Western cattle prices ease but demand remains steady
Canada cattle for England shipment begin sales while Western herds show firmer demand at markets in Watertown and Brighton. Reports note weights from 1000 to 1600 pounds with prices around 5 to 7 and a half dollars per hundredweight. Local handlers cite Chicago pricing as influences and note growing Western feed yard fattening, including J D Prindle’s 82 head project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
England
J D Prindle
Watertown
Quimby
Unity
Breck & Wood
J H Hatha- Way
H Stearns
Conway
Mass
Charles Jones
Deerfield
JS Henry
Aldrich & J. Gales
CP Surke
J Carroll
Brighton
Chicaro
Brighton Yards
Farrell & McFlynn
Market recaps edge lower as bears dominate Chicago wheat
The Chicago market shows weakness with heavy liquidation and poor demand at lower prices. Wheat and corn slide while oats hold steady under local trader influence. Hog receipts rise with prices for light to heavy lots. pork and ribs see selling pressure from Cudahy Wright before close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Bears
St. Louis
Chicago
Clifton
Cudahy & Wright
Market Reports April 4 covers domestic and general markets
This item notes a reorganization of market reporting by the Post. It explains that trade center reports are now integrated with local market data. Telegraphic reports for each commodity will follow the Boston market on the same item to provide a complete, standalone market outline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post
Telegraphic
Cabdle
Boston
Flour and Grain Prices in Carload Lots Report
The local market shows flour and grain trading mostly steady with limited sales in small lots. Quotations cover multiple flour grades including Minnesota bakers clear and Michigan stone, with export grades for Canada and New York receipts and general market tone described as quiet to dull in several cities.
Market Prices Across Cities for Grains and Provisions
Wheat and flour prices ease in Chicago and St Louis while New York demand remains dull. Cornmeal and oatmeal show steady demand. buckwheat flour and millfeed steady with good demand. Barley and malt follow steady patterns. rye and oats mixed with quiet trading in several regions. notable offers include No 2 red wheat around 89 to 90 cents and No 2 white cornmeal around 32 to 40 cents per bushel in various markets.
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Chicago
St Louis
Detroit
Toledo
New York
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Canada
Bush
Choice
Butter Prices Steady Amid Broad Market Listings
Butter markets show stable quotations with Western creameries near 31 82c and 28 30c for various grades. New dairy butter sells 26 28c, while old and imitation creameries range 26 27c, and other dairy items like cheese eggs beans and potatoes move with firm or unchanged tones across regional markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
New York
Vermont
Chicago
Cincinnati
Ohio
Liverpool
New Hampshire
California
Clover
North
West
Red Top
Jersey
Houlton Rose
Bush
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostook Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Northern Rose
Burbanks
Northern Chevrons
Northern Peerless
White Brooks
Prolifics
Scotch Magnum
Champion
Regents
Hebron
Bermuda
Jerseys
East Swale
Fruit market brief steady prices and varied fruit notes
Banana steamer Hondo sold at 135 for No 1s and 60 cents for No 2s. Victoria from Baracoa due April 6 with steady prices for Appies. Oranges and lemons show steady demand. Palermo oranges 350 to 450 per box, Florida oranges 5 to 6 per box, Valencia 5 25 per case. Strawberries moving slowly at steady prices. bananas liberal with Aspinwall Port Limon at 2 250 a bunch, Baracoa 150 to 175, selections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Baracoa
Baldwins
Florida
Messina
Valencia
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Jamaica
Pork market steady with firm prices and brisk demand
In New York the meat markets stay firm with light trading. Hams, lard, and various cuts show steady demand at elevated price levels. Mess hogs and city dressed hogs command strong quotes as buyers keep pace with supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Boston area rail schedule highlights and Sunday trains
A dense listing of train times across many stops including Ashland Marlboro South Framingham Newton Brookline and Fenway era stations. Notes on Sunday trains for Newton Lower Falls Wellesley Hills Newton Highlands and intermed stations with return times. Officials Hanson Gallup Gen Pass Agt Gen Supt.
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Newton Lower Falls
Boston
Wellesley Hillis
Worcester
Newton Highlands
Brookline
Hanson
Gallup
Transoceanic and domestic freight and rail market notes
Tallow prices steady in New York and London markets. Cotton and futures in New York show firm opening and quiet close. Liverpool spot cotton steady while several American ports report varied receipts and stock levels. Special notices detail Old Colony railroad schedules and extensive passenger rail timetables for Boston routes and seasonal adjustments.
