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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 15, 1891

Page

7

Market Slump in Dry Goods With Mixed Signals

The market shows weakness in dry goods with heavy woollen staples neglected while refined sugars stay low and butter eggs hold steady. Cotton goods firm with rising prints and holiday novelties selling briskly. woollen goods dull as stocks prepare for a cooler spell, and prices for refined sugars ease amid steady grain and produce markets.

Fall River Providence South America Africa China Upecheco Woah American Sugar Refineries Company Belmont A London Northern Dairy New York Fastern Creamery Western Creamery Chicago Liverpool Americas Islands Michigan Choice Maine Vermont New Hampshire Burbanks White Star Bush Rose Hebrons Houston Hebrons Aroostook Hebrons Jersey Lima

Boston Imports and Exports Weekly Summary 1891

Imports at Boston port for week ending Dec 11 1891 show values across many categories by country including England Nova Scotia Scotland Germany Italy Salt Cay Belgium Jamaica Singapore Pamatave Porto Rico Cuba and more total imports 1 057 556 dollars Exports from Boston week ending Dec 11 1891 sum to 1 911 463 dollars with items such as raw cotton textiles leather marble paper and food products and value by country totals listed for England Scotland Belgium France and others.

Port of Boston England Port Antonio Nova Scotia Scotland Germany Italy Belgium Jamaica Singapore Gampier Sago Porto Rico Cuba India French Guiana Miquelon Langley Newfoundland and Labrador British West Indies Nicaragua Argentine Republic Africa Haiti Netherlands Turkey Asia Sweden Norway

January pork prices slide amid scattered liquidation

Chicago market notes lower prices and scattered liquidation for January pork along with closing values for wheat corn oats and livestock. Cattle receipts reach 16,000 with shipments 3,000. hogs total 62,000 with mixed prices. sheep and lambs show slow demand and slight declines.

Minnesota Chicago Gilman, Cheney & Co

Fate for Matthews and Reform

London wool sale reports show 9003 bales offered with uneven bidding and generally steady prices. For America about 500 bales sold. details list New South Wales Queensland Melbourne Victoria South Australia Tasmania and New Zealand lots with scoured greasy and locks and pieces prices in shillings and pence. Vote for Matthews and Clean Government.

London America New South Wales Queenland Melbourne Victoria South Australia Tasmania New Zealand

Cherokee Nation Chief Joel R. Mayes Dies at Home

Joel R. Mayes, chief of the Cherokee nation, died this morning at Cherokee nation headquarters. Born October 1833 on the Cherokee reservation, he served as county commissioner, chief clerk to the Cherokee Court, county judge, then associate and chief justice of the Supreme Court before becoming chief in August 1887. His assistant chief is reported seriously ill.

Tanequan Joel R. Mayes Joel Bryan Mayes Cherokee Reservation James Adair George II Joel Indian Territory Cherokee Male Seminary Grande River Cherokee Court Supreme Court Cherokee Nation Massachusetts Superior Court Suffolk Boston Stephen Podesta Mary J Eralnor) Podesta Mary J. Podesta Kosten Stephen X Podesta Mark James F. Sweenly Commonwealth OF Massachusetts A.D Mary J. (Rainer) Podesta County of Boston Post Hoston Mary J. (Trainor) Podesta Jos A. Willard Adbbie L. Farrington A. C Willard Farrington A. D Sam'l W. Creech, Jr Court Street Quincy Bicknell Himgham Plymouth Loston Calle Saidoston Joan W. McKim Esquire Elivah George Register

New England shoe trade debates hand sewing versus machine work

A Washington Street shoe salesman explains how machine sewing and modern components mimic hand sewn finishes, claiming significant cost savings in lastings, innersoles, outsoles, and uppers. The Post questions these views while noting rising Boston shipments and a massive Sage & Co purchase of 42 000 cases of rubber goods, signaling shifting supply chains and pricing.

Washington Street McKay Goodyear Post Harry Dodge Dodge Bros Alexander & Little Boston B.C. Young Fisher Shoe Company J. B. Billings E.B. Bowen Evans & Co C. P.anglois H. C. Lynch Albany N. Y W. H. Feary J. Feary & Son Revere Chicago Lll H. G. Wells Wells & Co Philadelphia Penn J. T. Graff Graff, Son & Co St. Paul Henry Foot, Schultze & Co Young’s Toledo J. S. Rodgers Ewey, Rodgers & Co Parker House of Sage & Co Excelsior Rubber Company Sage & Co

Exhibition trial of a fire escape in Congress building

Crowds gathered in Postoffice square as Captain S. C. Ropes demonstrated a portable automatic fire escape. The device, a tape wound like a clock on a steel chain, straps to the user and lowers safely down a wall. The trial, involving a young tester, proceeded smoothly and successfully.

Postoffice

A Little Western Town in Ashes in North Dakota

Mixnvapolis Minnesota dispatch reports Oakes North Dakota business district largely destroyed by fire early today. Dr Schmidt Nelson office and drug store were burned. losses estimated at 80000 dollars with about two thirds insured. Judges Brown and Lamar of the U S Supreme Court are homesick with grip, others similarly affected.

Mixnvapolis Minn Oakes N. D Schmidt Nelson Washington Brown and Lamar Supreme Court of the United States

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