Fruit Market Auctions Highlight Mixed Conditions and Strong Citrus Demand
At market today sales for berries and grapes varied with raspberries in poor shape and most berries selling around 10 to 15 cents. Blueberries were available soft at 5 to 6 cents, while North Carolina grapes showed limited quality. California fruit arrived in liberal quantities with good demand as H Harris & Co. reported high per box prices for pears peaches plums and grapes. Blake & Ripley expect large arrivals of Bartlett pears Crawford peaches orange cling peaches Rose du Peru grapes plums and early Crawford peaches to be sold upon arrival by H Harris & Co. Oranges and lemons priced for jobbing with Messina Palermo listings. Dried fruit demand weak and supply light. The steamer Bessarabia brings Palermo oranges and Palermo lemons for Monday sale.
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North Carolina
California
H. Harris & Co
Blake & Ripley
H Harris & Co
Messina
Palermo
Bessarabia
Market Report: Steady Beef and Pork Prices Across Regions
Demand remains steady for pork and lard with unchanged beef tones. Fresh beef and mutton show little change while country lamb and veal arrive mostly in poor condition. Exports recap lists New York Boston Philadelphia New Orleans totals and weekly comparisons. a detailed price list covers pork, lard, hams, shoulders, ribs, and beef cuts with regional variations.
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New York
Muouoga
Philadelpha
New Orleans
Choice City
Chicago
Brighton
Market Prices for Fresh Produce and Truck Demand
The notice lists current market prices for onions from Egypt and Jersey types, cabbages, beans, beets, turnips, corn, greens, squash, beets, carrots, lettuce, cucumbers, parsnips and more. It notes a good demand for trucks and includes assorted prices per case, basket, bush, box, dozen, or bunch.
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Maltas
Rhode Islands
Long Islands
Southern
Cotton and market summaries from late 19th century trade
Liverpool futures open firm and close steady with Aug to Jan prices around 5 6 to 5 28-64d. Spot U S goods at 542d ptb for middling. 12,000 bales sold, 7,700 American. receipts 5,000. New York spot easy with 10c middling, 5%e low middling. Pipe line certs detail August 1886 activity. Sugar steady with raw quotes and refined prices listed. molasses and other commodities noted with regional price marks.
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Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Manila
Lloilos
Belmont
Orto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Cuba
Market Report from Trade Centres Notes Wide Price Moves
Flour dull receipts 20 958 pkgs exports 1457 bbls and 4559 sacks while wheat firm with No 2 Chicago 78%4¢ and No 1 hard 86 14¢. Oats heavy in Chicago and Milwaukee oil and sugar futures steady. pork and lard prices mixed. regional receipts and shipments listed for Minneapolis Milwaukee Detroit Cincinnati and Chicago markets.
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New York
City
Minnesota
Chicago
Rio
Western Steam
City Steam
Western
Minneapolis
Northern
Milwaukee
Detroit
Cincinnati
Grain and whiskey markets steady amid receipts and shipments
In St Louis and Toledo trading districts on August 4 the market reports show flour quiet wheat lower corn and oats weak or lower with whiskey steady pork lard and dry salt meats firm or quiet. Receipts and shipments are listed including flour wheat corn oats and rye across the two cities.
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ST. Louis
Toledo
Foreign markets report from London and Liverpool
Beerbohm reports quiet cargo activity with wheat and corn at London and Liverpool. Prices show wheat firm to easy, with various futures quotes and parities across Calcutta and Walla Walla wheats, and notes on Paris and French markets remaining slow.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Calcutta
Walla Walla
Paris
Liverpool
California
Hog and cattle markets across major cities
Markets report weak hogs in Peoria at 490 to 530 while St Louis buyers pay 525 to 525 for mixer's packers and extra at 540 to 550. Chicago sees steady to slow cattle demand with receipts of 13 000 and 4 000 shipments. hogs at 470 to 520 with 510 to 540 for packing and shipping. Sheep and lambs show varied tones with natives 250 to 410 and Texans 250 to 360. lambs 460 to 6.
