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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 04, 1884

Page

3

Bell Telephone Declares Extra Dividend in Atchison Gossip

In a Boston Evening paper from December 3, 1900s, Bell Telephone announces an extra dividend amid general street talk. Money markets show banks well funded with 5 to 5.5 percent on mercantile paper, 4.5 to 7 on miscellaneous and 4 to 4.5 on corporation paper. Call loans with collateral run 3 to 4 percent. Government securities are strong with Bank of England discount expected to rise. The piece lists various bonds, railroads, and bank names across cities, reflecting broad market activity.

Bell Telephone Atchison Corporation New York Bankers’ Sterling London Bank of England Cbs Csiaa

Trade outlook improving amid cautious relief after holidays

The week shows signs of renewed demand and slower credit use as buyers stock only essentials. Failures drop from recent levels, cash sales rise, and overall outlook remains cautious but hopeful for gradual improvement after New Year balances. Cotton rises, hogs and cattle influence prices, wool firm, hides firmer, and dairy products steady.

Prices Steady Across Alcohol Beers and Dry Goods Markets

Market notes show steady to unchanged levels in alcohol, beeswax, candles, coal, coffee, cordage, cotton, drugs and dyes, dry goods, and fish sectors. Reports cite firm or easing demand, with scattered cargo sales and varied regional supplies, including Nova Scotia arrivals and domestic consumption trends.

Cambridge Boston Philadelphia Rosendale Webbs Nova Scotia Cumberland Clearfield Rio Java Marecaibo Lle Laguarra iMac Manila Iiee Upland Gulf Shellac American Castor Oil Gambier S&e Sicily St Domingo PE Island Labrador

Market summary of leather hides and assorted commodities

Bustling trade for union crop and Calcutta buffalo hides with firm prices and small lot demand. Metals, oils, paints, paper stock, and oils shown steady to unchanged while wool markets hold firm though prices unsatisfactory to importers. weekly sales tally around 3.5 million pounds of carpet wools.

Buenos Ayres UA Gutisanchaisaathacss Corte Msogio Casnce Ces Calcutta Western Boston Elaine Menbaden Cod Paris Kentucky Manila Franklin County New York and Vermont Western Dairy New York Vermont Canadian New Brunswick Nova Scotia Canada Carolina Java Turks Island Gury St Martin’s New England Porto Rico New Orleans Havana Madeira Sicily Duff Gordon Sone Malaga Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan California Eastern Maine Australia

Brighton and Watertown Live Stock Rec Record

This report from Brighton and Watertown shows weekly live stock totals including cattle 2,560. sheep and lambs 14,228. swine 16,754, with arrivals by yard 280 cattle at Watertown and 291 at others, and detailed prices for market beef, store cattle, sheep and lambs, hides and tallow, plus notes on dairy stock and export movements for Great Britain and the Continent.

Maine Hampshire Vermont Rhode Island New York Watertown

Market dull as hog and cattle prices ease at Brighton sale

Brighton market reports a dull session with hog prices last week’s level in the north and west. Western cattle and sheep sales noted, with A N Monroe selling 20 western steers at 1349 pounds, 20 at 1352 pounds, and other beef cattle trading down from 40 to 50 cents per cwt. Milking cows and springers sold by several farms, with prices ranging from 15 to 75 dollars for cows and 42.50 for springers. Continuous activity from J Engrem, Aldrich Johnson, Hollis & Co., and others.

