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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1887

Page

7

Fancy Ayrshire milk cow and auto line of cattle sales

A detailed advertisement lists a fancy four year old Ayrshire cow at $70 or three cows for $120 and multiple lots of working oxen and cattle with live weights from 1000 to 3200 lbs and prices from $60 to $135. It covers buyers in Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and Canada along with market notes at various sale stables and yards.

Ayrshire T H Coolidge J C Libby & Son P W Thompson Hall & Son Hosmer H M Taft Maine W Maxfield P Martin Tratton & Wardwell Libby & Son Coolidge & Son Thompson & Son Blaisdell Hallowell C Littlefield New Hamps Hmr Aldrich & Johnson Breck & Wood RT Fox Veremont A Worthern Whipple & Farnham E Kimball Flint & Blanchard French & Adams Hart & Seaver BS Flastings N K Campbell M G Flanders J W Crompton A Williamson A A Pond J B Remick Massachusetts C Patch J S Henry Scattering O F Farbush H C Osborn New York J Ford H Bettz J Crow W Scolland Canada Humbert J Wright Monroe Hollis & Co J A Hathaway Farrell & McFlynn G A Sawyer Mr Crockett New England Slee A_T Blaisdell P W Thompson & Son H Bird & Co Elijah Smith Bangor W W Hall & Son Ives Vermont J W Crampton Rintiend

Farrell & McFlynn Report On Freight Rates

A fragment notes rates for shipments at 41 cents per hundredweight or 454 cents per ton with 1200 pounds and 1101 barrels. The entry lists Farrell & McFlynn as the party involved in the freight details.

Farrell & McFlynn

Flour and grain market report features steady prices

The December 14 market notes flour prices firm as mills push for full figures while water power limits production. Corn, oats, and rye show mixed movement with steady to firmer bids on No 2 white oats and steamer yellow corn. Cargo inspections log No 1 hard spring wheat and various lots, with wide ranges in oats futures and notable settlements on the call board.

Minneapolis New England Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada Roller Canada Extra New York Canada Bush Hice Eastern

Market Report Highlights Steady Prices Across Farm Goods

Butter and eggs hold firm with scarce creameries and steady quotes. Cheese, potatoes, beans, hay, and seeds show little movement while poultry and tallow trade lightly at steady levels. Wholesale butter and dairy prices appear unchanged from prior quotations with multiple regional varieties listed.

Market Roundup From Chicago and New York Prices

In Chicago butter steady to fair demand with light receipts at 28c for Western creamery extra. Cheese inactive around 10 12c. Eggs dull at 18c for Western first. In New York butter firm with Eastern half firkin tubs at 25 27c and Western creamery 28 30c. Cheese steady. Eggs unchanged. Beans and dried apples quiet. Liverpool cheese market unchanged at 0c.

A . Lombard Liverpool Boston London Glasgow Florida King Hubbardston Spitz Baldwins Cape Cod Pirate Aspinwall Port Limon Jamaica Palermo Virginia Grenoble Naples New York Vermont Vermont Diary Northern Choice Ohio Choice Valle Norithern Sage New Hampshire Choice Canada Michigan Nova Scotia Island New Brunswick West North Timothy Red Top Jersey Houston Houlton Hebrons Aroostook Aroostook Hebrons Burbanks Hebrons Bush Peerless Chenangoes MacIntires Norfolk Secotch Magnum Regent Champion Chicago Western Creamery Eastern Eastern Creamery Woc

Auction Results For Florida Oranges And Dates

FH Harris and Co sold fruit at auction with Florida oranges priced at 150 dollars per box and 8744c P, mandarins at 22 dollars per halt box, and dates listed at baolac with Persian varieties offered. The sale included boxes and barrels noted with various lot codes and prices.

Harris & Co Florida Baolac

Market Prices for Vegetables and Produce List

Track of all kinds remains about the same as last quoted. Onions native $3 3 25 per barrel, Western $250 per barrel. Cabbages native per barrel $150 red cabbage $249 per barrel. Savoy cabbage $176 per barrel, beets 60 cents per bush, squash marrow per barrel Hubbard $20 per 20 ton. Turbans $1 per per barrel, carrots 40 cents per bush, lettuce $1.50 per box, pars nips 7 to 3l per bush, turnips flat 40 cents per bush. White French $1 25 per barrel, St Andrews $1 25 per barrel, celery $4.50 per box, cauliflower $2.23 per dot, spinach 2 cents per bush.