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Peoria
Svt
Texas
Cotton Market Report August Fourth Across U S Ports
Net receipts and exports vary by port with totals for six days: New York exports to continent 1375 sales 1050 stock 102,684. New Orleans receipts 209 gross 209 exports coastwise 1969 sales 100 stock 33,233. Philadelphia stock 16,519 quiet. Cincinnati shipments 74 stock 5,596 quiet. Consolidated six day totals show 1,361 net receipts and 11,255 exports to Great Britain, 14 to France, 318 to the continent, overall U S port stock 158,269.
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Ancosta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Willington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Great Britain
France
Continent
United States
Imports and Exports August 4 1887 Liverpool listing trade items
Shipping records show steamer Roman with caustic soda and pig iron consigned to King and Co. as well as a long inventory of metals wool textiles and agricultural products from numerous firms including Brown Bros Co and Baring Bros Co. arrivals in Liverpool and other ports. Entries include steel blooms tinplate wool hides leather and mdse with quantities such as 540 bales wool 300+ boxes tinplates and 11 800 bunches bananas for Port Morant Jamaica and 60 000 feet piling for Bear River Nova Scotia.
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Liverpool
Eng
E & F King & Co
Waalbaum & Co
Norway Steel & Iron Co
Wool Brown Bros & Co
Moise Baring Bros & Co
Fuller, Dana & Fitz
Sanitas Mfgco
Clark, Adams & Clark
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
French & Co
Jones
Torrey, Bright & Capen
Richard Briggs
Brown Bros & Co
Groom & Co
Moors & Co
Baring Bros & Co
Washburn & Moon Mfg Co
Jl& D
Riker
Maculiar
Parker & Co
Kendall & Barrows
Fairchild Paper Co
Storer & Co
Washburn & Moen Mfg Co
Moise Stone & Downer
Joel Goldthwaite
Wellington
Leather Wasbrouck & Co
Bolls Steel Wetherell Bros
Baring Bros
Seavey
Jonar & Bowman
Dame
Stoddard & Kendall
Coleman, Mead &Co
Albion
Feak & Co
Aring Bros & Co
Babcock
Fulier, Dana & Fitz
Hiland, Chessman & Co
Oakum Baring Bros & Co
Port Morant
Jam
Boston Fruit Co
Bear River
Florence Christine
Delong & Seaman
Mobile
Asia
Jennie Hall
Cypress Lumber
Wellman, Hall & Co
Exports from Margaretvile to New England and Europe
Shipping list dated August 4 1887 records Elizabeth schooner sailing from Margaretvill e Nova Scotia with 125 barrels of flour. Also cargoes from Digby and Annapolis to unspecified routes including New York box hardware and various perishable goods. Palestine steamer cleared August 2 from Liverpool carrying cotton, bacon, beef, wheat, corn and other commodities. Grace Rice schooner from Weymouth Nova Scotia with 125 barrels of flour and a crate of crockeryware.
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Margaretville
Elizabeth
Digby
Annapolis
New York
Liverpool
Eng
Palestine
Weymouth
Grace Rice
Railroads Record August 4 1887 Staple Shipments
Detailed ledger of goods moved by Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony and New York New England railroads listing bales wool flour corn oats wheat bran and other staples with quantities including pork butter cheese eggs leather pelts hides and tea beans apples potatoes and grease.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Eerktey
Bride Confession Ends Theft Plot in New England Town
In New Haven on August 4 1887 Rose Clark a nurse from Birmingham Alabama confessed to stealing jewelry and cash from Mrs H E Bassett after being confronted by Sheriff Langdon and Chief Nolan at a wedding planning scene. The gems valued around 500 dollars were found in an old trunk. Clark admitted guilt saying she took the items from Bassett and stood accused by her fiancé Boyd Bentley Jr. before the arrest team departed with the goods handed to Bassett.
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New Haven
Conn
Rose Clark
H. E. Bassett
Birmingham
W. W. Lanedon
Great Barrington
Boyd Bently
Rose
Boyd Bently, Jr
Parson Smith
Langdon
Miss Clark
Bently
Nolan
Bassetts
Bentlys
Clarks
RAILROADS. Boston and Albany Timetable 1887
Local timetable list for Boston and Albany routes with departure times from Boston for Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West. Express and sleeping car services to New York Buffalo Chicago and Concord connections. Numerous station stops and transfer points including Worcester Palmer Chatham North Adams and West Newton. Hanson and Gallup sign off as Gen Pass Agent and Gen Supt.
