portland Worcester Springfield Peoria Kat Syracuse Lowell N. Y Illinois Central Railroad Company Boston Cyclorama Company Chicago and Alton Railroad Company New York, Providence and Boston Railroad Company Winthrop Mills Company

Fragmented Bank List and Corporate Mentions Amid OCR Noise

A garbled OCR compilation lists numerous banks and companies including Blackstone National Bank, Shoe & Leather National Bank, National Bank of North America, Freeman's National Bank, Naumkeag Nat Bank Salem, Mercantile Nat Bank Salem, Union National Bank, First National Bank Newburyport, Manchester & TRS, American Insurance Co, Waltham Gaslight, Cambridge, Lay State Live Stock Co, Robinson Iron Co Plymouth, Steam G uace and Lantern Co, Portland Water Co, Maine Central Debts, Globe Bank, McKay & Bigelow, Great Falls Manufacturing Co NH, and others. The text interleaves numbers, dates, and locations with scattered monetary figures and stock mentions, rendered in a garbled ledger-like snippet.

Blackstone Freeman North American Globe Faneuil Hall North Suffolk Amory Cocheco Lowell Hamilton Hill Great Falls Manchester Blackstone National Bank Shoe & Leather National Bank National Bank of North America Freeman's National Bank Xchange National Bank Naumkeag Nat Bank Salem Mercantile Nat Bank T'Nion National Bank First National Waltham Gaslight Ccess Cesccreses Cambridge Tsashight Lay State Live Stock CO Cresecce Acecesesvsenes Cccvcatas Userpesveseny Robinson Iron Co Plymouth Apiabon Uace and Lantern Co Roch N. Piessenens Cincinnati Clinton Portland Water Co Em Air Springfield Globe Bank Uauiecheteans Dalal Svaheard's Casas An Ee Shoe & Leather Nat Bank Ask Wess Cone Looweh Dblesehy Cedsceese Cocheco Manufactum Co Winaic Great Falls Manufacturing Company N Hee McKay & Bigelow Ieeling Machine N. E Hoo Rutland Istm Worcester Nashua & Roxhes Wawa Portland, Saco & Portsmouth

General Farm Produce Prices And Shipments Report

Mixed grain and produce market notes show hay steady rye straw quiet near 20 to 22 dollars per car, beans with varied prices by type, weekly receipts at 331 barrels vs 560 last year, and potatoes with regional price ranges. Numerous trade items list wide-ranging goods from woollens to tin plates, instruments, and ships cargoes, including terms like PROGRESO and Steamer Craigenloran with large hemp bales.

CuicaGco Chicago New York Northwest Walker New York Statistician New England South Cotton Exchange Minnesota Michigan St Louis Wisconsin Milwaukee City St. Louis Detroit Toledo White State Rye Cincinnati Mess India Mess South America Union Ryestraw Bristols Eagie Metallic Brush Co Woodhead Estes & Lauriat Smith & Co Messenger & Co Repro. & Co Simons, Hatch & Whitten Jones Norway Steel and Iron Works Macallar Parker & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Hart & Young Hovey & Co Elias Howe R Hollins & Co Whittington Mullen & Co Onaftin & Co Baldwin Bros & Co H Jones & Co Moses & Co Wheelock & Co Jacob Whitcomb & Co Bernard & Co Benj French & Co Emile Varison Walker & Co Hogg, Brown & Taylor Bradford, Thomas & Co JI White & Co E Snow H Buttrick Oliver Ditson & Co Hooper, Lewis& Co Massachusetts Shepard, Norwell & Co F Hovey & Co Adsworth , Howland & Co Jackson, Mandell & Daniell Prig McIse Williston, Knight & Co Beal, Higgins & Henderson Progreso

Foreign Exports Across North Atlantic Trade Posts

A long list shows Annie G O Leary and Scheconer exports from St Pierre MIQ and Flores markets including apples buckwheat bags butter and groceries. Include schooners Adelia cars Camilla and Riverside sailing with cargos of lumber kerosene oil flour corn meal and hardware to and from Antwer p Lubeck Arichat Saint John Halifax Charlottetown and Cape Island lifelike shipments to markets in the US and UK. Documentation notes cargoes of bacon, tea, sugar, and a wide array of commodities amid multiport shipments.

ST Pierre Miq Scheconer Annie G O'Leary Flores Hantsport Windsor Antwerp Bel New York USA Deptford Eng Jan Kreydel Lubeck Ger Camilla Petroleum ST John Riverside Arichat Pictou Summerside Cape Island Bessie Williams Yarmouth Halifax & Pictouns Port Hawkesbury Charlottetown Pei Worcester Konigsburg Scutooner Cartdizonshire

Receipts of wool and goods across several railroads

The fragment lists receipts for multiple railroads including Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Maine Maine Monrose Lo and Peabody lines. It itemizes wool bales flour bbls corn oats sugar butter cheese beef hides skins leather and various other commodities with quantities across August totals and regional transport flows.

