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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 17, 1888
Page
7
Provisions Market Shows Lower Prices and Steady Pork
The Chicago market prefers buying January and selling May through Cudahy and Armour. Prices signal lower overall levels as hog receipts are estimated at 25,000 for Monday. Pork trade remains quiet at old prices with firm, well held rates for various cuts and lard and hams showing steady to mixed movement across cities like New York, Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cudahy and Armour
BOC
Sivas Esses
Bass Sue
Estes Tit
Nave Ets
Icsesee
Asia
New York
Park
City
Continent
South America
St Louis
Brighton
Banana steamers con steamer Aguan arrives in New Ark
Aguan steamship arrives in New Ark, with a banana steamer unit aboard. The vessel signals arrival as officials assess cargo and port capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banana Steamers. Con
Aguan
Newark
Fruit sales and quotes on oranges grapes and apples
Snow and Co offers 1500 boxes of Florida oranges 500 boxes of grapes 125 boxes of dates 125 bags of shellbarks and 10 casks of Spanish chestnuts at 1 pm. Apples prices vary by grade with several varieties listed. Grapes and oranges show steady or quiet demand at stated figures. Cranberries nuts and other fruits quoted with prices and terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fruiz. Snow& Co
Florida
Hubbardstons
Sweet
Nova
Harveys
Tallman Sweets
Greenings
Liverpool
Baldwins
C. Almeria
Messina
Palermo
Jamaica
Virginia
Sugar and Molasses Market Report Sees Mixed Activity
Sugar markets show firm refined sugar with varied grades and prices. Havana and Despi reports note dull, steady activity with small week’s business. planters reluctant to sell first sugars. Molasses demand remains good at old prices with regional quotes for Ponce Porto Rico and other locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lloulos
New York
Havana
Matanzas
United St
United States
Ponce
Porto Rico
Senfuegos
Cotton markets show quiet steady trend in New York and Liverpool
New York cotton remains quiet with middling uplands at 9 5 8c and low mid diesel at 9 4 4c, sales 109 bales as futures open easy and close steady. Liverpool spot steady at 57 1 6d for middling uplands and Orleans, with 8000 bales traded and 14 200 bales receipts including 14 200 American. Various regional markets show receipts, exports, and stocks, with prices ranging and futures curves listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Wadurty
Cies Cnce
Css
ODSC
Co. Bess
Oryou Fisis
Caesceck
Sagle Wig Orptin
WEY Co Spec
Lue
Mirtiog
Bob
Bodieiddee Co Sas
Liverpool
Orleans
Walsc
Ccc Bess
Augusta
Galveston
Great Britain
Consolidated Trade Totals Across Ports and Regions
Net receipts for one day total 385,932 with exports to Great Britain 24,489 and to the Continent 18,276. Stock at all United States ports stands at 837,231 while shipments and sales vary by port including Cincinnati 2,234 shipments and 200 sales and St Louis 1,585 shipments with 400 sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sgoe
New Orleans
Great Britain
Continent
Memphis
Charleston
Mia
Wilmington
Norfolk
Goa
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
Market notes from multiple stock yards with varied cattle hog prices
Kansas City cattle receipts 991 hogs 5624 with mixed prices and steady to lower trends. St Louis hogs ease to $490 505, Peoria $490 520, Cincinnati $4 50 6 30 to $5 1025 25. Chicago cattle receipts 8400 slow steady trims. Texas cattle $185 310. sheep receipts 300 natives $275 3 75 Western corn fed $4 450 Texans $225 3 25 lambs $375 560.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Sheen
St Louis
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Fay
Ree Sane
Mixed Commodity Prices Reported Across Markets
