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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 22, 1889

Page

7

Wholesale Prices for Dairy and Farm Provisions

Receivers' prices for strictly wholesale lots. Oleomargarine prices range 1 24 4 14¢ for choice lots. Cheese firm with quiet demand. Northern choice 8 ½ 6c, Western 7 54 8c, lower grades as to chrome 9 42 9 4c. Eggs steady. Eastern extras 19 20c, fancy nearby higher, firsts 16 18c, Vermont and New Hampshire 19 20c, Nova Scotia 17c, Prince Edward Island 17c, Western 17 17 ½c, Michigan choice 17 2 15c, Canadas 17c. Beans demand not very active. large sale concessions unlikely. Choice final New York hand-picked pea 240 250 bush, New York large hand-picked 220 230, Vermont hand-picked 32 50 2 65, etc. Poultry market steady. Western iced jets limited, fowls 11 ≥ 12c, live fowls 11 12c. Potatoes well supplied. Aroostook Hebrons arriving, rot affecting New York rose and Hebrons. Sweet potatoes ample. Virginia yellows 3 75 4 00 bbl. Hay and straw steady. choice hay 18 18 50, ordinary 16 17, East fine 14 15, rye straw 16 16 50, oat straw 8 9.

Crome Yacigher Eers All Choice Vermont New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunsick Prince Edwards Islands Michigan Canadas New York California Lima Choice Canada Aroostook Hebrons New York Rose Hebrons Aroostook Ebrons Aroostook New York Burbanks White Stars Rose Jersey Virginia Vale Continent South America Cincinnati Chicago St Louis Choice Brighton

Market Prices for Onions and Vegetables in Native Trade

The market shows steady demand with ample supply. Egyptian onions at 150 per crate, native onions 75 cents per bush, beets 35 cents per box, carrots 50 cents per box, lettuce 125 per box, turnips 50 cents per box, cucumbers 150 per 100 count, parsley 25 cents per bush, cranberries and shell beans at 1 dollar, wax beans 75 to 85 cents per bush, Lima beans 2 dollars per bush, tomatoes 75 cents per bush, cauliflower 1 dollar per dozen, celery 20 to 25 cents per bunch. Crook-neck squash 1 cent each. Turban, marrow squash prices noted. Kalamazoo celery 20 to 25 cents per bunch.

Malta Kalamazoo

Fruit Market Report Shows Broad Supplies and Firm Prices

The market summary details abundant apples with varied prices for Astrachans to Gravensteins and strong orange prices for Mesina and Palermo. Pears show steady demand for choice lots, cantaloupes and muskmelons in good demand, blueberries and whortleberries active, and grapes with increasing supply yet selective movement. Bananas, watermelons, peaches, plums, and other fruits display steady to firm prices with regional variations and multiple grade levels.

Fruit Sales Auction Listings

Harris and Co announce an auction Thursday at 10 o clock for 915 boxes of fancy McDevitt California peaches. Snow and Co announce a separate auction Thursday for one carload of California pears and peaches.

Harris & Co Snow & Co

Steamer arrivals promise banana and produce shipments

The steamer Kong Alf is due with Jamaica bananas to the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Dana is due Friday with Baracoa bananas for Seaverns & Co. The Norfolk boat due Friday has 280 bags peanuts, 860 pigs grapes and 325 bbis sweet potatoes.

Kong Alf Jamaica Bananas Boston Fruit Company Dana Baracoa Seaverns & Co Norfolk

Thursday's Train Collision at Busy Junction

A local transit report notes a train on Thursday consisting of seven peach cars and four mixed cars. No injuries reported, crews secured the scene and began inspection of rolling stock and track integrity.

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Provisions and pork products market notes from Waco

The report shows Waco provisions with pork and pork products in steady demand and prices. It lists cargo by product and quantity including beef pork lard hams bacon and preserved meats with year over year changes. Market quotes cover long and short cuts backs lean ends sausages bologna and various hams and smoked items with price ranges and unit details.

Hog and meat market report across cities analysis

The report lists varied meat prices and market activity across Vale New York Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati. It notes mixed activity with hogs steady to firmer lard and pork prices and brisk quotes for beef bones and tongues. Wholesale cuts such as shoulders, ribs, ham and tripe show steady or modest changes and regional price differences.

