Remonstrants Protest Medical Degree Registration Debate
Massachusetts House reports a protest against a proposed registration of medical degrees. Joseph Rodes Buchanan signs as head of the National Constitutional Liberty League urging an impartial study, criticizing alleged biases and urging referral to nonprofessional members for fairness. The debate includes mileage pay proposals and various Senate actions on harbor, bridge, and local government measures.
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Committee On Public Health
Massachusetts
Stevens
Boston
House
Joseph Rodes Buchanan
National Constitutional Liberty League
Commonwealth
Saas
Senate
Boston Street Plan Bill Sparks Debate Over Bonds and Costs
A city bill proposed by Mayor Matthews to lay out streets in Boston, financed by fifty year non taxable bonds, draws strong comment. Critics warn of future taxation if bond payments fall short, while supporters cite Brooklyn and Philadelphia as models and stress a systematic, non political process with restricted street labor and owner-led project initiation.
Charity Conference Discusses Darkest England Paper
At the Institute of Technology on Thursday in the 3:30 session Rev J G Brooks will read a paper on Darkest England to the Conference of Charities. The public is invited and the topic aims to aid the poor with employment for out of work property men and discharged criminals. Boston may gain a lesson from this subject. The Commonwealth Insurance Company of New York reports a high net surplus in its Jan 1 1891 statement with about 14 percent profit from underwriting, despite losses from the 1889 Boston fire. The third participating dividend to policy holders is declared and the company continues to promote its participating fire insurance system.
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Institute of Technology
J. G. Brooks
England
Conference of Charities
Boston
Commonwealth Insurance Company of
New York
Commonwealth
Boston & Albany
R. R
Feeeves
EFOT
Bos
Cleveland
Chicago
Wagner
Albany
Cincinnati
Westi Duledt
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Southwestern
Nex
Hartford
New Haven
Springfield
Newark
York
Lexont
New Fork
Washin St
Bos S. Hanson
Genii Pass
Markets Dress Goods Rise. Dry Goods Trading Improves
A weekly report shows a more active general market for dry goods with improvement in jobbing branches. Dress goods demand grows, clothing woollens rise, and retail buyers increase purchases for the spring season. Cotton goods remain steady with strong exports and active shipments, while print cloths show cautious gains and prices firm.
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New York
Fall River
Grain Trade Report February 16 1891 Market Update
The Grain Trade reports today show heavy receipts of wheat and corn and a bearish Chicago wheat market trend due to large regional arrivals. Visible supply and elevator stocks in New York and Chicago reflect ample supply, with mixed activity from Hutchinson and outside buyers influencing prices.
Minneapolis Market News: Grains, Oats, and Related Prices
Wheat futures and spot prices in Minneapolis and Chicago show slight shifts with No 1 hard and No 1 Northern futures around 92 to 94 cents. Corn and oats see quiet trading on the spot with steamer yellow and No 2 white oats quoted at 55 to 59 cents, while ship oats offer 54 to 56 cents. Soybean-like notes not present. rye, barley, and malt values steady to moderate. Millfeed remains quiet with bran and middlings listed, cottonseed meal firm at 25.75 to 27 per ton. hay receipts depress prices, rye straw active around 17.60 to 18, and Jersey sweet potatoes cited at 2.50 per bushel for choice Jersey double leads.
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New York
ABC
Minneapolis
Chicago
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St. Louis
Canada
Choice
Houston
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Choice Aristook Rose
Aristook Hebron
Jersey
Wheat flour market steadies in small lot sales
A quiet wheat flour market shows no price change with small lot trades. Prices span fine to patent grades from Minnesota and Wisconsin brands to Canada export goods with fob terms. Rye flour and cornmeal demand remain limited to jobbing patents and steady barrel prices for meal.
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Ccc
Innesota
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Canada
Canada Roller
The Provision Trade Market Report
The provision market shows pork in fair demand and lard steady but quiet. Fresh beef prices remain steady with light supplies and moderate demand. Mutton and other provisions are steady, with New York tallow at 41 16 and Chicago markets easing slightly as hog runs stay fair.
