Grain Prices Steady Amid Mixed Wheat and Oats Trading
Market reports show steady prices for corn and oats with firm steamer yellow at 53c and bids steady on call. Receipts include 57 cars with varied wheat and corn types. closing Chicago quotations cover futures across April through year, while butter cheese and eggs markets show mixed firmness and demand remains strong for potatoes and hay.
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Bsc
Chicago
Sony Te O
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada
Bryan
Kye
Bush
New York
Canada Western
Eastern
Elgin Creamery
Western Creamery
Liverpool
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Western
Cincinnati
Vermont
Choice
Wesern
Jersey
Fruit Market Prices and Pears and Oranges Report
The apple market remains quiet with firm quotations. Cape cranberries sell readily at 13 dollars per barrel, with various Apple grades listed including Baldwin Massachusetts No1 at 350, 2400, Maine 4 450, spies 4 65, russets 350 4 25, No2 at 250 30. Evaporated and sun dried apples priced by grade, Valencia oranges at 5 6 per box, Messina lemons 32 5 75 per box, Messina oranges 2 250 per box, Palermo 2a 325 per box, Malaga grapes priced per barrel and repacked at 10. Florida oranges offered in multiple grades with prices ranging from 2 60 to 4 00 per box, russet varieties and other fruit noted.
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Baldwin
Massachusetts
Maine
Spies
Valencia
Messina
Palermo
Malaga
Florida
Banana and citrus price list includes Jamaica and Bananas
An OCR fragment lists ordinary russet bananas and citrus items with prices and locations such as Jamaica and Bananas Baracoa and Aspinwall. The text appears to be a fragmented price catalog with multiple monetary values and place names.
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Baracoa
Aspinwall
Jamaica
Cabbage demand rises as prices ease in vegetable market
A bustling vegetable market shows strong demand for cabbages with steady to rising prices for onions and Bermuda onions at two dollars per crate. Native cucumbers move at 12 to 15 cents, Havanas at 225, while green peas and string beans lack demand. Truck offers list prices for cabbage, beets, turnips, squashes, and various greens, with many items remaining steady.
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Bermuda
St Andrew
Cape Cod
Hubbard
Norfolk
Bush
Cotton and Sugar Market Briefs From New York Notes
New York futures opened easy for cotton with bids and asks listed across May October June and July contracts. Market closed easy with revised quotes for April to November. sugar and molasses markets showed quiet, with refined oils and certificates data plus cargo lot notations and older ship data referenced.
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New York
Manila
Belmont
Orto Rico
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Markets by Telegraph April 15 Flour and Wheat Prices
Reports from New York and Chicago show firm flour receipts and varied wheat quotes across regions. No 2 spring and No 1 red values noted, with receipts and exports detailed for flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye, and barley, alongside pork and lard price remarks and freight notes.
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New York
Ohio
St Louis
Minnesota
Southern
Rio
Petroleum United
Tierces Western Steam Spot
Tierces City Steam
Liverpool
Chicago
Detroit
Michigan
Toledo
Str. Louis
Milwaukee
Hog and cattle markets report from Chicago in April
Chicago market notes show cattle receipts at 5000 with 2000 shipments and higher values for steer and stocker classes. Prices reach about 390 to 2.60 for various cattle categories, with bulk at 2.60 and mixed totals around 2.70. Hog receipts at 14,000 point to activity.
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Chicago
Hogs and Cotton Markets Reported Across Cities
From Kansas City to St. Louis and Peoria, hogs were steady with varied prices and large receipts. The article also details cotton market figures by city including net receipts, stocks, exports, and price ranges across Augusta Galveston New Orleans and other ports with consolidated week totals and year comparisons.
