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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jan 31, 1891

Page

7

Appraisals Made Free of Charge in Boston Market Listing

Francis Henshaw & Co. auctioneers and brokers present a long list of securities and bonds offered for appraisal. The document notes numerous shares in banks, railways, and industrial firms, with specific holdings and due dates. A Kansas City Farmers' Trust loan and several mortgages are listed, followed by a batch of Boston and New England financials, ending with auctioneers’ contact details.

Bahares N. Y. Biscuit Co Union Invest, Co Kansas City Natl Tube Works Payne C. & I. Co West End St. By Co., Ptd Freeman’s Natl. Bank Natl Exchange Bank Bank of Redemption Bank of North Ica Atlantic Natl. Bank North Natl. Bank Mechanics’ Natl. Bank Sherman Co Neb Bangor É& Piscataquis KR. R City of Boston W. L. Gold Newmarket Mfg. Co North Attleboro Steam & Electric Co Allen Galloway Kansas Winter Harbor Land Co Maverick Land Co National Telephone & Mfg. Co Steam Gauge & Lantern Co Syracuse New York Old Boston Nat Boston Cab Co First Nat Cardiff Tenn Rts Massachusetts Loan & Trust Co First Ward Nat Lombard Investment Co. div Boston Natl Brookline Nat East Chattanooga Land Co Tremont Nat. Bk Metropolitan Nat. Bk Massachusetts Nat. Bk Boston Nat. Bk Faneuil Hall Nat. Bk Bank of Fort Payse Danvers Nat. Bk Peapody Merrimack Mfg. Co Middlesex Mills Boston Belting Co Prudential Fire Ins. Co Boston Jamaica Plain Gas Light Co Burton Stock Car Co East Tennessee Land Co Ft. Payne Coal & Iron Co McKay Met Fast Asso American Expresa Co Western American Water Co City of Minneapolis City of Sioux City Gloucester St. Ky Kan Memphis Birm Bur. & Mo Iowa Zorn Land Trust Pal National Tabe Works N. H. ‘Trust Co Manchester N. H Portland, Saco & Portsmouth RR Sandusky & Cleveland R.R Revere Beach & Lynn R.R Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Detroit, Hillsdale & So Western RR Adams Express Co American Preservers’ Trust Boston Natl. Bk N. Y N.E. R.R Union Pacific R.R. Coll. Trust Lynn & Boston R.R Pacific Mills Ogdensboro Transit Co Central VI and Ogdens Champlain K.R. Cos

Markets Review of Codfish and Mackerel Trade in 1890

The Boston and Gloucester markets show firmer codfish and mackerel prices with steady demand. Receipts reach 927,850 pounds of fresh fish, including cod, hake, haddock, pollock, and mackerel, while telegraphic delays hinder outside trade. Returns indicate higher salt cod prices and firm canned goods, with a strong freight and import influence from Norway and Ireland.

Grain Trade Summary for Friday January 30 1891

Receipts today include corn 15950 59100 bushels and wheat 18610 31340 bushels with oats 17180 20460 bushels. Inspections show 69 cars including 25 wheat 32 corn 11 oats and 1 rye. Wheat markets open weak at 98¢ May, dipped to 96¾¢, closed near 97¾¢. Minneapolis Chicago and St Louis reports note firm demand for corn and oats, with prices quoted across steamer yellow corn, white oats, and various Northern grades. Rye barley and malt markets steady with mill feed prices. Canada six row and State sources cited.

Chicago Farnum, Reardon & Co New York Seeree Minneapolis Bush Okie Mel St Louis Canada

Flour and meal market report with prices and demand

Flour prices hold firm with higher levels and improved demand though large line purchases are restrained. Wheat market remains unsettled, limiting flour business. Quoted prices range from 3 42 to 5 60 per bbl for various flour grades, with rye flour at 4 60 to 4 75 and export specs noted. Cornmeal market remains firm with bag meal at 1.24 to 1.26 and barrel meal at 2.70 to 2.75.

