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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 07, 1896

Page

7

Morgan Struck as Market Deteriorates on Jan 6

Monday session saw J Pierpont Morgan and allied bond syndicate pressure market. Early optimism due to government bond issue faded as selling intensified after 11 am with a 1 to 2 percent drop. Afternoon losses widened to 2 to 4 percent then closed near day’s lows.

J. Pierpont Morgan Bears New York

Union Pacific Bond Deposits Reach Majority Under Plan

The Union Pacific committee reports large deposits of First Mortgage 6 percent bonds and related securities from multiple divisions and large stock blocks. Deposits accepted at Mercantile Trust Co of New York and Old Colony Trust Co of Boston until January 15 with a five percent penalty after, to fund the foreclosures and implement the plan. Plans and circulars available on request. committee members include Fitzgerald, Schiff, Coolidge, Depew, Ames, and Hughitt. secretary Krech. New York January 2, 1896.

Union Pacific R. R Union Pacific Kansas Pacific Denver Omaha Bridge BOR Ss Mercantile Trust Co New York OLD Colony Trust CO Boston New Way Boston Stock Exchanges Aitchison Eee Tate Canada Southern Central Delaware & Hudson del, Lac & West Kansas & Texas Lake Erie Ny, Ontario & Western Northern Pacific Northwestern Tee Oregon Improvement Pacific Mail Quicksilver Rock I Sland Southern Pacific St Paul St Paul & Omaha Tennessee Coal & Iron Texas Pacific Seas Western Union Wheeling & Lake Erie Southern Railway E. E. Leland & Co Ewee Eee

5 Percent Gold Bonds Investment Notice

An advertisement offers 5 percent gold bonds as a safe investment for conservatives with no brokerage fees. It promises prompt replies for those seeking further details and mentions J Q A and a Post Office address as contact points for information.

Luis Bort

Secret Patent Nerve Pills Promise Restore Magnetism

Sly advertisement targets men of all ages with claims to cure nervous debility and “Errors of Youth” at home. Promises personal magnetism and world conquest through magnetic pills. Offers 1 package or 6 packs for 85 with prepaid charges and a “valuable letter of advice” and warns against supposed free cures.

Tor Aled Packace Warranmece Hallock Ola Bigkly Court St Boston Mass

Disappointing turns in bond market and canal rumors

The syndicate laments the bond disappearance as subscriptions begin for a new issue. Gold premiums fade and import activity stalls while bankers fret over a possible Nicaragua Canal policy shift. East Boston and Franklin Savings Bank topics appear amid stock, copper, and freight trend notes, with tentative hints of renewed bond pressure and market uncertainty.

Congress Nicaragua Canal Nicaragua Washington Canal Company H .Quanimiy Boston Boston Fruit & Produce Exchange Boston Harbor East Boston Quincy Board of Aldermen East Boston Company Franklin Savings Bank New York London the Engineering and Mining Journal United States

Jan 6 Official Court Sales and Docket List

Official report lists daily bond figures and closing prices for January 6. Supreme Judicial Court and Superior Court entries name numerous civil cases, dissolutions, habeas corpus matters, and various Boston area actions across multiple dockets and sessions.

Market Brief and Court Docket Highlights

The report notes futures market activity with quiet steady tones and a sales total near ten thousand units. It lists numerous court cases across insolvency and divorce dockets, naming parties such as White and Anderson, Callahan and Boston, and Connors versus B and Me R R, with end-of-year session notes and equity actions.

White Anderson Callahan Boston Taylor Same Ekerman Nicholson Lamb Connors Brown Dolbeare Deinelman Keene Creevin Chelsea Campbell Chel. Cord. Co Driscoll Inter DeBest Child Tufts Killeen Hunnewell Edwards West End R. R Des Grandschamps Old Col R. BR

January Supreme Judicial Court calendar opens with listed cases

The January sitting of the Supreme Judicial Court for the Commonwealth begins at 9:30. Counsel in cases including Nene Trust Co. vs N Y Beiting Packing, Inhabitants of Stoughton vs Cambridge, Smith vs Abington Savings Bank, Huntington vs Saunders, Tarbox vs Childs, Commonwealth vs Boston Wharf Co, Millard vs Leatherbee, Gassett vs Glazier, Barber vs Safford, Magee Furnace Co. vs Commonwealth, Goodnow vs Boston Gas Light Co, and N E Dressed Meat & Wool Co vs Standard Worsted Co are expected to be prepared for argument.

