New England interests eye West Shore control amid market surge
In New York stock activity rose 1 to 2 percent with traders predicting a settlement of trunk line issues. A Boston led syndicate could buy and lease the West Shore to a New England company, boosting Boston's export role via the Fitchburg Hoosac Tunnel. Rumors of Mexican Central consolidation and English capital in Vera Cruz plans circulate, while local bonds and First Massachusetts line shares rally on Mexican and railroad news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New England
West Shore
Boston
Massachusetts
South America
Alaska
Cuba
Fitchburg
Hoosac Tunnel
West Shore Securities
Mexico
Vera Cruz
United States
Lowell
Central Massachusetts
Aldrich
Morey
Boston and Lowell
Tre
Fishkill
Consolidated Pacific Mining Company
Winzel
John E. Hudson
Bell Telephone Company
T. N. Vail
O. BE. Madden
New Haven
Fall River
Old Colony
Old Colony Company
Bridgeport
Putnam
Blackstone
Willimantic
Foley
Carpenter
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Cleveland
New York, Pennsylvania and Ohio Railroad Company
Meadville
New York, Lake Erie and Western Railroad Company
Erie Company
Financial values and stock listings from a historical market page
A dense OCR fragment lists prices and percentages for commodities and securities, including bonds, rails, mining and manufacturing stocks, and telecommunication shares. The scrambled columnar data names entities such as Boston, Lowell, Calum & Hecla, Quincy, Atlantic & Pacific, and Bell, with various prices, percentages, and yields across multiple line items.
Fragmented ledger of bank names and bonds from 19th century record
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous financial institutions and bonds with percentages, dates, and values. Entries include National Bank of Commerce, Exchange National, Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co, Bay State Live Stock, Norwich & Worcester, Portland Water Co, Chicago Bur & Quincy, Pullman Palace Car Co, and Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe lines, with assorted years and sums indicating a historical securities ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Bank of Commerce
Commerce Nat. Bank
Scalcckas Sasciuwicoeas
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Caereree
Boston and
Lowell Rd
South Boston
Norwich & Worcester
Norwich
Coon
Dover
Manchester
Eae Sino Toledo
Asc Sersion Ccsusepenna
Portland Water Co
Chicago, Bur & Quincy
Charles River Ralway
Shave Nase
Pullman Palace Carce
San
Atchison, Topeka
la Fem
Francis Henshaw & Co
State National Bank
Cseccesereceseseresel
Naumkeag
Amory Manufacturing Company
Cochece Manufacturing Co
Boston & Prov
Central Mass
Hutland
Bos
Con
Montreal
Saco & Ports
Hrookline Gaslight Co
Pitenisedaathaeane Nie
Union Stock Yard and Tr. Co
Chicago
Santadan Ven
Boa Eer
Eataenek Hel
Ecuewaes Wien Oe
Serene
Atlantic Matins Co
Scrip
Russell Mills
Plymouth
Maas
Robison Iron Co
Mas
Waltham Gas Light Co
Maine Central
Boston
Revere Beach
Lynn
BRRR
Shawmut National Bank
Cincinnati
Sandusky & Cleveland
Portsmouth
Gt Falls
Market Summary Highlights Steady Yet Volatile Day of Trading
New York markets opened easy money and closed with mixed strength as railroad stocks led gains while bonds and certain dividends weakened. Lackawanna, Vanderbilts, and Lake Shore rallied to day highs before retreating, New York Central moving up to 96% and Pacific Mail slipping on dividend and route concerns. St Paul and Northwestern showed late strength amid rumors of Afghanist an conflict and railroad settlements, with Gould stocks showing restraint. Multiple rail and bank issues fluctuated, reflecting broad speculation and bear-to-bull shifts.
