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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 19, 1887

Page

7

Florida Oranges and Bananas in Market Listings

Market brief lists Florida oranges in varied grades with prices from 1 to 3.50 and bananas including Baracoa and Jamaica at 125 to 200. Other produce notes show onions, wax beans, asparagus, spinach, cabbage, beets, turnips, squash, lettuce, radishes, and rhubarb with assorted local crate and bushel prices.

Malaga Florida Baracoa Aspinwall Jamaica Bermuda Norfolk Boats St Andrew Hubbard Ecurrota Norfolk

Pork and Lard Markets Stand Firm Amid Steady Demand

A steady demand persists for pork with prices unchanged, while hams show a steady to moderate demand and pork products list varied prices. Lard remains in good demand with fully sustained quotations. fresh beef is quiet with prices steady. The column lists closing Chicago quotations and multiple detailed price lines for pork, lard, beef, and other meats, including long cuts, short cuts, backs, loins, ribs, bacon, and veal, among others.

Chicago ADEGS Lord Choice Tlee Brighton

Cotton and sugar market summary from Liverpool and New York

Liverpool cotton futures opened quiet and closed weak across the April to September spreads. Spot market middling up lands and Orleans sold 10,000 bales at $200 and received 4,400 bales. New York spot closed firm with middling uplands at 10 1/6, low middling 10 3/?, and other grades outlined. New York futures were quiet, with daily bid and ask ranges across months from April to January. Oil futures and pipeline certificates noted, along with refined oil prices. Raw sugar remained very quiet with steady refined prices and various grade quotes. Molasses steady with cargo quotations for Porto Rico, Cuba, and other sources.

Liverpool Orleans New York Manila Loilos Porto Rico Cienfuegos Cuba

Markets by Telegraph. April 18 overview of grains and goods

Markets by Telegraph details dull or steady movements across flour, wheat, corn, oats, rice, sugar, coffee, and pork in New York Chicago Cincinnati and Toledo. It lists receipts exports and current bid prices for No 2 spring and red wheats, No 1 white and yellow corn, oats, rye, barley, lard, butter, cheese, and various tonnage and freight notes amid mixed demand.

New York St. Louis Minnesota Rio United City Extra India Western Steam Liverpool Chicago Cincinnati Toledo Lake Shore

Wheat and grain market wrap from Louis and Milwaukee reports

April market notes show wheat easing at Louis with No 2 red at 7T9 79%4c while corn weakens and oats fall and rye bids at 6e. Barley rents higher as demand lags while whiskey holds at 118 dollars. Provisions dull with small trade and pork and lard prices listed. Receipts and shipments for flour and grains provided for both cities with varying levels across commodities.

Sir. Louis Hama Milwacker

Market report of livestock from multiple cities

Staple animal sales across St. Louis Peoria Kansas City Chicago show hogs firm to steady with varied top quotes between 540 and 685 dollars, cattle steady to strong with steers around 300 to 505, hog receipts near 17 000 and shipments about 4 000, sheep receipts near 6 000 with lambs to 4 75 and sheep to 4 65, Texas cattle listed at 3 80 to 4 55, overall mixed weathered demand across markets.

ST. Louis Peoria Kansas City Chicago Texas

Cotton markets report from April nineteenth eighty seven

Market summary by port shows mixed activity across the United States with receipts and stocks listed for Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville. Consolidated three day totals indicate exports to Great Britain France and the Continent and overall steady to firm tones in several ports.

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

London Markets and Wool Sales Reported April Trade

Foreign markets in London report mixed movements in wheat corn and flour with firm wheat and steady corn in Liverpool. Wool sales at London show high demand with broad price ranges across Victoria New South Wales and other regions, while spot wheat trends in Antwerp and Paris noted as steady and flour prices in Paris recorded.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Aris Liverpool England Lida&s California Antwerp Paris Victoria New South Wales Bieda Birgu South Australia Queensland Swaniver New Zealand Tasmania Cape of Good Hope Natal

Global Import and Export Ledger April 18 1887

A detailed ship cargo list from Liverpool and various ports detailing goods loaded and unloaded including pig iron, steel, glass, paper, chemicals, spices, sugars, timber, and produce. Entries cover multiple ships and firms in Liverpool, Demerara, Sierra Leone, Sagua, Mediterranean ports, and Savannah with quantities such as tons, bales, casks, and cases, highlighting extensive trade activity and partner firms.

