Boston Money Market Drift Brightens in Rail and Bond Notes
The Boston money market firmed with clearing house demand met at 3 percent. General loans ranged from 8% to 5% and collateralized call loans from 3% to 4% per annum. New York exchange totals rose, bank balances shifted, and a broader bullion and bond market movement signaled bullish tones with gains in copper stocks and industry news from Inter national Gas ventures in Brooklyn.
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Boston
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
New Orleans
Charleston
Savannah
Boston Bank
Commercial market notes show varied demand across goods
Dry goods are fairly active while flour and oats drag. Corn and rye flour are slow to quiet. Butter and cheese stay steady. eggs, beans and beets are weak to steady. Hogs, lambs, and mutton softer. pork, lard, and truck active or firm. California fruits and bananas steady. lemons, oranges, apples firm. molasses slow.
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California
Market Summary From The Option Markets Chicago July 29
Wheat opened weak and closed near day lows due to heavy receipts and bearish sentiment. Corn and oats were dull with visible decreases. Provisions weakened with heavy selling of January contracts. notes include opening highs and lows, receipts, and prices across wheat corn oats and fats.
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Chicago
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Gilman, Cheney & Co
Boston
Financial market update from London and Paris
London notes quote Consols at 98 and 98.5 for money and the account, with Atlantic and Great Western firsts at 30.14, Canada Pacific 58, Irie 26. Mexican ordinary 55, New York Central 108, Reading 2242, Mexican Central 67.5 percent. Discount on short bills is 1.5 percent. Paris advices show 3 percent rentes at 84 francs 30 centimes.
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Quincy
Ridge
Santa Fe
Tamarack
Aspinwall
Eees
Boothbay
Boston
Reneee
Boylston Street
Brookline
Campobello
Bay
Wees
Maverick
Newport
Lamoine
Payson
Penot Cot
Ban Diego
Sullivan
Topeka
West Kid
Winthrop
Wollstott
Atchison
At. & Pac
Do Inc
L. G
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Atlantic & Pacific
Boston & Lowell
Louston & Maine
Boston & Prov
Canton
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Arent
Flint
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Maine Central
Old Colony
Rutland
Summit
Anee
Union Pacific
West End
Wusconsin Central
Lamson Store Ser. Co
Pullman Palace Car CO
Cotton Oil Trust
Burton Stock Car Co
Liverpool Co
Illinois Steel Co
Lynn & Boston Railroad
Lynn Gas & Electric Co
Mt. Desert
East Shore
Ids
Malden Electric Co
New York
Despatch Co
North Chi
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Sika
Rene
Corm
Westinghouse Elec. Co
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Fort Wayne
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Pees
Houston
Tex
Lake Shore
Nash
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Beach
Dieka
M. & Ohio
Nash. & Chat
Ae Saue
Wis
Ohio & Miss
Ont & West
Oregon Trans
Oregon S. Line
Ellisburg
Reading
Rich. & al. Ou
Rock Island
Yale
Stob & Ss Pees As
Texas Pacific
Fol
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Pacific
Utica & LB. R
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Chi. Gas Trust
Tenn. C. & I
Sugar Trust
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Ontario
Col. Coal
Ophir
Quicksilver
el Cristo
Gould & Ae
Nevada
Wee Haley& Nor
Union Con
London
Atlantic & Great Western
Canada Pacific
Irie
New York Central
Mexican Central News
Paris
New York financial markets suffer dull monotony on July day
Money on call stayed easy around 2 percent with last loan at 2 1 4 and close near 2 percent. Sterling exchange remained dull with actual business at 4.85 for sixty day bills and 4.87 for demand. Reading stock fell back after early strength while Chesapeake & Ohio led activity. market closed dull but steady near opening prices amid broad inactivity.
