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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 12, 1889

Page

8

Market notes show weak demand and ample supply across dairy items

Market is dull with buyer-favoring prices. Large interior arrivals foretell heavy shipments in the next weeks. Creameries, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, potatoes, and poultry show soft to easy prices. some outside markets quote firmer levels, while overall supply remains ample and sales are constrained.

Montreal Chicago New York State Fort Washington Liverpool Island Nova Scotia New Brunswick Vermont California Lima Choice Canada Bristol Long Islands Norfolk

Fruit Prices and Market Snapshot from Georgia Receipts

The report lists wholesale prices for currants blueberries raspberries and pineapples, with native and New York lots cited. Currants range 5 6c per lb to 8 10c per quart. blueberries 7 9c per lb native and 75c per New York pair. raspberries 10c per quart native, New York one third capes 3 4c. pineapples 4 6c to 10c per fruit. Watermelons show fair demand with Georgia De Kolb gems at 15c to 25c. California fruits firm with peaches 2 25 2 75. bananas Jamaica 1 22 5.

Georgia New York Georgia de Kolb California Jamaica Baracoa Bunch Port Limons Delaware Maryland Messina Palermo Jersey York State

Fruit Auction Prices Reported by H Harris & Co

H Harris & Co sold California fruit at auction with Crawford peaches at 225 300 dollars, purple Duane plums 1874 300, Bradshaw plums 205 3850, Columbia plums 170 350, Barry plums 160 16244, Tragedy prunes 33445, German prunes 175 295, Bartlett pears 370 405. The firm will auction Saturday 315 boxes Bartlett pears 50 boxes Crawford peaches and 23 boxes Tragedy prunes.

H Harris & Co California Crawford Bradshaw Columbia Barry Bartlett

Friday's Train Car Load Limited to Vegetables and Melons

A freight report notes Friday's train will comprise one car of vegetables and five cars of melons. The arrangement suggests a small, targeted shipment likely linked to regional harvest activity.

Steamers To Arrive With Fresh Produce For Boston

The steamer Howick passed Gibraltar July 4 bound for Boston carrying 1700 boxes Messina lemons 1900 half-boxes Palermo oranges and 13200 boxes Palermo lemons. Ponca passed Gibraltar July 7 for Boston with 400 boxes Messina lemons and 14600 boxes Palermo lemons. Marmion due Sunday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Company. Sionna due with Baracoa bananas for WW&CR Noyes. Norfolk boat due Friday with 500 pkgs tomatoes 1100 pkgs apples 250 pkgs cucumbers 4250 bbls potatoes and 300 pkgs squash.

Howick Gibraltar Boston Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Ww&cr Noyes Norfolk

Meat market receipts and prices across cities in late reports

The report lists receipts of tallow, beef, pork, lard, hams, and preserved meats with quantities. It covers price quotes for long and short cuts, back, lean ends, sausages, lard, and various beef and pork products, plus city and New York market notes and general demand trends for pork, lard, and hams.

Fruit and Produce Prices and Rail Estimates Report

The Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange lists rail and local shipping estimates for principal points. It shows Delaware Railroad and several lines with basket counts, and rail totals by line, followed by current market notes on apples, oranges, lemons, gooseberries, blackberries, cherries, peaches, and cantaloupes with prices and demand.

Boston Fruit and Produce Exchange Delaware Railroad Wyoming Henderson Woodside Greensboro Fulton Ridgely Farmington Queen Anne Greenwood Bridgeville Milford Lincoln City Queen Anne & K. RR Georgetown Boalersville Cambridge Millington Federalsburg Delaware Queene Anne

Market summary for Hog and Cattle at Kansas City and Chicago

Cattle receipts 4808 at Kansas City show lower prices across categories with steers 290 to 365, cows 175 to 265, stockers 210 to 275, range 220 to 290. Hog receipts 5251 weaker with heavy and medium prices 410 to 425, pigs 420 to 425. Sheep receipts 230 weak at 3150 total. Cincinnati hogs firmer for light and common 375 to 465, packing 435 to 450. Chicago cattle 13000 receipts with ship 5500, slow and lower. beeves 325 to 425, stockers 225 to 310, cows/bulls 175 to 810, bulk 230 to 260, Texas and Western lines noted. Hogs 19000 receipts, slow, lower. weights mixed 425 to 445, heavy 420 to 440, light 460 to 460, skips 360 to 445. Sheep 4000 receipts, steady. mutton 326 to 510, Western 340 to 400, Texans 330 to 390, lambs 490 to 600.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Lexas

New York Cotton Opens Firm. Futures Steady as Trade Increases

Cotton markets show firm early action with 1070 bales in Upland trading and a steady close. Opening quotes for July through May futures shift modestly, with middling and low middling ranges noted, while other southern markets report varying receipts, stocks, and prices reflecting steady to quiet activity.

New York Ccaesvenses Adaeeg Jniy Il PUA Gassah Om Salvia Io Sek Ead Augusta Mid Ile Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston

Network financials and stocks across multiple ports

Consolidated six day report shows Net receipts 1917 and exports to Great Britain 4634 and to the Continent 2536. Stock at all United States ports 163642. Cincinnati Saint Louis Louisville and other nets reflect varied returns with stocks, shipments and percentages across the regional firms.

