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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 07, 1888

Page

7

Grain and feed markets mixed with steady prices on oats

The report shows July to October bid and ask levels across oats and corn markets with no bids in September. Sales included eight August first calls and three second call cars, inspections list 104 total cars including No 2 white oats and mixed oats. Regional quotes: New York exports up, Chicago and Milwaukee activity dull, prices for No 2 and No 3 oats steady to firmer, meal and flour markets steady with modest demand, rye quiet, and various regional receipts and shipments noted.

Eptember sXe New York Chicago Toledo Milwaukee Detroit St Louis Rye Bush Graham Fotronseer Canada Choice

Butter and Cheese Price Report From Early Market Values

A wholesale market roundup shows firm butter quotations across grades with receivers’ prices and higher jobbing margins. Cheese eggs and grain quotes from New York Chicago and Liverpool reflect quiet demand, steady or easier cheese prices, firm egg values, and varied vegetable and poultry market activity across regions.

Banana shipments expected from Caribbean steamers

The Gambetta due from Baracoa will carry bananas for Seaverns & Co. The Balder is set to arrive early next week with bananas for GH Harding. The Lorenzo D Baker is reported due around July 10 with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Gambetta Baracoa Seaverns & Co Balder GH Harding Lorenzo D Baker Boston Fruit Company

Imports of oranges and lemons to the United States in June

A fragmentary summary shows June imports of oranges and lemons to the United States by case and box, with figures for Sicily Valencia and various ports. It also notes July 1887 green fruit arrivals in New York, June and July 1888 projections, and current market pricing for Naples and Palermo fruit as reported by Snow & Co.

United States Valencia Sicily New York Os Ysse Oss Seepee Orleans Snow & Co Naples Norseman Palermo Messina Liferoia United States Navy Bureau of Provisions and Clothing Navy Department Washington D. C United States Navy Yards Mare Island Cal North Georgia Alabama Navy Yard Pensacola Fla United States Naval Station Key West Port Royal 8. C Old Company Lehigh Were Newport R. C United States Coaling Station Honolulu Sandwich Islands Bureau of Provisions Department James Fulton U.s.nave

Market Report: Fresh Produce and Fruit Prices

Left pears priced at 3 25. Two union cars set to sell next Monday. Watermelons supply fair with extras at 23 25 and small quantities at 20 22. Cherries fair, choice lots 10 15c. Currants quiet 8 10c ib. Virginia blackberries 14 15¢ quart. Raspberries quiet 9 10¢ Maryland pints and 5 6c Hudson River. Gooseberries quiet at 3 P bush native lots. Georgia La Conte pears small supply slow at 250 300 per crate. Bananas aboard steamer Bratten from Baracoa for WW & CR Noyes unloading Saturday.

Choice Vermont New York Chicago Newark Liverpool New Hampshire Northern Choice Wester Michigan Hova Scotia New Brunswick Island California Red Top Jersey Bernne Shaw Virginia Maryland Hudson River Georgia Bratten Baracoa WW & CR Noyes St. Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Truck Market Prices in Old Quotations

A list of fresh produce prices with multiple regional items and unit measures. Items include marrow squash at $2 per barrel, asparagus $1 per dozen, native green peas $2.25 per bushel, Savannah tomatoes $1 per crate, Mississippi $1.50 per crate, Long Island cabbage 150 per barrel, native spinach 40 cents per bush, Long Island string beans $1 per crate, Long Island wax $1.55 per crate, Long Island green cans $4 per barrel, bunch onions 2 to 3 cents per bunch, Bermuda onions $1.75 per crate, Egyptian onions $2.25 per case, beets natives 25 cents per dozen, Southern summer squash 50 cents per crate, Long Island prices 36 per 100 count, native 6 to 7 per 100 count, carrots $1.25 per bush, lettuce 40 cents per box, new Pek 3 to 4 cents per bunch, rhubarb 1 cent per pound, radishes $2 per 100 for long, Southern cucumbers $2.2 per 560 per crate, native cucumbers $4 per 100 count.

Savannah Mississippi Long Island Bermuda

Pork and beef markets firm with varied pork prices

Market reports show firm pork demand with long cuts at 17 17 50 dollars, backs around 17 75 18 00, and lean ends at 17 25 17 75. Lard and sausage values mixed. beef prices steady to higher, with fresh beef and mutton/lamb listings and weekly export totals across multiple ports.

New York Park Continent

Sugar Market Movements From 19th Century Trade Report

Sugar markets show buyer seller tension with seller advantage amid quiet trade. Foreign markets firm with Cuba refining around 4 3 16 cents, Manila and Java quotes noted, refined sugars steady with strong demand. New York raw strong refined active. Havana prices firm with large private term sales. Puerto Rico and Caribbean reports list regional prices and crop notes. New York bids hold at 19 1 2 percent for 50 test.

Cuba Manilas Iloilos Javas Belmont New York Havana Caibarien Wasse Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez

Market Review From Allan Asher & Co on July Cotton Trade

Allan Asher & Co report a less active but feverish market with cautious operations. Liverpool advices weaken. Manchester unlikely to advance until Liverpool stock is worked off. New York cotton prices and futures show firm middling uplands at 10. or 9 3/4 cents with varied opening and closing levels. Weekly statistics cite 62,000 bales sold, stock at 612,000 bales, and 35,000 bales total American stock across ports, plus detailed staple product receipts for July 6, 1888.