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Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Lo&gc
New York
France
Continent
Cincinnati
Mid
Louisville
United States
Liverpool
London and Liverpool Wheat and Wool Market Roundup
London reports quiet wheat and steady corn with occasional demand noted at Mark Lane and Paris. Liverpool columns show firm wheat, steady corn, and varied prices across grades while Antwerp and Paris markets reflect steady spot wheat and futures. Wool sales at London rise in activity with cross breeds and merinos fetching better prices though low grades withdraw.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
England
California
Antwerp
Victoria
New South
South Australia
Queensland
New Zealand
Natal
Imports and Exports at Yarmouth on April 15 1887
Steamer Alpha-33 brought 5 Davis-28 barrels potatoes 5 crates lobsters 1 box fresh fish 4 barrels lobsters 1 box salmon 7 cases eggs 18 barrels turnips 13 cases eggs 7 cases eggs from multiple firms including E S Ellis & co F L Clements & co Delong & Seaman E F Hutchinson & co and J G Hall & co in Yarmouth Nova Scotia with quantities listed for each item.
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Yarmouth
S Ellis & Co
Clements & Co
Delong & Seaman
Hutchinson & Co
G Hall & Co
Maritime cargo listings from missing schooners and brig
A historical ship cargo summary lists vessels docking at Lunenburg St John s Annapolis Harbor Grace and Harbor Grace including Narcissus brig Sarah Wallace and Ocean Friend with quantities of flour bbls meal equipment hardware dry goods and fuel. The items reflect extensive trade goods carried by 19th century schooners and brigs across Newfoundland and Nova Scotia ports.
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Lunenburg
ST John's
Sarah Wallace
Annapolis
Harbor Grace
Staple Goods Receipts Listed by Railways 1887
A detailed 1887 ledger lists Staple Products receipts by Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Eastern Division and Boston and Maine volumes. Items include bales cotton wool flour corn meal oats leather hides butter eggs lard pork and more with counts across rail lines.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
Pom
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Moving Freight Totals Across Rail and Sea Routes in 1900
A fragmented ledger lists cargo shipments and quantities for Boston and Maine Western Division, Boston and Lowell Railroad, Express, and Sea routes. Items include leather hides, timber, flour, corn, beef, tea, butter, eggs, lumber, cotton, wool, lard, grease, molasses, cheese, potatoes, and hides, with various bag, bale, case, and chest measurements.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Lowell Railroad
By Express
By Sea
Train Schedule Fragments From Boston to New York Area
Fragmented timetable details the Shore Line routes from Boston to New York and Providence. It lists daily and weekend departures and returns, including Shore Line Fast Express Mail Steamboat and connections through Mansfield and Stoughton with varied times and late adjustments.
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Boston
Shore Line
Pass
Mt. Hope
New York
Providence
Mansfield
Mansfeld
A. Folsom
Patent Office Business Promote Early Favorable Patents
J McC Perkins and Charles Mason, Commissioner of Patents, advertise patent law services in Boston and Washington. They claim high trustworthiness and skill to structure applications for prompt favorable consideration. They warn of Supreme Court rarity of patent sustenance and urge consulting experts with patent law knowledge. Correspondence invited. advice free.
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State St
Kilby
Boston
United States
Great Britain
France
Washington
R. H. Eddy
Eddy
Chas. Mason
Patents
Batane
Edmund Burke
R. A., Eddy, Esq
New York
Philadelphia
Court Street
Mass
N. B
United States Supreme Court
Patent Office
Boston and vicinity railroad timetable excerpt
A timetable listing through and local train times for numerous lines including Walnut Hill Concord Arlington and Lexington with morning noon and evening departures and arrivals. The document notes that full information is obtainable at stations and credits Ellen George W STC Gen Supt and Asst Gen Pass.
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Walnut Hill
SUN
Winter Mill
Concord
Mass
Billerica
Arlington
Bedford
Co. Ellen
George W
Through Trains Between Boston and Maine Divisions
Boston and Maine routes list daily and weekly departures from Haymarket and Causeway stations to Augusta Augusta Haymarket St station, Lewiston, Manchester Concord North Conway and Portland with multiple daily times and connections to Halifax Calais and St John. The notice maps schedules across Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox Lincoln Railways.
