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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 06, 1888

Page

6

Daily stock totals and commodity prices at a glance

Today's transactions show 137000 shares traded with details on opening, high, low and closing prices. Commodity notes indicate Leather quiet Boots firm Flour firm Corn easier Oats firmer Meat prices mixed with Butter firm Eggs easier Beans in fair demand Grass seeds very firm Potatoes and sweet potatoes moving Hay fair demand Straw unchanged Poultry steady Game dull Tallow fair demand Apples Florida oranges Cranberries firm Nuts unchanged Truck quiet Pork firm Fresh beef quiet Lambs fair Veals steady Sugars firm Molasses steady.

Florida Butteh Western Jung New York Vermont New York City London Chicago Wisconsin and Vicinity Philadelphia Baltimore Pittsburg Pennsylvania Liverpool New York State Boston Cincinnati St. Lows Ohio St. Loui Albany Troy Rochester New Hampshire Choice Canada Western Michigan Choice NY West Jersey East Swale Houlton Rose Bush Houlton Hebrons Aroostook Rose Aroostook Hebrons

Boston Flour Stocks and Grain Prices January 1 1887

Stocks of flour in Boston on January 1 are detailed with export routes through Grand Junction Fitchburg Constitution Wharf and prices for various flours including Michigan Minnesota and Canada grades. Market notes cover cornmeal rye oats barley malt and millfeed with bid and ask ranges and recent sales data for No 2 white oats and other grains.

Secura Grand Junction Fitchburg Constitution Wharf Michigan Minnesota Canada Superior Canada Roller Canada Extra No 1 New York Canada Bush Eastern Plesale

Money Market Dull in Boston with Clearing House Gains

The Boston money market remains dull and easy with little change from yesterday. Time paper 5 percent to 7 percent, call loans 5 to 6 percent. Clearing house balances show banks loaning at 4 percent. New York funds discount at par to 1244 cents. Government securities steady. U S treasurer’s balance sheet listed gold and silver assets and currency in circulation. The local stock market stays dull but steady, with gains in Bell Telephone and Rutland bonds noted amidst broad activity in mining and land stocks.

Boston New York United States National Bank Chicago St. Louis Sanrancisco Sight Telegraph New Orleans Bank Charleston Savannah Atchison Missouri River Chicago Bears Dow & Jones Tribune Financial Cable Southwest Alton Kansas Bears Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Chicago, Burlington & Northern St. Paul T. Union Pacific Wall Street Congress Wattison Washington House Committee On Pacific Railroads Pattison Ebt Atlantic & Pacific Mexican Central Flint & Pere Marquette California Southern Kansas City Memphis & Birmingham Wisconsin Central West End Street Railway Summit Branch Pullman Palace Rutland Preferred Percival W. Clement H. G. Young Delaware & Hudson Canal Company LeGrand B. Cannon Burlington Frederick Billings Woodstock James Roosevelt B. H. Burton George H. Ball William Wells John W. Stewart Middlebury Detroit Lansing Northern West Michigan New England Inc Fitchburg Old Colony Boston & Lowell Connecticut & Passumpsic Portland, Saco & Portsmouth Central Massachusetts Boston & Albany Rutland Rutland Railroad Delaware & Jfudson Canal Company Central Vermont Delaware & Hudson Erty Chicago, Kansas & Western Consolidated Vermont Birmingham Oregon Bell Telephone Crawbaugh Hoston Land Back Bay Commonwealth Avenue Water Power Company West End East Boston Penobscot Neponset Aspinwall Frenchman’s Bay Houghton (Mich Boston News Lake Superior Calumet Tamarack Osceola Atilantic Quincy Franklin San Francisco New York Metal Exchange Dana Winthrop National Allouez Congress Street Anza Santa Rita Bonanza Development Company Bonanza Bonanza Company Treasury Curasco Group Whitney California State Street Kearsarge Huron Franklin Gold

Railroads issue listed mortgage bond notes

A catalog of bond issues including Atchison Topeka Santa Fe collateral trust 5 percent bonds California Southern first mortgage 6 percent bonds Chicago Burlington Quincy Nebraska Extension bonds Chicago St Louis first mortgage 3 percent bonds Fitchburg 4 1 2 percent bonds Florence Eldorado Walnut Valley first mortgage 7 percent bonds Lynn Boston 5 percent bonds Pueblo Arkansas Valley first mortgage 7 percent bonds.

Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe RR California Southern RR. Co Chicago, Burlington & Quincy RR Nebraska Chicago & St. Louis RR Fitchburg Railroad Co Florence, Eldorado & Walnut Valley RR. Co Lynn & Boston RR. Co Pueblo & Arkansas Valley RR. Co

New York Financial Roundup on Call Rates and Stock Gains

Money on call eased to 8 to 4 1/4 percent with last loan at 3 and the market closing firm. Stocks mostly quiet but firm with modest gains led by Quicksilver preferred and Susquehanna and Western preferred. railroad bonds rose and several issues posted higher prices.

