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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 20, 1885

Page

3

Copper stock summary notes Tamarack battle with Calumet and Hecla

The report tracks stock moves with Union Pacific and Mexican Central, plus Boston and Maine and Eastern demand. It cites Henry Ives purchasing Mineral Range, rising Buffalo and Missouri River listings, and rail freight rate shifts. Copper prospects dominate, noting Tamarack versus Calumet and Hecla, with commentary on future ore yields and potential dividends.

Union Pacific Pullman Mexican Central Louisiana Missouri River

Stocks at Auction and Bank Listings

A fragmented stock auction page outlines many names and numbers across banks railroads and manufacturing firms. Entities include National Bank of Commerce Framingham Nat Bank Shawmut Nat Bank Naumkeat Steam Cotton Co Boston and Maine Boston and Albany railroads and contracts for various preferred stocks and bonds with scattered values and dates.

Amoskeag Lyman Langdon Cocheco Naumkeag Amory Gt. Falls Salmon Falls Shawmut Eliot Globe Atlas City Exchange State Blackstone Atlantic Newburyport Warren Peabody Framingham Wachusett Fitchburg National Bank of Commerce Framingham Nat. Bank Shawmut National Bank Naumkeat Steam Cotton Co Russell Mulls Plymouth Kobitism Fron Co Boston and Lowell Rd Boston and Revere Beach Eastern Railroad Cseves Pemigewasset Valley Shoe and Leather Insurance Co Waltham Gaslight McKay Metallc Fa National Car Co Atchison, Tove Chicage Sandusky Cleveland Ratlrows Vermont Kansas Pascon Rutland R Francis Henshaw Eliot National Bank Globe National Bano Merchanaise National Bank Wachusett Nat. Bank Fitchbur Amoskeag Manus Co Amory Manufacturing Lyman Mills Langdon Mfc Sseessee Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Boston & Maine Hd Boston Gaslight Co Samson Ussh AllWay McKay & Pigeon Bath Sceeveseeseere Tsoston Concord Montreal Samson Wash Halfway Co Waltham Gas Light Co McKay Metallic Fastening Association Palmer National Bank Palmer, Mass Salmon False Mfg Co

Market Notes From London and Berlin Across July 18

Financial and bullion movements dominate a dull market with American rail securities firming amid Afghan news. Gold flows to the continent. large Australian imports noted. London reports modest stock recovery after Wednesday’s collapse, with varied U S and home funds. Berlin records Imperial bank specie up 2.88 million marks. London and Liverpool wheat and corn pricing, with provisions in pounds shillings.

London United States Atlantic Great Western Erie Ilinois Central St. Paul New York Central Pennsylvania Reading Bank of England Australia Central Pacific Union Pacific Denver Rio Grande Lake Shore Louisville Nashville Ontario and Western Norfolk and Western Oregon California Berlin Imperial Bank Germany

New York July Stock Market Closes Near Best Prices

Easy money on call at 1 percent and firm government, state, and railroad bonds. Market shows dull to strong, led by St Paul Lackawanna Union Pacific and Canadian Pacific with notable gains. Rumors of large stock accumulations and railroad settlement talks buoy sentiment, though trading ends near day’s highs amid a mixed close.

Corporation Prime Mercantile New York Boston Post United States Wisconsin Central Atlantic and Pacific Iron Falls Sioux City Boston Lowell Norwich Worcester Old Colony Maine Rutland Main Central Fitchburg New England Eastern Boston and Maine Railroad Boston and Maine Louisville Nashville Missouri Kansas Texas Oregon Transcontinental Union Pacific Canada Southern Atlantic and Pacific Western Division Central of New Jersey St. Paul Chicago and Pacific Western Northwestern Denver and Rio Grande Rio Grande Western Lake Shore Lake Erie Western Nickel Plate Decatur Springfield Ohio Southern Toledo Peoria Ant Oaagy Lackawanna Western Union Michigan Central Canadian Pacific Jay Gould J. Pierrepont Morgan Mr. Vanderbilt York Central Paul Gwannk St Louis Ilwaukee Chicago Southern Milwaukee Detroit Northwest Red Southern Chica White State Norfolk Savannah California Virginia Virginia Peanuts H. P Wilmington Rio Java Maracaibo Laguira Jamaica St Domingo Faneuil Aigo Pembroke Huron Cienfuegos Barbadoes Porto Rico New Orleans Imperial Hyson Young Hyson Twankay Hyson Skin Congou Souchong Oolong Valencia London Cincinnati St. Louis Centennial Beacon Light Fall River

Markets Active With Upward Tone Amid Crop and War News

Chicago reports show a buoyant day with wheat opening lower then closing near highs. Nebraska blight and Dakota grasshoppers spark cautious selling while English cabinet talks on Afghan affairs buoy sentiment. Corn and provisions follow wheat higher, while iron furnaces and export data underscore a mixed agricultural trade.

Chicago George C. Eldridge & Co Nebraska Dakota Bradstreet’s Clearing House Post Boston Washburn Mill Company Minneapolis Northwest Kansas City Memphis New Orleans

Market Summary Falls Across Several Ports and Cities

The market tone is dull at Augusta and Wilmington, steady at Mobile and New York, weak at Cincinnati, and nominal at Savannah Charleston Norfolk and Baltimore. Net receipts sit at 0.8 while American stock declines by 11 500 and Consolidated American stock reaches 277 874.

