Markets Report Mixed as Lumber Demand Rises and Wheat Declines
Local lumber yard shows stronger demand with improving stocks and cautious buying. Cargoes of spruce arrive with bids around 13 to 14 dollars, while random cargoes sell at 13 to 15 dollars. mills report firm prices and steady demand. Wheat futures wobble amid foreign market weakness. Chicago and St Louis show gains and losses, with May to July strikes and a general downshift in prices. Corn and oats demand improves in Chicago and the West, with varied bid levels and futures activity. barley, rye, and malt markets stay quiet with steady quotations. Millfeed and related commodities show moderate to firm pricing, with rye and onions moving in jobbing ranges and assorted garden produce listed.
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Ye the Best Yellow Pine Flooring Advertised by Seaboard Lumber
An advertisement touts Yellow Pine flooring claiming W111 quality, no slivers or splinters, and durability beyond three ordinary floors. It urges builders to use it and directs inquiries to Seaboard Lumber, 0 W-Shange Building, Te Street, Boston.
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Te Street
Boston
Southern Lumber Market Steady Amid Strong Yard Trade
A robust yard trade in Southern lumber keeps prices firm across pine and cypress. Receipts total 2,256,000 feet across eight vessels, with sail-fill orders of 40,000 to 60,000 feet and steady steamer rates at $8. No major price changes. North Carolina pine, Western pine, and hardwoods show steady demand and firm quotes, including high values for select species and limited stock like cherry and black walnut.
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Atlantic
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New York
North Carolina
Flour and meal market report 1891 prices firm
The flour and meal receipts show a strong but not overly active demand. Winter wheat flour commands high quotes with a tight supply. 22 million bushels at principal points, 17 million stored in Chicago Minneapolis and Duluth. Winter wheat markets hold little stock in Detroit Indianapolis Toledo and St Louis. Prices: Fine superfine common 3 26 4 60, extra and seconds 4 75 5 10, winter wheat clears and patents 5 60 6 26, Canadian export flour 4 76 f.o.b. to 6 30 f.o.b. Rye flour in rubbing lots at 4 75 6 per barrel. Meat firm, cornmeal 1 58 1 60 per bag, oatmeal steady, cut and rolled 7 25 7 60 per 50 pound, ground 6 50 6 75 per barrel.
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Indianapolis
Toledo
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Minnesota
Provision trade receipts and market notes from Chicago to New York
The report lists receipts across beef, pork, lard, hams, bacon, tallow and notes price trends. Beef demand weak, pork steady, hinds and fore quarters firm, lambs and mutton firm, veal steady, New York tallow quiet, Chicago markets opening strong then easing. May July price quotes shown for packer and rib cuts with mixed highs and lows.
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Dork
New York
Chicago
Kansas City Livestock Market Report Highlights Variations
Cattle receipts 3433 in Kansas City with steers at 525 to 480, cows to 225, hogs 12,363 with packers up to 5.05, mixed 4.65 to 4.90, pigs 3.50 to 4.20, sheep 3262 steady. Chicago cattle 6000 with slow market. hogs 13,000, higher to 6.35 for prime weights. sheep receipts 16,000 with natives 4.60 to 5.70 and lambs 5.80 to 6.75.
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Chicago
Local Produce Prices Sketchy in Sparse Market Notes
Truck demand described as fair with steady prices for spinach cabbage and kale. Native spinach listed at 50 cents per bush, Southern spinach at 2 dollars 25 to 2 dollars 75 per barrel. Kale priced from 75 cents to 1 dollar per barrel. Obscure text ends abruptly with incomplete items.
Market Receipts And Prices From The Butter And Cheese Trade
Receipts show butter tubs and boxes with totals around 2,102 and 3,738, plus cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, hay, and poultry. Butter market remains firm with short supply. Western and New York markets show higher creamery prices. cheese demand strong but stocks light. Eggs decline but remain in firm demand. poultry prices steady with fresh killed stock in demand. various potato and hay quotes indicate a very firm potato market and stable hay prices.
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Florida Fruits and Produce Prices in Steady Trade
Receipts light versus last year with slow trade at steady prices across fruits and staples. Florida fruit items show varied quotes for bananas, tangerines, melons, and grapefruits, with navel oranges and lemons offered at stable rates. Apples, nuts, and dried fruits list multiple graded prices, while strawberries from Florida fetch 25 to 40 cents per quart.
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King
Russell
Maine
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Steamers To Arrive With Fruit Caravans From Mediter ranean Ports
The Tynehead passed Gibraltar April 2 bound for Boston carrying 4300 half boxes and 1300 Messina oranges plus 1100 Messina lemons and Palermo oranges and lemons. Peconie left Palermo April 1 for Boston with Messina oranges and lemons and Palermo oranges and lemons. Hexham Ethelred Kong Frode Managua Carl Konow and Thomas Melville are due or loading, delivering bananas from Jamaica and Baracoa en route to Boston or local firms.
