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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 05, 1888

Page

7

Cotton market dull with slow demand and steady futures

Cotton brokers Allan Asher & Co report slow operations and a barren market with no clear daily point. New York prices show middling uplands at 10 cents and futures opening dull, closing very dull as Liverpool and other US cities log mixed receipts and stocks with steady to easy tones.

Allan Asher & Co Exchange Place New York Dales Liverpool Orleans Eigsea Dee Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Britain Great Britain France Continent Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Sree United States

Kansas City Stock Yards Hog and Cattle Market Report

Hogs receipts 2304 in Kansas City with top lots 5c higher while common grades lag. Cattle receipts 10,000 with natives strong at 4.10 to 5.30 and feeders 2.50 to 4.10. Texans and cows varied. Hogs across St Louis Peoria Cincinnati reports show firmer to steady trends with mixed prices and notable receipts in several cities. Lambs and sheep show varied firmness, with Oregon feeders and Texans among listed offers.

Kansas City St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Oregon Heau

Miscellaneous market notes and price quotes

The report lists steady and firm markets across several regions. Prices include City rendered at 42 4¢ and 414 4%ec3 country at S42 4¢, New York turpentine at 3634¢, resin 120 1224, petroleum 6Y sa65cc, and Cincinnati $114, St Louis $113, plus pipe line certification details with closing times.

New York Cincinnati St Louis

Imports and Exports June 4 1888 Barrington to NS

Page lists ships and cargoes import and export items across ports including Barrington NS Matanza Port Hawkesbury Charlottetown Yarmouth NS and Liverpool England. Goods include lobsters sugar mackerel potatoes eggs logs brass rope and a variety of textiles hardware and machinery with multiple firms named such as Barclay & Co Nash Spauiding F L Clements Delong Seaman and J Warren.

Barrington Barclay & Co Mima Davis Clements & Co Grand Cayman Thomas J. Sbixby & Co Matanzas Bartlett, Lyman & Co Bowles & Co Brown Te Loria & Co Cutler Griffin & Co Hale & Eco Johnson & Co Kimball & Co Mead & Co French & Fickett Moise di Putnam Patch & Robets Egus Rockwell & Co Slayton & Boynton Pictou Jong & Seaman Potter & Wrightington EK Shumway& Co Port Hawkesbury James Green T Russell & Co Salmon Larclay & Co Delong & Seaman His & Co Dodo Emery, Jr. & Co Gillette & Hennigan Grittin & Co Junk Slaskins & Montague Mrs Hewitt Knowles & Son Lewis Bros Kendall & Co Russell & Co Stone Saylor & Mayo Underwood & Co Clements& Co Tall & Co Shattuck & Jones Jones & Co Webber New England Lobster Co Ellis & Co Grima & Co Hutchinson & Cub Jobsters Blanchard & Towler Atwood & Co Liverpool Eng Stemer Catalonia Jones Naylor & Co Pierce & Co Gross& Co Pigelow Kennard & Co Little, Brown & Co Wadsworth, Howland & Eco Allayes & Co Roffe & Co Curtis & Co J A Hayes & Co Damrell & Upham Haring Bros & Co John Aloyle Moors & Co Stone & Downer Jordan, Marsh & Co Machinery Stone & Downer Do Do City Machine Co A& W Bird & Co

Ledger of assorted goods and shipments listed for transport

A dense catalog of items and consignments including wool, tin plates, bales of wool, cases of wine and brandy, oats, potatoes, laces, machinery, earthenware, and various hardware. Numerous firms such as Baring Bros, Fuller Dana, Schoenhof, and Merchants' Despatch appear, with quantities in bales, cases, crates, and boxes. The list records cargo volumes and participating traders.

I. Ross Farley & Sons Bolls Steel Brown, McClure & Co Jones & Co Jacobus John L Whiting & Son Stone & Downer H Pray, Sons & Co Hi Stearns & Co James Lovell & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Mellen & Co Dodo Clark, Sawyer & Co Dodoc Erose & Co Ues Schoninger Moses & Co Weil, Dreyfus & Co Williston, Knight & Co Houghton & Dutton William G Webb Fanity Jewelery Dame Stoddard & Kendall Kga Boyden Old Sails Page H_ White & co Small Bros Horace Partridge & Co England Sumac Westen Sks AL Scotland Ceee Ieee Hamilton Mirs Nova Scotia Germany Buenos Ayres Cebu Belgium Porto Rio OEAL

Maritime Exports Report From Havana and Halifax

Shipping list dated June 4 1888 details cargoes from Havana Port Williams Nova Scotia Arichat Halifax Moss Glen Port au Prince Hayti and Aspinwall It covers schooners brig and bark movements with lumber flour coal oil kerosene bricks shingles pine boards and various goods valued by tonnage and quantity including cattle hides lard herring and copper paint among others. Seaborne wood products and agricultural commodities dominate the departures with staves shingles and dressed lumber prominent in the Halifax and Lisbon entries.

