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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Aug 29, 1888
Page
7
The report details steady to firm prices across staples. Corn remains firm. oats and flour show strength. potatoes, butter, cheese, pork, and fresh meats stay steady to firm while molasses and molasses trade slow. livestock activity appears modest with truck demand active.
Wheat opened a cent higher on stronger demand and held gains most of the day before late selling trimmed the highs. Corn rose early on a large purchase by one commission house, then eased. Oats were dull but firmer. Provisions stayed strong from short-covering by local firms. hogs receipts and futures prices for various weights are listed with tentative tomorrow carloads.
James and Abbot report virtually no change in lumber prices. Demand remains quiet and yards are not busy despite ongoing building. Quotations stay the same as previously quoted with no new shifts in tone, situation, or prices.
Market report shows flour prices rising across regions with strong demand. Wheat at Western milling points advances again putting millers in firmer stance. Prices quoted include Minnesota bakers clear at 4 25 to 4 85 per bbl and winter wheat patents at 5 20 to 5 65 per bbl. New York receipts and sales show higher prices for winter wheat varieties and mixed corn values rise as market remains firm. Chicago and Milwaukee notes reflect firmer values with No 2 red around 96 to 1034 cents, and corn steady but quiet with firm spot quotes.
New York and Milwaukee markets show firmer oats and white wheat with light old No 2 white offers at 46c. Reports list futures at 36% to 47% for various grades and a flat market on calls. Receipts, ships, and prices span corn, oats, rye, flour, middlings, cottonseed meal, and fruit, noting steady to firm tones and modest demand across regions.
Butter creameries firm with high prices and slow sales. Quotations across Western, Vermont, Eastern lines for various grades and weights. Cheese eggs and beans markets steady or quiet with regional price ranges and jobbing adjustments noted. Potatoes hay and straw demand steady with multiple regional price points.
A market summary notes ample supply and stable movement for produce. Items include marrow squash at 75 cents per barrel, turban squash 1 dollar per barrel, Savoy cabbage 65 cents per pound, native string beans 25 to 50 cents per bush, onions various prices, and green corn selling around 75 cents to 1 dollar per barrel with other roots and leafy greens listed.
The steamer Hondo is due August 31 from Jamaica carrying bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Local dock crews prepare for unloading and distribution of the seasonal cargo to northeastern markets.
Fruit items show ample supply with steady demand and pricing. Native apples range from 1.50 to 2.60 per unit, oranges and lemons trade quietly with Palermo boxes at 6.75 to 7.00 and 3.46 per box respectively, Rodi oranges at 5.60 to 6.00, blues and huckleberries 7 to 11 cents per quart, blackberries 6 to 10 cents, watermelons with liberal supply.
Pork and lard markets show steady to firmer tones with strong demand and limited supply. Quoted price ranges cover long and short cuts, backs, lean ends, sausages, and hams across New York, St Louis, Chicago, and Cincinnati markets, while beef and veal see quiet, unchanged trading with firm packers’ prices and regional variations.
Market report shows active demand and higher prices across hogs cattle and sheep. Cattle receipts 6426 with natives, steers and cows firm to higher. hogs receipts 4574 with heavies and lights steady to higher. sheep receipts 3144 firm at 250. Cincinnati Chicago notes show firm hogs and strong cattle demand with varied prices for beeves steers stockers and Texas and Western cattle.
Allan Asher & Co reports a firm Liverpool market with an advance of one to two points and a strong close. September shows weakness ahead of August windup while New York futures open firm and close steady. Liverpool spot cotton remains firm with futures and other markets listed, including Augusta, New Orleans, Savannah, Charleston, and Norfolk receipts and stocks.
Sugar and Molasses report sugar raw prices mostly unchanged with Cuba refined grades steady at 63-16 and 6%. centrifugals 96 test 6% at 63-16. The market tone remains steady across listings with no major shifts indicated for refined and raw sugars.
