Market Reports Show Mixed Corn and Hog Prices Amid Rain Delays
Market activity appears mixed as rains west of the Missouri River weigh on sentiment yet commission houses push prices higher. Exports reach 40,534 bush, 16,556 barrels and 26,087 sacks of flour while corn remains fairly active and oats rise for August delivery. Hog receipts tally 12,355 official, with estimated 21,000 for today. prices feature light to heavy ranges around 580 to 700. Closing quotes show varied futures across wheat, corn, oats, and pork products.
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Missouri
Flour and grain market round up Boston April prices
Boston markets April 25 report steady dull flour and grain quotes for carload lots across regions. Notable figures include Minnesota and Michigan flour grades, export Canada patents, New York receipts and sales totals, and Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis price directions. Oats and corn markets show quiet to dull trading with minor shifts, while millfeed and hay avenues register firm demand and steady spot pricing.
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Minnesota
Michigan
Canada
Canada Roller
Canada Extra
Chicago
St. Louis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
New York
St Louis
Toledo
Detroit
Steandy
Bush
Choice
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Louisville
Dull
France
Continent
United States
Butter Market Report From Western Creameries
The demand for butter is moderate with prices near last quotes. Stocks close strong at quotations. Western extra fresh creameries sell at 26 27c, extra firsts 24 26c, firsts 22 23c, fancy imitation 22 23c, seconds 20 21c, factory 22c, fair to good 20c, Vermont extra 20 27c, Vermont extra first 25 2c, dairy good to eligible 23 24c, selections 25c.
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Western
Vermont
Vermont Dairy
Market notes from St Albans to New York on dairy to poultry
Quotations for receivers’ prices and jobbing rates cover butter cheese eggs beans and potatoes across St Albans Chicago Cincinnati New York and Boston markets. Listings detail creamery quotes, quality ranges, and fresh imports with price spreads, while cornucopia of vegetable and grain items note demand, receipts, and steady to firm prices.
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St Albans
Chicago
Elgin Creamery
Cincinnati
New York
Ohio
Vermont
New Hampshire
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Bush
California
West
North
Jersey
Houlton
Aroostook Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Burbanks
White Brooks
Davis
Nova Scotia and
Bermuda
Banana steamers Amicitia and Hondo sail with fruit cargoes
The steamer Amicitia is due April 28 from Baracoa carrying bananas for W. W. & C. R. Noyes. The steamer Hondo is due April 27 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.
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Banana Steamers
Amicitia
Baracoa
Jamaica
Boston Fruit Company
Fruit sale and cargo prices at auction and steamer cargo
Auctioneers report varied prices for Valencia oranges and other fruit. Regulars bring $2.43 to $4.75 per quantity with large and extra large levels. Cargo from steamer Piequa features Messina Palermo oranges and lemons, Palermo and Messina price ranges, apples steady with old price levels, Palermo oranges and lemons listed, Valencia oranges at per case rates. Bananas noted with Jamaica fruit jobbing at $1.2 and Baracoas at $1.15. Gambetta steamer cargo sold at $1 per bunch for red and yellow.
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H. Harris & Co
Valencia
Messina
Palermo
Zibce
Baldwins
Florida
Jamaica
Baracoas
Gambetta
Prices and ranges for pork and meats across multiple markets
Provisions cover pork prices with strong demand and wide ranges for cuts and parts. New York, Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati markets show varied pork, lard, and beef prices, with firm or easy trends, and detailed per hundredweight and per tierce quotations. Fresh beef and lamb prices are listed alongside by region, including specific weights and grades.
Prices for fresh vegetables by the crate and barrel
The notice lists current market quotes with varieties such as Florida tomatoes at 3 a crate, green peas at 1 175 crate, asparagus at 4 5 wy doz, Norfolk kale at 1 1560 bbl, Florida string beans at 150 300 crate, Florida beets at 125 P crate, native onions at 8 y bbl, cabbage 2 50 per 4% bbl, Hubbards squash at 604 ton, carrots 400 any bush, lettuce 0 75c doz, radishes 1 P doz long and 40c P doz small, and several other vegetable items with varying pack sizes and prices.
