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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 15, 1887

Page

7

Commodity market summary and grain prices across cities

The report lists daily price levels for sugar, molasses, rice, petroleum, tallow, rosin, turpentine, pork, beef, lard, butter, cheese, and metals with regional notes from Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Cincinnati Toledo St Louis and Minneapolis. It covers futures and cash prices, sales volumes, and receipts and shipments for flour wheat corn oats rye barley and whiskey amid a broad market snapshot.

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Petroleum—United Tierces City Liverpool Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Michigan Cincinnati Toledo ST. Louis Minneapolis
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Hogs and cattle markets across major cities July reports

Market summaries show hogs steady to firm with mixed prices across Kansas City Peoria St. Louis and Chicago. Cattle receipts and shipments steady to higher with live cattle and dairy classes listed. sheep and lambs noted with price ranges and regional variations.

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Kansas City Peoria ST. Louis Chicago Texas
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Cotton Market Report July 14 Shows Mixed Trading Across Ports

AugustaNet receipts 21 gross 21 sales none stock none dull mid 10 4 cen Galveston net receipts none gross none sales 1 stock 12921 dull mid 9 c New Orleans net receipts 24 gross 24 exports 1960 coastwise 955 sales 200 stock 62234 quiet mid 9 15 16 c Mobile net receipts none gross none sales 25 stock 396 quiet mid 10 c Memphis net receipts 5 gross 11 shipments 25 sales 150 stock 7026 quiet mid 10 14 c Savannah stock 1029 quiet mid 105 c Charleston stock 817 quiet mid 10 4 c Wilmington net receipts 7 gross 7 stock 961 nominal mid 10 5 c Norfolk exports coastwise 20 sales 46 stock 2971 quiet mid 10 0 0 c Philadelphia net receipts 14 gross 14 stock 15624 quiet mid 1 le Baltimore net receipts none gross 60 sales 2000 stock 867 firm mid 10 0 c New York no receipts exports to Great Britain 4767 to continent 334 sales 2053 stock 138759 steady mid 10 7 16 c Cincinnati no receipts shipments 14 stock 6876 weak mid 10 54 c St Louis no receipts shipments 166 no sales stock 5786 quiet mid 10 Yee Louisville firm mid 10 5 c Consolidated net receipts six days 3504 exports to Great Britain 8058 to continent 5984 stock all ports 226599

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Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville Continent United States
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London and Liverpool Grain Markets Quiet. Wheat and Corn Prices Move

Foreign Markets report from London and Liverpool notes wheat cargoes on the coast, 11 arrived since last report with 8 sold and 31 waiting. Wheat futures weaker, corn futures dull, with July and September prices given. London and Paris markets quiet though steady in country markets. bread stuffs and provisions show modest activity.

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London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California
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London Wool Sales Set to Begin September

London wool sales report the next series starting Sept 6 with 195,313 bales arrived to date and an estimated 28,000 bales available after transit. Today's offerings include 290 bales from New South Wales, 600 from Victoria, 2,800 from New Zealand, 7,000 from mania, 600 from South Australia, and 600 from the Cape of Good Hope and Natal with varied scoured and greasy prices in shillings and pence.

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London New South Wales Victoria Newealand South Austalia Cape of Good Hope Natal
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Imports and Exports July 14 1887 Antwerp Lobsters and Sugar

Shipping ledger lists steamer Mareca with paper stock rags glass and iron ware. Yarmouth NL steamer cargo includes lobsters eggs mackerel and fish. Mayaguez barkentine Hancock ships sugar. Cienfuegos schooner William Marshall molasses sugar. Liverpool steamer Iowa mdse and assorted goods from multiple firms and consignors.