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Boston & Albany R.R
Washington Street
Boston
Springfield
Pittsfield
Albany
South Framingham
Syracuse
N. W
Buffalo
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
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Tuleoo
Niacara Falls
North Adams
Chatham
Palmer
Ware River
Hartford
New Haven
New York
Fororcester
Millbury
North Gratton
Westboro
Southville
Cordaville
Ashland
Milford
South Framivrghaim
Saxonville
Natick
Wellesley
Wellesley Hills
Newton Lower Falls
Aburndale
West Newton
Newtonville
Newton
Faneuil
Brighton
Allston
Soras
Cottage Farm
Brookline
Cypress Street
Reeservoir
Chestnut
Newton Centre
Newton Highlands
Coe Oe O Ees Ng
Boston & Albany Railroad
Needham and Way
Woonsocket
Middletown
Pullman
New Britain
Waterbury
Danbury
Pishkill-on-Judson
Newburgh
Fort Jervis
Chicago & St. Louis Limited
Erie Railway
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York
Boston & Providence Rt
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Wax Corner
State Street
Sj. W. Richardson
A. A. Folsom
Boston & Providence R.R
Montreal
Oo Geelabie Central
Vermont
Lowell
Fitchburg
Wagner Palace
Central Vermont
Kk. R
Moston
J. W. Hobart
S. W. Cummings
St. Albans
Freight Car and Goods Ledger for Regional Rail Lines
A dense inventory list records cargo moving through Fitchburg Boston and Maine Boston & Lowell and related lines. Items include bales wool, bags flour, bbls beef and pork, boxes butter cheese eggs and hides with totals by division and route.
Fires Ravage Multiple Buildings In Baltimore Area
Fire at Mason & Sons cracker bakery on Pratt street destroys factory and adjacent buildings. Worker William Shulte killed, Chief Henrick fatally injured as flames spread to Liebrandt McDowell warehouse and E Whitman Sons agricultural warehouse. Other sites include Newton Kurtz & Son, E B Owens Co, and E L Parker Co. Total damage exceeds 500000 with extensive property losses across several blocks.
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Bartrore
James D. Mason & Sons
Pratt Street
Henderson, Laws & Co
William Shulte
Henrick
Liebrandt, McDowell & Co
E. Whitman & Sons
Newton, Kurtz & Son
E. B. Owens & Co
E. L. Parker & Co
Charles Street
Syracuse
N. Y
Frazier & Jones Company
Bowine Green
Bipperorp
William F. Wilds
Ontario warrant dispute halts McGarigle case
Montreal report says a detective pursuing McGarigle telegraphed from St Catharines that the judge will not indorse the warrant. The Ontario attorney general allegedly refused to sign, plan for mandamus to compel the judge to act.
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Montreal
McGarigle
St. Catherines
Shoe firm listings across cities show buyers from many states
A dense roll of boot and shoe buyers and sales agents from Aberdeen to Wheeling is listed, naming individuals and firms such as R Paine & Co Seattle and J H Laws & Co Cincinnati, with many recognizable shop names and locations across Ohio, Texas, Georgia, and beyond.
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R Paine
R Paine & Co
Austin
Tex
It Smith
Akron
E Warner
A Miller
Corsicana
J T Sullivan
Charleston
O’neill
D O'Neill & Sons
Chicago
A C McLaughlin
Selz, Schwab & Co
W Marks
Craw
Cchi
Chendening & Co
Macon
Pp Strong
D Witkowski
Witkowski & Dunwody
Montgomery
Ala
Charles Hannn
Amn
Martin’s Ferry
C Boyd
Mobile
A Curtis
G H Dunlap
H Dunlap
Wis
Bears of Bears
Torrey & Milne
S Meyer
Murfreesboro
Tenn
Toledo
Wachter
Wachter Bros
Ad. Tupelo
Miss
B Hood
Clark, Hood & Co
Wheeling
Amick
Death of Commodore Henry Hastings Expected at Home
Veteran ship owner Commodore Henry Hastings lies unconscious at his West Medford residence as death nears. In Chicago, Mrs Murry Wilson and her two children were hurt when struck by a locomotive at a street crossing yesterday. the children were killed and Mrs Wilson seriously injured.
