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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 15, 1884

Page

3

Week of Sept 13 1884 and 1953 financial figures in New York

Analyzes weekly clearances across major cities with totals for each, noting broad declines from last year. Highlights New York losses of 42.3 percent and widespread decreases in Boston Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis and others. Mentions Columbus Milwaukee Syracuse Kansas City as gainers and details bank statement parallels.

New York Boston Philadelphia Chicago St. Louis Baltimore San Francisco Cincinnati Pittsburg Louisville Providence Milwaukee Inc Detroit Kansas City Cleveland Hartford Indianapolis Columbus New Haven Portland Worcester Memphis Springfield LOWE Asces Syracuse Peoria Lowell

Bonds and stock prices in the September 13 Suies and Brokers' Search

The page lists closing prices for bonds and stocks across markets. Entries include amounts such as $1,000 to $10,000 and prices in percentages, with names like CFS & G, NYA & NE, Pa & A Val, Los Angeles, and various mining and telephone companies. The data cover several sectors and exchanges with fluctuating figures.

Denver CFS & G Nya&ne Pa& A A.T At& Pac Flinta P. M Kcfs& G Wis Calum & Hecla Erie Telp& Tel

Stocks at Auction by R and R Day and Co list

A dated inventory of bank stocks and railroad bonds offered at auction listing names like Boston banks Equitable Latham and Co and rail lines such as Boston and Albany and Burlington and Missouri along with various serials and amounts. The fragmentary page mentions valuations up to 105 percent and notes a range of securities including city banks manufacturing concerns and electric company notes.

R&r. L. Day & Co Mechanics National Bank South Boston North America Nat. Bank Boston & Albany Railroad Cheshire Railroad Eastern Railroad South Eoston Horse Overcevere Salem and Danvers Street Railroad Seeese Boston Marine Insurance Ce Washington Fire and Maine Great Falls & Con Francis Henshaw & Co Cleveland Province of Quebec Rockland Burlington & Missouri K Besa San A City Bale National Bank Everett National MGR Gloucester Nat Hide and Leather National BK Old Poston National Bank ceCe Cece Teedes Anatoscogein Mills Highland Street National ‘Lube Works Eeessseeare Quincy, Lil Kailat Thomson-Houston Cecevereee Concord Montreal Boston and Albany Sane Detroit Lansing Fremont, Elk and Valley Union Pacific Massachusetts National Bank Highland Street Railway Co Boston and Lowel R Rco Douglas Axe Manufacturing Co American Electric and Illuminating Co Everett National Bank Toledo Cincinnati St Louis Dayton Lassé

New York Market Summary Shows Declines and Mixed Gains

Market results show stocks quiet and weaker with declines in coal shares and Oregon Transcontinental. Notable shifts include Oregon Navigation down 5 percent and Delaware and Hudson slipping to 92, while key lines rallied early on news of higher Chicago passenger rates before finishing mixed. Weekly volume 838,232 shares. exports of specie $222,940.

New York Lackawanna Delaware Hudson Chicago Oregon Transcontinental Oregon Navigation Delaware and Hudson Canada Southern Michigan Central St. Paul Western Messrs Lawson

Flour Market Yet Quiet Across Major Cities

Flour prices hold steady with varying regional bids. Receipts and shipments shown for St Louis, Milwaukee, New York, Chicago, and Detroit reflect a subdued market. No 2 red and winter wheat extra move within narrow ranges. oats and corn futures mix. rye steady in New York with limited old stock. barley firm in Chicago and Milwaukee markets.

Market report of farm produce and commodities

GENERAL FARM PRODUCE hay and straw trade weak in buyers' favor. Rye straw quiet. grass seed unchanged. In beans yellow eyes downward. Coffee Rio quiet. Java and other mild grades steady. Mocha 18%19c ib, Java 12 21c ib, Maracaibo 9 14 12lec ib. New York steady. Peanuts dull and easy. new crop heavy. Va hand picked 64 7c ib, Va farmers marks 4 5c tb. Popcorn steady at 3c. Raw sugar firm. refined stronger. many grades listed with ranges. Molasses quiet. Rice market strong domestic. various regional prices. Tallow quiet. country rough 34 ic, country rendered 6 6c. Lemons in brisk demand, prices up about 50c. oranges quiet. Bananas price ranges. cocoanuts and scarcities noted. Whiskey Cincinnati 111, St Louis 111, Chicago 113. Oils refined in good demand. case oil 14 10c. naphthas 10 11c. parafine 2c. other grades 13c. New York pipeline 7s3c. Pittsburgh oil firm rising. Cotton market steady. New Orleans and U S price levels listed. Store quotes for print cloths. receipts and production figures given. Liverpool cotton futures various. Numerous receipts, sales, and shipments of diverse goods and items listed across multiple ports and regions.

