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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 06, 1889

Page

7

Market prices for produce and poultry in New York and Chicago

Prices hold steady as markets show mixed supplies. Beans and peas trade quiet with varied quotes. poultry stock tight with modest demand. potatoes and sweet potatoes well supplied with stable to rising prices. hay and straw markets steady to soft with broad ranges across quality levels.

California Lima Choice Canada Jersey Bristol New York Maryland North Carolina

Market Report From Local Produce Market

The market is well supplied with steady demand. Prices include onions at 150 to 175 per basket and 50 cents per bush, beets 35 cents per box, carrots 60 cents per box, lettuce 50 cents per box, cucumbers 1 per 100 count, tomatoes 50 cents per bush, wax beans 75 to 85 cents per bush, green corn 56 cents per box, and celery 20 cents per bunch. Flor ida marrow squash at 1 per barrel, summer squash 7 cents each, crook neck 2 cents each, cauliflower 1 per dot, peppers 1.50 per crate, eggplants 1.50 per dozen, paprika prices vary by crate and basket. Native and Nor folk lots noted among listings.

Malta Long Island Florida Norfolk Adersey

Fruit Market Prices and Availability Report

The market shows a fair to ample supply of apples and oranges with steady demand at old prices. Prices listed include Jerseys and Astrachans apples at 250 to 300 per barrel, Messina and Palermo oranges at 4 5 per box, and Messina lemons at 3 5 to 3 6 per box. Pears, peaches, cantaloupes, grapes, watermelons, bananas, and berries are all cited with varied quotable lots and regional origins.

Messina Palermo Georgia Virginia Delaware Beurre Giffords Ohio North Carolina Carolina Marthas Perkins Moore Jamaica Baracoa Port Simons

Steamer Arrivals With Bananas and Oranges Noted

The steamer Tordenskjold arrives Thursday with Baracoa bananas for Seaverns & Co. The steamer Hertha arrives Wednesday with Baracoa bananas for WW & C R Noyes. Olympia, passing Gibraltar July 23 bound for Boston, carried 300 half-boxes Palermo oranges and 13,300 Palermo lemons, 1,000 Naples oranges and 700 Naples lemons.

Tordenskjold Seaverns & Co Hertha WW &C R Noyes Olympia Palermo Naples Gibraltar Boston

Fruit Sales At California Fruit Union Sale

Fruit Union sales report several fruits with prices per unit and per case. Plums and prunes commanded higher prices while pears and peaches showed varied figures. two cars of California fruits slated for sale Tuesday.

theCalifornia Fruit Union Snow & Co California _ Bartlett Delaware California

Meat Market Receipts and Prices Across Regions

Receipts show varied stocks with tallow beef pork lard hams and bacon listed. Prices across New York Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis reflect steady beef pork lard and bellies with firm to higher bids for select items. Fresh beef shows improving demand amid scarce choice cattle.

New York Tierces City Steam Western Steam Continent Chicago Mess Park St Louis Cincinnati

Meat Market Prices and Trading Notes from the East

The market quotes many beef cuts with varying percent prices for choice steers and heavies. Fresh meats show a well supplied market with slow demand for Eastern veals. Tallow remains steady with city rendering at 4 4%c and New York at $2 per package.

Choice Chicago Brighton New York City

Cattle and Hogs Markets Across Major Shipping Centers

Cattle receipts at Kansas City 6538 and mixed stock 165 to 245, hog receipts 1669 with heavy and light classes steady near 4.0 to 4.5, sheep sparse at 375, Cincinnati hogs steady 350 to 460 on 1781 receipts, Chicago cattle 15000 with beeves 440 to 450, steers 340 to 450, hogs 4000 with ships 350 to 450, sheep 6000 receipts with natives 350 to 400 and lambs 475 to 547.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Value of Imports into Boston for Week Ending Aug 2 1889

Boston imports for the week ending August 2 1889 show a continuation of steady activity. Cotton trade was quoted in New York with prices ranging from ordinary to middling and futures opening quiet then closing steady. Other markets reported varied receipts exports and stocks across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati New York St Louis and Consolidated totals.