Market notes refined sugars are firm with demand at higher prices. Pulverized and granulated grades show multiple price points, collectors A and Belmont A listed, wholesale granulated at 7 3/4 to 7 1/2 cents. Molasses unchanged. Fancy Ponce Porto Rico and Cienfuegos prices given. New York market described as nominal.
Tallow prices steady with city demand unchanged and minor regional quotes. Turpentine and petroleum notes show New York closes and resin, tar, and petroelum values with mixed signals. Coffee from New York to Rio quiet with steady fair cargoes. Whiskey markets steady in St Louis and Cincinnati noting unchanged figures.
Weekly market summary from Watertown Union noting nearly 2000 cattle yarded including Western and Northern stock, with a sluggish trade and several sales across cattle and sheep. Prices posted for beef, store cattle, swine, sheep, lambs, hides, tallow and skins, with buyers active and notable consignments from G A Sawyer and Combs & Farrar.
Shipping notices report a Cecelia schooner carrying 375 barrels flour 20 sacks feed from Port George to Yarmouth NL and Sarah schooner with 500 bushels meal 10 carboys ammonia 4 carboys acid 2 tanks. Bark Charles Loring ships from Aspinwall USC with 500 baskets apples 300 cabbage 300 barrels cement 32 chests tea 668 tons ice 28 715 feet lumber. Yarimouth steamer exports 100 bales cotton 1 case carpet sweepers 4 barrels tar 292 empty berry crates 5 cases hats 1 case furnishing goods 25 half barrels graham flour 25 barrels meal 5 cases boots and shoes 5 bales waste 50 cases lard 250 watermelons 10 pauper bags 1 coil wire rope 1 box zinc plates 1 bale wadding 3 bundles belting 6 pkgs ee stock 2 cases vases 71 pkgs hard way 126 barrels flour 1 gas meter and fixtures 731 berry crates 190 empty boxes 115 pkgs fruit 73 pkgs ee boxes oranges 59 boxes lemons 1 box oka
A lengthy 1888 cargo tally details Wool, flour, corn, oats, malt, wheat, meals, grease, tallow, leather, bacon, butter, cheese, eggs, apples, straw, lumber, hides, and other staples carried by multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boton and trovide ce Boston & Maine divisions. The list records bales, bbls, sacks, tons, cases, and car counts across Old Colony Fitchburg New York and New England and Boston and Maine lines.
London report notes cargoes off the coast with wheat firmer and three awaiting sales while two cargoes of corn have been sold. Market activity quiet in Marx Lane and English French markets generally clear. Paris wheat firm and Liverpool spot wheat and corn strong with specific prices cited. Weather in England wet and 1,948,000 tons of wheat on passage to the United Kingdom.
Commodities listed include wheat and corn shipments to the United Kingdom and the Continent, with totals of quarters and weekly exports from Calcutta Bombay and Kurrachee. Prices show wheat steady to firmer across varieties, corn weakened to mixed London quotations, and provisions with pork bacon cheese lard and tallow noted with current levels and receipts.
An advertisement touts a Free Surgical Hospital for Women claiming patients discharged show strong health gains with minimal deaths across 1278 operations and 5 years of service. It promotes Murdock's Liquid Food as a universal remedy, along with infant suppositories, urging physicians to refer patients and noting mail order availability.
Transit notices list Sunday train times for Buzzards Bay Bourne Bournedale Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Woods Hole Falmouth Hyannis Martha s Vineyard Nantucket Sandwich Sagamore So. Farm Mouth West Barnstable Wareham Wenaumet and Weeds Rial with trains at 7 30 and 8 15 am including via Woods Hall and multiple coastal stops.
A dense list of train times and stations across multiple lines including Providence, New Work, Canton Junction, and Jamaica Plain. The fragment covers Sundays and weekdays with varied departure and arrival times, multiple routes, and numerous place names, hours, and measurements, reflecting a broad commuter timetable.
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