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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 05, 1889
Page
7
Market report shows cheese and egg receipts with quiet trade and steady prices. Quotes include New York and Vermont dairy items, with various firsts and extras. Utica sales reach 12 650 pounds. prices for beans, seeds, and pork products also listed alongside broad regional quotes.
The list shows demand and ample supply with varied prices per crate or bunch. Items include Bermuda onions 80c crate, Spanish onions 85c crate, Egyptian onions $28 crate, beets 25c bush, hot house $1.25 dozen bunches, native beets $1 per dozen, Bermuda beets $1 per crate, carrots $3 per barrel, new carrots 60c per dozen bunches, lettuce 75c box, turnips 65c per box, white French turnips 75c per 31 bunches, radishes 25c per dozen, parsnips 75c to 90c per bush, spinach 25c bush, kale 25c per bush, cucumber $4.50 per 100 count, Southern cucumbers $2 per crate, rhubarb 12c per bunch, parsley $2.50 per bush, Savannah wax beans $1 per crate, Florida tomatoes $3 per crate, Southern cabbage $1.50 per crate, Maryland peas $2.50 per half-bbl, Jersey peas $1.50 per basket, bbls of various regional beans and squash priced up to $4.50 per bbl.
The Timor sailed from Palermo May 29 with 2000 half boxes Messina oranges 6000 boxes Messina lemons 700 boxes and 4900 half boxes Palermo oranges and 16700 boxes Palermo oranges. The Christian Johnsen is due Thursday with Baracoa bananas for WW and CR. The Valencia passed Gibraltar May 26 for Boston. The Wergeland is due Friday from Banes with bananas for Seaverns and wu. The Marmion is due about Wednesday with a cargo of Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Lorenzo D Baker is due about Friday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The Peconic passed Gibraltar May 19 with 4750 boxes oranges and 22500 boxes Jemons bound for Boston and is due June 8. The Olympia is loading at Mediterranean ports for Boston.
Apples receipts totaling 28 barrels today versus 68 last year. supply tightening and quiet trade with stable prices. Bananas well supplied with Jamaicas at 1 to 2.25 per bunch and Baracoa reds and yellows at 1.25. Oranges lemons show no price change amid large strawberry and banana arrivals. Strawberries up with Jerseys 10 12c and Delawares 8 12c. peaches Florida at 1.50 per case. pineapples steady 8 12c. California fruits with cherries 1.50 2.00, apricots 1.50 3.00, peaches 3 per case.
Receipts for York show 25 bbls pork lard 1777 tierces 40 cases 480 half bbls 450 tubs hams 480 bbls 4 tierces preserved meats 100 cases bacon 33 boxes dressed hogs none. Year earlier pork 77 bbls lard 1748 tierces 440 cases 25 half bbls 412 tubs 2750 pails hams 288 bbls 70 tierces preserved yeats none bacon 267 boxes dressed hogs none. Demand steady with prices unchanged. Current quotes include ng cuts 1475 15 00 short 15 16 50 ks 15 15 50 light packs 15 50 lean.
Market roundups show firm cattle values at Kansas City with receipts around 3114 and hogs weak with 11397 receipts. Chicago reports strong cattle and higher hogs with large receipts. Texas and Cincinnati markets show firmer trends and mixed results across beef and pork classes.
Sugar receipts today are zero with 63 bbls and 653 birds last year, while refined sugars stay in strong demand and small stocks limit movement. Quote ranges include Cuba refining at 6%c to 7%sc and various Javas, Manilas, and Nos 10 to 11 at about 7% to 7%4c, with pulverized and granulated prices steady. Molasses receipts are 43 bbds and 869 hhds, with a firm market and quiet trade, and Havana sugar remains firm at about 88% to 92% polarization.
New York cotton trade shows steady opening with upland and sea island grades quoted higher. Futures start firm and end steady as closing quotes match prior day levels and spot sales total 939 bales.
The notice lists closing dates for certificates including Pipe Line Certificates closing June 3 and June 4, and Cottonseed Oil Certificates with closing dates June 3 and June 4 in 1889. It references highest and lowest sale figures and related financial terms without additional context.
Turpentine closed at 38 percent with rosin at 10742 110 and tar at 210. Petro eum closed at 7.10 cents with RSW at 6.90 and cases at 8.80 cents.
A long damaged ledger entry lists almond boxes wool bales cocoa casks gin beer cases paper stock jute yarns hides linen and more. It mentions firms such as Barings Cox J S Morgan Bank of British North America Crocker Burbank and Co and Gorham Rogers Co with quantities from single boxes to thousands of cases across a wide range of items.
Shipping notices list Forest Fairy carrying water casks and goods at Yarmouth and Bear River with items such as linseed oil paint varnish hardware lard tea and flour. Francis Z at Cayenne with hake cod herring beans and beef. Pavonia at Liverpool with cod butter cheese cattle and machinery. extensive cargoes include lard tobacco sugar coffee and sewing machines across multiple vessels and ports.
Boston Post notes week ending June 4 1889 figures for cattle lambs and swine with prices for market beef store cattle hides and skins at Union Market Watertown. Western steers and yearlings sold steady demand but light supply 470 to 1650 pounds with various lots and prices recorded by dealers including Hathaway Bardwell Hastings and Fairbanks.
Prepared food reference discusses results from Mur dock's Free Hospitals kept open six years treating 3000 patients. Four-fifths underwent operations and the mortality rate is mentioned in the fragment though not completed.
A marketing notice cites a treatment claiming rapid gains in strength and weight for 332 patients, including 754 from Boston and 127 towns in Massachusetts. It contrasts low mortality with Boston rates and invites refunds if no benefit, priced at 10 cents per item.
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