Grain and flour markets mixed across multiple towns
Receipts and exports noted in New York Chicago and Milwaukee with firming and dull tones. Wheat prices vary by grade with No 2 hard red around 101 to 103 cents elevator and on track, corn steady to dull with No 2 yellow around 46 to 47 cents, oats weak, rye and barley mixed, and millfeed and malt offerings unchanged amid moderate demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
New York
City Mills
City
Minnesota
Southern
Chicago
St Louis
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Northern
Duluth
Toledo
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Detroit
Peoria
Sec
State
Graham
Bush
Choice
Butter and eggs steady in mixed wholesale markets
Butter quotes across regions show Western creamery 30 32c and 27 29c for extra firsts, with various grades and Vermont prices. Cheese remains firm with unchanged quotes. eggs steady with scarce choice stock and several regional price ranges. Beans and grass seeds show slow trade and quiet markets with specific per bushel and per hundred weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Chicago
New York
Western Creamery
Eastern
North Choice
West
Etree
New Hampshire
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Michigan
Canada
York State
York Tate
Timothy
North
Potatoes And Poultry Prices In The East And West
Market notes show steady demand for potatoes with varied regional prices across Houlton Hebrons Aroostook Vermont and New York Burbanks Nova Scotia and New Brunswick. Sweet potatoes Virginia yellows Jersey head prices. hay and straw trade quiet with wide ranges. Game poultry and fowl prices listed for Northern Eastern Western markets with dozens and per dozen quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
West
Red Top
Jersey
Houlton Hebrons
Houlton Rose
Aroostook
Hebrons
Vermont
Burbanks
Bush
New York
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Chenangoes
Prince Edward Island
Virginia
Kentucky
Market Trading Quiet Amidst Mixed Produce Quotes
The report shows a quiet truck trade with steady quotes on multiple vegetables and produce. Prices listed include Marrow squash at 25 per ton, Hubbard squash at 35, Savoy cabbage 75 per crate, onions at 12.04 per barrel, and lettuce at 50 per dozen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbard
Fruit Steamer Arrivals For Boston Fruit Company
The steamer Hondo arrives January 38 amid Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company. The Lorenzo D Baker and St Andrews Bay are due from Messina with 4000 Messina oranges 3500 Messina lemons 8700 Palermo oranges and 6700 Palermo lemons for Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica Fruit
Boston Fruit Company
Swamer Lorenzo D Baker
St Andrews Bay
Messina
Boston
Fruit prices at auction note mixed market Florida oranges lead
Harris & Co sold Florida oranges at 1 5 15 per box and large Valencias at 4 4 121 per case. Grapes and pears show dull trade with quotes for Catawbas 3 to 5 cents and Concords 8 to 4 cents. Oranges and lemons track liberal receipts with Messina and Palermo fruit firm or higher, while cranberries and nuts hold steady at old prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harris & Co
Florida
Baldwins
Tallman Sweets
Almeria
Messina
Palermo
Jamaica
Virginia
Chicago Then and Now Pork Prices Standings and Averages
In Chicago the market reports show varied quotations for pork and related meats across regions. Pork cuts range from 17 50 to 18 50 per barrel, with fresh ribs and sausages at noted cents per pound and lard at several price points. Regional reports from New York and St Louis indicate mixed pork and lard demand, with prices broadly steady to weak and job lots dominating local sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
City
South America
St Louis
Cincinnati
Brighton
Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Trade Centers
Kansas City reports quiet cattle trade with receipts 3880 and values up to 335 and 465 for shippers and native cows. Hogs at 6663 receipts show weakness with heavies 495 to 510, mediums 490 to 502, pigs 425 to 490. Chicago cattle receipts 11,000, dull and lower. hogs 19,000 slower with light 520, heavy 505 to 550. Cincinnati and St Louis hogs easier, Peoria demand steady to lower. Sheep steady in Kansas City with $245 to $5? trade. Overall tone remains soft across markets with varied price levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Market Prices for Livestock and Feeders Listed
Readable figures show prices for Western feeders and Texans lambs, including $350 for 4 85, $415 for 4 55, $370 for ai, and $250 for 3 35, with $4 85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Cotton Market Mixed as New York and Liverpool Trade Dull
New York cotton prices show dull steady trading with middling uplands at 9 4 c and low mid dling 9 c. Sales total 314 bales. Liverpool spot holds steady with middling uplands 55d and low middlings 5% d. Futures close steady in New York and quiet in Liverpool. Comprehensive weekly market data list receipts, exports, and stock at ports across Augusta to Liverpool, detailing American and Continent trade, with a comparative weekly summary.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ess
Jae Bono
Liverpool
Eee
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
France
Memphis
Savannah
Great Britain
Continent
Charleston
Port Royal
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
A. Britain
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
