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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 13, 1887

Page

7

Local Produce Prices In Shabby OCR List

A fragmented grocery list shows item names and prices including carrots 40 cents, lettuce 1.50, turnips 40 cents, celery 50 p and various abbreviations. The legible entries indicate retail pricing for produce like spinach and cauliflower but many items are garbled.

St Andrews

Meat Prices and Cuts in Regional Market Report

Provisions of all kinds are unchanged in tone and prices with a long list of pork and lard varieties, beef items, and fresh meats. Prices are given for weights and cuts such as prime mess pork, extra prime, hams, shoulders, ribs, and various beef plates, tongues, and tripe, alongside fresh sheep and veal offerings and regional lamb notes.

Chicago Brighton

Cotton market outlook and related commodity prices

The Cotton-Allan Asher & Co circular reports firm handling of cotton certificates with an upward trend and modest gains. New York spot prices firmed while Liverpool futures showed steady or mixed moves. supplies and early local demand supported by South and Europe orders. Also notes pipeline certificates, raw and refined sugar steadiness, and molasses prices from various origins.

Allan Asher & Co Europe Liverpool New York Orleans Ponce Cienfuegos Barbadoes

Commodity Prices Edge Lower Across Wheat and Flour Markets

Trade centers report softer flour prices with 43 820 pkgs of flour receipts and 94 000 bush of spot wheat sold in Chicago. Across New York and St Louis markets, futures show mixed shifts as corn, rye and oats move in narrow bands. Stronger Python? No.

New York Ohio St. Louis City Mill Minnesota Canada Rio Philadelphia United Tierces Western Tierces City Liverpool Jhicago Milwaukee Toledo Cincinnati Minneapolis Minn

Market Prices for Corn Oats Wheat Receipts

The column lists grain prices and receipts figures with Wheat at 14 100 bushels, Corn 2100 bushels, and Oats 300 bushels. A note shows No 2 red and price markers 64c for corn and 32c for oats.

Hog and Cattle Markets in Major Cities

Hogs steady with silo prices around 440 to 550 at Peoria. St Louis reports firm higher hogs with Yorkers mostly 405 to 530 and butchers up to 520 to 650. Chicago shows cattle receipts 10 000 and steady with shipping steers 270 to 470, Texas cattle 160 to 290. hogs receipts 25 000 with heavy down and mixed 480 to 525, lambs at 425 to 865, and Christmas mutton around 65 to 60.

Peoria ST Louis Chicago Texas

Cotton Markets Report Course and Prices by Port

Summary of cotton receipts gross exports and sales across ports including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville with stocks and price middlings noted as firm steady or quiet across markets for three days ending in Consolidated totals of receipts exports and national port stock levels.

Augusta Galveston Great Britain New Orleans France Continent Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville United States

Foreign Markets Report from London and Liverpool

London and Liverpool cargoes show wheat steady to firm, corn strong in places, and English and American market quotes stable. Paris and Antwerp note steady wheat prices with no major shifts. futures data list December and January prices across wheat and corn segments.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Minnesota Paris Liverpool California Antwerp

Imports Dec 12 1887 Glasgow listing

A Glasgow entry lists shipments from Fort Hovey and Co and Harvey and Co including one parcel samples, one truss, three boxes of machinery from Washington Mills, engraved iron mills from George K E Perkins, 100 tons of No 1 Eglinton pig iron, 1000 bricks from N Curtis, and other dry goods and brandsen boxes.

Glasgow Scot F Hovey & Co Arley, Harvey & Co

Dry Goods and Commodities Listed in Trade Ledger

A dense ledger recounts shipments and holdings across firms such as Waldo Bros, Crockett Bros, Baring Bros, Jordan Marsh, and J B Moors & Co. The items include potatoes, wool, paper stock, dry goods, oil, steel, granites, logwood, and animal products with numerous quantities and consignors across multiple ports and firms.

Waldo Bros Crockett Bros & Sanborn Granite Townsend L&d Riker Moors & Co Baring Bros & Co Wilder James Bryden & Co Ford Jones Bros Allan Jordan, Marsh & Co Mackintire, Lawrie & Co Leavey, Foster & Bowman Rosenfeld Brook F Townsend Taracatbo W C Warner Fustic J G Hall & Co Montague Vei Hector McG Savannah Shawmut Yarmouth Dominion TJ Jones & Co Clements & Co Webber Moise J G Hall & Co Ellis & Co

Exports tallied from Liverpool and North American ports December 12 1887

Shipping lists show Palmyra clearing for Liverpool with diverse cargo including 9 cases canned goods 4 boxes machinery 78 packs tallow 609 bales cotton and 50 barrels lard among others. Also entries record schooners Osprey Lord Mayo Grenada and brig David Bugbee with kerosene oil meal flour lumber and more from Lunenburg Sydney Matanza and Bear River ports.

Liverpool Eng Palmyra Lunenburg Bear River Lord Mayo Sydney Grenada Matanzas Cuba David Bugbee

Staple Shipments by Railroads in 1887 Inventory List

A dense ledger of commodities delivered by multiple railroads including Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Boston and Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, and Boston and Maine. Entries show bales of cotton and wool, flour, corn, oats, malt, feeds, lard, hams, pork, butter, eggs, beans, apples, hay, straw, lumber, leather, hides, tea, molasses, coffee, cheese, and pots of various weights and counts. The long list reflects year end receipts and stock movement across lines.

