Commodity price snapshot from New York and Chicago markets
Market reports show steady or dull demand across grains and feeds. Prices cited include choice dried at 82 80 per barrel, bag meal 1 24 1 25 per bag, buckwheat flour 2 90 3 00 per bag, rye around 1 55 1 77 in New York jobbing and Chicago quotes, millet and barley varying by region, and cottonseed meal steady at about 24 50 to 25 00 per ton.
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New York
Chicago
St. Lonia
Milwaukee
Canada
St Louis
Tauli
Bush
Choice
Fall River
Boston
Colony
You. m
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Dratina«Tion
No. S
Old State House
Old Colony
L. H. Palmer
J. R. Kendrick
Agt
Wholesale Butter and Dairy Prices Across Markets
Butter demand quiet with prices easing at creameries. Western and New York quotes mixed, several grades down or steady. Cheese and meat markets show little change. beans, peas, and grains vary by region with jobbing prices modestly higher. Potatoes and hay markets quiet, poultry steady, and regional staple prices listed for multiple items.
Fruits and fruit prices on steamer arrivals and markets
The Amicitia from Baracoa arrives with bananas for Noyes. Baldwins steady. Spy at 250 or 2 60 per 600, green ines. Oranges and lemons prices steady with Florida oranges strong. Mediterranean fruits fair demand. James Turpie ships Tuesday. Palermo oranges 5 50 to 4 50 per box, Florida 6 6 and 3 4 per box, Messina oranges 3 4 per box, Messina lemons 3 4 per box, Valencia 5 6 25 per case. Strawberries 20 to 50 cents. Bananas plentiful with prices unchanged. Bananas by region listed with prices 2 25 per bunch for Aspinwall Port Limon, 1 50 Baracoa, selections higher.
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Amicitia
Baracoa
Appicus
Baldwins
Florida
James Turpie
Palermo
Messina
Valencia
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Jamaica
Hixher
Meat Prices and Market Report Across Cities
Pork, beef, and bacon quotations are listed with varying cuts and sizes. New York Park is firm with limited sales. Cincinnati and St Louis show firmer pork and lard markets. beef and beet prices remain steady at old quotations. overall market tone is steady to firmer across regions.
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Lord
Choice
New York—Park
City
India Mesa
City Steam
Continent
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Market Prices for Lamb and Mutton Compare by Quality and Region
The report lists quoted prices for fancy lambs at 11 12 cents per pound, common to good at 7 10, Chicago mutton choice at 9 10, Brighton mutton 10 11, Eastern mutton 8 6 to 8 6 for choice, with poor to good 6 7, Eastern real good to choice 9 10, and poor to good values in mixed regional terms.
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Chicago
Brighton
Bia Vo
Sugar and Molasses Market Summary
Sugar trade shows dull raw sugar with ample supply and varied prices for Cuban, Manila, Java grades. Refined sugars demand steady with mixed premiums for pulverized to confectioners’ grades. Molasses markets quiet with minor quotations for Porto Rico and Cienfuegos. New York reports firm market for refined sugar and dull trade for 50 test molasses.
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Cuba
Manilas
Lloilos
Javas
New York
Ponce Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoss
Market Prices For Truck Produce And Fresh Vegetables
Southern lots show good supply with fair demand for asparagus at 6 per dozen and green peas at 23 per crate. Tomatoes ripe fruit canners 2 per can, cabbage 275 per crate, Norfolk kale 150 per barrel, Bermuda onions 3 752400 per crate, spinach 150 175 per barrel, Florida string beans 8 per crate, beets 125 per crate, native dandelions 1 126 per bush, native onions 3 per barrel, squash Hubbards 350 per 4 ton, lettuce 75 per dozen, turnips 50 per bush, celery 10 per box, rhubarb 124 per bunch.
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Bermuda
Florida
St Andrews
Cotton Markets Rise and Fall in Steam of New York and Liverpool
New York cotton opens quiet at 9 13 16 for middling uplands with mixed bids and sales of 110 bales. Futures ease then close steady. Liverpool spot holds steady with fair demand at 65 16d for uplands and Orleans quoted lower. Various US ports report receipts, stocks, and sales across the South and Midwest with general firmness in Liverpool and mixed local activity.
