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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 20, 1884

Page

3

Money Matters In unsettled Boston Money Market

The Boston money market remains unsettled and dull with banks aiding regular customers at 5 to 6 percent. Call loans with collateral run 5 to 6 percent, corporation paper at 4 1/2 to 5 percent, and New York funds show various discounts. Clearing-house exchanges total 13,916,328 with balances 1,360,502, and the Boston bank statement hints at a $7,414 rise in surplus reserves to 1,542,971.

Boston New York

Stock Market Fragments From A Fragmented Page

Readable pieces show stock listings with prices and percentages. Names and figures from various exchanges appear amid distorted text, including values like 75 and 100, with scattered company references and market indicators.

Wall Street Opens Quiet as Stocks Slip Then Firm

New York May 19 Money easy at 2 percent per annum. Prime mercantile paper 4 5 percent. Bar silver 1114. Foreign exchange weak at 488 485 for long, 485 456 for short. Governments lower but firmer on third call. Railways weaker for Erie seconds East Tennessee, West Shore 5s. The stock market opened quiet and declined up to 3 percent then recovered. Several issues fell on unfounded defalcation rumors at Louisville and Nashville. William B. Scott & Co. failure announced but market recovered late. Canada Southern and Northwest rose. Louisville and Nashville closed at 324, Pacific Mail 39, Union Pacific 4444. President Baldwin of L&N resigns. Rogers appointed. Total transactions 365,700 shares with closing quotations listed.

Atchison Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Union Northern Pacific Omaha Kansas City Portland Utah, Northern Oregon Railway and Navigation Missouri River Central Pacific San Francisco Atlantic and Pacific Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Flint and Perre Marquette Common Springfield Memphis Mexican Central Marquette Houghton Ontonagon Common Little Rock Fort Smith Pullman Palace Car Company Boston and Albany New York New England Old Colony Stevens Connotton Valley Railroad Congress Street Mexican Central Ts Graually New Haglland Eastern Sonora American Bell Telephone Calumet Hecla Bell Telephone New England Telephone Erie Ing American Electric and Illuminating Preferred New England States Prime Mercantile East Tennessee West Shore Wall Street Nashville St. Paul Lackawanna Lake Shore Missouri Pacific Pacific Mail Reading Western Union Louisville Wiliam B. Scott & Co Canada Southern Northwest Louisville and Nashville England Ireland Amsterdam C.C. Baldwin Lousville and Nashville Railroad Company Securit

General Farm Produce Market Report Summary

General farm produce prices hold steady with beans and peas firming for some varieties. Potatoes, apples, and dried fruits show steady quotes, while hay and grass seeds remain steady. Provisions and meats display firm demand with mixed regional movements across pork lard corn beef and dressed hogs.

Mediterranean Ports Steamer cargo list from multiple ports

Shipping ledger itemizes cargoes and consignors from Messina Catania Valencia Naples Palermo Leghorn Valencia Cadiz and other ports. Entries record boxes cases mahogany olive oil fruit eggs lobsters fowls butter wine and sugar with consignors such as Franklin Rolfe Co Phelps Bros Co A Minardi and J K Haseltine. Also notes schooners and steamers serving Annapolis Cadiz Cape Island Mayaguez Ponce and Pinar del Rio with quantities in cases boxes hhds and last.

Rockwell & Son Shattuck & Jones Mediterranean Messina Cusimano & Co Franklin Rolfe & Co As&j Brown & Co Westervelt Bel & Day Hardy & Co Phelps Bros & Co Codman & Hall Linder & Meyer Catania Westerveit Sgobel & Dye H Hardy & Co Valencia Tullyé& Co Winsor & Son Annapolis Steamer New Brunswick Chapin Bros Ellis & Son Doe Dudley & Co Fales & Lahey Green & Co R Gaines Griffin & Co Holmes A&ow Morse & Co S Ellis & Co LC Durkee Dodo Merchants Despatch Transportation Co Dodo J K Haseltine P O Donnell & Co Dodo A Dundman & Co Cuyelborat & Co MT Clark Leghorn Palermo Cape Island

Trade goods list and court notices from Roxbury record

A catalog of schooner cargo items including flour codage tobacco sugar furniture bricks and bricks and other goods alongside Superior Court entries. Plaintiffs include Anna Wolf vs John F. Emery for assault damages $7750 and multiple civil actions with defendants such as Charles H. Benton Edward Frye and Blackstone National Bank.

Anna Wolf John F. Emery Whitney Street Roxbury Thomas Riley H. E. Swasey Charles H. Benton Edward Frye W. J. Morrison J. B. Richardson Blackstone National Bank Bernard J. Kearny Kearny Ellenor C. Kearney Daniel Bernard J. Kearney Elborn, Kearny K. G. Nichols F.S. Hesseltine

Value by categories and countries for week ending May 16

The summary lists value figures across numerous goods such as rosin and turpentine, oils, bacon, wheat flour, beef, butter, cheese, tea, coffee, tobacco, sugar, and various manufactured items. It notes totals for regions and foreign possessions, with a grand total of 1,277,558 dollars and detailed country breakdowns. The document catalogues items from naval stores to hardware and farming products, reflecting broad trade activity.

