Finance and commerce notes from March 1 1879 market snapshot
The report details money market stability with bank loans at 4 percent and gilt edged notes firm. New York discounts ease, stock trading shows steady week with mixed gains and losses. Government bond demand remains strong with weekly subscriptions and price movements listed, plus London and exchange notes and several bank shares changes.
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Gale
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Rochester
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Metropolitan Horse
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Highland Horse
South Boston Horse
Liverpool
Boston Market Appetizers and Commodities Summary
Boston market report for Saturday March 1 shows varied prices across staples. Apples, beans, cheese, and coffee quoted. coal, copper, and iron trades listed. flour, rice, and sugar prices noted. provisions steady with pork and lard values. freight and ship-related goods included. Multiple named commodities, places, and standard trade terms reflect broad market activity in a single city edition.
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Baswe
Cumberland
Pennsylvania
Newcastle
COFFE
Java
Maracaibo
Jamaica
Loalbe
Rio
Aide
St. Domingo
Kolts
Bragiwis
Rye
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Gulf
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Georges
Haddock
Vollock
Argus
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Choice
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Nois
St. Louis
Malaga
London
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Turkey
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Sieily
Orages
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Wilnington
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Calcutta
Buffain
Indigo
India
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Lumbek
Mayaguez
New Orleans
Wilmington
Steatyse
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Allon
West
Boston
Pries
Wequote Houlton
Maine Central
Northern
Peer
Jacksons
Jersey
Carolina
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Rangoon
Gade Wild
Sumac
Sicily
Genered
Ovio
The Hidden Peril of Rupture and Its Grim Risks
The piece warns that one in twenty men may have a hernia and risk strangulation at any moment. It notes the insidious onset, where doctors may misdiagnose as colic, delaying treatment and increasing mortality and misery from strangulated hernia.
Deaths Case 1 Captain Bartlett of Albany Dies After Strangulated Hernia
Historical notice recalls Captain William Bartlett of Albany, famed for twenty China trips, dying after a strangulated hernia. He ate breakfast, suffered cramps, vomiting ensued, surgeons failed to save him, and he died fifteen minutes before noon. References to Dr J A Sherman and Dr Parrish note dangers of hernia and fatal outcomes.
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William Bartlett
Albany
China
J. A. Sherman
Dr Sherman’s Treatment for Hernia Praised by Minister
Rev John Alden of Providence writes that after decades of hernia trouble and failed trusses he found relief and possible cure from Dr Sherman in Boston. Alden, a well known preacher and missionary agent, testifies to the treatment’s scientific, practical, and safe nature and urges others to seek it while available.
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New England
John Alden
Providence
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Alden
American and Foreign Bible Society
Boston Merchant Praises Dr Sherman Rupture Cure
The letter from W Felton of Boston details a twenty year rupture case cured by Dr Sherman after failing with other doctors and trusses. He reports regained health and urges afflicted readers to seek the Sherman treatment.
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Boston
Dr. Sherman
A Fairhaven Boy's Brief Career as a Tramp
A Massachusetts society case details Edsar Gifford from Rochester who fled abuse by a woman and rode the Old Colony line in fear. After nine days in shelter he was returned to his uncle Joseph Aken in Warnham where the aunt’s mistreatment was exposed and the boy placed in family care with expenses covered.
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Virginia
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Fairhaven
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Dixwell
Pemberton Square
Edsar Gifford
Rochester
Mass
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H. McDonald, Jr
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Wairhagen
Buuas
Boy Fights Tarantula on Grapevine Prairie
A farm hand reports a neighbor’s son found a large yellow and black tarantula under a rock on the road. The creature bit the boy’s hand after he poked it with a stick, the nest was destroyed, and the arm swelled severely. The child’s life is despaired of.
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T. 8
S. Dodson
Jones
Grapevine Prairie
Featherstone
Invigorating Stomach Bitters and Catarrh Remedies Advised
An advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a superior tonic aiding digestion and cleansing the body, claims stronger vitality and resistance to malaria. It urges Dr. Lace's Catarrh Remedy for catarrh with Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for throat or lung catarrh, and promotes The People’s Common Sense Medical Adviser by R. V. Pierce.
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Peruvian Antiquities Topic Described by Dr Heath
Dr E R Heath describes a desert town named Etan in seven degrees south latitude near the sea where about 4000 people live. They speak Spanish and a language understood by Chinese laborers, marry within extended kin, have their own laws and dress, and sustain themselves by weaving mats and hats.
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E. R. Heath
Et@n
Wienges
Advert for Hop Bitters in Portland Ad
An advertisement touts Hop Bitters as a sure cure for ague biliousness and kidney complaints. It claims users cannot praise them enough and urges afflicted readers to try them and become enthusiastic about their curative qualities.
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Portland
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