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New York
Arti. Cca Scien Y
Csvecass S- O
Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Baltimore
France
Continent
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louwisville
Hog and Cattle Markets Report St Louis and Chicago Prices
Hog and cattle markets show steady to firm movement across St Louis Chicago and Cincinnati. Hogs receipts Chicago 7000, mixed 15 5 35, heavy 5 25 6 4, light 5 10 5 30. Cincinnati hogs 4 53 0 5 50. Cattle receipts Chicago 7000 shipments 2000 steady steers 3 40 5 05. Texas fed steers 3 30 4 40. Sheep receipts 9000 dull and firm natives 3 50 6 10.
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St. Louis
Peortia
Chicago
Texas Fed
Texas
Cincinnati
Miscellaneous quotes and market notices from major cities
The report cites fluctuating quotes across cities with figures for currency, commodities, and certs. New York notes quiet firm tone for town prices and tax or rate-like figures. London shows steady prices. turpentine rosin and tar markets vary, petroleum at notable levels. Whiskey prices hold steady in Chicago and Cincinnati with nominal changes in related markets.
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New York
Taliow
London
Rio
Chicago
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Imports and Exports, April 9 1888 Cape Town to Halt London
A compact trade ledger item listing exports from Cape Town to London and Barbados and Sierra Leone with quantities of nails, cases, lumber, tobacco, pork, beef, oil, kerosene, stoves, and various other goods. Includes entries for Bear River Nova Scotia and Sierra Leone Africa with livestock and lumber shipments, plus details of schooners Muriel Cepola.
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Cape Town
London
Besy Sie
Aizene
Barbados
Sierra Leone
Africa
Brix Charles A Sparks
Bear River
Muriel
Lockport
Imports April 9 1888 Cardena s Bark Sugar and Goods
Imports aboard vessels from Nash Spaulding Co and DeJong Seaman report cargoes at Boston and Melighan Campobello and Messina. Items include sugar, potatoes, eggs, herring, dry fish, boxes and piling across multiple ships and coasts.
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Cardenas
Louise Adelaide
Nash, Spaulding & Co
Canning
Frank L P
Boston Consolidated Produce Co
Campobello
Melighan
DeJong & Seaman
Messina
Janes
Brailed Trains and Schedules Set for Boston and Maine Railways
Rail timetable note lists through trains on Western and Eastern divisions from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations. Includes Augusta, Portland, Halifax, Lewiston, Manchester, Concord, North Conway, and Portland connections. Seasonal steamship transfers and multiple daily departures indicate comprehensive routing from Boston area hubs to Maine and inland terminals with noted stations.
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Rarch
Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
M. Mocklord
Castine
Southwest
Bar Barbers
Portland
Lewiston
Maine Central
Grand Trunk and
Moox & Lincoln
G al
Boston and Albany Rail Schedules and Connections
Consolidated timetable fragment listing dozens of trains and stops including Ashcroft, Danbury, Hartford, Providence, Norwood, Readville, Forest Hills, Hyde Park, Canton Junction, Readville, and connections to New York and Providence. Notes on Sundays, special stops, and Whale Harbor style routing.
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Blackstone
Danbury
Morchester
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du Llams
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Ge Highland la
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Norwood Ventral
Lora Pawtucket
Philadellphia
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Iver Street
Rockville
Conn
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Walpole
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Webster
Boston
Middletown
New Haven
Pullman
Beston
New Britain
Waterbury
Pishkill-on-Hudson
Newburgh
Turners, N. Y
Chicago & St. Louis Limited
Erie Railway
Shipping list of fruit and commodities from Palermo to Yarmouth
A long mixed vessel manifest lists items from Palermo to Savannah and Yarmouth, including 46 cases essences, 4 do moise orders, 1750 bags sumac, 10,941 pkgs fruit, 6 refrigerators berries, 91 boxes oranges, 110 boxes beets, 20 crates vegetables, and numerous bales, crates, and boxes of cotton, potatoes, beans, and fish. The document names numerous firms and partners such as J Brown & co, Bennett Rand, J Boynton & co, Blake & Ripley, and W Curtis & co, across shipments in Savannah and Yarmouth NL, with steamer routes Gate City and Yarmouth steamer detailed.
