Money Market Holds Steady Amid Quiet Funds Demand
Boston money market remains quiet with moderate inquiry for loanable funds and unchanged discount rates. Bond and stock activity shows Atchison and Wisconsin Central among top movers, with Atlantic & Pacific and California Southern rising. exchanges in Boston and New York reported, while copper and leather markets show varied activity and prices.
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New York Stocks Finish Mixed After Active Morning
Money on call easy at 3 to 4, last loan 4, bar silver 101 1/4. Stock market opened strong with Reading and Pacific Mail leading gains, then eased before noon. After 1 pm activity picked up again and closed near the day’s best quotes with mixed results across rails and trusts. Railroad bonds were quiet overall with total sales of 1,670,000 including Nickel Plate and New York City & Northern trusts.
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Albert N. Parlin
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Francis Bartlett
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Charles A. Vialle
Cyrus Wakefield
Nathan L. Eaton
J. B. Thomas
California Southern
Atchision
California
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Burlington & Quincey
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
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Eau Claire
Dubuque
Central of Iowa
Central Iowa Railroad
New York
Russell Sage
J. G. Taintor
Simon Borg
E. H. Perkins
F. G. Thompson
E. F E. Chase
H. J. Morse
Union Pacific
Washington
Pacific Railroad
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Consolidated Coal
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Financial Markets Abroad Show Mixed United States Securities
In London trading US stocks quoted firm with varied American issues such as United States 47 8 and New York Central at high levels while consols closed slightly higher. Paris and Berlin offered mixed returns with routes for the account advancing then easing and the Paris market easing in the afternoon. VIENNA remained firm while Paris again showed declines in later quotes.
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United States
Canadian Pacific
Erie
St. Paul
New York Central
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Reading
Atlantic & Great Western
Paris
Berlin
Vienna
Commodity Market Notes Steady to Strong Across Staples
Leather quiet and hides unchanged while flour, corn, oats, rye, and barley hold steady or quiet. Butter softens but remains easy, cheese shows strength, eggs weaken, potatoes in good demand, provisions firm. Molasses and sugar steady as truck demand stays fair. fresh beef quiet and hay markets quiet.
Boots and Shoes Trade and Free Shop Success cited
The article notes slow improvement in boot and shoe orders with a brighter factory outlook in Worcester County. It describes a free shop system amid a large factory employing 1200 to 1300 workers, now gradually rebuilt with over half back at work, mostly former skilled staff, and praises manufacturer resolve against outside interference and labor dictating orders.
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Worcester County
Knights of Labor
New Hampshire
Labor Troubles Shape Factory Shifts and Shipments
The piece notes employers moving operations away from costly labor regions after a week’s notice, expecting cheaper help to offset transportation costs. It warns that resolving labor disputes would bring manufacturers back to large cities, reviving idle plants and employment for thousands. It also reports boots and shoes shipments outside New England totaling 54,280 cases this week, with a yearly comparison showing declines and shifts in prior years.
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New Hampshire
New England
Market Reports Feb 9 Flour and Grain Markets
The flour market is dull and wheat quotes lower while asking prices stay nominal. Corn and oats trade weak with limited spot activity. several futures and options contracts show mixed results and closing bids vary across grades and months.
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Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada
New York
Eastern
Market Notes on Butter Cheese Eggs and Commodities
Butter demand moderate and buyers hold the balance with ample supply. Western creamery extra 26c bid, imitation creamery 23c asked. New York and Chicago quotes mixed with receipts rising. Cheese steady with firm New York cheddars 13 14 13 4c, Chicago firm. Eggs weaker. Southern and Eastern firsts quoted. Beans, seeds, poultry, potatoes and hay show varied movement with prices largely steady.
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Elgin Creamery
New York
Liverpool
Ohio
Goa
Jersey
Maine
New Brunswick
Houston Rose
Chicago market quotes and meat prices from historical ledger
The excerpt lists closing quotations and price ranges for pork and lard, beef, and fresh meats in Chicago. It covers long and short cuts, various hams, tongues, and sausage products with specific price figures and unit measures, reflecting a mid century market snapshot.
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Cotton futures and prices listed from Liverpool market
Liverpool market shows dull opening and steady close for cotton futures with bids and asks across months from February to October. Spot sales 8000 bales with 6300 American. receipts 28,000 bales. New York futures mixed with firm market end. ranged bids 9.38 to 9.82 with several months quoted. Pipeline certificates, refined oil, and sugar prices noted. molasses steady with Rotations for cargo lots.
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Cattle Market Figures From Brighton and Watertown
Weekly report by George J. Fox for the Boston Post covers live stock totals for cattle sheep and hogs with state by state arrivals, car counts by road totals and price ranges for market beef store cattle hides and skins. The table shows statewide cattle 9 949 sheep 17 015 hogs 7 700 with arrivals at yards 2 008 veals 352 and total cars 617 across roads. Prices list several quality levels for market cattle and sheep with ranges for hides tallow and calfskins.
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