DULL MARKETS Gloomy Trades Pressed by Rail and Sugar
New York and Boston markets were dull with little movement. Railroads held near flat. Missouri Pacific slid 14% from open then recovered. Sugar eased from 108 1/2 to 106. Tobacco declines noted. Steel stocks steadier but no big gains. Boston saw renewed weakness with Calumet and Butte moving. Market viewed as professional with liquidation bias and hints of a rally amid short interest. Atchison preferred dividend hinted at 2% and Amalgamated wage talks watched. Montana Coal & Coke expands with 300 ovens and a 5% bond-financed purchase. freights see demoralization and steep cuts. New phone trust sale at 144 per share. several mining and railroad developments noted.
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Missouri Pacific
American
Continental Tobacco
Boston
Butte
Calumet
Rolston & Bass
London
Amalgamated Iron Workers
C.C. CO. & St. Leweseveeeee
Bia Chesa. O
Ween Eens Codps Tod
Ssse
Cee
Sve
C.& G. West’n
Federal Steel
Federal
Wee
Manhattan
Eeneeee
MO. Pacific
New York Cen
No. Pacific
Philo. &Reading
St. Paul
So. Pacific
Rail
Third Ave
Union Pacific
Union Pac
U.S
Wee Il
Wheeling & L. E
Boston & Maine
Chicago
Fitchburg
Pfd
Amalgamated
Arcadian
Bingham
Cochiti
Coal & Coke
Olu Dominion
Bell Tel
Serees
Dom
Boston Land
N. E. Gas & Coke
Markets Report From Boston and New York Last Session
Bright Sears and Co reports mixed activity in Boston and New York markets with noteable movements in sugar refined by Am Sugar and steel wire by Am Steel Wire. commodity desks cite Atehiaon and Atehison pfd trading alongside Am Tobacco and BRO Brooklyn listings.
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Atehiaon
Atehison Pfd
Am Tobacco
Brooklynn
Madagascar Spider Silk Bed Hangings At Paris Exhibit
A Paris exhibition will feature bed hangings woven from silk harvested from Madagascar’s halabe spiders. Father Cambone first explored the idea, with M. Nogue advancing a practical method to extract and reel the silk from female spiders. Each of twelve spiders yields three to four hundred yards, offering exceptionally fine yet strong golden silk suitable for weaving.
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Madagascar
Halabe
Father Cambone
M. Nogue
Antananarivo
JM. Nogue
Lahore
India
Dry Goods Market Faces Quiet Yet Bullish Tone
The Boston Herald notes a quiet cotton goods market with a firm tone among agents and jobbers. Demand remains uneven with brown and bleached cottons selling ahead, prints lagging, and fall delivery contracts shaping cautious buying. Export orders hold steady while prices shift, and overall sentiment remains hopeful despite slow current activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Herald
New York
Costly Umbrellas Offer Wide Range of Prices and Styles
A retailer lists umbrellas from 50 cents to hundreds of dollars. Silk models with wood handles start at $5, with women’s and men’s styles up to $12.50. Premium mountings in gold, silver, or enamel push prices to $70, $34, or more, with ornate handles including ivory, Malacca, garnets, and amethysts. Some gun metal designs feature diamond embellishments, illustrating vast luxury options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Sun
It's the little colds that grow into big colds
An old health advertorial warns that small colds can become severe illnesses leading to consumption and death. It promotes Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a remedy to watch for and treat early cold symptoms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Wood
Probate Court citation to sell estate property in Lowell
Middlesex Probate Court issues a citation to Henry J Williams next of kin and interested parties regarding guardian Charles M Williams seeking a license to sell real estate in Lowell for investment. Hearing set Cambridge on June 5, 1900 at 9 am. service by copy to all parties fourteen days prior or publication in Lowell Daily Courier for three weeks.
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Henry J. Williams
Lowell
Charles M. Williams
Cambridge
Middlesex
Lowell Daily Courier
Duartes J. McInting
Esquire
H Polsom
Also Mentioned on This Page
John E. Parsons
American Sugar Refining Company
Robert J. Trimble
Trimble
Tenn, Coal & Iron
Calloway
New York Central
Montana Coal and Coke Company
Butte and Yellowstone
Chicago & Great Westen
Burlington
Atchison
Rock Island
Mésouri Pas
New Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Co
The
Elevated
Good Houses
Mont. Coal & Coke
Tutte & Yellowstone
Erie Telephone Company
Old Colony Trust Company
Northwestern Telephone Exchange Company
Southwestern Telegraph and Telephone Company
Cleveland Telephone Company
Michigan Telephone Company
Wisconsin Telephone Company
Messrs. H. W. Poor & Co
Philadelphia
Bright, Sears & Co
York Market. Co
James J. Gallagher
Foresters
William H. Harrigan
O'Donnell & Gilbride Co
Brooklyn
Florence
Union Oil
Mystic
White Mountain
Nutmeg Zinc Mines Company
Nutmeg Zinc Mines CO
Trvin
Nassau Street, N.Y
HB. Stevenson & CO
Mass
DRY Goods Market
Fall River
Charlotte
Comtes Weieee
Sirf Massachuss
H. B. Shattuck & Son
Central Street
Agt. Stearns, Orient, Tribune
Carleton & Hovey
Pamaous Shoes
Rote Agwontsa
Courier
A. G. Pollard & CO
Oxford Shoes
Haverhill
Merrimack Street
Palmer Street
Merrimack, Palmer and
Middle Streets
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