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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1888

Page

7

Market Report on Dairy Beverages and Farm Products Prices

The listing details receiver and jobbing prices for Fey wholesale butter and other dairy products, with New York creamery butter firm, various grade quotes for butter and cheese, egg markets steady, beans and grains price ranges, and hay and straw values. It notes regional variations across New York, Liverpool, Vermont, Ohio, and Nova Scotia, with general market firmness and quiet demand in several categories.

New York Vermont Ohio Liverpool Kees New Hampshire Michigan Nova Scotia New Brunswick E Island Bush California West Jersey Ioao Erseys Bristol Orfolk East Swale

Banana Steamer Lorenzo D. Baker Due Aug. 22

The steamer Lorenzo D. Baker is due August 22 with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company, delivering produce to the port and local markets.

Banana Steamers Lorenzo D. Baker Boston Fruit Company

Market Report on Fruits and Nuts for Year Ending 1888

The report notes US fruit and nut exports valued at 213 562 for year ending June 30 1888 mainly to Canada. Imports for the same period amount to 6 687. Apples receipts last week 2537 barrels vs 2376 last year. Oranges and lemons steady with Palermo oranges at 6 7 per box. Savannah News cites a record orange crop possibly 4 000 000 boxes and faster transport between Florida and Chicago. Melons receipts 65 000 last week with 800 000 expected shipments from South Carolina. cash sales favored growers. Grapes market quiet with Ives and Bartlett quoted. peaches and pears supplies noted with varied prices.

United States Canada Palermo Messina Savannah News Florida Northwestern Atlanta Jacksonville Chicago Norfolk South Carolina Baltimore Sun Commission New York Philadelphia Boston Baltimore

Market Prices For Fresh Vegetables And Produce

Quiet market with steady prices for assorted vegetables. Items listed include New marrow squash at $1 per pound, native green peas $1.50 per bush, cabbages $3.44 per 100 count, native string beans $0.25 or $0.50 per bush, native wax beans $0.60 per bush, cranberry beans $0.75 per bush, bunch onions $0.25 per bunch, Egyptian onions $2.25 per case, Spanish onions $4 per basket, beets $0.50 per bush, Norfolk onions $3.50 per barrel, carrots $2 per 100 count, lettuce $0.40 per box, turnips 3 or 4 cents per bunch, Russia yellow turnips $1.75 per barrel, rutabaga turnips $0.90 per bush, native cucumbers $0.50 per 8 or 100 count, green corn in small supply at $1.24 per dozen, native tomatoes $0 per bush box, peppers at $0.76 per bush, Jersey cantaloupes $2.25 per 250.

Russia Jersey

Market Prices for Pork, Beef, and Mutton With Lard Firmness

The report lists prices for lard at 8 95 to 8 97 percent in St Louis and Cincinnati Pork dull at 14 50. Lard firm and higher at 8 65. Bulk meats up, short rib 8 37 44 3, bacon stronger 9 75 9 96. Beef prices range from extra pie 8 85 to beef tongues 20 21 per barrel, and cattle demand appears fair with steady prices for choice steers at 10 0 per hundred pounds and various other cuts quoted. Lambs steady around 11 12 1/2 and mutton and veal values given for eastern and Chicago markets.

Haims New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Hog and cattle markets across major U S yards

KC stock yards report active trade with firm cattle and higher hog prices led by best lots. Cincinnati hogs firmer. Chicago cattle shipments steady with steers 5.25 to 6.75. hogs 5.60 to 6.60. St Louis hogs steady 6.0 to 6.4. Peoria hogs firm with prices 5.65 to 6.45.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas St Louis Peoria

New York cotton prices and market rundown

In New York cotton is easier at 11 16c for middling uplands and 10 13-16c for low middling with good ordinary and ordinary at various quoted levels. Futures opened quiet and closed steady with a mixed opening-closing table for August through February. Liverpool spot cotton and global markets show declines and varied futures. Regional receipts and stocks across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Savannah, Memphis, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, West Point, Philadelphia, Baltimore, and St Louis illustrate a generally steady to quiet market with mid quotings around 10c to 11c and notable activity in exports coastwise.

