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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 11, 1886

Page

6

Money Market shows steady demand and quiet quotes

Boston scene reports continued demand for money with little rate movement. Call loans with collateral 5 to 6 percent. time loans 6 to 4 percent range. clearinghouse balances at 4 percent. New York finds 12 to 17 cents discount per $1000. Government securities drift lower. foreign exchange dull but steady. Weekly clearing totals show broad gains outside New York with robust bank clearings in major cities.

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New York Financial Market Slump Buoys Mixed Recovery

New York October market report shows quieter money on call at 5 to 7 and a closing firm stock market after a volatile day. New England, Reading, and Western Union led early activity while Pacific Mail weakened and a late rally tempered losses. Week totals reach $11.78 million in deals with mixed bond and note movements across major rails and utilities.

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Nanitoba Road Announces Dividends for November Due

A notice from Nanitoba Road declares the usual dividend payable on the first of November. The announcement specifies the per cent rate and directs holders to prepare for the disbursement.

Nanitoba

Mining and Miscellaneous Stocks Report from Boston

Mining and miscellaneous stock figures reported by Wilson W. Fay & Co of Boston show activity in October with varied price movements and notable listings across mining sectors and other securities.

Wilson W. Fay & Co State Pay Street Boston

Foreign Markets Report From London Early October

Atlantic and Great Western seconds rose on cables from New York as heavy buying returned. English railway securities led gains on revived passenger traffic, while American rails were unsettled with weak buying ahead of fort nightly settlements and a correction after a surge in Atlantic & Great Western bonds. Cincinnati and Washington bonds showed demand on improving prospects.

London Atlantic & Great Western Canadian Pacific Erie St. Paul Pennsylvania Stock Exchange New York Cincinnati Washington

Business Troubles Shake New England Merchants

Lewiston woollen manufacturers D Cowan & Co owned by David Cowan and George F Pierce face a $20,000 attachment though creditors are promised full recovery. Boston boot dealer Charles I Snell assigns to J B Lincoln amid $2,000 debt. Denver clothing dealer Abraham Oppenstein attached for $1,700. Woonsocket baker Micael Gaulin assigns. St Louis dealer Adolph Lederer attached. New Bedford grocers Covill & Rogers reported attached. William F Welch of Waltham goes into insolvency.

D. Cowan & Co Lewiston David Cowan George F. Pierce Boston Cowan Charles I. Snell Washington Street Boston Highlands J.B. Lincoln Batehelder & Lincoln

Boot and Shoe Buyers List by City and Merchant

A long list of boot and shoe buyers by city state and country with names and firms. Entries include Burlington Adams Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Havana Jackson Memphis Montgomery Macon Portland Portsmouth Pueblo Portmouth St Louis and more, naming buyers and their associated companies and trades.

J B Hickman Hickman, Taylor & Co Detroit Mich Charles E Smith H S Robinson & Burtenshaw Easton, Penn C M Hapgood Hapgood, Hay & C O Havana Cuba Josiah and M Velle Aedo & Co Craw Thomas Blanco Jackson Miss E TJ Montgomery ET Montgomery & Co Memphis Tenn J M Goodbar E J Carrington Goodbar & Co Montgomery Ala S Goetter Goetter Weil & Co Macon N M Solomon Coleman, Burden & Solomon Ads Ay. Joseph W Noyes Noyes, Norman & Co Toledo W B Taylor American Hand Sewed Shoe Company Tre

Wayland Almshouse Deterioration Sparks Outcry

Complaint arises over the Wayland poorhouse five miles from Wayland and three from Cochituate. A decayed two story building on a 100 acre farm, with a roof full of holes and walls admitting wind. Eight to nine bedrooms, one windowless chamber. Three inmates: a feeble minded man, an aged man and woman. Citizens favoring a new almshouse saw the proposal voted down.

Wayland Cochituate

Paint and Oil Club of New England Annual Meeting Dinner

The Paint and Oil Club of New England held its third annual meeting and first dinner of the season at Young's on Saturday. Officers elected for the year include President John D. Morton, vice-president William H. Drury, treasurer Edward W. Nash, secretary William Agge, and directors Wallace B. Dexter Isaiah Wiley John C. Howe. Guest attendee was C. H. Gilman of the Boston Furniture Exchange. Dining companions included the Boston Agricultural and Clover clubs at Parker's, Massachusetts Club at Young's, and the Squantum Club at the Quincy.

