Cotton Receipts and Stocks Across Major Ports Report
Net receipts at Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and other ports show varied gros s and shipments while consolidated weekly totals and year over year comparisons outline exports to Great Britain France and the continent. Stocks at all US ports stand around 913 thousand with interior towns at 157 thousand and Liverpool 877 thousand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Wilmington
Continent
Norfolk
Great Britain
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cinecinnati
St. Louis
C. Louisville
France
United States
Liverpool
Market Report From London and Liverpool Grain Goods
Foreign markets report steady or firmer wheat and corn prices across London Liverpool and Antwerp with mixed demand. Notable quotations include Calcutta club wheat ex ship at 34s 6d February March and various values for Danubian corn and red winter wheat. Liverpool spot wheat dull, corn steady and receipts high. weather in England warm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Calcutta Club
Liverpool
England
California
Antwerp
Paris
Calcutta
Walla Walla
Chilian
Manchester
Imports and Exports February Eighth Eighty Seven
List of imports arriving at Liverpool and Port Medway detailing Hughes Brothers J A Skinner Co Mogenais Bonne Co and others with goods including carpets glassware window glass plate glass soda ash earthenware and moise among 19th century consignments. Specific vessel Lake Superior carried 11 bales carpets and 150 boxes of window glass. A second shipment to Port Medway lists wood pulp bleaching powder figs wool and bicarbonate products with Train Smith Barclay firms and shipments of eggs and assorted mdse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
Lake Superior
Hughes Bros
Skinner & Co
Mogenais, Bonne & Co
Benjamin & Co
Causland & Co
Colban Manf Co
Elliot & Son
Willachamp
H Thorne & Co
Hamilton Glass Co
Glover Harrison
Lewis & Son
Webber
Sheldon & Co
Port Medway
China
Smith & Co
T Russell & Co
Barclay & Co
Exports Feb 4 1887 Five Islands NS Trade List
A shore cargo at Five Islands Nova Scotia records the Flora E appearing with 15 bags flour 125 bags middlings 75 bags corn meal 20 barrels refined oil 5 barrels pork 2 boxes 1 barrel dried apples 3 cases 1 bale dry goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Five Islands
Receipts Report February 4 1887 Boston & Albany line
Comparative table shows weekly receipts for February 4 1887 and 1886. It lists quantities of cotton wool flour corn cats barley malt and other commodities in bales barrels and bushels for the railroad. The entry records totals and compares year over year performance for the Boston & Albany Railroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Historic Rail Freight Ledger Highlights 19th Century Trade
A dense ledger entry catalogs freight quantities moved by multiple railways and routes. Items include cotton bales, flour barrels, corn, wheat, lard, bacon, butter, cheese, eggs, leather, hides, tea, coffee, sugar, and lumber. Railroads listed feature Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine, Boston & Lowell, and Boston & Maine Eastern Western divisions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Express
Boots and Shoes Buyers Listed Across Cities
A list of boot and shoe buyers by city and firm names compiled from Augusta to Toledo. Notable names include W J Rooney Tawers Rooney B S Co Craw Allentown N A Haas Parr Haas Co and J H Cannon Craw Pulaski Tenn J H W Cannon Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
W J Rooney
Tawers
Rooney B&s Co
Craw
Allentown
Penn
N A. Haas
Parr, Haas & Co
Ads
Baltimore
W L McCleary
Gunby
Betsworth & Co
I Lobe
Grotten, Mitchell & Co
Bloomington
J P Smith
NP Smith & Sons
Chicago
H Phipps
Mably
Champaign
Arnold
Detroit
Mich
H Fyfe
H Fyfe & Co
Decatur
W Downing
Hopkinsville
G Bush
Dabney & Bush
Kearney
Kearney, Neb—C A Munroe, Am. Louisville, Ky—B S Weller of Weller & Paine
Lexington
A B Lancaster
Lancaster
Louisville
J Daveneck
Kleinhans & Simonson
Omaha
Brands and labels in Western cattle and whiskey trade