New York Jvccea Uec Sss Ccus Sss Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Continent United States

Sugar and Molasses Market Report Today

Sugar receipts total 1014 hhds with 85 bbls last year. demand quiet at old prices. Refined sugars steady with various grades quoted. granulated at 8 8 1/4c, powdered 9c, confectioners A 8 1/2c, standard A 8 3/4c, Belmont A 8c, extra C 7 3/4c, yellow 7 3/2c. Molasses receipts 174 bbls and 157 puncheons. market quiet and nominal with Ponce Porto Rico at 45c per gallon and Porto Rico 37 43c. New York reports no change.

Cuba Manilas New York Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans

Turpentine and Petroleum Market Report

Turpentine closed at 40 percent with resin at 105 and tar at 4. Petroleum closed at 7.60 cents with RSW at 7.40 and cases at 9.30 cents. Coffee from New York Rio dull and nominal with fair cargoes at 18 cents. Whiskey markets steady at 102 dollars.

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Imports and Exports August 5 1889 Pisaqua and Ports

Shipping cargoes listed for multiple ports including Pisaqua Maracaibo Rosario Montevideo Arecibo Yarmouth and Halifax with notable consignments of nitrate soda wool hides sugar berries eggs mackerel lobsters and fish. Carriers include Independence D W McLean F Kimber Carroll and others, with extensive cargo quantities and vessel names.

Pisagua Hemenway & Browne Maracaibo McLean Justic Sugaree & Whitney Rosario Laura Brown Bros & Co Montevideo F . Kimber Sugar Whitney, Ponsland & Co Yarmouth G Hall & Co Clements Barclay & Co A & O W Mead Russell Batchelder Hutchinson Webber Halifax Charlottetown Pei Port Hawkesbury Pictou Carroll Egus Bartlett, Lyman & Co Bowles & Co Boston Brown, Delorey & Co Hinckley Ayers Inman—s Atwood & Co Bowies & Co Delong & Seaman M Doyle Stone Long & Jacobs

Exports on Aug 5 1889 Port Gilbert Bridgetown Annapolis

Export list from August 5 1889 shows shipments from Port Gilbert Bridgetown and Annapolis Nova Scotia with items including bbis boxes cases bbls oil and various goods. Major consignments include Florence Christine Minnie Louise New Brunswick steamer and Halifax steamer cleared August 3 with numerous commodities listed.

Port Gilbert E Raymond Bridgetown Annapolis Florence Christine St Johns Minnie Louise Digby New Brunswick Halifax

Inventory list of bicycle parts and gear

A catalog style entry lists items including bicycles, cases of lager, electric machinery, painting and oil supplies, clothing, rubber boots and shoes, and baggage. The terse note enumerates quantities and categories for stock assessment.

Boston to West via Hoosac Tunnel Train Schedule

Detailed historic timetable lists multiple daily departures from Boston passenger station at Causeway Street, with morning and afternoon expresses to Troy Albany Chicago and St Louis routes, plus night express and numerous local stops including Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Greenfield Hoosick Falls and Lincoln. Services feature sleeping cars and parlor cars on select trains.

Boston Causeway Street Troy Albany Binghamton Brie Chicago Niagara Falls Erie St. Louis Michigan Central Wabash Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Detroit Vichigan Central Cleveland Toedo Lake [Shore Michigan Hartford New Haven New York Middletown New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson Newburgh Turners, N. Y Erie Railway Buffalo Grand Trunk Railway Frore Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Philadelphia Fishkillon-Hudson Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richmond Points Washngton Fitchburg St.Albans Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Montreal Ogdensburg Saratoga Cheshire Connecticut River Vermont White River Junction Buarlington Ottawa Washington Street Axon A R. Stewart Keene, N. HS York Hartford RR Springfield Worcester New London Providence N. Y N. E N.Y T. Hempstead Gen’'s Pass Augusta Haymarket Sq Ipm Causeway St Bangor Tar Harbor Concord N. H Upper Roads Lewiston Haymarket St Wianchester WN. H Haymarket St. John Halifax Province Fxpress Maine Cemitral Portland Lowell Portland Street Manchester N. W Franklin Lebanon White River Bristol Granch Claremont St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Norwich Hanover Thetford Bradford Newbury Montpelier Essex Warrington Boston Air Line

Time Table for Boston and Lowell Trains 1889

Time table in effect July 1st 1889 lists train departures from Boston Causeway Street for connections to the Mail Train at Concord. Tickets berths sleeping car seats in parlor cars available through Boston Passenger Agency 2214 Washington Street corner State Street. Excursion book with hotel and boarding house list sent free on application. H J Chamberlin Supt F B Brown G P A Geo W Storer N E PA.

