Large Dublin and New York firms suspend business
Across cities from Dublin to Philadelphia and New York, multiple firms announce suspensions or assignments for the benefit of creditors. J A Howard & Co of Temple Place assigns due to dull trade. F E Du Bedat & Sons faces heavy liabilities. Gerlach & Harjes suspend with estimated debts. A O Norton & Son in New Haven assign. Frank R Walker of New York assigns amid losses from Bridgeport mill issues and bad collections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. A. Howard & Co
Temple Place
L. M. Merrill
Gilbert N Harris
Dubuin
F. E. du’ Bedat
Dublin Mail
Dublin Stock Exchange
Copland
Philadelphia
Penn
Gerlach
William Gerlach
New York Stock Exchange
Niuw Haven
Conn
A. O. Norton & Son
William Neely
New York
Frank R. Walker
No. 28
Bond Street
John E. McGowan
Montgomery
N. Y
Bridgeport
Sleighing Outfit Pros at Sudbury Street
Ford, F. French & Co. at 14-24 Sudbury Street offer a wide range of sleighs and carriages with the newest nailern models and other runners. They advertise the lowest prices and are well known for supplying sleighs admired on the road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ford, F. French & Co
Sudbury Street
Markets Open With Mixed Prices and Cautious Trade
Market reports show higher grain prices and firmer cotton futures while provisions stay quiet. Dry goods trade remains moderate with retailers busy in Christmas demand and jobbers削 reducing stocks ahead of year end. a cautious start to January hints at potential improvement as money conditions ease and confidence rises.
Wheat Market Turns Up in Chicago on Strong Buying
The Chicago wheat market opened weak then rose to 97 1/2 cents for May as large operators bought and 100,000 bushels of wheat and 77,000 barrels of flour moved. Prices closed firmer at 7 1/2 cents above the prior. Cables show Liverpool stocks falling and continental demand steady. Corn and oats gained on active demand, with reports of heavy receipts and a shrinking visible supply. New York, St Louis, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, and Duluth markets mirrored the gains with steady cash and futures, while local flour demand remained modest but expected to pick up next month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Liverpool
Shorts
Messrs. Gilman, Cheney & Co
Messrs. Farnum, Reardon & Co
New York
5Ic
St Louis
DUI Lordiay
Minneapolis
Wheaton Track
Milwaukee
Duiuth
Grain Market and Prices in Minnesota and Wisconsin Malls
The market shows firmer prices for cornmeal with bag sales at 1.20 to 1.22 per bag and barrel at 2.65 to 2.70. Oats and oatmeal are quiet, with mixed bids and millfeed steady. multiple grain receipts and stock tallies across elevators, including corn, oats, wheat, barley, and peas, are reported for late December 1890.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Canada
Ny&nerr
Bush
Boston & Alb RR
Hoosac
Chicago
Market Report Details Prices Across Grains Poultry and Potatoes
The report lists prices for fruits vegetables and meats including New York hand picked apples peas beans and liver prices for poultry such as turkeys chickens and geese, with quotes for ducks, quail, pigeons, rabbits, venison and mallard ducks. It covers grass seeds hay straw potatoes and sweet potatoes with regional variations and steady or dull trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Vermont
California
Lsc
North
Alsike
Lucerne
Red Top
West
Lack
Jersey
Rhode Island
Bent
Houlton
Hebrons
Aroostook
New Hampshire
Prince Edward Island
Dakota
Virginias
Chicago provisions market opens dull and closes strong
Chicago market for provisions shows a dull open and a strong close with mixed price movements across pork, lard, ribs, and beef. Receipts yesterday include 112 bbls pork and 669 tierces, while pork and pork products stay quiet and steady with quoted cuts from long to short at specified prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Coerce Sigiels Piacea A Wiecoie
Jean
Eresh
Brighton
New York
Regional Hogs and Cattle Prices and Receipts Reported
Cincinnati hog market quotes firm at 83 376 with 5554 receipts on Saturday and pork at 1025. Peoria hogs steady with 400 shipments. St Louis hogs steady with Yorkers 330 to 340, mixed packers 320 to 360, butchers 360 to 370. Kansas City cattle and hogs mostly steady with various quotes for steers cows stockers and feeders. Chicago cattle and hog markets show large receipts with lower cattle and steady to higher hogs and strong sheep demand, Westerns and natives priced with lambs and yearlings noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Peoria
