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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 20, 1889

Page

7

Fruit Market Report With Mixed Prices Across Varieties

Trade roundup shows 6 10¢ per quart whortleberries and blackberries steady to short, pineapples scarce and nominal, peaches improving with higher prices expected. Delaware and Hudson cargoes move, grapes well supplied with varied quotes, watermelons quiet but steady, bananas rising supply, plums dampened, crabapples small and poor, cranberries fair to slow at about 4 per bush.

Delaware Georgia Hudson Rivers New York Hudson River Hartfords Jersey Ives Carolina Marthas Marys Agawams Concords Perkins Moore Delawares Jamaica Baracoa Port Simons Welhayven

Fruit Sales Sale by H Harris & Co and Snow & Co

Auction notices announce H Harris & Co selling 915 boxes of fancy McDevitt California peaches at 10 o clock Wednesday and Snow & Co selling 1 car of California pears and peaches on the same day.

H Harris & Co Snow & Co

Steamer Arrivals Bring Bananas to Boston Firm

The Harold is due Wednesday and the Kong Alf is due Thursday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Carl Konow is due Thursday with Baracoa bananas for WW & CR Noyes, and the Dana is due about Thursday with Baracoa bananas.

Harold Kong Alf Boston Fruit Company Carl] Konow WW & CR Noyes Dana

Provisions market totals and mixed price notes across cities

Receipts show tallow 19 pkgs and 5 bbls pork with 4191 pees of lard and 2 cases preserved meats plus 300 boxes bacon. Last year’s same time listed larger pork, lard, hams, and preserved meats. Demand steady with no price changes. New York tallow strong at 2 dollars per pk, pork steady with multiple bid ranges. Northern and midwestern cites report mixed movements in beef, lard, dry salt meats, and bacon with widespread dullness in St Louis and weaker Cincinnati pork.

New York Continent South America Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Hog and cattle market report from Kansas City and major cities

Market update covering stock yards at Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago and Texas. Cattle receipts and prices across categories including steers cows and stockers with ranges from 150 to 470 per head. Hogs show steady to higher prices with heavies and lights listed. Sheep receipts differ by city with prices around 3.40 to 6.00 per head.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Llexas

Cotton markets steady as futures firm in New York and Liverpool

New York cotton closes barely steady after firm opening with uplands selling 8 11 16 to 11 11 16 cents. Futures show opening strength and slight afternoon decline. Liverpool market remains firm with middlings at 6 11 16d and steady closes. Global receipts and stocks update across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Memphis Savannah and other ports indicate mixed activity and firm mid values.

New York Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Alice Great Britain Cincinnati St Louis Tock Louisville Continent United States

Sugar and Molasses Market Report Today

Sugar receipts total 116 hogsheads 269 bags and 15 barrels 865 hogsheads compared with last year. Raw sugar steady with quiet demand Cuba refined lots 64 6 percent sc centrifugals 96 test 7c Manila 54 6c etc. Refined sugars firm with good local demand prices advanced 1/4 to 1/2 cent. Wholesale granulated 36 8 7-16c confectioners A 8 7-16c standard A 8 1/2c. New York sugar raw steady refined firm good demand.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas Belmont New York New Orleans Cienfuegos Barbadoes

Market Prices and Trade Report Quiet in New York

A fragmented OCR trade note lists various commodities with prices and grades. It records sugar types and confectioners’ entries, extracts about yields per barrel and puncheon, and notes diet trade at steady prices. New Orleans and Barbadoes mentions appear with regional price ranges as New York notes a quiet steady market.

Turpentine and Petroleum Market Notes

New York prices show turpentine closing near 4354.44 cents with rosin at 10242 10744 and tar at 270. Petroleum closes at 7.75 cents with RSW at 7.20 and cases at 9.10. Coffee Rio steady around 18.2 cents a pound. whiskey market steady at 102 dollars per case.

New York Rio

Imports August 19 1889 Baracoa and Liverpool cargoes

List of consignments arriving aboard steamers Welhaven Palestine and Catalonia at Liverpool with 8500 bunches bananas and a vast range of goods. Entries name shippers Baring Bros Co Knickerbocker era firms and quantities including steel cases earthenware woollens wines oils and textiles. Detailed counts cover dozens of firms and items such as 84 bales waste paper 15 tons gr4 cwt and 1150 sacks salt among others.