Shipping manifests from Yarmouth Newfoundland trade

E Wheelwright and Co list 40 boxes oranges and other goods including 11 cases boots, 44 bales hides, 100 bbls rosin, 83³ bbls spirits, 177 bales cotton, and 100 bbls oranges, stamped L117 pkgs mdse order. Dominion steamer carries 68 crates lobsters, 1 case salmon. Barclay & Co report 447 crates lobsters, 48 bags turnips, 10 bbls do, 24 cases eggs, 6 bags potatoes, 97 bbls, 3 boxes trout, 1 case salmon. Clements lists 10 cases eggs, 10 bbls potatoes, 1 box salmon, 1 case do. De Long and Seaman with 131 crates lobsters and Ellis & Co report bad crates lobsters, 36 cases eggs, 32 boxes lobsters, 6 do salmon, 5 bbls potatoes.

Liverpool Eng Walbaum & Co Beach & Co Moors & Co Perkins & Co Sherburne Moise Stoddard, Lovering & Co Rustic Carmine Beach & Co Frost & Adams Dennison M& Co John Duckworth Morsy & Co Leigh & Co Riley & Gray Ward Farley & Sons Stone & Downer Glass Hills, Turner & Co E & F King & Co Wilder & Co Webber E Sweet Thayer & Lincoln Clementsport Adelia de Long & Baten John N Serry Sierra Leone John F Brooks Sagua Sumac Savannah Merrimack Blake & Co Billings & Eaton JA Bigelow & Co E Wheelwright & Co Wallace Yarmouth Steamer Dominion Barclay & Co de Long & Seaman Ellis & Co

Maritime Cargo Listings From 19th Century Trade Routes

A dense ledger of ships and cargoes at multiple ports including LIVERPOOL NS SYDNEY CB and HALIFAX NS. The inventory records schooners brig and bark consignments of flour cornmeal oatmeal oil beef and salt cod with varied quantities in barrels blocks sacks and cases. Items include oak lumber nails soap lard butter cheese tobacco and petroleum among others, reflecting extensive transatlantic trade activity and diverse goods moving through British and Canary Islands ports.

Liverpool Dexter Sydney Glenorchy Annapolis Emma C Halifax Christina Tenelriffe Canary Islands Lillian B Jones Glasgow Scot Neas Sept Assyria Eng Catalonia

Staple Products Receipts April 18 1887

Boston and Albany Railroad records list receipts of staple goods including 42 bales cotton 176 bales wool 2246 bushels flour 14285 bushels oats 3160 bushels malt 3900 bushels meal 200 bushels cottonseed meal 4 bbls pork 84 tierces lard 3 boxes tongues 2 boxes bacon 213 tubs butter 985 packages oleo 13 boxes cheese 746 cases eggs 127 bbls beans 2 cars hay 16 cars lumber 284 rolls 160 bales 10 cases.

Animala Otis— Agric Oakum Books Bane Cooperage St'ck Te Ben Assissavns Miquelon Langley Scotland Newfoundland and Labrador Cuba Azores Madeira Belgium Germany United States of Colombia Boston England Hidea Anne Hyeres Argentine Republic Nova Scotia Chittagong Vishasene Iloilo Porto Rico Ae Otland Tren Sens Teve Saanes Chemicals Bees Sane Leaf Tobaccco Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad

Freight Carload Totals Across Rail Lines Report

A ledger of goods by railroad shows shipments including flour, bacon, tea, coffee, cheese, potatoes, leather, hides, and lumber. Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Boston & Lowell lines list bbls, bales, sacks, cases, rolls, and boxes with numerous animal products and staples.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Through Service Announcement 1887

Boston station lists full train connection to Tilton Laconia Weirs Meredith Ashland Portsmouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction St Albans Burlington with 830 am and 7 pm services. Plymouth Warren Haverhill and Worcester via local divisions 530 am 730 am 1 pm 3 pm. Sleeping and parlor cars to Montreal. Local runs to Manchester Concord Nashua and Greenfield with varied departures.

Boston Causeway Street Washington Street Old State House Tilton Laconia Lae Village Weirs Meredith Ashlandsmouth Franklin Lebanon White Ives Bunction Wentpelier Easex Junction Asurlington St. Albu Itreal Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Claremont White Mountain Northern Division Pailman Montereal Central Vermont RK. R Wassuopsie R. R Milford Amberat SUN Greenfield Nashua

Local Timetables and Schedules Listing Stations and Times

A dense OCR styled listing provides times for trains and services across multiple towns and stations including Concord Wilmington Walnut Stoneham Woburn Worcester and others. It notes Sunday schedules and various am pm time stamps with names of stations and officials such as GEORGE W. STORER Supt. Asst. Gen. Passe'r Agent.

