Grain and flour markets across cities show steady to firmer tone
Chicago reports No 2 spring at 87¾ to 88¾ cents, No 1 hard at 104, and Nor- ther n prices around 92 to 93 cents. Milwaukee wheat firm near 80½ cents, rye quiet, barley steady with No 1 Canada at 87–88 cents, six-rowed Canada 110–105, and millfeed values while cottonseed meal holds firm at 25½ per ton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Toledo
Chicago
St Louis
Graham
New York
Canada
Michigan
Butter Market Mixed as Wholesale Rates Hold Steady
Butter receipts total 810 today vs 970 a year ago. Trade remains quiet with firm steady prices across regions. Western creameries quoted at 26 27c. Vermont and Eastern creamsERY levels noted. lower grades described. Oleomargarine, cheese, eggs, beans and potatoes show varied activity with firm to quiet demand. Grass seeds, poultry, hay and straw markets listed with regional quotes and steady tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Cincinnati
Chicago
Baltimore
New York
Liverpool
New Hampshire
Ichigan
Southern
Nova Scotias
Island
Quotations for Southern Vegetables and Produce Offered
A fluctuating market report lists demand for various vegetables and fruits. Florida beets are quoted at 1.75 per crate, onions at 1.75 to 2.00 per crate, asparagus at 3.50 to 4.50 per dot, green peas at 1.25 to 2.56 per crate, and several other items with prices across crates, barrels, and boxes including cabbage beets carrots lettuce turnips celery parsnips rhubarb and cucumbers among others
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Bermuda
St Andrews
Norfolk
Baltimore
Provisions Market Report For Pork and Pork Products
Receipts today list pork 10 barrels, lard 46 tierces and 25 tubs, 1 ams and 6 barrels. Bacon 53 boxes, dressed hogs ork 1 barrel, lard 102 cases, 1 half-bbl, 639 preserved meats. Last year shows ubs 100 buckets, hams 6 barrels, preserved per name, bacon 288 boxes. No new features reported.
Historical meat price listings show varied market quotes
The document lists beef and pork prices across cities like Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati. Prices cover hams pork tongues lard dry salted meats and fresh beef with quotes for cuts such as rib, loins, chucks and shoulders. Market tone notes dullness steady demand and general firm to quiet activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York—Park
City
Chicago
Mess Park
St Louis
Cincinnati
Brighton
Hog and Cattle Market Report Across Cities
Hogs firm in St Louis with prices from 450 to 485 for various grades and Peoria 480 485, Cincinnati 440 to 485. receipts 3700, shipments 5765. Chicago cattle strong, beeves 440 to 450, steers 330 to 425, stockers 245 to 370, Texas steers 325 to 390. hogs receipts 11000, shipments 3800. prices 475 to 505 for mixed, heavy 475 to 505, light 480 to 505, ships 360 to 440. Sheep receipts 8000, shipments 1000, natives 390 to 550, Western cornfed 490 to 550, Texans 460, lambs 475 to 600.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Steamers Arrive with Oranges and Lemons for Boston
The Naranja carried 2750 cases Valencia oranges to Boston after passing Gibraltar on its way from Palermo. Aberlady Bay conveyed 9300 Palermo oranges, 13900 Palermo lemons, 8700 Messina oranges, and 2800 Messina lemons, sailing Palermo to Boston and passing the rock April 6. Wallachia brought 15000 oranges and 12000 lemons to Boston, passing Gibraltar April 1. North Angela left Palermo April 10 for Boston with 1900 Messina oranges and 1600 Messina lemons. total cargo 12250 oranges and 11250 lemons. Ditmarschen is due next Thursday with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company, Viking due April 19 with Baracoa bananas for Seaverns & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naranja
Boston
Gibraltar
Aberlady Bay
Palermo
Messina
The
Rock
Wallachia
North Angela
Ditmarschen
Boston Fruit Company
Viking
Seaverns & Co
Market Report From The Fruit and Produce Trade Sound
Apples Receipts show 243 bbls today vs 106 bbls last year as market remains quiet and steady. Prices quoted include Baldwins 1 50 per bbl, russets 1 25 2 00 per bbl, Northern spy 1 75 2 50, greenings 1 12 5 per bbl, with oranges and lemons steady and priced by box or case. Cranberries dull with Jersey at 1 25 150 per case. Dried apples steady with evaporated fancy 6 2 7 2 c, sun dried 3 4 c. Strawberries well supplied 25 30 c, some 35 c. Bananas cargo sold at 1 per bunch for reds and yellows on Gambetta and Sis.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwins
Northern Spy
Tallman Sweets
Greenings
Messina
Palermo
Florida
Jersey
Sis
Gambetta
Cotton prices and market roundup across New York and Liverpool
In New York prices held steady for uplands and middlings with sales of 795 bales. Futures opened firm and closed steady. Liverpool spot cotton quiet with moderate demand and 12,000 bales traded, American 7800. The report lists commodity futures by month and regional receipts, exports, and stocks across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, West Point, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, St Louis, Louisville, Cincinnati, and consolidated U S ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vsce
Weescecer
Jane Kore
Cccreess
Big Lee
Liverpool
Apes Cass
Augusta
Cross
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Mid Loy
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Midates Baltimoore
Continent
St Louis
Louisville
Cincinnati
Great Britain
United States
Sugar and Molasses Sugar-Receipts and Prices
Sugar receipts today show 38 barrels compared with 896 barrels and 1355 barrels hogsheads and 7684 bags on the same day last year. Raw sugars are firm and quotations higher with little trading. Cuba refined sugar quoted at 64½ cents to 6% cents per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Refined sugars rise as London and Havana markets firm up
New York raw sugar gains on London advices while refined grades stay firm and in demand at higher prices. Clyde market quieter though prices edged up in London. Havana shows upward drift with centrifugal lots around 92 to 96 degrees. prices at Matanzaes near 4764 gold per quintal. Molasses receipts today tally 194 barrels and other cask measures, with strong, steady demand across the sector.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Clyde
Havana
Matanzas
Ponce
Porto Rico
New Orleans
Cienfuegos
Miscellaneous Market Receipts and Prices
Today’s mixed totals show Talow receipts at 26 barrels and 20 birds, with a year-ago comparison of 39 barrels. New York quotes include coffee at 454 cents per bag and unsettled Rio with fair cargoes at 18 and four percent. Western whiskey markets steady near 103 dollars, while turpentine closed at 48.4 cents with resin 115 to 117 percent, tar 210, and petroleum at 7.25 cents per gallon with RSW at 7 and cases at 9.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rio
Global Imports Ledger April 15 1889 Baracoa and Kingston
Shipping ledger notes multiple vessels delivering goods across Baracoa BUENOS AYRES and GLASGOW with cargoes including dry hides sugar molasses and lumber. Entries list firms such as WW & C R Noyes Nash Spauiding & co Waldo Bros and J B Moors & co along with cargo details and quantities across Kingston JONDON and other ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baracoa
George Bridge
Milne & Co
White
Baring Bros & Co
Moors & Co
Mdise
Ford
Milne
Allan
Crocker, Burbank & Co
Ernesia Weeks & Potter
Bartlett, Lyons & Delansey
Thomson-Houston Co
Pierce & Co
Crosby
E Haley & Co
Thos Groom & Co
Farquhar
Vast Shipping Goods List From Global Trade Portages
A long OCR fragment lists numerous cargo items and consignments by ships and merchants across Melbourne Matanzas Singapore Yarmouth NS St Ann's Bay and Ponce including bales of grease flax wool hides tea beer cement and various boxes and cases. Named firms and vessels appear with cargo tallies such as 4606 bales greasier wool 252 tons log wood and 32725 bags gambier, revealing a broad spectrum of imports and orders in a historical trade ledger style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E Mudge
Melbourne
Benjamin F Hunt, Jr
H W Peabody & Co
Matanzas
Carrie E Long
Ceballos
Ponce
Sch
Victory
ST Ann’s Bay
Vam
Singapore
Antioch
Clements & Co
Salmon & S Ellis & Co
Moise Delong & Seaman
Batchelaer
Webber
Exports Report from St John and Digby April 15 1889
Shipping list from St John New Brunswick shows Schoph er ie 1 steam drill exported with Digby and Annapolis. The steamer Cleopatra carries lard pork crockery marble olfs boots onions millinery dry goods netting bananas oranges egg carriers. Rosario Arkansas reports bark H C Hall 479 006 feet pine lumber 65 bolts duck.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST John
