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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 29, 1890

Page

7

Trade items and prices from Atlantic provinces market notes

Markets show slow demand for sweet potatoes with Jersey extras at 350 875 per barrel. Hay and straw prices steady with prime hay 17 to 17 50, good 15 16, rye straw 16 50, onions 4 to 4 25 per barrel, Western onions 38 to 32 5 per barrel, lettuce 50 cents a dozen, radishes 5 40 per dozen, cabbage 125 per barrel, parsnips 50 to 60 cents per box, spinach 1.50 per bush, kale 1 per barrel, celery 2 4 per box, with mixed prices across many roots and greens in New Brunswick Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island markets.

New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Jersey Choice East Swale White Cape St Andrews Hubbard Bush

Fruit Market Prices and Steamer Shipments Report

The market shows firm wholesale fruit prices across apples citrus berries and nuts with steady demand. Prices include Kings apples 2 60 to 2 60, Michigan greenings 2 50 to 3 00, Valencia oranges 4 2 50 per case, Messina lemons 4 50 to 5 50 per 360 and 800 count, Florida lemons 2 4 per box, cranberries 5 to 8 per bbl, nuts and dried fruits steady with old prices, several steamers carrying Valencia oranges Bananas Messina and Palermo lots to Boston and Seaverns & Co with volumes listed.

Kings Baldwins Nels Michigan Michiat Valman Swets Valencia Messina Palermo Florida Almeria Naranja Gibraltar Boston Christian Johnson Banes Seaverns & Co Carbis Bay Pontiac Marmion Boston Fruit Company Metropolitan Savannah

Auctions Planned for Howick Steamer Cargo and Florida Oranges

The Howick steamer cargo of Messina and Palermo lemons and oranges will be sold at auction Wednesday by H Harris & Co. The same firm will also auction 5000 boxes Florida oranges on Friday.

Howick Messina Palermo H Harris & Co

Market Snapshots Show Stable Tallow and Pork Demand

Receipts list tallow 50 packages beef 13 barrels pork 60 barrels lard 1813 packages hams 3 barrels 196 tierces preserved meats 600 cases bacon 1128 boxes. Last year figures cited. current market firm for all kinds with fair demand and sales at old WICSS. New York Tatow prices noted. pork and lard varied by grade and region. St Louis and Cincinnati markets reported firm pork and mixed lard conditions with quiet or steady trends.

New York Tatow Elty Chicago St Louis Cincinnati London Mark Lane Liverpool California Paris

Cottonseed Oil Certificates Opened Closed

Data shows shipments, averages, and totals for cottonseed oil certificates. Entries include quantities like 93,013 and 2,540 with refined and other values. The text resembles historical commodity records from a 19th century ledger or market page.

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New York Cotton Market Report With Prices and Openings

Cotton markets show dull sales and mixed upland classes with specified opening and closing quotations. Futures opened quiet and closed steady as several port and city listings report net receipts shipments exports stocks and daily sales across Augusta Newark Boston and other hubs.

New York Sarubey Calpe Ee Maren MarenHe Aptils eGonba Auto May Eee Ey Vie Ath Saeed G Liverpool

Consolidated Net Shipments and Exports Report Across Ports

Net receipts for Cincinnati amount to 3210 with gross 210 and shipments 1801. St Louis shows 1460 net receipts and 5050 gross with 5265 shipments and 2500 sales. Louisville remains steady mid 105cc. For four days, consolidated net receipts total 18,401 with Great Britain exports 8,011 and Continental exports 20,394. Stock at all United States ports reaches 658,696.

Cincinnati St Louis Jouisville Great Britain Continent United States

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Kansas City and Chicago

Kansas City reports cattle steady with steers at 505 to 425, cows around 185 to 290, hogs 10 247 lower with heavies 370 to 375, Yorkers 370 to 374, sheep firm at 38 to 60. St Louis hogs steady with Yorkers 37 to 80, mixed packers 33 70 to 28 85, Peoria hogs firm 75 to 85. Chicago cattle receipts 8000, steers 304 to 75, stockers 225 to 235, Texas cattle 175 to 355. Hogs 35 000 receipts, 7000 shipments, slow, mixed 365 to 374, heavy 366 to 395, light 360 to 385. Sheep receipts 7000, natives 55 to 80, Western corn fed 490.25 7d, lambs 626 to sd.

Kansas City St Louis Chicago Texas

Sugar and Molasses Market Report 1873

Sugar and molasses markets show quiet activity with mixed quotes. Cuban refining sugars range around 6 1/4 to 7 1/4 cents. refined sugars steady with small supply and firm demand. granulated and confectioners’ sugars varying from about 6 1/4 to 6 1/2 cents per pound. Havana reports steady sugar at 4 1/2 to 4 3/4 cents, molasses receipts light. New Orleans trades limited with prices around 40 to 48 cents per gallon for fancy grades. Ponce and Cienfuegos quotes noted, Torade markets quiet.

Cuba Jayvas New York Havana Spain New Orleans Ponce Barbados

Whiskey market varied across cities with steady tones

Peoria and Cincinnati show steady whiskey markets with prices around 1 038 and 102 respectively. Chicago reports a steady 81 02 while St Louis notes whiskey at SLO2 and a quiet market overall.

Peoria Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Coffee and Turpentine Prices Steady in New York

Market notes indicate coffee in New York steady and quiet with fair cargoes and price around 19 4 cents. Turpentine and rosin and tar listed with varied figures, petro products closed around 7.75 cents and asw near 750 cents, with related prices for tar and rosin in the same session.

