Consolidated Cotton Market Report and Foreign Exports Data
The summary lists Net receipts and grosses across multiple ports including Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville with stock levels and price movements described as dull steady easy firm quiet with mid 9x cent ranges. It notes weekly and year to date totals for exports to Great Britain France and the continent, plus stocks at all United States ports and at Liverpool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Great Britain
New York
Cincinnati
Shipae
St. Louis
Louisville
France
Continent
United States
Liverpool
Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool Trade
London and Liverpool markets show wheat and corn quiet but steady with mixed American and Dominion supplies. Paris and Antwerp hold firm while Havana reports sugar sales. clothing yarns dull in Manchester as North American grain prices hold.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Dominion
Minnesota
Paris
Liverpool
California
Michigan
Antwerp
Manchester
Havana
Spain
Matanzas
Imports and Exports January 21 1887 Apalachicola and more
A list of shipping and commodity movements across ports including Apalachicola Pascagoula Port Elizabeth and Sierra Leone. Items include 325000 feet cypress lumber 145000 feet pitch pine lumber 61 500 cypress shingles 230 iron rails 250 tons pig iron 404 000 feet lumber 702 bales wool and various cargoes such as glass, wool, dyes, and hides aboard multiple vessels and firms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apalachicola
Louise Adelaide
T Stearns & Co
Liverpool
Eng
Moise Stone & Downer
Sherburne
B Moors & Co
Baring Bros & Co
Chadwick & Chad
Pascagoula
Stephen G Lond
William Hall & Son
Port Elizabeth
Cgh
Astrea
Gillespie, Moffatt & Co
Sierra Leone
Jane Adelaide
Pepper John F Brooks
Cotton and goods shipped by Boston and Albany lines
The report lists freight items for Boston and Albany Railroad and Trend Junction Railroad. Cotton bales and varied commodities include 209 wool bales 250 flour barrels 1215 bushels corn 690 oats 925 malt and other staples such as millfeed tallow beef pork hams bacon dressed hogs tea butter oleo eggs beans apples hay straw rolls bolls hides leather skins and leather pieces with quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PMR
Asa
Eeeae
Boston & Albany
Trend Junction
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
By Express
Historic Goods Ledger Reveals Trade Across Rail Lines
A dense listing details shipments by major railroads including Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, and Boston & Maine. Items span flour, corn, lard, bacon, wool, cotton, tea, coffee, sugar, butter, cheese, hides, leather, eggs, beans, timber, and more with quantities in bales, boxes, bags, and barrels.
Trade firm listings across multiple cities and firms
A dense roster of attorneys and business representatives listed by city and firm. Names include Baldwin Fleming Augusta T White JJ Cashin Montanya Morrill Shay Laws Childs Dallam Devany Sidwell Ross Spencer Lippincott Foster Terry Owens Hahn Williams Morgan and others across Atlanta Athens Craw Fort Smith Philadelphia Pittsburgh St Louis Syracuse Washington etc.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Athens
W Baldwin
Baldwin & Fleming, Tre
Augusta
T White
JJ Cashin
J B
White & Co
Craw
Chicago
Marks
Montanya
Montanya & Co
Morrill
J Shay
Shay & Co
Ads
Cincinnati
W Laws
Laws& Co
Cleveland
Childs
Childs, Groff & Co
Evansville
Ind
J Dallam
J Dallam & Son
Fort Smith
Ark
H Devany
Tre
Kansas City
Wm Hahn
Wm Hahn & Co
Washington
J Albert Williams
J Albert Williams & Co
Wilkesbarre
Penn
J T and
W P Morgan
Morgan Bros & Co
U S
Electric Letter Box Demonstrated at Devonshire Street
The Electric Mail Box Company showcased a street door box connected by wires to an office annunciator. A dropped letter rings a gong and signals the recipient, with a clock delivering time and notification. The full system costs 7 cents per month, witnessed by Postmaster Corse Dale and Superintendent McDonough.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electric Mail Box Company
Devonshire Street
Corse
Dale
McDonough
Post Office
Menmans peptide toned beef tonic claimed vital properties
Menmans peptonized beef tonic marketed as the only beef prep with full nutritious qualities. It is advertised to aid digestion nerves and general debility and is suggested for exhaustion overwork and pulmonary weakness. Caswell Hazard & Co. New York sell through druggists.
