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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 17, 1888
Page
7
Fragmentary note cites 21,000 bush and 86,000 bush receipts for St Louis shipments with unspecified higher prices and a quoted 78sec reference. No clear dates or entities beyond St Louis and generic crop terms.
Butter prices stay firm with strong demand at old quotes. Receipts quickly absorbed. Western creamery goods ranged from 16c to 20c for various grades, Vermont at 18c to 22c, Eastern 20c. Cheese markets show no change with sage cheese in quiet demand. Canton and Ogdensburg report sales around 9% to 9 9/16c. Eggs and beans show steady to moderate demand. grass seeds and hay items listed with varied regional prices. potatoes and poultry markets note liberal potato supply and steady fowl and chicken prices across Northern and Western markets.
The schooners Hondo and Carl Konow v are listed as due in mid July from Jamaica and Baracoa carrying bananas for the Boston Fruit Company and WW & C R Noyes respectively. The Hondo is due July 18 and the Carl Konow v due July 17.
The market notes large apple supply with Delaware crates at 3 dollars and Southern lots at 2 25 per crate. Oranges, lemons, peaches, and berries show firm or fair demand with varied prices from box to crate. Bananas arrive on steamer Progress with prices for No 1 and No 2 hands and watermelons show slow sales at lower rates.
Provisions show steady demand for pork with varied cuts priced from $15.50 to $18. Fresh beef and lamb markets remain firm with selective highs. Regional quotes from Chicago St Louis Cincinnati reflect firmer lard, pork, and bacon prices and rising dry salted meat values.
A good demand is noted for trucks and the market is well supplied. First cantaloupes arrived today with sales at 3.50 per crate. Prices quoted include New marrow squash 2.50 per barrel, native green peas 1 per bush, Savannah tomatoes 1.60 per crate, Illinois tomatoes 2 per crate, New York Island cabbage 1.50 per barrel, native cabbage 0.75, 100 count native spinach 0.40.
Native string beans 150 dollars per bush, wax beans 175, Bermuda onions 2 per crate, Egyptian onions 2 per case, beets natives 2 per 100 count, Norfolk onions 3 per barrel, native squash 4 per 100 count, carrots 3 per 100 count, lettuce 0.40 per box, turnips new flat 0.75 per bunch, rhubarb 1 cent per pound, native cucumbers 2 dollars per 100 count.
Allan Asher & Co report a narrow market with hesitation in operations. New York futures opened steady and closed quiet. August rose 2 points while other positions fell 1 to 3. Domestic spots are quiet but firm with large exports and home consumption.
Sugar markets show firmness across regions with demand quiet to moderate. Cuba amber refinings hold at 4 15 6 16 5c per 96 test. Manila 4 4 4 4c. refined sugars steady with Pulverized 8% sc and Granulated 7% sc. wholesale granulated at 7 34c. New York refined at 64 6%c to 7%c, various grades unchanged. Porto Rico and Caribbean sugars hold mostly steady with prices around 25 36c per gallon for Ponce and related grades. New York 50 test trade dull at 21c.
Stock Yards Kansas City receipts show cattle down 5 to 10 cents with steers around 425 to 510, cows 220 to 275. Hogs receipts 1348, market near nominal with higher 5 cents. heavies 56 to 70, mediums 55 to 65, pigs 49 to 45. Chicago reports cattle 4 25 to 6 25, hogs 5 55 to 5 95, sheep active and steady. Peoria and St Louis show mixed ranges for hogs, cattle, and sheep with various price bands and moderate receipts.
Market updates show steady demand for various commodities led by firm turpentine and petroleum prices. The New York Coffee Exchange reports a rise in future delivery sales for 1888 and provides detailed eight port trade figures, noting declines in Rio and Santos receipts and European deliveries while U.S. deliveries remain sizable.
On June 1, 1888 the figures were 699 100 and 2 372 300, with whiskey in Chicago steady at 120 dollars. St Louis reports a steady market at 116 dollars. Cincinnati shows active demand with prices firm at 114 dollars.
Shipping list of imports and exports from Antwerp and other ports dated July 16 1888. Includes steamer Ripon City cargoes with steel billets, ironware, window glass, rags and paper stock. Also lists cargoes from Mayaguez and Port Hawkesbury with sugars, molasses, eggs, lobsters, mackerel, and other goods, noting shippers and quantities.
Long list of cargo items and quantities from multiple ships and ports including St Pierre Mig Liver pool Liverpool England Barbados and St Stephen NB detailing boxes bales cases crates and barrels of food clothing hardware and household goods. Records show steamer and schooner movements with assorted groceries meats lumber and industrial supplies.
A dense list of receipts from multiple railroads dated July 16 1888 shows extensive consignments including cotton wool flour oats corn malt preserves meats butter cheese eggs beans hay lumber leather hides and other goods. Railways named include Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine and its divisions with by express and by sea shipments noted.
London wires report mixed wheat firmness and firm corn futures across Liverpool and Antwerp with quiet Paris markets. Wheat deliveries in England last week averaged 3s 6d, while futures in California and mixed American corn show varied prices. London and Liverpool quotations list winter and spring wheat at multiple shillings and pence with prices for No 1 California wheat and club wheat noted.
An old advertisement-like medical note promotes a homeopathic veterinary product labeled UMPHRRE YS for Hor 03 cattle horses dogs hogs and related livestock. The fragment suggests usage across species with no clear owner or company, presenting a broad, non-specific remedy appeal.
Rail notices list numerous Boston and Maine departures from Causeway Street and Haymarket Square to Portland and Maine coastal towns. Connections include Eastport, St John, Old Orchard, Bar Harbor, Lewiston, Manchester, North Conway, and more with multiple daily departures and special limited express cars.
Trains depart Boston at 8.80 am 1 4 pm and run to Atten Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Exeter Great Falls Malden Medford and many New England points with listed morning and evening times. Sunday service includes Dover Maverhill Lawrence Manchester Boston Reading and nearby stops with multiple daily departures.
Eastern Division timetable lists trains from Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury and many other stops with varied departure times and destinations. The dense OCR shows multiple cities including Beverly Chelsea Lynn Revere Portsmouth and Concord along with through services and Sunday patterns.
An OCR laden rail timetable lists numerous stations and times for Boston area lines. It includes departures and returns for Needham, Norwood Central, Pawtucket, Franklin, Hartford, New York via various routes, and the Woonsocket Division with daily and Sunday services and exceptions noted.
Preliminary Cape Cod division timetable shows multiple stops from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay with various 9.00 am and 4.15 pm connections and a separate Sunday trains list. The readable items include Bourne Bour nedale, Barn stable, Hyannis and Harwich, Nantucket via Woods Hall, Onset May, and Sagamore with times around 7.30 to 9.00 am.
A dense, faded timetable lists bus and rail departures for multiple towns including Taunton Marshfield Mattapan Middleboro Neponset New Bedford Quincy and Weymouth. Entries show frequencies through the day with many Sunday and weekday notes and scattered times.
Readable fragments list Sunday and weekday departures from Park Square Station toward Yew Werk and other destinations. Includes times for Central Reeslins routes, Dedham, Dodgeville, North Attleboro, India Point, and Mt. Ekope, with many inconsistent digits and garbled entries.
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