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Henry Hastings
West Medford
Murry Wilson
Will of Rev. Edward Murphy Leaves Wealth to Relatives
Report on the will of the late Rev. Edward Murphy pastor of St. Mary's parish who died in Ireland. He left most of his estate to relatives in Kilkenny and Colorado with $2000 to the church and $3000 to a Brighton college. Eight bequests total $12,000 and the rest placed in trust for heirs until age 21. Doubt arises whether bishops will accept the trust. probate expected first week in September.
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Faro River
Edward Murphy
St. Mary’s Parish
Ireland
St. Mary’s Church
New College
Brighton
Kilkenny
Colorado
Archbishop Williams
Bishop Harkins
Harkins
Races Heat Up as Burrato Meet Sees Record Mile
Thousands crowd the Burrato circuit amid extreme heat as Mme. Marantetti and team clock 1:45.4 for a mile, breaking a record. The 2:27 trotting race concludes after three heats, with Valkyr winning as an outsider. Additional race times include pace entries and detailed point summaries.
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Lucille’s
BOS Occs
Ga Wikeee Ae Crs
General Ewing
Charlie Friel
Jenny Lind
Edo
Sve Oa
OORG
Tees
Eevee
Ee Wallace
Eh Scc
Kga Nao
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Ess
Selene Srr
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Justina
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Cote
Mate San
Laurier Supports Reciprocity with United States
Ottawa dispatch reports Liberal leader Wilfred Laurier at a Somerset meeting declaring support for reciprocity with the United States. He favors fair play over retaliation and would consider commercial union with nations recognizing Britain if safeguards prevent abuse.
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New York
Herald
Ottawa
Somerset
Wilfred Laurier
United States
Great Britain
Dominion faces clashes over land timber and mines in western belt
Ottawa reports added trouble in British Columbia over ownership of land timber and minerals in the railroad belt. Governments claim rights to the timber and mines prompting a likely long costly lawsuit ending with a privy council appeal years away. General Middleton will go to British Columbia next week to inspect militia and fortifications in case of trouble.
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Ottawa
Ont
Dominion
Manitoba
British Columbia
Privy Council
Middleton
Writ of error sought in Brooks case before Supreme Court
St Louis Aug 4 One of Hugh M Brooks alias Maxwell lawyers presented the case to Chief Justice Waite and obtained a writ of error. The order brings the chloroformer case before the Supreme Court for constitutional points and acts as a supersedeas delaying Brooks execution set for Aug 26.
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St. Louis
Hugh M. Brooks
Maxwell
Waite
United States Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Brooks
Queen Victoria Sets Speed Record For Passenger Steamer
The Isle of Man steamer Queen Victoria left Greenock for Liverpool last Saturday and completed the voyage in nine hours and twenty three minutes. She logged 22 knots, about 6.62 miles per hour, and is claimed to be the fastest passenger steamer in the world, surpassed only by torpedo boats.
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Isle of Man
Queen Victoria
Greenock
Liverpool
Fitchburg Railroad Timetable Summary and Contacts
Rail schedule listing Cambridge, Concord, Fitchburg, Gardner, Greenfield, Marlboro, Nashua, North Leominster, Saratoga, Union Square, Somerville, Waltham, Watertown, Worcester, and more stations with multiple daily and Sunday times. Includes change at South Acton, through tickets at Boston, and notices. John Adams, J Whitmore, J R Watson named as officials.
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Gardner and Miller’s Falls
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Linccoln
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Miller’s Falls
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John Adams
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Montreal
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Ogdensburg
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Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keen
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Burslington
St. Albans
St. Johns
All Point
Delaware & Judson Canal Company
R. KR
R. KR. R
Cheshire
Stirlington
A. Faxon
A Hi. Stewart
Keene, N
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