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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 23, 1889

Page

6

Market Overview From Boston on Aug 22

Boston money market remains easy yet cautious with banks restraining lending. Clearing House rate steady at 8 percent, time loans 4 to 6 percent, call loans 4¼ to 4½ percent, New York funds 15 to 20 cents per $100 discount. Exchange totals show gains vs last year. bonds, stocks, and telegraph rates given. markets everywhere weak amid tight liquidity and Providence mill failure.

Boston New York Funis New York Clearing House Chicago St. Louis San Francisco Telegraph New Orleans Commercial Bank Charleston Savannah Fiat Fordem Fanes Sight Providence Atchison Kansas Wellington Kan California Jewell County McPherson County Sumner County Imperia Burlington & Quincy Northwestern Walker Interstate Commerce Railway Association Ross Chicago, Burlington & Quinn Iowa St. Paul Kansas City Union Pacific Omaha Oregon American Bell Telephone Company Maedsg Stein West End Railway Commissioners West End Street Railway Company Frenchman's Bay Land Calumet & Keela Lucky Lincoln Apex Lode Thomson-Houston Baton Electric Car Company of America Philadelphia Thomson-Houston Company Thomson-Houson Company Rudolph Sk. Hanter Condict Electric Car Company Keckenzaun Tr Ders Lernan Havemeyers Wall Street Enry Heaty National Trust Company New York Cotton Exchange

Wool Market Sags Amid Small Sales and Cautious Buyers

Weekly receipts show 10 736 domestic and 3 244 foreign bales with total sales 1 211 100 lb, far below last year's 6 600 000 lb. Market gloom persists as manufacturers pump demand and hold prices, while traders fret over ongoing embarrassments and limited large deals.

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Dividends Declared by American Waltham Watch Co

American Waltham Watch Company announces semiannual dividends at 4 percent, payable September 2. The announcement lists the payment date and rate for shareholders.

American Waltham Watch Company

Grain price summary from St Louis and Minneapolis markets

The report lists closing prices for Wheat, Corn, and Oats in St Louis including August September December and May contracts with bids and asks. It also shows Minneapolis street prices for Wheat in store and on track with No 1 hard and No 2 Northern grades and Duluth opening August wheat at 8c and closing at 81c bid.

Sec St Louis Minneapolis Duluth

Wall Street Trading Ends Weak After Broad Declines

New York financial rounds report money on call easy at 2 to 6, last loan 3, with calls steady. A broad stock market decline follows, led by Chicago & St. Louis and St. Paul with losses around 1 to 1.5 percent, as Missouri Pacific, Cotton Oil, Union Pacific and others fall. Late trading shows small recoveries but overall weakness persists, with bonds slightly firmer yet stock activity remaining dull and heavy.

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Foreign Financial Reports Summary from London

Foreign financial notes list Canadian Pacific and Illinois Central stock figures, Mexican and New York Central prices, and Paris franc exchange. It records discount rates for short bills, and shows London exchange quotes with francs and centimes.

London Canadian Pacific Shlinois Central New York Central Pacific Mexican Central News New York

Commodity Market Report From A Tightened Textile Era

Wool dull and weak and flour quiet. corn steady and oats dull. rye steady and oatmeal unchanged. Butter firm and eggs very firm. Cheese strong and butter in steady demand. Potatoes steady, poultry slow, hay quiet, apples steady, oranges firm, lemons steady. California fruits in demand. lard in fair demand. corned beef dull and fresh beef tir. Veals firm. mutton steady. lambs quiet. sugars firm. molasses nominal.

California

Print cloth market quiet with 3 percent decline price

Fall River reports a quiet steady print cloth market at 3 percent through 64 by 64 spots and futures. About 10 000 pieces sold today for spots and near deliveries amid firm demand.

Fall River

Market summary from The Option Markets Chicago August

The report notes dull wheat with light outside trade and rising cables. farmers expect visible supplies to grow if European clearance stalls. Corn weak, selling increases, warm weather aiding bears. provisions fall as ribs and lard soften, hogs scarce, pork supported by Hutchinson.

Chicago Gilman, Cheney & Co Boston New York Sea Board Hutchinson

Flour And Grain Markets Report Of Receipts And Quotes

Quotations cover flour and grain carload lots with domestic flour ranges from 2 3 25 to 5 50, and multiple wheat and oats grades. Receipts today include 11 1 1 cars of various corn and oats plus 2500 bbls and 5112 sacks of flour. Prices show quiet demand, with buyers seeking concessions only, across New York Chicago St Louis and Canada export lines.

Minnesota Canada Superior Canada Roller New York City Chicago St Louis Yelow Lake Rail New Chicago Bush Graham Canada

Market Receipts and Prices for Butter Cheese Eggs

Today’s market reports show receipts of butter and dairy items with firm demand for top grades. Butter prices steady to firm across Western and Eastern creamery lines, with various grades quoted from 11 to 19 cents and multiple warehouses noting light offerings and steady buyers.

Market summary of fruits vegetables and poultry prices

Very small market notes show steady prices across several items. Beans and peas demand modest, with quotes for hand picked and screened varieties, yellow eyes scarce. potatoes report mixed stock quality with regional price differences. poultry demand dull with mixed live and fresh killed chicken quotes. hay and straw steady to slow with tight supply. overall prices hold firm in many lines with minor shifts noted.

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Market Report On Fresh Produce Prices In Eccentric Figures

The market shows ample supply and steady demand with quoted prices for onions beets lettuce cucumbers peppers and beans. Items include Egyptian onions at 150 per crate Malta 1 752 25 baskets native onions 75 cents per bush 1 75 per 200 pounds and more across numerous vegetables with varying unit measures and prices.

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Fruit market price report with diverse produce quotes

Apples to watermelons and berries show mixed demand with small, steady supplies. Prices listed include Astrachans at 2 60 2 75 per barrel, Messina oranges at 4 5 per box, Delaware Bartletts at 3 3 50 per barrel, and cantaloupes at 1 50 per barrel, among many others.

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Friday's Train Freight Car Mix

A freight train carries 4 peach cars, 7 melon cars, 1 citron car, and 5 potato cars.

Steamer Arrivals Bring Bananas and Peanuts Shipment

The steamer Tordenskold arrives next Monday with Banes bananas for Seavernus & Co. The steamer Dana is due with Baracoa bananas for Seaverns & Co. The Norfolk boat is due with 280 bags peanuts, 860 packages grapes and 325 barrels of sweet potatoes.

Tordenskold Banes Bananas Seavernus & Co Dana Seaverns & Co Norfolk

Fruit Sales At California Fruit Union Auction

At the California Fruit Union sale peaches sold at 1 1642 3 3742 P per box. Snow and Co sold at auction today Bartlett pears at 3 95 400 and peaches at 1 1 40 per box.

California Fruit Union Snow & Co

Provisions and receipts today in market tally

Receipts show tallow at 67 packages with beef noted. pork and monetary details are missing or unclear in the fragment. The item reads as a brief market update on provisions and quantities.

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