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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 01, 1888

Page

7

Market Summary and Quotations From New York to Milwaukee

Rye quotes steady with No 1 at 56c in Chicago and 46c regional rye. Millfeed and middlings steady with spot prices for spring and winter sacks. Cottonseed meal steady with prime in sacks 26 75 to 26 00 per ton. Hops dull and unchanged with 1887 lots listed in New York and Eastern markets.

Bush New York Chicago Milwaukee Graham Fleur Canada Choice

Butter and dairy prices show quiet markets and firm quotes

The market for butter remains quiet with summer creameries dull yet available, prices steady. Butter quotes include Western extra fresh firsts at 18 19c and Vermont extras at 21 22c, while New York and Chicago markets reflect steady or inactive demand. eggs and cheese hold near last quotes with varying regional levels.

Choice Western Vermont Extra Vermont Eastern Creamery Elgin Chicago Elgin Creamery Western Creamery St Albans New York Ohio Sage Liverpool New Hampshire Michigan Nova Scotia New Brunswick P E Island Eastern Bush California West Jersey Bristol Long Island

Banana Steamers Arrive for Boston Fruit Trade

The Balder arrives from Baracoa with bananas for G H Harding. The Ee from Baracoa carries bananas for WW and C R Noyes. The Lorenzo D Baker is due Aug 2 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Trust Company. The Samana is due Aug 3 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Banana Steamers Balder Baracoa G H Harding WW & C R Noyes Lorenzo D Baker Jamaica Boston Trust Company Samana Boston Fruit Company

Fruit Market Prices and Auctions in Early Baltimore Trade

Market reports show well supplied fruit with steady sales. Baltimore early harvests bring 2.50 to 3.50 per barrel for apples, 1.26 per quarter for crates, red astralains 2.50 to 3.50 per barrel, sweet apples 3 to 4 per barrel. Oranges Palermo 6 to 7 per box, Palermo lemons 35 per box, Messina lemons 3 to 5 per box. Blackberries 8 to 10 cents quart Jerseys and Delawares. native berries 15 to 18 cents quart. blueberries various regional quotas. Currants 7 to 9 cents large, 5 to 6 cents small. Raspberries 10 to 14 cents quart, 5 to 7 cents pint, 3 to 4 cents per 3 cups. Watermelons 20 cents small, 25 to 28 cents medium, 33 to 35 cents extra. Norfolks 15 to 25 cents. Peaches from Delaware auction two car lots by Jona, Bigelow & Co. California fruits: peaches 1.60 to 2.87?, plums 1.12 to 1.40, prunes 1.10 to 1.62, pears 34 to 65 per box. sale Thursday two cars.

Baltimore Palermo Messina Berrie Jerseys Delawares Massachusetts New Hampshire South Carolinas Jona, Bigelow & Co Delaware Caifornia Fruits H Harris & Co

Market Report From The Truck Trade With Prices

The market remains well supplied with steady demand. Prices vary by item including marrow squash at 1 5021 75 per barrel, native peas 150 per bush, Baltimore tomatoes 40c per crate, Rhode Island tomatoes 1 1 25 per crate, and native cabbage 36c per 100 count. Green corn scarce at 15 25c per dozen. native tomatoes quoted 350 400 per bush box.

Baltimore Rhode Island Illinois Russia

Provisions Market: Pork and Lard Prices Steady to Firm

A fair demand for pork products supports steady to firm prices across hogs, smoked meats, and lard. Long cuts range from 1750 to 1800, backs near 18, lean ends 18, pork tongues 19, and prime mess 1750. New York pork stronger but quiet. beef quiet. cut meats firm with modest sales.

New York

Allan Asher & Co Reports Mixed Cotton Market Activity

Allan Asher & Co notes a quieter market with slightly lower August prices, bull investors briefly driving and then bracing the market. New York futures opened and closed steady as July through December spreads shifted, while regional ports show varied receipts, stocks, and midpoints across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Wilmington, Norfolk, Charleston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Louisville.

Allan Asher & Co Exchange Place New York Bole Sis Bos Wueeees SIP Ome Esas Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Memphis Savannah Wilmington Norfolk Charlestoun Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Great Writain France United States

Sugar Prices Steady Across Refined and Raw Markets

Sugars show quiet, firm demand with steady quotations for Cuba and Javas. Refined sugar grades remain firm with powdered and granulated variants holding firm. confectioners and standard grades listed. Molasses market steady with mixed Puerto Rico and Caribbean grades. New York market described as dull.

Cuba Manilas Javas New York Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities

Kansas City stock yards show cattle receipts 7073 with steady prices. Hogs receipts 4651 active, firm prices across heavies and lights. St Louis hogs firm with light weights at 640 to 645 and packers 635 to 660. Peoria hogs firm 6 66. Cincinnati hogs active higher with packers 650 to 685. Chicago cattle receipts 8000 with slow trade. beeves six twenty five to six twenty five. steers eight five to five seventy five. stockers and feeders 190 to 350. Hogs in Chicago receipts 9000, steady to lower. mixed 605 to 665, heavy 620 to 675, light 620 to 675. Sheep receipts 8500 with natives 250 to 450, Western 350 to 440, Texas 390, lambs 450 to 2600.