Sugar Market Roundup Steady Prices Amid Global Notes
Raw sugars in Cuba and New York show firmness with refined supplies tight. Belcamp and Belmont grades quoted, centri fugal and polarization figures noted. Molasses steady with Ponce Porto Rico and Porto Rico blends priced. New Orleans demand remains active while foreign markets stay nominal. Weather supports plantation work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
Lloilos
Javas
New York
Havana
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
New Orleans
Miscellaneous Market Quotes and Prices
Tallow prices show steady demand at easy prices with a range across cities. Coffee and whiskey markets quote New York Rio and Chicago Cincinnati St Louis at varied levels. Turpentine rosin and petroleum in New York trade strings with multiple price points and related cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City
Rio
Chicago
Cincinnati
St Louis
Imports and Exports from Barrington to Valparaiso in 1888
Shipping ledger lists vessels from Barrington and Yarmouth NS and Liverpool Eng on December 28 1888 detailing cargoes: Ovando carries flour meal kerosene and sleds. Yarmouth steamer loads dates cornmeal rope wool and leather. Norseman Catalonia and Bostonian clearances show grains, meat, dairy, cotton, leather, machinery, oils, hardware, alcohols, and various finished goods totaling extensive transatlantic trade among Nova Scotia England Chile and the Atlantic ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrington
Liverpool
Northeast Harbor
Yarmouth
Eng
Norseman
Catalonia
Valparaiso
Charles R Lewis
Cises
Bostonian
Staple Receipts Listed for Boston and Albany Railroad
Receipts dated December 28, 1888 show cargo and quantities for the Boston and Albany Railroad. Items include 9 bales cotton, 68 bales wool, 1195 barrels flour, 11190 bushels corn, 4080 bushels oats, 750 bushels wheat, 2010 bushels small grain, 42 tons feed, 78 barrels pork, 2 barrels hams, 6 barrels tallow, 161 pries 10 boxes butter, 170 cases eggs, 187 barrels beans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston& Albany
Fragmentary 19th Century Railway Freight Totals
A dense list of freight totals from multiple railroads including Grand Junction Houston Providence Old Colony New York New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Houston Maine Ly Ixpress and Ly Sea. Entries show bales, bbls barrels sacks cases hens eggs leather wool and other commodities across numerous routes and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction
Houston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Houston & Maine Railroad
Lowell
Foreign Markets Wrap: London and Liverpool Wheat Prices Steady
London cargoes mixed with firmer pas sage activity. American and Danubian corn weaker. Liverpool breadstuffs show quiet demand, winter wheat at 8s, spring at 8s 1d, corn mixed Western lower. Prices and futures hold steady in Liverpool and Antwerp while Paris reports quiet wheat and flour markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane
Liverpool
California
England
Antwerp
Probate Notice in Hartung Estate in Boston
Gustav Hartung estate in Boston Suffolk County. Frederika Hartung administratrix seeks first account approval. Citation to appear January 14, 1889, 10am at Boston Probate Court. Publication required weekly for three weeks in Boston Post. Witness John W. McKim, judge. December 24, 1888. ELW AH GEORGE, Register.
Probate citation for Florence Swartz minor estate in Plymouth
The guardian Ella Swartz Clark presents the first account of administration for Florence Swartz of West Bridgewater. Court to be held in Plymouth on the second Monday of January at nine in the forenoon to show cause why the account should not be allowed. Public notice by weekly Boston Post ads for three weeks, final publication two days before court. Witness Judge S Th Akuis. December 22, 1888. Edward Bk. Hobary, Register.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massach Ususetts
Sue Folk
Gustav Hartung
Boston
Greeling
Frederika Hartung
Sait
Suffox
Boston Post
John W. McKim
Elwah George
Register
Ella Swartz Clark
Plymouth
Guardian
Akuis
Esquire
Edward Bk. Hobary
Mary J. Keiley
Cambridge
Boston Vest
Georgee M. Brooks
J. al, Tyler
Everett M. Pope
Quincy
Norfolk
Frank J. Pope
Suffolk
Jonn W. Mckino
Elijah George
Commonwealth OF Diassachuwww
SETIS
Middlesex
James Gallagher
Winchester
Jabiz A.sawyer
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
William I. Bowditch
Elizabeth M. Copeland
Elizabeth M. Conveland
Dedham
of Norfolk
George Waitt
Jonathan Cobb
Norm Monwhealth
Amiassachus Setis
Supf Folk
Maurice Scanlon
Bridget Scanlon
Joan W. McKim
Llivah George
Thomas F. Nutter
Wildwood Cemetery
Jon W. McWinn
Lijah Glorge
Jabez A. Sawyer
Massachut- Asetts
George Griggs
Brookline
George Whiter
Probate notices for Boston estate hearings in 1889
A series of probate citations and accountings announces hearings in Suffolk and Norfolk counties. Trustees William I Bowditch and Eliza Beth M Copeland present the eleventh account of an estate for Elizabeth M Conveland and others. Bridget Scanlon seeks to set off real estate to herself as widow. Lydia Hartung seeks license to sell real estate to pay debts. Edward P Phillis estate to sell lot in Wildwood cemetery in Winchester. Lewis Putnam will probate in Middlesex. George Griggs Brookline estate accounting and trustee actions. Hearings set for January and February in Boston Dedham Cambridge and surrounding courts with weekly publication in the Boston Post.
