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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1887
Page
7
Extensive OCR list details freight quantities by rail lines and transport methods. Items include wool, flour, oats, butter, sugar, tea, potatoes, hay, leather, hides, skins, lumber, and various bales. Mentions Fitchburg Boston & Maine Boston & Lowell lines with multiple divisions and express or sea transport notations.
In Middlesex Probate Court William Frederick Jagerstam and Honora S. Jagerstam of Cambridge petition to adopt James Smith of Boston, child of Maggie McCloud born likely May 1, 1884. McCloud residence unknown, child reportedly cared for by others since 1884, no claimant appears. Petition seeks leave to adopt and name change to William Frederick Jagerstam. Dated May 5, 1887.
Railroads Boston and Maine list through trains on both divisions with schedules from Haymarket and Causeway stations. Services include Augusta, St John, Halifax, Eastport Calais Portland Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway and more with multiple daily departures and connections.
In Chicago on July 12 flour remained quiet and steady while wheat eased to around 71 1 2 cents for No 2 spring and 74 1 2 cents for No 7 red. Corn and oats traded mixed with oats lower. Provisions were active with pork and lard advancing. receipts and shipments data listed for multiple grains. In Cincinnati pork held at 15 75 and lard strengthened to 6 25 with hogs firm. bacon and ribs priced, and receipts and shipments reported. Toledo wheat weak with No 1 red near 78 1 2 cents and No 2 red 77 cents, corn steady at 37 cents.
Peoria reports firm hogs with higher sales up to 5 06 1 30, receipts 500 and shipments 430. St Louis sees active higher hogs with gains 10 15 cents, prices 5 15 to 5 25 for mixed packers, up to 5 30 to 5 40 for butchers, receipts and shipments noted. Kansas City hogs steady with sales around 4 60 to 4 85 and 8,500 estimated shipments. Chicago lists cattle receipts 8,000, shipments 2,100, steers 340 to 450, feeders 175 to 310, cows 150 to 275. hogs receipts 1,000, shipments 3,000, prices 5 10 to 5 35, packing 5 20 to 5 45, light 5 18 to 5 35. sheep receipts 2,000, natives 8 4 30, Western 8 8 70, Texans 2 70 to 3 70, lambs 1 50 to 4 00 per head.
Net receipts and cargo figures from Augusta to Consolidated show varied activity with several ports reporting dull or easy markets. Notable data include New Orleans receipts 423 and stock 66 569, Philadelphia receipts 593 and stock 15 109, and New York stock 146 315 with easy tone.
Beerbohm reports cargoes off the coast and steady to firm wheat with mixed American corn. Arrivals and sales figures cite 18 cargoes arrived, 4 sold, 40 waiting, and July August quotations for Australian and Chilean wheat. Liverpool markets show steady winter wheat, firm corn, and pork and cheese prices.
Brisk bidding at London wool sales with about 500 bales bought for the United States. Totals indicate roughly 14 000 bales sold to that country in the current series. Readouts cover Victoria Queensland New South Wales South Australia New Zealand Cape of Good Hope Natal and Spanish grease and scoured lots with varied prices per pound and pack sizes.
A dated report details cargoes for schooners and brigs at ports including Port Williams Nova Scotia Grand Manan New Brunswick Paspebiac Quebec Port Acadia and St Simons Georgia. Items comprise spruce lumber laths burlaps rail road ties coal wood and eggs with consignors Fuller & Sons John G Hall and George McQuesten & Co.
Export entries dated July 12 1887 from Demerara British Guiana include bark Charles Loring tobacco 250 bbls split peas 12 cases chairs sewing machines 2 cases ice pitchers 6 bbls glassware 1 case clocks 1 box stationery 3 cases crackers 625 lbs butter 1621 lbs cheese 500 cabbages 9 pkgs vegetables 80 bbls pork 56 half bbls 8 bbls beef 20 half bbls 40 bbls mackerel 85 bales hay 3 pkgs fresh fish 3 pkgs poultry 610 tons ice 302 pine slivep 24 cases undertakers goods spars 5 water casks Economy NS schooner Libbie T 365 bbls 9 bags flour 75 bbls meal 7 bbls refined oil 5 boxes soap Yarmouth NL steamer Yarmouth 81 kegs hardware 1 half-bbl graham flour 7 cases pots and shoes 1 carryall 11 bales wrapping paper 150 watermelons 2 bales twine 12 kegs rivets 3 cases rubber goods 583 pkgs household goods 3 cases dry goods 2 soda fountains 17 feces carriage stock 183 pieces furniture 2 bales mouldings 5 keys paint 100 bales cotton 1 case trusses 1 hay cutter 10 black walnut tanks 7 bales wool 451 empty lobster crates 83 empty egg cases 75 empty berry crates 187 empty fish boxes 37 pkgs vegetables 41 pkgs fruit.
