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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 12, 1888

Page

7

Provisions Market Report From Chicago to New York Prices

Provisions dull in Chicago with no price gains amid steady or firm trends in related meats. Pork no change. lard firm. hogs quiet. quotes cover long cuts to sausage and bacon, with regional variations in St Louis Cincinnati and New York markets noting dull trade and steady to modest price levels.

Chicago New York Park City St Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Banana steamers sail with Jamaica fruit to Boston firm

The steamer Aguan is due December 14 with a cargo of Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company.

Banana Steamers Aguan Boston Fruit Company

Fruit prices and market tone in city trade report

Apples show large supply with dull trade and varied prices for common to good at $1 to $2.25 per box, while Grapes demand is slow with prices listed for Catawba Concord Isabellas Almeria and others. Oranges Lemons and foreign fruit steady with mixed box and barrel pricing, Cranberries steady at $6.50 to $7 per barrel, Nuts quiet with Virginia peanuts pecans and hickory prices noted.

Hubbardstons Sweet Nova Cataweo Isabellas Almeria Florida Messina Palermo Jamaica Virginia

New York cotton dull and futures steady after sales

New York mid upland cotton 9 9/16 to 9 5/8 cents in dull trade with 67 bales sold. Futures opened quiet and closed steady. Dec and other month quotes shown. Liverpool and U.S. markets follow, with receipts and stocks varying by port. Alfred B Shepperson reports three months of crop movement with ports and exports. Other markets list steady to quiet bids, with Augusta Galveston New Orleans and others. Consolidated U.S. receipts and exports totals provided.

New York New_York Scusnie Alex's Liverpool Orleans Ccess Alfred B Shepperson New York Stock Exchange Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Charleston Savannah Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Kaluumore Continent Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Consolidated France United States

Sugar market firm with steady demand and varied quotes

Sugar markets show firmness across raw and refined grades with steady demand. Havana Cuba refined and raw sugars quoted in multiple grades. Manila prices and dry sugar transactions noted with 5000 piculs extras shipped to Hong Kong at about 368 per picul, as sellers would accept.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas Belmont Manila Hong Kong

Market update on sugar prices and cargos at various ports

Buyers offer 362%2 per picul for some goods while sellers seek 312%2 per picul. About 8000 piculs of unclayed Taal sold at 2 per picul unpacked. Prices shown: Extra polarizing 87% at 368%4, current polarizing 81 at 31244, unclayed Taal 2 per picul. Ports report 2450 tons loading for US Atlantic ports and 6200 for San Francisco. Iloilo and New York items note 1950 and 1250 tons shipping, with raw and refined sugar prices steady around 2-3 per picul and molasses firm at old prices. Rates for Porto Rico and other regions listed.

United States Atlantic San Francisco Iloilo Superior Boston Cebu New York Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos

Oil Market and Certificates Listings

Market data furnished by J E Carter & Co. Includes pipe line certificates closing times and price ranges for December 10 11. Cottonseed oil certificates show opening times and daily high and low figures for December 11 with notable figures and percentages.

J E Carter & Co Washington Street Milane Serceengens Eeee Bala Cde

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities

Kansas City cattle receipts 4361 with demand fair at firm prices. Hogs receipts 9960, market slow with 5 to 10 cent decline. St Louis and Peoria hogs lower. Cincinnati and Chicago cattle and hogs mixed with declines and supplies noted. Sheep receipts 5000 with steady ranges for natives and Westerns.

Kansas City Sheen St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Commodities Market Brief From Manila to New York

Manila reports buyers for the new crop at 22 per picul for December and January, with dealers holding for 24. No arrivals recently in Cuba or Zamboanga. New York tallow demand remains firm at 60,000 lbs sales and coffee futures show dull unsettled tones. Whiskey markets in Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati steady. Turpentine and petroleum close firm with resin and tar prices noted.

New York Rio Manila Cuba Zamboanga Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report 1588

Weekly market summary from Watertown Union with prices and quantities for beef cattle sheep and lambs hogs hides and skins. Includes totals, weekly changes, and examples from buyers such as A E Bailey J A Hathaway Whipple & Farnham and Aldrich & Johnson.

Watertown Union Union Market Watertown E Bailey H Bird & Co Chicago J A Hathaway Canada Combs & Farrar Hall& Son FD Merrow LW Linker

Imports and Exports December 11 1888 Bluefields and Liverpool Trade

Shipping list detailing goods from diverse owners across ports including Bluefields Georgetown and Charlottetown. Items include mahogany cedar logs, potatoes, wool, iron, whiskey, woollens, paper, books, earthenware, glassware, machinery, fabrics, dyes, and various crates and cases. Notable firms appear as Baring Bros Co. Pierce & Co. Reed & Barton and W H Davis Co. among others.

