Provisions and meats market report across major cities
Market summary shows mixed meat prices with beef steady and lard firmer in places like New York and Chicago. Pork and bacon vary by city, while dry salted meats and hams show modest gains. fresh beef offers broad ranges by cut, and veals and lambs trend easier amid ample supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choice City
New York
Park
South America
Chicago
St_ Louis
Cincinnati
Brighton
Banana Steamers Aguan Arrives December 13 With Jamaica Fruit
The steamer Aguan is due on December 13 carrying a cargo of Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banana Steamers
Aguan
Boston Fruit Company
Fruit market report and exports from Halifax and Atlantic ports
The market lists Florida oranges at 31 3 20, grapefruits at 5 75, tangerines and mandarins per half-box and box prices, Messina and Palermo lemons and oranges, and Valencia prices. Snow & Co announce a Tuesday sale of 2000 boxes oranges, 500 boxes Almeria grapes, and a car of hickory nuts. Exports for the week show totals by port and season at Halifax and across Atlantic ports, with detailed tonnage and last season comparisons. Cranberries and nuts show steady to dull demand with quoted prices for various grades and container types.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H Harris & Co
Florida
Snow & Co
Almeria
Hubbardstons
Sweet
Nova Scotia
Gravensteins
Snow
Baldwins
Harveys
Tallman Sweets
Greenings
AC Lombard
Boston
New York
Montreal
Portland
Liverpool
Glasgow
Fenton
Halifax
Atlantic
Messina
Palermo
Jamaica
Virginia
Cotton Prices Steady In New York And Liverpool Markets
New York cotton is steady with mid dling uplands at 9 1 2 cents and good ordinary at 8 5 16 cents. Futures opened steady and closed barely steady. Liverpool spot quiet with middling uplands at 67 1 6d and Orleans at 54 2d. Reports show varied receipts, exports, and stocks across U S ports with multiple futures quotes and market summaries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oss Sc
Waruoty
Poulualy Sb Se
RIA Es Neaee St Asa Ee
Gee Ae Denies Loio
Cos KeOes
Gircgee NL Beek
Liverpool
Orleans
Hog and cattle markets across major midwest yards
Stock Yards Kansas City reports firm cattle with receipts of 2314 and values for steers and cows. Hogs receipts reach 5072 with slow trade and mixed prices. St Louis Peoria and Cincinnati show varied hogs and cattle, while Chicago listings indicate stronger cattle demand and sizable hog shipments. Sheep receipts and prices trend slow across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St Louis
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Western Rangers
Sugar and Molasses Market Report Summary
Sugar market steady with raw sugar unchanged. Cuba refining quoted at 415 16 5c per cent sugar. Centrifugals 96 test priced at 64 6 44c. Manila grade sugar listed at 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Porto Rico 1889 crop outlook and sugar price notes
The Porto Rico crop of 1889 is expected large as weather remains favorable and canes are healthy. The season starts in January with activity rising in February. Molasses shows good demand at steady prices. Fancy Ponce Porto Rico fetches 38 to 40 cents, Porto Rico 28 to 33 cents, Senefuegos 23 to 27 cents. New York reports strong demand for refined sugars and firm prices, with cubes at 7 cents each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Iloilos
New York
St Thomas
Dwi
Porto Rico
Ponce
Senfuegos
New Orleans
Market report notes varied commodity prices across cities
Tallow shows strong demand with high prices in New York and country markets. Coffee from New York to Rio remains barely steady amid quiet demand and fair cargoes. Whiskey prices quoted at 120 in Chicago and 114 in Cincinnati and St Louis. Turpentine closes around 45 2c with resin near 1 105 and 210. petroleum ranges 6.60 to 7.20 with RSW at 7.25 and cases at .26c.
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Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Bbritain
Continent
Ross
Memphis
Savannah
Great Britain
Charleston
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
York
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
France
United States
New York
New York-Rio
Chicago
Exports from Boston Rise in Value This Year
Boston merchants report a notable gain in export values as shipments to Europe and the Caribbean increase. Import activity shows steady growth, with textiles and machinery leading the rise. Local traders credit improved shipping routes and favorable market demand.