Hog and Cattle Market Summary at Major U.S. Yards

At Kansas City stock yards special cattle receipts 7777 market steady with steer prices around 335 to 400 native cows 136 to 205 mixed stock 145 to 190 stockers 225 to 310 range cattle 225 to 290 hogs receipts 4764 steady heavies 370 to 400 mediums 380 to 430 pigs 420 to 430 sheep 594 firm 350 to 395 In Cincinnati hogs steady light weights 240 to 460 Receipts 629 Chicago cattle receipts 15000 shipments 3000 steady for best beves 450 to 485 steers 344 to 350 stockers 1800 cows bulls mixed 130 to the Lexas cattle natives and half breeds 330 to 400 hogs receipts 13000 shipments 4500 opened strong closed lower mixed 390 to 440 heavy 375 to 425 light 425 to 465 sheep receipts 9000 shipments 2000 active weak natives 350 to 475 western 340 to 410 Texans 345 to 415 lambs 405 to 575

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago

New York and Liverpool Cotton Markets Hold Steady

The New York market shows steady to steady decline opening and closing. Upland cotton prices range from middling to good ordinary with futures mixed. Liverpool reports steady demand and varied middling levels. Major U S ports show mixed receipts and exports with firm to quiet tone across districts and consolidated five day totals at 77,445 stock across ports.

New York Aqua Vc Iso Liverpool Wesebasveces Augusta Mid Lle Galveston Mid Slec New Orleans Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Wid Life Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Lisge Great Britain France Continent United States

Sugar Market Dubious Yet Quiet Across Regions

Sugar receipts and prices shown across markets with mixed figures. Raw sugar in New York and Cuba steady to firm, refined grades varied with slight shifts in batch pricing. molasses receipts down from last year and pricing largely nominal. New York reports a quiet, steady market with comparable soft demand for refined goods.

Coffee and chemical markets steady in New York report

Coffee markets in New York show firmer tone with fair cargoes at 18 percent. Whiskeys settle around 102 dollars. Turpentine and petroleum trade in New York show turpentine at 44 and a half cents, resin around 102 dollars 32 cents and tar at 270, petroleum at 7.75 cents with RSW 7.20 and cases 9.10.

New York

Cattle Market Prices and Arrivals in Watertown and Brighton

Weekly market report by George J. Fox for the Boston Post covers the week ending August 21 1859. It lists live stock totals at market including cattle sheep and lambs, arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards, and price ranges for market beef store cattle and sheep and lambs with regional notes on oxen cows calves and hogs.

Watertown Brighton Boston Post George J. Fox Maine B&b Harriman Hall & Son Glines & Weston Grafton LC Libby & Son Libby W Gleason Fitchburg West Glacuw Commonwealth OF Massacehussetts Suffolk Boston Holden Henry R. Plimpton James L. Plimpton Copartners Jl. Kk. Plimpton and Company UCE Clarence Luce State of New York Commonwealth John F. Brown Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Suffolke Hoson Levi Wingersky Thomas Moulton Newark New Jersey Ernest B. Grant Said Ofton Oston

Cattle and Sheep Trade Highlights At Brighton Markets

Reminiscences of a busy week with 6000 head of cattle arriving and strong demand for sheep. Brighton yards report steady hog and veal calf markets, rising milch cow supply, and export trade steady for Liverpool and Glasgow. Montreal and New England lambs show strong activity as Maine and New York cattle flow continues, with notable prices for milch cows, springers, and working oxen.

England Sam Tnion GF & EC Swift West Boston Brighton Monroe H Johnson New York Union J D Hosmer W Melley Lee Glines & Weston W H Webster J Melloy & Son Piper & Pond JC Libby Liverpool Roman J A Hathaway J Gould EB Morgan J Bollinger Glasgow Durham City M Goldsmith Olympia London New England States Canada Vermont H Jones Lavine Shirley JS Weiler Kane

Shipping and commodity list from multiple firms and ports

A fragmented historical ledger item lists casks bleaching powders, machinery, paper stock, china clay, and various cargoes from firms such as Baring Bros & Co, F A Leigh & Co, Riley & Gray, Linder & Meyer, and others. It includes quantities like 169 casks, 197 packages, 93 do, 115 bars, 20 bolls iron, 100 tons, 320 physical merchandise, and large consignments of logwood roots, bananas, oranges, and dry hides for multiple destinations including Milk River, Jam and Port Antonio, Jam.

