Try 7 days of FREE access to billions of articles

Start Free Trial

Boston Post in Boston, Massachusetts

We have 4,454,244 pages in Massachusetts

View this page and access billions of articles with a 7-day free trial.

Start Free Trial

This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!

Start Free Trial

Cancel anytime, risk free

Not what you were looking for? Search our billions of articles

Advanced Search

Articles on This Page

This newspaper page contains 10 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.

Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 02, 1884

Page

3

Cold wave hurts crops across eastern states and Canada

A broad cold wave damaged crops in the eastern midlands and Canada with strawberries nipped in New Jersey and fruit crops injured in Maine New Hampshire and Vermont. Dairy products show stronger demand while potatoes and staples show mixed or quiet markets. Trade remains moderate with warehousing and imports steady as July markets wobble amid irregular prices.

Miditla Canada New Jersey Maine New Lampshire Vermont New York Gloucester Cape North Newmuackerel Ubush Minnesota Michigan Ohio Indiana Rofler Siand S Louis Llinas Yor

GENERAL FARM PRODUCE PRICES AND MARKETS REPORT

Market notes show beans and peas firm with mixed receipts for the week. Potatoes and onions are dull with unsold carloads. apples steady, maple products quiet, and strawberried prices dull. Hay, seeds, poultry, and provisions vary by region with modest activity and price ranges across multiple commodities.

Bermuda Nova Scotia Canada Maryland Norfolk Spy King Timothy Timothy Northern Lord New York City India Mesa Nerces City America Milwaukee St Louis Chicago Norf'k Norn Nyk Phila Iday United States Great Britain France Louisville St. Louis Galveston Baltimore Memphis Augusta Savannah Philadelphia New Orleana

Fragmented Ledger of 19th Century Goods and Shipments

A sprawling inventory lists merchants, co partners, and items from textile and metal goods to cargo aboard numerous vessels. Entries include Berkshire Blacking, Ewing Brothers, Macallar Parker, J F Logan, and Baring Bros handling steel, tin plates, silk, leather, and samples. Maritime routes include Liverpool, Mediterranean ports, Baracoa, Arroyo, Aracaju, Sagua, and Cape Islands with goods like steel rails, tin, sugar, oranges, lemons, and crates of various merchandise.

Boston Liverpool Eng Catalonia Steck Jackson JP & GC Ropinson Moseley & Co Chaitin & Co Hartford Carpet Co Lee, Higginson & Co Lundberg Frank Knowles Gotd & Co John P Lovell & Son Louis Leviseur Geneva Chenery & Co Catlery Houghton & Dutton Baring Bros & O Parsons & Co Hron & Co Cobb, Kates & Yerxa Geo B Copliff Codman & Hail Glover Moise Levin & Co Lothrop Nelson & Co Baring Bros & Co Dupee J& J Murdock Holder & Herrick Bois Steel JG Brown & Co Phelps, Donge & Co Oliver Ditson & Co Macallar Parker & Co Jordan Jones & Co von Arnim C Spring & Co Herbert Rapp & Co Grout Warren & Blanchard Franklin Rolfe & Co Dodo Baring Bros &Co Webber—S Dundees Merchants Itch Transportation Co Noyes’]Bros Berkshire Blacking Co F Edwards & Co Ewing Bros & Co Wheelgck & Co Macallar, Parker & Co Cumner, Jones JS Poyen & Co Louis Guos Eee John H Rogers Codman & Shurtleff Weeks & Potter Schoenhof H_ Cundy John Fennel Frost & Adams W H Davis the Cunningham Co Dax R B Storer & Co Richard Sugden Iron Hathaway & Co J B Moors & Co Jere Abbott & Co Moise Baring Bros & Co Robert Crooks & Co Congdon Carpenter & Co Fuller, Dana & Fitz Despatch Transportation Co Cere & Bailey the Pope Foundry Kr& E Boris & Co Geo Hridge Albert Berger & Co Shoninger, Moses & Co Max South & Dove Manus Co Hilton Weston & Co E & F King & Co Turner & Co Bngham & Co Worcester Wire Co Lovering & Co Stone & Downer Crowell& Co Crowell & Co Leigh & Co Palmer Wire Co Lewis Brown & Co Laforme & Frothingham Smith &Co Horace Partridge & Co Abberger & Co Catania TH Hardy & Co Palerm Liros & Co H Hardy & Co Franklin Reife & Co DH Tully & Co AS & J Brown & Co Worthington & Co Amoroso & Saifta Messina Valencia Omnes Tully & Co Dodo Lawrence Franklin Rolfe & Cvo Do Do Snow & Co Dana Bros Aracaju Brazil Hastings Gossier & Co Sagua Selene Moseley Cienfuegos Craigendoran Atkis & Co Eleuthera Hisie Trinidad Geo Tauiane, Jr Foster & Co Cape Islands Bessie Williams Egos Barclay & Co Lakbadoves Levanter Molasses Nash, Spaviding & Co

