Money Market in Boston Beset by Low Rates and Bank Movements
Boston money market remains easy with lenders offering low rates and bank liquidity tightens as large cash back to lenders reduces mercantile paper. New York exchange holds at par plus small premium, call money varied with security. banking sector shows mixed strength and pending policy debate at Saratoga bankers’ convention on currency expansion.
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New York Exchange
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Bankers’ Convention
Saratoga
John Thompson
Congress
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Bank of England
Portland Lloyds
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Bolivia
Iquique
Pabellon de Pica
Liverpool
Boston Harbor
Hussey
Russell
Harvard College
Samuel Bunting
Reece Button-Hole Machine declares 1 percent dividend
The Reece Button-Hole Machine company announces a quarterly dividend of one percent payable October 1. Richardson, Hill & Co. handle stock orders with private wire to New York Philadelphia and Baltimore. Daily stock quotations available at No 40 Water Street Boston.
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Reece Button-Hole Machine Company
Boston
New York
Richardson, Hill & Co
Philadelphia
Baltimore
No. 40
Water Street
United States
Great Britain
Fyadc
Mobile
Cincinnati
New Orleans
Wilmington
Augusta
Louisville
Memphis
Chicago
John H. George
Boston and Lowell Railroad
American Express Company
Baltimore and Ohio Road
Pullman Way
Detroit
Closing Prices and Stock Highlights from Market Ledger
The report lists closing prices for bonds and stocks across multiple sectors, with figures for rails, mining, telephones, and miscellaneous listings. Key lines show value movements for Denver ext, KCS&M6s, NY&N E, Ore R & N C, and Union Pacific among others, alongside ex-dividend notices and trading ranges.
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Nm&s P
Ny&n E
NY & N
Ye Suston & Alb
Bos & Maine
Bu & Q
KaCy S & M
Ile
Quincy
S. Bos
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Eng
Atchison
Mexican Central
Boston
Penneceee EE
Atch
Santa Fe
Atlantic & Pacific
Bowman
Ccocescsess
Godanza Dev
Boston Water Power
Guseil Tummel
Woods Pac
Ccccercessenseee
Ocatalpa Mining
Cedar Spring
Dunkin
Ccncesssesesen
Dian Se
Union Pacific
New York Financial Markets Fall as Granger Earnings Loom
New York September 1 traders report money easy on call while stocks remain weak and prices slide, led by Granger earnings rumors and fresh quarterly reports from New York Central and others. Key rail and union lines decline with some firmer pockets in Union Pacific and Missouri Pacific amid heavy selling. Total shares traded around 209,400 with mixed final quotes.
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Boston
New York Times
New York
Levi C. Wade
Mexico
Atchison
Topeka
Santa Fe
Kansas
Atlantic and Pacific
Kansas City
San Francisco
Albuquerque
Needles
Colorado River
Southern Pacific
Mojave Junction
St. Louis
Union Pacific
Jay Gould
Broadway
Gould
Mr. Ames
Ames
Adams
Toledo, Cincinnati and
St. Louis Road
Chicago and Eastern Illinois Company
Bell Telephone
Enie
The
Erie
Erie Telegraph and Telephone Company
Manchester
Lowell
Glidden
New England
Ingham
New England Telephone Company
Crawbaugh
Vail
Bell Company
Syracuse
Downs
Prime Mercantile
New York Central
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St. Paul
Lackawanna
Louisville and Nashville
Lake Shore
Missouri Pacific
Kansas and Texas
Northern Pacific
Western Union
Granger
Trunk Line
City
Cincinnati—Park
St Louis
Milwaukee
Chicago
Western Steam
South America
Cincinnati
King and Butchers
Union Stock Yards
Montana
Wyoming
Debts, cash in treasury and market reports summary
Debt totals show principal 1,216,526,400 with interest 10,205,203.48 and non interest debt items including old notes and certificates. total debt and cash in treasury noted with month end figures. Reports from coal and iron markets discuss suspension ideas, price movements, and a proposed mutual insurance for rubber firms. crop condition notes cover cotton and grain across southern states with varying yields and drought impacts.
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United States
Transportation Betwice
Cevevescsm
Sloan
Philadelphia
Philadelphia and Reading Coal and Iron Company
Mutual Insurance Corporation
F. M. Shepard
Goodyear Rubber Company
Times-Democrat
Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Yazoo County
North Carolina
South Carolina
Texas
Jefferson
Salwon Falls
Great Falls
Lewistown
Bates Mills
Commercial Exchange
Liverpool and London market notes on wheat and provisions
Commercial reports from Liverpool show winter wheat at 7s 7s 34, spring at 63 11d 7s, California averages 7s 7is 2d, club 7s 4d 7s 8d, corn 58 5d, and peas 63 8d. Provisions list pork 773 6d and bacon 493 6d 5ss 6d, lard 39s 3d, cheese 50s, tallow 363, with London noting breadstuffs full but steady.
