Grain and feed price report with regional variations and rye note
A historical price listing covers barley white and mixed grades, rye steady at 75 cents for New York carloads, millfeed values for bran middlings and cottonseed, and malt and hops ranges. It notes U.S. and Canada barley and malt classifications, and that prices apply to carload lots with flour quotations spanning wholesale and jobbing markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canada
Eastern
Ryo
Stubbornly firm markets cap a broad farm goods report
Butter and eggs hold firm prices with quiet trading across dairy products. Beans and seeds show steady demand with receivers’ wholesale quotations listed. Potatoes and sweet potatoes stable amid liberal receipts. hay and rye straw steady. Tallow prices remain modestly firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Vermont
Vermont Diary
Northern Choice
Ohio Choice
New Hampshire
Choice
Small
West
Timothy
Red Top
Jersey
East Swale
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostook
Aroostook Hebrons
Burbanks
Hebrons
Island
Chenangoes
MacIntires
Norfolk
Magnum
Regent
Champion
Market Report for Butter Cheese and Freghts Across Cities
In Chicago butter is quiet and easier with Elgin rence extra at 30c. Cheese is quiet. Fregs are lower with Western firsts at 1854 ¢. In New York the market is unchanged. The Liverpool cheese market remains steady at 58s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Liverpool
Market Report on Fruits and Nuts Prices and Demand
Apples plentiful but slow moving. Cranberries firm with full prices. Florida oranges abundant with good movement. Dried apples moderate at old prices. Nuts unchanged. Palm beach style pricing listed for apples cranberries oranges lemons and assorted nuts with varieties and per bushel or box quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Spy
King
Hubbardston
Greening
Spitz
Baldwins
Cape Cod
Pirate
Country
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Jamaica
Palermo
Virginia
Virginia Common
Grenoble
Naples
Price list of vegetables and produce items
A dated slate of market prices lists onions maltas cabbages beets squash and other vegetables with per basket or per barrel rates. Notable figures include native red cabbages at 2 a barrel and early season prices for lettuce spinach celery and cauliflower.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
Meat Market Prices Show Steady Demand Across Cuts
The pork market remains firm for choice cuts with prices steady. Lard is firm, beef cuts rise marginally, and fresh beet is dull with little change. Lambs and mutton are dull and easy. Price lists cover pork and lard by cut, fresh beef, and other meats with varied per-pound or per-bbl figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Slams
Chicago
Brighton
Sugar Market Quiet as Prices Hold Steady Across Sessions
The market for raw sugar remains quiet with prices held firm. Trading notes show closing bids and opening figures recorded across Dec 9 and Dec 10, with values such as 77c and 76426 0G AR.
Sugar and Cotton Prices Report Amid Market Notes
Raw sugar shows steady refining with various grade prices. Refined sugar moves higher for powdered and granulated forms. Molasses quotes list Ponce and other cargos. Cotton futures open steady as New York spot quotes hold middling at 104 3/4 cents and lower grades accordingly.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilas
Liolos
Javas
Belmont
Ponce
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
New York
Trade Centre Flour and Wheat Prices Across Markets
Reports from New York and major midwest hubs show dull activity across flour and grain goods with buyers holding back. Prices for various flour grades and wheat sums drift, while corn, rye, oats and barley also move slowly amid steady or weak bids.