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Moston Fruit Company
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Baracoa
Carl Konow
Thomas Melville
Liverpool and New York cotton prices and futures summary
The New York spot cotton eased to 8 15 16 cents for middling uplands with 261 bales sold and 152,552 bales on hand. Futures opened steady and closed barely steady. total sales 70,800 bales. The Liverpool market was dull with middling at 13-16d and 6,000 bales traded, 4,900 American. receipts 24,000 bales. Futures closed barely steady with detailed bid levels for April to February and other markets listed. Consolidated four day net exports to Britain 27,743 bales, with refined products and oil market activity noted.
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France Bales Stocks Across Continent in 1430 Ad
In 1430 AD, bales and stock moved across the Continent with figures showing 12,363 stock units and 665,182 related quantities. Named entities include France and the Continent, indicating trade activity in that era.
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Wool Sales in London Report April 14 11,000 Bales Offered
The wool sales in London show 11,000 bales offered with prices firm and unchanged. American purchases total 2,600 bales as competition remains spirited from French and German buyers. Detailed quotes cover New South Wales, Queensland, Melbourne, Victoria, New Zealand, South Australia, Swan River and Cape of Good Hope lots with varying scoured, greasy and locks and pieces prices. The sale series continues to April 28.
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Atal
Print Cloth Market Quiet In Fall River Trade
Print cloth dropped today in Fall River but lower quotations did not boost sales. Market remains quiet and steady with moderate demand. Prices quoted 3 cents and 1 percent off for 64x64s, 2 cents for 60x56s.
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Sugar Prices and Market Reports for Refined and Raw
Sugar and molasses markets hold firm with steady to unchanged quotes. American Sugar Refining lists pulverized 614c, powdered 4s, granulated 4 42 49-16, confectioners standard A 4 percent, soft white 3/4 4 percent, extra C 35 4 percent. Revere refined granulated at 4 cents. Wholesale grocers on April 15 quote granulated 4.75 cents and 4.8k fortune. Raw sugar remains firm. fair to good refining 33 16 34c. centrifugals 96 test 39 16 3 cents. Javas Nos 10 11 % 9-16c. London cane quotes steady. beet unchanged. Molasses quiet. New Orleans new crop 30 33c, intermediate 25 30c, centrifugals 16 20c. Ponce old crop 30 33c, new crop 36c. old crop 25 30c per gallon quality.
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London Cable
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Ponce
Turpentine and Petroleum Prices in New York
Turpentine quoted at 40 40.0c with resin at 165 170 dollars per ton and tar at 247 percent. petroleum closed at 6.85 cents with refined solvent white spirit at 7.20 cents and cases at 9.10 cents.
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Turpentine and Petroleum
New York
Whiskey markets steady at firm prices in Peoria Cincinnati and St Louis
The Peoria whiskey market holds firm at $1 17 while Cincinnati and St Louis stay steady at $1 16. Trade reports indicate stable demand and prices across the three markets with no moves larger than a cent.
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Wheat and corn markets firm in London and Liverpool reports
Beerbohm notes cargoes off the coast show wheat strong, corn in demand, prices edging up. Mark Lane wheat quiet. English and French country markets varied. Liverpool open with firm corn, weak demand. receipts 79 000 and 29 300 centals respectively. Prices: winter wheat 8s 5d, spring 7s 9d. No. 1 California 8s 8d, club 7s 3d, mixed American corn 6s 4½d, peas 6s 5¾d. Provisions steady to higher with pork 52s 6d, bacon 32s, lard 34s, tallow 26s 6d, cheese 57s 6d.
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Beerbohm
Mark Lave
Liverpool
California
Prices of store cattle and livestock at Brighton market
The Brighton market reported prices for store cattle heifers and oxen, sheep and lambs, and hides and tallow. Prices span first to third quality oxen with several lot sales noted, plus western fat swine, northern dressed hogs, and calf skins. Strong entities include sellers Wat Farnham, Britton & Savage, Wood & Bidwell, J A Hathaway, and G H Messer with Charlestown NH references. The document notes arrivals of 1326 head from West and North and that demand remained fair for good lots.
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Wat Farnham
Gacaw
Bbritton & Savage
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Frank Wood
Charlestown
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Veeran
G. A. Sawyer
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W. W. Bagley
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Exports and Imports at Yarmouth Nova Scotia 1891
Listing of goods exported and imported at Yarmouth and other ports in April 1891. Entries include steamer Yarmouth cargo with petroleum lard lumber hardware and groceries. Caribari en Cuba bark Hancock cargo of iron and pine. Mayaguez Arroya Puerto Rico vessels with sugar and crates. Maracaibo schooner Golden Ball with rustic sugar. Also J H Converse schooner at Arroyo with sugar and tierces.
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Apri
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