Liverpool Eng Norseman E & F King & Co M Jones Hughes Wela & Son Shannon & Co Reed & Barton Hayes & Co Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Moise Pacific Mills Phelps, Dodge & Co Clark, Sawyer & Co Norcross Mellen & Co Abram French & Co Springer Bros Boots Boston Boot Co L C Chase & Co Messenger, Jr Wheatley & Co H White & Co Richard Riggs Bolls Steel Bb M Jones & Co Bols Old Rags Baring Bros & Co Lros & Co Mohair Brown Glasgow Scot Hibernian Ford Wheeler, Blodgett & Co Moors & Co White & Co Whitney & Co Nickerson & Baxter A & W Bird & Co William C Townsend Joel Goldhwaite & Co F & F C Fales Waldo Bros Morton, Rose & Co Moise Stoddard Lovering & Co Joseph Burke George W White Moise Potter & Co Liverpogl Bostonian O Dame & Co Coleman, Mead & Co King & Co Moise Beach & Co Burnham Stone & Downer Houghton Stoddard, Lovering & Eco Thomas Leyland & Co Hammill & Gillespie Thayer & Lincoln Norton Milk River Edward D Por’ Antonio Hoston Fruitco Eas Harbor Lark Arlington Downes Sierra Leone Waldemar J F Brooks

Foreign Markets Update From London and Liverpool Trade Notes

London and Liverpool report wheat steady yet firm amid quiet demand for corn and flour. Prices for No 1 California wheat for December and January futures shown. Cotton steady with 10,060 bales sold. diverse staples from peas to lard and cheese listed with varying bids. Manchester notes rising cloth and yarn quotations but slow activity as makers seek orders.

London Mark Lane Liverpool England California Paris Manchester The Guardian

Trains Bind Boston to West with Daily Departures

On and after June 17 1889 trains depart Boston Passenger Station Causeway Street for the West. G 30 am. Accommodation for Troy and Albany. Express Parlor Car for Troy and Albany at e 3() am. Sleeping Car for Buffalo.

Boston Causeway Street Troy Albany Itinghamton Uittalo DAILY Chicago Niagara Falls Erie & Hooston St. Louis Michigan Central and Wavasi Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Koy Miller’s Park Square Station Stonington New York Washington, Cor State Street Park Square J. W. Richardson J. W. Miller O. H. Briggs Gen Pass FASC BR. R Providence Washington Street

Local Train Schedule for Western Division

Trains Leave Boston Station Haymarket for Wortland and regionals with frequent departures from 6:30 am to 11:30 pm including Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Newburyport Reading and other stops. Sunday runs listed with various times and a workingmen's train noted.

Western Division Boston Haymarket Wortland Provincial Express Altom Kay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover North Conway Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Middeford Saco Lawrence Lowell Newburyport Reading Manchester Medford W Me

Eastern Division Train Schedule From Boston Causeway

Telegraphed timetable lists departures across coastal stations from Boston Causeway with times for Portland Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Newburyport Portsmouth Rockport Gloucester Swampscott Marblehead Lynn and other stops. It includes branches via York Harbor Beach and South Reading, plus workingmen and via Saugus lines with numerous listed times.

Portland Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Falls Rochester Brampton North Hamptone Beach Epewich Lynn Marblehead and Swampscott Newburyport North Conway Portsmouth Rockport and Gloucester Branch York Harbor & Beach KH. B Swampacott Olive Bore

Lowell System Trains Depart Boston for Multiple Stations

Trains leave Boston Causeway Street for Keene Peterboro Hillsboro via Concord Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Lowell North Middlesex Lawrence Stoneham Woburn Winchester Concord Riass Reformatory Via Bedford Washoaland Manchester and Concord Montreal listed with numerous daily departures across mornings, afternoons, and evenings to many towns and hubs.

North Millerica Lawerence Stoneham Wobara iLam Winchester Concord, Riass Reformatory Bedford Washoaland Lowell Stoneham and Way Weburn and Way Manchester Concord Montreal

Central Massachusetts Train Schedule Details

Central Massachusetts divisions list departure times from Fluston and various stations serving Northampton Hadley Amherst Belcher town Mondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester Clinton Berlin Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Mélmont Belmont Hudson and Way Stations with multiple daily trains. James T. Furb er D. J. Flanders General Manager Genl Pasr and Ticket Agent.

Central Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Mélmont Belmont Hudson Way Northampton James T Furber D. J. Flanders Gen’l Pas

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