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AS & J Brown & Co
Palermo
AS &J Brown & Co
Tally & Co
Savannah
Gate City
Adams & Co
Addy & Co
Boynton & Co
Bennett, Rand & Co
Oranges CO
Hoatt Cotton Mills
Hidea Billings & Eaton
Bigelow & Co
Blake & Ripley
Curtis & Co
Leonard
Locke & Co
Maynard
Bk Morrison & Co
JD Mead & Co
Mansfield
E Pontier
Rice & Holloway
Rogers & Co
M Smith & Co
Snow
Yarmouth
Yarmouuth
Barclay & Co
Clements & Co
Batchelder
Bbis & Co
Gardner
G Hall & Co
Webber
Cram & Allen
Hutchinson
Delong & Seaman
R_ Wiley & co
Jones & Co
Halibut Rich Bros
Clark & Co
Value of Imports into Boston Week Ending April 66 1888
Boston import totals for many regions and goods including England Belgium Jamaica Hamburg and Calcutta. Major items listed are dry goods machinery glass cocoa coffee hides and sugar with grand total for all entries around 1 574 239 dollars and pounds across multiple ports and commodities.
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Boston
England
Belgium
Amsterdam
Jamaica
Sears
Ccese
Metsis
Port Antonio
Bruges
GOS
HAUS
Calcutta
AIG
Anny
Montevideo
Melbourne
Rollywools
Nova Scotia
Porto Rico
Cuba
Suge
Germany
Li. Tobacco
Wgiagrs Sc
Value of Boston Exports Week Ending April 6 1888
Detailed Boston import export ledger shows totals across categories such as pianofortes 8533 items, Naval stores, oils, lubricants, breadstuffs, provisions, cotton goods, and machinery. Major export values include bacon 185,680, sugar and molasses 3,936, coffee 290, and leather 64,590 with country totals for Nova Scotia 28,704 and Newfoundland 14,786 among others.
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Ag Fe Implemi
Butler
Cheorg
Cee Vo Cares & P'Ts
LSPA
Rock
Laliow
Boing Oi Enen Aes Seine Aga Essen
Myla Nova Ngotia
Cece Sweese
Miquelon
Langley
OS Cilar
Staple Shipments Listed for April 9 1888
A lengthy ledger of consignments from multiple railroads including Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, New York & New England, Fitchburg, and Boston & Maine. Items feature cotton, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, corn, barley, beef, pork, lard, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, hay, lumber, hides, and leather with quantities given in bales, barrels, cases, boxes, and cars.
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Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Wid Colony
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Jsy Express
Record of assorted exported goods and commodities
A ledger style entry lists items including wool bales, tea chests, coffee bags, sugar bags, molasses, grease casks, butter cases, cheese boxes, beans, potatoes, hay cars, lumber bales, leather bales, hides and pelts with various quantities. The scattered figures show trade or stock tallies such as 383 bales wool and 10,278 bags potatoes among many other entries.
Foreign Markets Report From London And Liverpool
London and Liverpool report steady to firmer wheat and corn as of April 9. Wheat prices rise in some markets while English and French markets show quiet demand, with futures firm for wheat and mixed American corn. Paris notes wheat and flour firm as of May contracts. farm deliveries recorded for the past week.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
California
Henglish
Western Division Train Timetable Aboard Boston Subway Line
Complex OCR shows a detailed Western Division schedule with departures and stops from Boston including Andover Dover Exeter and various coastal towns. The list also covers Sundays Eastern Division routes and Parlor Car services to Montreal with local feeder connections and a Lowell System note.
Open to Northampton Train Schedules From Boston Station
Trains depart from Boston Station Causeway Street foot of Portland Street for Northampton Hadley Amherst South Amherst Belchertown Bondville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Jeffersons Oakdale West Boylston Worcester Clinton Berlin Sudbury Rehoboth Wayland Weston Waltham Waverly Belmont and other stops with multiple daily departures at 7.25 am 12.05 pm 3.40 pm 5.25 pm 6.25 pm and additional times listed by stop. Genl Passenger Agent D J Flanders assigns the timetable.
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Saco
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Mo Mowell
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Eyterb
Medford
Melrose Mighlands
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Sierrose
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Satem
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Withington
Lip Me
Lowell
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Washington Street
Old State House
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Warren
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Sherbrooke
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Bristol
Claremont
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Greenfield
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Clinton
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