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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 16, 1887

Page

7

Market Report Shows Varied Wool and Cotton Activity

Prices for pork hold at 66s 6d while bacon rises to 40s for long clear and 40s 6d for short clear. Cheese eases to 46s, tallow steady at 22s 6d, lard firm at 34s 3d. Cotton sales total 54,000 bales with American 42,000. speculators 600, exporters 8,900 shipped to spinners, 6,800 further exported, imports 47,00 bales, American 12,000, total stock 766,000 American 496,000, total afloat 91,000 American YOOU bales.

Imports And Exports July 15 1887 From Liverpool And Nearby Ports

Inland and coastal cargo list detailing ships Virginian Scythia and Scythia cargoes including glass, iron, bleaching powders, salts, moise, canned goods, and heavy shipments to and from Liverpool, Halifax, St John, Port Hawkesbury, Pictou, and San Fernando with extensive tonnage figures and numerous firms such as Baring Bros Co J B Moors Co and Beach Co.

Exports from Yarmouth and London Steamer Loads

The Yarmouth Nova Scotia port lists July 15 1887 exports aboard the Steamer Yarmouth including 11 packages hardware three cases boots and shoes ten packages carriage stock fifty three packages furniture four cases stationery twelve boxes soap three bales nets three bales rubber hose two kegs rivets three empty berry crates and other items like empty egg cases fish barrels lobster crates vegetables. The Steamer Prydain cleared July 12 from London England carrying one case pictures one sample oil cotton and various goods including one case books cards and machinery parts.

Yarmouth London Eng Prydain

1887 Commodity Totals and Shipments Summary

A dense ledger style list shows commodities like cotton molasses wool butter flour oats corn oats beans malt apples milled products and meats with measurements in bales barrels boxes cases and bales. Audit data references years 1887 and 1886 alongside quantities by commodity and transport units.

Caliskins

Receipts Record of Goods by Rail and Water Lines 1887

Dense ledger of July 15 1887 consignments across multiple railways and sea routes. Includes wool bales, flour barrels, oats, corn, beef and pork provisions, butter cheese eggs hay lumber hides skins and leather from Boston and Albany Grand Junction Old Colony Boston Providence New York New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Eastern and Western divisions plus by express and sea conveyances with quantities variably large.

Sere A&e Peits Bales Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Old Colony Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Express Sea

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town Ad Ad

Boot and Shoe buyers from multiple states and cities listed with firms in Allentown Paterson Bloomington Baltimore Chicago and more. A long catalog of merchants shows widespread interest in footwear trading across the United States. The latter portion promotes Murdock Free Surgical Hospital for Women highlighting liquid food support and free bed capacity for surgical cases with a note on attendance and bed allocation.

Allentown Penn A Haas Farr, Haas & Co Apalachicola Fla J M Coombs Craw Bayou Sara J Freyhan J Freyhan & Co And Bloomington J P Smith R P Smith & Sons Baltimore S G J Putzel Hecht & Putzel Maa W R George George & Co M C Hecht, Craw Corsicana Tex V Bates Bates & White McCreery Columbia Ehrlich Ehrlich & Sons Charleston Bristol Bristol & Co Hunt Hunt & Co Chicago M Phelps Phelps, Dodge & Palmer P Gore P Gore & Co F Carpenter Guthman, Carpenter & Ree Kansas City W E Moores P Moores & Son Kokomo Ind S Block Black & Thalman Lafayette D Murphy Murphy & Comstock Lexington G P Ross Smith & Ross J H Quast J H Quast & Co M. A Ees Angeles Cal B Yastrowitz Harris & O J Aron J Aron & Bro Madison S Chamberlain Chamberlain & Son Omaha E M Scarborough Scarborough & Hicks Oena R Altmayer R Altmayer & Co Salt Lake City Utah W H Rowe Tyler J H Brown Brown & Douglass Washington J Albert Williams Washington, Penn H Hull H Hull & Co Raw Yeet. Minn K F Vila Cummings & Tila Free Surgical Hospital For Women Murdock Liquid Food Company Boston United States Murdock’s Free Hospital For Women

Fifth annual children festival at Point of Pines next week

Next week at the Point of Pines will be devoted to the fifth annual children's festival with a gala each day for the little ones. Tomorrow Sunday four great concerts will be given including Rossini's Stabat Mater performed by forty musicians and eight soloists led by Walter Emerson. The pyrorama The Taking of New Orleans will be shown tonight as usual.

Point of Pines Tommorrow Rossini Walter Emerson New Orleans

Liquid Food claim aids healing without operation

The article touts Liquid Food as healing wounds in 30 to 60 days without surgery and sustaining life with injections when needed. It claims eight percent new blood weekly for adults and promotion as the only raw food free from insoluble matter. It notes a home for homeless boys at 11 to 21 Causeway street and promises quick recovery for scrofula and eczema, with 200 large bottles used in its hospital and guarantees of sweetness.

Causeway Street

Old Colony Rail Schedule For Boston to New York and Cape Lines

Train times list weekday departures from Boston to New York via Fall River with returns, plus extensive stops at Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Cohasset Hingham Cape Cod points and other connections. Includes boat trains via New York Fall River lines and multiple return times, with notes on stops and service terms.

Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Krockton Huzzard’s Bay Buzzard’s Bay Onset Bay Wareham Cape Ged Provincetown Wellfleet Cohasset and Hingham Cohasset Cottage City Gam Wood’s Wood New Bedford East Bridgewater Brockton Abington Lrockton West East Milton Mouth and Weymouth East Taunton kReturn Pam Harrison Square Lu.ou Marshfield Mattapan Milton Neponset Mattapoisett Middlepore Nantucket Wood’s Hall Eturn Newport North Easton Stoughton Randolph Duxbury Quincy Rockland Hanover Return Scituate North Scituate Sea View Thawmat Nas South Duxbury Central Station Dean Street Whitman Southermouth Wollaston Meighta Wood's Hall New York Fall River Coharnset Arshfield Plymouth Wymouth South Braintree Kerr Middleboro Falmouth Monument Beach Bon Barnstible Geo. L. Connor J. R. Kendrick Pass Byassy Boston Brooklyn Jersey City New Old State Mouse Washington and State Streets Old Colony Station

Boston and Maine Through Trains on Both Divisions

Train schedules list Augusta Haymarket and Causeway Street stops with times for various routes to Halifax, St. John, Portland, Lewiston, Manchester, North Conway, and Portland connections. Includes Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln lines with Haymarket and Causeway Street departures.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Argor St. John Halifax Provinces Rao Eastport Calais St. John W N.S Portland Haymarket Lpm Lewiston Haymarket St Manchester Concord N. H North North Conway Ee St

Western Division Train Schedules For Boston Area Stations

Rail times list departures from Boston's West station and Haymarket to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover and many nearby towns. Includes Sunday hours and via Georgetown routes with multiple daily departures, plus late evening and night trains.

Boston Station Haymarket Square Alton Bay Rhochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers M. Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Uam Georgetown Kennebank Biddeford Saco Northern South Lawrence Laws Attr Ug Ms Malden Mediora Melrose Highlands Stoneham Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newbury Salem Wakefield Wilmington

Boston to Amesbury train speeds and schedules

Eastern Division timetable lists trains from Boston stations via Cause Street to Amesbury Beverly Chelsea and surrounding towns with multiple daily departures, Sunday variations, Oak Island and Point of Pines routes, and notes for city ticket office and Pullman services. Includes names of officials James T. Furf, Jd. Flanders as general managers.

Leave Point of Pines SUN Oak Island Viasaugus

Fitchburg Railroad Schedules Through North Adams to West

North Adams Troy Albany and the West routes listed with multiple daily departures. Express trains run to Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis with sleeping cars at various times. Local and connecting services include Belmont Waverley Ayer Junction and Mrattleboro via Miller’s Falls with numerous am and pm times on SUN.

Albany Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Troy Ayer Junction SUN Belmont and Waverley Mrattleboro Miller’s Falls Concord Fitchburg Gardner and Miller’s Falls Greenfield Lincoln Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard Nashua N. H North Leominster Creed m. Sun Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Worcester Southeton Hoosac Tunnel Washington Street Boston John Adams

Boston and Providence Railroad Train Schedule May 30 1887

On Monday May 30 87 trains run from Boston to New York and Providence with multiple daily departures and returns. Services include Shore Line Fast Express via 10am and 1pm departures, Shore Line Mail at 11pm, and Steamboat Line connections from New York. Timetable lists numerous stations including Hebronville East Foxboro Sharon Canton Junction Readville Hyde Park Dedham Forest Hills and others with varied return times and special Sunday adjustments. A. A. Folsom, Supt. confirms connections with Providence and changes on specific days.

Boston & Providence Railroad Leavd Boston New York Shore Line Providence V.zu Hebronville Ll A. Field R. Alls Orarereae East Foxboro Return Sharon Canton Junction Aeeg Readville Hyde Park Mrt Hope and Clarendon Forest Hills Muaica Plain P. m. Weyecet Knoxbury Dedham Spring Street West Roxbury Highlands Stoughton Canton Mt. Hope Arren Bristol A. A. Folsom NEW Stonington York Washington, Surney State Street Boston & Providence R. Biatio J. W. Richardson AA. Folsom Boston & Providence BR

Boston and Lowell Railroad Schedule July 1887

Through Boston service lists trains to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction with multiple branches to St Johns bury Newport Geetee and Montreal via Central Vermont and via Montreal and Boston Air Line Parlor and sleeping cars. Local Boston Manchester Concord Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua with Sunday service noted.

Boston Causeway Street Washington Street Old State House Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Warren Haverhill Woodsville Littleton Bethlehem Fabyans Lancaster Jefferson St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Geetee Beristel Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal Central Vermont R. R Boston Air Line Manchester Concord N. H SUN Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Lpm

Time table listing local and through trains across towns

A detailed timetable lists local and through trains for multiple towns including Lowell Billerica Bedford Lexington Arlington Concord and nearby areas. It shows numerous departure times across mornings afternoons and evenings with Sunday entries and notes that full information is available at stations. The notice credits C B Mellen and Geo W Storer as general superintendent and general passenger agent.

Lawrence SUN Witngton Ayam Mington SU Vamy Stoneham Woburn Wincenter West Medford College Wugll Concord Mass Billerica Bedford Lexington Arlington Beatford Mellen Geo. W. Storer

Central Massachusetts rail open to Ware schedule 1887

The Central Massachusetts R R opens a new line to Ware beginning Monday June 27 1887 with Boston Ware Barre and Rutland trains at 7 15 am 12 05 pm and 3 50 pm including stops at West Be lyoston Oakdale and Jefferson Sun services through Hudson and Jefferson with am and pm listings for multiple stops Sun 4 46 pm. GEO W STORER general passenger agent and C S Mellen general superintendent.

Manceles Gn Jay Bogton Manchester Concord N. H N.st Boston Gees Rae Ao Sunings Tao Pit E. Chamberlin Oak Island Point OF Pines Sun Massachusetts R. R. New Ware Barre Rutland West Beyliston Oakdale Jefferson Hudson Efferson Aos Rockbottom Sudbury Wayland Weston Waltham Bim Waverly Belmont S$m Geo. W. Storer Pass G’r C.S. Mellen

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