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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 07, 1889

Page

7

Market Roundup With Grain Prices Steady Across Regions

Milling and grain markets show a broad quiet to unchanged tone. Receipts and shipments for wheat corn oats rye and flour vary by city with prices firm or dull. New York Chicago Milwaukee St Louis Toledo and other hubs report No 2 red, No 2 spring, steamer yellow, and assorted white oats values, while futures trade remains subdued and spot markets mixed but steady.

Milwaukee St Louis New York Toledo Chicago Peoria Erades Bush

Market Notes on Butter Eggs and Cheeses Prices Stand Firm

Receipts today total 4876 pkgs of butter with last year’s 7459, market steady but not as large as a year ago. Butter prices range from 17 to 19c with Western creameries at 19c for choice, 17–18c for off grade. firsts and extras quiet. Northern creameries hold 20c for choice, Eastern creameries around 18–19c. Cheese and eggs show steady to firm trends with prices mixed. Liverpool demand supports stronger tone, while overall stock levels remain manageable.

Market Report Prices Steady Amid Mixed Demand

Higher prices have checked demand with quotations unchanged from yesterday. Grass seeds show demand mainly for Hungarian and most lots are nominal. Potatoes receipts today 17 cars, down from last year. Chenangoes scarce and high priced, with potential oversupply if price advances spread. Southern potatoes rising in supply, fair demand at $3 5 P bbl. Sweet potatoes supply holds Floridas with fair demand at $250 300 P bbl. Poultry firm for choice lots, Scarcity of Western iced fowls with top prices. Eastern spring chickens steady. Live fowls in short supply at 12c. Eastern live spring chickens sold at 20 23 8c. Northern and Eastern chickens mixed pricing. Western ice packed spring chickens 28 26c. fowls 12 13 8c. Hay and straw receipts 49 hay cars, 6 straw cars. choice hay $19 20, fair to good $17 18, Eastern fine $14 16, poor to ordinary $14 16, rye straw $18 60 19 00, oat straw $7 8.

Milwaukee Toledo St. Louis Graham New York Chicago St Louis Peoria Michigan Canada Bush Floridas Poul Ry

Market Report Shows Steady Demand Across Veggies

The market remains steady with good demand and ample supply for onions, radishes, spinach, and beets greens. Florida tomatoes and Florida marrow squash arrive as quantity grows, while Norfolk boats bring 1800 crates of cabbages and 400 crates of peas. prices quoted for onions, carrots, lettuce, turnips, peas, cucumbers, beans, and cabbage reflect healthy activity and varied lots.

St Andrews North Carolina Savannah Florida Maryland Long Island New Jersey Bermuda Norfolk Jersey

Fruit Steamers Bring Bananas for Seaverns Co

The steamer Wergeland is due from Banes with a cargo of bananas for Seaverns Co.

Wergeland Banes Seaverns & Co

Auction Sale Of California Fruit By H Harris Co

On Tuesday next 760 boxes apricots 76 boxes and 48 boxes peaches all California fruit will be sold at auction by H Harris Co The cargo of the steamer Peconic consisting of 4750 boxes oranges and 22500 boxes lemons will be sold on the same day H Harris Co sold at auction today Valencia oranges at the following prices Regulars 410 510 large 3375 extra large 525 per case The California cherries advertised to sell today will sell Friday at 10 oclock.

California H Harris & Co I H Harris & Co Valencia

Apples and fruit markets trade update with prices

Today’s market notes show apples in limited Baldwin supply with Maine choice at 2.25 per barrel and common at 1.50. Bananas passably supplied with Jamaicas 1.25 per bunch. Oranges and lemons import totals for May list Valencia counts. Florida orange season produced 2.2 million boxes, 1.9 million shipped, 0.3 million for home use. Strawberries and other fruits report steady demand and varied fresh prices.

