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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 18, 1889

Page

7

Grain and Produce Prices Across Markets Report

Market notes from New York Cincinnati Baltimore and regional farms show mixed demand and steady prices. Peas beans and potatoes display varying values with hand-picked and special grades. poultry and game offer steady to firm rates. hay straw and grasses hold near last quoted levels.

Canada New York Cincinnati Ll. Baltimore York State Timothy North West Red Top Jersey Houston Hebrons Bush Houston Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Vermont Rose Vermont Hebrons Burbanks Rose Ebrons Buranks Nova Scotia New Brunswick Chenangoes

Market Report On Fresh Produce Prices

The market shows a quiet day with steady supply for vegetables and greens. Prices listed include Marrow squash 50 ton, Savoy cabbage 90–100 bbl, onions 1 to 2 per bbl, Bermuda onions 2 per crate, spinach 50–60c per bush, kale 50c per bbl, parsley 2.25 per bush, and other items such as radishes 50c per dozen and turnips 40c per box.

St Andrews Lonz Bush Norfolk

Hog and Cattle Markets Special Report

Kansas City stockyards show cattle receipts 1552 with best lots steady and others weak. Hogs receipts 4652 firm with prices 5 to 10 higher. steers and feeders mixed $2.80 to $3.30. Sheep steady at $2.50 to $4.00. Cincinnati hogs barely steady. Chicago cattle receipts 20009 with steady bees at $41 to $46. Texas corn fed steers $3.30. Hogs in Chicago 15,000 receipts. weak market with mixed $4.30 to $4.60 and heavy $4.30 to $4.65. Sheep receipts 2000. natives $3.50 to $4.25, corn-fed $4.10 to $4.65.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Chicago Provisions Market Mixed as Pork Prices Steady

Heavy pork demand shown with prices near bottom. Lard steady amid far demand, hams and bacon offered at varied quotes. New York and St Louis markets cautious. Chicago reports quiet provisions with pork at 11 to 12 dollars and lard around 6 to 7 dollars per unit depending on format.

Chicago Cudahy Cass Choice City New York Western Steam Continent South Amerca St Louis

Fruit Market roundup shows steady prices and light demand

Apples steady with Baldwins at 1 1 25 per barrel and greenings 1 1 25. Liverpool notes unsatisfactory quality and Baldwin sales at 7 44 10s. Oranges and lemons feature Florida fruit steady with Messina lemons 2 325 per box and Palermo lemons 2 43 25 per box. cranberries dull with limited demand and bananas selling 1 25 to 2 50 per bunch.

Baldwins Tallman Sweets Liverpool Florida Messina Palermo

Steamer Peconic to bring Messina and Catania fruit

The Peconic is due February 23 with 7250 boxes Messina oranges 2100 boxes Messina lemons 3700 boxes Catania oranges and 200 boxes Catania lemons. The Victoria is due with 5900 Palermo oranges. 3100 boxes Pa

Peconic Messina Catania Victoria Palermo

Shipping records show citrus imports and departures

The report lists Lermo lemons and 2500 boxes of Catania oranges and 3500 boxes of Naples oranges. The steamer Irinacria departed Catania with 2800 boxes of oranges and 700 boxes of lemons bound for Boston, sailing from Palermo. The Savannah boat bound for Monday carries 7100 boxes of oranges.

Lermo Catania Naples Irinacria Boston Palermo Savannah

Auction sale of cargo from steamer Icqua announced

H Harris & Co will auction Monday the cargo from the Mediterranean fruit steamer Icqua. The sale seeks bidders for perishable fruit and related merchandise aboard the vessel. The event is expected to attract traders and buyers from regional markets.

H Harris & Co

New York and Liverpool Cotton Prices and Market Summary

New York cotton steady with middling at 101-16 for uplands and 958e for low middling. Sales total 210 bales. futures opened quiet, closed steady. Liverpool spot dull with limited demand at 59-16d middling uplands and 64d low middlings, 6,000 bales sold. Various U S ports reported mixed receipts, exports, and stocks, with overall quiet to steady tone across markets.

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Sugar and Molasses Prices and Trade Notes

Sugar markets show quiet demand and steady to firm prices with raw sugars ranging from Guba refining at 4% 4%c to Java Nos 10 to 11 at 5%c. Havana activity rises with better news and higher prices, Molasses sugar sales, shipments, and warehouse stocks in Havana and Matanzas detailed. receipts and exports for the week listed. Muck molasses demand remains quiet with Porto Rico and New Orleans prices cited.

Havana Matanzas United States Ponce Porto Ric Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Market roundup: tallow coffee whiskey turpentine prices

The report notes a quiet steady tallow market with city prices around 5'4c and 24% grease, New York firm with 65-16 city quotes, coffee and tea markets quiet, whiskey steady at 103, turpentine closed at 474cc with rosin 105 110 and petroleum 6.5547.20c with RSW 7 and cases 9c.

