Fruits and vegetables market report with varied prices and lots
Baltimore and Norfolk fruit lots note prices for peaches apples oranges lemons and pears across crates pints quarts and cases. Delicate demand for berries raspberries and watermelon with Maryland Delaware and New England vessels selling at quoted crates pails and cases. Weather neutral with steady or higher prices and liberal receipts in several categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Norfolk
Maryland
Delaware
Pesches
Palermo
Messina
Valencia
Georgia LeContes
Berrie
Marylands
Delawares
Jerseys
York State
Massachusetts
Newampshires
Hudson River
California
Banana Steamer Arrivals Named for Boston Fruit
The Marmion is due July 25 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Herald is due July 24 from Baracoa with bananas for Seaverns and Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banana Steamers
Marmion
Jamaica
Boston Fruit Company
Herald
Baracoa
Seaverns & Co
Market Prices for Fresh Produce Decline Slower Closure noted
A compressed list of selling prices for assorted vegetables and produce items including marrow squash at 250 dollars per barrel and native green peas at 150 dollars per bush. Various tomato, onion, bean, beet, carrot and cucumber prices are listed with units such as crate, bush, basket, and count, finishing with a note that the market is closing out slowly at five hundred twenty five dollars per crate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Illinois
Russia
United States
Texas
Navy Yard
Portsmouth
Navy Department
Washington, D. C
Naval Establishment
Virginia
Said Navy Yard
Secretary of the Navy
Bureau of Constructio and Repair
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Res
Navy
Washington, D.C
B. Harmony
Provisions and meat prices in New York and Chicago markets
The market shows active pork and lard trading with firm prices across cuts and preparations. Beef and veal demand is mixed with steady to lower quotes. pork futures and spot sales include mess, extra mess, and various hams and bacon options, while lard remains strong with refined prices noted. Regional quotes span New York, St Louis, Chicago, and Cincinnati, listing specific weights, grades, and prices for numerous pork, beef, and by product items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Tierces Western Steam
Spot
Tierces City Steam
St. Lows
Hains
Chicago
Cincinnati
Brighton
Fancy, LLC
Sugar and Molasses Market Soars in Mixed Trade
Sugar markets show firmness in raw sugar with quiet demand and varied regional quotations. Havana and New York listings reflect firm prices for refined and raw sugars, while molasses holds steady with mixed regional pricing for new Ponce Porto Rico and Cienfuegos grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
Iloilos
Javas
New York
Havana
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Mayaguez
Boston
Hog and Cattle Markets Update From Major U S Cities
Kansas City stock yards receipts 3879 cattle mixed and native prices 225 to 275. heavies 590 to 9722, medium 575 to 595, pigs 560 to 580. Peoria hogs firm 580 to 630, Cincinnati hogs scarce 84 75 to 610, Chicago cattle receipts 11 000 shipments 4000 slow and lower with beeves 420 to 630, Texas cattle 2 4 25. hogs receipts 12 000 shipments 8000 open higher then weaker 590 to 620, heavy 640, lambs 6 to 60. Sheep receipts 4000 shipments 1000 strong natives 275 to 460, Western shorn 3 3 80 410.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Market report from Allan Asher & Co on cotton prices
Allan Asher & Co at 22 Exchange Place notes little positive action throughout the day. Efforts to manipulate faded, August holding weakly pressured toward realization. August contracts close 6 points below last night, new crop firm with some September buying interest, rest of list largely unchanged as Liverpool closes barely steady and New York cotton stays dull at 1011-16 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Asher & Co
Exchange Place
OWS
Gates
Liverpool
New York
Upland Cotton Prices and Weekly Market Totals
For middling uplands 10 4c for low quality 90s0 for good ordinary and 715-16ce for ordinary. Sales, 301 bales. New York futures opened and closed steady. The week shows net receipts 9668 at US ports, exports 4,517,599 to date, and stocks at ports 210,368. Major markets report mixed but generally steady activity with firm to steady mid prices across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sccccce Cocvsees
Cone
United States
Liverpool
Great Britain
Augusta
Mid
New Orleans
Continent
