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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 22, 1887

Page

7

Port shows weekly shipments and fruit prices in New England market

The Portland shipments for the past week total 6418 barrels, making 83902 barrels for the season, up from 63774 last year. Prices listed include apples Baldwin Mass No 1 175 225 Maine 250 275 greening Mass 202 50 Maine 275 300 and various fruits and nuts with regional and seasonal rates.

A. C. Lombart Boston N.Y Liverpool Glasgow Cree Lon Miles Beige Laster Portland Baldwin Massachusetts Maine Tallman Virginia Farmer's Valencia Messina Palermo Malaga Florida Oreranges Cape Cod

Cotton and Sugar Markets See Steady Opens and Quiet Close

Liverpool cotton futures open steady and close quiet with various February to October spreads. Spot demand fair. receipts and sales reported. New York spot and futures show quiet to firm tones with mixed price bids and asks. Pipe line certificates and refined oil prices listed, sugar and molasses markets described with firm tones and quoted grades.

Liverpool Mid Uplands Orleans New York Bia Bae Oe Ee Ee Manila Lloilos Belmont Porto Rico Cuba

Markets by Telegraph. Grain and commodity prices across cities

New York traders report flour receipts and exports with high sales of Western and Minnesota varieties. Wheat and corn values fall or hold, with No 2 red and No 3 red pricing shown. Provisions rise, lard and bacon firm, and freight rates to Liverpool noted. Regional quotes from Cincinnati Toledo St Louis Milwaukee Chicago follow.

New York St. Louis Minnesota Chicago Rio Petroleum —United Western Liverpool Cincinnati Toledo Fen Hans Milwaukee

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities on Feb 21

Peoria reports hogs at 490 to 570 with 500 receipts and 170 shipments. St Louis sees hogs at 520 to 535 with mixed packers up to 55, Kansas City notes 5 25 to 5 75, Chicago shows cattle steady to strong with steers 360 to 510 and hogs 5 15 to 5 75, sheep weaker at 38 to 60 for natives and Westerns at 3 70 to 4 55.

Peoria Louis Kansas City Chicago

Cotton Markets February 2 1887 Report

Augusta net receipts 234 and gross 234 with 45 percent sales, steady. Galveston net receipts 2212 with exports to the continent 880 and stock 64 003, firm at mid 8 cents. New Orleans receipts 10,656 with exports to France 963 and stock 88849, firm at mid 9 16. Mobile receipts 619 with exports incomplete.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans France

Coastwise shipping and net receipts across ports

Coastwise figures show Memphis Savannah and Charleston with varying receipts and stock levels while New York logs ports exports to Great Britain France and the continent. Consolidated three day totals reach 33 024 with stock across all US ports at 862 702.

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

London Markets Hold Steady Wheat and Corn Amid Mixed Trade

Foreign markets report wheat firm and corn steady off the coast with quiet but firm shipment levels. At Mark Lane and Paris, prices show steadiness. Liverpool notes quieter wheat and steady corn with mixed American prices and firm bacon and cheese. Holiday in Paris.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England California

Imports 1887 Antwerp listing steamers and goods

A dense 1887 cargo list from Antwerp and Liverpool fields goods shipped by multiple firms. Entries name steamer Pieter de Coninck, Istrian, and many cargo items including iron girders steel billets condensed milk glass porcelain and wine. The long column includes companies such as J B Moors & Co Brown Bros & Co and Norway Steel and Iron Co with extensive bagging, glass, and other commodities.

