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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1888
Page
7
The report shows mixed butter and creamery quotations from Western and New York sources with wholesale prices for fresh creamery products, eggs, beans, hay, and vegetables. Notable items include Western extra fresh creamery prices, New York extra firsts, Vermont dairy quality notes, and broad grain and potato listings with regional demand.
In Chicago butter is quiet and easier with Western creamery extra 266c. Cheese steady 11 17Yec. Eggs easier. Southern receipts rising. In New York butter dull and heavy. cheese quiet and steady. eggs firm 26 27c. Dried apples dull. beans firm. In Liverpool cheese improving with fair demand for choice cheese at old prices and active demand for summer made white or colored cheese at 48 5vs. cable quotation 58s 6d.
Moderate supply and steady demand observed for apples with firm quotes. Cranberries show steady demand with Cape Cod varieties priced between 10 and 11 per barrel, other Cape Cod lots quoted. Florida oranges steady with fair movement. Palermo and Messina fruits listed with multiple price points. Valencia and other oranges priced per box and case for regulars and jobbing.
Pork products show steady demand with quotes for long cuts to backs and pork tongues. Beef prices remain stable with limited high grade sales, mutton and lamb markets soft to fair, veal steady. Prices cover city dressed hogs, plate beef, tongues, roasts, ribs, and various cuts across multiple grades.
Industry prices show unchanged raw sugar with steady levels across grades. Tallow is steady with moderate movement and wholesale granulated sugar quoted at 7e. Turpentine and petroleum markets close mixed with rosin and tar steady. petroleum around 04e and cases at 5e.
Reports from trade centers show flour receipts at 17 265 pkgs exported 303 bbis 48 634 sacks with steady sales. Western and State common to good extra range from 29 07 to 30 00 per barrel. Patent Minnesota extra to prime quoted around 4 40 to 4 400 per unit.
A detailed regional price report lists mills and traders noting bids for bisco and flour. Rice, sugar, molasses and petroleum show steady to dull demand while pork and lard advance in some markets. Wheat and corn futures move with mixed gains and losses across Chicago St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee and other hubs.
Allan Asher & Co reports limited demand for cotton certificates with some covering by bulls. New York spot quotes show middling uplands at 105 6c, with several foreign markets steady. Liverpool futures quoted around 5 6d to 6 6d. Consolidated port stock and receipts indicate varied activity across major U S ports, futures opened steady and closed barely steady.
Hogs steady with receipts estimated today at 4000 plus. shipments 2402. Peoria reports hogs steady with most sales around 48 to 60. Chicago cattle receipts near 10000 with varied prices from 1.86 to 6.60 for different classes. dogs steady with prices ranging 4.90 to 8.40. sheep receipts 5000 with lambs 56 to 60 and Western and Texan hogs listed.
London report notes cargoes off coast quiet with one wheat sale since last update. Wheat quieter on passage and in markets. corn quiet. Paris firm on wheat and flour. Liverpool spot grains easier with No 1 California wheat at 6s 64d and No 2 at 6s BYed. Bread section follows.
Market notes show dull wheat and corn with poor demand as prices ease. Quotes list winter, spring, and club wheats with small declines and futures for California wheat varying by month. corn also soft with mixed Western trends and sugar futures in Havana showing weakness.
At the London wool sales on Feb 16 a full attendance heard prices shift from buyers’ favor to more competitive bidding toward the close. Continental operators led activity with main consignments from New South Wales Queensland Victoria New Zealand Cape of Good Hope and Natal Tasmania Argentina and Montevideo all listed with scoured greasy and lock-and-piece grades and per bale or per pound rates.
Brig M C Mariner of 319 tons logs wood from Boston for Dyewood Co sails from Aux Caves to Cornwallis Nova Scotia. Nellie Blanche 4222 bush potatoes from Delong and Seaman at Kingsport. Nellie Bruce 411 bags 3 barrels potatoes 449 bush turnips 1 barrel apples for J W Hubbard.