New York Eesceeess Seeveces Iccsc Vietae Walsets Sveegens Liverpool Orleans Ccce Cccccceseneses Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Memphis Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Rt Coastwise West Point Philadelphia Baltimore York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville

Sugar and Molasses Markets Steady in New York and Havana

Sugar markets show steadiness with firm prices in New York and quiet trade in Havana. Refined sugars command solid demand with various grades priced from 6% to 8 cents per pound, while molasses markets hold nominal levels. Havana stocks and weekly receipts detailed, including U S shipments and freight rates.

Wsd Belmont New York Havana Matanzas United States Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez

Turpentine and Petroleum Market Summary Across Cities

Ta'iow reports quiet demand with unchanged prices. New York shows a steady market for prime city products. Turpentine closes around 36 to 37 cents with resin near 102 to 107 dollars per ton and tar nominal. petroleum closes around 64 to 46?c with RSW at 7 percent and cases at 9 percent. Chicago notes unchanged at 120 dollars. Cincinnati steady at 114 dollars. St Louis not quoted.

New York Chicago Cincinnati St Louis

Imports And Exports Aug 18 1888 Liverpool Steamer Pavonia

A dated shipping list from Liverpool notes cargoes including rice woollens earthenware bottled beer wine and various textiles. Multiple firms such as Baring Bros Co F O Damo & Co Stone & Downer and Norton Fessenden & Soule appear alongside others listing cases bales casks and crates bound for or from the Pavonia voyage. Strong entity names include Baring Bros Co Richards brigga C A Wellington Co and Olive wines.

Liverpool Eng Pavonia Baring Bros & Co Tune & Downer Richard Brigga Wellington & Co Stone & Downer Trateradley & Co Siverry O Damo & Co Fierce & Co Levine Noise Merchants’ Despatch Transportation Co Greise Foster Benj French & Co Prey, Jons & Co Oliver Dison & Co P Hollanders&co Lo Beles Paper Stone & Downer Urage Filton & Dorr Nunner Jones & Co Hovey & Co Moora & Co

Wholesale Inventory Fragment: Machinery and Goods Listed

An extensive garbled list records numerous firms and items including cases and boxes of tin plates, earthenware, hats, wines, plaster, books, pictures, and various goods. Names such as J J Murdock, Kanawha Despatch, Fuller Dana & Fitz, Brooks & co, and Stoddard, Lovering appear with quantities like crates, cases, bales, sacks, and boxes. The fragment suggests a large stock inventory or shipment manifest with diverse merchandise and many entities.

Holder & Herrick Fuller, Dana & Titz Mullen & Co Jk Chase P Higgns & Co Walker, Stetson & Sawyer Do Hartwell, Ee, & Co Do Brown, Duriell & Co Uller, Dana & Fitz Kk Leeson & Co Stone & Downer Shawan & Co Brooks & Co Goff & Sons Little, Brown & Co Stone & Vowder Norcross Meilen & Co Sawyer & Co Whelpys Dodge & Co Vordan, Marsh & Co Bradford, Thomas & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Brown, Durrell & Co Doblins & Co March Bros, Tierce & Co Beal, Higgins & Henderson Marsh Bros. Lierce & Co Juddan, Marsh & Co Hovey & Co Austin & Co

Exports August 18 1888 Halifax to Charlottetown trade list

Shipping list from Halifax and Charlottetown detailing goods aboard multiple vessels including the Worcester and Norma Amer fox. Items listed cover hardware, marble, linen hose, pianos, nails, ink, printing materials, naval stores, bananas, oysters, lard, flour, beef, beer, cornmeal, lumber, and various schooners carrying corn and flour to ports in Nova Scotia and Jamaica.

