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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1887

Page

7

Market Notes on Beef and Pork Prices and Grades

A dense listing of meat prices and grades including various pork cuts, hams, shoulders, ribs, and bacons with per hundredweight and per barrel prices. Fresh beef categories cover choice steers, good steers, heavies, loins, ribs, and rounds with multiple quality ranges and pack descriptions. Also listed are lambs, mutton, and veal prices by type and quality.

Hoice City Choice Chicago

Cotton and commodity market report from New York and Liverpool

Liverpool cotton futures opened steady then closed steady with various July to January bids and asks, while spot Upland prices and sales are noted. New York spot is quiet to steady for several grades. futures show mixed bids and asks, with market closed steady. Pipeline certificates show activity. sugar and molasses markets likewise described with current price ranges for refined and raw sugar and regional cargo quotes.

Liverpool Uplands Orleans New York Aso Oes Yov Manila Orto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes Cuba

Trade Centre Flour and Wheat Markets Mixed in U S Reports

New York July 6 reports show flour receipts 25,689 pkgs and exports 668 bbls with firm sales across grades including Minnesota extra and city mill extra. Minneapolis notes firmer No 1 hard and No 1 Northern prices. Chicago and St Louis offer mixed wheat and corn prices. wide regional activity and varied futures and spot quotes.

New York Minnesota Chicago United Bbis Mess Pt City Extra India Tierces Western Steam City Steam Continent S A Liverpool Minneapolis ST Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati Detroit Michigan Toledo

Hog and cattle market reports across major cities

July 6 reports show hogs firmer in Kansas City Peoria and St Louis with varied price ranges and sizable receipts. Chicago cattle and hog markets are mixed with overall softness in cattle and steadier hog values. shipping and packing prices range around five dollars and higher for select lots.

Kansas City Peoria ST. Louis Chicago Texas

Word-fragment Feed: Live Stock Prices Listing

Fragment lists cattle and lamb lot prices with per head quotes and buyer totals. Natives and Texans prices show eight thousand four hundred twenty and three hundred forty thousand nine hundred ten totals are noted.

Cotton Markets July 8 Report Highlights Mixed North South

The report shows varied activity with Gulf and Atlantic ports posting mixed net receipts and stocks. Prices remain mostly steady to firm at mid to high ranges, with New York, Philadelphia, and Baltimore exhibiting firm to quiet tones while St Louis and New Orleans show weaker momentum in certain lots.

Augusta Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington C. Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain Continent Cincinnati C. St. Louis S.c. Louisville Mid Love Consolidated United States

Foreign Markets Report Mixed Wheat and Market Quiet

London reports cargoes off the coast and on passage with wheat quiet but steady, Australian wheat at 34s 6d for prompt shipment, Chillan wheat 33s 3d. Liverpool and Paris show quiet to dull markets, with weather rainier in England and light demand for breadstuffs. Sugar in Havana quiet with sales 2400 bags.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England Great Britain Continent California Manchester The Guardian Japan Havana

London Wool Sales Show Brisk Trade Across Regions

London wool sales report strong competition for crossbred and comerino classes with prices sustained for scoured goods though inferior grades remain irregular. Buyers hold the advantage on the day with varied quotations by region including Victoria Queensland New South Wales New Zealand South Australia and details for scoured locks and pieces and greasy wool.

London Victoria Queensland New South Wales New Zealand South Australia

Imports and Exports July 6 1887 Arroyo and Barbadian trade

Bark Tenax reports 645 bhds and 77 bbls sugar for Standard Sugar Refinery in Arroyo. Sir Mattie B Russell lists 609 bhds and 75 bbls molasses for Continental Sugar Refinery in Caibarien. Steamer Chiswick delivers 1507 bhds sugar for Continental Sugar Refinery. Steamer Frithjof carries bananas in Baracoa. Sir Thomas Rocket ships 7000 lobsters and 50 dozen eggs in Marston at Shelburne Nova Scotia.

Arroyo Sugar Standard Caibarien Sir Mattie Russell Molasses Continental Sugar Sagur Chiswick Sugar Continental Sugar Baracoa Frithjof

Exports from Atlantic ports and Africa on July 6 1887

Records list maritime shipments from Fredericton to Gibsons New Brunswick Parrsborough Newfoundland and others including King Philip Laura Brown and George. Ocean steamer Carrol Nithsdale and Roman reported with flour lumber tobacco and various goods. Major consignments include cornmeal kerosene oil oil chairs lumber and tobacco bound for Halifax Charlottetown and Liverpool with multiple cargo categories.

Fredericton and Gibson King Philip Dorchester Alice S Parrsborre Laura Brown Port Musgrave George Ee Halifax Charlottetown Pei Sierra Leone Gold Coast Africa Nithsdale Liverpool Eng Steamship Roman

Wool and supplies shipped by rail lines in 1887

A dense list records Staple Products receipts dated July 6 1887 for multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine divisions Boston and Lowell and Boston and Maine Western. Entries list bales wool flour oats cornmeal oats wheat and other commodities with quantities and transport methods by rail and by sea or express.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Providence Raiilroad Old Colony Railroad Stolis New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Eastern Division Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad By Express A. S. Military Prison Fort Leavenworth Kan Pacific Coast James W. Pope U. S. Army

Packed Colonial Goods Inventory Listing

An itemized inventory records quantities of trade goods including grease and tea, barrels of molasses and butter, cheese and eggs, apples and potatoes, hay lumber hides and skins, leather and calfskins, with numerous units such as bbls boxes rolls bales bdls casks and bags. The list shows vast stock across many categories.

