Money market and stocks in Boston on Aug 5
The Boston money market shows dull activity with nominal rates. Banks lend 5 to 6 percent, miscellaneous paper 6 4 to 7 percent, and collateral loans 4 1/2 to 5 percent. New York funds trade near par to a small premium. Government securities weaken while local stocks trade dull to firmer. Atlantic and Pacific and other rail stocks are discussed. Colorado rates and tripartite agreements affect pooling. Dividends announced for Marquette, Houghton, and Ontonagon. Toledo Cincinnati and St. Louis bondholders called for a meeting.
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New York
Bankers’ Sterling
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Soes
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Pacific
Snes
Brokers’ Board
Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe
Messrs. Seligman and Buckley
St. Louis and San Francisco Railroad Company
Atlantic and Pacific
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Transcontinental Association
Santa Fe
Pacific Coast
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Chicago
Colorado
Omaha
Chicago, Burlington and Quay
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Marquette
Houghton
Ontonagon Common
Toledo
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Congress Street
New York Financial Markets Report Aug 5 Trade Summary
Money rates firm on call at 11-1/2 percent with mercantile paper at 5.61 percent. Western Union and Pacific Mail lead gains with sharp advances. many shares hit multiweek highs as large buying returns after 1 PM. Closing prices show broad strength though some profits taken late, with total trades around 534,700 shares and a mixed bond and commodity backdrop.
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Prime Mercantile
West Shore
Western Union
Pacific Mail
Pacific Mains
Denver
Union Pacific
Lake Shore
St. Paul
Northwestern
Lackawanna
Northern Pacific
Louisville and Nashville
Central Pacific
Missouri Pacific
Omaha
Trade notes and weathered outlook from New York Commercial Bulletin
The dry goods market shows a mixed tone with better demand for patterned goods and some staple items. Exports from New York reach 36.83 million dollars for the week. grain crops in Missouri, Kansas, Nebraska, Texas, and Indian Territory rise in acreage and yield, with livestock up, though rains and drought affect some regions. Wages cut in Weonseket mills, steel rail pool whispered, southern coal mines discussing a pool, and a logjam in the rail and steel sectors while hotel demand hints at modest improvement. Commercial exchanges count 22 rail cars and grain and produce movements listed.
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Wyman and Chase
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Wollen
Elba Iron Works
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Tenn
Commercial Exchange
Provisions and live market price report across multiple cities
Pork and lard markets hold steady with prime at 15 50, mess 16 50, clear 16 50 to 17 bbl. Beef sells at 11 50 mess and 13 50 family. Hams and shoulders show mixed rates in Chicago, St. Louis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and New York. Hogs, cattle, and sheep markets active with varied receipts and firm to higher prices across Union Stock Yards, Chicago, Milwaukee and New York markets.
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City Mills
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Live Stock Market Totals and Prices This Week
Livestock market report shows totals for cattle sheep and lambs and swine this week 930 4366 10709 last week 805 3851 10821 and a year ago 0 0 0 includes state breakdowns by cattle sheep calves horses and swine with prices for beef store cattle hides tallow skins and various animal classes plus car counts on multiple roads and notes on quality classifications and regional adjustments. Also lists prices for store cattle hogs and sheep by quality, and definitions of quality grades and regional terms.
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Hampshire
Eves
Vermont
Riis
mRnoodSe
Sland
New York
Cadagg
Boston
Lowell
Albany
Fitchburg
Eastern
New England
Maine
Imports at Boston and overseas stock lists
Shipping ledgers record extensive cargoes from Glasgow and Stockholm to Boston and Cape Island with hundreds of units including jute goods rivet rods pig iron nails wire rods and various raw materials. Additional lines note seafood shipments to Cape Island and bananas to Jamaica from Port Antonio aboard multiple steamers and schooners.
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Glasgow
Scot
Patrick Arkley
Brown Bros & Co
Moors & Co
Sevag Bros & Co
White & Co
Leeson & Co
Stimson & Co
Hogg, Brown & Taylor
Allan & Co
Seavey
Gorham, Rogers & Co
Washburn & Moon Manf Co
J B Brigham & Co
Cape Island
Bessie Williams
Barclay & Co
Port Antonio
Jam
Jesse H Freeman
Seaverns & Co
Braracoa
Nellie W Woodbury
Regional Rail Goods Ledger Reveals Dense Freight Totals
A pasted ledger from multiple railroads lists varied commodities arriving or shipped, including wool, flour, oats, bbls, sugar, butter, cheese, tea, lumber, hides, and eggs. Entries cover Old Colony, New York and New England, Easton, Fitchburg, Lowell, Maine, and Seacoast lines with quantities in bbls, boxes, sacks, bushels, and cars.
