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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 14, 1889

Page

7

Oats Market Steady with Mixed Elevator Quotes

Spot oats trade quiet but steady with No 2 whites at 35%4c in Boston and Hoosac elevators. Peoria prices show No 2 whites 35 35c and No 3 whites 33 44c, while losses and gains appear on futures calls and various regional quotes for No 1 and No 2 whites.

Boston & Albany Hoosac Peoria New York White State Chicago St Louis Toledo Milwaukee Detroit Minneapolis Northern Duluth Estern Barey Canada Michigan Bush

Butter and dairy markets hold firm with mixed quotations

The report shows firm butter prices across regions with Western creameries at 28 29c, Vermont at 28 29c, and various grades from 15 19c to 27c. Cheese and eggs are steady, beans and grasses unchanged, potatoes and poultry quoted with steady demand, while truck trades remain quiet.

Vermont Cincinnati New York Eastern Western Chicago Baltimore North Choice West Liverpool York State Timothy North Red Top Jersey Houlton Hebrons Bush Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Vermont Rose Hebrons Burbanks York Rose Nova Scotia New Brunswick Chenangoes Ryestraw Uiet

Market Prices For Vegetables And Produce List

A compressed list of farm and market prices includes Marrow squash at 50 tons per ton, turban squash 50 ton, abbard 70 per ton, Savoy cabbage various prices, red cabbage 2 per barrel, Bermuda onions 2 per crate, Spanish onions 150 per crate, beets 40 to 50 cents per bush, carrots 75 cents per bushel, lettuce 75 cents to 1 dollar per bush, turnips 40 cents per box, white French turnips 1 25, radishes 50 cents per dozen, celery 7 to 8 per box, parsnips 50 cents per bush, spinach 50 to 60 cents per bush box, native dahlias 150 per bush, Norfolk spinach 260 per barrel, kale 50 cents per barrel, parsley 225 per bush.

Bermuda St Andrews Bush

Chicago Provisions Market Sees Weak Start as Hogs Lead Decline

Provisions in Chicago opened weak amid heavy hog runs and lack of support, with longs liquidating while bears push down prices. Prices shown for pork and lard across markets include fresh cuts and hams with varied regional quotes. beef and other meats remain quiet with mixed demand.

Chicago Park New York South America St Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Fruit Market Prices Steady Across Apples Grapes Oranges and More

The market shows steady prices for apples with varied bundles from Hubbardstons to Baldwins, while grapes remain firm on Almerias with light supply. Oranges and lemons have good supply and steady quotes on Messina fruits, Palermo boxes, Valencia and Florida selections, and mandarins. Cranberries show no change with jobbing prices listed and bananas move slowly at $1.25 to $2.50 per unit.

Hubbardstons King Baldwins Tallman Sweets Almerias Messina Palermo Florida

Fruit steamers bring large cargoes of Messina and Palermo fruit

The Peconic is due with 7250 Messina oranges 2100 Messina lemons 3700 Catania oranges and 200 Catania lemons. The Victoria is due Feb 23 with 5900 Palermo oranges 3100 Palermo lemons 2500 Catania oranges and 3500 Naples oranges. The Picqua has arrived with 5500 Messina oranges 1000 Messina lemons 7900 Palermo oranges and 6400 Palermo lemons. The Hondo is due Feb 14 with Jamaica fruit for Boston Fruit Co. The Trinacria has left Catania with 2800 oranges and 700 lemons bound for Boston.

Peconic Catania Victoria Palermo Naples Picqua Messina Jamaica Fruits Boston Fruit Company Trinacria Boston

Auction sale of citrus fruit and produce items

H Harris & Co consigns 5470 boxes Messina oranges 7911 boxes Palermo oranges 1148 Messina lemons 6370 Palermo lemons at Thursday auction. Snow & Co offers Florida and Valencia oranges beans apples and pears at Friday sale.

H Harris & Co Messina Palermo Snow & Co Florida Valencia

Sugar Market Reads Firm Across Regions

Raw sugars hold steady with firm refining in Cuba and New York reports. Prices show 4% 4%c for Cuba refined and 7%4c pulverized sugar, with various grades quoted from Manila to Javas. Haryana sales note large centrifugal lots at Ma­tanzas and Sagua with gold quintal pricing, while New York reports strong raw sugars and steady refined demand.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas Haryana Matanzas Sagua New York Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Cotton closes steady after New York opening

In New York cotton is steady and 1 16 lower at 10 for middling uplands and 10 for low middling. Gulf middlings 10 2 cents, low middlings 9 4 cents, good ordinary 8 11 16 cents, ordinary 7 cents. Sales total 408 bales. Futures opened quiet and closed steady. The following table shows opening and closing prices.