Tallow shows strong demand at firm prices with city at 644¢ and country 5¢. Coffee markets steady with Rio quiet and easy at 17c. Turpentine and petroleum close varied in New York with turpentine 45%–46c, rosin 10.65, tar nominal, petroleum 6.60–7.30c, RSW 7.25c and cases 9.80c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rio
Imports and Exports December 15 1888 Halifax NS
Maritime list of cargoes and consignments loaded at Halifax and Glasgow on the steamers Carroll and Siberian. Items include halibut salmon lobsters berries apples whale bone tobacco paper dry goods and ironware from multiple firms, with through goods to Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Carroll
McKinnon
New England Lobster Co
Rice, Kendall & Co
Richardson & Barnard
Anderson
Atwood & Co
Brooks
Crosby
Carleton & Son
Delong & Seaman
John Henderson
Kilby Bros
Laurilland
Nickerson & Baxter
Wheeler, Conant & Blodgett
Houghton & Dutton
Jordan, Marsh & Co
du Davis & Winsor
Milne & Co
Waldo Bros
Baring Bros & Co
Townsend
du Mills JA
Bird & Co
Marshell
Moors & Co
Wood, Pollard & Co
Joel Goldthwait Co
Carter, Rice & Co
R H White & Co
Canada
Exports at Various Ports December 15 1888
A dated shipping list from Carbonear Nova Scotia to Annapolis Halifax and other ports details schooners and brig cargoes of flour coal kerosene lumber hardware paint nails etc. Items include Argonaut Willie D Olive Canning Packet Sullivan Carroll Bessie May and more with quantities listed in barrels boxes bales and crates across Cape St Mary Halifax Liverpool Bridgewater Annapolis and Port Elizabeth Natal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carbonear
Cape ST Mary
Willie D
St Pierre
Mig
Dorien
Annapolis
Liverpool
Bridgewater
Sullivan
Halifax
Carroll
Port Elizabeth
Port Natal
Bessie May
Staple Goods Receipts December 15 1888 Report
Boston & Albany, Grand Junction and Boston & Providence railroads record extensive shipments. Cotton, wool, flour, corn, oats, rye, barley, malt, feed, pork, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, apples, potatoes, hay, straw, timber, leather, pelts, lard, provisions, and other goods listed with quantities across multiple cars and bales. Includes large flour and cornmeals totals and regional rail lines handling diverse cargo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Sunday Rail Trains to Riverside Wellesley Hills Newton
Sunday trains operate on the Main Line from Boston area stations to Riverside via Main Line and to Wellesley Hills and Newton Highlands with departures from Boston at 8.35 and 10.05 am and return times late morning and afternoon. A. S. Hanson and H. T. Gallup sign as General Passenger Agent and General Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany R.R
Washington Street
Boston
Kneeland Street
Springfield
Pittsfield
Albany
Palmer
Ware River
Hartford
New Braven
New York
New
Worcester
New Haven
Millbui M.i
North Groo
West A
Ile. c
Jrdaville
Bland
Milford
South Framingham
Saxonvit
Natick
Wellesley
Wellesley Hicks
Areku
Chestnut
Newton Centre
Newton Highlands
Riverside
Loston
Wellesley Hills
Poston
A. S. Hanson
H. T. Gallup
Pana
Baky Wey Pf
Norwood Central
Clyde Park
Hyde Park
Franklin
Woonsocket Division
Boston & Albany Railroad
Needham and Way
Woonsocket
Concord Br.rr
B. and
Manchester
Concord
N. H
N.H
H. E. Chamberlin
Fitchburg Depot
Causeway Street
Ss’, Albans
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Montreal
Ogdensburg
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R
Cheshire
Connecticut River
Vermont
White River Junction
Hire & Monadnoc Oo
K. R
Waguner Palace
Ottawa
A. Faxon
RE. Stewart
Keane
Historic Railroad Freight Totals Released in Ledger
A ledger style rundown lists freight items carried by multiple rail lines including Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine and others. Entries cover bales wool pork lard tallow hides leather and various cargoes with counts in bales, barrels, sacks, cases, and cars, reflecting 19th century commercial commerce across the Northeast.
