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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1883

Page

3

Foreign exchange and stocks in Boston market

Foreign exchange shows weakness with 60 day London bills at 481 and Paris francs at 520 for short sight bills. Boston stocks move unevenly amid mix of gains and losses with notable activity in Atchison stock and Eastern bonds. A cautious tone surrounds railroad shares and mining issues while Bell Telephone surges on a stock privilege offering. The piece discusses measures by Massachusetts Loan and Trust to protect charitable funds from defalcation and the need for stable trustees.

London Paris Boston Wall Street News Wiggins New York City Western Railroad Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe State Street Atchison Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Wisconsin Central Northern Pacific Railroad Company Superior Ashland Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Marquette, Houghton Ontonagay Mexican Central Kansas City Fort Scott Gulf Preferred Eastern Maine Albany Fitchburg Old Colony New York New England Portsmouth Great Falls Conway American Bell Telephone Quincy National Pewabie Pewabie Mining Company Lowell National Bell of Maine Northern Bay State Union Purchase Northwestern Yale Lock Manufacturing Company Connecticut Boston Stock Exchange Henry R. Towne Schuyler Merritt George White M. F. Merritt Beaugeau Borie Albert Kelly Thomas F. Ixeating Stamford Conn Stock Exchange Massachusetts, Loan and Trust Company Police Relief Association Prime Mercantile Sierra Grande Iron Standard Horn Bodie Robinson Sonora Canada Southern Chesapeake and Ohio Denver and Rio Grande South Carolina Kansas Texas Union Scific Wabash General Origa Wabash Denver Burlington St. Paul Minneapolis Manitoba Wall Street Washington Treasury Department Penne French Folger John T. Terry Western Union Morgan Iron Mountain Eugene Bogert Hammer Union Pacific Atl Nebraska Colorado Springs Continental Liverpool E. Whitworth New York Mercantile Exchange Elgin Creamery Vermont Fis 4Ic Port Phillip New South Wales Queensland Sydney Adelaide Dales Natal Cape New Zealand Port Philip

Fragmented Bank and Rail Stocks in 1880s Ledger Summary

The document lists various banks railroads and manufacturing firms with bond and stock references. Names include Lowell Manufacturing Co Boston & Maine Rd Pacific Gano Co Union Pacific 6s Vermont & Mass 7s and Boston & Albany 7s. It records values premiums and dates such as 1884 1905 and 1893 along with locations Lowell Nashua Boston Chicago and Lawrence. The overall item appears to be an aged financial ledger or broker’s list of securities and municipal issues.

N. H.e Metropolitan Horse Rai Nashua & Rochester Fitchburg Aoe South Boston Gaslight CO American Loan & Trust Co Oesreeeeeveree Boston & Maine Pacific Gano CO EVI Asabe Sas Loawase Haeensis Vaiaec Topeka Maganenhig Cassone McKay Pietatlic Ceeeeseee Silly McKay & Bigelow Casiluirachic Mim Co New Hampshire Boston City Lawrence Gs Chicago Quincy Boston & Maine Rd Vermont & Mass Setesereseres Remont Elkhorn Boston Concord Montreal Francis Henshaw & Co Shawmut National Bank Atlas National Bank Hamilton National Bank Hide and Leather National Bank State National Bank Webster Nat. Bank Tremont National Bank National Bank Amoskeag Manufacturing C Great Falls Manufacturing Go Srey Ode Abs Sne Boston & Mame Kroston & Albany Boston & Providence Boston & Lowell Connecticut River Cccebessyavosas Boston, Clinton, Fitchburg N. B MT Oro Philadelphia Wilmington & al Pass Rivers Rc Chion Pacific Sinking Fund &S Union Pacific Atlantic Cotton Mills Dexter Mills Ces Eneednerevesss VMAT Dwight Migzee PRTC BEN Byes Lawrence Gaslight Lynn Gaslight Boylston Mutual Ins. Co American Loan and Trust Company Boston Music Hall South Boston Gaslight Dayton Ohio Pullman Wisconsin Valley Rct Great Falls& Con Eae Teeseerreneel Ld Suemaceres Kansas City Lawrence & Southern Boston & Albany Detroit, Lansing & Northern Marquette, Houghton & Onton Clinton, Fitchburg & NB Hon China Mutual

Despatches on oil and goods prices across markets

Despatch to the Boston Post lists wide price ranges for oils including western lard oil and sperm oil, Calcutta oil, whale oil and refined varieties, with crude and refined petroleum quotes. It covers Boston wool, Labrador and Halifax goods, tobacco seed, salt, tea, pepper and sugar, along with provisions and produce markets and a lengthy wool price summary.