St Louis
Chicago
Zoou
Butter and cheese market summary from a historical receipts page
Butter prices steady across Western creamery and New York markets with Western creameries at 27 29c and 25 26c for different lots. Cheese remains firm with Western extras at 9 10c and Northerns at 10 10½c. New York and Chicago quotes show steady levels amid quiet trade.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Choice Northern Creameries
New York
Chicago
Choice
Liverpool
New Hampshire
Vermont
Choice Michigan
Market Report on Fresh Produce Prices and Availability
Demand remains steady with no price changes. Onions range from 3.75 to 4.76 per bbl, Valencia 19 per crate, carrots 0.75 per bush, lettuce 0.50 to 0.60, turnips and squash around 1.10 to 1.50 per bbl, Hubbard and Western Hubbard greens listed, celery 3.5 per box, cucumbers 0.10 to 0.15 each, beans 2.50 per crate, pumpkins 0.75 per bbl, cauliflower 1.50 to 2.00, and leaks 0.75 with Florida string beans at 2.50 per crate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valencia
Ohio
St Andrews
White Cape
Hubbard
Florida
Florida and Mediterranean fruit prices hold steady in steady market
The Green Fruit Trade lists no material price changes with Bright oranges at 2.50 per box and 3.50 for 150 count. Russets 2.50. mandarins 2.75. Navel oranges 4.50. Mediterranean items show Palermo and Messina fruit prices steady. apples receipts up from last year with varied well-known varieties priced from 1.50 to 5.50. cranberries dull at 9 to 12 per bbl. grapes and pineapples offered with small-basket prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Palermo
Messina
Valencia
King
Russell
Greenings
Ben Davis
Massachusetts
Baldwins
Maine
New Hampshire
Hubbardstons
Common
Sweets
Tallman Sweets
Black Oxfords
Gillinowers
Northern Spies
Cape Cod
Almeria
Vergennes
Niagaras
Salems
Dianas
Catawbas
Havana
Fruit Sale Prices From Harris & Co
Messrs H Harris and Co sold fruit with Florida oranges at 1 75 3 75 per box tan gerines at 4 50 per box mandarin and mandarins per half box 3 624 box and 1 374 half box navels at 3 per box grape fruit at 1 1242 3 00 per box Valencia oranges regulars at 3 75 4 00 per case Jamaica oranges at 1 35 1 50 per box and Alm eria grapes at 75c 5 50 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs H Harris & Co
Florida
Valencia
Jamaica
Almeria
Steamer Shipments Reach Boston with Oranges Lemons and Bananas
The steamer Peconic passed Gibraltar on December 22 carrying 10,750 boxes of oranges and 14,000 boxes of lemons bound for Boston. The steamer Edwin brings 2,900 boxes Messina oranges and 1,300 boxes Messina lemons for Boston. The steamer Ethelred is due next Wednesday from Port Antonio with bananas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gibraltar
Boston
Edwin
Ethelred
Port Antonio
Mixed Cotton Market: New York Opens Steady, Liverpool Firm
Market totals show 198 bales sold and 80,400 bales in stock. New York futures opened steady to advance and closed firm amid 107,000 bales sold. Futures and spot prices cited for Dec, Jan, Feb, Mar, Apr, and July-August contracts. Liverpool spot demand firm at 54% middling, 9100 bales American sold. US port stocks at 863,595 with 101,336 receipts over three days and major exports to Britain France and the Continent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cere
Beseis Bees
Liverpool
Dbcs Bel von Coie
Oss Bane
Ceelbet Cree Ciee
S.e
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
Great Britain
France
Continent
United States
Sugar and Molasses Prices and Quotations Report
Sugar demand moderate with refined prices 1 16 to 7 16 cents below. List includes cut loaf to confectioners grades from 4 13 to 6 16 cents. Raw sugar steady with refining bids 4 9 16 to 5 4 cents. Molasses demand moderate with Porto Rico to New Orleans quotes 27 to 42 cents and centr evaluations 18 to 28 cents. Wholesale grocers’ price for Tuesday Dec 80 listed at 644 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Porto Rico
Barbados
Cienfuegos
New Orleans
PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES AND SHIPMENTS DATA
F W Prescott and Company issues closing and opening times for pipeline certificates recorded on December 29. Notes include liquor and crude runs with shipments totals for Bass and refined oil, plus averages and price per gallon. Cottonseed oil certificates and gums appear in the unaligned column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dee