Havana Cuba John R Bergen Port Williams Resolution Arichat Halifax Playfair Aspinwall Usc H C Sibley Lisbon Portugal Rosita

Shipping Line Receipts Record June 4 1888

A detailed ledger lists Staple products and receipts for multiple railroads and sea routes. Entries include Boston & Albany Railroad with flour corn oats lard butter cheese eggs lumber and leather. Grand Junction, Hosio & Providence, Ola Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, West Division lines, and Boston & Maine divisions. Goods recorded cover flour, grain, lard, butter, cheese, eggs, tea, coffee, tea, tea, leather, hides, wool, bales, and numerous carloads and sacks.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Hosio Providence Railroad Ola Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Gies Lea Bee Hidton & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Maine Railroad Boston & Maine Raillroad Lowell

London Market Reports Mixed Wheat and Corn Conditions

Foreign markets from London and Liverpool note wheat quiet but steady with spot and futures values edging. Paris and Antwerp show weaker or steady trends. Farmers’ weekly English wheat deliveries reach 45,874 quarters. prices listed for California wheat, Danubian and American corn, Minnesota flour, and various futures, with breadstuffs and meats showing mixed movements.

London Beerbohm Minnesota Paris Liverpool England California Antwerp

Desertions Prompt Divorce Petitions in Middlesex Courts

Three separate libels filed in Middlesex Superior Court seek divorces for Sara A. Sanderson Annie F Cook and Edward C Porter. Each alleges long term desertion by the husband and requests custody of children, alimony, and attachment of estate where applicable. Public notices require defendants to appear in Cambridge and respond by a specified date.

Middlesex Sara A. Sanderson Somerville William N. Sanderson Boston Suffolk Colorado Springs Colorado Oston Carmbridge Commonwealth Frank Webster Sanderson A. D Sarah A. Sanderson Annie KF. Cook Arlington Charles W. Cook Sturt Kossuth Iowa Belmont Walter F. Cook Helen A. Cook Herbert W. Cook Frederick Rh. Cook Annie F. Cook Commonwealth OF Elizabeth Lizabeth Edward C. Porter Elizabeth M. Peter Loward C. Porter

Probate notices from Boston court dated 1888

Public notices announce probate actions in Suffolk County Massachusetts. Citations require appearance to show cause for wills accounts and administration estate matters including Henry Brooks Bridget Gilboy Sally Hammond and Elimira Woods with executors, trustees and administrators named.

Joseph Dawson Crawford Mark Anthony Macdonnell Mary Frances Macdonnell James Anson Crawford Earlbourne Lastbourne Lailbourne Eastbourne Crawford Boston Suffolk Boston Host Doan W. McKim,squire Elijal George Register William IL. Bowditch Brookline Dedham Norfolk Boston Post George Wire Esquire Jonathan Cobb Massa Cressetts Joseph S. Schiell Marla BR. Schiell Rolston Jonnn W. McKim Jd George Massachlay Setts Charles L. Smith Said County James S. Cumston William Henry Allen Stephen Smith Bartlett Joan W. McKim, Esq Elwah Massachl Henry C. Lrooks Francis G. Davis Erben Bacon Henry BB. Davis Loston Joan W. McKim Elijah George Sally Hammond Wierens Richard Olney Ellen Hammond Edward C. Pickering Caroline Whitridge Charlotte Pickering Elizabeth Gorham Sally Pickering Jane H. Merrill Een Hammond Massacinus Setys Bridget Gilboy John Gilboy Sarah Gilboy Sid Boston Jonnx W. McKim

Boston Area Rail Timetable Fragment

Through service from Boston to New Hampshire and Vermont regions lists trains to Nashua Lawrence Stoneham Lexington Weburn Winchester and more with multiple daily slots and Sunday trains. Contains many station names and times, including local and Montreal via White River Junction connections.

Rail routes and schedules for Boston and Maine trains

Through trains on Western and Eastern divisions list departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations. Services connect Augusta Haymarket to St John Halifax Portland Eastport Calais and more with daily and limited runs including Mondays Wednesdays Fridays and Tuesdays. Additional Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln connections operate from 8:30 am to 7 pm with multiple intermediate stops.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Gauseway Augor Tar Harbor St.John Halifax Provinces Haymarket Causeway St Eastport Calais St. John N. 38 Portland Spim Revechland Castine Southwest Bar Marbors Mewiston Manchester Concord N. H North—Haymarket Sq North Conway Causeway Maine Central Grand Tronk Knox & Lincoln Railways

Train Schedules for Western Division and Nearby Lines

A dense timetable lists train departures and arrivals across Western Division routes including Boston area stations such as Andover Exeter and Medford with numerous times from early morning to late evening. It also references connections to Lowell Lawrence and Bangor, plus workingmen's trains and various regional stops.

