Market Report Shows Mixed Agricultural Prices and Quiets
Agricultural commodities show varied moves with flour and rye quiet, oats dull, corn steady, cornmeal steady, oatmeal quiet, barley dull, oats and Wialé unchanged, cottonseed meal quiet, butter very steady, oleomargarine dull, cheese firm, eggs unchanged, beans steady, potatoes in fair demand, hay favored by buyers, rye straw steady, game quiet, poultry firm, Apples slow, Oranges fair, Lemons steady, cranberries dull, pork quiet, corned beef firm, fresh beef dull, other fresh meats quiet, sugars quiet, refined sugars steady, molasses quiet.
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USA
Fish Market Reports Steady Prices And Light Demand
The fish market shows steady prices with light demand for mackerel and boned fish. Receipts for the week total 157 barrels mostly from home ports, while Nova Scotia mackerel arrivals are few. Prices for various cod, haddock, pollock, and herring categories are listed, with overall trade described as quiet but well supplied. Gloucester reports light shipments and high prices for scarce cod, while demand remains modest and shore prices trend higher amid limited dealer holdings. Arrivals include 210,000 tbs codfish and 1,225,000 frozen herring among others.
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Nova Scotia
Labrador
Georges Bay
Haddock
Best
Norfolk
Providence
Gloucester
Georges
Rvport
Western Bank
Eastport
Georges Halibut
Bank
Newfoundland
Grand Manan
Leather and Hides Market Flat as Supply Climbs
The leather market remains dull with ample supply and buyer power. Finished leather and hides show little activity while prices hold, exports fair, and tanners plan reduced output over the next two to three months.
Leather prices and stock quality for hides and skins
The report lists Hides and Calfskins market quotes with dozens of grade descriptors. It covers Rough Leather-Choice stock, Finished Leather-First weight, and various regional lots from West to New England and Southern hides with prices per unit and quality notes. It notes buckram, green salted, and dry Buenos Aires values among numerous items.
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Brighton
New England
Buenos Ayres
Montevideo
Rio Grande
Entre Rios
Corrientes
de Cordova
Entre Rio Rios
Wool sales show improvement at London auction
The London wool market today saw firmer demand and stronger Cape wools with good turnout across all sections. Offers totaled 12 115 bales with America taking a small share as withdrawals reached 5372. available stock stands at 204 000 bales across Victoria New South Wales Queensland New Zealand Cape of Good Hope and Natal and skin wool categories.
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London
America
Victoria
New South Wales
Queensand
New Zealand
Cave of Good Hope
Natal
Egg Auction At Snow & Co Brings Strong Buyer Turnout
The produce market featured Snow & Co's egg auction with many dealers and buyers present. Eggs, sold as held lots of uncertain age, fetched prices from 7 to 8 cents. The firm plans more lots next week, signaling a lasting new feature in the market.
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Snow & Co
Print cloth markets firm with firm quotations in Fall River
The print cloth market remains firm with quotes of 4 1 16c for spots 4c for March and 3 15 160 bid for April to July. Principal activity is on contracts. Weekly demand has been active and a sale total over 250 000 pieces is expected.
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Fall River
Copper and Tin Markets Steady in London Trading
The Metal Market report from London on February 1 notes copper is steady with Chili bars spot prices at £77 10s to £77 15s and GMBs nominal. Tin remains firm with spot at £98 10s to £98 15s and futures quoted at £99 to £99 2s 6d.
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London
GMB
Grain Markets Show Local Chicago Trade Defies External Weakness
Farnum, Reardon & Co report wheat weak then surge as 60 000 bush buys lift prices in Chicago while Atlantic shipments exceed receipts. Corn remains active on February and March delivery with light No 2 stock, oats dull. New York and other markets show weakness. Prices firm in Minneapolis and St Louis with steady to higher cash values across grains and flour brands.
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Atlantic
New York
Chicago
P C S Williams & Co
C. We Louis
Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Anada Roller
City
Milwaukee
St Louis
Teests
Minneapolis
Toledo
Detroit
Chicago Rece
Peoria
Bush
Agen Coe
Kite Louis
Barry
Canada
Butter and dairy prices steady across regions in 1889 market
The market remains quiet but firm with wholesale prices holding. Butter prices show Western creameries at 27 28c and Vermont at 24 28c, while eggs across regions stay steady with Eastern extra at 17c and New York cheddars at 12 12%c. jobbing prices are slightly higher.