Coastal Trade Goods Cargoes From Frederickton to Boston

OCR lists diverse freight moving via New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island and U S routes. Ships like Druid Cleopatra Rival Edmund and Worcester carry flour meal hardware oil and provisions while others consign cornmeal leather wood bacon cheese eggs and lard to Boston Albany Providence Grand Junction Lowell Maine and more. includes numerous bbls flour meal sacks crates and assorted goods with quantities and destinations.

fForeuwin Hxports Frederickton St Join Yarmouth Cleopatra Alewives Halifax Charlottetown Pei Worcester Pictou Port Williams Townshend

Totals of staple receipts at port May day 1885

A table lists May receipts for principal staples at the port, including in transit goods, comparing 1885 figures with 1884 and 1883. Items shown include cotton bases, wool, flour, eggs, oatmeal, apples, potatoes, pease, lumber, cottonseed meal, tallow, leather, hides, grease, tea, coffee, sugar, pelts, and more.

Uleo C&ib

Business failures and bank turmoil sweep the nation

Across the United States and Canada, Dun and Bradstreet report fewer failures in the week ending Friday, while major banks face crises and arrests linked to oil and securities fraud. Notable items include the West Side Bank of New York resuming operations after a $96,000 theft, court actions in Salem on several debtors, Fisk & Hatch’s hoped restart with New York backing, and Ward Grant affairs amid vast liabilities and over 4 million losses in the Penn bank oil scheme.

Boston New York Clearing House Tpost United States Iski Peret Philatelphia St. Louis Baltimore San Francico Cincinnati Wittsburg New Orleans Louvsaville Indianapolis Cleveland Hartford New Haven Columbis Memponis Worterster Lowell Portland Peoria Syracuse N.Y Bradstreet Canada R. G. Dun & Co Mercantile Agency West Side Bank New York City Hinckley Salem Mass Horton Fim Bangs & Horton Burbee & Co Toronto Ont John C. Eno Second National Bank Feme Montreal Hockley Harris, Fisk & Hutch Scrpeny Hatch Newport R. I Alfred Smith Fisk & Hatch’s Fisk & Hatch Ferdinand Ward George C. Holt Grant & Ward Davies Ward George W. Rowley Penn Bank D. Wilson & Co Hill & Co Watson & Co Riddle Thomas J. Watson Pittsburg Jersey City Caster Reiber Frank Laughlin RK. M. Kennedy Marshall Hall Watson Etroleum Exchange Barkley & Hassan Middleton & Co Washington, D. C Union Bank Gellersburg Hoyt Butler County Savings Bank Millerstown Suffolk County Heal Estate James Coveney David J.danpahy Naylor & Co Thomas Gogin

Court Record in Worcester Man Pleads Guilty to Obscene Mailings

May 31 before Judge Nelson Frederick Bean of Worcester pleaded guilty to sending obscene matter through the mail and was sentenced to one year in jail. Several prisoners were arraigned on indictments at this term. criminal cases will be taken up Tuesday.

