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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 04, 1888

Page

6

Market Summary: Quiet Money Market and Mixed Stocks

The Boston money market remained quiet with rates largely unchanged. Clearing house loans held at 2 percent, general market time loans 3 to 5 percent, and call loans 2 to 8 percent. Government securities held at 106% to 108 for four percents and around 127.5 for four and a half percents. The Imperial Bank of Germany reports a specie decline of 5.86 million marks. Local stock activity mixed with early firmness giving way to weakness, then firm closes led by Bell Telephone and New York & New England. Bond and stock totals: bonds 92,600 and 12,157 shoes traded. atchison details and Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe progress noted. An exchange surge sees daily shifts in multiple bonds and rail shares, with earnings reports and leasing rumors affecting prices.

Boston Clearing House New York Chicago St. Louis San Francisco New Orleans Bank Charleston Savannah United States Treasury National Bank Reichsmarks Imperial Bank of Germany Bell Telephone New York & New England Preferred Atchison and Franklin Mining Messrs. R. L. Day& Co No. 7 Exchange Place Merchants’ Exchange Atchison Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Texas Missouri Pacific Kansas City Union Pacific Philadelphia Press Oregon Navigation Adams Henry Villard Oregon and Transcontinental Company Oregon Short Line Oregon Navigation Companies Villard Berlin Oregon Railway and Navigation Northern Pacific Company California Caliornia Southern News Bureau San Diego Colton Oee Wisconsin Central Securities Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Mexican Central Flint & Pere Marquette Burlington & Northern Summit Branch Cleveland & Canton Common Denver & Rio Grande Western Wisconsin Central Firsts Consolidated Vermont Chicago, Kansas & Western Ogdensburg Lake Champain New England Boston & Providence Old Colony Boston & Albany Fitchburg Central Massachusetts

Auction of Stocks and Bonds at Trustee's Sale

The sale on Wednesday August 8 1888 includes Union Pacific at 24 de At Topa St Fe RR and many other railroad stocks and bonds plus bank and mill shares with extensive collateral listings. Also listed are miscellaneous bonds and corporate notes with varied par values and dates through 1926, followed by market quotes from London Paris and New York with currency and bullion figures.

Union Pacific KR Top St. Fe RR Bur Quincy RR Lowell RR West End St. Ry. Co Oregon Short Line RR Sonora Ry. Co. Im New England Mort. Sec Plymouth Cordage Co McKay Odd Fellows’ Hall Do B.cyclorama Co Bacth Hyde Park City Brockton Mass Ogdensburg & Lake Champ

New York financials show dull stock market with minor gains

New York money on call eases to 1 percent with rates for 60 day bills around 4.84 to 4.87 percent. Government and railroad bonds remain dull to steady as trains and markets close near opening levels. Reading and St Paul show slight life while overall activity stays limited and prices drift.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Reading St Paul Louisville & Nashville Michigan Central Eee Dulness Reading New 48 Denver & Rio Grande Western Evansville & Terre Haute Indiana, Bloomington & Western South Carolina Toledo, Peoria & Western Trust Illinois Central H. & Nashville The Genera Kansas & Texas

Use Horsford's Acid Phosphate Says Dr Smirth

Dr. T C Smirh of Charlotte North Carolina proclaims Horsford's Acid Phosphate an invaluable nerve tonic and delightful beverage, a top restorer when energies flag and spirits droop.

Horsford T.C. Smirh Charlotte, N. C

Twenty Questions on Free Whiskey and Prohibitory Tariff

A list of twenty pointed questions from Massachusetts labor and tariff reform sources, challenging protectionist aims. It cites U.S. and British wage trends, cost of living, farm wealth, tariff debates, and figures like Henry Wilson, James P. Foster, and Henry Cabot Lodge to argue against high tariffs and for reform, reflecting 1880s tariff controversy.

