Speculation Weary Market After Dull Trading Day
Speculation was less active as markets were dull with Granger and Gould shares slipping. Some stocks rallied late, while Sugar certificates weakened on potential Senate rejection. News included Ha v emeyer talks and a firm Western Union with mixed intraday moves.
Philadelphia Stocks Quotations From DeHaven and Townsend
DeHaven and Townsend stock brokers at 428 Chestnut Street provide current quotations for buyers and sellers. The brief listing notes price levels and market direction as part of a routine business bulletin.
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DeHaven & Townsend
Stock Commission
Chestnut Street
Daily Philadelphia Financial Gossip and Rail News
Philadelphia bank clearings yesterday totaled 9 800 351 with balances at 1 529 389 The Train Dispatchers Association of America will hold its tenth annual convention in Detroit on June 22 Rail movement of corn to Chicago for lake shipment east bound notes large freight activity in the Midwest Central Passenger Association endorses iron clad maintenance of passenger rates receivers of the Peoria Decatur and Evansville Railroad to pay January 1 interest by July 1 Girard Life Insurance declares 8 percent dividend Merrimac Manufacturing pays 2 percent semi annual dividend Welsbach Light reports April and May gains Hutchins quote stock prices Mobile and Ohio Railroad contracts for 400 freight cars and five fully upholstered passenger trains April roads show gains Mexican Central leads in gross gain Southern Pacific leads in net gain Joint Traffic Association arbitrators decline to interfere with Pennsylvania Railroad Long Island traffic decision Lake Erie and Western Railway annual statement shows declines Russell Sage predicts a market boom after tariff passage April June railroad earnings and the Standard Oil stock outlook prices and dividends discussed
Refiners and Provisions Markets Steady Amid Quiet Trade
Refined sugars remained quiet but firm with varied commission-inclusive prices for cubes to confectioners’ grades. Provisions held steady with smoked beef, hams, and pork prices largely unchanged, while cotton sales to spinners were small but firm. Live poultry supplies stayed ample and prices barely steady with spring chickens and fowl values noted. Butter and eggs showed solid demand and steady to firm pricing for various regional creamery and egg grades. Cheese markets remained steady for choice goods with varied regional quotations.
Not a Good Collector Says Detroit Butcher in Tale
A Detroit butcher narrates his failed attempts at debt collection, describing a wealthy tasting party with a generous host who seems eager to settle bills, and a rival collector pressuring the host. The tale ends with the butcher admitting, I’m no good at all as a collector.
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Detroit Free Press
Woodward Avenue
General O Howard Starved at Richmond Dining Room
Boston Herald recounts General O O Howard famed for aiding the colored men enduring a hungry dining room tale. A U S Senator accompanied him as waiters were urged to serve others first, leaving Howard waiting an hour while officers were paid. The cooks explained tips influenced service, provoking indignation.
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Boston Herald
O. O. Howard
David 8. Stanley
Howard
Freedman's Bureau
Richmond
United States
Bureau
General Howard
South
Moses
Gun City Massacre in Cass County After War Strife
The Gunn City massacre saw four men seized from a train near Gunn City Missouri in 1870 and killed by a posse. Governor Brown ordered militia then withdrew as Cass County faced no indictments and a bitter feud over railroad bonds and local politics.
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New York Sun
Harrisonville
Holden
Missouri Pacific
Gunn City
Joe Shelby
Steveson
Cass
Clyne
Wlliam Dutro
Dutro
Shelby
Sheved
Posse
St. Louis
Kansas City
Cass Caunty
Johnson County
B. Gratz
Cass County
Sun
Missouri
New York
B. Gratz Brown
Horace Greeley
Governor Brown
Brown
Federal
Richmond
Charity Organization Society Attacked by Reverend Pastor
The Rev Dr Madison Peters criticizes the Charity Organization Society in New York, calling it a fraud that spends about $50,000 annually on salaries and investigations rather than direct relief. He cites cases of alleged neglect and details the society's opposition to direct aid programs, urging reform or abolition.
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New York Journal
New York
Society For the Prevention of Charity
Charity Organization Society
St. Andrew’s
Lamadrid
Seganinnee Society
Marriage Licenses and Marriages Record List
A list of marriage licenses granted and marriages recorded including Michael J. Hollihan with Sarah T. Campbell and many others such as Ulysses G. Markley with Agnes G. Gray and James V. Laudrey with Mary E. Kerehner. Names recur in pairs across the long roster in this community notices section.
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Michael J. Hollihan
Sarah T. Campbell
Guiseppe Ceraso
Concerto Sentco
Ulysses G. Markley
Agnes G. Gray
Ltarry R. Boyd
Elsie I. Dinsmore
James V. Laudrey
Mary E. Kerehner
Hugh McDonald
Mary McDermott
John Murray
Mary McCullough
John J. O'Neill
Raby Lambert
Charles Gaus
Minnie Kellner
William Barens
Dora Hatfield
George W. Manning
Mary T. Devlin
Anna Brogan
James Troy
Annie Moran
George G. Rex
Fannie Mosby
Alexander Eliott
Lizzie Brown
Marriagescene Notices From Philadelphia 1887
The section records three marriage announcements dated June 16 1887. John A. Boyd and Laura Gall of Philadelphia wed at an unspecified location with Rev. J L Weaver officiating. Harry S. Butz and Ella M. Cunde y of this city married by Rev John Gordon D D at Second Baptist Church. John H. Carmany and Sallie A Willard of Philadelphia married at 1509 North Twentieth Street by Rev J W Sayres.
