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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 26, 1885

Page

3

Banks and rail lines in a sprawling financial ledger page

A dense OCR fragment lists numerous banks such as Atlantic Nat Bank and Freeman's National Bank with numbers, then shifts to rail lines, mills, and manufacturing companies. It then transitions to New York money and stock market notes, detailing prices, bond figures, and weekly share totals alongside rail and mining references.

Amory Great Falls Hamilton Hamilton Woollen Lowell Nashua New England Glass Pepperel Sandwich Glass York Amoskeag Appleton Boston Franklin Manchester Massachusetts Androscoggin Jackson Lyman Stark Atlantic Boylston Continental Freemans Merchants Old Boston State Tremont Union Webster Everett North Suffolk Maverick Merrimack of

Rothschilds stock sale. Boston buyers purchase dry goods

In Chicago business circles last week the large dry goods stock of 8 M Rothschild was sold to Jordan Marsh Co of Boston. The report covers wool circulars from Geo W Bond & Co listing domestic stocks by market on Jan 1 and detailed U S and foreign wool holdings, imports, and production trends through 1885, noting growth in western territories and shifts in demand.

Chicago 8. M. Rothschild Jordan, Marsh & Co Boston Messrs. Geo. W. Bond & Co New York Philadelphia New England Texas Colorado California South Georgia Lake United States James Lynch Territories Ohio

Quiet Flour Market Shows Buyers Holding Off

Wheat and corn prices drift lower in Milwaukee Chicago and New York trading with receipts week totals in the tens of thousands. Prices vary by grade from Minnesota bakers to No 2 red and spring extras. Rye and barley steady to firm. butter cheese eggs show tight supplies with firmer tone in New York markets.

Minnesota New York Roller Michigan St. Louis Illinois Ohkio Indiana Wisconsin Milwaukee St Louis Chicago Missouri New York City Detroit Toledo Itoleto White State Rye Canada Liverpool

Market Report From The Week On Commodities And Prices

Receipts for the week include 10,060 bbls of potatoes and large pork exports. Apples firm on firmer abroad markets, with No 1 winterfruit at $1.75. Nut and coffee prices steady, with various grades listed. Cotton futures remain steady, New Orleans middling at 11 1/4 to 11 1/2 c, Liverpool and New York activity mixed. overall market tone quiet to firm.

Houston Burbanks Northern Rose Hebrons Peerless Virginia Rio Java Maracaibo Laguira New York Faneuil Pembroke Huron Cienfuegos Barbadoes Porto Rico New Orleans Cincinnati Chicago St. Louis Valencia London Deloose Muscatel Do Valencia Centennial Beacon Light Tve Thorn Creek C. Pittsburg Fall River Port Phillip Sydney New Zealand Adelaide Liverpool Uplands Orleans Augusta Baltimore Charleston

London and Havana Market Wraps on January 24

In London, money markets show discount rates at 3 to 4 percent for bills and 3 to 4 percent for trade bills, with money easing. British funds firm, foreign funds lively, and railway securities mixed. Commodities: cargoes of corn steady, wheat in passage. Liverpool wheat quiet but steady, breadstuffs quiet. Havana sugar market opens firm with strong week, stock and exports detailed, U.S. shipments notable. Rates for U.S. dollars quoted with premiums for sight and 60 days.

New York Boston Post United States Delaware and Hudson Grangers Lake Shore Lackawanna Canadian Pacific Central Pacific New York Central Chicago Pennsylvania Michigan Central Western Trunking Association New England Northwestern Richmond Allegheny Chesapeake and Ohio Evansville Terre Haute Ft. Worth London Erie St. Paul Common Union Pacific Denver Rio Grande Louisville Nashville Ohio Oregon California Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Liverpool Havana Matanzas

Havana Steamer Niagara 7500 Cigars From Samuel Boston

Hamburg Steamer Coningsby 15474 bags sugar reported by Gossler Co. Details terse reflect transit data with ports New York Boston and Hamburg in brief maritime cargo notes.

Havana Niagara News York Samuel Boston Hamburg Coningsby Gossler & Co

Receipts of Staple Goods by Regional Railways

A compendium of freight counts across numerous railroads and regions. Entries list bales and boxes of cotton wool flour and beef with quantities, including Boston and Albany Providence Old Colony Fitchburg Maine Maine Western Lowell and Peabody lines. Reading reflects extensive stock movement and storage of staples like flour, butter, cheese, pork, lard, tea, coffee, and hides.