City Continent S A Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Brighton Kansas City Peoria Texas

Miscellaneous commodity market quotes and prices

The report notes quiet demand with steady prices across items. It lists city and country quotes for spirits and resin, a firm New York market with large sales, Rio at 14 cents, and turpentine and petroleum figures including tar resin and RSW costs amid nominal readings.

New York Rio

Watertown Union Live Stock Market July 31 1888

Market report shows sheep and cattle totals for the week ending July 31 1888 from Boston coverage. Beef prices range from first to third quality. store cattle prices given for working oxen cows yearlings and calves. hogs and sheep and lamb prices listed. hides tallow and skins values noted. figures quoted in dollars and cents.

Boston George J. F Brighton

Watertown Livestock Market Report It Details Prices and Sales

The Watertown market notes a modest cattle supply from country towns and firmer overall sentiment. Grass fed cattle sell earlier this season with about a one cent gap versus corn fed. Notable sales: J A Hathaway 14 steers at 85.40 per hundredweight, J F Atherton 18 four year olds to dress 750 pounds at 6 1/2, M G Flanders 12 steers at 334 per hundredweight. Sheep section reports around 3000 head, Canada lambs, and varied prices with strong demand for good flocks. Northern stock higher, butchers cautious on shrinkage.

Union Market Watertown Hathaway J F Atherton M G Flanders New York Canada Hastings Combs & Farrar Yge

Imports and Exports July 31 1888 Glasgow

The list records numerous cargo items and consignments shipped from Glasgow and cadiz with names of shippers and buyers. Items include pig iron casks bichromate potash soda earthenware dry goods trusses granite and flax. Abbreviations denote multiple firms such as Jordan Marsh Co Simons Hatch Whitten and Wm H Ford among others.

Glasgow Scot Curtis Baring Bros & Co Do Soda JL &D Riker -Scrates Henry McShane Willow JA & W Bird & Co Simons, Hatch & Whitten Brown, Durrel & Co Moors & Co Ford Sargent, Lord

Massive Atlantic Trade Lists Fill July 31 Exports Page

The July 31 1888 export ledger from Yarmouth Nova Scotia Cayenne FG Arichat NS Melbourne Australia and Annapolis lists vast cargoes. Steamer Yarmouth ships cordage oatmeal flour corn beef pork lard sugar tin cans lumber hardware and more. Bark Carib Samuel H Nickerson and Edward Mayo export tin cans leather sugar kerosene and lumber. Schooners North America Adelia and Canning Packet show flour cornmeal and fuel clears.

Yarmouth Arichat North America Melbourne Aus Samuel H Nickerson Edward Mayo Clementspor Adelia Annapolis Canning Packet

Staple Trade Receipts and Freight Totals of 1888 Railroads

Readable as a historical ledger, the note lists July 31 1888 receipts for multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Western Lowell System and related consignments of wool cotton flour oats meat butter cheese eggs beans potatoes leather hides skins and various bundles by car, crate, and bale.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Oston & Maine Railroad Lowell

Foreign markets report from London and Liverpool July 31

Beerbohm notes cargoes off the coast with three arrived since last report. Wheat and corn markets firm with shipments awaiting sale. Paris markets quiet. Liverpool spot wheat and corn firmly held as breadstuffs firm and receipts large. Prices listed for Calcutta wheat and Danubian and River Plate corn. Weather in England unsettled.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Calcutta Paris Liverpool California Michigan England

Market Prices Report for Wheat Corn and Provisions

Spring wheat quoted at 6s 9d and 6s 10d with club wheat firmer at 7s 2d. Corn mixed Western stronger at 4s 714d, leas steady at 68 2d. Provisions rise with work at 71s 3d. Bacon firmer at 46s short clear and 45s long clear. Cheese steady at 46s. Tallow unchanged at 22s 6d.

Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County Listings

Suffolk County transfers show Mary Gorman to Ctargaret Haggerty on Genesee street for 100 with a 1500 mortgage to Massachusetts Title Insurance Co. Shawmut avenue transfers include James L. Harrick to El vira W. Goode and John Pringle to Susan E. Young on Sixth and Fifth streets for 100 each. Dorchester notes Samuel B. Pierce to Haitie D. W. Crafts for Nelson street 100 and Frederick C. Tsdle to Ad Ine W. Griswold for Elmo street 5000. West Roxbury lists Lawrence Worton to Catherine Tracy on Call street 849 with 450 mortgage. Roxbury records Edwin Miles to El a G. O Rourke for Mills street 4100 with 3100 mortgage back. Revere documents Joseph C. Walbourne to Edward G. McNaught on Crescent avenue 2300.