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Commercial
Liverpool
California
Lara
London
Beerbohm
Merchants’ Exchange
Mark Lane
Oceanic Import Ledger Totals by Steamship Lines
A detailed ledgers list imports at multiple ports including Boston, London, Savannah, Charlottetown and Glasgow. Items cover steel, glassware, pottery, leather goods, rags, paper stock, rosin, coffee, hides, lumber, canned fish, and chemicals. Numerous firms such as Baring Bros & Co, Naylor & Co, Horace Partridge & Co, Ives Bellamy & Co, and Brown Bros & Co appear as consignors or agents with quantities ranging from single cases to thousands of barrels, crates, and bales for various steamer shipments.
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London
Eng
Durham City
Baring Bros & Co
Abram French & Co
Steel Naylor & Co
Horace Partradge & Co
Ives, Bellamy & Co
Thos Groom & Co
Horace Partridge & Co
Waldo Bros
Blake Bros & Co
Hoxie & Co
Webster King & Co
Iron Naylor
Moulton & Goodwin
Oilmen’s
Savannah
Gate City
Pamedeck
Boston Rubber Shoe Co
Billings & Eaton
Batley
Lancaster & Co
Leonard & Clark
Dumber
Lewis
Boots
Marquete & Varney
P Morse
George McQuester
E Newball
Ozledain
Stark & Co
Rosin
H Winslow
Parker, van Wart & Co
Plymouth Cordage Co
Peters
Remick & Co
Hichardson & Dennie
Safford & Sargent
Sampson
Snelling
Stetson, Mosely & Co
Charlottetown
Pel
Worcester
Arthur & Co
Brayton & Harrizon
Knight
Mead
Rockwell & Son
Russell & Co
Ring
Oliver Smith
Sanborn
Sanborn—2 Dodo KE H Tobey—61 Bbis Mackerel Whitney, Pousland & Co
Winsor & Son
Cutler
Griffin & Co
Storey
Beaman Bros
Jona Bigelow & Co
Delong & Seaman
Dudley & Co
Western Express
Glasgow
Scot
Waldensian
R Leeson & Co
Naper
Moors & Co
Ford
Seavey, Forter & Bowman
Mica Union Mica Mining Co
Campbell
American Tool and Machine Co
Salmon E T Russell & Co
Phelens
Hull
Sorrento
Charles G Lundell
Charcoal Iron Naylor, Benzop
G Hail & Co
Jones & Co
Yarmouth
Steamer Dominion
Jones.& Co
G Hall & Co
Moise Thos Dame
Sydney
McDonald
Job & Co
Flora
Wilde
Ayer
J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Mass
Trade totals by region and commodity in imperial markets
A historical roundup lists weekly values for England, Porto Rico, and the Caribbean as well as other territories. It catalogs imports such as dry goods, sugar, hemp, molasses, and raw rubber, with figures for Jamaica, Bahamas, Haiti, Mexico, and more, highlighting broad trade figures and commodity groups.
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China
Haphazard Trade Ledger of Commodities and Countries
A scrambled OCR ledger lists commodities such as naval stores tar and pitch fats oils and lubricants and diverse goods including fish soap sugar and molasses. It notes values by country England Nova Scotia Chile and others totaling 1 492 978 dollars across various items like beef butter coffee spices tobacco and cotton fabrics.
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Wales
Emgland
Nova Scova
Newfoundland and Labrador
Quebec
Sweden
Noorway
Commodity listings from railroad and coastal trade ledger
A dense OCR of freight items lists quantities of grains, foods, oils, animals, textiles, and other goods by railway lines and sea routes. Entries mention potatoes, wool, butter, beans, oats, flour, beef, sugar, coffee, leather, hides, and bales with varying units and transport modes across multiple locations and carriers.
Staple Receipts at Port Sept 1 1884 vs 1883
A table lists totals for principal staples at the port including transit, comparing 1884 and 1883. Items include cotton bales, molasses, wool, butter, flour, cheese, eggs, oats, wheat, beans, malt, apples, millfeed, potatoes, tallow, hay, beef, pork, lard, leather, tongues, hides, grease, bacon, skins, tea, molasses, pelts, and other goods with quantities in bales, cases, bbls, bushels, and tons across the two years.
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Boston and Albany
Rand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York and New Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Astern
Maine Raiload
Lowell Rai
Peabody, Salem
Business Troubles and Rail War Crises across Cities
The Halstead Haines and Co sale ends with 380000 dollars realized. Day Bros creditors meet in Northampton to choose an assignee. Paulding Kemble & Co assign due to Foundry Association suspension. Electric Cable Manufacturing and Eber Brewing also assign. Wabash strikes a deep fare cut to St Louis triggering a western passenger war and broker boycotts amid receiver actions.