Bsa Vsa Oakum Bric Ne & A Cooperage St’ek England Nova Scotia Miquelon Langley Newfoundland and Labrador British West Indies Africa Australasia United States of Colombia Uruguay Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell Express

Old Colony Special Notice for Baggage Checks and Schedules

Passengers with tickets on this line may have baggage checked from hotel or residence in Boston to destination. Baggage calls at No. 5S Old State House. Trains listed depart Boston for New York 6 p.m. and return 4.30 p.m. Numerous daily departures and returns to Ashmont, Barnstable, Hyannis, Weymouth, Milton, Mattapan, Taunton, Providence, New Bedford, Plymouth, and more with varied times.

Old Colony Boston Old State House New York Fall River Line Ball H River Line Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Beaintree Lee New Bedford Mast Bridgewaterton Abington Brockton West Quincy East Weymouth Weymouth Matetapan Milton Mattapan Neponset V.ve Mattapoisett Middleboro Nantucket Wood's Hall Plymouth D Ou P Bt Yaw Sruauuiys Bend Am Uainey M. Bianover Rockland M. Return Hanover M. Whitman Return Wollaston Heights BOF Ff TA Bridgewater Breckton Buzzard’s Bay Provincetown Chatham Cohasset and Hingham Cohiasse Taunton York Fall River Weyimouths Hingham Cohasset Scituate Marshfield Duxbury Cem Newport South Braintree New Sedford Middleboros Rockton Geo. L. Connor J. R. Kendrick Gen. Pass Steed West Roxbury Mighlands Stoughton Canton Mt. Hope Wy Jarven Wrnstel Providence Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Needhar Woonsocket Middletown New Haven Pullman Hartford New Heritain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson Newbury Turners N. Y Louis Limited Erie Railway Point West NEW England Limited Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic New Britain Willmantic Philadelphia Jew Press Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richemond Norwich Exec Press New London Danielsonville Putnam CITY Worcester CLIVY Washington Street Summer Street A. A. Jackson Fall Rive OM Colony Suny Pilgrim Bristor Am Orchestra Brooklyn Anynex L. H. Palmer Agt

Humphreys Homeopathic Veterinary Specifics Ad

An 19th century ad lists Humphreys Homeopathic Vet specifics with cures for fevers fevers congestion and lung inflammation in horses dogs and cattle. It advertises bottles and a complete kit with a manual priced at 7 dollars and prepaid mail order from Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Co at 109 Fulton Street New York.

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Proposals Sought for United States Submarine Torpedo Boat

Navy Department invites sealed proposals by March 1 1884 for a steel submarine torpedo boat with torpedo appendages. Specifications require 60000 psi tensile strength and 25 percent elongation, with detailed drawings, weights, engine data, and trials. Proposals include five per cent certified checks and sixty per cent bond. bids may be rejected.

United States Navy Navy Department Washington, D. C Congress Naval Service Secretary of the Navy Bureau of Ordnance United States Department Washington, D.C Wirtrax Whitney

Milton petition for water company incorporation

Legal notice from Milton citizens requesting incorporation as a water company to supply the town. They seek powers to take waters from Houghton’s Pond Neponset River Pine Tree Brook springs wells and to purchase water from other sources. Authority to lay pipes erect buildings dams and acquire lands for Milton water system.

Senate POUSE COM Salth Massachusetts Milton Houghton’s Pond Neponset River Pine Tree Brook Central Avenue Oliver W. Peabody A. L. Hollingsworth FE. D. Wadsworth Crossman Jurus Brewer Samuel Gannett Horace K. Ware Kellerton P. Whitney Theodore R. Glover J. Malcolm Forbes

Through trains on western and eastern divisions

Boston and Maine timetable from October 23 1887 lists departures from Haymarket and Causeway stations for Augusta Portland Rockland Bangor and other destinations with multiple daily runs and steamer connections to Halifax St John and Calais.

Boston & Maine Augusta—Haymarket Sq Causeway St Tanger St. John Birlifax Pro- Vincens Haymarket Sq Aim Eastport Calais Rio St.ohn N. M Halifax N. S Portland Haymarket Sq Rockland Casthie Southwest Bari Marbers Lewistonf Manchester Concord N. BE North Conway—Haymarket Rf Ainine Central Grand ‘Wank and Minox & Lincoln Haymarket St

Unclear Western Division timetable fragment with routes

Fragmented OCR lists times and stations across a Western Division timetable from Boston to multiple towns. Readable segments include departures from Exeter Merrimac Wakefield and dates or pricing not clearly stated.

Trains Schedule From Boston to Coastal Towns

Eastern Division lists Boston stations departures to Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Revere Rockport Salem Lynn and more with frequent morning to evening times and Sunday trains. Notices note workingmen's trains Thursdays and Saturdays and Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor routes. James T. Fur er is general manager and D J Flanders is general passenger agent.

Boston Station Causeway Amesbury Beverly Iiddetor Chelsea Bloover Everett Great Falls Rochester Brampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott I Branch North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Revere Rockport Gloucester Salem Marbor & Reich K.E Yam Saugus Wbranch Swampscott Wenham Wolfeboro Lynn and Newburyport Portland Banger St. John Saugus South Reading Ranch Boston Haymarket Square Washington Street Bangor James T. Furer D. J. Flanders

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