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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 14, 1889

Page

7

Commodity Market Patchwork Across Staples and Foods

Commercial notes show mixed conditions for staples with flour and rye weak, corn and oats firm, potatoes and pork products active, sugar steady, and fruit demand varying. Prices and activity levels differ by item, reflecting a cautious trading mood in the market.

Fish Trade Steady With Declining Mackerel Catch in Boston Market

The Boston fish market shows little change with moderate activity and firm mackerel prices. New England and Gloucester inventories are lower this season, with 17,974 barrels of mackerel caught to date, down from six years prior, while foreign imports offset some losses. Prices remain firm across species as buyers assess higher costs and consumer demand.

New England North Bay Gloucester Rtn Nova Scotia Norway Provincetown Hake Haddock Cape Breton Newfoundland Boston Fish Bureau

Mills Show Cautious Bidding for Early 19th Century Months

The text notes freely bid for January February and March but was generally declined by the mills indicating cautious reaction to early year orders and production plans.

Wheat market dull as bears push prices lower in Chicago

Chicago reports a weak wheat market with declines and limited rallies. Corn stays quiet amid rising receipts. oats and pork futures show mixed, steady to slightly firmer activity as traders weigh export clearances and local selling.

Chicago Gilman, Cheney & Co Boston Minneapolis Duluth

Grain Market Report Across Cities With Wide Variety Of Flours

The report tracks receipts and prices for flour and grain across New York Chicago St Louis and other centers. It notes dull markets with mixed price shifts for wheat oats corn and rye and lists track and elevator quotations for No 2 hard spring No 2 red No 1 white and other grades.

Farnum, Reardon &Co Boston New York St Louis Minnesota Isconsin Canada Superior Canada City Mills Chicago Kkye

Grain and livestock market report with mixed receipts

Arrivals are mainly grain bound for Antwerp while barley receipts reach 4490 bush today and 2350 bush last year. Quotations cover six row Canada and State varieties, millfeed, sack spring and winter, Michigan bran and middlings, with cot tonseed meal and malt figures. market remains dull and unchanged with no spot goods.

Antwerp Canada Michigan New York

Market Report Says Butter Cheese Eggs With Mixed Demand

Receipts today include butter 2782 pkgs 52 boxes oleo 255 pkgs cheese 3694 boxes eggs 38 bbls 737 cases beans 183 bbls potatoes 9 cars sweet potatoes 607 bbls hay 41 cars straw 10 cars. Butter market firm steady with outside price for choice Western creamery 27c and small sales at 28c. various creamery prices listed. Eggs steady with larger fresh laid receipts and softer tone. beans and potatoes show quiet to steady trading. poultry demand slow with mixed lots available. overall market tone cautious with multiple regional price quotes.

New York Vermont Liverpool Chicago New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Michigan Bush California Lima Choice Canada Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Hebrons

Market Report for Onions and Produce Prices

Trade is quiet with listed prices for onions including native 75 cents per bush and 2742 cents per lot. Items covered include beets carrots lettuce radishes cabbage parsley and various squash and celery prices per box or bushel with several tonnages and crate figures.

White Cape St Andrews

Fruit Market Report Shows Mixed Supplies And Steady Prices

Apples and oranges markets show large bulk supplies with uneven demand. Choice lots of apples like Kings sweets and Michigan greens are priced up to 350 per lot while common lots remain plentiful. Oranges and lemons are well supplied with fair to slow demand and several price ranges for different counts and boxes. Grapes and cranberries show steady or strong demand for fancy isabellas and Cape cranberries with common lots softer.

Kings Ben Davis Baldwins Michigan Michigan Talman Astern Tasmans Florida Palermo Messina Malaga Jamaica We Sake Almeria

Fruit Sales Auction Moves From Florida Oranges to Grapes

H Harris & Co to auction 6560 boxes of Florida oranges on Tuesday. Snow & Co sold Florida oranges today at 165 dollars with 262 percent? and Almeria grapes at 2 dollars 6242? 350 barrels. The same firm will continue offerings.

H Harris & Co Florida Snow & Co Almeria

New York Cotton Market Sees Mixed Upland and Gulf Quotations

The report shows firm to quiet trading across ports with upland and Gulf grades posting mixed quotes. Distinct port data include New Orleans shipments and stocks, Galveston receipts, and Charleston quiet trading with notable exports to Great Britain and the Continent.

