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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Dec 24, 1887

Page

7

Consolidated cotton market data and weekly stock report

The report covers net receipts at major ports, exports to Great Britain and the continent, and stocks. Highlights include seven day consolidated receipts of 21 845 with exports to Britain 74 858 and total United States port stock 1 025 257. Comparative figures show year over year changes in receipts and stocks across ports like Augusta Mobile Savannah and New York with mid to high variability in prices and activity.

Augusta Shipline Mid Galveston Mia New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Great Britain Charleston Continent Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville France United States Liverpool

Pipeline certificates and sugar market report

Pipeline certificates closed 3 pm Dec 22 with 80 percent at 4¢, opened 10 am Dec 23 at 8 11 4¢, high 8 24¢, low 8 07 gc¢, closing 3 pm Dec 23 at 8 24 4¢. Sugar market remains quiet with steady prices. raw sugar 53-16 to 65-16e, refined 615-16c to 6%4c, pulverized 7 42c, powdered 7 44c per lb, yellow 5a 5 4c, molasses various prices. fancy Ponce 35c per gal, Cienfuegos 22c, Barbadoes 26c.

Moilos Javas el. Gabbee Ponce Cienfuegos Barbadoes

Trade Centre Flour and Grain Prices Across Cities

A busy update from New York and major midwestern hubs shows flour receipts and exports, varied flour classes with Western and Minnesota grades quoted from 4.60 to 4.90 per barrel, and widespread dull to steady markets for cornmeal, oats, rye, soybeans, and lard. Prices across Chicago Cincinnati Toledo St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee Detroit evolve with mixed demand and steady to firmer tones.

New York Minnesota City Chicago Rio United Straits Cincinnati Toledo ST. Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee Detroit

Hog and Cattle Markets Report From St Louis and Chicago

Hogs steady in St Louis with Yorkers at 520 565 and packers levels around 520 to 560. In Chicago cattle receipts 9000 with strong demand for good kinds and slower selling of common, steers around 3 550, cows and bulls up to 4 00. Hogs in Chicago receipts 22000, prices mixed and lower heavy hogs 5 25 5 75, light hogs 4 85 5 30. Sheep receipts 4001 with natives 3 45 to 4 0 and Western 8 26 to 9 00, Texans 2 26 to 3 50, lambs 4 50 to 5 50.

ST. Louis Chicago

Wheat Market Report From London and Liverpool

Cargoes off the coast show wheat firm and steady prices. On passage and for shipment wheat meets fair demand with prices slightly higher while corn holds. Mark Lane lists Chilian wheat at 41s 83d and December January terms, Walla Walla wheat at 30s 3d. Markets in Paris and elsewhere show steady wheat and flour.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Walla Walla Paris Liverpool

Wheat and corn markets steady in Liverpool notices

Spot wheat and corn quotes show firmer prices with varied grades. American imports limited. winter wheat up to 6s 11d, spring 6s 11d, club 6s 11d, corn 4s 11¾d, peas 5s 7d. Provisions mixed with pork 6s 6d, beet 67s 6d, bacon 40s, long clear 39s, cheese 68d, lard 40s.

California Michigan Liverpool

Imports Dec 23 18387 Liverpools Bavarian goods list

Extensive port entry notes shipments to Liverpool with dozens of firms and shipments. Includes bleaching powders ammonia potatoes oranges earthenware linen glass machinery fowl wool books and a wide range of commodities from Baring Bros Co to J Farley & Son and Stoddard Lovering Co with totals and container counts. Also lists Rio Grande do Sul order and Gossler Co cargo of moise shin bones.

Liverpool Eng Baring Bros & Co Doash Linder & Meyer Jones, McDuftee & Stratton E & F King & Co Norcross, Mellen & Co W & OR Linder & Meyer Wright Bros Freeman Wright George Buchanan Webber Case Plate Glass Merchants’ Despatch Transportation Co Hammill & Gillespie Riley& Gray Coop Fowls Leigh & Co F. Warren Newell Farley & Son Stockett Bros & Sanborn Leyland & Co Lovering & Co Otis Morey & Co Rio Grande DO Sul Shin Bones Gossler Co

Exports Report From Halifax and Neighboring Ports

Export notes from December 23, 1887 record cargoes for multiple ships including the Brig Henry E Bliss at Halifax with 1250 barrels of our. Schooner Spring Bird at St Andrews with 744 barrels of superphosphate and 220 bags potato manure. At Annapolis Schooner AT with 750 barrels flour 50 barrels oatmeal 25 barrels rolled oats 825 barrels cornmeal 6 barrels kerosene oil. Gazelle at Port Gilbert via Weymouth with 750 barrels flour 350 barrels meal. Eric Clodder Belle at St John’s and Carbonear with 940 barrels flour 10 barrels beef 40 barrels pork 25 puncheons molasses 6 dories 38 coils hawser 10 tons coal 50 barrels coal oil.

