Grain and flour markets show mixed activity across cities
The report notes steady and quiet conditions in rye flour and cornmeal while wheat and oats fluctuate. Chicago and Milwaukee see lower or steady prices, with No 2 red wheat around 96–98c and cash oats around 35–36c. Rye and barley markets are subdued, with wholesale rye at 67–70c while oats and malt show reduced demand.
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Chicago
Milwaukee
St Louis
New York
Minneapolis
Northern
Detroit
Toledo
Duluth
Peoria
Nec
Graham
New_York
Estern
Bare
Canada
Michigan
Bush
Butter Market Steady Amid Tight Receipts Across Regions
Butter markets show steady prices with small fresh creamery arrivals and solid demand for wholesale lots. Eastern and Western creameries hold firm at various quotes while imitation and low grades trend lower, and eggs markets remain largely unchanged amid ample supply and buyer strength.
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Vermont
Eastern Creamery
New York
Western
Elgin
Eastern
St Louis
Elgin Creamery
Chicago
Baltimore
Liverpool
Southern
Canada
Market Report From Breadth of Commodities
The report covers dull market in St Louis at 1042 11c and steady prices in Baltimore at 14c. Beans show buyers favored with large pea and medium bean supplies. yellow eyesscarce but firm. Potatoes and poultry markets are steady with light receipts, prices firm for Chenangoes and Burbanks, Jersey extras at 3 per barrel, and Western dry packed poultry. Hay and straw plentiful with buyers in control. prices listed for prime hay, straw, and rye/oat varieties.
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St Louis
Chicago
Baltimore
York State
Timothy
North
West
Red Top
Jersey
Hebrons
Houlton Hebrons
Houlton Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook
Vermont
Vermont Hebrons
Bush
Burbanks
New York
Rose
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Chenangoes
Market Prices For Fresh Produce Listed In Trade Brief
A trade note reports ample truck supply and steady demand at old prices. Prices include Marrow squash 50 per ton, Hubbard 70 per ton, Savoy cabbage 75 to 90 per box, onions 1 125 per barrel, Bermuda onions 2 per crate, beets 40 to 50 cents per bushel, spinach 50 to 60 cents per bush, kale 50 cents per barrel, parsley 2 25 per bush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
Norfolk
Bush
Hog and cattle markets across multiple cities
Kansas City stockyards report weak cattle prices with receipts 4104 and hogs 9724, grading down. St Louis and Peoria show quiet hog trades with mixed packers near 4.30 to 4.50. Chicago cattle and hogs slow and lower with steers 3.10 to 3.40, hogs 4.40 to 4.60, sheep mixed and active in demand in some markets.
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Kansas City
St Louis
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
Chicago Provisions Market Shows Weak Start and Mixed Demand
Chicago markets open weak with only modest firmness in cash trades. Pork prices ease while lard holds. New York and St Louis reports show dull to steady activity across meats. Beef and dry salted goods remain quiet with varied prices, and lambs and mutton offer mixed values in the regional listings.
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Chicago
Fruit Market Report Shows Mixed Prices And Sluggish Demand
The fruit section notes dull sales for apples with large supply and steady to firm prices in Liverpool and Boston. Baldwins and greenings listed at about 1 1 25 per barrel, with Tallman sweets 1 25 to 1 75. Grapes and oranges show steady or firm pricing amid quiet trade.
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Baldwins
Tallman Sweets
Greenings
Liverpool
Boston
Maine
Florida
Market Price Report for Citrus and Bananas
Trade is noted with Messina lemons at 2 3 25, Palermo lemons at 2 3 25, Palermo oranges at 1 75 2 25 per box, Valencia regular at 35044 00, large and extra large at 5 5 60 per case, Florida oranges choice at 2 3 per box, russets 150 250 per box, tangerines 2 3 half and whole box, mandarins 2 2 50 per box and 75c 1 50 per half box. Cranberries well supplied with quiet trade: sales at 7 750 per barrel for choice, 4 650 for fair to good, 1 75 per case. Bananas trade quiet with prices from 125 to 250.
