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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1887

Page

6

Trading roundup shows stock and bond activity in early February

The report details opening and closing prices, gains and losses across many issues, including Texas Pacific Rio trust receipts and various railroads. It notes overall market firmness with bears facing resistance, intraday advances, and a late-day rush to cover, with weekly land sales totaling 7,134,000 dollars.

Texas Pacific Rio Trust Whigh & Wilkesbarre Denver & Rio Grande Erie Indiana Bloomington & Western Kansas & Texas Mobile & Ohio Harlem

Money Market and Clearing House Leads in Feb 5 1887

The Boston Money Market notes a steady rate with a slight rise in clearing house figures. Call money 4 to 5 percent, time loans 4 to 6 percent, New York funds at par to 12 percent discount per $1000. Clearing house exchanges at $12,687,184. NY bank statement shows reserve contraction amid loan growth and higher deposits.

Boston New York Sterling Exchange New York City Indianapolis Kansas City Omaha St. Paul St. Joseph Peoria Baltimore Lowell Galveston Syracuse Wichita Kan Boston Post United States Hiladelphia Chicago San Francisco New Orleans Cincinnati Syme Pittsburg Cleveland Columbus Memphis Hartford New Haven Joseph Ortland Bpringfield Worcester Grand Rapids I. Enon D. S. St

Mining and Dividend Notes From 1886 Report

Market chatter shows weaker spring delivery interest from mining firms with Lake ingot priced at 11 cents for prompt or future. Huron and Franklin mines report steady outputs and active stopes as dividends are declared by multiple companies including India Mutual Insurance Saratoga Victory Lombard Iron Mountain and Plymouth Bank with various payout details and dates.

Baltimore Franklin Hauron Huron India Mutual Insurance Company Saratoga Victory Manufacturing Company Lombard Investment Company Plymouth Cooperative Bank Iron Mountain

New York Financial Market Advances on St Paul and Rail bonds

The New York financial scene shows funds on call at 3 to 4 with last loan 8 and mercantile paper at 6. Government and railroad bonds move dull to strong as stocks rise after 2:15 led by St Paul, Louisville and Nashville. Foreign markets bolster sentiment. Hoesten buyers emerge boosting prices.

H. D. Kyle Broad New Streets New York City New York Leh Burdy Prime Mercantile St. Paul Louisville & Nashville Lake Shore Western Union Union Pacific Hoesten

Commercial Markets Report From A Dry Goods Shop Note

Dry goods active while flour dull and corn quiet. Oats stable and oatmeal firm. Rye flour and malt steady with light trade. Butter weak, eggs firm, provisions firm. Beans, potatoes, hay and straw steady or in good demand. Sugar firm and molasses steady.

Foreign Financial Markets Report from London and Paris

Feb 5 London market shows consolidations with Consols at 1009-16 money and 10054 account. Atlantic & Great Western and Canadian Pacificos quote gains. Eries, Illinois Central, Mexican ordinary, St Paul, Reading, and New York Central show mixed advances. Paris Parib notes three percent rentes at 78 francs 25 centimes, rising to 78 francs 60 centimes by 4:30 p.m.

Atchison California Southern Chicago Burlington & Quincy Cleveland & Canton Central Massachusetts Cincinnati Sandusky Cleveland Eastern Kansas City Springfield & Merahis New York New England Philadelphia & Reading Rutland Union Pacific Wisconsin Central American Bell Telephone Brookline Land West End Messrs Cordley, Young ,& Fuller Chicago & West Michigan Chicago & West Michigan Road Blood Flint & Pete Marquette Washington Matthews Supreme Court Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Wabash St. Louis Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Ie Eastern Illinois Isis Consolidated Vermont West Hartford Eastern Common Vatican Senor Camacho Mexican Central Chicago, Kansas & Western Brookline San Diego Bell Telephone Hiio Cusihuirachie Mining Company Lamson Ae i New York Commercial Bulletin London Atlantic & Great Western Erie St. Paul Common PARIB

Two Sams At Somerville In Big Wesley Square Service

Reverends Sam Small and Sam Jones drew a large crowd at First Methodist Church in Wesley Square Somerville. The church, said to be the city’s largest, could not admit all worshipers. The program began with The Model Church sung by Small. Townsend offered a closing prayer, and Jones delivered a sermon on Let your light so shine that others see your good works.