Calcutta Boston Macartes Labrador Halifax Oriental Centennial Elgin Ill New York Vermont Western Dairy New York State Western Maine Aroostock Southern Choice Canada Maine Central Grand Trunk Aroostook Burbank Brooks Virginias York State Minnesota Carolina Rangoon Patna Turks Island Liverpool Bodh Bond Cadiz Trapani Red Top Singapore Cassia Pimento Manila Selmont SUMAC Sicily Virginia

Old prices held with minor style changes in week’s shipments

Indications show prices stay steady while goods vary slightly in style from last year. Shipments this week total 56,942 cases, up from 55,390 last year, with year-to-date 578,440 cases vs 522,463 previously. Principal forwardings include San Francisco 1,826 and Chicago 4,116 among many cities nationwide.

San Francisco Cal Chicago Ill St Louis Cincinnati Toledo Louisville Pittsburg Baltimore New Orleans Philadelphia New York City Albany Syracuse Elmira Easton Savannah Waco Tex Dallas Galveston San Antonio Macon Charleston Atlanta Richmond Norfolk Binghamton Detroit Mich Milwaukee Wis Montgomery Ala Mobile Nashville Columbus Rochester Buffalo Kansas City Minneapolis Minn St. Paul Burlington Iowa Dayton St Joseph Cedar Denver Col Omaha Neb Chillicothe Quincy Bloomington Peoria Chattanooga Gallipolis Paducah Birmingham Cortland, NY Statesville Jefferson, Tex Lynchburg Towanda Worcester Lowell Fall River Springfield Taunton Woburn Boston Newburyport Hyde Park Brookline Gardner Peabody New Bedford Cambridge Lawrence Lynn Somerville Salem Holyoke Chelsea Gloucester Newton Haverhill Brockton Malden

Brighton and Watertown Live Stock Market March 14

A detailed cattle and livestock market report from Brighton and Watertown for March 14. It lists arrivals, prices for beef and store cattle, sheep and lambs, hogs, hides, and poultry, plus dairy cows and oxen sales. Includes statewide seller standings, yard totals, and export movements with multiple local firms named.

Maine Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts Rhode Island Connecticut New York Sheen Watertown Boston Lowell Fitchburg Albany Eastern New Xee Qld Colony Providence Brighton N. B H J Hamlin G Littlefieldi N Butler Sanborn Libby & Wardwell Libby & Son A P Libby C H Morrill M B Chesley L W Brawley W Harriman Coolidge & Son A J Piper W G Townsend J Carroll R F French Kidder & Robinson J U Newton Ahv Whipple ET Sargent Hastings H Tngerson B Hulburt R Abercromby Chas Jones DS Coolidge J B Thomas Caswell Monroe Hollis & Co Leavitt & Son Devlin & Farrell Hollis Actail Missouri Liverpool J A Hathaway Lingham & O'Brien A N Monroe Olympia Glasgow AN Monroe Iberian W Leavitt J O’birne AN Munroe Cambridge White Creek Weymouth & Hooper R P Pollard CO Howe Alya Hathaway & Jackson JS Henry Cqo Howe Brighton Landing Chicago Jc @ thatchers EA Hollis F H Coolidge & Son W W Hall C © Howe J D Hosmer ILM Taft Brighton Old Yates

New York and Chicago limited train lauded for comfort and speed

The piece describes the Pennsylvania railroad limited express from New York to Chicago as a model of travel with a lighter smoker car, a refectory car, deep cushioned seating, desk space, a librarian, drinks and lunch, and a dinner for a dollar. It notes conductor standards and passenger service aimed at high expectations, highlighting a contrast with ordinary expresses.