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Messina
Palermo
Florida
Fruit Steamers Arrive with Large Orange and Lemon Loads
The steamer Peconic is due Feb 23 carrying 7250 boxes Messina oranges 2100 boxes Messina lemons 3700 boxes Atania oranges and 200 boxes Catania lemons. The steamer Victoria is due with 5900 boxes Palermo oranges 3100 boxes Palermo lemons 2500 boxes Catania oranges and 3500 boxes Naples oranges. The steamer Hondo carries Jamaica fruits for the Boston Fruit Co. The Trinacria has left Catania with 2800 boxes oranges and 700 boxes lemons bound for Boston, having sailed from Palermo on the 31st.
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Peconic
Messina
Atania
Catania
Victoria
Palermo
Naples
Jamaica Fruits
Boston Fruit Company
Trinacria
Boston
Auction Sales of Fruit and Produce
Snow & Co to auction 500 boxes Florida oranges 600 barrels Baldwin apples 475 cases eggs 150 bags California pea beans on Friday. H Harris & Co to auction the cargo of the raw Picqua containing oranges and emons weather permitting Friday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow & Co
Florida
Baldwin
California
H Harris & Co
Cotton Markets Show Steady Tones Across New York and Liverpool
In New York cotton holds steady at middling levels with sales of 589 bales and futures closing firm. Liverpool spots quote middling uplands at 59 16d and low middlings at 62d with 10,000 bales traded. American imports among receipts near 29,200. Global markets display quiet to firm tones with rates and futures shifting modestly.
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New York
Sen Bcs Lts Ooo
Ean Eres
Loisus
Liverpool
Jay
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
France
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Great Britain
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
Continent
United States
Sugar Prices and Demand Across Markets
Raw sugars remain steady at firm prices with Cuba and Havana markets showing strength. Refined sugars are firm and quiet with various grades ranging from confectioners to standard A. molasses demand is quiet with steady pricing across Ponce Porto Rico and New Orleans.
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Pere Quate
Cuba
Manilas
Javas
New York
Havana
Ponce
Porto Rico
New Orleans
Cienfuegos
Market report shows steady prices across commodities
The market remains quiet with quotes for tallow rough and grease, coffee and peppermint in New York and Cincinnati holding steady. Whiskey in St Louis at 103, turpentine and petroleum in New York showing mixed prices, resin and RSW rates noted.
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New York
Cincinnati
St Louis
Imports and Exports dated February 14 1889 Barbados BW
The list details brig Hattie M Bain cargo including 25 barrels soda 2 cases mig tobacco 478 tons ice 5 barrels 13 half barrels 1 box vegetables 5 barrels fruit 2 kegs game 15 bags 2 jars oysters 71 codfish 1400 tins butter 12 half barrels beef 1 box smoked salmon 2 boxes smoked haddock 35 kegs beer 10 car boys vitriol 51 pkgs furniture 60 pkgs woodenware 2 pkgs earthenware 1 box brass polish 10 cases canned goods 4 cases canned vegetables 1 barrel hams 1 barrel ox tongues 3 half barrels 6 casks crackers 1 case turpentine 16 barrels bottled lager 7 cases medicine 13 cases lard 100 bags oats 200 bags corn 10 barrels ground marble 1 barrel peas 1 half barrel beans 8 stoves and ware 2 puncheons cottonseed meal 20 cases canned fish 8 cases canned beef 8 pkgs hardware 2 pkgs harness 7 pkgs nails 2 boxes hops 2 pkgs stationery 75 cases kerosene 1 half barrel birdseed 12 barrels sugar 1 case rubber goods 2 cases flour 11 boxes sewing machine oil 1 box whips 1 box soap 11 boxes extract 1 pkg garden seed 11 pkgs straw paper 2 pkgs brass ware 1 case marble 50 bales hay 2 crates wheels 1 barrel pork 14 barrels 64 half barrels beef 4 barrels tin hoops 11 pkgs nails 41 barrels 15 half barrels herring.