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Vermont
Eastern Creamery
New York
Western
Elgin
Eastern
Chicago
West
Sage
Liverpool
New Hampshire
Michigan
Canada
Baltimore
Kansas City
Eastern and Western market prices for beans and farm goods
Beans show modest demand with foreign medium beans steady at 155 to 165 dollars. Peas and squashes vary by grade and origin. timothy and clover seed markets steady to mixed. Potatoes and sweet potatoes see good demand with burbank stocks slow. poultry remains firm with steady prices and scarce Western turkeys. Game and hay markets are quiet, with buyers' advantage on hay and straw.
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York State
Timothy
North
West
Clover
Red Top
Jersey
Burbanks
Houlton Hebrons
Houlton Rose
Bush
Aroostook
Hebrons
Vermont
Rose
Vermont Hebrons
Vermont Burbank
New York
New Yor Burbanks
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Market Prices for Produce and Vegetables Listed
The listing shows varied prices for cabbage onions beets carrots lettuce and other vegetables. Entries include Savoy cabbage 76c per barrel red cabbage 2 per barrel onions 1 125 per barrel and spinach 694 per bush among others.
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Ben
Chicago provisions open weak amid hog market glut
Hog receipts overwhelm demand as January hog weights help offset a 100000 head shortfall from last year. Prices slip for pork and lard with mixed regional quotes. beef and veal show limited activity. New York reports lower pork prices while Chicago markets remain unsettled and soft.
Fruit Market Reports Mixed Prices and Steady Demand
The report notes dull apple trade with varied prices for common to fancy varieties and specific lots. Grapes show quiet demand at strong prices, oranges and lemons steady with multiple regional options listed, cranberries firm for select lots, and bananas reasonably supplied. Savannah steamer arriving Monday carries 4600 boxes of oranges. Snow & Co sold Florida oranges at auction today.
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Hubbardstons
King
Baldwins
Tallman
Messina
Palermo
Savannah
Snow & Co
Florida
Fruit Steamers Trade from Palermo to Boston
The steamer Victoria sailed from Palermo January 18 for Boston with 5900 boxes Palermo oranges 3100 boxes Palermo lemons and 8500 boxes Naples oranges and passed Gibraltar January 23. The steamer Picqua left Palermo January 22 for Boston with 5500 boxes Messina oranges 1000 boxes Messina lemons 7900 boxes Palermo oranges and 6400 boxes Palermo lemons passing Gibraltar January 27.
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Victoria
Palermo
Boston
Gibraltar
Picqua
Sugar Market Quiet as Prices Hold Across Grades
Sugar markets show steady to unchanged demand with Cuba refinings quoted fair to good at 4 percent centrifugals and 96 test. Refined grades remain quiet with pulverized at 7 58 cents and granulated around 7 1 16 cents, while standard and Belmont A fetch about 65 cents.
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Cuba
Manilas
Market Report: Commodities Steady Amid Dull Trade
New York markets show dull and steady tone across staples. Molasses trades with little activity while refined sugar prices edge around 7 4 cents per pound for granulated. Porto Rico and other refined sugars display varied cents per pound with several quoted ranges across origins.
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New York
Ponce
Porto Rico
En Orleans
Cienfuegos
Cotton Markets Show firm New York and Liverpool Rates
New York cotton closes firmer with middling uplands at 9 15 16c and exports steady across ports. Liverpool spot cotton sells with limited demand at 54d for middling uplands and 6 1 16d for ordinary, totals show weekly receipts of 78 000 bales and 50 000 bales American. Futures open easy and end firm. stock and exports detail across Augusta to New Orleans and all US ports.
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New York
Liverpool
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
France
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Continent
Brunswick
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Markets
Kansas City cattle receipts 3016 with firm tone and strong demand. Hogs 6678 receipts. prices 5 to 10 cents lower with heavies 45 to 65, mediums 42 to 65, lights 42 to 65. St Louis and Peoria report steady to lower hogs. Cincinnati shows lower demand for common and light hogs. Chicago cattle receipts 6500 with higher values for choice to extra beeves and mixed cattle. hogs 24000 with weak to lower prices. sheep receipts 6000 with natives 2.90 to 5.25 and lambs 5.60 to 6.60.
