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Boston Post

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Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 18, 1889

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7

Grain futures and cash market reports across Chicago New York and Milwaukee

Market steady with limited demand as No 2 whites and fancy cats hold firm in rail car sales. Peoria quotes No 2 whites 36 3642¢, No 3 whites 38 34c. spot prices show fancy 38 40c No 2 white 35 4 36%4c. New York receipts exports and sales total 102 000 bush with No 3 white 31% 1380 and No 2 white 34%4 35c. oats rye barley millfeed and other grains trade dull to steady across cities with weak to moderate demand and varied price ranges.

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Uiet Peoria New York State Chicago Milwaukee St Louis Toledo Graham Canada Michigan Choice Hams, LLC City Continent South America Cincinnati Brighton Cess Cerceeses Liverpool PO Seine Cannies Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Norfolk
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Market Report on Dairy and Agricultural Commodities

Receipts of Western creameries rise while trade remains quiet and wholesale butter prices fall. Quoted ranges show Western creamery, Vermont, and Eastern butter varieties. cheese, eggs, and beans also noted with varied demand. Potatoes, poultry, game, and hay markets reflect large supplies and buyer-favorable conditions with several price quotes across regions.

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Vermont New York Eastern Western Elgin Liverpool Chicago North Choice West Sage Western Flats New Hampshire Michigan Canada Wolcago York State Timothy Red Top Jersey Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Hebrons Burbanks Nova Scotia New Brunswick Chenangoes Princedward Island Novacotia Geice
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Fruit Auction and Apple Price Notes

Harris & Co to auction Friday 1402 boxes Catania lemons 2699 Malizza lemons 4885 Palermo lemons 574 Catania oranges 1318 Malizza oranges 5211 Palermo oranges plus 530 Valencia cases by Snow & Co. Apples supply large and selling slowly at low prices with quoted ranges for common to premium varieties. Grape prices for Almeria grapes are firm.

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Hi Harris & Co Catania Palermo Snow & Co Valencia King Sweet Baldwins Tallman Expos Almeria
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Market prices for fruits and cranberries steady this week

The market shows steady quotes for Messina and Palermo lemons and oranges, Valencias and Florida oranges, tangerines, mandarins, and cranberries. Jobbing prices hold, with modest demand and ranges for choice to fair lots and cases.

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Messina Palermo Florida
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Fruit Steamer Arrivals Report Wide Citrus Import

The steamer Naranja arrives in Boston with lemons from Catania Malizza and Palermo and oranges from Catania Malizza Palermo in thousands of boxes and cases. The steamer Bessarabia passed Gibraltar on January 6 carrying Messina and Palermo oranges and lemons to Boston. The steamer Italia passed Gibraltar on January 7 with Valencia and Palermo oranges.

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Naranja Boston Catania Valencia Bessarabia Gibraltar Italia
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Chicago provisions souring as shorts push market lower

Bears grow bolder as early buying fades and speculative demand dries up. Prices drift lower across futures and live market, with May options expected to weaken before expiration. Highlights show mixed bid quotes for pork, lard, and beef across Chicago and regional markets, while demand remains unsettled and prices ease.

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Norfolk market price list for many vegetables

Truck shipment of 196 packages due Friday notes prices per ton or per box for items including marrow squash at 35, hubbar 40 50 per ton, onions 120 to 140 per barrel, beets 40 50s per bush, carrots 40 50 cents per bush, lettuce 75 to 1 dollar per bush, turnips 40 cents per box, radishes 40 cents per dot long, celery 3 4 per box, parsley 2 50 and 4 bush, Norfolk spinach 150 per barrel.

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Norfolk St Andrews
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Hog and cattle markets across major Midwest and coastal cities

Cattle receipts at Kansas City and Chicago show slow demand with lower prices, while hog markets rise slightly in several cities including St Louis Peoria Cincinnati and New York futures. Cotton and cotton futures move mixed with steady New York spot prices and varied global market signals across Liverpool and major American ports.

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Kansas City St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Texas
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Port and city ledger of net receipts and exports in six days

Consolidated six day totals show net receipts 115835 across ports with exports to Great Britain 46931 France 15182 and the Continent 35455. Stock across United States ports reported at varying levels with dull and nominal market notes in some locations.