Total Receipts December 15 1888 Across Goods and Values
A detailed ledger style list shows dairy, grain, meat and other commodity receipts for December 15 1888 with figures for cotton wool oleo cheese flour cornmeal beans corn oats apples wheat potatoes barley hay rye straw millfeed leather beef pork lard hides dried goods tea coffee sugar molasses and related items, including units and totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DAIOS
Foreign markets report from London and Europe steady to quiet
Foreign markets across London, Liverpool, Paris, Antwerp and Bremen show wheat and corn quiet or firmer flows. Wheat prices vary by region with December futures weaker in London and quiet in Paris. American wheat unchanged in London. Liverpool notes weak breadstuffs and dull spot wheat with mixed price shifts. other commodities and petroleum quoted in Berlin and Antwerp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Black Sea
Mark Lane
Liverpool
Paris
Antwerp
Bremen
Probate Notice in Boston Court for Sawyer Guardian Account
George A Sawyer guardian of Georgeanna Haliburton presents first and final account for allowance. Citations to appear at Suffolk Probate Court Boston December 31 1888 at 10 am to show cause why allowance should not be granted. Publication required weekly for three weeks in Boston Post. Judge Joan W McKint. Register Elijah George.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George A. Sawyer
Georgeanna Haliburton
Boston
Suffolk
Boston Post
Joan W. McKint
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Commonwealth OF Massachoete
Vrobate Court
Harvey Rogers
Chelsea
Frank H. Rogers
The
Boston Pest
Jonny W. Mookie
B.squire
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Superior Court
A. D
Ben C. Bullock
County of
Abel
Oston Post
Moston
Ellen C
Jos
A. Willard
Stephen Howard Tarbell
Laura Moland Tarbell
Adam Souther Tarbell Jennings
George S. Jennings
Laura Moland
Laura M
Supreme Judicial Court
George F. Jennings
Bill
Stephen H. Tarbell
Ada Souther Tarbell
Laura M. Tarbell
Houston Post
Joan W. McKim
Elijam George
Proposals for Dredging and Lighthouse Works 1888 Notices
Multiple government solicitations from the United States Engineer Office Portland Maine and the Lighthouse Establishment. Dredging bids for Moose a bee Bar and Penobscot River segments due January 10 1889. Lighthouse work for Deer Island Lubec Narrows and Crabtree Ledge lighthouses with separate bids due January 3 1889. Steel gun forging proposals due December 11 1888. Shipbuilding tender Clover materials and labor proposals due January 10 1889. Information available from offices of J A Smith Major of Engineers and S C Rowan Vice Admiral.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States Engineer Office
Portland
Penobscot River
Maine
Bangor
Crosby’s Narrows
Conress Street
Congress
Joe A. Smith
Corps of Engineers
Army
Lubec Narrows
Crabtree Ledge
Frenchman’s Bay
W.'. Stanton
U.S. A
Ordnance Office
War Department
Washington
Ordnance Department
U.S. Army
Acre
V. Benet
Chief of
Ordnance
Moose-a-bee Bar
Congress Street
Conner
Jared A. Smith
U. S. Army
the Lighthouse Board
Washington, D. C
S.C. Rowan
U. Ss. Navy
Divorce Suit Prayer and Transit Schedules to Boston
A Suffolk County court filing by Thomas R. S. Bullock of Boston seeks a divorce from Ellen C. Sylvester. The document details their marriage on February 16, 1873, desertion in November 1877, and Ellen’s adultery with Joseph Miller since 1883. Also included are corrected train schedules from Boston and New York lines with numerous daily departures to Ashcroft Baltimore Danbury Dorchester and other destinations revealing an era of rapid rail travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachu
Suffolk
Superior Court
Boston
Ellen C
Joseph Miller
New York
Thomas R. S. Bullock
Massachusetts
Senate
House of Representatives
Providence & Worcester Railroad Company
New York, Providence & Boston Railroad Company
Providence & Worcester Railroad Co
Moses B. I. Goppard
ALL River Line
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex Boat
Pilgrim
Providence
Old State House
J. KR. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
Geneva
L. H. Palmer
Insolvency notices from Middlesex and Suffolk courts
Several creditors meetings scheduled in insolvency cases. George M. Brooks cites a warrant against William K. Eaton of Melrose. Thomas B. Bragan of Boston and Girsch & Co. further assignee actions listed. Grenville P. Peirce, Benjamin C. Haskell, and Alonzo W. Perry named as assignees with dates in December 1888 to January 1889 for creditor proofs and objections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George M. Brooks
Middlesex
William K. Eaton
Melrose
Cambridge
Wea
Charles W. Girsch
John F. Scherber
Boston
Copartners
Girsch & Co
Benjamin C. Haskell
Arlington
Alonzo W. Perry
Rockland
Plymouth
Train schedules scattered across towns and times
A jumble of early and late day rail times lists dozens of towns including Belmont Cambridge Concord Gardn er Greenfield Evin Millers Falls and Nashua with multiple morning and evening departures. The fragment hints at a regional timetable or schedule page with frequent Sunday listings and parlor car notes but lacks a coherent narrative.
