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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Apr 26, 1889
Page
7
St Louis closing prices show Wheat cash at 80c with May 795sc and June 7644c bid, Corn cash at 45c with April 43%ec, Oats cash at 24c, Minneapolis No 1 hard spring Apr 97%4c, No 1 Northern 87%4c, No 2 Northern 76c, on track No 1 hard cash 99c, No 1 Northern 90c, No 2 Northern 80c, Duluth May wheat closed at 98c.
John E. Welsh of 201 State Street Boston reports a dull flour and grain market with limited demand. Carload car inspections total 87 across various wheat and corn grades while receipts and exports in New York and Milwaukee show mixed turnover and firmer Chicago wheat prices driven by export demand.
Butter receipts today 954 packages versus 2831 last year. Demand covers immediate needs with buyers reluctant to hold stocks. Prices stay fairly steady with fresh creameries 20 to 24 cents and outer quotes at 26 cents. West markets softer but no major shifts expected for three to four days.
Prices for butter creamery and imitation products range from 18 to 26 cents with Western and Vermont lots commanding higher bids. Exports since May 1 1888 total 950 829 ths pounds, while cheese and eggs show steady to quiet demand with small stocks and firm or easing prices. Receipts and quotes cover multiple regions including Cincinnati New York Baltimore and Liverpool, with varying offers across butter eggs beans grass seed potatoes and poultry markets.
Market remains steady with strong demand for high grade onions and cucumbers. Bermuda and Spanish onions in smaller supply. cabbage and lettuce in good demand. squash and beets show varied conditions. Norfolk and Baltimore spinach plentiful with good demand. overall prices quoted for multiple produce types. Norfolk boat carries 2100 packages spinach arriving Friday.
The steamer North Anglia has arrived from Mediterranean ports and will sell at auction Saturday. The Marmion is due Friday April 26 with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Wergeland due May 1 with Baracoa bananas for Seaverns Co. Cervin loaded 2000 boxes 1300 half boxes Messina oranges and 1200 boxes Messina lemons for Boston and sailed from Palermo April 22. Caledonia loaded Naples 2400 boxes oranges for Boston. Fratera passed Gibraltar April 8 with 3000 boxes Valencia oranges for Boston.
Oranges show a firm market with higher prices while lemons follow. Traders report steady demand and limited supply, pushing costs upward across the fruit trade in regional markets.
The report lists jobbing prices for oranges including Messina and Valencia varietals with boxes and pence figures, auction results from Harriss Co for Valencia oranges, and steady prices for apples cranberries strawberries and dried fruits. It notes Jamaica pine sales and Lorenzo D Baker steamer arrivals with grades and prices.
Receipts today show pork 9 bbls lard 3 tierces 160 cases 50 half bbls 1185 tubs 160 pails hams 7 bbls 359 tierces bacon 1154 boxes dressed hogs 4 preserved meats 350 boxes. Prices list long cuts to bacon with lard and beef notes across New York Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati markets. pork steady beef quiet lard dull. fresh beef and mutton each with varied quotes.
Stock Yards Kansas City reports cattle receipts 1966 with steady market. Hogs receipts 1914 show higher market with heavies and mediums at around 4.30 to 4.50. St Louis Peoria Cincinnati and Chicago futures show mixed demand, slower sheep in some markets and diverse price ranges.
Sugar receipts today 140 bbls 217 hhds 6250 bags, last year 114 bbls 25 hhds. Prices firm and higher with Cuba refined sugars 6 42c and various grades listed. Molasses receipts 115 bbls 46 hhds 22 puncheons, market firm and steady with several regional prices noted. New York market quiet and firm with confectioners and refined sugars in demand.
Spot cotton in New York holds steady with bids listed for uplands and Gulf grades. Futures opened quiet and closed steady while Liverpool and other markets show firm demand and varied futures quotes. Augusta reports net receipts and shipments with firm mid 106¢ per pound.
Net receipts and gross values for Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville show firm or quiet markets with mid prices and varied exports to coastwise Britain and the Continent. Consolidated six day totals: receipts 31 157 exports to Great Britain 37 986, continental trade 11 392, stock at all US ports 440 998.
