Commercial Matters Market Roundup From News Ledger
Commodity notes show steady fish dull flour and oats firm rye dull corn slow cornmeal firm and meal quiet. Cottonseed meal quick malt slow hops dull butter steady oleomargarine dull cheese slow eggs very quiet beans quiet potatoes easier poultry firm hay straw firm few truck activity apples steady oranges firm lemons unchanged California fruits active bananas steady pork in fair demand lard firm hogs unchanged corned beef dull fresh beef steady mutton quiet lambs plentiful veals dull tallow easy sugars steady molasses slow.
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Graham
California
Fall River Cloth Market Steady Amid Light Sales
Fall River reports a quiet textile market with print cloths steady and firm and few transactions. Spot prices range 3.15 to 3.16 cents, futures at 37s8c, reflecting cautious demand and stable near-term outlook.
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Fall River
Wheat Market Slumps as Receipts Rise Across Regions
Chicago market shows early steadiness giving way to weakness as local buyers reduce activity amid larger receipts. Corn declines follow wheat with cautious selling by bears and a firm but shifting outlook for the coming weeks. Provisions retreat after a brief advance, with hogs and lard seeing tighter supplies and cautious selling pressures.
The Fish Trade Weekly Mackerel Report
The mackerel fishery remains light with stock short and prices firm. Foreign arrivals total about 625 barrels from England Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island while domestic landings reach 69 barrels. Prospects for a larger catch are not better than recent weeks though fish are more visible on shores. Demand holds with good movement from the Pennsylvania and western markets though lower prices would boost Southern activity.
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Chicago
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Boston
Northwestern
Issy
Issa
Gilman, Cheney & Co
Beerbohm’s
East
New England
England
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
North Bay
Pennsylvania
West
Foreign and domestic mackerel markets drift on supplies
Mackerel prices move with mixed receipts and variable stocks. Domestic and Nova Scotia offerings show $16 to $20 per barrel for various grades while Prince Edward Island and Irish catches fetch $16 to $18, aided by poor recent landings. Foreign ships withhold supplies as catch prospects depend on May conditions, with continued high prices likely if domestic output remains limited.
Flour and Grain Prices and Today’s Market Report
Domestic flour quotations cover both wholesale and jobbing with prices ranging from 2.35 to 4.60 per barrel or sack equivalents. Today’s inspections included 8 carloads of mixed corn and oats, while receipts reached 5025 barrels and 9685 sacks, with demand described as dull and buyers seeking only immediate needs. New wheat arrivals are in good condition, while prices span fine to winter wheat roller varieties, reflecting current market conditions.
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Minnesota
Michigan
Grain market report with varied futures and spot prices
New York and Chicago grain markets show mixed receipts and exports. Prices for wheat corn oats rye and flour shift with dull or weaker sentiment across cities like New York Chicago and St Louis. Reports cite large receipts, export sales and steady to lower quotes for No 2 red No 2 white and other grades.
Daily Produce Receipts and Market Tone Across Cities
Today's receipts show Butter 7722 pkgs Oleomargarine 963 pkgs Cheese 580 boxes Eggs 1074 cases Potatoes 10 cars Hay 5 cars Straw 8 cars Beans none. Last year Butter 10830 pkgs Oleomargarine 35 pkgs Cheese 1432 boxes Eggs 2950 cases Beans 52 bbls Potatoes 2 cars Hay 30 cars Straw 4 cars. Markets note steady prices with generally quiet demand across Chicago New York Liverpool and regional reports. Eggs and Beans steady. Potatoes large supply and lower prices. Sweet Potatoes gains noted. Hay and Straw market incomplete.
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Chicago
New York
Liverpool
Hebrons
Long Islands
Jerseys
Bristol Ferry
Maryland Eastern
North Carolina Reds
Market Report On Vegetables And Produce Prices
market shows steady supply with quiet trade. onions onions beets carrots lettuce turnips cucumbers beans cabbage peas squash peppers tomatoes celery and eggplants listed with varied prices per bunch box crate bush and dozen across regions including Norfolk Providence FloridA Kalamazoo and native varieties. specific rates include onions 11c to 150c per unit, beets 40c per box, cucumbers 1 per 100, tomatoes 75c per crate, celery 20c per bunch.
