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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jul 27, 1887
Page
7
Grain and livestock prices move across molasses pork beef lard and butter with mixed demand. Wheat firm or higher in Toledo Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati and Minneapolis while corn oats and rye stay steady or varied. Receipts and shipments listed for several markets.
Kansas City reports firm hogs with 7500 receipts and 4031 yesterday. Peoria logs hogs higher with 520 650 sales and 300 receipts. St Louis shows higher hogs with sellers at 520 to 540 and extras at 560. Chicago cattle receipts 9000 with steady shipments and prices 325 to 450. hogs receipts 11000 with open strong then lower 416 to 535. Sheep receipts 400, natives 275 to 415, western 625 to 380, Texans 275 to 375. lambs 1350 per head.
Augusta Net receipts 1 gross 1 nominal mid 10 4 cent. Galveston net receipts 20 gross 20 sales 47 stock 2187 quiet mid 9 4 cent. New Orleans net receipts 104 gross 104 as 200 stock 49885 quiet easy mid 5 cent. Mobile stock 322 nominal mid 9 cents. Memphis net receipts 11 gross 11 sales BC stock 6806 dull mid 10 cent. Savannah net receipts 16 gross 16 stock 1127 quiet mid 10 cent. Charleston net receipts 3 gross 3 sales 10 stock 840 quiet mid 10 4 cent. Wilmington net receipts 42 gross 42 stock 580 nominal mid 10 4 cent. Norfolk net receipts 6 gross 6 exports coastwise 8 sales 6 stock 2545 nominal mid WAG. Philadelphia stock 15722 steady mid 10 4 cent. Baltimore net receipts 56 gross 56 exports coastwise 56 stock 472 nominal mid 11 le. New York gross receipts 1826 sales 528 stock 125856 quiet mid 10 4 cent. Cincinnati net receipts 104 gross 104 shipments 40 stock 50974 quiet mid 105 cent. St Louis net receipts 31 gross 31 shipments 83 stock 5408 nominal mid 9 4 cent. Louisville firm mid 10 4 cent. Consolidated net receipts four days 2164 exports Great Britain 9439, France 2216, continent 738 stock at all United States ports 199035.
The Chicago markets showed the opening high and low with the daily closing, matching the closing figures from the same day last year. The report details daily quota tions and closes for the session.
Beerbohm notes cargoes off coast wheat activity weak with one wheat cargo arrived and one sold. Danubian corn and various wheats priced for prompt or future shipments. Paris and Liverpool see mixed wheat and corn trends with firmer prices for some wheat grades and steady or lower for others. Weather in Liverpool fair. provisions and fats hold steady or rise slightly.
A detailed shipping list from Baracoa to Charlottetown and Halifax records cargoes aboard the Steamer Carl Konow and Steamer Carroll. It lists bananas coconuts eggs lobsters mackerel codfish pickled fish and other goods carried by multiple firms and partners across ports.
Navy Department invites sealed proposals from American shipbuilders for the construction of one steel twin screw torpedo boat. bids due by November 30 1887 with drawings specifications and proof of plant. bids must include a 5 percent certified check and performance bond. vessel cost capped at 20000 dollars. secretary William C Whitney reserves right to reject any or all bids.
Local timetables show times for all divisions of the Boston and Albany line with through tickets at the Washington Street office. Train times include frequent morning departures from Boston and connections to Springfield, Albany, and branches, plus Sunday schedules and sleeping car services.
Schedule details for trains from Boston to Fall River Provincetown and coastal towns. Includes times to New Falk River Line Ashmore Hyannis Yarmouth Falmouth Nantucket and Plymouth with return services and late evening options. Notes on weekday weekend operations and delays and connections.
A Savannah shipping ledger item surveys diverse consignments including salmon, mackerel, codfish, lobsters, eggs, hides, lumber, pears, melons, and spirits. Notable entries include T J Jones & co 247 cases cage, Whitney Pousland 1175 cases mackerel, J L Leonard 10 do spirits, Patch & Roberts 13 bales hides, and York Whitney 5 cars iron.
Export records show Hull England via New York cleared Sorrento with 300 bbls sugar on July 23. Port Williams Newfoundland reports Arcilla with flour cornmeal. Sydney Nova Scotia brig Canadian with flour shorts cornmeal beef petroleum goods and more. Yarmouth Newfoundland steamer Yarmouth carries cornmeal hardware furniture fruit and other commodities. Hayti schooner F Richard carries ice lumber shingles and vegetables.
Lists extensive cargo receipts across multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Grand Junction and New York & New England. Items cover wool, flour, corn, oats, wheat, mash, butter, cheese, eggs, lard, beef, bacon, leather, hides, tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, lumber, and various bales and cases with quantities. Indicates large scale warehouse and rail transfers in July 1887.