Galveston New Orleans Great Britain France Mobile Memphis Brunswick Charleston Continent West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York

Apple Cable Market Steady Firm in Liverpool Trade

The Liverpool market reports continued firm prices for apples arriving via the Samaria from Boston. Demand is steady and trends show a mild upward tilt with shipments progressing.

Apple Cable Liverpool Boston Samaria

Steamer Arrivals Bring Citrus to Port

Coventry passes Gibraltar Dec 4 with 400 boxes Messina oranges 6000 boxes Messina lemons 2700 boxes Palermo oranges 6300 boxes Palermo lemons. Tordenuskjold due about Dec 18 with Banes bananas for Seaverns Co. Savannah boat due Monday with 6560 boxes Florida oranges.

Coventry Gibraltar Messina Palermo Tordenuskjold Banes Seaverns & Co Savannah Florida

Meat Market Receipts and Prices Across Cities

Receipts show tallow 187 pkgs beef 13 bbls pork 25 bbls lard 1400 pkgs hams 8 bbls 137 tierces bacon 560 boxes. last year figures lower for many items. Markets in New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati reflect steady pork, firm beef, and dull tallow with price ranges for cuts, lard, and tongues across regions.

New York Continent Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Market Notes Hog and Cattle Prices Across Cities

Kansas City reports mixed cattle markets with steady to firm ranges and hogs easing. In Cincinnati hogs dull with lower bids, while Chicago sees slow to steady cattle and stronger hog prices. receipts and shipments listed for cattle hogs and sheep across three markets with specific price bands.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago

Market Report on Raw and Refined Sugars and Molasses

Wholesale prices for granulated sugar stay at 5c to 5%c, raw sugars steady around 9 9 ½ c, refined weak and quiet. Molasses receipts listed as 9 hhds today, 94 bbds last year, 75 hhds. New Orleans sugar qualities sold at 40 48c and grading listed from fancy Ponce to boiling grades. New York market shows no change.

Cuba Manilas New York New Orleans Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados

Whiskey markets show steady tone across cities

Peoria reports whiskey at 103 dollars with spirits at 105. Chicago notes no change at 102. St Louis shows whiskey trading at 102 dollars, market described as steady.

Peoria Chicago St Louis

Turpentine and Petroleum Market Prices Report

New York market closes with turpentine at 45.4 cents rosin 115 and 120 dollars tar 260 cents 7.80 for petroleum RSW 7.50 and cases 9.70. Coffee trade in New York shows firm ri ots with fair cargoes at 61 cents.

Turpentine and Petroleum New York

Imports Dec 13 1889 Halifax Yarmouth and Carbonear

Shipping list from Halifax Yarmouth and Carbonear records steamer cargoes including dry fish, pigs, herring, mackerel, salt fish, codfish, berries, spruce gum, sealshells, feathers, and various crates and boxes. Noted names include Beaman Bros, Thomas Butler & Co, Lill, Hitchens, Keys, Kurstead, McMurrer, Stone, Skaling, Winsor, Whitney, Pousland, Webster, Wy man, Wagenmann, J G Hall, Delong & Seaman, Clemente, Russell & Co among others. Vessels listed: Halifax, Yarmouth, Argonaut. Destinations Halifax NS, Yarmouth NL, Carbonear NF.

Halifax Beaman Bros Thomas Butler & Co Herbert Boudro Alex Lill W H Hitchens Keys & Co Moise Isaiah Kurstead John McMurrer L_ Pickett & co Potter & Wrightington Winsor & Son Whitney & Pousland Frank B Webster Wyman J Wagenmann Yarmouth G Hall & Co

Ships and cargo details across multiple ports

Listings of vessels and cargo by port including St John New Brunswick Saint John ships Irene Cleddu Belle Fury Blanche M Thorbourne Knight Templar Yarmouth Steamer Yarmouth and Hull England via New York Galileo with ballast rock salt kerosene flour beef pork and miscellaneous goods noted with quantities and destinations.

ST John Irene ST Johns Cleddu Belle Belleveau Cove Weymouth Fury Lockport Shelburne Blanche Thorbourne Sydney Knight Templar Yarmouth Parrsborro Bass River Hull Eng New York Galileo

Foreign Markets Roundup from London and Liverpool

Cargoes off the coast show wheat quiet and corn steady, with slight movement in English and foreign diets. At Mark Lane wheat and corn quotes ease. Paris and English markets quiet while Liverpool reports quiet wheat, firmer corn, and varied grain receipts and prices including winter and club wheats, mixed American corn, and minor changes in pork and fats. Weather in England milder and fine.

Ondon Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England

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