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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 04, 1889

Page

7

Market Prices For Fruit Items In Palermo And California

Pal ermo lemons at 3 450 per box and Puerto Rico cocoanuts at auction Friday with 550 cases Valencia oranges and 50 boxes Porto Rico cocoanuts. Strawberries scarce in choice lots, eased to 3 6c per quart. Gooseberries sold at 2 per bushel box. Blueberries scarce. Pine Apples 8 to 15c. Dried Apples dull with evaporated fancy 6 7c. California fruits arrivals rising with cherries 1 50 to 2 00 per case and peaches around 3 per case.

Palermo Snow & Co Valencia Porto Rico North Carolina California

Fruit steamers bring citrus and bananas to Boston firms

The Victoria passed Gibraltar May 26 with 3900 cases Valencia oranges for Boston. Marmion due Wednesday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Lorenzo D Baker due Friday with Jamaica bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Sjofna due Wednesday with Baracoa bananas for WW & CR Noyes. Peconic passed Gibraltar May 19 with 4750 boxes oranges and 22,500 boxes lemons bound for Boston, due June 8.

Victoria Gibraltar Boston Marmion Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Lorenzo D Baker Boston Suit Company Sjofna WW & CR Noyes Peconic

Provisions and Meat Markets Reported Across Cities

Provisions and meat prices across New York Chicago and Cincinnati show steady pork lard hams and bacon values with mixed beef and lamb demand. New York steady pork and lard firm. Chicago steady to higher meat prices. Cincinnati dull with heavy provisions overall. Beef and lamb prices vary by cut with firm to rising pork markets and modest supply pressures.

Hog and Cattle Markets Notes from Kansas City and Chicago

Market reports show cattle receipts at Kansas City 3 786 with lower ranges for ship cattle and cows, hog receipts 7 728 with lower prices across heavies to pigs, and sheep steady at 3 875. Cincinnati and Chicago data mirror softer cattle and hog pricing with multiple classes and shipment totals.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago

Sugar and Molasses Market Report With Prices and Receipts

Sugar receipts total 1242 bils 2251 birds 9335 bags with steady to firmer prices. Cuba grades fair to good reducing 644 65 sc and other sugars quoted including Manila Moilo Java and refined categories. Molasses receipts 2555 bbls 897 birds 91 tierces and 360 uncheons with market firm and steady. New York raws higher refined steady and in fair demand. Havana sugar firm at 550 gold quintal.

Cuba New York Havana Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

New York Cotton Market Opens Steady Amid Varied Quotations

Cotton in New York shows firm tone with 687 bales traded in uplands. Opening and closing quotes shift mildly across grades from low middling to middling, while futures start steady and end quietly. Liverpool and other markets report steady to firm futures and varied British trade levels.

New York Os Coces Moor Oes Dees T Ieee Oes Loaors Liverpool DMG Vk Die Couses Cess Augusta E. Galveston New Orleans Mobile

Maritime Network Totals and Inland Receipts Report

A compact ledger of port and city grain and goods flows showing Net receipts across Memphis to Louisville, with figures for receipts, gross, exports coastwise, shipments, stock and price ranges. Notable entries include New York exports to Great Britain and the Continent, and consolidated three day totals across United States ports.

Memphis Savannah Charleston C. Wilmington West Point Philadelphia Mid Baltimore New York Great Britain Cincinnati St Louis Louisvile Continent United States

Miscellany of Turpentine Petroleum and Market Quotes

Turpentine closed at 38 percent, with resin at 1074 percent and tar at 210 dollars. Petroleum closed at 7.10 cents, with RSW at 6.90 cents and cases at 8.80 cents. Whiskey markets in Cincinnati, St Louis and Chicago steady at 102 dollars. Coffee from New York to Rio quiet, fair car goes at 1854 cents.

New York Petroeum Cincinnati St Louis Chicago Rio

Imports June 3 1889 Baracoas and Caribbean cargoes

Shipping list from June 3 1889 details cargoes and consignors across multiple ports including Baracoa Barbados Cienfuegos and Halifax. Entries cover bananas sugar molasses hides and dry goods aboard vessels such as Dana Ocean Lily Milford Comet Jennie Cushman and Istrian with consignors Seaverns J S Morgan Bates Barnet Beaman Detong Shumway and others.