New York Petro- Hees

Prices of Livestock at Union Market Watertown

Report from the Boston Post by George J. Fox for the week ending 28, 1590. Prices and lots for cattle, sheep, lambs, hogs, hides, tallow and skins. Western cattle steady, few fancy steers sold, low grade in light demand. Details on weights and prices for multiple lots and buyers.

Boston Post George J. Fox Munich Brighton J Aeyay Cale Boston Summer Street New York Hartford William P. Draper Ada Augusta Draver Suffolk John W. McKim Esquire Elijah George Register George H. Foster Catherine E. Foster Joan W. McKim Henry Barber Toston Charles C. Coffin Augustus Sslovett Loston Jenny W. McKim Timothy J. Coughlin Jonn W. McKim Esaumre Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Middlesex South District Caroline P. Straw Jeferson H. Straw William I. Bowditch Cambridge George M. Brooks J. H. Tyler Thomas H. Shea Bonn Evelyn F. Washburn Joan W. McKew Charles F. Coffin Thomas O'Donnell Uesaid Mary O'Donnell Boston Fest Joan W. McKim, Esquire Edjah George Ellen M. Wilson Justah ‘Lb. Wilson Moston Nathaniel T. Kidder Milton Norfolk G. Arthur Hilton Sarah H. Giddings Ayer Alonday John W. Richi M. Esquire Elitah George

Imports And Exports Record From Liverpool 1850

A long list of consignments and buyers at Liverpool including Pavonia and Baring Bros & Co. Goods cover grease, earthenware, colors, buttons, books, bulbs, polishing pastes, seed, flax, lin plates, linens, machinery, glass, tin plates, earthenware, woollens, and many other items. Named firms appear repeatedly such as Koopman & Co, Moore, Stone & Downer, J B Moors & Co, Baring Bros & Co, and Thomas Kelly & Co, reflecting extensive import activity. Numerous boxes, cases, and bags indicate broad trade with U.S. and European firms.

Liverpool Eng Steamee Pavonia Baring Bros & CO Abram French & Co Clark, Sawyer & Co Uoughton & Dutton Bird & Co Koopman & Co Stone & Downer Schlegel & Vottler Bate Seels Earl Meyers Hamilton, Johnson & Co Ower Moors & Co Leone Bros & Co Sawyer & CO H Thompson Hale & Bosworth Laring Bros & Co Potter Ran & Co M Trimmer J M Sears Noluer & Herrick Congdon, Carpenter & Co Isras & Co H Kolte & Co Vales P Hollander & Co Case Woollens EF Robinson Rourke Thomas Kelly & Co Case Rugzs A Leeson& Co Washburn & Meen Mig Co Small Bros Wadsworth Bros Little, Brown & Co Norton, Ibessemien Holder & Herrick Jordin, Marsh & Co Mfg Co Macnullar, Warkece & Co Warren & Blanchardt R&h White Eco Trown, Durrell & Co Loston Book Co Beach & Co Marsh & Co Hollander & Co Wo& C R Noyes Ranses Tronnewell & Sons G Ph Nepal Mosse & Co Howey & Co Curtis & Co Hovey & Co Wilson, Larrabee & Co Durrell & Co Odo Do Beal Higgins & Henderson Brown Coleman, Mead & Co Jordan, Marsh & Col Cumner, Jones& Vo Jackson, Mandell & Db H White & Co Bowlby & Bales Excelsior Umpurella Mig Wen CO Dom Pally Snow & Vo Brigham R Robinson Fleming Oy Bales Leimo Paul Benhhardt Mdise Harvard College Chas Emerson & Son Pearls Lastman Chase Oliver Dutsonds Co Sione & Kowner Shephes & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Real, Higgins & Henderson F Hovey &Co Lbios & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Hovey Beal, Higgins & Henderson W Firth

Trade and cargo list from Hamburg and Newfoundland ships

A fragmented shipping record lists cargoes and consignments including crystal carb, cottons, rice, rubber, wool, spices, timber, and shipboard goods on various vessels. Notable consignments include Gr asbrook six cases furniture, Museum of Fine Arts ten do glassware, and Bank of San Francisco one case instruments. Also notes herring orders and frozen herring shipments.

Marsden Hamburg Ger Cement Bank of San Francisco Instruments Frost & Adams Abram French & Co Muriaié Sin Jacques John A McGowan Nn Bay Maria Amelia Delong & Seaman

Inland Steamship Cargo Obscure Listings Across Ports

A mixed list of cargo and goods aboard vessels Hibernian Minnie Louise Dominion and others, detailing apples, cattle, peas, butter, flour, lumber, fish, and hardware across Glasgow Miragoans Yarmouth and St Andrews with quantities such as 10 tierces tallow 14 674 sacks flour 127 742 feet herring and 107 soluble Pacific guano noted.

Glasgow Scot Hibernian Miragoans Hayti Minnie Louise Yarmouth Dominion ST Andrews

Exports From Boston Week Ending January 24 1890

Value totals list Boston exports by category including naval stores breadstuffs and cotton with figures for each item. Country breakdown shows England Nova Scotia Newfoundland Labrador and other regions with corresponding export values. The document records numerous commodity categories such as oils, lard, sugar, tobacco, glassware, and machinery with monetary totals.

Boston L.usgt England Nova Scotia Newfoundland and Labrador Powo Rico Soi

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