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Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Bancv
St. John
Malfax
Provinces
Staion
Sam
Saseport
Calais
N. B
Halifax
N.S
Portland
Haymarket Sc
Lewiston
Portlan Haymarket
Sation
Sauseway St
Maine Central
Grand An' Knox& Lincoln Railways
Statlion
Western Division Train Schedules From Boston Stations
An extended list of Western Division train departures and Sundays trains from Boston stations to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Keene Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence Lowell Melrose Highlands Merrimac Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington and more with numerous daily and Sunday times, showing multiple routes and telegraph-like timing details.
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Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danvers
Exeter
Great Falls
Haverhill
George Own
Keanebunk
Biddeford
Saco
Lawrence
North Lawrence
Outh Lawrence
Lowell
Edford
Melrose Highlands
Stoneham
Melrose
Merrimac
Nor Andover
Newburyport
Reading
M. Salem
Pi Wakefield
Wilmington
Eastern Division Train Schedule From Boston to Seacoast Towns
Boston stations list daily trains to Amesbury Beverly and dozens of intermediate towns with specific times for morning and evening departures including Portland Bangor and Halifax connections. The schedule includes line notes for branches via Saugus South Reading and a workingmen’s train running Thursdays and Saturdays with city ticket offices and Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor services. James T. Furber is General Manager and P D J. Flanders General Passenger Agent.
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Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston
Causeway Street
City
Washington Street
Old State House
Tilton
Laconia
Lasse Village
Weira
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Franklin
Lebanon
White Hiver Junction
Entpelier
Essex Junction
Marlington
St. Albans
Montreal
Warren
Haverhill
Woodsville
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Bristol
Claremont
White Mountain
Pullman
Central Vermont R. R
Passumpsie
Wilton
Milford
Amherst
SUN
Greenfield
Nashua
Amesbury
Beverly
Hiddeford
Chelsea
Dover
Great Falls
Rochester
Hampton
Keach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Toacheh
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Ebranch
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Revere
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Salew
Saugus
Swampscott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lynn and Way
Portland
Tanger
St. John
Halifax
Salem
aVia Saugus
wWorkingmen
Comprehensive Boston Area Timetable Fragments
A dense schedule listing dozens of train and boat times across Massachusetts and nearby Port towns. Includes routes from Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sand wich to Fall River New Bedford Taunton Plymouth Cohasset Hingham and Whitman with returns and weekday weekend notes. Some entries note via connections and special conditions under J R Kendrick General Manager.
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Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Braintree
Bridgewater
Return
Brockton
Bazaru
May
Wareham
Cohasset
Dingham
Cottage City
New Bedford
Wood’s Hall
East Bridgewater
Abington
Krockton
East Milton
West Quincy
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Um Weymouth
Fall River
Taun
Taun- 1
Harrison Pane
Warshfield
Mattapan
Milton
Neponset
Mattapoinet
Middleboro
Nantucket
Newport
Loh
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Norton Easton
Plymouth
Duxbury
Quincy
Scituacte
North Scituate
South Duxbury
Taunton
Central Station
Dean Street
War Heights
Wood
New York
Wingham
Weymouths
Lymouth
Duxbury Road
Hingham
South Braintree
Ron
J.R. Kendrick
Montreal & West Central Vermont Route Ad Features
Advertisement for the Old Reliable Central Vermont Route promising speed and comfort with Pullman cars and night trains through Boston and Chicago connections. Highlights day and night express departures from Boston, dining cars, and ticketing at 260 Washington Street Boston. Officials J W Hobart and H W Cummings noted. August 29 1883.
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Central Vermont
Pullman Carson Way
Boston
Lowell
Chicago
Fitchburg & A. m
Central Vermont R. BR
Washington Street
J. W. Hobart
General
W. Cummings
St. Albans
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U.S. Govn.t
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Chichester Chemical CO
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts
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Henry A. Clapp
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