Brands on cattle brands distinguish stock raisers in the West. G. O. Taylor Old Bourbon and Pure Rye Whiskeys need not bear brands on request. The best drug and grocery trade sell these whiskeys in bottles only with Chester H. Graves & Sons signature on cork and label. Physicians may prescribe for bronchial and lung ailments and general debility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. O. Taylor
Chester H. Graves & Sons
Annual Meetings For Ames Dlow Thorndike Otis Companies
Notices announce annual stockholders meetings for the Ames Dlow Company at Quincy Hall Boston on Feb 11 1887 at 10 am Benj C Bowker Jr Clerk Thorndike Company meeting at 100 Summer street Boston Feb 8 1887 1130 am Feder Olsen Clerk Otis Company meeting at 100 Summer street Boston Feb 8 1887 at 12 oclock Boston Jan 31 1887
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Manufacturers’ Mutual Fire Insurance Company
SS Milk Street
Boston
Bowdoin Building
Wam. B. Whiting
Ames Dlow Company
Quincey Hall
Benj. C. Bowker, Jr
Thorndike Company
Summer Street
Boston Duck Company
No. Loo Summer Street
Tevele
The
Columbian Manufacturing Company
Samuel Slaines
WWE
Cordish Mills
Peder Olsen
Otis “Company
Fitchburg Railroad Schedule 1887 Timetables
Trains depart Boston for the West and Ashmont with Fall River Line connections. Lists extensive weekday and Sunday schedules including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis East Weymouth and many intermediate stops with numerous times and return trips. Ends with notices and official attributions John Adams and R. Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Fall River
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Tarmouth
Sandwich
Braintree
Bridgewater
Return
Estockton
Union Square
Baldwinville
Ware River
R.R
John Adams
R. Watson
Pass
Train Arrangements for Boston and Providence Line
Timetable details for summer 1886 routes from Boston to New York and Providence, listing daily departures and returns for Shore Line Fast Express, Shore Line Mail, and Steamboat connections. Includes numerous stop times at Pawtucket, Attleboro, Bridgeville, Readville, Mansfield, and other hubs with notes on Sundays and holidays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Shore Line
Breturn
Shore Lne Mail
New York
Providence
Pawtucket
Brodgeville
Het Attleboro
Lieu. Retur
Reuag Ib
Oibiss
Iivde Park
Gilim
Clarendon Bi
Retu
Damasons Bhai
LOO
Bes
Dury
Aenear
Beebo
Spring Street
West Roxbury and
Highland
Stoughton and
Canton
Mansfield
Cgr
A.A. Folsom
Jsltonington
New ‘York
Vickets
Massachusetts
Boston & Proy Station
Stonington
Boston and Maine Through Trains to Maine and New Brunswick
Schedules list multiple daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations to Augusta Waterville Portland Lewiston Manchester North Conway and other points. Connections include St John Halifax and Hunts Halifax via steamer from Portland and loops to Bangor St John and Campbellton area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta—Isiaymarket Sq
Pitle Causeway St
Bancor
St. John
Halifax
Causeway St
Haymarket Sq
L Pa
Lewiston
L Va
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Haymarket Square
North Conway
Taymarket Square
Causeway Street
Portland
Haynarket Square
Maine Central
Grand Runk
Knox
Lincoln Railways
Ain
Prepared Food From 1886 Brighton Essay
The vice president of the American Medical Association discusses using Liquid Raw Road a beef and mutton raw dietetic preparation in pre and post operative care of about 200 cases. It is made at low temperature with fruits as a preservative and cited by Massachusetts State Inspector of Food in 1885.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Medical Association
Brighton
England
American Medical Association
Murdock Liquid Food Company
Boston
State Inspector of Food
Massachusetts
Causeway Street
Liquid Food Advocated for Life Preservation in 19th Century Reports
A surgeon’s account from 1885 highlights a liquid food that preserves life and blood quality, noting 76 capital operations with only three deaths. It claims the product contains natural blood cells, free from additives, and cites essays presented at multiple associations and public hospitals supported by A L Murdock.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut State Medical Society
Brighton
England
Washington, D. C
Richmond
Boston Water Board Sealed Bid for Portable Steam Pump