Antwerp Pieter de Coninck Moors & Co Norway Steel and Iron Co Brown Bros & Co Clementson Baring Bros & Co Richtmann Tollens Plate Glass Lambert Bros Geneva Hi Jones F O Dame & Co John A. Norwell Smith & Sons C H Graves & Co Champagne D & M Williams Horace Partridge & Co B Moors & Co Cieneuegos Jessie E Loye Whitney Ousland & Co Havana Arthur C Wade Liverpool Eng Fiske, Coleman & Co Shuman & Co Beach & Co Dame & Co Sherburne Chadwick & Chadwick Wright Wright Bros Jacobus Glass Hills, Turner & Co Dennison Manf Co I. C Chase & Co Boston Clock Co Moise Stoddard, Lovering & Co

Railroad Train Schedule Changes From September Six

Boston and Providence line announces new train times starting Monday September 6 1886. Listings include departures from Boston to New York Newark Providence and other towns with varied daily and Sunday timings and numerous return trips. The schedule specifies Shore Line routes and connections with steamboat lines and local stops with complex am and pm timestamps.

Boston & Providence Railroad Shore Line Newark Ireturn New York Providence Ted Hen Tucket Dodgeville Reta Attlebore Lipsu Adfield East Foxbo Aso Rao

Boston Westbound trains and sleeping car schedules 1886

Boston station timetable lists numerous westbound departures to Albany and beyond with Pullman cars to New York Chicago and St Louis. It covers morning to late night services, including special Sunday trains, intermediate stops such as Worcester Nashua Manchester and Portland, and multiple branch lines. James T. Urquhart and J. Flan ders among officials.

Athang Kor Troy

Merchants list roped cargo and ship notices at Savannah and Sagua

A long shipping inventory records cargo items for Riley & Gray and others including hemp rope wire, hides, hogsheads of soda ash bleaching powders, pig iron, and casks. Steamer City of Macon carries hides and oranges. Numerous firms like Adams & Bros, Brown, Billings & Eaton, and Chapman Bros supply boxes, casks, bales, and crates across Savannah SAGUA and Yarmouth NL with vessels and consignors named.

Savannah Macon Adams & Bros Duck N Boynton & Co Billings & Eaton AS & J Brown Bourne & Co Blake & Ripley Ballou Chapin Bros Cheney, Upham & Co Chamberlain & Co Rosin Curtis Davis & Co Clark Eaton & Eustis Frye & Co George H Frost & Co Florida Fruit Co Gleason & Co Gillette Hooper & Co Holden Hall & Cole Hinds & McNear Spurr & Co Isham & Son Kendall & Co Leonard Little & Co Luce Lawrence Cotton Leyland Wheelwright & Co Webster & Co White Bros & Son Warren Steamship Co York & Co Sagua Payson Tucker Boston Sugar Refinery Yarmouth L Clements & Co

Exports Reports From Ports and Commodities

EXPORTS, FEB. 21, 1887. CARDENAS CUBA. Bark GM Stanwood-801 second-hand empty molasses hogsheads-84. HALIFAX NS. Sch Land S-459 barrels flour. GRAND MANAN Nb. Sen Mizpah-5 tons anthracite coal.

Cardenas Cuba Halifax Sch Land Grand Manan Sen Mizpah

Staple Goods Receipts From Multiple Railroads 1887

A detailed ledger of freight receipts dated February 21, 1887 lists cargoes for the Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine Eastern and Western Divisions, Boston & Lowell, and by Express and by Sea. Items include bales cotton and wool, flour, corn, oats, wheat, malt, millfeed, hams, butter, oleo, eggs, beans, potatoes, hay, lumber, leather, hides, tea, coffee, sugar, cheese, and various containers and forms of packaging across numerous shipments and destinations.

Victcor ENA Soceres Uievereie Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Express

Concord K K and Branches Train Schedule Notice

On and after Oct 11 1886 trains depart Boston from B and depot for Manchester Concord NH and upper railroads at 730 am 830 am ex 1050 am 130 pm From and M depot at 730 am Returning from Concord NH at 730 am 1020 am 245 pm 505 pm 728 pm Ke Chamberlin Sup

Concord K. K Boston Manchester Concord N. H Pi. Ponness Chamberlin

Unclear OCR: Rail Schedule Fragments and Names

Fragmented text shows train times, stations, and personnel names such as Billerica Arlington and George W. Storer. The passage resembles a dated railroad timetable or internal notice with schedules, receipts, and staff titles but lacks coherent events or outcomes.

