Fruit Prices and Savannah Boat Watermelons Reported
The notices detail citrus and stone fruits with prices per box or case, listing Messina and Palermo oranges and lemons with specific jobbing prices, California fruits by case prices for apricots pears peaches and plums, and Norfolk watermelons at 16 to 18 cents with some 20 cent lots. A Savannah boat arriving Monday carries 3400 watermelons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messina
Palermo
California
North Carolinas
Savannah
Trucking Demand Keeps Prices Steady for Market Goods
Market note reports steady demand and stable prices for onions, cabbages, cantaloupes, beans, peas, greens, roots, squash, lettuce, cucumbers, and cucumbers. Prices listed per case, basket, bush, crate, bbl, or dozen, with varieties including Egyptian onions, Norfolks, Rhode Islands, Wax beans, and Long Island beets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maltas
Rhode Islands
Portlands
Providence
Long Islands
Southern
Provisions and Meats Price List in Local Market Report
A dense price catalog lists pork, lard, beef and other fresh meats with per pound and per barrel rates. Entries cover cuts such as long and short cuts pork, backs, light backs, tongues, mess and prime beef, fresh ribs, sausage, hams, shoulders, tripe, and various beef items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord, Choice
TAG Tee
Tierces
Chicago
Brighton
Irregular Liverpool Cotton and Commodity Market Notes
Liverpool cotton futures opened irregular and closed steady with July at 5 29-64d and August at 5 26-64d. Spot uplands traded around 59-16d Ptb with 8000 bales sold. New York prices showed steady interday futures with mixed bid-ask quotes and a market closure steady. Pipe line certificates, sugar and molasses markets described with various regional prices and notations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Upland
Orleans
New York
Manila
Lloilos
Belmont
Orto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Cuba
Trade Centre Flour and Wheat Prices Across Markets
Report from New York notes flour receipts and exports with weak sales and varied price marks for Minnesota and city mills. Chicago and Detroit quote flour, wheat and corn values. Minneapolis shows No 1 hard and Northern futures. markets report receipts and shipments across St Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati and Cincinnati with pork, lard, and wholesale prices.
Wheat market activity with mixed futures and steady oats
Toledo dispatch notes wheat active yet weak at 73 1 4 cents, corn dull but steady at 40 cents, oats improving to 25 1 4 cents. Receipts include 125 000 bushels of wheat and 4 000 of oats. ship- ments show 6 000 bushels of wheat and 4 000 of corn.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toledo
Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities
Hogs higher in St Louis with prices from 5 15 to 5 50 for butchers up to 5 50. Chicago reports cattle at 10c lower with steers 33.25 to 4.60, hogs 5.20 to 6.45. Sheep and lamb markets show natives 2.50 to 4.10 and lambs around 4.55 to 100 pounds. Kansas City notes 7,000 hog receipts today and 9,542 yesterday with shipments at 4,142. Peoria hogs firm at 50.5 to 53.5.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Peoria
Chicago
Texas
Cotton Market Summary for July 29 Across Major Ports
Net receipts at all United States ports 2581 with exports to Great Britain 1597 and France 2216. Stocks total 189058 with interior towns at 9279. Comparative week shows declines in some ports and steady to easy tone in others. Major city figures include New York exports 661 sales 2464 stock 118279 and Philadelphia stock 16500.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
France
United States
Liverpool
Foreign Markets Report From London And Liverpool
London reports show wheat and flour steady to quiet amid unsettled English weather. Liverpool notes breadstuffs firm with mixed Western corn and varying wheat prices, while cheese and pork markets hold steady or inactive. Havana reports Spanish gold prices and U S dollar exchange with quiet sugar sales and standard premiums.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Calcutta
Paris
Liverpol
England
Liverpool
Chicago
Americus
New York
Havana
United States
Vast Liverpool Imports List on Palestine and Pavonia
A long 1887 cargo record from the steamer Palestine and Pavonia at Liverpool lists hundreds of consignments. Firms such as Baring Bros & co, J B Moors & co, W H Walbaum & co, and J Miller & co appear with tinplates, pig iron, wine, woollens, cement, leather, and various goods. Multiple named buyers and shippers accompany goods like caustic soda, lime juice, brandy, and textiles, reflecting a broad mid–late 19th century mercantile extraction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