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Rand Junction Railroad
Old Colony
New York and New England Railroad
Easton
Fitchburg Railroad
Lowell Railroad
Maine Railroad
Peabody
Salem
Seeese
Total Receipts of Staple Products August 5
The table shows the total receipts of principal staples at this port from all shipments including in transit, compared with the same day last year. Data covers commodities arriving from various points of origin and notes year over year changes.
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United States
Large Chain of Business Failures Across Cities
A sweeping list of liabilities and assignments shows Andrew W. Ward of West Newton owing about 4075 with 1600 secured, S W Wilkinson of Fall River failing for 2500, and multiple firms from Lawrence to Milford and Williamsburg attached or settling. The Toronto car works in London Ontario shows liabilities near 250000 with assets similar, while the Sus pension Bridge banking episode drags many local firms into a crush of failures and possible payouts around 50 cents on the dollar.
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Andrew W. Ward
West Newton
S. W. Wilkinson
Fall River
McDonale Bros
Lawrence
F.J. Wright
Milford
Mass
Hi. M. Porter
Williamsburg
Henry C. Smith
Toronto Car Works
London
Ont
Timothy Tetreaulta
Woonsocket
Atwood Bros
Oakdale
Conn
L. Christian Meyer
Williams Street
New York City
John J. McGaverick
Agricultural Implements
Gifford, Sherman & Inness
Poughkeepsie
New York
Gifford
Sherman
Jacob Wintner
Joseph E. Ways
Livingston
Suspension Bridge
Jacob Margrander
Rochester
N. Y
Porter & Sperry
Mayville
Beaver Mills
Downington
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Philadelphia
Sinzheimer & Deutsch
Charleston Phosphate Company
Charleston
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W. A. B. Hill & Co
Knoxville
Tenn
M. EF. Lasswell
el Paso
Inl
R. R. Mattison
Jackson
Mich
Rock Island
G. E. Coale
Bloomington
Ill
American Grinding Mill Company
Chicago
M. Layman
Boots and Shoes
Sullivan
A.P. Wallich
St. Paul
Morse Diamond Cutting Company
George D. Russell
Court Record Highlights Multiple Assault and Theft Cases
In the central court before Judge Parmenter several defendants faced penalties including Cornelius Shay fined 15 dollars and costs for assault and battery while Mary Galligher alias Mary Leighton was held in 100 dollars for her Aug 12 appearance. Other cases covered larceny, false pretenses, keeping a house of ill fame, and drunkenness with sentences ranging from fines to reformatory prison time. East Boston Roxbury Charlestown courts also tabulated fines and holds for breaking and entering, mutual assault, disturbing the peace, and related offenses with varied appearance dates.
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Central Court
Parmenter
Cornelius Shay
Mary Galligher
Mary Leighton
John Smith, Jr
John H. Ward
Hubbard
Clark
O'Neil
Patrick Haley
George Butler
Mary Sweeney
Sarah Mann
Reformatory
John H. Offer
John McGeary
James ©. Mealey
Eliot Street
Timothy Sweeney
Marco Degennero
East Boston
Michael Swift
Bartholomew Lyons
Roxbury Court
Michael Kilroy
Charlestown
Charles
Dickey
Timothy Linnehan
Michael Harrigan
John Ryder
Judge scolds Milwaukee lawyers over estate fee dispute
Judge Thomas Drummond condemns three Milwaukee attorneys for billing $25,000 for settling a $32,000 estate. He questions their value to clients and proposes pro rata reductions, calling the charges infamous and likening them to theft. He threatens further action if such conduct recurs.
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Thomas Drummond
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Obituary notices from Boston area August listings
In a Boston area notice sheet dated August entries detail deaths and ages across multiple communities. Names include Samuel Andrews East Boston Charles Barker Brooks Scituate Frank Herbert Brooks Mrs Mary Conlin Newbury Harriet Moses Gollin Thaddeus Frost Sadie Fletcher James Glover Ida M Gilbert Johanna Hogan Eunice Knapp Catharine Manley Daniel Norton William A Pillsbury Walter Picher Caroline A Perkins John T Quigley Elizabeth Russell Russell Stockwell Mary Bradford Truesdell, highlighting ages from 23 to 88 and connections to East Boston Newburyport Boston Wakefield Charlestown Gloucester and Washington DC.