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Barbados
Brig
Hattie M Bain
Staple Goods and Receipts Ledger from Boston and Albany
Inventory listing dated February 14, 1889 records railroad and commodities including 1700 bbls flour 6050 bush corn 54 tons feed 93 bbls beans 13 cars potatoes 221 sacks oatmeal 385 bbls flour 1701 sides leather and 236 bales cotton. Also notes Gore ante 76 rolls 753 bbls 309 bale and Providence road entries with assorted boxes and bags.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Freight Carload List From Multiple Railroads
A long OCR list details varied cargo moves by Ola Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine, and express routes. Entries include bbls flour and grease, bales cotton and wool, potatoes, beef, leather, tea, butter, eggs, corn, oats, pork, and coal among numerous shipments, with counts and car or bale units.
Wheat and corn markets steady in London and Liverpool reports
Market notes from London and Liverpool on February 14 show wheat holding firm and corn slower. In Liverpool, winter wheat is quoted at 7s 7d and spring wheat at 7s 9d with mixed American corn ease at 48 34d, while pork and bacon prices ease and cheese holds.
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London
Mark Lane
Liverpool
California
Paris
Boston and Albany Train Schedules and Connections
Listing of trains from Boston stations with daily and Sunday schedules to Ashcroft Baltimore Dorchester and many towns including New York via Air Line and Norwich Line. Includes Woonsocket division times, express trains for New York Philadelphia and Norwich Line connections with notes on dining cars Pullman service and agent offices.
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Fitchburg Depot
Causeway Street
Boston
St. Albans
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Burlington
St. Johns
Montreal
Ogdensburg
Saratoga
All Pointa
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. R
Ottawa
Washington Street
A. Faxon
A K. Seewart
Keene, N
Boston Station
Summer Street
Ashcroft
Baltimore
Bird Street
Blackstone
Anbury
Dedham
Dorchester
Dudley Street
Endicot
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Gates
M.ranklin
Forest Avenue
Martford
Harvard Street
Myde Park
Highland Take
Islington
Manchester
Mattaan
Milford
Mt. Bowdoin
New Britain
Newburgh
New London
New York
Air Line
Hartford
Norwich
Norwood
Norwood Central
Pawtucket
Wphiladelphia
Providence
Fulham
Enadville
River Street
Rockville
Conn
Southbridge
Tiltons
Washington
D.C
Waterbury
Willimantic
Winslows
Webster
Hyde Park
Woonsocket
Middletown
New Haven
Danbury
Turners, N. Y
Chicago and
New England
Grand Central Depot
Williman
Philadelphia
Pfress
Jersey City
Trenton
Richmond
Danielsonville
Putnam
City OF Boston
City OF Worcester
A. A. Jackson
E. P. Vining
A.C. Kendall
Pass
Vermont
Lowell
Chicago
Pueneorg
Wagner Palace
Central Vermont R. R
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Gen. Pass
Bt. Albans
Albany
West
Fox
River Line
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Annex Boat
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
Gen’ Pass
R Agt
H. Palmer
Train Schedules for Central Division Destinations Listed
A dense timetable lists departures from Kneeland Street Station toward New York via Fall River Line and numerous towns including Bridgewater Brockton Cohasset Hyannis Whitman Taunton and Weymouth. It notes weekday and Sunday times with references to Brockton East Weymouth Fall River and Providence lines plus special notes for Fridays and Tuesdays.
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Kneeland Street
New York
Fall River
Admonte
Eraintree
Middleboro
Bridgewater
Brockton
Cohasset and Hincham
Houston
East Bridgewater
Abington
Milton
Quincy
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Taunton
Sunnys
Harrison Square
Marshfield and
Sea View
Muattawan and
Epenset
Godford
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Ruandelph
Plymouth
Duxbury
Bockland and
Hannover
Seitantes
Shawmut
South Braintree
South Duxbury
Central Station
Dean St
Whitman
South Weymouth
Wollaston Heights
Westridgewater
Cochesett
South Easton
Cape Cod Bus Schedules by Town and Time
Cape Cod division lists bus routes and departure times from Buzzards Bay Bourne Brewster Cataumet Chat ham Cottage City Fairhaven Barnstable Barnstable Wellfleet and other towns. Services show departures around 8 15 am and varying afternoon times with some weekday exceptions for Nantucket and Provincetown route.
