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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1888

Page

7

Spot Market Reports and Wheat Prices Across Cities

The article details Chicago and New York spot market quotes for superfine and patent wheat, winter and spring grades, and export for Canada, with Milwaukee and St Louis receipts, shipments, and price ranges. It notes firm, sometimes unchanged tones, mixed activity, and specific bid levels for No 2, No 1 soft, and various futures. It also lists feed, oats, corn, rye, and flour pricing, plus call and closing bids, reflecting a broad agricultural market snapshot.

Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada Polar Canada Chicago St Louis Milwaukee New York City Mill Minneapolis Toledo Detroit Hoosac Tunnel New Ormmeal Bush Gaham Choice Coumon

Butter and dairy prices hold firm amid strong receipts

Receipts for butter reached 28 120 tubs and 2136 boxes, up from last year, with choice butter in short supply and prices unchanged. Dairy markets show firm tone across New York, Vermont, and Eastern markets with various grades and regional quotations noted. Egg, cheese, bean, and grass seed markets also listed with weekly receipts and steady demand, including pea prices and hay values.

Vermont New York Ohio Liverpool New Hampshire Northern Choice Western Choice E Island California West Jersey

Agricultural Prices and Receipts Report

The week’s receipts total 261 packages, up from 102 the same week last year. Northern fresh killed chickens, choice, 25 cents, fair to good 20 23 cents. Northern fresh killed fowls 14 15 cents, Western iced fowls 18 cents. Rye straw and oat straw priced, hay and miscellaneous items listed with unit ranges.

Banana steamers bring fruit to Boston firms

The Balder steamer is due the first of the week carrying bananas for G H Harding. The Lorenzo D Baker is expected around July 12 with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Balder G H Harding Lorenzo D Baker Boston Fruit Company

Fruit and Produce Market Report Highlights Week’s Receipts

The week’s receipts show 917 barrels of fruit, up from 778 last year, with Southern lots well supplied and sales mainly at 1 150 per half-bbl crate. early Southern June apples at 3 850 per bbl. Oranges and lemons trade remains firm yet quiet, with Palermo oranges at 6 7 per box and Valencia oranges at 7 28 per case. Bananas from Bratten and Gambetta steamer cargoes sold at 112% to 125 per bunch, Baracoa variety.

Palermo Messina Valencia California Virginia Maryland Hudson River Banarvas Bratten Gambetta Lear Georgia

Market Report With Steady Prices For Fresh Produce

The market remains steady with fair demand listing New marrow squash at 2 dollars a barrel and asparagus at 1 dot. Other items include native green peas 225 a bush, Savannah tomatoes 1 per crate, Mississippi 150 per crate, Long Island cabbage 150 per barrel, native spinach 400 a bush, Long Island wax 155 per crate, Long Island green beans 4 per barrel, bunch onions 2 3 cents per bunch, Bermuda onions 1 75 per crate, Egyptian onions 2 225 case, beets natives 25 cents a dozen, Southern summer squash 50 cents per crate, Long Island 6 per 100 count, native 6 7 per 100 count, carrots 125 per bush, lettuce 40 cents per box, turnips new flat 84 cents a bunch, rhubarb 1 cent per pound, radishes 82 per 100 for long, Southern cucumbers 2 50 per crate, native cucumbers 4 per 100 count.

Savannah Mississippi Long Island Bermuda

Weekly meat receipts and price quotes from markets

The week receipts show pork 185 bbls, beef 733 bbls, fresh beef 84 cars, lard 2816 tierces and 100 cases with 2732 packages, hams 185 tierces and 117 bbls, bacon 4007 boxes, tallow 174 bbls and 22 bags, grease 269 bbls and 6 packages, tongues 2 bbls, preserved meats 2808 cases, five hogs 14,225, dressed hogs none. Last week pork 84 bbls, beef 36 bbls, fresh beef 119 cars, lard 794 tierces and 620 cases plus 965 sprigs, hams 93 bbls and 177 tierces, bacon 738 boxes, tallow 294 bbls and 1 bag, grease 445 bbls, tongues 70 bbls, preserved meats 686 cases, live hogs 14,803. Prices quoted for pork, lard, smoked meats, and various cuts show steady demand and firmer lard with wide range for beef and pork products across New York, Cincinnati, and Chicago markets.

