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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 19, 1887

Page

7

Commodity Prices and Market Reports Across Cities

Grain and livestock markets show varied activity with wheat and oats fluctuating in Chicago Minneapolis and Detroit. Reports note receipts and shipments across cities, alongside prices for pork lard bacon and butter.

Hogs and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities

Market reports from Kansas City, St Louis, Peoria and Chicago show hogs varying in tone with mixed receipts and shipments. Chicago quotes cattle lower with varied steers and heifers, while hogs show sluggish to slower trade with price spread across classes. Sheep demand remains firm with muttons and lambs quoted at several dollars per head.

Uiet Vfair Rio Petroleum—United Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam Liverpool Cincinnati Toledo ST. Louis Chicago Minneapolis Detroit Milwaukee Kansas City Peoria

Cotton Markets Update August 18 Across U S Ports

Market report shows varied receipts and stocks at Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and consolidated six day totals. Exports to Great Britain and other regions listed with prices and stock levels amid quiet to firm tones.

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

Wheat and market news from London and Liverpool

Foreign markets report subdued wheat and corn trade with three cargoes arrived and six waiting for sale. Chilean wheat quotes at 32s 9d, Paris and Antwerp prices easing, British markets steadier amid storms. Liverpool notes weak demand for bread wheat and firm pork, cheese and fats markets with slight price shifts.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Great Britain Antwerp California

Antwerp Wool Auction Quiet Despite Moderate Demand

Attendance at the Wesl sales was fair with moderate demand and a better mood overall. 2200 sales offered including Argentine wool with 728 bales at 80 205 francs and 100 kilos, Montevideo with 13 bales at 180 140 francs washed, and 37 bales at 130 francs. lambs wool was dull and neglected.

Antwerp Argentine Montevideo

Imports and Exports August Eighteenth Eighteen Eighty Seven

Shipping list from Liverpool shows Scythia with mdse from Jordan Marsh Co and Marshall Son Co. W Durgin delivers 200 tons pig iron. Baring Bros Co reports 180 cases claret. Numerous firms listed for wine brandy oil paint woollens papers toys and other goods aboard Cunard and other lines.

Liverpool Eng Scythia Jordan, Marsh & Co Marshall, Son & Co Simpson & Co

Fitchburg and Fall River Lines Rail Schedule

Train times from Boston and statewide routes including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Nantucket New Bedford Plymouth and coastal towns. Detailed daily departures and returns across multiple divisions with boats connections and general agents GEO. L. Connor J. & Kendricks.

Ashmont Barnstable Myannis Yarmouth Sandwich Resturn Hyannis Braintree Bridgewater Return Barececkton Buzzard’s Bay Ouset Bay Wareham Provincetown Shell Fleed Hinsham Cottage City Wood’s Hall New Bedford East Bridgewater Brockton Abington East Milton West Dourncy West Quincy East Weymouth Weymouth Taunton Marvrnson Square Minawshfiel Mattapan Mmiton Neponset Mileton Mattapoisett Sain Middle Bore Nantucket Wood's Holl Bewport North Easton Stoughton Randolph Iketurn Auede Mumlyuay New M Bedford Bere and Middleboro Annes Nantucket Wood’s Holt Valmouth Oaument Beach Buz‘s Bay Onset Bay Wooll’s Hall Falmouth Monument Beach Oase Bay New York Fall River Geo. L. Connor Kendric Pass Goh

Massive consignments of mills goods and metals listed in trade ledger

A long OCR list details shipments and inventories from multiple firms including Felts Morey Co Groom & Co and Frost Adams with items such as woollens, cottons, hardware, glassware, earthenware, machinery, steel, tin plates, and moise. The ledger covers transfers to Yarmouth and London steamer arrivals, with hundreds of cases, bales, barrels, crates, and boxes across ships and partners.

Felts Morey & Co Groom & Co Sherwood & Co Cundy Saco Water Power Co Stone & Downer Piper Folsom White & Newell Cumner, Jones & Co Woollens Neal, Morse & Co Horswell & French Frost & Adams Brown, Durrell & Co Brigham & Co Little, Brown & Co Mora & Co Austin Holder & Herrick Phelps, Dodge & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Ross, Turner & Co Whitney & Co Abram French & Co Norcross, Mellen & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Coleman, Mead & Co Brown Durrell & Co Baring Bros & Co Davis Marean & Co Coleman Mead & Co Marsh Bros Pierce & Co Gilchrist Mackintyre, Lawrie & Co Seavey Foster Richards & Sons Richard Briges Pierce & Robertson Partridge & Cg Rousmaniere Lovejoy & Co Kendall, Barrows & Co Moors & Co Warren & Blanchard Riley & Gray Weil Dreyfus & Co Kendall, Arrows & Co Henry Staples & Potter J C Haynes & Co Massachusetts Institute of Technology Shepard, Norwell & Co Beal, Higgins & Henderson Jordan Marsh & Eco Bradford, Thomas & Co F_ Hovey & co de Biois & Co Moise Gregory & Brown Jones, McDuifee & Stratton White & Co H M Burr & Co John H Pray Hovey & Co Stowell & Co Morocco French & Co Schoenhof Baldwin Bros & Co Case Stone & Downer Leigh Co Hovey R H White & Co Thomson Fessenden Stoddard, Lovering & Co American Express Co Grainger Talbot, Wilmarth & Co HC Thacher & Co Yarmouth S Ellis & Co TJ Jones & Co F Hutchinson & Co Barclay & Co Delong & Seaman Batewielder L Clements & Co London Eng Brown Bros & Co Milne & Co Fuller Dana & Fitz Oliver Ditson & Co Oolaves Graves & Sons Richardson & Dennie Brigham Crocker, Burbank & Co Albion Paper Co Doherty & Co Cutler Bros & Co

