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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jan 28, 1890
Page
7
The report shows commercial activity with cotton goods firmer and woollen goods more active, while various foods and commodities present mixed or dull movement. Prices or demand for staples like butter cheese eggs and meats display uneven strength, with apples and cranberries firm and Mediterranean fruits steady.
Fall River market reports print cloth at 31 2 cents per yard for 64s with activity described as modest and mills not selling quickly.
Curb reports by Gilman Cheney Co Boston show wheat prices sliding with rallies from bottoms. Bearish news, lower spot values, and a small visible wheat supply drop contrast with rising acreage and improved conditions in winter wheat. Corn steady with light exports. hog futures weak. pork and ribs stocks rising.
The dry goods market shows modest improvement with colder weather boosting movement and buyer confidence. Export demand rises while brown goods and dress cottons sell well. bleached goods remain steady, and print cloths hold firm with modest shipments, production, and stocks reported in Fall River and Providence.
There is steady demand for wool though manufacturers do not yet buy beyond their immediate wants. The market shows cautious activity as mills cover short-term needs.
Market reports from Tices Territory Oregon and California show little buyer firmness except for very choice fleeces and di m i class wools where sales pick up. Bradford market notes firm prices across lustre wool and alpaca and mohair, with spinners covered and buyers awaiting events before transacting.
The speculative and spot cotton markets show a steady advance with strong demand last week. Spot prices closed at 11 1 4|4¢ per pound for middlings. Receipts for the week ending Jan 24 totaled 146,892 bales, with 4,303,160 bales received since Sept 1, 1889, up from the prior year.
The report lists carload grain quotations and flour prices, with detailed inspections of wheat and corn lots. It notes market quietness, Miller firmness, dullness among small dealers, and provides price ranges for fine through patent flour, and for New York and Chicago grain receipts, with stock tallies and on track quotations.
The market remains dull and unchanged with mixed receipts across commodities. Prices for six rowed Canada and State mixed. cottonseed meal steady at 24 to 24.50 per ton. malt receipts higher but dull. hops show minimal movement with quoted ranges for New York varieties.
Receipts show butter and oleo volumes with 896 pkgs butter and 109 boxes, 1931 pkgs oleo, 1400 cases beans, and 65 bbls eggs, with varied potatoes and hay. Across Chicago New York and Liverpool markets, dairy, eggs, beans, poultry, and potatoes display quiet, steady demand. prices favor buyers, with specific quotes for Western and New York creamery butters, cheeses, kegs, peas, and tubbed dairy products. storms reduce poultry demand but price levels hold.
The market remains well supplied with a quiet trade. Quotations include onions at 444 1/4 per barrel, Western onions 343 1/4 per barrel, beets 75 cents per box, carrots 50 cents per box, lettuce 50 cents per dozen, radishes 34.5 to 34.0 cents per dozen, turnips 35 cents per box, white cabbage 1.25 per barrel, St Andrews 0.90 per barrel, parsley 1 dollar per bush, Savoy cabbage 1.25 per barrel, red cabbage 2 dollars per barrel, parsnips 50 to 60 cents per box, squash and marrow 30 dollars, turban 30 dollars, Hubbard 30 dollars per ton, spinach 50 cents per bush, Southern spinach 1.75 to 2.00 per barrel, kale 1.40 per barrel, native dandelions 1.50 per bush, celery 2 dollars and 4 cents per box.
Wholesale fruit prices show firm Baldwin apples and strong Valencia oranges while Mediterranean fruits and Florida crops remain steady. Greenings and Tasman sweeps priced up to 3 50 per unit, oranges at 45 per case, lemons firm, cranberries steady, and nuts quietly priced with mixed demand. Strawberries see fair demand with refrigerator lots at 50 to 60 cents per quart.
The steamer Naranja passed Gibraltar January 16 carrying 6400 cases of Valencia oranges for Boston. The steamer Christian Johnson is due January s with Banes bananas for Seaverns and Co. The steamer Carbis Bay sailed from Valen...
