Meat Market Prices Steady Across Pork Beef and Lamb
Pork prices firm with steady lard hams and various cuts ranging from short cuts at 17 75 to 18 25 per hundredweight and fresh ribs and sausages listed. Beef shows steady quotations with extra plate and family beef at 8 50 to 9 00 per pound and fresh beef unchanged. Fancy lambs firm with mutton and yearlings steady and veal prices quoted across quality ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wwe
C. Lord
Chicago
Brighton
Liverpool Cotton Prices Hold Steady Amid Mixed Weekly Stats
Liverpool spot cotton remains steady at 112 400 bales with upland and Orleans quotations near 6 16d and 6 11-16d. Futures show slight gains across December to August delivery ranges while weekly data report 49 000 bales sold, exporters 84 00, and total U S stocks and imports across ports with varying levels of activity.
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Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
Augusta
Mide
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Continent
Enset
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
C. St Louis
Mid
Louisville
France
United States
Sugar and pipeline market notes from late 19th century price sheet
The report lists pipeline certificates closing January 5 and 6 with prices 93 to 94 cents, plus a quiet raw sugar market with refined and granulated prices ranging from 6 3/4 to 7 1/4 cents. Molasses prices show Ponce at 35 cents per gallon and Cienfuegos at 22 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uoilos
Javas
Ponce
Cienfuegos
Trade centre flour and grain prices in New York and Chicago
Receipts and exports listed for flour and wheat with multiple grade prices and sales figures. Market shows steady firm tones in rye flour cornmeal and oats with No 2 spring around 77 to 78 cents and various elevator and fob quotations.
Diverse 1860s market quotes and grain prices across cities
Across ST LOUIS MINNEAPOLIS MILWAUKEE DETROIT TOLEDO CINCINNATI buyers receive fluctuating values for flour wheat corn oats rye barley pork lard and whiskey. Receipts and shipments totals accompany regional price movements in a dense market update.
Hog and cattle markets across major cities
Hogs steady in Kansas City and Peoria with receipts around 800 to 4,043. St Louis reports steady hogs with varied packer quotes. Chicago shows strong cattle with high steer values and mixed lots, while hogs run weak with a range from 4 80 to 5 85. Sheep and lamb markets remain dull to steady with native and Texan lots noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Peoria
ST. Louis
Chicago
Texas
Foreign Markets London Liverpool Antwerp Paris Jan 6 Wheat Corn Prices
London reports cargoes off coast lacking buyers while shipments show wheat weak and corn steady. Mark Lane quotes California wheat 42s 3d, Australia 38s for cash and 42s 3d for January. Liverpool notes dull demand for bread grains with mixed prices and futures. Antwerp Paris quiet markets with No 2 red winter wheat at 19f 37c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
California
Ustralia
Paris
Liverpool
Antwerp
Imports and Exports at Glasgow and Savannah in 1888
The list details numerous shipments including the Steamer Scandinavian with 1814 bags of potatoes to London, and the Steamer Galena carrying 2191 bars of 821 billets iron. It lists buyers and consignors such as C E Morrison & Co, Fuller Dana & Fitz, N Liltenburg, Baring Bros & Co, and J D Lewis among many others with items like coal, steel, wool, drugs, wines, and cocoaine. The long inventory also notes ships like Elizabeth and Shawmut and multiple New England firms such as M Aummings, J Breck & Son, and Amoskeag Manufacturing Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Glasgow
Scot
Morrison & Co
London
Galena
Bacon & Co
J M Johnson
Fuller, Dana & Fitz
Bolls Steel
Oliver Ditson & Co
Otatoes Lazard I
Pomade
Meyers ¢ Co
Baring Bros & Co
Phelps, James & Co
Weston, Whitmore & Co
Stone & Downer
Hayes & Co
Burnett
Leonard & Co
Aummings
Ludlow Mans Co
Peabody
Mdise Gorham, Rogers & Co
Webber
Shawmut
Charles Storrow & Co
Barry, Thayer & Co
Weld & Co
National Duck Co
Massachusetts Cotton Mills
Boston
Pepperell
Nashua
Amoskeag
Laconia Co
Stark Mills
Methuen Co
Tremont Mille
Greene & Co
Wamsut
Exports from Lunenburg and Liverpool Shipments Listed
