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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1887

Page

6

Money Market Mixed Signs in Boston Rates Hold Steady

Boston money markets show improved liquidity at the clearing house though rates remain largely unchanged. Loans on call with collateral hover 7 to 8 percent, general business paper 5 to 8 percent, with corporate paper noting a 100,000 loan at 5 percent for a year and six months at 5.5 percent.

Plymouth Consolidated Gold Mining Company Wellfleet Savings Bank Mechanic Hall Corporation Salem Plymouth Rock Cooperative Company American Loan and Trust Company of Ashland Neb Quicksilver Mining Company

New York Stock Sales July 15 Report on Share Totals

New York stock activity shows 118,578 shares traded today across listed issues. The report tallies opening, highest, lowest and closing figures for each issue with yesterday’s close recorded for comparison.

Fragmentary 19th century trade list with place names

A damaged OCR style list of sales and items with scattered place names such as Frenchman's Bay Tas Wollaston Land Rappahannock Bruns Ships Berth Crescent Am. Elec and Tropical Telephone. The text appears as a catalog of goods or properties with prices and locations, but many items are garbled.

Lord Acoustic Frenchman's Bay Wollaston Land Bowman Bo Heap Rappahannock Gaede Wialey

Stock Exchange Suspends After Death Of VP Hill

New York July 15 stock dealings halted at noon after the death of Vice President A B Hill. Opening was strong with Jersey Central up 1 percent and most shares rising before a late-day pullback. Trading in railroad bonds was active with notable moves in Chesapeake and Ohio, St Paul and Sioux City, Fort Worth and Denver, and Western Union.

Boston General Business Corporation Clearing New York Sterling Exchange A. B. Hill HH. L. Horton & C C Hill Uie Boston Tock Exchange Atchison Chicago, Kansas & Western California Southern California Southern Railroad Company Atlantic & Pacific Securities Kansas City Picanhos Birmingham Ogdensburg Lake Champlain Louisville Evansville & St. Louis Detroit Ansing & Northern Chicago Burlington & Northern New England Boston & Lowell Central Massachusetts Fitchburg Concord Baltimore & Ohio Artice Ives Staynor Serpont Morgan Gould Garrett Mr. Yes Thealtimore & Ohio England Reading Ee & Ohio Jr. Gould Irving A. Evans New “Syndicate A. m Boston & Ohio Bell Telephone Lamson Store Calumet & Hecla Bonanza West End Topeka San Diego BBY Frenchman’s Bay Charles H. Lewis Lewis Stock Exchange Jersey Central Western Union West Shore Chesapeake & Ohio St. Paul Sioux City Fort Worth

Foreign financial markets turn on steady London session

London July 15 Consols sit at 1019 16 for money and account. United States 4s quoted at 131. United States 448 at 111 percent. Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 44. Canadian Pacific at 625 percent. Erie at 81 1/4 and Erie seconds at 101 1/4. Illinois Central 120 1/4. St Paul common 89 1/2. Pennsylvania 67. Reading 28 4.

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Weekly Trade Review records 149 U S failures and June exports

The Weekly Trade Review notes 149 U S failures last week and 30 in Canada. June exports of breadstuffs cotton animals and petroleum totaled 82 668 277 dollars, up from 38 635 224 year earlier, with wheat and cotton markets impacting trade and a wide set of commodity figures and bank data described.

New York Weekly Trade Review R. G. Dun & Co E. Russell & Co United States Canada Ainst Kershaw California Treasury Boston Bradstreet Irade St. Louis Toledo Brad Street Iron and Steel Transportation Company Bradstreet’s Ee England

Business troubles strike Boston firms and creditors meet

Creditors of Superior Wax Paper Company met at Youngs Hotel Boston to organize after the Newton Upper Falls plant assignment. Liabilities reach about 80000 with assets including 3166431 in accounts 8413 cash and plant machinery. A committee was chosen to investigate.

