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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 03, 1889

Page

8

Grain and feed prices and hops market report

Middlings in sacks at 19 24 per ton. Sack spring 18 75 to 19 00 per ton, sack winter 19 75 per ton. Michigan bran bulk 19 50 per ton. Mid dlings in sacks 18 50 to 23 50 per ton. Cottonseed meal steady prime in sacks to arrive 26 25 per ton. Malt dull six row Canada 1 10 to 5, two row State 85 to 90c. Hops quiet New York 1888 16 22c, 1887 10 to 12c, common to good 8 to 9c old 5 to 8c.

Michigan Canada Choice New York Jacuaty ccc Cccessass S.ssscesss Cnc Dales Liverpool Wiens Ning Augusta Galveston Expor New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Continent Charleston Wilmington Great Britain Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville France United States

Wholesale dairy and produce market rates drift lower

Butter demand quiet with prices easing. Western creamery 27 29c, imitation 24 25c. Vermont and Eastern creamery varied around 28 32c. Eggs soft due to warm weather. beans, seeds, potatoes, and poultry show steady to easy pricing with multiple regional ranges noted.

Vermont New York Eastern Creamery Western Creamery Elgin Eastern Dairy Western North Choice West Sage Western Flats New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Michigan York State Timothy North Red Top Jersey Houlton Hebrons Houston Rose Hebrons Burbanks Chenangoes Bush Prince Edward Island Virginia

Fruit auction updates from Harris & Co in Messina and Palermo markets

Harris & Co reports on fruit auctions with Messina and Palermo lemons and oranges priced per box or case. Prices for apples, Liverpool exchanges, grapes, and Florida fruit are noted along with cranberry and nut markets and general market tone.

H Harris & Co Messina Palermo Hubbardstons Baldwins Tallman Greenings Liverpool Catawbas Almeria Florida Jamaica Virginia

Chicago pork and lard prices in May market report

In Chicago the feature in provisions was the liquidation in lard. Armour was a heavy seller of May pork. The deliveries were about 26,000 barrels. Pork futures and spot quotes show opening highs lows and closings across Jan to May contracts with steady to lower tone. Prices for pork and lard varied by grade and format with job lots cited at 13.50 to 13.75 for pork and lard around 7.42 to 7.45 in the market.

Chicago Armour Rane Jean New York City Continent South America

Meat market report with varied prices across items

The text surveys bacon, ribs, lard, and corned beef market levels, noting dull or unchanged tones in several categories. Fresh beef prices show range shifts from choice to good and light to heavy cuts, while mutton and lamb markets reflect ample supply and subdued demand.

Cincinnati Chicago Brighton

New York and Liverpool Cotton Markets Report

Cotton prices steady in New York with middling uplands at about 9 9 4 cents and sales of 346 bales. Futures opened and closed steady. Liverpool quotes show middling uplands at 5 1/4 pence and American imports totaling 8,000 bales with 2,000 American.

New York

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities

Stock yards Kansas City receipts show slow demand and weak prices for cattle with native cows at 150 to 275 and range steers 28. Hog receipts at 6536 lead to 5 to 10 cent declines with heavies 495 to 510 and lights 490 to 505. Sheep at 1471 receipts stay firm with active demand around 2385. St Louis hogs firm with Yorkers 495 to 510, mixed packers 5 to 515, and butchers 515 to 525. Peoria and Cincinnati report steady to higher hogs and good demand, while Chicago notes steady cattle and mixed hogs with lower or steady ranges, and strong sheep values across the board.

Kansas City St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Sugar Market Steady Across Raw and Refined Prices

Sugar markets hold firm with raw sugars unchanged and refined lines quiet. Quotes list Cuba refining at 65 cents, Manila and Java varieties varied, powdered and granulated sugars around 7 to 8 cents per pound. Molasses steady with Fancy Ponce Porto Rico at 38 to 40 cents per gallon and New Orleans activity modest. Foreign lots are nominal in New York with New Orleans more active.

Cuba Manilas Iloulos Javas New York Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos New Orleans

Cottonseed Oil Certificates Open January 2 Trading

Fragmentary notice shows certificates opened at 10am January 2 with high and low values for that date and closing at 3 pm January 2. Details unclear due to damaged OCR.

Miscellany of Market Notes In New York and Cities

Market chatter shows firmer prices across several commodities. Coffee prices rise in New York Rio shipments while whiskey holds near 103 to 104 dollars. Turpentine and resin move up, petroleum closes with varied figures and case costs reported.

New York Rio St. Couis Cincinnati Peoria

Market Livestock Totals and Prices for Brighton Watertown

Weekly figures from Brighton and Watertown show live stock totals including sheep and cattle with lambs and swine. Arrivals at Watertown yards list cattle 1802 and sheep 3005 with veals 414. prices range from beef at 7.25 to 7.50 per unit and store cattle from 12 to 150, hogs 64 to 64 2/3 cents per pound ducted by George J. Fox for the Boston Post.

Brighton and Watertown Boston Post George J. Fox Iain Eka Brighton

Brighton Market Reports Steady Prices for Cattle and Hogs

Livestock sales mixed with general steadiness across cattle veal and sheep. Western hogs trend lower while dairy cows and milch cows show modest gains. exports and Watertown Brighton yards scenes noted with varied consignments and buyer turnout.