Bostor and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Rayroad Fitchburg Mauread Maine Beauread Maine Monrose Peabody Salem Cate

Removal of Mr Meehan sparks fire department reorg at city hall

At city hall Mayor O Brien dismissed Michael Meehan superintendent of streets citing waste and extravagance prompting a department reorganization. Charles Morton named assist ant superintendent to receive city property. Fire commissioners announced transfers including Goodwin, Boseman, Hickerny, Fitzgerald, Barnes and Meehan ladder crew. New sewer contracts awarded in West Roxbury, private land near Washington Street, Dorchester, and Bowdoin Street area with amounts ranging from under $900 to over $14 000.

Michael Meehan O’brien Charles Morton Meehan Morton E. 0. Goodwin Boseman P. H. Boseman P. Hickenney John M. Fitzgerald Daniel &. Barnes James Meehan J.J. Dorey Washington Street West Roxbury Hugh Nawn Blue Hill Avenue St. Sanborn Erie Avenue Dorchester D. O'Connell Bowdoin Street Union Avenue Rosseter Street

Meeting of Creditors in Savannah Against J T Cohen Boots

A Savannah creditors gathering at 82 Sumner Street confronted J T Cohen after his failure for about 25000 in liabilities with 14000 stock and 20000 in other assets. They pressed for 50 to 75 percent payments, formed a committee to act, and contemplated action to recover funds for the numerous claimants.

Cohen Gtr Charles N. Carter & Co Winter Street Bedford Street Boston P. A. Bickford Provisions Holbrook F. B. Hutchins Clothing Worcester Cornwall Bros Brockton Lamson & Goodnow Shelburne Falls Cutlery Company Greenfield Destroyedson Salem Horace Goodwin Marblehead George J. Henry Caribou S. S. Mattocks Lyndon Joseph F. Kreizer New Haven William Osborn James J. Jones Albert H. Gilman Grace F. Gilman

Denver and Rio Grande Reorganization Signals Recovery

George Coppell, chair of the bondholders committee, reports progress on the Denver and Rio Grande reorganizaton. He notes improvements over the past year, calls for secured fund contributions to finish upgrades, and cites $1,480,000 net earnings after betterments. He says foreclosures are manageable, with strong security in London and Amsterdam, and proposes a limited receipt window for securities. The piece also covers CB&Q expansion into St. Paul, notes on master car builders trials, and railroad earnings reports and staffing changes.

Boston A. E. Touzalin Chicago, Burlington and Northern Railroad Company Oregon Chicago and Iowa Fulton Savanna Carroll County Illinois Mississippi River St. Paul Chicago, Burlington and Northern Chicago, Burlington and Northern First Mortgage Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad Company Northern Company Chicago Burlington and Northern Railroad Company Chicago, Burlington and Quitcy Railrend Company Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Chicago, Buarlington and Northern Railroad Company J. M. Forbes Wisconsin Central Northern Pacific Railway Company Duluth Superior City Northern Pacific Lake Superior Ashland Springfield, Effingham and Southeastern Railroad Company First Bloomfield Railroad Company Indiana Lund Thomas F. Mason Daniel N. Stanton New York City Standard Coal and Iron Company of Ohio New York Prime Mercantile Barsilver Jersey Central Pacific Mail Chicago Burlington and Quincy Northwestern Europe Chicago and Pacific Morris and Essex Denver Rio Grande Lake Erie and Western Michigan Central Oregon Transcontinental Richmond Allegheny Danville Virginia Midland Colorado Coal and Tron St. Louis Kansas City Northern Union Pacific Land Srarts Texas and Pacific Rio Grande George Coppell Denver and Rio Grande Railway Company Jackson London Amsterdam Coppell Master Car Builders’ Association Buffalo N. Y Kansas Ciy Springfield Memphis

London Style Industrial Listings and Goods Advertisements

A dense compilation of business notices and product listings from East Boston to Cambridgeport. Includes OILERS steel and iron rendering tanks, millinery stock, cement and lime wholesalers, lumbers and sash trade, type writing lessons, law and notary services, furniture and drapery suppliers, gas and electrical equipment, and factory hoisting gear. Notable entries cite Wm. Campbell & Co., Glidden & Co., Waldo-Bros, E.S. Hamlin & Co., Curtis, Lempirell & Marble, Yale & Towne Mfg. Co., and Cook Rymes & Co. as providers.

C. Wm Campbell & Co Main St Cambridgeport Maynard & Co Wash’n St

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