Atlantic Nat. Bank Boston and Maine Railroad Everett National Bank Massachusetts National Bank Waverhill Alaboston National Bank Connecticut River Rd Cambridge Horse Hallroad Cerseespecsene Cincinnati, Sandusky Cleveland Highland Street & R Metropolitan Rd Cces Norwich & Worcester Rd Philadelphia, Wilmington & Baltimore Portsmouth Great Falls & Conway Worcester & Nashua RA Chelsea Gaslight Boston Providence Railroa’s Vermont Iowa Falls Sioux City Lowell Andover Little Rock, & Fis Scrip Oss North Pacific Rairoad Pueblo & Arkansas Val Francis Henshaw & Co Boylaton National Bank Ccec Amoskeag Manufacturing Co Franklin Company Lewiston Great Falls Oe Ceeam Hamilton Woollen Manufacturing Co Hamilton Manufacturing Co Jacks P Manufacturing Co Lyman Mills Eubeaakan Clinton, Fitchburg & N.B Chicago Burlington & Quinccy Eastern N. H Old Colony Sotivorgs Pittsfield and North Adamss Portland, Saco & Wortsmouth Railroad National Bank Boylston Mutual Ins Co Secrsesereceressesauece F and M Insurance Co North American Imsurance CO New England Taunton Concord Montreal Boston & Maine Railroad of Vermont Bur & Quincy Eastern Rd Fall River Flint Pete M Little Rock Mississippi River Tex Little BR Ft Smith Maine Cccces Ec News Nashua & Lowell Rd Great Falls & Con Rutland Cescocascpoceti Seceresy

Total Receipts of Staple Products Jan 24 Fort Today

The table lists principal staple receipts at this Fort from all shipment points for today compared with last year. Items include Cotton, Butter, Wool, Oleo, Flour, Cheese, Eggs, Oats, Beans, Wheat, Apples, Malt, Millfeed, Lumber, Lard, Hides, Tongues, Grease, Dry hides, Bacon, Tea, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, with figures for 1885 and 1884.

Mann Boudoir Cars Promote Exposition Travel 1885

Mann's Boudoir Car company announces full daily and double daily services linking Cincinnati with New Orleans, Cincinnati with Jacksonville, Chattanooga with New Orleans, Atlanta with New Orleans, and Baltimore with Cincinnati. Contracts have been made with Boston and Albany, New York New Haven Hartford, Baltimore and Ohio, Cincinnati New Orleans Texas Pacific, Wabash, and others. Additional routes include New Orleans Cincinnati, New Orleans Atlanta, Cincinnati Jacksonville, Cincinnati Vicksburg, New York Boston via Springfield, Chicago Detroit, Chicago St. Louis, and Cincinnati Louisville.

Florida Mann’s Boudoir Car Company Cincinnati New Orleans Jacksonville Chattanooga Atlanta Baltimore Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Company New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Company Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company Cincinnati, New Orleans and Texas Pacific Railway Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railroad Company Queen and Crescent Fla Vicksburg Chicago St. Louis Wabash Railway Louisville Ohio and Mississippi Mann’s Boudoir Company Pullman Palace Car Company

Court Ruling on Collision In Harbor Case

In U S District Court Judge Nelson issues a decision on libels arising from a collision in Boston harbor on August 24. The Nina Tillson’s owner sues Te and towboat Blanche for damages after a tow across the channel. Racilia’s crew acted to avoid, while Blanche is found negligent for lacking lookouts and signals. The Racilia is cleared with costs, Blanche receives an interlocutory decree for libellant.

Blanche Nina Tillton Nina Tillson Boston Chelsea Racilia Libellant Dodge M. Storey B. L. M. Tower F. Goodwin

Superior Court docket list for 1686 to 3406 cases

First and second sessions before Judges Bacon Knowlton and others list numerous case numbers and parties including Folsom versus Hathorn James versus Paul Copp versus Metropolitan Adams versus Erlich Life Ins O Connor Walker versus Cheney Driscoll versus McKay Holt versus Freeman Goldsmith versus Beaton Hewett versus Carter Nash versus Hubbard Cassen versus Myrick Russell versus Woodruff Stimpson versus Boston Dixey versus Swett Chase versus Marshall Brown versus Houghton Cobb versus Lombard Pease versus Pierce Calef versus Carter Tasertin versus Greel wood Hovey and Crandon Pub Co versus Crandon Meloon versus Learned Andrews versus Whitney Johnston Hauill versus Biston Brossean versus Lynn Buston R R Co Stowe versus Geo Woods Emery versus Murphy and related docket entries for the Superior Court.

Folsom Hathorn James Paul Copp Metropolitan Adams Erlich Life Ins. Co O’ Connor Weer Walker Cheney Driscoll McKay Holt Freeman Goldsmith Beaton Hewett Carter Nash Hubbard Cassen Ve. Myrick Russell Woodruff

Family doctor quips evoke a humorous exchange

From the Chicago Herald a lighthearted vignette shows a man asking for his family physician as a joke. The doctor, named Dr Smoothman, gives a punny reply about cold feet. The wife’s trust in the doctor is reinforced by the humorous exchange.

The Chicago Herald George Smoothman

Widower Nicholas Van Horn Marries 12-Year-Old Bride in Habersham

Nicholas Van Horn a quiet Habersham farmer and widower over 80 wed Miss Ivey a 12 year old girl during a ceremony attended by neighbors. The child sobbed and he comforted her with a fatherly pat and wiping tears with his large bandanna.

Nicholas van Horn Habersham Miss Ivey

Form blindness and a curiously biased view

Angelina asks about form blindness. Mr Coattails defines it as a visual defect that makes all women appear of bad figure to a man walking with his wife. The exchange satirically critiques male vanity and perception in relationships.

Angelina Coattails

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