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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1888

Page

7

Eastern market price notes and bids fluctuating

A shredded fragment lists bid terms with various ciphered values for choice and real goods. It mentions Eastern category items with price points from 5 6c to 10c and descriptors ranging from poor to fancy. The text implies fluctuating values without clear context or full details.

Hog and cattle markets across major hubs show mixed demand

Stock Yards Kansas City reports steady cattle demand with prices up to 10 cents higher and hog receipts near 13 848, ledgers list ranges for beef, stockers, and cows. Chicago hogs steady to lower while St Louis and Peoria note firm to higher trends, with western and Texas cattle prices varied.

Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas Western Rangers Western Texans

Banana Steamers Aguan Due With Jamaica Fruit Cargo

The steamer Aguan is expected to arrive with Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company. The cargo, awaiting unloading, highlights trade between Jamaica and Boston Fruit Company interests.

Banana Steamers Aguan Boston Fruit Company

Fruit and nut market quotes show varied demand and steadyprices

Apples trade quiet with low prices across varieties led by common to good at 1 25 to 2 25 per barrel. Grapes steady with Catawbas and Isa las at 2 24 2 42 cents. Oranges and Lemons demand not very active with Flor ida oranges at 2 42 2 54 per box and Palermo lemons at 2 25 4 00 per box. Cranberries dull, sales at 7.50 per barrel for choice and 4 7 for fair to good, nuts unchanged with Virginia peanuts at 6 6 4 cents and pecans and hickory nuts listed.

Hubbardstons Sweet Nova Scotia Gravensteins Snow Baldwins Harveys Tallman_ sweets Gryguings Almeria Florida Virginia

Sugar Market Rates Hold Steady Amid Tight Supply

Sugar markets show firm tones with slow movement as refined sugars stay strong on limited supply and steady demand. New quotes list various Havana and Porto Rico grades, with specific prices for Guayamas, Parahybas, and Rio Grandes, while Pernambuca reports rising seller demand and tight stocks.

Cuba New York Pernambuco Guayamas Rio Grandes

Oil Market And Cotton Prices In New York And Liverpool

Furnished by J E Carter Co 221 Washington St. New York cotton shines steady with mids at 9 1 2 c and low middling 9 1 2 c amid 351 bales sold. Futures open quiet and close weak. Liverpool spot steady at 57 16d middling uplands and 57 16d Orleans with 10,000 bales sold. Futures steady. Regional receipts and stocks for many ports show mixed activity with generally steady to quiet markets and varying middling quotes.

J E Carter & Co Washington Street New York Docomdvet Wisp Soc Ges Ose Tesco Ee Liverpool Orleans Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Continent Iniaglae Memphis Lrunswick Savannah Fort Royal Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Great Blita West Point Philadelphia Baltimiore Ross France Cincinnati St Louis Louisville

Comparative Cotton Trade Figures for Week Ending Dec 14

Net receipts at all United States ports 266 248. exports during the week 232 220. total exports to date 1 997 699. Stocks at ports 885 754. interior towns 216 861. Liverpool 495 000. American afloat for Great Britain 260 000. Comparisons show last year figures for each item.

United States Liverpool Great Britain

Miscellaneous market notes and prices for commodities

Tallow shows strong demand with city rendered at 64.2 cents and country at 5 cents. New York coffee Rio easy at 17 cents. Whiskey unchanged. Turpentine in New York at 45 to 46 cents, resin 1.05, petroleum 6.60 to 7.20 cents, RSW 7.25, cases 9.25 cents.

New York Rio

Imports and Exports List From Liverpool and Yarmouth 1888

A dense ledger style summary of shipments from Liverpool and Yarmouth detailing steamer names, consignors such as Baring Bros & Co and E F King & Co, alongside varied goods including caustic soda, wool, hides, timber, wines, textiles, and machinery. Names of firms and quantities accompany cargo items across multiple vessels and destinations.

Cargo manifests of ships with assorted goods from Great Village to Liverpool

A整理 of shipments lists cargo aboard multiple vessels and routes. Libbie T carries flour feed oatmeal kerosene. J W Geldert carries flour corn meal feed. Yarmouth steamer ferries cornmeal cotton hides oil bottles moise glassware stationery books. Forest Fairy ships bedsteads rails and household items. Stockton carries ice lumber. Bavarian clears with apples beef organ material machines feather wax beef oil cakes cotton flour corn wax bacon lard.

Great Vilage Maitland Shelburne J W Geldert Yarmouth Schooner Forest Fairy Aspinwall Usc Stockton Liverpool Eng

Totals of 1888 receipts by commodity and year

A compact ledger style list shows December 14 1888 totals for Cotton Wool Butter Eggs Cheese Oats Corn Apple Potatoes Malt Millfeed Peas Hay Tallow Leather Pork Lard Beef Hides Green Hides Bacon Dressed Hogs Tea Coffee Sugar Pelts and other goods. Figures are split between 1888 and 1887 with multipliers like bales barrels boxes and bags and tally totals for each item.

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Receipts Exhibit Rail Freight Through December 14 1888

A dense list records Boston and Albany Boston and Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg and Boston and Maine railroad receipts across multiple commodities. Cotton wool flour cornmeal oats feed beans lard butter eggs cheese beef hams grease leather hides and other goods dated December 14 1888 with numerous bales bbls cases rolls cars sacks and bales noted for various lines and hubs including Grand Junction and Western divisions.

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

Inventory items listed with various quantities

The record enumerates multiple inventory lines including flour meal eggs lard tea coffee lumber sugar molasses potatoes sweets hides leather skins and calfskins with quantities ranging from single units to several dozen or more. Some terms appear inconsistent or fragmented like bbls bols and bolls.

Wheat and corn market skim from London to Liverpool

London and Liverpool market notes show wheat firm and corn quiet to steady amid mixed prices. No 1 California wheat quoted at multiple December to April levels, Paris and Antwerp activity varies, breadstuffs demand fair, weather frosty, receipts high, lard and bacon prices mixed.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Antwerp

Sunday Schedules For coastal towns and Boston lines

Timetabled reference lists train times for Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Lynn Marblehead Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody Salem Portsmouth Revere Rockport Gloucester York Harbor Saugus York Harbor Dawn to dusk daily runs and Sunday services across numerous towns with multiple departure and arrival times, noting branches and seasonal variations.

Amesbury Tom. Beverly Middeford Dover Everett Great Falls Denchester Mampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Epnwich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Karanen Middleton Newbury Port North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Revere Rockport and Gloucester Salem York Harbor & Beach BK Saugus Branch Swampescott Wenham Woilfeborg

Boston Station Route Timetables From Causeway Street

List of through service times and destinations from Boston Station on Causeway Street including Lston Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Knaverhill Woodsville North Woodstock Pennigewassett Watley Branch Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lanncaster Fabyan's Jefferson Franklin Lebanon White River Junction St Johnsbury Rewport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpsic Division White River Junction Wells River Bristol Claremont Lym Montseller Essex Junction Burlington Albans Montreal White River Junction Montreal via Air Line and Northern RR times at 8.30 am 1 pm 7 pm and 9 am 3 pm across branches and lines.

Boston Causeway Street RAM Loston Lston Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Knaverhill Woodsville North Woodstock Pennigewassett Watley Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lanncaster Fabyan’s and St. Johnsbury Rewport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpsic White River Junction Wells River Bristol Claremont Montseller Essex Junction Burlington Albans Montreal Northern RR Boston Air Line

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