Maritime cargo listings from multiple ports and cotton market note

Shipping manifests show steamer New York-20 delivering berry crates and perishables to Digby Nova Scotia. Halifax schooner cargo. Belize via New York steamer Hondo with bags. Speranza bark with lumber and desks at Buenos Ayres. Demerara schooner Elbridge Souther with pork and dairy. Liverpool Kansas with wheat and bacon. Weymouth schooner Etta with flour and meal. Liverpool cotton market reports describe uplands and Orleans prices with volumes and futures.

Digby Annapolis New York Halifax Belize Honduras Buenos Ayres Liverpool Eng Kansas Weymouth Etta Uplands Orleans

Wool and provisions toll of August 18 1887 across railroads

Receipt listing Staple goods aboard various lines. Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Providence and Old Colony railroads show quantities of wool, flour, oats, corn, bacon, tea, butter, cheese, eggs, apples, potatoes, leather, hides, skins, beef, and lard. Includes bales, barrels, boxes, bags, and cases with multiple tonnage figures.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad Teres Co Sc

Real Estate Transfers Across Boston Area Locales

Real estate transfers list numerous properties in Shawmut Avenue West Chester park Catawba Street Chambers Street Roxbury and Dorchester with buyers such as Annie Crowley Micah Dyer Jr Israel A Rich and others. Several parcels note mortgage details to banks including Eliot Five Cents Savings Bank and State Deposited Trust Company with dates July 29 to Aug 19.

Benjamin F. de Butts Israel A. Rich West Chester Park Eliot Five Cents Savings Bank Catawba Street Rebecca T. Whitehouse Patrick Leach Catawba and Laurel Streets George Curtis Chambers Street William C. Wilder Trinity Church Boston George EF. Ambrose Eva Belle Hobbs Atherton Street West Roxpury Charles J. Page Theodore Snow Charles Street

Freight carload ledger of freight by railroad divisions and routes

A detailed ledger lists numerous freight shipments by New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine, and Lowell railroads. It includes bales of wool, flour, oats, wheat, corn, leather, butter, cheese, eggs, apples, potatoes, lumber, and other goods with quantities such as bales, bbls, sacks, and cars. The entries also note shipments by express and by sea, and several mortgage notices and property transactions in Dorchester, Revere, East Boston, and Tremont Street areas.

New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell Railroad

Total receipts August 18 1887 huge agricultural and commodity tally

A detailed ledger style report lists varied totals for 1887 and 1886 across commodities such as cotton, butter, flour, oats, beans, wheat, apples, malt, molasses, and meat products. It enumerates crates and pounds, bush and box counts, and dollar values with many figures showing year over year comparisons.

Mortgage transfers and amounts across Dorchester and Brighton

Mortgage notices show Eugene McEkachern to Henry Humphreys on Dorset Street Dorchester July 29. William Jobbing to Warren Emerson on Payson Avenue July 29 amount 8000 dollars. Josiah B Kendall to Micah Dyer Jr on West Chester Park July 30 amount 5000 dollars. Pierce Quirk to Albert Gates Jr on Arlington Street Brighton July 30 amount 250 dollars. Israel A Rich to Eliot Five Cents Savings.

Eugene McEkachern Henry Humphreys Dorset Street Dorchester William Jobbing Warren Emerson Payson Avenue Josiah B. Kendall Micah Dyer, Jr West Chester Park Pierce Quirk Albert Gates, Jr Arlington Street Brighton Israel A. Rich Eliot

Boots and Shoes Dealers Listed Across Cities

A long roster of boot and shoe buyers and firms across the United States is led by J P Dill of the JP Dill Shoe Company in Augusta Georgia and includes GH A W Force in Atlanta, A Martin in Craw, Baltimore pairs, M R Creighton in Craw and many others from Chicago Cincinnati Knoxville Detroit Elmira Kalamazoo Columbus and beyond offering a wide range of footwear trade connections.