Baracoa Dana Seaverns & Co Barbados William A Marburg J S Morgan & Co C O Foster Ocean Lily Bates & Barnet, Cienfuegos Sch Milford Brazil Goree Wca Jennie Cushman Senegal St Nicholas O Butman Halifax Charlottetown Pei Port Hawkesbury Pictou Worcester Beaman Bros Slayton & Boynton Stone Winsor & Son Woodside & Co Detong & Seaman Shumway & Co Suffolk Produce Salmon Whitney, Pousland & Co Liverpool Eng J L DS Riker William Barrett & Co John Whitney & Son Stone & Downer Baring Bros & Co Snow «& Co Hammill & Gillespie Montague PEL Matanzas Henry Warner Seuconer Busiris Gustavo Preston Yarmouth Webber

Vast Boston import catalog of goods and supplies listed

An extensive ledger like listing shows 100 cases canned lobsters 22 cases eggs 139 crates lobsters 25 cases eggs 75 cases cheese 83 casks soda ash and 710 boxes tin plates among items from firms such as J A Hayes Co Reed & Barton and Stone & Downer. Names, quantities, and destinations appear with numerous merchants and ships noted.

L Clemente & Co G Hall & Co Liverpool Eng Reed & Barton E Jose & Co Ry Baring Bros & Co Carter, Rice & Co Hayes & Co R Leeson & Co Little, Brown & Co Stone & Downer H Dinser William Parr Brigham S_ Pierce & co Codman& Shurtleff A H Roffe & Co Saco Water Power Machine Shop Lowell Machine Shop Frost & Adams Nonantum Worsted Co Nichols & Farnsworth Boston Public Library W H Ford Neal, Morse & Co Chaffee & Son Clark, Sawer & Co Abram French & Co Norcross Mellen & Co Houghton & Dutton Jones McDuffee & Stratton Torrey Bright & Capen Pray, Sons & Co Fuller, Dana & Fitz Coleman, Mead & Co Cushing & Bliss Holder & Herrick Thomas Allen Stedman & Fuller Mani Co Despatch Transportation Co Macauley Bros & Co Manchester, Robertson & Allison Gregory & Brown Tuttle & Co Goods & Levy & Co Williston, Knight & Co March Bros. Pierce & Co Lawrence Allen & Co Baldwin Hros & Co India

Exports Add Detail From Moncton and Annapolis Trade

Export list dated June 8 1889 records shipments at Moncton New Brunswick Digby Annapolis Hull Eng via New York and Annapolis Nova Scotia. Items include cargoes on Schooner F Richard with cornmeal flour and other goods and Steamer New Brunswick with household goods hardware paint marble oils and livestock products bound for multiple ports. Other vessels include Schooner Florence Christine carrying flour cornmeal and molasses and additional consignments from local ports.

Germany England Belgium CIBY Ambergris Italy Sumac Nova Scotia Port Antonio Port Antonio Potatoes Reen 4,662 Fruit. . 019 Paper A. L Scotland Buenos Ayre Iloilo Ugar Moncton Richard Digby Annapolis New Brunswick Hull Eng New York Santiago Florence Christine

Market notes from London and Liverpool rail wheat and corn

June 3 reports show cargoes off the coast with wheat and corn steady or quiet. At Mark Lane and Liverpool, prices steady or quiet amid mixed demand. California wheat futures quoted for June to December. Liverpool breadstuffs and provisions list steady to easier prices, with pork and lard moving modestly.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Corp Great Britain California Antwerp

Ayer s Sarsaparilla Trusted For Rheumatic Gout Cure

Fresh confirmations come daily that blood diseases resisting other remedies yield to Ayer s Sarsaparilla. Testimonials from Mrs R Irving Dodge in New York and Mrs L A Stark of Nashua praise dramatic relief and cure of rheumatic gout and debility after prolonged illness, with continued health since. L W Ward Sr of Woodland Texas also attests to strong benefits after early use.

Ayer R. Irving Dodge West 125Th Street New York Chicago L. W. Ward, Sr Woodland, Texas

Summer Homes by the Sounding Sea

Seasonal music ad promoting portable instruments and a catalog of songbooks for guitar banjo mandolin and piano. Lists many titles with prices and offers mailed catalogs and reduced prices for bulk purchases. Includes gospel temperance and popular collection titles and mentions 150 000 sold.

Ditson Compas Musicleas House

Local Train Times for Western Division Schedule

Boston departures from Haymarket and adjacent stations bound for Portland Rochester Farmington Dover and many New England points with listed morning and afternoon times including Sundays. Frequent services to Andover Exeter Great Falls Kennebunk Reading Salem Lowell Newburyport and more with varied departures throughout the day.