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Boyd Gall
J. L. Weaver
John A. Boyd
Laura Gall
Philadelphia
Butz—Cundey
Second Baptist Church
John Gordon
D. D
Harry S. Butz
Ella M. Cundey
Seatack—Willard
J. W. Sayres
Aew
North Twentieth Street
Ohn H. Carmany
Misa Sallie
A. Willard
Marriages and obituaries fill Philadelphia notice page
Long list of June 1897 weddings and funeral notices from Philadelphia with names ages and addresses. Couples include Cummings Davis Ecoff Crisp Guyn Levering Keers Knox McCauley Baher Snyder Rewald Nallinger Sherron Simon Sinnamon Osborne Weiler Brown and many more. Funeral times and church details accompany each entry.
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George Dugan
Christian J. Guyn
Mary E. Levering
Philadelphia
Keers—Knox
Mt. Pleasant
Fairmount Park
John Graham
John Keers
Anna W. Knox
McCauley—Haher
James Crowe
North Second Street
Charles H. McCauley
Margaret J. Haher
McCoach—Snyder
Franklin Street
Frankford
M. Boswell
M. G. Kyle
James William McCoach
Mankin
Methodist
Chestnut Hill
J. J. Timanus
Daniel K. Mankin
Ida M. Kerper
Spring Village
Marsden—Price
Methodist Episcopal Church
John Marsden
Elizabeth NI. Price
Germantown
Oakford
Corson
H. 8S
Hoffman
D. D
Walter E
Sarah Louisa
Aaron O. Corson
Parker—Bbarr
W. W. Barr
Littell
James Parker
Jersey City
New Jersey
Julia Ida Barr
Reister—Haug
G. A. Sebeer
St. Mark's Evangelical Reformed Church
Fifth
Charles W. Buoy
Blanche Stull
James Fenton Sherron
Simon McKissick
A. K. Francis
South Tenth Street
John J. Simon
Lizzie
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Pennsylivania Steel
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Detroit
Central Passenger Association
Peoria, Decatur and
Evansville Railroad
Peoria
Quaker City National Bank
Baltimore Street Railway
Girard Life Insurance, Annuity and Trust Company
McWalters
Hnes
Lake Erie
Merrimac Manufacturing Company
National Bank
Washington
Welsbach Light
George A. Huhn & Sons
West Chicago
Biscuit
Lake Street
Strawa
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Pullman Company
Barney & Smith Company
Southern Pacific
Joint Traffic Association
Pennsylvania Railroad
Long Island Railroad
Brooklyn
Long Island
Lake Erie and Western Railroad
Russell Sage
Chicago and Northwestern
Hieu
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Ashtabula
NEW York Stock Market
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Sheteon
Gen. Howard
Pleasant Hill
Erie Canal
Memphis
Court House
Kansas
Madison
Peters
del Dwellings
Fiftieth and Market Sts
Market ST
City Mall
Market Street
Equitable Trust Company
Street
Ashburst
Sarah L. Beittenmiller
Berger
William Pr
Borton
Sarah J
Breen
John
Brooks
Annie
Bryan Ella A. Burke
Bridget
Cermak
Jerry
Coughlan
Dorothy
Desmond
Timothy
Baerley
Fisher
William H. Friend
Henrietta
Given
Jennie
Gleeson
Daniel
Grubb
Hall
James W
Holst
Conrad A. Huston
David B. Kellogg
George R
Lavin
William
Ledent
Agnes
Lippen
Eliza
Smith
Harry C. Smithson
Smyth
Mary A
Steinmetz
Leonard F. West
Clarence V. Williams
Elizabeth
Ashhurst
Sarah Lacey
Francis Ashhurst
Germantown Avenue
Moorestown
N. J
Sarah J. Borton
John M. Roberts
Main Street
West Moorestown
John A
Jane A. Breen
Tasker Street
William Brooks
South Broad Street
Bryan
Corning
N. Y
Ella A
James
Elizabeth E. Bryan
Twenty-sixth Street
St. Elizabeth's Church
Burke
Bridget "Burke
Spencer Street
Falls of Schuylkill
Jerry Cermak
Joseph and
Mary Cermak
Mackinaw Street
Daniel S
Mary Agnes Coughlan
Timothy Coughlan
Margaret
Thomas Burns
North Eleventh Street
Timothy Desmond
Margaret Desmond
Ridge Avenue
Assumption
Cathedral Cemetery
Earley
Ellen Earley
Sham
Rhodes Street
New Cathedral
Te Zager
Conrad Holst
Charles F. Warwick Club
Wall Street
Prankford
Greenwood K. of P
Blackstone
Huston
David
William Hus
East Huntingdon Street
Kellogg
Bryn Mawr
George R. Kellogg
Broad Street
John and Catharine Lavin
Redner Street
Aingering
Agnes ‘Ledent
William and
Agnes Ledent
Andrew Allen
Ellsworth Street
Eliza Sibley
Henry Lippen
Bryn Mawr Baptist Chapel
Lynch
George J. Lynch
Mole Street
George
William J
Neilie Lusch
John Leahy
South Twenty First Street
McCloskey
Michael
Hannah McCloskey
Aspen Street
Mccoy
Alexander McCoy
Hancock Street
North Cedar Hill
Marra
Michael J. Marra
George Griffiths
Keystone Shovel Works
Spruce Street
St. Mary's Church
Holy Cross Cemetery
Marshall
Samuel
Mercy Street
Whisner Street
Fernwood Cemetery
Miles
Mabel A
William C
Martha Sy
Twenth
Mary Dowd
Anthony
Mary Nocton
Powelton Avenue
Power
Joseph
Margaret Power
Emerald Street
New Cathedral Cemetery
Purcell
Edmund J
Bridget Purcell
P. Poole & Co
Dickinson Street
Church of the Annunciation
St. Charles’ Church
Holmes & CO. N. W. Cor. Ltd
Chestnut Sts
Broadway
New York City
New York Stock Exchange