New York Park Western Steam City Steam Continent Chicago Mess Park St. Louis Cincinnati Chicago Brighton

Sugar and molasses market update and quotes

Sugar markets show firm demand for raw sugar with old-price levels. Refined sugars remain active with various grades priced from 6 to 7 percent. Havana and New York markets hold steady, with limited weekly receipts and exports mainly to the United States. Prices for Cuban and Porto Rican sugars are listed, along with molasses and muscovado quotes. Freight rates for sugar shipments from Havana vary, and overall market tone remains unchanged.

Cuba Belmont New York Havana Matanzas Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Midwestern Cities

Kansas City stock yards report 866 cattle receipts with active demand and higher prices for shipping steers at 475 to 550, cows 210 to 275. hogs 2128 receipts firm at 460 to 567. Cincinnati hogs strong 445 to 570, packing 540 to 590. Chicago cattle receipts 2300 with Texas cattle active 5.90 to 6.30, hogs 8000 receipts and 5000 shipments.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Market Report on Sheep Receipts and Lamb Prices

Mixed active market with five cent higher trend. Shorn and heavy lots show $6.65 to $6.90, light types about $5.70 to $5.95. Sheep receipts near 1000 head, shipments 4000, demand good and prices firmer. natives inferior to fancy in the range of $2.60 to $5.25. Lambs quoted 75 cents to $2.50 per head for 100 pounds and up to $5.75 for larger weights.

Cotton market steadies as New York reports mixed upland bids

New York cotton market opens and closes steady with middling bids at 105 16 for middling uplands and 9 5 for low middling amid a 319 bale sale. The report lists regional receipts, shipments, stocks and quotes across Augusta Mobile Memphis New Orleans and other ports with firm or steady mid and 9 percent ranges and a consolidated national outlook.

New York Augusta Memphis New Orleans Great Britain Alveston Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Baltimore Cincinnati Philadelphia C. St Louis Louisville United States

Miscellaneous market notes on various commodities and prices

Tallow demand quiet at steady prices. Coffee market dull and nominal. Whiskey prices steady at 114 to 120 dollars in multiple cities. Turpentine and petroleum markets mixed with rosin and tar varying. Lips Line Certificates show July 6 to July 7 1888 activity with closing price around 78 cents.

New York Wiskey Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Letroleum Petroeum

Imports and Exports July 7 1888 Baracoa Banana Cargoes

List of shipping cargoes with vessels Bratten Gambetta and Yarmouth plus items including bananas nitrate soda potatoes eggs mackerel halibut salmon and related consignors and buyers across Baracoa Pisagua Yarmouth and Gloucester, detailing quantities and firms such as WW & C R Noyes Seaverns Co Macintosh Co Blanchard & Fowle and others.

Baracoa Bratten G Hail & Co Macintosh & Co Gloucester Fish Co Hatheway & Co Ft. S Ellis & Co

Exports, July 7 1888 Ports and routes list items

Shipping brief lists cargoes from Port Antoni and Halifax to Charlottetown and Sydney. Items include hardware, textiles, agricultural produce, lumber, meat, dairy, beverages, tobacco, oils, and assorted goods aboard steamers Marmion Worcester and others. Numerous quantities in bbls, pkgs, bales, and crates reflect a busy trade inventory.

Port Antoni Alifax Charlolitetown Pei Worcester Sydney

Receipts from Northern Railroads July 7 1888

A fragmented list of consignments dated July 7 1888 from multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston and Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg. Items cover cotton wool flour oatmeal oats malt feed lard butter cheese eggs hay leather hides skins tea coffee sugar and various boxes crates casks and cars. The entry enumerates quantities by bale bag box tub and car, but many figures are garbled or partial.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell System Express

Boston and Maine Railroad freight and livestock totals

A fragmented OCR list tallies freight movements and goods for Boston and Maine Railroad divisions and by sea. Items include wool bales, leather rolls, lumber cars, eggs, butter, flour, coffee, sugar, hides, and various bales and crates with scattered quantities across divisions and shipment methods.

