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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 13, 1888

Page

6

Auction Sales of Stocks on Oct 13 1888 By Executor Command

Listings detail shares and bonds to be sold at auction including banks railroads insurance and manufacturing firms across Massachusetts New York and Kansas with notes on first mortgages city bonds and various railway and industrial concerns. Also shows New York stock sales data for Oct 12 with daily price ranges and closing figures.

Andover Nat. Bank Andover Bay State Nat. Bank Lawrence Boston & Maine RR Chicago Bur. & No. RR Connecticut River RR Northern RR Fitchburg Boston & Albany RR Ogdensburg & L. Cham, RR New York Amoskeag Mfg. Co New York & Boston Rapid Transit Co Overman Wheel Co McKay & Higelow Heeling Machine Assn Consolidated Rit Concord RR Boston, Clinton & Fitchburg Kansas City City of Lyon J Uly Oath Hoston RR Lawrence Mfg. Co Chiego Wilmington & Vermilli

Money market and stock report from Boston and New York

The Money Market notes abundant loanable funds with easy rates from 3.34% on clearing loans to 4 6% on general market. Bond offerings totaled 4 418 100 with many 4s and 4% issues accepted. Copper stocks led gains with Boston and Montana and other copper shares advancing amid strong interest in near term mine developments and planned mill start up.

Dividends Declared by Multiple Companies

The Pullman Palace Car Company declared a quarterly dividend of 2 per share. The Boston & Provincetown Steamship Company declared a 7 percent dividend. The Boston Montana Consolidated Poppet and Silver Mining Company declared 2 per share. The Wheeling and Lake Erie directors declared a 1 percent quarterly dividend payable November 15. Books close October 24 and reopen November 16.

Pullman Palace Car Company Boston & Provincetown Steamship Company Boston-Montana Consolidated Poppet and Silver Mining Company Wheeling & Lake Erie

Fitchbare Railroad Bond Offer For Massachusetts Banks

Brewster Cobb Estabrook offers $50 000 Fitchbare Railroad bonds due 1908 as a legal investment for Massachusetts savings banks. Offered at a price yielding 2 percent to investors. 835 Congress St Boston.

Massachusetts Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook Congress St Boston

New York Financial Market Recovers Some in Midday Trade

In New York on Oct 12 money on call remained easy at 2 percent. prime mercantile paper at 254 6 percent. bar silver at 94. Sterling exchange steady with 60 day bills at 4.83 and demand at 4.88. Government bonds dull. railroad bonds quiet. The stock market opened steady but cooled, with Richmond & West Point and East Tennessee stocks lifting modestly while St Paul & Duluth and Oregon Short Line showed weakness. By noon New England and Cotton Oil led activity, then Richmond & West Point and East Tennessee advanced. late losses in St. Paul & Duluth persisted. Close remained dull and steady near opening levels despite some firming in certain issues like Reading seconds and several firsts and 4s across various rail and western issues.

Boston New York Chicago St. Louis San Francisco New Orleans Charleston Savannah United States National Bank Boston City Reichsmarks Atchison Boston News W. Manning New England Chicago, Santa Fe California Washington Street Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Flint & Pere Marquette California Southern Oregon Interstate Commission Wisconsin Central Chicago & Eastern Illinois Atchison Directory Magoon Kidder, Peabody & Co Barings Union Pacific Oregon Short Line Oregon Railway and Navigation Mexican Central Securities Chicago, Kansas & Western Little Rock New York & New England New York & Newngland Boston & Albany Boston & Lowell Central Massachusetts West End Street Railway Frenchman’s Bay Ceestulas West End San Diego Bell Telephone Lamson Montana Allouez Calumet & Hedla Kearsarge Prime Mercantile Paper Sterling Exchange Richmond West Point East Tennessee St. Paul & Duluth Reading Central Iowa Denver & South Park Gulf, Colorado & Santa Fe Houston & Texas Louisville, New Albany & Chicago Mobile & Ohio Lackawanna Ohio Southern

Foreign Markets In London Opening Prices Oct 12

Atlantic & Great Western firsts 42 56 Erie 30 1 2 Mexican ordinary 46 1 2 St Paul common 69 Pennsylvania 57 4 New York Central 111 2 ex dividend Michigan Central 69 Open market discount 4 percent for short bills and 3 3 4 percent for three months bills Paris advices quote 3 percent reas at 82 francs 55 centimes for the account.

London Atlantic & Great Western Erie St Paul Pennsylvania New

Headache Relief Ad Cites Horsford’s Acid Phosphate

Dr. L R Santorp of Sheffield Massachusetts claims headache and sleeplessness stem from nervous system derangements and recommends Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as a remedy. The note presents the product as a treatment for headaches linked to nervous tension.

Horsford L R. Santorp Sheffield Mass

Pullman Palace Car Company annual report outlook and line news

The annual report shows 1888 gross earnings of 7 509 754 with net earnings of 5 003 220 and a new reserve of 100 000. Dividends rise to 1 510 890 and surplus to 2 015 602 while stock increased 25 percent in 1887. Also notes Rock Island Western Colorado extension progress and forecasts, plus Union Pacific president comments on interstate law and rail competition. Colorado Coal and Iron Co. expected net earnings 350 000 to 400 000 from coal and coke.

