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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 15, 1887

Page

7

Meat Prices and Listings Show Packed Market Rates

A fragmented list of meat prices and items across beef pork and lamb categories. Includes figures for extra plate and family beef, hams, tongues, bacon, ribs, lambs, mutton, veal, and city dressed hogs with varied price quotes per pound or per package. Multiple entries indicate size, cure, and product variations across the market.

Chicago Goodutton Brighton

Cabbage scarce but prices steady across produce market

Market reports show cabbage scarce with strong demand and prices around 2 per crate for Southern cabbage. Onions firm at 350 per barrel, cucumbers and Havanas traded, peas and beans tested at 2 to 3 per crate or bush. Truck line lists cabbage native at 2 50 per barrel and a range of vegetables with varied prices across beets, turnips, squash, onions, carrots and lettuce.

St Andrew Cape Cod Norfolk

Fruit Market Report Shows Firmer Apple Prices and Slower Strawberries

The apple market is firmer with subdued demand and scarce cranberries. Florida oranges maintain steady demand with prices near last quotes. strawberries sell slowly at 2 1 2 to 50 cents. Detailed Apple and DIL varieties listed with pricing, plus Foreign Fruits and Florida Orange ranges and banana prices.

Florida Baldwin Massachusetts Maine Spies Valencia Messina Palermo Malaga Jamaica

Cotton and related market notes from Liverpool and New York

The report shows Liverpool cotton futures opening dull and closing mixed across multiple months with prices ranging from 5 42-64d to 6 47-64d, and spot market steady at 5 11-16 5%4d per pound for midling uplands. New York spot closed steady with varying upland grades, futures opening easy yet later firm, detailing bids, asks, and month-specific price quotes throughout September to January.

Liverpool Uplands Orleans New York Erie Papa Nay Bates Eogar Manila Porto Rico Cienfuegos Cuba

Markets by Telegraph New York April 14

Market report from New York shows flour and wheat receipts, mixed prices across multiple grades and districts. Detailed figures cover exports, sales and bids for No 2 spring, red and white wheats, rye, barley, oats, corn, and refined sugars, with additional notes on pork, lard, beef, butter, cheese, and petroleum futures.

New York Minnesota Petroleum—United Liverpool Chicago Michigan Scott Buss Rbuvney Farmer Cincinnati

Market notes on meat, grain and provisions prices

Lard steady and bulk meats quiet with rib and bacon values given. Wheat, corn and oats mix of firmer or steady bids, with receipts and shipments listed for St. Louis and Qledo. Provisions show steady pork and varied bacon and lard figures, alongside Flour and grain shipment totals.

St. Louis SayaBic

Hogs and Cattle Markets Reported Across Cities

Kansas City hog sales steady at 525540 with 10 000 receipts and 12 228 yesterday. St Louis hogs lower with mixed packers at 5 or 5 65 and butchers at 5 55 to 6 70. Chicago cattle slow and lower receipts 11 000. hogs steady with 17 000 receipts and 6 5 6 0 4 50. sheep slow with natives 3 5 to 4 65 and Texans 2 5 to 4 0.

Kansas City ST. Louis Peoria Chicago Texas Sas ST Flight

Cotton Markets Report April 14 1887

The report lists net receipts and cargo movements across major ports including Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St Louis and Louisville. It notes exports to Great Britain and the Continent, stock totals, and market tones such as firm or steady with mid price quotes, compiling six day totals for consolidated national exports and port stocks.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville United States

London and Liverpool Market Reports April 14

Shipping and market notes from London Liverpool and Antwerp report wheat firm and quiet demand with mixed corn, prices steady to higher in places, readings from Mark Lane and Paris. Wool sales in London show brisk attendance with firm prices across Victoria New South Wales and other regions. Havana reports strong sugar market with ongoing demand and stable prices.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Minnesota Walla Walla Paris Liverpool England Antwerp Victoria New South Wales South Australia Queensland New Zealand Tasmania Cape of Good Hope Natal Havana Havana, April 14.—Snear

Imports and Exports April 14 1887 Antwerp NY list

The document records outbound trade from Antwerp to New York and other ports with detailed cargo items. It lists St Hermann cargoes including bacon cornmeal and butter, Polar Star boxes biscuits and beans, butter, leather, lard, tea and kerosene, various dry goods, nails, oilcloths, and furniture. Also note Western Islands cargo by Carrie W Clark and PSASPINWALL brig Hattie M Bain with bricks lumber and ice.

