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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 20, 1890

Page

7

Market advances lift stocks amid quiet opening trading

Ended with broad gains as North American and key rails led the rise. Prices surged 2 to 11 percent in early trading, then paused before resuming as the bank statement had limited impact. Citizens' Gas of Brooklyn climbed from 97 to 100, closing near day highs, while railroad bonds showed stronger activity with total two hour volume around $617,000.

North American Atchison, Louisville & Nashville St. Paul Citizens’ Gas Brooklyn Atchigan and Kansas & Texas Atlantic & Pacific Hocking Valley Northern Pacific Peoria Decatur & Evansville

Sugar market and commodities steady in late week notes

The grocery trade reports raw sugar firm with importers and refiners holding prices. Coffee, teas, rice, and rice products show varied demand. Wheat, flour, oats, cornmeal, and molasses trade remains steady to firm with volumes shaped by imports, stocks, and seasonal demand. Potatoes and hay show steady to improving tone. meats and poultry steady.

Jamaica

New York Stock Sales Oct 18 Daily Totals

Today's transactions total 126 300 shares. The report lists shares traded, opening, highest, lowest and closing prices for the day and compares to yesterday's closing.

New York

London Market Notices and Bond Prices

London on Oct 18 reports Consols at 945d for money and 94%d for account. American and Great Western firsts at 34, Canadian Pacific 7854, Erie 23, Erie s ands 103, Illinois Central 104, Mexican ord 52, St Paul common 6144, New York Central 160%. Reading 19% and money at 3 32 per cent. Open market discount rate for short and three months bills at 4 7 8 per cent.

London Canadian Pacific Erie Erie Sands Ilinois Central St. Paul Common New York Central

New England Meteorological Society Meets on Tornadoes at MIT

The nineteenth regular and seventh annual meeting of the New England Meteorological Society will be held Tuesday October 21 at 2 PM in Room 11 MIT. Officers to be elected. Discussion on tornadoes with Lawrence Massachusetts and Wilkes-Barre Pennsylvania cases. Lectures by W M Davis and H Allen Hazen with lantern illustrations. Members lacking Investigations volumes may obtain copies at the meeting.

New England Meteorological Society Massachusetts Institute of Technology Lawrence Mass Wilkesbarre Penn W. M. Davis Harvard

Wheat market decline margins ease in major exchanges

The breadstuffs markets show softer wheat with lower closing prices at New York and Chicago amid moderate trading and profit taking. Corn dips in Chicago while firm in New York. oats little changed. grain futures present mixed cash and futures quotes across St Louis Minneapolis and Duluth markets.

New York Chicago Messrs Farnum Heardon & Co St Louis Minneapolis Bard Norther

The Provision Trade in Meat and Byproducts

The article outlines current markets for pork and pork products, beef and tongues, fresh beef, other meats, and tallow. It lists steady demand, prices for various cuts, and receipts across pork, lard, hams, tongues, corned beef, and fresh meats with comparative figures for today and the previous year.

Chicago Brighton New York

Hog and cattle market roundup across major cities

Hogs and cattle markets show mixed prices and varied receipts in St Louis Cincinnati Peoria Chicago Kansas City. Hogs range from 3 90 to 4 50 with mixed and prime weights active but down in some regions. cattle steady to active with steers 320 and up to 375, Texans 240, cows 1 50 to 2 50. Receipts large in Chicago and Kansas City. shipments vary by city with steady to weak tone in hog markets overall.

St Louis Cincinnati Peoria Chicago Kansas City

Produce Market Receipts and Prices Report

Receipts today include butter 582 pkgs, oleo 127 pkgs, cheese 127 boxes, eggs 535 cases, beans 1603 bbls, potatoes 19 cars, sweet potatoes 1988 bbls, hay 55 cars, straw 2 cars. Last year figures show lower eggs and beans. overall market remains firm with Western creamery prices 25 26c and Western/Northern ranges. Liverpool market higher at 49s. New York demand quiet. egg prices firm at 24 25c for / Northern and 22 23c for Western.

Astern New York Western Dairy Liverpool New York State Peel Michigan

Cotton Markets Endure Quiet New York Session

In New York the market sits steady with middling uplands at 10 34, low middlings at 9 13-16, good ordinary at 8 15-16, and ordinary at 7. Sales total 220 bales, stock 45,170. Futures opened easy and closed weak, with detailed bid levels from Oct to Feb. Liverpool remains quiet and easier, with 5 7-16d to 5 13-16d across grades and sales 5,000 bales. Other U.S. markets show mixed but largely steady tones. consolidated data show net receipts 47,629 and stocks at 405,622.