Foreign Markets. Wheat and corn firm in London reports

London markets show cargoes off the coast firm for wheat and corn with one wheat cargo sold and twenty awaiting sales. California and Australian wheat quoted near 38s 3d and 31s 6d respectively with Paris and Liverpool markets showing steady to firmer prices for wheat, corn, and byproducts. Pork, bacon, lard, and tallow quoted with mixed moves in London and Liverpool.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane California Paris Liverpool Corin

Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County Details

A long list of May and June transfers across Dorchester Chelsea and Revere, detailing buyers and sellers such as Dorr Street guardian John McGlynn to Sarah Ann Beatty, and Michael J. McDermott obtaining Kendall Street property, with prices from 1 to 17,600 dollars and several properties mortgaged back.

Warren Sherburne Essex Street Kendall Street Martin Beatty Et al Michael J. McDermott Victor Vollmer Roxpury Mary A. L. Goodwin Arnold A. Roberts Albano Street Caroline M. Atherton Julia A. Baimstead Sarah H. Humphrey Everett Street Arthur J. Richardson Elijah H. Harding Linwood Street William P. Fowler Kate Roberts Saw Street Dorchester Charles A. Howard E. Abby Bartlett Someon Alexander Avenue Edmund P. Tileston Martin P. Bixby Bellevue Parkman Street Elizabeth Baker Mary W. Sharp M. Annie E. Clifford Chelsea Edward F. Miller Jennie Miller Broadway Ditto Beacon and Chestnut Streets Almira E. Barrows

Mortgages Listed for Dorchester and Roxbury Properties

A series of May 29 mortgage transfers recorded for properties in Dorchester and Roxbury. Lenders include Henry F Jenks, Mary A L Goodwin, Frederick Brown, Mary J Corcoran, Francis Merriam, Patrick O Riordan, Safe Deposit Trust Company, Framingham Saving Bank, and Franklin M Pevey. Properties span Winter Street Albany Street Proctor Street Kendall Street Tremont Street Garden Court Street Boston Street and Braintree Street with amounts from 1000 to 8000 dollars.

Paul S. Yendell Henry F. Jenks Winter Street Dorchester Arnold A. Roberts Mary. A. L. Goodwin Albany Street Roxbury Isaac H. Bogart Frederick Brown Proctor Street Victor Vollmer Mary J. Corcoran Kendall Street David Bb. Hastings Francis P. Merriam Tremont Street West Chester Park Ellen M. Wylie Patrick J. O’riordan Garden Court Street Otto B. Cole Safe Deposit Trust Company Blackstone Centre Streets Samuel Hane Framingham Saving Bank Braintree Street Ephraim K. Porter Franklin M. Pevey Boston Street

Cape Cod Rail Timetables For Weekdays And Sundays

Timetable lists multiple routes from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and various Cape Cod towns with morning and afternoon departures. Sunday services include Buzzards Bay Bourne Chatham Falmouth Hyannis Nantucket and other stops with listed times and via Woods Hall options.

Cape Cod Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Albarnetabie Bourne Bournedals Brewster Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Woods Hall Fairhaven Falmouth Hiyannina Marwich Monument Beach Fattiapermett Marion Nantucket Oneet Bay Provinces Town Key My Sandwich Sagamore Sec Yarmouth Tremont Wellfleet West Barnstable Warenan Farmouth West Barnestable Wareham Wenaumet

Providence Division Schedule Fragments and Times

Fragmentary OCR from a Providence division page lists multiple times and names. The legible items include entries like 5.30 3.30 11.30 pm 10 pm and various times around 9 to 11 pm. Names such as Sharon appear, but many lines are garbled and unclear.

