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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Antwerp
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
New South Wales
Melbourne
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Edward ED. Adams
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Appleton Co
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Day Cordage Co
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E. Howard Watch and Clock Co
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Lockwood Co
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Pullman Palace
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