Western Division Boston Haymarket Square Portland Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover North Conway Kexeter Great Falls Maverhill Georgetown Aim Kennebunk Keiddeford Saco Lawrence Peert Lowell Newburyport Reading Salem

Train Schedules From Boston to New England Ports

A dense list of departure times and routes from Boston stations including Causeway Street to Portland Amesbury Biddeford and Gloucester and York Harbor routes. The timetable features numerous stations such as Lynn Marblehead Newburyport Rockport North Reading and Saugus Branch with varying morning afternoon and evening departures and several note items like Workingmen's train and Haymarket square station reference.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Bangor Bar Marbor Iaymarket Concord Upper Roonds Lewiston Haymarket Manchester N. H Haymarket St St. John Halifax the Provinces Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox Lincoln Rockland Castine Deer Isle Sedgewick South West Harbor Har Harbor Mill Bridge Machiasport Portland Eastport Calais N. B Haymarkette Lowell Causeway Street Portland Street Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Bristol Claremont St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Norwich Hanover Thetford Bradford Newbury Montpelier Essex Burlington Monutreal White River Montreal Boston Air Line Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville North Woodstock Penigewasset Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster Fabyan S and Jefferson Boston Amesbury Beyon Biddeford Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Newburyport North Rac Ae Portsmouth Rockport and Gloucester Salem York Harbor & Beach R. B Swampscott Wolfeboro Lynn and War Newbury Pert Padenenst Clifax Saugus Visia South Reading Haymarket Square

Lowell System Trains Outline Daily Timetable

The Lowell System lists extensive train schedules from Boston stations to Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Nashua and many towns including Concord Wilton Amherst Greenfield and Woburn with multiple departures. A Sunday schedule adds Nashua Lowell Stoneham and Way Stations with several daily times. James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders sign as General Manager and General Passenger and Ticket Agent.

Lowell System Boston Cause Street Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Concord Wilton Bulford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Lowell North Billerica Lawrence Stoneham Woburn Winchester Mass Bedford Central Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont Hudson and Way Northampton James T. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen’l Pas

Boston and Albany R R Timetables and Services Update

Boston and Albany Railroad announces local and through trains to Albany, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Detroit, Chicago, Cleveland, Toledo, St. Louis and Cincinnati. Vestibuled Wagner Cars run to Niagara Falls and Detroit. sleeping and dining cars available. Tickets at 232 Washington Street or Kneeland Street station, Boston. A. S. Banks, Gen. Agent.

Boston Albany Connect Syracuse Mochester Buffalo Niagara Falls Detroit Chicago Michigan Central Pone Cleveland Toledo Hartford New Haven New York Washington Street Kneeland Street Middletown New Britain Waterbury Danbury Skill-on-Hudson Newburgh Turners, N. Y Chicago & St. Louis Limited Willimantic Pr. M Philadelphia Express Fishkillon-Hudson Jersey City Trenton Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Richmond J. M. Norwich New London Norwich Danielsonville Putnam City OF Boston City OF Worcester Summer Street A. A. Jackson E. P. Vining A. C. Kendall Rutland Burlington St. Albans Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg C. A. Faxon A. R. Stewart Keene, N. H Old State House Old Colony Park Square C. OC Central Division Fall River Taunton Brockton Wantasket Anew Bedford Anewpory Plymouth Abington Duxbury Faunton Central Station Dean St Cape Cod Provincetown Chatham Hyannis Woods Hall Fairhaven Nantucket Cottage City Providence Yoyorkv News Shore Line London Station Stoning Enere City New Bedord Dedham West Roxbury Readville Dfall River Hmayde Park Bnewport Newport Wickford Junction LO A.ra Bnew Bedford Rees Pawtucket Staunton Wrentham Central Div Northern Division Boston & Albany Marlboro Fitchburg and Leominster Geo. L. Connor Pass R. Kendrick Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Causeway Street Rotterdam Junction Troy Binghamton Erie St. Louis Michigan Central Palace Grand Trunk Railway SUN Belmont and Waverley Brattleboro Miller’s Falls Cambridge Concord Bitchburg Gardner and Miller’s Falls Seeseumate Moosick Falls Johnsonville Lincoln—s Marlboro, Hudson and Maynara—s Nashua N. Hi Ayer Junction North Adams Williamstown North Leominster Saratoga Shelburne Falls Dall Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. An Worcester Jodnes Washin Street John Adams

RAILROADS ALWAYS ON TIME Feb 17 1889 schedules

Timetables for New York and New England routes from Boston to Ashcroft Baltimore Dorchester and numerous inland stops. Daily and Sunday trains with varied departures including through services to New York Philadelphia and Washington. Woonsocket division and special through trains detailed with morning and evening runs.

NY. York NEW Haven Hartford RR Boston New York Springfield Worcester New London Providence Hartford N. Y N. E Willimantic N.Y Ape T. Hempstead Gen Boston Station Summer Stret Uniesa Ashcroft Baltimore Bird Street Blackstone Danbury Dedham Llam Dorchester Dudle Street Ellies Endicott Fishkill-on-Siudsaon Ranklin Ford Ameen UK Brew Eer Ward Byde Park Highland Lake Islington Manchester Mattapan Milford Mt. Bowdoin New Britain Newbury Air Line Norwich Orwich Norwood Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadelhia Putnam Meadville River Street Tiltons Washington D. C Waterbury Winslows Webster Hyde Park Franklin Woonsocket Division

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