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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1888

Page

6

Money Market Steady Amid Broad Market Movements

The report shows a quiet opening with no major shifts in rates. Time papers run 4% to 6% while call loans at 3% to 4%. New York exchanges fall versus last year, and bank balances show mixed results as stocks rally on optimism for a spring rise, led by Atchison and copper shares.

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Homestake Mining declares monthly dividend of twenty cents

Stock market notes from Boston show Homestake Mining Company declaring a monthly dividend of 20 cents per share. Trading quotes appear with various percentages and figures surrounding related stocks and market movements.

Homestake Mining Company

Chicago Markets Grain and Hog Prices Drift Lower on Weather

Wheat opened strong on freezing weather then cooled as May bids dropped. corn and oats eased while steamer yellow and mixed grains traded on the track. Hog prices ranged from light to heavy, with Friday receipts around 8,436 and today’s estimated 19,000.

Farnum, Reardon & Co Hutchinson Clifton Chicago Board of Trade

Market Dullness Persists in New York Stocks and Bonds

A broad market report indicates dull and heavy trading in New York stocks and bonds. Prices showed little movement with occasional minor lifts in select railroad and utility issues, while overall activity remained subdued and volatility minimal.

Market and fashion notices from London and Paris

London money market figures show Consols at 1024 for money and 1026 16 for the account with various rail and line stocks listed. Paris quotes 3 per cent rentes at 82 francs 15 centimes. The piece also notes a desirable ladies wrapper named Clover for March to July and a silver tea-service promotion at Shreve, Cramp & Low.

London Atlantic & Great Western Erie Canadian Pacific Ilinois Central Shreve, Cramp & Low

Market Conditions for Commodities and Foods

Canned goods unchanged. Flour quiet. Corn stable. Oats easy. Cornmeal in moderate demand. Oatmeal unchanged. Buckwheat flour steady. Rye steady. Barley quiet. Malt unchanged. Millfeed steady. Butter quiet. Cheese in fair demand. Eggs fairly steady. Beans in good demand. Hay fair demand. Straw steady. Potatoes unchanged. Sweet potatoes firm. Foreign potatoes in fair movement. Truck unchanged. Poultry quiet. Ducks and geese unchanged. Jnail plenty and dull. Apples quiet. Cranberries in light supply. Florida oranges in fair demand. Mediterranean fruit quiet. Pork firm. Lard fair demand. Hams steady. Fresh beef steady. Mutton steady. Veals small supply. Lambs fair movement. Sugars steady. Molasses unchanged. Tallow fair demand.

Minnesota Bakers Michigan Canada Superior Canada Roller Jo Boing New No 1 New York Tye Canada Choice New York Common Chicago Florida Vermont Ohio Choice New Hampshire California West Red Top Jersey Houston Rose Bush Houston Hebrons Aroostook Aroostook Hebrons Hebrons Regent Champion Bermuda St Andrews

Tomatoes Lead Next Season Canned Goods Market

The market focuses on tomatoes for next season with several thousand Baltimore cases sold at 9 744c per unit, but no stock left under that price. Week totals reach 92 000 cases across Baltimore and Jersey packing while spot tomatoes stay firm and demand remains fair. Peas and corn show strong movement amid improving Liverpool demand and high costs for Columbia River canners hinder new contracts.

Baltimore Jersey Liverpool Columbia River Fishermen’s Union California

London Wool Sales Show Firmer Prices Amid Mixed Demand

London reports a somewhat animated bidding at the wool sales with prices irregular but firmer. Of 222000 bales offered, about 16700 were withdrawn and 61000 remain for this series. Sales by region include New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia New Zealand Tasmania Cape of Good Hope and Natal with varied scoured greasy and locks and pieces prices in the shilling and pence range.

London New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia New Zealand Tasmania Cape of Good Hope Natal

Flour Market Quiet Yet Steady in Feb 20 Report

Market reports show flour and grain trading as of February 20 with a quiet but steady flour market. Prices are largely unchanged while some dealers report good business in general trade relations.

Wholesale Butter and Cheese Prices Hold Steady Across Markets

The butter market stays quiet with firm prices across Western and New York creamery grades. Cheese remains steady at old quotations while beans, grasses, potatoes, and produce show varied but firm or steady pricing for wholesale lots and jobbing prices.

Market Report For Produce In New York And Liverpool

Produce markets show butter and cheese quiet with varied regional quotes. Eggs weakness persists with firsts around 28 cents in the East and 28 cents in the West, while beans and dried apples move lightly and Liverpool cheese is quoted at 68 shillings 6 pence.

New York State Western Liverpool

Fruit Prices Remain Steady Across Apple and Citrus

Fresh fruit market notes show apples unchanged in tone and price with varieties like Spy Baldwins and Cr opears quoted at specific pence per barrel. Cranberries hold steady demand with Cape Cod types cited at several prices per barrel or crate. Florida oranges steady with fair demand. Palermo oranges listed at $2.3 per box and Florida oranges at $3.

Cape Cod Florida

Auction Notice For Florida Oranges By H Harris & Co

H Harris & Co will sell at auction Tuesday 1006 boxes Florida oranges with varying prices for different sizes and types including Palermo lemons Messina lemons Valencia oranges and Mes sina boxes.

Palermo Messina Valencia Jo Bing H Harris & Co Florida

Meat Prices Steady as Pork and Beef Markets Hold

A market report shows steady demand for pork and lard with prices ranging from 16 to 18 dollars for various cuts. Beef markets follow with steady fresh beef prices. choice steers around 7 to 9 dollars, veal and mutton in mid-range, and lambs in fair supply.

Market snapshot includes sugar, molasses and tallow prices

Raw sugar remains steady with refined sugar active. granulated wholesale price 7c. Molasses offers Ponce Porto Rico at 42c, 50 test. Tallow quotes steady at city rendered 434 5e country 4 14c. Turpentine 40 14c New York. petroleum 67.7c with RSW 7 4c.

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Mixed grain and flour markets across U S cities

Reports from New York Chicago Minneapolis Milwaukee St Louis Cincinnati Toledo Baltimore Philadelphia Duluth show flour and wheat prices firm to higher, weak or steady in various regions. Receipts and exports vary, pork lard and provisions firm to dull, with city and state markets cited for Feb 20 trade.

New York City Mills Minnesota Rio United Western Steam Tierces City Continent South America Liverpool Straits Chicago Minneapolis Milwaukee ST. Louis Cincinnati Toledo Baltimore Philadelphia Duluth

Cotton Market Cited With Irregular Activity and Shifting Prices

Allan Asher & Co report irregular activity in the cotton market with a strained effort to show steadiness. Liverpool prices ease boosting offerings, New York closes quiet with various middling levels, and futures range across September to August. Augusta Galveston and coastwise sales are noted with quiet mid prices and steady receipts.

Allan Asher & Co Liverpool New York Uplands Orleans Augusta Galveston

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