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Florida
Andrews
Chicago
Sugar and molasses market report from the era
The sugar market shows quiet raw sugar trading with cautious buyers and slow activity. Quoted ranges include Cuba fair to good refining at 4.13-16 and 415-160 cent fractions, centrufugals at 96 test 544c, Manilas and other grades with varying prices, while refined sugars remain steady with strong demand and specific pulverized and powdered prices noted.
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Cuba
Manilas
Lloilos
Sugar market notes and prices in New York trade
The report outlines wholesale grocers' prices for granulated sugar at 7d, raw sugars dull with refined quiet, various grades and ports like Ponce Porto Rico and Cienfuegos cited with prices around 26 to 35 cents per gallon or 60 test nominal. Trade in New York shows dull activity with molasses steady and quotations for boiling grades listed.
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New York
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cotton market firm as Liverpool buys lift prices higher
Allan Asher & Co report a firmer cotton market with prices up 8 to 9 points for the day driven by better Liverpool advices and brisk shorts demand. Port receipts show 4,000 bales, exports 6,000, and U S futures opened quiet but closed steady while Liverpool spot holds at 56-16d for uplands and 68d for Orleans.
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OTTON
Allan Asher & Co
Exchange Place
Liverpool
New Orleans
New York
Seve
Eee
Uplands
Orleans
Hog and Cattle Markets Across Cities Persist Volatile
Hogs opened higher in St Louis with Yorkers selling at $5.10 to $5.40 and packers up to $5.60. Kansas City markets steady. Chicago cattle active yet lower with steers around $3.80 to $3.95, cows and bulls $2.25 to $3.75. Hog receipts large, mixed quality quoted at $5.30 to $6.60. sheep and lambs also varied across regional markets. Cincinnati hogs strong with wide ranges for common to packing grades. Receipts and shipments detailed for each market.
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Lord
Choice
New York
City Extra India
Western
City
Continent
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Brighton
St. Louis
Kansas City
Commodities and markets report mixed price stability
Tallow and turpentine markets show steady or firm tones with varied quotes. London and New York price levels stabilize as pipe line certificates close dates are announced, while whiskey and regional markets in St Louis and Cincinnati hold steady at around 109 to 116 dollars.
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London
New York
Cottee
Rio
St Louis
Cincinnati
Foreign Markets Report From London And Liverpool
London markets show wheat firmer and corn steadier with cargoes on passage and prices firm at Mark Lane. Paris wheat quiet. Tivara pool values inch higher on spot wheat and strong corn. Liverpool bread stuffs steady with mixed Western corn and pork, bacon, and lard prices noted. overall country markets dearer.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Tivarpoal
California
Great Britain
Liverpool
Cattle Market Prices at Brighton and Watertown Week Ended April 26 1883
Live stock totals show cattle 2406 sheep 9928 swine 17207 with last week 2639 8080 18047 and a year ago 5567. Beef: few choice 7 50 other grades 6 75 to 6 25. Store cattle prices include working oxen fancy cows yearlings two year olds and calves. Sheep and lambs quoted in lots with bids around 6 75 to 8c for lambs and veal calves 2n bYec. Hides tallow and skins prices listed for Brighton and country lots.
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Boston Post
Toas Fox
Brighton
Late Arrivals and Sales at Brighton on Wednesday
An extensive Brighton market report details cattle milch cows and springers sold by multiple dealers including Hollis & Co Farrell & Nagle and Aldrich & Johnson. Prices ranged with many milch cows from 30 to 60 and numerous working oxen and vealers traded. sheep lambs veals and horse sales also covered with notes on export impacts and local demand.