New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Quicksilver Preferred New York, Susquehanna & Western Preferred Lackawanna Missouri Pacific Fort Worth & Denver Quicksilver Denver & Rio Grand Long Dock Houston & Texas New York City & Northern New York, Susquehanna & Western Southern Pacific of California Iron Mountain Mutual Union

Mining stock closing prices listed for January 5

The San Francisco market reports official closing prices for mining stocks including Potosi Bodie Nevada Queen Crown Point Gould & Curry Hale & Norcross Commonwealth Yellow Jacket Utah Union Consolidated Cal. & V. and others with values shown for each issue.

San Francisco Cal AUB Iiss Potosi Best & Belcher Savage Euess Bodie Cou Sierra Nevada Ohollar Union Con Gon, Cal. & V Utah Cee Reeu North Belle Isle

Financial markets update from London and Paris

London quotes Consols at 1031 16 for money and 103 for the account. U S 4s at 12834, 442s at 11014, Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 385, Mexican ordinary 5114, St Paul common 76%, New York Central 1119s, Pennsylvania 55%, Reading 3814, Mexican Central 1414, Canadian Pacific 63%, Erie 28%4, Erie second 100. The money rate 14% and open market discount 24%. Paris Bourse upset by a large operator’s failure affecting Rio Tinto and Egyptian unified at 374 francs 124% centimes, now 373 francs.

London United States Atlantic & Great Western St. Paul Paris Rio Tinto

Annual Report of the Perkins Institute and Massachusetts School for the Blind

The fifty sixth annual report shows 200 blind persons connected to the institute on Oct 1, up from 180 in 1886, with a record number of applicants. It urges endowment of scholarships and a $100,000 endowment for the kindergarten, noting $3,000 already raised. Helen Keller is featured in the report alongside Laura Bridgman.

Blind Asylum Perkins Institute Massachusetts School For the Blind Helen Keller Laura Bridgman

Boston Woman's Union Missionary Society holds annual meeting

The twenty seventh annual Boston branch meeting was held at Trinity Chapel with Rev. Phillips Brooks presiding. Officers were elected including President Mrs William Appleton and Secretary Miss Florence Dix. A. P. Halsey of New York spoke on women’s work in China Japan and India, and a Calcutta letter from Mrs Gardner was read.

Woman’s Union Missionary Society Boston Trinity Chapel Phillips Brooks Florence Dix Henry Johnson Wiliam Appleton Walter Baker Edward Crosby A. P. Halsey New York Johnson America China Japan India Brooks Gardner Calcutta

Ingenious Application of Law Sends Thieves Home

Two English boys named Smith and Jones arrested after landing from the Cephalonia for stealing from Shoreditch Vestry were not seized by London police. The British consul took the stolen money, making them paupers, placing them under alien commissioners. The steamship company was ordered to transport them back under the pauper immigration act.

Smith Jones Cephalonia Shoreditch England London Boston Alien Commissioners Steamship Company

Trade Contacts Across Cities Highlighted in Ledger

A jumble of names and firms appears across multiple cities including Chicago Charleston Deer Lodge Los Angeles Montgomery San Francisco and Wilkesbarre. The list features Greensfelder LB Mantonya Jelenko Bonner Jastrowite Harris Rosenstock Hall and Lowenstein among others tied to wholesale and brokerage firms.

Montgomery Ala C Hann Ads W Hall & Co San Francisco Cal Rosenstock Binsanstock & Co Selma T A Hall Wilkesbarre Penn

Travelers praise Revere House as premier Boston hotel

Visitors to Boston describe the Revere House as one of the finest hotels in the city with high praise for its accommodations and service. The article notes its status among prominent lodging options and reflects contemporary travel opinions.

Boston Revere House

Boots and Shoes Trade Quiet but Buoyant Ahead of Spring

Holiday trade in footwear remains quiet with improving prospects as factories race to fill first orders. Demand strengthens for heavy boots wax hip boots and plough shoes while women and children's lines stay busy. Shipments reach 1 이유 1 600 cases last week with strong year over year gains and improving collections despite mild weather.

Leather and Hides Market Quiet with Steady Prices

The leather market shows overall quiet activity with buyers holding off. demand varying by type, prices mostly steady or firm in places. Exports from Boston last week reached 057,963 dollars as hides remain weak and supply ample, while Western dry hides firm and New England hides in fair demand.

Morocco Boston New England Buffalo Brogan Brighton Buenos Ayres Montevideo Rio Grande Entre Rios

Flour market holds firm as freight lifts prices

Market reports from January 5 show flour prices steady with millers firm while trade remains quiet. Freight increases push mills to higher levels and they refuse concessions, though small cuts are possible in some sales.

Steady demand and mixed prices in Butte market notes

Market shows little change with steady demand for most goods and firm prices. Light receipts hold prices. light Western creameries and Northern lots vary from 20 to 28 cents, while cheese stocks and egg markets are reported with mixed quotational levels across major hubs.

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