Livestock Markets Mixed Across Cities on Dec 10
Hogs steady with Kansas City receipts about 8000 and shipments 1720. Peoria reports steady hogs with limited data. St Louis shows hogs steady with Yorkers around 4 80 to 5 25. Chicago cattle receipts 1500 with shipping steers 2 75 to 5 20 and hogs 4 85 to 5 25, lighter and heavier grades varied. Texas cattle 160 to 290. sheep and lambs firm with natives 3 5 to 5 25 and lambs to 75.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Peoria
St Louis
Chicago
Texas
Print Cloth Markets Fall River Weekly Pulp Report
Print cloth market data shows weekly production 175000 pieces and sales 168000 with stock 31000. Prices list 64x64 at 37-16c and 60x65s at 31-16c. market firm with futures 108000 pieces and spot 55000. Providence reports stronger activity and 66x60s sold at 6c plus 1 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Providence
R. J
Cotton Markets Roundup From Major Ports
Market summary of cotton receipts gross exports and sales across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati Le Louis including stock levels and price midpoints showing steady to quiet trading conditions across the season. Major ports report varied exports to Great Britain and the continent with firm or steady tones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
Great Britain
Continent
New Orleans
France
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Coastwise
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
le Louis
Consolidated Net Receipts and Export Totals Reported
The report shows one day consolidated net receipts at 31,976 with exports to Great Britain 11,3877, France 5617 and the continent 15,507. Stock at all United States ports totals 945,258 while noted figures include 3719 sales 384 stock 71,624 and mid 911-16e withLouisville firm mud 9 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louisvile
Great Britain
France
Continent
United States
Foreign Markets Report From London and Havana Trade
Cargoes off the coast show wheat held and corn steady while Paris and Liverpool markets stay quiet. Havana sugar trade remains small with nominal quotations and modest weekly receipts and exports. exchanges show weakness in Spanish gold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
Havana
Matanzas
Sugua
United States
Cuba
Wool Sale Totals and Prices Across Colonies in London
London reports show 168 680 bales catalogued in the wool sale series with 11 000 held over. Of sold stock 94 000 bales went for foreign account including 1 600 for America. Prices ended roughly steady with best merinos and American‑area demand rising to 1s 1d to 1s 11d for scoured. Descriptions include Victoria 4 800 bales and lines for New South Wales, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Swan River, and Cape of Good Hope with varied deductions for greasy and scoured lots. The next sale is slated about January 24.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
America
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensland
South Australian
New Zealand
Swan River
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Imports and Exports Dec 10 1887 Charlottetown and Summerside
A mixed cargo list from Charlottetown and Summerside records shipments from Liverpool and other ports. The ledger enumerates vast quantities including 4202 bush potatoes, wine, steel, cotton, pork, porcelain, gin, brandy, cognac, beer, dry colors, books, music, lamps, and various hardware. Several firms such as Pierce & co, Hadley co, J D & M Williams, Purdy & Nicholas, and Stone & Downer appear as shippers or consignors with dozens of itemized goods and quantities. The document reflects lengthy import and export activity across a wide range of merchandise and suppliers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottetown
Liverpool
Eng
Catalonia
S$ Pierce & Co
Providence
Hadley Co
Pettingill & Everett
George W Stetson & Co
Abram French & Co
Deveraux & Meserve
Purdy & Nicholas
J A& W
Bird & Co
Educational Supply Co
Charles Schoenhof
Adams Express Co
J & J Murdock
Iveson
Thairlwall
Pierce & Co
Baring Bros & Co
Atkins & Co
Adam Ames
Emery Stone Robbins & Gene Do
Schoenhof
H Whyte & Co
S Pierce & Co
del Sheplie & Co
Marble Bigelow
Kennard & Co
Hovey & Co
Higgins & Henderson
Brown
Durrell & Co
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Hayes & Co
Williston
Knight & Co
Snow
Welch, Margetson & Co
Rosa
Cobb & Co
China
India
Summerside
Pei
Jennie Seaverns
Chapin Bros
Exports Dispatches From St John and Beyond in 1887
Shipping list covers St John New Brunswick Halifax Nova Scotia and Barbados via Wiscasset Maine. Cargoes include hardware, kitchenware, minced meat, glassware, toys, books, rubber goods, sewing machines, marble, glue, oils, oilcloths, leather goods, china, cereals, tobacco, clothing, footwear, farm tools, machinery, and packed foodstuffs. Notable entries: Worcester steamer with 182 packages, Annie Gale at St John with 170 sacks feed, and Bear River NS E Walsh with large flour and cornmeal consignments. Additional small lots from Lunenburg Brig Clio and Barbadoes via various routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST John
Halifax
Worcester
Sit. John
Sir Annie Gale
Barbadoes
Wiscasset
Bark
Bates
Bear River
Sch E Walsh
Lunenburg
Brig Clio
Milanese Clears at London with Mixed Cargo Shipment
A London bound steamer Milanese cleared on December 7 carrying a large and varied consignment. Readable items include flour, beans, coal, refined oil, wax, hardware, leather goods, canned beef, sewing machines, lard, bacon, cheese and numerous other commodities in hundreds of cases and boxes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canso and
Souris
Maggie Alice
London
Lng
Cotton and goods shipments by major rail lines in 1887
A detailed ledger lists Staple Products receipts dated December 10, 1887 across Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine, and related divisions. It inventories bales cotton wool flour corn oats pork butter cheese eggs beans apples hay lumber leather hides pelts and other commodities by line, with quantities for each item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Lowell System
Express
1887 Household Trade Totals by Commodity Totals
Receipts for December 10 1887 list cotton molasses flour eggs pork lard beef tea and other goods with year comparisons to 1886 and 1887 figures. Figures cover bales sacks barrels and boxes across many commodities including oats corn meal milk hay hides coffee tea sugar and molasses with numerous quantities recorded.
