Money market report and stock actions in Boston and New York
The Boston money market stayed quiet with a 2% clearing house rate and 4 to 6 percent time loans. New York funds traded at 5 to 15 cents discount per $1000, while government securities held steady and copper shares led a dull market with Union Pacific and Vanderbilt gains noted amid broad broker commentary.
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Boston
New York
Chicago
St. Louis
San Francisco
Telegraph
New Orleans
Charleston
Savannah
Secretary of the Treasury
Reichsmarks
F. W. Prescott
Atchison
Union Pacific Railroad
Vanderbilts
Western Union
Union Pacific
Northwestern
Lackawanna
Reading
Northern Pacific
Oregon Railway and Navigation
Richmond
New York Tribune
Missouri Pacific
Southern Pacific
el Paso
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe
Midgeley
The
Chicago Tribune
Strong
Techison
Gould, Huntington
Santa Fe
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Chicago, Burlington & Northern
California Southern
McCool
Cleveland & Canton Preferred
Wisconsin Central
Oregon
Flint & Pere Marquette
Keeler
St. Louis Cable & Western
Chicago & West Michigan
C. P. Huntington
Southern Pacific Company
Burlington Railroad
Mexican Central
Astern
Chicago, Kansas & Western
Eastern
Central Massachusetts
Fitchburg
Boston & Lowell
Old Colony
Boston & Providence
Boston & Albany
New England
San Diego
West End
Street Railway
Bell Telephone
Erie
Utte & Boston Mining
Butte & Boston
Calumet & Hecla
Montana
Kearsage
Allouez
Ridge
National
Iamarack
Troy Mills Declares Dividend of 30 Per Share
The Troy Mills Company in Fall River has announced a dividend of thirty dollars per share.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Troy Mills Company
Fall River
Auction Sales of Stocks on Saturday November 10 1888
Auction notice lists numerous stock lots by orders of Executors Administrators and Collateral terms. Includes railroads banks mills and various corporations such as Michigan Central RR Amory Mfg Co Converse details include City of St Louis 6s Louisville Evansville St Louis RR Concord Min Co Atlantic Cotton Mills and Farmers Loan Kansas among others values and lot counts. New York Stock Sales section notes total 195000 shares with opening high low and closing figures for the day and prior close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Advis
Michigan Central RR
B. & Lowell RR
Conn
Pass. R. RR
Dorchester Gas Lt. Co
Am. Loan and Trust Co
Amory Mig. Co
Lawrence Mfg. Co
Appleton Mig. Co
Reversible Collar Co
Nat. Bank
Eagle Bank
Union Bank
Holliston Nat. Bk
Holliston
Mass
Amoskeag Mfg. Co
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Nat. Car Co
Manchester & Lawrence RR
Arkansas Valley Town and Land Co
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co. of Kansas
Lombard Invest. Co
N. Y
N. E. RR
Iowa Falls
Sioux City
Concord Min. Co
de Phila, Wil & Balt. RR
Railroad Nat. Bank
Lowell
Auction Sales Continued with Rail and Bank Securities
Auction notices list collateral holdings including 78 shares Boston Marine Ins Co 1 Nat Union Bank 4 Hill Mfg Co 3 Hill Mig Co 2 Merrimac Nat Bank Haverhill 10 Faneuil Hall Nat Bank 2 Merrimanca Mfg Co 5 American Fire and Marine Ins Co 1500 Wisconsin Valley RR 78 1909 200 Chicago & Eastern Ill RR 6s 100 Nashville & Lowell RR 6s 1892 500 Maine Cent RR 63 1905 8 4000 Chicago Burling & Northern RR 6s 1896 Deb 1500 Marshalltown 8s July 1896 2000 Fall River 6s Nov 1893 1000 Fall River 68 Nov 1892 2000 Lowell 68 Nov 1890 WL 7000 St Louis 6s July 1594 gold 1000 St Louis 63 Nov 1893 15750 100 Little Rock & Fort Smith RR scrip
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dunkin
Eeeeerer
Franklin
Eevee Cos
Huron
Nationa Eoeerterveeweenere
OIA
Boston W. P
Bee
Boylston
Brookline
Campobello
Boston
E. Ener A. Ats French
Bay
Ose
Eeeenue
Newport
Payson
San Diego
Sullivan
Topeka
West
Winthrop
Wollaston
Atchison
L. G. Ts
At. & Pac
C.& W. Ate
K. C
Ole K.C S.J. & C. Ti
Ss & M. Ee Brevard
L. Rh. & Fis
Seeee
Enee Ee
N.Y
N. FE
P. D.O
