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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 17, 1890

Page

7

Market Roundup of Produce and Commodities

Quiet to firm conditions across staples. Flour steady and corn firmer while oats stay quiet. Potatoes and sweet potatoes show mixed movement with more plentiness for the latter. Butter, cheese, eggs, and beans hold steady or quiet. meats like pork products and beef show fair demand yet remain steady. Fruits including Florida oranges, tangerines, mandarins, grapes, and dried fruits show varied activity amid overall stable prices.

Florida Messina Palermo Almeria

Wheat Market Dips as Bears Hammer Prices in Chicago

The grain market weakened with wheat slumping from 1014% to 99 4 cents as selling overwhelmed firmer cues. Corn rose on Hutchinson and short covering while oats hit a daily high. New York futures showed mixed declines, and Minneapolis cash prices softened amid abundant receipts. Prices for flour and meal held steady as demand paused after large purchases, with detailed bid levels across wheat, corn, and oats noted.

Chicago Hutchinson Northwest Minneapolis Bank of England Clearfield Penn Shorts Messrs Gilman, Cheney & Co New York Bank of France Farnum, Reardon & Co Ees Ees St Louis Milwaukee Duluth Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior New Chicago

Meat and lard markets show steady demand and mixed receipts

Today’s market reports demand for pork and beef remain steady with mixed receipts. Lard receipts 2276 pkgs vs 1781 last year. hogs quiet at 6c city and 5.2c country. beef trade quiet with extra family beef at 8.50 to 8.75 and tongues at 17 to 17.50 per bbl. Tallow in New York quiet at 4 7/2c.

Choice Chicago Brighton New York Houlton Hebrons Aroostooks Houlton Rose Aroostook New Hampshire Rose Hebrons Vermont Prince Edwards Island Dakota Virginia

Market Report Hog and Cattle Prices Across Cities

Cincinnati hog prices mostly 275 to 360 with slow demand and 3913 receipts yesterday. St Louis hogs quoted 310 to 440 with Yorkers weaker and mixed packers 310 to 340, butchers 340 to 356. Peoria hogs irregular 810 to 835. Chicago cattle receipts 6000. steers 455 to 535, good to choice 460 to 495, others 380 to 425, week-ago highs up 15 to 30 cents. Hogs 43000 receipts. prices 320 to 355, best heavy 350 to 355, prime light 340, good light 320 to 345. Sheep receipts 6000. natives 325 to 350, Westerns 450 to 495, Lexans 380 to 440, lambs 462 to 600.

Cincinnati St Louis Peoria Chicago

Butter and cheese markets show steady, firm prices across regional creameries

Market note reports receipts and prices for butter and cheese from multiple creameries. Western creamery extra and Northern creamery items fetch 24 to 29 cents. choice dairy butter 22 to 25 cents. Elgin and New York markets steady to firm. Eggs and poultries show quiet trade with varied regional quotes. Cotton market remains quiet in New York with middling prices around 9.0 cents and futures steady.

Western Creamery Elgin New York Chicago Elgin Creamery Extra Liverpool

Market quotes for vegetables and produce items

Market report shows onions at 4.60 per barrel and 1.00 per crate, carrots 0.75 per bush, beets 0.60 to 0.70 per bush, lettuce 0.50, turnips to describe. Other items include cabbage 1.25 per box, cucumbers 0.15 each, pumpkins 0.75 per barrel, celery 3.60 per box, cauliflower 1.50 to 2.00 per dot.

Valencia Ohio St Andrews White Cape Hubbard

Fruit Market Receipts and Prices Report

Receipts of oranges and apples with current market prices and weekly totals. Oranges show steady demand with various counts and box prices. grapes and cranberries described with current bids. Mediterranean fruits and Valencia oranges noted with specific counts and box prices. Cranberries firm with Cape Cod berries and Almeria grapes listed. Concords, Niagaras, Dianas, and other apples priced. total receipts from Sept 1 and year-over-year figures referenced.

Palermo Messina Valencia King Russell Greenings Ben Davis Massachusetts Baldwins Maine New Hampshire Hubbardstons Common Sweets Pound Tallman Sweets Black Oxfords Gilliflowers Northern Spies Cape Cod Almeria Concords Vergennes Niagaras Salems Dianas Ev Esteessvesse Sccccevas Catawbas

Steamer arrivals and cargo bound for Boston

The steamer Syndal passed Gibraltar on December 5 with 2400 boxes Messina oranges and 4700 boxes Messina lemons for Boston. The steamer Pawnee passed Gibraltar on December 4 with 2000 boxes Messina oranges and 3200 boxes Messina lemons for Boston. The Ethelwold is due December 20 with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Savannah boat Wednesday has 5140 boxes oranges.