Wilmington Wifoik Philadelphia Baltimore Continent New York Great Britain Cincinnati St Louis Louisville United States

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugar receipts today total 2506 bbls versus 160 bbls a year ago. Market quiet but firm with Cuba refining around 7 2c and other varieties priced. refined sugars in demand at old prices. Molasses receipts include 6 bbls and 14 hhds. prices for Fancy Ponce and Porto Rico range 37 47c per gallon, New Orleans notes 46 47c, with New York trade quiet.

Cuba New York Fancy Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Turpentine and Petroleum Markets Mixed in New York Benches

Turpentine closed at 88 3842e with resin at 110 112 percent and tar at 225. Petroleum closed at 7.30c with ASW at 7.20c and cases at 9.10c. Whiskey markets in Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati steady at 102. Coffee Rio spot in New York stronger with fair cargoes around 17440.

New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Rio

Imports and Exports July 11 1889 Glasgow listing details

A detailed shipping and goods manifest from Glasgow with consignments aboard Steamer Scandinavian and other vessels. Entries list bales stock cases mdse crates and bags from Baring Bros & co J B Moors & co Walling numerous firms including Jordan Marsh & co Wadsworth Howland co and others. Items include pig iron paper stock tobacco pipes granite fire bricks and tonnage figures with multiple firms and destinations.

Glasgow Scot J.B Moors & Co Standard Rubber Co Smith & Anthony Steel Co Baring Bros & Co N& NW Curtis Kenry Murray Mackintire, Lawrie & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Wilson, Larrabee & Co H Ford J Whiton F Townsend Jones Bros Indse Wheeler Blodgett & Co Nickerson & Baxter Shepard, Norwell & Co Bird & Co Waldo Bros Eng Santiago Moors & Co Bros & Co Boiis Washington & Moon Manufacturing Co Barlow Lombard & Co Stone & Downer Thorpe & Adams Manus Co Louis Wolf & Co Abram French & Co Sanderson & Sons Bis Steel Jackson Wadsworth, Howland & Co Jamailca Kong Boston Liverpool A& W Stowell & Co Carpenter, Woodward & Co Waltham Watch Co Sherburne Hills, Turner & Co E & F King & Co M Kean & Co Emery Stone Thomas Leyland & Co Leigh & Son B& F Babcock Cunard Steamship Line G Hall & Co Barclay & Co

Exports July 11 1889 Bear River Nova Scotia

Shipping report lists schooner E Norris from Bear River NS with 125 barrels flour 3 barrels kerosene. Steamer New Brunswick from Digby Annapolis to Valparaiso Chile carries flour marble walnut clothes wringers bags hardware castings egg carriers and other items. Bark Onaway to Valparaiso Chile ships paper paint hardware petroleum lumber and more. Brig Louise from Halifax NL carries flour cornmeal acid empty bottles and related goods.

Bear River E Norris Digby Annapolis New Brunswick Valparaiso Chili New York Halivax Brig Louise

Foreign Markets Report from London July 11

Market brief from London shows wheat quiet with several cargoes arriving and sales at Lam Mark Lane and Liverpool. Futures dull with mixed London and Liverpool wheat and corn prices. Paris wheat and flour easier. Provisions and fats report steady pork and bacon, lard lower, cheese steady, tallow unchanged.

London Mark Lane Vares Liverpool England California Paris

National Ad Directory Mentions Multiple City Firms

A fragmented OCR list names numerous firms and agents across cities such as Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati Detroit Galveston Philadelphia New York Boston St Louis and more. Entries include individuals like H L Anderson J H Quast K H Fyfe and many firms across industries signaling a large regional business directory.

Baltimore I Halle S Halle & Son H Adler Cohen, Adler & Co Mad C Bangs Bangs, Isard & Co Tre J Freyhan J Freyhan & Co Chicago G Leonard G Leonard & Co H L Anderson Craw Columbus A Kaimsfelder Lazarus & Co Miss G D Harris Detroit Mich K H Fyfe R H Fyfe & Co Corsicana Tex J Yates White & Bates, Craw F Strauss Beringer, Strauss & West Easton Penn Fl Nightingale Moon & Co Galveston Lex Levy Hazleton G Miller Miller Ithaca K . Christiance Kansas City Kendall Kendall B & S Lexington G E Spencer Watkins & Spencer, Co Los Angeles Cal Hamburger & Son Louisville H Quast J H Quast & Co Madison Ind Stanton Montgomery Ala Weimer Wright & Watkins Philadelphia Pean G W Terry Rowe & Terry

Concord Railroad Time Table 1889

The Merrimac Valley and White Mountain divisions list daily train departures from Boston to Manchester Concord Nashua and surrounding towns with numerous morning and afternoon runs. Also includes Montreal Quebec and St Johnsbury routes with connections and contact details for tickets berths and parlor cars. Sup't H E Chamberlin G P A F E Brown GEO W Storer N E Pa.