Imports and Exports at St John 1889 Cargo Totals

Shipping records show schooner Cricket departing St John New Brunswick with household furniture goods. Kept detailed lists for steamers Cephalonia Milanese and Trojan London Milanese bound for Montevideo and London with extensive cargoes including lumber, hardware, organs, canned goods, dairy and meat products, textiles, and farming supplies.

ST John Liverpool Eng Cephalonia Montevideo London

Staple Shipments By Railroads Chronicle January 2 1889

Receipts list extensive cargoes for Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Od Colony and related lines. Cotton wool flour corn meal oats and malt show large quantities alongside meat, butter, eggs, lard, bacon, hides, leather, tea, cheese, and various commodities.

Totals of 1889 receipts by commodity across 1888 and 1889

Historical ledger of daily totals lists cotton butterbales wool oxen Oleofor bales flour cheesesacks cornmeal eggpounds oats oatmeal buckwheat corn meal wheat potatoes barley malt hay rye straw lumber tallow leather hides beef pork lard and other goods with quantities for 1889 and 1888. It records unit counts such as bales boxes bushels and tons, reflecting the era's farm and market activity.

New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Boston & Maine Railroad—Western Division Lowell

London and Liverpool Wheat and Corn Markets Dip

London market shows wheat firmer with clearer demand on passage. corn steady. At Mark Lane wheat eases while corn quiet. Liverpool quotes show wheat quiet and steady amid poor demand with stock levels. futures and provisions move, pork and bacon lower, cheese and lard mixed.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool

Workingmen's Train Timetable Digest

Dover to Maine service times list shows departures from bWorkingmen's train at Dover six pm and arrivals to Hiaverhill at eight am sixty seven pm. Lawrence eight am five forty seven pm. Manchester six pm. Lowell eight am six seven pm. Medford eight forty five am twelve forty five two fifty five thirty seven forty nine pm. Portland Bangor and Lewiston six pm. Meading and Way Stations eight ten am twelve fifty one forty five two forty five four five six forty five seven seven thirty eight fifteen nine fifteen ten fifteen pm.

Dover Hiaverhill Lawrence Manchester Bam Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Meading and Way

Boston to Amesbury and beyond rail timetable trends

A dense listing of train departures from Boston and nearby stations to Amesbury and many other destinations. Timings cover morning to night with multiple daily runs, noting services from Chelsea Dover Revere Portsmouth and Lowell area branches. The schedule includes weekday and Sunday trains with varied amplitudes and irregular spellings reflecting OCR.

Boston Area Train Timetable Through Service Details

Boston stations list extensive daily departure times to multiple destinations including Laconia, White River Junction, Montreal, Manchester and Concord. Schedules show 8:30am to 9pm ranges with numerous branch lines and way stations across New England and beyond.

Central Mass Division Train Timetable

Timetable shows local and through trains from Boston Causeway Street to towns including Northampton Hadhey Amherst Betcher Brondsville Gaulbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale Boylston Worcester Clinton Berlin Behindson Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Wesson Waltham Waverley Belmont and others with departure times 7.45 am 1.30 pm 3.40 pm and additional service to Northampton at 1.15 pm. Time tables at stations. James T Furber D J Flanders.

Albany West Boston Boston Station Causeway Street Amesbury Tom Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton Leach North Hampton Rye Beach Prewich Yan Marblehead Swampscott Branch Mmlddleton North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Tom. Revere Rockport Gloucester Keranch Salém York Harbor & Beach R.E Saugus Branch Wenham Woltcoro Lynn and Way Newburyport Portland Banor St. John Warfax Salem Montreal Fabyan’s Manchester Concord N. H Meene Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Lowel No. Billerica Lawrence Rilmington Walnut Hill Stoneham Woburn Winchester West Miedferd Mass Billerica Bredford Lexington Arlington Bedford Central Mass Portland Street Northampton Hadhey Betchertown Brondsville Gaulbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale Boylston Worcester Clinton Berlin Bhindson Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Wesaton Waltham Waverley Belmont Waltham, Hudson and Way James T. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen'l Pas’r Im. Sand Vm Abington Brock Quincy Weymouth East Weymouth Taunton Brockton Brockton Ton Marshfield and Sea View Mattapan Milton Middleboro Rneponset T. aNew Medford aNewport North Easton Stoughton Randolph Ballymouth Duxbury Quincey Heckland and Hanover Hanover, 5.15, 411.02 Am; 2.30, 3.40, 5.30, 6.25, d11.15 Pm. Sciteuates Shawmut South Braintree South Duxbury Central Station Dean St Hitman South Weymouth Wollaston Heights Westridgewater Cochesett South Easton Northern Division Boston & Albany Kneeland Street Framingham and Marlboro Fayville Seouthboro Northboro Leominster Amd Fitchburg Pratt’s Junction Old Colony R. R Old Sty le House J. Rakendrick Geo. L. Connor

Cape Cod Bus Schedule Details by Towns and Times

Cape Cod division timetable lists routes from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and other towns. Service to Bourne Bourne Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Fairhaven Hyannis Nantucket Mondays Saturdays Wellfleet and more shows morning departures around 8.15 am and afternoon returns near 4.15 pm with specific variations per stop.

Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Barnstable Bourne Almouth Hyannis Harwich Monument Beach Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Woods Hall Provincetown Sandwich Sagamore Yarmouth Tremont Wellfleet West Barnstable Wareham Warmouth

Providence Division Train Timetable Fragments

Partial schedule listing departures and frequencies for Providence Division lines from various stations including Attleboro Canton Junction Readville Meath Jamaica Plain and New Bedford with numerous daily and Sunday times noted.

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