Supreme Judicial Court For the Commonwealth—Field C. J Allen Holmes

KNOW THYSELF medical treatise advertised by Parker

An advertisement for a medical volume titled A Great Medical Treatise on Lost Manhood and related ailments. It promotes Know Thyself with 375 pages, engravings, 125 prescriptions, bound in French muslin, and priced $1.00 by mail. Dr. Wm. H. Parker claims authority from the Peabody Medical Institute and advertises consultations, endorsements, and international sales.

Wm. H. Parker M. D Reliable Peabody Medical Institute Bulfinch St Boston Mass National Medical Association America

Dunbar v City of Newton damages case for boulevard use

Middlesex Superior Court in Cambridge hears petition for assessment of damages for land taken for a boulevard. Case to be decided by jury this morning. Attorneys include J E Cotter and R M Saltonstall for the petitioner and W S Slocum for the defendant. Other docket items list numerous civil actions between various plaintiffs and cities or individuals.

Edward B. Towne City of Newton J. E. Cotter R. M. Saltonstall W. S. Slocum Howland Boston Marshall Hennigan Morris Richardson White Warner Payson Et al Sutton Coen Ritchburg Railroad Clark Cushing Fahey Newcombe Sargent Underhill Holt Burrell Corcoran Cavanaugh Alderman Lexington Hill Artington Brighton Brookline Cambridge Canton Charlestown Chelsea Dedham Dorchester East Boston Everett Tringham Hyde Park Jamaica Plain Maden Medford Melrose Milton Newton Highlands Quincy Roxbay Somerville Wakefield Waltham Wellesley West Newton Winchester Winthrop Woburn Liberal Commission Milk St

Eastburn Press dissolves partnership and continues under new name

Notice states Hamilton M. Cormack Daniel F. Cotter and Daniel F O Connor dissolve the Eastburn Press partnership as to O Connor on January 6 1896. Remaining partners continue the business under Eastburn Press. Also dissolves copartnership of William B Handy and Charles L Razoux by mutual consent with Razoux assuming liabilities. January 1896.

Hamilton M. Cormack Daniel F. Cotter Daniel F. O'Connor Eastbuorn Press Eastburn Press H. M. Cormack Notich William B. Handy Charles L. Razoux Razoux W. B. Handy Charles LL. Razoux

American Bell to Pay 4.5 Dollar Dividend on Jan 1 1896

The American Bell Telephone Company announces a dividend of three dollars per share plus an extra one and a half dollars per share to stockholders of record at close of business December 31, 1895. Transfer books close January 1 to January 15, 1896. William P. Driver, Treasurer, Boston, December 11, 1895.

Arizona Michigan Montana Ceccecc United States Hungarian Copper Company of Hancock, Mich Franklin Junior Chicago New York Mr. Keene Cammack Mr. White Pinkham American Bell Telephone CO William PR. Driver Boston

Fitchburg Railroad Company Dividend Notice 1886

Fitchburg Railroad Company declares a two percent dividend on preferred stock to be paid January 15, 1886 to stockholders of record at the close of business December 31, 1885. Transfer books close January 1 to January 15, 1886 inclusive. Daniel Fleason, Treasurer.

Fitchburg Railroad Company Daniel Fleason

Proposals for Purchase of Rock Island Bridge Superstructure

Proposals for purchase of the old Rock Island Bridge superstructure at Rock Island Arsenal dated January 2 1806 are sought. Sealed bids in duplicate on blank forms will be received until 5 o clock p m February 3 1896 for the purchase of wrought iron and steel components. Information sufficiency from the Ord Dept commander.

Rock Island Bridge Rock Island Arsenal Rock Island Bride

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