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New York
Lackawanna
New York Central
Vanderbilts Lackawanna
Grangers
Vanderbilts
Lake Shore
Pacific Mail
St Paul
Northwestern
Afghanistan
Vanderbilt
Union Pacific
Gould Party
Erie
Missouri
Kansas
Texas
Canada
Southern
American Dock and Improvement Company
St. Paul
Southern Minnesota
Iowa Midland
Chicago
Minneapolis
Elizabeth Bigey
Green Bay
Winona
Gulf, Colorado
Santa Fe
Kentucky Central
Sram
Lake Shore Consolidated
Lake Erie
Western
Oregon Improvement
St. Louis
San Francisco
Iron Mountain
Mutual Union Telegraphs
East Tennessee
Virginia
Alton
Terre Haute
Houston
Texas Central
Western Pacific
Pacific Western Division
Massachusetts
New Mexico
Maine
Albert H. Watkins
George F. Wilson, Jr
George F. Wilson
County of
Grant
Territory
Gustavus W. Hall
Devonshire Street
Boston
Eureka Mining
Grant County
Ow! Mining Company
James P. Welch
Eureka
Hornet
Bonanza
Nabob
Santa Rosa
King
Owl Mining Company
Massachusetts and New Mexico Consolidated Mining Company
George F. Lson
MIXING STOCKS AND DIVIDENDS ADVERTISED
Fragmentary stock list shows items such as torado Coal Best & Belcher CEtAKG and Father deSmet with prices around 14 00 16 50 and 2000 Ex-dividend notes appear amid scattered figures, indicating a market update or advertisement page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Torado Coal
Best & Belcher
Cence
Scesses
Ontario
Father deSmet
Cessesees
Plymouth
DEA Sosesees
Trade and Its Outlook Amid Market Boom and War News
Chicago July 15 prices in wheat corn and provisions surged on fresh war news from London and the Dublin bank failure. Wheat opened lower then rebounded to near day’s high as shorts covered. Oats and corn tracked wheat, while provisions rose 15 cents on the general market boom. Inspections show several carloads of rejected grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Bank of Munster
Dublin
London
Afghanistan
England
Russia
Review of the Boston Market Week Ending July 15
A wide price overview across commodities from alcohol to hops. Listings include cement, coal, coffee, dye woods, drugs, dry goods, fish, flour, freight rates, fruit, grain, gunny bagging, gunpowder, hemp, sisal, jute, hay, hops, and various regional and international price notes. Notable entities and figures are Boston markets, Rosendale shipment mentions, and several commodity types with price ranges and delivery details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uplands
Gulf
St Domingo
Lima
Sicily
Shellac
Nova Scotia
Minnesota
New York
Michigan
Ohio
Indiana
St Louis
Iinois
Transatlantic
Liverpool
London
Glasgow
Antwerp
Australasia
Melbourne
Foot
Sydney
Adelaide
Brisbane
California
Malaga
Sultana
Valencia
Citron
Turkey
Ford
Virginia
Messina
Palermo
Naples
Aspinwall
Jamaica
Baracoa
Warren Powder Mills
Eureka
Boston Sporting
du Pont Aer
Sporting
Eagle
Manila
Trade activity rises as manufacturers face duplicate orders
Week sees strong market for heavy goods with brisk forwardings and urgent call orders from jobbers. Retailers and southern dealers expanding purchases while rubber firms report brisk business and heavy shipments to Chicago New York Cincinnati Baltimore and other hubs. Overall boots and shoes shipments outside New England total 53 112 cases this week, with 1 268 421 since January 1 compared to 1 284 614 the prior year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Cincinnati
Baltimore
New England
Maritime Trade Ledger From Ports and Vessels
Seaverns and Co report from Georgetown and Westport with entries for steamer Elsa carrying cocoanuts and bananas, schooner Frank McDonnelli with cypress lumber, steamer Bedford from Palermo with fruit and macaroni, and schooners L A Burnham and James Beckwith at St Simons and Westport with lumber and live lobsters respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baracoa
Elsa
Seaverns & Co
Georgetown
Frank McDonnelli
Cypress
William F Hall & Co
Mediterranean
Bedford
Palermo
AS & J Brown & Co
Catania
ST Simons
L A Burnham
George McQuesten & Co
Westport
James Beckwith
Johnson & Young
Cattle and livestock market prices and listings in New England
Comprehensive market report detailing prices for cattle sheep hogs and veal calves across Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and New York. Includes live weight prices western and northern cattle hog and dairy stock trends export trade and specific yard sales with numerous dealer entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New England
Maine
J B Remick
J Carroll
Hall & Seaver
Combs & Farrar
R G Kimball
F S Kimball
A Williamson
Chariton
N K Campbell
H N Jennesox
Piper & Pond
F Kenfield
G Evens
W Tinker
MG Flanders
H Sprigg
Hastings
H Ingerson
M C Roundy
L Green
G Townsend
P Dwyer
Massachusetts
W H Buck
JS Henry
New York
E Smith
W Fisher
B Hurlbert
S T Southworth
Hathaway & Jackson
JB Thomas
A N Monroe
Hollis & Co
Dan Brown
GA Sawyer
Farrell & Nagle
E H Eames