Mass Great Britain Massachusetts England U.S China Massachusetts Savings Bank Mass. Savings Bank Congress Henry Wilson Cong. Globe Labor Rep Tariff Commission John L. Hayes Tariff John VD. Sane Republican Party Andrew Carnegie James P. Foster Republican League Pennsylvania Mr. Foster Henry Cabot Lodge Lodge Harvard Finance Club Massachusetts Tarif Reform League State Street Boston

Fall River Firms Declare Mixed Dividend Rates

Richard Borden Manufacturing Company in Fall River declares a 14 percent quarterly dividend. The Tea Manufacturing Company of Fall River declares a 6 percent quarterly dividend. Hartford Electric Light Company issues a 3 percent semi annual dividend. Lincoln Safe Deposit Company of New York declares a 2 percent semi annual dividend. Whitebreast Fuel Company proclaims a 1 percent quarterly dividend.

Richard Borden Manufacturing Company Fall River Tea Manufacturing Company Hartford Electric Light Company Lincoln Safe Deposit Company New York Whitebreast Fuel Company

The Fish Market Report From Gloucester Boston and Nearby Ports

The fish market shows mackerel supply very light with prices higher and demand strong despite limited catches. Despatches from Falmouth note many schooners in the sound and occasional good hauls near No Man's Land and Block Island. Inshore mackerel scarce, weirs productive, and Mayo's trap nets a large sturgeon. Codfish stocks small, canned fish steady, oysters quiet, and weekly receipts mixed with notable price levels across New England markets.

Falmouth Mary Edes No Man’s Land Block Island Morning Star Boston Barnstable Bay Mayo Sandwich United States New England Herrine Labrador Nova Scotia Georges Bay Herrie Lry Haddock Hake Best Norfolk Providence Gloucester

Flour Prices and Grain Market Report Across Cities

The report details domestic flour quotations and a firm market stance with mixed milling demand. It lists spot prices per barrel for various flour grades and exports, plus New York and Chicago receipts and sales, then notes quieter trade in corn and oats with price ranges and futures bids.

Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada Roller Canada New York St Louis Dana Ohio Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis Albany Hoosac Tunnel

Commodity Report: Staples Show Mixed Yet Steady Movements

Market notes indicate fish and flour holding firm, corn quiet, oats dull, and potatoes edging firmer. Butter and cheese soft, eggs and pork steady, sugars quiet to easier, molasses steady, and raw materials like hoes and hay mostly steady with California fruits active and truck demand fairly brisk.

California

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town Akron

A compiled list of buyers and agents from multiple firms across the United States and territories. Names include Warner & Miller in Akron and Grattan Mitchell & Co in Baltimore, with representatives in Chicago, Dallas, San Antonio, and other locales. The item reads as a trade directory snippet listing agents and firms, reflecting a broad network of footwear merchants.

Akron KE Warner Warner & Miller Baltimore H J Lobe Grattan, Mitchell & Co W C Carroll Carroll, Adams & Co

Wheat markets limp on weak start and regional rains

Chicago markets report wheat opening weak with general selling and foreign selling. Local buyers emerged as weather in spring wheat regions worsened, helping prices recover slightly. corn fell on drought fears while hogs and provisions showed steady demand from English houses.

Scarcity of fish and rising prices grip coast market

Prices for cargoes vary with dealers paying 326 and 250 for large and small bank fish, Georges and other species quoted high. Provincetown and East fleet report no fish and likely failure, while North reports schooling mackerel near shore with strong demand. Halibut, cod, hake and other catches show tight supply amid high prices. several vessels report limited fares and arrivals total thousands of pounds.

Provincetown East Georges Co Co Bank Small Shore Estern Bank Nova Block Island Grand Manan Newfoundland Halifax Iceland Georges Halibut Haddock Captain Paine Georgie D Paine Virgin Rocks Grand Banks

The Wool Sales in Antwerp Advance in Prices

The wool sales at Antwerp on August 3 saw active demand with 3200 bales offered and prices unchanged. Since opening, overall prices gained 6 centimes. Buenos Ayres sold 245 bales at 80 170 francs per 100 kilos, Montevideo 423 bales at 80 220 francs, New South Wales 800 greasy bales at 115 235 francs and 68 scoured bales at 230 360 francs, Melbourne 692 greasy bales at 100 250 francs, and 96 sundries at 11¢ totaling 3265 francs.

Antwerp Buenos Ayres Montevideo New South Wales Melbourne

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