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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 19, 1888

Page

7

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.”

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

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 Henry M. Whitney Hoston Elijan George Edward D. Sohier Charles FE. Stratton Sai Will Henry W 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 Sears Joan W. McKim. Esquire Sours Cyril C. Child Freeting Charles Lincoln Sani Ioston Post William L. Hall Loston Commonwealth OF Massachutjsetts Vrobate Court George O. Lewis Charles 8. Lewis Kinston Post Moston Massachusetts Louisa Miller Louisa M. Tingley Iain Boston Elijat George Nomsonwealth Massachussetts Middlesex John Stafford Somerville Cambridge George M. Brooks J. H. Tyler

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