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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 25, 1888

Page

7

Market steady as listed fruit prices remain unchanged

The market shows ample supply and stable prices. Bartlett native bush crates sell for 1 1 60, Clapp's Favorite native bush same price, Maryland and Delaware Bartletts crate 75c per 125, Maryland and Delaware Bartletts pallet basket 50 75c. Curtis & Co and A & O W Mead each offer two cars, G J Fisher & Co one car.

Provisions Prices Range Across Pork and Beef Markets

Pork market notes varied quotes for long cuts, backs, lean ends, and fresh ribs with lard and sausages listed at multiple pricing tiers. Beef and veal show quiet trade with steady or unchanged figures on mess pork, dry salted shoulders, and various cuts. regional quotes from Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati, and New York reflect overall strength in lard and mixed demand for fresh meats.

New York Western City Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Local Produce Prices Pressured by Strong Market Demand

Market reports ample supply and steady demand with varied produce pricing. Items include New marrow ag 76 per barrel, native beans 26 to 50 cents per bush, Lima beans 75 cents per bush, Spanish onions 3 per basket, corn 24 cents per dozen, lettuce 40 cents per box, and Jersey cantaloupes 1.75 per 200 per barrel, among others.

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Sugar and Molasses Market Report Summary

Sugar and molasses markets show quiet raw trade at steady to firm prices. Cuba and Manila raws range around 53 to 63 cents with varying tests, while refined sugars hold old prices with minor activity. New York raw sugar steady with light demand. refined demand noted. Moasse remains firm. Porto Rico and Cuban grades quoted, and New York trade described as dull.

Cuba Manilas Illoilos Javas New York

Cotton market report and futures from New York and Liverpool

Allan Asher & Co report steady New York cotton futures with middling uplands at 1058c, low middling 103-16c, and good ordinary 96-16c, sales 162 bales. Liverpool spot dull at 6 9-16d for middling uplands, futures firm, plus a detailed weekly export and stock summary across U S ports and global markets.

Allan Asher & Co 22 Exchange Place Formul New York Spitawetes Sane Besa Cavveteneeebeens Acne Bowes Eevee Son Oike Ak Liverpool Orleans PAUG Esa Cove Ula Aaa Ieee Va Ewes Sd Sias Vest Tees Orban Sp Augusta Seady Galveston Pensacola New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charistou Norfolk Siles Baltimore Continent Great Intain Cinecinnati Britain France United States Great Britain

Hog and cattle markets at Kansas City yards

Special cattle receipts reach 3092 as demand stays fairly active and prices hold for top lots while common stock is slow. Native cows bring 290 to 260, steers 250 to 235, hog receipts 2081 with market 5 to 10 cents higher, heavies 6 15 to 6 30, mediums 85 to 226, sheep receipts 708. A firm tone persists for hogs with small gains noted.

Kansas City

Cattle and Hogs Receipts and Prices Reported

Chicago and Cincinnati markets show steady receipts and mixed prices across cattle hogs and lambs. Beef cattle range from 1 to 10 dollars per hundredweight with steers and cows listed, hogs steady with heavy and light classes cited, lambs priced around three dollars and six cents to six dollars and twelve and a half cents per hundredweight.

Cincinnati Chicago Texas Western Rangers Py Paesae

Commodity price roundup across cities and markets

Market report shows demand quiet with steady prices across regions. New York tallow and turpentine close varied with resin and petroleum values noted. Chicago whiskey and Cincinnati markets hold steady while St Louis confirms stable pricing. Rio trade activity remains quiet with fair cargoes and limited sales.

New York Rio Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Purpntine and Petro -Am

Imports and Exports. Imports August 24 1888 Glasgow

A dense export/import listing from Glasgow dated August 24 1888. It records steamer Phenician consignments including oatmeal, cases of dry goods, granite, pig iron, wool, cement, fire clay bricks, paper stock, and various firms such as Booth & co, Clements & Preston, Falconer & Manlock, Baring Bros & co, Jordan, Marsh & co, Neal, Morse & co, and others. Includes quantities like 400 boxes pipes, 60,000 fire clay bricks, 200 tons pig iron, and numerous case counts across many firms. Also references Barbados trade with Trace Sorrell and Standard Sugar Refinery.