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New York
Chicago
Kansas City and Chicago Livestock Market Averages
Market reports show cattle and hog trading mixed across major hubs. Kansas City notes weak to steady cattle with steers near 4.95, hogs around 3.20 to 3.40, sheep 3.66. Chicago lists cattle receipts 18,000 and hogs 8,000 with prices from 3.25 to 5.50 for various classes, while Cincinnati and St Louis watch steady to firmer trends and heavy receipts.
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Kansas City
Sprediau
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Chicago
The Produce Trade Receipts and Market Notes
Today's receipts show butter and creamery products firm across markets in New York Chicago and Baltimore with Western creamery extras and cheddar markets holding steady. Poultry demand remains good for fresh killed birds as prices hold, with Western turkeys and Eastern spring chickens priced solidly amid rising receipts.
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New York
Elgin Creamery
Chicago
Baltimore
Liverpool
Westtern
Michips Shoeing Ae
Southern Choice
Ohio
Cincinnati
Market Price List For Fresh Vegetables And Produce
The notice lists fair demand for truck and various vegetables with prices: spinach 80c bush, cabbage at 1 50 per barrel, onions 4 58 per 5 eb, peppers 2 2 26 per barrel, lettuce and doura etc. Prices cover peppers onions dill cucumbers celery cauliflower and beans with assorted per bush, per box, or per crate figures for Florida and native produce.
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Aket
Kaale
Hubbard
Estern Hubbard
Florida
Fruit Trade Prices and Receipts Report
Market notes show receipts and steady demand for fruits and nuts. Prices listed include oranges at 3 25 4 box, mandarins 4 up to 2 75 half-box, apples ranging 1 50 to 5 6 per box, grapes and cranberries with varied bbl prices, and nuts with multiple shell and shelled rates. Desert fruit and Palermo Messina varieties cited with box counts and counts.
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Palermo
Messina
Valencia
Sei P
King
Ben’ Davis
Massachusetts
Maine
New Hampshire
Hubbards Tous
Common
Tallman Sweets
Black Oxfords
Grullillowers
Northern Spies
Cranberries
Cape Cod
Almeria
Virginia
Naples
Boston Fruit cargoes reported for several steamers
The steamer Effective passed Gibraltar Fen bound for Boston carrying 5500 boxes and 1600 half boxes Messina oranges and 3300 boxes Palermo lemons. The steamer Prior headed to Boston with 2300 boxes and 500 half boxes Messina oranges and 1500 boxes Messina lemons. The Ethelwold is due next Thursday with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Savannah boat, due Thursday, brings 6760 boxes oranges. The Norfolk boat arrived yesterday with 600 pigs truck and 600 bags peanuts.
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Gibraltar Fen
Boston
Ethelwold
Boston Fruit Company
Savannah
Norfolk
New York and Liverpool Cotton Markets Quiet with Mixed Futures
The New York spot market held steady after quiet trading at middling uplands, with 404 bales sold and a stock of 127,504. Futures opened easy, closed steady, and reported 92,200 bales traded. Liverpool showed dull activity with American goods dominating receipts, and prices generally in buyers favor. Regional quotes from Augusta to Philadelphia varied, with several ports noting quiet or easy conditions and midpoints around 8 to 9 cents for various futures. Consolidated three day receipts total 40,531 bales, with exports to Great Britain at 23,856 and the Continent at 10,889, stock figures summarized.
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New York
Coss
Liverpool
Scece & GE
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Consolidated Net
Great Britain
Sugar and Molasses Market Strong with Steady Prices
Sugar demand remains very good as refined sugar prices hold. The American Sugar Refining Company lists varied allocations from 0.7 to 66 cents per unit for cube and powdered forms, with granulated and fine at 6 4 2 and other notes. Raw sugar remains steady, with fair to good refining at 5 6 40 and related items. Molasses demand is moderate for New Orleans varieties, with steady prices and several foreign grades quoted from 25 to 40 cents per gallon.
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Revere Company
London
New Orleans
Porto Rico
Ponce
Cienfuegos
Barbados
Yaguez
Arroyo
Whiskey and turpentine markets show firm and steady quotes
The Peoria whiskey market remains firm at 115 with Cincinnati and St. Louis steady at 114. Turpentine and Petroleum New York quotes show 40 404s0, resin 1 4244 145, tar 2.60, while petro eum closes at 7.10c. KSW trades at 760c and cases at 966c.
