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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 19, 1887

Page

6

Boston Money Market Steady Amid Broad Stock Swings

The Boston money market shows quietment with easing at the clearing house. Rates for good business paper run 5 to 4 1 2 percent and call loans with collateral secure at 3 to 4 4 percent. Union Pacific and Atchison lead a mixed trading day as Cambridge Horse shares surge on consolidation talks.

Boston New York Sterling Exchange Union Pacific Atchison Securities Horse Atchison Cambridge Horse Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Metropolitan Horse Wisconsin Central Lamson Eastern Huron Boston Water Power Boylston Street Maverick Land Frenchman's Bay West End California Southern Chicago, Burlington& Northern Chicago Eastern Illinois Central Massachusetts Flint & Pere Marquette New England Pullman Palace San Diego Land Chicago, Kansas & Westerns Washington Pacific Railroad Utah Southern Chicago & Eastern Ilinois Grape Creek Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railway Danville Tuscola Jil Ilinois Central Shelbyville St. Louis Kansas City Springfield Memphis Chicago & Alton Gould Huntington San Diego Los Angeles California Southern Railroad Chicago & West Michigan Chicago, Burlington & Northern Burlington & Quincy Little Rock & Fort Smith Atlantic & Pacific Southern Kansas Atchison Plain Sonora Toledo, Delphos & Burlington Equipment Cambridge Metropolitan Metropolitan Caen State Street Consolidated Philadelphia Cable Syndicate West End Railway New York & New England Boston & Maine Boston & Albany Fitchburg Old Colony Worcester Beringeela Pittsfield New Haven Northampton Williamsburg

Acushnet Mills declares $2 per share dividend

The Acushnet Mills Company of New Bedford declares a dividend of $2 per share. Mt. Pleasant Mining Company of California pays 30 cents per share, totaling $45,000 from a reserve fund of $64,000, bringing aggregate distributions to stockholders to $150,000, the full capital stock. The property is in good condition with $19,000 in the treasury as a contingent fund.

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Mackerel and fish market results steady across New York trading

The dull bond market shows mixed moves with listed issues advancing or retreating by small margins. Fresh fish demand remains solid with mackerel in select lots, dry cod firm, sardines sought, and Lent trade expectations shaping prices across Atlantic fleets and Boston imports.

Hake Haddock Provincetown Flying Cloud New England Boston

Financial markets and bullion updates from London Paris and Berlin

London stock listings show consols and major rails with varied prices while bullion drawn into the Bank of England totals 19 000 pounds. Paris quotes 3 percent rentes at 78 francs 40 centimes for the account. Berlin reports a 12 040000 mark increase in Imperial Bank specie.

London Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Erie St. Paul Common New York Central Pennsylvania Reading Bank of England Paris Berlin Imperial Bank of Germany

Mining stock closing prices in San Francisco markets

The February 18 mining stock page lists official closing values for several mines including Mexican, Best & Belcher, Ophir, Potosi, Crown Point, Sierra Nevada, Eureka, Union Copper, Gould & Curry, Hale & Norcross, and Yellow Jacket with varied percentages and quot. 63/4 quot. style figures.

San FraAnncisco Cal DNB Eae Ayo Meoxican Buiwo Sce Mono Sennies Vistek Best & Belcher Mt. Ingonow Chis Ophir Vesinaes Potosi Ravage Palanetary Crown Point Sierra Nevada Eureka Union Gould & Curry Hale & Norcross Yellow Jacket Bay

Money market and stock list front in New York trading

New York. Money on call easy at 3 to 4 percent with last loan at 3 4, prime mercantile paper 5 6. Government and railroad bonds dull. stock market overall quiet after 2:15 with readings showing slight gains and losses. Active issues included Reading Lackawanna and Pacific. Richmond and West Point lagged. Market closed dull with minor late improvements after a frenzied mid session.

New York Sterling Exchange Reading Lackawanna

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town in Albany Ad List

A long list of buyers and agents across multiple states with firms and locations including Albany Auburn Chicago Covington Cincinnati Fort Worth Knoxville Leadville Minneapolis New York Nashville Philadelphia St Louis and more. Mentions H T Converse G H Mills E J Hickey J G F E P Dodge George P Gore O Kreisman Selz Schwab & Co W Rich ardson L Rosenheim Shaffer Walker McLaughlin McLaughlin & Co etc. Also includes patent medicine ads for Hale's Honey Glenn's Sulphur Soap German Corn Remover Hill's Hair and Whisker Dye Pike's Toothache Drops and Deans Rheumatic Pills.