New York

Imports and Exports February 16 1889 Buenos Ayres

A dense ledger of transatlantic cargoes listing tons hides skins oils wool and cotton goods from New Orleans and Jamaica to Liverpool and London, with entries for Carpincho hides cocoanut bananas logwood roots and various commodities aboard ships like Meganticook Michigan and Julia with consignments from firms including N W Rice Co and J Moors & Co and consignments bound for Placencia.

Buenos Jamaica Boston Michigan JB Moors &O Indise Be Ch & Co Arins Bros Wn Lecce & Robertson Morrison & Co Noves Noton Fessenden Soule Woollens Kendall, Barrows & Cold Ships Hutchion Dove Mans Co King & Co Drexel, Morgan & Co Moors & Co Stel Jere Abbott & Co Baeder, Adiunison & Co Golf & Sons Cutery Dime Stodtar & Kendsll Lovering & Co Delsiols & Co RM White & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Gold mi H & Co Thg & Co Lowell Mani Co Doidder Peabouly & Co du Tully & Co Snow & Co Mor- Tinn & Co Baring Bros & Co Holander & Com H Brown & Co Ros & Co Placentia Kay Julia

Warehouse Inventory Listing from Halifax

Halifax catalog entry lists steamer Worcester cargo and various goods such as hard ware roof ing materials, whitewood, sand paper, copper packing, rubber hose, glue, stereo plates, lamps, water pipes, cloths, buckwheat, piano glass, patent medicines, and other items. Records show quantities including 28 pkgs of hardware 30 bushels roofing 3 dozen whitewood 7 boxes of something 1 barrel copper packing 1 dozen rubber hoses 13 boxes bottles 11 dozen stereo plates 1 dozen lamps 80 pieces water pipe 18 cases oll clothes 2 dozen buckwheat 1 box glass 9 dozen patent medicine 27.

Halifax Worcester LIV KPOUL Eng Haligax Badlstorks RVOOL Virginian Si John Nik Schooler C T Gregory Ee Senos Ayres Snefrid

Maritime Trade Inventory Brimming With Diverse Goods Across Ports

The document lists extensive cargo and commodities consigned to ships and warehouses at Halifax, Liverpool, and New York. Items include rubber goods, dyes, oils, cattle, bacon, flour, cement, and hardware, with numerous tonnages, bales, barrels, and crates noted alongside vessel references such as LIV.KPOUL and LIV.RVOOL.

Staple Receipts Across Railroads In late 19th century lists

A dense ledger style entry details receipts on February 16 1889 for multiple railroads. It itemizes bales of cotton wool flour corn oats and various goods including bales of leather hides butter eggs coffee tea sugar tea and more. Names of railroads include Boston Albany Grand Junction New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine and Boston & Maine Lowell System with quantities in bales barrels boxes and rolls.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Khoston & Providence Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Raiload Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Sears Uumver Poston.& Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell Wales Iby Express Ewes Dales DulSinco J Bales Coffer Vas

Foreign Markets Update From Liverpool and Europe

Feb 16 reports show varied commodity activity with holders offering freely in beef pork hams and lard futures. wheat steady in London and Liverpool. mixed American corn and hops futures firm. Paris and Antwerp markets steady with petroleum quotes noted. cargoes off the coast wait for shipment and wheat and corn futures influenced by London and New York quotes.

Liverpool Taliow London New York California Mark Lane England Paris Antwerp Bremen

Proposals Sought for Armored Coast Defense Vessel

Navy Department invites sealed proposals for a single armored coast defense vessel of about 4000 tons to be built in the United States within three years. Bids due February 20, 1889, with payment in ten installments and ten percent final retention. Eligible American shipbuilders must show capacity and provide required deposits. plans and specs available after December 26, 1888. William C. Whitney, Secretary of the Navy.

United States Navy Navy Department Washington, D. C Naval Service Iolders Congress United States Naval Establishment Secretary of the Navy Thei Navy Washington, D.C William C. Whitney

Train routes and schedules advertise connections to multiple cities

The notice lists daily service from Albany with connections to Syracuse Rochester and Buffalo and all western points. It mentions elegant Wagner cars for Niagara Falls Detroit and Chicago via Michigan Central and Lake Shore lines, with a drawing room car offering travel to Cleveland Toledo and Chicago via Lake Superior and Michigan Southern, except Sundays.

Fitchburg Hoosac Oec Loston Scalleway Street Albany Rotterdam Junction Est Troy Kingamton Buffalo Chicago Niagara Falls Short Line Erie and Josion St. Louis Niagara Falls Michigan Central Palace Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway Binghamton Ayer Junction Belmont and Waverley SUN Brattieborn Miller’s Falls Cambridge Concord Blutchburg Gardner and Muler’s Falls Ieee Kavesick Falls Johnsonville Ancoin Marlboro Madsen Ae Uts Nashua N. H North Adams Williamstown North Leominster Saratoga Shebouras Ominion Square Somerville Mn. Waltasem Yitam Watertowns Union Market Mt. Auburn Worcester Aver Junction Syracuse Rochester All Points Detroit Vermont Boston Lowell Wagner Palace

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