Baldwins Maine United States Valencia New York

Pork and Pork Products Receipts and Market Notes

Receipts show pork none, lard 113 tierces, 40 hf-bbls, 20 tubs, 500 pails, hams 2 bbls, bacon 385 boxes, dressed hogs none, with preserved meats none. Year-ago totals include pork 6 bbls, lard 88 tierces, bacon 449 boxes. Pork fair demand at steady prices. lard and hams unchanged. Current New York pork steady with mix of sales. beef weak, tierced beef easier, cut meats strong with 12 000 tbs pickled bellies and 12 Ibs avg., various regional price reports for lard, dry salted shoulders, and bacon parts. Cincinnati and St Louis markets firm to steady. overall pork steady and quiet at $12.25. Corned beef and tongues receipts today 12 bbls versus 25 last year.

New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Fresh Meats Market Report Shows Steady Prices Across Departments

Beef receipts are lighter while demand improves and prices hold. Choice cattle sell around 7 7%4c per lb for steers with various grades listed. spring lambs and veals show steady demand but muttons are scarce. Tallow receipts are down and prices remain firm. city rendered and country tallow figures noted. New York trade described as dull.

Chicago Brighton New York

Hog and cattle markets report from multiple cities

Market summaries show Kansas City hogs weaker with receipts near 3 6 4 1. cattle steady to lower with Chicago receipts 16 000 and hogs 27 000. York, Cincinnati, and St Louis reports note active hogs, mixed packers, and firm to lower prices amid varied regional demand. Lambs and sheep show mixed pricing with poor quality lambs down to 75 cents per head.

Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas

New York Cotton Quiet with Mixed Upland Grades

Cotton markets show quiet to steady trade in New York with 334 bales listed for uplands including ordinary and middling at 8 7-16 to 11 3-16 cents. Futures opened dull and closed quiet while Liverpool and several US ports display firm to dull tones with varying middling prices and notable stock and receipts across districts.

New York Cyivs Cereceeses Liverpool

Sugar market summary with mixed bids and firm prices

Raw sugars remain firm with quiet trade and strong demand for refined grades. Quotes cover Cuba refining at 64 2/65 sc, Manila and Java varieties, pulverized sugars at 9 1/2 sc, powdered 9 1/4 to 9 1/2 c, granulated around 7 1/2 to 8 1/2 c. Molasses receipts show firm market, with stocks and prices detailed for several regions.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas New York Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Auction Certs and Oil Certificates Date Notices

Furnished by J E Carter & Co details pipe line certificates closed June 5 1889 opened June 6 highest and lowest quotes for June 6 plus cottonseed oil certificates with similar dates. Notes include sums and market terms as printed in the period notice.

Ceeerseescerees Setae Coenen Plaipaie di Gees

Market Quote Snippet Shows Commodities and Prices

Whiskey markets in Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis quoted at 102 dollars. Coffee New York Rio steady with fair demand at 18 percent. Turpentine and petroleum New York report closes with turpentine at 38 38 cc, resin around 1.0744, tar at 210, petro eum at 7.10 cents, RSW at 6.90 cents, and cases at 8.80 cents.

Chicago Cincinnati St Louis New York Rio Petroeum

Imports and Exports June 6 1889 Barrington NS

A detailed list of shipments from Barrington to Liverpool and back by various ships and firms. Items include fresh mackerel, earthenware, steel, yarns, glass, india rubber, bleaching powders, bottled stout, machinery, mdse, china clay, paper waste, salt, steel blooms, and wool yarns. Named firms include Barclay & Co, Morey Churchill & Morey, C F Richardson, Homer & Marriner, Birch Bros, G A Allen & Co, F O Dame & Co, Inter national Buttonhole Machine Co, Kiley & Gray, Hammill & Gillespie, Saco Water Power Machine Shop, Lowell Machine Shop, Stoddard Lovering & Co, Jere Abbott & Co, Norton Fessenden & Soule, Weeks & Potter, and Baring Bros & Co. Multiple vessels listed: Bavarian, Roman, and others.

