Poultry Prices at Fair Split by Species and Grade
The listing shows live fowls priced at 11 to 12 cents per pound for choice birds, ducks at 12 to 14 cents, and geese also at 12 to 14 cents, reflecting a regional fair retail market.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 24, 1888
Page
7
Market Prices for Vegetables and Produce
The listing shows demand is quiet at old prices with quotes for marrow squash at 20 per ton, turban squash 25 per ton, Hubbard 25 to 30 per ton, Savoy cabbage 75 per bushel, cabbage 3 to 4 per 100 count, onions 120 to 140 per barrel, beets 40 to 50 per bush, carrots 40 to 50 per bush, lettuce 25 to 50 per dozen, turnips 40 cents per box, white French turnips 1 each, cauliflowers 2 per box, radishes and turnips 20 cents per dozen, celery 1 to 3 per box, parsnips 6 cents per bush, spinach 50 cents per bush, Norfolk spinach 1 to 1.25 per barrel, parsley 2.50 per bush, pumpkins 150 to 200 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
Chicago market opens strong with December lard leads
Chicago dealers report a buoyant opening with broad sales and a dull close near opening prices. December lard sees large lots offered around $346 by packers while pork and beef markets show firm to unsettled price ranges and a generally quiet demand for pork products.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Jean
Cincinnati
New York
South America
St_ Louis
Brighton
Steamer fleet lists fruit cargoes to Boston
The Lorenzo D Baker is due with Jamaica fruit December 27 for the Boston Fruit Company. The St Andrews Bay sailed from Messina December 7 with 4900 boxes Messina oranges 3500 boxes Messina lemons 8700 boxes Palermo oranges and 6700 boxes Palermo lemons for Boston. The St Bernard passed Gibraltar December 16 bound for Boston with 7750 boxes Palermo oranges and 8000 boxes Palermo lemons. The Naranja sailed from Palermo December 13 for Boston with 5100 boxes Palermo oranges and 4100 boxes Palermo lemons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo D Baker
Jamaica Fruit
Boston Fruit Company
St Andrews Bay
Messina
Boston
St Bernard
Gibraltar
Naranja
Palermo
Fruit Prices and Sales Drafted by Horatio Harris & Co
Market notes show Florida oranges scheduled for sale Monday at noon and Wednesday at noon in large boxes. Apples lack interest with steady prices. various apple varieties listed with per barrel prices. Grapes, oranges, lemons, cranberries, and nuts described with mixed demand, steady to firm prices, and specific price ranges for different grades and packages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio Harris & Co
Florida
Hubbard Stons
Snow
Baldwins
Tallman Sweets
Liverpool
Newtowns
Almeria
Messina
Palermo
Jamaica
Virginia
Quiet steady New York cotton and global market report
In New York cotton holds at 9 ½ cents middling with 138 bales sold. Futures opened quiet and closed firm. Liverpool spot quiet at 5 1/8d for middling, sales 7000 bales. Receipts and stocks listed across Augusta to St. Louis with mixed steadiness and varied shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Oponta
Dee
Meguidey
Liverpool
Orleans
Bari Foe Os
Sriram Ouay
Cues Sika
Ca Oo Bohr
Morobins
Sos
Bose Ep Ka
Eek
Este Ebiseen Sb
Augusta
Galveston
Great Britain
Continent
New Orleans
Exris
Coastwise
Market Receipts and Exports Report for Louisville and Nation
The document shows sales 2114 and stock 73 371 with steady mid 97 16e. Consolidated Net receipts for one day at 86 619, exports to Great Britain 28 737 and to the Continent 16 864, stock at all United States ports 846 276.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Orice
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Great Britain
Continent
West Point
Philadelphia
Hartmore
New York
Cincinnati
Louis
Louisville
United States
Market crowding on Hog and Cattle at multiple U S yards
Stock Yards Kansas City reports cattle receipts 701 with active demand at firm prices. Hogs receipts 4710 with firm tone and 10c gain. Prices list heavies 405 to 510, mds 487 to 510, pigs 4 to 4 92. Sheep 2 456 to 2 50. St Louis, Peoria, Cincinnati, Chicago, and Texas cattle and hog prices given with varied receipts and steady to firmer market posture.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St Louis
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Sugar and Molasses Market Report Headlines
Sugar and molasses quotes hold firm with limited supplies and modest demand. Cuban and Havana markets show high prices and nominal quotations. refined sugars steady with small stock, molasses markets steady with varying regional prices and week receipts of 4600 bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
New York
Havana
Matanzas
United States
Market wire: prices steady in varied commodities across cities
The report notes a quiet demand at easy prices with city rates around 6c for rendered and 5c for country. New York shows a dull market while coffee and whiskey show firm and steady levels across major market centers including Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis. Turpentine rosin and petroleum quotes vary by region with nominal tar and mixed case pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Taliow
New York
Ruio
Chicago
Cincinnati
St Louis
Massive 1888 Imports Ledger From Hamburg to Zanzibar
Long entry lists ships at Hamburg and Halifax London and Zanzibar with vast consignments. Raw sugar cotton wool metals textiles leather dyes papers wines and oils appear under many firms including Baring Bros Moors Woolworths and Gardi ner. Numerous cargo quantities and items span dates and ports across the Atlantic trade network.
