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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Koch
United States
Murdock
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