This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 23 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 23, 1887
Page
7
Fragmentary report indicates steady prices with kegs and beans quiet and dried apples dull while Liverpool quotation remains unchanged at 65 shillings.
The market shows firm demand for fancy table fruit and scarce sound cranberries. Apples priced with regional varieties listed, cranberries by Cape Cod and country lots, bananas from Aspinwall to Jamaica, oranges and lemons with Florida and Palermo quotes, nuts including peanuts walnuts almonds and dried apples with multiple grade prices.
The market stays unchanged in tone and prices for pork and lard with steady demand for hams and fresh beef. Choice cuts remain scarce yet firm, lambs abundant, and mutton veal steady. detailed price ranges for pork, lard, beef, and various cuts are listed by grade and type.
Alan Asher & Co notes cotton certificates show little movement and demand remains muted. New York futures open steady with near months flat to higher, spot U S prices around 10 3-4 to 10 1-4 cents depending on grade. Port receipts and exports rise, while Liverpool and other Amer ports show mixed quiet to firm activity.
Raw sugar prices hold steady with refined and granulated categories listed. Javas and Manila mention Nos 10 to 11 at mixed quotes. Molasses quotes include Ponce and Cienfuegos, with Barbados at 26 cents per gallon.
Reports from New York trading centers show exports and receipts across wheat and flour categories. Prices for good to extra grades hold firm or rise modestly while heavy sales and large lots of bbls and sacks move, with Minnesota and Western white wheat showing higher quoted ranges.
The report lists prices and receipts for flour wheat corn oats barley and related goods across Chicago Cincinnati Toledo St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee Detroit with No 2 spring red and white varieties quoted and futures sales noted along with pork lard and whiskey pricing and regional shipment figures.
Cattle receipts 5000 with 2000 shipped, prices steady to higher for steers and stockers. Hogs receipts 17000 with 6000 shipped, prices mixed from 4 85 to 5 80, early strength fading. Sheep receipts 2000 with 1000 shipped, natives and Westernes advancing, lambs 4 50 to 5 50.
Freight cargo activity shows wheat quiet but firm as 9 cargoes sold and 6 waiting. Prices steady to firm in London and Liverpool with mixed corn strength and several monthly quotations across Calfornia and US futures. Paris and Antwerp markets also report firm wheat and flour, with no major price declines.
A long OCR list records imports on December 22 1887 from ships at Antwerp Charlottetown Cardigan Cornwallis Glasgow and more including Wm Book Georgenia Siberian and multiple rail receipts detailing bales sacks barrels cases and crates of beans potatoes iron glass and dry goods with assorted consignors such as Gill Sootz J A Hayes & co and Norway Steel and Iron co and firms like Baring Bros Jordan Marsh and Beaton & Maine in a busy port and shipping ledger.
The Commonwealth of Massachusetts issues court notices in Suffolk including libel proceedings against Daniel Belser with publication and service requirements before February. Also lists Supreme Judicial Court admission notice for Arthur L. Bartlett of Hyde Park and insolvency discharge petitions for F. E. Cutler and Company with creditor meeting details.
A dense listing of passenger train schedules showing multiple lines and stops including Worcester, Boston routes, and coastal towns. Timings cover weekdays Sundays and holidays with through tickets, junctions, and transfer points at Ayer Junction and other hubs.
Shipping manifests detail cargoes for several steamer voyages from Liverpool England including wool, potatoes, meats, tin plates, steel, and oranges. Named firms include Stoddard Lovering & co, Crompton & co, Jordan Marsh & co, Jere Abbott & co, and Fuller, Dana & Fitz with various quantities of bags, cases, bales, and crates destined for Canada and other destinations.
Listing of exports and cargoes from Barbados, Weymouth, and Liverpool ports on December 22 1887. Includes ship Harriet S Jackson schooner Belmont Michigan steamer cargoes such as sugar hogsheads flour cornmeal beans pork lard bacon leather beef tallow coffee oats and other goods. Also notes Montevideo orders and Bark Rota lumber carried.
A historical ledger of total receipts dated December 22 1887 detailing cotton wool flour beef pork and other commodities with quantities in bales bags barrels and boxes across categories such as cotton wool molasses cheese oats corn meal and more. Names of goods and units are listed with many figures indicating yearly comparisons and totals.
Dundee goods importer Gorham Rogers & Co advertise burlaps for sacks used in wool furniture and hops packaging. Sold from their Federal Street shop as an import firm listing their wares.
Sealed proposals for rebuilding the North paving wharf in Boston are due by 12 noon Saturday December 24 1887 at the Office of the Superintendent of Streets City Hall Boston. Bids must include bond or certified check and be signed by the bidder with sureties from Massachusetts. Contract to commence within four days of award and be completed within ninety days.
The undersigned form a Massachusetts limited partnership named T. Frank Hinkley and T. Frank Hinkley Partners with residence in Boston. Augustus Nickerson is the special partner contributing fifteen thousand dollars. The firm begins December 1, 1887 and ends November 30, 1890.
Notices announce probate matters in Suffolk Norfolk and Middlesex counties. Executors and administratrices are cited to appear, with publication in the Boston Post three weeks, and dates range December 1887 to January 1888. Wills, estates of Mary T Perley Thomas Storey Caroline Caven Willard Gambell.
Evening trains depart from Toston Station and reach Ashcroft Worcester Blackstone and other points with frequent weekday times. The corrected December 11 1887 schedule lists departures from numerous stations including Hartford Manchester Mattapan New London Willimantic Norwich Hyde Park and Providence with multiple daily options and return times.
NEW YORK via FALL RIVER LINE. ONLY $3.00 Rex kit ies Lim Special Exypresas leaves Boston from OLD COLONY STATION daily at 6 p m connecting at Fall River in 75 minutes with the steamers PRILGARIM and PROVIDENCE. Due to arrive in New York about 7:30 a.m. Connection to Brooklyn and Jersey City by annex boat. Returning leave New York daily at 4:30 p.m. Baggage checked from Boston to destina tion. Tickets and rooms available at No. 8 Old State House and at the Old Colony office.
Local time tables detail Boston to New York and New England routes, with departures and returns across multiple lines. It lists stations including Albany and Bridgeport, notes on express trains, shore line services, and Sunday schedules, signed by railroad officials.
The readable text outlines train times and connections with mentions of stops at Loorlidh and Mt Hapearren plus Wristol. It notes arrival patterns, late departures, daily and weekly variations and references A A Folk and S. Vin Sy.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.