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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Apr 28, 1890

Page

7

Stock Market Advances as London Prices Rise Strongly

New York April 27 The stock market opened higher on liberal London buying, led by St Pauls Erie and other favorites. Heavy early realizations sagged prices briefly but demand soon pushed most shares higher. Chicago Gas recovered from a weak start. Lackawanna and several issues posted losses, while Grangers and St Pauls stock advanced. Bond activity matched shares with over $1.1 million in new business and notable gains in Texas Pacific and Atchison issues.

New York London St. Pauls Erie Chicago Gas Lackawanna Chicago Gasis Grangers St. Paul Porrefine Texas Pacific Atchison Lehigh & Wilkesbarre Delaware & Hudson Extension Cedar Falls & Minneapolis Reading Laclede Gas Evansville & Indianapolis Consols

Commodities Mixed in Steady Market Report

Copper, tin and lead firmer while steel rails quiet. Sugar strong and coffees weak. Teas steady. Rice active. Butter firm and cheese strong. Beans active and grass seeds firm. Potatoes steady with sweet potatoes quiet. Hay improving and straw firm. Poultry slow. Maple sugar abundant. Fruits: Florida oranges scarce, Mediterranean fruit steady, pineapples quiet. Dried apples firm. Pork products steady. Corned beef and tongues about the same. Fresh beef firm, other fresh meats slow. Tallow quiet. High wines unchanged.

Tron Florida

Sugar Market Fluctuations Close Week Stronger

The grocery trade reports a quiet local sugar market with no weekly sales, while New York shows brisk centrifugals trading and a firm overall tone. London weakens then steadies, beet prices quoted at 12s 3d for April and 1284d for May, M Licht lifts beet crop estimate by 60,000 tons, refined sugar demand improves with granulated at 64.6d per pound.

New York London M. Licht

The Metal Trade Shows Little Change in Pig Iron Prices

Prices for American pig iron remain steady with light offerings and a sense of bottoming out. Pittsburg reports no clear improvement as furnacemen resist new contracts, while margins stay slim due to higher production costs. Steel, wrought iron, nails, and copper show mixed activity with firm bar iron and growing demand for structural iron and pipes amidst labor worries.

Pittsburg Philadelphia Record Gray Forge Middlesbrough Norway London

Market Update on Molasses Coffee and Commodities

Molasses trade shows limited foreign stock sales with small first-hand stock after 1049 hogsheads. Coffee remains volatile with firmer tones early in the week, eased by Rio cables, then modest gains with tiny weekly turnover. Rio and Havre prices soften yet gains in Java and Timor indicate mixed global demand. spices remain steady with cloves up and cassia firm. Domestic rice markets stay unsettled due to high Southern prices, with one sale reported at 6 cents per pound for 100 bushels of rough rice.

New York Philadelphia Rio Havre Hamburg Santos Java Timor Maracaibos Zanzibar Amboyna Japan China

Flour and meal trade tight with firm wheat prices

Receipts today include 4530 barrels and 3400 sacks of wheat flour 1075 barrels oatmeal and 470 barrels cornmeal Prices remain firm with fine and super fine flour 2 50 to 3 50 extra and second 3 to 4 50 Wisconsin Minnesota brands top at 5 10 to 6 60 Canadian export 4 65 to 4 75 fob Rye flour 3 50 400 lb Graham cur is steady and cornmeal sales show bag meal 88 90 1 2 for choice kiln dried 2 06 to 2 10 for granulated Oatmeal trade moderate with fine 4 50 to 4 60 and cut 6 20 to 6 25 per barrel.

Innesota Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Graham Lucerne Jersey Timothy Havana Bermudas Weaquote Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Rose Vermont Rose Hebrons New York Burbanks White Star Western Clear New Brunswick Nova Scotia Bebrons Floridas

The Grain Trade Receipts and Market Movements Today

Today's grain receipts totaled 7050 bu corn 15700 bu wheat 21820 bu oats 66 tons millseed 520 bu cottonseed meal 1320 bu barley and 4650 bu malt. Inspections included 66 cars of oats 18 cars of corn and 13 cars of wheat with steamer yellow priced around 464 465 4c and oats firm with No 2 white at 37 37 c. Cottonseed meal dull at 24 25 to arrive and 25 spot per ton.