Augusta J P Dill The JP Dill Shoe Company Craw Atlanta Austin Tex J Martin Baltimore J Mullen, Jr Tucker, Smith & Co R Creighton Creighton, Disney & Co Bowling Green M Nahm Nahm Bros Columbus Miss Elmira M Westlake Richardson & Co Huntsville Ala S Schiffman S Schiffman & Co Kalamazoo Mich Appledorn Appledorn’s Sons Kansas City K Green Knoxville Tenn W_ Borches McNulty & Borches

Boston and Lowell Railroad July 18 1887 Timetable

Through service from Boston to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Levanon White River Junction 8 304am 13.7 pm Local service Boston Manchester Concord Wilton Dewne le rica Wilmington Stoneham West Medford Concord and many stops listed with varied times Sleeping cars to Montreal Mont real and parlor cars 7 pm train daily. GEO. W. STORER Genl Passenger Agent.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street City Washington Street Old State House Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Levanon White River Junction Warren Maverhill Woodsville Littleton Bethlehem Fabyans Mancaster Jefferson St. Fjohnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burtington St. Albans Montreal R.R Central’ Vermont R. R Boston Air Line Manchester Concord N. H Peterd Itlinboro Conceford Amherst Direenfield

Boston and Albany trains timetable revision May 30 1887

The Boston and Albany announces new daily and Sunday schedules effective May 30 1887. It lists numerous departures from Boston to New York and intermediate stops including Providence Pawtucket Attleboro Dedham Newton Brookline West Roxbury and Newton Highlands with varied return times and extensions to Springfield Albany Chicago and Buffalo. Tickets available at stations and 232 Washington Street Boston.

Hoosac Tunnel Washington Street Boston Boston & Providence New York Shore Line Lpm New Ork Pe Ag Steamboat Stonington Providence Pawtucket Dodgeville Hebronville North Attleboro Mansfield East Foxboro Sharon Readville Hyde Park Mt. Hope Clarendon Hills Forest Hills Jamaica Plain Boylston Roxbury Dedham Spring Street West Roxbury Highlands Stoughton and Canton Warren Bristol Provdent A. A. Folsom Boston & Alban Wast Springfield Pitosfield Iba Theda Framingham Albany Tingham Syracuse Springbany Neveland Ayovem Jr Sunany Newton Lower Falls Wellesley Mills Worcester Newton Highlands Brookline Goston Hanson Gen. Pass. Agt NEW York Boston & Providence Railroad Washington State Street RK. S J. W. Richardson A. A. Folsom Boston & Providence R. R General Vermont Rutland Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Depot Causeway Street Ryy CEX AT & CO A. M Winchendong Cheshire RK. R Bellows Falls White Rives Central Vermont Points West Rgy Chea Pr. M. Hire & Monadnock Rutland Hk. R A K. Stewary Keene, N. H

Central Massachusetts Railroad Opens Monday Service

Fragmented timetable notes routes and stations across West Boylston Rockbottom Sudbury Waltham Wayland Weston Belmont and more with times in the 7.15 to 9.10 range and references to general superintendent Ware and agent alignment.

Jut Ware Marre Railay West Boylston Oson Hino SUS M. Rockbottom Sudbury Waltham Wavert SUN Geo. W. Stor C.S. Mellen Ptiuction Madson M. Sun Wav SUN. Wayland Weston Belmont Pass'g

Trains from Boston and Nearby Lines July 3 1887 Schedule

Corrected timetable lists weekday departures from Boston foot of Summer Street with varied city, town, and regional stops including Norwood Central New York Hartford Providence Danbury and Bridgeport. Evening and Sunday trains noted along with return trips from Norwood Central.

Boston Station Summer Street Ashcroft Balitimore Bird Street Blackstone Danbury Dorchester Dudley Street Ellis Endicott Fishkill-on-Hudson Franklin Forest Avenue Hartford Harvard Street Hyde Park Highland Lake Islington Manchester Mattapan Dlam Milford Mt. Bowdoin New Britain Newburg New London New York Middletown Norwich Norwood Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Putnam Readville River Street Rockville Conn Southbridge Tiltons Walpole Con Eo P.o Waterbury Willimantic Winislows Webster Boston

Boston and Albany trains schedule to Needham and Woonsocket

Train timetable lists departures and returns for Needham, Woonsocket and intermediate stops on Sundays and weekdays. Notes include express trains to New York via Middletown, connections to Hartford and Waterbury, and special dining car services on Boston to Willimantic routes.

New York Middletown New Haven Pullman Boston Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson Newburgh Portervis Chicago & St. Louis Limited Erie Railway ST A NEW England Limited Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Philadelphia Exvoevu Press Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richmond M. Norwich Line New London Norwich Danielsonville Putnam City OF Workcester City OF New York Washington Street Samim

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