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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 14, 1888
Page
7
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Butter and dairy quotes steady with Western creameries at 29¢ and 27–28¢ for extra firsts. Cheese and eggs show quiet demand with prices easing. eggs at 16–21¢ range, New York and Western markets easing. Beans, grass seeds, potatoes, hay, poultry, and game prices listed with regional variations and small orders noted in St Louis and New York markets.
The Kepper steamer arrives from the Mediterranean with 2500 boxes Messina oranges and 100 boxes Messina lemons plus 12 500 boxes Palermo oranges and 10 600 boxes Palermo lemons, with some Catania fruit. Apple prices are steady. Baldwins 3 8 25 per barrel, russets 3 3 25, common stock 150 200. Oranges and lemons show steady to fair movement. Palermo oranges 3 50 4 60 per box, Florida oranges 5 6 for choice and 3 4 for fair to good, Palermo lemons 2 50 4 50 per box, Messina oranges 3 50 4 00 per box, Messina lemons 2 50 4 00 per box, Valencia 5 5 25 per case for regulars. large and extra large 6 7 per case. Strawberries sold 45 40 cents. Bananas unchanged with Aspinwall Portimao 2 50 a bunch, Jamaica 1 50 Baracoa 1 50 1 75 with better selections.
The market shows steady pork with varied cuts priced across regions. New York and Chicago markets report firmer activity on mess pork and lard, while beef and lamb prices remain steady to firm with diverse cut quotes.
Havana weekly report details five year Cuba production in sugar and molasses with annual totals and export breakdown. It records export shares to the United States, price trends for molasses, and raw sugar market firmness with Cuba quotations and delivery terms for 1887 and prior years.
In New York the refining sugar market shows firm, unchanged quotations and quiet demand. Molasses hold with no changes. Prices for refined sugars and molasses remain steady. wholesale granulated sugar quoted at 76 per unit, with various grades and regional notes listed, including 80 percent gal Porto Rico and 50 test quality at 210 2014.
The report notes steady demand for trucks at stable prices. Celery moves slowly, while spinach is abundant and sells well. Prices quoted include asparagus 84 5 P per unit, green peas $2 per crate, Florida tomatoes $8 per crate, cabbage $2 2 75 per crate, and multiple other items with varied per unit or per crate pricing.
The steamer Samana will dock at the south side Long wharf Monday April 16 with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Gwent is due April 14 with bananas for Seaverns The steamer Unita is due April 16 from Bara with bananas for W W and C R Noyes.
New York prices show upland at 98 1/4 cents, 95 1/4 for low middling, and 81 1/4 for good ordinary with 142 bales sold. Futures opened steady and closed dull. Liverpool spot dull at 56 1/2 for uplands and 54 1/2 for Orleans. Weekly and regional receipts, exports, and stocks across Augusta to New York are listed, with United States total receipts 5,165,258 and stocks 699,083. Liverpool stocks 881,000.
Kansas City hog and cattle markets show steady tone with large receipts and shipments. Hogs strong and higher with mixed classes trading between 56 40 and 70 per cwt, cows and bulls around 160 to 350, lambs 5 6 50. Cincinnati hogs stronger for common and light at 4 46 to 4 60, packing and butchers 5 40 to 5 70. Receipts 835, shipments 735.
Tallow and London prices steady with small variations in the US and UK markets. New York trade quiet at firm levels with 50,000 ths sold at 4c. Pipe Line Certificates close date and bid details for April 12 13 1888. Turpentine rosin tar and petroleum prices listed with varied bids. Whitey Chicago and St Louis show steady prices around 1.15 and 109 respectively. Cincinnati maintains 109 with unchanged levels.
London dispatch notes cargoes off coast wheat and corn firm for shipment. at Mark Lane wheat and flour firm, corn dearer. Paris wheat and flour steady. Liverpool markets show breadstuffs firm with steady to firm prices, mixed western corn stronger, pork and bacon steady, cheese lower, tallow steady. Cotton market dull with varying futures.
Seventy one year old B Drake of Lithaonia Georgia recounts a long battle with leg ulcers from childhood. After amputation and worsening sores, he credits seven months on S S S with healing the ulcers, firming flesh, and restoring health. He urges others to write for details and vouches for Dr W P Bond.
City of Boston invites sealed proposals for supplying 7500 tons of Cumberland Coal for East Boston ferries at the wharves. Bids due April 17, 1888, at 40 o'clock p m. Includes delivery, weighing, and housing with performance bonds and a $1000 certified check. Board may reject all bids.
Antwerp market report lists 118 Wheat a turn clearer No 1 California price 191 pounds No 2 red winter 18 pounds with associated figures and firm English country markets noted for July.
A fragment from a London market listing shows numerous items and consignors. Goods include bar iron, wool, jute cloth, cement, hides, ware, coffee, rice, and wines with quantities tied to firms like Barin Bros and co, Gorham Rogers & co, and J B Moors & co, among others, plus a note on the brig John Swan shipping cargo from Surinam.
A Melbourne led exports tally from April 13 1888 catalogs cargoes and quantities across multiple ports including Melbourne Yarmouth NL Meteghan NS and Buenos Ayres AR detailing tin cans spades nails tobacco and many other goods with counts such as 8800 cases nails 1380 pkgs kerosene oil 272 barrels plaster and 1 109 605 feet lumber for Lennia Burrill in Buenos Ayres and Magnum schooner in Meteghan NS and Yarmouth NL shipments over diverse commodities.
Revenue ledgers from multiple railroads show April 18 1888 receipts listing cotton bales wool flours oats malt feed tallow grease butter eggs hay lumber leather hides skins and other goods under Boston Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York New England Fitchburg Boston Maine Eastern Western Lowell By Express and By Sea. Quantities include 462 bales cotton 12 wool bales 18 half chests tea 64 bags coffee 160 cases eggs 123 rolls lumber 239 bales leather 6080 sides leather 164 bales 6080 sides leather and numerous other items. The entry aggregates vast cargoes across multiple rail lines with detailed tonnage and box counts.
A historical port report lists April 18 1888 totals for principal staples and seven day totals. Cotton sugar molasses flour cornmeal oats butter cheese wheat eggs malt rye beef pork lard and other items show hundreds to thousands of units, with vessel and tariff notes in a dense table of quantities and values.
A special meeting of Connecticut River Railroad stockholders is set for May 4 1888 at noon in Springfield. The meeting will decide acceptance of statutes 1836 1883 provisions and whether to authorize stock increase and exchange with Ashuelot Railroad, and to authorize consolidation actions by the board. By order of the directors Seth Hunt Clerk Springfield Mass April 12 1883.
An old advertisement lists various veterinary cures labeled by letter codes A through JH and KK, detailing remedies for fevers, lameness, distemper, colic, abortions, urinary issues, skin diseases, digestive problems, and parasites. Prices include a bottle with over 50 doses and a complete stable case with manual, totaling $7.06, with availability from druggists or prepaid mail.
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