Genesee Street Mary Gorman Ctargaret Haggerty Massachusetts Title Insurance Company Shawmut Avenue James L. Harrick Elvira W. Goode South Boston John Pringle Susan E. Young Sixth Street Susan _E. Young Fifth Street Dorchester Samuel B. Pierce Haitie D. W. Crafts Nelson Street Frederick C. T Sdle Ad Ine W. Griswold Elmo Street West Roxsparky Lawrence Worton Catherine Tracy Call Street Roxpury Edwin Miles El’a G. O’ Rourke Mills Street Revere Joseph C. Walbourne Edward G. McNaught Crescent Avenue

Mortgage transfers on Dorchester and surrounding areas

Credit activity shows several July mortgage filings: Robert Crampton and others borrowing against parcels on Dorchester avenue Dorchester for 500 dollars. Phillip Dennehey borrowing 1600 at Union Street Charlestown. Isabella Geee loaned 1150 on Winthrop Street Winthrop. Sarah Tasker borrowing 110 on Trenton Street East Boston. James Harrick securing 2500 on Shawmut Avenue Boston.

Robert Crampton Et al South Workingmen’s Loan Association Trenton Street Boston James L. Harrick Northampton National Bank Shawmut Avenue

Boston and Maine Rail Lines Schedules of City Ticket Offices

Boston and Maine Railroad lists city ticket office locations at 218 Washington Street and Haymarket and Causeway Street stations with daily departure times to Augusta Bangor Old Orchard Portland Poland Springs Bar Harbor St John Calais Eastport and Castine including steamship connections and the Portland route via Mall fax and St. John with specific morning and afternoon times and notes on Pullman service and extra fares. mentions connections with Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox and Lincoln routes and the Lewiston Manchester and North Conway services with varying departures.

Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Depot Causeway Street Boston Winchendon Affrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burington St. Albans St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company Cheshire R. RK White River Junction Central Vermont Points West Ches Nehire & Monadnock K. R Wagner Palace Montreal & West Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Central Vermont Kk. A Washington Street J. W. Hobart W. Cummings Lass Agi Augusta Haymarket St Causeway St Bansor Gar Harbor St. John Halifax Provincivs Ilaymarket Sq Old Orchard Portland Poland Springs Bangor Bar Afarbor Liaymarket Sq Mt. Desert Eastport Calais Mallfax Haymarket Square Mockland Castine Southwest Far Archers Wortland Lewiston Yain Manchester Concord N. M North Haymarket Sq North Conway Lym New York New England Summer Street Grand Central Depot H.R. R Broadway Vining A. C Kendall Boston & Albany R.rune Hoston Sation Kneeland Street Springfeld Pittsfield Albany

Western Division Train Schedules for Massachusetts and New Hampshire

A dense listing of train times across towns including Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Kennebunk Biddeford Saco North and South Lawrence Lowell Malden Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Sate Waheneld Wilmington and surrounding stations. Sunday times are included for Dover Caverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading Way Stations.

Alton Kay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Amy Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden de Medford Melrose Reighlands Melrose Merrinac North Andover Newburyport Waheneld Wilmington Caverhill Lawrence Manchester Bam Sam Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading and Way

Eastern Division Trains From Boston to Amesbury Area

Train schedules list departure times from Boston stations to Amesbury and surrounding towns including Biddeford Chelsea Dover and Manchester with Sunday and weekday services. The dense timetable covers dozens of routes and times across multiple lines and branches.

Train schedules and routes to Chicago and Lews

Railway notices show express daily trains from several lines to Chicago via Niagara Falls and Grand Trunk, with sleeping cars and connections to Troy Albany and Binghamton. Additional services to Lews via Wabash Western include varied departure times and prices, plus Sunday timings and stop details.

Leng Gee Aes Cletce DE Duitunier Bleean Trbine Lanfuaretg Ryent Alls Michigan Central Ath Palace Chicago Niagara ‘Alls Grand Trank Railway Lews Wabash Western Railway LP Pom Troy Albany Binghamton Li Pu Sun

Park Square New Work and Diverse Sunday Schedules

Schedule fragment lists Park Square New Work and Shore Line services with varied Sunday times and exceptions. It references Providence Division, stations, and multiple time entries, including 10.1% celly and 12.30 12.45 pm notes, indicating a disjoint timetable extraction with numerous irregularities and incomplete items.

Rivers de Main Line Loston Wellester Hills Worcester Store Ewton Highlands Astop A. S. Llanson J. SY. Gallup Pass Nashua Sowell Lawrence Stoneham and Way Lexingeton and Way Woburn and Way Winchester Wiuy Manchester Concord Montreal Park Squar New Wa

Cape Cod Division Bus Schedule Fragments

Cape Cod division timetable lists routes from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and numerous towns with times around 9.00 am departures and afternoon returns. Includes Bourne, Bournedale, Brewster, Chatham, Hyannis, Wellfleet, Sandwich, Woods Hall, and Nantucket connections with morning and Sunday service notes.

Cape Cod Kneeland Street Buzzards Hay Shammstabie Burne Bournedale Brewster Cataucmet Chatham Cottage City Woods Hall Fairhaven Hattapoisett Marion Nantucket Onset Bay Province Town Sandwich Stuamore Yarmouth Brenont Wellfleet West Barnstable Wareham Warmouth

Scrambled Timetable Fragments From Unclear Local Transit

A jumble of times and places in what appears to be a fragmented transit schedule. Mentions Jamaica Plain Providence Indian Point Fox Point wharf and several sundays entries with numerous irregular times and routes.

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