Superior Wax Paper Company Sears Boston Newton Upper Falls Young’s Frank J °. Creesy J. C. Kennedy Newton Edward J. Thomas Thomas James M. Olmstead William J. Corbett Frank E. Creesy Ienry D. Pope Rostoun Adam Beck Newton Lower Paris New Haven Chemical Company New Haven Conn J. H. Lewis & Co Springfield Mass Marshall S. Strout Grocer Canton Charles H. Harris Bethel Co. W. Muzzey Dummer N.H Hall & Danton Orient Robert Moore Pittsburg Penn Henry W. Williams A. A. Boxne & Son Naubue J. T. Goodrich W. C. McGhee & Co Memphis Tenn Suffolk County MeKim Nathaniel Littlefield Zopher R. Folsom Chelsea OT Doane Border Street Adoviram J. Pickens B. & A. Railroad Beacon Street Martha A. Pickens Miletus Fr. Jackson John McDowell Hawley Street Michael Murphy Fkeston Timothy J. Murphy Lewiston Harris Rwartz Pitts Street Frank W. Elliott Bunker Hill Street Harvey A. Platts Washington Street Patrick Hart Dorchester Avenue Thomas J. Tobin Carpenter West Roxbury John H. Salter & Co Kingston Street

Commodity market quiets with mixed steady trends

The market shows steady or firm signals across key commodities. Flour, rye, malt, millfeed, butter, cheese, eggs, seeds, hay, and lard hold steady, while oats and oatmeal ease slightly. New potatoes demand climbs, pork and fresh beef stay calm, and raw and refined sugars remain steady with molasses. Truck demand looks robust.

The Fish Market Reports Steady Mackerel and Mixed Fish

Mackerel shows no price change with large Nova Scotia and slow demand for early catches. Cod remains quiet, pickled herring steady, boxed herring scarce but firm, and canned fish near last reports. Fresh fish supply ample with moderate demand. Sacramento salmon pack near 3500 cases and prices around $135 a dozen.

Nova Scotia New England Sces Alewives Sacramento Columbia Labrador Newfoundland Haddock Best Norfolk Providence River

Market Reports July 15 Flour and Grain Prices Steady

The flour market shows little change with quiet demand and steady prices. Milling views stay high while dealers resist higher quotes. Corn remains quiet but steady. steamer yellow on track at 514 3 4 c and in elevators at 6234 c, steamer mixed about 1 cent lower. Oats firm with tight supplies and potential further price rises. Reports include specific bid and ask levels for No 2 white oats and oats calls, plus assorted flour and cornmeal prices for export and domestic use.

Minnesota Michigan New York Rollers Canada Superior Canada Rollers Canada New Ne New York Bush Canada Western Eastern

Market Report Butter Cheese Eggs and Beans Mixed in U S Markets

A firmer tone in butter with moderate supply. Butter steady in Chicago and unchanged in New York. Cheese firm with quiet trade. New York unchanged, Chicago at 9 1 4 c. Eggs firm with quiet trade and small supplies. New York dull and declining, Chicago steady. Bean market quiet with light receipts and demand strongest for small pea beans. yellow eyes quiet on quotations.

New York Chicago Liverpool

Potatoes and dairy prices reflect firmer market

The potato market remains firm with solid sales and strong demand for choice stock at 22 dollars gross. Butter and eggs show varied quotes across regions while hay and straw demand stays mixed. price levels for tallow and beans, seeds, and poultry follow regional trends with higher jobbing adjustments.

Fruit Prices and Crate Sales Across Regions

Report lists apple and berry supplies with prices by region. Maryland and Delaware crates run 125 per crate while Chicago red lots fetch 76c per half-bushel crate. raspberries, currants, pears, blueberries, blackberries, watermelons, dried apples, and citrus show varied per crate or per quart prices. California fruits price per case for apricots and peaches, with general market firmness and steady demand for evaporated apples.