Esceesseensessee Ess Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada

Oatmeal markets hold steady as livestock prices move

The market for oatmeal remains steady with cut and rolled at 6 45 675 per barrel and ground at 6 4 25 per barrel. Receipts include pork, beef, lard, hams, bacon and dressed hogs. The general market shows steady pork products, fair demand for smoked meats, steady lard, quiet hogs, and balanced beef and lamb prices with choice lambs at 10c and veal around 9 to 10c. The New York market is steady, Chicago May pork opens at 10 22 and ends near 10 15 with gains, May lard trades to 80 7 32, short ribs to 5 20 and 5 15.

Uften New York May Park Chicago Maylard

Cattle and Hogs Prices Across Markets in Kansas City and Peoria

Kansas City market reports show cattle mixed with steers slow and cows steady, hogs strong, and various prices for native cows butchers stock and stockers. Peoria and St Louis hog markets open higher or firmer with typical ranges. Cincinnati hogs firm, pork easy. Curacao cattle and hog receipts and price ranges listed. western and native sheep active with steady to higher bids.

Kansas City Specia St.Louis Cincinnati

The Produce Trade 1891 Market Summary

The butter market remains dull with prices barely sustained. Western creamery extras 25 28c lb. Northern extras 27 28c. New York and Baltimore markets mixed. Cheese firm under light stock. Eastern 9 10c lb, Northern 10 11c, New York steady. Eggs dull. Eastern 26 27c, Northern 26 27c, Western 26c, Southern 25c. Poultry dull. Turkeys 14c. chickens 14 16c. fowls 10 13c. Potatoes receipts heavy. fair trade, remaining at firm prices. sweets firmer 2 75 3 bbl. hay dull with high supplies. Prices quoted for various grains and straw.

Northern Creamery New York Baltimore Chicago Northern Choice Michigan N.Y Jersey Choice

Vegetable prices from a market listing with inconsistent figures

A market report lists numerous produce prices such as spinach at bush, onions from several regions priced variously from 1 to 5 per unit, carrots at 75 cents, beets around 60 to 70 cents, lettuce 50 to 60 cents, cabbage red at 150 per barrel, cucumbers 10 to 15 cents each, celery 150 for a box, cauliflower about 150 to 200 per dot, Florida string beans at 2 dollars 56 per crate, and hot-bed dandelions at 2 dollars per bush, reflecting a steady truck market and fair demand.

Valencia Ohio Andrews Florida

Florida Fruits and Apples Market Summary

Florida oranges steady with receipts 57 vices, prices $2 250 to $2 275 per box and half-box, mandarins $2 2765 half-box. Grapefruit $5 6% bid, $2 50 350 box. Mediterranean fruit prices shown for Palermo lemons and Messina oranges. Apples firm with mixed receipts 743 bbls. varieties include King, Russets, Greenings, Baldwins, Hubbardstons, Tallman sweets, and others with prices listed. Cranberries and Almeria Grapes noted with bids, plus assorted nuts and dried apples price ranges.

Florida Palermo Messina Valencia King Ben Davis Massachusetts Baldwins Jaine New Hampshire Hubbardstons Common Sweets Tallman Sweets Black Oxfords Gilliowers Northern Cape Cod Almeria Virginia

Steamer Arrivals Bring Oranges and Other Goods

The steamer Alexandria is due today with 4400 boxes of Valencia oranges for Boston. The Powhattan sailed Gibraltar Jan 26 with 16,000 boxes oranges and 8750 boxes lemons plus 7100 boxes Mesina oranges and 2500 boxes lemons. The Savannah boat arrived yesterday with 7160 boxes of Floriday oranges. The Norfolk boat arrived yesterday with 1100 bags peanuts and 400 pkgs. truck. The steamer H. M. Whitney from New...

Alexandria Boston Powhattan Gibraltar Messina Savannah Norfolk H. M. Whitney New

York Ships Bananas Auction Sale At Sea Steamer Ethelwold

York arrives with 2000 boxes of bananas from the steamer Ethelwold. Fra Auction Sales lists No 1s at 125 dollars, 8-hands at 85 cents, No 2s at 65 cents, and No 3s at 35 cents.

