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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 25, 1887

Page

7

Market Prices for Fruits Nuts and Dried Goods

A list of current prices for nuts dried fruits and citrus from various origins. Includes Virginia peanuts Ecuador Valencias Messina lemons peaches and Florida Oranges with per box or per barrel figures and quality grades. Also notes Cranberries Cape Cod and country varieties with price ranges per barrel or box.

Maine Tallman Sweet Virginia Valencia Messina Palermo Malaga Florida Cape Cod

Pork and lard hold steady amid varied beef and meat prices

Fresh beef and other meats stay unchanged as pork and lard maintain steady demand. Price quotes from Chicago show mixed futures for pork, lard, and several cuts, with regional variations in beef and lamb markets.

Chicago MPMI Laarnp— Afere Adilises Ss Ss Rips—Prnee Choice City Brighton

Cotton and commodity market notes from Liverpool and New York

Futures opened quiet and closed steady for several months contracts with mixed bid and asked levels. Spot markets in Liverpool and New York showed quiet openings with firm to strong tendencies noted in sugar and refined products. Pipeline certificates activity and shipments data are included alongside refined oil prices and molasses notations.

Liverpool Mid Uplands Orleans New York atYice Pth Jan Oe Evscs OO Skanos Ocr Manila Loilos Porto Rico Cuba Eee

Markets by Telegraph Cotton and grain futures slip into steady ranges

New York notes a steady cotton market with limited sales and varied grain futures. Wheat and corn show firm prices amid steady or improving receipts and exports across Chicago and Milwaukee reports.

Grain and Provisions Market Report Highlights

In a market summary, flour and grain values are given for No 2 spring corn and oats with steady prices. Provisions show stronger pork and firm lard, with whiskey noted at 118. Receipts list flour and various grains, while shipments provide totals for each commodity across the period.

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major U.S. Cities

In St Louis hog prices rose with Yorkers at 450 to 465 dollars and mixed packers 470 to 490, others up to 490 to 515. Chicago reports steady cattle receipts around 7000 with steers 350 to 500, stockers 240 to 360, cows and bulls 150 to 375. hogs 420 to 510 across various categories. sheep steady with natives 250 to 450 and lambs 410 to 565.

ST. Louis

Sugar and Cotton Market Summary for Jan Twenty Fourth

Cotton markets across multiple ports show quiet to steady demand with mid nine to ten-cent ranges. Key ports include Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville with varied net receipts gross exports and stocks and overall steady tone.

Augusta Galveston Great Britain New Orleans Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York France Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville United States

Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool

London market data shows firm cargoes for wheat and corn with steady English and American flour. Prices include No 2 Calcutta club wheat 348 9d per ex ship and Danubian and American corn at various sharp quotes. Liverpool notes wheat steady, corn firmer, with pork higher and cheese and tallow rising, reflecting a cautious trade tone.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Danube Calcutta Club Minnesota Liverpool Paris England

Exports and Rail Lines from Boston Port and Weekday Schedules

Lists export value from Boston Port and extensive weekday rail and boat schedules to New York Fall River Line, Ashmont, Hyannis, Provincetown, Marshfield, Nantucket, Scituate, Hingham, Brockton, and many South Shore towns with return times, connections, and special services. notes J. Kendrick as General Manager.

Boston New York Fall River Ashmont Hyannis Yarmouth Abin Abington East Mi West Quincy Weymouth Brockton Marshfield Mattapanar Nah Neponset Milton Nepomiset Mattapoisett Glo F Nantucket Woodsiol Woods Hall W Bedford North Easton Stoughton Mandela Randolph North Easton Stoughton Plymouth Duxbury Air Bra Whitman Via Ness Cohasset Hingham The Weymouths Taunton Newport South Braintree Way Statons Koron Pioneare J. R. Kendrick

New England and Boston Rail Schedules Amid Complex Timetables

Timetables detail departures and arrivals for the New York and New England lines, including Woon socket division, express services to New York, and connections to Providence Hartford New Haven and Norwich. Specific trains, stop patterns, and variations by day are listed with numerous station names and times.

Exports at Sea and Ports Across Atlantic North America

Jan 24 1887 cargo briefs list Ethel ship Ethel-1615 with molasses birds and tar. Pubnico Nova Scotia shipments include Hazel Glen flour meal kerosene. St John New Brunswick Spring Bird cornmeal oil and oak. Liverpool Kansas cleared Jan 20 with bacon cheese butter wheat corn cotton beef pork and other goods. Lunenburg NS Brig Lee with flour meal oil and refined oil.