Glasgow Booth & Co Biton Clements & Preson Falconer & Manlock Jones Bros Townsend H White & Co Oran Marsh & Co Sheard Norweil & Co K Leeson & Co Schmit & Co H Whit & Co Nickerson & Baxter Farley, Harvey & Co Hooper, Lewis & Co Bridgham & Co McShane & Co Baring Bros & Co A Milne & Co C ‘Townsend Lovering & Co Waldo Bros Curtis & Co Do Rags Baring Bros & Co Moors & Co Baker Pierce & Co Chadbourne James Cree Jordan, Marsh& Co Watford Wheeler, Conint & Blodgett Furniture S March & Co Leeson & Co Barbados Trark Sorrell

Exports from Liverpool and Yarmouth August 1888 cargo summary

Shipping record lists Steamer Kavarin Yarmouth and Steamer Kansas with diverse cargoes. Leather, oils, paints, lumber, cattle, flour, tobacco, cotton, pacings of hardware, images of tinware, and vast quantities of feed and goods, including 4750 sacks flour and 417 bales cotton. Also notes dates cleared August 20 21.

Liverpoo Kavarin Yarmouth Liverpool Eng Kansas

Staple Goods and Freight Receipts from 1888 Railroads

A dense listing of railroad cargo and carriage receipts from August 24 1888 across multiple lines including Boston and Albany Boston Providence Old Colony Newark & New England ritchbure Hoston & Maine Boston & Maine Western Lowell System and By Sea. It enumerates bales wool flour cornmeal corn oats barrels lard butter eggs apples beans potatoes leather and other goods with quantities per carrier. The record reflects extensive commodity movement and freight tallies for each railroad division.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad Newark & New England Railroad Ritchbure Railroad Hoston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell System Ixpress Sea COIS York Bbis

Foreign markets report from London and Europe Aug 24

Cargoes off the coast show wheat improving and corn firmer. At Markane the turnear market and flour show gains while No 2 club al cutta wheat stands at 849 6d and Walla Walla 87s. In Liverpool spot wheat excites demand with No 1 California wheat at 8a 2d and futures for August through January showing strength. Antwerp and Paris also report firm wheat with No 2 red winter at 21:76.

London Beerbohm Markane Walla Walla Varis Liverpool California England Antwerp Paris

Breadstuffs and grain prices in Liverpool daily summary

August and September flour notes show demand for wheat and steady to firmer prices. Receipts total 108000 hundredweights with 80000 American, corn offerings moderate, weather wet and stormy. Quotations: winter wheat 7s5d to 7s7d, spring 7s7d to 7s10d, club wheat 8s8d to 8s2d. Peas 6s3d, pork 7s33 9d, bacon 48s short clear 47s6d long clear, cheese 45s6d, lard 45s Od. Fallow 25a.

Liverpool

Libel Notice in Suffolk Superior Court Proceedings 1888

Filing orders the libellant to notify Osmar D. Ballert of pendency and to publish an attested copy of the libel and order weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks, with the last publication at least fourteen days before the first Monday of October, and to mail a registered copy to Ballert’s last known address. Ballert may appear to show cause why the libel should not be granted.

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Mard Pine Building Lumber Flooring and Step Plank

MARD PINE BUILDING LUMBER offers oak hickory and deck planks with flooring and step plank products from P. S. MUCKING CQ mill on Border Street East Bronton.

P.S. Mucking & CQ Border Street East Bronton

Local Civic Bus Schedule Fragments Across New Hampshire and Massachusetts

A fragmentary OCR of a regional bus timetable lists multiple towns including Manchester Concord Nashua Wilton Amherst Woburn Medford and Lawrence with numerous departure times throughout the day. The garbled text also references Wilmington Billerica and other nearby localities with irregular intervals and stray digits. The timetable appears to cover morning to evening services with frequent midday and late evening runs.

Sunday Trains Schedules for Buzzards Bay Region

Train times listed for Buzzards Bay and surrounding areas including Chatham Cottry City Falmouth Hyannis Marwich Sandwich and Wareham with departures from 5:00 to 8:15 am via Woods Hall and other routes. Some times appear garbled but indicate morning departures along coastal towns and villages.

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Providence Division timetable fragment with numerous routes

A fragmented timetable listing times and routes for Providence Division services including Shore via lines and connections through Attleboro and New York. The OCR reads as a dense series of Sunday and weekday departures with many times, notes, and partial station names, reflecting a damaged transit schedule page.

Unclear OCR Schedule Fragment With Mixed Times

Fragmentary text shows a schedule like a newspaper list with multiple times and codes. Contains unreadable sequences and stray symbols, making it difficult to extract a coherent event or entity.

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