Taliow Receipts show 30 bbls and 8 bags today versus 4 bbls 4 bags last year. City rates at 4% and 4%ec for country, rough 242 4c grease 244 44ec. New York market active with 200 birds city at 4%sc. Coffee Rio quiet with fair car goes 18%4c. Whiskey Peoria and Cincinnati at $102. Turpentine closed at 46c resin 11242 116 tar 210. Petroleum closed at 7.05c RSW 6.76c cases 8.75c.
Records show ships and cargo across Halifax Nova Scotia Port Antonio Jam Porto Rico Armoush Nova Scotia and related firms. Goods include sugar mollasses bananas lobsters eggs fish and household effects with numerous firms listed as carrying or forwarding cargo and orders.
Shipping report shows Genesta at St John and Frederickton with oil, meal, lime and pork. Victory at Halifax with cornmeal and sugar. E B Newcomb at Yarmouth with earthenware and tea. Cleopatra at Digby Annapolis with nursery stock and hardware. Scrbia at Liverpool with varied goods including lard, butter and pork. numerous tonnages and crates across ports in April 25 1889 export records.
Cargo reports indicate wheat steadier and corn stronger with arrivals and sales noted. Prices vary by region from Paris to Antwerp as English markets stay quiet but firm amid unsettled English weather and mixed futures for wheat and corn.
Blooming list of shoe buyers and agents across the United States including Albany Augusta Athens Baltimore Bloomington Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Galveston Indianapolis Louisville Macon Memphis New York Philadelphia Rochester Statesville St Joseph Toledo and more. Prominent firms and agents are named with locations and affiliations. An ad concludes with a humorous closing line promoting Warner's Log Cabin Hair Tonic and hair renewal for $1.00.
An editorial uses parallel lines to illustrate the kidneys as sewer pipes and argues Warner's Safe Cure will clear blocked kidneys, improve blood flow, ease strain on heart lungs and liver, and restore health, urging readers to buy the remedy.
Central Vermont Railroads run morning trains from Fitchburg Depot to Saint Albans and stations including Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro FitzWilliam Troy Marlboro Keene and Burlington with connections to Rutland White River Junction and Montreal. A night express with sleeping car serves Rutland Burlington and St. Albans linking to Montreal Ottawa and Ogdensburg. Tickets at 228 Washington Boston. July 11 18388-
The timetable lists train departures from Boston passenger station at Causeway Street and Ayer Junction with services to Albany Rotterdam Junction and the west. It details daily and Sunday schedules, including palace parlor and sleeping cars, multiple routes via Niagara Falls and Michigan Central KR, and numerous stops such as Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Gardner Greenfield and others with varied morning, afternoon, and evening times.
Special notice states the Pilgrim will depart New York at 6 30 p m on Tuesday instead of 5 p m to serve patrons returning from the Centennial Celebration.
Passengers using the Fall River Line Shore Line or Stoning ton Line may have baggage checked from Boston hotels to destination. Times and stations listed include Ashmont Braintree Jockton Cohasset Hincham Easton East Bridgewater East Milton Weymouth Nantasket Beach and Cape Cod divisions with numerous daily departures and Sundays noted for various towns.
A dense schedule of trains from Providence Division stations listing departure times to many suburbs and cities including Attleboro Roslindale Jamaica Plain Mansfield and Newport with Sunday and weekday patterns and frequent trains throughout the day and night.
Fragmentary OCR shows scattered numbers and words like March 30 9 5.25 9.15 Cen oury 1 Ha e 11 Pah. Unable to determine clear event or entities from the readable text.
Corrected February 17 1889 schedule detailing weekday departures from Boston and various routes to Ashcroft Baltimore Dorchester New Britain Norwich and beyond. Includes Woon socket division notes Sundays special trains Norwood Hyde Park Franklin and connections to Hartford New Haven Philadelphia and steamer City of Boston services with office contact at 322 Washington Street Boston.
Timetable notices local and through train service between stations. Trains to Albany West and connections to Syracuse Rochester and Buffalo daily. Elegant Wagner cars to Niagara Falls Detroit Chicago via Michigan Central and Lake Shore routes. Sleeping cars and dining cars aboard limited expresses Worcester to New Haven. Tickets and accommodations at 232 Washington Street or Kneeland Street Boston. A. S Hanson Gen. Pass. Agt.
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