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Antwerp Saring Bros & Co Moors & Co de Barry & Co Storer & Co Smith & Dove Mie Co Booth & Co A&w Bird & Co Abbott & Co Smith & Co Yarmouth Clements Batchelder Barclay & Co Ellis & Co Delong & Seaman Towis John G Hall & Co Morey & Wells Mayaguez Barkentine Hancock Hhds Sugar Bay Sugar Bay State Sugar Refinery Cienfuegos William Marshall Pat Hhds Liverpool Eng Iowa Baring Bros & Co
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Gargantuan Ocean-Deck Shipments Listed in Harbors

A long list records cargoes and consignments across multiple firms in New Brunswick and Georgia. Items include tinplates, wool, carpets, leather, paper stock, soda ash, and pig iron. Notable participants include Baring Bros & co, Congdon, Carpenter & co, J B Moors & co, and Hale & Bosworth with varied quantities and goods.

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Torrey Bright & Capen Payne & Co E & F King & Co Moors & Co Congdon, Carpenter & Co Webster & Co Baring Bros & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Durrell & Co Parker & Co Wetherell Bros Abbott & Co Fuller, Dana & Fitz Peter Grossi Iveson & Co Read & Sons Jones E Jose & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Chamberlain Harvard College Hiland, Chesman & Co Kennedy & Peet M Jones & Co Stone & Downer Hall Staples Potter Libarrington Irene T J Jones & Co Brunswick Grace Andrews George McQuesten & Co
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Exports from St John and Annapolis July 14 1887

Shipping list details exports from St John New Brunswick Digby Annapolis Nova Scotia by steamers New York Elsa and Thetis and schooner Thetis and Canning Packet from Annapolis NS. Items include boots shoes dry goods flour lumber nails bales of tobacco meat fish oils and many packaged goods. Port Antonio Jamaica and St Pierre Placencia listed with extensive cargoes of flour oil sugar and hardware.

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ST John Digby Annapolis New York ST. Pierre and Placentia Thetis ST. Plerre Mig Eliza
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Detailed Staple Receipts Across Rail Lines in 1887

A dense ledger of freight receipts listing railroads Boston and Albany Boston and Providence Grand Junction New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Eastern Western divisions and others. Items include wool flour corn malt wheat oats butter cheese potatoes tea sugar and leather with counts in bales bbls sacks boxes cars cases and rolls. The entries reflect extensive trade goods volumes across multiple carriers on July 14 1887.

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Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Boston, & Lowell Railroad
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Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town

Advertises boot and shoe merchants in Apalachicola Florida and partners Farr Haas Coombs Freyhan Coombs listing the local shoe trade. Names include Penn N A Haas Farr, Haas Co Ad Apalachicola J M Coombs Craw ae Sara J Freyhan Co.

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Penn Haas Farr, Haas & Co Apalachicola, Fla M Coombs Craw Freyhan Freyhan & Co
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Name listings across cities show brokerage and firm associations

A stitched OCR of names, firms, and locations from multiple cities lists individuals with firms such as Smith & Sons, Hecht & Putzel, McCreery Co, Ehrlich & Sons, Phelps & Palmer, Gore & Co, Carpenter & Felling, and many others. Entries include Baltimore, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Charleston, and more, with affiliates in law, hardware, and general trade.

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Bloomington P Smith R P Smith & Sons Baltimore J Putzel Hecht & Putzel Clinton T Gay Vogel & Gay Denver Col H L Moore Detroit Mich R H Fyte H Fyfe & Co H_ S Pingree Pingree & Smith M. Dubuque Sears Eufala Ala I Scheuer Beninger & Scheuer Fayetteville Hill Bros Louisville H Quast H Quast & Co Angeles Cal Yastrowitz Harris & Co Mankato Minn S Dearborn Conway & Dearborn, Craw Mahattan Kan Hacker Purcell McKenney Tex J Aron Aron & Bro Madison Fia Fia—O A Stanton Norfolk Thomas of Thomas & Co
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Insolvency Notice for Carmie King of Boston

A warrant in insolvency has issued against Carmie King of Boston, merchant, insolvent debtor. Debts cannot be paid or property transferred to or for his use. Creditors must meet at the Court of Insolvency on July 28, 1887, at 10:00 AM to prove debts and appoint an assignee. WM. D. Martin, Dea.