Llen George W. Storer

Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedules Summary

Rail timetable fragment lists Boston and Maine routes with Haymarket Square departures from 8 30 am and various connections to Causeway Street Portland Lewiston Manchester North Conway Portland stations and Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox and Lincoln lines. Includes multiple stations and times in a dense OCR-like listing.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Lpm Causeway Ft Bancv, &T Doha Sialfax Stion Ucauseway Canoeway Iin Market Lewiston—lin Staton Canveway Staion Manchester Concord N. H North -Haymarket North Conway Haymarket Causeway Poortland— Haymarket Ag Sation Maine Central Grand Trank Knox & Lincoln Canaeway St Stacion

Trains From Boston Station to Western Division Lines

Western Division timetable lists outbound trains from Boston Haymarket to Altona Rochester Farmin and other stops with multiple daily departures from 6:00 to 12:00, plus Sunday services. It includes Andover Danvers Exeter Great Fain Keaires Biddeford and Melrose routes with return trips and varied times, plus scenic listings for Merrimac Newburyport Reading Wakefield Wilmington and regional stops.

Altona Rochester Farmin Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Fain Overhill Rae Ylu George Own Keaires Biddeford Saco Lawrence Nerth Lawrence M. Lowell Malden Il Ie Mentora Melrose Highlands Stoneham Merrimac Meaaa Newburyport Reading Salem Tam Wakefield Wilmington Orkingmen

Boston to Amesbury and surrounding trains schedule

Train schedule lists numerous routes from Boston station via Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Middeford Chesea and other destinations with multiple daily departures. Includes lines to Newburyport Rockport Gloucester North Conway Ipswich Marblehead Swampscott and surrounding towns on the Saugus Branch and hints at workingmen’s train days and service details under the Boston terminals.

Chesea Mwo Owerett Great Falls Rochester Himpton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Marbleh Wamypsacott Middleton Newburyport North Conway Danvers Portsmouth Rockport Gloucester Saugus Wenham Walteboro Lynn and Way Newbueryyport Portland Bangor St. John Salem Aa&r aVia Saugus Boston Haymarket Square Washington Street Vtland J Ameral D. J. Flanders

New York and New England Train Schedules and Stops

Trains depart Boston and various stations with weekday and Sunday patterns. Listings cover routes to Norwood Central Norwood, Woonocket division, and through services to New York, Hartford, New Haven, Waterbury, Danbury, and Philadelphia with dining cars and through Pullman cars. Schedule details include times, connections, and stopping points across multiple lines and stations.

Vermont Pullman Carson Kinston Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Boston Norwood Central Woonswacket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Needbava and Way Sado Aubumn Woonseeket Seo Wednearny Losten New York Middletown Ne ‘Aven Harford New Britain Waterbury Danbury PabRill Pimason BAL W England Limited Newark Air Line Renning Grand Central Depot New Yat Yu Hartford M. Norwich New London. Org Danielsonville Putnam Lnew

Old Colony Train Schedules for Boston to New York and Nearby Towns

Rail timetable lists weekday and Sunday departures from Boston and intermediate stops such as Ashmont Brockton Taunton Cohasset Hingham Scituate North Easton and Weymouth with multiple inbound returns and seasonal patterns. It notes connections to Fall River Line and steamboat services and includes adjustments effective February 28 1887 with various return times and ancillary routes.

Boston New York Fall River Ashmont Sarnstable Hyanis Yar Outh Sandwich Return Hyans Nis Braintree Bridgewater Army Brockton Wareham Cape Cod Provicetown Welfleet Reta Provinettown Cohasset A. Hmungham Cohasset Hingham Cottage City Newbedford Eia Newedford Wood's Hall East Bridgewater Breckton Abington Buat Milton Weymouth Lyeam East Weymouth Ta Brockton Taum Harrison Square Marshveld Jiam Mattapan Milton Revarn Mattapa Neponset Middleboro Nantucket Newport New Bedford North East Stoughton Randolph North Easton Loughton Plyoath Abingon Duxbury M. Ulney Scituate North Scituate Secituate Sea View Shawmoat South Muxbury Taunton Central Station Dean Ipm Hutman An Mingham Vermoaths Ymouth Baxbdbury Road Plymouth Taumfor Jam Newyert South Braintree Yam South Braintreey i Retorn Ron J.R. Kendrick

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