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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 07, 1888

Page

7

Agricultural Prices and Market Quotations Report

Trade is quiet with quotes for roses, peaches, and apples. Prices for grouse, quail, ducks, poultry, vegetables, and miscellaneous farm products listed with steady or lower values and bulk options noted. Native onions, cabbages, beets, squash, carrots, lettuce, parsnips, and celery prices shown per bushel or per barrel, reflecting a calm market.

Houlton Rosa Bush Houlton Hebrons Aroostook Rose Aroostook Hebrons Vermont New York Burbanks Northern Hebrons Uckk St Andrews

New York Butter Market Quiet and Steady Cheese and Eggs Report

Butter in New York stays quiet with state creamery figures, and Western and State dairy quotes mixed. Cheese holds steady at the Liverpool market while eggs show heaviness in early Eastern firsts with Western quotes. Beans and dried apples remain quiet.

New York Liverpool

Fruit Auction Prices and Market Notes From Palermo to Florida

Harris & Co sold lemons at 150 dollars per parcel and oranges at 375 per box with mixed fruit demand. Quoted prices cover Cape Cod cranberries to Valencia oranges and assorted nuts, noting tight supply of choice fruit and steady demand for apricots and cranberries.

H Harris & Co Palermo Cape Cod Florida Messina Valencia Virginia Virginia Common Grenoble Naples Castanas Bush

Provisions Hold Steady in Pork Beef and Lamb Markets

Pork market shows little change with lard and hams steady. Prices cited for various cuts range from $13.75 to $18.60 for pork products, and hams and shoulders priced by size and cure. Beef and veal follow firm quotes with standard ranges for plates, mess, and rounds, while lambs and mutton demand remains steady at old quotations and scarce market for veal.

Lord Choice Chicago

Market snapshot of sugar molasses cottonseed oil prices

Miscellaneous notes show pipeline certificates with closed and opening times and prices, sugar market steady with refiners and varieties listed, wholesale granulated price, molasses prices for Puerto Rico, Cienfuegos, Barbadoes, and cottonseed oil certificates opening at 32 9 16 and closing at 31 9 16 with highs and lows.

Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes

Trade centers report mixed grain and flour prices

New York Feb 6 reports show flour receipts 28 064 pkgs exports 629 bbls and firm sales. various white and patent Minnesota flours range from 4 40 to 4 75 per 100 lb sacks. Wheat and rye values move lower in Chicago with dull trade. corn oats and other grains also quoted with modest declines and steady or weak markets.

New York Minnesota Chicago Canada Spring United Continent South America Cuba Liverpool ST. Louis

Dismal Market Notes Across Grains and Provisions

Grain and meat goods prices move unevenly across regional reports. Wheat weak to steady, oats firm, barley soft or steady, pork and lard prices mixed, with bacon and hogs showing varied demand. receipts and shipments show heavy grain volumes in Minneapolis Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo and Detroit markets. Local stocks decline while flour prices hold steadier in several reports.

Minneapolis Minn Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo Detroit

New York Spot Cotton Ends Easy Amid Mixed Futures

Spot cotton in New York closed easy at 105 to 106 cents per pound for middling uplands with varied prices for other grades. Futures opened quiet and firm with scattered bid and ask quotes, while Liverpool and other U S markets showed steady to dull/weak tones. Across ports from Augusta to New Orleans, receipts and stocks varied, with mixed mid 9s to 10s cent ranges and overall softer undertone in several regions.

New York Bia AUS Es Ua Mareh Noovics Saigon Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Memphis Savannah C. Charleston Continent Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore France Cincinnati St. Louis C. Louisville United States

National hog and cattle prices across major markets report gains

Hogs steady in St Louis with light weights selling around 490.5 to 520. Packers mix at 516.65 50 and butchers up to 540. Cattle and hogs in Chicago show overall strength with cattle at 8 to 21 for steers, hogs opening higher then softening, and sheep weaker as receipts rise across the week. Chicago totals include 9000 cattle receipts and 15000 hog receipts with shipments about 3000 and 6000 respectively.

ST. Louis Peoria Kansas City Chicago Heb Texas

Foreign Markets Report Wheat and Corn Market Quiet Yet Firm

London reports mixed movement with wheat and corn quiet but firm on the passage and for shipment. Prices rise in Paris and Liverpool markets show steady or quiet demand. mixed American corn and Minnesota flour listed higher. Peppering notes include various dated prices and regional shifts across London Paris Liverpool Antwerp.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Minnesota Paris Liverpool California Antwerp

London Wool Sales Open With Firm Prices Across Regions

London reports large turnout at wool sales with strong bids for crossbred merino and Cape of Good Hope. Continental buyers led demand while American buyers were reserved. About 219 000 bales remain after initial withdrawals with regional prices listed for Queensland to Natal and New Zealand lots.