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Kansas City
St Louis
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
Miscellaneous market roundup across several commodities
The report notes steady tallow prices in the city and country with several grades quoted. Turpentine and rosin and petroleum in New York show mixed movements, with prices and currencies in varied formats. London and Bremen offer international quotes for turpentine and petroleum, while coffee and whiskey markets are described as firm or unchanged in tone.
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New York
London
Bremen
Imports and Exports Reported for Feb 1 1889 Halifax NS
Shipping list from Halifax shows the Steamer Worcester with goods including eel suks fish and junk tailed by multiple firms. Items include sugar bbls, fish, and household effects. Transshipment notes indicate shipments from Pernambuco and Maceio via Steamer Bempton to Boston Sugar Refinery.
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Halifax
Worcester
Austin Bray
Butler
Thomas Butler & Co
Cooper
Saarkraut
Carlton & Son
Graham
Haskins & Montague
Hefler
Moreash
National ‘Tube Works Co
Stone
Walter S Swan & Co
Whitney, Pousland & Co
Wyman
Pernambuco
Maceio
Bempton
Boston Sugar Refinery
Exports Report from New England Ports February 1 1889
Trade listings show schooners Kalavala and Mary C exporting from Pubnico Shelburne Lockeport and Liverpool NS and Digby NS with beef pork lard apples pellets and feed. London goods aboard the British Queen include chairs flour organs rubbers oil clothing lumber electric goods and various hardware plus substantial butter seeds and timber products.
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Pubnico
Shelburne
Lockeport
Liverpool
Kalavala
Digby
London
Eng
Trade cargo listings across ships report extensive materials
Liverpool steamer Batavia clears January 30 with 50 bolls handles 32 cases woodenware 9 rolls bags 132 barrels mineral refuse 1534 barrels apples 916 ars beef 701 cattle 34 bales rubber clippings 13875 staves 4 crests effects 1916 ales cotton 33 ibbis polish 12802 bush peas 74369 bush corn 15 cases patent medicines 14 bale furs 70 bbis tongues 50 tierces lean backs 53 bbis trimmings 589 boxes bacon 500 tierces 50 bbis 2115 half-bbis 1500 nails lard 39 rolls 89 bbls 272 bales 11 cases 1 cask 113 bags 55 pigs leather. LIVERPOOL Eng Steamer Batavia cleared Jan 30. ROSARIO AR Schooner Laura cleared Jan 31 440690 feet lumber. BUENOS AYRES AR Schooner Frank Harrington 457 cases shovels 431835 feet pine. BUENOS AYRES AR Park Equador 877856 feet lumber.
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Liverpool
Eng
Batavia
Rosario
Laura
Buenos Ayres
Frank Harrington
Park Equador
Receipts list of staple goods by railroads and express shipments
A dated compilation from a 19th century paper itemizes shipments by multiple railroads Boston and Albany Boston and Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine and divisions including totals of cotton wool flour corn meal oats butter eggs cheese lard beef hides leather and other staples by date February 1 1889 Contains hundreds of line items with bales barrels bbls rolls sacks cars and bales across the routes and carriers including Grand Junction Eastern and Western divisions and sea shipments.
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Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York and New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lowell
By Express
By Sea
London and Liverpool Wheat and Grain Markets Report
Foreign markets report quiet wheat trading off the coast and slower prices in England with weak flour and softer country markets. Liverpool shows weaker spot wheat but firmer corn, with futures for wheat steady to higher and stock levels noted, while Paris and Antwerp also report market quietness.
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London
Mark Lane
Liverpool
England
California
Paris
Antwerp
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Souterica
Cen Oon
Essesseer
Mare Eter
Sas Eee
Cas Oes
J. E. Carter & Co
Washington Street
H . Eere
Sisco
Perfect Music Books
Ditson & CO
Emerson
L. O
Long
D. F. Hodges
L. O. Jehovah's Praise
Temple Chimes
Cathen
L. O. Paise
E. A Emerson
Oliver Ditson & CO
Copartnership Notices
BostTox
John Bartlett
Charles W. Allen
Little, Brown & CO
Frank B. Bemis
Jatirm
Brewster, Cobb & Estabrook
Humphreys
Boos Cloth & Gold
Hubfhreys’ Medicine CO
Felton St. N. X
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Fulton St
Murdock
Texas
Nebraska
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Massachusetts
American Medical Association
British Medical Association
Murdock Liquid Food Co
Thiber
Stepco and Dock
Borescens Moseley & Co
E Street
Othice
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