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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jul 27, 1889

Page

7

Fish Market Reports Light Stock and Steady Prices

Market notes show light fish stocks at present, with Grand Bank fleet luck less than expected and dealers likely to struggle to meet demand for whole and boneless fish. Mackerel scarce off the coast. North Bay and New England catch poor. Prices listed for various species and preparations, including Georges and bank cod, halibut, hake, haddock, and pollock, with receipts and shipments detailed.

Grand Bank Georges North Bay New England Nova Scotia Haddock Herrin Labrador Bay Newfoundland Eastport California Halifax Georges Halibut Bank Iceland

Grain and flour markets show quiet activity across regions

John E Welsh at 206 State Street lists carload receipts across corn oats and white varieties with a total of 64 cars. Flour receipts today total 4752 bbls and 4228 sacks while New York and Chicago markets show firm or steady tones with varying grades from fine to patent and export. No major shifts. buyers act for immediate needs as prices align with old and new wheat flour differences and regional demand remains modest.

Minnesota Michigan Canada New York City Chicago St Louis York Port Huron Lake and New Chicago Graham

Market Report From New York and Chicago Prices Steady

The market shows steady tone across goods with unchanged quotations. Fancy and oleomargarine trade quiet. dairy products like cheese and eggs steady in well supplied markets. beans and poultry steady with good Western iced fowls selling at 13c. Potatoes demoralized with large supply and downward prices. North Carolina yellows $4 5 per barrel. hay and straw values unchanged.

New York Chicago Liverpool Long Islands Bristol Terrys New Jerseys North Carolina

Market Report on Onions and Vegetables Prices

Steady demand noted across multiple vegetables with varied quotations. Bunch onions at 2¢ per bunch, cranberries beans at 1 dollar per bush, Norfolk tomatoes 2 dollars per crate, Jersey tomatoes 1.75 dollars per crate, native wax beans 7.5 cents per bush, cauliflower selling quietly at 1 dollar per dozen, Florida peppers scarce at 2.56 dollars per crate, summer and Crook neck squash described as selling at the beach. Native peas at 1 dollar per bush. marrow squash prices: Florida 1 dollar per barrel, native 1.50 dollars per barrel.

Malta Long Island Norfolk Providence Florida Beach Jersey

Produce receipts for today and last year list items and quantities

The record shows today’s produce receipts including Butter 5923 pkgs Oleo 958 pkgs Cheese 772 boxes Eggs 2 bbls 2142 cases Beans 95 bbls Potatoes 9 cars Hay 11 cars Straw none. last year figures include Butter 679 pkgs Oleo 45 pkgs Cheese 2120 oxes Eggs 1010 cases Beans 6 bbls Potatoes 49 cars Hay 39 cars Straw 3 cars. Butter All choice grades of butter are

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Fruit Market Roundup Lets Prices Hold Steady Across Goods

The market shows steady demand with well supplied apples oranges pears and other fruits. Jersey apples range 250 300 per barrel while cantaloupes crackers and berries vary by type with Messina Palermo oranges at 4 5 per box and Georgia Le Contes at 75c to 1 per crate. The steamer Miranda and Bergenseren carried Jamaica and Baracoa bananas with prices noted for various lots and sizes.

Messina Palermo Georgia le Contes Virginia Bartletts Delaware Beurre Gators Florida North Carolina Moore Carolina Delawares Jamaica Baracoa Port Simons Miranda Boston Fruit Company Bergenseren WW & CR Noyes

Ocean freights bound for Boston from Gibraltar and Jamaica

The steamer Olympia passed Gibraltar July 23 en route to Boston carrying 300 half boxes Palermo oranges and 13 300 boxes Palermo lemons. The Viking and Brinio are due next Monday with bananas for Seaverns Co. The Savannah boat due Monday carries 680 packages of fruit and 17 540 watermelons assigned to Curtis & Co, E Morrison, Chapin Bros, Farnum & Co, and J 8 Cham Berlin. The Marrison is due next Wednesday from Jamaica with bananas to the Boston Fruit Company.

Olympia Gibraltar Boston Viking Banes Seaverns & Co Brinio Savannah Curtis & Co E Morrison Chapin

Saturday's Train Car Load Contains Mixed Produce

A railroad notice lists the train composed of one car peaches one car pines one car pears one car berries and four cars potatoes joining a Saturday schedule.

Auction sale of Ponca cargo and California fruits prices

Harris and Co announce an auction Monday covering the Ponca cargo with 1585 boxes Palermo oranges 13087 boxes Palermo oranges and 808 boxes Messina lemons. Snow and Co report California fruit sales today with Bartlett pears priced at 105 215 per half box 62 1 2 cents, plums at 80 cents per box and apricots at 5 cents per box.

