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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 19, 1885

Page

3

Market wrap notes on stocks and transport firms

The report lists varied stock moves including Boston and Albany steady near 171 while Old Colony trades 149 to 150. Metropolitan Horse at 814 and Mexican Central up to 423 with 3 on some deals. Bell Telephone seeks relief to raise capital possibly to 20 million, stockwatering debate looms. Calumet and Hecla jump to 15.64, Quincy at 14, Dunkin Silver 20 cents and Catalpa 23 cents amid broader trading activity.

Poston Albany Boston Lowell Old Colony Ieaguillot New York New England Maine Ertland Saco Portsmouth Metropolitan Iite Dr. Kaneas City Springfield Memphis Bell Telephone Company General Court Calumet Quincy Osceola Dunkin Catalpa Eae Cotnsaes Freeman's National Bank Howard Nat. Bank Gu. Soeses Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Nurway Plains Mazur Cleveland Chicago Omaha Sermerville Sa St Laue Atch. & Ton Heston and Heston Low Builand Mo Raitread Vermont Cin Sap Town Falls Sioux City Jackson, Lansing & Sages Columbian Manut Piapkinn Ucormpeny Japchester Mills Thormaike Mfc Warhington Mills Boston Gasught Co Soouth Boston Vastig Bos Con Montreal Hieton and Maine Railroad Cheshire Railroad Fitchburg Highland Street Middlesex Morse Portsmouth, Greatlake & Conwa South Boston Horse Ri Piet Marine Europe Washington Sire Boston Athena F. & T. Pairtansson Holyoke Water Power Old Common Odd Fellows Hall Revere Home Winnisimet Company Concord Montera Ener Hik Valley Kan City Spang Mem Hough and Gat

New York Money Market and Stock Exchange Report

New York reports money easy at 1 14 percent on call with firm foreign exchange and government bonds. Stocks closed weak with Canadian Pacific heavy, slipping to 42 before a rally. extensive trading saw 1,601,409 shares for the week, down 255,559 from last week as rail and utility issues fluctuated amid mixed dealer activity.

New York Prime Mercantile Paper Stock Exchange Canadian Pacific Afso Fmt Anui Northwestern Coulty Rock Island Lackawanaany Union Pacific Western Lion Phiiladelphia Pennsylvania Rilroad Chicago St. Louis Northworp Gowhiessi St. Paul Lackawanne Lakeshore Ivy Lake Erie Western Missouri Pacific Cairo and Fulton Green Bay International General Kansas and Texas Generals Lousville and Nashville Trust Houston Texas Ft. Worth Ursis West Shore 5S Iower

European effort to close markets sparks American trade clash

Berlin observers warn of a continental coalition move to block American agricultural imports in response to US price control and subsidy strength. The report cites European fears of losing access to cheap US products and notes retaliatory tariff risks and the American advantage in land, transport, and taxation.

Eee Ea Europe America Berlin Wiener Tagblatt United States New York Atlantic Seaboard Band Dee Canada Boston Philadelphia Portland New Helen Baltimore New Orleans Cuba Porto Rico West India Islands Peru Mexico Brazil Manila China Java East Indian Islands West Indies Ste

Market notes from Milwaukee trading floor and commodities

The report covers staged prices for beef hides, cattle, hogs, and sheep with Chicago and Milwaukee references. It notes steady to firm markets, receipts in thousands, and price ranges for fats, fats, and assorted by products alongside produce, coffee, sugar, oils, and cotton futures with regional price movements and stock levels.

Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Milwaukee Chicago

London Stocks and Bonds in Quiet Market

The Economist this week notes discount rates for bank bills over 10 days to 3 months are firm. Money remains moderately active with fairly steady rates. Home funds quiet, foreign markets dull, railway securities soft with American rails weak after failures in New York and Pittsburgh. Central Pacific, Denver and Rio Grande, Lake Shore, Louisville and Nashville, Oregon and California fall. Union Pacific advances.

