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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 10, 1889

Page

7

Spot sugar trade shows dealers holding for higher prices

Market notes indicate exporters unlikely to meet bid levels as dealers resist offers. About 43,000 bags in stock, with asks around 68s P kilo OC B cnt above current quotes. 11,000 bags on spot at 2% 817 rs 10 kilos. 20,000 bags to arrive Atacajus priced at 85irs P 10 kilos. 9000 bags Estancias at 851 885 rs P 10 kilos. New York raw sugars dull. refined steady. Molasses market unchanged. Fancy Ponce Porto Rico 38 40c/gal. Porto Rico common to choice 28 33c. New Orleans 45 47c. Cienfuegos 23 27c. New York demand for New Orleans quiet. foreign lots nominal.

New York Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Hog and Cattle Markets Across U S Ports

Stock Yards, Kansas City shows weak tone with slow trade and varied cattle receipts. Hog receipts nationally steady to firm with mixed sizes. St Louis Peoria Cincinnati markets show firm to steady prices amid steady overall demand. Consolidated five day receipts rise while exports to Britain and France noted. stock levels across ports remain high.

Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Augusta Galveston New Orleans France Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfol Philadelphia Baltimore Wis New York Great Britain Louisville Continent United States Memphis

New York and Liverpool Cotton Markets Quiet as Futures Firm

In New York middling uplands 9 13-16¢ and low middling 9 5-16¢ with 176 bales sold. Futures opened firm and closed unchanged on Manchester buying and light receipts. Liverpool spot cotton firm with middling uplands at 5 7-16d and American sales at 13,300. receipts 2,000 bales. Futures closed quiet across the board with mixed DOW figures.

New York Manchester Fae Ee Uee Eee Pocumiaty Ois Oec Jane Dereons Liverpool DOW Vertees Ose

Oil Market Update on Pipeline and Cottonseed Oil Quotes

Market closing times and opening prices for pipeline certificates and cottonseed oil in early January 1889. Records show daily highs and lows with opening and closing figures, reflecting activity on January 8 and 9 in the era’s commodity markets.

J. E. Carter & Co Washington Street Renee le

Market Notes Show Mixed Prices Across Commodities

Tallow goods quote firm demand with city prices around 644 6%%c and 542c for country and rough grades, plus 4 442c for grease. New York reports stronger demand with city 65-16c and 50 birds sold. Coffee futures show dull Rio activity and fair cargoes at 17c. Turpentine, rosin, and petroleum in New York markets indicate steady or nominal shifts with turpentine 46%4¢, rosin $1 105, tar nominal, petroleum 6.55 7.15¢, RSW 7c.

New York Rio

The Cattle Market Week Ending January 9 1839

Report for the Boston Post by George J Fox shows live stock totals with sheep cattle and pigs. Arrivals at Brighton and Watertown include 1 493 cattle and 713 sheep, prices listed for cattle store animals hides and pelts. Remarks note steady value and export demand with sales of milk cows and working oxen. Liverpool trade remains unchanged and shipments planned to Glasgow and Liverpool.

Boston Post George J. Fox Tnion Brighton Monroe Hollis & Co L W Dyer H M Taft Hosmer PW Thompson & Son J C Libby H Coolidge & Son Hall & Son Urham J S Henry Stone Remick & Cheney J Melloy & Son Liverpool J A Hathaway Glasgow Boston Suffolk George H. Harding Court Square Robert Herter COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU_SITTS Gustav Hartung Frederika Hartung Suffok Elijah George Jony W. McKim Esquire Register Samuel 8 Learnard Joan W. McKre Julius A. Palmer Joan W. McKim Wil Adaline P. Hibbard Weston Commonwealth OF Massachduc James F. Quinn John H. Quinn Joan W. McKim, Esquire Massachdu Maurice Scanlon Bridget Scanlon Elijah Glorge Lloyd Briggs Edward A. Studley Lilian F. Briggs Rogton John W. McKim Ommon Wealth Massachusetts Hannah Milnor George A. Dary Couny The Boston West Massachussetts Richard Fletcher Jonny W. McKim Charles W. Sawyer Somerville Middlesex William Putnam Kuhn Samuel Joseph Bradlee Ann Bradlee Jonny W. McKi Llwah George

Cattle and Sheep Trade Update from Port and Yards

Steamer Palestine and Michigan carried cattle for Liverpool and 9000 head of Western sheep and lambs entered the market. Maine cattle and beef shipments arrived. buyers paid near last week’s quotes. Watertown yards showed heavy oxen 1200–1500 lbs and brisk butchers demand. Brighton yards cautious with Western beef cattle and several large oxen sold for slaughter.