Tbs realfskins—Dbis

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town Arrive Across the Nation

A parade of buyers visits from Atchison to Chicago and St Louis, including Deutsch Bros Yoee Ga B Kehler Greensfelder J Richardson Burk Murphy Weil Jacobs Adler Frank Keet Rowe Bradley Meyer Long, signaling a busy market in footwear trades and regional firm representatives.

Weil, Connell & Riddle Tre Coe Wny J E Jacobs Wallace Elliott Jo St Louis J Frank Adler, Frank & Co J T Keet Keet Rountree Salt Lake City Utah W H Rowe St Paul Minn A Bradley Selina Ala M Meyer M Meyer & Co H Long H Long & White

Boston Area Rail Schedules and Through Trains Listing

Rail timetable lists Boston departures for many routes including New York via Hartford Worcester and local commuter runs to Amesbury Beverly Worcester and Needham. It covers weekday and Sunday service, stops at numerous towns, and notes through cars, Pullman services, and ticket offices.

New York Middletown New Haven Pullman Boston Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson C P. New England Limited Edec Cosas Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Pr. M Philadelphia Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richmond Points Norwich New London Danielsonville Putnam City OF Worcester City OF New York Washington Street Summer Street A. A. Jackson

Boston & Maine Through Trains Schedule Summary

Boston and Maine announces daily through trains across divisions with departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations. Services connect Augusta, St. John Halifax and Province, Eastport and Calais, Lewiston, Manchester Concord North, North Conway and Portland, plus routes on Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln Railways. Times vary by destination and day, including morning, afternoon, and evening departures.

Augusta Haymarket Sq M. Causeway St Anger St. John Halifax Causeway St Eastport Calais N. B Portland Haymarket St Lewiston Manchester Concord North North Conway Ion Lpi Ortland—Haymarket Sq Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln Railways

Western Division Timetables Include Multiple Rail Stops

A fragmented timetable shows train times across the Western Division with arrivals and departures for Dover Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford and Portland among others. It lists various frequencies including morning and evening runs with noted connections and workingmen’s trains.

Satem Wakefeld Wilmington Dover Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading and Way

Express andSleeping Car Schedules From Albany and Troy

A fragmented timetable lists daily express trains from Albany and Troy with sleeping car service to St. Louis Chicago and Miller's Falls. It notes departure times around 3.05 pm 7 pm and late-evening runs including 10.30 pm and 6.30 am with multiple intermediate stops.

Sler Boston Norwood Central Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Needham and Way Woonsocket Eturn Univisions Albany Syracuse N. Springfield Cleveland Chicago Passeter Worcester Buffalo Cago Alaosiee Falls On Adams Chatham Wille Cordaviille Ashland Muford Giro Avrancey Avrey Wellesle Ore Wellesle Hin Sre Newton Lower Falls Amirndale Fai P.uv Newton Blands Sibente Beston Station Cause Street Amesbury Thiddeford Chelsea M. Dover M. Everett Beach Hhh Yati St. Louis Aor Troy A SUN Brattleboro Miller’s Falls

Through Service From Boston to Northern Stops Timetable 1887

Local and through trains listed from Boston Causeway Street with destinations Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction and more. Includes station offices in Boston Washington Street and timetables for Keene Hillsboro Nashua Lawrence Lexington Arlington Woburn and others with daily and Sunday runs.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street City Washington Street Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Warren Haverhill Woodsville Littleton Bethlehem Fabyans Lancaster Jeffer Central Cheshire R.R Bellows Falls Vermont Montreal Ches Hire & Monadnock Rutland R. R Rutland Burlington St. Albans Ottawa Ogdensburg A. Faxon A R. Stewart Keene

Central Massachusetts Rail Opens with Complex 1887 Schedules

The notice details new Boston to Ware rail service routes including West Boylston Jefferson and numerous stops, with daily departure times commencing June 27 1887. It lists connections to New York Providence and other locales, plus later May 30 timetable changes and return trip patterns.

Ware Boston Barre Rutland West Boylston Oakdale Jefferon Sun Hudson Jefferson Rockbottom Sudbury Wayland Weston Taltham Waverly Belmont Ov A Geo. W. Storer Pass G’r Agt Mellen Sapt Weve Ud Hyde Part Vou Vce 205 & m M. T. Hope Cit Isp m Forest Hills Ioxbury West Hoxby Tod Mt. Hope Arren Bristol New York Providence Folsom

Old Colony Fall River Line Timetable Highlights

The timetable shows weekly services from Boston to New York via Fall River Line starting July 1 1887 with departures at 7 p m and returns. It lists numerous intermediate stops including Ashmont Canton and Barnstable with scattered times, plus connections to Cape Wellfleet Nantucket Hyannis Brockton and Newport. GEO L Connor and J BR Kendrick are listed as general passenger agent and general manager.

Pilgrim Bristol Worcester Old Colony Boston Fall River Newport New York Brooklyn Jersey City Old State House Washington and State Streets Stampa Pilgrim Land J. R. Kendrick Ashmont Barnstable Sandwich Hyannis Braintree Weymouths Hingham Cohas Taunton Vidaston Brockton South Braintree New Bedford Middleboro Nantucket Cottage City Wood’s Hall Falmouth Monument Beach Yarmouth Buzzard’s Bay Oneet Bay Wareham Onset Bay Geo. L. Connor J. BR. Kendrick Gen. Pass

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