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West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Great Britain New York Continent Cincinnati St Louis Louisville France He Continent United States
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Sugar and Molasses Market News

Sugar demand quiet with steady or unchanged prices across raw and refined grades. Cuba and New York markets show dull to steady activity as Havana and Sagua cane yields falter, molasses prices steady. Regional listings include Porto Rico to New Orleans cargos with varied grades and cts per gallon.

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Cuba Anais Sage Troilos New York Havana Sagua Ponce Porto Rico
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Commodity Price Snapshot Across Markets

Tallow shows steady demand with city renders at 64 6 l4c and country at 542c. Coffee from New York to Rio remains strong with fair cars at 17c. Whiskey in Chicago sits at 1.03 dollars while St. Louis quotes 1.03. Turpentine in New York closes at 46 1 4c with resin at 1.05 and tar nominal. petroleum ranges 6.55 to 7.10c with RSW at 7c and cases at 9c.

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New York Rio Chicago St. Louis
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Imports and Exports January Eighteen Eighty Nine Antwerp and Halifax

A整理 list of imports and exports from Antwerp and Halifax with steamer cargoes including champagne steel billets grease casks gin copper hats glue rags carriages plate glass colors paper stock window glass rags and many other items. Also notes Mediterranean ports steamer Naranja from Palermo Milazzo Cataniar and Valencia with fruit orders and assorted goods.

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Antwerp Pieter de Coninck D& M Williams Milne & Co H Leonard & Co Daine &Co Smith & Son Graves & Son Codman & Hall Tufts Wilcox & Co Marble & Co Dutton & Co Bechtel Collins Crouch & Travis James Gray Sherburne Lambert Kros A & W Bira & Co White, Son & Co Ross, Turner & Co Bartlett Johnson & Coco Sheplar & Lee Henry Dutton & Co Smith & Co Houdlette & Dunnelis Halifax Worcester Berwick & Smith Butler & Co Emerson Jones & Coo Kendall & Co Russell & Co Wyman Hathaway & Co Clements & Co John McMillen & Co Kline Milazzo As& J Brown Cataniar AS & J Brown & Co Valencia AS &J Brown & Co
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Imports and cargoes at Havana and Liverpool in January 1889

Shipping lists show schooner William Jones reporting 726 second hand molasses birds and 109 second hand molasses tierces at Cardenas Cuba. Liverpool steamer Pavonia cleared January 11 with diverse cargo incl 668 pigs leather 5 bbis sweepings 1 keg bullion 5 cases wax 247 boils shocks 2 cases five drills 4 bales brown cottons 1 box pumps 110 boxes hams 2632 boxes bacon 35 tierces 100 buckets lard 400 pieces stoves 1 crate machinery 6 pigs organs 1 case s and other goods. Steamer Michigan cleared January 15 with 49,578 bush corn 225 cases canned meats 75 tierces grease 43 bbls 49 cases hams 200 bbls salad oil 500 cases meats 37 bhds 500 bbls talon 11 bbls tongues 7 hhds tobacco 4796 bbls apples 430 cattle 1296 ars beef 1 pony 15000 staves 15 bales cotton stock 81 bales waste 175 bales mats 11 pkgs personal effects 3 cases machinery 1 railroad ticket case 11 cases chalk crayons 204 bags cocoa nuts 69 cases organs 1530 tierces etc. BUENOS AYRES schooner Samuel Dillaway with 602,9022 feet lumber noted.

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Cardenas Cuba William Jones Liverpool Eng Pavonia Buenos Ayres Samuel Dillaway Michigan
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Receipts from Several Railroads On January 17 1889

Detailed list of consignments recorded for Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, and Fitchburg railroads. Items include cotton, wool, corn, oats, beans, flour, butter, cheese, hams, bacon, leather, hides, tea, coffee, lumber, hay, straw, and more with quantities in bales, bbls, bushs, cars, and sacks.

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Boston & Albany Grand Juncton Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchbur
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Boston and Maine Railroad cargo summary from divisions

Record lists extensive consignments by the Boston and Maine Railroad across Eastern Western and Lowwell divisions. Items include lumber apples butter leather wool hides cotton oats corn meal eggs lard sugar syrup beans oleo tea coffee molasses and more in varied quantities and packaging, with multiple transport modes.