General Choice Jersey Virginia Java Maracaibo Laguira Rio New York Pembroke Huron Cienfuegos Gbarbadoes Porto Rico New Orleans Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Valencia Centennial Beacon Light Fall River Watpsnoag Narracansett Laurel Lake Mills Llige Lge Luige Webber Liverpool Uplands Orleans Sd Murch London U 38 Atlantic Great Western New York Central Pennsylvania Canadian Pacific St. Paul Pittsburg Central Pacific Denver and Rio Grande Lake Shore Louisville Nashville Ohlu Mississippi Oregon California Wabash Union Pacific

Imports at Keston Port Medway NS Schooner Riva

Shipping list itemizes cargo aboard the schooner Riva including wood pulp, leather, bones, rope, and old rope. Entries reference Smith & Co and JG Hall & Co with quantities noted for the actap leather and other materials.

Keston Port Medway Smith & Co JG Hall & Co

Foreign Exports Reported Along Atlantic Trade Routes

Journal notes shipments from Annapolis and Digby Nova Scotia including confectionery hardware glassware sewing machines and various fabrics totaling numerous small consignments. Antwerp and other ports show belt goods staves evaporated apples beef tal corn meal and farm supplies sent via New York and Boston bound for global markets with diverse cargo lists.

Annapolis Digby Antwerp New York Hermann Both Florence Stover

Emigrant Rates Slashed by Pennsylvania Railroad

A sweeping cut in western bound emigrant passenger rates was announced by the Pennsylvania Railroad today. Fares from New York, Philadelphia to Chicago drop from 13 to 1, with similar cuts to St. Louis and Cincinnati. San Francisco fare drops to 38 from 65, and Kansas City to 8 from 23 25. The pool meeting in New York set these reductions to counter rate cuts by other lines.

New York Boston Philadelphia St. Louis San Fran Baltimore Cinecinnati LG Witteberg Milwaukee Providence Kansas City Indianapolis Cleveland Hartford Detroit Memphis New Haven Peoria Columbus Portland Sage Orcester Lowell St. Joseph New York City Wualever Gosten Chicago San Francisco Cncinnati Pittsburg Springfield Worcester Syracuse W. OC. Dewey & Co F. W. Brown & Co No. 20 Devonshire Street Brown Dewey National Bank At Palmer Palmer Wire Company Frm Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Atlantic and Pavilic Atlantic and Pacific Aztec Land and Cattle Company Atchison and Connorion Valley Pullman Palace Flint Union Pacific Quigley Toledo Cincinnati Vd St. Louis Bondholders’ Committee Railreid Messrs Pierce Phillips White St. Louis Terminal California Philadelphia Gespnich Pennsylvania Railroad Company Cincinnnati Trunk Line Kapsas City Roberts Pennsylvania Railroad Feres Boyd Liverpool Antwerp Fom Bremen Hamburg New England Railroad Club Taasier Carbuilders Lake Shore New Orleans New York Central Road

Massachusetts Society elects officers at annual meeting

The Massachusetts Society for the University Education of Women elected its officers at the annual meeting with Abby W. May as President. Vice presidents include Mrs. William Claflin and Miss Elizabeth S. Phelps, plus several others. Florence M. Cushing was named director, with Marion Talbot as secretary and Helen Collamore as treasurer.

Massachusetts Society For the University Education of Women Abby W. May William Claflin Elizabeth S. Phelps William F. Warren Oliver Stesrns Thomas Mack John Tetlow Florence M. Cushing KE. Sleeper Davis F. &. Bridges A. H. Buck E. C. Milliken

Funeral services for Deputy Sheriff Washington M. French

The funeral for Deputy Sheriff Washington M. French was held in Quincy with private services at the home and public services at the Congregational church. Large attendance accompanied by police and fire department escorts preceded burial at Mt Wollaston cemetery. John Monohan of 101 Dublin Street was arraigned in Cambridge on suspicion of assaulting his wife, held in 9000 dollars bail for a January 27 appearance.

Washington M. French Quincy Mt. Wollaston Cemetery John Monohan Dublin Street Cambridge Court

Bankruptcies and fraud cases sweep across the United States

A week of wide spread financial distress is revealed with 445 failures in the U S. including many Boston area firms and several Vienna moneylenders. Reports detail Gosolsky Gosotsky a Vienna money lender who fled with over 250000 from female depositors after marketing bogus companies. Boston firms such as Crosby Foss Keyes and Emery Bros face insolvencies and partial settlements with creditors. Banking irregularities surface at Norwich and Shetucket National banks as investigators probe cashier and trustee issues. Accruing distress spans Pittsburg Lancaster and other cities with suspensions and assignments as creditors seek payment and clarity amid volatile markets.

