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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Aug 26, 1889

Page

7

Flour and Grain Market Summary

Market reports show flour receipts at 5097 bbls and 9491 sacks with steady demand, and a wide range of grain prices across New York Chicago and St Louis. Notable quotes include New spring patents at 5.50 and various Minnesota and Canadian grades, with oats and corn prices fluctuating and overall market tone quiet to dull.

Minnesota Canada Superior Canada New York City Mill Chicago St Louis State Ceeers Graham Nei New York New_York

Market Receipts and Prices In New York and Atlantic Markets

Today tally lists Butter 932 pkgs cleo 6 8 pkgs cheese 338 boxes eggs 9 bbls 1514 cases beans 380 bbls potatoes 37 cars sweet potatoes 336 bbls hay 12 cars straw 2 cars. Last year butter 1037 pkgs oleo 173 pkgs cheese 613 boxes eggs 12 bbls 1461 cases beans 110 bbls potatoes 4 cars sweet potatoes 336 bbls hay 20 cars straw … market notes: butter firm with weak demand and unchanged prices. cheese quiet with ample supply. beans quiet with steady tone. potatoes well supplied with rust and rot concerns in late crops. sweet potatoes well supplied with Virginias at 350 per bbl and Jerseys at 4 per bbl. hay and straw unchanged.

Cleo New York Liverpool New England Middle Atlantic Rhode Island Newersey

Saturday Market Quiet With Trade At Old Prices

The usual Saturday market reports a quiet trading day with demand subdued and prices holding steady at old levels. Local vendors note no major shifts in supply or pricing compared with recent weeks.

Fruit market receipts and prices for apples and oranges

Apples receipts are small with steady demand for choice eating apples. Western mixed stock shows fair demand. Prices cited include Astrachans and Williams around 2.50 to 3.50 per unit, pippins 2.50 to 2.75, sweets 2.60, Gravensteins 3.50 to 4.60 per barrel, Western mixed at 2.25 per barrel. oranges and lemons supply limited with firm prices at 4 to 6.

Steamer arrivals list bananas fruits and produce

The steamer Tordenskjold arrives with Banes bananas for Seaverns. The Savannah boat due Monday carries 20 pigs fruit and 1130 melons. The Norfolk boat due Monday carries 500 bbls sweets 180 pigs grapes and 370 bags peanuts.

Tordenskjold Banes Bananas Seaverns & Co Savannah Norfolk

Fruit Sales Auction Set For Monday

Fi Harris and Company announce an auction Monday offering 845 cartons of California grapes for sale to the highest bidder with delivery arrangements to be set at the event.

Fi Harris & Co California

Provisions and Meat Prices Across Regions Today

Receipts show tallow 48 pkgs, pork 101 bbls, lard 329 pkgs, hams 125 tierces, bacon 733 boxes. Prices quote pork and pork products with mixed regional bids, New York park sales vary from 10 to 11.5 dollars for mess and extra prime, beef prices steady to dull, lard steady, and tallow quoted around 4.25 to 4.4 cents city rendered.

Choice City New York--Park City Extra India City Gmeter Continent South America Chicago St Louis Choice Brighton New York

Hog and Cattle Market Report from Kansas City and Chicago

Stock yards Kansas City receipts show steady cattle values across classes with steers at 340 to 360, cows around 150 to 230, and hogs lower with heavies 360 to 390. Chicago cattle receipts show dull market with steers 430, hogs weak 380 to 420, and sheep steadier around 340 to 460 for feeders and natives.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Cotton market report with mixed futures and world prices

New York cotton is firm with fair demand as 319 bales moved. Futures opened and closed quiet with varied opening and closing quotes. Liverpool and other U S markets show widespread activity. Officials report modest American sales, stock changes, and different middling grades across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston markets.

New York C. A Angus i Liverpool Avis ccc Ckeeb Akedese Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston

Receipts and stocks across multiple ports

Consolidated daily net receipts total 3174 with exports to Great Britain 266. Port stocks vary from Norfolk 87 to Philadelphia 4806 and New York 55119. Cincinnati shipments include 500 spinners, Saint Louis 715 stock. overall status steady to quiet with mid range quotes.

Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Great Britain United States

Market Update Whiskey and Turpentine Prices Steady

New York market notes show whiskey unmoved. Turpentine closes at 44 42 45 cents with resin around 102 to 105 and tar at 275. Petroleum closes at 7.60 cents with RSW 7.20 cents and cases at 9.10 cents.

New York

Imports and Exports August 24 1889 Milk River

A dense OCR list records imports and exports at various ports including Milk River and Liverpool. Items note logwood sugar molasses, wines, silk goods, earthenware, hardware, woollens, linens, machinery, and many consignments from multiple firms such as Jam Bark Samuel, Ponce and Arroyo, J Collins, Stone & Downer, and Shreve Low among others. Numerous casks, cases, crates, and bales are itemized with partners and consignors.

