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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1886
Page
7
A compact listing of produce and farm goods with prices for oats straw potatoes cabbage and onions. Also includes canned and preserved items, tallow, oleomargarine, and country commodities with varied per unit charges across regions. Names of places and market terms indicate a regional farm trade snapshot.
Choice apples in good demand and market steady. Cranberries firm with some choice lots above quotations. Grapes, especially Catawba, sold well and market firmer. Pears steady with Beurre d Anjou at 82 500 to 38 500 bush, Duchess 2 503 00, Beurre Bose 32 HO 400, Law rence Sl iso, Sheldons 250 300, Tocasi 20 for cooking grades. Peanuts moderate demand, hickory nuts firm, dried apples higher with firmer market. New York listings for apples, grapes, nuts and dried fruits included.
Pork and lard firm with steady demand and moderate ham demand. fresh beet dull. lambs fair demand with ample supply. wheels quiet. Closing Chicago quotations cover pork lard and beef cuts, with detailed prices for long and short cuts, backs, hams, and various sausage and byproducts.
Liverpool cotton futures opened irregular and closed steady with December at 4 18-64d and May at 6 15-64d. Spot market quiet with mid uplands around 514 5 1 2 d, American receipts 10,000 bales, sales 10,000 bales. New York spot directions mixed and futures quoted with several months showing slight gains. Sugar and molasses prices firm with refined sugar strong and Porto Rico molasses at 35 87c per gallon for cargo lots.
Market report notes flour receipts exports and sales with Ohio and St Louis ranges, wheat quotes No 1 red and spring varieties, rye, corn and oats prices and grain receipts. Also petroleum tea and lard, beef, pork, butter, cheese, and freight rates. Minneapolis wheat prices for cash and futures, including No 1 Northern and No 2 Northern quotes.
Price notes from Cincinnati Toledy Milwaukee St Louis Chicago Detroit and Minneapolis show pork steady to higher with round lot lard and whiskey firm. Wheat and flour values vary by grade with No 2 red around 7 75 80 cents in Chicago and No 1 hard around 7 6 in Minneapolis. Receipts and shipments figures accompany each market.
Hogs rise in St Louis and Peoria while Kansas City notes higher prices for top quality. Chicago lists dull cattle trade with steers around 45 to 60 and mixed stock at 40s. Sheep receipts and shipments show mixed strength with lambs near 4.50 and natives around 2.50.
Net receipts and grosses listed for Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville. Exports to Great Britain the continent and France noted with stock levels and mid rates. overall quiet to dull across ports.
Cargoes off the coast show wheat and corn steady with arrivals and sales noted. California wheat prices quoted and various grain stocks and market levels listed for London, Liverpool, and international markets. wool sales closed with export demand and next sale date set.
Brig Acadia S480 bush salt Warner Freeman Charleston SC Steamer Merrimeck 916 bales cotton S M Wild co 47 pkgs mdse H Wadleigh co 10 cases boots and shoes Henry Fregan 500 bbls rosin 340 do rice 134 bales cotton Pensacola sch S G Hoar 450000 feet hard xine lumber Geo H Peters Mobile sch John H Kranz 2123 bales cotton Geo Dexter 12000 feet cypress lumber Geo H Peters
A 1886 export list records Sch Maria acreages of coal oil at Pubnico and Yarmouth with large bbl and bale tallies, plus flour and cornmeal aboard ships Hector W McG and Crown Prince. London steamer Borderer carries oil, meat, oil cake, leather, sugar, wool, iron goods, and household items in extensive consignments.
A fragmented OCR inventory itemizes items such as oil, tallow, lumber, sewing machines, tobacco, canned meats, walnut logs, clover seed, cheese, organ tops, lard, barley, wheat, peas, tubs, and apples with quantities including 28 550 feet of oil, 16 cases 636 boxes of sewing machines, 5 680 boxes of tobacco, 1991 bushels barley, and 102 282 bushels wheat among others.
Detailed freight tallies show Boston Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Pitchburg Boston & Maine and other lines reporting bales of cotton wool flour corn oats barley millfeed bacon cheese butter eggs apples and leather across multiple yards. Totals list hundreds of barrels sacks cases crates and bales with numerous items including pork lard tea coffee and hides.
A long list of boot and shoe buyers across major cities. Names include Feary & Son in Albany, Smith Pratt & Herrick in Allentown, Krause in Baltimore, Nixon in Allnutt Nixon & Goldsborough, George & Co in Baltimore, Walker in Cincinnati, Plant in Chicago, Schnadig Bros in Chicago, Smartt Bros in Chattanooga, Lytle in Cincinnati, Thorne in Cincinnati, Manss Bros in Cincinnati, John Straus in Dallas, Newburger in Dallas, Pickenbrook in Pubugque, Farnsworth in Detroit, Richardson in New Jersey, Murphy in Lafayette, Standish in Memphis, Magovern in New York, Fisher in Petersburg, Wright in Philadelphia, Paul in Philadelphia, Conover in Philadelphia, McDougall in Plattsburg, S Feder in San Francisco, Rosenstock in San Francisco, Smith-Frazier in St Joseph, Hamilton Brown Shoe in St Louis, Shaffer in St Louis.
A fragmented roster lists C H Kellogg of Kellogg John son & Co in St Paul Minnesota, A J Ackerman of Ackerman Skinner and Paree in Syracuse New York, West of West Brothers Toledo Ohio, W W B Taylor of American Hand Sewed Shoe Co in Wheeling West Virginia, and G W Boyd of Boyd & Co Re.
In Suffolk County Insolvency Court Judge McKim presided as lists of bankrupts had debts proved and assignees chosen including David T Pray George E Martin John H Frawley Harvey A Platts Charles W Lavers Oscar B Mowry and others. Warrants were issued against several debtors. hearings adjourned for Patrick M Denon and others. Public sales and business failures were noted for Junius Adelson J B Gilbert Boston Clothing Co. N H Paradis O R Swift among others.
Fragmentary OCR shows fare figures for New York and New England AO with 6.55 and 2.07 amounts, notes Sundays and Saturdays service, mentions H Baldwin, Ware River Railroad crossing, and John Adams as General Superintendent. Details are era specific and partially legible.
Train schedule lists daily and Sunday departures from Boston for New York via Shore Line Fast Express and New Haven Line. It includes numerous stops, return times, and connections to Needham Woonsocket Providence and other towns. plus Norwich Line and City of Worcester steamer connections.
Old Colony timetable lists weekday trains from Boston to New York via Fall River Line with 6 p m departures and 4 80 p m returns. It includes Ashmont Hyannis Barnstable and numerous intermediate stops with extensive return times and Sunday and U S holiday services. Details show multiple stations and varying morning and afternoon slots.
A dense OCR style timetable lists numerous train times, routes, and stations across Boston and surrounding towns. It includes avenues and destinations such as Marlboro Framingham Newton Highlands and Berlin with multiple daily, Sunday and holiday options.
John D. Bryant sues Mary Y. Guirey and Francis V. Balcit and John K. Swasey as administrators of William H. Prentice estate. Court orders publication in Boston Post and service by publication since defendant not domiciled in Commonwealth. Appearance required February 1, 1887 at Boston court.
An archival snippet lists subscription terms for Boston Post segments with prices: one year, six months, three months, and one month options shown as 4.50 2.25 and other fragments, indicating standard rate structure. The brief item centers on periodical pricing.
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