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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1887

Page

7

Mixed market activity with steady grain quotes and strong exports

Demand remains light with small sales. No 2 white oats at 38% elevator and 37 88c track. steamer yellow 55 56c. Wheat and corn exports steady with Atlantic port totals near 3.96 million bush wheat and 169k corn. fifty-one weeks show large year-over-year gains in wheat and flour exports. Millfeed firm. oats and rye quiet on spot.

Minnesota Michigan New York Canada Superior Canada No 1 Canada Western Eastern

Market Report Traditions Quiet Butter and Cheese Trade

The butter market is quiet with limited sales and unchanged prices. Cheese is firm with subdued activity. New York markets show dull conditions. Eggs and beans show firm to higher prices. Potatoes and sweet potatoes rise, poultry and hay steady, tallow quiet. Multiple regional butter and cheese quotations listed for wholesale and jobbing levels.

New York Liverpool Province Timothy Vermont Northern Choice Ohio Choice Vermont Choice Northern Sage Choice Canada Choice Fresh Michigan Nova Scotia Island New Brunswick Canada West Bristol Ferry Norfolk

Blake & Ripley Auction California Fruit Carloads Sold

Blake and Ripley sold three cars of California fruit at auction on Wednesday led by peaches described as large, high colored, and desirable in Boston. Other fruit sold included pears grapes muskmelons oranges lemons bananas and watermelons with varied prices per crate basket or box and plans to sell two more carloads Thursday.

Blake & Ripley California Boston Williams Sorrento Palermo Aspinwall Port Limon Jamaica Baracoa Jersey Baltimore Lewis York State County OF Suffolk Ada A. Slager Willis E. Slager Lynn Essex Wichita Kansas Slager Commonwealth Uynn Willis E Willis E. Singer Ada A. Temple A. D Ada A, Slager

Provisions price list for pork and lard items

Prices for long cuts pork and lard vary from 16 50 to 18 00 per unit with several cuts listed. Items include shortcuts backs lean ends pig tongues prime mess extra prime mess fresh ribs and sausage bologna sausage lard and various values.

Meat prices and grades from city market report

The listing shows beef and pork prices by cut and grade, with details for ham shoulders ribs bacon and dressed hogs, plus fresh beef and mutton and veal ranges. Prices are given per hundredweight or per quarter, reflecting market values by quality and size.

Choice City Chicago Brighton

Truck market report lists various produce prices

The notice shows demand for trucks and lists prices for onions Matias tomatoes cabbages beans corn beets turnips squash carrots lettuce cucumbers and pickles in various units with currencies per basket bush or dozen. Prices include $34 per basket for onions 3 per barrel 1 per box 50 to 75 cents per hundredweight for wax shell beans 125 per bush 75 to 150 per bush for wax beans 10 12 dozen for corn and 40 cents per bush for beets.

Long Islands

Cotton and Commodities Report from Liverpool and New York

Liverpool futures opened quiet and closed steady across several August to February contracts. Spot markets remained quiet with middling uplands at 64 4d and New York steady on middling uplands. Pipeline certificates, sugar, and molasses markets showed firming trends with multiple lots and tests noted.

Liverpool Orleans New York Isc O. m Belmont Orto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes Cuba

Grain Prices and Supplies Across U.S. Markets

Reports from major trade centers show flour and wheat receipts and exports, with price quotes across New York, Chicago, Detroit, Milwaukee, Toledo, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Minneapolis. Market notes include mixed flour demand, firm to steady cereals, and various cash prices for No 2 and No 1 wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, and related goods.

Hogs and cattle markets across Kansas City Peoria and Chicago

Hogs steady in Kansas City with receipts around 6000 and shipments 1760. Peoria reports firm sales totaling 490 to 530 dollars with receipts 900. Chicago sees cattle receipts about 11 000 with shipments 3000 and varied prices for shipping steers stockers and feeders cows bulls and mixed Texas cattle around 1 84.

Kansas City Peoria Chicago Texas

Market Summary for Hogs Sheep and Lambs Receipts

Western rangers receipts 850 and shipments 4000 to 370 and 470 dollars. Hog prices 470 to 490 with packing and shipping 606 to 640. Sheep receipts 4000 shipments 8000 steady with Western 310 to 360 dollars and Texans 285 to 860. Lambs 4 5 dollars.

Western Rangers Western

Cotton Markets Update August 24 United States Receipts and Exports

The report lists net receipts, gross sales and stocks across ports including Augusta, Alveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Charleston, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville. Exports to Great Britain and continent destinations are noted along with coastwise movements and overall port totals. Consolidated five day totals show 12 065 net receipts and 92 274 stock across United States ports.