Halifax Henry E Bliss ST Andrews Annapolis Port Gilbert Weymouth ST John’s and Carbonear Eric Clodder

Railroad Freight Totals by Division and Route

Freight lists from Boston and Maine Railroad divisions show totals for wool grease butter butter eggs potatoes apples hay lumber leather hides skins and other commodities. Separate tallies by Eastern Western Lowell System and by transport mode express and sea detail bales bbls boxes bags casks and cars across multiple consignments.

Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell System Express

Incomplete List of Names and Firms Across Cities

A fragmented OCR pass lists individuals and firms with city and state headings including Cincinnati Chicago Detroit and San Francisco. Names such as John Straus Sutter Lowenstein Rosenstock and firms Rosenthal Tre Rosenstock are intermingled with unclear abbreviations and titles.

Cincinnati John Straus Chicago Chatroop Detroit Mich S C Sutter Tre Davenport A P Doe W Jackson Bb Lowenstein & Co Sa Francisco Cal Feder Rosenthal, Feder & Co San Francisco W Rosenstock Rosenstock & Co

Receipts From 1887 Railroads Include Vast Grain and Cotton Totals

A detailed list from multiple lines shows December 23 1887 freight receipts for the Boston and Albany Grand Junction Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg and Boston and Providence railroads. Totals include hundreds of bales cotton wool flour corn oats and bundles of various goods with dozens of cars of lumber leather and pork.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad

Murdock's Liquid Food Praised by Medical Bodies

The notice touts Murdock's Liquid Food as the only raw condensed food recognized by bodies in Washington and Brighton with many international physicians endorsing it. It claims blood growth from daily doses and details free hospitals in operation since 1881 with hundreds of surgical operations listed through 1887.

International Medical Congress Washington, D. C British Medical Association Brighton Eng American Medical Association Richmond Saratoga N. Y Deer Park England Germany France Italy America Murdock

Free Surgical Hospital and Liquid Food Claims

A broad advertisement touts a Free Surgical Hospital for Women and a Free Home for Homeless Boys at 11 to 21 Causeway Street detailing Liquid Food’s alleged cures and injections as alternatives to surgery. It claims high operation volumes, universal sweetness guarantees, and a belief in preventing relapse, alongside probate court notices from Boston in 1887 1888.

United States Causeway Street Otilch Charles Bernstein Boston Suffolk Rachel Bernstein Marx Pelovsky Cambridge Street Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Walter 8 Goodwillie of Winthrop Goodwillie, Wyman & Company of Court Square Richard W. Pratt Ae Srr Iward S. Chester Frank E. Fitz Court Street

Boston and Maine Local and Through Trains Timetable

A detailed Boston rail timetable lists local and through trains for numerous routes including Manchester Concord Nashua and Wilmington with varied departures across morning and afternoon. It notes Sunday trains and Workingmen's train services, with notices of stations and offices and names of officials.

Boston Area Rail Schedules and Connections Listed

The notice compiles train and boat connections for towns including Neponset Newport New Bedford North Easton Stoughton Randolph Scituate and Duxbury with times and return options. It lists major lines from Weymouth Marshfield Plymouth Fall River and South Braintree detailing departures arrivals and intercity links under General Passenger Agent George L. Connor and J. R. Kendrick management.

Wally Louty Return Newport Retu New Bedford V.vw C.vv Ce VY North Easton Stought Randolph Stoughton Scituate South Duxbury Waunton Central Station Dean Street Sunvak Leamns Weymouths Hingham Cohasset Marshfield Duxbury Plymouth Marshafield Fall River Brockton Naem Taunton South Braintree Rew Bedford Middleboro Rockton New York Geo. L. Connor

Train Schedules from Boston to New York and Points

Train arrangements effective May 30 87 list Boston to New York Shore Line Fast Ex toss, Shore Line Mail, Steamship Stonington Line service and numerous stops with daily departures and returns. The schedule includes multiple routes with varied times and note on Sunday service and weekday adjustments.

Broston Fraovidence Mattrean Monda Ee Boston Shore Line Shore Lime Mail Soros Stonington Line Wprevidencs Pawteck Montreal West Pallman Lowell Chicago Puihlman Fitchburg Wagner Palace Central Vermont K. Kh Washington Street Koston J.W. Hobart W. Cummings St. Albanus

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