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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 21, 1887

Page

7

Market Prices for Fruits and Berries Vary by Grade

Olive and cranberry quotes show rutabaga? The text lists russet prices 176 to 200 and 83.50 to 1? per bushel with a mix of figures. Tangerines mandarins boxed prices range from 4 to 9 dollars. Cape Cod cranberries offer choice to fair quality at 7 to 11 dollars per box.

Cape Cod

Cotton and commodities report from Liverpool and New York markets

Liverpool cotton futures opened and closed firm with varying spreads for months future. spot Upland prices and sales noted. New York spot and futures show firm tones with prices across mid uplands, low mid, and ordinary levels. Imports to continental ports tallied. overall in sight and comparisons to 1884 1885 1886 outlined. Pipe line certificates figures, refined oil price, and sugar molasses market steady with specific grade quotes.

Liverpool Mid Uplands Orleans New York Manila Lloilos Belmont Mia Anote Porto Rico Cuba

Markets by Telegraph. Cotton and grain prices across cities

The report shows cotton selling from 6 13 16 to 9 16 cents with middling and other grades listed. Flour and grain futures move across New York Detroit St Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati and Chicago with varied spot prices, receipts and exports. Provisions and fuels hold steady or rise in several markets.

New York Uplands Orleans St. Louis City Mill Minnesota White State Rio Tige Western Liverpool Detroit Mich Michigan Milwaukee Varley Cincinnati Toledo Fev Chicago

Crop Yields Reported Across Regions

Agricultural bulletin lists corn 55 000 bush and barley 26 000 bush with totals for other crops. No further context or locations provided.

PRINT CLOTH MARKETS FALL RIVER AND PROVIDENCE

Fall River reports weekly print cloth production 175000, deliveries 163000, stock 61000, sales 188000, spot 45000, future 138000, price 34cc less 4g per cent for 648 nominal for 600x56s. Market steady. Providence notes quiet, 64s at 34 16¢, 56x60s at 3 1 16¢. Some spot sales at 3c less 4 per cent, next weeks delivery sold at 81 4 cents flat, 27000 pieces total, District stock 42000 pieces all 64s.

Fall River Sprint Providence R. L

Hogs and cattle market roundups from Peoria Kansas City and Chicago

Market notes show hogs steady at Peoria with receipts around 200, Kansas City hogs firm at 510 to 515, Chicago cattle quiet with various classes quoted. Hogs in Chicago steady with heavy receipts and varied packing and shipping prices. sheep trade reported with native and western quotes.

Peoria Kansas City Chicago

Cotton Markets Fel 19 1887 Augusta Net Receipts

Net receipts and sales figures across major ports show mixed activity in cotton markets. Key entries include Augusta with 170 net receipts and 446 sales. New Orleans 3963 receipts and 2000 sales. Liverpool and Britain exports balanced with coastwise shipments. overall stocks rise to 866,462 across ports.

Augusta Galveston Continent New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston France Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville United States

Imports and Exports. Import List of Feb 19 1887

A detailed ledger style roundup lists shipments arriving at Liverpool London and Haiti ports with cargoes for numerous firms including Stone Downer Norcross Hovey Shepard Norwell Talbot Wilmerth and others. Entries cover woollens earthenware linen silk timber and miscellaneous goods with quantities: crates cases bales casks barrels and tons specified.

Liverpool Eng Samaria Stone & Downer Eager Starbird & Co Jones, McDutYee & Stratton French & Co Norcross Melton & Co S Lane Kendall, Barrows & Co Bartlett & Eco Claflin, Larrabee & Co Brooks & Young Nichols & Farnsworth Talbot, Wilmerth & Co Kendall Barrows & Co Neal, Morse & Co Hovey & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Whitney & Co Schoenhof P Hollander & Co Warren & Blanchard Haley & Co Ives Bellamy & Co Brown Durrell & Co Shepard Norwell & Co Jackson Mandell & Daniels Beal Higgins & Henderson Jordan Marsh & Co Bradford Thomas & Co Houghton & Dutton Frost & Adams Seth Moose Kimball & Co Whittington & Co Harlow & Co Ordway I Hovey & Co Simons, Hatch & Whitton March Bros Pierce & Co Ewing Bros & Co Mackintire, Lawrie & Co Booth & Co Tufts Simmons Haytian Haytien Republic Lyon, Dupuy & Co Dupuy Riboul & Co Abiel S Lewis Moody & Co Ek & F King & Co Richards & Sons Marcus Brown Bros & Co Abram French & Co Marbles Peabody & Whitney Carter, Rice & Co Wadsworth, Howland & Co Kidder, Peabody & Co B Moors & Co Baring Bros & Co London British Queen Blanchard, Farrar & Co Boston Coffin & Clementson Cobb, Bates & Yerxa Gilroy, Son & Co