Probate Notices from Middlesex and Suffolk Courts
Notices announce administration actions and bond discharges for estates in Massachusetts. Charles A. Welch named administrator for Matthew H. Bellis of Waltham. citation issued for December hearing. Uriel Cutler seeks discharge from bond on Simeon M. Cutler estate. January hearing planned. Administrators for Annie L. Barry named. Probate Court notices address heirs and next of kin for Elijah Ames Alden estate in Boston.
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Massachus
Middlesex
Mary E. Cutler
Simeon M. Cutler
Holliston
Sonney
Tor
Wes
Annie L. Barry
Howie
Sommonywealth
Massachusetts
Nin Ats
Michael E. Barry
Thomas J. Barry
Massa Cumu
Suffolk
Elijah Ames Alden
Boston
Said County
Boston man seeks divorce from Annie A Smith after long desertion
Charles F. Allen of Boston petitions Suffolk Superior Court for a divorce from Annie A. Smith of Mount Desert and Somerville alleging desertion since May 15 1881 and adultery with George Stratton. He asserts residence in Boston and Somerville and cites marriage in Maine on December 18 1874. Boston December 5 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Superior Court
Heepley
Charles F. Allen
Boston
Brooklyn
Maine
Annie A. Smith
Mount Desert
Somerville
Commonwealth
George Stratton
Stratton
Putnam
Connecticut
Mass
Notice to Annie A Allen on libel in Suffolk court
The Suffolk Superior Court orders libellant to publish notice to Annie A Allen in the Boston Post for three weekly issues and mail a registered copy, showing cause why the libel should not be granted. The case concerns a libel filed in Boston for a court action.
Forest Hills Cemetery Trustees Seek Charter Amendment
A group of Forest Hills Cemetery trustees petition General Court to amend the charter. The proposal would allow the trustees to annually choose a president from their number, elect a treasurer and secretary, fill vacancies, and enact bylaws not conflicting with Massachusetts law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seaate
House OF Representatives
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Forest Hills
Commonwealth
Senate
Forest Hills Cemetery
Cen Naey
Percen
Joseph W. Balch
Charles M. Clapp
James Bennett Forsyth
Geo
K. Guild
Sam'l C. Cobb
Jonathan French
J. HW. Chadwick
Ayers Seeks Divorce from Mary Parker Ayers
William H. Ayers of Newton petitions the Middlesex Superior Court for a divorce from Mary E. Parker Ayers alleging desertion starting November 1 1884 after their June 28 1884 marriage in Newton. He states fidelity until the desertion and asks the court to decree dissolution of the marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
William H. Ayers
Newton
Mary FE. Parker
Paris
Mary E
A. D
Court Order in Libel Case Requires Publication in Boston Post
Commonwealth of Massachusetts Middlesex court orders libellee to appear in Cambridge on the first Monday of January. Attested copy of the libel and order must be published weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks, last publication at least fourteen days before the return date, and a registered copy sent to the libellee at her last known address. Clerk Theo Hurd authenticates the copy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Matthew H. Bellis
Waltham
Charles A. Welch
Cohasset
Norfolk
Cambridge
Boston Post
Boston
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Uriel Cutler
Mary Ic
Groves M. Brooks
Esquire
Register
Solomon A. Bol
Sterof
Suffolk
Sr ED OS
Joan W. McKim
Eliwau George
Annie A. Allen
County of
Edwin A. Wadleigh
Jos. A. Willard
Theo
Churd
Hurd
Building Materials Ad Bader Adamson & Co Ad
Advertises Baeder Adams on glue, Flint sand paper, emery paper and cloth. Offers cowhide whips plastering bair and more at 145 Milk Street. Claims highest prices for glue stock damaged hides cattle tails and related items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baeder, Adamson & CO
Boston and Albany Railroad Timetables and Through Tickets
Local time tables and through tickets to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West available at stations and 232 Washington Street Boston. Trains leave Boston at 6 7 15 8 30 11 AM and 2 8 PM 3 6 7 10 30 PM daily with various connections at Pittsfield Chatham Palmer and Worcester for New York Boston and other points. Sunday schedules include specific extra departures and return times with dining and drawing room cars on select express trains.