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Brighton
Hollis & Co
Farrell & Nagle
Henry
Aldrich & Johnson
W Scollans
IC Libby & On
F H Coolidge & Son
Bert French
J A Cottin
J Coberts
Glines & Weston
H M
Imports and Exports in April 1888 Aboard Various Vessels
A detailed listing of goods and consignments from Havana and the Mediterranean ports to Liverpool and other destinations. Ships Gambetta Seaverns Amanda Howick Istrian Howick Howick Howick etc carry cocoanuts lobsters molasses wool waste flax ribbed goods and a wide range of commodities including bees wax, beets, and chemical products. notable consignments include 7000 live lobsters, 65 bales wool waste, 2 cases varnish, and 500 birds beer amid extensive cargo inventories from Baring Bros, Brown Bros, J B Moors, and other firms.
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Baracoa
Gambetta
Seaverns & Co
Barrington
Schoonee
Barclay & Co. Cienfuegos
Foster
Hull
Colorado
Baring Bros & Co
Moors & Co
Mediterranean
Howick
Girgentti
Messina
Palermo
Liverpool
Eng
Istrian
James Hill Mfg Co
E & I King & Co
J & J Murdock
Linder & Meyer
Sherburne
Turner & Co
Washburn & Moen Mfg
Thos Leyland & Co
Mitchell, Woodbury & Co
Wetherell Bros
Coleman, Mead & Co
Wright Broad
Riley & Gray
Aleigh & Co
Morgan & Co
Koopman & Co
Morey & Co
Baring Bros! & A
Baring Bros ¢& Co
Crocke Bros & Sanborn
George Hucsnan
Wilder
Tully & Co
Dabney, Simmons & Co
FE & F King & Co
Broddird Lovering & Co
Exports from London Steamer Regina Cargo Summary
The April 25 1888 London report notes the Regina clearedApril 19 carrying 40 cases paper 3 cases drilling 13 crates fish glue 2 cases old clothing 3 cases machinery and s crated tables.
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London
Eng
Regina
Receipts of Staple Goods by Railroads and Ship Line
Historical lists detail April 25 1888 receipts for multiple lines including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston and Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine divisions and Lowell System. Items include bales wool cotton flour oats cornmeal and many packaged foods with quantities and transport modes by rail and sea.
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Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Lowell System
Express
Sea
Special Notice of Old Colony Rail Passenger Baggage Rules
Old Colony rail passengers may have baggage checked from hotel or residence to Boston to destination. Calls for baggage may be left at No 8 Old State House. Train times start April 1 1888 with weekday and Sunday services to New York and numerous coastal towns including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Weymouth Mattapan Quincy Nantucket Plymouth Duxbury and Brockton with various return schedules. GEO L CONNOR and J R KENDRICK listed as general officers.
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New York
Wasbo
Fall River Line
Vickers
Boston
Old Colony
Fall River
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Old State House
Destin
Barnstable
Hyannis
Warmmouth
Sandwich
Braintree
Cottage City
New Bedford
Woods Hall
East Bridgewater
Brockton
Abington
Quincey
West Quincy
Weymouth
Mate
Japan
Milton
Return
Mattapan
Neponset
Miltea
Mattepoisett
Rhidalebore
Nantucket
Wood's Hall
Plymouth
Noe
Duxbury
Gainey
M. Hianover
Rockland
Hanover
Whitman
Wollaston Heights
West Bridgewater
Cochesett
South Easton
Bridgewater
Buzzards Bury
Buzzard’s Bay
Hingham
Taunton
Morrison Square
M. Neponset
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
the Scituates
Scituate
Soeath Duxbury
Tauntom Central
Dean Street
South Braintree
Middleboro
Geo
L. Connor
J. R. Kendrick
Gen. Pass
City Rail Schedules and Sunday Train Timetables Totals
A densely printed list of train times and routes for several Boston area lines. Includes service for Newton Lower Falls Wellesley Hills Newton Highlands Brookline Framingham and more with weekday and Sunday departures and returns listed. Names Hanson Gallup and other officials appear as adaptations of the timetable header.