Export record from January 6 1888 cites schooner Hector W McG at Lunenburg Nova Scotia with 00 bbls flour 125 bbls cornmeal 4 bbls deck plugs 27 bbls beet and the steamer Kansas at Liverpool England cleared January 4 carrying extensive cargo including 25000 bush corn 63 tierces lard 1200 bbls pork 740 cases canned goods 2 cases 82 rolls 35 bales 6 bags leather 997 boxes 105 cases bacon 1399 pounds caramel butter 25 hirds grease 68 hirds 15 tierces tallow 10 bales 9 cases domestics 28 cases organs 1 second hand organ 19 bales rags 148 bales cotton waste 891 quarters fresh beef 15 boxes tongues 4190 bbls apples 4507 pieces staves 454 bales hops 10 hirds 1 box tobacco 34902 bush wheat 284 pieces lumber 44 tierces beef 12 tierces tongues 2197 bales cotton 916 sacks oil cake 7386 sacks flour 648 cases canned mutton 8 trunks clothing effects 1 box nuts 1 box hardware 1 bar steel 1 box effects and jewelry trass samples and machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lunenburg
Hector W
Liverpool
Eng
Kansas
Staple Receipts by Railroads in 1888 Boston Layout
A detailed ledger of consignments across northeastern railroads listing bales cotton, wool, flour, oats, corn, oats, feed, lard, sugar, butter, beans, hay, straw, lumber, leather, hides, skins, and other staples. Entries cover Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine divisions, and by express and sea inbound Car inventories. Each line records commodities and quantities for routes and depots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lowell
By Express
Boot and Shoe Buyers Across Cities
A list of buyers and firms from multiple cities including Chicago Greensfelder Flor sheim & Co and Jelenko & Loeb in Deer Lodge and Jastrowitz in Montgomery showing shoes and boot trade connections. Names like W Hall & Leeds and D A Oppenheimer appear among the buyers and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Greensfelder
Greensfelder, Florsheim & Co
Mantonya
Mantonya & Co
Charleston
Jelenko
Jelenko & Loeb
Deer Lodge
Mon
Bonner
EL Bonner & Co
Los Angeles
Cal
Jastrowitz
L Harris & Co
Let Discretion Be Your Tutor Ad Promotes Dyle’s Pearline
An advertisement urges fashionable housewives to choose Dyle's Pearline for laundry and cleaning. The copy promises better results with discreet guidance for home tasks and emphasizes trusted beauty and household routines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dyle
Will construction and trust termination in Cambridge case
Middlesex Probate Court cites interested parties in the will of Matthew Wilson of Cambridge to resolve the distribution of trust funds and trust termination. John P. Reynolds petitions the court and publication is required in the Boston Post over three weeks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachu
Middlesex
Matthew Wilson
Cambridge
John P. Reynolds
Commonwealth
Boston Post
Boston
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
Kendall Bailey
Charlestown
Said
Henry Brower, Jr
Esquire
Register
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Eckley Stearns
Woburn
Hannah L. Stearns
Guardians and executors listed in Boston probate notices
Legal notices announce guardian accounts for Fannie H Neale and removals sought by Annie M Neale. Trustees seek license to sell real estate. Heirs of James Aylward informed of probate for Mary Aylward executrix. Administrators Charles Einstein estate announced. creditors urged to present claims. Boston Post notices dated December 21 1887 and January 6 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ommonwealth
Massachusetts
Suffolk
Lawrence A. Heyer
Fannie H. Neale
Addie B. Neale
Fred Neale
Boston
Said County
Annie M. Neale
Commonwealth
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
James Aylward
Charles Instein
Rachel Bernstein
Marx Pelovsky
Cambridge Street
Proposals for Brighton road rock removal in Boston
City of Boston invites sealed bids for grading and rock removal from a 65 foot wide section of Commonwealth Avenue between Warren and Washington streets in Brighton. Bids must state price per cubic yard, deliverable rock up to 50 pounds, bond or certified check for 1000 dollars, and project completion at 100 cubic yards per day. Proposals due January 7, 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City Hall
Boston
Commonwealth Ay
