Potato and produce markets show steady demand and mixed quotes
The report lists varied prices across produce and poultry segments. Potatoes like Houlton Hebrons and Nova Scotia items fetch 40 to 60 cents per bush while Burbanks range 40 to 45 cents. Game and poultry show multiple items with limited demand. Hay, straw, and vegetables display steady or slow demand. prices cover hay, rye straw, cabbage, onions, beets, carrots, lettuce, cauliflowers, radishes, celery, spinach, and pumpkins with assorted per unit quotes.
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Houlton Hebrons
Houlton
Vermont
Burbanks
New York
Hebrons
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Chenangoes
Prince Edward Island
Virginia
Al'l
Jersey
Provisions Market Quiet, Mixed in Early Session
Chicago provisions opened dull then rallied on shorts buying. Pork prices steady to firmer with long cuts 18 to 18.50 per barrel, lard higher, and fresh meats steady. Beef and Middles unsettled as markets across New York, St Louis, Cincinnati note weakness in pork and varied prices for hams, bacon, and sausages.
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Chicago
Shorts
CS Williams & Co
Park
New York
Tierces City
South America
St_ Louis
Cincinnati
Steamer Marmion and Lorenzo D Baker Due With Jamaica Fruit
The Marmion is due December 20 from Jamaica carrying fruit for the Boston Fruit Company. The Lorenzo D Baker is due December 27 from Jamaica with Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company.
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Jamaica
Boston Fruit Company
Lorenzo D Baker
Cotton Markets Steady as New York and Liverpool Close Quiet
New York cotton holds steady with middling uplands at 9 9 16 cents, low middling 9 4? cents, and sales at 161 bales. Futures open and close steady. Liverpool quiet at 5 7 16d for middling uplands and Orleans, with 6,000 bales sold and 56,000 receipts. US ports show varied stock and prices. Augusta, New Orleans, Savannah, and St Louis report modest activity and steady to quiet tones.
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New York
Liverpool
Orleans
Augusta
Galveston
Great Britain
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Anne
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
France
Continent
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
Stock Market Receipts and Hog Cattle Prices Across Cities
Receipts across markets show steady tone with slow trade. Hogs in Chicago and St Louis varied from 4.80 to 5.26 per unit, cattle receipts at Chicago slow and weaker with beeves 280 to 315, hog shipments strong. cattle and sheep receipts and prices noted for Peoria, Cincinnati, and St Louis with mixed ranges.
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Sheen
St Louis
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Fruit Auction Prices and Exports Report
Harris & Co sold fruits at auction with Florida oranges at 11244, mandarins, grapefruits, dates, coconuts, and other items listed. AC Lombard's Sons report weekly exports by Boston, New York, Montreal, Portland, Liverpool, Glasgow, and London. totals show season and last season comparisons, with Montreal and Halifax exports up sharply. Grapes, oranges, lemons, tangerines, cranberries, and nuts prices quoted. notes on steady markets and “robbing prices.”
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Harris & Co
Florida
Now & Co
Boston
New York
Montreal
Portland
Liverpool
Glasgow
London
Halifax
Almeria
Palermo
Jamaica
Virginia
Oil Market Certificates Close and Opening Dates
Market bulletin by J E Carter & Co lists pipe line and cottonseed oil certificates with closing dates of December 17 and opening December 18. Prices and figures appear partially legible, showing bids around 80 and 500 units with assorted small values.
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J E Carter & Co
Washington Street
Hest
Sugar and Molasses Market Report
Sugar trade shows slow raw sugar activity with prices steady and a balanced arrival. Cuba and Java prices listed, refined sugar in tight supply but firm, molasses market firm with regional price ranges, New York quiet with no notable changes.
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Cuba
Manilas
Iloilos
Javas
New York
Ponce Porto Rico
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Market Price Quotation Report From Various Cities
Tallow shows firm demand at set prices with figures for City and country. Tallow is weak in New York. Coffee prices noted for New York Rio with a fair car value. Whiskey markets list Chicago $120 Cincinnati and St Louis $114. Turpentine and Petroleum quotes from New York show turpentine at 46c rosin around $1.02 to $1.07 with tar nominal. Petroleum closed at 6.65 to 7.35c with RSW at 7.30c and cases at 9.30c.