Mobie
Memphis
Pensacola
Brunswick
Saviannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Galveston
Baltimore
Los
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
France
Ouly Redices Ee
Orleans
Miscellaneous market notices and price quotes
Tallow demand is moderate and prices are unchanged. Weenote city rendered 44s 4%yc, country 8 2 4c, rough 2c. New York trade quiet and very steady with 37,000 lbs at 4%sc. Turpentine in New York closed at 34%4c, with resin 105 110 and tar 2. petroleum closed at 6%s 6%sc, RSW 7%sc and cases 9%sc. Coffee Rio nominal. Whiskey St Louis steady at rate. Chicago market quoted at 120 dollars. pipers unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rio
Louis
Chicago
Staple Receipts by Railroads in 1888 Boston Area
A ledger of freight receipts from multiple lines including Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Dion Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Witchburg, Boston and Maine Eastern and Western Divisions, Lowell System, by express and by sea. Items list cotton wool flour corn oats malt pork grease butter cheese eggs lumber leather hides skins and other commodities with quantities. The entry documents extensive cargo volumes across railroads and shipping routes in July 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Dion, Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Witchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Lowell
By Express
Total Receipts July 20 1888 Show Mixed Trade Totals
A dated ledger style summary lists cotton, molasses, butter, flour, oats, corn, wheat, apples, potatoes, milkfeed, hay, tallow, lumber, leather, beef, lard, larders, hides, coffee, sugar, and tea receipts with quantities in bales, bushels, barrels, cases, bags, and other units for 1888 and 1887, noting significant volumes across goods and markets. The figures include cotton 263 bales and 66 bales for prior year, numerous commodities in hundreds to thousands of units, reflecting a broad trade ledger entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
UGG
Rks
Inventory of consignments from various firms to markets
An itemized list details numerous consignments including crates earth enway casks bottled bales dry goods samples and cases from firms such as J D&M Williams H McShane Carter Dinsmore Farley Harvey Ludiow Manf Co and Baring Bros. The entries specify quantities like cases bales parcels and pieces arraged for distribution with multiple partner firms and goods including paper stock cement steel sheets flax and whiskey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Wwcu
GOEEE
WCA
Jennie Cushman
St Nicholas
Cape Verde
Pkus India Rubber
Batman
Glasgow
Scot
K Young & Co
Moors & Co
P Squire & Co
Balco A
Baring Bros
Townsend
Goulston
Linder & Meyer
McShane & Co
D&m Williams
J Goldthwaite & Co
Baring Bros & Co
Ludiow Manf Co
Farley, Harvey & Co
Ao Carter, Dinsmore & Co
Copee & Hurd
Allan
Nickerson & Boydie
Houghton & Dutton
Dod BR Leeson & Co
Carter, Rice & Co
Jordan, Marsh, & Co
Sargent
Lord & Skillen
Trapans
Exports List From Atlantic Ports July 20 1888
Shipping cargo details from Liverpool Nova Scotia Yarmouth Halifax Little Glace Bay Pore Hawkesbury Summerside list imports and outbound goods including flour cornmeal beef leather cotton furs wax and assorted commodities. Notable vessels include Schooner Dexter and Steamer Virginian with mixed cargoes and quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
Yarmouth
Halifax
Fred EK
Little Glace Bay
Brig
Hawkesbury
Summerside
Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool
London July 20 cargoes off coast firm wheat and corn. Mark Lane quotes Australia wheat July August 82s 6d. Chillan 42s 8d. Walla Walla 34s 6d. Paris and Antwerp steady to firm on wheat and flour. Liverpool futures steady for wheat and firm for corn. London breadstuffs quotas and prices shown. bacon and lard firmer, tallow higher. Weather in England very wet. French wheat crop below average.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Australia
Walla Walla
Paris
Liverpool
England
California
Antwerp
Standard
Varis
Maine rail schedule notes Haymarket and Causeway stations
A dense listing of Maine Central Grand Trunk and Macx & Lincoln rail routes shows train times from Haymarket square and Causeway street stations to Portland Augusta Old Orchard Rockland and other destinations including Eastport Calais St John and Manchester Concord. The schedule also mentions steamer connections from Portland to Rockland and Southwest harbors with recurring daily or tri weekly departures.