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tLoss
Secretary of the Treasury
Smn
Frances
Reichsmarks
Sigat
Boston
James R. Williston
Charles Head & Co
Boston Stock Exchange
Stephen Morse
Atchison
Louisiana & Missouri River
Chicago
Burlington & Quincy
New York
Flint & Pete Marquette
Cleveland & Canton Railroad
Jane
Arnings
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Reading
Stock Exchange
Chesapeake & Ohio
Against the Canadian Canals in Ottawa Debate
The Canadian press cites Welland canal traffic data to argue the canal fails to keep Western freight from American routes. 1881 totals show dominant US east west movement, while traffic to Montreal lags behind seven years earlier. Critics use figures to oppose a $12 million canal improvement plan by the government.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Welland Canal
United States
Montreal
Welland
Rival Electric Light Companies in Salem Plan New Co
In Salem on July 29 seeds say petitioners oppose licensing out of town rivals. They form Essex County Electric Company under Massachusetts law to supply light and power in Salem and will offer forty nine hundredths of the stock to Salem capital. They will then request a location.
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Salem
Seedan.j
Massachusetts
Essex County Electric Company
Salem Capital
Trade Agents and Firms List Across Cities
A long OCR style roster records numerous sales agents and firms from cities including Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati Covington Knoxville Lexington Moravia Meridian Philadelphia Pittsburg Scranton Savannas St Louis and Washington. Names include J Lobe Mitchell Co C H Fargo D Head Potts Potts Co Kellogg Johnson O Chase Co Williams Co and many others with company affiliations and locales.
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Covington
Ed Tlickey
Columbia
Lever
Stork & Lever
Craw
Denton
Lex
D Head & Co
Kosciusko
Miss
B Potts
Lexington
P Ross
Louse Pe
J Daveneck
Kleinhaus & Simonson
Moravia
Jennings
Meridian
Baw
Philadelphia
Penn
W ‘Erry
Rowe & Terry
Pittsburg
J F Owens
Chaddock & Owens
Quincteburg
H J Lang
M Lang
Qu Savannas
C 8 Buck
Buck Bro
Scranton
Nettleton
H A Coburn
Kellogg, Johnson & O
Louis
S Powell Pe Lee
T Kelley
Kelley, Goodfelow & Co
Tre
Yopeka
Kan
G M Chane
Chase & Co
Washington
J A Williams
J A Williams & Co
Print cloth market quiet and firm on 64x64s in Fall River
Fall River market report notes quiet and firm trading of print cloth at 315-16 cents per yard for 64 by 64s. A few thousand pieces of spots were sold today at the stated price level.
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Fall River
English grain trade report signals seller advantage
The Mark Lane Express notes a seller-favorable English wheat trend with inactivity in trades but rising futures. Expected early September deliveries will be well matured for milling. Weekly English wheat sales reach 45,746 quarters at 30s while last year’s week was 23,209 at 32s 6d. foreign wheat firm and prices steady with small advances at Liverpool and London. Barley oats and corn firm. linseed up 6d. flour 6d higher. rye 1s dearer.
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London
Mark Lane Express
Liverpool
Dry Goods Trade Quiet Yet Firm Amid Weather Delays
The dry goods trade shows satisfactory activity with strong prices and cautious buying. Commission houses stay busy, woollen goods sustain firm prices, cotton goods lag slightly but remain firm, and the Lewis Bros & Co suspension is viewed as temporary with no loss of market confidence.
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Lewis Bros & Co
New York
Market Report Shows Firm Demand for Woollen Goods
A promising season for all classes of goods is noted with favorable crop reports boosting fall and winter buys. Men's woollens shipping, prices firm with modest 1 percent advances, and clothiers still increasing purchases. Strong raw material, steady dress goods advance, and steady blankets point to a healthy trade, though some segments like flannels and old-order deliveries are quieter.
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George H Gilbert Manufacturing Company
Henriettas
Messrs Jordan, Marsh & Co
New England
New York
Our Foreign Commerce Yearly Trade Summary
The Bureau of Statistics reports fiscal year ends June 30 with imports at 745,127,476 and exports at 742,401,799, a deficit of 2,725,677. Domestic merchandise valued at 730,282,606 while foreign merchandise is 12,119,193. Exports reach a record not seen since 1883, while imports set a historic high. Major gains occur in cotton, provisions, animals, wood, mineral oils, iron and steel, and seeds, with declines in breadstuffs, tobacco, and cotton manufactures.