Ellow New York Canada Michigan

Produce Trade Receipts and Market Prices Summary

The report details today’s receipts across staples including butter, oleo, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, sweet potatoes, hay, and straw with year over year comparisons. Butter shows firm demand for creamery grades with wholesale prices from 12 to 21c depending on quality. cheese remains firm with limited supply. eggs and beans show steady to firm activity with varying regional prices. grass seed demand is strong with firm Clover prices in Western and Northern markets.

Gona Choice New York State State Dairy New Western Dairy Western Creamery Western Herd Western Factory Elgin State Creamery Northern Choice Western Nova Scotia New Brunswick Michigaim Iowas Ohios Chicago Newark Bush York Vermont California Lima Choice Canada

Market Report Covers Potatoes Fruits and Truck Items

The report notes steady demand and mixed prices across commodities. It lists potato quotes for Havana Bermudas and various regional varieties, along with apples, onions, beets, carrots, lettuce, radishes, and cabbages. It also mentions poultry quotes, maple sugar, syrup, and truck crops, with freight and shipment details for Bermuda onions and the schooner Belle Brown.

Valencia White Cape St Andrews Providence Florida Virginia Charleston Chicago Savannah Bermuda Bennet, Rand & Co

Fruit trade steady with firm Baldwins and scarce staples

Market remains firm across fruits with quiet trade and limited supply. Baldwins fetch 4 50 a barrel for choice and 4 26 for good, russets at 4 4 50 per box, Florida oranges firm at 4 5 50 a box, and pineapples overstocked with green fruit selling 8 to 15 cents. Cranberries scarce at 10 18 a barrel. strawberries softer with 20 30 cents per quart.

Palermo Messina Florida California Bb F Southwick & Co

Steamers to Arrive with Fruit Cargoes and Provisions Trade

The Scotsman passed Gibraltar April 23 with 6000 boxes oranges and 11750 boxes lemons. James Turpie cleared Gibraltar April 17 for Boston with 2400 hf boxes and 4000 Messina oranges 3700 Messina lemons 2900 hf boxes 1400 Palermo oranges and 13200 Palermo lemons. Napier sailed from Messina April 15 for Boston with Sicily lemons and oranges. Espana, Marmion, Banan and Norfolk boat are due with bananas and produce for Boston Seaverns & Co. Provision trade shows mixed pork and beef quotes, steady prices for corned beef and tongues, and generally fair demand for Fresh Beef and other meats.

Scotsman Gibraltar James Turpie Messina Palermo Boston Napier Sicily Pontiac Dodona Mediterranean Boson Espana Banes Seaverns & Co Marmion Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Banan Boston Fruit Comany Norfolk

Print Cloth Market Steady in Fall River and Providence

In Fall River the print cloth market shows firm prices and activity with weekly production at 200000 pieces and sales near 115000 pieces, prices at 8 shillings for 64x64s and 3 pence for 60x56s, stock 43000 pieces. In Providence, rates hold steady at 3 1 6 pence cash for 64x64s and 3 pence cash for 56x60s with weekly sales totaling around 2000 pieces across various deliveries and stock details continuing.

Fall River Providence Manu

Wool sales show steady demand at London auction

At the London wool sales on April 26, 12,535 bales including Australian offerings were sold with moderate attendance and sustained competition. Better greasy merinos sold readily, cross-breds favored buyers, and lambs wool saw brisk demand. Purchases to date for the United States reached 2,300 bales, with 18,000 withdrawn and 2,440 unavailable. Details by region list prices for scoured and greasy lots across Victoria, New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, and Cape of Good Hope.

