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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 27, 1888
Page
7
The listing shows duck categories Northern and Eastern 1v 14c Western 10 13c with mallard at 70 cents per pair teal 40 to 60 cents per pair geese 8 to 11 cents per pair for Western and Eastern markets. Rabbits priced 15 to 18 cents per pair in Eastern markets. A 4% fair movement for city rendered and country rates noted, with miscellaneous figures 4 4440 and 2 2 Yee for rough.
The Montreal Gazette notes Canada’s export growth in apples after the 1854 reciprocity shift. From 1863 to late 1880s, exports to the United Kingdom rose steadily, surpassing U S trade, as Nova Scotia regions convert from U S sales to English demand, with orchards and stock raising refocused on apple production for England.
PORK is quiet at quotations with steady demand across cuts. Long cuts 17.50 18.00, lard braces 18.25 18.50, mottled prices for tongues and sausages listed, fresh ribs 9.46 per hundred, sausages 9 10c, hams and shoulders priced by size and cure. Beef listings show steady demand with extra plate and beef hams priced. fresh beef strong with choice steers firm at 81 14c per pound, veals in short supply, lambs in fair demand with fancy lambs 10 12c per pound and common to good at 7 9c.
Butter prices show firmness in Chicago with light receipts and steady New York dairy and factory figures. Cheese remains largely unchanged in Chicago and steady in New York, while eggs stay quiet in Chicago and mixed in New York. Liverpool reports dull demand for premium cheeses and strong interest in summer white and colored varieties with high prices for finest creamery butter.
Fruit prices show mixed sentiment with quiet apples and firm choice lots. Cranberries, oranges, peaches, and Mediterranean fruits display varied quotations, while nuts and shell barks list steady to firm price ranges. Prices reflect buyer advantage for most oranges and several citrus items, with specific bids and box or barrel quotes noted for each variety.
Pipeline certificates show closing 3 pm January 25 88 percent, opening 10 am June 26 88 percent, with high 894 cents and low 8758 cents. Sugar market remains dull with steady prices and no sales. raw sugar refined ranges and granulated at 7 3/4 to 7 1/4 cents. molasses quotes for Porto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes given in cents per gallon.
Reports from trade centers detail flour receipts and exports, with Western and Minnesota extra grades priced around 4.60 to 4.75 per barrel, mixed quality lots noted, rye and cornmeal activity, and widespread price movement across grains. Wheat and oats show higher sales, with No 2 Milwaukee red near 90 cents and various elevator quotes. petroleum, lard, butter, and other commodities noted with firm or dull trends.
Staple prices and receipts listed for wheat corn oats rye barley flour and provisions across St. Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee Toledo Detroit Cincinnati and Havana. Includes No 2 red wheat 80 80 1 4c and rye 67c to 64c ranges, pork and lard values, and flour receipts totaling tens of thousands of barrels and bushels.
Allan Asher & Co notes a steady undertone in cotton certificates with gains on near months. Ports show moderate supply movement, Liverpool demand boosts covering by shorts, and New York futures open firm. Spot Upland prices ease slightly while Liverpool futures firm, and U.S. port stocks total about 925,101.
Hogs firm in St Louis with light weights at 490 to 515 and packers 510 to 555, butchers up to 565 to 650. Kansas City hogs about 5 higher with 6000 receipts and 1296 shipments. Chicago cattle receipts 8600 with stronger prices, steers 310 to 500, cows and bulls 185 to 340, Texas cattle 240 to 380. Hogs statewide receipts 20,000 with strongest 510 to 560, light 540, heavy 550 to 576, and sheep receipts 4000 with natives 3 to 6.25, Western 4.50 to 6.15, Texans 3 to 4, lambs 4.90 to 6.20.
Foreign markets report slow wheat cargoes and steady or firm prices in London and Paris with mixed corn. California wheat priced at 41s 6d in mark Lane and futures at Liverpool show dull activity. Antwerp quotes No 1 California at 18f 87c and No 2 red winter at 18f 50c.
At Antwerp wool sales today a fair attendance gathered as demand stayed strong for most grades but lambs wool saw poor inquiry. Total sales reached 1943 lots of Buenos Ayres at a price of 80,195 francs per 100 kilos.
The item notes a shipment aboard the Steamer DeRuyter totaling minus ten barrels of colored goods. Wadsworth Howland & Co report one case of beer. The entry appears as a brief trade ledger note from January 26, 1888.
An OCR readout catalogs items aboard ships and in consignments. Entries include arms and metal goods, glass, window materials, champagne, wires, chemicals, hats, beans, cognac, beans, salt, beans, hemp, textiles, pork products, flax, caustic soda, potatoes, oranges, brandy, nails, rags, cotton waste, rope, paper, salmon, and pigments. Ships Palestine and Diadem noted with mdse and cargo quantities along with buyers and firms such as Lambert Bros, Fowle Hibbard, Pierce & Co, Wilcox, Spurgeon & Mallory, Baring Bros, and Whitney.
Export list dated January 26 1888 shows shipments from Sagua La Grande Cuba to Westport Nova Scotia Liverpool Nova Scotia and Liverpool England. Cargoes include molasses kerosene pork coal flour beef lard butter spices machinery furs prints and various goods aboard schooners and steamers with quantities and destinations.