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Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowwell By Express
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Foreign Markets Show Wheat Demand Up Amid Cargo Delays

London reports cargo arrivals with 3 new wheat ships and 1 sold while 7 await sale. Wheat turns dearer as cargoes move, Paris and Antwerp unsettled, Liverpool spot wheat slow, futures mixed with January No 1 California at 7s 84/4d and May 78 9d. Provisions hold, lard and tallow ease, cheese steady.

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London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Antwerp
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Insolvency notices from Massachusetts courts in 1889

The notices announce creditor meetings and assignee actions for Tyler Brothers insolvent editors, Wheelock & Tuttle, and George W. Thayer's estate. Assignees Albert L. Richardson, Erastus Clark, James M. W. Hall, and Fred H. Seavey oversee hearings in Suffolk. Dates include April 12, March 1, and January 25, 1889.

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Meeting of creditors in the FRED H. CHESTER insolvency case

The MiBthira meeting of creditors of FRED H. CHESTER, an insolvent debtor, will be held at the Court of Insolvency in Boston on April 12, 1889 at ten o clock in the morning. Creditors may appear prove claims and object to the assignees accounts which will be filed on G. C. Burnham Assignees 23 Court St.

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Commonwealth OF Massachd Suffolk Tyler Brothers John W. McKim Boston Albert L. Richardson Massachusetts Charles I, Tuttle Chelsea Wheelock & Tuttle Erastus Clark James M. W. Hall Commonwealth OF Massachtussettis George W. Thayer Thayer & Fifield Edward P. Fifield Court Square Fred H. Seavey Lapony Fred H. Chester G. C. Burnham Court St
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Railroad schedules list city ticket office details and daily trains

The notice from City Ticket Office 218 Washington Street outlines December 17 1888 through trains on Western and Eastern divisions. It lists departure times from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations to Augusta Haymarket causeway St. Lewiston Manchester North Conway Portland and other points, with connections to Bar Harbor St John Halifax Eastport Calais and more on specified weekdays.

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City Ticket Ofice Washington Street State Street Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St I Banzer Bar Harbor St. John Mialiax Provinces Eastport Calais N. B North Haymarket Sq North Conway Haymarket Sq Portland—Haymarket Sq Maine Central Grand Traynk Knox & Lincoln Railways
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Western Division Train Schedule for New England Routes

A dense list of Western Division train times from Boston to Alton Bay and regional stops including Andover Exeter Haverhill Medford and Lowell. Sunday trains add evening options with departures from Dover Manchester Lowell and Portland among others.

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Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston
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Regional Rail Timetable Circulates From Boston to Amesbury

Eastern Division schedules list trains from Boston Causeway Street to multiple towns including Amesbury Chelsea Dover Ipswich Lynn Marblehead North Conway Newburyport Rockport Salem and others with a wide array of departure times. Sunday trains cover Lynn Newburyport Portland Salem and more with limited via Saugus and South Reading branches and a workmen’s train from Haymarket.

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Amesbury Tom. Meverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Wampton Keach North Winmpton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Mincheton Newburyport North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Mevere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem York Marbor & Beach Br.e Saugus Branch Swampscott Wenham Welfoboro Lynn and Way Portland Baner St. John Halifax aVia Saugus wWorkinemen’s South Reading Boston Haymarket Square
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Boston and Northern Rail Timetable Excerpt

Schedules list daily through service from Boston on Causeway Street to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Viaverhill Woodsville and many branches with multiple morning and evening departures. Montreal express and local Boston routes include Manchester Concord Nashua and Manchester connections with frequent times across multiple towns and stations.

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Boston Causeway Street Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Viaverhill Woodsville North Woodstock Pennigewassett Valley Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster Fabyan’s and Jefferson Franklin Lebanon White River Junction St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpsic Wells River Bristol Claremont Montseelier Essex Junction Burlington Albans Montreal Northern RR Boston Air Line
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Central Massachusetts Train Schedule Highlights Local Stops

Timetable notes morning and afternoon departures from Boston Causeway Street foot of Portland Street to Northampton Hadhey Amherst Belcher town Bondeville Vauve Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester So Clinton Bertin Hudson South Sudbury Rockbottom WaylandVers ton Waltham Waverley Melmont Belmont Wadean Way stations. Time tables with full local and through train information available at stations. James T. Furber J Flan ders General Manager and Ticket Agent.

