Auction Sales of Diverse Stocks in 1888 Market
The record notes a Wednesday September 19 1888 auction of extensive stock holdings including Metropolitan Nat Bank Belting Co Sugar Refineries Co Cin St Louis RR Maine Cent RR Vermont & Mass RR West End Street Railway Co Natl Eagle Bank and many railroad and textile interests. Executors and Adin approve the sale with collateral listings and numerous bond and mortgage positions across banks railroads mills and manufacturing firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Metropolitan Nat. Bk
Belting Co
Sugar Refineries Co. To
Cin. & St. Louis RR
Maine Cent. RR
Vermont & Mass. RR
West End Street Railway Co
Eagle Bank
Atlantic Coronales
Hamilton Woollen Co
Do Russell Mills
Plymouth
Mass
Wainwright Mtg. Co
Mining Stock Closing Prices in San Francisco
In San Francisco on September 15 official closing prices for mining shares show Rest & Belcher at 8.45, Crown Point 4.55, Union Con 3.30, Nevada Queen 3.90, and Nevada Nevada Queen listed among others amid varied trades. The listings include North Belle Isle at 2.75 and Utah at 1.50 with several entries showing fractional quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Closgold
Ing
Air Line
B.C. R
Pacific
Ches
Ohio
Cleve. & Col
del. & HL
del. & L
Sens
den. & RK G
East Tenn
Erie
Fort Wayne Ee
Hocking Valley
Houst
Texas
Il. Central
Kan
Lake Shore
Long Island
Beach Osteoe
Memphis
Mich
Central
L.S
Minn
V. M
M. & Essex Saes
Nash
Chat
WN. J. Cent
N. Y
Oregon
Pittsburg Ee
Rock Island
Rome
Ssi
L&s.r
St. Paul
St. P M
Pullman Pal W. Union
Can. So
D.& RG
G. W
D.S.P
Kk. Se
N.J. C
P. Lets
San Francisco
Rest & Belcher
North Belle Isle
Cal
Crown Point
Union
Gould & Curry
Utah
Nevada Queen
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Manitoba
Hutchinson
Es Tewe
Cossess
Ecwcsveces
Enee
London and Paris Financial News Sept 15 16 1907 Summary
London markets show steady Consols and mixed United States securities with bullion withdrawals of 373000 pounds. Paris rentes at 84 francs 12 centimes and London exchanges note capital flows. Vienna reports turmoil over Sam Von Frankfurter bank failure and suicide. Paris bourse declines amid higher bank rates. Panama bonds sold to public reach 860000 with 1,140,000 remaining unsold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
United States
Enie
St Paul Common
New York
Bank of England
Paris
Vienna
Cuse
Samuel von Frankfurter
Berlin
Stock Exchange
American Railroad
New York Money, Stocks, and Bonds Report Detail Market Mood
Money on call eased as merchants seek to sell forward engagements amid ample mercantile credit. Rates for bills, savings, and government bonds held firm, while stock trading remained subdued by Atonement Day observances. St Paul stock led declines, with spillover selling across major grangers and other shares.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sterling Exchange
Stock Exchange
London
St. Paul
Reading
Chicago
St Paul
James
Ladenburg
Western States Report Corn Potatoes Hogs Prospects
From Curiaco on Sept 16, Farmers' Review canvasses show wide variations in old corn remaining in farm hands across states and counties, with percentages ranging from none to 84 percent, plus a general decline in hog supplies versus last year. Projections for potato yields per acre vary by state, detailing figures such as Illinois 71 bushels and Wisconsin 1103–5 bushels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Curiaco
Farmers’ Review
Ilinois
Wisconsin
Indiana
Ohio
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Kansas
Nebraska
Dakota
Illinois
Michigan
Kentucky
Missouri tragedy ends with killings and suicide
Andrew Rhuel, a prosperous farmer near Manchester Missouri, fatally shot Fred Fink and Annie Fink after a feud over remarks about Annie. He then killed himself, ending a violent confrontation that began with disparaging comments about Miss Annie Fink.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Missouri
Manchester
Andrew Rhuel
Fred Fink
Annie Fink
Fred
Rhuel
Finks
Commodity price snapshot shows mixed stability across markets
The report notes quiet or steady movements in multiple commodities including flour cornmeal oats and rye with firm fresh beef eggs and sugar products. Potatoes hay pork and poultry remain in steady demand or hold price, while dips appear in hops and truck as other staples show little change.