New York P.M London Continent Missouri Pacific Wester Union Northwestern Lackawanna Western Union Itis Mizouri Pacific Pacific Mail Vanderbilt West Shore New York Central Reading New Jersey Central Lake Shore Canadian — Pacific Union Pacific Northwest St. Paul Louisville Nashville Lawson, Douglas & Co Gould Gould Group Boston Hoosac Tunnel Detroit Chicago Syracuse Great Western Grand Trunk Railways Boston, Hoosac Tunnel Western Railroad Company Mechanicsville N. C Western Delaware and Hudson Canal Company Pathfinder Railway Pathfinder Weeks Eastern Maine Portland Portsmouth Railroad Gazette Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad Plymouth Boston and Lowell U. S Nelson Frederick Bean Worcester

Reorganization Dispute Over Toledo Cincinnati and St Louis Rail Line

Bondholders committee reports conflict between Toledo and St Louis divisions over absorption plans. Quigley strategy favored by Toledo bonds, while St Louis bondholders resist, arguing separate reorganization best preserves value. Proposes separate sale, preferred stock voting, and new first mortgage bonds to standardize and stabilize the system amid mounting debt and pending receivership considerations.

Stock Board Brokers’ Board The Stock Exchange Mining Board Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Dillon Union Pacific Railroad Company Toledo Cincinnati St. Louis Dayton Corbin Connorton Valley Flint Ore Marquette Mexican Central Marquette Houghton Ontonogon Wisconsin Central Boston and Lowell Northern Railroad Concord and Claremont N. H L Peterboro and Hillsboro Boston Concord and Montreal Lowell Framingham Old Colony South Kansas Western Kansas City Springfield Memphis Amrican Bell Erie New England Huron Copper Mining Company Messrs J. C. Wilson D. L. Demmon S. L. Smith Bord of Directors Gill Franklin Evans and Doane Toedo George N. Smalley Jonathan Dwight Irving A. Evans Austin Corbin Quixley Quigley Toledo, Cincinnati and Delphos Coimen Mr. Quigley Main Hine New York Vesocles W. J. Craig Toledo, Cincinnati and St. Louis Railroad Indianapolis, Bloomington and Western Railroad Iowa Falls Sioux City Iowa Falls and Dubuque and Land Department Missouri Valley Land Company

Court dockets reveal varied charges and bails across courts

In central court Judge Parmenter held Frank A. Pattee on larceny with $500 bail. Kerrigan Kearins and McCormick each faced unlawful liquor charges with $500 bail for June appearances. O'Donnell fined $10, Dunn fined $10 and costs. Sutton charged with assault held $200. Cotter, colored, fined $10. Squires and Cheever faced larceny sentences of six months and four months respectively. East Boston judge Dowd found guilty with sentence deferred for a month pending appeal of a health order. South Boston case Davis alias Davis held $1500 for superior court on breaking and entering. Barrett vagrant six months in house of industry. Branard and Wilcox larceny headed to trial June 3. Charlestown Stillman sentenced to Westboro reform school in minority for breaking and entering.

Central Court Parmenter Frank A. Pattee Michael A. Kerrigan Patrick Kearins Thomas McCormick Edward B. O'Donnell Timothy Dunn Andrew Sutton John Cotter John EB Squires Mary Cheever House of Industry Boston Edward Dowd Board of Health Jeffries Point Dowd South Boston James Davis Ernes F. Davis Superior Michael Barrett George E. Branard Robert Alias Wilcox Hamilton Charlestown George Stillman Westboro Reform School

Obituaries Notice Fragments From Somerville to Paris

Obituary fragments list deaths and ages across cities including Somerville Worcester Dorchester Milford Boston Falmouth Lowell Paris France and Boston area. Entries note names like Cutler Downer Kate Broad James Fenton George W Johnson Lillian Leonard Thomas Lewis Harvey Parker Sally Melene Safford Levi Lincoln Thaxter with dates May or April and varying ages from infants to seniors.