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Augusta
Haymarket St
Causeway St
Banger
Bar Harbor
St. 2 John
Halifax
Provinces
Haymarket Sq
Old Orchard
Portland
Poland Springs
Buangor
Barkiarbver
Slxymarket Sq
Boston
Eastport
Calais
St. John
Mallfax
Causeway Street
Haymarket Square
Rockland
Cassine
Southwest
War Harbors
Portand
Levwiston
Manchester
Concord N. Mf
North—Haymarket Sq
North Conway Haymarket Sq
Portland Haymarket St
Maine Central
Grand Trunk
Macx & Lincoln Railways
Western Division Train Schedules From Boston Station
Rail timetable lists departures to Alton Way Rochester and Farmington from Boston. Trains run through Danvers Exeter Great Paths and many New England towns with varied daily and Sunday times, including morning mid day and evening slots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Way
Rochester
Farmington
Audoover
Li Pian Mover
Danvers
Exeter
Great Paths
Biavernh.Ih
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Wmiddeford
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Lowell
Malden
BOS
My Richford
Melrose Tighlands
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Eading
Wakheneta
Wilmington
Eastern Division Boston to Amesbury Train Schedules
Trains depart Boston stations on Causeway Street for Amesbury and joins many stops including Chelsea Dover Portmouth and Manchester with Sunday service times. The timetable lists numerous stations such as Biddeford Epswich Marblehead Shyne Newburyport North Conway Peabody Danvers and others with varied morning afternoon and evening departures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesbury
Tom
Meverly
Biddeford
Chelsea
Dover
Ove Erett
Great Falls
Rochester
Brampton
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Epswich
Shyne
Marblehead
Swampscott Beraneah
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
K Portsmouth
Frevere
Mockport and
Gloucester Branch
Werehasbar & Beach KR
Sanguse
Swaim Oescott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lynnanit’ Way
Portsmouth
Orland
Bangor
St. Sohn and
Malifax
Salem
Through Service Timetable for Boston Suburbs and Nearby Lines
Boston to Tilton Lake Village Meredith Ashland and all stations listed. routes extend to Laconia Weirs Plymouth Centre Harbor White River Junction St Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke and Montreal. Daily and Sunday departures include morning and afternoon times with select through trains to Montreal and Fabyan's.
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A.owell
Boston
Causeway Street
Tilton
Lake Village
Meredith
Ashland
Laconia
Weirs
Plymouth
Centre Marbor
Walfeboro
No. Woodstock
Pennigewassett Valley
Beaven
Warren, Haverhill
Woodsville
Lisbon
Littleton
Whitefield
Lancaster
Jefferson
Bethlehem
Profile House
Twin Mountain
Fabyan
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Aim
Yassamsic Division
Wells River
Bristol Branch
Claremont Ranch
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
Albans
Montreal
Oval
Boston Air Line
Fabyan’s
Central Mass Division Train Timetable Adverts
Time tables offer local and through trains from Boston to Northampton and linked towns. Stations list multiple departures including 7.45 am 1.30 pm 3.40 pm and 5.25 pm, with various stop names and times. Officials James T. Furker and Dr J Flanders noted as General Manager and General Passenger and Ticket Agent.
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Boston
Manahhester
Concord
N. H
Keene
Peterboro
Hollsboro
Millsboro
Wilton
Milfers
Amherst
SPS
Lowel
IL Aim
Billeries
Lawrence
Wilmington
Slam
Woburn
Winchester
West Medtera
Mum College
Oes Tan Vout
Nas
Reformatory
Billerica
Bedford
Lexington
Arlington
Nashua
I Lawrence
Stoneham and Way
Lexington and Way
Wolture and Way
Winchester and Way
Manchester
Montreal
Central Mass
Causeway Street
Portland Street
Northampton
Hindley
South Amherst
Belcherstown
Bondsville
Ware
Gilbertville
Barre
Rutland
Jefferson's
Oakdale
West Boylston
Worcester
Clinton
Berlin
Mudaon
Sudbury
Rockbottom
Wavyland
Belmont
Waverley
Waltham, Hudson and Way
James T. Furker
J. Flanders
Gen’l Pas
Northern Division
Boston & Albany
Kneeland Street
Framingham and
Marlboro
Fayvalle
Seothboro
Pratt
Old Colony
R.R
Old State House
J.B. Kendrick
Man
L. Connor
Pass
Comprehensive Boston Area Rail Timetable Fragment
An extensive, garbled list of train times and stops across the Central Division covering Ashmont Bremerton West Quincy Bridgewater Hingham East Weymouth Weymouth and many suburbs. The fragment blends weekday and Sunday schedules with inconsistent numerals and multiple stations, indicating a merged timetable excerpt.