New York Eoageet Ry Ees Orleans St Louis Minnesota Petroleum—United York Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam Continent South America State Western Lake Milwaukeee Cincinnati Toledo Chicago India Rosin & T Manus England Nova Scotia Miquelon Langley Africa Australasia Dutch Guiana Azores Madeira Ontario Quebec Argentine Republic Belgium Hawaiian Islands Mexico United States of Colombia Uruguay Turkey Asia Oston Scotland Emenseeiantin Ae Germany Cote Paar Italy Renee Ee Montevideo Spain Cuba Cardenas Pubnico Yarmouth ST John Liverpool Eng Kansas Lunenburg

Staple Shipments and Receipts Across Railroads in 1887

Lists detailed consignments received by multiple roads including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Fitchburg and Boston & Maine Eastern Western divisions. Entries cover cotton wool flour corn wheat bacon butter lard leather hides skins hay and associated car counts and bales.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Gaon & Lowell Railroad

Mediterranean Ports: Ocean Steamers Arrive with Fruit and Hides

Imports list from Messina Palermo Valencia shows AS & J Brown & co receiving 165 3922 and 796 boxes of fruit. Savannah steamer City of Macon carries 21 bales hides Billings Eaton 42 domestics N Boynton 53 boxes oranges J H Ballou 39 do Bourne 482 dodo AS & J Brown 20 do R Blake 29 do J Bond 100 bales cotton Boston Duck co 62 do.

Trinacria Messina AS &J Brown & Co Palermo Valencia AS & J Brown & Co Savannah City of Macon Billings & Eaton Boynton & Co Blake Dodo J Bond & Co Boston Duck Co

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town

A list of buyers and sales agents across multiple cities including Augusta Chicago Cleveland Kansas City Lexington and Philadelphia. Figures show representatives from J B White & Co Geore P Gore & Co T J Shay & Co and W H Laws among others. The item reads like a trade directory or advertisement of shoemakers and merchants with regional agents.

Augusta T White J J Cashin J B White & Co Craw Bloomington J P Smith R P Smith & Sons Chicago Ill George P Gore Geore P Gore & Co

Trade and advertising notices across U S cities

The list shows multiple names and firms with city and state locations such as Philadelphia Penn J G Terry of 5 Buntings Sons Co Pittsburg Penn J F Owens of W H Chaddock CoQu Pittsburg Penn J H Borland Ads St Louis Mo Jacob Frank of Adler Frank Roleds W B Tayl Toledo O Waylor of Americs Sewed Shoe area bison Toledo Smith of Smith Simmons Ads nia ee travers City Mich C B Atwood of nah Lay Mer Co Ama Washington DC Wm Hahn of Wm Hahn Co Craw

Philadelphia Penn G W Terry Bunting’s Sons & Co Pittsburg J F Owens B Atwood nah-Lay Mer Co Amaa Washington, DC Wm Hahn Wm Hahn & Co Craw

Probate Notice in Rebecca Jones Estate Seeks Letters Testamentary

Massachusetts probate court cites heirs and interested parties in Boston Suffolk to show cause why Sarah Olive Jones of Louisville Kentucky should receive letters testamentary for Rebecca Jones deceased. Hearing set for January 31 1887 at ten o'clock. Publication of notice required weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post. Elijah George Register.

Massachusetts Suffolk Rebecca Jones Boston Sarah Olive Jones Louisville Kentucky Boston Post Joan W. McKim, Esquire Elijah George Elizabeth R. Gleason Joan W. McKim, Esq

Probate notice of Lorenzo Gleason will Boston 1887

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Probate Court notices heirs and all interested parties Lorenzo Gleason late of Boston deceased. Elizabeth R Gleason petitions for letters testamentary without bond. Publication in Boston Post once a week with final notice two days before court. January 11 1887.

Insolvency Notices From Boston Court in 1887

Notices announce creditor meetings for Charles Newhall Jane Chesneau and Frederick H Rudd insolvent debtors. Assignees Arthur E Jones Ihn J Mundo and Mark W Cross announce schedules at the Court of Insolvency Boston Suffolk County with meetings on January 28 March 11 and March 4 1887 for proof of claims and discharge considerations.

