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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 23, 1887

Page

6

Money Market Steady as Lobable Funds Drive Loans

The Boston money market remains steady with abundant funds and easy lending. General market business paper averages 5 to 7 percent, with calls at about 7 percent. New York funds trade near par to 12 1 2 percent discount.

Boston New York Sterling Exchange West End Atchison Wisconsin Central Chicago Atchison and Gould Texas Kansas City Missouri River Missouri Pacific

Local Firms Announce Varied Dividend Declarations

Pepperell Manufacturing declares 30 per share dividend. Laconia follows with 12 a share. American Printing of Fall River declares a semi annual five percent payout. Bourne Mills issues a biennial one percent dividend. E Howard Watch Company proclaims three percent dividend payable August 1.

Pepperell Manufacturing Company Laconia Company American Printing Co Fall River Bourne Mills E. Howard Watch Company

New York Stock Sales Report July 22

Today's transactions total 119 643 shares. The list shows shares sold and the opening high low and closing prices for the session. Volume and price range details accompany the stock activity for market readers.

New York

BPs Mining and Miscellaneous Stocks Reported

Stock listings from Wilson W Fay and Co Boston detail prices for items including Tropical Telephone Am Elec Mute and Eastman Freight Car Heater. The page lists multiple securities with quoted figures and volumes across several categories.

Wilson W. Fay & Co State Street Boston Elec Lord Acoustic Ik Ihe Eritiga Keliitkese Lord Acoustic Eastman ROO Tioning Boss Chen Ce

Wall Street Quiet After 2:15 P.M. With Broad Dullness

Money on call eased from 4 to 6, last loan 4, close 5. Government and railroad bonds steady, stock market flat though some firmer quotes after 2:15 p.m. Chesa peake & Ohio currency rose, several rails and utility issues moved, with railroad bond sales at $594,000 and mixed gains in select issues like Jersey Central and Milwaukee lines.

West End Metropolitan Railroad Company West End Railroad Company West End Street Railway Company Becme American Loan and Trust Company C. A. Richards San Diego California Topeka Calumet & Heela Tamarack New York Prime Mercantile Sterling Exchange Wheeling & Lake Erie Milwaukee Lake Shore & Western Manhattan Chesapeake & Ohio Jersey Central Buffalo & Erie Lake Shore Hannibal & Central Missouri Ts Erie Houston & Texas Central Indianapolis, Decatur & Springfield Louisville & Nashville Milwaukee & Northern Wabash Ohio Southern

Financial market snapshot from London trading day

London July 22 Consols quoted at 101 11 16 for both money and account. U S four percent bonds at 111 percentage notes, Canadian Pacific 62 1 4, Erie 32 44, Hlinots Central 12 7 44, St Paul common 89 14, New York Central 115 1 2, Pennsylvania 57 56, Reading 29 4.

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Point of Pines Hosts Final Day of Children's Week

TopAY marks the last day of the children's week at Point of Pines as crowds gather for a day of events. Tomorrow sees five concerts starting at 11 am, featuring ballad grand opera miscellaneous Wagner and international music. Next Monday the resort debuts a Tokio Fete Night paired with The Taking of New Orleans nightly spectacle drawing large attendance.

Point of Pines New Orleans

Market Report Shows Steady Prices Across Commodities

The fish market is quiet flour and corn hold steady oats firm oatmeal quiet but steady rye flour steady rye quiet unchanged malt unchanged millfeed steady butter firmer cheese very firm eggs steady beans quiet seeds firm hay unchanged straw quiet potatoes in good demand poultry quiet tallow dull fair demand for truck pork steady lard unchanged hams quiet fresh beef firm other fresh meats quiet raw sugar steady refined sugars firm molasses steady.

Rio Petroleum — United Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Rench Liverpool Speer Minneapolis Chicago ST. Louis Milwaukee Detroit Michigan Toledo Cincinnati

Mackerel Scarcity Highlights Boston Fish Market Update

The Boston Fish Bureau reports tight mackerel stocks with firmer prices and quiet trade. Imports since Jan show totals around 18,600 barrels annually, while New England landings for the past week run 162 barrels, with yearly catches varying from 9,983 to 85,168 barrels in prior years.

New England Boston Fish Bureau Labrador Newfoundland Nova Scotia Haddock Best Norfolk Providence River

Market Reports July 22 Flour Prices Steady Amid Quiet Demand

The flour market shows little change with moderate demand and buyers cautious on large sales. Corn, oats, and malt values hold, with elevator bids steady and futures calls varying. quotations for No 2 white and steamer yellow mixed oats edge within narrow ranges as rail cars and export terms are listed.

Minnesota Bakers Michigan Stone Michigan Roller New York Canada Superior Canada Canada Western Eastern

Market Wrapup Shows Quiet Demand Across Commodities

Outside markets firm but prices mostly unchanged with firm butter in New York and Liverpool demand for top creamery. Cheese steady in New York, white cheese in Liverpool strong at 50 51s, eggs dull in New York and Western markets. Potatoes in steady demand, red sweets near 4 4 60 bbl, tallow steady amid light receipts and quiet grass and hay markets.