Palestine
Baring Bros & Co
F&f
King &Co
Moors & Co
Walbaum & Co
Pierce & Co
Wright & Rich
Barnham
Graves & Son
Dame & Co
Clark & Co
Moise Baring Bros & Co
Fuller, Dana & Fitz
Limawood
Lewis
The
of White & Co
Preston
Miller & Co
Jere Abbott & Co
Wetherell Bros
Coleman, Mead & Co
Grout
Warren & Co
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Macallar, Parker & Co
Fussians
Cumner, Jones & Co
H Atkins & Co
Brown, Seavey & Co
Brown & Co
Stone & Downer
Storer & Co
Moors
Bingham & Co
Pavonia
Burgess & Son
Codman & Hall
Power
Holder & Herrick
Saxonville Mills
M Diaz & Co
Briggs
Wellington & Co
Messenger, Jr
Frost & Alarms
Talbot, Wilmarth & Co
Shoninger, Moses & Co
Clatlin, Larrabee & Co
A.W Rotte & Co
Moise Wadsworth, Howland & Co
Herbert & Rap
Massive 19th Century Warehouse Ledger Items Catalog
A long list of consignments and shipments from several firms including Baring Bros Co, Stone & Downer, J B Moors & Co, H Brown & Co, Phelps Dodge Co, and others. Entries cover woollens, linens, mdse, yarns, machinery, tin plates, earthenware and bottles, with locations noted in Yarmouth Nova Scotia and Havana Cuba. Numerous bags, cases, bales, and casks describe goods such as wool, lace, threads, timber, and booze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baring Bros & Co
Laforme & Frothingham
China
Samuel C Cobb
Baldwin Bros & Co
Herbert & Rapp Co
Serve Bros & Co
Linder & Eyer
Weil, Dreyfus & Co
Stone & Downer
Franklin H
Ives, Bellamy & Co
Bigelow
Kennard & Co
Moise
Burr &Co
Moseley & Co
Mercury Coleman, Mead & Co
Schoenhof
Goddard Bros
Mackerel Delong & Seaman
Griffin
Cheney & Tyrick
S Ellis & Co
L Clements & Co
Coop
G Hall & Co
Havana
Antonio Sala
Sugar Nash, Spaulding & Co
World Shipping Exports Reported From Atlantic Ports
Export records dated July 29 1887 list cargoes from Wallace Yarmouth Bridgewater Glasgow London Saint John and St John including furniture bales of goods flour butter and beef. Vessels include Carlots schooner Hugh M bark John Hearson steamship Prussian and steamer Borderer with diverse commodities and quantities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wallace
Carlotta
Yarmouth
Surinam
John Hearson
Bridgewater
Glasgow
Eng
Borderer
ST John
Playfair
Regional Rail Lines Hoard Wide Range of Goods
A sprawling cache of commodities is listed across multiple railroads. Boxes, bales, and barrels include cheese, eggs, beans, hay, lumber, leather, hides, wool, flour, cornmeal, and other items. Transactions reference Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Boston and Lowell and other lines with various quantities and packages.
Totals of Receipts July 29 1887 and 1886 Items List
The entry records total receipts dated July 29 1887 and 1886 with quantities of commodities such as cheese flour oats beans apples corn potatoes wheat sweets malt hay millfeed tallow leather pork lard hams hides tea coffee sugar molasses butter and more, listing units like bbls boxes crates pails bags and tons. Proceeding figures compare 1887 to 1886 across multiple goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uae
MO Oy Ware
Jacon
Boxer
Bates
Receipts and Boston & Albany Rail Timetable Notes
Receipts list various commodities including cotton wool flour corn meal oats malt feed pork bacon grease tea butter and more. Local time tables for the Boston & Albany line are available at stations and 262 Washington Street Boston with through tickets to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Trains from Boston to Manchester Concord NH Begin July 24 1897
Boston B and L depot schedules show trains to Manchester and Concord New Hampshire with departures at 4 7 30 8 30 9 30 am and 12 1 9 5 30 7 pm plus Sunday runs. Returning services from Concord to Boston listed at 5 80 1 30 8 10 10 20 am 2 50 2 67 3 05 6 27 pm Sundays 5 55 1 20 pm. H E Chamberlin Supt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ville
Ie Allston
DA Gulake
Jiauern Framingham
Artboro
Maribe
Fayville
Southbore
Northbore
Clinton
Leomister
Fitchburg
Deerkya
Wevet Bersin
Boston
Weturn
Loncom
B. and
Manchester
Concord
N. H
N.H
H. E. Chamberlin
Cause Street
Amesbury
P.m. Meverly
Iddeford
Chelsea
Dover
Ghent
Epswich
M. Lynn
Bo.buy, Uv
Hig Comstry
Erry Wiv
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
Eabody
Danvers
Revere
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Saugus Ranch
Swamscott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lynn
