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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Feb 24, 1888

Page

7

Wool prices across states and regions listed in detail

A list of wool prices by state and region covers Kentucky Texas Ohio Michigan Maine California Oregon Washington and more. Figures include grade notes and months or quality terms as cited, with ranges from 12 to 438 cents per pound and various quality descriptors.

Wyoming Colorado Georgia Kentucky Texas Exas Kansas Nebraska Ohio Michigan Pennsylvania Maine California Oregon Medium Valley Washington Territory Cape

Coffee Market Opens Active in New York Trade

The coffee market started with firm activity in New York on February 23, with first quotations down 4 to 15 cents per pound and 20 000 bags sold. Rumors of European house failures covering about 100 000 bags sent prices down 75 points from Tuesday’s close, prompting heavy unloading before a late, cautious close.

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Metal Market Report From New York Trade Session

The metal exchange saw a small business with under 150000 pounds of copper sold. April delivery was at 16.40, with May and June at 16.30. Tin for April and May ranged 31.60 to 31.45, with 81.40 possibly clearing 200 tons. lead remained strong with limited offers below 5.30 cents.

New York Metal Exchange London

The Chicago Markets Reported By Farnum Reardon Co

The Chicago markets were dull with May wheat at 79 5 8 cents, Hutchinson buying to sell from Soc up, and the day closing at the day’s lowest 79 3 4 cents. Corn stayed dull, with Lord Was weak, and a lower price seen as a buy. The only feature in the provision market was ribs sold by Bloom and Wright as grain movement continued unresolved.

Farnum, Reardon & Co Hutchinson Soc Lord Bloom Wright

Quiet Flour Market Reflects Steady Trade Activity

The flour market shows little change with quiet general trade yet some sales to meet present needs. Quotations cover fine to patent grades, Michigan and Minnesota varieties, and export Canada lines. corn, oats, oats futures, meal, and buckwheat flour also move with varying demand.

Market Report Notes Steady German Buier Prices

A moderate demand appears for a Buieter named German, with prices described as fairly steady amid current market activity. Further specifics are not provided in the fragment.

Fresh creameries and dairy items steady in wholesale market

Fresh made creameries quoted at 29 380c with strong choice lines and broad variety. North ern dairy lots and Western da iry items show steady demand. several grades and regions listed with prices for creamery, cheese, eggs, beans, seeds, potatoes, and poultry.

Markets Report On Butter Cheese And Eggs In Major Cities

Butter in Chicago and New York shows quiet demand with creamery quotes from Western and Eastern markets. Cheese remains unchanged with Western and Liverpool listings, while eggs hold firm in Eastern and Western markets.

Chicago Elgin Creamery Western Creamery Liverpool New York Eastern

Market Quotations For Meat And Beer Prices

Provisions show fair demand for pork at old quotas with lard and hams steady. Quotes cover pork cuts, tongues, mess, prime, and extra prime. beer prices listed for various grades. fresh beef demand light with steady quotes. mutton and lambs steady. veal ample with lambs and mutton priced across grades and regions.

Chicago Brighton

Fruit Market and Shipping Chart From Norfolk to Messina Prices

The Norfolk boat arrives Friday with 664 boxes of oranges and 47 packages. Starlight cargo sold in New Orleans Feb 22. Lemons at 126 305 and oranges at 140 400 per box. Hondo from West Indian ports brings 12,189 banana bunches and 771 cocoanuts. bananas priced No 1s at 135, No 2s at 70c, and eight-band bunches at 1. Prices for Messina and Palermo fruit noted. Hi Harris & Co auction prices listed for lemons and oranges. Apple shipments week ending Feb 18 show Boston 4845 bbls. market firm for Baldwins and greens. Liver pool quotations quoted for Baldwins, russets, blue Pearmains, greenings, Spy, greening, common stock, and Baldwins. Cranberries quiet but steady. Cape Cod varieties priced by color and crate. Florida oranges in best lots in good demand. Mediterranean fruit quiet. Palermo oranges at 2 3 per box. Florida choices 350-400 per box. Messina oranges 2 2 per box. Messina lemons 3 4 per box. Valencia oranges 3 25-3 56 per case. large 4 46 per case. extra large 5 50 per case. jobbing -- per case.