Fra Ethelwold

Quiet New York cotton market with steady futures

The New York spot cotton market held at 95-16¢ middling nolends while sales reached 191 bales and stock stood at 19,712 bales. Futures opened steady and closed quiet and steady with total sales of 77,100 bales. Liverpool and other ports showed varied activity with 8000 bales traded in Liverpool and numerous commodity listings across several markets.

North Bay Maxdalen Islands Cape Shore Gulf of Maine Block Island Massachusetts Rhode Island F. Maher Gloucester Stowell Sherman Provincetown C. R. Washington Wellfleet New England Maine New York Liverpool Amerean Eees Econ Alveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis T. Louis Incinnati Baltimore Philadelphia Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Savannah Louisville Consolidated Great Britain France Continent U.S Britain America

Print Cloth Market in Fall River Steady Demand

The print cloth market for the week closes steady with fair demand and expected sales matching production. Reports note some spot sales but no accumulation of the large stock. prices quoted at 3 cents for 64 by 648 and 29 16 and 25 1/2 cents for 60 by 56s. A petition circulates to form a trust company with $200,000 capital, signed by local businessmen and capitalists.

Fall River Ocal

Wool Sales in London Reach Active Bid For Various Wool Types

London wool mart reports 13 383 bales offered with brisk competition led by French buyers. First class wools such as greasies and merinos bid strongly. About 900 bales, mostly greenies and merinos, sold to the United States as prices hold firm across New South Wales Queensland Melbourne Victoria New Zealand South Australia Cape of Good Hope and Natal with diverse scoured locks and greasy lots and prices listed.

London United States New South Wales Queensland Melbourne Victoria New Zealand South Australia Cape of Good Hope Natal

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugar market remains dull with refined grades easing slightly while granulated and fine edges improve. Quotations from the American Sugar Refining Company show various grades, London beet steady at 12s 7 2d, and raw sugar unchanged. Molasses markets steady with Porto Rico, Ponce, Cienfuegos and Barbados consignments priced per gallon ranges.

En Revere London Porto Rico Fancy Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados Yarquez Arroyo

Whiskey markets steady in St Louis and Chicago

The St Louis and Chicago whiskey markets were steady at 1.14 per unit while the Cincinnati market remained firm at 1.14, indicating uniform pricing across the three cities. Firm demand showed little movement across regional buyers and sellers.

St Louis Chicago Cincinnati

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices In New York Market

Turpentine quoted at 41 4/8 cents, resin at 14 5/8 dollars, tar at 60 cents, petroleum closed 7 to 10 cents. Raw resin and stock values noted with RSW at 7 46 cents and cases at 9.55 cents.

New York

London Wheat and Corn Markets Report Summary

Beerbohm reports cargoes off the coast with wheat slow and corn stronger. At Mark Lane wheat quiet amid quiet English and foreign and strong American corn. Liverpool spot wheat firm, corn strong. futures higher. Weather in England dull. receipts about 104,000 cwt with 69,000 cwt American. Quoted prices: winter wheat 78 7d, spring 7s 6d, California 7s 8d, club 78 6d. Provisions: pork 51s 6d, bacon 27s 6d, lard 30s 3d, tallow 25s, cheese 61s 6d.

London Beerbohm’s Mark Lane Liverpool England

Oil Market and Certificates Notice at 54 Devonshire Street

Shipping and market data dated January 29 1890 report crude and refined oil prices closing at 3 PM with 3 pm schedule changes. Includes exports on January 29 1891 from Barton NS Ashton and Jensien goods, and listings for vessels in HMS ports with quantities of flour meal oil and miscellaneous cargo.

Peer Publishing CO The Post Publishing Co Devonshire Street W. H. Hughes J. A Coffin Coffin Bros L. P. Coffin Tan BT Barton

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