Somerville Sam Small Sam Jones First Methodist Church Wesley Square Townsend Boston J. W. Hamilton Mr. Jones Dr. Stowe

Sympathy With District Forty-Nine Held at Chickering Hall

A meeting of Knights of Labor assemblies in the Routh End gathered at Chickering Hall to express sympathy with District 40 strikers. Resolutions pledged aid of mineral and material nature to the New York strikers.

District Forty-Nine Knights of Labor Routh End Chickering Hall District 40 New York

Horsford Acid Phosphate in Digestive Disorders

Dr. Bev Wright of Saratoga Springs N Y asserts years of use proving the phosphate combination highly valuable in treating digestive disorders. The statement emphasizes the remedy as effective for digestive ailments based on professional experience.

Horsford Bev Wright Saratoga Springs N. Yu

Market Report Notes Steady Prices Amid Mixed Cotton Demand

The general market shows active demand with an excellent inquiry from all sources. Bleached cottons are in fair demand with good supply. brown cotons are in very good demand and fair export movement. Advanced prices listed for many brown, bleached, corset, and woolen goods. print cloths and satin demand steady. worsteds mixed. ginghams active. staples firm. hosiery and lightweight fabrics in fair demand.

New York Constitution Victoria A Lowell Lancaster Monadnock Messrs Minot, Hooper & Co Echo Lake Continental King Philip Laconia Corset Jeans Androscoggin Satteens Victoria Do Naumkeag Satteens Biddeford Corset Jeans Osnaburgs Toledo Platfold Camerics Slater’s Allen Iater

Market Report for Flour and Grain February Trading

The flour market shows dull activity with buyers cautious and trading light. Corn remains quiet and steady with moderate business. steamer yellow held around 52¢ and various futures and call sales reported. Oats market steady with No 2 white traded loosely and mixed oats nominal. wide quotation ranges appear for Chicago prices and export grades.

Bityac Chicago Canada Superior Canada

Market Report Shows Weak Butter Prices Across Regions

Butter markets remain weak with little change from last quotes. Prices in Chicago and New York show disparity as creamery firsts and Western creamery options fetch varied bids. eggs stay firm with quiet demand and a small stock on hand.

Western Creamery Extra Vermont Dairy New York Imitation Creamery Chicago Elgin Creamery Western Dairy Extra

Market quotes reflect steady demand across commodities

Beans and seeds show steady bidding with mixed yellow eye types at 150 dollars and 40 bid for yellow eyes. Butter prices vary by grade with western creamery items and New York, Vermont, and Eastern quotes. eggs and beans list several regional prices. Potatoes and truck goods hold firm, hay and straw quiet, poultry steady with limited movement.

New York Canada Bush Eastern Eastern Creamery Vermont Northern Ohio Western Southern Jersey Maine New Brunswick Houston Burbanks Virginia St. Andrew

Quiet apple market with firms and scarce cranberries

The apple market is quiet with fall prices for choice lots and unchanged tone for other varieties. Cranberries are scarce but prices hold firm. oranges are noted with limited lots. Several apple types and dried fruits show stable pricing, including Baldwin, greening, Northern Spy, and Tallman sweet.

Baldwin Massachusetts Maine Greening Tallman Sweet Virginia Farmer’s Marks Valencia Messina Palermo Malaga Cape Cod Cape Country

Meat Price Movements Hint Mixed Beef and Pork Trends

Provisions show pork steady with fair demand. lard firm and rising. Fresh beef in fair demand with steady prices. lambs and mutton steady with slight firmness. Veals plentiful and easy. Chicago closing quotations list varied figures for futures and spot meat cuts across February to May deliveries, with bacon and sausage products showing mixed price ranges.

Chicago Park Hghest S. Ribs— Tod Brighton

Mixed Cotton Prices in Liverpool and New York Markets

Futures opened steady in Liverpool with dull close and varied March to August spreads. Spot markets in Liverpool and New York showed quiet activity with steady to unchanged prices. turnover included 7,000 bales sold and 12,000 received, amid forward quotations for February through November deliveries.

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