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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 24, 1889

Page

7

Market summary of grain feeds and staples

Receipts and prices for year 635 bbls with fair demand. Kiln dried exports 210 215, granulated 275 285 per ton. Oatmeal receipts today 150 bbls, market steady. fine 5 and cut 57 60. Rye receipts none, market quiet at 65 68 cents for Net New York. Millfeed 83 tons, dull market. sack spring 14 50, sack winter 16, Michigran 15 25, middlings 15 17 per ton. Cottonseed meal quiet at 25 spot, 24 24 25 arriving. Malt 1200 bush, dull. six-row Canada No 1 95 105, No 2 85 95, six-row State 86 90, two-row State 72 75. Hops receipts none. market quiet. Good to choice 1888 New York 14 18c, common to good 1887 New York nominal 3 9c.

New York Canada S& Us Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Baltimore Genetie Continent Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Great Britain France United States

Market Report on Butter Eggs Cheese and Produce Receipts

Daily receipts list butter 1231 pkgs and oleo 1700 kgs with other items including cheese 357 boxes and potatoes 38 cars. Various regional market notes follow with firm butter, steady cheese, quiet oleomargarine, and mixed demand for beans, poultry, and hay.

Eges Chicago New York Liverpool Americas New Hampshire Ebrons Aroostook Hebrons Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Vermont Rose Hebrons Burbanks White Stars Virginia Jersey

Market The market shows steady demand and varied onion prices

Traders report steady demand with quoted prices for produce including Egyptian onions at 150 per crate, Malta onions 175 to 225 per basket, native onions 75 cents to 175 per bush, Spanish onions 1 to 1 per crate, beets 35 cents per box, carrots 50 cents per box, lettuce 1.25 per box, and numerous items such as cucumbers, peppers, beans, corn, cabbage, squash, cauliflower, eggplant, and celery with regional and unit prices across crates, boxes, and per dozen or bush measurements.

Malta Zeus Kalamazoo

Fruit and produce market prices and demand report

The receipts for many fruits are uneven with good demand for apples and pears. Prices are listed across items including Astrachans and Williams apples, Messina oranges, Delaware and Jersey Bartletts pears, Norfolks cantaloupes, Muskets, blueberries, blackberries, peaches, cranberries, grapes, watermelons, bananas, and plums. Market conditions vary from firm or steady to fair, with several specific price points and crate, bushel, and basket lots noted.

Messina Palermo Delaware Jersey New Yorks Rhode Islands Farnum & Co Delaware Moore’s New York Hudson River Hartfords Jersey Ives Carolina Marthas Marys Agawams Ives Concords Perkins Moore’s Delawares Georgia Baltimores Norfolks Jamaica Baracoa Port Simons Dana Seaverns & Co Niagaras Uackenbos Green Gage

SATURDAY'S TRAIN EXPECTS ONE CAR OF PEACHES

Steamers to arrive next Monday bring Banes bananas for Seaverus Co and the Savannah boat will land Monday with 20 packages of fruit and 1130 melons. H Harris & Co will auction 845 packages of California grapes on Monday.

Tordenskold Banes Seaverus & Co H Harris & Co California Suffolk Boston Court Street William H. Dolan West Roxbury Danforth Street Thomas H. Lawler Edwin L. Howard Constable

Provision market steady with varied stock receipts

Receipts today show tallow 38 pkgs beef 25 bbls pork none lard 560 pkgs hams 1 bbl 10 tierces preserved meats none bacon 122 boxes. Last year tallow 10 pkgs pork 212 bbls lard 759 pkgs hams 2 bbls 100 tierces bacon 301 boxes preserved meats 800 cases. New York prices show tallow strong at 2 per pkgs 4 1 2 percent bid. Pork sales 350 bils mess inspected 11 1150 or 10 75 extra prime 102 1050. Beef quiet hams steady tierced beef not fully clear.

New York

Meat Prices Fall Across Regions Amid Dull Demand

Market report shows general weakness in pork and lard with lower bid levels. Chicago prices for hog products unsettled. pork around 9.50 to 10.50, lard near 5.80 to 5.95, and dry salted meats down from prior quotes. Cincinnati notes pork easier at 10.50 and lard lower at 5.80. bulk meats also easier with short ribs around 5.12 to 5.42.

South America Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Hog and cattle market summary from major western yards

Stock Yards Kansas City reports steady cattle with steers up to 360 and stockers around 265 to 315, hogs easing to 350 390, sheep steady near 352 and 375. Cincinnati and Chicago show higher hogs and mixed cattle values, with heavy receipts and varied shifts in price across regions.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Cotton market reports firm New York and Liverpool futures

New York cotton firm with 868 bales sold and quotes for uplands and middling classifications. Futures opened steady and closed lower while Liverpool shows steady demand with middlings at 65s and 67 16d. Market summaries include numerous regional receipts, stocks, and prices across Atlantic ports and inland exchanges.

New York

Sugar Market Report From New York and Cuba Trade

Sugar receipts today total 11 barrels with last year 107 barrels and 886 birds along with 17 300 bags. Market for raw sugar is quiet and steady with Cuba refinings quoted 6 6Ysc and Manila and Java grades listed. Weekly sales include 326 hhds Muscovados and 89 test at 6c plus various centrifugals and sagua muscovados. Refined sugars show no change with mixed demand across pulverized to confectioners grades. Molasses receipts none. trade quiet at old prices. New York reports no change and New Orleans and Barbadoes pricing noted as dull.