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Peoria
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Turpentine and Petroleum
New York
Petroeum
Foreign markets report from London and Liverpool
Beerbohm's report notes firmer cargoes off the coast for wheat and corn and stronger demand for American and Danubian corn at Mark Lane. Liverpool futures show wheat strong, corn steady, Paris wheat firm and flour steady. English and American markets cautious but firm amid fine weather in England.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Liverpool
England
California
Paris
London wool sales report shows broad demand and rising prices
At London wool sales 16 400 bales offered with good quality. American buyers chase creasies cross-breds and top grades. Prices firming across regions: New South Wales 4800 bales scoured 63 4d, greasy 7d 1s 1d. Queensland 1400 bales scoured 7 4 8d, greasy 8d 1s. Melbourne Victoria 3300 bales scoured 10d 2s 2d, greasy 7 4 2d. New Zealand 700 bales scoured 8d 1s 3d, greasy 8 4 2d. South Australia 1300 bales greasy 6 4 4d. West Australia 100 bales greasy 1 4 4d. Cape of Good Hope and Natal 3600 bales scoured 10 4d 8d, greasy 5 4 4d.
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London
New South Wales
Queensland
Melbourne
Victoria
New Zealand
South Australia
West Australia
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
The Oil Market Opened and Closed Report
THE PRINT CLOTH MARKET, FALL RIVER, Feb 16 Print cloth market firm steady fair demand principally for odd cone Prices 31 16c for 64x64s 25c for x
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Fall River
Imports and Exports in Cuban and Jamaican Trade Ledger
A detailed ledger lists February 16 1891 shipments: Sagua la Grande and Port Antonio Jamaica with pine lumber, hardware, provisions, and diverse goods. St Pierre MIG and Liverpool Eng indicate sugar, molasses, crates, and assorted freight. end note records 172 head cattle aboard a voyage to Valestine cleared Feb 12.
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Sagua LA Grande
Cuba
Benjamin Dickerman
Port Ansonilo
Jamaica
Ethelred
ST. Pierre
Cooper’s Tools
Gambia
Liverpool
Eng
Valestine
Imports Goods List From World Sta cargoes 1891
A dense ledger style report lists ships and cargoes arriving at Glasgow London Liverpool Yarmouth NS Pernambuco Rosarlo Fortune Bay with items including bales tobacco wool rags paper stock leather and textile goods. Names of firms and agents such as Houghton Dutton Mackie Lowrie J Leeson Simons Jordan Marsh Co and others appear alongside cargo counts and units across multiple ports.
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Glasgow
Houghton & Dutton
Ford
J B Rivers & Co
Norwell & Co
A Milne & Co
Waring Bros & Co
Rooney
Lawson
N Thread & Twine Co
Dedo
Uc Chase
Simmons, Hatch & Whitten
Rector
H & A Allan
Jordan, Marsh & Co
EC Williston
Jones Ros
Do Moise
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Stoddard
Laveri G & Co
Moise
London
Cranwmore
Moors & Co
Baring Bros & Co
Sheldon
Morgan
Hovey & Co
Lamb & Griesbach
Am Tobacco Co
Kearney
Oakum
Testhorpe & Co
H Dutton & Co
Muse
Gowan
Howe & Brench
Gariier
Horace Dutton & Co
Geneva
Richards & Sons
Williams & Everett
D & M Williams
Mirepber
Maédse
Rodecanachi & Co
Liverpool
Stone & Downer
Billings, Clapper & Co
Merchants ‘Trans Co
BR Moors & Co
Erle
Yarmouth
Boston
Do Haddock
Haddock
H F Hammond
J W Marston
Johnson & Young
de Long & Seaman
Pernambuco
Duas_ Americus
American Sugar Refineries Company
Rosarlo
Osmond O’brien
Brown Bros
Fortune Bay
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Rosario
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Gambier
Carlos
Uga
Nova Scotia
Fruit Sales by Auction by Horatio Harris & Co
Horatio Harris and Co auctioneers and commission merchants at 227 State Street announce a sale on Tuesday February 17 at 12 o'clock noon in their salesroom. The notice lists fruit sales as the item category for bidding.
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Horatio Harris & CO
State Street
Snow & CO
Fulton Street
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