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St John
Salifax
Salem
Oak Island
Point OF Pines
Sun
Woburn
Wymene
Stendal
Bina Ae Frison
Billerica
Bedford
Oaf
Lexington
Arlington
Mellen
Geo. W. Storer
M. Praptow
Ten Junction
Aville
Stoughton
Canton
Passenarrs
Boston Arren
Bristol
Kev- A. A. Folsom
New York
Fold River
Foll River
Ashmont
Marnstabie
tHyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Hyannis
Benintree
Bos
Oman
I . A OM
Ag AL Daria
Izzard Hay
Ret
Arn
Buzzard
Bay
M. Cohasset
Rete Me Cohasset
Remingham
Cottage City
Vam
Wood’s Hall
Hell
New Bedford
Bridgewater
A Ae
Abington
Brockton
Quincy
Milton
Hetarn
Mattapan
Wood's
Wee Hall
Onse Akan
Sewport
Ew Bedford
Nordolph
Rando
Lph Easton
Duxlury
Wood
Id Ku Pea
Feney
Ima Oon
Retu
Scituate
Sea View
Ain
Bhawmut
Tral
O.ou
Sarg Oss
Dean Street
Whitman
South Weymouth
Brook
Wellaston Heights
Wood's Hall
Txein
Newport
Brooklyn
Jersey Annex
Perths
No. & City
Tekets
Boston & Maine Through Trains Link Coastal Regions
Rail lines listed show through trains on both divisions from Boston to Bar Harbor Halifax St John and other points. Schedule details include Haymarket and Causeway Street stations with multiple daily departures to Augusta Bar Harbor Eastport Calais Portland Manchester North Conway and more. A special Limited Express with Pullman vestibule cars runs Boston to Bar Harbor with connections to Mt Desert Ferry and Bangor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Tae Causeway St
Axngor
Bar Harbor
St. John
Halifax
Provinces
Causeway St
Eastport
Calais
N. B
Portland
Portland—Haymarket Sq
Maine Central
Grand Trunk
Maox& Lincoln Railways
Boston
Haymarket Square
Banor
Mt. Desert Ferry
Bangor
Trains Leave Boston Station for Alton Bay and More
Western Division timetable lists trains from Boston Haymarket to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with multiple daily departures. Nearby towns include Andover Dover Can overs Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Kennebunk Biddeford Lace North Lawrence South Lawrence and many others with listed morning and evening times and Sunday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Canovers
Exeter
Great Falls
Haverhill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Biddeford and Lace
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Lowth
Maiden
Medford
Lam
Melrose Midlands
Stoneham
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Reading
Satem
M. Wakefield
Ami
Wilmington
Boston to Amesbury and coastal towns train schedule
Eastern Division timetable lists departures from Boston to Amesbury and many coastal towns including Chelsea Revere Rockport and Gloucester Branches. It notes multiple daily times with special services via Saugus and South Reading branches and details city ticket office at 206 Washington Street and Pullman car service on Portland and Bangor trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oak Island
SUN
Saugus
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
Washington Street
Portland
Bangor
James T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable July 18 1887
Through Boston service to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction with departures at 8 30 am and 4 8 80 9 30 am 11 and 7 pm Local Boston to Manchester Concord Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Nashua Greenfield and Lowell listings include multiple daily trains with varied times Many branches Bristol Claremont Montpelier St Albans Montreal service sleeping and parlor cars noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston
Causeway Street
City
Washington Street
Old State House
Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
Warren
Haverhill
Woodsville
Littleton
Bethlehem
Febyans
Lancaster
Jefferson
Montreal
Central Vermont R. R
Hogton Air Line
Fabyans
Manchester
Concord
N. H
SUN
Keene
Peterboro
Hillsboro
Wilton
Milford
Amherst
Greenfield
Nashua
Central Vermont
Rutland
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Fitchburg
Winehendon
Jaffrey
Fitzilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Westimoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Saratoga
All Pointe
Delaware & Judson Canal Company
Cheshire H.R
Central
Vermont
RK. R
Points
Ches- al
Hire
Juakman Paince
Ogdens
Faxon
Akr. Stewart
N. Il
Time table fragment shows local and through trains
Schedule pages list arrivals and departures for towns like Arlington Bedford Lexington Concord and Woburn with multiple daily times and through connections. The notice directs readers to stations for full timetable details and notes general superintendency.
