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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 03, 1888

Page

7

New York and Neighboring Markets Hold Prices Steady

Market notes show eggs and beans largely unchanged with steadyForeign beans selling slowly at two dollars and twenty to two dollars and seventy five cents for medium and pea varieties. Various pea prices listed including choice small New York pea at three dollars and fifteen cents, large hand picked New York pea at three dollars, screened peas at two fifty to two eighty five, and yellow eyes at two eighty five to two ninety. Potatoes in good supply with fair demand. Jerseys two dollars, natives two twenty six to two thirty seven percent, Long Island and Jersey market unsettled. Hay and straw steady with mixed quality pricing. poultry supplies small with Northern fresh killed chicks at twenty five cents and fowls at fifteen to sixteen cents.

New York California West North Red Top Jersey Bristol Long Island

Banana laden steamers sail to Boston and New York firms

The Samana is due August 8 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Progress arrives August 6 from Jamaica for G H Harding. The Aguan is due August 9 from Jamaica for the Boston Fruit Company. The Karl Konow is due August 8 from Baracoa with bananas for WW & C BR Noyes. Samana has arrived from Jamaica.

Samana Boston Fruit Company Jamaica Progress G H Harding Aguan Karl Konow Baracoa WW & C BR Noyes

Fruit market prices and arrivals in Baltimore area trades

The market shows steady to rising demand across fruits with Baltimore early harvests at 3 3 50 per barrel and 1 2542 00 per crate for Black Astralians. Oranges and lemons remain at old prices with Palermo oranges at 6 7 per box and Messina lemons at 3 5 per box. Raspberries arrive in poor condition with quart prices 12 15 cents and pints 6 8 cents. Bananas arrive in large steamer lots with Reds at 1 and yellows at 1 25 per bunch. Californias auctioned at prices for nectarines plums and prunes.

Baltimore Palermo Messina S. C Delaware Boston Fruit Company California California Fruit Union Harris & Co

Local Produce Prices From A Market Ledger

Market notes list new marrow squash at 150 per barrel and assorted vegetables with varied prices. Native greens peas tomatoes cabbage beans onions and cucumbers appear with crate bush or basket quotes. cantaloupes closing out at 1.2 crate. green corn scarce. native tomatoes priced at 3 per bush box.

Baltimore Rhode Island Illinois Russia

Cotton Market Mixed as Prices Drift and Rain Fears Rise

Alan Asher & Co report New York and Liverpool cotton futures opening steady and closing firm with August and September contracts showing modest gains. Distant positions inch higher on buying from Liverpool amid rumors of Texas crop damage, though analysts see no real harm yet. Domestic spot firm at 59-16d for Middling Upland with sales around 12,000 bales. markets in Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Savannah and other ports show varied receipts and stocks while six day consolidated U.S. port totals rise.

Alan Asher & Co Cotton Brokers Exchanee Place Felows Liverpool Texas Georgia Crok New York Ais Dales Orleans Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wimington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Britain Continent Cincinnati C. St Louis France United States

Pork market prices hold firm amid strong demand

Pork product demand stays robust with long cuts at 18 50 to 18 60, short cuts 18 50, backs 18 60, lit backs 17 50, lean ends 19 60, pork tongues 19. Note: wrima mesa appears as a fragment.

Wrima Mesa

Dull Pork Market With Mixed Beef and Lard行情

New York pork trade shows dullness with some sales of mess at 14 dollars and new 1550s. beef markets steady to lower with scarce cut meats. Lard weak to lower as Western steam and city steam trades appear. fresh beef in limited supply with steady to strong prices for select cattle and varied ranges for veal and mutton across regions.

Orreus Tierces New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Hog and cattle markets across major U S cities slip and rise

Kansas City cattle receipts 5588 with dull trade and 5 to 10 cent price drops. hogs 4537 receipts active and steady with heavies 6.30 to 6.35. sheep 1782 receipts steady. St Louis hogs firm with light weights 6.35 to 6.55, Peoria hogs firm 5.90 to 6.60. Cincinnati hogs dull 5.50 to 6.60. Chicago cattle receipts 10,000 with steer and beef prices steady. hogs 12,000 receipts steady for good, lower for others.

Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Sugar market steadies with mixed quotes across grades

Sugars remain quiet and firm with Cuba refined at 5% sc 6s 63-16c and Manila varieties. Refined sugars sell in fair demand at steady prices with multiple A and C grades quoted between 6% and 7% cents per pound. Wholesale granulated at 7c. Molasses unchanged with prices from 26c to 38c per gallon for several Caribbean sources. New York reports no change.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Davas New York Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez

Market Notes Across Cities Show Steady Prices

In New York City fair demand for tallow and coffee with modest yields. New York higher oil and turpentine prices noted. Chicago whiskey unchanged at 120 dollars. St Louis, Cincinnati steady around 114 dollars. Turpentine and petroleum markets mixed with resin and tar varying, RSW quoted, cases at two cents.

New York

Imports and Exports August 2 1888 Baracoa Jamaica

Imports and exports report cargo shipments across ports including Baracoa Jamaica and Boston Fruitco. Details show Steamer Viking 875L bananas to Baracoa and Lorenzo D Baker 11 998 bananas coco nuts mangoes to Boston. Yarmouth and Greenwood Isles listings include eggs butter fish cherries woollen cloth and other goods with multiple firms named.

Baracoa Viking Halibut Karelay & Co Jonea & Co Hull & Co Greenwood Isles Shumway Delong & Seaman Webber

Shipping cargo list from Atlantic ports and vessels

A coastal cargo digest listing steamer and schooner consignments across multiple ports including Liverpool St John Fredericton Moncton Dorchester Moncton and Annavolis. Items include 2000 barrels pork 500 bolls shooks 100 bags cocoa nuts 49615 bush corn 120 tierces ribs lard cotton oil cake fresh beef grease tallow tobacco bones canned lobsters and various other goods on ships Nina Ella J Glad Tidings Lady Franklin Edward Cushing New Brunswic run and New Brunswick and Nova Scotia stations.

Liverpool Eng Roman Swedestrand Christiansand ST John and Fredericion Ella Moncton Dorchester Lock Port Shelburne Lady Franklin Aspinwall Usc Edward Cushing Annavolis Digmy New Brunswicn Ross and Paper

Staple Goods Receipts Aug 2 1888 Railroads List

Boston & Albany and other lines report large consignments of wool flour bales corn beef pork lard butter cheese eggs tea sugar and various railroad car counts. The ledger lists barrels bales sacks cases and boxes across multiple lines including Grand Junction Boston & Providence and New York & New England with leather hides and timber also noted.

Boston & Albany Grand Janeton Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony New York & New England Railroad Fltchburg Boston & Maine Railroad

Freight cargo totals across regional rail and sea routes

Summary lists extensive freight by rail and sea for Boston and Maine lines Western and Lowell Systems, noting bales wool, hides, leather, cheese, eggs, lumber, and various grains, plus by express and by sea shipments including tea, molasses, lard, apples, coffee, and beans with numerous chest, bale, and barrel counts.

Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell Express

Foreign Markets Update From London and Liverpool Trade

London and Liverpool report cargo activity and price levels for wheat and corn. Weathered by August and September contracts in Calcutta and Australian markets, futures firmer in Liverpool, with California wheat quotes and mixed American corn prices. Antwerps spot wheat eases as No 1 standard California and No 2 red winter prices are noted.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Calcutta Paris Liverpool California Antwerp Aung

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town

Abilene Kansas and many other cities list boot and shoe buyers and agents from firms such as Faulkner Warner Lobe Carroll Bear Frank Urner Dixon Preiss Goldsmith Marks Lutz Lindheim Evansville Wood Lewin Richardson Hays Keith Keiser Jennings Wesson Morse Kirkendall MecDougall Terry Foster Sullivan Kahn Long Starkey Keet Lewis Kelley Nettleton Solomon Vila Hohenberg among numerous dealers and firms visiting for purchases. The compilation records names and firms from Baltimore Chicago Philadelphia San Antonio Selma Shreveport and other locations reflecting a national trade in footwear.

Baltimore M H Bear A S Frank Frank & Adler J H Urner Sides & Urner J B Dixon W T Dixon & Bro c J Preiss Omaha Philadelphia Penn W Terry Rowe & Terry E Foster F L Foster & Sons San Antonio Tex R Sullivan Selma Ala Kahn G W Lewis O J Lewis & Co T Kelley Kelley, Goodfellow & 10 Tre. Scranton

York Item Briefly Noted In A Midmonth Wire

A fragmentary entry from a midmonth wire mentions York with partial details. The readable bits imply a short note about a person or event connected to York, but the exact action or date remains unclear.

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