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Hontraal & West
Vermont
Padman Carson
Goston
Lowell
Chicago
Fitchburg
Wagner Palace
Central Vermont
Onice
Washington Street
Boston
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Lass
St. Albans
Causeway Street
Troy
Albany
Rotterdam Junction
West
Niagara Falls Short Line
St. Louis
Niagara Falls and
Wabash Western Railway
Erie
Niagara Falls
Chicago & A Trunk Railway
Ayer Junction
Sun
Belmont and
Waverley
Brattiebor
Union Square
Somerville
Waltham
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Worcester
Miller's Falls
Hoosac Tunnel
Boston & Albany R.R
Halis
Kneeland Street
Springfield
Pittsfield
Rindally
North Adame
Suday
Chatham
Bludson
Palmer
Ware River Branch
Sprinfield
Wmartford
New Maven
New Port
New York
Sentra
Sham
Marlboro
Ceoe Es
Ayoville
Southboro
Northboro
Clinton
Leomister
Merlin
West Berlin
Prate
City
YD UL
Newton Lower Falla
Wellesley
Sapentine
Hanson
Lup
Gen
Pass
Central
Cheshire
R.R
Bellows Falls
White River Junction
Montreal
Roy
Ches
M.hire & Monadnock
Ki. I
Rutland
Pullman Palace Ce
Burlington
Otttawa
Qalns
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
A. R
FAXON
Kk. Slewart
Keens, N
Old Colony
Speciar
Old State House
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Braintree
Wed
Cottage City
New Bedford
East Bridgewater
Brockton
Abington
Quincy
West Quincy
Eas Weymouth
Weymouth
East Weymouth
Mattapan
Milton
Neponset
Millon
Z.us
Mattapoisett
Retur
Middleboro
Nantucket
Wood's Hell
Plymouth
Duxbury
Pighogs F J S
Dea Ee Ees Ean
Hanover
Whitman
Hell
Bridgeware
Buzzard’s Bay
Buzzard's Bay
Proach
Wnewrn
Rrové Incetown
Cohasset An Hingham
Cohasset
Hingham
Fall River
Taunton
Harrison Samans
KAO
Train Schedule Fragments from Old Boston Line
A dense excerpt lists numerous train times and routes across towns such as North Easton Stoughton Randolph Scituate Marshfield Duxbury and Plymouth. Names GEO L Connor and J R Kendrick appear as general pass agent and manager. The note references Sunday schedules Fall River Line boat connections and fall river routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Aim
Seituate
Return
South Duxbury
Rewn
Taunton
Dean Street
Fall River
Weymouths
Scituate
Marshfield
Duxbury
Plymouth
Cohasset
Hingham
Brockton
Daem
Newport
South Braintree
Braintree
New Bedford
Middleboro
Retur Rockton
New York
Geo. L. Connor
J. R. Kendrick
Train Schedule Update for Boston Providence Lines 1887
Train arrangements effective Monday May 30 1887 list departures from Boston to New York Providence and intermediate stops with various return times. Services include Shore Line East Express Line Mail and local connections, noting Sundays and specific routes with marked exceptions and special return hours. Public notice by A A Folsom Sun.
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Orleans
Minnesota
Southern
Rio
United
City Extra India
Western Steam
S$ A
Straits
Toledo
Minneapolis
Minn
Milwaukee
London Wool Sales
Commonwealth OF Massachehussetts
David Hurley
Nathan Sawyer
Henry N. Sawyer
Sawyer
W. P. A. Lally
Len
B. A
J. R. Churchill
S Department
Henry B. Peirce
Jersey City
Annex
Pilgrim
Bristol
Areee
L. H. Palmer
J.R. Kendrick
Concord FR. RE
B. and
Manchester
Concord
N. H
N.H
Railroads
Miller’s Falls
Pose
Ad Pone
Wicosick Falls
Johnsonville
Lincoln
Udson and Maynard
Nashua N. H
North Adams
Williamstown
North Leominster
Saratoga—s
Shelburne Fallse
Adams
J. Whitmore
J.R. Watson
Cme
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Ayy Dai
Bury
Wille
Walls
Pys
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Cpabe
Bae Suxvon
Bog Om
Newton Lower
Burndale
Bru. West
Tony
New Peece
L.ov
Faneuil
Alliston
Marath
Brookline
Qomr
U.1
Cheatnut
Newton Centre
Newton Highlands
T-Eo
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NEW
Stonington
York Arenes
Newark
Washion Corner
State Sree
Boston & Providence
Richardson & Boston Gent
Folsom
Sunk Boaton & Providence
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Fanover
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