Liverpool Dexter ST Pierre Mig Susie K S.c India Danish West Img Cs Ceswecacees Prcrca-Wogt Ince Siqueion Langley Newfoundland and Labr British West Indies British Guiana Australasia Ecscosonriec Ous United States of Colombia Sane

Opemnetioas Sonnet Compared With Last Year

The record lists a range of commodity prices and outputs for 1984, comparing figures such as flour, oleo, cheese, wheat, malt, potatoes, hay, cottonseed meal, lumber, leather, beef, pork, lard, hides, skins, and sugar against the corresponding day a year earlier. It reflects a detailed price and volume snapshot with numerous units like bushels, cars, and boxes.

Boston and Albany Grang Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Glad Colony Railroad New York New Engiana Fitchburg Railroad Lowell Maine Railroad Tinge Salem Y. Sea Sania Eae Lumber Aass

Howe Machine Company vs National Needle Company court record

May 1 opinion before Judges Gray and Nelson in the United States Circuit Court. Complainants Samers A H Whitten et al seek an accounting for alleged spring patent infringement in lathes for turning irregular forms No 23 957 assigned to complainants. Answer is a general denial. Lawyers listed for both sides.

Howe Machine Company National Needle Company A.H. Whitten Geo. S. Boutwell Geo. E. Betton A. L. Soule John E. Abbott

Unfinished case resumes before Judge Colburn in equity matters

In Chambers before Judge Field the case of Peek as executor versus Richards was resumed and unfinished. Uncontested divorce cases were heard and will be resumed on Wednesday. Equity matters will be heard Tuesday.

Colburn Peek Richards Chambers Judge Field Equity

Court Deliberates Robbery Case of Carey Kelley Kenny

The robbery case against Luke Carey Charles Kelley and William Kenny has occupied the court since Thursday with pleas from the three defense lawyers and District Attorney Adams. The judge will deliver the charge and the jury will begin deliberations today.

Luke Carey Charles Kelley William Kenny Adams

Fraud suit over a horse sale and alleged misrepresentation

No 1695 Frank O Webber brings tort action against Edward L nch alleging the horse bought for 200 was unsound with running sores and disease. Defendant claims no warranty and post sale illness not his fault. Trial by KK R Champlin for plaintiff and Brown and Alger for defendant. This is the last case for trial this term. Motions will be heard after, first jury excused for the term.

Frank O. Webber Edward L Nch KK. R. Champlin Brown and Alger

Bank Failures, Suspensions Spread Across States

A sprawling report covers bank suspensions and failures from Maine to Wisconsin. It notes F Shaw & Bros considering moving their tannery to Wisconsin, while Ward and Donnell Lawson Simpson face creditor pressures. Newark Savings court actions, Erie Savings closure, and Peters burg bank suspension are reported along with Spokane Falls flight and miner losses. Real estate attachments in Suffolk County conclude the item.

New York F.shaw & Bros F. Shaw & Bros Wisconsin New England Kingman Shaws Yetts Thaxter Shaw Ever Ng Maine Ferdinand Ward Messrs Donnell Lawson & Simpson Michael Morton China Wm. B. Wadsworth W. B. Scott & Co New York City The Stock Exchange Newark N.J Newark Savings Institution Dodd Court of Chancery Fisk & Hatch Erie Savings Bank Erie Lake Shore Adam Burbender City Exchange Bank of Laporte, Incl Donnell, Lawson & Simpson Cour de Alene Howell & Co Sioxane Falls W.T Howell Gen. C. C. Howell Spokane Falls Suffolk County William K. Porter Franklin K. Phillips John C. Potter

Railroads and Wall Street: Union Pacific battles amid market shifts

New York Times coverage details Union Pacific campaigns and stock activity as Wall Street notes casualties and aims to force bear operators to cover. It also reports a broad equity dispute over rails from Cambria Iron Works against Cincinnati and St. Louis railroad, seeking $35,000+ with subscriptions and debts in dispute.

New York Times Union Pacific Wall Street Northern Pacific Villard Gould Mr. Gould Toledo St. Louis Cincinnati John Felt Osgood Blanchard Ames Dana Hobbs Hager Pomeroy Holmes Mawhinney

The Young Folks party with babies and sleigh bells

A Philadelphia Call feature describes Baby Bell's party with five babies, their outfits, a toy basket, and six silver cups. It also explains sleigh bell making with the jinglet, plus light humor exchanges about rules at school and a folk wisdom verse about life and faith.

Baby Bell Mamma Baby Hal Baby Lou Baby May Baby Fred Baby Alice Ellen Slx Philadelphia

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