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Day Bros
Northampton
Mass
Josephus Crafts
Paulding, Kemble & Co
Cold Spring
N. Y
West Point Foundry Association
Gouverneur
James N. Paulding
Peter and
Gouverneur Kemble
Gouverneur Paulding
Foundry Association
Kemble Coal and Iron Company
Halstead, Haines & Co
Electric Cable Manufacturing Company of
Philadelphia
Eber Brewing Company
Quincy
Russell & Co
Bankers
Zanesville
Chicago
Bankers’ and Merchants’ Telegraph Company
Cleveland, O
Suffolk County
Commonwealth
Henry H. Kimball
Pacific National Bank
William Bassett
Albion Street
New York
Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway
St. Louis
Wabash
Brokers’ Association
Court Record from September Term Instructs Grand Jury
The September term opened with jury instructions and a report due Saturday. John J. Gallagher arraigned for perjury pleaded not guilty and held on 2000 bail. Lyman Duffy held on 1000 bail for breaking and entering. Dr Townsend, once convicted of blackmail, released on 5000 bail. Charlie Street jail holds 161 prisoners, 97 for trial, 22 for sentence, 9 for other, 4 for witnesses, 2 for fines and costs, 1 judgment editor.
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John J. Gallagher
Lyman Duffy
Dr. Townsend
Charlies Street
Probate notices list numerous wills admitted in Judge McKim
Wills of many deceased persons including John Floyd Juliette Binney Johannah Ruddie Sarah Beals and others have been admitted to probate. Letters of administration issued for estates of several named individuals including Mary J Davies Henry F Miller John C Smith Lizzie E Beck and more in the same matter.
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John Floyd
Juliette P. Binney
Johannah Ruddie
Sarah R. Beals
Benjamin Lincoln
Catharine A. Tuttle
Prudence M. Rogers
Elizabeth McCulpha
Bridget Travers
Ellen G. Peirce
Jean Baptiste Dolidon
Benjamin F. Wing
Mary E. Dana
Eleanor Derby
Fanny
RK. Dudley
Michael O’leary
William Loney
George W. Cummings
Municipal Court Sept 1 arraignments and fines list
In the central court Judge Parmenter arraigned James Doherty for assault held in 200 dollars. Mary J. Craig larceny case continued Monday. Frank Wilson larceny six months in house of industry. Joseph Thomas assault held in 200 dollars. John L. Stevens third drunk six months in house of industry and assault fined one dollar and costs. Charlestown court James Gillis assault fined 10 dollars and costs. Phillip Riley larceny held 800 dollars for superior court. East Boston Thomas Scott malicious mischief fined 10 dollars and costs. Roxbury Patrick Foley fined 20 dollars and costs for neglecting to support minor child. Thomas Bull Jr fined 10 dollars and costs for walking on railroad track. H Kennedy larceny fined 15 dollars and costs.
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James Gillis
Phillip Riley
East Boston
Thomas Scott
Roxbury
Patrick Foley
Thomas Bull, Jr
H. Kennedy
A Remarkable Mystery of Billy Patterson’s Payer
A Baltimore note merchant Patterson was struck during a mortgage collection in Carnesville Franklin county. He offered 1000 reward for the assailant. Mrs Jennie Corey of Athol N Y says her father Geor W Tilleston struck him and seeks the reward after a copy of the will was sent to her.
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Betsey Patterson
Jerome Bonaparte
Baltimore
Carnesville
Franklin County
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Jennie G. Corey
Athol
Warren County
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Geor W. Tilleston
Raymond Whitcomb Tours Expand To California Winter Parties
Messrs Raymond and Whitcomb continue winter excursions to California after two years of effort. The Hotel del Monte at Monterey hosts guests, with 135 excursionists last season staying months. Two trips begin November 6 and January 8, lasting two months, then Pacific coast visits. A Sand Wich Islands venture may follow in spring aboard Oceanic Steamship Company steamers. Inquiries to W Raymond 240 Washington street.
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Pacific Coast
California
Hotel del Monte
Monterey
San Francisco
Sandwich Islands
Oceanic Steamship Company
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Washington Street
Our City Hotels Fill With Southern and Western Merchants
The city hosts crowds of southern and western merchants buying goods for fall and winter trade. The political year is presidential, with business outlook better than expected. Crops are abundant and harvest nears completion. America can feed 50 million children and 56 million overseas. The speaker asserts pride in the country and urges action on public health and monuments.
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America
Bartholdi
Wreck of Tallapoosa Sparks Witty Exchange Aboard Gale City
A passenger aboard the Gale City recalls a remark by officers and crew after the Tallapoosa collision. They discussed Mrs. Chandler and her trunk, remarking she would fuss like her for not saving it. The anecdote highlights the mood aboard following the wreck.
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Boston Post
Gale City
Chandler
Gate City
Canadian National association and Toronto fair notes
A Toronto movement the Canadian National association promotes independence from England with 350 members at Toronto University. The Toronto Industrial Exhibition opens September 10 with an electric railway and events including a grand firemen’s demonstration. Notable visits by officials are planned, while political shifts show liberal gains in Lennox.
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Canadian National Association
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Grand International Firemen
John Macdonald
Montreal
Hawley
Lennox
Roe
Dominion
John A. Macdonald
House of Commons
Office banter about cholera in New York Graphic humor
In the New York Graphic a funny man jokes with a proof-reader about fear of cholera. The proof-reader quips that no one in the office need fear the disease if they can endure six months of the jokester’s puns. The exchange ends with a wry jab at workplace morale.
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