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Malta
Long Island
Norfolk
Providence
Florida
Jersey
Kalamazoo
Fruit Market Prices Range for Apples Oranges and Pears
Market notes show steady demand for ripe apples and steady to firm prices for oranges and lemons. Pear supply is large with mixed demand. Georgia Le Contes and Virginia Bartletts appear at notable prices, while Delaware peaches arrive in good condition with strong basket sales.
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Messina
Palermo
Georgia le Contes
Laware
Beurre Giffords
Bell
Delaware
Express
Fruit Market Report Unsold Baskets Mark Prices in New York and Georgia
New York 10 lb baskets sell at 50c for choice lots with some poor fruit as low as 25c. Georgia peaches scarce. four-basket carriers sold at 150, regular carriers at 3. Cantaloupes well supplied, choice lots in demand at 1 150 per barrel and 50 75c per basket. Blueberries quiet at 8 11c per quart. Raspberries scarce. trade quiet at 10 15c per quart. Whortleberries well supplied. quiet at 5 10c per quart. Pineapples ample for quiet trade. small ones 5 10c per choice. Grapes in poor condition, slow sale. Carolina Ives and Moore's early 40-50c per 10-lb basket, ceuwons at market. Watermelons smaller supply, fair demand at 12-20c each. Bananas well supplied. Jamaica 1 226, Baracoa 1 150% per bunch, 1 12% for red. Port Limons 1 75 per bunch.
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Gloucester
Nova Scotia Dry Bank
Nova Scotia Aken Shore Command
Eastport
New York
Columbia
Alaska
Largo
Middle Bank
Maine
Boston
Georgia
Carolina
Ives and
Moore
Carolina Delawares
Jamaica
Baracoa
Port Limons
Steamers to Arrive with Fruit Cargoes at Boston Port
The Savannah boat due Monday carries 816 pias fruit and 24 000 watermelons. The Olympia, which passed Gibraltar July 23 for Boston, arrives with 300 half boxes Palermo oranges 13 300 boxes Palermo lemons 1 000 boxes Naples oranges and 700 boxes Naples lemons.
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Olympia
Palermo
Naples
Gibraltar
Boston
Saturday's Train Load of Potatoes Peaches and Pears
A Saturday shipment lists 3 cars of potatoes 2 cars of peaches and 1 car of pears arriving for delivery. Twenty-four cars of perishable goods on hand reflect a steady agricultural trade.
Provisions Market Report with Varied Supplies and Prices
Receipts today list tallow 37 pkgs beef 20 bbls pork 20 bbls lard 1291 pkgs hams 2 bbls 194 tierces preserved meats 905 cases bacon 221 boxes. Last year’s figures show mixed totals. Regional markets show tallow steady, lard higher early then weak, beef tierced slow, pickled meats active, and lard export demand steady with prices around 6.60 to 6.62 per tierce. Continuous notes indicate overall provisions steady to unchanged across major centers including Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and South America demand.
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New York
South America
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Hog and cattle markets across major exchange hubs
Kansas City reports cattle receipts of 3451 with higher prices for shipping steers at 305 425 and cows to 205. hogs receipts 3035 with stronger market, prices 4 4 40. sheep steady at 3 3 60. Cincinnati and Chicago show mixed but generally firm to higher hogs and cattle with Texas cattle weaker. lambs fetch up to 6.
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Kansas City
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Cotton markets show firm US and Liverpool activity
New York cotton firm with 681 bales sold. quotes range from 80-16c to 119-16c for various grades while futures open steady and close dull. Liverpool market quiet but steady with American figures: quiet sales of 7000 bales and mixed receipts, prices around 6d to 6 1/4d. National trade data track net receipts, stocks, exports, and prices across major ports.