The Boston Water Board invites sealed proposals for furnishing a six inch portable centrifugal steam pump with all fittings. Bids due Feb 17 1887 at noon at City Hall Boston. Board may reject any or all bids and select the most suitable pump. H T Rockwell chairman February 4 1887.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Water Board
City Hall
Boston
H. T. Rockwell
Proposals for Granite Curbstones and Army Supplies
Public bid notices from Boston dated February 1887 invite sealed proposals. The Park Commissioners seek bids for granite curbstones at 87 Milk Street by February 11 1887, with readings at noon, and reserve right to reject. Separate notice calls for Army supplies with bids due February 14 1887 at 11 am, listing codfish mackerel baked beans sugars brushes chocolate and more for immediate delivery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Commissioners
The
Milk Street
Oe Hall
Boston
Benjamin Dean
Patrick Maguire
John F. Andrew
Commissioners
Department of Parks
Office of the Park Commissioners
Office of Purchasing and Depot
C.sr
High Street
Mass
Thomas C. Sullvan
C.S
C. S. Army
Last Will Probate Citation for Albert C. Brown
Albert C. Brown presents a purported will for probate and asks for letters testamentary with bond exemption. Probate Court in Cambridge Middlesex convenes the fourth Tuesday of February at 9 am to show cause. Public notice to run for three weeks in the Boston Post, last publication two days before the court.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Middlesex
Supreme Judicial Court
A. D
Cambridge
Boston Post
Boston
Suffolk
Theo
C. Hurd
Theo CC. Hurd
Boston Safe Deposit and Trus Company
Charles W. Gulliver
Harriet FE. Gill
Joan W. McKim. Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Albert C. Brown
Grovere M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Massachusetts
Joan Philipps
Durkheim
Bavaria
Jacob Drey.kus
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
George Warren Hammond
Joan W. Mokim
Charlotte Kk. Farrar
Georck M. Brooks
Aid Court
Train Timetable Listings for New England Stations
Station to station schedule details for Boston area routes including Andover Exeter Haverhill Lowell Malden Melrose and Merrimack region with numerous departure times on weekdays and Sunday trains listed in dense OCR form.
Trains Schedule From Boston Station Areas to Coastal Towns
The listing details train departures from Boston station and Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett and many other towns. It notes timings on Thursdays and Saturdays only with Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. James T. Furbur and D. J. Flanders are listed as General Manager and General Passenger Agent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wolfeboro
Lynn and Way
Newsburyport
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
Salem
Saugus
Workingman
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
City
Washington Street
James T. Furber
D.J. Flanders
Boston and Lowell Railroad Through Service and Schedules
Boston station on Causeway Street offers through service from Boston to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans Montreal and more with early morning and evening departures. Local service from Manchester and Concord to Peterboro Hillsboro Nashua and surrounding towns operates at multiple times with Pullman sleeping cars to Montreal and parlor cars to Montpelier via connections in Vermont and New Hampshire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Epner
Rattleboro
Dasce
Winchenadon
Keene
Bedlowe Falls
Cheshire
He.r
N.Y. C
St. Albans
Keene and Rutland
Worcester, Nashua
Portland
Boston & Maine
Ayer
Worcester
Framingham & Lowell BR. R
Framingham
Lowell
Fitchburg
Ayer Junction
North Leominster
Shirley
Greenville and Townsend Centre
Marlboro
Hudson and Maynard
Concord
Lincoln
Waltham
Belmont and
Waverley
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Cambridge
B. N Square
Somerville
Montreal & West
Vermont
Boston
Chicago
Central Vermont
R. KR
Washington Street
Hoston
Causeway Street
City
Old State House
Wilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
Montépelier
Essex Junction
Burtington
Sts Albans
Montreal
Warren
Minverhill
Woodsville
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Cie
Bristol
Claremont
White Mountain
Northern Division
Pullman
Passumpsie
Lowell Schedule Fragments and Timings
