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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1886

Page

7

Grain and meat market updates from Chicago Cincinnati and Milwaukee

Market notes report flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye and barley prices with varied moves and receipts across major cities. Pork and lard values hold while whiskey and bacon show modest activity amid light to moderate shipments and receipts in Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee and Toledo.

Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee Den Toledo Little Falls N. Y

Hogs and cattle prices mixed across major markets

Early trading reports show hogs stronger in St Louis and Yorks up 10 cents to around 3.87 to 4.00 with various packers higher. Peoria notes firm hog values around 3.40 to 4.30 with 1,500 receipts. Chicago cattle steady with Christmas beeves near 4.00 and hogs from 3.60 to 4.15. Kansas City and Chicago hyping firmer tone for best cuts.

ST. Louis Peorla Kansas City Chicago Texas

Cotton Market Numbers and Rates from Various Ports

Market recap lists net receipts and grosses for Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and consolidated totals. Exports to Great Britain France and the continent are noted with stock and daily trends described as quiet dull firm or steady.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Anid Ve Memphis Savannah Continent Coastwise Mid Ye Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York France Cinecinnati St. Louis Louisville

London and Liverpool Grain and Wool Market Report

London and Liverpool market wires show wheat and corn firm with ready demand. Wool sales feature smaller attendance, varied bales from Victoria New South Wales South Australia and other regions, with price quotes in shillings and pence.

London Beerbohm Shiea Lane Ak California Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Victoria New South Wales South Australia New Zealand Cape of Good Hope Natal Antwerp

Multiple Shipments and Commodities Listed Across Firms

A long OCR snippet details numerous traders and shipments including oranges, pig iron, hides, wool, bales, spirits, resin, lumber, and various marine products. Named entities include Thorndike co, Lewis Bros, Lowell Bros, FL Leonard, A&O W Mead & co, J D Mead, Patch & Roberts, D W Perry, York & Whitney, EG Whitney, Winn Rocker & co, J C Ayer, H W Adams & co, Fall Mt Paper co, Norfolk Oyster co, Richardson & Dennie, OH Smith & co, White Bros & Sons, Wheelwright Anderson & co, Walworth Mant co, and many more with quantities like boxes, bbls, bales, cases, drums, and cars. The passage situates a coastal trading economy with broad product variety and regional firms in Maine and New Brunswick ports including Grand Manan and Yarmouth.

Thorndike Co Lewis Bros Lowell Bros Leonard Charles Lawrence A&o W Mead & Co Charles E Morrison & Co D Mead Mcintosh Noyes Patch & Roberts Perry O Rogers & Co KR Tuttle & Co Toulett Witham York & Whitney Billings & Eaton Clark Daniel & Co Mt Paper Co Hecht Bros & Co Handlett & D George E Newhall Norfolk Oyster Co Coates Bullard & Co Hall & Co Nichols Dupee & Co Rosin Morrill & Co Prince & Co Richardson & Dennie Smith & Co Darling RG Holman Yarmouth Dominion Whitney, Pousland & Co TJ Jones & Co Delong & Seaman

Trade Goods Listings Across Ports in 19th Century Records

Shipping ledger items show St John s Norse goods in lively inventory style including flour lumber soap de can dles cordage pork ham meal marble and hardware with numbers. Montivideo Uruguay records 682 702 feet lumber. Shelburne Nova Scotia Blanche M Thor reports meals oil pork flour apples while Bear River NS lists Muriel with meal pork and flour in cargo.

ST John's Montivideo Uruguay Shelburne Blanche Thorbourn Bear River India Organs Naval England Nova Scotia Miquelon Langley Scotland Africa Australia Azores Madeira Cuba

Staple Goods Receipts From Several Railroads

A detailed ledger lists December 13, 1886 receipts from the Loston Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine and Boston and Lowell railroads. Cotton wool flour corn wheat oats barley meal and other staples are itemized with bales sacks boxes barrels and cases.

Loston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Boston & Maine Railroad— Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad

Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County Listings

Suffolk County transfers show multiple transactions dated Nov 27 to Nov 30 involving Tremont Camden Groton Seabury Kirkland Philips Dorchester Roxbury West Roxbury and other locales. Buyers include Susan N Clark Sarah A Boyce Michael B Coogan and Charles J Litchfield among others with prices and mortgage details noted.