Baracoa Welhaven W &C R Noyes Liverpool Eng Palestine W Jones & Co Baring Bros & Co Milne & Co Mitchell, Woodbury & Co Norton, Fessenden & Sonle L Ross Catalonia Moise Shreve, Crump & Low J H Earle Saco Water Power Machine Co Wire Stedman & Fuller Mant Co Stone & Downer S& T Sharp Thomas Shellac Merrill, Dexter & Co Baldwin Bros & Co Pierce & Co Kendall, Barrows & Co Neal, Morse & Co British Hosiery Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Thomas Mack Music Miles & Thompson Cumner, Jones & Co Norton, Fessenden & Soule Nichols & Farnsworth Dudley & Co Merchants’ Transportation Despatch Co Beal, Higgins & Henderson Jordan, Marah & Co Noyes, Campbell & Co Washburn & Moon Mant Co Walker, Stetson & Sawyer Co Coleman, Mead & Co Brown, Durrell & Co Hovey & Co Simons, Hatch and Whitten Henry Atkins & Co Hugo Bourgian & Co Norcross, Mellen & Co Clark, Sawyer & Co Abram French & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Martin Stearns & Co Leeson & Co H White & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Macaliar, Parker & Co William Reed & Sons Austin & Dolen Morrison & Co Manchester, Robertson & Allison Merchants’ Despatch Transportation Co Vassie & Co Ietures Stone & Downer Vanels Bogisian & Co White, Son & Co Tilden, Thurber & Co Oliver Ditson & Co RI Stearns & Co J A & W Bird & Co P Hollander & Co Bigelow, Kennard & Co Soods Coleman, Mead & Co Farley Harvey & Co

Trade items and cargo list from maritime warehouse notice

A dated list records diverse goods and shipments including porcelain, tissues, champagne, es, and textiles. Names such as Jordan, Marsh and C F Lovey appear among suppliers, with quantities of hemp bales, casks, tiles, alkali, trunks, and utensils listed for the Cunard agency and others.

RH White & Co Boston Button Co Richard Briegs Flovey & Co Shepard, Norwell & ¢Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Model DeBlois & Co Cunard Co John E_ Cassidy Henry Brown & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co—1 Dodo C F Hovey & Co Baldwin Bros & Co Wilson Truss Reach & Co

Exports list from St John and nearby ports Aug 19 1889

A detailed export manifest from St John NB and surrounding ports lists steamer and schooner cargoes dated August 19 1889. Goods include pork marble flour meal oats sacks beans rope kerosene oil and numerous hardware items. Named vessels include Cumberland Howard New Brunswick and G M Warner with various destinations and quantities across Digby Annapolis NS Bear River NS Salmon River NS and St Johns NF.

ST John Cumberland Salmon River Howard Plympton Warner Bear River Norris

London Market Report Mixed Wheat and Corn Prices August

Foreign market summary shows wheat steady in London with firm English and foreign wheat, corn rising on passage, American and Danubian corn dearer. Liverpool spot wheat quiet yet steady, corn weaker. weekly British wheat deliveries 42,393 quarters at 30s 9d. Prices in various futures and regions listed with England France and Antwerp readings. Weather in England mostly fair with showers.

London Mark Lane Liverpool Great Britain England California Antwerp Paris

Trade adverts for merchants and firms across multiple cities

A dense list of names and firms with city and state locations appears, naming individuals and companies such as JC I Daniel in Atlanta, J R McKeldin in Baltimore, H Ruge's Sons in Apalachicola, Carroll Adams Co in Baltimore, W'S Gregg in Chester, LB Mantonya Co in Chicago, RP Smith & Sons in Chicago, Childs Groe Co in Cleveland, Adams & Ford in Cleveland, Newberger Bros in Cotteeville, Bentley & Olmstead in Des Moines, Hay B&S Co in Easton, Brandt in Fayetteville, J Weil & Bro in Huntsville, McKee & Branham in Indianapolis, Marvin Co in Jacksonville, Lehman in Memphis, Grotz Craw in Mobile, W Huston in Serer Penn, L Goldberg in Salt Lake City, Hall in Selma, Starkey & Scowden in Springfield, Clements in St Louis, Clark Shoe Co in St Louis, Kellogg Johnson & O in St Paul, Gotzian Co in St Paul, Dewey Rodgers Co in St Paul, J C De Cou in Trenton, Dunn Baker De Cou in New Jersey, H C Evans in Wilmington.