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Bureau of Statistics
Flour and grain market report with mixed grain stocks
Prices for carload grain lots exclude rye while domestic flour quotations cover wholesale and jobbing ranges. Inspections list 81 cars, with visible supplies in July 1889 to 1888, including wheat, barley, oats, and peas. Stocks in Chicago and Boston elevators shown, plus today’s flour receipts and quiet demand as buyers await new wheat flours to push prices lower.
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Chicago
Bush
Sohaer Geetek
Boston
Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada
New York
City
Stock and market report on No2 white oats and produce items
The report shows No 2 white oats stock at 31,584 bushels, down from 34,688 last week, with breakdowns by elevator. It lists call bids and asks, receipts and shipments across Chicago and St Louis, and a generally steady market for No 2 oats and related commodities, plus detailed produce receipts and butter market notes, including price ranges for various butter grades and regional creamery activity.
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Brokers’ Board
S. F. Trust
Ev. & St
Tee
Tee We Ewe $15,000 oaYe Pueb. & Ark. Val
Devonoth
ST Ye South
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Amstell
Eastiman Car Heater Co
Lamson
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Bell Tel
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Erie Teslane
Ooele
Topeka Oehevenes
San Diego
Seeweeee
West End
Ne Cal
Hec
Kearaarg
Tamarac Ee Ener Sneer
Pluiay & Read
Union Facitic
Tilinois Steel
Lhom
Hoast
Elec
Ify
Westinghouse
Boston & Albany
Hoosac
Mobile
New York
State
Chicago
St Louis
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Deer
Deer Park
Treasury
Boston & Montana
Osceola
Franklin
Kearsarge
Boston News Bureau
Boston & Montana Copper Company
Rio Tintos
International Gas Company
Brooklyn
N. Y
United Kingdom
England
Scotland
Wales
Ireland
Citizens’ Gaslight Company
Union Gaslight Company
Twenty-first Ward
Brooklyn Gaslight Company
Enis Syndicate
Charles G. Francklyn
Flatbush
Cleckheaton
London Gaslight and Coke Company
Hydro-Carbon Gas Light & Fuel Company of
Rothschilds
Europe
Duluth
Consolidated Gas Company
New York City
Consolidated Company
America
Louisville
Evansville
Denver & Rio Grande
Detroit, Lansing & Northern
Chicago & West Michigan
New York & New England
Inc
Bell Telephone
Cine Eve
Erie Telephone
San Digo Land
West End Land
James H. Howard
Sullivan Harbor Land Company
Mt. Desert Ferry
Sullivan Harbor
Howard
Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe
Indianapolis, Decatur & Western
Richmond & Danvillers
East Tennessee
Indiana & Western
Loucz
Reevee Werner
Arnold
Atlantic
Bonanza
Kutte
Cal
Hecla
Catulpa
Lse Crescent
Dunkin
Huron
Trenton Swale
Cree National
Miscellaneous Stock Exchange
Wilson Way & Co
State Street
Hain Foster Elec
Seccessee
Isurton
Honerine
St. Est
Aes Ieee Cay
Patna
Minneapolis
Northern
NEW York Financial
Aberdeen, Miss
Stern
Stern Bros
Baltimore
J Lobe
Jottan, Mitchell & Co
John
E. Welsh
General Markeis
Sylvanite Mining & Milling Co. OF
Coloradto
Norvin Green
Pres
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Colorado
H. Smith
Congress St
the Eastern Banking CO
Milk Street
Francis A. Osborn
Oesurer
Real Estate Improvement Co
Office of
Suburban Home CO
Washington Street
John Jeffries & Sons
Devonshire Street
Goiac
Goa
Hara Wood
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