Trade Ledger Itemization of Various Goods and Shipments

A historical ledger lists numerous goods and consignments including bales of rags and wool, dry hides and tanned skins, tea, coffee, gin, dates, pig and cattle products, cement, indigo, and various fabrics. Firms such as J B Moors & Co, Charles E Moody & Co, Merchants' Despatch Transportation Co, Norway Steel and Iron Co, and Snow & Co appear as shippers or buyers alongside other named traders.

Moors & Co Charles E Moody & Co

Maritime Exports Ledger From February 19 1887

Liverpool and other ports report cargo from the Venetian and Hermann plus goods from St John New Brunswick Halifax and Antwerp. Items include beef lard meat leather oil flour hardware books nails corn biscuits oil and many assorted commodities with quantities listed for each shipment.

Liverpool Eng Venetian ST John H Gordon Antwerp Belgium New York Hermann Halifax

Receipts From Multiple Railroads Show Varied Commodities

A compiled list dated February 19, 1887 records transactions for several railroads including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony Boston & Maine Fitchburg and Boston & Lowell. Entries detail cotton wool flour corn meal oats beef bacon tea tea and many other items with quantities such as bales barrels cases sacks and bbls, plus leather hides and lumber.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad

Boston and Albany Railroad Time Tables Issued

Local time tables for the Boston and Albany line list daily departures to Springfield Albany and points west from Boston. Through tickets are sold at 232 Washington Street Boston with expresses to South Framingham and Detroit options. numerous departure times and sleeping car services noted.

Washington Street Boston Springfield Pittefield Ibany South Framingham Albany Syracuse Buffalo Cleveland Chicago Detroit Worccester Worcester Cleve Cago Sleeping Falls Fpr Adams Chatham Con River Branch Few Haven New York Cordaville Ashland Dulford South Framingha Newton Lower Falls Welleley Hills Newton Highlands Brookline Anes Aa Se Stanson H. T. Gallup Gen Act Gen. Sant

Intercity Rail Timetable Fragments Across New England

A dense OCR fragment lists numerous western division routes through towns such as Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Great Falls Blaverhill Kennebunk Lowell Salem Wakefield Wilmington Melrose and more with scattered times and sections. It appears to be a tariff like schedule covering weekday and Sunday trains, connections, and multiple lines including Boston to New York and coastal services, amid inconsistent punctuation and garbled notes.

Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Smh Dover Exetz Great Falls Jam Blaverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Hiddeford Sacco Lawrence North Lawrence South Vrenece

Trade item tally from colonial warehouse records

The list records quantities of bolls bales cases bags hides and skins. It lists 61 bolls 1 case 192 bags leather 9 bales 500 bolls hides 23 bales 22 286 dry hides 100 bolls green hides 19 bales 10 casks skins.

Market Report from London and Havana on Wheat Corn and Sugar

Cargoes off the coast with wheat firm and corn steady. Prices in Liverpool and Paris show wheat and corn holding firm while sugar in Havana weakens. Entries include California wheat prices, Liverpool quotations, and freight rates to the United States with sizable stocks remaining in Havana and Matanzas.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Havana Matanzas United States

Boot and Shoe Buyers Across the Nation Listed

A crowded roster names buyers and firms from many states including Georgia Pennsylvania Kentucky Illinois Ohio and Missouri with firms like Greensfelder Florsheim Phelps Dodge George Gore Kreisman Selz Schwab Wergert Reese Shaub and Shaffer Swarts in lists from Atlanta Craw Fort Worth Louisville Pittsburg St Louis and Topeka reflecting a broad wholesale shoe trade.