New York Pennsylvania Railroad Company Limited Express Lucius Tuttle Eastern Railroad C. A. Taylor Richmond Fredericksburg Canada Southern Lackawanna Road Milwaukee and St. Paul Milwaukee Sentinel Columbus Hocking Valley Toledo James Walsh Baltimore and Ohio Grand Trunk Railways Indiana Vanderbilt New York, West Shore Buffalo Road Court of Railway Commissioners For Canada Dominion House of Commons Standing Committee On Lake Megantic McFee Western Union Telegraph Company John T. Terry Gov. Morgan Green Wabash Company Wabash Missouri Pacific Tron Mountain Railroad Company Missouri, Kansas and Texas Missouri Pacific Railroad Company Southwestern Selectman Hall Wallingford Conn Watrous New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad Hall Wisconsin Northern Pacific Chicago Milwaukee Wisconsin Central

Boy recovers after soap bar and soda cure tale ends with vow

A Michigan boy swallowed a bar of soap and drank plentiful soda water to treat a cold. He later slept it off under a doctor’s care, and now pledges to use Dr Bull's Cough Syrup if a cold returns.

Michigan Dr. Bull

Market Notes Across Cities on March 14

Across Norfolk Baltimore Charleston New York Savannah and more, prices and receipts show steady to firm sentiment in various staples. Cotton steady middling. grain futures and flour mixed with modest declines in some regions and firming in others.

Boston Reading Company Philadelphia New York Clearfield Cumberland Baltimore Franklin Java Maracaibo Rio Janeiro Manila Liverpool Sunnda Orleans Jane Sicily Gambier Assafostida Eman Amer St Domingo At &c Financial Chronicle Y Cincinnati Norfolk, Ame Settee GAL JR Poe Charleston Continentus Essenc Ecae Savannah Middine New Orleans United States Britain Great Britain France Continent Uplands Minnesota City Duluth Ees Ee White State Rio Petroleum—United Kelm South America Chicago Ilinois Missouri Michigan Barney ST. Louis Commercial Bulletin Toledo Milwaukee Detroit London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane England Califormia de Orleans Port Phillip New South Wales Queensland

