Markets Trade of a Holiday Character
Wheat holds steady amid moderate speculation as corn and oats stay quiet. Millfeed firm, provisions quiet, country produce unchanged. Poultry dull and weak, sugar steady, and cotton prices remain the same.
View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.
Start Free Trial
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!
Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles
Articles on This Page
This newspaper page contains 21 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Dec 25, 1890
Page
7
City Horse Market Shows Mixed Demand and Subdued Prices
The fall horse market shows more offers than demand with generally low values. Major sales at Isburgh & Co and Bowler’s stable saw prices from 25.50 to 625, while several houses reported good activity for drivers, carriages, and draft horses between 90 and 550. Overall, traders expect a brighter next spring as values gradually strengthen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isburgh & Co
E Bowler
New York State
Walker’s
Moses Colman & Son
E Ham & Co
L H Brockway
Welch & Hall
Russell & Drew
Maine
International Horse Exchange
Edgar Snow & Co
Chicago Grain Market Mixed With Light Speculation
Speculation in breadstuffs was light with Chicago trading quiet near opening levels. July gains over May were modest, rains in Kansas pressured corn, and shorts bought corn. Oats active with small swings while wheat futures recovered slightly. cash wheat in Milwaukee and Duluth showed varied closes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Kansas
Messrs Gilman, Cheney &1Co
Farnum, Reardon & Co
Vbbys
Sraitie
Gaeta Cic
New York
Milwaukee
Duluth
Minneapolis
St Louis
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Canada
Provisions Market Summary From Chicago Trade Notes
The Chicago market opened firm then sold off, closing steady at day’s top prices. Beef and pork products show quiet trade with steady quotes for lard, hams, sausages, and bacon. Receipts compare with last year. pork, beef, and tallow markets reflect stable demand, with prices for ribs, tongues, and various cuts listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Yoork
Choice
New York
Market Summary of Hog Cattle Prices Across Cities
Yorkers quoted higher at 3.15 to 3.30, mixed packers 3.3 to 3.45, butchers 3.40 to 3.60. Peoria hog market quiet 29 to 30. Receipts 1,200. shipments 1,000. Cincinnati hogs firm, 3.36. Kansas City cattle and hogs: steers 350 to 450, cows 2285, butchers stock 140 to 275, stockers 210 to 315, range 270. Hogs 63.60, 3.15 to 3.15 for Yorkers, pigs 210 to 285. Chicago cattle receipts 8,000, higher. hogs 22,000, 3.40 to 3.60. Sheep 4,000, higher, natives 8.75 to 9.25, Westerns 3.65 to 4.35, Texans 3.25 to 4.25, lambs 4.50 to 5.76.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Peoria
Cincinnati
Kansas City
Chicago
Butter and dairy products trade report from market day
The market notes steady demand for Western and Eastern creamery butter with various grade prices. Creameries in limited supply push certain lots, while imitations stay quiet. Cheese and eggs show steady to quiet activity with mixed regional pricing. poultry demand remains moderate and prices hold across turkeys chickens and ducks.
Market report on saddles seeds and assorted produce prices
A late 19th century market summary lists saddle prices at 12 cents and ducks at 60 to 70 cents per pair. It shows diverse seed and hay quotes including clover at 8 to 84 cents, lucerne at 17 to 20 cents, timothy and blue grass ranges, and substantial western and eastern seed prices. Receipts and year over year comparisons are noted for hay, straw, potatoes, and root crops with general demand described as steady to quiet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North
Alsike
Lucerne
Red Top
West
Jersey
Rhode Island
Bent
Orchard
Timothy
Western
Northern
Seeeeree
Jast
Houston
Hebrons
Bush
Aroostooks
Houlton Rose
Aroostook
New Hampshire
Vermont
Prince Edward Island
Dakota
New York
Dbis
Market Prices For Fresh Produce Steady Across Items
Fair sales are reported at steady prices with onions listed at 425 to 475 per barrel for Valencia and 350 to 400 per barrel for Ohio onions. Other items include carrots at 75 cents per bush, beets 60 to 70 cents per bush, lettuce 50 to 60 cents per head, turnips and yellows at 110 per barrel, cabbage at 1 dollar per barrel, cucumbers 10 to 16 cents each, cauliflower 150 to 200 per dot, and Florida string beans at 250 per date.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Ohio
St.Andrews
White Cave
Hubbard
Florida
Florida Fruits Receipts and Market Prices