Glascow Steamer Siberian Cargo Totals Report
Glasgow steamer Siberian cleared on December nineteen with mixed cargo totals including 20 557 sacks flour 38963 bols apples 100 sacks oll cake 283 boxes hams 86000 ths cheese 200 tierces Leef 500 tierces 800 half bbis 500 pals lard 1 pala leather 6000 pieces staves and 269 empties plus 1780 boxes and various wooden ware items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scot
Siberian
Maritime Trade Fragments Across Harbors and Ships
Sydney and Plympton cargo lists reveal schooners G A Smith and G M Warner carrying flour middlings meal kerosene beef turpentine canned goods and other goods in varying bbls and bundles. The entries record multiple ships from NS with goods loaded and unloaded reflecting routine colonial commerce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
A Smith
Plympton
Shelburne
Staple Goods Receipts and Freight Totals Across Railroads
A fragmented ledger lists extensive quantities received by multiple railroads including Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine Eastern and Western divisions, and Lycoming lines. Entries cover cotton, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, peas, hay, lard, butter, eggs, butter, leather, and numerous bales and cases, with rough ton and barrel counts, grouped by railroad and region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Olt Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Eastern Division
Wheat and corn markets mixed as holidays loom in Liverpool
London reports cargoes off coast with wheat and corn inactive while passage and shipment markets show slight activity. Liverpool markets quiet with wheat steady, corn quiet, and holiday observances Monday through Wednesday of next week. Prices: winter wheat 88, spring 83 1d, club 7s 10d, indicators for futures and regional offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane
Liverpool
Macon
California
Probate Notices From Massachusetts Courts 1888
Multiple probate actions cited including trust accounting for CALEM EDDY will in Hampden County with CHASE H FISKE as trustee and a January 1889 hearing. Also notices appointing TERENCE McELHENNEY administrator for the estate of CHARLES McELHENNEY with demands and payment instructions in Boston Suffolk County. Public notices require publication and transfer of copies prior to court dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sufyrolk
Stephen Howard Tarbell
Boston
Laura Moland Tarbell
Ada Touther Tarbell Jennings
George v. Jennings
Suffolk
Laura Moland
Laura M
Supreme Judicial Court
George F. Jennings
Stephen H. ‘Tarbell
Ada Sowther Tarbell
Stephen H.tarbell
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Boston Jest
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Riassacha
Superior Court
A. D
Ho. Johnson
Ve. Geo. C. Boniface
Heston
Boston Post
Jos. A. Willard
Massachusetts
Senate
House of Representatives
Providence & Worcester Railroad Company
New York, Providence & Houston
Providence & Worcester Railroad Co
Mosus B. J. Gopbanp
Massachuret
Lydia D. Parker
Said County
William I
Bowditch
Ander
Will
Juliette Fr. Wardwell
Joan W. McCkimn
Ana Se Org Ae Elwah Gholagl
Hampden
Calem Eddy
Chicopee
Chase H. Fiske
Springfeld
Loston
Williams
Shurtleff
Samull B. Spooner
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
Charlotte M. Zeon
Silvanus Tingley
Lcouisa M. Tingley
Omronw
Georgeanna Haliburton
George A. Sawyer
Asonday
Julia McBreen
Peter McBreen
Admr
Charles H. McElhenney
Charles McElhenney
Terence McElhenney
Admi Osion
William E. Smythe
OUNC
Lane
National Bank OF Commerce OF Boston
Sears Building
G. W. Harris
Boston and Maine Through Trains to Western and Eastern Divisions
Railroad timetable notes list Boston and Maine routes from 219 Washington Street and Causeway Street stations. It includes Augusta Haymarket and Haymarket Square connections, Portland, Lewiston, Manchester, Conway, St John NB, and other Maine Central and Grand Trunk lines with various departure times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine City
Washington Street
State Street
Augusta—Haymarket Ag
Causeway St
Thancor
Bar Elarbear
St. John
Haulimax
Provinces
Haymarket Sq
Causeway
Mastport and Catsins
N. B
Rlairfax
Stemmer
Portland
Causeway Street
Haymarket Square
Beachland
Castile
Southweat
Bar Harbors Feentier
Lewiston
Manchester
Concord
M. BE
North
Maymarket Aq
Conway
