Market tight with steady butter and firm cheese prices
The market shows steady to firm butter across cities with on call bids for imitation creamery at 24c. Cheese remains very firm with stocks shrinking. eggs are strong in major markets. Beans and seeds are steady with good demand for choice peas. poultry and game mixed but firm. hay and straw largely unchanged amid ample supply.
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St. Louis
Chicago
Philadelphia
New York
Cincinnati
Liverpool
Western
Ork
Eastern
Vermont
Choice
Nova Scotia
Minnesota
Timothy
North
Bush
West
Clover
Yigce
Jersey
Provisions Market Steady with Mixed Meat and Fruit Highlights
The pork market remains quiet but firm with lard and hams unchanged. Fresh beef weak toward buyers, veal steady, and lambs and mutton unchanged amid broad export recaps. The week’s export totals cover bacon, lard, and pork products to New York and Philadelphia, with prices for lard and various cuts listed. Fruit and nut markets show firm demand for cranberries and certain oranges, while dried apples and nuts trade near last quotes. The Ponti ac cargo and Dodona steamer arrivals add context to fresh fruit supply and pricing across apples, pears, and lemons.
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Ibs
New York
Philadelphia
Gallimore
Park
Ths
Bacon
Jos
Chicago
Brighton
Florida
Pontiac
Messina
Palermo
Mandarius
Catania
Baldwin
Massachusetts
Maine
Northern Spy
Virginia and Florida fruits and nuts price list
A fragmented price catalog lists dried apples including evaporated varieties with varying prices, peanuts, pecans, hickory shells, and shellbark. It also covers foreign fruits with Valencia oranges, lemons from Messina and Palermo, Malaga grapes, and Florida oranges with several grade and price distinctions, all presented in old-fashioned wholesale terms.
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Virginia Farmer’s
Valencia
Messina
Palermo
Malaga
Florida
Cotton Markets and Futures Across Liverpool and New York
Dull to firm openings mark Liverpool cotton futures with April to September spreads quoted from 5 34-64d to 6 44-64d. Spot uplands and Orleans offered light, with 12,000 bales sold, 5,000 bales receipts. New York spot steady and futures opened firm. detailed bid and ask lines for April to February contracts, with market closing firm. Also notes on BAIGES certificates, oil shipments, and firm sugar and molasses prices with specific grades and yields.
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Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Manila
Belmont
Orto Rico
Cienfuegos
Cuba
New York Flour and Wheat Prices and Market Receipts
New York and several midwestern markets report flour and wheat movements with varied receipts and exports. No 2 Chicago and No 1 red wheat prices are listed, alongside corn, oats, rye, barley, and petroleum commodities with daily changes and regional quotations.
Hogs steady as markets open across multiple cities
Chicago cattle receipts rise to 8000 with demand stronger and steadier for fancy cattle priced 5.35 to 5.65. Hogs slow but steady with packing and shipping at 5.60 to 5.90, light 5.30 to 5.55. Texas grassers and western lambs noted among regional offerings, shipments varying by city.
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Kansas City
T. Louis
Onn Peoria
Chicago
Texas
Cotton markets summary from Augusta to Charleston
On March 31 1887 net receipts and gross values are listed for Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah and Charleston. Notable figures include New Orleans gross 2250 exports 2368 and sales 500 stock 209179 while Memphis shows receipts 911 gross 996 shipments 1143 sales 850 and stock 42460. Other ports report varied quiet or firm markets with mid price levels and coastwise activity.
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Augusta
Galveston
Continent
New Orleans
Great Britain
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Coastwise and domestic trade brief with port summaries
Coasts show mixed activity across ports with net receipts totaling 29,179 for six days. Exports include 24,855 to Great Britain and 5,602 to France while stocks at all US ports reach 560,738. firm or steady mid price tones appear in several cities including Philadelphia and Baltimore amid shipping and sales data.