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New York
Rio
Chicago
Cincinnati
St Louis
Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report 1888 Week
Report by George J. Fox for the Boston Post covers week ending December 18 1888. Details include stock counts for sheep cattle lambs swine with prices for beef store cattle hides tallow and skins. Market notes note steady prices for cattle. some buyers firm on sheep and lambs pending Christmas demand. Western hogs prices down about 14 cents.
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Boston Post
George J. Fox
Jarrow
Imports and exports record from December 18 1888
A list of consignments and items shipped or received including Mrs Newcomb personal effects wine embroideries casks sperm oil gin pineapples orange boxes hats bowls and various sundries. Entries mention exporters importers and quantities such as 1700 empty casks 200 barrels of limes and 667000 pounds of logwood from Miragoane and Turks Island.
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Fayaj
Newcomb
Parker
Houghton & Dutton
Adams & Co
Miragoane
Dickerman
Turks Island
Warner & Jarvis
Exports at Yarmouth on December 18 1882
The list from Yarmouth Nova Scotia records shipments including 261 bags feed 129 pieces black walnut 16 barrels coal oil a packages machinery 2 cases boots and shoes Ys bbis onions 4 barrels woodenware 3 feed cniters 4 bbis beans 25 packages hardware 25 bushels apples through the steamer Yarmouth.
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Yarmouth
Staple Goods Receipts and Quantities Listed
Boston and Albany Railroad records show December 18 1888 receipts including 33 bales cotton 121 bales wool 1600 bushels flour 17140 bushels corn 21390 bushels oats 600 bushels wheat 2300 bushels barley 47 tons feed 4800 bushels malt 275 bushels oatmeal 43 boxes
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Vast 19th Century Freight Totals Across Rail Lines
A lengthy OCR list details diverse consignments across multiple railroads including Grand Junction Boston & Providence Ola New York & New England Fitchburg Heston & Maine Boston & Maine Western Lowell Express Sea shipments. Items cover groceries livestock lumber leather hides cotton wool beans butter eggs flour tea coffee sugar and more with quantities in bales tuns barrels cases and cars. The fragmented excerpt reads like a mid century merchandise inventory or freight ledger.
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Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Ola Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Heston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Lowell System
By Express
By Sea
Total receipts December 18 1888 by commodity list
A detailed ledger of December 18 1888 receipts shows amounts for cotton sugarbales wool molasses flour eggs oats cornmeal oleo and other commodities. It lists quantities by category with 1888 and 1887 figures for comparison, including bales barrels boxes sacks and cases across animals produce and goods like hay leather meat and lumber.
World markets report from London and Liverpool
London and Liverpool cargo markets show wheat quiet and firm for red wheat, dull for white, corn scarce but steady in places. Cargoes arriving and awaiting sale, with prices in British and continental markets. Paris and English country markets quiet or steady amid cold English weather.
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London
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
England
Great Britain
California
Final Account Hearing in Wyman Estate
Margaret G. Wyman administratrix of the estate of a deceased presents for allowance the final account. Probate Court in Boston Suffolk County requires appearance on December 24, 1885 at 10 o'clock AM to show cause why it should not be allowed. Citation to be published weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post with last publication at least two days before court. Witness John W. McKim, Judge. December 3, 1888. Register Elijah George.
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Margaret G. Wyman
Boston
Suffolk
Boston Post
Commonwealth OF
Jonny W. McKim, Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Clarence W. Jones
Oak and
Hison Streets
Oak Street
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Leverett
Tuckerman
Emmeline D. Whipple
Bayer
Joan W. McKin
George A. Dary
Ambrose A. Ranney
Peter Butler
Pacific National Bank of Boston
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Hoston
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Edward D. Sohier
Charles FE. Stratton
Sai Will
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Jonny W. McKim
Silvanus Tingley
Louis’ M. Tingley
Charles A. Welch
Robert B. Dixon
Harriet G. Dixon
Maine
John W. McKim
Charles E. Stratton
Commonwealth OF Massachusett S
Januario Soares DE Figueiredo
Ames
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Cyril C. Child
Freeting
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Kinston Post
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Nomsonwealth
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