Tremont Street Edward W. E. Thompson Susan N. Clark Camden Street Julian W. Eayes Sarah A. Boyce Groton Street Peter Shannon Michael B. Coogan Seabury Ous William Tobin Centre Paul Gore Street Alpheus P. Blake William Sage Oakland Street Charles J. Page

Trade Goods and Quantities Listed in Post Route Ledger

The fragment lists diverse commodities with quantities including hogs butter eggs beans apples potatoes hay lumber hides pelts and cotton along with units such as cases bbls bales and rolls. It also notes sea transport figures with numerous items like cotton wool tea sugar molasses and tea shipments.

Pais Pat Slains Daigs

Mortgage transfers in Boston area on Nov 27 1900s

Multiple land mortgage filings dated Nov 27 and 29 recorded in Boston area courts. Lyman Locke transfers to Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company for land on G Street South Boston valued at 8000. John J. Gillis to Frank A. Ferguson for Miller Street Dorchester 210. Gottlieb Merz et ux to Frank E. Smith for Whitney Street Roxbury 1200. Thomas D. Gerrish to Haris Peter Jensen for Fourth Street South Boston 1000. William Gately to George Curtis et al. trustees for Whitney Street Northwest side 500. Lorrie A. Percy to Annie W. Hapgood for Merrill Street West Roxbury 2200.

Charles J. Page Eleanor W. F. Bates Newburn Street Andrew Bates Et al Anna E. F. Anderson Huntington Avenue Boston Robert White William Vaughan Earl Street William H. Smith Bridget Joyce Ewer Street Edwin B. Spinney Martha D. Spinney jJand Fourth Street Thomas D. Gerrish Michael Killilea Michael McMurray London Street Sydney F. Whitehouse Chelsea S. Rowland Hart James Wolstenholme Chester Avenue Shawmut Street John H. Osgood Eben Hutchinson Bellingham Street Annie Massey Brown George W. Bennett Chestnut Street Ann Maria Watch Elizabeth H. Gow Eustis Street Revere Thomas J. Boyd Nathaniel M. Jewett Bradstreet Avenue Maria L. Jewett Francis M. Fisher George A. Sparkhawk Wisthrop George Howard Wood William H. Wentworth Woodside Avenue St. Brighton Abel F. Rice Henry Squire Pleasant Street Hannah Colwell Terrance McQuade Chestnut Hill Avenue Sarah A. Saunders James Randolph Brock Union Square Lyman Locke Boston Safe Deposit and Trust Company G Street South Boston John J. Gillis Frank A. Ferguson Miller Street Dorchester Gottlieb Merz William Gately George Curtis Et al Whitney Street Lorrie A. Percy Annie W. Hapgood Merrill Street West Roxbury

Concord Fr R and Branches Schedule 1886

Rail timetable lists trains from Boston to Manchester and Concord with departures from B and L depot at 7 30 8 30 12 noon 1 05 3 00 5 30 7 00 and Sunday 1 00 pm. From B and M depot 7 30 am 12 noon 5 pm. Returns from Concord to Boston at 5 30 7 30 10 20 am 2 45 5 05 6 28 pm Sundays 7 22.

Concord FR. R Boston B. and Manchester Concord N. H B.and E. Chamberlin Troy Driany Mas RIN North Am Saldwinville Athol Shelvn Irving Mioi Baldwin Crossing Bub Boston & F Sun Providence Tucket Dodger Beta Attleboro Meturn Canton du Ams Hyde Park Clarendon Jamaica Plain Bury West Roxbur Mt. Hope New York Saturda Frida Science Mansfield Shore A. Folsom Aveuy Asa Eturn Sharon Oon Yan A. Om Pear CK Mie Norwood Central D. M Boston & Albany Railroad Reedham and Way Woonsocket Forest H ORR Ear Ametyet Rie Retun van Nepeneces Milton Neponset Mattapoisett Poturn Au Art Pa Wool Aays Ea LL Nord Edisly Mattapan Nannancats Bees Weymouth Central Station Dean Whitman Timan South Wuvibcuw Sims Tceas Tout Saco Lawrence North Jeanrence South Lawrence Boston Station Causeway Keenae Amesbury Smeo Waseeke Beverly Ami Biddeford Chelsea Do . Everett Rochester Beach North O.suev ULSU Loboain Great Fails Dakar Brawmpton Hampton Rye Beach Vom Ipswich Lynn Swampscott Branch North Conway Portsmouth Lake Gloucester Salem Iase Los Rockport Havreryry Saugus Braveh Swampscott Wenham Lynn and Away Glauven Newburyport Portland Bangor St. John Halifax Wille Cordaville Ashland Milford South Pramin Walia Too Oy Cme Eoy Leos AM DOD Heturn Fitchburg Renton Lower Falla Wellesley Hills Worcester Newton Highlands Brookline Washington Street Ass. Hanson H. T. Gallup Ammeys de L.sig SUN Wat Medford S. i Ckies U.sun AM Belmont Waverly and Waltham Ws An Clana Oo

Fitchburg Railroad Announces 1886 Woonas Tunnel Route Schedules

The Fitchburg Railroad reveals Nov 15 1886 timetable with Westward trains from Boston via the Woosac Tunnel Route. Services include express and accommodation trains to Albany Chicago and St Louis with Pullman sleeping cars and connections to New York Central trains. Additional stops list intercity stations and return schedules through multiple towns and towns west of Boston.