London Cape of Good Hope Natal Queensland New South Wales Victoria South Austalia Dales New Zealand Swan River

Savannah Imports and Exports Report February 6 1888

Steamer City of Macon carrying 18 bales hides Adams Bros 8 cars iron H W Adams & co 241 boxes oranges A 8S & J Brown & co 894. Do Do 1 hibbl turnips J Bigelow & co 20 boxes oranges Blake & N Ripley 70 bales hides Billings & Eaton 86 casks cay J H Blanchard 24 bales hides G A Brackett 11 do domestics N Boynton & co 60 boxes oranges Chapin Bros 265 do 2 bbls do Curtis & co 56 empty cans

Savannah Macon Adams Bros Adams & Co Brown & Co Bigelow & Co Blake & N Ripley Billings & Eaton Chapin Bros Curtis & Co Chase & Sanborn Rosin Curtis Davis & Co Conant & Bean Cheney, Upham & Co S$ Chamberlain &Co Chapin & Co Drown Bills & Co Eaton & Eustis Eustis & Daggett OC Frye & Co Florida Fruit Co Gleason & Kimball Gillette & Hennigan Gleason & Co Gerrish Bros Hall & Cole Hinds & McNear Holden & Co Hutchinson & Co Hooper James & Abbott FE Jewell & Co Kendall Leonard Linnell & Co Lowell Bros & Co Luca & Co Ladd A&o Mead Simonds Bros Seaverus & Co Sherman & Co Sawtelle & Pratt Simmons & Co Sands & Co

Trade ledger of consignments and consignors by the Boston commission houses

A detailed list records consignments received or handled by firms such as Curtis Davis Conant Bean and J S Chamberlain among others. Items include rosin oranges boxes and bales of hides with quantities attached, plus miscellaneous goods like lumber eggs and potatoes. Names of merchants appear with dozens of boxes and barrels indicating a brisk inland exchange.

Budget of supplies report for Lt John B Sih unit

On February 6 1888 Lt John B Sih lists General Middleton 16000 fire Sek180 bbls beef 125 bbls corn meal 2 tons cottonseed meal bb pieces hard pine 1 bbl lard as日stated in the unit tally

John B. Sih Middleton

Receipts of Freight Goods by Regional Railroads

Freight tallies dated February 6 show inventories for Boston and Albany Grand Junction and Providence railroads. Items include cotton bales wool flour corn oats malt barley cottonseed meal pork hams bacon butter eggs beans hay lumber leather hides tea coffee sugar molasses butter eggs oleo cheese beans and other commodities. Quantities listed in bales barrels sacks cases tubs boxes and cars indicate major agricultural and consumer goods movements.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Qld Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Lowell Express

Freight Car Load Listing Of Multiple Railroads

A compiled manifest shows quantities of cotton wool bales and various commodities loaded on numerous rail lines including Queensland Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, and Boston & Maine. Items include leather pork eggs bacon butter cheese flour cornmeal oats wheat hay lumber hides and skins with numerous bulk measures and vehicle counts.

Fragmentary OCR Item From Local Page

Incomplete readable lines describe a brief local item with unclear names and dates. The readable text hints at a small notice or update but the main facts remain obscured.

Boston and Maine Rail Schedules East and Western Divisions

Boston and Maine timetable listing through trains on Western and Eastern divisions for Oct 23 1887. It shows departure windows from Haymarket and Causeway streets to Augusta Bangor Calais Rockland and Portland with steamship connections to St John Halifax and Eastport, plus Sunday and workingmen’s trains and connections to Lewiston Manchester North Conway Saco and other New England points.

Boston & Maine Augusta Haymarket St Causeway St St. John Halifax Revinees Haymarket Sq Eastport Calais N. H Portland Rockland Castine Southwert Harbors Manchester Concord North North Conway Maine Central Grand ‘Krunk Knox & Lincoln San Western Division Boston Haymarket Square Alton Bay Reochester Farming Andover Carvers Exeter Great Falls Maverhill Georgetown Mennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Melrose Mighlards Siteneham Melrose Ste I. Merrimac North’ Andover Newburyport Rieading M. Wakefield Wilmington Lynn and Way Newburyyport Portsmouth Bangor Salem Saugue South Reading City Washington Street James T. Furber D. J. Flanders

Boston and Lowell Railroad Through Service Dec 19 1887

Boston station on Causeway Street offers through trains from Boston to Bilton, Laconia, Lake Village, Weirs, Ashland, Plymouth, Warren, and more with morning and evening options. Local Passumpsic and Northern Division trains run to White River Junction, St. Albans, Montpelier, and Montreal with parlor and sleeping cars. Boston connections list extensive routes via Kefee, Keene, Manchester, Nashua, Greenfield, and other hubs with varied departure times.

Monerual & West Reliable Central Vermont Bouth Pullman Carson Boston Chicago Pullman Fitchburg Wagner Palace Central Vermont R. R Washington Street J.W. Hobart W. Cummings Asa. Agt St. Albans Causeway Street City Old State House Bilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Bieredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Maverhill Woodsville Littleton Bethlehem Fabyans Lancaster Whitefield St. Johnsbury Newart Shurbrooke Quebec Passumpsic White River Junction Wells River Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington Montrési Montreal Boston Air Line

Train Schedule Details for May 30 87 Across Several Lines

On and after Monday May 30 87 trains run as follows with listed departures to New York Providence Pawtucket and towns along the Shore Line and other routes. Times vary by day and direction, with Sunday adjustments and return trips noted.

Navy Yard Portsmouth Virginia Navy Department Washington, D. C Us Department Bureau of Construction and Repair Secretary of the Navy William ©. Whitney Oebu Uis New Britain New Londo York Air Line Hartford Nory Norwich Amy Ipeur Bee M. Norwood Central Providence Readville River Street Rockville Oathbridge Walpole Washington O C Waterbury Winslows Boston Norwood Norwood Central Hyde Park Weymouths Hingnam Cohasset Scituate Aréshfield Duxbury Plymouth Maret Field Hingham Fall River Brockton Dare Mt Taunton Tauneton Newport South Braintree South Brain Tree Wat New Bedford Middleboro New York Koron Meaars Geo. L. Connor Ifostonn MONDA Weston New Shore Line Eamboas Stonington Line Snes

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