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LVT
VARIO
New York
APY Cas Hee Ee
Sen Ergpertine Pyretics
Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
France
Continent
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Great Britain
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
United States
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
California
Antwerp
Commodity price roundup across cities and meats markets
The report lists fluctuating prices and market conditions for pork, lard, beef and bacon across Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati and other regions. It notes weakness in some markets and steadiness or slight firming in others with detailed price quotes for hams shoulders loins ribs and tripe among various containers and grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Steam
Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Rounas
Choice
Brighton
Sugar and Molasses Market Quiet across Grades
Sugar markets show raw sugars quiet with old quotations. Refined sugars steady with solid demand and varied prices for pulverized powdered granulated and confectioners products. Havana and New York markets display quiet tones with limited activity and nominal prices for specific grades and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilas
Javas
Havana
New York
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Truck demand steady as truck prices hold firm across lots
Demand remains good for truck items with broad supply and active sales at listed prices. Asparagus 6 per dozen, tomatoes 2 per canner, cabbage 2 75 per crate, onions 3 50 per crate, Florida string beans 3 50 per crate, beets 1 2b per crate, native dandelions 1 50 per bush, cabbage native 2 25 to 2 60 per barrel, radishes 76 to 81 per dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Norfolk
Florida
St Andrews
Hog and cattle markets across Kansas City and Chicago
Kansas City hogs slow with 9000 receipts today and 12 404 yesterday, shipments 6822. Chicago cattle dull and lower with 11 000 receipts and 8000 shipments. steer prices listed, stockers and feeders and cows ranges shown. Hogs receipts 17 000, shipments 5000, prices by weight classes given. sheep receipts 5000 with native and Western prices. Cincinnati hogs weak with receipts 1750, shipments 400.
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Kansas City
Chicago
Texas
Cincinnati
Imports Bring Bananas Coffee Sugar from Jamaica and Boston
The April 4 1888 report lists the steamer Hondo with 14 523 bunches of bananas for Boston fruit company and 334 bags of coffee. Baring Bros Co. vessels VIRQUSS and brig Walt H Clements carry 479 holds of sugar and 155 puncheons of molasses, with orders routed through VIRQUSS and other ports in Jamaica.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Boston Fruit Co
Baring Bros & Co
Virquss
Walt H Clements
Exports April 4 1888 at St John NB
The report lists Brig E W Gale with 203 barrels pitch 250 barrels meal 126 barrels flour 4 barrels olive oil. Port Nelson Bahamas schooner Melissa D Robbins with 1000 barrels shingles 2516 feet lumber 1 trunk shoes assorted goods 1 can varnish 1 package assorted hardware 2 cane rocking chairs 27 cane rocking chairs 1 bed apron 8 dozen
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ST. Joan
E W. Gale
Port Nelson
Bahamas
Melissa D Robbins
LILLIAN BRONER and Maggie Alice Cargoes Listed for Ports
Shipping and cargo notes from St Johns Port and Liverpool include Bark Lillian Broner at St Johns with flour, peas, oats, tools, and farm supplies. Sir Maggie Alice outbound from Port Hastings with flour and cornmeal. Steamer Lawn sailing from Liverpool with cattle beef oil and assorted provisions. numerous cargo items such as bacon, cheese, leather, and woodware across lines and yards. The list details weights, counts, and destinations, reflecting mid 19th century mercantile activity and port commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Johns
Lillian Broner
Port Hastings
Maggie Alice
Liverpool
Eng
Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Route Schedules 1887
Trains leave Boston passenger station Causeway Street for Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction and the West with morning and evening times. Express daily with sleeping cars for Chicago via Niagara Falls, short lines and Grand Trunk routes. Daily expresses with sleeping cars for Chicago via Evie Boston Line and Niagara Falls. Sundry station times list many towns including Concord Fitchburg Gardner Greenfield Piqua Falls and Johnsonville with mixed morning and afternoon departures and Sunday schedules.
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Montreal
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Fitchburg Depot
Causeway Street
Boston
Wintendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keena
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Hugton
St. Albans
St. Johns
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. R. Jay
Cheshire
White River Junction
Central
Vermont
R&r
Points West
Chesa
Monadnock
Rutland & R's
White River
Wagner Palace
Burlington
Mntreal
Ruse A. M
Ogdens-boarg
Pasko A. M
Washington Street
Faxon
K. Stewart
Keene, N. T
Albany
Rotterdam Junction
West
Chicago
Niagara Falls Short Line
St. Louis
Niagara Falls and
Wabash Western Railway
Evie
Niagara Falls
Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway
Boston and Maine Railroads Western and Eastern Divisions Timetables
March 1 1888 schedule lists through trains between Haymarket and Causeway stations with multiple stops including Augusta, Lewiston Manchester Concord and Portland connections. Services run on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays to Eastport Calais St Joan Halifax and related coastal routes, with arrivals and departures at Haymarket and Causeway stations throughout the day.