Receipts of oranges and other fruits are reported with steady demand and varying prices. Oranges show strong sales across sizes with box prices from 2.50 to 4.50 and bbl sales for grave fruit. Mediterranean fruits, apples, cranberries, bananas, grapes, pineapples and pears are noted with current market levels and limited stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bright
Palermo
Messina
Valencia
Esse Sence
King
Russell
Greening
Ben Davis
Massachusetts
Baldwins
Maine
New Hampshire
Hubbardstons
Common
Sweets
Tallman
Black Oxfords
Gilliflowers
Northern Spies
Cape Cod
Jamaica
Bowden
Almeria
Concords
Vergennes
Niagaras
Salems
Steamer Cargoes Arrive and Depart from Mediterranean Ports
The steamer Tyndale carries 2400 Messina oranges 4700 Messina lemons 6200 Palermo oranges 7600 Palermo lemons 427 Catania oranges and 3014 Catania lemons via Gibraltar for Boston. Peconic sails from Palermo with 10750 oranges 14000 lemons for Boston. Edwin carries 2900 Messina SFannes and 1300 Messina lemons to Boston. Savannah boat has 4400 oranges. Norfolk boat Friday reports 40 bbls truck 500 bags peanuts and 100 boxes oranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyndale
Messina
Palermo
Catania
Gibraltar
Norfolk
Fruit and nut market update with varied commodity prices
The market shows steady demand across figs citron dates and nuts. Prices quoted include figs 6 15c per box, citron 14 20c per tb, dates 5 to 10c per tb, and assorted nuts with Roasted peanuts 40 60c per bush unit and walnuts, almonds, and cashews priced by type and region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Naples
Grenobles
Sicily
Alberines
Jordans
Alicantes
Valencias
California
London
Malaga
Sugar Market Stable with Varied Prices Quoted
The market shows steady sugar prices with several forms listed. Cut loaf at 7 cc, crushed at 7 sc, cubes at 642¢ per unit, reflecting a mixed pricing landscape amid steady demand.
Sugar Prices and Market Notes From New York and London
The report lists refined sugar quotes and raw sugar demand with prices for various grades including powdered, granulated, and confectioners' standard. It notes steady or unchanged tones in New York and London, quiet molasses demand, and Havana Matanzas sales at 275 gold per quintal, with regional price ranges for Porto Rico, Barbados, Cienfuegos, and New Orleans sugars and centrifugals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manilas
New York
London
Havana
Matanzas
Porto Rico
Barbados
Cienfuegos
New Orleans
Cloth Market Sags in Quiet Fall River Trade
Fall River reports a calm cloth market on December 24 with steady activity and few transactions. Prices listed include 3c for 64x648 and 2%sc for 60x56s as buyers hold back and sellers wait for clearer demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
New York Market Shows Quiet, Upland Cotton Prices Steady
The New York market is quiet with middling uplands at 93-16c. Sales total 143 bales, stock 80,719. Future sales 42,600 bales. Futures opened and closed steady. Liverpool demand steady at easier rates. 10,000 bales sold today, 39,800 American. Receipts 40,000 with 39,800 American. Futures quotes show mixed movements across months. Other ports display varied activity from quiet to easy. Consolidated five day receipts 161,959. exports to Great Britain 77,683. to France 29,214. to the Continent 18,554. stock at all U.S. ports 831,133.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aia Talhsie Sistas
New York
California
Gistaless Wisikeiajaldel
Siutole Eek
Kentucky
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
Great Britain
France
Continent
United States
Pipe Line Certificates Closing at Dev Bos Dec 24 1889
F W Prescott & Co of 54 Devonshire Street notes closing at 3 pm on December 24 1889 for pipe line certificates with reference to Dev Bos and related dates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott & Co
Devonshire Street
Wecvsserscererneee
Tremont National Bank OF Boston
Tremondt National Bank of Boston
Congress Street
Frothinghaym
Turpentine and Petroleum Market Quotes
Turpentine closed at 39 cents while resins traded around 145 to 150 dollars and war bonds at 260. Petroleum finished at 7 cents with KSW at 7.35 cents and cases at 9.35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turpentine and Petroleum
New York
Prices of Market Beef and Store Cattle at Watertown
Prices listed for cattle at Watertown include market beef with values from 4 to 7 dollars per hundred for various grades and store cattle figures for working oxen cows and calves. Also shown are weekly cattle arrivals by yard location and mixed figures for sheep veals and hogs with several price ranges.