A long list of buyers and firms from cities such as Alexandria Atlanta Baltimore Baton Rouge Corsicana Charleston Chicago Cincinnati Cleveland Dayton Ft Worth Gainesville Jefferson City Kansas City Louisville Mineola Omaha Philadelphia and more with names like Levin McKeldin Huselton Bickel Carroll Lawrence Lobe Feiberman Sullivan ONeill Phelps Shay Von Welsenfiuh Marks Henderson Kreissman Virden Daum Arnold Melasky Dench Kirkendall Morse and Terry tied to various shoe and clothing firms. The compiled directory reads like a trade contact roster with firm affiliations and locations.
A compiled roster lists numerous advertising agents and firms by name and city including W E Hosea of Tootle Hosea & Co in St Joseph Missouri, H A Coburn Kellogg John son & Co in St Paul Minnesota, W W Watson Jr of W W Shrader & Co in Springfield Ohio, A C Nettleton in Scranton Pennsylvania, N Kahn and J Long Ad in Selma Alabama, J Dreyfus Ad in Shreveport Louisiana, W K F Vila of Cummings & Ila in One Minnesota, R Summers in Washington DC, William Hahn of William Hahn & Co in Washington DC, and R Cohen in Craw Washington DC.
The Free Surgical Hospital for Women, funded by the Murdock Liquid Food Company of Boston, reports 132 operations in the quarter ending June 1, 1887. Patients arrived from Texas Colorado Montreal Alabama Prince Edward Island Rhode Island Connecticut Vermont Maine New Hampshire and especially Massachusetts in 20 towns and cities. Any physician with a case can request a bed by informing the hospital.
The Surgical Staff at Murdock's Free Hospital for Women operate daily except Saturdays to examine patients and assign beds. A Septic Hospital unit provides 12 free beds for surgical cases.
The text touts Liquid Food as a universal treatment for healing wounds without surgery and sustaining life, with injections possible when not stomach retained. It praises birth to old age use, claims new blood growth, and asserts a hospital volume with 200 large bottles per lot and a benefit for skin diseases, plus a homeless boys home at Causeway Street.
In Suffolk Court Boston a contract suit seeks one hundred dollars from Diedrich also Richard Wahler of Portland Maine. Defendant not in Commonwealth. notice ordered by WM. T. Connolly clerk to public via Boston Post for July 30 1887.
Office of Purchasing Boston invites sealed proposals for furnishing Olive Oil and Tomatoes to the U S Army. Bids due August 8 1887 at 11 am with bid opening in the office. Government may reject all bids. Blank proposals and contract details available on request. Thomas C Sullivan C S U S Army.
The Boston station on Causeway street and 218 Washington Street issue rail timetables for July 18 1887. Through service from Boston to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction and more with 8 30 am 1 3 7 pm and other departures. Local service from Boston to Manchester Concord Nashua Wilton Amherst Greencfield and nearby towns with multiple daily trains and Sunday times. Sleeping and parlor cars to Montreal on select trains. Montre al service via Central Vermont and Boston Air Line.
A dense timetable lists through train times for multiple towns including Arlington Bedford Concord Lexington and West Medford with morning and evening departures and remarks that full information is available at stations. Names like S Mell en and Geo W Stoef appear as general superintendents.
Fragmentary text lists times and stations including Billerica Manchester and nearby routes. Many lines are garbled with inconsistent punctuation and stray letters, yielding an unreadable schedule snippet.
Notices inform advertisers to designate The Boston Post as the legal paper. The Post is proclaimed the leading Boston outlet for legal notices and court matters. Original documents are returned to attorneys the day after each advertisement appears. Proofreading emphasizes absolute correctness.
The Boston Water Board invites sealed bids for constructing a water tower at Mt Bellevue Ward 23 Boston. Bids due Aug 8 1887 at City Hall. Each bid must include a certified check of 1000 dollars. Specifications available at City Architect's office. The Board may reject any or all bids.
Fragmentary OCR shows multiple bus routes and times across towns like West Moylston Hu m Rockbottom Waverly Wayland Weston and Melmoent. Entries mention stations between Hum 128.05 5.10 pm and Sun 6 9.10 am 12.05 3.50 with times around 7.15 9.10 am 4.45 pm and 5.10 6 pm. General Superintendent Ware and agent Mellene are listed with dated 1887 Boston references.
Fragmented timetable text lists multiple city routes with times, stations, and service notes. Mentions Boston & Albany Railroad, Norwood Central, Woonsocket division, and scattered daily and weekend schedules.
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