Antwerp Belgium New York St. Hermann Bacon Barrington Sehr Lily of Clyde ST. Pierre Mig Polar Star Islands Carrie W Clark Psaspinwall Wsc Hattie M Bain

Staple Imports Reported From Canadian Ports in April 1887

Shipping figures list imports to Dorchester and Nb towns with schooners F & Be Gigan, Aurora, M L St Pierre, and F W McKay. Quantities include 700,000 spruce laths, 41,401 feet boards, 22,500 spruce laths, 576 quo lathe, and 123,512 fuel boards. Vendors cited include WK Chester & co, J F Currier, G H Peters & co.

Dorchester F & BE Gigan Chester & Co Quaco Aurora

Historic Cotton and Provisions Listings by Northern Railroads

A historical ledger fragment lists shipments by several railroads including Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Old Colony, Providence, New York and New England, Pitchburg, and New York routes. Items include bales of cotton and wool, flour, oats, corn, wheat, meal, molasses, tea, coffee, sugar, butter, oleo, eggs, leather, hides, pelts, lumber, and various car quantities. Records show quantities in bales, barrels, bags, and crates with multiple railroad lines noted.

Boston & Alving Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Old Colony Providence Railroad New York & New England Railroads Pitchburg Railroad

Multitude of Farm Goods and Rail Line Trade Entries

A long catalog lists quantities of flour, meal, oats, wheat, peas, barley, middlings, malt, lard, tallow, grease, dressed hogs, sugar, butter, eggs, potatoes, hay, straw, lumber, leather, hides, skins, and pelts. It also factors in Boston and Maine Railroad divisions with butter, apples, hay, lumber, leather, hides, and pelts, plus extensive consignments via Boston and Lowell and By Sea routes. The itemized notes include numerous hundreds of bales, crates, cases, and cars across regions, with scattered names of firms and geographic locales forming a dense commercial ledger.

Boston & Maine Railroad Boston & Lowell Railroad Express Owen

Mortgage transfers on multiple city parcels dated March 26

A series of March 26 mortgage recordings names William Frederick, Harriet H March, Newel Brown, the National Union Market Bank, William C Hartford, George W Nason, Daniel Page Cotton, Rollin H Allen, John F Low, Edward Farrell, and Benjamin F Brown. Parcels cover Baker avenue Hawley street Crescent avenue Durham street Broad way Ward street Bartlett Elm Charlestown and Revere with amounts from 55 000 to 60 0.

Louis P. Ober Avery Street Boston Five Cents Savings Bank Charter Street Rollin H. Allen John E. Butler Roxpenny Frank J. Riley John P. Santry Dale and Dorchester Avenue Annie G. Devine Johm A. Devine Foundry Street Margaret Devine Fifth Street Boston Louise.Mailloux Thomas H. Bennett Saratoga Street Merchants’ Cooperative Bank Charlestown Edward Riley City of Sackville Street Bunker Hill Street Wistonor William H. Baldwin Lydia T. Crosby Pleasant Street George F. Tewkesbury William Frederick Et Charles H. Putnam Baker Avenue Harriet H. March Et William Brewster Hawley Street Ditto Newel Brown Duto National Union Market Bank William C. Hartford Edward Turner Crescent Avenue Revere George W. Nason Rebecca Jane Cotton Durham Street James N.thompson Ward Street Benjamin F. Brown Bartlett and Elm Streets

Insolvency notices issued for Woodbury Foss and others

Boston April 14 1887 notice of warrant in insolvency issued by the Court of Insolvency against Edgar Woodbury and Charles Foss partners of Woodbury & Foss. Debts and property transfers forbidden. Creditors to meet April 28 1887 at ten in the forenoon in Boston. Also orders for Moss Gilpatrick and Hixon insolvencies with public discharge petitions and hearings set for April 28 and May 12 1887 respectively in Cambridge and Middlesex County.

Boston Suffolk Edgar Woodbury Charles F. Foss Dedham Norfolk Woodbury & Foss Court Square WM. D. Martin James L. Moss BEN- Seat Jamin Gilpatrick Lowell Copartners Moss & Gilpatrick Cambridge Middlesex Newsrper Boston Post Geoner M. Brooks J. al. Tyler Edward Hixon Joan R. Pairbairn Massachuse kTrts Abbie K. M. Heath Geo. M. Stearns Massauchus Ann Carney Hannah BE Manning Joan W. McKim, Esqudre Elijah George Edwin F. Whiting Cineridge Huston Post GkoxGee M. Brooks Esquire J. A. Tyler Register

Probate notices from Boston and Cambridge estates 1887

The notices announce probate actions for multiple estates in Suffolk and Middlesex counties. Administrators and guardians seek court approval of accounts for ANN CARNEY and SARAH J MELLEN, with citations to interested parties. Additional notices appoint administrators and invite claims against JOSEPHINE ADELE PILARETTE RAVENOT and MARY JANE MORTON, detailing filing requirements and venue.