St Andrews

Market Report Shows Steady Demand for Pork and Lamb

Trade remains steady at firm prices with a fair demand for hogs and pork cuts. Fresh beef is unchanged while lambs appear dull and plentiful. mutton and veal hold steady. Prices for pork and lard cover long cuts to backs and various sausages, with bevies of body cuts and city dressed hogs listed.

Boston Norseman J A Jruthaway Liverpool J A Hathaway London Nelson Morris Iss Ady Emand Ava Chicago Brighton

Mixed commodity markets and cotton values steady

Sugar and molasses prices hold steady with refined grades firm. Cotton in New York and Liverpool shows a steady to active market with bids and asks posted. Liverpool futures open and close steady as 15,000 bales trade and arrivals total around 9,000 bales.

Trade Centre flour and grain prices report

New York reports dull heavy flour demand with receipts at 36 829 packages and exports 8141 bbls. Prices for various flour grades range around 465 490 for white wheat and 475 500 for Minnesota extra, with many items steady or unchanged. Chicago notes firmer wheat, corn and oats. St Louis shows flour weak and grain prices soft, with No 2 red wheat at 8 to 8.5 cents and corns around 47 to 47.5 cents.

New York Minnesota Chicago Canada Rio Philadelphia United Liverpool Lake Straits ST. Louis

Prices and receipts across midwest markets and rail lines

Market notes report barley and whiskey steady, provisions weak, and various pork and lard prices. Receipts and shipments cover flour, wheat, corn, oats, and barley across Toledo Milwaukee Minneapolis Cincinnati Detroit and rail lines Boston Maine Lowell and more with mixed activity and price levels.

Toledo Milwaukee Minneapolis Cincinnati Detroit

Hog and Cattle Market Reports Across Cities

Peoria reports hogs weak with sales at 470 to 540. receipts 500, shipments 375. St Louis hogs steady with most at 490 to 540, butchers to extra easier at 535 to 550. Kansas City hogs steady. estimated receipts 12,000, shipments 1,800. Chicago cattle receipts 13,000 with lower shipments. native cattle 285 to 240, stockers 210 to 325, cows and bulls 150 to 400. Texas cattle 180 to 245. Hogs in Chicago receipts 22,000, dull and easier. prices 515 to 625, ships 84 to 90 5 25. Sheep receipts 9,000, dull and lower. Western 3 60, Texans 2 60, lambs 5 20 to 5 40.

Peoria ST Louis Kansas City Chicago Texas

Cotton markets steady across ports with mixed year end notes

Atlantic market report shows Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans and other ports posting receipts, exports and stocks with firm to very firm tones. Notable figures include Norfolk and New York exports to Great Britain, Charleston and Savannah stock levels, and a consolidated five day total of 136,014 receipts with 953,617 stock across U S ports.

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

London and Liverpool Market Update on Wheat and Corn Prices

Cargoes off the coast show wheat slow, corn cheaper and very inactive. Mark Lane and Paris report wheat and flour quiet with fluctuating quotations. Liverpool lists dull demand for bread stuffs though prices steady for winter and spring wheat. Provisions hold. pork steady, bacon firmer, cheese steady, lard up.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Michigan Minnesota England United Kingdom

Maritime cargo listings from 1887 shows sugar and molasses shipments

Imports dated December 14, 1887 in Alberton Prince Edward Island record schooner Maud Carter from Weymouth with 8780 bush potatoes, schooner Belmont with 60 cords wood and 3 cases eggs from Delong Seaman, Havana bark Sarah Doe carrying 6000 bags sugar Nash Spaulding Co.

Alberton Pei Maud Carter Weymouth Belmont Delong & Seaman Havana Sarah Doe Nash, Spaulding & Co

Exports at Yarmouth and Ports Met with Broad Goods

A December 14 1887 export list from Yarmouth Nova Scotia shows schooners Nokomis and Edith A carrying flour meal kerosene oil and railroad iron with various iron slats boxes, while Lady Franklyn ships flour meal beef pork lard and oils. Manila and Cebu report Mindoro with petroleum pitch rosin tobacco and liquor. Liverpool steamer Norseman clears with cotton lumber bacon hops organ goods rags leather fire clay seal skins meat pork lard and other commodities amounts listed.

Yarmouth Nokomis Edith A Port Musgrave Lady Franklyn Manila Llouwlo Cebu Mindoro Liverpool Eng Norseman

Staple Goods Receipts by Railroads in Dec 14 1887

A detailed retailage receipt listing cargo by railroad lines Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York & New England Witchburg with quantities of wool, cotton, flour, corn, oats, wheat, malt, feed, beef, pork, bacon, tea, coffee, butter, cheese, eggs, apples, beans, hay, lumber, hides, leather, and other staples.