The system reports shipments from Antwerp via New York aboard Steamer Hermann on February 15 including 51 bales leather 325 boxes bacon 1200 staves and 11 case machinery. Havti cargo lists Bark Zulma with pork shingles bricks chairs kerosene oil and lumber. Elmina Bark Elmiranda reports rum kerosene lard bread crackers beef pork tobacco sugar rope and other goods across numerous boxes, bales, and cases.
A detailed ledger lists shipments by multiple railways including Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Boston and Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, and Boston and Maine. Items cover cotton, wool, flour, oats, corn, oats, coffee, tea, butter, eggs, leather, hides, beef, pork, lard, bacon, cheese, and more with hundreds of bales, bags, cases, tubs, and rolls.
A historical ledger segment lists bundled goods and quantities for February including coffee, sugar, wool, cotton, flour, butter, eggs, oats, beans, barley, potatoes, hay, cottonseed, peas, lumber, tallow, leather, beef, pork, lard, hams, dry goods, and various meats. It shows totals in bales, barrels, sacks, cases, and tons, with numbers like 1,471 bales and 4,857 barrels, reflecting broad farm and trade activity.
The Boston Central Branch of the Irish National League met last evening. Members extended thanks to Mrs Captain follawsbee for selling fifty anti coercion tickets. The branch will hold weekly meetings on Mondays with public access and upcoming speakers.
A visitor calls the Battle of Bunker Hill the finest picture of its kind in the world, noting the work draws crowds despite bad weather and elicits high praise from a well traveled observer.
Rail timetable lists varied through trains on Western and Eastern divisions serving Boston, Haymarket, Causeway Street, and stations from Portland to St. John Halifax and beyond. Includes specific departure patterns, connections, Sunday and Saturday trains, and ticket office details at 232 Washington Street.
Boston morning report notes Nash Spaulding & Co deny selling Revere Sugar Refinery in East Cambridge. The firm states no sale offers or pronouncements have been made and they intend to operate the refinery at full capacity despite persistent rumors across the country.
A lengthy timetable lists trips serving Barnstable Hyannis Sandwich and surrounding towns with dozens of departure and return times. It covers connections via boats from New York and various rail routes, naming GEO L. Connor and J. R. Kendrick as officials. Return services run at multiple times daily across numerous stops including Plymouth Cohasset Hingham Marshfield Duxbury and Brockton.
A roster of buyers and firms listed by city and state including WM Whitney & Co in Albany, Pretzfielder in Baltimore, R P Smith & Sons in Butler, Phelps Dodge in Chicago, G P Gore in Chicago, Selz Schwab in Yo, H Schwartz in US, WH Laws in O, J H Laws in Ad Cleveland, G W Cady in Cleveland, Childs Groff in Ad Columbus, Mabley in Detroit, W W Moon in Muskegon, various notes on Pittsburg Penn and other locations with numerous brokers and associates named.
Boston to Ashcroft and nearby towns on weekdays with varied late evening departures. Timetable lists up to 11.15 pm with multiple stops including New York via Air Line and Philadelphia Express connections. Includes Norwood Central Hyde Park and Woonsocket depots and notes Sunday adjustments.
Timetables show trains departing from Causeway Street Boston to Troy Albany and beyond with express daily services and sleeping cars to Chicago via Niagara Falls. Several schedules include arrivals and departures for Cambridge and other landmarks, with varied times and routes indicated.
A dated OCR list outlines Boston and Lowell Railroad trains from December 19 1887 with routes via Causeway Street City Ticket and 8 Washington Street and St Johnport Sherbrooke Quebec local points through White River Junction and Wells River. It references sleeping car service and parlor cars to Montreal and numerous local stops including Nashua Manchester Concord and Wilton. Names listed include C Mellin and Geo W Storer as general passenger agents.
A damaged OCR fragment mentions numbers and names in vague form. Readable items include a monetary figure and a person name, with no clear event or location.
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