Boston Post Newspaper Archives, Aug 10, 1887, p. 7

Market Roundup Sees Mixed Grain and Provisions Data

Rice steady with moderate demand. pork steady with sales of 300 bbls. lard lower but active. Wheat and corn show varied futures across Minneapolis Chicago and St Louis. flour quiet. receipts large. Copper, lead, tin, and other metals steadier or dull. butter and cheese firm in dairy markets.

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Petroleun—United C. Taliow State Western Minneapolis Chicago Detroit Milwaukee Cincinnati ST. Louis

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HOG AND CATTLE MARKETS UPDATE ACROSS U S MARKETS

Hogs firm in Peoria and St Louis with steady to mixed prices, Kansas City slow, and Chicago shows firmer cattle while hogs remain mainly steady. Receipts large across wells with varied shipping patterns and regional price ranges for cattle hogs and sheep.

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Peoria ST. Louis Kansas City Chicago Texas

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Port Market Figures Show Mixed Net Receipts and Stocks

Consolidated four day report lists net receipts 4788, exports to Great Britain 6588, to France 41, to the continent 1043, stock at all United States ports 151317. Cities including Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and others show varied net activity and stock levels with mixed prices and terms.

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Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville France Continent United States

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London and Liverpool Grain Markets Report

Foreign markets report from Aug 9 12:30 p m notes wheat cargoes arriving and awaiting sale with modest demand, Paris and Antwerp price moves, Liverpool spot wheat flow and mixed corn, English and French harvest progress, and various international wheat and corn quotations and shipments. Key entities include Mark Lane London Liverpool Paris Antwerp and Calcutta wheat.

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London Beerbohm Mark Lane Calcutta Paris Liverpool Michigan la Plata California Antwerp

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Imports and Exports Aug 1887 Glasgow Brief

Listing of cargo items and consignments loaded at Glasgow and Port au Prince. Includes steamer Pl Scandinavian with potash, pig iron, mdse, and samples. numerous firms such as Mack Dure Lawrie Co and Jordan Marsh & Co. tobacco pipes, glass, pig iron, and moise bundled goods. Also brig Water Witch carrying logwood pickled limes coffee.

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Glasgow Scot Oda Jr Curtis Mack Dure Lawrie & Co H Ford Allen James Felt Revere Copper Co Glass Hills Turner & Co Joel Goldthwait & Co Baring Bros & Co R Leeson & Co Twitchell & Co Starkweather & Co Ales Ee Port AU Prince F Green & Co

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Real estate transfers across Suffolk County and suburbs

Suffolk County transfers listed for July 21 to 23 include Peter W Finigan to Carlo Gardella in North Street, $7500. Hill to Lyon at Centre and St John, $2774. Williams to Whittemore at New Boylston Street, $900. Estabrook to Estabrook on Holbrook Street, $1. Page to Estabrook on Holbrook Street, $1, plus transfers in Dorchester Roslindale South Boston Chelsea and Winthrop. Mortgage details noted where present.

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North Street Peter W.finigan Carlo Gardella John B. Kettell Jamaica Plain Charles L. Hill Christine M. Lyon Centre St. John Streets West Roxpury Martha W. Williams Charles W. Whittemore New Boylston Street Marcus M. Estabrook Merrick G. Estabrook Holbrook Street Charles J. Page Lyman T. Vose Norfolk Street Roslindale Betsey Cay Charles H. Williams Buiahtron Lucretia D. Massey Joseph Hubbard Union Street Josep Hubbard Horace W. Jordan Joseph Henry Griggs Commonwealth Avenue Boston Amuel Johnston Et al Nellie E. Johnston I Street Emerentina C. Gillis Jeromes S. Daniels Hugh Bayley Luther C. Crowell Park and Crest

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Exports from Yarmouth Include Diverse Goods Aug 9 1887

The Yarmouth NS steamer shipment lists a barrel of flour several half barrels oats rope cargo watermelons a copper finial iron plate hemp packing mouldings cotton netting dyewood carpet paper lubricating oil walnut boards and assorted fruit packages and crates. This record notes quantities and commodities exported from Yarmouth on August 9 1887.

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Yarmouth

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Seafaring Trade Report From Glace Bay Notes Cargo Shortages

In Little Glace Bay Canada brig Addie Benson transports 250 barrels flour 19 barrels beer 10 cases kerosene oil 80 barrels cornmeal and a locomotive engine as part of a sparse cargo listing alongside numerous empty crates and lobster cases.