Schopher Erie
Digby
Annapolis
Cleopatra
Rosario
H C Hall
Foreign Markets. Wheat and corn steady to quiet in London and Liverpool
London reports cargoes off the coast with wheat quiet, some inquiry for cargoes, corn quiet. Paris and Antwerp show wheat quiet while prices edge higher in Liverpool for spot wheat. California wheat prices quoted for April May August. American corn steady at 3s 9d. In Liverpool breadstuffs wheat firm with sparse demand. pork and bacon steady. cheese and tallow unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
Great Britain
California
Antwerp
Railroad Consolidation Reported in New Hampshire
In Manchester on April 15 sources say the Concord railroad plans to consolidate with the Northern railroad. The deal would create a four mile route from North Weare to Henniker, cutting the Hillsboro branch of the Concord and Claremont and linking Boston access via the Peterboro Wilton Nashua and Acton roads.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
N.H
Concord Railroad
Northern Railroad
Concord Road
Northern
North Weare
Henniker
Hillsboro
Concord
Failure of a Worsted Mill Company in Conshohocken
The Conshohocken Worsted Mill Company assigned for creditors. It runs three mills and employs nearly 1000 workers with a monthly payroll around 35000 dollars. The move follows a troubled estate of late president George Bullock and inadequate working capital despite 600000 dollar capital stock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Conshohocken
Penn
Conshohocken Worsted Mill Company
George Bullock
Guardian files contract suit for 10000 dollars
In Salem on April 15 an attachment was filed at the registry of deeds by Charles W. Roberts of Boston guardian of George T. Williams of Everett against the estate of James Houghton of Lynn in an action of contract for 10000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SaLtem
Charles W. Roberts
Boston
George T. Williams
Everett
James Houghton
Lynn
Boots and Shoes Seeker Ad Lists In Town
A long OCR list shows buyers and agents for boot and shoe firms across multiple U S cities. Names include W S Everett, J F Kiser & Co, Draper Moore & Co, Bates Kingsbury & Co, Stevenson Alexander & Cator, Spragins Buck & Co, Pretzfelder Kline & UO, I D Smith & Co, J B Coughlin, J Benckenstein, Durrell Bros, Manss Bros Co, Plant & Marks, H B Sachs, Schnadig Bros & Co, Brooks Bros, Farnum & Co, Wallace & Sloat, Miller Culter & Co, Newburger Lowenthal, A P Doe & Co, A C McGraw & Co, Dixon Mackey & Co, W F Breath, R G Wallace, Huiskamp Bros Co, S C Roney, Warren Co, Streng Co, Rosenberg Flexner Mendell, L Grauman, Craddock Terry Co, Coleman Burden & Co, W R Singleton Co, Hill & Sons, Goodbar Shoe Co, Marks Rothenberg & Milwaukee L D Markwell, C A Stern, H Frank & Co, Richardson Bros & Co, Lowenberg Hecht, W M Laird, Wingo Ellett & Crump, Noyes Norman Co, Orr & Lindsley Shoe Co, Hamilton-Brown Shoe Co, Foot Schulze Co, Getto McClung Shoe Mtg Co, M B Spahr & Sons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
H Stevenson
Stevenson, Alexander & Cator
Tre
Spragins
Buck & Co
H Pretzfelder
Pretzfelder, Kline & UO
Bloomington
D Smith
I D Smith & Co
Butte, Mont
Mann
Charleston
M Drake
M Drake & Son
Cincinnati
J B Coughlin
Butteworth & Co
J Benckenstein
J Benckenstein & So
W Durrell
Durrell Bros
H Manss
Manss Bros B
S Co
Plant
Plant & Marks
Cincinnat
H B Sachs
H B
Sachs B and S Co
M Schnadig
Schnadig Bros & Co
Chicago
W C Brooks
Brooks Bros
Farnum
Farnum & Co
C Wallace
Wallace & Sloat
Chilicothe
E Culter
Miller, Culter & Co
Ain
Dallas
Tex
Newburger
J Lowenthal
Sanger Bros
Davenport
A P Doe
Doe & Co
Detroit
Mich
W A McGraw
McGraw & Co
Brun
H P Baldwin
2D, & Co
Evansville
Ind
G L Dixon
Dixon, Mackey & Co
Tenn
Roney
Briscoe
Swepson & O
Louisville
A Warren
Warren & Co
M J Streng
Bamberger, Streng & Co
Kky
Rosenberg
Rosenberg, Flexner & Mendell
L Grauman
L Grauman & Co
Paea
W Craddock
Craddock, Terry & Co
Lynchburg
Miss
Marks of Marks, Rothenberg & Co
Milwaukee
Wis
Markwell
Markwell & Co
Montgomery
Ala
A Stern
Stern & Co
Natchez
Norfolk
Old
P Kirkendall
Kirkendall, Jones & ‘O
Pittsburg
Penn
M Laird
Richmond
Wingo
