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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Feb 20, 1888
Page
7
The document lists grain prices and related quotes such as 12 150 for New York standard and 8 100 for common, with various eins and sizes. It notes these prices apply to carload quantities and cover wholesale to jobbing markets, with rye excluded from the range.
The Bourner market shows stable pricing with Western creamery and dairy lots quoted firm. butter ranges from 19 to 31 cents with various quality tiers. Cheese, eggs, beans, grasses, potatoes, and poultry offer mixed availability and prices, while hay and rye straw hold near prior figures and truck demand remains solid.
The warm cars of the Fitchburg, Eastern and Lowell railroads will leave Thursday this week in stead of Wednesday.
Trade remains calm as apples show no price movement. Cranberries demand moderate with Cape Cod varieties priced from 7 to 11 per barrel and 3 350 per crate for country. Florida and Mediteranean fruits are steady with Palermo and Valencia quotes and a Honda steamer due February 23 carrying Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Norfolk boat arrives Monday with 103 boxes of oranges.
A steady pork market with activity at old prices. Lard and hams steady. Beef prices list for extra and mess cuts, plate and hams, beef tongues, and tripe. Fresh beer market quiet. beef, mutton, veal and various grades priced. Chicago and Eastern mutton quotes included.
Pipelines certificates closed 3 pm Feb 17 with bids around 89%4¢ and 90c high on Feb 18. Sugar markets steady with raw and refined listings including milling and granulated grades. molasses values noted for Porto Rico. cottonseed oil certificates show open near $1 ½ and close. tallow prices steady with regional variations. turpentine rosin and petroleum prices reported in New York and London market notes.
New York on February 14 reports flour receipts totaling 15 088 packages with exports of 1775 barrels 3630 sacks and unchanged sales at 20 500 barrels. City mill extras sell at 440 475 per 100 pounds with various grades from fine to superfine and winter wheat extra listed at 290 500 per 100 pounds.
Minnesota firm on wheat with No 1 hard and No 1 Northern mostly steady on track and in store, while other grains show light to steady movement. Across Toledo St Louis Milwaukee and Chicago prices edge higher or hold, with flour and corn trades mixed, pork and lard firm, receipts and shipments vary by region.
New York spot cotton closes quiet at 105 1/4 for middling uplands and 101 1/4 for low middlings with no sales reported. Futures show steady to easy prices. Liverpool spot steady while U S ports report varied receipts and stocks across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and consolidated totals.
The print cloths market closes steady at 4c for 64 squares and 56x60s bid and declined at 4c with limited availability. Weekly sales reach 6000 pieces against 15000 the prior week, including 5000 pieces 64x64s spots at 4c and 1000 pieces 64x48 seconds at 3 ¾ c. Manufacturers hold about 2000 pieces 648 stock with no 56x60s.
Chicago livestock market report shows cattle receipts about 2000 with steady to higher price ranges for steers stockers cows and mixed cattle, hog receipts around 9000 with heavy and light hogs selling between 3 20 and 5 65, sheep receipts near 2000 with natives Western and Texans pricing from 2 76 to 5 40 and lambs around 5 6.
London and Liverpool market notes show wheat and corn dull on quiet demand with firm English and French markets. Liverpool prices for winter and spring wheat range near 6s 7d to 6s 9d, corn around 48 9%4d, pork and lard prices listed. Havana sugar markets weak then firm, with weekly stock and export figures and freight rates to the United States.
Detailed ledger of shipments cleared in February 1888 across Liverpool Halifax Fayal Trinidad London and more. Records include lumber, pork, butter, beef, flour, cotton, leather, machinery, canned goods, oils, and agricultural products. Ships named with cargoes and quantities, denoting broad trade flows and port activity.
A dense table of staple product receipts shows cotton molasses bales butter flour and more with figures for 1887 and 1888. Items listed include cornmeal oats wheat beans apples barley potatoes malt and meats among others with quantities in bbls and bush. The record reflects yearly totals and specific stock counts across numerous commodities.
A 19th century ledger lists receipts dated February 18 1888 for multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston and Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg with quantities of cotton wool flour corn oats barley and other commodities. Totals include 7 bales cotton 212 bales wool 868 barrels flour and 38915 bush corn across several firms.
Probate Court citations announce final accounts for Henry L. Fearing in Newton Cambridge and Reuben Dork in Sherborn with required appearances. Other notices appoint Willis Kingsbury and George Gay estate admins in Cambridge and Boston, plus Daniel Harimond trusteeship in Boston. Executors John W. McKim and John A. Duggan report bonds and demand notices.
The Boston Post emphasizes careful handling of legal notices with precise designation of the paper as the official publication. It notes attention to court reports, proper advertising, and swift return of original documents to attorneys the day after advertisements appear, underscoring meticulous proofreading for accuracy.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts announces two hearings by the committee on banks and banking. On Feb 23 at 11 a.m. at the State House room 12 the panel weighs regulation of savings banks connections with national banks and amending section 13 chapter 116 to limit trustees who may also serve as directors. J VARNUM FLETCHER, Chairman. H H ATHERTON, Clerk.
Local time tables list trains by division with through tickets at 232 Washington St Boston. Schedules show departures from Boston and North Adams Marlboro Fitchburg and other towns, with daily and Sunday services and connections to Pittsfield Albany Hartford and New York area. Supervisors Hanson and Gallup noted.
Railroad timetable notes Boston and Maine lines with diverse through trains to Maine New Brunswick Nova Scotia and ports. Schedules list Haymarket Causeway St Sanger St John Halifax ports Rockland Castine Bar Harbor Bewiston Manchester and Concord connections with Maine Central Grand Trunk and others. Various departure times from Boston and Halifax corridors amid steamship links from Portland and Portland routes.
Train listings for extensive routes in the Eastern Division cover Boston to Amesbury Chelsea Dover and coastal towns with Sunday trains and workingmen’s service. Marks include multiple stops such as North Conway Newburyport Portsmouth Gloucester Swampscott and Brockton with return connections and special via branches.
Boston and Maine Railroad Lowell System timetable lists extensive local and through trains from Boston stations on Causeway Street and Washington Street to Montpelier, Burlington, Montreal, White River Junction, and scattered Massachusetts towns. It notes sleeping and parlor cars, noted stations, and official contact details for timetable procurement.
Trains depart Boston for Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction and west from Causeway Street starting November 18 1887 with multiple daily options including daylight and express services. Sleeping cars to Chicago via Niagara Falls and other routes, plus varied intermediate stops like Belmont Waverley Brattleboro Cambridge and Greenfield. The timetable lists numerous departure times and connections across the line.
An OCR jumble lists May train times and routes to New York with numerous stops and varying return times. It notes days of operation including Monday Wednesday and Friday, with adjustments on other days. The text appears as scattered timetable fragments and return fees.
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