Atlanta Alleghany Penn Fielding Craw H Wanna Blumhage & Co Butler C Haselton Par Covington J Hickey Laws Laws & O Chicago P Dodge Phelps, Dodge & Palmer George P Gore George P Gore & Co O Kreisman O Kreisman & Co Ads AC McLaughlin Selz Schwab & Co Cincinnati George M Daum J H Laws & Co Durango Col Col—I Kritschke Detroit Mich M Reese, Jr Wergert & Reese Evansville P Marker Geo. Miller & Co Fort Worth Tex E H Lewis Lewis Bros & Lancaster W Shaub Shaub & Bro Louisville McCulloch D McCulloch & Son Mt Vernon Hull

Through Service Details for Boston & Lowell Railroad

Boston station on Causeway Street and 218 Washington Street offer extensive through service across New England and Quebec with schedules to Plymouth Warren Montpelier St Albans Montreal and more. Local and branch services include Manchester Concord Nashua Greenfield and other New Hampshire routes with numerous daily departures and Pullman sleeping cars to Montreal. Information and full timetable available at stations from general superintendent George W. Storer and assistant agent.

Fitchburc Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Causeway Street Reston West Albany N. Y Chicago St. Louis Pullman New York Central West Shore R. R N.Y. Co War Troy Exmracey al- YJ Greenfield Prsnes Adams Ain Gardner Baldwinville Athol Orang Miller's Falls Shelburne Falls Beogalston Erving Westminster Ashburnham Junction Ash Sane Ean PAX Aei Buruahz St. Albans Keene and Rutland Worcester Nashua Portland Boston & Maine W.R Ayer Ielusive Clinton Oakdale Framingham & Lowell R. BR Framingham Aim Lowell Fitchburg North Leominster Ayer Junction Shirley Greenville Downsend Centre Marlboro Rhodson and Maynard Concord Lincoln Waltham Boston Washington Street Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Mont- Petier Essex Junction Burlington Montreal Warren Maverhill Woodsville St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Jru Claremont White Mountain Central Vermont R. R Passumpsie R. R SUN M. Lowell Walnut Ark GAC Pro. SM LL Bu Ws Dac hUy Libs Seers College Mil Winter Hill Mass Hetleksen Bedford Lexington Arlington Mellen George W. Storer Central Vermont Rutland Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Depot Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R. Peck Cheshire R.A Central Vermont Points West Chee Hire & Monadnoen Pullman Palace C. A. Faxon R. Stewart Keene, N. HH Montreal & West R. R

Train Schedule Advances from Boston to Suburban Stations

Central Massachusetts R R announces new Monday February 21 1887 departures from Boston for Jefferson Way stations with express options at 1 15 and 5 05 pm. Sunday runs include morning and afternoon services to Hudson Rockbottom Way- Tantadd Weston Belmont Irley and Walt with multiple stops and express connections. Officials GEO W STORER and MEL LEN announce general passenger operations.

Central Massachusetts R. R Boston Lowell Causeway Street Jefferson and Way SUN Hudson Rockbottom Way- Tantadd Weston Belmont Irley and Walt GEO

Through Trains on Both Divisions for Boston and Maine

Train schedule excerpt lists Augusta Haymarket and Causeway streets stations times across divisions. Includes Ban gor St John Malifax Eastport Calais Portland Lewiston and Manchester Concord North Conway Portland routes with morning and afternoon departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations.

Augusta Haymarket St Causeway St Bangor St. John Malifax Provinces Sam Eastport Calais N. B Halifax N. S Portland Causeways Haymarket Sq Ton Lewiston M. Causeway St Hanchester Concord N. H Haymarket Square North Conway Causeway Street Haysmarket Square Maine Central Grand Trank Knox& Lincoln Railways

Newspaper Advertising Rates Decline Debut

Classified note shows single copies priced at 3 cents and a one year rate of 1.59 dollars. The snippet indicates pricing options for readers and potential subscription terms.

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