Samuel Ponce and Arroyo Whiting & Co Liverpool Eng Cephalonia Collins & Co Stone & Downer Moors George West Davenport Pollock Kendall, Barrows & Co Radie Brown Durell & Co Cumner, Jones & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Wood & Dodge Wilden, Thurber & Co Bigelow, Kennard & Co Pray, Sons & Co Springer Bros Damrell & Upham Wellington & Co Gorham Mans Co John Clark Macallar, Parker & Co White & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Hayes & Co Hollander & Co Boston Book Co Shreve, Croup & Low Warren & Blanchard Otis Neal, Morse & Co Young Jordan Marsh & Co Shepard Norwell & Co Thompson & Odell French & Co H Stearns & Co Blakeslee & Co Schoenhof Levy & Co Browning & Co Crocker & Co Hooper, Lewis & Co Tissuss John Cochrane Stowell & Co Talbot, Wilmarth & Co Lucas Thomas A Dwyer & Co John Hall Aox Alden & Co Montevideo Catalina Pory Antonio Jam Kong Ali Manila Grand Manan Ella Jennie Halifax Baracoa Cuba Dana

Fitchburg Railroad Timetable Highlights and Routes

Local time table lists Marlboro Nashua North Adams Noth Leominster Saratoga Sherburne Falls Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Mount Auburn Worcester and Worcester via Ayer Junction with numerous daily departures and Sunday services. Notes include seasonal August through September specifics, special stops, and ticket office locations in Boston.

Marlboro Mundsen Maynard Nashua N. H Ayer Junction North Adams Aund Williamstown Noth Leominster Saratoga—s Sherburne Falls Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Onion Market Mt. Auburn Worcester

Concord Railroad timetable from 1889 for Merrimac Valley line

The 1889 timetable lists Boston to Manchester Concord Weare and Manchester connections with numerous trains daily. It details departure times from Boston via Causeway Street and from Concord to many destinations including Suncook Nashua Plymouth Laconia White Mountain and Quebec with several Sunday runs. Tickets berths sleeping and parlor car information are available from the Boston Passenger Agency at 214 Washington Street corner State Street.

Fall River Line Shoref Frockton Afall Taunton Brockton Nantasket Tils Anew Bedford Anewport Plymouth Abington Duxbury Ataunton Central Station Dean Sr Fall River Cape Cod K Square Suf Shore Line Fet Old State House Washington Street New York Providence Stonington Dedham Readville Ofall River Sune Hiyde Park Bnewport Newport Wickford Junction Bnew Bedford Pawtucket Boston Causeway Street Troy Albany Binghamton Buffalo Chicago Niagara Falls Short Line Erie & Loston St. Louis Michigan Central Wabasa Niagara Falls Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Night Express Lowell Portland Street Manchester Concord N. H Franklin Lebanon White River Dunation Bristol Isrand Claremont St. Johnsbury Sherbrooke Quebec Norwich Hanover Thetford Bradford Newbury Brontpelier Essex Burlington Montreal Boston Air Line Titica Lake Vilage Afieredith Ashtanga Marbor Wofeboro Th. Laconia Warren Haverhill Suunday Campton Village No. Woodstock Fiume House Pemigewasset Valley Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Jefferson Lancaster Kethlehem Maplewood Brofile House Twin Mt Cabyan Mt. Pleanant White Mountain St. Dobnsbury Passumpsic R. R Wells River Plysmouth Lake Champlain Ki Pymouth State Street H. E. Chamberlin T. F. KE. Brown G. P. A. Geo. W. Storer Fitchburg St. Albans Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Thot Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Yellows Falls Rutland St. Johns Ogdensburg Saratoga All Pointa Delaware & Hudson Canal Company Rve Ottawa A. Faxon A K. Stewart Park Square Station C.R Massachusetts Connecticut Kleeves State Room J. W. Richardson J. W. Miller O. H. Briggs Gen’ Pass Syracuse Detroit Cleveland Toledo Daly Hartford New Haven Ars Lars Air Station Kneeland Street UMMER Puritan Pilgrim Old Colony Shore Brooklyn Jersey City Jrd State House Washington and State Streets J. R. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor Gen’l Gen’l Pass R Agt L. H. Palmer

Local Train Schedule for Western Division and Nearby Lines

The notice lists departing times from Boston Station and multiple stops including Portland Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Newburyport Reading and others. It details provincial and express trains with varied departures from early morning to evening and notes a workingmen's train.

Western Divisio Boston Disor Portland Provincial Express Altom Bay Mochester Farmington Andover Dover North Conway Exeter Great Falls Biaverhill Georgetown Ennebunk Middeford Saco Lawwrence Lowell Newburyport Reading Sylem Haverhc Hi Lawrence Manchester Medford Reading and Way

Eastern Division Train Schedule From Boston Station Causeway

Boston Causeway schedules list trains to Portland Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Ipswich Lynn Newburyport North Conway Portsmouth Rockport Salem Swampscott Marblehead Branch York Harbor Beach stations with frequent departures, noting times from early morning to late evening and including regional branches and workingmen's trains.

Boston Station Causeway Portland Amesbury Bteverly Biddeford Great Falls Rochester Examptem Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Newburyport North Conway Portsmouth Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem York Marbor & Beach KR. R Wolfeboro Lynn and Kportland Bangor St. John Balifax Aim Saugas South Reading Boston Haymarket Square Central Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Meelmont Belmont Hudson and Way Northampton James T. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen’l Pas

Lowell System schedule details from Boston Causeway route

Rains leave Boston Station for Keene Peterboro Hillsboro via Concord with multiple daily departures to Nashua Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield and other towns. Timings include late afternoon and evening hourly listings to Concord Bedford and Reformatory Station via multiple stopping points.

Lowell System Boston Station Causeway North Milkerica Awerence Stoneham Weburna Lam Wanchester Concord Bedford

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