Massach & Setys Middlesex Sarah J. Mellen Holston Josephine Adele Pilarette Ravenot Boston Suffolk Julius A. Palmer State Street Mary Jane Morton Ida Cobb Admx

Fitchburg and Boston Transit Timetables 1887

Local time tables show departures from Boston and Fitchburg routes with through tickets to Albany Chicago and New York. Dates cited include February and March 1887. notes list numerous stations from Cambridge to Worcester and beyond with express and sleeping car service and Sunday schedules.

Boston Causeway Street Nao Adams Albany West Mandor Albany Chicago Belmont and Waverley Brattleboro Miller's Falls Cambridge Concord Ftebburg Gardner and Miller's Falls Greenfield Lincoln Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard Nashua M Ayer Junction North Leominster Saratoga Yroy The Union Square Bomerville Deere Waltham Watertown En Market Auem Winchendon Keene Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington Montreal St. Albans Worester Aver Junction Hoosac Tunnel Washbington Street Oston & Albany R.R Washington Street Springfield Pittsfield South Framingham Syracuse N. W Ibany Buffalo Eveland Detroit Sicage Worcestr Worcester Cleveland Toledo Chiago Niaara Alla Chicageo Framingham and Marlboro Marlboro Payville P. Southboro Northboco Clinton Leomister Fitchburg Merlin West Merlin Bolton Pratt's Junction Pym. Breturn Newton Lower Falls Neston Wellery Hills Newton Highlands Brookline Hoston Hanson Gen. Pass. Agt

Montreal and West End Fast Trains to Chicago via Central Vermont

Bold promotional notice for Central Vermont routes from Boston to Chicago via Lowell and Fitchburg lines. Highlights include Pullman cars, day and night expresses, first class dining rooms, and connections without changes. Mentions Boston office at 260 Washington Street and officials Hobart and Cummings with St Albans Vermont contact, dated Aug 29, 1883.

New York Middletown New Haven Pullman Boston Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on- Hudson PNW Air Line Grand Central Depot Vyon Willimantic A. MA Mette Laselmphia Jersey City Trenton Thadelpia Baltimore Washington Richmond Points M. Norwich New London Norwich Danielsonville Putnam Worcester City OF New York Washington Street Summer Street W. LL Turner L Sun Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Witchburg Depot Causeway Street Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Hurlington S& Albans St. Johna Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R Cheshire R.R White River Junction Vermont Points West Ches- AT I . M. Hire & Monadnock Ruthind R. I'S Pullman Palace Burlington St.Albatsac Ottawai Otson C. A FAXON R. Stewart N. J Central Vermont Pullman Carson Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Central R. E J. W. Hobart W. Cummings Pass St. Albans

Weekday Trains From Boston to New York via Fall River Line

Train schedule shows weekday departures from Boston to New York at 6 p m and returns at 5 p m via Fall River Line. Lists numerous intermediate stops including Ashmont Brockton Taunton Quincy Cohasset Hingham Weymouth Braintree Norwood Providence and more with varied morning and afternoon times and Sunday service details. J Kendrick is noted as General Manager.

Ours Boston Norwood Central Womnsucket Division Boston & Albany Hailroad Needham and Way Woonsocket Metarn Boston Wassengerd Stonington York New York Washington State Street Boston & Providence R. R W. Richardson A. A. Folsom Boston & Providence R. BR Fall River Old Colony Aboo m Fo. Ao All River Brooklyn Jersey City Old State House A. R. Kemdrick Boston & Providence Railroad Beeton Shore Line New ‘York Providen Breturn Tucket Dodgeville Herbronviie Attieboro North Attebore Wetuen Sseane Lela East Foxboro Myde Park Ereturn Bmope Wand Sater Hills Crest Hill Semaiia Pisin Houlston Avia Rae Roxbury Denhami Lick Spring Street West Roxbury Tgstands Proveneon Canton Mt. Hope Warren and Isristol Providence Mansfield Cen I O Ae Folsom Ashmont Barnstable Hyanwis Yarmouth Sandwech Hyan‘s Braintree Cohasset Hingham Weymouth Brockton Newport South Braintree Taunton J. Ie Kendrick General Manecee

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