Trade totals for week ending December 7 1888 England Nova Scotia
A compact listing shows weekly trade values by region and commodity. England and Nova Scotia totals appear alongside categories such as fish lumber wool paper stock and various imports and exports. Includes large figures for sugar hides oil pottery and textiles with grand totals across multiple nations and ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Nova Scotia
Solari
Ons
Psa
Cscsas
MOORE
Italy
Demerara
Greene Eis Sa
SBOE
Sas Ue
Belgium
Germany
Rosario
Port Antonio
PRG Tetund
Jowelly
Java
Cuba
Buenos Ayres
Oo Tobacco
Imports December 10 1888 Antwerp Steamer De Ruyter list
A maritime cargo manifest from Antwerp and Vernon River P E I and Yarmouth NS shows steamer and schooner arrivals with dozens of items including 1000 casks of moise, 400 cases of champagne, 4467 boxes window glass, 3530 cases window glass, 7480 steel, 38 blocks marble, 310 cases cocoa and chocolate, and various crates of timber, glass, and pottery. Names include George H Leonard & Co, J H Rossback & Bros, Murdock Parlor Grate Co, Jones McDuffee Stratton, Stone & Downe, Wadsworth Howland & Co, and Baring Bros & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Moise George H Leonard & Co
H Rossback & Bros
Louis Wolf & Vco
W ‘Lutts
Peabody & Whitney
Morey & Co
Edward Clifford
D & M Williams
Murdock Parlor Grate
Vernon River
Pei
Rockwell & Co
Yarmouth
Ball & Co
Clements & Co
Jones & Co
Batchelder
Butler & Co
Webber
Exports Details from Hillsboro and Glasgow Trade
Export records dated December 10 1388 list Hillsboro New Brunswick schooner Maud Pye with cornmeal oil and apples and Glasgow Scotland steamer Carthaginaia cleared December 6 with large consignments including flour apples corn bacon oil cake beef cheese cattle grease lard and various containers plus miscellaneous effects and regulatory items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hillsboro
Maud Pye
Glasgow
Scot
Shipping Goods and Provisions From Ports and Vessels
Listed cargo items include boxes of bungs hooks rolls and belts duck and elec machine components, flour onions apples aboard schooner Maggie Alice with 650 barrels of flour. Also sailing from Buenos Ayres and Port Mulgrave with bark Condor carrying bales of duck twine provisions and pine lumber.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Souris
Port Mulgrave
Maggie Alice
Buenos Ayres
Staple Shipments by Railroads in Dec 10 1888 Document
A detailed archival ledger lists receipts for Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine, Boston and Maine Western and Eastern divisions, Boston and Maine Lowell System, By Express, and By Sea. It records volumes of cotton, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, beef, pork, lard, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, apples, lumber, leather, hides, tea, coffee, sacks, bags, crates, pig products, and other staples with hundreds of bales, barrels, boxes, and cars across multiple rail lines and transit modes on December 10, 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nossan
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Beston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Express
London and Liverpool Wheat Markets Steam Ahead
Foreign markets report wheat steadiness across London and Paris with firmer corn and steady cargoes. Weekly British wheat deliveries total 55,821 quarters at an average price of 318 3d, while Liverpool futures firm with December California wheat at 7s 101d and March at 7s 13 4d, and mixed American corn quoted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
Great Britain
California
Antwerp
Trains from Boston to Ashcroft and Baltimore Schedule
Corrected timetable for November 11 1888 lists weekday departures from Boston Station foot of Summer Street to Ashcroft and Baltimore with numerous morning and late evening options. The fragmentary rates and times mention multiple stops including Danbury Dedham Blackstone and other towns with inconsistent OCR text.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Summer Street
Ashcroft
Baltimore
Bird Street
Blackstone
Danbury
Aus
Hice Dedham
Western Division Train Schedules for New England Routes
A dense list of Western Division trains from Boston to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with multiple intermediate stops including Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill and more. Sunday trains listed for Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield North Wilmington and other stations with numerous departure times throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danvers
Exeter
Great Falls
Haverhill
Lowell
Maiden
Medford
Melrose
Bio
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Reading
Salem
Wakefield
North Wilmington
Boston and coastal rail timetable fragment
Eastern Division schedule lists Boston Causeway Street departures to Amesbury Beverly Skiddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great and Rochester Hampton Beach North Conway Lynn Marblehead Middleton Newburyport North Station stations on York Harbor Beach Ham Sta via Saugus Branch and South Reading branch with various times and special services including Workingmen's train.
