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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 08, 1888

Page

7

Grain and seed markets listed with prices and bids

Michigan bran and middlings priced per ton in bulk and sacks. Cottonseed meal offered prime and arriving prime with spot and forward prices. Mail crop oats and hops markets shown with quality grades and regional price ranges. Prices quoted for Canada six row, State six row, two row, and old lots noted.

Michigan Canada Choice New York

Wholesale butter and dairy markets hold steady amid quiet trade

Butter prices stay near last quotes with limited sales above 33c. Western creameries and Vermont stock show varied quotes for extra firsts to seconds. eggs and cheese firming mildly. Potatoes, beans, grass seeds and poultry markets also reported steady to firm with selective demand in several regions.

Vermont Eastern Creamery New York Western Elgin Eastern Chicago Western Creamery North Choice West Sage St Liverpool New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Michigan Island Canada York State Timothy North Red Top Jersey Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Ermont Hebrons Burbanks New_York Rose Hebrons Chenangoes Prince Edward Island Virginia

Chicago Provisions Market Sees Mixed Movements in Hogs and Pork

Receipts of hogs are light causing shorts to cover while prices for pork and lard show varied levels across markets. Chicago quotes long cuts at 18 to 19 dollars, hams and bacon firming and lard supported by export demand. St. Louis and Cincinnati report firmer provisions with specific prices for pork, lard, and dried meats and fresh beef with steady demand.

Chicago Fairbanks New York Park Lower Continent South America St.Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Market Prices for Produce in Quiet Demand

The report lists steady demand and wholesale prices for squash and cabbage, with various vegetables priced per ton, barrel, crate, or dozen. Notable figures include marrow squash at 20 per ton, Savoy and red cabbage around 75 cents per barrel, and onions near 1.20 to 1.40 per barrel.

Hubbard Savoy Russia Norfolk

Banana Steamers On Schedule For Jamaica Fruit cargo

The steamer Aguan is due December 13 with a cargo of Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company.

Banana Steamers Aguan Boston Fruit Company

Fruit Market Prices and Shipments Report

The market shows slow movement for apples and grapes with steady quotes. Prices are listed for various apple varieties, grapes, oranges, lemons, and berries, including shipment details like boxes and pails. The report notes jobbing prices, recent sales at Harris & Co, and banana arrivals aboard the Lorenzo D Baker with tiered pricing for No 1s No 2s and eight-hands.

Hubbardstons Sweet Nova Scotia Gravensteins Snow Baldwins Harveys Tallman Sweets Greenings Almeria Florida Messina Palermo Jamaica United States Totr Aessis Ste Evaneeres Trorgow Ofigan St Andrews Bay Boston H Harris & Co Virginia Virginia Farmers Lorenzo D Baker Boston Fruit Company

Hog and cattle markets in major exchanges report mixed ware prices

Across Kansas City Peoria Cincinnati and Chicago receipts show cattle and hogs moving with weakness in some locations and strength in others. Cattle steady to higher on choice steers and Western rangers while hogs gain in Peoria and Chicago strong on mixed lots. Sheep markets uneven with dull tone in some offices.

Kansas City Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Texas Western Rangers

New York Cotton Steady as Futures Open Easy to Close Steady

In New York cotton holds steady at 97s for mid dling uplands and 9%sc for low middling with 85 16c for good ordinary and 6 4c for ordinary. Sales reach 267 bales while futures open easy and close steady with later Dec and Feb figures. Liverpool and other U S markets report quiet to firm conditions. notable ports show varied receipts, exports, and stock levels. Consolidated week totals reveal mixed net receipts and exports across ports with stocks rising in several interior towns and at Liverpool.

New York Gaoquaey Eeiceure Eavic Ee MSU Liverpool Orleans Augusta Galventon New Orleans Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Great Britain Charleston Wilmington Newport News Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville France United States

Sugar Market Still Firm With Steady Raw Prices

Market notes show raw sugar firm in New York with Cuba and Manila price ranges and refined sugars in strong demand. Molasses values hold with limited change while Porto Rico and Cien Fuegos grades vary. New York New Orleans trade remains active with foreign demand nominal.

New York Ponce Porto Rico Porto Rico Cienfuegos New Orleans

Tallow market report shows firm demand at steady prices

Market notes New York shows firm demand with quiet activity. City price quoted at 6 — 6 12? 6 percent? Country price around 4 54 6c. Trough price 3c. Rio cargoes steady at 12c.