Westick
Pears Ewe
Fsais Davies Iss
Sansmet
Veces
Whiskey prices hold steady in three key markets
The Chicago, St Louis and Cincinnati whiskey markets stay at $1 14 per gallon while Peoria quotes $1 15 and spirits at $1 17, reflecting steady pricing across major exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Peoria
Turpentine and Petroleum Prices in New York Market
Turpentine sold at 3S8tec with resin at 145 percent and tar at 260. Petroleum Bipaid quoted at 7c with RSW at 7.35 cents and cases at 9.35 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Imports and Exports Dec 29 1890 Liverpool and Glasgow lists
Long list of cargoes and consignments shipped from Liverpool and Glasgow on steamers Cephalonia and Sammatian. Items include groceries, hardware, machinery, tin, glass, wines, textiles, furniture, books, musical instruments, medicines, and miscellaneous goods with numerous firms named such as Brown Bros Co, Educational Supply Co, Putnam Co, and W H Dutton. Many quantities given across cases, boxes, casks, and bales, reflecting a vast import export ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
Cephalonia
Jackyn
F Kent
Marinery
Abram French & Co
Jones, MacDuffee & Stratton
Houghton & Dutton
Curtis & Co
Brown Bros & Co
W B Clarke & Co
L Deforge & Co
Duestions
Davis, Pitts & Co
CF Hovey & Co
A Sawyer & Co
E Allen & Co
Cuimner, Jones & Co
Whilson, Larrabee & Co
S Harrington
Woollens
Stone & Downer
Wm Guild & Go
Ashton Valve Co
Long & Langworthy
Coleman, Mead & Co
Rowe & Son
Webster King Glue Co
Emery— Davis & Furber
Neal, Morse & Co
A Lee & Co
William Parr
Wright
A A Rowe & Son
J Brown Bros & Co
John Clarke
Farley & Sons
Fuller, Dana & Fitz
Holder
Holder & Lierrick 570 Do Do and 16 Cases Tin sheets—Wheeler, Blodgett & Co Tdo
Jas A Hayes & Co
Macallar, Parker & Co
H White & Co
Brown, Durrell & Co
Dame, Stoddard & Isendall
Boston Atheneum
Bedrossian
Pabondjian
American Board Com of — Foreign Missions
M & L Whitney
Norton, Fessenden & Soule
Davenport
Briggs & Co
B Clark
Bishop
truss—Macallar
Parker & Co
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Alden
Marti
C Morse
Merchants Despatch Transportation Co
Kyle
Fierce &Co
Shayer, McNeil & Hodgkins
Deblois & Ballut
Winthrop & Sargent
Mer Des Lrans Co
Gregory & Brown
Glasgow
Boston Dyewood & Chemical Co
Williams
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Ford
Wheeler, Blodgett & Co
Dried Fruit Trade Market Summary
The market for dried fruits and nuts shows stability with steady or unchanged quotes across figs citron dates and various nut types. Prices are listed for figs, Leghorn citron, Persian dates, peanuts walnuts pecans filberts almonds cashews and related dried fruit products with quality distinctions and box or bulk pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush
Virginia
Naples
Grenobles
Sicily
Princess
Alberines
Jordans
Alicantes
Valencias
California
London
Malaga
Print cloth market steadies with modest demand
Fall River reports a quiet print cloth market with only moderate demand for any goods. Prices recorded at 8c for 64x64s and 25c for 60x56s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Cotton Markets Shift on New York Spot Prices
The New York spot market for cotton opened easy at 93 to 166 cents per pound for middling uplands, signaling softer trading conditions as buyers reacted to current price levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Shipments and goods listed by names and ports in a long trade ledger
A detailed ledger of consignments from various firms to international ports including Liverpool, Mediterranean ports, Yarmouth, Madgascar, Palermo, Catania, Messina, and Palermo. Entries cover mdse, bales, boxes, cases, casks, bags, and quantities of cottons, wool, wine, marble, cheese, fruits, fish, hides, and sundry items with numerous firms such as J C Storey & co, Mackintyre Laurie & co, Torrey Bright & Capen, Har ing Bros & co, Stone & Downer, Brown ros & co, Hirzel Feltmann & co, and George C Rockwell among others. The list includes steamer movements Bavarian and Tynedale and mentions American Express and Smithsonian Institute references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
C Storey & Co
Liverpool
Eng
Sherburne & Co
Pierce & Co
George C Rockwell
Curtis & Co
Harvard College
Morey & Co
Stone & Downer
Snow & Co
Cannel
G Burnham & Co
Haring Bros & Co
Tolls Steel McBarrow & Co
John MM O’rourke
Lovering & Co
Bird & Co
King Glue Co
