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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 02, 1888
Page
7
New York trade firm with light demand for Grahan Flour and demand varied for millfeed and cottonseed meals. Spot and shipping markets show quiet to moderate demand with prices listed for spring and winter bran and middlings, plus hops prices for 1887 varieties across New York and state locations.
Butter markets show no notable improvement with ample supply and quiet demand. Prices span 17c to 22c for various creamery and dairy grades, while cheese remains dull with limited gains. Eggs, beans, and produce also steady as buyers wait on wholesale, with jobbing margins noted.
The Viking arrived from Baracoa with bananas for WW & CR Noyes. The Lorenzo D Baker arrived from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Samana due August 3 from Jamaica for the Boston Fruit Company. The Progress due August 6 from Jamaica for G H Harding. The Aguan due August 9 from Jamaica for the Boston Fruit Company.
The fruit market reports steady demand across apples oranges berries and peaches. Baltimore early harvests sell at 2.50 to 3.50 per barrel and 12.5 to 22 per crate. red astralans 2.50 to 3.50 per barrel. sweet bourghs 8.3 to 4 per barrel. Palermo oranges 6.07 per box. lemons 3.5 per box. blackberries firmer at 7.8 cents quart Jerseys and Delawares. native berries 14-16 quart. blueberries 10-13 cents quart in Massachusets and New Hampshire. currants 7-9 cents large and 6-6 cents small. raspberries 10-15 cents quart 6-8 cents pint. Watermelon at 20-30 cents with some 35c fancy. Peaches sold at auction 150 per basket. Delaware crate peaches at 1 per crate. Bananas 7811 bunches plus 3000 coconuts. bananas 1 red and 1.25 per bunch yellow. coconuts 25 per 1000. Delaware lots at 3.3.265 and Virginias 1.75 per crate. California Fruit Union auction Thursday: 705 crates peaches, 615 crates plums, 317 crates prunes, 61 crates nectarines. H Harris & Co auctioneers Snow & Co Friday for peaches, pears and plums.
Market notes steady trading across vegetables and fruits. Quoted prices include New marrow squash at 150 to 175 per barrel, native green peas 150 per bush, Baltimore tomatoes 40 cents per crate, Rhode Island tomatoes 1 and 1/25 per crate, Jersey tomatoes 40 to 47 cents per crate, native cabbage 84 cents per 100 count, and various onions and beans. Norfolk boat due Friday carries 350 crates pears and 1,600 packages grapes among other produce.
New York reports pork prices holding firm with a broad range of cuts quoted. Long cuts at 18 1850, backs around 18 50, lean ends near 19 1950, fresh ribs at 10%c, sausages and bologna listed, hams and shoulders also priced, with city dressed hogs at 8c and other varying rates. beef dull and trading light on related notes.
Market reports show lambs at 6c to 7c per lb and sheep around 4c. Prices for milch cows range from 30 to 60 dollars with varied springers, calves and oxen sold by several dealers. Export trade notes a tentative decline next week as Liverpool prices firm.
Sugar and molasses quotations hold steady with minor variances. Cuba refine prices shown and old refined sugars steady with modest demand. granulated and confectioners' A ranges listed. New York reports a dull market with no notable changes across refined sugars and tropicals. price lines include Porto Rico samples and new crop indicators.
Stock Yards Kansas City reports cattle receipts 8771 with a draggy market, steers around 3350, natives 2260, hogs 4428 with active trade and prices 6.30 to 6.40 for heavies and 6.20 to 6.30 for mediums. St Louis hogs firm with light weights 63.5 to 65.5, Peoria easy at 59.5 to 65.5, Cincinnati hogs active 57.5 to 64, cattle in Chicago receipts 9000 with Texans 4500 and best natives 5.40 to 6.10, Texas cattle weak, hogs nationwide mostly lower, sheep mixed with active demand.
Allan Asher & Co report a near standstill in August as market uncertainty keeps volume light. 19,000 bales traded with two thirds August contracts, Liverpool prices weak, and New York futures open dull yet close steady. Regional receipts and stocks show varied firmness across ports.
Tallow prices steady with fair demand and unchanged. New York notes steady tone for 70 000 barrels at 4.40. Rio nominal for Cofte in New York. Whiskey in Chicago steady at 1.20. St Louis steady at 11.4. Turpentine closed 36 14 with rosin 10 3/4 and tar nominal. petroleum closed 6 1/2 to 6 3/4 with RSW 7 1/4 and cases 94.
A garbled snippet references imports and exports with scattered proper names likely from Nash Spaulding Co and Rabel-5353 sugar. The readable fragments hint at trade activity, company names, and regional mentions, suggesting an early 20th century business notice on commodity movements and market status.
Steamers Samaria and Milanese cleared in late July carried vast mixed consignments to London and Liverpool including beeswax lard butter beef pork and cheese along with machinery, textiles, furniture, hardware, and household goods. Port-au-Prince lists brick, chairs, kerosene, nails, herring, pine, alewives, oil and turpentine among cargoes aboard Water Witch.
Boston and Maine Railroad lists 1450 barrels flour 528 bales wool 1000 bushels corn 7000 bushels oats 68180 bushels malt 5650 bushels wheat 39 tons feed 29 cases in the August 1 inventory record.
A dense OCR fragment lists freight items by railroad lines including Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine divisions and by express or sea delivery. It catalogues bales wool bbls of pork grease tallow butter oleo cheese eggs hay straw lumber hides skins pelts and various sacks boxes and cases with quantities such as 100 bales wool 1600 bbls flour 1028 boxes cheese 15 000 bush corn 12 tons shorts and many others. The entry reads like a ledger of commodities moved across rail lines with varying unit measures and quantities.
A compact ledger style summary listing various goods with quantities and year references. Includes Cotton bales, Woolbirds, Butter, Flour, Oleo, Cornmeal, Eggs, Cheese, Beans, Wheat, Apples, Malt, Potatoes, Hay, Straw, Lumber, Beef, Pork, Leather, Hides, Bacon, Tongues, Grease, Boxes, Coffee, Sugar, Pelts, Molasses, and related units. Reflects yearly comparisons and stock counts from 1857 to 1888.
Reports from London and Liverpool show wheat and flour gaining while corn steadies. Prices in Calcutta and Paris firm with notes of robust demand. Liverpool stockpiles remain high as futures and spot values move, and weather remains wet in England.
James H Waugh of Boston petitions Suffolk Superior Court for a divorce from Freda M Ballou Waugh. He alleges three years of desertion since September 1873 and adultery in 1873 at Peabody Boston with unknown partners, asking for decree of divorce and related orders. The case notes prior residences in Chelsea Cambridge Lynn Peabody and Boston.
Massachusetts court orders libellant to publish attested copy of libel and order in Boston Post for three weeks and mail a registered letter to Freda M. Waugh before the first Monday in September. The notice requires her to appear in Suffolk County Superior Court to show cause why the libel should not be granted.
John T. Lynam of Boston asks the Suffolk Superior Court for a divorce from Elizabeth Lynam, alleging desertion since June 16 1882 and adultery on March 29 1883 in Boston. He states they were married February 21 1865 in Boston and lived there as husband and wife until the desertion.
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