Ellett & Crump
St Joseph
Noyes
Noyes, Norman & Co, Qu.on Mo—D E Lindsley of Orr & Lindsley Shoe 10
Alm
Pot Pons
A D Brown
Hamilton-Brown Shoe
St Louis
A H Clark
Clark Shoe
St Paul
Minn
C Henry
Foot, Schulze & Co
Flery & Co
Wichita
Kan
A McClung
Getto McCl and
Shoe Mtg Co
Ee York
Spahr
Spahr & Sons
Pregnancy linked to Bright's disease deaths in women
William Roberts argues that Bright's disease causes more deaths among women aged 20 to 45 during childbearing, with a drop after 45. He concludes pregnancy is a frequent cause and recommends Warner's Safe Cure for all women during pregnancy and the recuperation period to prevent kidney disease.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
William Roberts
F.R.C.P
London
Manchester
Eng. Royal Infirmary
Owens College
Warner
Election plan set to fill school board vacancy in Boston
The school committee recommends a convention on April 23 to elect a member to fill the Griffin vacancy, with a second convention on May 14. Also noted are land damages of 450 dollars for widening Harrison avenue at Broadway and a city engineer report on pilings and wharf conditions at Gallop's, Rainsford, and Deer Islands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Francis Meagher
Union Veteran Union
Griffin
John F. Noonan
Harrison Avenue
Broadway
Jackson
Deer
Rainsford
Gallop’s Islands
Gallop’s Island
Deer Island
Ayer's Cathartic Pills Keep Sailors Safe At Sea
Prominent claim that Ayer's Pills prevent constipation and stomach derangements for travelers by land or sea. Endorses pills as safe, vegetable, sugar coated and effective for all ages with a testimonial of relief after years of constipation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ayer
Ayer's Pills Praised By various readers
Letters from Mrs. C. E. Clark of Tewksbury Massachusetts Captain Mueller of the steamship Felicia New York and Jules Hauel of Philadelphia extol Ayer's Cathartic Pills as reliable gentle purgatives and effective remedies for colds rheumatism kidney troubles and dyspepsia in family use and aboard ship.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C. E. Clark
Tewksbury
Massachusetts
Ayer
W. R. Woodson
Fort Worth
Texas
Capt
Mueller
Felicia
New York City
Jules Hauel
Perfumer
Philadelphia
Train baggage check from Boston to destination notice
Passengers with tickets via Old Colony routes may have baggage checked from hotel or residence in Boston to destination. Orders call for baggage may be left at No. & Old State House.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony
Boston
Fall River Line
Shore Line
Stonington Line
Old Stats Ouse
Boston & Albany
Knee
Land Street
Framingham
Marlburo
Wayville
Southboro
Besa Bolton
Northboro
Clinton
Leominster
Fitchburg
Pratt’s Junction
R. R
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
New York
River Line
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex Boat
Pilgrim
Gen’l Pans
L. H. Palmer
Central Division Train Timetable Snapshot
A dense list of rail departures and station stops across multiple towns including Ashmont Braintree Middleboro Cohasset Hingham and Whitman with varied weekday and Sunday schedules. It notes times from Central station to New York via Fall River Line and numerous spur stations with occasional special runs and references to Prov. Div. schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneeland Street
New York
Fall River
Ashmont
Braintree
Middleboro
Bridgewater
Mreckton
Cohasset and Hingham
Easton
East Bridgewater
Abington
Brockton
East Milton
Weat Quincy
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Taunton
Barrison Square
Marshfield
Sea View
Riattapan
Milton
Nantasket Seach
Neponset
Godford
Duxbury
Uincy
Moeckland
Hanover
Seituates
Shawmut
Puth Braintree
South Duxbury
An’faunton
Central Station
Dean St
Whitman
South Weymouth
Wollaston Heights
Westridgewater
Cochesett
South Easton
Cape Cod Bus Schedule Summary
Barnstable area routes list first and last pickup times from 8.15 am to 4.15 pm. Locations include Bourne Brewster Falmouth Harwich Monu ment Beach Nantucket Wellfleet and Yarmouth among others with varied morning and afternoon slots and a weekly pattern for Nantucket via New Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneeland Street
Buzzards Bay
Barnstabie
Bourne
Bournedale
Brewster
Cataumet
Chatham
Cottage City