Tenth Annual Fitchburg Railroad Relief Ball Delights 600
The Fitchburg Railroad Relief Association held its tenth annual ball at Odd Fellows Hall drawing about 600 guests. Corsage bouquets greeted attendees while a Boston North Adams excursion offered half price fares. Russell's Orchestra entertained as Morse and others led the event with a reception committee and supper by Caterer Tufts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Fitchburg Railroad Relief Association
Odd Fellows’ Hall
Boston
North Adams
Russell
Fitchburg
Jank F. Morse
Messrs
Reuben R. Grant
Henry O. Dean
Eugene F. Buckley
Elmon M. Gilbert
Allen J. Annis
Frank B. Morse
Chester S. Barker
James C. Pike
Nolan J Woodfall
George Muzzey
Creditors review numerous insolvencies across cities
The report lists numerous bankruptcy actions and assignments nationwide including Dry Run Lumber in Pine Bluff with 68000 liabilities, Ira H. Ames in Boston with 27334 liabilities and 13240 assets, Hixon Tappon & Co with 4296 liabilities and 1874 assets, and other firms in Boston New York London and Chicago. A committee was appointed to investigate several cases while some offers were rejected and others settled at fractions on the dollar as creditors seek recovery. The week sees 301 total failures in the United States and Canada per Mercantile Agency tallies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Run Lumber Company
Pine Bluff
Ark
Ira H. Ames
Boston
Hixon, Tappan & Co
Charles K. Hunt
Sadore Frankenstein
South
Margaret A. Fisher
Toys
John Patton
George N. Bailey
West Brookfield
Michael Moriarty
Putnam
Matthias J. Walsh
New York
Edward Artloff
Schildwachler & Schrader
Philadelphia
A. E. Kayser & Co
T. H. Hall
Buffalo
N. Y
Reuben Shelly
Old Line
Penn
E. N. Adams
East Brookfield
William L. Wilders
Grocer
Searsmont
Louis A. Reinheimer
Winchester
Ind
L. S. Carnard
General Store
Pulaski
C. W. Keller
London Mills
Ill
H. S. Fox
Jamestown
W. A. Hunt
Friendship
H. G. Chase & Son
Holland Patent
Hoitt Bros
Stratford
Dover
N. H
R. G. Dun & Co
E. Russell & Co
Mercantile Agency Today
Telegraph
United States
Canada
Western and Pacific States
Southern States
New York City
Praise for Mr. Eddy's patent service in 19th century letters
A collection of endorsements dated Boston October 19 1870 lauds R H Eddy as a highly capable and trustworthy patent agent. Commissions from CHAS MASON and EDMUND BURKE praise Eddy for securing early favorable Patent Office action and his prompt personal attention in managing patents, reissues, and extensions. The writer, grateful for long-standing service since 1840, continues to recommend Eddy to others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eddy
Chas. Mason
Patent Office
Edmund Burke
Patents
Boston
R. H. Eddy
New York
Philadelphia
Washington
Pocket record book for tea trade by Aaron HK Gay Co
Wallet compact printed and indexed pocket record book designed for the tea trade. Auction or sale offered by Aaron HK Gay & Co at 122 State Streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aaron HK. Gay & CO
State Streets
Prepared Food Liquid Raw Road Discussed At Bma Brighton
The vice-president of the American Medical Association reviews four years of using Liquid Raw Road a beef and mutton based dietetic preparation for about 200 surgical cases. Made at low temperature with fruit as preservative the product is hailed as highly valuable by surgeons. Massachusetts State Inspector's 1885 report analyzes the preparation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdock Liquid Food Company
Boston
State Inspector of Food
Massachusetts
Liquid Food Advertised For Blood Making And Alimentary Support
A historical advertisement extols a liquid food product claiming to preserve blood corpuscles and aid life preserving operations. It cites May 1885 Connecticut Medical Society reports of 76 capital operations with only three deaths and appeals for readers to request five essays presented at multiple national venues including Brighton and Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut State Medical Society
Beds Free as Hospital Opens Wide for Women
150 beds available and 38000 square feet of floor space mark the opening of Murdock's Free Hospital for Women. The surgical staff works daily except Saturdays to examine patients and assign beds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdock’s Free Hospital For Women