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Kneeland Street
Buzzards Bay
Barnstabie
Bourne
Bournedale
M. Brewster
Cataumet
Chatham
Cottage City
Park Sq
New Bedford
Fairhaven
Almouth
M. Biyannis
Harwich
Monument Beach
Mattapoisett
Marion
Nantucket
Woods Hall
Provincetown
Sandwich
Saxamore
Warmouath
Tremont
Wellfleet
Wet Barnstable
Warenam
Providence Division Train Schedules and Stops
The notice lists numerous stations from Providence to New England towns with extensive daily and Sunday train times. It includes stations such as Attleboro Canton Junction Dedham Readville Forest Hills Hyde Park Jamaica Plain Mansfield New Bedford New London and Newport with varied morning and evening departures and Sunday exceptions. The long timetable notes multiple routes including Shore Line and Stonington Line and mentions service frequency and typical travel windows.
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Park Square
Stonington
Attleboro
Boylston
Central
Baslindale
Highland
West Roxbury
Spring Street
Canton Junction
Dedham
Dodgeville
East Foxboro
Foxboro
Forest Hills
Hazelwood
Hebronville
Hyde Park
Jamaica Plain
Mansfield
Mt Hope
Clarendon Hills
Providence
Readville
Rexbury
Rumford
India Point
Sharon
Sharon Heights
Stoughton Central
Canton
South Walpole
Wrentham
Hill and
Stonehaven
Warren and
Bristol
Taunton
New Bedford
Noton
Fall River
bNewport
New London
Sunda
Newport
Wickford Junction
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Tbs
Tierces City
South America
Choice
Brighton
Aee
J. E. Carter & Co
Cccconescecessoves Vces
Sla
Gobo
Beale
Alero
Ola Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
BP Ok
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Lowell System
By Express
Massachussetts
Suffolk
George 8. Howe
William F. Howe
Copartners
Court Square
Fred H. Seavey
Alvert E. Nettleton
Syracuse
John F. Folsom
Revere
of Suffolk
Elijah George
Fitchburg
Cheshire
Central Vermont Railroads
Stonington Line
Pirot
St Rete
Park Square Station
Washington, Cor. State Street
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
Briggs
Bound Brook
Central R. KR
New Jersey
Philadelphia & Reading R. KR
Depot Central R. R
Liberty St
Depot Philadelphia & Reading R. R
9Th and Greenests
J. N. Magna
W. Ton St
Bostom
Iézaz Allroads
Hoosac
Tro Albany
Rotterdam Junction
Est
Binghamton
Buffalo
Niagara Falls Short Line
Erie
Heston Line
St. Louis
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central RR
Palace
Grand Trunk Railway
Ayer Junction
Belmont and
Waverley
Sun
Brattie Boro
Miller’s Falls
Cambridge
Concord
Pr. Sun
Pitchburg
Gardner and Miller’s Falls
Wavesick Falls
Johnsonville
N. Y
Lincoln
Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard
Washua
N. H
North Adams
Williamstown
North Leominster
Walthaimm
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Weercester
Hoosac Tunnel
John Adams
J. Whitmore
Gen
J.R. Watson
IRK
Harn
Newrywave
Springfield
Worcester
N. E
Aegeee
Cc. T. Hempstead
Ford RR
Haven
Montreal & West
Railroads
Cape Cod
THE
Boston Post
Post
Cleveland
Taverner
Associated Press
State Street
Weekly Post
Northern Division
Knee
Land Street
Framingham and
Fayville
Southboro
Bolton
Northbeore
Clinton
Leominster
Pratt’s Junction
Concord R. R. A.D Brancaes
HL E. Chamberlin
Saupe
R.A
South Boston
Kneensland Street
J. H. French, Sr
Agentuperintendent
Roechester
Michigan Central BR. K
Lake
Michigan Southern
Preeym
Boone
Hanson
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