Paint and Oil Club of New England Young’s John D. Morton Carpenter, Woodward & Morton William H. Drury Jerome Marble & Co Worcester Wallace BD. Dexter Dexter Bros Isaiah Wiley Wiley & Richardson John C. Howe Howe & French Edward W. Nash May, Nash & Winslow William Agge

Plymouth congregation holds service on the Common

The usual services drew about 300 attendees yesterday afternoon. Many listened, while others observed the crowd and left early. Speakers included David and John McGill, George Hinmers, David Wales, and others. A benighted man refuted formal ordination, saying these preachers are called by heaven. The group identifies as Christians, known in England as Plymouth congregation.

David John McGill George Hinmers David Wales England Plymouth

Ferro-Phosphated Elixir of Calisaya tonic claim

For dyspepsia indigestion low mood and general debility in various forms and as a preventive against fever and ague and intermittent fevers the Ferro-Phosphated Elixir of Calisaya made by Caswell Hazard & Co New York and sold by all druggists is the best tonic and for patients recovering from fever or other sickness it has no equal.

Calisaya Caswell, Hazard & Co New York

Commodity Market Brief Signals Steady Tone Across Staples

Commercial notes show no change in flour corn and oats remain quiet while oatmeal stays firm. Rye flour and rye steady with millfeeds and seeds quiet. Butter cheese eggs beans potatoes and pork products firm. Fresh beef sugar molasses tallow poultry and cotton unchanged. Good demand noted for choice apples as oddities in sweet potatoes and truck quiet.

New York Eastern Creamery Vermont New Hampshire NYY Michigan Nova Scotia Island North Hubbardston Maine Red Top Jersey Swale New Brunswick Aroostook Do Hebrons Iebrons Burbanks Virginia

Flour and grain market dull with mixed commodity quotes

The flour market is dull with prices near last quotes. Corn oats and rye show quiet trade and nominal prices. Car lot prices list flour at various $2.30 to $5.315 per barrel and millfeed, with cornmeal and hops also quoted on spot and export terms.

Casa Minnesota Bakers New York Michigan Ohio Indiana St. Louis Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada New Sol

Market report notes steady butter and firm cheese prices

Butter remains quiet with prices near last quotes while cheese stays firm. Eggs show strong demand with Western extras at 17 cents, New York and Liverpool quotes vary slightly, and overall receipts rise for herd stocks. Beans, potatoes, and hay also hold steady with mixed demand across several regions and grades.

Chicago New York Liverpool

Tallow Prices and Oil Values Reported

In market notes 125 y doz Pett bark and Cape fruit terms appear with tallow figures noted as City render 41 414 cents and country 8 343 cents. A rough 1144 2e measurement is listed alongside.

Pett Lick Bush Cape Cramerries

Apple Exports and Prices Reported For Boston Port

Receipts of apples remain large with substantial exports. Week ending Oct 9 shows shipments by steamer Palestine 4125 bbis, Scythia 408% bbis, Virginie 8580 bbis, Bassano 414 bbis, total 16051 bbis. Pears unchanged. Quince dull. best York state lots slow, ordinary $2 4 per barrel. Grapes plentiful though market stiff. Concords and other varieties quoted low to mid prices.

Boston Palestine Scythia Virginie Bassano Seckles Buerre de Anjous Buerre Bosc Sheldons Louise Bonne de York State Concords

Packed meats demand boosts prices for fresh beef this week

Demand remains strong for packed meats with fresh beef firmer and prices rising. Veal lamb and mutton supply fair while trade was modest Saturday. Quotations remained barely steady with detailed prices listed for pork and lard, lard varieties, hams, smoked products, and various beef and veal cuts across multiple grades.

Gaelec Belf Brighton Worcester County

Market report on cotton sugar and oil prices

The column lists total cotton vis numbers and declines against 1883 84 and 85, notes steady raw sugar and refined sugar prices, quotes various sugar grades, molasses and Porto Rico Cuba prices, and PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES with October 1885 trade figures and refined oil at 6 4 per gallon.

Liverpool Porto Rico Manila Belmont Cuba

Flour Receipts and Wheat News From New York Markets

New York reports October 9 on flour receipts totaling 10 585 bbls with exports 3 288 sacks. Minnesota extra and other grades show varied prices from 4 60 to 4 50, 1 200 bbls city mill extra at 4 35 to 4 50, 1 500 bbls fine at 1 90 to 2 60, 9 300 bbls superfine at 2 15 to 2 85, 800 bbls extra No 2 at 4 40 to 3 05, 4 600 bbls Minnesota extra at 2 40 to 2 55. Rye flour steady. Wheat receipts 326 300 bushels with exports 32 012.

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