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Phew S Liverpools Orleans Suffolk County James A. McCann John O’neil Third Street Albert D. Bosson Revere Edward Turner Penne L. Smith Revere ‘Street Fidelity Insurance THE American Surety CO Henry P. Coffin Agt Water St Boston Godfrey Morse Edmund R. Davies Suffolk William Tyner Porter Needle Company Holden Cambridge Midlesex David K. Merrill Gleveland and Thurman Mazeppa Sign CO Providence Line Park Square Providence Mssachusetts Rhode Island Reeves Washington Street J. W. Richardson J. W. Miller C. H. Briggs Pass Cook County Lake and Hyde Park Schuyler County Ill St. Louis County Minn City of Duluth Wyoming Territory Gogebic Co Mich Court House Ottawa Kan W. Harris & CO Devonshire Street Austria Austro-Hungary Italy Servia Brunswick City of Vienna Etec New England International Banking Co. OF Milk St Post Building Boston, Mass Equitable Trust CO Omaha Ner Farmers’ Loan & Trust Company of National Bank of North America J. Henry Brooks & CO Sears Building the Eastern Banking CO Milk Street Francis A. Osborn T. Merrihew Ture Middlesex Banking CO Middletown Conn Nath Keay Fier Equitable John Jeffries & Sons Railroads Double Fall River Shane Pilgrim Risto Newport Sa.m Brooklyn Jersey City Vlad State House Washington and State Streets Colony Pilgrim Land P. O Old State House J. R. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor L. H. Palmer VIA Grand Central Depot Vining Concord N. UL H. E. Cuamberlin Baileroads R.R. Sune Ze,lls Boston Salion Forseer Pittsheld Ar Eke Weet Braun Mittatteta North Adam~a Hudson Palmer With Ware River Branch Kor Rattail Oobe Lseee Uae Xpl. Spk GM Corcept Suday Deas York G. BU Eee Milford Oth LD Vaaepain S A Oteen A UG Om Dail Ariem Feo Ab Paneomiue M. Is le Millbury North Grafton Westberg Pte Srasse Kor Uu Mae Luo Saxonville Deck B.ov Dek, Lewhea Lewu OO Well Wellesley Inlis Wee Wee Wton Flower Falls M. L Ll.ag M. Alliston le Ue Fee Do UU Ue Atrecd Yeat Newton Iz M. i I Sewtonville Tu Ae VO Uv ORBA Vat Brookline Les 6O Chestnut Wail Newton Centre Newton Highlands Ivers Wellesley Sea Boston V Causeway Street Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction Bugouamton Niagara Falls Erie Michigan Central Palace Grand Trunk Railway Wabash Western Riilway Hinghamton Ayer Junction SUN Mermont and Waverley Krattleboro Miller’s Falls Lpm Fitchburg Aim Gardner and Miller’s Falls Greenfield Bhoosick Kalla Johnsonville Linccoin Marlboro Studson and Maynard Nashua N. HE Boroth Adams Williamstown North Leominsater Saratoga Shelburne Falls Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Lily Lloosack Tunnel Joan Adams J. Whitmore Gen J.R. Watson Central Vermont Railroads Rutland Montreal Ogdensburg Wincheaton Jaffrey Peterbooro Fitzwilliam Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Burlington St. Albans St. Johns All Points Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R. Ry Cpm Wagner Palace RuQland Bartington Gqttawa C. A. Faxon, Gen. Ark. Syeware Keene, N. Dac Vermont Reute Lowell Taso Fericns Central Vermont R. R Wmebington Steel Preek Manag W. Cummings Gen. Pasa Albans Fall River Line Shore Line Stonington Line Old State Rad Central Division Ashmont Braintree Middleboro Bridge Water Brockton Cohasset and Hineham Hingham Easton East Weymouth Weymouth Taunton Harrison Square Marshfield and Sea View Mattapan and Milton Middleburg Nantasket Beach Neponset New Sedfora North Easton Stougnton Riandolph Plymouth Abington Duxbury Rockland and Hanover Scituates Suan Shawmut South Braintree South Duxbury Wollaston Heights West Ridgewater Cochesett South Easton Aloylton Pea Elen Tam Nan A Attleboro Cee Volven Canton Junction S.xv M. Weedham Dodgeville Foxboro Forest Hills V.co,o Hebronville Hyde Park Damaieca Plain U.au Bausfield Mt. Hope Clarendon Hills North Attleboro Pawtucket Readville India Point V.ov, 11.05 Pm. Sundays, 9 Am; 4.30 Rm. Heights Vam Spring Street West Roxbury Brighland Stoughton Central Canton South Wetset Ben Wrentham Wa Haven Tol West Ansfieciua V.cv. Co. T.ovds Tj New Bedford Fox Point Wharf Eaces Bhady DOD Bery Wey -15 Sharon Hetty Veyan Inut Elilland Stone Warren Uy A Alas Man Ae Uy Emoan Rae Northern Division Framingham Marboevo Fayville Southboro Belton Morthboro Clinton Leominater Pratt’s Junction K.R J. KR. Kendrick Man’r. Geo L. Connor Pass’r Aaron B. Gay & CO Slate Street
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