Lynn Causeway
Maine Central
Grand Trunk
Minox 4
Lincoln Railways
Fitchburg Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Boston
Troy
Albany
Rotterdam Junction
West
Binghamton
Buffalo
Chicago
Niagara Falls Short Line
Erie and Hipston
St. Louis
Niagara Falls and
Michigan Central RR
Place
Niagara Falls
Chicago and
Grand Trunk Railway
Palace
Central Vermont Houte
Pullman Corn
Lowell
Viacn
Central Vermont
R. R
J. W. Hobart
Ss. W
Cummings
St. Albars
Western Division Train Schedule Readouts
Train listings for Western Division routes from Moston Station to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington and other towns include departures from 6:30 am to evening hours. Numerous stations such as Andover Exeter Melrose Malden and Newburyport appear with varied daily times and frequencies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Exeter
Great Falls
Heaverhill
OSU & m
Georgetown
Kmenuebank
Biddeford
Saco
North Lawrence
Routh Lawrence
Zia Mj
Lowell
Malden
Stedford
Bmelrose Highlands
Bat
Eee
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Reading
Sateen
Waketelid
North Wilmington
Rorthern Division
Boston & Albany
Kneeland Street
Framingham
Mavibores
Fayville
Lam
Southvere
Ler
Sandays
Neorthboro
Diintea
Zeomipsics
Fitchbarsg
Lpm
Sanisos
Pratt’s
Boston
Old Colony
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
Workingmen's train Sunday schedule overview
Sunday train times listed for multiple destinations including Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Sowell Medford Portland Reading and Way Stations with varied departure windows throughout the day. Times cover early morning to late evening with intermediate stops and connections noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Haverhill
Lawrence
Manchester
Sowell
Medford
Portland
Rrangor
Leersteen
Reading and Way
Eastern Division Train Schedules for Boston and Adjacent Areas
Boston Haymarket area stations list routes and times to Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Everett Lynn Marblehead Rockport and more with numerous daily departures. Sunday trains include Lynn Newburyport Portland Salem and extra services on the Saugus and South Reading branches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Causeway Street
Amesbury
Beverly
Iddefeord
Chelsea
Dover
Everett
Great Falls
Rkochester
Wrampton
Beach
North Mampton
Rye Beach
Ipewich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Niddletown
Newburyport
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Tom Krevere
Rockport
Weucester
Sallem
Work Harbor & Beach K.R
Saugus Branch
Swampscoit
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lynn and Way
aVia Saugus
South Reading
Haymarket Square
Boston and New England Train Schedules Displayed
Local and through timetable listings show Boston stations and branches to White River Junction Wells River Fabyan's Montreal and northern routes. Passenger trains run daily with varied morning afternoon and evening departures from major hubs including Concord Hull Woburn and Nashua reflecting regional connections and station notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Causerray Street
Iton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weoks
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Milavewhill
Wooudsville
North Woodstock
Penigewassett Valley
Lisbon
Littleton
Whitefield
Lancaster
Fabyan’s and Jefferson
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
St. Jephnebury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Qluebec
Wassumpsiy Division
Wells River
Meene
Peterboro
Millebono
Ratheboro
Concert
Spain
Witon
Milford
Amherst
B& Sm
Greenfield
Nashua
Lawrence
Wilmington
Woburn
Lam
Winchester
Wet nNiedfora
Gellege Hall
Concord
Minns
Sce
AEB Esey
Hillerica
Medford
Wrexington
Ariington
Bedford
Dene & Weeileste 120402 Avi Wore Newton
Fragmentary OCR notes show names Dene and Weeileste with a date 120402 and figures 4 avi, Newton, 2.9K, 2.04, 4.9. Limited readable context prevents full event framing but implies a numeric record or log entry associated with Newton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Avi
Newton
Proviberse Division Schedule Fragments
Fragmented timetable data lists Sunday services with times and route figures from Pedham and UV Bus. Readable items include 11.35 am, 12.10, 12.30, 3.18, 3.45, 4.30, 4.45, and 5.05 pm among others, with unclear labels and stray characters.