Boston and Maine Rail Schedules From Augusta to Halifax
The list shows a Boston and Maine timetable with trains from Augusta Haymarket Causeway Street and Haymarket stations. It includes routes to Manvor Bar Harbor St John Halifax and Portland connections to Rockland Castine Southwest Bar Harbor, Me, with multiple daily departures and a Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln Railway link to Haymarket Square.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Haymarket St
Causeway St
Manvor
Bar Harbor
St. John
Hallefax
Provinces
Haymarket Sq
Iassporé
Calais
N. B
Halifax
Portland
Causeway Street
Haymarket Square
Rockland
Castine
Southwest
Bar Harbors Steaper
Mewiston
Manchester
Concord
N. H
North
North Conway Haymarket Sq
Causeway
Portland—Haymarket Sq
Maine Central
Grand Trank
Knex & Lincoln Railwaya
Western Division Train Schedules From Boston Station
Trains depart Boston for Alton Bay Rochesver and Farmington with listed times and daily and Sunday schedules. Numerous stations including Andover Exeter Haverhill Malden Medford Reading North Wilmington and others show multiple morning and afternoon departures with varied intervals.
Boston to Amesbury and coastal lines schedule card
Boston to Amesbury schedule lists numerous trains with times from Causeway Street and Beverly to towns such as Rockport Gloucester and Newburyport. Sunday trains include Lynn Way Stations and Portland Bangor Halifax routes with multiple daily departures and special notes for branches and workingmen’s trains.
Boston and Providence Area Train Schedule Fragment
A dense timetable lists trains on multiple divisions from Park Square to New York and New England points. It shows numerous destinations including Nashua Lawrence and Providence, with varied weekday and Sunday departures throughout the day and night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New England
Complex Rail Schedule Fragments Across Central Division
A dense list of historical train times and routes appears, noting departures from Kneeland Street Station and connections to New York via Pall River Line, plus numerous hourly listings for cities such as Boston areas, Marshfield, Fall River, Plymouth, and Weymouth. The OCR shows irregular numbers, station names, and service notes, reflecting a chaotic timetable segment typical of era rail posters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Josygon Station
Causeway Street
Foy Ram
Boston
T Jton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Everedith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Maverhill
Yoonsville
North Woodstock
Penitgewassett Valley
Lisbon
Littleton
Whitefield
Lancaster
Fabyan’s and Jefferson
Franklin
Lebaron
White River Junction
St. Adphbusbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Wassummsie
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Mourtington
St. Albans
Montreal
Rik
Nilontreal
Fall River Line
Shore Line
Stonington Line
No. 3
Old State Ouse
Coastal Town Bus Timetable Opens July Exercise
A historic bus schedule lists multiple routes with departure times across towns including Barnstable Bourne Brewster Cataumet Chist ham Cottage City New Wedford Bruairhaven Kalmounth Hivannis Monument Beach Mattapomet Nantucket Provincetown Sand wich Seamore So Yarmouth Tremont Wellfleet Wet Barnatable Woods Hall Ware ne Yarmouth with departures around 8.15 am and 4.15 pm and several variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneeland Street
Buzzards May
Barnstabee
Bourne
Alc
Brewster
Cataumet
Chist+ ham
Cottage City
Park Sq
New Wedford
Bruairhaven
Kalmounth
Hivannis
Thatched
Monument Beach
Mattapomett
Mavion
Nantucket
Aim
Woods Hall
Provincetown
Sandwich
Seamore
Yarmouth
Tremont
Wellfleet
Warene
Pasam