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Little Glace Bay Addie Benson

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Staple Goods Receipts August 9 1887

Detailed lists of shipments by multiple railroads including Boston & Albany and New York & New England. Items cover wool flour corn oats malt millfeed grease meat lard bacon tea butter cheese eggs potatoes and leather. Totals show hundreds of bales, barrels, and sacks across six lines of freight movements.

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Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Old Colony Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell Railroad Express

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Mortgages Filed on July 21 in Various Locations

A set of recorded mortgages dated July 21 across several Boston area streets including Berry street Appleton place Ashley street West Third Street Mozart street Grampian way Dorchester West Concord street Monument court Kneeland street Central avenue Chelsea and Park street. Notable amounts range from 1000 to 13000 dollars with numerous grantors and grantees.

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William Denning Edmund Davis Berry Street Burkley A. Hastings John Curtis Appleton Place Roxbury John Gilcher Rebecca C. Billings Ashley Street Stephen Murphy Grenville H. Norcross West Third Street John G. Ditiler James Bauer Mozart Street George Wright Et al John H. Reed Grampian Way Dorchester Amelia Bacall Herbert Nash West Concord Street John F. Mulfen Andrew McNamara Monument Court Charlestown William H. G. Rowe William W. Maning Kneeland Street John A. Grant Nellie E. Johnston Central Avenue Chelsea Michael J. Riley Hammon Reed Park Street

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Boston and Albany Rail Timetables July 1887

Local timetable notices detail Boston to New York and Albany routes with daily departures and returns for multiple lines, including Shore Line, Fall River, and through connections. Station agents HANSON and GALLUP provide updated schedules and ticket office locations in Boston.

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Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedule Highlights

Rail lines list through trains from Boston to Augusta Portland Bar Harbor St John Halifax and Maine towns. Timings show departures from Haymarket and Causeway stations and connections to Bar Harbor Bangor Portland St John Halifax and North Conway with special limited express to Bar Harbor arriving in Portland and Boston. Corporate rail names include Boston and Maine Grand Trunk and Rock Island lines.

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Augusta Haymarket St Causeway Angor Bararbor St. John Halifax Provinces Causeway St Hartport Calais N. GB Portland Manchester Concord N. i North—Haymarket Sq North Conway Haymarket Sq Maine Central Grand Krunk Nox & Lincoln Railways Bangor Bar Marlor

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Crooker Declines to Answer Question on Payments

Vice-President Charles F. Crooker of the Southern Pacific company refused to answer a serious inquiry before the Pacific railroad commission. Asked whether the Central Pacific paid for influencing legislation and for paying bills without vouchers, he cited counsel advice and declined to testify. The commission adjourned to a private session to decide potential court action.

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San Francisco Charles F. Crooker Southern Pacific Company Pacific Railroad Commission Central Pacific Cohen Pattison Crooker United States

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Powderly Attacks Modern Robbers in Grain and Goods

Powderly denounces grain coffee coal and other necessities speculators. He compares them unfavorably with Dick Turpin and Sixteen String Jack and urges two new exchanges one for farmers and one for laborers to counter the market robbers.

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Balloonist makes high altitude parachute descent at Rockaway Beach

At Rockaway Beach this afternoon Professor T. 8. Baldwin leaped from a balloon about a mile high and landed safely in the water a quarter mile from shore via parachute. The descent lasted one minute and twenty four seconds and was witnessed by a large crowd.

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New York Rockaway Beach Baldwin Aarge

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United Labour Party Excludes Socialists in New York

In New York on August 9 the second assembly district of the United Labor party passed resolutions barring Socialists. Delegates were instructed to oppose admitting Socialistic delegates at the Syracuse convention.

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New York United Labors Party Syracuse

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Names of business figures and firms across multiple cities

A list of individuals and firms with city and state initials, including attorneys, bankers, and associates, presented in a dense directory style. Names such as C Morris, J T Sullivan, O'Neill, Daum, Murphy, Haunn, Hanford, Roenhild, Lang, Sullivan, and many others appear alongside firms like O'Neill & pens, Murphy & Co, Selz Schwab & Co, and H B Hanford & Co.

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Pens Crawfordville Myers Chicago McLaughlin Selz, Schwab & Co Simon O'Neill & Simon Decatur Tex G Murphy Murphy, Bennett & Co Detroit Mich W F Gabell Gabell & Bro. Craw Durango Col Bears, Torrey & Co Philadelphia Penn Hanford Hanford & Co Pittsburg A Roenhild Meyer & Roenhild, Craw H J Lang J & G M Lang San Antonio R Sullivan Wetumpka Ala Rohenberg Yankton

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Fitchburg Railroad Timetable for Hoosac Tunnel Route

Passenger and express trains depart Boston for Worth Adams Troy Albany and the West with various coaches sleeping cars to Chicago and St Louis. Timetable lists numerous stations and daily and Sunday services with through tickets and office contact at 250 Washington Street Boston. Officials include John Adams general superintendent J Whitmore general traffic manager and J Re Watson general passenger agent.