New York York Rio

Turpentine and Petroleum Markets Reported in New York

Market tone unchanged as turpentine closes at 45 4/ c? with resin at 1.05 and tar nominal. Petroleum ends at 6.60 to 7.20 cents with RSW at 7.25 cents and cases at 9.25 cents.

New York

Imports and Exports. December 7 1888 Antwerp

A dense list of cargo entries from steamer Ripon City and other vessels. Items include steel sheets, ironware, window glass, rags, flax waste, bales of wool, coal, beer, wine, cement, and various manufactured goods. Ports include Antwerp Charlottetown Port Hawkesbury Halifax Pictou Port Antonio St Johns and Newfoundland.

Antwerp Ripon City Baring Bros & Co Moors & Co Milne & Co John Munroe & Co Joans Booth & Co Richardson & Co Coleman, Mead & Co Bird & Co Geiler & Co Bissler de Bary & Co James Wirth D & M Williams Yatts Hayes & Co Moore Abram Trench & Co Hives & Co Waldo Bros Wadsworth, Howland & Co Horace Partridge & Co Brown Mitchell Woodbury & Co Holler & Kaiser Port Hawkesbury Charlottetown Halifax Pictou Worcester Burrows & Co Egus Barclay & Co Bowles & Co Dana Carter Griffin Gay Hinckley, Ayers & Co Hill Aall& Co A & O W Mead & Co—S Donald Morrison McRae McDonald Don McKeever & Hall McLean M McKay Noyes French & Fickett George C Rockwell & Son Russell & Co Stimpson, Murray & Co Slayton & Boynton Winsor & Son Ward Bridge & Burr H Bartlett & Co Campbell Delong & Seaman Howe & French D Stone Staples White American Press Association R&r Clark Junk Vinal & Co Jam Baker

Exports, 1888 Georgetown to Halifax trade list

Shipping dispatch from Georgetown and surrounding ports notes cargoes on multiple vessels including Jubilee Lord Mayo Eolian RK Carson V TH Yarmouth Kansas Halifax steamer with flour logwood apples onions beef lard and other goods. Listed destinations include PEI NS NB and England with substantial quantities of flour meal beef corn and hardware.

Georgetown Pei Jubilee Noel Spencer Island Lord Mayo Meteghuan Eolian ST John RK Carson Bear River Yarmouth Liverpool Eng Kansas Halifax Charlottetown Port Hawkesbury Dee 4

Staple Product Totals and Receipts for Dec 7 1888

A detailed listing of receipts and quantities across staples including Cotton, Wool, Butter, Oleo products, Cheese, Flour, Eggs, Cornmeal, Oats, Beans, Wheat, Barley, Rye, Malt, Sweets, Potatoes, Millfeed, Hay, Straw, Peas, Tallow, Leather, Beef, Pork, Lard, Dressed Hogs, Bacon, Green Hides, Coffee, Sugar, Molasses, and related goods with yearly totals for 1888 and 1887. Data shows units such as bales, bbis, boxes, sacks, bushels, cases, tons, and barrels.

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Receipts from 1888 railroad freight in New England region

A dense ledger of shipments across multiple lines including Boston & Albany Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Western and Lowell System notes hundreds of bales wool and cotton, thousands of bushels corn and oats, flour, beef, butter, cheese, eggs, lard, pork, beef, tins, hides, leather, and various car counts and box lots, reflecting heavy agricultural and commodity movement. The list enumerates bales, barrels, sacks, and cars per railroad with quantities by origin and product.

Trade commodity list of Express-638 shipments

A compact OCR fragment lists diverse goods and quantities tied to Express-638 shipments. Items include leather, bales of cotton and wool, flour, tallow, sugar, molasses, lard, potatoes, sweet potatoes, hay, lumber, hides, skins, calfskins, and miscellaneous bales and cases with varying counts. No clear narrative, date, or place given.

London and Liverpool Grain Markets Report

Foreign markets report steady wheat and firm corn with quiet inland pages. Prices show California wheat at 39s 6d off coast and Liverpool quotes with winter wheat 83, spring 8s 1d, club 7s 11d, corn 439d, peas 5s 11d, pork 82s 6d, bacon 46s 6d and 46s 6d for long clear, cheese 58s, lard 48s 6d.

London Beerbonm Mark Lane California Paris Liverpool

Probate Notices From Massachusetts Court in 1888

In Suffolk County Massachusetts Probate Court guardians George H Walker and Melvin D Haynes seek licenses to sell minor wards real estate in Maine. Citations require public notice in Boston Post for three weeks with December 24 1888 hearing at ten oclock.