Fitchburg Railroad Woosac Tunnel Causeway Street Boston West Albany Nekoipin Chicago St. Louis Pullman New York Central West Shore al. Mn Albany West Nany N.Y Gres Adame If Gardens Orange and Miller Cburne Falls Royalston and & Tex Westminst Ashburnharburnham West Fitehbul River Wendell Deerfield Buckland Zoar Charlemont Purner Bratinlebore C. Accom Winchesdon Keene Betlows Falls Cheshire Lowell Fitchburg Ayer Junction North Leominster Shirley Greenville and Bownsend Centre Marlboro, & Son and Maynard Concord Lincoln Belmont and Waverley Os Ooo Town Union Market Mt. Aub Oes Prani Univ Ke Square Ville Ware River John Adam J. KR. Watson L Pass

Boston and Albany Railroad Schedule Fragments 1886

Train times and connections across multiple routes from Boston to New York and intermediate points, including Shore Line, Norwich Line, Worcester and Providence lines. Details list departures, returns, and special notes for weekdays Sundays and adjust lines with Mansfield and Shore Line mentions.

Winter 1886 Boston New York Fall River Line Train Schedule

On and after Nov 15 1886 weekday trains depart Boston for New York via Fall River Line at 6 p.m. with returns at 4:30 p.m. from New York. The timetable lists multiple stops including Ashmont Hyannis Barnstable Weymouth Cohasset East Milton Milton Mattapan Nantucket Wareham Plymouth and other stations with varying morning and evening return times and through connections to Brockton Taunton and New York.

New York Fall River Boston Colony Station Fall Rive PIL Bristol New York Brodsey Boston Fall River Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Warmouth Sandwich Edo Braintree BSA AOA Cohasset Cottace Bedford East Bridgew Abington Brockton Ilton West Quincy Cerry Wenn East Milton Weymouth East Weymouth Col AM Uwe Newport South Braintree Pete Taunton Pall River Kendrick

Boston and Maine Through Trains on Divisions

Schedules list multiple daily departures and connections on the Boston and Maine network. Lines show Augusta Haymarket, Causeway Street, Portland, Rockland, Machiasport, andLewiston routes with times to and from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations. Western Division trains include Boston Bay Rochester Farmington routes and numerous stops such as Danvers Malden Lawrence Medford Lowell Salem and Wilmington with varied morning afternoon and Sunday services.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St. Staion Bangor St. John Halifax the Provinces Causeway St Eastport Calais N. B N. S Portland Lewiston Manchester Concord N. H Haymarket Square North Conway Causeway Street Rockland Castine Southwest Bar Marbers Machiasport Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln Railways

Train Schedules for Boston and Nearby Stations

Boston station timetable lists departures to Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Everett Rochester and many towns including Lynn Ipswich Swampscott Peabody and Salem with varied times and branches. Notes show Sunday ams service and special trains via Saugus and South Reading branches plus workingman trains on Thursdays and Saturdays.

Saugus Workingman South Reading Boston Hay

Boston and Lowell Rail Schedule 1886 Service Details

The notice lists through and local train times from Boston to Albany Springfield Pittsfield and Buffalo with sleeping and parlor cars. It includes stations along the route such as Causeway Street Washington Street Old State House and references connections to Montreal and White Mountain divisions. It provides daily and Sunday timings, local branch services and various city offices.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street City Washington Street Old State House Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal Warren Beaverhill Woodsville Newport St. Johnsbury Manchester Concord N. EE SMN Meene Peterboro Hillsboro Keene Millsboro Bvyilton Ruford Amherst SUN Weenfield Joshua Bes

Train timetable fragment from Boston area stations

A partial rail schedule lists arrival and departure times for Wat Medford Watlington Concord and nearby stops. It includes reminders to consult dispatch for local and available timing details and is signed by Lucius Pattle General Passenger Agent.

Train Schedules for Belmont Weston and Waltham Area

Partial timetable details show train departures and arrivals for Belmont Weston and Waltham routes. Times listed include morning and afternoon slots with several stations mentioned.

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