Boston W& Lowell &. K Causeway Street Concord Washington Street Corner State Street Chamberlin T. F Brown Norwich Ewjwu New York New London Danielsonville Putnam City OF Boston City OF Worcester Summer Street A. A. Jackson E. P. Vining A. C. Kendall Fall River Line Shore Line Providence Wight Express Mail Old State House Ars In Commission Pilgrim Old Colony Kneeland Street W. M Fall River Newport Brooklyn Jersey City Washington and State Streets J. KR. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor Gen’l Pasa’r Agt L. H. Palmer

Always On Time Trains From Boston to Many Destinations

A dense timetable lists New York and New England trains from Boston Station to numerous towns including Ashcroft Dorchester Banbury and Manchester with daily and weekday services. Prices range around £9 to £12 with many departures between early morning and late evening and numerous intermediate stops on the line.

Limited Express Drawing Room Cars Dining Car

Readable OCR hints mention limited express service with drawing room cars and a dining car. The fragment implies rail travel amenities but lacks explicit events or dates to form a full news item.

Worcester New Haven Fernoon Express Limited Express

Train Schedule Fragments for Dover to Reading and Way Stations

Dover 6pm Haverhill 8am 6 7.30 pm Lawrence 84m 5 6 7.30 pm Manchester Sam 6pm Lowell 8am 5 7.30 pm Medford 8.45am 12.45 2.50 5.30 7.40 9.45 pm Reading and Way Stations 8.10am 14.30 1.45 2.45 4 5 6.10 7 7.30 8.15 9.15 10.15 Bade n Workingmen's train

New York Providence Stallington Wdedham West Roxbury Readville Befall River Wyde Park Onewport Fall River Newport Wickford Junction BNEW Pawtucket North Conway Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence Lowell Newburyport Reading Dover Manchester Sam Medford Reading and Way Lynn Portsmouth Portland Bangor St. John Halifax Salem Nashua Stoneham and Way Woburn

Eastern Division Trains From Boston to Coastal Towns

Train schedules list departures from Boston for the eastern division to Jay Portland Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Great Falls Hampton Beach North Hampton Swampscott Marblehead Newburyport North Conway Rockport Gloucester Salem York Harbor Beach and other points with numerous daily times and special notes. Also notes service via Saugus and the Workingmen's train from Haymarket Boston.

Portland Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Fpawieh Marblehead Swampscott Mranen Rockport and Gloucester Salem York Marbor & Beach KR. Rey Swampscott

Lowell System Timetable Departures From Boston Station

Train schedule lists numerous departures from Boston to towns including Keene Peterboro Millsboro Hillsboro with times from early morning to late evening. Stops cover Nashua North Billerica Lawrence Stoneham Weburn Winchester Concord and nearby way stations, ending with Montreal connections.

Keene Peterboro Millsboro Hillsboro Concord Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Lowell North Billerica Lawrence Stoneham Weburn Liam Winchester Mass Reformatory Beaford

Central Wassachusetts Train Schedule Details Stations

Rail schedule lists trains from various stations to Northampton, Hadley, Amherst, and others with departure times including 7.45 am 1.30 and 3.40 pm, plus Sunday service from Belmont Waverley Waltham Hudson and Way to Northampton at 1.15 pm. James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders sign as General Manager and Gen l Pas r and Ticket Agent.

Boston Norwood Central Hyde Park Franklin Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Needham and Way Heetwin Woonsocket Meturn Central Wassachusetts Division Zzoston Station Causeway Street Portland Street Northampton Hadley Amherst Belchertown Mondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rotland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester Clinton Berlin Wadson Sudbury Reachbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont Hudson and Way James T. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen’l Pas

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