Norfolk Starlight New Orleans Hi Harris & Co Messina Palermo Scee A C Lombard Boston Liverpol Baldwins Cape Cod Florida Valencia

Miscellaneous Stock and Sugar Market Report

PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES closed 3 pm Feb 21 877gc opened 10 am Feb 23 88c highest 89%gc lowest 8712c closing 3 pm Feb 23 1888 8914. SUGAR The market for raw sugar is unchanged. Prices are steady. Raw sugar fair to good refining 5 5%¢c centrifugals 96 teat 644ca Alanilas. 44ad oc.

Market Prices Report for Refined Sugar and Related Commodities

Span 414 43ec Javas Nos 10 to 11 5% YRc refined sugar quiet demand granulated at 6Ygc. Pulverized 7 16c powdered Tiger tbh granulated 7% sc confectioners A Gige standard A 6% c Belmont A BbYec extra yellow C 54cc yellow 514c. Wholesale grocers price today 7c granulated. MOLASSES Choice new Ponce Porto Rico 42c per gal boiling 60 test 21 22c. COTTONSEED OIL CERTIFICATES market opened 30 34¢ closed 30 34¢ high 30 4c low 30c. TALLOW steady fair movement city rendered 4 4 bc country 4 414¢ rough 2 2% ec. NEW YORK Feb 23 Tallow 45¢ 411 16¢ LONDON Feb 23 Tallow 34s. TURPENTINE AND PETROLEUM New York turpentine closed 40 14 40 4 ¢ resin 112 42 116 petroleum closed 6% 7 se RSW 7¢ cases 95 ¢

Javas Ponce Porto Rico New York London

Trade Centre Market Reports Flour and Wheat Prices

Reports from New York and Chicago show flour receipts at 39 059 packages with varied sales and prices, wheat around 89 89 1/2 cents for No 1 Northern and 88 89 1/2 cents for No 2 red store, oats and barley mixed, coffee, sugar and molasses steady, pork and lard prices easing, receipts and shipments across major Midwest cities. Chicago notes flour steady, wheat lower, corn lower, oats up and down, and provisions dull. Milwaukee and St Louis report mixed grain and provisioning trends with receipts and shipments. Minneapolis, Toledo, Cincinnati, Detroit list ongoing price movements and arrivals.

New York Minnesota Rio Matanzas Phila United Bbis Mess Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam Liverpool Lake Chicago Milwaukee St, Louis Minneapolis Toledo Cincinnati Detroit

Cotton market page reports mixed futures and spot prices

Allan Asher and Co review futures trading with limited price movement and broad market updates. Reports show New York and Liverpool quotations, port receipts, stocks, and exports across U S ports with multiple city figures and regional daily totals.

Market Report Hogs Cattle and Grain Across Major Cities

Kansas City hogs steady with 6000 receipts noted, Chicago reports 9000 cattle and 19000 hogs with steady to firm prices, steer values at 3.86, heifers and bulls mixed, hogs trading from 4.35 to 8.66, sheep and lambs steady with natives around 8.50 to 8.50. Wheat and corn prices vary slightly with futures and cash bids across Philadelphia, Duluth, Baltimore and Chicago markets.

Kansas City Peorla Baltimore Elphia Duluth Chicago Texas

Foreign markets snapshot from London to Paris on Feb 23

Market report notes cargoes off the coast with wheat activity limited and quiet in London markets. Liverpool spot wheat inactive with mixed prices for winter and spring wheat. Antwerp spot wheat steady and Paris wheat prices listed for February and March.

