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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 06, 1888

Page

7

Market Lamb and Veal Prices Trade Quietly

Prices for spring lambs ranged 13 8 to 15 1/2 cents per pound with common to good at 10 1/6, Chicago mutton choice 8 1/8, Brighton mutton 9 1/10, yearlings 8 1/10, Eastern mutton 7 8 to 7 8c, Eastern veal choice 9 1/10, fancy 6 7c, common to good 6 7c.

Chicago Brighton Fancy, LLC

Deserted Market Prices Reported For Mixed Vegetables

A fragmented market listing shows varied prices for truck crops and produce. Items include squash at 250 bbl, asparagus 1 per dot, Norfolk teen peas at 350 per crate, cab bage at 11 125 per crate, kale 50c, spinach 20c, string beans 1 per crate, wax beans 260 350 per crate, onions from Bermuda 175 per crate, Egyptian onions 2 per 225 per case, beets 1 per bush, lettuce 40c per avot, parsnips 150 175 per bush, turnips 125 per bush, rhubarb and cucumbers with several unclear figures.

Norfolk Vian Florida Nort Carolina Savannah North Carolina Bermuda St Andrews

Sugar and Molasses Market Report Shows Firm Prices

Sugar and molasses prices are firm with quiet demand as buyers hold off due to high costs. Raw sugar in Cuba and New York markets shows refined sugar steady at 63 to 64 cents for granulated, while pulverized and powdered forms vary from 7.4 to 8.0 cents. Molasses demand remains quiet though prices stay firm across Ponce Porto Rico and Cienfuegos regions.

Cuba veaUs Glee Belmont New York Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez

Cotton market steadies with small gains and steady futures

Cotton markets showed a steady day with prices firming, Upland values around 10 cents in New York and Liverpool quotes mixed. Daily receipts reached 4320 bales with 948 sales in New York including 570 for export, while futures opened quiet and closed dull amid mixed global demand and port stock totals.

Liverpool New York

Kansas City Stock Yards Hog and Cattle Market Summary

Active demand with higher prices across hogs cattle and sheep. Chicago cattle and hogs show gains with mixed offerings. St Louis Peoria Cincinnati notes indicate firmer hogs and steady sheep. Receipts and shipments vary by market with price ranges in dollars and cents.

Kansas City St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago

Miscellaneous market report with varied commodities

The market is steady across several goods with mixed notes. New York shows quiet trade and firm sales around 0.414 dollars per unit, coffee demand fair though Rio prices slip, whiskey in Chicago steady at 119 dollars, St Louis and Cincinnati unchanged near 113 to 114 dollars, turpentine and rosin in New York with turpentine at 36.34 cents, rosin at 120 1/2 dollars per ton, tar nominal, petroleum at 6.32 cents, and RSW around 7.44 cents.

New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Watertown Union Livestock Market Report June 1888

Week ending June 5 1888 report shows totals for sheep cattle lambs and swine with price tiers for market beef store cattle and hides. Western cattle steady to higher amid limited home demand as England-bound stock and local buyers shape trade. list includes notable sales by G W Jones Greenfield J A Hathaway and others.

Boston Post George J. Fox Union Market Watertown England G W Jones Greenfield Mass Robert French J A Lathaway New England GA Sawyer Goring Lambs

Staple Receipts Across Railroads Show Massive Freight Tons

The June 6 1883 inventory lists Boston and Maine Boston & Providence and other lines shipping vast quantities of cotton wool flour corn oats malt feed bacon butter oleo cheese eggs hay lumber leather hides and more across frequent railroad routes including Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York New England Fitchburg and Boston & Maine Eastern Western Lowell and Sea Belt operations. The detailed tallies include hundreds of bales of cotton wool sacks flour barrels oats and dozens of cars of hay, lumber, and leather, reflecting a broad commodities market and regional trade flows.

Boston & Sree Grand Junction Railroad Osto Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell System Express ORB Eis

Totals of 1888 and 1887 Receipts by Commodity

A fragmented 1888 receipts listing covers cotton molasses wool butter corn meal oatmeal eggs pork beef lard and various outputs. Figures for 1888 and 1887 appear beside each item, with bales bushels cases boxes hogs and other unit counts, reflecting a detailed inventory summary of agricultural and mercantile products.

Foreign Markets Note From London and Liverpool Trade Reports

London reports cargo flows and market steadiness with wheat and corn mostly unchanged. Paris and Antwerp wheat futures steady or quiet while Liverpool breadstuffs show steady winter wheat and weaker corn, with mixed Western corn down and various pork, bacon, cheese, lard, and tallow prices listed.

London Beerbohm Cork Mark Lane Walla Walla Paris Liverpol California Minnesota Liverpool Antwerp Livervool

Shoe Buyers Map Trades Across Cities

A fragmented list catalogs boot and shoe buyers from multiple firms across the United States. Names include Wells of M D Wells & Co in Chicago and Cave of WC Cave & Co in Louisville, with others from Indianapolis, Galveston, San Francisco, St Louis, Lexington, and more.

Chicago RK Wells M D Wells & Co Greenville Ilumphrey Galveston Tex M Callaway Texas Cooperative Association Indianapolis Ind K Hendricks Hendricks & Cooper Louisville C Cave WC Cave & Co J Duveneck Mammoth Shoe and Clothing Co Lexington Bassett S Bassett & Sons Re. Saat Eee, Ina—D Murphy Murphy& Comstock San Francisco Cal Feder of Rosenthal Feder & C San Jooneinasaza Cal—C Williams Williams Bros & Jo Ad. St Louis F S Powell

Insolvency notices for Oliver Blanchard and Joshua Whitney

In Middlesex and Suffolk counties a warrant from the Court of Insolvency bars payment of debts and transfer of property for insolvent debtors Oliver Blanchard of Malden and Joshua Whitney Jr of Boston. Affected creditors must present claims and attend meetings on June 14 and June 15, 1888, to prove debts and appoint assignees. Deputy Sheriffs Samull W. Tucker and Joan B. Fitzpatrick oversee proceedings.

Walter Provan Boston Suffolk Boston Post Joan W. McKim Esquire Elijay George Register Ellen Murphy Joan W. McK M Elijah George Cornelius Foley Cambridge Middlesex Grorck M. Brooks J. H.tyler Patrick Dylr Isogion The Boston Lost Joan W. McKim. Esquire John T. Casey Ellen F. Maher Ilijay Glorge Maria Duke Guardian Joan W McKim Eliwah George George M. Brooks Oliver ©. Blanchard Maiien Samull W. Tucker Sett Joshua KE. Whitney, Jr Baker Prodace Court Square Boson Joan B. Fitzpatrick George A. Dary Castle and Vilage Israel J. Rothenberg Anil Jonny W. McKim Elijal George Massa Henry D. Cushing Ambrose C. Flint Sai Elm A. George Massacochux Setts Josiah A. Smith Somerville David Ann Grorce M. Brooks J. H. Tyler Emma J. Thomas Loston Joan W. McKim, Esquire Ilijah George Paulina Weston Smith Sach A. D Commonwealth OF Massach Charles Henry Moses Charles Henry Moselely Joan W. Moki Jane Connecticut River Railroad Company Connecticut Boston & Albany Railroad Co Hunt Springfield Mass

Local Transit Timetable Fragments and Fares

Fragmented timetable shows Central Division and multiple stops with times in the morning and evening. Mentions Milton Middleboro Sunrays Beach Mattapan and Sea View with unclear fares and notes. Contains numerous unreadable OCR fragments and stray symbols.

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