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Amesbury
Beverly
M. Skiddeford
Everett
Great
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton Beach
M. Wich
M. Lynn
Marblehead
Swamps Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
M. Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Mevere
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Salem
York Marbor & Beach
H Pam
aVia Saugus
Yvia South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
Causeway Street
T.ken
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Laverhill
Woodsville
North Woodstock
Penigewaussett Valley
Isbon
Littleton
Whitefield
Lancaster
L . In
Fabyan
S and Jefferson
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Montreal
Northern RR
Boston Air Line
Lowell System Schedules and Way Stations Trains
Timetables list Lowell System routes including Billerica Arlington Nashua Lawrence Stoneham Way Lexington Woburn Winchester and Manchester Concord Montreal. Schedules show multiple daily departures with times ranging from early morning to late night and Sunday trains noted.
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Nashua
Sowell
Lawrence
Stoneham and Way
Lexington and Way
Woburn and Way
Winchester and Way
Manchester and
Concord
Montreal
Express
Central Mass Train Timetable Ends Early Sunday Runs
Sunday trains listed from Boston Causeway Street foot of Portland Street to Northampton Boeing Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Harrold Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester So Clinton Bertin Hudson Sudbury Rockbottom Wartend Wes ton Waltham Waverley Melmont Belmont and Way Stations with times 7.45 am 1.30 3.40 pm and evening 7.45 pm 1.30 3.40 pm plus 7.45 9.20 am 1.30 3.40 4.35 6.25 pm. Time tables available at stations. James T. Furber PD J Flan ders Genl Pasr and Ticket Agent.
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Dudle Street
p_m
Ellis
Hadkett
Fishkill-on- Birdsouw
Franklin
Forest Avenue
Hartford
Harvard Street
Wmyde Park
Brighland Lake
Islington
Manchester
Muttepan
Milford
Rit
Bowdoin
New Britain
Newburg
New London
New York
Air Line
Norwich
Norwood
Norwood Central
Pawtucket
Philadelphia
Providence
Putnam
Readvville
River Street
Breckville
Conn
Southbridge
Tiltons
Walpole
Washington
D. C
Waterbury
Willimantic
Hyde Park
Sam
Woonsocket Division
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston
Needham and Way
Woonsocket
Central Mass. Division
Causeway Street
Portland Street
Northampton
Boeing
Amherst
Belchertown
Bondsville
Ware
Gilbertville
Harre
Rutland
Oakdale
West Boylston
Worcester
Clinton and
Bertin
Hudson
Sudbury
Rockbottom
Wartend
Weston
Waltham
Waverley
Melmont
Belmont
Waltham, Hudson and Way
James T. Furber
J. Flanders
Gen’l Pas
Northern Division
Boston & Albany
Kneeland Street
Framingham and
Marlboro
Fayville
Southborn
Bolton
Northboro
Clinton
Leominster
Fitchburg
Pratt’s Junction
Old Colony
Kh. K
Old State House
J. KR. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
Pasar
Mass Transit Schedules from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay
Readable OCR shows bus or rail timetable fragment listing multiple stops including Bourne Bour dale Cataumet Cottage City Hyannis Mattapoisett Marion Provincetown Wellfleet West Barnstable Wellmouth and Monuments Beach with recurring times around 8.15am and 4.15pm and various 4.15 pm segments. Mondays Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays noted for service to Nantucket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneeland Street
Buzzards Bay
Bastabie
Hyannis
Karnm
Monument Beach
Mattapoisett
Marion
Nantucket
Provincetown
Saxamore
Warmouth
Remont
Wellfleet
West Barnstable
Boston Area Train Schedule Fragment Shows Numerous Timings
A dense list of train times across Boston area stations and routes including Park Square Station to New York Shore Line and Stonington Line, with numerous Sunday and weekday departures. Includes Attleboro Dedham Readville Readville Oxbury Mansfield New Bedford Fall River Newport New London and other local stops, plus note to see Central Division for additional trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Square Station
Stonington
New York
Washington, Cor. State Street
Park Square
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
Q. H. Briggs
Old Colony
Boston
Fall River Line
Shore Line
Stonington Line
No. 3
Old State Ouse
Newport
Wickford Junction
Central
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Seeweee E. Ee
Oakum