Cape Cod Railroad Timetable Fragments
Partial OCR of Cape Cod division train schedule lists multiple towns and times. Entries include Buzzards Bay Bourne Chatham Hyannis Wareham Wellfleet and others with morning and afternoon departures, plus a Sunday trains section with adjusted times and via Woods Hall notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Kneeland Street
Buzzards Bay
sSarnaiabe
Bourne
Bourenedals
Berewater
Cataumest
Chatham
Cottage City
Woods Hall
Patrhaven
Falmouth
LOU
Hyannin
Warwich
Monument Weneh
Battapomett
Marion
Wantuchket
Onset Bay
Town
Sandwich
Pan
Sacamore
Warnmouth
Tresont
Wellfleet
West Barnstable
Wooads Hall
Wareham
Earmouth
Wenaumet
Woods Boil
Providence Division timetable fragments and station listings
A dense set of timetable fragments listing train times between Providence Park Square Station and numerous stations on the Shore Line and Providence lines. The data include many times across weekdays and Sundays for Attleboro, Readville, Fox Point wharf, and numerous towns, with inconsistent formatting and multiple errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Square
Shore Line
Attleboro
BeBeamen
Oenteni
Mkeslindae
Onatoa Junction
Stedham
Rredgevillie
Beane Foxboro
Pexboro
Berest Midis
Mazelwood
Mheath
Bebreonville
Slyde Park
Damaion Plain
Minasiield
Hope and
Clarendon Mille
Worth Attiebore
Providence
Pawtucket
Readville
Knoxbury
a_m
Jktum Ord
India Point
Sharon
Sharon Heights
Spring Street
West Roxbury
Mighland
Stoughton Central
Canton
South Walpole
Wreatham
Waleut Hill
Stonehaven
Warren
Brstol
West Mansfield
Waunton
New Bedford
Fox Point Wharf
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W. L. Bruce & CO
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of Pines
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Oston
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Old State Mouse
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J. R. Kendrick
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New England
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Hoston
Grand Central Depot
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C. R
Rhode Island
Reeves
Ark Square
J. W. Richardson
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H. Briggs
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Gli
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Fitchburg
Wagner
Central Vermont R. Hk
Boo
Washington Oor Yh Gehen Aanas Mb Arty
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Loston
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Hingham
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Abington
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Free Surgical Hospital
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Murdock Liqued Food CO
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J. N. Cheney
M.D
Ellaville, Ga
Beumen
Willie White
C. W. Parker
Ricayono
Swift
B. F. Winfield, M.D
Sussex Co
E. J. Hale
Nashville
Howard County
Ark
Tus Swift Specific Co
Atlanta
Snow Hill
Musical Publications
Ditson & Co
Oliver Ditson & CO
H. Ditson
J. C. Haynes & CO
Court Street
Emerson
Wnited Voices
Wiggin
Menard
Zoc
Abbey and Munger
Aaron R. Gay & CO
State Street
United States Navy
Bureau of Provisions
Mare Island
Cal
North Georgia
Alabama
Ensacola
Fla
United States Naval Station
Key West
Port Royal
N. C
Old Company Lehigh
Torpedo Station
R. I
Honolulu
Sandwich Islands
Vla
Bureau of Provisions and Clothing
James Fulton
U.S.N
United States Military Prison
Fort Leavenworth
Kansas
Pacific Coast
James W. Pope
U.S.A
Nav Yards
Nortols
Naval E
Annapolis
U.S. Navy
Brassachusetts
Suffolk
Melville & Webs of
Court Square
Thomas Fee
Massachu
Keole
Charles PF. Herrick
Omer Albers
Commonwealth OF Massaceussetts
James F. Cleary
William P. Nickerson
Boston Weekly Post
POST
Huckins & CO
Border Street
Long Moston
State St
Roema
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