United States Bradstreet’s Canada M. Gosolsky Vienna M. Gosotsky James D. Priscol Bristol Street Boston Nathaniel Cummings Cummings Driscol Crosby & Foss Washington Street Stephen F. Keyes School Street Bickford & Learned Commercial Street Charles G. Brockway Friend Street Emery Bros Truut Funeval Hall Square John Clark High Street Luce & Inning Asher White Centre Street Seaverns Avenue Thomas E. Ingham Lowell Himwes & Jenks Haverbill Mass Maloon & Pierce Brocktor Muse William W. T. By Cambridge dJosinh W. White Palmer Brockton Kk. LE Pomroy, Jeweller Lewiston Lewis T. Hoar Conn George Lichler Brewer Hartford Samuel F. Jones Merchants’ National Bank of Norwich Messrs. Meech and Webb Josiah Hf. Burton Cooley John J. Cisco & Son New York E. H. Green Bellows Falls Foote C. A. Copps Grocer Chateaugay Ellenbure N. Y Alexander Dugin Mouldings Franklin and Flushing Avenues Brooklyn David Stone Willisbill Suckett, Ransom & Co Millers, Watkins DeWitt C. Paulding White Plains Linnial Cohen Sultslo W. I. Skinner, Jr. & Co Little H. W. Oliver Oliver Pittsburg Western German Deposit and Savings Bank South Side Oliver Sa Amos 5 Henderson Drr W.C. Carroll Ft. Pitt Dr. W. C. Carroll & Co Chas. H. Shepard Oil City Joseph Robb & Son Baltimore Med Charles W. Brown W. A. Ancoum & Co Camden J. W. Gullahan & Bro Cloutin Ala Martin Delf+cabel Tobacco New Orleans H. Rath Boots and Shoes Russellville M. C. Sawyer Dry Goods Aurora Ill M. M. Palmer Norfolk Neb Young & Alien Mt. Vernon Rosenthal & Bros Delphi Fowler Ind Suffolk County Heal George Eustis Nelson Curis Norra Walker Rebecca Joy

Court Belcord Before Judge Colt In Perkins Letters Case

In the matter of John McCleary Perkins the author of letters published in the Post the court handed the matter to Commissioner Winslow Warren to investigate report found Perkins the author Judge Colt doubted contempt could be held as letters were written as a private individual not an officer of the court He proposed awaiting May term and consultation with Justice Gray Perkins spoke in vehemence demanding immediate action until the marshal intervened to restrain him.

John McCleary Perkins Colt Nelson Winslow Warren Mr. Perkins Justice Gray Perkins

Court docket of cases and motions listed for Monday

A legal notice enumerates numerous docket items and motions for Monday, including Lynch versus Boston, West Amesbury Mfg Co versus Folger, Donnelly versus Boster, and several other civil actions, with judge notes and case numbers such as 1332 and 1299.

Ordrer Lynch Boston Wood Field Hearn Drew West Amesbury Mfg Co. Va Folger Polson Lilienthal Donnelly Boster Woitoley Hawy Leary Bostem Asbury St. Joseph Academy Galvin Hal Mey Ian Burgess Partar Lering Mann Isid— Mare Sturtevagt

Boston clubs face upheaval as league and players fade

Last season's Boston Union club reportedly sunk 10000 dollars while backers seek Lucas to cover three quarters of the club's losses. Columbia rink manager Hildreth withdraws the Boston polo club from the New England league and disbands citing slugging and unbecoming play. Wrestler Dufur loses to George W. Flagg in Brockton, and Teemer of McKeesport warns his boating career will end after the coming season. Beacons beat Coliseum in pole at Quincy as King Phillips fall to Boston clubs at South Abington.

Hildreth Columbia Rink Boston Polo Club New England Columbia George W. Flagg Vermont H. M. Dufur Marlboro Brockton Dufur Flagg Teemer McKeesport Marshall’s Marsah Littl Barnard Kane Lamb Quincy The Beacons Coliseum Pole South Abington King Phillips Boston

Parents Should Fortify Youth With Practical Home Training

Parents err when they stop at graduation and overlook practical home skills. Mothers especially must teach self reliance, domestic duties, and thrift to both sons and daughters, ensuring they can manage emergencies, farm, cook, sew, and sustain a resilient, independent life beyond the family home.

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