Syndal Gibraltar Boston Pawnee Ethelwold Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Savannah

The Dried Fruit Trade Prices and Supplies

The dried fruit market shows firm prices amid limited fig supply and steady nut and prune trades. Figs, citron, dates, and walnuts are quoted with varying grades and box sizes. almonds, filberts, and other nuts display mixed availability and multiple regional prices. popcorn and dried apples also listed with range figures.

Naples Grenobles Sicily Princess Jordans Alicantes Valencias Bush Virginia California London Malaga

Sugar and molasses market report with prices

Sugar market remains steady with fair demand and varied quotes for refined and raw grades. Prices cited for granulated and confectioners sugar, soft whites, yellows, and raw sugars. molasses markets show steady to quiet trade across Porto Rico, Barbados, Cienfuegos, New Orleans and centrifugals. London and New York price references included.

New York London Java Havana Cienfuegos Porto Rico Barbados New Orleans

The Print Cloth Market Quiet in Fall River

In Fall River on December 16 the print cloth market shows quiet and steady activity with strong demand for 648 at 3 cents, while mills hold back from heavy selling, keeping prices firm and supply constrained.

Fall River

Market notes and prices from a late 19th century issue

The report lists prices and closing times for December 15 and 16 1889 across commodities and markets. It notes refined oil prices around 7.30 cents per gallon, crude runs and shipments, whiskey markets in Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati steady around 114 to 115 dollars, and miscellaneous turpentine, resin, tar, petroleum values with ASW and case prices.

St Louis Cincinnati

Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report Week Ended Dec 16 1890

Boston Post correspondent George J. Fox details Watertown Union Market prices and totals for sheep cattle and lambs swine with weekly and yearly comparisons. Reports include beef and store cattle prices, hides and skins, and extensive notes on cattle and sheep sales by local traders such as H W Whipple J A Hathaway and Libby Son. The sheep market shows Christmas week bidding pressure lowering bids with several sellers offering multiple lots.

Boston Post George J. Fox Brighton Canada Libby & Son Jenne Whipple A I Johnson Bagley

Imports and Exports Dec 16 1890 Liverpool and Havre listings

Long ledger of imports and exports dated December 16 1890 detailing goods aboard ships in Liverpool Halifax Demerara Iloilo Montevideo and other ports. Items include glassware steel mohair oranges leather tin plates woolens books machinery and groceries with numerous firms named such as Baring Bros Co and Brown Bros Co.

Liverpool Eng Pavonia Reed & Barton Warren, Salisbury & N Henry Innes & Co stecel—Koopman & Co Oliver Ames Vinal & Co Sawyer & Co Jenkins & Colo White Bros & Co Hayes & Co H Davis & Co Little, Brown & Co Booss Husted & Dobson Fuiller, Dana & Fitz Webster King Glass Co Emery Putnam & Co Bils Do Estes & Lauriat Moise Fuller, Dana & Fitz Baring Bros & Co Williston, Knight & Co Waldo Bros Abram French & Co Holder & Herrick H Whittington John A Boyle Hj Goddard Farley & Sons Brown, Bros & Co Tilden, Thurber & Co Broderson & Day John Clarke Jl& D Ritter Chase & Co Merton J H Pray Frost & Adams Koopman & Co Dame, Stoddard & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co F Hovey & Co Thayer, McNeil & Co Kidder, Peabody & Co Shepara Norwell & Co Chase Cossing Hair Hair— Wells, Fargo & Co Stone & Downer H Gallagher McLachlan & Co Baring Bros Austin & Dobson Hamburg Adams, Taylor & Co Pollard & Co Moors Sch Ophir Turnips Hatheway & CO Demerara Nelson Bartlett Halifax Yarmouth Boston Scythia ST John Bridgewater Geldert Dee Massachdu Superior Court Norfolk Dedham Emma EF. Toothaker North Cohasset Jesse H. S. Toothaker New York Jesse H.sloothaker A. D Marion K. Toothaker Emma E. Toothaker

Foreign Markets London Wheat Prices Hold Firm

Cargoes off the coast show wheat in fair request and higher prices while corn remains steady. Mark Lane reports quiet wheat and subdued English and French country markets. In Liverpool noted breadstuffs as wheat opens steady with weak demand and moderate offers.

London Mark Lane Liverpool

Dr Koch's Remedy Promises Life Prolonging Nutrition

The author argues Koch's discovery is experimental and may extend some lives while shortening others. He notes tuberculosis mortality and questions public sharing of the formula, praising antiseptics and vaccines as life-saving. He pledges $3000 to fund nutrition for consumptives and offers free Murdock's Liquid Food to early applicants, touting prior surgical and paralytic recoveries.

Koch United States Murdock

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