A detailed list of receipts across multiple railroads including Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Pitchbury, Boston & Maine, and others. Items recorded include cotton bales, wool, flour barrels, corn and oats, tea, coffee, sugar, butter, cheese, lard, bacon, leather, hides, beef, pork, eggs, potatoes, hay, lumber, and numerous bales and sacks. Entities include railroad names and quantities, dates, and product types, reflecting a broad commerce snapshot of January 26 1888.
Fort Scott confirms the permanent line for the Chicago Kansas and Western railroad with Santa Fe control. Mulvane and engineer Phinney have cleared right of way, depots, and yards, with grading to start after frost. Two direct connections to St Louis are assured, linking with Missouri Pacific lines.
Buckingham place in Paine to Courcey shows land and buildings on the north side Dec 20 for 3000 with mortgage back 800 Cabot street Milmore to Milmore on Cabot street northwesterly side Dec 20 for 8000 Tremont street Milmore to Milmore land on Tremont street south side Dec 20 for 3000 Lancaster street Gilbside to Potter southwesterly side Dec 20 for 7400 mortgaged back 6500 Meander street Dole to Dolan No 12 Meander street Dec 20 1600 Harrison avenue Wilson et al to George A Wilson westerly Morrison avenue Dec 21 1 Dorchester to Goodale easterly Carruth street Dec 20 1 James W Lincoln to McLellan Nelson street 10790 sq ft Dec 21 600 South Boston Spillsbury to Spragg Quincy street northerly side Nov 21 300 Eliza Hayes et al to Lee Quincy street northerly side Dec 20 2300 Revere Fowle to Steadman 3800 sq ft Dec 20 mortgaged back 166 J Helsea Gibson to Bing ham Florence avenue 4553 sq ft Dec 20 1 Richard Be Butler to Batley 116 Pearl street Dec 20 mortgaged to Wiggin 1800 William Davis to Haskell Broad way southeast side Dec 20 mortgaged back 1600 Briggton Dupee to Dupee westerly Morrison avenue Dec 20
A condensed entry notes a $1 transfer on Mansfield Street dated December 20 from E. Dupee to Laura through a simple monetary transaction.
Michael F Dolan backs Franklin Savings on Centre street Jamaica Plain. Solin L Lee pledges Bowen street South Boston. William R Murray to Thomas Paterson on Saratoga street East Boston. George H Revers to Eliot Savings on Woodbury street. Dennis OBrien to Herman Grosse on Second street South Boston. John V Apthorp to August St Gaudens on Mt Vernon street. Neil Kenney et al to Charles Donnelly on Leverett street. William Healon to Jonathan Mann on Windsor street. All mortgages dated December 20 to 22, amounts vary.
A compiled list shows executives and firms in the shoe trade across multiple cities including Augusta Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Detroit Evansville Galveston Louisville Lexington Pittsburg St Louis Savannah Wheeling Washington and others. The named individuals lead firms such as W J Rooney Co G W BR George Co Grattan Mitchell Co Lester Bros Mabley Carew WH K Laws Hudson Chaddock Woolman Todd Clements Buck Vance Hayes Hahn and more.
Railroads announce revised Hoosac Tunnel Route schedules from Boston Causeway Street with numerous daily and Sunday times to Troy Albany and western points. Includes through sleeping car service to Chicago via Niagara Falls, Wabash line, and Boston line with details on Ayer Junction and several local destinations. Office notices name John Adams as General Superintendent J Whitmore as General Traffic Manager and J R Watson as General Passenger Agent.
This OCR shows Boston and Albany Railroad timetable sections listing outbound and return trips from Marlboro Fayville Southboro Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg West Berlin Bolton Pratt's Junction and Newton areas with multiple daily departures and returns. Sunday and weekday patterns are noted, with some stations and times repeating across lines and notes about destinations such as Newton Lower Falls and Newton Highlands. The text is partly garbled but preserves station names and broad timing patterns.
The Central Vermont line markets rapid Pullman through service with fast day and night trains to Chicago via Lowell and Fitchburg. Train options include 8:30 A M, 1 P M, and 7 P M, with Wagner Palace Cars on both trains. Tickets and berths available from Central Vermont Railroad offices in Boston and St Albans Vermont. June 6, 1887.
Boston and Maine schedules dated Oct 23 1887 list daily routes from Boston Haymarket to Augusta Portland and Portland Harbor via Causeway, with numerous intermediate stops including St John Halifax and North Conway. Sunday and weekday times cover Eastern Division and Maine Central connections, plus express services to New York Philadelphia and Norwich Line via steamers. Corrigenda note corrected to Dec 11 1887 and station details for ticket offices.
Fragmentary text provides few readable details, offering no definite names dates or events. The legible portion resembles garbled data with no clear subject, outcome, or location to anchor a concise news item or notice.
A dense listing of train times, routes, and connections from Boston to New York Shore Line and accompanying regional stops. Includes Weston schedules, ferry links, return times, weekends variations, and executive notes from GEO. L. Connor and J. R. Kendrick.
A compact OCR fragment lists numbers 4.36 and 9. 4 16 with 22.0 46, 74 im. We 1.05 at SO and a 5.3 percent figure, likely a sports or measurement note.
Fragmentary timetable notes show West Roxbury Stoughton and Canton services with times for departures and returns. References to L train stop patterns, late evening and overnight connections, and weekday variations appear, including specific return times and gaps in service.
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