Oregon &. L
L. C. Con
Union P
Dos
F. Ri
Arch
Top. & S. Fo
Canton
Ener
Flint
Gult
Sess
Oo K. C
Cl. & Sp
Io K. C
Mem
K.C
Beno
N.K
Old Colon
Eeee Summit
Union Pacific
West Ind
Ee Wis
Central
Bell
Erie
Lamson Store Ser, CO
Pullman Palace Caree
Atchison, Top. & Santa Fe RR
L. G
Louis. & Mo. River RR
Boston Marine Ins. Co
Nat. Union Bank
Do Hill Mfg. Co
Do Hill Mig. Co
Do Phil
Wilmington & Baltimore RR
Merrimac Nat. Bank
Haverhill
Faneuil Hall Nat. Bank
Merrimanca Mfg. Co
American Fire and Marine Ins. Co
Wisconsin Valley RR
Chic
Eastern LL
Nash. & Lowell RR
Maine
Burl. & No
Marshalltown
Fall River
Lowell
W. TL
St. Louis
St. Lois
Little Rock
New York Financial Market Report Highlights Day Trading
Money on call was easy near 2 1 2 percent with last loan at 2 and bars at 2. Prime mercantile paper quoted 424 6%4. Sterling exchange steady around 4.84 for sixty-day bills and 4.8 for demand. Government bonds dull. Stocks showed activity after noon with readings in Reading, New England and St. Paul. losses narrowed late with a firmer tone. Railroad bonds traded more actively, notable gains and declines listed for several issuers.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
S. Sterling Exchange
Reading
New Englan
St. Paul
Canada Southern
Missouri Pacific
Dulness
Arlington & Quincy
Iowa
Dt Paul
Albany & Susquehanna
Pensacola & Atlantic
Mobile & Ohio New
Ontario & Western
Ohio & Mississippi
Chicago & Pacific
Evansville & Terre Haute
Pittsburg & Western
Wabash St Louis
Alton & Terre Haute
Mining stock quotes from San Francisco market notes
Follow up today closing quotations of mining stocks with prices for several companies including Crown Point Gould & Curry Nevada Union and Hale & Norcross. Read shows varied activity across multiple names such as Yellow Jacket and Mexican with prices listed in dollars and fractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ingare
San Francisco
Hest & Helcher
Jravaser
Bete Con
Cal
Union Con
Crown Point
Utaba
Ead Ene Gould & Carry
Yellow Jacket
Hale & Norcross
North Belle Isle
Nevada
Financial Markets Report From London Weds Night
London on November 8 reports Consols at 97 16 for money and 97 16 for the account, with Atlantic & Co. dealings noted as part of the foreign markets update. The brief market snapshot highlights stable gilt prices and active confirmatory trades by major banks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Atlantic
Market Rates and Bank of England Reserve Shifts
Great Western firsts 41 percent Atlantic & Great Western seconds 8 Canadian Pacific 57 Erie 29 Erie seconds 103 Milnois Central 11944 Mexican ordinary 47 St Paul common 68 New York Central 11314 Pennsylvania 56 Reading 62 Mexican Central firsts 674 1:30 pm discount rate 3.3 percent. Paris quotes 82 francs 57% centimes rentes. Bank of England bullion down £929000 in a week. reserve ratio to liabilities slips to 36.52 percent from 37.94. Paris Bank of France weekly statement shows gold up 5 million francs and silver up 1.7 million francs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Western
Atlantic
Canadian Pacific
Erie
Milnois Central
St. Paul
New York Central
Pennsylvania
Reading
Paris
Bank of England
Bank of France
West End stockholders vote to raise capital by 1 million
The West End street railway annual meeting chaired by President Whitney authorized directors to petition railroad commissioners for a 1 million dollar increase in common stock, to capitalize indebtedness from new roads and construction. Directors named include Whitney, Burr, Longstreet, Jordan, Potter, Richards, Braman, Bradlee, Foster, Fay, Reardon, Bartlett, French, with Bradlee and Foster replacing deceased Braman and Baker.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West End Street Railway
Meiounon
Whitney
Henry D. Hyde
Railroad Commissioners
William A. Rust
Hyde
Dr. Rust
Harvey N. Shepard
Rust
Mr. Shepard
Mr. Hyde
Henry M. Whitney
Isaac T. Burr
D. F. Longstreet
E. D. Jordan
Asa. P. Potter
Dexter N. Richards
G. T. Braman
Nathaniel J. Bradlee