New Open to Ware Rail Service June 27 1887 Boston
Central Massachusetts railroad schedule announces new service from Boston to Ware Barre and Rutland starting Monday June 27 1887 with multiple daily departures and varied stop times including West Boylston Oakdale Jefferson and Rockbottom among others. Train connections extend to New York Providence Pawtucket and Attleboro with return trips listed and notes on weekend timing and shore line express.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ware
Boston
Barre
Rutland
West Boylston
Oakdale
Jefferson
Bunsen
Woodson
Rockbottom
SUN
Apm
Sudbury
Wayland
Weston
Waltham
Em Waverly
Belmont
Geo. W. Storer
Gen
Mellen
Old Colony Travel Schedules To New York and Nearby Towns
An 1887 notice lists weekday Fall River Line departures from Boston to New York and frequent return times, with extended connections to Ashmont, Hyannis, Barnstable, Plymouth, Weymouth, Scituate, Marshfield, Duxbury, Taunton, Brockton, Nantucket, Woods Hall, and Cottage City. It names GEO. L. CONNOR and J. R. KENDRICK as officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fall River
Weymouth
Mingham
Cuhasset
Scituate
Marshfield
Duxbury
Plyymouth
Wigymouth
Scottuate
Cohasset
Hingham
Brockton
Taunton
Newport
South Braintree
New Bedford
Middleboro
Breeckton
Niddleboro
Nantucket
Attace City
Wood's Hell
Falmouth
Monument Beach
Hyannis
Warmouth
Arnstable
Sandwich
Buzzard’s Bay
Onset Bay
Wareham
Cottage City
Wood
FAO Falmouth
Yarmouth
Barnstable
Geo
Train Schedules Include Express Runs Between Manchester and Boston
The notice lists Sunday and weekday times for trains between Manchester and Boston with several departures and arrivals. Express trains depart Boston at 8 00 PM and Manchester at 8 00 AM, stopping only at Lawrence Salem N H and Derry. Mileage Book validity extends on Boston and Maine and Boston and Lowell RRs. Signed by William Merritt Jr James T Furber and L A R Gen Man B M R A J Flanders General Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manchester
Boston
Lawrence
Salem
N. H
Derry
Boston & Maine
Boston & Lowell
R.R. William Merritt, Jr
James T. Furber
L. A.R
Man. B
M. R.A
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Minnesota
Northwest
Rio
Middlesey
Western Steam
City Steam
Continent
Lutter
State
Western
Lake
Minneapolis
Detroit
Milwaukeer
Louis
Cincinnati
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Express
Sea
Railroads
R.R
Springfield
Pittsfield
Ibany
South Framingham
Albany
South Frace
Buffalo
Cleveland
Worcester
Niacara Falls
Bittsfield
North Adams
Chatham
Hudson
Palmer
Ware River
Hartford
New Haven
Newark
Millbury
North Grafton
Westboro
Southville
Cordaville
South
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Natick
Wellester
Hilis
Falls
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Bright
Ubrer
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Wellesley Tb
Newton Lower
Newton
Lene
Uvere
Los
Wily Wee
Wev ‘Ton Purgentss
Newton Lower Falls
Tyoston
Wellesley Hills
Newton Highlands
A. S. Hanson
H. T. Gallup
Boston & Mainealy
Portland, Bangor and Bar
Harbor
Emey Wey
Neewta An
Maverhill
Lowell
Midford
Portiana
Lewiston
Reading and Way
Aveuuys Fe
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Felenchery
No. Hillerien
Tan
LAW
Wimmington
Rence
Cheshire
of Amiciive
H. Geary
C. H. Geary
Pleasant Street
Mass
Slaverhill
H. Houde
Hillside Place
GEO. C. Goodwin & CO
Massachusetts
R. R
Xv Y Reae
Boston & 4
Hetu
Dek
Oie
Ove
Hyde Park
Anne
Dak
Naica Plain
Tay Am
Ovidence Railroad
Aent
Zork
Shore Line
Pawtucket
Brodgeville
Attleboro
North Attleboro
Rians
Last Foxbor
Ray
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Hitus
Amy
Froxbury
Ets
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Abs
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Redhaw
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Scituate and
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Paunten
West
Qld
Central Vermont R. BR
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
St. Albuna
NEW
Stonington
York
Washington
State Street
Boston & Providence RE
J. W. Richardson
A. A. Folsom
Devaton- Moevidence BR
Manchese
Manchester & Lawrence R.as
Fall River Service
New Y York
Rouvidence
Old Colon
Grand Baloon
New York Direct
L. H. Palmer
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