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British West, Indies
Africa
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Medical
Humphreys
Ptios
Humphreys’ Medicine CO
Fulton St. N.Y
Drvineisis
Humphreys’ Medicins Co
Fulton St
Ciry Notices
City OF Boston
City Hall
U. S. Grant
Philip H. Sheridan
James A. Murphy
Musical Publications
Etson & C4
Rosabel
Benj. Cutter
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R. Lewis
Leo. R. Lewis
L. O. Emerson
M. Towne
Youns
Kate Douglas Wiggin
Our Lord
Gade
Gutterson
Christus
Mendelssohn
Oliver
Ditson & Co
Massachusetts
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Abigail Countate
Somerville
Robert N. Bolton
Cambridge
Boston Post
Loston
George M. Brooks
Squire
J. H. Tyler
Register
Massachussetts
Caroline P. Perham
James B. Billings
Esquire
Commonwealth OF Massachus
Suffolk
Charles RE. Train
James C. Davis
Sarah M. Train
Joan W. McKim
Elwah Gilorge
Massachuvy Setts
Daniel Leahy
William Leahy
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
Nancy W. Trumbull
Edwin A. Alger
Georch M. Brooks
Commonwealth OF Malglacieus Setts
Mary Thayer
Frederic W. Bliss
Iain Boston
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Zeige
Joan E. Lynch
John Lynch
Timothy J. Lynch
Aamr
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Mary Marro
LINC
Graham
Admr
Otlce
Justus E. Buller
Eugenie F. Butler
Admx
Bussey
Stetson, Moseley & Con
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Kilby St
P.S. Huchins & CO
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State St
Railerboa BS
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Fishkill-on-Hudson
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Turners, N. Y
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Grand Central Depot
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Richmond
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Dauiedsonville
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Gue
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Annex Koat
Pilgrim
J. R. Kendrick
Gev. L. Connor
L. H. Palmer
Montreal & West
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Fuirman
Pullman
Wagner Wace
Central Vermont R. R
J. W. Houart
S. W. Cummings
Pass
Trenton Bound Brook
Depot Central R. R
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Liberty St
Philadelphia & Reading R. R
Vth and Greene Sis
J.N. Magna
Washington St
Concord KR. KR
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N.H
Chamberlin
Railroads
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State Street
Haymarket St
Causeway St
Bangor
Bar Narber
St. John
Halifa mx
Haymarket Sq
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Calais
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Rockland
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Canevera
N.J
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Bdover
Medeford
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Boston Station
Saugus Wrench
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Wenham
Wolfebors
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Keene
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Domss Beate
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Stonehall
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USCD
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Bridgew
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Quincy
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Ile Ithe
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Milton
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Neponset
Godford
San 430
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Stoughton
Randolph
Abington
Duxbury
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Shawmut
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Ton
Central Station
Whitman and
Se Weymouth
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Cochesett
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Kay
Upm
Attleboro
Slo
Joylston
Rooslingdale
Highland
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Damien Oe Qn
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Leu
Eer
Luo
Liste
Dedham
Dodgeville
East Foxboro
Foxboro
Mazelwood
Hebronville
Hiyade Park
Jamaica Plain
Mansfield
Mt. Hope and
Clarendon Wills
Orth Attleboro
Readville
Oxbury
Blacmford
India Point
Sharon
Sharon Heights
Stoughton Central
Canton
South Walpole
Wrentham
Alnut Hill
Stonehaven
Orest Hilla
Aorn Botible
West Mansfield
éTaunteon
New Bedford
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