Rio Java Maracaibo Laguira Llige Jamaica New York Pembroke Huron Porto Rico Barbadoes St. Isee Carolina Patna Rangoon Messina Palermo Aspinwall Baracoa Carthagenas Cincinnati St. Louis Chicago Centennial Beacon Light United Pipeline Pittsburg

Financials from London and Liverpool markets Sept 13

London and Liverpool market notes show Consols at 101 9-16, various bonds and firsts, New Jersey Central and Erie yields, and Canadian Pacific at 45%. Wheat and corn prices drift, with quiet breadstuffs. Bank of England liquidity hints and mixed foreign securities. Havana sugar demand rises briefly as crop prospects grow, with exports to the United States and stable freight rates.

London Sept Atlantic Great Western New Jersey Central Erie New York Central Ilinois Central Pennsylvania Reading Canadian Pacific St Paul Common Liverpool California Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Economist Bank of England Egypt He Erie Committee Lake Shore Louisville Nashville Wabash Denver Rio Grande Union Pacific

Foreign Exports Jumble at North American Ports

Harbor Grace Newfoundland schooner Cetewayo lists exports including tools bread canned beef coffee copper paint chairs cotton duck dried apples canned fruit feathers glassware hardware hops lard matches clothing kerosene oil pitch rosin leather nails oils and more. Melbourne and Halifax sectors record tobacco sugar shovels kerosene oil slate laths plaster oars potash cod oil canned fish books medicines tools organs machinery and furniture among numerous goods. Sydney Nova Scotia and Glasgow entries note flour cheese beef apples lard and dyestuffs while other ports list schooner cargoes of flour meal oil hardware pots lard and various dry goods.

Harbor Grace N F Melbourne Halifax Charlottetown Pet Sir Carroll Glasgow Sydney Emma Crosby Lunenburg Willie Freeman Windsor Alaska Westport J W Raymond

Receipts of Staple Products From Regional Rail Lines

Detailed conveyance ledgers list shipments for Sept 13 across Boston and Albany, Jana Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Eastern, Maine, Lowell, and Sy Peabody lines. Entries cover wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, rye, shorts, peas, grease, cheese, beans, apples, leather, hides, lumber, beef, tea, coffee, sugar, oleomargarine, tallow, bacon, oats, mutton, eggs, potatoes, bales and cases, with numerous quantities in bales, bushels, cases, boxes, and rolls. Major items include wool, flour, corn, oatmeal, tallow, eggs, apples, leather, hay, lumber, and butter across multiple railroads.

Boston and Albany Jana Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York and New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Maine Railroad Lowell Railroad Tamas Volls Sy Peabody, Salem and Other Express S. Vuwasd Ceaieal

Total Receipts of Staple Products Sept 13 Port Table

The table shows total receipts of principal staples at the port comparing with the prior year, listing items such as cotton, flour, wheat, meat, butter, cheese, eggs, oats, molasses, lard, hides, tea, coffee, sugar, and more across multiple units, with year over year figures and totals.

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Peabody Postmaster Arraigned On Embezzlement Charge

Postmaster George W. Randall of Peabody was arraigned by continuance and held for the higher court after a brief examination with bonds set at 2500 dollars. The district court grand jury has indicted him for embezzlement, and his case will probably be tried this week.

George W. Randall Peabody District Court

Insolvency Chronology and Bankarptcy Notices Summarized

Senor Fuentes y Muniz reports August liabilities down 11 percent for the brunken Montepio bank of Mexico with over 3.5 million in bank notes redeemed. Judge McKim hears first meetings for several debtors, with many proceedings and adjournments. Multiple firms and individuals across Massachusetts, New York, Detroit, and Minnesota are listed as insolvent or failing, including Landers Philadelphia assets shrinking, Indiana Banking Company receiver settlement, and Minnesota Senator James C Lawrence bankrupt amid large endorsed-paper debts.

Senor Fuentes Y Muniz Brunken Montepio Bank of Mexico McKim John Iraper George H. Keefe Ashur C. Bingham Robert Campbell John F. Murphy John W. Denehy Thomas Prince Hatch & McFarland William C. Hickman James Dinsmore Francis P. Luce Altman Demelman & Fuchs William B. Butchers Bernard Slutzky Edward G. Nickerson Stephen L. Devine John Goldsmith Charles Nowell Gorham Train Charles Dove Charles O. Carter Thomas F. Mavey Walter Emerson Joseph F. Paul James C. Walbourn A. E. Thomson Woburn Mass Joseph Marchisi Butcher Chester Gibson Bros Cambridgeport Cyrus W. Chadwick South Acton Joseph K. Wells & Co Broadway New York Long Island City Long Island Coal Company Landers Philadelphia Danner Land and Lumber Company of Mobile Ala John ©. S. Harrison Indiana Banking Company Harrison Charles Mayo William Hannesen George Stout William Herie George Mansfield E. D. Cornish Cameron M. Walker W. & R. Miller Detroit Mich James C. Lawrence Wabasha Minn Gov. Hubbard C. K. Duryea Minnesota Elevator Company W. P. Brown Redwing Hartford G. F. Senson Kellogg Jerseys Lawrence Minnesota Wisconsin W. E. Hamilton Syracuse N. Y Hamilton Haskins Morris Run Lucas Kuilen