New York Liverpool

Wholesale dairy and produce prices from New York region markets

Receivers prices for wholesale lots list Western and Eastern creamery butter, cheese, eggs, poultry, beans, seeds, hay, tallow, and potatoes. Also shows jobbing prices higher by 1 2c and 42 11c adjustments for various regional grades and destinations.

New York Vermont Northern Choice Ohio Choice Vermont Choice Choice Canada Choice Michigan Nova Scotia Island New Brunswick Canada West Timothy North Red Top Jersey Millet Dungarian East Swale Long Islands Bristol Ferry

Fruit prices and arrivals in Norfolk Virginia markets

Norfolk fruit prices show wide variety with many items selling by the barrel or crate. Pears from Georgia close at 150 to 200 per crate while cantaloupes and berries appear in limited supply with firm demand. oranges and lemons priced per box or case across Messina Palermo and California fruit lines.

Virginia Messina Palermo California

Market Prices for Fresh Produce in Early 20th Century

The list shows demand and unit prices for truck crops including onions Egyptian 175 per case, Maltas 250 per basket, cabbage 1 to 5 dollars per crate, Norfolks 50 cents per crate, Rhode Islands 3 dollars bush, beans wax 175 per bush, green corn 150 per bush, beets 50 cents per bush, turnips 176 per barrel, squash 250 per 100, carrots 2 per count, lettuce 14 per box, cucumbers 244 cents each, citron melons 8 dollars 38 sixty per barrel, parsnips 75 cents per 9 dozen bunches.

Maltas Rhode Islands Chicago Providence Southern

Provisions and Prime Meats Price List Update

A detailed catalog of meat prices across pork, beef, and other fresh meats. Listings include various cuts such as long cuts, backs, rib tips, hams, shoulders, ribs, tongues, and different beef grades with per pound and per barrel pricing. Also notes city dressed and country dressed hogs and lambs with range values.

Lord, Choice Choice City Chicago Brighton

Textile and sugar markets mixed as futures steady in Liverpool

Liverpool futures opened inactive and closed quiet with bids around 5 40-64d for July and 6 89-64d for July August. Spot uplands at 5 11-16d Ib middling. New York spot quiet at 10% se for middling, futures bids shown, Manchester cloths steady with yarns inactive. Pipe line certificates update: shipments and marks. Sugar prices steady with refined levels unchanged and market for molasses steady with cargo quotes.

Liverpool Auust Otober Orleans New York Manchester Eng Manila Lloilos Helmont Porto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes Cuba

New York Flour and Grain Reports Trade Centre July 22

Flour receipts reported at 19 610 packages exports 3497 barrels 15 092 sacks with dull sales. Wheat receipts 185 800 bushels exports 254 087 bushels spot prices near decline. Corn and rye markets mixed with quieter activity and modest price shifts as oats show lower trade.

New York Minnesota Laima Chicago

Commodity prices and grain markets across major cities

Markets show mixed movement with wheat easing in Minneapolis and Chicago while pork and lard trade firm in St Louis Detroit and Cincinnati. Flour and grain receipts vary, with rice and molasses steady and turpentine dull as rosin and butter hold.

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities

Hogs vary by city with St Louis workers at 5 05 to 5 80, mixed packers 5 00 to 5 30, butchers 5 00 to 5 45. Peoria hogs steady around 5 25, Kansas City dull with 7 000 receipts predicted, Chicago reports 15 000 hogs, 5 16 to 5 30 for rough to mixed and 5 20 to 5 85 for packing grades, cattle and sheep also listed with varied prices.

ST. Louis Peoria Kansas City Chicago Texas

Cotton Market Summary for July 22 Across US Ports

Market news shows varied receipts and stocks at key ports including Augusta-Net 4 receipts and 4 shipments, New Orleans 73 receipts with 200 sales, and Baltimore none receipts with 61 coastwise exports. Consolidated net security for one week at 3295 and total US port stocks around 200 thousand.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Charleston Stoeck Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain Continent Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville C. Consolidated France United States Liverpool

Imports and Exports July 22 1887

Shipping list notes cargoes across global ports. Brig Alaric imports logwood to Aux Caves. Baracoa and Cadiz report cocoanuts salt orders. Jamaica trade includes Aguan cocoa and bananas for Boston Fruit Co. detailed port by port items cover Mediterranean palms to Hull and Hulls varied goods.

Aux Caves Alaric Logwood Baracoa Bergenseren W&ck Noyes Cadiz Katie E Morse Jamaica Aguan Boston Fruit Co Coffee Chase & Sanborn Mediterranean Merty Abbey Palermo As& Brown & Co Phelps Bros & Co Sorrento A$ & J Brown & Co Hull Eng Baring Bros & Co Moors & Co Washburn & Moon Jordan, Maria & Co Louis Wolf & Co Horace Partridge & Co John Schroeder Kidder, Peabody & Co Port Gilbert Swi Ocean Belle Delong & Seamen Windsor

Exports from Atlantic Ports Carry Grains and Goods

Exports dated July 22 1887 list cargoes from St John New Brunswick Wolfville Canning Annapolis and Lawn Nova Scotia. The schooners A C Watson Willie Blanche Sandalphan and Mary E McDougall carry cornmeal marble pitch acid flour pork and other goods in multi port shipments.

ST John A C Watson Wolfville Canning Willie Blanche Annapolis Sandalphan Lawn Mary E McDougall

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