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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 10, 1890
Page
7
Prices for shingles show modest activity with extras at 3 25 to 3 40 dollars and clears from 2 75 to 3 00, second clears 2 20 to 2 40, and extra No 1 around 1 35 to 1 40. Demand remains limited though high grades sell at full prices, with extras up to 3 50 in rare cases. Laths steady to slow, car sales about 2 15 to 2 25, sun laths dull at 1 90.
The Chicago grain markets improved with a 144¢ rise from the previous close as speculative buying, especially by Mr Hutchinson, supported corn and wheat. Oats were steady to higher, while Liverpool London Berlin softened. In New York and St Louis, wheat, corn, and oats posted varied bids and asks, with continued export demand, unsettled financial conditions, and a general firm tone for corn. Western markets remained strong, and deliveries included extensive receipts of corn and oats, with prices held firm for No 2 yellow and No 2 white oats amid cautious demand.
Market reports show firm meat demand with varied quotes for lamb beef and veal. Western lambs at 10c, Eastern and heavy fall lambs around 9 to 11c, mutton and veal quoted, tallow noted. Hog and cattle markets across St Louis Peoria Kansas City and Chicago reflect mixed to firm tones with specific ranges for hogs cattle and sheep and notable receipts and shipments.
The report details receipts and prices across dairy and produce categories. Butter and cheese show firmness with varying quality. eggs, beans, potatoes, and hay reflect steady to firm values. Voyager items include poultry, game, grass seeds, and citrus trade notes with regional price ranges and warehouse quotations.
Florida fruit trade shows steady demand with oranges selling and other fruit quiet. Prices listed for oranges, lemons, tangerines, grapefruits, mandarins, and apples. Mediterranean prices for Palermo and Messina citrus. dried apples and cranberries offered with steady to firm values. nuts market steady with steady demand and varied shelling and per pound quotes.
The report states prices for pecans including filberts almonds and pistachios and notes popcorn demand. Almeria grapes show small fancy supply and fair demand with fancy lots at 10 to 12 dollars per barrel and common at 5 to 8 dollars. trade in grapes is quiet with multiple varieties and basket sizes priced per 5 or 10 pounds.
The steamer Lyndal passed Gibraltar Dee 5 with 2400 boxes Messina oranges and 4700 boxes Messina lemons for Boston. The steamer Pawnee passed Gibraltar Dee 4 with 2000 boxes Messina oranges and 3200 boxes Messina lemons for Boston. The steamer Ethelred due Dec 10 with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Metropolitan boat Wednesday has 884 boxes oranges.
New York spot cotton quiet with middling uplands at 9 5 16c and stock 59 123 bales. Futures opened firm and closed steady with prices shown for Dec to August. Liverpool quiet with good middlings around 57 16d and sales of 8000 bales. Consolidated receipts four days total 141 057, exports to Great Britain 32 534, France 5715, Continent 57 044, stock at all United States ports 71 083.
At the London wool sales Dec 9, 10 425 bales offered including fine greasy merinos. Competition for French varieties animated. scoured wools steady and demand fair. Total offered today and withdrawn rises with 12,000 bales to date. Details by region show varied prices for scoured, locks and pieces, and greasy wools across New South Wales Queensland Melbourne Victoria Cape of Good Hope and Natal.
Fall River reports fair activity in print cloths with mills offering 3 cents for spot and futures, December and January delivery for 64s. Oil market closes mixed with turpentine and petroleum prices noted, and line certificates showing charter figures and shipments in December.
Gen Oliver O Howard Admiral David D Porter explorer Carl Lumholtz and author Jules Verne cited among prominent 19th century names. Pres Seth Low also appears in the roster of era figures. The list suggests a feature on influential personalities from that period.
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