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Augusta—Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Sanger
St.ohn
Malifax
Prowseen Haymarket Sq
Causeway Station
Eastport
Calais
St. Joan
N. Ks
Halifax
Portland
Cuseway St
Haymarket Sq
Rockland
Castine
Southwest
Bar Harbors
Maine Central
Grand B Unk
Knox & Lincoln Railways
Laymarket Sq
Western Division Train Schedule Excerpt Boston and Nearby Stops
A dense list of Western Division train times from Boston stations to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington and many intermediates including Andover Dover Haverhill Lowell Malden Medford Newburyport Salem Wakefield Wilmington and Portland Bangor Lewiston. Timetables show morning and evening departures with numerous single minute marks and some route notes.
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Boston
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Bam
Kixeter
Giveat Falls
Haverhill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Middeford
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Lowell
Malden
Medford
Rkeelrose Eighlands
Stoneham
Sletrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Salem
M Wakefield
Mu Wilmington
P My
Workingmen
Boston Area Train Schedule Fragments East Division Arrival Times
Eastern division timetable lists numerous routes from Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly MBiddeford Chelsea Dover Everett and many branches with varied departure times. It also covers local service to Manchester Concord Nashua Lowell Lawrence Wilmington Woburn and other points including Maine and Quebec connections.
Central Massachusetts Division Train Timetable Notes
Central Massachusetts Division service schedules list express and local departures from Boston Station toward Northampton Amherst South Amherst Belchertown and surrounding towns with multiple daily departures including 7.25 am 12.05 pm 6.25 pm slots and additional morning and afternoon times for Worcester Clinton Berlin Sudbury and Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont and Belmont Way Stations. Sunday trains extend to Hudson and additional notes indicate timetables available at stations and from Mes Furber and J Flanders.
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Valblly
Usatyy
Din
Neponset
Randolph
Retur
Lucow
South Duxbury
Taunton
Central Station
Dean Street
New York
Weymouths
Mingham
Cohasse
Brockton
Newport
South Braintree
New Bedford
Middleboro
Krockton
Middeboro
Fall River
Geo
L. Connor
J. R. Kendrick
Gen. Pass
Lyon and Way
Newburyport
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
Salem
Saugus
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
Nashua
Lowell
Lawrence
Stoneham and Way
Lexington and Way
Woburn and Way
Winchester and Way
Manchester and
Concord
Northampton
Amherst
Belcher
Own
Hendasville
Ware
Gilbertville
Barre
Kmutland
Jefferson's
Oakdale
West Boylinton
Worcester
Clinton
Berlin
Budson
Sudbury
Eekbottom
Jage Land
Weston
Waltham
Waverley
Belmont
Waverlei Nee
Hudson
Ab P
Mes T. Furber
J. Flanders
Gen
Train Schedule For Boston & Providence Rails 1887
The Boston and Providence Railroad announces new timetable effective Monday May 30 1887. Trains depart Boston for New York Shore Line Fast Express at 1 PM with return at 8 AM and 1 PM. New York Steamboat Stonington Line runs 6.80 PM daily except Sundays with return at 5 PM. Providence service and local connections list numerous stops including Pawtucket Dedham Readville Sharon Canton Junction West Roxbury and Norland lines with various return times. Adjustments reflect weekly patterns, connections to Providence trains and late evening departures.
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Martforda
Weaven
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Old Colony
BOS
Ggage
Old State House
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Paslover
P. m
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Sandwich
Return
Hyannis
Braintree
A& m
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Woods Hall
East Bridgewater
Brockton
Abington
Amy
Vila Abington
West Quincy
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Anwa Ams
ARM
Japanm
Pilt
Mattapan
Neponset
Milteu
Mattapoisett
Middleboro
Nantucket
Wood’s Hall
Plymouth
UsLd
Hanover
Rockland
Whitman
Wollaston Breights
Bridgewater
Hmn
Chatham
Ne-Town
Mingham
uXikn
Fall River
ALG Mine
NORK
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Brooklyn
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Annex Heat
L. BH. Palmer
Agt
Newr
Stonington
York
Boston& Providence Railroad
New York Ga. m
Washington
State Street
Boston & Providence R. R
J. W. Richardson
A. A. Folsom
Boston & Providence R
Boston & Providence
Mondaa
Shore Line
New York Steamboat
Providence
Mt Lee
Pawtucket
Foxboro
Sharon
Canton Junction
Readville
Tol
Mt. Hope
Ays
Proveidence
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