Boston South Shore railroad timetable fragment overview
A dense OCR listing shows a long series of train times and destinations across multiple towns and stations including Ashmont Neponset East Weymouth Mattapan Quincy Brockton and Fall River with notes on Sundays pm and weekday patterns. The entry appears as a timetable snippet detailing departures arrivals and service annotations rather than a narrative event.
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Gentral Division
Kneeland Street
New York
Fall River
Ashmont
Birairtree
Middleboro
Bridgewater
Brechton
Cohasset
Minsham
East Bridge Water
Vingins
Fall Beiver
Zanton
Brockton
Tanneton
Harrison Square
Muarehfield
Sea View
Mattapan
Milton
Odiebore
Neponset
aNew Bedford
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Mandolph
Abington
Duxbury
Quimey
Heckland and
Hanover
Seit« Uates
Shawmut
South Braintree
South Waxbury
ocTamaton
Central Station
Dean St
Whitman
South Weymouth
Wollaston Heights
Westridgewater
Cochesett
South Easton
Cape Cod Division Catal Leaves Kneeland Station for Buzzards
The timetable lists departure and arrival times for routes from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay towns including Barnstable Brewster Chatham Hyannis Provincetown Sandwich Wellfleet and others. Services run weekday and weekend patterns with observed times from 8.15 am to 4.15 pm and note Nantucket and Monday schedules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneeland Street
Buzzards May
Barnstable
Thewine
Bourne
Dgdale
Brewster
Cataumet
Chatham
Cottage City
Park Sq
New Bedford
Fairhaven
Halmeouth
Hyannis
Karwich
Monument Beach
Mattapoisett
Marion
Nantucket
Wooda Hall
Provincetown
Sandwich
Savamore
Warmoth
Tremont
Wellfteet
West Barnstable
Woods Hall
Waream
Warmouth
Providence Division Timetable Fragments for Local Lines
Schedules show multiple trains by town including Providence Readville Roxbury Attleboro and New Bedford with varied weekly times Sundays and weekdays. Contains many station names rates and cross references to Central Division for additional trains.