Massachusetts Av
Warren
Washington Sts
Brighton
Washington St
Harvard Ay
John W. McDonald
Through Trains on Western and Eastern Divisions 1887
Boston and Maine announces through trains on Western and Eastern divisions for October 23 1887. Services originate at Causeway Street and Haymarket Square stations with departures to St. John Halifax Portland Calais Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway Fortland and other points. Frequent round trips listed with specific times and connections on regional routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Causeway St
Argor
St. John
Malifax
Haymarket Sq
Eastport
Calais
N. B
Halifax
Portland
Heckliand
Castine
Southwest
Harbors
Lewiston
Manchester
Concord
N. H
North—Haymarket S Q
North Gonway
Fortland
Mains Central
Grand Trunk
Knox & Lincoln
Train schedule snippets at stations reveal rough timetable data
A fragmentary table lists station names such as Bedford Lexington Arlington and timing figures like 3.40 pm 6.08 pm and 12.50 am. The note mentions that a full information table of local trains is obtainable at stations, signed by G. S. Mell en and Geo W. Storer as general superintendents and general passenger agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cord
Mass
DR m. Sun
Sun Vite
Bedford
M. Lexington
Arlington
SON
Druluru
Mellen
Geo
W. Storer
Western Division Train Timetable for Boston to Shoreline Routes
Daily western division trains run from Boston stations to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with numerous departures listed for various towns including Andover Dover Haverhill Kennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Medford Melrose Malden Wakefield Wilmington and other stops. Sunday trains include Dover Haverhill Lawrence and Reading stations plus Portland Bangor and Lewiston services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Division
Boston
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Waters
Great Falls
Haverhill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Biddeford
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Lowell
Realden
Medford
Melrose Mighlaids
Stoneham
Tao
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Reading
Malena
Wakefield
Wilmington
Lawrence
Manchester
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Boston to Amesbury and beyond Train Schedule Brief
Eastern Division timetable lists departures from Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury and many branches including Beverly Chelsea Dover Ipswich Lynn Salem Rockport Gloucester and more. Noted are routes to Portland Bangor St John Halifax and via South Reading and Saugus Branch with Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. General Manager James T. Furber and General Passenger Agent Flanders credited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston
Causeway Street
City
Washington Street
Old State House
Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Haverhill
Woodsville
Littleton
Bethlehem
Fabyans
Lancaster
Whitefield
Franklin Lebanon
White River Junction
R.R
Montreal
Montreal & Soston Air Line
Eastern Division
Boston Station
Amesbury
Beverly
Middeford
Chelsea
M. Dover
M. Everett
Great Falls
Rochester
Mampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Seek. m. Ipswich
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
Eabody
Danvers
Portsmouth
Revere
Rockport
Salem
York Harbor & Beach
Swampscott
Wenham
Weolteboro
Lynn and
Way
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
Saugus
South Reading
Haymarket Square
James T. Furber
D Flanders
Train Schedules for Boston to New York and Providence
Rail timetable notice effective May 30 1887 outlines service between Boston and New York via Shor Line Fast Express and Shore Line Mail with daily and Sunday variations. It lists departure and return times, connections including Providence and Stonington Line, and numerous intermediate stops with complex daily pattern details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rroston
Fravidence Rattroaa
Boston
New York
New York Shore Line
Steamboat
Stonington
Ronville
Stonington Line
Boston & Providence
New York Ga. m
Bia Wi Ms
Statetreet
W. Richardson
W. A. A. Folsom
Insolvency Notices From Cambridge Court Proceedings