Pullman’s Palace Car Company Chicago, Rock Island & Pacific Railway Company Western & Colorado Chicago Colorado Springs Denver & Rio Grande Denver Cobb River Bend Kansas City Rock Island Atchison Kansas Colorado Coal and Iron Company

Real Estate Transactions and Mortgage News of the Week

Mortgage activity includes $185 000 by Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance on James Stevenson properties along Pleasant Eliot Church streets and Columbus Avenue and $80 000 by Peter Graf fam on George W Nason property Huntington Avenue. Multiple city parcels change hands including Bowdoin street estates 58 and 60 for about 32 000 and ten small Emmet place houses for 25 000. Additional sales cover St James avenue Nos 18 and 35, Louisburg square No 18, Essex street No 170, Clarendon street Nos 68 70, Concord street, Harison avenue, Whitmore street, North street, Cobb street, Temple street, Haverhill street and Blossom Street corner Fruit Street with various land areas and assessed values. Building permits list numerous factories and dwellings across Congress, Beverly, Maverick, Hartford, Dorchester, Jackson, Union, and other streets for week ending Oct 8.

Massachusetts Hospital Life Insurance Company James Stevenson Et al Pleasant Eliot Church Streets Columbus Avenue Peter Graffam George W. Nason Huntington Avenue Charles Hayden Moody Merrill Bowdoin Street Thomas L. Jenks Et Emmet Place Betsey Tubinout St. James Avenue George R. Chapman Rachel B. Robinson Atherton F. Brown Essex Street Francis Hall Clarendon Street Kate L. Woodbury Mary A. Burton P.M. MacDonald Concord Street Joseph Feldman Frank Cook John E. Sheran Harrison Avenue Henry D. Minot Et al Augustus Lowell Whitmore Street North End Savings Bank Henry M. Taylor North Street James H. T. Adams Cobb Street Martha A. Deering Reuben B. Richards Jacob Berwin Temple Street Mary E. Byington Jacob EE. Buer Christine F. Radcliffe Chapman Street Haverhill Street Albert J. Bamford Eliza A. Goodwin Blossom Street Fruit Street Massachusetts General Hospital John J. Taylor Sooch& Pray Putnam & Co Congress Street Coon & Hall Currier Beverly Street Travers George Parker Maverick Street Farnham, & Fowler Chancellor C. Allen Hartford Street Sargent Street L. H. Daloz Dorchester Avenue Jackson Street Joshua Henderson Malvern Street Adams M. H. Jackson Phebe J. Jackson Maxwell Street James W. Hammerle H. W. Blanchard Park Street E. J. Curley Washington Street Union Avenue A. McDougall John Sweeney Norfolk Street Sidney Peterson George H. $Abby White Street Brooks Street W. J. Joblin Seth Perkins Geneva Street J.C. Mills Eliza P. Brown Waumbeck Street E.J. Turner M. Sullivan Bennington Street Byron Street William H. Hall Ann M. Corey Harvard Avenue Cambridge Street Emilie F. ©. Sehneider Richards Avenue Newburn Street Highland Slate Manufacturing Company Medford Street J. A. Vickery & Son H. K. Blackwell Neponset Avenue A. C. Fraser Faneuil Street Market Street Charles R. Webb Robert Webb Michael Smith Marezaret A. Feeny Dent Street Ivory Street H. C. Allen H. H. Rich Crawford Street Humboldt Avenue W. Dd. Hatch Joseph H. Bates Chicatawbut

New Firm of Stenographers Forms Partnership

Four expert stenographers Walter Rogers James P Bacon Richard H Jones and George C Burpee have formed Walter Rogers & Co to provide verbatim reports of law cases lectures and general reporting. The firm begins with strong support from friends. Rogers Bacon and Burpee are former newspaper men and Burpee served as the State official stenographer in the Tewksbury investigation.

Walter Rogers James P. Bacon Richard H. Jones George C. Burpee Walter Rogers & Co Messrs. Rogers Bacon Burpee Tewksbury

Pyle's Pearline Hailed By Press And Public

The report notes widespread acclaim from newspapers and readers for Pyle's Pearline, praising its cleanliness and effectiveness. Public endorsements highlight its reliability, calling it a trusted laundry aid amid growing brand recognition.

Pyle

Market Report Signals Steady Commodity Trends

Commodity prices and demand show mixed activity across categories. Fish, cornmeal, rye, pork, and butter stay firm or strong, while oats, hops, malt, and millfeed drift dull or quiet. Fresh beef steady, veals lower, potatoes and grapes active, sugars mixed, molasses very strong, and poultry and apples plentiful.

The Gloucester fish market report and prices

Gloucester Mass reports a steady but busy week with strong demand across all grades. Codfish prices hold, mackerel scarce and firm, herring steady, and canned goods firm. receipts small but sales brisk as the season nears closing.

Barnstable Bay Scituate Plymouth North Bay Block Island Newport Cape Ann Wood Labrador Nova Scotia Georges Bay Best Norfolk Providence Sass Finke Cace New England Gloucester Mass Grand Bank Centennial Ambrose Knight COE

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