Maine Central Buys Portland Steamers Richmond and Lewiston

Bar Harbor dispatch reports Maine Central acquiring the Richmond and Lewiston steamers from Portland. Richmond to run between Bar Harbor and Annapolis Royal, replacing Frances on that route. Lewiston to be refitted for westward travel. Portland line the oldest to Mt Desert, their withdrawal leaves Boston and Bangor as the sole line.

Maine Central Bar Harbor Portland Richmond Lewiston Annapolis Royal N. S Frances Mt. Desert Boston Bangor Bande Duchimball Portland Journal Eastern Railroad Bangor and Machias Steamship Company Boston and Maine Eastern Beat Maine Vennera

Francis M Holmes furniture leader dies after long illness

Francis M Holmes founder of F M Holmes Furniture in Boston died at 41 Chester square on Sept 13 after a long illness. Born 1822 in Greenland New Hampshire he built a leading trade from 1844, surviving 1857 1861 and 1873 panics while aiding others. Also notes current death announcements for Robert Hoe James Emott and E A Phelps Jr with brief biographical details.

F. M. Holmes Furniture Company Chester Square Mr. Holmes Greenland N. H Boston Charlestown Robert Hoe Richard M. Hoe & Co Tarrytown N. Y New York Hose Leicestershire Eng United States House of R. Hoe & Co James Emott Poughkeepsie

Boston Officials Seek Extra 3000 For Milk and Vinegar Inspectorate

Dr. Davenport requests a 3000 appropriation to hire four laboratory assistants and two collectors. The Curtis aldermanic committee will meet Thursday. A copper box from 1847 was opened in Beacon Hill, contents preserved and set for the public library. Boston reports 218 deaths last week vs 182 the prior year. mean temperature averaged 72.4 degrees, up from 56.5. Warren Pier business stalls as health commissioners block 1000 bales of English rags. School Street gains granite blocks, promising downtown relief.

Davenport Boston Jamaica Fond Aqueduct Company Curtis Aldermanic Beacon Hill Warren Pier School Street

Middlesex Club Dinner Attended by State Leaders

At Youngs the Middlesex club dinner saw President Bruce preside with speeches by Lieut Gov Ames Speaker Den den and Henry Parkman. Delegations from the Massachusetts club entertained Congressmen Ranney Davis and John B Alley while ex Gov Claflin was absent.

Middlesex Club Young’s Bruce Ames Marden Henry Parkman Massachusetts Club Ranney and Davis John B. Alley Claflin Samuel B. Noyes New England Club Parker's Massachusetts Reform Club Leopold Morse John S. Farlow Cleveland Hendricks Josiah Quincy John C. Dodge Morse Boston and Agricultural Clubs

Massachusetts militia drill and rifle association events

The eighth regiment holds its annual drill on the common September 25. A fall meeting of the Massachusetts Rifle Association includes a special match for state militia members. A history of the thirty fifth regiment will be ready for distribution at the reunion. Team sizes drop to seven men, rounds per man drop to seven, individual matches begin in the morning with team shooting at 1 10 PM. The first regiment’s annual drill on September 19 includes a Fort Warren tour of duty.

Massachusetts Rifle Association Wifloe Mata Nesanr Lompany Fort Warren

American Mercantile Company Chartered in Boston

The American Mercantile company is granted a charter with a capital of 10000 dollars to operate wholesale and retail general merchandise in Boston. Charles R. Browning serves as president and Henry C. Boynton as treasurer. The secretary of the commonwealth will distribute circulars about ballot boxes for the next election from 26 central state points. A company representative will explain the boxes’ operation.

American Mercantile Company Boston Charles R. Browning Henry C. Boynton Secretary the Commonwealth

World’s Dispensary Promises Noninvasive Cure for Rupture

An advertisement from the World’s Dispensary Medical Association at No 663 Maine Street Buffalo New York claims a new method that permanently cures rupture without surgery. It offers pamphlet and references sent for two letter stamps.

World’s Dispensary Medical Association Maine Street Buffalo, N. Y

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