Farrell
Thomas Wood
Michigan
J © Richardson
Pinsonault
Missouri
Liverpool
J A Hathaway
Monroe
J O
W W Hall
Libby & Son
J L Green
G B Evens
I B Sargent
E F Adiden
FS Kimball
Dloe
Il Nienne
F Carlton
M G Flanders
Libby
Vermont
W A Farnham
W P Dwyer
W G Townsend
H J Ingerson
G H Sprigg
W Ricker
L W Tinker
H N Jenne
F Charlton
Sargent & Turner
J Counter
J S Henry
Watertown
J O Sanborn
B Hulbert
BE F Adden
J B Sargent
L. W Tinker
S Y Southworth
Brighton
Boston and
Albany
McFlyon
EA Eames
Jenne
Breck & Wood
W Scollans
Wheat and corn cargoes drift in weaker markets
London July 15 report notes a floating car o f wheat and corn weaker with cargoes on passage neglected at Mark ane wheat and corn slow off the coast. Prices show Wheat California 34s red winter 84s prompt shipment. California wheat just shipped or soon to be shipped 368, do nearly due 34s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Merchants’ Exchange
Mark
Market summary from Wilmington to Detroit July fifteenth
A broad market report shows mixed sentiment across cities. Cotton prices hold steady in New York, with fluctuating grain and flour futures. wheat and corn advance in Chicago St Louis and Milwaukee. Provisions and pork rise in value, with hogs and cattle varying by city as receivers and shipments shift across the grain and livestock markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Lotton
Uplands
Orleans
Minnesota
Milwaukee
United
Taliow
City Extra India
South America
Liverpool
Chicago
Wisconsin
ST Louis
Sterdy
Cincinnati
Toledo
Havana
United States
Detroit
Liverpool Wheat Market Quiet Amid Mixed London Prices
In Liverpool wheat and corn markets the tone remains calm with wheat very quiet and corn steady. Imports to the United Kingdom last week totaled about 275,000 to 280,000 quarters of wheat and 130,000 to 135,000 quarters of corn, while London reports show varying futures and prices across commodities and grains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
United Kingdom
California
London
Years Teach More Than Books From A Noted Doctor
Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is praised as a premier liver corrector and blood purifier. The tonic is described as a household remedy for the poor and a consulting aid for the rich, reputed to treat chronic diseases including malaria poisoning respiratory and digestive ailments and liver disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pierce
Mortality in Massachusetts by towns for a week in 1884
State Board of Health figures show weekly deaths across 20 towns in Massachusetts for the week ending July 11, 1884, with population estimates tied to census data from 1870 1875 and 1880 and adjusted to March 1 1884. The table lists towns including Fitenburg Northampton and others with death counts and demographic totals.
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Massachusetts
State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity
Enaine
Ex Gov Page pamphlet stirs Rutland stockholders
Ex-Gov Page, former president of the Rutland road, issues a 178 page defense pamphlet including the judge's charge and the verdict in reply to a 1884 directors' committee report. Directors plan July 23 meeting amid strong Page reaction. canvass shows support for Page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Page
Rutland
Rutland Road
Gov. Page
Mexican Central
Edward W. Jackson
Daniel B. Robinson
Jackson
England
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Court re ad Judge Rockwell passes on varied cases
In the Rockwell court a jury disagreed on John Fitzgerald charged with assault with a dangerous weapon. John Adams was convicted of breaking and entering and sentenced to one year at the house of correction. Several others faced charges including robbery, larceny, and assault with sentences ranging from the Massachusetts reformatory to fines or short terms. Some defendants were bailed or continued for sentence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fitzgerald
John Adams
House of Correction
John Nmccarthy
James Sheehan
John Howard
George W. Howe
Massachusetts Reformatory
John Geary
Michael Connors
John Ryan
James Corey
John Lynch
William Wiggins
Robert Newman
Augustus May
Job Phillips
William A. Draper
William Grown
Municipal Courts Report July 15 Afeared Embezzlement and More
In central court Judge Hardy held John Shandon in 3000 for July 21 to answer embezzling 1209 from the Longshoremens Aid society. John McCarthy in 12000 for July 21 to answer breaking and entering at night. Benjamin Downing fined 10. In South Boston court John Beatty sent to house of correction six months for jewelry larceny from the Mary Freeland stewardess. Charlestown: Thomas W Neville fined 20 for assault on Bridget and Morris Neville. Edward McKenzie case continued to July 19. Roxbury: John McNally fined 50 for selling liquor. William Rogers sentenced six months in house of industry.