Free Surgical Hospital for Women and Boys Beds by Streets
Our Free Surgical Hospital for Women on Huntington avenue above West Chester park has fifty beds, while Gainsborough street at Huntington avenue holds sixty. Our Free Home for Homeless Boys at 11 to 21 Causeway street has fifty beds. The facilities claim rapid recovery for skin diseases with their Liquid Food and boast 200 large bottles used per lot, guaranteeing bottle sweetness unmatched by any other manufacturer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Our Free Surgical Hospital For
Huntington Avenue
West Chester Park
Our
Free Surgical Hospital For
Gainsborough Street
Our Free
Causeway Street
Hospital Report Shows Surgeries and Liquid Food Success
The report covers November and December 1886 noting 36 surgical operations and many cases discharged without operation due to liquid food therapy. It states life was sustained by liquid food injections, then stomach action resumed, and last year had over 200 operations with no deaths, a record mirrored this year.
Train Schedules for Boston and Providence Railroad Revised
The Boston and Providence Railroad announces new train times effective Sept 6 1886. Services include Shore Line Fast Express to New York with multiple daily departures and extensive return options to Providence Attleboro Canton Junction Hyde Park Jamaica Plain and other stops with varied morning and evening windows. Final notice from A Folsom Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Shore Line
Shore Lne Mall
New York
Stonington
Providence
Dodgeville
Hebronville
Attleboro
North Attleboro
Mannin«field
East Foxboro
Return
Velay
Sharon
Canton Junction
Bead Ville
Hyde Park
Mt. Hopeland
Clarendon Hills
Forest Hills
Jamaica Plain
M Boyliston
Bury
Spring Street
West Roxbury
Mighland
Stoughton and
Canton
Stoughton
Mt. Hope
Warren and
Myristol
Mansfield
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Fitchburg railroad timetables at Hoosac Tunnel route
Trains from Boston depart to the West along the Hoosac Tunnel route beginning November 15, 1886. The schedule lists numerous departures and corresponding cars including drawing room, sleeping cars, and express services to Albany New York Chicago St Louis and other points with many intermediate stops and variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
West
Albany
N. Y
Chicago
St. Louis
Pullman
New York Central
West Shore R. R
N.Y. C
Way
Alany
Greenfield
North Adama
Aim
Gardner
Baldwinville
Athol
Orange
Ashburnham Junction
Ashburnham
West Fitchburg
Wachusett
Otteriver
Wendell
Montague
East Deerfield
West Deerfield
Buckland
Zoar
Bardwells Charlemont
Hoosac
Turner’s Falls
Brattleboro
Wincherdon
Keene
Bellows Falls
Cheshire R.R
Clinton
Oakdale
Worcester
Ayer
Framingham & Lowell R. BR
Framingham
Lowell
Fitchburg
Ayer Junction
North Leominster
Shirley
Greenville and Townsend Centre
Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard
Concord
Lincoln
Waltham
Belmont and Wrey
Waverley
Town
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Cambridge
Montreal & West
Central
Vermont
Pullman Carson
Central Vermont
R. R
Washington Stree
Through Trains on Both Divisions for Boston and Maine
Rail schedule news lists Augusta Haymarket and Causeway Street stations with multiple daily departures to St John Malifax Eastport Calais and other points. Services cover Halifax Portland Lewiston Concord North Conway Portland and regional Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox and Lincoln Railways with varied times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rutland
Montreal
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Fitchburg
Causeway Street
Boston
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Ater Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Saratoga
All Pointa
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. R
Cheshire R.R
White River Junction
Central
Vermont
Points West
Ches
Mhire & Monadnock
Rutland R. R
White River
Pullman Palace
Washington Street
A. Faxon
R. Stewart
Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
St. John
Malifax
Provinces
Eastport
Calais
N. B