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Boston Suffolk Carmie Court Room Court Square WM. D. Martin Dea Eee Essenger Harry Livingstone Thomas Fee, Jr Boston & Lowell Railroad Corporation Mystic River Corporation Ocean Terminal Railroad Company Ocean Terminal Railroad Dock and Elevator Company Legislature of Massachusetts C. E. Cram C. E. Mellen
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Insolvency notices in Suffolk and surrounding counties

Legal notices announce meetings of creditors for HARRY LIVINGSTONE of Boston and for Randall Gile Shallies copartners insolvent debtors. Meetings occur September 8 1887 and October 14 1887 at the Court of Insolvency in Boston. Assignees Tenney Tucker and Harris listed. additional notice for EDWARD L ROGERS insolvent debtor in Salem with inspection and examination of the debtor July 19 1887.

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Massachusetts Thomas P. Randall Boston Suffolk Daniel D. Gile Melrose Middlesex Edward M. Shallies Chelsea Randall, Gile & Shallies Lewis F. Tenney Henry H. Tucker Neotee Edward L. Rogers Cynn Salem Mass Charles NI. Harris
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Boston and Maine Through Trains and Schedules Listed

Rail routes and timetable notes for Boston and Maine and connected lines show departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations. Services include Augusta, St John, Halifax, Portland, Lewiston, Manchester, North Conway, and Bangor with multiple daily trips and combinations across divisions.

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Augusta Haymarket Sq M. Causeway St Anger St. John Halifax Causeway St Jalais Mnautax N.i Portland Causeway Lewiston Haymarket S Manchester Concora N. Hi Haymarket St North Conway Haymarke Seen St
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Boston Area Western Division Train Schedule Summary

The listing shows train departures from Boston stations to a wide set of destinations including Georgetown Andover Melrose Newburyport Salem Beverly Lynn and others. Times vary across morning afternoon and evening with numerous daily runs and Sunday schedules.

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Old Colony Trains to New York from Boston via Fall River Line

Schedule details list weekday departures for Boston to New York via Fall River Line after July 1 1887 with return times and numerous intermediate stops including Taunton Plymouth Scituate Hingham Weymouth and Brockton. The notice names GEO L CONNOR and J R KENDRICK as officials and provides specific morning and evening running times for multiple routes and destinations.

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Boston New York Fall River Weymouths Hingham Cohasset Scituate Arshfield Duxbury Plymouth Marshfield Weymouth Brockton Taunton Newport South Braintree Eam New Bedford Middleboro Nantucket Cottage City Wood's Hall Falmouth Monument Beach Hyannis Yarmouth Barnstable Sandwich Buzzard’s Bay Onset Bay Wareham Hall Buzzard's Bay Geo. L. Connor J. R. Kendrick Gen. Pass
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Oak Island and Point of Pines Train Schedule

Train times for Oak Island and Point of Pines run from Boston with multiple departures and returns. Notes include branch lines Saugus and South Reading, Thursday and Saturday service, station and ticket details, with Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains.

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Oak Island Point OF Pines Boston SUN Saugus Workingmen’s South Reading Haymarket Square City Washington Street Portland Bangor James T. Furber D. J. Flanders
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New Route to Manchester NH Also Details Train Times

New timetable notes a route to Manchester New Hampshire with multiple daily departures from Manchester and Boston. It lists specific departure and arrival times, Sunday runs, and through services with limited stops at Lawrence and Derry. Officials William Merritt Jr James T Furber and D J Flanders sign as superintendents and agents.

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Boston Manchester Lawrence Saem N. H Derry Boston & Maine Boston & Lowell R.R William Merritt, Jr James T. Furber L. R.R Man. B M. R.R
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Boston and Providence Rail Schedule Fragments May 30 87

Fragmentary OCR of a rail timetable listing trains on the Shore Line and Providence routes. Includes return times, various station stops such as Attleboro Canton Readville Dedham and Stoughton, with multiple daily departures and weekends noted. details are incomplete and mixed.