Fall River Printcloth Market Reports Week’s Production and Sales
Fall River market shows production 175000, deliveries 165000, sales 124000, spot 19000, futures 105000. prices 3 percent for 64s and 37 16 cents for 60x56s. market firm. Providence closes quiet with firm 3 and 313-16 futures. 56x60s held at 3 ec. sales 11000 with 6500 of 64x648 spots at 37 cents, 2000 of 64x64s spots at 15 16 cents, 2500 of 64x64s seconds spots at 3 percent. manufacturer stocks 7000 of 648 and 3000 of 56x60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Providence
Boston markets grain and flour receipts and prices
Boston markets report weekly flour receipts totaling 31 457 barrels with declines vs last year and grain arrivals led by corn 282 240 bushels and oats 211 290. Prices vary by region and grade with No 2 red wheat around 97 1 4 cents, corn futures easing, and flour buyers noting a steady, sometimes firmer market across Chicago Milwaukee New York and St Louis districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada Roller
Canada
St Louis
Chicago
Milwaukee
New York
City Mills
City
Toledo
Detroit
Minneapolis
Prince
New York Oats Market Harsh Tone and Mixed Prices
The report details scattered oats activity across cities with softer tones and small sales of No 3 whites at 36c. No 2 whites trade around 37 to 38c while new inspection terms apply to No 2 whites on contracts after the date. Futures show activity but slight price ease, with spot quotations for various No 1 and No 2 whites and mixed oats listed, and specific bids and prices on the closing call.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Detroit
Peoria
Milwaukee
Chicago
St Louis
Toledo
New York—State
Graham
Canada
Choice
New Valley
Texas
Atlantic Seaboard
South Casino
Agricultural Bureau
Atlantic States
Liverpool
Wall Street
Cass
Receipts and Prices Across Farm Commodities Weekly Summary
Receipts for the past week cite butter 18888 pkgs and 528 boxes, oleo 2057 pkgs, cheese 5750 boxes, eggs 12 boxes and 9336 cases, beans 1257 bbis, potatoes 99 cars and 5729 bush, hay 144 cars, straw 32 cars, poultry 330 pkgs, sweet potatoes 6298 bbls. Year ago butter 17146 pkgs and 1764 boxes, oleo 3378 pkgs, cheese 8375 boxes, eggs 254 eggs, 37 bbls and 6969 cases, beans 770 bbls, potatoes 111 cars and 4548 bush, hay 274 cars, straw 24 cars, poultry 191 pkgs, sweet potatoes 7993 bbls. Butter prices steady with firm creameries, various regional quotes listed for butter and cheese. Eggs firm with mixed regional quotes. beans, potatoes, poultry, hay, straw, and sweet potatoes show steady or fair demand with updated price ranges. Market tone generally steady to steady for wholesale lots. New York and Eastern markets reflect unchanged priors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choice
Vermont
Eastern
New York
New York Extra
Ohio
Sage
Liverpool
Ermont
New Hampshire
Michigan
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
P E Island
York State
California
West
North
Jersey
Houston Rose
Hebrons
Bush
Aroostook
Aroostook Hebrons
Burbanks
Virginia
Market notes on price list for vegetables and produce
A fragmentary trading notice lists prices for assorted produce including beans onions beets carrots lettuce turnips tomatoes peppers cantaloupes and cauliflowers with varied unit quotes such as per bush box per barrel and per basket. Names and places are garbled but indicate wholesale price points and item availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rae
Newmarrow
Sean
Russia
Providence
Pork and meat receipts drop in mixed week report
Receipts for the past week show pork 148 bbls and beef 487 bbls plus fresh beef 133 cars and lard 4379 tierces, with hams 258 bbls and 160 tierces. Week-ago figures include pork 117 bbls and beef 266 bbls. fresh beef 125 cars. Market notes cite pork demand steady with varied prices across regions and products, including long cuts at 18 60, backs at 18 50, and sausage and tongue quotes, while cotton and other commodities show shifts and weather-driven crop concerns in later analysis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
New York
City Extra India
City
Brighton
Sugar and Molasses Market Report
Sugar markets show steady prices with Cuba refined grades firm and raws strong. Havana buyers hold aloof amid holder negotiations while molasses values range around 250 to 276 gold per quintal with notable stock and weekly receipts and exports including to the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
Lloilos
Javas
New York
Havana
Matanzas
United States
Ponce
Porto Rico
Orto Rico
Cienegos
Mayaguez
Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities
Stock Yards Kansas City receipts show fair demand at firm cattle prices with heavy buyers at 385 to 465, natives 225 to 250, steers 232 to 325. Hogs receipts 2031 with active trade at steady to firm. heavies 615 to 636, mediums and lights 575 to 615. Sheep receipts 621 steady 260 to 375. Chicago cattle receipts 3000 shipments 1000 unchanged beeves 546 to 606, steers 350 to 515, stockers 0, cows 125 to 250. Hogs across St Louis and Peoria firm to steady. Cincinnati hogs scarce and firmer 625 to 700. Sheep receipts 3000 steady to irregular natives 250 to 450, Westerns 340 to 390.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St Louis
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
Western Rangers
Cotton market report and weather impact noted
Allan Asher & Co report Liverpool cables show a near flat day with slight gains late session from South orders to buy October. Georgia and Carolina storms hurt crops, balls sprouting and lower balls rotting. despondency grows among planters as South Carolina suffers. Jewish absence limits activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Asher & Co
Exchange Place
Liverpool
Ains
South Carolina
Georgia
Market report shows firm demand and small offerings
The market remains firm with quiet demand across commodities. Prices are reported unevenly in cities including New York and Chicago for items such as coffee, whiskey, turpentine, and petroleum, with several unclear figures and regional variations in quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
York
Imports and Exports in Savannah on September 15 1888
A Savannah ship report lists cargoes including Gate City two bales hides for Allen Field Lawrence one case boots and shoes American Rubber Co five cars pig iron H W Adams & Co many bales of cotton duck coffee lumber hides wool rosin turpentine leather domestics and other goods from multiple firms such as Barry Thayer Cunningham Banks George McQuesten Metzgar Wellman Hall and Wadleigh. The record notes exact tonnage bales cases feet and barrels for firms like Chase & Sanborn Richardson Dennie E Vee and Wellman Hall with 100 tons and 1461 do cotton and 300 pks mdse ordered.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Gate City
Allen, Field & Lawrence
American Rubber Co
Exports List for Multiple Ports 1888
A detailed manifest from September 15 1888 listing exports by steamers and schooners from ports including Port Morant Jam Schooner Jeanie and Lillie Bell from St John NB and Halifax NS to destinations such as Port Hawkesbury CB Charlottetown PEI and Weymouth NL. Items include lumber flour cornmeal oil beef beef and other provisions, hardware, medicines, furniture, and various goods quantified in barrels bbls boxes and feet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Morant
Jam
Sheet Harbor
Jeanie
ST John
Lillie Bell
Pubnico
Cape Island
Hannah Eldredge
Weymouth
Eureka
McKay
Liverpool
Cumberland
Plano
Port Hawkesbury
Charlottetown
Pei
Halifax
Pictou
Worcester
Poland
Venice
Staple Products Receipts for Sept 16 1888
Boston and Albany Railroad records show 327 bales wool 1745 barrels flour 1700 bushels corn 30210 bushels oats 1500 bushels malt 27 tons seed 17 barrels lard 2 barrels grease 312 tubs 26 boxes butter 296 boxes cheese 51 cases eggs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Freight List From Multiple Rail Lines Including Beans and Wool
A dense OCR style tally of freight items carried by various rail lines and sea routes. It lists quantities of beans apples hay lumber leather wool flour cornmeal meat tea butter cheese eggs potatoes and other goods, attributed to lines such as Grand Junction Boston & Panvitenor Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Western Lowell System and I. Saiem and Peabody Expresses, among others. Entities include multiple railroads and regional trade goods with no narrative context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Panvitenor Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
Leather& Hales
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lowell
I. Saiem and Peabody
Foreign markets report from London and overseas
Cable dispatch details cargo movements and price quotes for wheat and corn across London Liverpool Paris Antwerp and Bremen. Wheat prices hold steady or quiet while corn weakens. pork bacon cheese lard and tallow quoted. futures dull with mixed American corn and No 1 California notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Walla Walla
Paris
Liverpool
England
California
Antwerp
Bremen
Proposals for Materials for Five Steel Cruisers and a Gunboat