Concord Plymouth Titton Lake Village Meredith Ashlana Centre Harbor Wolfeboro Laconia Warren Haverhill Campton Village No. Woodstock Finnie House Penigewasset Valley Lisbon Littheton Whitefield Jefferson Lancaster Methlehem St. Johnsbury Lake Champlain BK. K Montreal Newport Quebec Viymouth Sherbrooke Boston Washington Street State Street H. E. Chamberlin T. F. E. Brown G. P. Ageo W. Storer N. E. PA

Fitchburg Rail Schedules From Boston Depot Potent Transit List

Fitchburg trains depart from Fitchburg Depot on Causeway Street Boston with morning express at eight A M parlor car to Albany and many intermediate stops including Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro FitzWilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Rutland Burlington St Albans Montreal and Edensburg connecting at Rutland for Saratoga and Delaware Hudson Canal routes. Northbound services at eleven thirty A M offer Cheshire Connecticut River Central Vermont to White River Junction with further connections. Also service on Rutland Railway to Rutland and White River Junction. Night express at seven P M daily except Sunday with Wagner Palace Sleeping Car to Rutland Burlington and St Albans linking to Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg arriving next day. Tickets Berths at Line Office 228 Washington Street Boston. c A Faxon Gen Agent RK Stewart Gen Manager Keene N July 11 1888.

Fitchburg Depot Causeway Street Boston Ne ‘Albans Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Montreal Edensburg Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company RX. R Cheshire Connecticut River Vermont White River Junction Ehire & Monadnock i Ottawa Ogdensburg Washington Street C. A. Faxon RK. Stewart Keene, N Eave Boston Summerstrea Celine Ashcroft Baltiore Bira Streets Blackstone Banbury Udley Bon One Ellisy Endicott Need Or tlon-Sduadson Ms Fars Lin Ce Oton Mts Mn Forest Avenue Bartford Harvard Street Lin Ryde Park LL Aim Righland Lake Estington Manchester Milford Mt. Bowdoin New Britain Newburg New _ London New York Air Line Hartford Norwich Orwich Norwood Rornwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Providence Putnam Readeville River Street Rockville Conn Southbridge Tilcons Washington B. C Waterbury Willimantic Winstons Webster Norwood Central Hyde Park Franklin Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Poston Needham and Way Beton Woonsocket Meddietown New Haven Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson Newburgh Turners, N. Y Chicago & St. Louis Limited Erie Reilway New England Fishkilon-Hudson Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Richmond Washngton Prp M. Norwich Biewich New London City City OF Worcester Summer Street A. A. Jackson E. P. Vining A. C. Kendall L Sup’t Trafic Pass

Eastern Division Train Schedule From Boston Causeway

Published timetable lists hourly and multi hour departures for Boston Causeway and nearby stations. Includes Portland Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Great Falls and Rochester Hampton Spaxwich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Newburyport North Conway Portsmouth Rockport Gloucester Salem York Harbor Beach Branches and multiple regional routes with numerous times and notes.

North Conway Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Ennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence Lowell Newburyport Reading Salem Portland Amesbury Beverly Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Spaxwich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Rockport and Gloucester Branch York Harbor & Beach BR. R Swampscott Wolfeboro

Fitchburg Railroad Timetables From Boston to the West

Trains depart Boston passenger station on Causeway Street for the West with multiple daily options. Includes Am. Accommodation to Troy Albany and Binghamton, Express and Sleeping Car services to Buffalo Chicago St Louis via Niagara Falls and Erie Boston lines, plus numerous local and Sunday schedules to Ayer Junction Brattleboro Cambridge Cheshire and other points.

Boston Causeway Street West Troy Albany Binghamton Buffalo Chicago Niagara Falls Short Line Erie St. Louis Michigan Central Wabash Niagara Falls Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Ieto Ayer Junction Elmont and Waverley Brattle Bore Miller’s Falls Cambridge Cheshire KR Concern Fitceburg Q Gardner Miller's Falls Greenfield Hoosick Falls Johnsonville Tincom Conmes- No Syracuse Rochester Detroit Michigan Central -Co Cleveland Toledo Lake Shore Michigan Southern WR. H Cincinnati Hartford New Haven New York

Mass transit timetable fragment for New England towns

A dense list of departure times and routes across multiple towns including Hillsboro Concord Nashua Woburn Lawrence Lowell and Winchester. Timings vary by station with morning and afternoon slots extending into late evenings. several routes show connections via Concord and Bedford and reference Manchester and Montreal in an overall archival timetable snapshot.

Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Concord Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Lowell North Billerica Laawerence Stoneham Wobara Winchester Mass Bedford

Sunday Train Schedules for Central Massachusetts District

Train times listed for multiple towns including Northampton Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester and more. Sunday service notes Belmont Waverley Waltham Hudson Way stations to Northampton at 1.15 pm. Signed James T. Furber and D J Flanders as General Manager and Passenger/Ticket Agent.

Central Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont Hudson and Way Northampton James T. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen'l Pas Albany West Boston

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