A garbled array of daily times and references lists Lowell schedules with scattered numbers such as 6.4 80 8.30 10 11 AM and 9 pm. It mentions Bleachery LO Lt AmM and references to Sundry hours, with mentions of Sillerica and Obog entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duxbury
Weymouth
Wollansta Ait
Viewty Avewy
Kyea
Reebronville
North Attle
M. Miami
D.wor
Toan
SUN
No. Sillerica
RUMI
Ie Gasfort
M. Sun
Stone
Rm. Woburn
Chester
Time table listing local and through trains across towns
Time table provides full information on local and through trains between towns including Arlington Lexington Bedford Concord Billerica Wilmington and Winter Mass stations. It notes Myrtle time slots and remarks that schedules may be obtained at stations with C. Mell en and George W. Storer as general superintendant assistants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rew
SUN
Lullo
Concord
Mass
Billerica
Bedford
Lexington
Arlington
Mellen
George W. Storer
Supe
Pass
G’r Agen
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Ceipts
B&o
Naics cc
C&ts
O Siva Cais Sons Sis Svc
Cushman Bros. & Co
Hawley Street
Corporation Notices
Boston Manufacturers Mutual Fire Insurance Company
Jan
Railroads
Fitchburg Railroad
Pukei Seperes
Card’s Bay
Cape
Rab
Reham, Wa Bary
Bae
Swvv
Hingham
B.bo
New _ Bedfor Bedford
Eturn
Wes
Tulgalua DD
APY
Cottage City
Newbridgewater
Brockton Igton
Brockton
Silion
Vent Quincey
Trny ME
Wea
Uilton
Aerate PM
East Weymouth
Ry Song
Vias Brockton
Stuare
Mattapan
Milton
Neponset
Ma Neponset
Mattapoisett
Middlehorse
ORQ
Janntor
Ow . Harrison
Uy m
Wedo
Bam
Mace Sb. Co
Ridaye
Hoi
Jawtucket
Metirn
Arom
Randoly
Rand
Neturn
Lecce Yrmouth
Teeey
Rae
Shee Ea
Randolph
Abington
Mies
Duxbur
Sheer Duxbury
North Scituate
Scituate
Shawmat
Weud
Vesa al
Paunton
Central
Whites
Whitman
South Weym
Breights
Limo Adi South
Uuys
Hlingham
Weymouthe
Cohasset
Taunton
D.yoam
South Braintree
Way Statons
J. R. Kendrick
Ily
Tema
Hooisac
Daas
West
Albany
N. Y
New York Central
West Shore R. R
N. Y.C
Fort Troy
N.Y
Greenfeld
North Adama
Gardner
Athol
Orange
Shelpurne Kalis
Royalston
Erving
Westminster
Ashburnham
West Fitchburg
Wachusett
Tter River
Wendell
Montague
East Deerfield
West Decrfiela
Buckland
Zoar
Bardweils
Charlemont
Fioosac Tunnel
Wu, Ou
Wmnie
Re Seas
Providence Tail Road
Yehaw R.ok
East
Oxboro
D. Beba Paeet BR
Mat
Hopeland
Ge. Ee
Weeston
Bak
Ray
Hou
Nee
I Sr
Murdock’s Free Hospital For Women
Our Free Surgical Hospital For
Huntington Avenue
West Chester Park
Our
Free Surgical Hospital For Women
Gainsborough Street
Murdock
Eliza E. Lewis
Wakefield
Frank W. Lewis
Maysville
Presque Isle
Maine
Readfield
Lizzie
Toothaker
Brunswick
Commonwealth
Eliza E, Lewis
Wealth of Massachusetts
Payiacilety
William LA Bannister
Franklin P. Abbott
Admr
William E. Cash
Howland
Royal Champagne
Royal Champagne and Wine Co
Kansas Cliv, Mo
City OF
Lorena A. Brown
Malden
Said
Stephen Hammond
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Elizabeth C
Said County
H. J. Lu
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Concord R. RE
Violence Railroad
Arrivng York
Hew’. Wacom
Washington, Corner State Street
Boston & Providence
R R
J. W. Richardson
Sunt
R. Hi
Boston Station
Haymarkes’ Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Passover
Canvern
Exeter
Great Fade
Haverhill
Vis
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Giddeford
Sacyv
Lawrence
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Ping Malden
Mediera
Ping Melrose Highlands
Stoneham
Melrose
Merrimace
Nortis Andover
le Nito
Newburyport
Reading
GOL
bWorkinemen
Dover
Lower
Wedford
Gangor
Lewistoen
Reading and Way
Causeway
Street
Amesbury
Beverly
Biddeford
Chelsea
Everett
Devent
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Epswick
Lyon
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Raitaitaction
Newserburyport
Win Peabody and Danvers
Fiee
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Saugus Ebraech
Siwiampscott
ALS RS
LO Lakes
Wenham
Peterboro
Brillsboro
Witton
Amherst
SUN. Field
Nashua
Meene
Bmilias- Milford and
Trem
Green
Mae
Es m A
DOO
Asarer
Aea
Central Massachusett
Jefferson and
Way
Rockbottom
So. Sud
M. Wayland
Weston
OF Express
Belmont
Waverly
Geo. W. Storer
Asst
C.S. Mellen
Suns
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