The steamer Pontiac, returning to Boston, sailed past Gibraltar January 18 carrying 8300 boxes Messina oranges, 2000 boxes Messina lemons, 8400 boxes Palermo oranges and 6700 boxes Palermo lemons. Valencia oranges total 8500 cases were involved on January 20.
At H Barris & Co auction today Valencia oranges sold at 2.96 per regular case and 4.05 per large case. Florida oranges 1.82 per box, Florida lemons 1.872 per box, navels 3.387424 3.624 per box, tangerines 2.3712 3.6242 per box and 1.3742 3.12 per half box, mandarins 2.87 per box and 1.6242 200 per box, grapefruit 1.75 per box. Snow & Co sold Valencia oranges 3.16 3.50 per case for 420 count. Florida oranges 1.75 8.00 per box, navels 3.3742. Palermo lemons 3.6214 per box. The steamer Howick cargo of Messina and Palermo lemons and oranges was sold at auction Tuesday by H Harris BGO.
Daily receipts list tallow 73 pkgs and 1018 bacon boxes with 644 pkgs lard and 4 bbls hams and 100 tierces preserved meats. last year shows higher pork and lard volumes. Market notes New York tallow price $2 per pkg with mixed quotes. pork, beef, and lard vary by city including Western tierces at $6 25 and Chicago pork at $9 75. Cincinnati and St Louis show quiet but steady prices across short clear, shoulders, and ham categories.
Kansas City cattle and hog markets show higher receipts and mixed gains across classes. Peoria St Louis and Chicago trade show firm to strong hogs with steady cattle. New York and Liverpool futures drift, while a broad set of port markets report steady mid and varied stock levels.
The advertisement lists pipe line certificates with closing figures for January 27 1890 and opening prices for January 27 1890. Crude runs and shipments figures appear with values, along with refinery and cottonseed oil certificate data and opened prices. Includes notes on averages since the first of the month.
Sugar receipts today total 1840 barrels and 6343 bags, down from last year. Raw sugars steady with Cuba refining at 54 5s per cwt and various grades quoted. refined sugars in strong demand with modest supply. Molasses receipts include 98 bbls, 201 hhds and 20 puncheons, with small sales of New Orleans at 40 to 48 cents per gallon and prices for Ponce, Cienfuegos, and Barbados grades displayed.
Peoria and Chicago report steady to quiet whiskey markets with prices around 102 to 105 dollars. St Louis lists whiskey at 102 while Cincinnati shows firm trading at 102 dollars.
Coffee from New York to Rio remains steady with fair cargoes at 19 percent. Turpentine and petroleum markets show closures with rosin at 120 to 122 and tar at 225, petroleum at 7.75 cents, RSW around 7.50 cents and cases at 9.70 cents.
A dense 1890 European import export ledger listing steamer cargoes to London Liverpool Glasgow and Atlantic ports. Goods include jute hemp tea dates figs wool hides oranges potatoes and cotton with numerous firms like Kidner Peabody Co and Davis Co. noted alongside ship names such as Queensmore Istian Siberian Lake Winnipes. Schedules show quantities in bales cases crates and tons across multiple firms and ports.
Shipping lists show the Jan 27 1890 exports from Port Antonio aboard Steamer Flamborough and from Liverpool aboard Steamer Venetian carrying lumber nails lead pipe tacks wire netting hardware rubber goods rubber clippings beef hides beef pork and many cases of staves, cotton, wheat and assorted commodities totaling numerous units and quantities.
Jan 27 market bulletin notes cargoes off coast with wheat and corn not for sale, futures dull or steady, English and foreign markets mixed. Paris prices steady with US corn and English wheat quoted, Liverpool breadstuffs softer, bacon and lard steady, weather stormy in England.
Josephene Lunt of Boston sues Charles A. Lunt for divorce on grounds of adultery withdrawal of support and cruel treatment. She seeks alimony from his will income of $3000 a year and custody of their minor child with trustees restrained from further payments pending order. The filing notes Charles’s present whereabouts unknown and prior residence in Boston and Middlesex.
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