Reading across several railways Boston & Albany Boston & Providence Grand Junction Old Colony and New York & New England shows a wide range of staples recorded July 12 1887 including wool bales flax oats corn wheat bran flour leather tea eggs bacon butter cheese and hides alongside carloads of bacon and pork. The list notes quantities in bales sacks bbls cases and other units with many railroads listed.
An extensive tally lists quantities of cotton bales, butter, wool, oats, corn, wheat, flour, cheeses, eggs, apples, potatoes, hay, malt, straw, meal, lumber, leather, hides, pork, tea, sugar, molasses, and other staples. The figures show monthly or seasonal totals across many categories, reflecting diverse trade at a historical market.
A condensed list of names and firms across cities including Allentown Farr Haas & Co Bloomington Freyhan J Freyhan Co Baltimore GW R George Hecht Putzel Craw Columbia M McCreery Ehrlich Am Charleston A Hunt Chicago Phelps Carpenter Anderson Montonya Henderson Clinton Vogel Gay Denver Moore Detroit Fyfe Dubuque Sears Greenville Beadles Kansas City Mo Moores Murphy Louisville Hill Quast Rosin Madison Oswego Chamberlain Altmayer Salt Lake Wilkes Barre Lowenstein Washington Albert Williams.
In Suffolk County Massachusetts a contract suit proceeds in Boston Municipal Court. Ernst Hormel sues Diedrich known as Richard Wahleres and trustees William Becker Gilbert Wail James Murphily for $100 alleged due June 20 1887. Court orders notice by publication in Boston Post and a continued appearance on July 30 1887.
Elizabeth Payne of Boston petitions the Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court for a divorce from John Wm Payne of Boston later disappeared, alleging five years of desertion since April 1 1884, failure to provide maintenance despite ample means, and ongoing intoxication. She seeks alimony and dissolution of the marriage, dated April 15 1887.
Commonwealth of Massachusetts court directs libellant to publish the libel and order in the Boston Post for three weeks, announcing that John William Payne must appear on the fourth Monday of September to show cause why the libel prayer should not be granted. The order is dated April 19, 1837 and signed by Henry A. Clapp Assistant Clerk.
The Boston Post emphasizes proper designation of its legal notices. It notes that notices with original documents are returned to attorneys the day after publication and that careful proofreading ensures absolute accuracy in court reporting.
The Middlesex Probate Court orders Maggie McCloud to appear in Cambridge on the first Tuesday of September at nine in the morning to show cause why the petition should not be granted. Service of the petition and order or three newspaper publications in the Boston Post are required prior to appearance.
The Probate Court of Suffolk directs Daniel Shales executor of Philip Klinger late of Boston to appear July 18 1887 at ten in the forenoon to show cause why the first account of administration should be allowed. The citation requires publication weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post with the final notice two days before court. Witness Judge Jolly W. McKim. Elijah George Register. Thomas F. McGuire attorney for executor 22 School Street.
Heirs and interested parties are notified that Frederick Jones estate in Boston is before Suffolk Probate Court. Francis F. Emery and Francis F. Emery Jr and Frederick Barnard seek letters testamentary without bonds. Public notice via Boston Post to run three weeks prior to court in Boston. Judge Joan W. McKim signs.
In Setts Suffolk probate court heirs at law and all interested persons are notified about the estate of Stephen McNeil late of Boston Massachusetts. The filing seeks lawful actions by next of kin regarding the deceased’s estate.
Western Division timetable lists trains from Boston to Alton Bay Rochester and many towns with varied departures. It includes connections to Dover Melrose Newburyport Medford Wilmington and Farmington among others with implied daily and weekend services and return options including steamboat connections and late evening trains.
The notice lists Sunday and weekday timetable details for trains serving Providence Pawtucket Dover Lawrence Manchester Lowell and other towns with varied departure and return times. It includes connections to New York Hartford Montreal and Ottawa routes, with notes on parlor and sleeping cars and station offices.
A dense timetable lists weekly train and boat connections from Boston to New York via Fall River Line and multiple coastal stops. It includes departure and return times for Ashmont Hyannis Barnstable Barnstable Mash, East Weymouth, Cohasset Hingham and many Cape Cod towns, with through connections to New York and Newport. It names GEO L CONNOR and J R KENDRICK as officials.
A jammed list of train departures from Boston Station Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Dover Ipswich Marblehead Rockport and other towns with numerous departure times including morning, afternoon and evening slots. The document reads as an OCR garble but indicates frequent services to Amesbury and coastal Massachusetts towns with hourly or near hourly trains. Key sense is a comprehensive timetable across many stations including Salem Newburyport Portland and Lynn with varied times.
Train times for Oak Island and Point of Pines routes with departures from Boston and returns from Point of Pines. Notes indicate branches via Saugus and South Reading, Thursday and Saturday service, and no stop at Oak Island. Includes city ticket office and Pullman car details.
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