Boston & Maine Railroad Lowell Railroad By Express Liz Butter Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Witchburg

Humphrets Homeopathic Veterinary Specifics Trade Notice

A legal style notice lists multiple owners and firms including J J Case Fiq and C J Hamlin Esq at Village Farm Commodore Kittson Midway Park and I Ge Yeomans Esq proprietor of Princess of Wayne asserting rights and related claims. The fragmented item references government involvement and property or business interests with archaic punctuation and names.

United States J. J. Case C. J. Hamlin, Esq Village Farm Commodore Kittson Midway Park I. Ge Yeomans, Esq Princess of Wayne

Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable 1887

Time table with through and local Boston departures to Tilton Laconia Plymouth Montpelier and Montreal and local points on Passumpsic Northern and Bristol Claremont lines. Includes parlor and sleeping car notes and station details at Boston 218 Washington Street and Causeway Street. Mell en and Storer sign as general officials.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street City Washington Street Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Waverhill Woeodaville Littleton Bethlehem Fabyans Lancaster Whitefield Franklin Lebanon White Hiver Junction St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpsic White River Junction Wells River Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Arlington St. Albans Montreal Northern RR Boston Air Line Manchester Concord N. H SUN Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Wam Greenfield Ashua Lowell No. Billerica

Central Massachusetts RB R R Now Open to Ware

Train schedule details show Monday October 10 1887 service from Boston to Ware Barre Rutland West Boylston Oakedale Jefferson and nearby stops with listed departure times 7 15 am 12 05 pm and fares 40 cents. Additional notes reference Kudson Beckbottom Sudbury Wayland Waltham Belmont and other regional stops with various morning and afternoon departures and Sunday timetables under GEO W STORER general passenger agent and C8 MFULEM superintendent.

Central Massachusetts RB. R Ware Boston Barre Rutland West Boylston Oakedale Jefferson Kudson SUN Beckbottom Sudbury Wayland Waltham M. Sun Avertey Belmont N. Geo. W Bia i Tuk Roxbury Amv Dedham Spring Street West Roxbury Highlands Stoughton Canton Mt. Hope Warren Kristel New York Yeas Peg Yith Providence SSR

Through Trains on Western and Eastern Divisions in Oct 1957

Boston and Maine announces October 1957 through train schedules from Haymarket Square and Causeway Street stations to Augusta Portland Eastport Calais Rockland Lewiston Manchester North Conway Fortland and Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln lines with multiple daily departures and steamer connections to Saint John Halifax Rockland and Castine.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Barger St. John Halifax Provinces Eastport Calais N. B Portland Rockland Castine Southwest Bar Harbors Lewiston Manchester Concord N. H North—Haymarket Sq North Conway Fortland Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln Railways Causeway St. Staion

Western Division Train Timetable Extract

Train schedule lists departures from Boston and surrounding towns to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with times across multiple stations including Andover Exeter Malden Medford Wakefield Lawrence Manchester and Portland. The dense list notes numerous morning and afternoon departures, intercity connections, and a workingmen's train designation.

Western Division Boston Haymarket Square Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Daneers Exeter Irenat Falls Faverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Ila Melrose Hmighland Relaase Newburyport Reading Wakefield Wilmington Lipia

Timetabled Trains and Stations Across Boston Area

A dense list of train times and routes for Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett and many towns including North Conway Portsmouth Revere Swampscott and Newburyport with notes on branches services Pullman cars and key stations Boston Haymarket and Portland Bangor routes led by James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders.

Egan and Way Newburyport Portsmouth Portland Bangor St. John Halifax Salem Saugus South Reading Boston Haymarket Square City Washington Street James T. Furber D. J. Flanders

Passengers Baggage Checks and Busy Train Schedule

Special notice from Old Colony lists baggage checks for passengers from hotels or residences in Boston to destinations. It shows weekday and Sunday train times across multiple towns including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Weymouth and others with return times and special notes for boat connections. GEO. L. CONNOR and J. R. KENDRICK sign as general pass and manager.

Old Colony Boston Old State House New York Fall River Line Ashmont Barnetable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Cottage Citys New Bedford Bridgewater Brockton Abington Quincy

Boston and Providence Train Schedule May 30

Trains run daily from Boston to New York and Providence with numerous departure and return times listed for Shore Line routes and connections to MeBronville Pawtucket Attleboro Canton Junction and other localities. Details include daily Sunday and holiday adjustments and late evening returns.

Boston & KF Boston New York Shore Line Weorlick Stonington Line Providence Pawtucket Mebronville

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