Ryegate A H Gibson C P Burke Clogston LH Smith Glee Hall & Son Whipple & Farnham Rob French Maine Eastern Watertown MD Holt TC Libby & Son W W. Hall & Son F H Coolidge & Son P W Thompson & Son Springer F Thompson C Libby Watertown Yards Continenta England Brighton Chicago Prindl Benners Meadow Northfield Mass James Wall Prindle Dudsley Breck & Wood J A Hathaway Baker

Imports and Exports January 9 1889 Georgetown

Georgetown Prince Edward Island and Nova Scotia list schooners loading bush potatoes and other goods. Barclay & Co appears on multiple vessels including Utopia Cyrene Orion and W F Collins with lumber herring alewives and mackerel. Metegahan and Port Medway NS record spruce lumber laths and cranberries with various shippers.

Georgetown Pei Utopia Barclay & Co Jpei

Exports Jan 9 1889 Harbor Grace St John s NF and other ports

Shipping list records cargoes from Harbor Grace St John s NF Sydney NB and Liverpool and Buenos Aires orders. Items include glassware hardware soap axes lard tallow belting leather oil clothing oars weather strips pumps lanterns fishing gear corn kerosene oatmeal cornmeal salt and more with vessels Schooner Thrasher Gem Playfair Virginian and Bark Auburndale and large quantities of grain and leather goods.

Harbor Grace ST John’s SY John St John Liverpool Eng Buenos Ayres Auburndale

Receipts Report from Multiple Railroads January 9 1889

A detailed list of receipts across rail lines including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England and other lines. It records quantities of cotton wool flour corn oats malt beef pork butter cheese eggs leather and related goods with bale, barrel, bag, and case counts. The tallied items cover bales of cotton and wool, bbls flour and beef, tons of bran, boxes of cheese and eggs, sacks of flour and corn, and numerous other commodities.

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

Boston and Maine Railroad cargo and records summary

A long OCR style list records cargo and goods by the Boston and Maine Railroad Eastern Western Lowell System and other lines. Items include wool bales, butter and eggs, flour, tallow, leather hides pelts and meats, with many quantities and vehicle counts such as cars and bales. Units show mixed consignments across divisions and express shipments deplete or add to totals.

Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell System By Express

London and Liverpool Markets Show Quiet Wheat and Steady Prices

Overseas and English markets report wheat and corn largely steady with modest demand. California wheat prices hover near 7s, while Liverpool notes steady breadstuffs with firm lard and bacon values. Manchester’s Guardian notes overall steady prices, limited export demand, and a general trend toward higher quotations despite past slow gains.

London Mark Lane California Paris Liverpool England English Manchester The Guardian India China

Workingmen's train Sunday schedule details

Sunday trains listed for Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Bangor and Lewiston Reading and neighboring stations with multiple daily departures including morning and evening times across several cities. The timetable shows varied departure times such as 6pm 3am and 8am plus midday and night runs.

Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading Her Nashua Rye Lawrence Bom Stenmehsaan and Way Lexington and Way Woburn and Way Winchester and Way Concord Montreal

Train Schedules Across New England and Nearby Towns

A dense list of train times covers Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Everett Lynn Rockport Salem Revere and many branches including York Harbor Seagus Oyster Bay lines. It notes Sunday trains and connections via branches with numerous departure and arrival times, platforms and service days.

Amesbury Beverly Aim Biddeford Chelsea Bover Everett Great Falls Rochester ySampton North Hampton Rye Ipewich Lynn Marblehead and Swampscott Branch Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Tom. Revere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem York Harbor & Beach RR Seagus Branch Swampscott Wenham Wolfeboro Lynnana Way Portland Bankgor St. John Halifax

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