Corres United States Liverpool Real Britain Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Pensacola Allan Asher & Co Exchange Place Manchester Chronicle New York Thursay ULV Ca Ole Actin Bkrewe Ieee Veer Ee Orleans DUI cc Aibisie Ce Ceca Hléde

Hog and cattle markets across major cities report active trade

Kansas City stock yards show strong demand with cattle receipts at 2517 and steer prices around 460 to 570 while hogs rise about 5 cents. St Louis hogs steady with light weights at 540 to 560 and Chicago cattle receipts total 6000 with natives higher. hogs 5000 to 9000 receipts and sharper prices. Cincinnati hogs firm with 4.46 to 6.90 for various grades. Peoria hogs firmer at 36 to 58. Receipts and shipments vary by city, with mixed results across cattle, hogs, and sheep markets.

Kansas City St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas Western Rangers

Miscellaneous market prices and closing notes

The report lists steady to dull prices across multiple regions for commodities including whiskey, turpentine, tar, and rosin. It records specific figures for New York City, Cincinnati, St. Louis, and Chicago, plus a Lip Line Certificates closing schedule from July 5 to July 6, 1858 with high and low quotes.

New York Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis

London and Liverpool markets show wheat and corn rise

Foreign market reports from London and Liverpool indicate wheat and corn prices firming with stronger demand. Prices for No 1 California wheat range around 64 8d to 68 10d for futures, while Antwerp and Paris quoted firm or steady levels for July wheat and related commodities.

London Keerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Antwerp

Imports July 7 1888 Crabs Island and Caribbean cargoes

On July 7 1888 at Crab Island cargoes from Joseph Wilde include 393 puncheons 30 tierces 19 hogsheads molasses. Mayaguez Puerto Rico brig Saidee 3894 puncheons 6 tierces molasses Whitney Pouaiind & co. Mayaguez Puerto Rico bark Nina S18 hogsheads 25 barrels sugar ordered.

Crab Island Sch Joseph Wilde Gustavo Preston Mayaguez Saidee Whitney, Pouaiind & Co

Exports Reported From Atlantic Ports on July 6 1888

Trade dispatches list cargoes from Yarmouth Port Gilbert Port Acadia Buenos Ayres and Liverpool detailing steamer and schooner shipments including flour meal lumber furniture crockery and various goods. Notable vessels include Yarmouth-1 George M Warren Donna Bell Glide Ella Maud and Emilie with cargoes of bbls flour meal cornmeal lumber and miscellaneous merchandise.

Yarmouth Port Gilbert George M Warren Port Acadia Donna Bell Buenos Ayres Emilie C- NS Ea Liverpool Ella Maud

Railroads Transport Aged Cargoes Across Regions

A fragmented list records shipments for multiple railroads including Boston and Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine Eastern and Western Divisions, and Lowell System. Items span tea, coffee, cheese, oleo, meats, sugar, leather, hides, wool, flour, pork, cornmeal, oats, hay, lumber, boxes and tubs, eggs, butter, and raw hides among others, with quantities and car counts noted in a busy commerce snapshot.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad POS S Oink Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell System Sears Lumber Express

Proposals for Steels for the Texas Battleship Build

Sealed proposals invited by the Navy Department Portsmouth Va for steel plates shapes rivets castings and other classes to build the armored battleship Texas. Details specify tonnages sizes delivery within six months from contract with domestic manufacture and tests. Bids must include a five percent certified check and bond for twenty five percent.

Stlel United States Texas Navy Yard Portsmouth Navy Department Washington, D. C Virginia Secretary of the Navy Navy Was Gover J.B. Harmony

Western Division Train Schedules From Boston Stations

Train times listed for Western Division serve multiple towns including Andover Exeter Great Falls Melrose and Merrimac with frequent departures from early morning through evening on weekdays and Sunday. The uneven OCR yields many misprinted numbers but indicates a dense schedule across cities like Newburyport North Andover and Lowell with multiple daily departures and a Sunday train pattern.

Eastern Division Train Schedules From Boston Station List

A dense OCR list of eastern division train times from Boston, detailing departures to Amesbury, Chelsea, Dover, Great Falls, Rochester, Lynn, Marblehead, Newburyport, Portsmouth, and more. Mentions several branches and note about Workingmen's train on Thursdays and Saturdays from Haymarket.

Lynn and Way Newburyport Portsmouth Portand Bangor St. Joan Halifax Elem aVia Saugus wWorkingmen South Reading Boston Haymarket Squary

Cape Cod Division Train Schedule Fragments

Fragmented OCR lists morning and afternoon train times across Cape Cod towns including Buzzards Bay Bourne Chatham Harwich Wellfleet Sandwich and West Barnstable. Entries show multiple stations and routes with times like 9.00 am 4.05 pm and 8.15 am, indicating a partial timetable.

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Providence train schedule and Sunday service details

Fragmented timetable notes list Providence Division routes, Park Square Station departures, and Sunday timings. It includes frequent trip counts, station names such as Canton Junction, and various times across morning to night with references to lines and endpoints.

Fragmented timetable snippet from North Attleboro notice

Fragmentary OCR shows a timetable or timetable-like list with times and figures. Includes references to North Attleboro and varied numeric entries such as 12.6.35 12.10 p.20 5.55 6 Sundays 58.30 and 4d 2 4 4.16. The legibility is poor and the intended event or service is unclear.

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Fragmented OCR Item on Roxby and Numbers

Fragmentary text shows mixed symbols and numeric values. Mentions Roxby and appears to be garbled data from OCR. No clear event, date, or identifiable entities emerge for a full news item.

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