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Nashua
Pi Lowell
Lawrence
Stoneham and Way
Lexington and Way
Woburn and Way
Wischeree
Rtonville
Newton
Faneuil
Lua
Wes
Dou
Trighton
Austen
Llib
Cottage Karm
Streakline
Cypress Street
Ravle
Cod
Newton Centre
Newton Bughianda
Riverside
Boston
Wellesley Bkilns
Worcester
Newton Sleighlands
Lipston
Rm. A. S. Lianson
H. T. Gallup
Pata
Ayer Junction
Melmeont and
Waverley
Miller's Falls
Cambridge
Sun
Concord
Kitchburg
Gardner and Muller
Sa Falls
Greenfield
Shee Broosick Falls
Johnsonvillee
Lincoln
Riamboro
Biudsen
Maynard—s
N. EM
North Adama
Williamstown
North Leominster
Saratoga
Shelburne
Et Bene Union Square
Somerville
WV Albhwm
IL Am
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Aim
Thee
Ms Han
Nindzys
Siewys
Pe Smtats
Brecktom
Fede
Schaiset
Raetchmier
Avington
Vis
West Seine
Weymouth
Kersek
Mattzgau
Milton
Stew Wedford
Sandays
North Euston
Duxbury
Bandays
Ehuimey
Bechland and Maunerer
Dllls
Seite Usters
Ilzo
Soath Hraintree
Eit
Sesth Waxhery
Sandys
Eke Ten Central
LG A
Deas Wevaoh
Biteman Cook Serstiy
WY Eclinstem Sieigenta
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Cockesett
Santa Easter
Cape Cod
Kneeland Street
Buzzards Say
Baen
Bourne
Courdaie
Ebrewster
Ocrutemud
Chin~ Ham
Cottage City
Park Sq
Hew
Bedford
Airkhavem
Eiyeounis
Hdmervricida
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Matinpoisett
Sarina
Wantmecker
Woods Hall
Pedham
Aanyr Anam
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Central
Slighland
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Camion Junction
Moxbors
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Thebronville
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Im Sanaays
Marsfold
Flo and
Clarendon Halls
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Rexbury
Rumford
India
Peimt
Sharon
Sancays
Sharon Heights
Stoughton Central
Cantey
South Walpote
Wrentham
Alaut ET and Stenehaven
Timndays
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Mansfield
lTallanton
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Norton
Newport
Fallver
New London
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Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
Heyman Bros
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Carroll
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Meyer
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Jones
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Thairlwall
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Loverttng & Co
Iron Bacon & Co
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Haring Bros & Co
Emerton & Co
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Zanzibar
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Worcester, Nashua & Roches
W. Hammond
Faneuil Halt National Bank OF Boston
Faneuil Hall National Bank of Boston
South Market Street
G. Hiler
TENME
Corporation of the Convalescent Home of the Children’s Hospital
Huntington Avenue
Lla. m. A. M
Tremont National Bank OF Boston
Congress Street
A. T. Frothinghuam
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Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R. Mn
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Hoa
R. M. Kiro & Monadnock Ae Jutland I
M. Press
Wagner Palace
J. Albana
Trac
Alonotrenl
Litu
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Bu A. BE
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New Jersey
Philadelphia & Meading KR. R
Depot Central R. R
Liberty St
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Reading B.t
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J.N. Magna
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