Train timetable fragment with scattered stops and times

A dense OCR list shows train times for numerous towns including Chelsea Dover Everett Lynn Manchester and Saugus Branch. The text appears as a broken timetable with inconsistent formatting and extraneous characters.

Central Massachusetts Train Timetable Opens to New Areas

Time tables list local and through trains serving Northampton Worcester Se Sudbury Weston Waltham Belmont Waverley and Ware with multiple daily departures including 7.25 am 12.05 pm 3.40 pm and 6.25 pm and Sunday services to Ware. Full schedules available at stations. T FURBER D Jef FLANDERS Manazar Genl Passenger Agent.

Northampton Bsion Stasi Cansway Street Portland Street Madley Amherst Amhherst Melchertown Beaidsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Knutland Jefferson’s Quakdale West Beyleaten Worcester Se. Climton and Eberlin Budeon Sudbury Heckbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont Hudson and Way T. Furber D. Je Flanders Etn

Distant Transit Timetables Across Massachusetts Cities

A dense OCR list outlines railroad and steamboat schedules across towns such as Ashmont Braintree Brockton Cohasset Easton East Bridgewater Milton Nantasket Beach New Bedford Newport Quincy Scituate South Weymouth Taunton and more. It lists daily and Sunday departures with numerous times and routes via Brockton Taunton Abington and other hubs, reflecting a sprawling regional timetable.

Kneeland Street New York Fall River Ashmont Braintree Bidgewater Brockton Cohasset and Mingham Easton East Bridseewater Abington Milton East Weymouth Faunton Hbrockton Taunton Harrion Square Marshfield Sea View Mattapan and Middleboro Nantasket Beach Nepomnet New Edford Newport North Bar Stoughton Randolph Plymouth Duxbury Quincy Bockland and Hanc Scituates Sun Shawmut South Braintree South Duxbury Central Station Dean St Whitman South Weymouth West Bridgewater Cochett South Easton

Reading of 19th Century Train Timetable Fragments

A jumbled OCR of a Providence Division rail timetable lists departures to and from New York via Shore Line with numerous stations such as Attleboro Beaviston Roxbury Stonington and Forest Hills. The fragmentary data includes times, frequencies, and late evening arrivals, with notes on Sundays and weekday patterns.

Providence Park Square New York Shore Line Stonington Attleboro Beaviston

Cape Cod Ferry Schedules Across Buzzards Bay Area

The list shows multiple towns in Cape Cod and nearby areas with reported ferry times. Routes include Bourne Bourndale Chatham Nantucket Provincetown Sandwich and others with morning departures around 8.15 am and afternoon slots 4.15 pm or 3.30 pm, indicating a regional schedule snapshot.

Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Barnstable Bourne Bournedale Brewster Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Vineyard Haven Edertown New Bedford Fairhaven Falmouth Wyannis Harwen Monument Beach Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Ney Bedford Vnset Bay Provincetown Sandwich Sagamore Warmouth Wremont Weildeet Werth Ords Hall Grehnam Karsuth

Northern Division Train Schedules for Boston Area Stops

Through train service remains obtainable in Boston and at listed stations. Old Colony K R Office and the Old State House note schedules with each line and stop date. J R Kendrick and Geo L Connor sign as General Manager and General Passenger Agent in Boston dated May 30 1888.

Boston & Albany Knee Land Street Framingham Marlbooro Fayville Southborn Sudays Ssolton Northboro Clintomwecominster Fitchburg Pratt’s Junction Boston Old Colony K.R Old State House J. R. Kendrick Man’r Geo. L. Connor Pass’r

Fall River Line resumes service with summer schedule

The double service will resume June 18 with two steamers on weekdays and one on Sundays between Fall River and New York. Express trains from Boston depart 6 and 7 p.m. weekdays and 7 p.m. Sundays. return steamers leave New York 6:30 and 6:15 p.m. weekdays and 6:30 p.m. Sundays. General Agent signatures J. R. Kendrick and L. H. Palmer at 3 Old State House.

New York 4Th West Parlgieim Bristol i Commission Boston Brooklyn Jersey City Old State House Old Colony Fall River J. R. Kendrick L. H. Palmer

Trains From Boston to Manchester Concord 1888 Schedule

Concord R F R and Branches announces winter schedule effective Feb 20 1888 with departures from Boston at 7 30 8 30 9 00 12 00 2 00 3 00 5 00 6 30 and 7 00 pm on weekdays plus morning and Sunday runs. Returning from Concord NH to Kosten and Boston times include 5 30 7 45 2 45 pm and 5 55 pm Sundays. CHAMBERLIN superintendent.

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