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Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Great Britain
New York
Continent
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
France
United States
Imports and Exports. March 31 1887 from Liverpool and Antwerp
A detailed list of shipments includes Istrian with earthenware and glass, pig iron, rope, textiles, and beverages from Liverpool firms Several consignments and quantities are itemized for W H Waibanm Co J B Moors Co and others. Antwerp steamer Jan Breydel brings plate glass and various goods. Mediterranean ports Dodona sails with magnesia fruits filberts and boxes from A S and J Brown and Co, with numerous fruit boxes and cases.
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Liverpool
Eng
Morey & Smith
James Hill Manufacturing Company
Waibanm & Co
Moors & Co
Sherburne
Hills, Turner & Co
Coleman, Mead & Co
Dame & Co
Webber
Baring Bros & Co
Lima Wood
Lewis
Leigh & Co
Dennison Mfg Co
Hiniman & Co
Frost & Adams
French & Co
Clark, Sawyer & Co
Riley & Gray
Wilder
Linder & Meyer
Gilbert Jr & Co
Frost
John Farley & Sons
Mohair Baring Bros & Co
Koopman & Co
Antwerp
Jan Breydel
Wendmuller & Roelker
Lambert Bros
Leonard & Co
Washburn Moen Mfg Co
Moise A Lausmann
Billings, Clapp & Co
Richards & Co
Boston
Turner & Co
James Birtwell & Co
Jones, McCnitee & Stratton
Hondlett & Dunnell
Dana & Co
Hondlett & Dannell
Dodona
Kumassi
Magnesia
Catania
S & J Brown & Co
Palermo
AS & J Brown & Co
Exports March 31 1887 Halifar Nova Scotia
Shipping list style report detailing cargoes from Halifarm Halifax and other ports including Brig Clifford with flour onions glassware acids and beeswax, Steamer Crestline with lumber, Anthony with flour cornmeal beet and oil, and ships Borderer Kansas listing a wide range of commodities, animals, and manufactured goods bound for London and Liverpool.
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Halifar
Clifford
ST John
Crestline
Liverpool
Noel
Anthony
Surinam
Brig Telos
London
Eng
Seamer Borderer
Kansas
Staple Freight Receipts March 31 1887 Boston & Albany and more
A ledger style list presents railroad receipts across multiple lines: Boston & Albany with dozens of bales of cotton wool flour corn oats wheat malt cottonseed meal and various fats meats and hides. Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern and Western Divisions show volumes of bales wool flour corn oats wheat barley feed hogs grease butter eggs cheese leather hides skins tea coffee and lumber in bales boxes cases and cars. The entry compiles dated cargo tallies from several rail lines.
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Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad—Western Division
E. Hine
Eane
Renee
Trade and commodity lists from various ports and railroads
A compilation of consignments and quantities from multiple routes and dates. items include eggs, beans, apples, potatoes, lumber, leather, wool, flour, tallow, barley, butter, hay, and other goods. Also notes express and sea shipments of wool, cotton, hides, coffee, molasses, and sugars. Market notes mention wheat in Paris and English country markets firm along with Havana sugar and gold quotes.
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Paris
London
Havana
Boston and Albany Rail Timetables 1887 Summary
Local and through schedules for the Boston and Albany system detail departures from Boston including Norwood line, Woonsocket division, and express services to New York, Hartford, and Philadelphia. The document lists numerous station stops, running times, and special Sunday train notes, with through connections to Norwich, Danbury, Waterbury, and Willimantic, plus branch connections via Springfield and Pittsfield. It also notes ticket offices and general superintendent contact.
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Fe O
New York
Middletown
New Haven
Pullman
Boston
Hartford
New Britain
Waterbury
Danbury
Fishkill-on-Hudson
England
Air Line
Grand Central Depot
Willimantic
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Trenton
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Norwich
New London
Danielsonville
Watham
City OF Worcester
City OF New York
Washington Street
Summer Street
HH. Turner
Old Colony Rail Timetable Update for 1887 Routes
A dense list of weekday and weekend train times from Boston to New York via Fall River and River Lines, with numerous stops including Ashmont, Barnstable, Braintree, Brockton, and Nantucket service. Timings cover departures in the morning and afternoon and returns throughout the day, reflecting a broad schedule across coastal and inland stations.