New York Ornee Liverpool Middlin Augusta Galveston

Cattle Market Sees Mixed Prices Across Ports and Yards

Boston Post reports week ending Feb 18 1889 with net receipts across multiple ports led by Savannah and New York. Export trade to Britain and France continues, while Watertown and Brighton yards show light runs and steady to soft cattle prices.

Brighton Watertown Boston Post George J. Fox

Market Summary of Hog and Cattle Markets Across Cities

Kansas City stockyards show weak demand with cattle mostly $160 to $250 and hogs at $4.20 to $4.35 for heavies and $4.25 to $4.35 for pigs. St Louis and Peoria report steady to slightly higher hogs, Cincinnati notes weaker hogs amid oversupply. Chicago sees dull cattle and hogs with cattle $3.40 to $6.50 for highs and hogs $4.40 to $4.90. lambs $4.75 to $6.50.

Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Quiet Mixed Commodities Market With Narrow Variations

Tallow and turpentine markets show limited activity with nominal quotes. New York coffee holds firm on Rio cargoes, while whiskey in the West shows no change and turpentine rosin petroleum prices move within tight ranges.

New York Rio

Imports and Exports Trade Notes from Beaver Harbor

Beaver Harbor reports a schooner Volunteer affair with 268 994 frozen herring. Mediterranean ports list Steamer Picqua from Messina with 4376 boxes fruit. Brown & co and Barings bros orders include olive oil, filberts, canary seed, macaroni, wine, fruits, nuts, almonds, beans, cheese, and other goods from Palermo Catania and various firms.

Beaver Harbor Picqua Messina S&j Brown & Co Baring Bros & Co Brown Bros & Co Phelps Bros & Co Faccini & Co

Imports Feb 13 1889 Buenos Ayres and Port au Prince

Shipment details list lumber to Buenos Ayres aboard Bark Exile and schooners Orlando and Golden Horn clearing at Port au Prince in Hayti with beer flour kerosene duck alewives chairs and bales. entries include 558 477 feet lumber on schooner ruritan and 30 bbls beer on Orlando.

Buenos Ayres Port-Au-Prince Hayti Orlando

Staple Receipts in 1889 Rail Freight Loads

A ledger of shipments lists Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Old Colony, New York & New England, and other rail lines with hundreds of bales cotton and wool, bbls flour, corn, oats, wheat, and potatoes, plus crates of butter eggs cheese and leather.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Ktehburgh Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell By Express

London Foreign Markets Feed Wheat Rise and Corn Firm

London reports a hardening tendency in wheat and firmer or dearer corn across market segments. At Mark Lane wheat buys and sells diverge while prices edge up. at Paris wheat and flour steady. Liverpool shows quiet wheat demand, mixed prices, and stable or easing pork bacon lard and cheese values as markets drift.

London Mark Lane California Paris Liverpool

Boston & Maine City Ticket Office Timetables

Rail timetable excerpt lists through trains on Western and Eastern divisions. Schedules show stations including Augusta Haymarket Causeway Lewiston Manchester North Conway Portland Fortland and connections with Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox Lincoln railways at Haymarket square and Causeway street stations with multiple daily departures.

Vermont Pallman Ioston Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Wagner Palace Central Vermont R. R Washington Street Boston J. W. Hobart W. Cummings St. Albans Augusta Haymarket Square Causeway Street Mangor Bar Harbor John Halifax Provinces Easterl Calais St. Dehu Haliax N.S Portland Lewiston Manchester Concord H. M North Conway Fortland Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln Railways

Western Division schedules for trains and stations

A dense list of train times across numerous towns including Rochester Dover Danevers Exeter Great Falls Georgetown Kennbunk North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Melrose Melrose Highlands Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield North Wilmington and more with multiple daily departures and evening last trains across a Western Division network.

Alten Wig Rochester Andover Dover Danevers Exeter Great Falls Overhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Slam Melrose Highlands Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield North Wilmington

Boston Rail Timetable Eastern Division Trains

Trains depart from Boston Causeway Street for Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea and other towns with listed times across weekdays and Sundays including Lynn Salem Rockport and Gloucester branches. Notes mention Saugus York Harbor Beach and Wolfeboro routes and a workers train running on certain days.

Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Middleton Earm Newbury Port North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Tipm Mevere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem York Harbor & Beach E.R Saugus Branch Swampscott Wenham Wolfeboro

Lowell system timetable with Boston to Montreal service

Boston Station Causeway Street shows through service to multiple New England towns and Montreal. Schedules list morning and afternoon departures including local Passumpsic and Northern divisions with numerous stops such as Meredith Weirs Whitefield and Williamstown, plus Concord Manchester Nashua and through trains to Montreal via White River Junction and the Montreal Air Line.

Titton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville North Woodstock Penigewassett Valley Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster Fabyan’s and Jefferson Franklin Lebanon White River Junction St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpsic Wells River Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal Northern RR Boston Air Line

Boston Rail Time Tables For Central Massachusetts Line

Local and through train times listed from Boston Causeway Street to Northampton Hadley Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale Estrap and Worcester. Morning departures 7.45 am with various midday and evening runs. Wayland Weston Waverley Belmont Hudson and others serve Northampton at 1.15 pm. Time tables available at stations. James T Furber and K J Flanders sign as officials.

Albany West Boston Central Mass Causeway Street Portland Northampton Hadley Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale Estrap Worcester Clinton Bertin Hudson Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Ss . m. Waverley Belmont Waverle Waltham Hudson and Way James T. Furber K. J. Flanders Gen’l Pas Northern Boston & Albany Knee Land Street Framingham and Marlboro Fayville Southboroe Bolton Northboro Leominster Fitchburg Pratt’s Junction Old Colony R. L Old State House J. R. Kendrick G.O. L. Connor

Cape Cod Bus Schedule From Kneeland to Buzzards Bay Area

Regional timetable lists 8.15 am and 4.15 pm departures for towns including Bourne Brewster Fairhaven Falmouth Hyannis Harwich Monument Beach Mattapoisett Nantucket Provincetown Sandwich Sacamore Wellfleet and West Barnstable. Some routes show am pm inconsistencies and noted services to Nantucket Mondays Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays only.

Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Barnstake Bourne Hyannis Harwich Monument Beach Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Woods Hall Provincetown Sandwich Sacamore Warmouth Tremont Wellfleet West Barnstable Ware

Providence and surrounding rail schedule list

A dense roster of train times and stations including Providence, Park Square, Shore Line, Stonington, Canton Junction, Dedham, Hyde Park, Jamaica Plain, Attleboro, Foxboro, Noroton, New London, Newport, and other stops. Indicates weekday and Sunday services with numerous departure moments and combined city connections.

Stonington Ces Roslindale Highland West Box Spring Street Canton Junction Dedham Dodgeville East Foxboro Foxboro Forest Billa Hazelwood Mec Bronville Hyde Park Jamaica Plain Ailansfield Mt. Hope Claredon Hills Attleboro Providence Beadville Oxbury Bamford India Point Sharon Sharon Meights Stoughton Central Canton South Walpole Wrentham Waint Hill Stonehaven Warren and Bristol Mansfield bNew Bedford Norton Fall River Newport New London Wickford Junction Central

Concord R R and Branches Train Schedule 1888

Trains depart Boston from B and L depot for Manchester and Concord New Hampshire at 7 30 8 30 9 00 12 00 1 00 3 00 5 00 5 30 7 00 pm with ex services. Sunday times include 1 00 and 7 00 pm. Returns from Concord at 5 30 7 35 7 40 10 20 am 2 45 3 35 5 15 6 35 pm with Sunday 5 55 and 7 20 am service. El e Chamberlin Sage.

Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Sowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Lynn and Way Newburyport Portsmouth St. John and Walifax Salem Montreal Fabyan’s Boston Concord N. H Beene Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst M. Greenfield Nashua Lowell Wee Billerica Wilmington Wa Hill Ham Woburn V. LA Winchester Fedfora Mass Reform Billerica Uam I Bedford Lexington Arlin Bedford Stendamay Lexington and Way Weburn and Way Winchesteray Loamel Alanchester Concord Civic Express Kneeland Street New York Fall River Ashmont Braintree Bmiddleboro Bridgewater Brockton Cohasset and Hinzham Aston East Bridgewater Abington East Milton Wes Quincy East Weymouth Weymouth Taunton Sunays Harrison Square Marshfield Sea View a_m R&sat Japan Milton Stoughton Randolph Biymouth Duxbury Quincy Ktockland and Hanover Sevi Uates Shawmagé South Braintree South Duxburo Dear St Whitman South Weymouth Wollaston Heights Westridgewater Cochesett South Easton Concord R. BR N.H EL E Chamberlin Sage

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