Commonwealthe Massachl Setis Suffuolk Mary F. Haynes Lamoine Hancock Maine George H. Walker Boston Suffolk Guardian Koston Post Koston Joan W. McKim Esquire Elijah George Register Massachoux Setts Nellie A. Haynes Melvin D. Haynes Peng Boston Post Jon W. McKim, Lane Elliah George Commonwealth OF Massachusetis Vrobate Courd Harvey Rogers Chelsea Frank H. Rogers The Sid John W. McKim Squire Elijah Geuorue Denis Murphy Catherine M. Keleher Catherine Keleher Catharine Kalahar Hoston Julia Keieher Julia Kalahar Elwah George William I. Bowditch Ward Dedham of Norfolk Georee Waitee Jonathan Cobb George Byron Cushing St. John Province of New Brunswick Commonwealth of Massachusetts Chas. B. Fox Post Office Square Mass George Cushing Admi Board of Railroad Commissioners West End Street Street Railway Corporation Beacon Street Boston Journal WM. A. Crafts

Schedules of trains and stations for New England region

A dense listing of train times for Amesbury to Woolf, including Beverly, Chelsea, Dover, Everett, Great Falls, Hampton, Lynn, Marblehead, Newburyport, Portsmouth, Revere, Rockport, Salem, Swampscott, Peabody, North Conway, and other towns. Notes include Sunday trains, branches, and service peculiarities.

Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton North Hampton Rye Beach Pee Wich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody and Banners Portsmouth Revere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem York Harbor & Beach B.E Saugus Branch Swampscott Wenham Woolferiors Lynn and Way Portland Bangor St. John Malifax

Boston Station Schedule Across Regions and Express Runs

Timetable shows through service from Boston on multiple routes and branches with listed departures at 9am and 7pm for many destinations including Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Heaverhill Woodsville North Woodstock Pennigewassett Valley Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster Fabyan Jefferson Franklin Lebanon White River Junction StPehi sbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington Albans Montreal via White River Junction local points on Passumpsic and Northern divisions Bristol Claremont Montpelier to Montreal via Montreal and Boston Air Line Nashua Lowell Lawrence Stoneham Lexington Woburn Winchester Manchester Concord Montreal Express timing varies with destinations and multiple daily departures.

Boston Causeway Street Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Heaverhill Woodsville North Woodstock Pennigewassett Valley Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster Fabyan’s and Jefferson Franklin Lebanon White River Junction St. Pehisbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpsic Wells River Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington

Cape Cod Division Bus Schedule Details

Timetabled trips leave Kneeland Street Station for Buzzards Bay at 8 15 am and 4 15 pm. Bourne Provincetown Wellfleet Nantucket and other towns list 8 15 am departures and 4 15 pm returns with several intermediate stops. Some entries show inconsistent formatting but indicate a daily pattern on weekdays with additional listings for Mondays and Saturdays.

Central Mass Boston Causeway Street Portland Street Northampton Hadley Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Beayiston Worcester Clinton Berlin Budeen Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont Central Division Kneeland Street New York Fall River Sanda Ashmont Braintree Ruddle Bridgewater Brockton Cohasset and Minsham Easton East Bridgewater Abington East Weymouth Taunton Sanays Harrison Square Marshfield and Sea View Mattapan and Milton Middleboro Woodford Newport North Easton Stoughton R Randolph Plymouth Duxbury Mockland and Rinnover Suiteuates Shawmut South Braintree South Flouxbury aTaunton Central Station Dean St Whitman South Weymouth Ellid Wollaston Heights Westridgewater Cochesett South Easton Buzzards Bay Barntabe Bourne Souarnevife Brewster Cataumet Chatiam Cottage City Park Sq New Bedford Fairhaven Almouth I. Hyyannis Harwich Monument Beach Aflattapoisett Riarion Nantucket Woods Ioll Provincetown Sandwich Laramere Yarmouth Tremont Wellifleet West Barnstable Woods Mall Wareham Warmouth

Providence Division Train Schedules and Time Points

Providence Division shows a dense timetable with listed stations including Park Square, New Work, Attleboro, Canton Junction, Dedham, Forest Hills, Readville, and several others. It notes sixteen weekday trains and four Sunday trains for Providence, with varied times across numerous stops, plus references to divisions and cross-town connections.

Providence Division Park Square Shore Line Stonington Attleboro Boylaton B&oslindale Central Highland West Roxbury Spring Street Canton Junction Dedham Dodgeville Foxboro Mazelwood Hlelie Bryde Vau Jamaica Plain Mansfield V.ou Mt. Hope Clarendon Hills North Attleboro Providence Readville Oxbury

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