Augusta Mobile New York Memphis Wilminngton Savannah Charleston Norfolk Baltimore Cincinnati

Imports at Boston and Liverpool Vessel Cargo List

A long, dense ledger style report lists imports at Boston and Liverpool including Steamer Venetian 85, Abram French & Co. 39 ado, Jones McDuffee Stratton 156 bales wool, 172 casks breaching powders, mohair, bleaching powders, beer, yarn waste, tin plates, woollens, toys, chinaware, glassware, antimony, tea, wine, cigars, sugar, and many other named firms and consignors. The text catalogues quantities, vessel names, and involved companies across multiple ports including London, Mayaguez, Port au Prince, Halifax, and various US rail hubs, concluding with a sprawling tally of goods such as bleaching powders, soda ash, paper stock, iron, lumber, and miscellaneous commodities.

Liverpool Eng Wilder Sherburne & Co Howard, Ballough & Juicy Nichols & Co Dennison Mani Co Theo Metcalf Seaverns & Co Morey & Co London Boston City Baring Bros & Co Dundees Gorham Roger and Co Saxonville Mills Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Woollens Brown, Durrell & Co Horace Partridge & Co Abram French & Co Phelps, Dodge & Co Perkins Dabney , Simmons & Co Moors & Co Armstrong & Co Lee & Shepard Webster King & Co Lowell Mans Co Fennell Cummins & Co Toys Heyer Bros Richards & Sons Stoddard Lovering & Co Laing Lyman Smith & Sons Barrington Manila G Hall & Co Mayaguez P R Timothy Field Port AU Prince Moraney Halifax Pictou Port Hawksbury Crb Charlottetown Pei Worcester Elsie Fay Coop Poultry Yarmouth N S Sydney Margaretville Windsor

Nantasket Day Draws Thousands To Hotel Nantasket Event

Thousands gathered at Nantasket as Rowe's wharf steamers and Old Colony railroad cars ferried crowds. Reeves's American band and the Temple quartet entertained attendees while Mexican War veterans marked the 37th anniversary dinner and reunion for the Massachusetts regiment at Hotel Nantasket.

Nantasket Rowe’s Wharf Old Colony Railroad Hotel Nantasket Reeves Temple Quartet Massachusetts Regiment

Delinquent Shareholders of Exchange Bank Sold Hearing Adjourned

Insolvency petitions and liquidator action dominate the report with a hearing for Lamson & Goodnow adjourned to August 1. Attachements and restraints protest transfers, while numerous firms across the region face failures and creditor actions.

Exchange Bank of Montreal Lamson & Goodnow Company Heal

West Shore foreclosure trial and rail line updates

A Newburgh despatch details the foreclosure trial set for September on the West Shore railroad mortgage of 50 million dollars, with extensive counsel and a demurrer delaying proceedings. Earnings and finances of the Nashville, Chattanooga and St. Louis line for June and FY 1884–85 are listed, alongside stock-listing news, Denver and Rio Grande bond adjustments, and Mexican National subsidy-restart hopes tied to the Patzcuaro extension and regional sugar and coffee prospects.

West Shore Newburgh N. Y West Shore Railroad Company Charles T. Brown Supreme Court Joseph H. Choate New York North River Construction Company Judge Green Stewart & Boardman of United States Trust Company Nashville Chattanooga St. Louis New York Stock Exchange Chicago and Northwestern Railroad Consolidated General First Mortgage Denver and Rio Grande London Amsterdam Denver and Rio Grande Messrs White & Greenough Wall Street Messrs. White & Greenough Mexican National Mexico Morelia Patzcuaro Tampico Awas Cambridge Railroad Brighton Boston Washington Street Peace Market Street North Brighton Western Avenue H % Street Harvard Square East Cambridge St. Louis and San Francisco Railway Company Boston and Lower Road Northwestern Detroit Oana Northern Virginia Midland North Carolina Richmond Danville Jan. l

Death of Dr. Irenseus Prime in Manchester Vermont

Obituary notices detail the death of Dr. Irenseus Prime at 12 45 P M Saturday in Manchester Vermont after a paralytic decline following liver congestion. Born Ballston New York November 4 1812 he rose to prominence as a Presbyterian minister and editor of the New York Observer. The piece also notes other deaths including James M Sadler a veteran of the 12th Massachusetts and David Townsend treasurer of the Continental sugar refinery with funeral details given.

Irenseus Prime Irenmus Prime Manchester Prime Ballston N. Y Conseco Presbyterian Church In America Benjamin B. Prime Nathaniel S. Prime D. A Princeton Cambridge Romise Williams College New York Observer Observer James M. Sadler Massachusetts Volunteers Roslindale Cedar Mountain Petersburg Franklin Chickering Pianoforte Company David Townsend Continental Sugar North Scituate Jamaica Plain

Massachusetts Militia Camp Opens and Veteran Events Listed

The second brigade will camp at South Framingham on Tuesday and an ambulance corps is planned. The Boston Light Infantry Veteran corps sails to Rocky Point and Newport July 27 at 9 AM, returning July 28. At the twentieth Massachusetts regiment reunion at the Point of Pines, 125 comrades attended. Officers elected include President J W R Holland and secretary treasurer Charles H. Robinson. Tower chosen chaplain. Col William Raymond Lee, 7 years old, attended. A special Veteran corps meeting is set for July 22 at the Revere House. The Veteran Fusileer association runs an Aug 7 excursion from Downer Landing. The Thirteenth Beet meat association reunion is scheduled for July 29, 1885 at Ft Inde Lg, Boston harbor.

Massachusetts South Framingham Boston Light Infantry Lynn Charles B. Tower Hyde Park Dennis Shea Gustave Magnitsky P. J. Fee Boston Alexander Turnbull Wakefield William Raymond Lee Boston Light Infantry Veteran Corps Revere House Veteran Fusileer Association Downer Landing Thirteenth Beetmeat Association Ft. Inde

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