Halifax Charlottetown Pei Worcester AKI Norma Amerfox Thornes Cove Atwood Clementsport Gold Hunter Tusket Lilly E Port Morant Jam Marnison

Staple Goods Carried by Railroads and Sea Transport

A consolidated listing details staple shipments by various railroads and sea routes. It enumerates wool bales, flour barrels, cornmeal, feed, corn, oats, butter, eggs, cheese, tea, beans, lard, pork, leather, skins, bacon, wool, flour, and other commodities across lines including Noston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Isuston & Maine, Houston & Maine, Boston & Maine, uy Express, and sea routes with quantities given in bales, barrels, sacks, tons, and cases.

Noston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Isuston & Maine Railroad Houston & Maine Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Lowell System Biles Uy Express

Foreign Markets. London Wheat and Corn Prices Firm

Cargoes off the coast show wheat strong with sales and waiting lists. Paris and Liverpool report firm breadstuffs with wheat and corn in demand. futures for wheat and corn also firm. Prices quoted for Australian and California wheat, mixed corn, and goods in London, Paris, and Liverpool reflect firm markets amid improving weather.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Callionia Michigan Los

Boston and Maine rail schedule several routes and times

Boston and Maine Railroad list of through trains with stations and times from Causeway street and Haymarket square including Augusta Haymarket, Old Orchard, Portland, Bangor, Eastport, Calais, St. John New Brunswick, North Conway and Lewiston. Express and steamer connections noted with extra fare.

Augusta Haymarket Causeway St Banzer Bar Harbor St.ohn Halifx Llaymarket Sq Causeway St. Stallion Old Orchard Portland Poland Springs Bangor Wid Kkarsfarbor Boston Eastport Calais St. John Knewis Malltax N. S Causeway Street Haysmarket Square Roeckland Casise Southweatland Ar Tarbors Staimer Skymarket Square Cause Way Street Lewiston Haymarket Square Dain Tom Manchester North Haymarket Sq North Conway Hayaket Sq Causeway Portland- Haymarket Sq Maine Central Prank Maox & Lincoln Tulymarket

Rate Roads Eastern Division Train Schedule Roster

Trains depart Boston Causeway Street for Amenbury and many nearby towns with a dense, legacy timetable listing dozens of stations such as Lynn Marblehead Swampscott and Newburyport. The schedule includes weekday and Sunday trains with multiple daily departures, indicating through service and connections across extensive regional routes.

Iral Mass Hudson Sudbury Mockbottom Wachland Wern Waltham Waverley Sselanomt Hudsod Northampton Furber J. Flanders Anager

Western Division Train Schedule Distorts Boston Rail Timetable

A dense list of schedules shows trains departing from Boston stations toward Alton Kay Rochester Farmington and many other stops. The fragmented OCR includes times for Léom Andover Dover Exeter Great Falls Medford Lowell Malden Melrose and Portland along with other towns. The entry reads as a long, error-filled timetable with numerous misprints and inconsistent numerals but conveys a broad regional commuter network with frequent departures through the day.

Alton Kay Rochester Farmington Léom Andover Dover Dunvers Exeter Great Falls Biaverh II Georgetown Licensebank Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Medford Merrimac North Andover Newbury

Cape Cod Division Timetable Fragments From a Dated Schedule

Fragmentary OCR lists train times and routes for Cape Cod Division. Includes Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Chatham, Barnstable, Woods Hole, and Sunday schedules with various departure times and destinations.

Cape Cod Kneeland Street Buzzards Tay AgSarnstrade Bourne Bournedale Brewster Cataumet Chatham Ottiage Cite Ouds Hall Slaouth Buzzards Bay

Providence Division timetable of Sunday routes and stations

A dense fragment outlines Providence Division Sunday schedules with numerous times for Park Square New Work Shore Line and various stations. It lists daily and Sunday service patterns, multiple stops, and a broad array of departure times, including late morning and evening slots, across many locales such as Attleboro Canton Jamaica Plain and North Providence, reflecting a complex transit catalog.

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