Schwartz & Dupee Chicago Lawson, Douglas & Co West Northwest Nebraska Kansas Kansas City South Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific New York Flint Pete Marquette Mexican Central Summit Branch Atlantic and Pacific Pullman Wisconsin Central Iron Falls Sioux City New England Navy New York and New England Railroad Company Messrs le Grand B. Cannon David Dows Vernon VP Noyes Boston Grant & Company Wall Street N.Y Richardson, Hitt & Co Lowell Eastern Maine Atlantic Pacific Springfield Memphis Bell Erie Brookline Boylston Street Quincy Franklin Huron Consolidated Pacific Bodie Prime Mercantile Paper Missouri Pacific Lackawanna Western Union Lateran Western Union Postal Telegraph Company St. Paul Lake Shore Delaware and Hudson Denver and Rio Grande Hannibal St. Joe Indiana Decatur Northern Omaha New Orleans Bennett-McKay Gould P W Thompson W Hall Marble & Son H Coolidge & Son D P Burton Estes Glines & Weston C R Whittemore Wardwell S H Fogg JC Libby AP Libby L L Ricker Libby & Elwell New Hampshire E Winn Marshall & Harriman GS Peavy J O Sanborn Geo Harris JB Sargent E F Adden Vermont J H Sprigg J Carroll W A Farmham G W Brownell Cooms Farrar A B Edwards M WP Whalen J Quinlan J Engram M Dyer P Gleason Piper & Wond Brettin & Savage Tinker Blanchard Biddle Cleveland G Flanders Martin & Squier Taylor & Harpin J H Thomas Ricker E Churchill Means J B Remick Kimball JS Fry BS Hastings N K Campbell C W Bragg G K Moody Massachusetts Henry C Buck D Fisher H G Lacie W Fisher S Y Southworth O C Robinson B Hurlburt L Morse Farrell & McFlynn Stetson & Eames Hollis & Co Monroe J Cowley Hathaway & Jackson Eschemnui Howes W A Farnham Coombs & Farrar G E Moody AB Edwards W Ricker Sanborn Great Britain Liverpool Glasgow J A Hathaway Iowa A N Monroe Gottenburg City London Gaines & Weston Ipswich C P Whittemore J H Fogg Sioo J H Wardwell J C Libby A P Libby GS Peavey J Engrem Veals W W Hall J Cc Laney I G Sargent & Co H A Wilcox T J Coarser Aldrich & Johnson Dow & Moulton Breck & Wood J Pegrem Piper & Pond MG Flanders FS Kimball B S Hastings J S Henry Scattering Hurlburt Watertown J. A. Hathaway S L Ricker At &c J Y Keazer Brighton Yards Albany Stetson and Eames Sige Brighton ST Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo Tolec Detroit Michigan Farrell & McFignun Hollis & Coo J . Henry E Goodnow FH Coolidge & Son Samuel Bunting’s Sons & CO Market Street Philadelphia Tollway N. B

London Market and Shipping News December 3

London financials show US bonds steady with mixed firsts and seconds across major lines. Market reports note wheat demand firm from Mark Lane to Liverpool, with prices rising for some cargos. corn and flour imports into the UK also increase. Liverpool reports steady wheat varieties, firm bread stuffes, and pork and lard prices edging higher amid a quiet cotton market.

New York Uplands Orleans Ohio St. Louis Minnesota Canada Louisiana English Island Pernambuco Petroleum — United City Extra India Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Continent South America State Liverpool Lake Chicago London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane California Paris Michigan United Kingdom

Foreign Exports Across Ports and Commodities

A detailed export list from Liverpool, Hayti, St John PA, Barbadoes, and surrounding ships. Items include apples, cotton, hides, meat, lard, beef, butter, flour, codfish, pork, sugar, lumber, and hardware. Ships named Iberian, Rapid Transit, John Welsh Jr, and David Bugbee with quantities in drums, bbls, boxes, and cases.

Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Eastern Railroad Maine Railroad Lowell Railroad Peabody, Saiem Expressea Liverpool Eng Iberian HAYTI Brig Rapid Transit ST John Brig John Welsh Barbadoes Bng David Bugbee

Insolvencies and assignments hit many firms nationwide

Insolvencies stretch from Boston to Providence and New York withDow, McDowell Adams, Hale, Brigham, Hall, Merrill, Dennison, Page, Whitcomb and others. Claims range from thousands to tens of thousands with assets light or attached. Major cases include J A Hall failing in Saco, real estate attached for 2200 at Wiscasset, and the Patent Cane Umbrella company failing with creditors offered 50 cents on the dollar. Attachments in Suffolk and Torrington districts and several corporate and individual assignments are noted.

Geo. F. Dow Apothecary Boston McDowell & Adams Tremont Street S. P. H. Hale Hubbardston Williamsville Mass Waldo B. Brigham Hudson J.A. Hall Grocer Saco John B. Merrill Wiscasset Daniel L. Dennison & Co General Merchandise Phillips William H. Pike Dover N. H Daniel A. Page Alfred Coverly Patrick McShane Charles Casker B. A. Whitcomb Providence R. I S. A.cooke, Jr Whitcomb J. E. Yolles & Co Nashua N.H W. S. Hougt, Jr M. J. Roque John Wilar Patent Cane New London Henry B. Rosenthal J. Wolf Buffalo N.Y P. Wolf Herman Prager Jamestown N. Y Higa J. E. Maynew S.J. Rand Washington Henry Newman Sam Francisco Cal Hill, Fletcher & Co Louisville Suffolk County National Reverebank Benjamin F. Adams Eli Darling John CU. Coates

Franks Restaurant Boom and Insurance Ads Highlight Boston Page

Frank B Ingalls promotes low prices and quality sustenance at his Boston dining room as merchants are urged to consider Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance. The insurer, active in Boston since 1857, touts prompt losses payments and liberal terms with 10 percent interest on outstanding scrip and 25 percent profit on the prior year's business.

Boston Frank B. Ingalls Summer Street Delaware Mutual Safety Insurance Company Hutchings Delaware

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