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Reiciendan jRod Ilepeacees Chesapeake & Ohio Cleve Sed Sicenne Des Bps Maeve Wells Fargo Col. Oom Vicesccvess Ontario Harlem Milling Co R. H. Chamberlain & CO Boston Produce Exchange Messrs Sibley, French & Co Henry Hentz & Co Asa P. Potter Maverick National Bank John P. Squire & Co James W Roberts & Co Boot and Shoe Trade Riis Brighton and George J. Fox Bostom Jacob Reed T Stearns & Co Miragoane John Chisholm Rosario John McDermott Rice & Co Grand Menan Cardenas Edward Cushing Narcissus Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Itchburg Railroad Grand Junction Railroad New York and Newland Railroad Old Colony Railroad Providence Railroad Peabody and Salem Railroad Matters Life Brooks—Seaverns JB Brackett Gardner C Brooks Emily Janet Henry G Seaverns Chandler—Fawcett C P H Nason Andrew D Chandler Hattie A Fawcett Amos Fawcett Downs—Skinner J W Riddle Fred Milton Downs Adam Skinner Eichler—Meyer Louis B Schwarz Julius E Eichler Bertha M Meyer O. Johnson—Baldwin Robert G Seymour John C Johnson Sarah E Baldwin Richards—Cobb EE Hale Henry W Richards Dedham Eliza Cobb Asa Cobb Barnstable Smith—Center Ralph Smith Ina B Swiitzer—Wright New Ipswich William Thompson Samuel M Switzer Martha A Wright A H Wright Whitehead—Dempsey March C PH Nason Joseph Whitehead Annie R Dempsey New Brunswick Curtis Herbert A Curtis Nelson Curtis Perkins Street Jamaica Plain Dodge Charlestown Levi G Dodge Fisk Highlands Wm Fisk New Albion Place Hugh Montgomery Pollard Eliza John Henshaw Pollard Sand Till Avenue Midland Street Dorchester Urquhart Marion James Urquhart Winship Mary A Winship Charles F Winship State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity Gs Salwis Pisis Lowellocersecseeesvece POL Bago Ce Cists Cscs Lawtcucrr Latics cc Isese Veces Buncahor Gi Sii Cs Ésues MARS Isescic Ss Ciccass Pumberies Newdburydott Ccscccssones North Adams Attleborough Caee Lane Southbridges Sss Westtiel Eweriee Marblehead Plymous Ccvces Gatanet Amhetst Cece Coveeses Badgewater Nantuckical J. Newman & Sons Tremont St Telegraph Bales Ibige Atlantic Great Western New York Central Illinois Central Pennsylvania Central Reading Mexican Railway TUK Hague Bank of the Netherlands Middlesex County Judge Brooks Hannah Wayne Bedford Samuel C. Howes Alice Kimball Natick Charles Choate Julia Hippisley Medford Hannah Bennett Samuel B. Phelps Mary PD. Boynton Pepperell Elizabeth Towle Catharine Babcock Hudson Dorcas B. Prentiss Martha W. Field Frank H H, A Charles A. Vogeler Co A. Vogeler & CO U.S. A ELYW Prarre Ver Ely Rost. W. Merville Grand Rapids Elys’ Cream Balm CO Qwego, N.X Whitney, Howe & Sibley Exchange Place Market National Bank Mexican Telephone Gould Mining Co Col. Catalpa Mining Co Whitney Patent Gaiter Co Carolina Queen National Tube Works Prumaw Minin Ma Memes Y Sauer WU National Railway Signal Co Indian Queen Mining Co Burton Stock Car Co Oledo and Delphos Trust Horatio Harris & CO DR. Radway Radway Bright Radways Neatlaria R. R. Er Radway & CO Warren Street Radway’s Humphreys Humphreys’ Homeopathic Medicine Co Fulton Street Mhis Turhewyto Apl DR. Collamore Winter Street Fannie A. Dodd Tremont Street Henry & Hatch Devonshire Sts Boots & Shoes A. S. Richards & CO Boots and Shoes Vances Summer Street Shoe and Leather Exchange A. P. Taber Fall River Lins Samuel Bunting Lippincott SON Henry C. Bird & CO Horticultural Hall Korhassan Ouchak Ibahan Circassian Ghiardes Shiraz Daghestan Kourdistan Melas Elecant Sullivan Eee & Libbie Actionee No Beacon Anseat Beacon Street Foreign and American John B. Osborne Gideon Beck & Son Henry W. Folsom Gars James FE. Leach Francis Cab Gyig & CO BRI Letchamar Exchange Building First Flioer Central National Bank of Worcester City National Bank of Worcester Citizens’ National Bank of Worcester Quinpsigamond National Bank of Worcester Ann En Brookline Gas Light Co- Hill Manufacturing Co Copper Manufacturing Co Boston Atheneum Boylston Mutual Insurance Co Housatonic Railing Stock Co Boston Belting Go Boston Storage Warehouse Co Lowell Gas Light Co Newton and Watertown Gas Light Co Bates Manufacturing Co Washington Mills Manchester Mills Shoe and Leather Insurance Co Minnneapolis Wisconsin Central Railroad Sioux City and Pacific Langdon Manufacturing Co Passumpsic Rivers City of R. L. Day & CO Boston Stock Exshase Pembroke Mills Webster Manufacturino China Manufacturing Co Minnesota Copper Co A Appleton Manufacturing Co Hill Manufacturing Co Imamniccimmat Mn Dorje Priny US Charlestown Gas Light Co Hamilton Manufacturing Co Portsmouth, Great Falls and Conway Railroad Gton Avenue Samuel Hatch & CO Actioneers Cusaneae Street Charles H Wetmore Vernon Hanson Suffolk Whitman and Breck Charles Street Old Colony Railroad Company Freeman Street Charles H. Wetmore Oliver William A. Russell Albert Howe & Coq Market Street Renl Saleeroom Warren Avenue
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