London Beerhoom Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Antwerp

Imports and Exports February eighteenth eighty eight

List of imports and exports at Havana and London ports is given with brig Daisy Boynton and steamer Alunda among many consignments. Entries include sugar, chromos, toys, machinery, paint, oil, wine, spirits, mdse, paper waste, hides, wool, hemp, beans, plaster casts, indigo, and pine, with firms Nash Spaulding Otis Clapp Furness Adams Taylor Baring Warley Webber Vinal Sheldon and others. Also Mediterranean ports shipments from Girgenti Messina and Palermo noted with brimstone olive oil cheese wine and sumac. At St Simons Georgia, Sch Hartley timber run of hard pine measured 392,538 feet.

Cienfuegos Brig Daisy Boynton Nash, Spaulding & Co London Eng Alunda Otis Clapp & Son Furness Toys Heyer Bros Brandy Adams, Taylor & Co Baring Bros & Co Moors & Co Sears Whitaker Bros Walling & Shoney Norlind & Casson Sheldon & Co Girgenti Brimstone Messina AS & J Brown & Co Palermo ST Simon’s Sch Richard FC Hartley George McQuesien & Co

Exports Summary from Brisbane and Liverpool Trade Entries

The February 23, 1888 report lists Brisbane exports from the bark Snetrid cleared February 21, detailing 8000 cases tin cans and extensive consignments including metal caps, shovels, agricultural implements, wagon material, hardware, lamps, nails, oil, stoves, wagons, axes, and various other goods totaling thousands of cases and crates. A Liverpool entry records Brig Heyaline with 4256 bushels flour, 500 sacks feed, 650 bushels meal, 24 bushels oil, 10 bushels pork, and 16 barrels beet.

Brisbane Liverpool Heyaline

Staple Products Receipts for Feb 23 1888 and 1887

A dense ledger-style summary lists recepts for staple goods including cotton wool molasses flour butter cornmeal oats oleo cheese eggs and more with quantities in bales sacks barrels and boxes. It compares figures for 1888 versus 1887 across many items such as wheat potatoes beef pork lard bacon hides tea coffee and other commodities.

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Receipts From Railroads on February 23 1888

A ledger style list records freight receipts for Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston and Providence Old Colony and New York and New England railroads. It itemizes bales of cotton wool flour corn oats malt barley feed oats and other commodities including meat lard tea butter eggs beans molasses coffee and leather with quantities in bales boxes barrels sacks and rolls.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad

Fragments of Freight and Goods by Rail and Sea

A sprawling list of cargo items across multiple rail divisions and shipping methods details quantities of cotton, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, wheat, rye, malt, hams, tallow, hides, butter, eggs, apples, potatoes, hay, lumber, leather, and various bales and cases. The entries are sectional by railroad lines and express or sea delivery, with many numeric totals and unit counts for each commodity.

Fitchburg Railroad Oston & Maine Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Lowell System Express

Railroads New England Schedule Corrections Feb 5 1888

Railroads timetable lists corrected New York and New England departures from Boston foot of Summer Street with many listed routes to Ashcroft Baltimore Danbury and other stops. Includes Woon socket division, express and limited trains to New York Hartford Philadelphia and the Norwich Line with connections to steamers City of Boston and City of New York. Jackson and Kendall provide supervision and ticket information.

Boston Ashcroft Baltimore Bird Street Blackstone Danbury Borchester Budley Street Ellis Endicott Lii Franklin Fares Areso NEW England Limited New York Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Hartford New Britain Waterbury Willi Pn Philadelphia New Haven Jersey City Trenton Washington Richmond Py. M. Norwich Line New London Ville Putnam City OF Boston City OF New York Washington Street Summer Street Jackson

Old Colony Special Notice of Boston to New York Train Baggage

Passengers with tickets on this line may have baggage checked from Boston hotels or residences to their destination. Baggage may be called for at No 3 Old State House. Effective Feb 13 1988 Weekday trains depart Boston for New York via Fall River Line at 6 p m and return at 5 p m. Extensive timetable details follow for Ashmont Barnstable Sandwich Hyannis Mattapan and many other stations with numerous departure and return times.

New York Fall River Boston Old Colony Providence Brooklyn Eet City Moston Old State House L. H. Palmer Agt No. 3 Fall River Line

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