Money Market and Stock Briefs From Boston Exchanges
Boston money market opens firm with rates from 5% to 7% and clearings showing strong uptake. Exchange totals drop from year ago. local bank reserves fall. Atchison and Chicago rail extensions boost Western trade. water power bondholders consider preferred stock plan and bond exchanges. Coppers and mining stocks move with mixed gains. notable entries include Tamarack Calumet & Hecla and Osceola.
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Boston
Cos
Glateral Security
New York
Mutual District Messenger declares 14 percent dividend
The Mutual District Messenger Company announces a 14 percent dividend for stockholders of record December 31 with payment due January 16.
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Mutual District Messenger Company
Bond sale notice under Trust Indenture for Atchison Topeka Santa Fe
Proposals addressed to JOAN P. WHITEMEAD comptroller Boston for sale to the railroad company at or below 105 percent plus interest of 122000 dollars sinking fund six per cent secured bonds issued December 1 1881 payable December 1 1911, bids due December 24 1887 at 2 pm, right to reject offers.
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Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Railroad Company
Boston Safe Deposit and ‘Trust Company
KR. Co
N. W. Harris & Co. Boston Brokerage Ad
Harris Lewis Sumner and Co advertise buying selling and margin trading with a private New York wire and mail orders. Address 7 Exchange Place Boston.
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Lewis, Sumner & CO
New York
Exchange Place
Boston
Limited Water Works Bond Issue Open for January Delivery
Public notice offers a limited issue of City Water Works Co bonds of 1000 denomination dated Sept 1 1887 due in 20 years with 6 percent interest paid semi annually in New York City. Interest payable by City and RR to the Mercury Trust Co of New York. Includes tax and income figures and subscription details for January delivery.
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New York City
City
R. R
Mercantile Trust CO
New York
Mining and Stock Exchange Ledger from Boston and New York
Boston and New York markets summary for December 19 report 136 322 shares traded. Lists shares sold with opening high low and closing prices for today and the prior close.
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New York
Wall Street Ends Flat After Morning Dull Trading
Money on call easy at 2 to 5 percent with last loan at 2 percent. Market closes dull but steady with minor gains from the day’s lows, Reading and Richmond & West Point among stocks slipping, railroad bonds firm to strong, and various issues edging higher at the close.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Stock Exchange
Reading
Northwestern
Lackawanna
Kansas & Texas
Louisville & Nashville
St. Paul
Richmond & West Point
Bears
Manhattan
New England
Northern Pacific
Oregon & Transcontinental
Oregon
Chesapeake & Ohio
St. Louis
Jacksonville
Wabash
United States and European Bond Quotes Plummet Then Steady
London reports U S government bonds opening flat on the stock exchange but rising by noon amid reassuring continental advices. Paris rates list 5 per cent rentes at 81 francs 27.5 centimes. short bill discounts stand at 2.54 percent. Imperial Bank of Germany notes a 3,600,000 mark increase in specie.
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Sterling Exchange
Continental
Reichsmarks
London
Boston
C. H. Head
T. H. Perkins
Soley, Stearns & Gay
Stearns
Allen
Weeks
State Street
House of Dupee, Beck & Sales
Himsef
Atchison
Colorado Midland Railway
Colorado Springs
Glenwood Springs
Aspen
Colorado
Salt Lake
Ogden
Chicago
Kansas City
Kiowa
Miami
Pauhancie
Texas
Burlington & Quincy
Chicago & Alton
Rock Island
Theurlington
Union Pacific
Flint & Pere Marquette
Burlington & Northern
California Southern
Mexican Central
New York
New England
Fitchberg
Central Massachusetts
Cheshire
Boston & Maine
Boston & Albany
Maine Central
Bell Telephone
Erie
West End
Charles 5
Sergeant
West End Street Railway Company
Henry ©. Woods
Charlies P. Lyman
Albert A. Pope
H. Stanley Potter
T. C. Weeks
Supreme Court
United States
Atlantic & Great Western
Canadian Pacific
Illinois Central
St. Paul
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Reading
Stock Exchange
Paris
Imperial Bank of Germany
Railroading Shifts and a looming Ticket Brokerage Battle
The Kansas City Times reports J. B. Leeds will retire to chair the transcontinental traffic bureau with possible successors including Sam B. Hynes and Emmons Blaine. Rumors place Hynes near rival posts as Parker and Gay vie for the general freight agent role. A national bill to curb ticket brokerage faces stiff opposition from the American Ticket Brokers Association as the movement shifts to Congress.
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Kansas City Times
J. 8. Leeds
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Transcontinental Traffic Bureau
Sam B. Hynes
Leeds
Kansas
Emmons Blaine
Chicago, Santa Fe & California
Hynes
Santa Fe
Chicago, Santa
C. A. Parker
Topeka
F. C. Gay
Standard Oil Company
American Ticket Brokers’ Association
National Conress
Chicago Railway Age
Corydon
Louisville
Evansville
Robert A. Watts
Northern Pacific
Cascade Mountains
Spokane & Palouse
Spokane Falls
W. T
Genesee
Ida
Central Pacific
Ogden
San Francisco
Salt Lake Division
Lake Erie & Western
Toledo & Ohio Central
Wabasha
Canadian Pacific
St. Louis
St. Oolaw & Duluth
Citizens' Trade Association Meeting in Grand Army Hall
At Grand Army Hall last evening the group discussed discontinuing city horse cars after midnight a drill site for high school boys a tunnel from Mov erick square to the custom house and a January festival committee. Attendees noted opposition to a Curtis street rail crossing and Captain Whitney proposed four ferry boats.