Bluefields Nic G W Jones George W Emery Charlottetown Eldora Georgetown Pei G A Smith Larclay & Co Liverpool Eng Samaria Baring Bros & Co Pierce & Co JS Morgan & Co Oliver Ditson & Co Blakeslee & Co Lros & Co M Jones & Co George E Crawley Abram French & Co Morey, Churchill & Morey Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Gollin Chaffee & S N China Booth & Co H Davis & Co Leland & Co Stone & Downer William Miller Thomas Kelly & Co Davis & Farber Machine Company French & Co Williston, Knight & Co Sheplie & Co Stoddard, Lovering & Co H White & Co Schoenhof Hovey & Co Cushing & Mliss

Variety of Goods and Commodities Across Multiple Firms

A broad inventory listing numerous consignments and goods from merchants such as Jordan, Marsh & co, Schoenhof, Rewson & co, Somerset Club, and Baring Bros. & co. Items include dresses, pictures, plants, perfumery, almond oil, linen goods, woollens, steels, tin plates, machinery, books, musical instruments, personal effects, brandy, fruit, salted sheep skins, refined alkali, earthenware, glassware, leather, and wool. Also notes a Progreso steamer cargo of hemp and other entries from Thebaud Bros. with sizable quantities.

Littaner Mrs & D Bangs Thomas Alien Temple Pierce & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Tufts Mayor Schoenhof Jooeeson & Odell Richard Briggs Macallar, Parker & Co Holder & Herrick Wool Staring Bros & Co Farley & Sons Rewson & Co Somerset Club Baring Bros & Co McKay Progreso Crown Prince Thebaud Bros

Maritime cargo listings across Atlantic ports reveal varied goods

Across Parabados in New Brunswick Newfoundland and Nova Scotia ports vessels report diverse cargoes including tobacco ice fish butter beef hams canned goods vegetables cheese lard paper hardware marble dust kerosene and hardware. Ships schooners and steamers carry flour oats cornmeal sugar fruit and farm supplies to Shelburne Lockport St Andrews St Kitts Brighton Yarmouth and Yarmouth roads with substantial bbls of oil flour and grain alongside crates of fruits and vegetables.

Parbados Megunticook Shelburne and Lockport Standrews Helen G King Nellie Parker ST Kitts Bwi James Young Brighton Belleveau Cove Blythe Yarmouth

Freightage of Staples Across Rail Lines in 1888

A detailed ledger lists receipts by railroads Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Western Lowell System and Boston & Maine Lowell includes wool bales butter eggs apples leather and various meats with quantities in bales cases crates sacks and cars. The compilation captures bulk shipments of cotton wool flour oats malt feed sugar butter cheese eggs apples and leather across multiple regional lines.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Lowell System By Express

Total Receipts December 11 1888 1858 1887 1888 1887

A dense table of commodities with yearly receipts lists cotton molasses flour oats wheat butter cornmeal and many others in barrels bales boxes and tons. It records quantities for 1858 1887 and 1888 across numerous goods including meat products hay leather lumber and tea. The itemized totals reflect a historic wholesale inventory snapshot.

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London Foreign Markets Report Wheat Firmer Across Regions

Overseas cargoes show wheat firmer on the coast while passage wheat and corn quiet. At Liverpool spot wheat rising. futures firm for wheat and dull for corn. London and Paris quiet. Antwerp improving. prices cited for December through May contracts and assorted grains and provisions.

London Mark Lane Liverpool Great Britain California Antwerp Paris

Probate Court Notice on Trust Termination in Suffolk Boston

The Probate Court in Suffolk hears a petition by George A. Dary trustee under Alfred A. Marcus to terminate the trust on a deed dated January 20 1882 and an instrument January 21 1883, authorizing land release to holders and discharging duties when a citation is published in the Boston Post for three weeks ending before December 31 1888.

Ynomumon Massachu Suffolk Alfred A. Marcus William J. Lesy Boston George A. Dary Ambrose A. Ranney Peter Butler Pacific National Bank of Boston M. Whitney Boston Post Jenny W. McKrat Esquire Thia Elijah George Register Commonwealth OF Edward D. Sohier Joun W. McKim, Esquire Massachusett's George O. Lewis Charles 8S. Lewis Moston Joan W. McKim Margaret G. Wyman Eston Massachus Setis Jacob Benari Louis Hyneman George D. Burrage Edward T., Calbot Parttson George Uriel Crocker Mary J. Ballard Elijah Gheorge Commonwealth OF Massacehusetts Januarlo Soares DE Figueiredo Ames Sears Joan W. McKim. Esquire Sarah E. Thacher Bosaton William Roscoe Williams Toticke William Ytighe Matthew J. Tighe John Kbrazilr Ingalls William J, Monroe Admc William HH. Brickett Sarah E. Dodge Adiux Oston Jesse L. Scott Josten Joan W. McKim, Esquire Charles Lincoln Loston Elwah George William L. Hall Leverett Tuckerman Emmeline LD Whipple Bayer Uoston Meston Commonwealth OF Massaciu J Setys Cyril C. Child Joan W. Mecklin James R. Clark Eugene L. Clark Frank H. Crombife George L. Morse

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