Public notice announces hearings on January 12 1888 in Cambridge for Cyrus Ellsworth Beular and others to seek discharge under the Public Statutes. Assignees George W.M. Given and Jurtis Abbott set meetings for creditors February 9 1888 and March 8 1888 respectively at the Court of Insolvency in Cambridge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dias Hirge
Cambridge
Middlesex
Boston Post
Boston
Grovar M. Brooks
Whles
Cyrus M. Ellsworth
John Beular
Ellsworth & Beular
Suffolk
George W.M. Given
Main
Mass
Po’elock
Jurtis Abbott
Tremont Street
Boston Post Legal Advertising Notice Guidance
Legal notices should designate the Boston Post as the official paper. The Post is recognized as the reading Boston paper for court reports. Attorneys should return original documents the next day for proofreading to ensure absolute accuracy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
Post
Boston
Central Massachusetts R. A. rail schedule to Northampton
A timetable lists trains from Boston to Northampton and nearby towns including Amherst Belchertown Ware Barre and Waltham with multiple daily departures on Monday and Sunday. It shows morning and afternoon runs with times such as 7.26 am 12.05 pm and 5.25 pm and notes supervisor Geo W. Storer as general passenger superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gentral
Massachusetts
R. A. Pen
Northampton
Boston
Vianey
Amherst
Belchertown
Bondaville
Ware
Gilbertville
Barre
Butland
J Screené
Akdale
West Boylston
Clinton and Werlin
Pbr
Budson
Sudbury
Weston
Waltham
SUN
Waverley
Belmont
Ann
Pos Melllen
Old Colony Special Notice for baggage checks and train times
Passengers with fleets on this road may have baggage checked from hotel or residence to Boston destination. Baggage calls may be left at No 3 Old State House. Effective January 2 1888 the schedule lists Fall River Line trips Boston New York and return times to numerous towns including Ashmont Barnstable Yarmouth Sandwich Hyannis and more with multiple daily departures and returns. GEO L CONNOR General Passenger Agent signs off the notice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony
Boston
Old State House
New York
Fall River Line
Ashmont
Barnstable
Esannin
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Return
Hyannis
Braintree
Cottage City
New Bedford
East Bridgewater
Grockton
Abington
Weat
Eas
Weymouth
Aniante
Japan
Milton
Mattapan
Neponset
Heturn
Mattapoisett
Middleboro
Nantucket
Wood's Hall
Plymouth
Duxbury
Quincy
Hianover
Kbeckland
Hanover
Kovkland
M. Whitman
Wallas
Wes Bridgewater
Cochesett
South Easte
Bridgewater
Woll
Sm. Bridgewater
Krrechton
Buzzard’s Bay
Buzzard's Bay
Provincetown
Chatham
Chat
Bam
Cohasses
Hingham
Cohaset
Bingham
Kall River
Brockton
Launton
Marrixon Ware
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Ieee i. Return
M. Scituate
South Duxbury
Taunton
Central Station
Dean Street
Weymouths
Cohusset
Scituate
Marshfield
Marsfield
Cohnnset
Fall River
South Braintree
South Tree
Rockton
Geo. L. Connor
Gen. Pass
Colony
Falver
ILI
Am Orchestra
Brooklyn
Corey
City
Annnex
Osten
Colo
L. H. Palmer
Agt
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Minnesota
Canada City
Rio
United
City Extra India Mess
Western Steam
City Steam
St, Louis
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Detroit
Toledo
Ae Bbls. Co
Rene
Secree
Hides
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU_J
Ward
John A. Collins
Dennis A. Harrington
Patrick H. Dillon
George W. Hobbs
Geerar M. Brooks
Mary Aylward
Joan W. MoKin
City OF
Railroads
Boston & Maine
Stetson, Moseley & Co
Look
E Street
Kilby St
Salem Lead Company
F. A. Brown, Treas
BAEDEBRB, ADAMSON & C@O
Mill Street
Binghamton Oil Refining Co
Messrs. Olney Bros
Congress Street
New England
Oliver L. Briccs
Chas
T. Bowell
Court St
Hath
Pam
Keene Hillsboord
Green
S. Peterboro
Hilleboro
Wilton
Mil- Amherst
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COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUS/ SALTS
Warren G. Morse
Brookline News
Lovurs Cassier
Prico
Conta
Geo. W. Storer
A.an
J. KR. Kendrick
Beyvondé
J. RB. Kendrick
West Theore
Central
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Pullman
Pult
Beagner Palace
Vermont Oe Var
J.w.hobart
General Manages
W. Cummings
St. Albans
Concord BR. BR
Branoomes
B. and
N.H
Epps
Ames Epps & CO
Homeopathic
England
Aaron B. Gay
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