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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1887

Page

6

Money Market Dull As New York Funds Rise In Price

The Boston money market remains dull with business paper 5 to 6 percent and some at 4 1/2. New York funds end at a premium of 10 12. Prices for government bonds and street stocks show limited gains with Atchison and New England leading. The day closes with mixed cargo in bonds and a steady but quiet tone across markets.

Boston New York Sterling Exchange Atchison Eastern Eastern, Central Massachusetts, Bell Telephone Lamson Aspinwall Land American Bellelephone Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe Central Massachusetts New England Union Pacific Wisconsin Central New England Telephone Miverick Land West End Land Bonanza Cincinnati, Sandusky & Cleveland Chicago & Eastern Illinois Little Rock & Fort Smith Oregon New York Stock Exchange F. A. Peters John A. Brookman Louisville, Evansville & St. Louis Marquette, Houghton & Ontonagon Railroad Company Wall Street California Southern Inesme Atchison, St. Louis & San Francisco Atlantic & Pacific Summit Ranch Cincinnati Sandusky & Cleveland Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Flint & Pere Marquette Oregon Transcontinental Pullman Town Falls Sioux City Chicago, Burlington & Northern Minnesota & Northwestern Northwestern Massachusetts Boston & Lowell Boston & Albany Rutland Fitchburg Norwich & Worcester New York & New England Cammack Hartford State Street Treasury Eastern Railroad Boston & Maine and Eastern Boston & Maine Maine Boston Post Joseph G. Martin American Bell Telephone Company State of Massacre

Sagamore Manufacturing declares eight dollar dividend per share

Sagamore Manufacturing Company of Fall River declares a dividend of eight dollars per share. Winthrop Mills Company declares a four percent dividend.

Sagamore Manufacturing Company Fail River Winthrop Mills Company

Mining stock closing prices and assessments levied in California

The report lists official closing prices for mining stocks in San Francisco on January 28 including Alta, Mexican, Best & Belcher, Chollar, Gold & Vein, Union Con, Eureka, Gould & Curry, Hale & Norcross, and others. It notes assessments levied by The Benton Mining Company at 26 cents per share and The Lady Washington Mining Company at 25 cents per share.

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Boston Stock Exchange Brokers Board Sales January 28 Summary

Reports show mixed activity at the Boston Stock Exchange with list prices and sales across multiple broker boards. Notable entries include Am Bell Tel and Lamson stock movements, Union Pacific and Wis Cent listings, and various debentures and bonds trading in mid to high ranges.

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Foreign Financial Markets Report From London

London markets close with Consols at 100 13 16 for money and account. U S 4s at 1305, Atlantic and Great Western firsts 445 2/3, Canadian Pacific 65 1/2, Erie 31 9/16, Illinois Central 136 1/4, Mexican ordinary 49 4/5, St Paul common 90, New York Central 114 3/4, Pennsylvania 66 1/4, Reading 19.

London United States Erie St. Paul Common New York Central Pennsylvania Reading

New York financials show dull, firmer close and London shorts cover

On Jan 28 money on call eased to 2 4 percent and bar silver held at 102½. Government bonds were quiet as stocks drifted with a firmer undertone after 2:15. Reading and Richmond & West Point showed activity while London sales prompted cover in a generally dull market led by Union Pacific and New England.

Boston & Maine Eastern Massachusetts Boston Maine Maine Central Mexican Central Chicago, Kansas and Western Southern Kansas Union Pacific Oregon Railway and Navigation Chicago, Burlington & Northern Burlington & Missouri Land Grant Ogdensburg Consolidated Consolidated Vermont New York & New England Bell Telephone Washington Superior Court New England Erie Ohio Senate Richmond & West Point Wich Texas Pacific Rio Louisiana Missouri River Ottumwa Hocking Valley San Francisco Fort Wayne Central Iowa Rock Island Knoxville & Ohio New Orleans Pacific Trust Richmond & Danville Toledo & Ohio Central Great Western New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Reading London London Shorts Evenng Pere

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town Debut Listings

A string of advertisements lists boot and shoe buyers in multiple cities. Notable names include H I Lobe of Grotten Mitchell & Co in Baltimore and J P Smith of R P Smith & Sons in Bloomington. Other entries cite George P Gore in Chicago and J H Cannon in Pulaski, among others.