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Citizens’ Trade Association
Grand Army Hall
A. C. Whitney
C. L. Shaw
M. McPherson
Fail River Line Ends Winter Sunday Trips
The Fail River line discontinued Sunday trips for the winter season with Sunday the 18th as the last service. An express train connecting with steamers on weekdays leaves Boston at 6 p.m.
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Fail River Line
Boston
Pearline Claims Half Labor Reduction in Cleaning
Advertisement states Pearline saves about half the labor of washing and cleaning tasks, touting efficiency and ease for household chores.
Commercial Market Summary Across Food Commodities
Canned goods firm. Dried fruits unchanged. Flour dull. Corn easier. Oats firm. Millfeed steady. Barley fair demand. Rye firm. Oatmeal steady. Rye flour quiet. Butter fair movement. Cheese quiet but strong. Eggs firm. Beans in good demand. Grass seeds quiet. Potatoes moving fairly. Sweet potatoes steady. Hay good demand. Straw unchanged. Poultry improving. Game dull. Tallow fair demand. Apples dull and plenteous. Florida oranges in strong demand. Cranberries very firm. Dried apples quiet. Peanuts unchanged. Hickory nuts moderately demanded. Truck quiet. Pork firm. Fresh beet quiet. Lambs fair demand. Veals steady. Sugars quiet. Molasses unchanged.
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Florida
New York
Vermont
Vermont Diary
Northern Choice
Ohio
New Hampshire
Choice Canada
Michigan
Island
New Brunswick
Bush
Timothy
West
Red Top
Jersey
East Swale
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostook
Hebrons
NB Barre
Norfolk
Regent
Champion
Canned Goods and Dried Fruits Market Notes
Canned goods demand holds firm with higher prices for oysters and strong apple demand. Dried fruits see little change with firm currants and Turkish prunes slow selling. exports barrels and tons data from Greece to the United States and Canada tracked.
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Towatoes
Baltimore
Malaga
California
Trieste
Fiume
Greece
United States
Canada
Lima
Ohio
Michigan
Delaware
London
Valencia
Leghorn
Market Reports Flour And Grain Prices Dec 19
Market steady with millers firm on prices. Minneapolis mills operate at ~20,000 barrels daily. trade dull as buyers delay until after holidays. Prices shown for patents, corn, oats, barley, milseed, and stock tallies across dates and elevators.
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Minneapolis
Grain and flour market notes from Chicago 1887
Visible supplies list Dec 17 87 Dec 10 87 Dec 18 86 for wheat corn oats rye barley with Chicago grain stocks Dec 17 87 Dec 12 87 Dec 18 86 plus meal flour and corn products prices by grade and export terms for various grains and malt Hops prices noted.
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Chicago
Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada Roller
Canada Extra
New York
Canada
Eastern
Market Report Shows Stable Prices Across Butter and Eggs
Butter and cheese hold steady with firm demand for choice lots and slow cheese sales. Beans, seeds, hay, and rye straw show steady supplies and prices. Potatoes, sweet potatoes, and poultry markets remain steady, with minor shifts in select butter and tallow values. The cold weather suggests market stability will continue.
Market Prices for Fresh Produce Listing
Native onions priced at 3 and 256 per barrel with Western and YP bbl figures. Cabbage and savoy listed with multiple price points per barrel or bush. Beets squash turban turnips lettuce celery and other vegetables shown with various unit prices and quantities.
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St Andrews
Market Roundup for Produce in Major Markets
The report notes butter quiet in Chicago with prices easing. cheese steady. eggs easier in ice house markets. Poultry active with turkeys. New York halts show butter quiet with varied pricing across State and Western sources. cheese in steady range around 10 to 11 cents. eggs mostly steady with fresh quotes. Beans, dried apples, and Liverpool cheese market movements noted.
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Chicago
New York
State
Western
Liverpool
Auction sales set for Valencia oranges and Almeria grapes
Harris & Co. to auction 23 cases Valencia oranges and 630 Almeria grapes on Tuesday. Wednesday sale includes 5000 boxes Florida oranges. Fruit market shows little change with plentiful apples and quiet dried apples. Liverpool demand active for apples. the quote lists Baldwins 8 16s and greening 9 3s 16s per cwt.
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H Harris & Co
Valencia
Almeria
Florida
Liverpool
Baldwins
Market Provisions And Meats Prices Listed In Trade Brief
Provisions remain largely steady with varied pork, lard, and beef quotes. Prices cover long cuts, shortcuts, backs, light backs, lean ends, pork tongues, prime mess, extra prime, fresh ribs, sausages, bologna, hams, shoulders, ribs, and bacon, plus city and country dressed hogs and beef futures in assorted packages and weights.
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Lord
Choice
Choice City
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