London Uni Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia New Zealand Cape of Good Hope Atal

The Cotton Markets In New York and Liverpool

New York cotton shows active trading with 55 300 bales sold as futures opened firm and closed steady. The table lists opening and closing quotes for futures through April 26 with strong gains in some months and steady prices overall. Liverpool market remains firm with Middling Upland at 67 16d. American sales totaled 12 000 bales. Consolidated daily receipts reached 2 287 bales, with 3 276 to Great Britain and 1 806 to France.

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Kansas City Hog and Cattle Markets 2006 Prices

Cattle and hog quotes show higher finish for shipping steers and beef cows at Kansas City. Hogs close weak with heavies around 4.74. mediums and lights near 4.12. Yorkers about 4.16. Sheep steady near 4.35, with Western and Texas calves and lambs listed. Chicago receipts show brisk demand on light supply for beeves and steers.

Kansas City Chicago Texas

Oil Market and Cottonseed Oil Certificates Update

The report covers closing prices and certificates for oil markets dated April 25 to April 26 1889. It lists crude runs shipments and averages for April, refined at 7.20 cents per gallon, plus prices for whiskey in Peoria Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati showing firm or steady market conditions with whiskey around 10.

F W Prescott & Co Devonshire Street Peoria Chicago St Loouis Cincinnati

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices Reported in New York

Turpentine closed at 39 cents with rosin at 81 3744 140 and tar at 225. Petroleum quoted 7.30 cents with American West at 7.20 cents and cases at 7.20 cents.

New York

Foreign Markets Report From London And Liverpool

Market bulletin notes cargoes off the coast with wheat firm and corn steady. Wheat arrivals and deliveries counted, prices for futures and Paris quotes given. Liverpool reports moderate demand for wheat, firmer corn, English markets firm, French markets quiet, quotes in shillings and pence for winter and spring wheat.

London Mark Lane Liverpool England Paris

Imports And Exports At Ramberg April 26 1890

Shipping list from Ramberg and Baracua outlines cargoes including Steamer Marseille with 7 cases cottons for Ross Turner Co and multiple consignments of woodenware china and toys, albums, marbles, glassware, and soap grease. Additional heavy items include 10 398 bags raw sugar, 560 casks potash, 150 casks sodium sulfate, 500 bales celluleis, and a cage and dog order. Baracua Steamer Stamford carries 10 000 bunches bananas via WW and C K Noyes.

Ramburg Marseille Cottons Ross, Turner & Co Louis Wolf & Co Stone & Downer Baracua Stamford

Exports April 26 1890 Demerara to Halifax and London

Shipping list notes cargoes from Demerara to NOR or Sydney including 250 bbls meal 8 do flour 3 carboys acid 25 bbls beef 25 do pork 9 do lard 300 cases salmon and Manila rope for Sch On Tine. Halifax consignments list flour beef pork butter canned goods oil and hardware. London steamer Milanese clears with wringers paper presses tools organs and extensive cargoes of meats oils lumber and miscellaneous merchandise.

Demerara Manila Nor'h Sydney Thomas Robertson Halifax Sch Ernst London Eng

Probate Court notices urge claims for Essex and Suffolk estates

A stream of probate citations announces hearings in Boston and Suffolk County. Henry Ruggles seeks trustee appointment under a will. Ellen Flynn's executrix seeks letters testamentary. Administrators for Thomas C. Davis and Harriet Robart publicize claims, bonds posted, and demands due.

Henry 8 Ruggles of Wakefield Middlesex H. Hollis Husnewell Walter Hunnewell Frank W. Hannewell John C. Pratt Boston Suffolk Boston Post Jonny W. McKim Kulj AH George Malachuoj Setts Ellen Flynn Loston Said Margaret C G. Flynn Sail Hoston Koston Post Koston Joan W. McKim, Esqui Elijah George Thomas C. Davis Sid WM. T. Davis O'Tlce Avn Moman Morgan Maugian Snuffolk Harriet Robart William H. Hobart

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