Jane Chesneau Boston Suffolk Ihn J. Mundo Frederick H. Rudd Suffolk County Mark W. Cross Sudbury Street

Boston and Maine Through Trains on Both Divisions

Schedules list trains from Augusta to Haymarket and Causeway Street with multiple daily departures. Additional routes cover Bangor St John Halifax Portland Lewiston Lanchester Concord North Conway and connections to Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln lines. Stations include Haymarket Haymarket Square and Causeway Street with times in morning noon and evening.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Lpm Causeway St Bangor St. John Halifax the Provinces Eastport Calais N. B N. S Portland Lewiston Lanchester Concord WN. H Haymarket Square North Conway Causeway Street Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln Rrailways

Western Division Train Schedule Through Boston Area

Train times from Boston Stali Square to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington and many stops. Seemingly daily departures list multiple morning and evening trains with numerous minute values and Sunday trains including Dover Maverhill Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston readings.

Boston Stali Square Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Anvers Exeter Great Falls the Maverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Melrose Highlands Stoneham Mac Newburypor Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington Maverhill Irenee Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading and Way

Trains Schedule by Boston Station Lists Numerous Departures

The timetable details trains from Boston station Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Kidder- fort Chelsea Dover Everett Falls Hampton Roches Beach and North Hampton with numerous daily departures. Sunday service includes Lynn and Way Stations Newburyport Portsmouth Portland Bangor St John Halifax and Salem. City ticket office contact and Pullman car note attached.

Amesbury Beverly Kiddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Sat Falls Hampton Lynn and Way Newburyport Portsmouth Portland Bangor St. John Halifax Salem Saugus Workingman South Reading Boston Haymarket Square Washington Street James T. Fur. BE D.J. Flanders

Fitchburg Railroad timetable notes for November 15 1886

Passenger trains from Boston on the Fitchburg line run to Albany Troy and other points with multiple daily departures including an overnight Chicago St Louis express. The schedule lists various trains with accommodations drawing room cars and sleeping cars, and notes regional stops such as Gardner Athol Greenfield and Worcester.

Boston West Albany N. Y Chicago St. Louis Pullman New York Central West Shore R. R N.Y. Co Troy Regal Greenfield Gardner Baldwinville Athol Miller’s Falla Ton Erving Estminster Aburnham Junction

Boston Agent Case Noted in Vidence Records

A cryptic entry lists R. R. Boston as agent for a vidence matter involving RK. iy, with no clear dates or locations provided in the fragment.

Aeigton R. R. Boston RK. Iy

Through Boston Schedule Of Boston and Lowell Railroad Oct 11 1886

Local and through service from Boston to multiple New England destinations with daily departures at 8 30 am 1 pm and 7 pm. Includes through routes to Montreal via Central Vermont and Passumpsic R R and local service to Manchester Concord Keene Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield and more with various morning and afternoon times. Parlor and sleeping car options noted.

Am. Fran M. J JL Alm Aarany Lee vAb Park V.roz P.m New Britain New London Middletown Norwich Lin Wood Central Tucket Providence Putnam Rockviile Ry Southbridge Tiltons Walpole Washington, D Waterbury Wilmantic Winslows Webster Odo Bik Amy VO Mt. Hope New York Uppean Mansfield Shore Line A. Folsom Sunt Boston Causeway Street City Washington Street Third Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Function Manchester Concord N. H SUN Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Joshua Beaton W.E. Chamberlin

Retired timetable fragments from a station ledger

Fragmented OCR shows train and fare codes, times, and stations with unreadable portions. Reads like a schedule snippet with remarks such as Ret and AM PM times, prices, and destinations including Billerica and Chester, but many values are garbled and ambiguous.

Train Schedule Data for Various Stations

A dense timetable listing hourly and daily train times across multiple towns and stations. It includes dawn to night departures and arrivals, sun schedules, and remarks about connections. George W. Storer is noted as General Superintendent with assistant agent.

Ixashna Luzs George W. Storer Pass G’r Agenk

Trains Schedule Fragments From Old Boston Lines

Fragmentary OCR shows a timetable for train routes and stops including destinations such as Belmont Waltham and Porter, with times like 7.20 AM and 4.33 PM. The text lists stations including Boylston and South Clinton and references several numbered trains and connections.

Pullman Cars and Fast Trains On Central Vermont Route

Montreal and West The Old Reliable Central Vermont Route offers speed comfort and safety with Pullman day and night trains from Boston to Chicago via Lowell and Fitchburg. First class dining rooms and modern improvements. Tickets and berths at Central Vermont R R Boston office and Old State House.

Montreal & West Reliable Central Vermont Pullman Carson Boston Lowell Chicago Fitchburg

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