H Harris & Co Ponca Snow & Co California Bartlett

Market Report on Live Stock and Tallow Prices

The market lists spring lambs at 11 12% ac and 9c for other grades, fall lambs 9 10c, mutton 8 9c, yearlings 8 9c, veal 7 8c with varied regional quotes. Tallow trades hold at 4% to 4 4 for city renderings, 4 4 to 4 2 for country and grease. New York tallow strengthens with city packages at 2 and 11 16c across sales and barrels.

Chicago Brighton Choice New York LOO Hhds

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Buckeye Trade Areas

Market reports from Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago reflect firm cattle values and lower hogs. Kansas City cattle see steers at 3 05 to 4 15 and stockers 2 80. hogs drop to 4 05 to 4 10. Cincinnati hogs ease, cattle mixed, while Chicago lists steady beeves 4 20 to 4 30 and hogs 4 15 to 4 50. sheep mostly steady at 3 75 to 4 85, Texans and lambs noted.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas Weadville Bor Central Div Northern Division Boston & Albany Kneeland Street Marlboro Spmichburg Leominster Geo Connor J.R. Kendrick

Sugar and Molasses Markets Show Quiet Trading

Sugar receipts today are unchanged from last year at 103 barrels with a quiet market. Quotations cover Cuba refining at 74 cents and various sugars from pulverized to confectioners’ grades, with refined sugars steady at old prices. Molasses receipts number 50 barrels, market firm, with prices for Ponce Porto Rico and New Orleans ranges. New York raw sugars are nominal while refined remain quiet.

Cuba Manilas Lloifos Javas New York Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

New York Cotton Markets Show Firmness and Mixed Quotations

Cotton prices held firm in New York with 850 bales traded and varying staple grades from uplands to middling. Futures opened firm and closed steady as the day’s quotations moved through July to May contracts, while Liverpool and other ports showed quiet to firm tones and a broad set of stock, receipts, and export figures across major southern cities.

New York FUG Assay Cies Cece Save Lorie Boas Aion i Wic Scia Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville France Continent United States

Meat market ledger and fresh meat demand signals

Receipts show tallow 51 pkgs beef 4 bbls pork 97 bbls lard 1551 pkgs hams 4 bbls bacon 640 boxes, with last year lower in most items. Pork products steady with varied quotes across long cuts short cuts backs lean ends and sausages. New York and Chicago markets show mixed pork lard prices while beef and bacon for regional buyers trend steady to easy.

Choice City New York Continent South America Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Turpentine and petroleum market update in New York

Turpentine closed at 39 40c with resin at 110 112 percent and tar at 3, petroleum at 7.60c. ASW at 7.40c and cases at 9.80c. Whiskey unchanged. Coffee market in New York remains quiet with fair car movement at 171Ac.

New York

Imports and cargoes at Baracoa and Yarmouth 1889

The July 26 1889 ship cargo list shows Bergenseren with 9000 bunches of bananas for WW & C Noyes. Morien with 1593 lobster cases and 20 bbls herring. Delong & Seaman 146 tons coal. May O Niell 25 560 bush salt. Dominion at Yarmouth with berries eggs liniment and cod. numerous firms including Cotton & Haley Dunbar & Davis Greenwood Bros and Barclay & co listed with eggs berries codfish and other goods.

Baracoa Bergenseren Noyes Cow Bay L. Pickert & Co Delong & Seaman Mdse Cotton & Haley Yarmouth Dominion Minard’s Linament Clements & Co Ellis & Co Dunbar & Davis Greenwood Bros Griffin & Co A &O W Mead & Co Barclay & Co

Exports in Nova Scotia Sea Trade Reported

Export list dated July 26 1889 from Metegahan and Yarmouth NS details shipments by steamer Dominion and Sch Adah including flour meal toys cotton twine hardware goods and perishable fruit plus large iron tonnage and pig iron consignments. Complex cargo figures indicate robust bilateral trade activity for that period with multiple vessels and destinations.

Meteghan Yarmouth Dominion

Wheat and Corn Markets Report From London and Liverpool

July 26 reports show wheat quieter offshore and steadier in Paris while Liverpool sees weak demand. Prices for No 1 California wheat hover around 7s 2d to 7s 8d for nearby months, with July to December spans listed. corn futures dull. English markets firm in places and Paris and Antwerp steady. Readings include receipts: 197,000 quarters of wheat, 57,000 of corn. Provisions prices steady. weather in England fair and Liverpool fine.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England California Antwerp

Medical procedures and examinations noted in brief

Fragmentary OCR lists procedures such as fistula extirpation of breasts resection of knee joint curetting and dilatation of labia with unclear context. The readable terms suggest historic medical techniques but lack coherent narrative or patient details for fuller summary.

Murdock's Liquid Food Aids Health for Women and Children

A hundred thousand dollars is cited as the outlay for treating suffering women and children with Murdock's Liquid Food. The ad extols the product as raw beef and mutton plus fruits, free of insoluble matter, claimed to be rapidly absorbed and superior to medicines, supporting vitality in diseased organs without weakening others.

Murdock Massachla Suffolk William Waters Boston James C. Davis John H. Payne

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