Barrington Salvador Barclay & Co Clements & Co Liverpool Eng Morey Churchill & Morey Richardson Moors & Co Lapham & Co Homer & Marriner Birch Bros Allen & Co Baring Bros & Co Dame & Co Machine International Buttonhole Machine Co A Leigh & Co Kiley & Gray Plilin Sykes Mdise E Kakas & Son China Clay Hammill & Gillespie Saco Water Power Do Do Lowell Thos Leyland & Co Do Do Jere Abbott & Co Iron Smith & Wesson Steel Fuller, Dana & Fitz Jackson Mase Baring Bros & Co Genera Doherty & Co Serge Norton Fessenden &Soule Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Norcross Mellen & Co Dodo Abram French & Co Geneva Weeks & Potter Stoddard, Lovering & Co

Medley of Goods Listed for Shipments Across Ports

A dense inventory from multiple consignments shows tin plates, buffalo hides, wool wastes, camel hair, nails, hosiery waste, olives, guinea fowl, brandy, onions, earthenware, bicycles, woollens, printing paper, linen, skins, soda crystals, steel billets, moise, paper stock, and various crates and cases. Items are tied to numerous firms including Phelps, Dodge & Co. Baring Bros & Co. J D Young & Co. Seaverns & Co. Jordan, Marsh & Co. Harvard College Library. Drexel, Morgan & Co. Keithford. and many others, with vessels and ports noted as Med Mediterranean ports, Matanzas, Yarmouth NS, and specific ships such as the Steamer Peconic and Brig L F Munson. The lists indicate broad trade such as oils, fruit, sugar, mackerel, lobsters, olives, lemons, and ground sumac, reflecting bustling consignments and commodity flows through diverse Atlantic routes.

Phelps, Dodge & Co Garland Baring Bros & Co D Young & Co Dwyer & Co Seaverns & Co Pierce & Hobertson Norton, Fessenden & Soule Ross Sheldon & Co Collins Maynard Kidder, Peabody & Co Milne & Co Drexel, Morgan & Eco Stedman & Fuller Manf Co Robert Shannon Sonle Harvard College Library Ldo Ldo Do Judge Chamberlain—205 Pkgs Paper Stock Baring Bros & Co King & Co Jones & Co Stoddard, Lovering & Co Moors & Co John D Lewis Domohair Mediterranean Messina Brown Bros & Co Karing Bros & Co AS & J Brown & Co Palermo Matanzas M Ceballos & Co H & J Blenderman Eliis & Co Salmon Barclay & Co Elis & Co Shattuck & Jones Batehelder Griffin & Co Hutchinson & Co Webber

Exports Across Atlantic and Coastal Ports in 1889

A detailed list of export shipments dated June 6 1889 shows cargoes from Azores Lunenburg NS Digby Annapolis NS and Liverpool Eng. Highlights include Bark Kennard loading flour petroleum glassware and other goods. schooner Vesta carrying flour. GM Warner with flour meal beef and dry goods. New Brunswick steamer cargoes of bananas beef and lumber. and Michigan clearing with organs copper bacon cattle and large quantities of flour and wool products.

Azore Islands Pkus Lunenburg Vesta Port Gilbert GM Warner Digby Annapolis New Brunswick Liverpool Eng Michigan Oasis

Foreign Markets Ledger Shows Quiet Wheat as Corn Holds

London reports from June 6 note wheat quiet but firm, corn unchanged, 3 carloads of wheat arrived since last report and 3 cargoes of corn. Market activity mixed with Russian wheat firm, American quiet, Paris wheat steady, Liverpool spot wheat running, futures quoting detailed prices. English country markets generally cheaper due to fine weather. Liverpool breadstuffs show steady wheat and corn with weak demand and various price levels. Provisions and fats: pork, lard, cheese firmer or steady, tallow easier.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Antwerp

Chicago and Other Cities Names in Merchant Firm List

A fragmented OCR listing multiple names and firms across cities including Chicago, Dubuque, Hudson, Tre, and Philadelphia. It references W C Brooks, C W Marks, W P Large, H W Moore, L A Knox, W M Patrick, C Hann, B Hayward, M Paul, A T Smith, J H Schafer and firms like Brooks Bros, Large & Amsden, Catlin & Knox, Patrick Bros, Smith-Frazer B & Co, Schafer Swarts Co.

