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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1888
Page
7
The market reports oats firm with modest sales and various grain prices. No 2 white oats traded at 44 cents, with several lots of cornmeal and rye flour steady but quiet, while barley and malt hold ranges. Shipping and storage activity included several car sales for March and February deliveries.
Butter prices remain firm with small lot sales and light fresh-made receipts. Western creameries and Vermont, New York, and Eastern milk products show varied quotes in butter, cheese, beans, hay, potatoes, poultry, and livestock, with receivers’ wholesale prices prevailing and jobbing margins listed.
In Chicago butter and cheese are unchanged. Eggs are quiet and firm. A New York butter is quiet and steady. Cheese is firm. Eggs are dull fresh 25c. State 24420 Western 26 24c. Beans firm. Dried apples quiet. Liverpool cheese market steady at 60s 6a.
Harris & Co reports Valencia oranges sold at auction with large and extra large grades at 3 4 121 percent and regular cases at 2 50. Other fruits show quiet or firm quotes including Cape Cod chancellorips and Palermo citrus, with assorted nut prices for walnuts almonds pecans and filberts. Weather conditions slow trade as demand remains mixed across fruit and nut categories.
Pork in fair demand at old prices with hams steady. Long cuts quoted at 17 50 to 18 00, short cuts 17 75 to 18 25, backs 18 25 to 18 50, light backs 17 25, lean ends 17 to 18. Pork tongues 16, mess 14 75 to 16 75, extra prime 13 75 to 14 25, fresh ribs 10 cents, sausages 0 10 cents, lard varied by container. hams 10 to 12 cents.
SIZE AND CURE price list shows smoked shoulders corned shoulders and various bacon types with prices. Beef prices steady to high with choice steers at 8140 per pound and other cuts ranging from 6 to 14 cents. Mutton, veal, and lamb markets listed with demand described as steady to fair. lambs fancy at 10 10c and Eastern veal up to 11 11c per pound.
Pipeline certificates closed at 3 pm January 26 and opened January 27 at 88 yec, with highest 8354c and lowest 614c. Sugar market: raw sugar dull yet steady with no sales. refined sugar higher for granulated 7 14c, confectioners 7c, standard A 7c, and yellow Belmony 5 3/4c. Molasses prices listed for Porto Rico 35c, Cienfuegos 22c, Barbadoes 26c.
New York reports flour receipts 12 458 pkgs and exports 3945 bbls with firm sales at 4 4 65 to 4 50 for patent Minnesota extra and 4 30 to 4 75 for city mill extra. Wheat No 2 Milwaukee at 8814 to 90 14 cents. corn Nos 3 steamer 59 14 to 60 4 cents. oats various white and mixed grades. Chicago markets show flour dull with higher wheat and corn, while pork and lard firm to higher. Milan to Detroit notes similar grain and provisions movements with steady molasses and steady petroleum.
New York futures opened firm with bids and asks across months from January to December, closing easy. Spot cotton in New York closed at middling uplands 10 11 16 cents, with other grades noted. Liverpool spot steady and futures firm for January to August deliveries. Weekly U.S. cotton statistics show week sales at 59,000 bales, large overall stocks and imports, with exports to Britain and the continent summarized alongside regional receipts and stocks in Augusta New Orleans Port Royal Mobile and Memphis.
Antwerp January 27. A good attendance marked the wool sales with active demand and a firmer tone. About two thousand bales were offered. Buenos Ayres sold 1176 bales at 85 160 francs per 100 kilos, Montevideo 560 bales at 105220 francs.
Probate Court citations in Middlesex Suffolk and Norfolk detail letters of administration guardianship and account filings for estates of Almira Brown Emeline A Poole Mary Catharine Sturgis Timothy W Mead Helena M Kent and others. Notices outline hearings dates February 1888 and required weekly newspaper publication in the Boston Post with last notice two days before court.
Trains depart Boston from Haymarket and Causeway stations for western and eastern divisions with frequent daily runs to Amesbury Beverly Saco North Andover and many coastal destinations. Included are Sunday and workingmen trains with Portland Bangor Portsmouth Saint John routes via Saugus Branch and South Reading Branch.
Consolidated data across Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Newport News and other ports show net receipts and stocks varying, with exports to Great Britain and the Continent. Overall week totals at all US ports report lower year over year receipts and similar or rising stocks with several ports in mid to firm ranges.
Market report shows hogs firm in Peoria with sales 516 575 receipts 700 shipments 585. Kansas City hogs up 10c with receipts 6000 shipments 509 official yesterday 6456. St Louis hogs higher with light weights 6 525 mixed packers higher 520 570 butchers steady to firmer at 5 86.
Imports and exports dated January 27, 1888 note cargoes from Havana Cuba aboard Bark James Kitchen. Lumber totaling 959 feet and destined for LA HAVE NL. Acacia-125 barrels flour and 25 barrels cornmeal listed as trade goods aboard the vessel Acacia.
A detailed ledger of freight consignments by rail and sea includes Boston & Albany Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine divisions and various express and sea routes. Carrier totals show cotton wool flour leather hides pelts and bales across numerous cars bales and boxes with numerous commodities listed.
London reports show wheat and corn with quiet demand in some markets yet firmer prices in English and French country markets. Liverpool notes light demand for bread stuffs, with varied prices for wheat, corn, and related goods, while Antwerp lists spot wheat unchanged.
Railroads announce baggage checks from Boston hotels to destinations. Weekday trains to New York via Fall River Line depart 6 p m, with returns at 4 30 p m. Many intermediate stops listed with exact times and cross routes. Announce changes effective Jan 23 1888 and additional connections to Hyannis Barnstable and numerous Massachusetts towns.
A fragmented rail timetable lists train services from Boston to Montreal via Chicago and other points, including parlor and sleeping cars, daily trains, and local offerings from Boston Manchester Concord to towns like Wilton Amherst Nashua and Laconia. It notes station information at Mellen and Storer as general agents.
The read text shows a scrambled mix of times numbers and station names. It mentions returns and stops such as Reauville and Junction and includes multiple numeric values that resemble a transit schedule or timetable fragment. The passage lacks a coherent narrative or clear event.
A partial OCR fragment shows unclear numbers and words, with missing context. The readable bits include a date style hint and stray tokens such as ar n and 6, offering no discernible event, entities, or actionable detail.
OCR reads as a transit timetable with times and routes between Warren Bristol Mt Hope and New York. It notes return trips and weekday patterns, with departures and arrivals, and mentions passenger connections and occasional delays. The fragmentary text references specific times such as 9 10 pm and 6 10 pm and notes variations by day.
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