Baltimore I Lobe Grotten, Mitchell & Co Ads Joh A Lawrence Lawrence, Berry & Co Bloomington J P Smith R P Smith & Sons Centerville H Goss Chicago George P Gore Geore P Gore & Co Champalgy B Arnold T J Shay T J Shay & Co Cincinnati W Laws Laws & Co Cleveland B Childs Childs, Groff & Co George Simon O'Neill & Simon Kansas City J P Sidwell Kendall B&s Co Craw P Moores Moores & Son Mages, Tenn J D Cowan Cowan,McClung & Co Brun Lexington George E Spencer Watkins & Spencer Philadelphia Penn G W Terry S Bunting’s Sons & Co Pittsburg J H Borland Ads. Pulaski Lenn J H Cannon J H Cannon & Co St Louis C W Parrish Carter & Parrish Jacob Frank Adler, Frank & Co Toledo C Smith Smith, Simmons & Peabody Washington F T Zeigler Saks &Co Waco Tex A Soloman Lessing Soloman & Rosenthal Par

Essex Farmers Institute at Topsfield Discusses Implements

Essex Agricultural Society held a farmers institute at Town Hall Topsfield with 300 to 400 attendees. President Ware called the meeting to order. Topics included Farm Implements led by J. J. H. Gregory of Marblehead and Experiments with the Potato led by Edward Hersey of Hingham.

Essex Agricultural Institute Essex Agricultural Society Farmers’ Institute Town Hall Topsfield Ware J. J H. Gregory Marblehead Edward Hersey Hingham

Mensman’s peptonized beef tonic advert from Caswell Hazard Co

An advertisement for Mensman’s Peptonized Beef Tonic claims it supplies blood making force and life sustaining properties. It targets indigestion nervous prostration general debility and convalescence from exhaustion or pulmonary illness. Sold by druggists through Caswell Hazard Co New York.

Mensman Caswell, Hazard Co New York Druevists

Market Report Signals Steady Prices Across Commodities

Commercial matters show mixed activity with firm flour and firm potatoes in good demand. Butter cheese and eggs hold steady while oils and whalebone stocks are listed for January 1 1887 with New Bedford New London and other storage figures.

Fish Market Reports Steady Demand and Rising Prices

The market shows firm to advancing prices across many fish categories including mackerel and dry cod. Demand remains good for cheaper grades and canned fish, with notable output from Gloucester and New England ports and warnings about a weaker seal fishery outlook.

Labrador Boston Fish Bureau Philadelphia New York New England Mollie Adams Massachusetts Georges Bank Georges Gloucester Provincetown Maine Newfoundland Mass Cape Ann Fortune Bay

Whale Fishery Annual Review Shows Low Oil Prices

The Whaleman's Shipping List notes a year with no major events besides low sperm oil prices. 121 vessels operated, 38 in the North Pacific fleet, total catch about 20 000 barrels of oil and 309 000 pounds whalebone, with shipping tonnage down 827 tons to 28 291.

San Francisco North Pacific John Carver Arctic Europe

Foreign Oil Market Update From London Jan 5 1887

The circular reports sperm oil imports to the United Kingdom for last year total 781 tuns with London 585 Glasgow 175 and Liverpool 21, down from 1171 tuns in 1885. Whale oil from Norway sold from £180 to £10 per tun with prices drifting. whale bone import totals 26 tons. Stock levels and price shifts across 1887 show modest changes and firming values in late year.

Norway Davis Straits Greenlang Scotland Arctic Davis’ Straits

Market Report Highlights Stable Wheat and Dull Corn Trade

Wheat prices steady with firm tone while flour and cornmeal quotes hold. Oats and steamer yellow show quiet, limited trading. futures bids and asks mixed after call. Minneapolis flour output rises last week to 109,960 barrels, with 31,000 exported. Chicago closing quotes show small movements across grains and flour.

Northwestern Minneapolis Chicago Bakers Michigan Stone Canada Superior Canada Rollers Canada New York Bush Eastern

Market steady on butter and cheese with mixed regional notes

Butter and cheese prices show little overall change with regional weak spots in New York and strong activity in Liverpool. Chicago and New York eggs remain firm or strong while supplies and demand vary across markets.

Cedar Creamery York State Creamery Vermont Dairy Chicago Plain Creamery Western Creamery Western Dairy New York Western Dairy Extra Liverpool Eastern Creamery Vermont Creamiery Southern Worthern

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