Cattle Market Steady as Eastern Prices Lift Week
Prices hold firm with slight rise in eastern markets last Thursday in Chicago. At Brighton Yards sales were light and cattle largely from Watertown and State stock. Buyers scarce, sheep sent to slaughter, and oxen and milkers sold modestly with cows around 25 to 45 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Tinker
Agt
Wyman Ee
Brighton
Boston & Albany
Watertown
Geo H Hammond & Co
York State
N Smith & Son
P T Litchfield
J D Hosmer
JS Henry
P W Thompson
Remick & Cheney
IC Libby & Son
Imports and Exports December 24 1890 London Listing
Detailed cargo manifest from London and overseas ports listing steamer cargoes for Washburn Mfg Co Le van de Co Brown Bros Co and others. Includes iron nails paper stock wool jute goods cement oil wine seeds and various crates of commodities delivered by merchants and companies across multiple ships and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
British Empire
Washburn Mfg Co
Levande & Co
Milne
Brown Bros & Co
Bro3 & Co
Oilman’s
Peabody & Co
Hayes & Co
Port Antonio
Bowden
Boston Fruit Company
Turk
Island
Bearse
Exports: Various goods ship from multiple ports
Export list dated December 24 1890 from Liverpool and other ports shows shipments aboard steamer Pavonia and vessels Annie G Blanch M Thorburn Fanny Young De Ruyter and others. Items include flour beef pork butter lard bacon cheese leather machinery crates books and groceries. Notes cover destinations such as TUSKET Nova Scotia Lunenburg Lockport and Georgetown with quantities in barrels sacks boxes and tons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
Pavonia
Annie G
Lunenburg
Secu
Elmina
Georgetown
Port Mulgrave
Fanny Young
Antwerp Bel
New York
de Ruyter
Halifan NS
Sih Mvggie Smith
Also Mentioned on This Page
City Horse Market
S.cereeeerereereee
Nova Scotias
New Brunswicks
Southern
Ice House
Green Fruit Trade
Lon
Brighton and
Boston Post
George J. Fox
Quincy Market
Stockholm City
Goldsmith
Grimm
Morris
Ottoman
A Hathaway
J Rollinger
Virginian
M Goldsmth
Swift & Co
China
Bk D
Dobie
FS Kimball
Viper & Pond
Sige
W G Townsend
HJ Miller
See
W R Brown
Trafton & Philbrook
E Gam
Norway
SU Wardwell
KE Hanson
Allen & Seymour
J C Libby
H Wardwell
W Heffron
E Hanson
W Melloy
Ceaters
Mark Lane
Paris
van Houten
Johnson
J Express
Johnson & CO
Boston
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Lee
E. Cram
Lowell
James T. Furber
THE
Faneuil Hall National Bank OF Boston
South Market Street
National Bank OF Commerce OF Boston
Sears Building
G. W. Harris
State Nations
Bank OF Boston
State Street
B. Warren
Recorder Printing CO
L.neoin St
N. Kk. Medical Institute
Tremont Row
Massachutesetts
Haughwout Howe
State of New York
Winthrop Parker
Dedham
of Norfolk
George White
Esquire
Jonathan Cobb
Register
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
Middlesex
Lydia Maria Child
Wayland
George A. Dary
Cambridge
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Suffolk
Lebbeus Syetson
Eleazer F. Pratt
Joan W. McKim
Elijah George
Commonwealth OF
Ellen M. Rice
John W. McKim, Esquire
Massachussetts
Sarah T. A. McDonough
Michael Killiler
John P. Reynolds
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Thomas J. Johnson
Margaret A. Johnson
John W. McKim
Ommonwealth
Probate Court
Nellie V. Quinby
Lucian E. Quinby
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Samuel W. Rollins
Meredith
Lucy H. Valentine
Newton
Highland Street
George M. Brooks. Esqaire
S. . Folsom, Asst. Register
Commonwealth OF Mags Achl
Lydia D. Parker
William I. Bowditch
Juliette F. Wardwell
Massachusesetts
James P. McLoughlin
Lizzie G. McLoughlin
Otlce
Richard IF. Tobin
A. Tobin
Weece
Marry Ann Cosgraves
Mary Ann Cosgreaves
Mary Ann C. Graves
Mike
James Powers
Anna Smith Jarves
Robert F. Clark
Boylston Street
Ellian George
Commonwealth OF Massache
Amanda M. Wake
Alice S. Ware
Louis D. Brandeis
S. H. Folsom
Asst. Register
Louisa Bronson
Newell
Natick
Frederic Bronson
Francis W. Hunnewell
Commonwealth OF Aiassachussetts
Magdalen Gori
John D. Fallon
Commonwealth OF Massach O
John C. Sharp
Arthur R. Sharp
Taunton
Bristol
Linan
Georgiannas
Craig
Maryland
Thomas Dean
Noesco
Michael Ridge
Kilsala
Galway
Ireland
John Ridge
Adinr
OTICE
Hannah Norton
Patrick Flaherty
Aurelius L. Austin
Herbert A. Austin
Admr
Otlc BH
Addison Boyden
Rebecca C. Boyden
Henry T. Codman
Rochester
Jonathan A. Lane
Insurance
NEW England Mutual Life Insurance Co
Post Office Square
Benj. F. Stevens
Jos. M. Gibbens
Ss. F. Trull
Wwe
Turner
State St
American Loan & Trust Company
Congress St
Search the Boston Post Today with a Free Trial
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.
Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Boston Post?
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!
Browse Newspapers
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
By Location
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
By Date
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
By Publication
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.