Chicago Maryland Delaware Hudson River Jersey Messina Palermo California

Market Prices for Produce in the City

The report shows demand for truck crops with onions moderate and various prices for produce. Native bunch onions at 2.50 per 100 count, Spanish 1.76 per case, tomatoes plentiful with Norfolk and Rhode Island varieties selling at 1.25 per crate and 3.00 per bush, cabbages at 7.00 per 100 count, cantaloupes scarce at 3.25 per barrel, beans 1.00 per bushel, peas 1.25 per bushel, Jersey green corn 0.15 per dozen, beets 0.50 per bushel and 2.56 per 100 count, Long Island turnips 1.75 per barrel, native turnips 8.00 per 100 count, summer squash 3.00 per 100, southern melons 1.10 per crate, southern squashes 1.50 per crate, carrots 2.50 per 100 count, lettuce 1.00, cucumbers 0.02 each.

Rhode Islands Chicago Georgia Long Island Southern Jets

Pork and Lard Market Holds Steady Across Cuts

No change to note in pork and lard with a steady market. Fresh beef shows a little firmer tone while jade remains moderate. Veals lambs and muttons unchanged as quotes cover long cuts short cuts backs lean ends and various pork products with mixed price ranges and regional variations.

Chicago Brighton

Cotton and textile market roundup with mixed futures

Liverpool cotton futures opened and closed quiet with diverse July to November/December spreads. Spot upland prices eased while sales reached 8000 bales, receipts 12,000 bales. New York spot steady. futures opened weak then steady with mixed bid and ask quotes. Manchester unchanged yarns. pipeline certificates show July activity. Raw sugar steady with varied refining terms and listed sugar prices across grades.

Liverpool Auust Etober Orleans New York Lore Prs Boloe. Sans So Be Cakse Osea Eee Manchester Eng Manila

Market Prices for Groceries and Molasses Today

Wholesale grocers report steady levels with cargo lot quotations for molasses. Porto Rico new fancy crop at 36c, Cienfuegos 23c, Barbadoes 27c, and Cuba boiling 50 test nominal, 20 20%c.

Porto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes Cuba

Trade centre reports on grain and markets

July 16 notes show flour receipts 15 809 pkgs and exports 3911 bbls with prices for white wheat and Minnesota extra to prime. Wheat receipts 60 200 bush, rye, barley and oats markets firm or quiet in various cities including Cincinnati St Louis Milwaukee Detroit Chicago Toledo Minneapolis with mixed futures, spot bids, and key lots quoted across grades.

New York Minnesota Chicago Petroleum—United ST. Louis Milwauker Detroit Toledo Minneapolis

Hog and cattle markets across major cities July reports

Hog prices rose in St Louis Peoria and Kansas City with firm to strong bids. Chicago cattle and hog figures show steady to higher prices with large receipts and shipments. cattle range 3 25 to 4 25 per hundredweight plus. hogs from 5 20 to 5 60 in varying markets. sheep and lamb values mixed with Western and Texan lots noted.

ST. Louis Peoria Kansas City Chicago Texas

Cotton market report July 15 across major ports

The weekly cotton market update shows Augusta Net receipts 35 and stock 2700 with dull tones, New Orleans strong stock 62936 and exports coastwise, Savannah steady at 1031 with 1 sale, Charleston quiet with stock 814, and New York steady with 2120 sales and 138564 stock. Consolidated seven day receipts 4600 exports to Great Britain 059, to the continent 949, total U.S. port stock 226726.

Augusta C. Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Continent New York Cincinnati Louisville Great Britain United States Aguo Liverpool

Market report from London and Liverpool July wheat and corn

London and Liverpool market notes show wheat dull and corn quiet or easier. Prices quoted for No 1 and No 2 California and other wheat futures, mixed American corn, and flour markets, with weather favorable in England and showers near Liverpool. Antwerp and Paris activity limited. markets closed or quiet for periods.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Michigan England Antwerp

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