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Framingham and
Mahivan
Marlboro
Mayville
Pry Southboro
Northboro
Clinton Leomister
Fitchburg
Berlin
West Hert Ty
Boston
Jones
Newton Lower Fall
Wellesley Hills
Worcester
Newton Highlands
Brookline
Hanson
T. Gallup
Gen. Pass
Boston and Providence Rail Route Schedule 1887
On and after Monday November 28 1887 trains run Boston to New York on Shore Line Fast Express. Returns, Shore Line Mail. New York Steamboat Stonington Line. Times include Providence Pawtucket East Foxboro Canton etc with many stops. Some days adjust for late trains and nonstop runs. A. A. Folsom, Superintendent.
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Rutland
Montreal
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Fitchburg Depot
Causeway Street
Boston
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellowe Falls
Burington
St. Albans
J. Johns
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
Cheshire
RE. R
Bellows Falls
White River Junction
Central
Vermont
Points West
Ches. Mt
Hire
Boston & Providence
New York
Shore Line
Samy
Sam
York
Providence
Con
Pawtucket
Dodgeville Mebronville
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Boston Markets
Brighton and Watertown
L W. Young Yeals
JA Sargent
O P Burke
Whipple
Breck Oo S
H Blanchard
Stewartstown
Russell
W H Brockway
Indiana
Welch & Hall
West End Horse Railroad
International Horse Exchange
H & E Snow
Maine
J C Robbins
Trafton & Wardwell
Libby & Son
J Allen
Union Yards
F W Hayden
K Barrett
Hall & Seaver
Oopene & Son
C Herrill
England
Cable
Glasgow
J A
Watertown
J Carroll
Breck & Wood
Moulton
CP Burke
J D Prindle
Northfield
Mass
J A Hathaway
W H Monroe
A N Monroe
Farrell & McIlynn
Digby
Annapolis
Havana
Irene
Port Latour
Nina Page
Port George
Elizabeth
Jahone Bay
Candor
Trinidad
May O’nell
Central Vermont Railroads
M. Press
Wagner Palace
Knutland
Burlington
St. Athens
Ogdens- Wang
L. H. Palmer
Concord R. RK
B. and
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Uamberlin
Bayt
Railroads
R.R
Washington Street
Salion
Kneeland Strest
Springfield
Pittsfield
Albany
le West
Or North Adamsa
Chatham
Hudson
New Avwaxm
Newark
Jhe
Bury
Westshore
Sou
Los
Milford
U.U
Sav W
Natick
Lie
Weollediy
Conville
Ener
Newt -Am.s
Wellesley Hille
Newton Lower Fails
West New v
Newton
Faneuil
eTee Brighten
Ehski
Allston
Ava
Reservoir
Newton Centre
Lua
Bonville
Hoosac
Rotterdam Junction
Niagara Falls Short Line
Niagara Falls and
Wabash Western Railway
Erie & Oston
Niagara Falls
Chicago & Ta Trank Railway
Roy
Ayer Junction
Sun
Belmont and Waverley
Brattleboro
Miller's Falls
Cambridge
Gardner and Miller
PBRI
Union Square
Somerville
Waltham
Watertowl Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Seereednar Vis
Paily
Tore
Miller’s Falls
Ayer
Hoosac Tunnel
John Adams
J. Whitmore
Trafic
J.B. Watson
I Pass
Stonington
Washington
State Street
Park Square
J. W. Richardson
Q. H. Briggs
Earawie A
North Attleboro
p_m
East Foxboro
Canton Junction
Unatea Plain
Poos Ee A
Readville
Clarendon
Wv Ib
Weer
Et Lis
Seburn
Ston
Isa
Roxbury
Hare
Dedham
Zonas
pekOy OroUy
Heey Evrap
Spring Stree
Highlands
Canton
Sym
Bostor Avren
Bristol
Mt Uppe
A. A. Folsom
Montreal & West
Lowell
Central Vermont R. RK
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Agt
Albans
Baeder, Adamson & CO
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