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Albany West Boston Central Mass Causeway Street Portland Street Northampton Hadhey Amherst Belchertown Bondeville Vauve Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester Clinton and Bertin Hudson Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Verston Waltham Waverley Melmont Belmont Wadean Way James T. Furber J. Flanders Gen'l Pas’r and Licket
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Railroads Timetable Notice From Boston to New York and Points North

Corrected schedule details list trains from Boston foot Summer Street to New York and many New England towns. Includes Woon-socket division, daily and Sunday runs, special Express and Limited services, connecting steamer links, and key service offices at 322 Washington Street and the depot.

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Philadelphia Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Newburgh Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richmond Norwich New York New London Danielsonville Putnam City OF Boston City OF Worcester Washington Street Summer Street Boston A. Jackson E. P. Vining A.C. Kendall Sup Pass
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Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Schedule

Trains depart Boston Causeway Street daily after December 26 1L&10 to Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction and the West at 6 30 am 8 30 am Ex palace parlor car to Troy Albany and Binghamton and sleeping car Boston to Buffalo 11 30 am 3 pm express with palace sleeping cars to Chicago via Niagara Falls and Erie and Boston Line and St Louis via Niagara Falls and Michigan Central 7 pm express with palace sleeping cars to Chicago via Niagara Falls and Grand Trunk Railway 11 am with palace sleeping car for Troy Albany ose

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Fitchburg Causeway Street Boston Expres Albans Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Montreal Ogdensburg Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R Cheshire Connecticut River Vermont White River Junction Ches- AT Bore Suile Wagner Palace Ottawa Washington Street A. Faxon R. Stewart N. H New York Middletown New Haven Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson Newburgh Turners, N. Y Chicago New England Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimanthom Willi Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Albany Rotterdam Junction West Binghamton Buffalo Niagara Falls Short Line Erie St. Louis Niagara Falls Michigan Central RR Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway Bingnamoun Ayer SUN Helmont and Waverley Brattleboro Miller’s Falls Cambridge SUNX Concern Gardner and Miller’s Falls Hudson Nachua Ayer Junction North Adams Williamstown North Leominster Shelburne Union Square Somerville Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Worcester Washane Street John Adams Lowell Central Vermont R. R J. W. Hobart J. W. Cummings St. Albars
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Boston Area Train Timetable Fragment With Local Stops

A dense schedule lists weekday and Sunday train times for Central Division routes from Kneeland Street Station to New York via Fall River Line and multiple local stops including Braintree Brockton Cohasset and Quincy. It notes additional trains and Prov. Division references.

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Central Division Kneeland Street New York Fall River CS P Me Imi Braintree Middleboro Bridgewater Brockton Cohasset and Hincham
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Buzzards Bay to Provincetown Schedule Fragments

Readable lines show 8.15 am and 4.15 pm timepoints for towns on Cape Cod including Bourne Bourne Dale Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Nantucket Provincetown and others with via routes. Some entries appear garbled but indicate frequent service windows and connections on weekdays weekends.

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Providence Division Timetable Fragments

Train times list numerous stations including New Work Attleboro Readville and Providence with weekday and Sunday patterns. Sparse legible entries show dense schedules, stations like Central Roslindale Forest Hills Mansfield and Newport appear amid garbled OCR.

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Timetable notice for Northern Division trains 1889

Time tables outline local and through Boston routes to Framingham Marlboro Southboro Clinton Fitchburg and others with morning and evening departures. Stations listed include knee land Street Beominster Pratt Junction and Old State House offices. J R Kendrick General Manager and Geo L Connor General Passenger Agent dated January 1 1889.

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River Line Boston Old Colony New York Brooklyn Jersey City Providence Sunder Old State House J. R. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor Gen’l Pass L. H. Palmer Northern Division Boston & Albany Kneeland Street Framingham and Marlboro Fayville Southboro Bolton Northboro Clinton Beominster Fitchburg Pratt’s Junction Old Colony K. K Pass
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