Halifax
N. S
Portland
Fpr
Lewiston
Anchester
Concord
N. H
Haymarket Square
North Conway
Western Division Train Schedule for Boston Lines
Passenger trains depart Boston stations to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington and other towns with frequent daily times listed and a separate Sunday schedule. The timetable includes Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Kennebunk Kidderborough Saco Lawrence Wakefield Wilmington Medford Melrose Newburyport and other stops with return times and special Workingmen’s train entries, plus Sunday trains to Dover Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford and Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danvers
Exeter
Great Falls
Haverhill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Kiddeford
Saco
Lawrence
North Lawrence
South
Ike Y Row Berg Il
Melrose
Ul. I.ou
Bau
Salem
Wakefield
Wilmington
Lowell
Medford
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Reading and Way
Train Schedules From Boston to Coastal Towns and Nearby Cities
The timetable lists departures and arrivals from Boston stations including Causeway Street and City ticket office for routes to Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett and many others. It notes special services with Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains and credits James T. Furber as General Manager and D J Flanders as General Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Owo
Lynn and Way
Newburyport
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Malifax
Salem
Saugus
South Reading
Oston
Haymarket Square
Washington Street
James T. Furber
D.J. Flanders
Old Colony Trains Timetable Details for 1886 Schedule
The notice lists weekday and Sunday train times from Boston to New York via Fall River Line and various regional stops including Ashmont Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich and others. It includes return times, multiple branches, and through service notes for Boston to Concord and White Mountain Division connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Fall River
Deere Aera Eee
York
Old Colony
Bristol
Providence
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Old State House
J.R. Kandrick
L. H. Palmer
J. & Boston & Lowell Railroad
Causeway Street
Washington Street
Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
Montspelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Montreal
Warren
Maverichill
Woodsville
Land
Sti. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Claremont
White Mountain
Northern Division
Pullman
Central Vermont
R.R
Passumpsic
Kr.r
Montre
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Keene
Peterboro
Millsboro
S&s
Wood's Hall
Cohasset
Hingham
the Weymouths
Brockton
Taunton
South Braintree
Way Statons
J. R. Kendrick
Central Massachusetts Train Timetable Fragment
A dense OCR sample shows train schedules and station references for Central Massachusetts and nearby towns including Duxbury Scituate Taunton Whitman South Weymouth and Weston. It lists multiple departure and return times across numerous lines with station notes and passenger guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scituate and North
Sea View
Shawmut
South Ruxbury
Taunton
Central Station
Dean Street
Whitman
South Weymouth
Brockton
Wollaston Heights
Also Mentioned on This Page
Merry Railroad
Fitchburg Relief Association
State St
Kilby
Rk. H. Eddy
Yours Truly, George Draper
Corporation Notices
Boston and Roxbury Mill Corporation
John A. Bennett
British Medical Association
Brighton
England
American Medical Association
Washington, D. C
Richmond, VA
Saratoga, N. Y
Milwaukee, Wis
A. L. Murdock
Murdock’s
Liquid Food Co
Cheshire Central Vermont Railroads
Boston & Pror
Corner State Street
Boston & P
J. W. Richardson
Folsom
Supt
Boston & Prey
Hode Island
Vioence Railroad
K. Rhoston
Science
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Oye
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Buzzard’s Bay
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Cape Coed
Henedueetou
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Avena
Cottage City
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East Bridgewater
Abington
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