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Fall River
Samuel Andrews
A. Sor Beniia
Boston
Charles Barker
Brooks
Scituate
Frank Herbert Brooks
Mary Conlin
Corfin
Newbury
Harriet
Moses Goilin
To Frost
Belmont
Thaddeus Frost
Fletcher
Woburn
Sadie M Fletcher
Glover
Atlantic
James M Glover
Gilbert
Newburyport
Ida M B Gilbert
Pace
Johanna Hogan
Knapp
Eunice T Knapp
Manley
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Oliver Perkins
Quigley
John T Quigley
Elizabeth A F Russell
Stockwell
Russell Stockwell
Ruesdell
East Gloucester
Mass
Mary Bradford
Charles Truesdell
Washington
John M Fessenden
Turbulent Railroad Bondholder Notices and Foreclosure Claims
A committee of second mortgage or income bondholders warns the Iron Railway and its officers that they may seek recourse for fraud and improper reorganization. They say the first mortgage holders purchased property at foreclosure and assert the new plan harms their interests. Separate reports discuss Cambridge vs Charles River track use and compensation, and notes on Denver Rio Grande, Wabash, New York West Shore, and other railroad matters with anticipated reorganizations and lawsuits.
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Pere Marquette
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Glacial Giants Near Alaska Impress Sea Voyage
The Chicago Tribune recounts a voyage past towering glaciers in Alaska. A mile and a half long blue ice wall towers 300 feet above water as chunks weigh thousands of tons fracture, splash, and drift in a wide bay.
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Medieval and Elizabethan Locks as Artware in Door Guards
From Little Folks Magazine, the article surveys historic locks as decorative metalwork. It notes guardian angels on escutcheon surrounds, Apostle locks with trigger bolts, Mark Sealist’s tiny 11-piece lock, the marquis of Worcester’s trick barb lock, Willenhall’s tiny silver padlocks, and modern bell and chime alarms in padlocks, reflecting craft and ingenuity of the era.
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Second-hand Garments Trade Reveals Cross-National Grasp on Fashion
A South-side dealer explains the thrift, money, and social dynamics behind buying and selling used women’s clothing. He notes Americans’ wealth, Germans’ frugality, and Irish labor as key factors, detailing how dresses are altered to conceal their prior owners and sold mainly as outerwear.
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The Foolish Rich and Rogues of Old London
A London Telegraph meditation on fools and wealth. It cites the disdain for clever frauds from Dartmoor convicts to Elizabethan coney catchers, noting that clever rogues persist through ages and that preachers fail to curb gullibility. It connects Orton and Greene to timeless street scams echoed in Jonson.
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The Hard Task of Reading Character in Forney’s Progress
The piece discusses the rarity and challenge of accurately describing a person’s character. It argues many overestimate their reading ability, noting that inner impressions rarely translate to others. It highlights voice and gesture as key yet hard to convey, and how intimate knowledge makes description even more difficult.
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Boasted Witch Trial In Ardeche Child Milk Case
An Ardeche couple in Thueyts suspended an elderly neighbor by a pot-hook in a chimney and roasted her feet in a desperate attempt to restart a lactation for a starving child. When boiling water failed to aid milk flow, they boiled her feet and killed her. authorities arrested the two accused murderers.
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Remarkable Infant Recovery Chronicle At Baby Show
A feeble infant aged three weeks suffers severe ophthalmia and digestive troubles. Over weeks the child gains health, eyes improve, bowels normalize, and by six months remains bright and active, still receiving Liquid Food and earning praise at the Baby Show.
Purpura Recovers After Illness With Teething and Diet
Three weeks after onset Purpura showed rash on back and sides that faded days later. Appetite returned with 8 to 10 drops given at each feeding at Olymos. She began cutting teeth and eczema appeared on head and face. Head inflammation decreased with treatment and healed. Since then she has cut five teeth, is well and fat, though teething continues, and she takes 20 drops Liquid Food at each feeding.
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Infant’s illness and recovery timeline described
A historical note traces an infant’s early health: admitted at six months in poor condition with sores, treated with liquid food drops, gradual healing, then diarrhoea at seven months, recovery after two weeks, scarlet fever at nine months with good appetite, two teeth emerging, and by ten months fully healthy while receiving twenty drops of liquid food per feeding.
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Murdock Liquid Food Company
Boston
Nursing mothers urged to use Liquid Food for infant hunger
An advisory notes a seven month old recovering from bronchitis and urges mothers to add 5 to 20 drops of Liquid Food per feeding if a baby is not thriving. It promises hospital bed free for four months to mothers who cannot retain food or who have lost an infant brought up by hand, with access to a family physician.
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Boston
Prospectus of The Boston Post Aims at Democratic Principles
The Boston Post marks 53 years as a champion of democracy and urges readers to engage with its future-leaning stance. It pledges strong coverage of banking, currency, taxation, tariff reform, and labor rights while opposing tyrannies in labor and capital and inviting trial copies to prove its value to households and business.
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