Through Trains On Both Divisions From Boston

Boston and Maine announces through trains on both divisions with schedules from Haymarket and Causeway stations. Connections include Augusta and St. John Halifax routes, Eastport Calais, Lewiston and Manchester Concord, North Conway, and Portland lines with listed departure times.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Banfor St. John Halifax Provinces Eastport Calais N. S Portland Lewiston N. Causeway St Manchester Concord N. H Haymarket Square North Conway Causeway Street Maine Central Grand Crank and Knox& Lincoln Railway Aymarket Square

Trains Schedule From Boston to Suburban Stops

Western Division lists tram departures from Boston stations to Alton Keay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Maverhill Kennebunk Widdeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Melrose Highlands Melrose North Andover Newburyport Salem Wakefield Wilmington and Sunday trains with times for each stop and return journeys through multiple lines and weekdays.

Alton Keay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Maverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Widdeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Melrose Highlands Stoneham Melrose Mierris Mace North Andover Newburyport Salem Wakefield Wilmington

Boston and Woonsocket Train Schedules Outline

Readable fragments list Boston to Norwood Central Sunday trains at 12.45, 6.15, 10 pm with returns at 9.15 am and 2, 6.30 pm. Woonsocket division shows multiple daily departures from Boston, with Needham and way stations, and varied return times. Stops include intermediate stations and Sundays noted.

Framingham and Marlboro Marlboro Fayville Egg Southboro Northboro Clinton Leomister Fitchburg Vancuak Fitchburg E AM Nayo Villye Newton Lower Falls Boston Wellesley Hiils Worcester Newton Highlands Brookline Tseym Washington Street Hanson H. Ft. Gallup U.go Yrebronville North Attle Zwen A Ani Boylston West Roxby Mt. Hope Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Great Falls You Au Hampton North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn New Portsmouth Agor St. John and Halifax Bdover Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford Fortland Mangor Elewiston Kreading and Way Norwood Central Woonsocket Divession Boston & Albany Railroad Bost Needhaw and Way Sreturn Woonsocket

New England and Philadelphia Expresses Pass Through Hartford Routes

Train notices detail schedules for the New England Limited and Philadelphia Express daily services via the Air Line Route and stops at Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury and Fishkill. Through Pullman cars to New York Philadelphia Washington with dining and parlor options. Tickets and information from the agency at 299 Washington Street.

Montreal & West Vermont Boston Lowelland Chicago Fitchburg Pullman Central Vermont Bk Rk Washington Street New York Middletown Ne Haven Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill Hudson NEW England Limited Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Startford New Haven Jersey City Trenton Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Richmond P. M. Norwich Eine Doe Peiress New London Norwich Danielsonville Putnam City OF Worcester City OF New York Turner

Old Colony Weekday Trains Boston to New York via Fall River

Schedule notices list weekday and weekend trains on the Fall River Line from Boston to New York with return times and intermediate stops including Ashmont Hyannis Barnstable Mattapoisett Wareham and Cohasset. The timetable shows departures around 6 p m and returns around 5 p m with multiple local stop details and notes on service from 1887.

Boston New York Fall River Ashmont

Boston and Lowell Railroad Local Passenger Guide

Boston and Lowell Railroad schedules show provisions for Boston Causeway Street station and Washington Street office. It lists service from Boston to Pilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Plymouth Hanover Montpelier Burlington St Johnsbury Sherbrooke Quebec and Montreal with Pullman sleeping cars and parlor cars, plus local runs to Manchester Concord and northern divisions with morning and afternoon departures.

Boston Causeway Street Washington Street Old State House Pilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ishland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon River Junction Montpelier Esse Tlon Burlington Albans Montreu Nouth Warren Waverhill Wwoodsale St. Johnsbury Port Sherbrooke Quebec War Wits Anak

Ri OHN Al N Gen ll Pass Agent AALS

Ri OHN Al N is cited as a general passenger agent for AALS in unclear archival text. The note references roles and an organizational abbreviation without full context. This card preserves the readable entities from the fragment.

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