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Old Colony
Boston
New York
Fall River
Sunday Trains Through Cohasset and Surrounding Lines
Trains run on multiple routes from Cohasset Hingham and Weymouth with early morning returns and extended connections to Fall River Taunton and Brockton. Service details include weekly and holiday adjustments, with schedules for shore line and New York connections, and manager A Polsom notes.
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Boston & Providence Railroad
Shore Line
New York Shore
Kreturn
New York
Peat
Kbeturn
Spring Stree Au Highlands
Stoughton
Canton
Booten
Mt. Hope
Arrea
Bristol
York
Mansfield
Subie
Mansfeld
A. Polsom
Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool
London markets report cargoes off the coast wheat firmer corn slow with sales delays. Paris wheat and flour quiet while Liver pool prices show firmer breadstuffs and steady pork and cheese levels amid poor demand and mod est offerings.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town Listings
Albany buyers from J Feary Son and others appear among a long roster of shoe firms visiting Albany for purchases. The list spans cities including Baltimore Buffalo Cincinnati Detroit Dallas Galveston Kalamazoo Knoxville Macon Memphis New York Philadelphia Savannah Syracuse Seneca Falls St Louis Sedalia Saint Louis St Louis and Winchester with numerous names and firms such as Bangs Bard & Co W Carroll Childs Groff & Co Sanger Bros L H Blum Witkowski Dunmody Goodbar Co Graff Son Monroe Bros Kellogg Johnson Co Meinhardt Bros Co and others.
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Albany
H Feary
J Feary & Son
Baltimore
Charles Bangs
Bangs, Bard & Co
Tre
Carroll
Carroll, Adams & Co
Buffalo
TT Ramsidell
S M Sweet
Ramsdell, Sweet & Co
Brun
Chicago
E M Phelps
Whelps, Dodge & Palmer
Cincinnati
F Thorne
Sue Cleveland
O—H Childs
Childs, Groff & Co
Detroit
Mich
C E Smith
H F Robinson & Burtenshaw
Ann Dallas
Tex
J Newburger
Sanger Bros
Galveston
Aaron Blum
St Louis
A W Allen
Claflin Allen Shoe Company
D B Linasley
Orr & ‘Lindsley Shoe Company
Louis Opel
G F Dittman B & 5S Co
St .Paul
Minn
C H Kellogg
Kellogg, Johnson & Co
Sisaen Ga—H Meinhardt
Meinhardt Bros Co
Winchester
Marion Bantz, Craw
Fitchburg Route Timetable for Hoosac Tunnel Route Trains
Horricating list of daily departures from Boston to North Adams Albany and West with multiple times and service types including express sleeping cars to Chicago and St Louis. Includes Cambridge Nashua Saratoga Troy and Worcester stops with varied schedules and special Sunday and weekend notes. Official notices list station agents Joan Adams J Whitmore and J R WA Bon and ticket office location at 250 Washington street Boston.
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Central
Cheshire
Bellows Falls
White River Junction
Vermont
R. R
Montreal
Stonadnock
Rutland
R. I
White River
EXA
Pullman Palace
Burlington
St. Albans
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Washington Street
Boston
C.A. Faxon
RK. Stewart
Keene
N.hl
Causeway Street
Fork North Adams
Albany
West
Accou
Chicago & St. Louis
Chicago
St. Louis
Ayer Junction
Belmont
Waverley
Ae Vv
Marlboro
Hudson and
Saratoga
Troy and
the West
Jon Square
Somerville
Waltham
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Winchendon
Keene Bellows Falls
Worcester
Joan Adams
J. Whitmore
J.R. WA Bon
Montreal & West
Central Vermont
Pullman Carson
Lowell
Fitchburg
New
Stonington
York
Boston & Providence Railroad
New York
Washington
State Street
Boston & Providence R. R
J. W. Richardson
A. A. Folsom
Boston & Providence R
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