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Western Division Train Schedule Fragments and Notes

Trains depart multiple towns including Alton Bay Dover Haverhill and Lowell with varied morning and evening times. The list also notes a workingmen's train and Sunday services among scattered stop times and places such as Lawrence Melrose Malden Medford and North and South stations.

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Eastern Division train schedule details and fares

Train timetable for the Eastern Division lists departures from Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Ipswich Marblehead Newburyport and other towns with complex mixed times and fares. It names the city ticket office 306 Washington Street and notes Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders are, respectively, General Manager and General Passenger Agent.

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Oak Island Point OK Pines Boston Paw Oakeland Viesaugus South Reading Haymarket Square City Washington Street Portland Bangor James T. Furber D. J. Flanders

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Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable from 1887

Service details listing routes from Boston Causeway Street and 218 Washington Street to numerous towns including Laconia Weirs Plymouth and Montreal. Schedules show morning and evening departures with parlor and sleeping cars, local points on Northern and Central lines, and Sunday times.

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Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street Washington Street Old State House Montreal R.R Central Vermont R. R Manchester Concord Nwn

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Fragmentary Prices and Times from Local Ledger

A jumbled list shows varied numbers and times including sections labeled Stoneham and Peek with prices ranging from 1.30 to 8.55. The text reads like a partial ledger or schedule with many unclear entries and quotation marks.

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Timetable fragment with extensive train times and routes

A dense timetable listing local and through trains with numerous times, stations, and notes. Compiled by Mellen and Storey the General Superintendent and General Passenger Agent, it preserves a snapshot of daily departures and connections.

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Vilnee Ees ena _ sea Mellen W. Storey

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Boston and Albany Ferry Timetables and Norwood Rates

Corrected July 8 1887 timetable listing trains from Boston and Albany Railroad depots to Needham Norwood and many intermediate stations with daily and Sunday services. Includes departure times from Boston foot of Summer Street and frequent connections to Philadelphia New York Washington Baltimore and Norwich lines. Describes steamer connections at New London and various routes via Hartford and Jersey City with Pullman cars and ticket information.

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Boston Station Summer Street Philadelphia Hartford New Haven Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richmond New York New London Danielsonville Putnam City OF Worcester City OF New York Washington Street Wnene Ee Saas M. Norwich Line Exnor the Lake Boston Fall River Newport Brooklyn Old State Mouse Washington and State Streets Old Colony Station

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Central Massachusetts and Western Rail Schedule 1887

The timetable shows trains from Boston to Ware Barre and Watertown with morning departures at 7.15, 12.05, and 3.50. West Medford Oakdale and Jefferson stations have 7.16 12.05 8.60 5.10 prices with Sunday 4.45 pm. Multiple way stations between Malden and Jefferson listed. Additional routes include Sudbury Wayland Weston Waltham and Waverly with varied 7.15 9.10 12.05 3.50 5.10 6 pm and Sunday 4.45 pm times. Signed GEO W. Storer General Passenger Agent.

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Market Roundup Sees Mixed Grain and Provisions Data

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HOG AND CATTLE MARKETS UPDATE ACROSS U S MARKETS

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Port Market Figures Show Mixed Net Receipts and Stocks

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London and Liverpool Grain Markets Report

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Imports and Exports Aug 1887 Glasgow Brief

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Real estate transfers across Suffolk County and suburbs

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Exports from Yarmouth Include Diverse Goods Aug 9 1887

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Seafaring Trade Report From Glace Bay Notes Cargo Shortages

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Staple Goods Receipts August 9 1887

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Mortgages Filed on July 21 in Various Locations

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Boston and Albany Rail Timetables July 1887

Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedule Highlights

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Crooker Declines to Answer Question on Payments

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Powderly Attacks Modern Robbers in Grain and Goods

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Balloonist makes high altitude parachute descent at Rockaway Beach

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United Labour Party Excludes Socialists in New York

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Names of business figures and firms across multiple cities

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Fitchburg Railroad Timetable for Hoosac Tunnel Route

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Western Division Train Schedule Fragments and Notes

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Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable from 1887

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Fragmentary Prices and Times from Local Ledger

Timetable fragment with extensive train times and routes

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Boston and Albany Ferry Timetables and Norwood Rates

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Central Massachusetts and Western Rail Schedule 1887

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