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Central Court
Hardy
John Shandon
Longshoremens’ Aid Society
John McCarthy
Benjamin Downing
South Bost Ton Court
John Beatty
House of Correction
Mary Freeland
Charlestown Court
Thomas W. Neville
Bridget
Morris Neville
Edward McKenzie
Roxbury
John McNally
William Rogers
House of Industry
Building Permits for Flats, Dwellings and Stores Citywide
S M Pratt recalls two four story flat roof dwellings on Isabella street ward 11 H R Dalton submits one four story mansard roof dwelling at 357 Beacon street ward 11 Cornelius Sullivan files one flat roof store at 1206 Tremont ward 19. Many more two and three story pitched roof dwellings on Richfield street Attwood avenue Boylston avenue Reedsdale street Chestnut avenue Greenville street Kilton street Magazine street Savin Hill avenue Melville avenue and other streets with ward numbers 14 15 20 22 23 24 25. The list covers wooden and brick iron and stone structures approved for various property pages.
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S. M. Pratt
Isabella Street
H. R. Dalton
Beacon Street
Cornelius Sullivan
Tremont Street
S. B. Pierce
Richfield Street
J. H. Pierce
Reedsdale Street
Alexander Frier
Gilbert Street
Mary A. Burton
Chestnut Avenue
John B. Caine
Greenville Street
Mary A. Snow
Chestnut Street
Charles A. Hall
Milton Avenue
Mary J. Simmons
Kilton Street
Patrick O’connor
Magazine Street
William A. Hubbard
Brighton Avenue
Ames Ferguson
Mecer Street
Emma and
Mary Rigby
Savin Hill Avenue
Elbridge Smith
Melville Avenue
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Finance and Trade
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Sterlinuz
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Insurance Company of North America
Philadelphia
Dorchester Gaslight Company
Venner & Co
Tremnare
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C.H. Venner & Co
Congress St
Williams & 60
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Foote & French
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Exton Sansse
NEW York Financial
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Omy
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Delaware & Hud
Denver & Rio
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Fallman Palace
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Lorenzo D Baker
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Donna Bell
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Old Colony Railroad
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Maine Rairoad
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Calcagni—Freedley
L Baldwin
Eduardo Calcagni
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Edward F Hayward
James G Hickey
Adeline Haynes
Evelyn L Aldrich
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Alice T Bacon
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Monica L
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Esther Cummings
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Lyman Clark
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Bristol Street
Wareham Street
Cunningham Company
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Huntington Avenue
A. W. Churchill & Co
Henry Harris
Wesfield
A. W. Belcher
P. H. Graves
Elgin
Charles E
Francis O. Cole & Co
Charles Morton Stewart
Bea Nathaniel J. Rust
Increase E. Noyes
Wm. Kevinson
North End Savings Bank
Court Street
Board of Officers
Nathaniel J. Rust
Clinton Wiles
Lucius Slade
John L. Alexander
Wm. C. Burgess
John F. Colby
Wm. A. Haskell
Jabez F Hewes
Samuel D. Hicks
Wm. A. Holmes
Thomas L. Jenks
Stanton D. Loring
Increase K. Noyes
J. Wentworth Brown
Uc. Williamson
Francis Raynes
Henry B. Rice
Isaac B. Rich
Joseph R. Richards
Wm. Robinson
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Hiram D. Smith
Adoniram J. Taylor
Charles E. Wiggin
S Wetherbee
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Jabez F. Hewes
Im A. Holmes
Oscar E. Doglittle
Congress Street
Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire
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Milk Street
Brookline Gaslight Company
Brookline
Francis W. Lawrence
Treas
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W. Glover
O's Southern Railroad
John A. Read
Winton Place
Hamilton County
Pond’s
Trong
Andrew D. White
Cornell University
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W. C. VanMeter
Italian Bible and Law School Mission
Rome
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Fifth Ave
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Fulton St
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Hees Homeopathic Medicine Co
Humphrey ®’ CO
N.Y
Liebig Company
Liebig
Medical Press
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G. David Co
Penchurch Avenue
JAS. A. Hayes & CO
G. C. Beers
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Pittsketp
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L. B. Wurrron
Harrison Avenue
C. J. Lewis
Friendship Street
Providence
B. I. Price
Licuw
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Pemberton Square
Police Commissioners’ Office
Patrick F. Sennett
Washington Street
Frederick A.cobleigh
Randolph Street
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Cambridge Street
Thomas JL. Jenks
Petrce Commissioners’ Ofrice
Michael Burns
Belmont
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Amory Mfg
Do Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
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Lake Champlain Consolidated S
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S. HK
Hwights & CO
Main St
Cambridgeport
Ag Moody
Boots & Shoes
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Devonshire Bt
A.S. Bichards & GO
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Market St
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Lippincott, Son & CO
Market Street
BR. L. Day & C.C
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New York City
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Albany Street
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Ty Albert Howes
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