Park Sq
New Bedford
Fairhaven
Falmouth
I. Myannis
Harwich
Sandwich
Saxcamore
Yarmouth
Tremont
Wellfleet
West Barnstable
Woods Mall
Waream
Providence Division Train Schedules Summary
Providence Division trains list departures from Park Square to New Work and other termini, detailing weekday and Sunday times, including Attleboro Roxbury Canton Stoughton lines and numerous suburban stops. The data enumerates multiple daily departures, with Sunday variations and notes for additional trains via Central Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence Division
Park Square
Shore Line
Stonington
Attleboro
Boylston
Central
Roslindale
West Roxbury
Spring Street
Cannon Junction
Dedham
Dodgeville
East Foxboro
Foxboro
Forest Hills
Hazelwood
Hlebronville
Hyde Park
Jamaica Plain
Mansfield
Mope
Clarendon Hills
North Attleboro
Providence
Headville
Roxbury
Rumford
India Point
Sharon
Sharon Heights
Sunrays
Stoughton Central
Canton
South Walpole
Wrentham
Jalinut Hill
Stonehaven
Warren and
Bristol
bTaunton
New Bedford
Norton
Fall River
bNewport
New London
Newport
Wickford Junction
Worcester to New Haven Limited Express Dining Cars
At 11 00 am elegant Drawing Room Cars on the Worcester to New Haven service. 4 00 pm Daily Limited Express with electric lighted cars and dining car Worcester to New Haven. 11 00 pm Boston limited with new Sleeping Cars. Tickets and accommodations available at 262 Washington Street or Kneeland Street station in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
New York Station
New Bap
Liberty St
N. R
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
J. N. Magna
New England
Washington St
Boston
Albany
Syracuse
Hiechester
Usuffatie
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Chicago
Michigan Central RR. R
Cleveland
Toledo
Lake A & Michigan Southern
New Haven
Baily
Washington Street
Kneeland Street
New York
Springfield
Boston & Albany R. R
Worcester
H. Moseley & Son
Park Square Station
Stonington
Washington, Cor. State Street
Park Square
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
H. Briggs
Also Mentioned on This Page
Lima
Timothy
North
West
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook
Vermont Hebrons
Ermont Burbanks
Hebrons
Bush
New York Burbanks
Red Rock
Nova Scotia
New Bunswick
Rose
New Brunswick
Burbanks
Old Byers
J E Carter & Co
Washington Stree
CreUcces Est
Radner Casts
Ccoris Scm
Ngland
Belgium
Scotland
Italy
Ieee
Hong Kong
Australia
England
Miquelon
Langley
Newfoundland and Labrador
British West Indies
Azores
Madeira
Argentine Republic
Spain
San Francisco
Alta
Coos Ar Ophir
Savage
Crown Point
Sierra Nevada
Gould & Curry
Union Con
Hale & Norcross
Uta
Yellow Jacket
Oort Mono
Nevada Queen
Atlanta
S Everett
MC & J F Kiser & Co
W Draper
Draper, Moore & Co
E Alanta
Kingsbury of Bates, Kingsbury & Co
Galveston, Tex
P J Willis & Bro
Ad. Insan City
R G Wallace
R G Wallace & Co
Keokuk, la
Si W Huiskamp
Huiskaip Bros Co
Thomas L. Livermore
Clinton Wiles
Lexington
Mass
Hanover Street
Board of Aldermen
Wiles
Citizens’ Movements
North End Savings Bank
Metropolitan National Bank
Charles J. Prescott
West Canton Street
Public Institutions of
Michael Karr
Ireland
America
Barr
James H. Campbell
Sealer of Weights and Measures
Merchants’ Despatch Transportation Company
Charles E. Clarke
Registrar of Voters
East Boston Ferries
Gore
Clarke
Cook
Campbell
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co
Lowell
Nonantum Hill
Waban
Newton Circuit Railroad
Newton Highlands
WM. C. Strong
Railroads
Cape Cod
Concord RB. R
N. H
Wn.h
H. EC Berlin
Central R.R
Hartford, New Haven
A.m
Ars
Hanson
Moseley
New Have House
Conn
Yale College
Otis Bros
Tiffany Glass Co
Union Station
Telegraph
Seth H. Moseley
YO Bosto
NEW Haven & Hartn
New
Hartford
N. Y
N. E
Willimantic
N.Y
N.E
T. Hempstead
Ford E.R
Assorat
Louisville, Evansville& ST. Louis RR. CO
Louisville, Evansville & ST. Louis Railroad Company
Mt.Vernon
Illinois
Belleville, Centralia & Eastern Railroad Company
Illinois & St. Louis Railroad and Coal Company
Otis Kimball
Huntingburg
Dubois County
Indiana
Huntingburg, Tell City & Cannelton Railroad Company
Illinois & St. Louis Railroad and Coal Comany
Cedar Grove Cemetery
Eaton Hall
Boylston Street
Delyuts and
IMCL
A. C. Clark
Norfolk Avenue
East Chester Park
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