London Porto Rico New Orleans Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados Mayaruez Arroyo New York Havre Hamburg Rio Santos Europe United States Java Timor Padangvale Brown Ankola Maracaibos Jamaica Costa Rica Guatemala Mocha Japan Amoy Superior Formosa Zanzibar Amboyna Canton Batavia Cassia Suion Ogi Qatober Sa Cece Vc Duivs AUCUS Oloope S Saa Lee Ree Augusta Galveston Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Great Britain France

London Wool Market Quiet After Sales Decline

The London wool market shows little business since the last sales. Available for the next series are 36,525 bales with about 3,000 bales sent direct. Melbourne reports 127,000 bales shipped direct this week, including 112,000 new crop, with weekly imports from New South Wales 739 bales and other regions listed.

London Melbourne New South Wales Victoria Swan River Cape of Good Hope Natal France Morocco

Fruit Prices and Supply Across Florida and Jamaica Markets

Florida lemons in limited supply with a $4 6 per box safe and quiet orange demand at $3 0 4 50 per box. Jamaica oranges steady around $350 400 per barrel, $250 per box for choice. Apples receipts today 1661 bbls, strong supply, but select winter lots scarce. Grapes offerings large with many poor-condition lots sold cheap. many varieties with quoted per basket and per barrel prices. Dried apples quiet. nuts modest demand with firm prices. cranberries quiet. Am eria grapes priced at $5 7 per barrel common and $10 12 per barrel fancy.

Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Coreres Avitivded Baies Chicago Florida Palermo Jamaica Missouri Jonathans Nova Scotia Gravenstein Harveys Baldwins Hubbardstons Common Beurre New York New York Brightons New York Delawares Rebecca Vergennes Empire States Lindleys Massasoits Pocklingtons Agawams Catawbas Concords Delawares Virginia Cape Cod

Steamers Arrive with Cargo for Boston and New York

The steamer Brunel brings 700 boxes Messina emony for Boston and 10 900 boxes for New ark. The Yamari is due Wednesday with Jamaica fruits for the Boston Fruit Company. The Bowden sails Oct 25 with Jamaica fruits for the Boston Fruit Company. The Norfolk boat carries 500 bbls sweet potatoes and 80 bags peanuts.

Brunel Messina Emony Boston Newark Jamaica Fruits Boston Fruit Company Bowden Norfolk

FOREIGN APPLE MARKET Cautious view on prices urged

Mr AW Otis notes average sale prices for sound No 1 apples from Liverpool are 15s to 22s, but many arrivals are mixed and poor, warning shippers not to pay too high. Woodall & Co say good quality totals justify advance, while Otis fears buyers overestimate crop size and may pay too much for inferior fruit. The print cloth market also reports strong activity with production at 180000 pieces and futures demand across months.

AW Otis Liverpool Sound Messrs Woodall & Co

Oil Market and Pipelines Certificates Listing

The notice details pipeline certificates with opening and closing times across Oct 15 to Oct 18 and straight-forward figures for crude runs, shipments, and refinery averages. It lists charter data and crude distributions with regional price references. Western markets show St Louis and Cincinnati steady at 113, Chicago unchanged at 113.

FW Prescott & Co Devonshire Street Wevcccce Ress Cececcereseresseanes S21 Loweose Cece Eessececsenes Ee BP Msc Se St Louis Cincinnati Chicago

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices Reported in New York

Turpentine closed at 42 42 2 cents with resin at 140 145 and tar at 250 while petroleum closed at 7.25 cents with ASW at 7.60 cents and cases at 9.85 cents.

New York

Vast Imports and Exports Listed Across Ports in 1890

The Oct 19 1890 report details Hamburg based shipments including Avonmore’s steamer cargo with china earthenware glassware and toys from Abram French Co and others. exports Oct 18 list ships Keziah Arichal Avenger carrying flour meal pork tar rosin beef and rope. Halifax Halifax harbor and Liverpool lists of hardware lumber household goods shoes bacon and more. Trinidad Bark Belmont reports ice fruit butter beef lard racing through multiple categories and ports.

Hamburg Ger Rossback D& Broa Eli Abbott Acarma Thompson Claflin, Larrabee & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co P Cummings & Co Hollow Massachusetts Institute R_ H Stearns Arichal Harborville Edward Everett Pasperiago Avenger Halifax Dbls Liverpool Eng Bates Trinidad Bwi Belmont Halifas

Foreign Markets Update from London and Liverpool

London reports cargoes off the coast with wheat strong and corn firm. At Mark Lane wheat quiet while Liver pool spot wheat firm and corn steady. Wheat futures dull with prices for October November December and May listed. Paris sees wheat and flour steady and farmers deliveries of wheat noted.

London Mark Lane Liverpool California Fis Paris

Breadstuffs and Cotton Market Notes from Liverpool

In Liverpool on Oct 18, wheat and corn demand softened with steady prices. Quoted winter wheat 7s 3d to 7s 4d, spring wheat 7s 3d to 7s 7d, California 78 7d, mixed American corn 4s 6 1/4d. Peas 5s, bacon 31s, lard 38s, tallow 25s 3dd, cheese 40s. Cotton quiet and easier. American middlings around 5 4d to 6 4d with various futures ranges from 5s 3 4d to 6s 4d.

Great Britain Liverpool California

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