Augusta New Orleans Great Britain C. Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Norfolk Philadelphia Mid Lomc Baltimore New York C. Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville Francé Continent United States

Foreign Markets Update From London and Liverpool Trade Notes

London reports dull wheat and firmer corn with buyers holding off while Paris and Antwerp show modest gains. Liverpool lists steady wheat and firmer corn with specific quotations for various futures and spot prices across regions.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Calcutta Minnesota Paris Liverpool United Kingdom California Antwerp

Imports and Exports Ledger from Liverpool and Other Ports

A dense listing of goods and consignments arriving and leaving Liverpool, Port au Prince, Miragoane, Grand Manan, and related hubs. It catalogs ships like Norseman, Virginian, Solario, and Essex with cargoes including iron, tin plate, wine, paper stock, mdse, hides, timber, bleaching powder, sugar, beet, and assorted hardware. Numerous firms appear as shippers or consignors, including Baring Bros & Co, J B Moors & Co, Davis & Furber Mfg Co, Jordan Marsh & Co, and Dennison & Mant Co, detailing quantities in cases, bales, casks, or tons. The record notes ports, vessel names, tonnages, and specific commodities across multiple lines.

Liverpool Eng H Walbaum Moors & Co Baring Bros & Co Witherell Bros Pierce & Co Caton Bros & Bixby Sartwell & Co Richard Briggs Pray, Sons & Co Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Wilder Macallar, Parker & Co Brown Bros & Co R & A Small Murray Hollander & Co Atkins & Co de Blois & Co Murdock Parlor Grate Company Brown & Co White & Co Washburn & Moen Mty Co Stone & Downer Howe Holt, Clark & Co Starratt Pearson Clark, Adams & Clark T Groom & Co E & F King & Co Congdon, Carpenter & Co Port AU Prince Miragoane Solario James Stevenson Zanzibar Essex Emerton & Co Grand Manan AJ Franklin Carter, Carter & Killam Morey & Co Dame & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Wilde & Co Sumac Beach & Co Bartlett & Co Thomas Leyland Kidder, Peabody & Co Gue Thayer & Lincoln Pk Machinery Riley & Gray Leika & Co China

Exports Aug 24 1887 Albert L Butler and Steamer Iowa

Readable portions show cargoes from the schooner Albert L Butler at St Thomas including flour meat oysters apples ice nails skins and hats. The Liverpool steamer Iowa cleared Aug 22 with wheat grease beef lard oilcake flour tallow cocoanuts cotton and other goods aboard.

Thomas Dwi Albert L Butler Liverpool Eng Iowa

Shipping of Wool and Provisions by Early Rail Lines

A dense inventory lists wool bales flour oats cornmeal and various farm goods loaded onto multiple rail lines including Boston Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Western Lowell and other divisions. The entries specify quantities by bales bbls bushels cases and rolls with leather hides and pelts also tallied.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell Railroad By Express

Boston and Albany Rail Timetable Summary

Local time tables show train times for all divisions of the Boston and Albany line with tickets available at stations and 232 Washington Street Boston. Services include through cars to Springfield and Albany with sleeping and drawing-room cars to Cleveland Chicago and New York area. Frequent departures serve Worcester Springfield Pittsfield New Haven and New York with connections to Buffalo Detroit and Falls.

Boston & Albany R.R Ise Washington Street Boston Springfeld Mittsfield Iban Wrest South Framingham Albany Southingham Spri Buffalo Cleveland Ago Falls Detroit Chica Springfield Pitts Adams Chatham Bi B River Branch Norin Danly MiMi Be Ville Cordaville Ashland Nailfe Soeuth Framingham and Marlboro Bayvn Ih Penthpore Northboro Leomister Fitchburg Beerka, AM West Junction Gare Newton Lower Falls Wellesley Hills Worcester Newton Highlands Latermediate Brookline Anson I, T Gallup Gan

Train schedules released for May 30 1887 routes and times

The notice outlines daily train departures and returns from Boston to New York and other points. It lists Shore Line Express and Mail services, return times, and numerous intermediate stops such as Providence Pawtucket Attleboro North Attleboro East Wxtane Sharon Canton Junction and Canton Junction with varying morning and evening slots.

Boston Providence Tatt Road New York Ork Line Stonington Sun Providence Pawtucket Dredgeville Attleboro North Attleboro Aeare East Waxtane Sharon Canton Junction

Through Trains From Boston to Maine and Provinces

Rail schedule lists Ra Itl e roads Boston and Maine trains on both divisions to Augusta Haymarket and Causeway stations with multiple daily departures. Services connect Bar Harbor St John Halifax Portland Eastport Calais and North Conway with several boats and steamer links from Portland and Bar Harbor. A special limited Pullman train departs Boston at 9 15 am reaching Bar Harbor and Portland with final arrival in Boston.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Angor Bar Harbor St. John Halifax Provinces Eastport Calais N. Bb Portland Bockland Castine Southwest Mar Harbors Laymarket Sq Mi. m Manchester Concord N. H North North Conway Maine Central Grand Prank Ténox & Wincoln Fortland Bangor Bag Marebor Boston Haymarket Square Isar Harbor Mt. Desert

Western Division Train Schedule Fragments and Sunday Trains

Readable portions list western division and surrounding towns with varied times for morning and evening runs, including Malden Dover Andover North Lawrence Reading Medford and several others. Sunday trains note Dover Maverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Portland Bangor Lewiston and additional way stations with mixed times.

Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danevers Xeter Great Falls Maverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Wodenell G TAU Medford Slam Melrose Hghlands Stonehal i Rmetrose Berrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salon Wilmington Lawrence Manchester Lowell Portland Bangor Lewiston

Eastern Division Train Timetable Abbreviations and Stations

A dense list shows train times for multiple Boston area stations on weekdays and Sundays. Readouts include Chelsea Lynn Swampscott and Saugus Branch timings with many irregularities and OCR garbles.

Saugus Branch Timetable Fragments Include Oak Island and Boston Rail Details

Timetable fragment lists Oak Island and Point of Pines routes with multiple daily times, notes on branches and Sunday listings. Mentions Oak Island office at 306 Washington Street and Pullman Portland Bangor trains with James T. Furell general manager and D. J. Flanders agent.

Cu, Oud Qepuy Gevur Us EV P Ste Gak Island Sun Saugus Workingmen’s South Reading Boston Haymarket Square Oak Island Washington Street Pullman Portland Bangor James T. Fureneral D. J. Flanders

Boston & Lowell Railroad Through Service to Multiple Cities

Boston station on Causeway street offers through trains from Boston to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction and more with select Jerusalem routes and sleeping cars to Montreal and St Johnsbury with local Boston service to Manchester Concord Nashua and other NH towns.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street City Washington Street Old State House Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Pranklin Lebanon White River Junction Warren Haverhill Woodsville Littleton Bethlechem Fabyans Lancaster Jefferson St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Claremont Montpelier Ekesex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal R. R Central Vermont R. R Boston Air Line Montoreml Manchester Concord N. H Central Vermont Rutland Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Depot Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company Cheshire

Obscure Rail Schedule Fragment From Lowell Page

Fragmentary timetable lines list various times and abbreviations such as am pm and SUN. The readable items resemble a transit or event schedule with scattered numbers and nonspecific notes. No clear event names or exact destinations are readable.

Railroad Time Table Information and Officials

Time table listing local and through trains with stations and times from SUN to various towns. Includes pickup notes and contact lines for S. Mellen and Geo. W. Storer, General Capt. and General Passenger Agent.

SUN E SUN S. Mellen Geo. W. Storer

Central Massachusetts Rail Opens New Open to Ware

Announcement of a new rail service starting Monday June 27 1887 from Boston to Ware Barre and Rutland with multiple daily timings listed for departures and returns via various stations including Boylston Oakdale and Belmont. G. W. Storer general passenger agent and C. S. Mellen general superintendent signatures.

Ware Boston Barre Rutland Boylston Oakdale Better Sun Mason and Jefferson Budsei Rockbottom Sudbury Wayland Weston Hee Waverly Belmont Geo. W. Storer Pass C.s.mellen

Unclear OCR Reads A Fragmentary Data String

Fragmentary numbers and letters show a garbled OCR line with mixed figures and words. No coherent event or identifiable entities emerge to summarize accurately.

Trains to New York and coastal towns rail schedule

On and after July 1 1837 weekday trains depart Boston for New York via Fall River Line at 6 7 p m. returns at 5 20 6 15 p m. Extensive listings show Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich and many connectors with varied departure and return times for week days and summer flow. GEO L CONNOR and J KENDRICK are listed as general passenger agents.

Boston New York Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Stockton Saturn Ra’a Bay Buzzard’s Bay Sturn Provincetown Cohasset Fall River Deee Ene Hingham Cohan- Stefettne Arshfield Duxbury Plymouth Duxaah Ashfield de Settuate Gham Weymouth Fallover Brockton Taunton Newport South Braintree New Ledford Middleboro Breckton Jockton Nantucket Cottage City Wood's Mall Talmouth Monument Beach Myannis Kbuziard’s Onseoé Bay Geo L. Connor Kendrick Gen Pass Won VCE OLD CO Spercia Avaye

Tills 6.25 1 return 6.1 9.23 10.1 Percent

The fragment lists numbers and percentages likely related to financial figures or measurements. No clear entities or events are identifiable in the readable text.

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OCR fragment yields no coherent facts or identifiable entities. Summary cannot determine subjects, dates, or organizations present.

Train Schedules and Stops Mentioned in Local Notice

A clipped timetable lists multiple train times and routes including Rexh Rexhu West Rexhu Stoughton Boston Bristol and Canton connections. It notes passing passengers at Mt. Hope and adjustments to stop patterns with various departures and returns from Pro L. Folsom, Supt.

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