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J E Carter & Co
Eeerevesreses
Eveas
Railroads
Fall River Line
Shore Line
Stonington Line
No. 3
Old State Oube
Hice
Hudson
Aelle
Ue de Fe Tees Ry
Afton
Eeery
Jon Lower ‘Falls
Aburndade
Pas Wreat Newton
Newtonville
Esdu
Ian -Faenti
Nevrton
Faneuil
Pang, Geneud
Ts Bashu
Meaur
Remy Tems Bow Buy
Aueuu
Ose
Alliston
Cottage Farm
Brookline
Cypress Street
Wii AM
Ae - Pray AM
AK Bae Aay OD
Ru Remyt
Mfill
Ceduy GiaUy
LLU Uy
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Lowell
Express
Commonwealth OF Massachu
George
Anna Haliburton
Julia McBreen
Peter McBreen
Admr
Pilce
Mary McNamara
Patrick McNamara
Nathaniel Carey
Geo. A. Smythe
Montreal & West
Care
Wagner
Central Vermont R. R
J. W. Howard
W. Cummings
Gen. Pass
New York and
New England
East End Union Depot
Providence & Worcester R. K
S. VY. Benet
S&s
Chief of Ordnance
Summer Street
Ashcroft
Bird Street
Blackstone
Danbury
Dedham
Dorchester
Bilis
Endicott
Fishkill-on- Stinson
Forest Avenue
Harvard Street
Jyde Park
Highland Lake
Islin
Maytapan
Hartfofia
Norwich
Norwood
Paw
M. m. Providence
Putnam
Neadville
Rockville
Winslows
Webster
Sanscar
Soweny
Zaevey
Eay
IL Am
Rees
Rinford
Lag Wee Aly Ly
Leedidy
New Britain
New la Air Line
Wood Central
Miladelphia
Middletown
Waterbury
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Newburgh
Turners, N. Y
Air Line
Grand Central Depot
Willimantic
Trenton
Richmond
M. Norwich Line
New London
Danielsonville
A. A. Jackson
T. E. P. Vining
A.C. Kendall
Pass
Senate and
Revere Street Railway Company
General Court of
Masachusetts
Walley Street
Orient Heights
City of
Henry Bd. Peirce
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
General Court
Boston & Pert Rayelas Company
Samuel W. Tucker
Brinnessenger
Thomas B. Bragan
County of Suffolk
Charle S H. Pratt
Kenmiont St
Clinton Gage
Mass
Grenville P. Peirce
William H. H. Tutue
Ommonwealth Or
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Park Square Station
Stonington
I. ME
Washington, Cor
State Street
Park Square
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
H. Briggs
Central R. RR
New Jersey
Philadelphia & Reading R. R
Depot Central R. R
Liberty St
Depot Philadelphia & Reading R. R
9Th and Greenests
J.N. Magna
Washington St
Hoosac
Rotterdam Junction
Binghamton
Buffalo
Palace
Niagara Falls
Erie
St. Louis
Michigan Central RR
Grand Trunk Railway
Bingham
Aea
SUN
Mews
Uy Bop
Aes Belmont
Berattieb
M. Sun
Conccord
Alry Bee
Gardner
Ami
Greenfiel
Evin Miller
Miller's Falls
Baoosick Falls
Johnsonville
Lincoln
Miamboro
Hudson and Maynard
Nashua
N.M
Ayer Junction
North Adams
Williamstown
North Leominster
Shelburne Falls
Union Square
Somerville
Waltham
IL Aim
Er Town
Union Market
Mt. Aubur
Hoosac Tunnel
John Adams
Gen’l
J. Whitmore
J. R. Watson
Central Vermont Railroads
Cape Cod
Catal
Attleboro
Boylston
Kioslindale
Central
Highland
West Ho
Lou
D.oyv
Uwl My Vaewe
Padreville
East Foxboro
Foxboro
Forest Hills
Aindees
Hmazedwood
Ritex Bronville
Byde Park
Nena
Samaria Plain
Shore
Andays
Mansfeld
Mr. Bope
Clacton Hille
Readville
Tas
N. Roxbury
Guy Ulv
Getty
Aix
Ste
Lors
Rumford and
India Sans
Ipm
Sharon
Sharon Heights
Stoughton Central
Canton
South Walpole
Wrentham
Pain At
Hill and Stonehaven
Warren and
Bristol
Mansfield
Taunton
Norton
dFall River
dNewport
Wickford Junction
Northern Division
Framingham
Marlsboro
Fayville
Southboro
Bolton
Northboro
Clinton
Leominster
Pratt’s Junction
Old Colony R. K
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. Pass’r
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