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Boston & P Boston M. Retu Shore Line
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Boston Rail Timetable Fragments and City Rail Timetable Notes

Local time tables showing times on all divisions of this road and through tickets to all points on sale at stations and 232 Washington street Boston. Returns for Sunday trains to Newton Highlands Wellesley and Brookline listed with specific departure times and special notes by Hanson H. T. Gallup Gen. Pass. Agt.

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Boston & Albany R.F Washington Stretgh Pittsfield Albany T Wton South Eric Springfie'press Springfield Buffal Chicago Detroit Wore Field Isexpress Weland Toledo Buffalo Niaga Chicago Springfiel Pringfield Wyo Newton Lower Falls Boston Wellesley Hillis Worcester Newton Highlands Brookline Washington Street Hanson H. T. Gallup
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Boston and Lowell Railroad July 9 1887 schedule preview

Boston station on Causeway Street issues through Boston service to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction with trains at 8 30 am and 7 pm. Connections extend to St Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec and Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans Montreal. Local Northern Division service starts 7 30 am to Manchester Concord Hillsboro and nearby points with sleeping cars to Montreal and parlor cars via different routes. Local service from Boston includes Manchester and Concord lines with multiple departures daily and Sunday service.

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Albany Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Troy Ayer Junction SUN Belmont and Waverley Aim Mrattieboro Miller’s Falls Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Gardner and Miller’s Falls Greenfield Lincoln Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard—s Saratoga Union Square Somerville Waltham Worcester Ade Miller’s,Falls Southston Hoosac Tunnel Washington Street Boston John Adams Central Vermont Rutland Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Causeway Street Loston Winchendon Jay Peterboro Fitzwilliam Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R. Jay Cheshire R.R White River Junction Central Vermont Monadnock Pullman Palace Faxon R. Stewart Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon Eirs Warren Haverhill Woodsville Littleton Sethiehem Tee Lancaster Defferon St. Johnsury Newport Sherbrooke Quebecc Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Central Vermont BR Oston Air Line
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Unclear train timetable note for Lowell and Lawrence lines

Fragmented OCR shows a railway timetable with times and stations including Lowell Billerica Lawrence and Arlington. It notes that full local and ghtra information is obtainable at stations and is signed GEO. W. STORER Gent Supt. Gen's Passenger Agent.

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Geo. W. Storer
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New York and New England Train Timetable Corrections

Corrected July 38 1887 timetable details for trains from Boston to New York, Philadelphia, Hartford and Providence with listed departures from Boston Station and the Woonsocket division schedule. Includes special week only notes, intermediate stops, and Sunday service variations.

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Central Massachusetts Railway Opens to Ware Services

Central Massachusetts Railway announces new service starting Monday June 27 1887 from Boston to Ware Barre and Rutland with multiple daily departures. Additional sun and weekday schedules listed for West Boylston Hudson Sudbury Waverly and surrounding stations under General Passenger Agent Geo W Storer and General Superintendent C G Mellen.

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Massachusetts R. R Ware Boston Barre Rutland West Boylston Oakdale Jefferson SUN Hudson Key Sun Hhockbottom Sudbury Wayland Weston Sham Waverly Belmount Geo. W. Storer Pass G’r Agt Mellen
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New York Express Trains and Norwich Line Details

The notice advertises 83 A.M. day express to New York via Middletown and Hartford with Boston to New York Pullman service. It lists the Grand Central departure at 9 p.m. and portions running weekdays to Hartford and New Britain with dining cars. Also details the Philadelphia Express to Philadelphia Baltimore Washington with through Pullman buffet cars and connections to Richmond and the South. Norwich Line Express serves New York New London Norwich Putnam with steamer connections at New London, plus seating, berths, and steamer state rooms. Information at 322 Washington Street or depot foot of Summer Street. G S Jackson, General Superintendent.

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UO He Bane New York Boston Brooklyn Jersey City State House Washington and State Streets Old Colony Pe Land J. R. Kendrick Middletown Pate Haven Pullman Hartford New Britain Harttoy New Aven Trenton Philadelphia Altimore Washington Richmond New London Norwich Panielsonville Putnam City OF Worcester City OF New York Washington Street Sumamer Street A. A. Jackson
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