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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1899
Page
8
Boston market column reports bear pressure in U S stocks led by United States Leather and Manhattan Railway as tight money dominates. Notes include United States Glucose rising output, Four Metals Mining developments, and rails and copper stock activity with several company updates and investor letters.
Telegraphic news notes Sampleton of Beneashire from a working tunnel earned seventy four dollars and forty five cents. The item records a monetary figure and place, with no further context provided.
Boston on November 9 reports the day’s highest and lowest sales along with closing bid and asked prices. The data covers multiple securities and reflects the day’s market activity as traders compiled closing figures.
Record shows ex-dividend status for Planters' Compress and Wis Central Be with 1914 figures. Assessments paid cover totals for bonds at $102,625 and stocks totaling 25,415 shares, plus 11,554 unlisted shares.
Four merchants note steady to weak open as foreign selling orders and lower cables pull wheat lower. Liverpool reports a dull Chicago decline with prices closing weak. Northwest receipts total 769 cars versus 1549 last year as elevators shift toward May at about 4c. Michigan winter wheat condition at 87 and last week’s favorable weather support a good stand. No price gains expected until December liquidation runs its course, with a government corn yield report due tomorrow.
A Post reporter witnesses L Powers of the Franklin Syndicate at Hotel Harvard Charlestown inviting eager investors. People discuss a Post article while noting cash on Powers desk and planned further investments. A third party sits in the private office as Powers explains syndicate methods.
Reporters trace a Philadelphia Franklin Syndicate promising 10 percent weekly profits to investors. A representative claims safety and high profits from trading four stocks on the New York Exchange while citing “inside tips.” Circulation of the Post shows anxious subscribers across Charlestown and beyond, with many cashing weekly checks as fears of a possible collapse grow.
War Department places Aguinaldo near Boambang northeast of Tarlac as Gen MacArthur Lawton Young and Wheaton pursue. Reports say prisoners Gilmore and others at Boambang. Navy bombardment and landing at Lingayen Bay precede Wheaton’s northward advance with Moale, Baltimore crews praised.
James H. Knight, aged 81, longtime merchant in Wisconsin and Mason, died today in Me. He served as selectman several times and county treasurer, and was a Republican representative in the 1865 Legislature.
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