Atlanta I Daniel JC &I Daniel J R McKeldin McKeldin & Co Apalachicola Mantonya Mantonya & Co Chicago J P Smith RP Smith & Sons Cleveland Childs Gro & Co D. Cleveland W Cady Cady & Co Janke Adams & Ford Cotteeville Miss J Newberger Newberger Bros Des Moines B Bentley Bentley & Olmstead Thorn Easton Penn O Hay Hay B& S$ Co Fayetteville Brandt Huntsville Ala H Weil J Weil & Bro Indianapolis Ind E Branham McKee & Branham Jacksonville Fla C Marvin C Marvin & Co Memphis Grotz, Craw Serer Penn Huston E Schmertz & Co Salt Lake City Utah Goldberg Selma Hall Springfield Starkey Starkey & Scowden St Louis J H Clements A H Clark Clark Shoe Co Qu. St Paul Minn H A Coburn Kellogg Johnson & O St Paul G W Freeman Gotzian Co Toledo J S Rodgers Dewey, Rodgers & Co Trenton J C de Cou Dunn, Baker & de Cou Wilmington H C Evans

Rails Roads Timetable for Boston and Nearby Stops

Corrected to Aug 19 1889. Trains from Boston Foot of Summer Street to Ashcroft Baltimore Bemackstone Dorchester and many suburbs list dozens of departure times. Sunday service to Norwood Central Hyde Park Franklin and intermediate stations with return times noted.

Boston Summer Street Ashcroft Baltimore Bird Street Beiackstone M. Danbury Dedham T.llam Dorchester Bodie Street Ellis Endicott Bfishkill-On-Hudson Franklin Forest Avenue Martford Silrvard Street Hyde Park Blighland Lake Islington Manchester Mattapan Renford Mt. Kendorn New Britain Newburg New London New York Air Line Hartford Norwich Orwich Norwood Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Providence Putnam Renaville River Street H Rockville Conn Southbridge Pistons Walpole Washington D.C Waterbury Willimantic Winstons Webster

Local Train Service Schedule and Stops

Local train service details departures from Boston and inputs for Dover Maverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Reading and Way Stations with multiple daily times and a workingmen's train. The fragment lists 6 pm Dover 8 am 6 7 30 pm Manchester 8 am 12 45 pm 2 50 5 30 7 40 9 45 pm and various other timings for the stops.

Agusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Bangor and Kar Harbor Concord Upper Broads Lewiston Mannchester N. H St. John Malifax Provinces Expresa Maox Lincoln Bris Manchester Manchester and No. Weare Manchester & No. Weare Concord & Portsmouth R. R Hovoksett Suncook PitGelleta Suncook Valley Dover Maverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford Reading and Way

Eastern Division Boston Station Trains Schedule

Trains depart Boston stations for Portland Amesbury Lynn Swampscott and many coastal towns with times listed from early morning to late evening. The schedule covers Biddeford Great Falls Gloucester Newburyport Portsmouth Salem and other stops including York Harbor Beach and North Hampton with the Workingmen's train via Haymarket and the South Reading Branch.

Portland Amesbury Ieverly Biddeford Great Falls Rochester Mampton Beach North Hampton Ays Beach Epswich Lynn Biarbiehead and Swampscott Islancn Newburyport North Canneers Ortsmouth Rockport and Gloucester Branch Satenma York Marbor & Beach Swampscott Wolfeboro Yun and Ace Portsmouth Bangor St. John Halifax Salem Saugus Workingmen’s South Reading Boston Haymarket Square

Lowell System Trains From Boston To New Hampshire Areas

Train schedule lists departures from Boston to Lowell system towns including Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Concord Nashua and Greenfield with numerous daily times. Routes cover Wilton Milford Amherst North Billerica Lawrence Stoneham Woburn and Concord Mauss via Bedford and other junctions with multiple daily slots ending late evening and overnight. Montreal also noted as a destination.

Fitchburg Causeway Street Boston St. Albans Winchendon Jaftrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St. Johns Montreal Ogdensburg Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company & R. Rays Brontreal Ottawa Washington Street Moston A. Faxon A. EK. Stewart Keene, N Hillsboro Concord Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Lowell North Billerica Lawrence Stoneham Woburn Wanchester Concord, Mauss Reformatory Station Bedford

Central Massachusetts Train Schedules by Town Stops

Train departures from EZeston and Clinton Berlin Madson Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont list morning to evening times for routes toward Northampton Hadhey Amherst Belcher town Bondsville Ware Gilbertvwilte Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester So Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham etc with 7.45 am and multiple daily slots including 1.30 3.40 and 5.25 pm among others.

Central Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont

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