Charles O. Foster
Samuel Little
Josephs. Fay, Jr
Edmund Reardon
Nelson Bartlett
Jonas H
Ainst
West End
South Boston
Cambridge
West End Railroad Company
Compan
Girls' Industrial Club Enrolls Sixty At St Andrew's
At St Andrew's Church last evening the Girls Industrial Club enrolled about sixty new members. The society aims to aid working girls by offering stenography dressmaking crocheting telegraphy and embroidery classes. Dr Grace Woolcott and Lena Ingraham run the dispensary. Miss Lucy Derby handles club business. dues are one dollar. Classes meet Tuesday and Friday evenings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrew’s Church
Girls’ Industrial Club
Grace Woolcott
Lena Ingraham
Phillips Brooks
James Lodge
Lucy Derby
More Effective Education Meeting Planned in Boston
A group of city and state education leaders from Boston Springfield Providence Somerville MIT and Philadelphia plan a Saturday meeting at the Boston school committee rooms on Mason Street to discuss improving kindergarten instruction and arts manual training and how these subjects relate to each other and public schools A S Draper and James McAlister will attend to join the dialogue on forming an association to advance these intertwined subjects in public education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edwin P. Seaver
Boston Public Schools
Francis A. Walker
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Thomas M. Balliet
Springfield
H. 8. Tarbell
Providence
C. E. Meloney
Somerville
Boston School Committee
Mason Street
A. 5. Draper
Advertisements for cure-alls and pain relief products
An old classified style notice touts Dr Bull's Cough Syrup priced at a shilling or a quarter and Salvation Oil claimed to destroy pain for 26 cents. The snippet reflects period marketing language and pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Bull
Salvation Oil
Commodity Market Quiet to Steady Across Goods
Wool is quiet but firm leather steady and hides quiet. Flour corn oats oatmeal cornmeal and rye show mixed moves with firmness and dulling sentiment. Beans potatoes and fruit items vary while meat products lean toward steady or weak. Overall, agricultural commodities and staples display a cautious, mixed tone with several items unchanged or slowly moving.
Leather prices hold as hides trade stays quiet
Prices and stocks are steady with little activity in hides over the past week. Calfskins and finished leathers show firm values across grades from light backs to pebble grain, while Western and Eastern hides list across green salted and dry options with modest adjustments and broad ranges for weights and finishes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
New England
West
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Rio Grande
Entre Rios
Corrientes
Wool Market Shows Firm Values and Bright Prospects This Autumn
The wool market reports a fair movement with firm prices across fleeces and combings. Demand is widespread among mills and holders remain confident, while supplies are generally tight with minimal speculative activity. Regional quotes span Ohio, Michigan, Kentucky, Indiana, and Western wools, with Australian and carpet wools also noted as firm or steady.
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Ohio
Michigan
Elaine
Kentucky
Indiana
Territory
Texas
California
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
New York
New Hampshire
Vermont
Mississippi
Miseiselley
Wyoming
Utah
Colorado
Southern
Georgia
Ansas
Nebraska
Maine
Medium Valley
Washington Territory
Aleppo
Angora
Assyrian
Cordova
Donskoi
East India
Kandahar
Bagdad
Leather Market Holds Firm After Election Quietness
Leather and hides trade remains quiet yet firm with expectations of better demand post election. Finished leather shows little activity and small lots dominate, while buff and grain leather stay steady. Rough leather and splits remain firm with limited turnover and small supply. calfskins hold steady as hemlock sole leather holders keep firm views.