Leonard Boston Lillian George H Ella M Leonard Lewis Falmouth Thomas Lewis Parker Harvey D Parker Sawyer Lowell Sally Samuel Sawyer Safpord Paris France Melene Saff

Also Mentioned on This Page

Boston Ae Finance and Trade Columbus Devitise May Livston Philh Pailimore San Fran N. Orlean Providence Diiven Columibus Menopitus Worerster PCO Owen Jc Mays Jankers National Bank and Legal Tender National Hank Warsuccessvseer Cceccbaceahs Boyaedes Treasury Penser Internal Revenue Rtuau VOI Cocsesseeneness Total Richardson, Hill & Co Bualtimore No. 40 Water Street Minatesex Morse Rd Troy and Bennington Reece Jackson, Lansing & Say Francis Henshaw & Co Union National Bank Warren Nut Bank Peabody Shoe and Leather National Bay State National Bank Tremont Nat. Bank Androscogem Manufacturing Co Lowell Manufacturing Naumkeag Steam Cotton Co Jackson Manufacturing Co Vermont & Massachusetts Pitchburg National Tube Works South Boston Gaslight Co Boston Water Power Lawrence Gaslight American Watch Co Newton Salem Gaslight New Hampshire Albany R BR Korton & Lowell Fitchburg Ula Colony Essex R Fremont, Elk and Mo. Valley Boston & Maine Red St. Lonié Sam Francisco Boston Stock Exchange Lee Ma M ECS & Mé&s Ran & W T. Cas L &S I Cn Calum & Feels W. N Eng Bell T Ht. L. Day & Co Old Boston National Bank Webster National Bank Tremont National Bank Exchange Nat. Bank Manchester & Lawrence Rd Aneto Tas Gates Seve NEW York Financial Canaan South Central Pacific Chi Del L. & West Delaware & Hud Denver & Rio G Han Northern Pacific Ohio & Mississpp Oitario & West Ohio Centra I. Oo Paulica Omsha Texas Pacific Wabash Pacific No Pacific Oregon Nav Oregon Improvement Co Panama Pittsboro Pullman Palace Rich & All Canada Pacific Rich Dan Canon Rich. & W Central Iowa Jcec Roch Pitta Chesapeake & Ohio Bos Hart Eric Den S. Pa San. Pac Long Island Lon al Man Bcb At & St. DL Vila Morne & Mseex Mutua Do Rio Grande Do Stoke St. L Colorado Lon Bedie Ontario Nicks Gould & Gary Green Mountain ATS White State Palermo Jamaica Baracoas Virginia Wilmington York Cuba Porto Rico Broad Street Thei South Liverpool Exchange Gonsols Bre Mexican Canadian Pacific Commerccial Beerbaum Merchants’ Exchange Havana Fai Sarg Reals Mavane Matanzas Stapie Producte Boston and Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Id Colony Railroad Lowell Hailroad Maine Railroad Peabody and Ton D. C Illinois Central Railroad Company Emnpene Tecome Iowa Railroad Land Company Towa Railroad Land Co Sioux City Railroad Co Missouri Valley Land Co Blair Town Lot and Land Co Ss. S. and I. F. Town Lot and Land Co Eiktorn Land and Town Lou CO Court Record Supreme Judicial Court Railroad Wharf New Bedford Mase City of Columbus Gay Head Hull John C. Wilmerding Wilmerding, Hoguet & CO White ST Messrs. van Volkenburgh & Leavitt Thames St Worth St Goldland Mountain Mills Union Cloth Moscow Richards & CO Gi Reade Street Bedford Street A. P. Taber Shoe and Leather Exchange Fail River Line Samuel Bunting’s Sons & O Ntrexi Philadelphea Catalorts Bae Goons Madoves Desireé N. B Boots Axe Market Street United Zistee Leonard & CO Brrom Ell Street JON Hpray Sons Cos West Roxbury City of Boston Centre Street Highland Central Railroad Ann Reneeee Park Square Central Otis H. Weed Tremont St Brice S. Evans & Son Equitable Building Ing Lots Hastings Square Pearl, Brookline, Henry Chestnut Streets Cambridgeport Brookline Bridge Cambrige Cambridge Cottage Farm Boston & Albany Railroad Charles River Brookline Horatio Harris & CO. Auctioneers and Commission Merchants State