Chicago C Brooks Brooks Bros Tre Marks Craw Dubuque P Large Large & Amsden Hudson W Moore U S. Teavenworth Kan L A Knox Catlin & Knox Los Angeles Cal M Patrick Patrick Bros Montomery Ala Hann U S. Erork City B Hayward Aaron Claflin & Co

Always on Time Rail Schedule for Boston Lines

Railroads announce Boston to Ashcroft, Baltimore, Danbury and many stops with trains at 6 7 55 am 9 50 am and late evening runs. Schedules include Woonsocket division departures and Sunday trains to Norwood Hyde Park Franklin and more, plus express service to New York via Air Line and Norwich lines and through connections to Philadelphia Washington and Baltimore.

Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Boston Causeway Street Tro Albany Rotterdam Junction Est Troy Albany Binghamton Buffalo Chicago Niagara Falls Erie St. Louis Michigan Central Palace Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway Ayer SUN Belmont and Waverley Brattleboro Miller’s Falls Ashcroft Altimore Bird Street Sackstone Danbury Dedham Een Street Ellie Endicott Findkill-on-Hudson Franktin Forest Avenue Martford Warvard Street Gard Byde Park Brighland Lake Islington Tancheaster Mattapan Mulford Mt. Bowdoin New Britain Newbury New London New York Air Line Hartford Norwich Orwich Norwood Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Providence Putnam Ireadville Hiver Street Rockville Conn Southbridge Twiltons Hyde Park Franklin Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railros Needham and Way Woonsocket Middletown New Haven Waterbury Fishkill-on-Hudson Newburgh Turners, N. Y Chicago & St. Louis Limited Erie Railway Mra Pr. M New England Lim Kkonte Grand Central Depot Washington Pt. M. Norwich Danielsonville City OF Worcester Washington Street Summer Street A. A. Jackson E. P. Vining A. C. Kendall Sun’t Gen Pass. Agt Fitchburg Depot St. Albans Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Arlington St. Johns Montreal Ogdensburg Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R Pilgrim Fall River Brooklyn Jersey City Annex Beaton JL. H. Palmer Old State House Rockland Castine Deer Isle Sedgewick South West Harbor Bar Market Mill Bridge Machiasport Portland Causeway St Eastport Calais St. John N. B Haymarket Sq Lp m. Causeway St Lowell Portland Street Manchester Concord N. Hs Lebanon White Briver Junction Bristol Claremont St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Woodsville North Woodstock Penigewasset Lisbon Lutheron Whitefield Lancaster Chase Fabyan S and Jefferson

Unclear Rail Timetable Data For New England Routes

Sunday and weekday train schedules list times for Portland Andover Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Newburyport Reading Salem Dover Manchester Medford and other stops. Timings include morning afternoon and evening departures with multiple daily trains and late evening options.

Portland Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover North Conway Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Mennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence Lowell Newburyport Reading Salem Manchester Eowell Medford Bangor Lewiston Reading and Way Statinos

Trains Schedule From Boston to Portland and Nearby Stops

A dense list of train departures and arrivals from Boston stations to Portland and numerous Massachusetts and New Hampshire towns. Times cover early morning through late evening with services to Amesbury Beverly Lynn Salem Newburyport Portsmouth York Harbor and coastal branches.

Boston Causeway Street Portland Amesbury Beverly Widdeford Great Falls Rochester Wampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Branch Newburyport Orth Conway Portsmouth Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem York Harbor & Beach BR. B Swampscott Wolfebere Lynn and Way Bangor St. John Halifax Saugus South Reading Haymarket Square

Lowell System Trains Schedule From Boston Station

Trains depart Boston for multiple destinations including Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Pillsboro via Concord Nashua and other stops with listed times throughout the day. Connections cover Lowell North Billerica Stoneham Woburn and Concord Massachusetts with afternoon and late evening departures. Via Bedford and Reformatory Station additional services are noted with specific times.

Lowell System Boston Caus Street Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Pillsboro Concord Wilton Milford Amherst M. Greenfield Nashua Lowell North Billerica Lawrence Stoneham Woburn Siam Wanchester Mass Reformatory Bedford

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