Thomas Leyland & Co
Moors & Co
Leigh & Co
Riley & Gray
E & F King Co
Horace Partridge & Co
Hodges & Co
Tynedale
Leghorn
Angello & Co
Sampes
Baring Bros & Co
Brown Ros & Co
Jackson
Palermo
Fruita S & J Brown & Co
Hirzel
Feltmann & Co
suinac J_B Moors & co
Catania
Hirzel, Feltmann & Co
Messina
Yarmouth
Boston
Moise J G Hall & Co
Hamilton Chase
Moise American Express Co
Madagascar
Lark Joseph A
George Ropes
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D. C
Exports Report from Cadiz and Liverpool in 1890s
In Cadiz Spain the bark Fantee ships 124100 pieces of oak staves. In Liverpool Nova Scotia the Sir Mary cargo lists 575 bbis flour 250 do mreal 37 tubs lard and a moulding machine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cadiz
Spain
Liverpool
Imports at Port of Boston for Week Ended Dec 26 1890
Imports at the Port of Boston for the week ended December 26 1890 include a variety of goods with totals reflecting the season. Key items include commodities from international shipments and domestic cargo moving through the harbor during late December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Value of Exports From Boston for the Week Ended Dec 26 1890
The weekly report shows Boston exports totaling significant shipments to various destinations. Commodities include manufactured goods and primary materials moving through the port, reflecting December trade activity and embracing shipments to international markets and neighboring ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Horatio Harris and Co Auctioneers Note Address
Horatio Harris and Co., auctioneers and commission merchants, located at 227 State Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
Snow & CO
Fulton &J
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston Marine Insurance CO
Thos. H. Lord
Fitchburg Railroad Company
Troy and Boston Railroad Company
Daniel A. Gleason
Little Frock & Fort Smlth Railway
Mercantile Trust Company
E. Atkins & Co
Broadstreet
A. H. Calef
Aspinwall Land Company
Water Street
WM. L. Candler
Cheshire Bar
Cheshire Railroad Company
Baston Dan
Bpuoualy BT Uue Wey Ae
NEW England Mortgage Security
J. P. R. Sherman
Treas
Androscoggin Mills
Bliss, Fabyan & Co
Summer Street
Geo. F. Fabyan
Hamilton Woollen CO
Post Office Square
Co. A. Coleman
JHE Pueblo Smelting & Refining Company
Mason Building
Kilby Street
Edward H. Mason
Manchester Mill
John C. Palfrey
Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation
Sue Miers
E. Cram
Lowell
James T. Furber
Faneuil Hale National Bank OF Boston
South Market Street
G. Hiler
Continental National Bank OF Boston
Charles F. Smith
Prescott Insuturance CO
Prescott Insurance CO
A. T. Byrnes
Sec
THE
Thremont National Bank OF Boston
Tremont National Bank of Boston
Congress Street
Therm
A. T. Frothingham
State Lecale
Bank OF Bos
Geo. B. Warren
Dublin
Pacific
Cocheco
Windsor
Merrimack
Arnold
Manchester
Gloucester Manufacturing Company
Tee
F W Prescott & Co
Devonshire Street
England
Germany
Belgium
Progreso
Port Morant
Nova Scotia
ST. Martins
Fortune Island
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Cuba
Petro- Agricos
Peery Sa
Soaer
Eeeore Sre
Chc
French Guiana
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Mark Lane
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Panbury
Fishkill-On-Hudson
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Erie Railroad
Norwood Central
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Besson
Needham
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Medfiglo
WestMedway
D.C
Nichols
Callas. Howard
A. C. Kendall
Pass
Medical
N. E. Medical Institute
Tremont Row
Mass
Raileroads
Royal Blue Line
VIA
Liberty St
North River
Baltimore and
New England
Pawnee
Fiske’s Wharf
Pier 2
South
Boston & Albany R. R
Cleveland
Albany
Beston
Indianapolis
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Southwestern Limited
Wagner
Buffalo
Toledo
No. O
L. 8
Petrott
M. C.K
New Haven
Springfield
Bumeng
New York Limited
Springfeld
Baily
Washington St
Kneeland &J
Hanson
Gen
Plymouth
Park Square
Old Colony Railroad
Pier 28
N. K
Murray Street
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex
Old State House
Park Square Station
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
L. H. Palmer
Stonington Line
Stonington
Wasbington Street
J. W. Miller
J. W. Richardson
C. H. Briggs
F. Hook
Worcester
New London
Hartland
N.Y
Waillunabuie
N. EK
Aspongtield
Sprogield and
C. I. Hemlstead
Gea’l Fass. Ageak
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