Street State St Pier 2 Railroad Matters Superior Criminal Court Gardner Drs Charles L. Brood Edward F.townsend Seprf Davis Washington Cor Augusta Chronicle Jefferson Davis Joe Davis Ben Montgomery Ben Ilis Ile Lie Davis Gen. Davis West Jeff Davis Cartwright Sy Samuel Hatch & CO Congress Street William C. Wilson Astoria L. I Oliver Street y_S. B. MNIGHTES & CO Ieanenom Street Main St Burgess Beacon Street Owing Abbott Adams Allibone Arnold Audubon Bacon Bancroft Leecher Byron Campbell Chalmers Chaucer Cooper Bucachs Eliot Grote Gibbon Hawthorn Irving Keats Wreak Iment Longfellow Lawrence Ancth Street Macauley Marryatt Moore Prescott Reade Scott Shillaker Southey Spencer Stowe Thackeray Taylor Walsworth K P.M. Daily Washington Kent Street Longwood Station Aspinwall Avenue Toxteth Street Francis Street Longwood W. Aspinwall J. F. Barrett Sears’ Building Bowdit Fort Avenue B. F. Burgess Beacon St Iloe Lamtyinet, Co Tschagg David Col, de Luce, Percy G. A. Williams Didier Troyon Fuche Mercury Raphael Washington Street Joney Art Museum HK. L. Day & CG Exchange Place Atise National Bank National Webster Bank Third National Bank Shoe and Leather National Bank Linculn National Gang National Hide and Leather Bank Framingham National Bank Ganbridgeport National Bank Lamson Cash Raiway Co Owlet of Adminstrator Highland Street Railway Co Boston Belting Co Hoston Aml Colorado Smelting Co Manchester and Lawrence RRK Chicago, Town & Nebraska Middlesex 2 Dorchester Gas Light Co Williams Market Association Atlantic Mutual Insurance Co Mancis Menshaw & Coo Boom KL Eierabers Bostom Connecticutsand Yassumyish RR Lyman Douglass Axe Manufacturing Co Middlesex Mills Vermont and Massachusetts RR Co Toston and Albunyik RR National Union Bank Blackstone National Bank State National Bank National Bank of Commerce, Lower Manufacturing Co Shaw Stockings Co Washington Milla Fitchburg KR Co Salen Gas Light Course Metropolitan Horse Railroad Co Fremont, Kikhorn Missouri Valley Siicaroom Brighton Warren Avenue TG .Gill Lucius Allen, Jr Charlotte Miges Plymouth County Scituate County of Uridge Street Rotten Marsh Bridge Herting St. Church Mr. Jacobs F. M. Litehfield Litehield Latchfield Neal Gate Road Litehfield James Sctimpson Sam North River Street George H. Sables Said Sables Sables Bridge Street Said River Street Sal North River Street Land of Sail James Sampson Sampson Stace F. Dana Nathan Rogers Stase Rogers Salt Rogers Jacobs Mr. Turner I. H. Lambert Lambert Bela Jacobs Said Jacobs Said Lambert T. H. Lambert A. K. Briggs Cushing F. M. Litchfield No. River Street Turner Studley Said Street Uew Church Nealgate Road Charlotte M. Briggs Chute—Simpson Rev N B Jones, Jr James P Chute Ella A Simpson Beaths Sullivan Bros School Street Daniel Webster East Boston Ferries South Ferry East Boston Board of Directors Myst WM. H. Flantgan Wwest End Clothing Co Cambridge Street
Search Courier

Search the Boston Post Today with a Free Trial

We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.

Not Finding What You Were Looking for on This Page of The Boston Post?

People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!

Looking Courier

Browse Newspapers

You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!

By Location

By Location

Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.

Browse by Location
By Date

By Date

Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.

Browse by Date
By Publication

By Publication

Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.

Browse by Publication