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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 13, 1888
Page
8
A compact recap cites prices and exchange ranges in Entre Rios and Corrientes with 16 and 12 cents values, mentions Rio Grande Montevideo Cordova and the Rio kins with 13 17 cent notes, suggesting regional trade fluctuations.
The wool market has little change with buyers testing new wools and many mills slowing or shutting down for the season. Michigan and Ohio markets show modest activity with cross-bred wools dominant. washed Merino fleeces bring 22 to 24 cents, unwashed 15 to 17 cents, and territory and western wools reflecting quiet demand and steady to modest prices across regions.
The July 12 market report lists domestic flour quotations for spot and jobbing trade across grades from fine to winter patents. Prices span $2.40 to $5.25 per barrel, with several export and specialty lines quoted. Regional receipts, shipments, and price stability cited for New York, Western and State, St Louis, Milwaukee, and Minnesota products, noting quiet demand and steady values.
The report notes weak prices for wheat and oats across multiple origins including Chicago Detroit Milwaukee and St Louis. Supplies are light and demand is minimal with a quiet to dull market vibe and occasional slight price dips across No 1 hard No 2 red and No 2 white grades.
The market shows little change with fair demand and liberal receipts. Northern creameries press into cold storage as sales lag, while imitations stay sought. Quotations span butter, cheese, eggs, beans, timothy hay, and poultry with steady/unchanged levels and higher farm prices for some items. Local jobbing adds 1 2 cents.
Pork prices unchanged with steady demand and firm lard. Smoked meats show cooler movement while hogs and long cuts remain steady.
Quoted prices for pork, lard, bacon and beef products across New York Chicago and Cincinnati markets. Details include fresh ribs, hams, sausages, mess pork, lard futures, and various cuts with price ranges and per hundred or per barrel figures. Multiple cities report steady or firmer demand and mixed activity in dry salted and fresh meat markets.
Receipts and sales of fruits including avices oranges lemons and strawberries noted with prices per crate box and case. Auctions by Blake Ripley Harris & Co Snow & Co and Boston Fruit Co report plum peaches pears and citrus varying by lot with upcoming sales listed and ships arriving from Baracoa and Palermo for Boston trade.
The steamer Samana is due from Baracoa with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Gwent is due with bananas from Baracoa for Seaverns & Co. The steamer Hertha is due Saturday from Baracoa with bananas for WW & CR Noyes. The steamer Progress is due from Jamaica July 14 with bananas for George H. Harding.
New York cotton dull at middling uplands 10 1 16 cents and low middling 10 16 cents, good ordinary 9 16 a nd ordinary 7 4 cents. Futures opened and closed steady. opening and closing figures shown for July through February. Liverpool spot quiet at 56 9 16d middling uplands and 65 8d Orleans. sales 12,000 bales. Imports and futures changes detailed for other regional markets with receipts, exports, stocks and mid prices.
The report shows exports and port stock levels with Great Britain at 23 087, France 721, the United Kingdom 22138, and stock at all United States ports totaling 236 796, indicating broad trade movements and inventory distribution.
Sugar and molasses markets show firm to advancing prices with firm demand. Cuba Javas Nos 10 to 11 quoted, refined sugars in small supply and higher, New York prices steady to stronger, Havana demand active with 60,000 bag sales at 350 gold per quintal, Porto Rico and other Caribbean bids varying by grade.
Market notes show slow demand for cattle in Kansas City with best lots steady. shipping steers at 450 to 515. cows 175 to 285. Hogs receipts 1828 with active demand. heavies 545 to 555, mediums 635 to 650, pigs 515 to 540. Sheep receipts 1076 with prices 10 cents lower. St Louis hog market steady with light weights 550 to 570, mixed packers 560 to 575, extras 570 to 580. Peoria hogs 564 to 575. Cincinnati hogs strong with common and light 450 to 580, packing and butchers 560 to 660. Receipts 965, shipments 415.
The brief market report lists varied commodities with mixed demand. New York shows firm activity with 80,000 pounds traded at 315-18 4c, while whiskey in Chicago remains steady at 120. Cincinnati and St Louis report steady or active demand with prices near 114 dollars, and turpentine markets show mixed Rosin, tar, and petroleum figures.
Trade report from Havana Jamaica Yarmouth and Gloucester listing ships Gwent Balder Lorenzo D Baker and Yarmouth. Bananas coconuts limes oranges mackerel codfish halibut salmon eggs and live hens noted with various firms and quantities. A chaotic OCR fragment details multiple consignments by Seaverns Co Gloucester Fish Co J G Hall Co Delong Seaman and others.
A detailed port ledger lists steamer Austrian with flour and various goods from Glasgow, schooner Hale Todd and Star cargoes at Port Greville Windsor, and cargoes at Digby Annapolis Nova Scotia Flores Market. Items include flour, cornmeal, lumber, beef, cheese, bacon, and hardware among many entries.
A dated ledger shows cargo volumes for Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Boston and Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine Eastern Western Lowell System and sea routes. Items include bales cotton and wool, flour, oats, tea, butter, cheese, eggs, hay, lumber, leather, hides, and various hulk counts. Major consignments list hundreds of bales and boxes across railroad and sea carriers with numerous totals and units.
Foreign markets report in Liverpool on July 12 that cotton remained quiet with no quotable price changes. Upland cotton set at 59 16d, Orleans at 50 with 10,000 bales traded, 1000 bales speculative and export, 4000 bales receipts, 800 American bales. Futures steady across July to November ranges.
Across Liverpool Paris and Antwerp reports show firmer wheat with No 1 California quotations for July around 63 s 6d in London markets and Paris July at 42f 6e. Corn bids mixed in July and August while Antwerp notes spot wheat dearer with No 1 California around 19f.
Fragmented timetable notes for trains to Philadelphia Hartford New Haven Jersey City Trenton Baltimore and Washington. Mentions through Pullman baggage cars and connections to Richmond and points South with various times and stations such as Baltimore Danbury Mudley and Hartford.
Local time tables show the timetable for the Boston and Albany line with through tickets from ticket offices in Boston and at Washington Street. Connections at Pittsfield and Albany link to the Hudson and other lines. Various departures and services are listed with approximate times and stations including Boston, Maceland Street, and areas around Newtowne.
A fragmented timetable lists trains leaving Kneeland Street Station for Buzzards Bay and various Cape towns with times such as 8.15 and 9.00 am, plus later entries for Monument Beach, Yarmouth, Woods Hall, Wellfleet, Wareham, and Sunday service to Buzzards Bay, Bourne, Chatham, and Hyannis area connections.
A fragmented OCR shows numerous transit times and routes for the Providence Division and related lines. The text lists varied departures and destinations including Park Square, New Work, Attleboro, Readville, and other stations, with inconsistent hours and Sunday notes, reflecting an incomplete timetable.
A terse docket note records a sale involving a wallet sized compact book and a sealed item. The entry lists a location reference and a transaction detail tied to a trade object, indicating a completed exchange. The fragmentary text suggests a small item sale within a local trade context.
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