Concord KR RR and MRanches Train Schedule
On and after Oct 8, 1888 trains run from Boston G and L depot to Manchester Concord NH and upper railroads at 7 50 8 30 9 00 12 00 1 00 3 00 5 00 6 30 7 00 pm including Ex. and Sundays. Returning from Concord to Boston at 5 30 7 30 Ex 7 40 10 20 am 2 45 3 35 5 15 Ex 6 38 pm Sundays 5 55 Ex 7 20 am. H E Chamberlins Supe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dover
Haverhill
Lawrence
Manchester
Sowell
Sam
Medford
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Meading and Way
Amesbury
Beverly
Kiddeford
Tom Chelsea
Everett
Great Falls
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Alicddleton
Portsmouth
Lam
Tom. Revere
Rockport and
Gloucester
Salem
York Harbor & Be
Saugus
Sevit
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lynn and Way
Newburyport
Banco
St. John
Malifax
Montreal
Fabyan
S. Eocal
Boston
Concord
N. H
Meene
Peterboro
Killsboro
Bhillevore
Grcuess
Walton
Miltora
Amherst
Gireec
Nashua
Lowel
Gs Tae
No. Billerica
Ilam
Evilmington
M. Wwinchester
Wintec
Adita
Billerica
Arlington
Park Square
New Werk
Stonington
Attle Bore
Beslinsdale
Central
Lighland
West Hoxbury
Spring Street
Canton -Juneton
Dedham
Dodgeville
Elbom
Ernst
Foxboro
Forest
Sonom
Mazelwood
Fenth
Beao
Ekebrouville
Slyde Park
Jamaica
Mit
Mope and
Clarendon Mills
North Attleboro
Providence
Meadville
Ee Remie
Roxbury
Us el Dy Lvad
Luo
Plato
Goers
Bamford
India
Pont
Sharon
Sharon Meighisa
Sune
Stoughton Central
Canton
South
Wrentham
Cou
Wey
Alnut Bill
Stonehaven
Warren
Bristol
West Mansfield
dTaunten
New Medford
Norton
dPall River
Newport
Fallver
New London
Newpere
Wickford
Northern Division
Boston & Albany
Kneeland Street
Framingham and
Barbore
Fayville
Southborn
Bolton
Merthhove
Clinton
Leomvnste
Fitchburg
F Pratt
Ager
Moston
Old Colony
Causeway Street
Yortland Street
Northampton
Madiey
Belchertown
Bontsville
Ware
Giulbercrville
Barre
Rnatland
Oakdale
West Boylston
Worcester
Linton
Bertin
Madson
Sudbury
Rockbottom
Wawlanka
Weaton
Waltham
Waverley
Belmont
Central Division
New York
Pall River
Sandaya m. Ashment
Beutetves
Briegen
Brookton
Rison
Sea View
Sund
Marshfield
Mattapan
Milton
Aidle
Ea Ae Easton
Stoughton
Abington
Duxbury
Rockland and Manever
Uaten
Shawmue
South Braintree
South Duxbury
Ton
Central Station
Whitman
Sc Weymouth
Wollaston Heights
Bridgewater
Cochesett
Concord KR. RR
Mranches
N.H
H. E. Chamberlls
Supe
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J E Carter & Co
Washington Street
Dee
Hs Fk
Massachussetts
Progate Court
Florence Swartz
West Bridgewater
Massaciey
William C. Keile
Holliston
Said
Massachusetts
Mark Pope
Said County
Commonwealth OF
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Massachu
Sur Folk
Gusav Hartung
Massachou
Amassache
Setts
Probatie Court
Lewis Putnam
Railroads
Hartford
Willimantic
Summer Street
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex
Haggage
Old State House
Old Poet
J. R. Kendrick
GkLu
L. Connor
Gen ‘ Pase
L. H. Palmer
Puarlman
Wosion
L Well
Fitchburg & A. m
Wagner
Vickers
Poman
Central Vermont
KR. R
Weston
J. W. Howart
S. W. Cummings
Park Square Station
Washington, Cor
State Street
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
Herriggs
Phigla
Boundrock Houte
Philadelphia & Reading R. R
Yth and
Greenesta
J.N. Magna
Washington St
Maine
Bec
Boston Station
Baymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochesver
Farmington
Andover
Pam
Carvers
Exeter
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Tis
Malden
Belrone
Merrimac
North Aminover
Reading
Mom. Satem
Aukeneld
North Wilmington
Bramp
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South Reading
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Tannton
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