Cuba Lloilus New York Ponce New Orleans Cienfuegos Barbadoes

Commodity price notes from New York and Rio markets

Coffee from New York to Rio shows quiet firm activity with fair cargoes at 187/2c. Whiskey markets unchanged. Turpentine and petroleum trade: turpentine closed at 44 4442c with rosin at 105 110, tar at 3, petroleum at 7.60c with RSW at 7.20c and cases at 9.10c.

New York Rio

Letter on arsenic therapy and hospital nutrition

A Portland Globe letter from June 1 1889 argues against using arsenic and other drugs for persistent coughs. It cites a case where hospital treatment with Murdock's Liquid Food produced rapid improvement after prior failures with physicians' prescriptions. The writer urges nourishment over medicines and notes the letter has been copied in other journals.

Brooklyn Lafayette Avenue Job Murdock Atient Ommon Wealth Massacusetts Suffolk Boston Jane E. Colwell James F. Colwell Portland Maine St. John New Brunswick Lynn Cambridge James F. Colwen A. D Fred ©. Colwell

Trade list of commodities and suppliers in Rosario and Arkansas

A compiled ledger of miscellaneous goods and shipments from firms including Jones McDuffee Stratton MecDuffee Porter Jordan Marsh E A Lowe Gill Scotz Hills Turner Peabody Horace Partridge RK Schwarz and Brown Bros. The entries show alum toy porcelain glassware leather wool hair and window glass distributed among multiple companies with quantities in cases packages bales and bags.

Antwerp Wise, Moses & Co Laimbert Bros Ashbrook & Co S&s Lyons Sherburne Lambert Bros George H Leonard Farnham & Co Gill & Lootz George T Sheldon L M Ham & Co William Read & Sons Frank Hinckley A Waiter & Co J W Tufts John H Ray & Co Clara Shuman Pierce & Co Charleste Hasting & Co Ross, Turner & Co White, Son & Co Poston Clock Co Stoddard & Kendall Toys Scehwarz Horace Partridge & Co White & Co Rosario Brown Bros & Co

Exports Summary of August 23 1889

Trade cargoes listed across ports Arichat Port Hastings Sydney Port Mulgrave Pictou Paspebiac Yarmouth Demekara and more include flour cornmeal oatmeal beef pork butter cheese lard herring sausage lumber and assorted goods. Vessel entries include Sch Cy rene Pioneer Eldridge Souther and Steamer Yarmouth with quantities noted for each commodity.

Arichat Port Hastings Sydney Port Mulgrave Pictou Pasperiac Warren Yarmouth Demekara Eldridge Souther

Foreign Markets Update From London and Liverpool

London reports cargoes off coast in wheat and corn with firm prices for wheat, weaker American corn and steady flour. Liverpool notes dull spot wheat, quiet corn, and firm cotton prices with a dock strike hindering trade. Sugar drops and cane sugar active. tea markets stagnant with firm Indian and Ceylon teas. Provisions and other staples show mixed moves amid broad market softness.

London Mark Lane Liverpool England China

Fragmented Names List From Diverse U S Locations

Readable fragments show a catalog of individuals and firms across many cities including Altoona Birmingham Chicago Cleveland Columbus Detroit Hagerstown Huntsville Indianapolis Jackson Laredo Marshall Macon Memphis Mobile Okolona Pulaski Spartansburg Selma Springfield Staunton St Paul Wilmington Winchester and more with affiliations like firms, co partnerships, and agencies.

Bastrop Oehlber Lago Wolf Wolf & Gilbernagel Columbia Tenn N Hirsch Hirsch & Bogatzky Chicago W Marks L B Mantonya Mantonya & Co J P Smith R P Smith & Sons W S Henderson M Henderson & Co Cleveland B Child Pittsburg Penn J H Borland Ad. Ark M Bluthenthal S Bluthenthal Co Pulaski Hoopes Eckenrode & Hoopes Staunton H Holliday Craw Selma Ala A. Hall Springfield L Reich St Paul Minn H A Coburn Kellogg, Johnson & Co G W Freeman C Gotzian & Co Wilmington C Evans Winchester

Local Train Service Schedule Notice

Trains leave Bow Station according to division schedule. Service updates reference local route changes and platform timing. details appear in the square section for passenger guidance.

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Timetables for New England Would-Be Rail Schedule

A fragmented OCR list shows train times across many towns and stations including Portland Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Newburyport North Conway Portsmouth Rockport Gloucester Salem York Amesbury area and Boston connections. The data mixes times with odd spellings and symbols, reflecting an early tentative schedule.

Portland Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead and Swaupscott Ssranen Kortsmouth Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem York Auerbor & Beach BR. B Wolfeboro

Lowell System Trains Schedule to Keene and Concord

Trains leave Boston Station for Keene Peterboro Hillsboro and other towns with multiple daily departures. Stops include Nashua Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Lowell North Billerica Lawrence Stoneham Woburn Winchester Concord and Montreal with times ranging from early morning to late evening.

Lowell Causeway Street Portland Street Manchester Concord N. H Franklin Bristol Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Norwich Hanover Thetford Bradford Newbury Montpelier Kesex Burlington Pontreal White River Montreal Boston Air Line Lowell System Boston Station Ilam North Billerica Lawes Rence Stoneham Woburn Lam Winchester Mass Reformatory Bedford

Central Massachusetts Train Schedule Details and Stops

Central Massachusetts division trains depart Buston Station and select stations nightly. Breakfast and afternoon runs list times to Northampton Hadley Amherst Belcher town Mondsville Ware Gilbertville Marre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester Clinton Berlin Hudson South Sudbury Knockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont and Sunday services from Belmont Waverley Waltham Hudson Way stations to Northampton. James Furber and D. J. Flanders sign as general manager and ticket agent.

Central Knockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont Hudson and Way Northampton James . Furber D. J. Flanders Gen'l Pas

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