de Fort Worth Tex E H Lewis Lewis Bros & O Franklin Penn G H White Craw Hornellaville W Richardson W Richardson & Co Independence Kan Stich Knoxville Hull Mansfield H Keiser F Keiser Moravia H Jennings U 5 Minneapolis J Thomas SJ Thomas & Co Ue Newton J N Root Roof Bros Philadelphia J Bryan Bryan Bros Scranton A C Nettleton St Louis J H Shaffer Shaffer, Swarts & 10 W C Walker Tennent, Walker & Co Tre Topeka Kaw E A McLaughlin McLaughlin & Co, Cr Hale Glenn Hill Pike Dean

Market Report Highlights Mixed Agricultural Commodities

The fish market shows activity while flour oats rye and barley stay quiet. Butter cheese and beans hold steady with cheese strong. Potatoes in fair demand and provisions firm. Molasses and truck demand are steady. grass seeds and hay show quiet to steady trends.

Market Notes Show No Improvement in Flour Market

The February report notes no rebound in flour despite firmer wheat. Demand remains dull with purchases limited to daily needs. Corn stays steady with a firmer tone in prices and on call bids, while oats and other grains hold near quoted levels.

Chicago Peer Yale Issy Northwestern Miller Minneapolis Duluth St. Paul Bakers Michigan Stone Canada Superior Canada New York Eastern

Unclear Ranges Noted for 1886 Temperatures and Pressures

The fragment mentions choice 1886 at 20 22c and ordinary to medium at 10 18c, implying varied conditions or measurements without full context or population data.

Fruit Auction Prices for Oranges Lemons and More

Fruit prices from a Palermo steamer sale show Valencia oranges at 3 1214 5 6212 per case for regulars and 4 75 670 for large. Blood oranges bring 6 25 7 75 per case. apples list Baldwin Massachusetts 1 75 2 25 and Maine 2 60 2 75. nuts include Virginia peanuts 3 4c and pecans 50 tbs Northern 150. Florida oranges range 8 50 to 9 60 per box by quality. cranberries Cape Cod 10 11 per barrel for choice dark.

H Harris & Co Palermo Sidonian Baldwin Massachusetts Maine Virginia Farmer’s Marks Valencia Messina Malaga Florida Cape Cod

Market notes show firm pork and beef with dull lamb sales

The report lists firm quotations for pork and barrel beef with steady hams and lard, fair demand for fresh beef, and dull slow sales for lambs and certain veal and mutton lines. Price tables for pork, lard, rips, and various cuts follow, alongside measured futures-like figures and closing ranges.

Chicago Jung Choice City

Fresh Meats Prices Include Lamb Mutton and Ramps

The listing shows various meat cuts with prices per unit and quality notes. Fresh meats feature lamb and mutton with ranges from six to fourteen cents, plus advertised items like ramps and loins with multiple price points.

Chicago Brighton

Liverpool and New York Cotton Futures and Market Report

Futures opened quiet and closed steady with various spreads for February through October as Liverpool quotes and New York quotes show steady prices. Spot markets in Liverpool and New York are largely unchanged with total weekly sales and stocks, including American and general totals, noted.

Uplands Orleans SGOO Liverpool New York Ole Manila Porto Rico Cuba

Markets by Telegraph. Grain and fuel prices and receipts

New York reports flour and grain prices with extensive figures for bbls and bush, including Western and State flour, Minnesota and winter wheat futures, No 1 red and white wheat quotes, corn, rye, oats, and rye flour. Other commodities note coffee, sugar, molasses, oil, tallow, and pork. Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo Chicago notes on flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, and pork prices.

New York St. Louis City Minnesota Apn Cage Western Steam Tierces Liverpool Lake Milwaukee Cincinnati King and Sfee Toledo Louis Chicago

National hog and cattle market roundup across major cities

Hogs ranged firm to higher in Kansas City and St Louis with prices from 5.10 to 5.60. Peoria posted a 5c rise to 4.65. Chicago reports stronger cattle with shipments about 3,000, and hogs moving up with packing, shipping, and light categories priced from 3.50 to 5.75. Sheep showed solid demand with natives and Western lamb values advancing.

Pgerergae U Oe Eently Fiie Kentucky Central St. Louis City & Northern Omaha Jersey Central Detroit Bay City & Alpena Penne Pacific Income Manitoba Shenandoah Valley Toledo, Peoria & Western Trust Kansas City Chicago

Cotton Market Report February 18 1887

Net receipts and grosses listed from Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia and Baltimore. Markets mixed with firm steady dull and quiet tones, prices around mid 8 to 9 cents with regional variations.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia C. Baltimore

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