Grain markets shift as Northwestern firm. rail car shortages loom
Wheat opened firm and held until late, then declined. Northwest supplies remain ample but railroads withhold cars, giving Minneapolis and St Paul a chance to influence the market by delaying grain. Northwestern futures show strength while corn and oats show gains and higher demand, with detailed closing prices from Chicago, St Louis, and New York reports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Northwest
Minneapolis
St Paul
Northwestern
Orn
St Louis
New York
Boston Markets Flour and Grain Prices November Report
The Boston market shows quiet demand with little flour sold. Domestic flour prices for various grades are listed, and New York receipts and prices reflect steady to active trading. Wheat and corn futures and spot quotes shift across multiple cities, with prices for white and red varieties changing modestly.
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Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada
New York
City
State
Milwaukee
Chicago
St Louis
Duluth
Toledo
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Detroit
Peoria
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Massachusetts National Bank
China
W. A. Frexeu
W. Perkins
Blake Bros. & Company
State Street
Nassau Street
Kidder
Peabody
Devonshire Street
C. H. Venner & Go
Bankers
Congress
Williams & CO
Boston Stock Exchange
Aleree Maine Central RR
Conn. & Pass
Merchants’ Nat. Bank
Nat
Bank of the Commonwealth
Metropolitan Nat. Bank
Farmers’ Loan and Trust Co
Kansas
Fitchburg KR. Ptd
N. Webster Bank
Gt. Falls Mfg. Co
Coll
Financial TeMerars Co
Atlas N. Bank
Shawmut N. Bank
Dedham XN
Old Boston N. Bk
N. Bk
Hamilton Woollen Mills
Fitchburg RR
Pfa
Grand Ave. Cable Rr, Co
Cincinnat, Sandusky & Cleveland RR
Mass. Mutual Ins. Co
Boston Ontana Copper Mining Co
Shure York Mfg. Co
N. Union BR
Columbian N
Connecticut River RR
Boston Athenæum
Am. Ins. Co
Turner West Shoe Co
Atlas Nat. Bank
Manufacturers’ Nat. Bank
Atchison, Lop. & Santa Fe RR. Co
BI Rs’ Board
Am Bell Tel
Kan & KC
Mem & Bi KC
Nash & Low
Mex Tel
Boston WP
Frenchman’s Bay
San Diego Land
West End Land
Allonem
Butte
Bost & Mont
I Cal
Eranene
Boston & Prov
Seeees
B& Q
T&s
Cleve
Lastern
Fitehbur Seers
Fe Bos & Mont
Eee
Chic, Kan & Weatinc
Se Honsatonic
Frenchman’s Bay Land
Allouez D
Boston & Mont
Cal & Hecla
Kearsarge
Cadella
Poewadic
San
Pullman
Cc Cease Scone
Honangza Devel’t
B. & Mont
Cals & Hee Oerronwee
Catalpa
Daiah
Picterin
Ric
St. St. St
Ing
Alt
T. Hoeheewas
O. Diels
Eure
At. & Pacific
Air Line
N. Ees
Pacific
Central Iowa
Eerf
Aes
Central Pacific
Cerone SaaEr
Ano
Sean
Evewe Ee
del. & H
del. & L
Den
R. Ges
East
Tenn
Anree
Nan
Tex
Kings
Lys
Lake Shore
Long Island
Lou
Nva
Elev
Riganya M., L
Po J. Vent
Goo
Northwest N
Lloiz
Ue & Steeee
Ener Eee
N. E
Ohio & Miss
Wegon Trans
Itea
Ewe
Bava
Owere Petroleum
N.W
T. . Ise SB
Fecabie
Union
Nia
Tex. Ve
N. Pac
P. Ists
Wee Shore
W. Cons
Adams
Ait
Walls Fargo
Oo la Homestake
Alta
Quicksilver
Gen
Tenn. C
Exchequer
United Cop
Iock
Mining and Stock Exchange
Arnold
St. Mary
Bonanza
Aim Elect Crescent
Burton
Eureka
Ken
Otis Viaie
Hung
Mesnar
Neen
Minn
Napa
Ocean
Pontiac
Vail
NEW York Financial
Foreign Financial Markets
J. E. Carter & CO
Bankers & Commission
Washington ST
Boston Markets
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