Sealed proposals due September 18 1888 to furnish materials for the steel cruisers Newark Baltimore Philadelphia and Charleston San Francisco and the gunboat Petrel. Bidders must submit duplicates for each vessel with class schedules and blank forms available through navy yards or the Bureau of Construction and Repair. The Secretary may waive defects or reject all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Navy Department
Washington
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Navy Yards
Newark
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Navy Yard
Brooklyn
N. Y
Charleston
San Francisco
Mare Island
Cal
Washington, D. C
Secretary of the
United States Lighthouse Depot Seeks Buoy Components
Proposal notices from the U.S. Light House Inspector in Tompkinsville New York call for bids to supply bell buoys bridle chains ballast balls iron and nun buoys stone sinkers shackles swivels and chains for the Light House Depot. Bids due by noon October 1 1883 with plans specifications available on request and right to reject or waive defects reserved.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Light House
Tompkinsville
N. Y
Staten Island
Light House Board
Fredr. Rodgers
U.S.N
Third District
Submarine Torpedo Boat Construction Bid Sought
Navy Department in Washington invites sealed proposals for constructing a steel submarine torpedo boat with torpedo fittings. Designs, drawings, and specifications must be submitted by January 4, 1889, in duplicate, with envelopes marked Proposals for Building Sub-Marine Torpedo Boat. The Secretary of the Navy may waive defects or reject all bids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United State Navy
Washington, D. C
Navy Department
United States
Department
Bureau of Ordnance
Secretary of the Navy
Washington, D, C
William C. Whitney
Desmond Estate Insolvency Notice in Cambridge
Assignees A Selwyn Lynde and WM F Dana announce the second meeting of creditors for Patrick H Desmond of Malden Middlesex Massachusetts. The meeting will be at the Court of Insolvency Cambridge Middlesex on November 8 at 9:00 AM. Creditors may attend and prove claims. Boston Sept 13 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick H. Desmond
Malden
County of Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Cambridge
A. Selwyn Lynde
Cornhill
Insolvency notice of Buckley estate in Malden
Joseph B Smith as assignee announces the insolvency of Cor Nelius C Buckley of Malden Middlesex. The second creditors meeting will be held at the Court of Insolvency Cambridge on November 8 at 9:00 AM for proof of claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cor
Nelius C. Buckley
Malden
Middlesex
Cambridge
Oseph BR Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lamson Store Service Co
Boos Obo Pullmano Palace
Attleboro Branch RR
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co
Portland Saco & Ports, RR
Vermont & Maas. Ri
Metropolitan Street Ry. Co
Bay State Live Stock Co
International Button Hole Sewing Machine Co
Howard Watch and Clock Co
Dedham Water Co
Little + gia
Fort Smith Ry. Co
Chicago, Michigan
Merchandise N. Bank
Naumkeag S. Cotton Co
McKay & Bigelow HH. M. Asso
City of
Cambria
M. L
Pueblo & Arkansas Vai
Wisconsin Central RR
Pref. Mort
Adin
Se Y Pte
Fort Siutth RR. Co
Burton Stock Ar Co
Dao Grove Nat. Bank
Grand Trunk RR
Quincey & Warsaw RR
New Mexico & So. Pacific RR
Toledo, Cincinnati
Eagle Bk
Oid Hoston N. Bk
Hopkinton N. Bk
Atlante Cotton Mills
Manchester Mills
Stark Mills
Naumkeag Steam Cotton Mills
Atlantic Cotton Mills
Franklin Company
Lewiston
Salmon Falls Mfg. Co
Cabot Mfg. Co
Wakefield Ration Co
Thorndike Mfg. Co
Lyman Mills
West Ee Eee Co
Vane Appleton Co
Cocheco Mfg. Co
Pepperell Mfg. Co
Do Amory Mfg. Co
N. Kevere Bank
Old Boston N. Bank
Washington N. Bank
State N. Bank
Ames Sword Co
Shawmut N. Bk
N. Eagle Bk
N. Bk
Do Peenenaels
Wilmington & Baltimore RR
Quincy Wane RR
Hill Mfg. Co
Boston Suspender Co
Panilla Mill
Symonds Rolling Machine Co
Old Boston Nat. Bank
East Minneapolis RR
St. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba RR
Chicago, Santa Fe & California RR
American Bell Telephone Co
Ae City
Clinton
Hollister
Union Peat
Clews
Northwest
White
Lackawanna
Reed & Herzog
Nicholas
Beckman
Willard
Durand
N.W
Lsta
St. B
Tex. P. L. G
Fo Br
Tex. P. R.G
Tre Foc
U. Pac
Homestake
Bath
Ontario
Quicksilver
Dyriks Dincbis
Sutter Creek
Tenn. C
Foreign Financial Markets
NEW York Financial
J. E. Carter & CO
Bankers & Commission
Washington ST
Boston
Chicago Markets
Delawares
Champions
Wyoming Reds
Concords
Niagaras
Hartfords
Brightons
Bartlett
Clapp
Bradshaw
Geull
Seeley
Cape Cod
Delaware
Openin
Ceees
Docuan
Ear Vbie
Dane Damon
Areis
Awe
Cse
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Great Britain
Continent
Louis
Louiisville
J Carter & Co
Washington Street
Seiesie
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