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Opanins
Icossesays
Angeust
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Britain
Ue Mobile
C. Memphis
Savannah
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Wilmington
Norfolk
Mid
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Great Britain
Cinecinnati
St Louis
Louisville
France
Continent
United States
Liverpool
Wholesale Sugar and Oil Market Update August 1 1889
Pipe line certificates closing August 1 1889 opening August 3 highest and lowest prices listed for cottonseed oil and related certificates. Sugar and molasses prices and receipts note demand steady, Cuba Manila and Java grades priced. refined tiers shown. molasses receipts 10 puncheons. New York raw markets described as dull and weak.
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Seeseereevens
Spree Palates Tablathip
New York
Market Quiet as Prices Hold Across Regions
On the same day last year, trade was light with steady levels. Prices listed include Fancy Ponce Porto Rico at 45¢ per gallon, Porto Rico common to choice 37 to 43¢, New Orleans 46 to 47¢, Cienfuegos 28 to 31¢, back strap 16 to 17¢, boiling grades 50, Bluec. New York reports no change.
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Minneapolis
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Duluth
Ponce
Porto Rico
New Orleans
Cienfuegos
Market closes with steady tones in whiskey and chemicals
Whiskey markets unchanged in tone and price. New York turpentine closed at 40 12 41 4c with resin at 105 10 and tar at 3. Petroleum prices listed include 7 60c with ASW at 7 40c and cases at 9 30c.
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New York
Imports at J. W. Williams Storage August 2 1889 Halifax
Listing of shipments received at Halifax harbor with multiple firms and items. Fresh mackerel, salmon, canned fish, molasses, salt fish, dried fish, lobsters, and drums noted from Barclay Co. Es Ellis Co. Fenerty McKinnon Atwood Taylor Mayo Hatheway Revere Delong Seamann Russell Whitney Pousland C D Stone plus orders.
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Halifax
Barclay & Co
Ellis & Co
Fenerty
Delong & Seamann
el’ Russell & Co
Transoceanic cargo manifests show diverse goods mixed in routes
A Havana to New York voyage lists 8 tons of coke on the Indian Prince while other ports like Port Acadia and Yarmouth report flour, lard, butter, fruit, and naval stores. The brig Water Witch at Port-au-Prince ships fire bolts and nails. Venetian in Liverpool exports ink, butter, varnish, and beef. Eng Liverpool shows beef, cattle, tea, and textiles among vast consignments.
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New York
Port Acadia
Liverpool
Yarmouth
Cow Bay
Port-Au-Prince
Hayti
Brig
Eng
Venetian
London and Liverpool grain markets steady amid mixed signals
Foreign markets report wheat and corn offerings scarce off the coast while inland, wheat and corn hold steady to firm. Liverpool spot wheat firmer and corn stronger with ample American receipts, prices for winter and spring wheat, mixed American corn, pork and lard varied, and Paris Antwerp quotes noted.
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London
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
California
Antwerp
Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town in Various Cities
A dense list of buyers and firms across multiple cities including Athens, Baltimore, Charleston, Chicago, Cincinnati, Corsicana, Eldorado, Grand Rapids, Hornellsville, Knoxville, Louisville, Macon, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Omaha, Reading, Yopeka, Wichita. Names of representatives and firms span W Richardson & Co, Selz Schwab, Kelloge Johnson, Knorr & Ruth, Chase & Co, and others.
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Chicago
W Marks
Cincinnati
L Virden
Mabley & Carew
Corsicana
Tex
J Sullivan
Eldorado
Kan
M Abeles
Grand Rapids
Mich
R Mayhew
Hornellsville
W Richardson
W Richardson & Co
Knoxville
Tenn
W Borches
McNalty & Borches
Louisville
J Duveneck
Kleinhaus & Simonson
Macon
Strong
Minneapolis
Minn
F Knoblanch
A Knoblanch & Sons
New Orleans
S Lon
Omaha
G M Chase
Chase &Co
Wichita
R H Smith
Smith & Stover
Arsenic as a Medicine Questioned in a Case Study
A Portland Globe reader argues arsenic is a dangerous drug, recounting a consumption case where four prescriptions including arsenic and strychnine failed. After hospital treatment with Murdock's Liquid Food and nourishing diet, the patient improved markedly, gaining weight and strength while avoiding further medicines.
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Lafayette Avenue
Job
Murdock
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