Boston Post Newspaper Archives, Jun 9, 1887, p. 7

Vermont and New England Markets Report Crowded Prices

Poultry and game prices steady with Western frozen turkeys and Eastern live fowls listed. Beans and peas show varied New York Vermont and Nova Scotia values. seeds and potatoes include Aroostook ros and Maine burbanks with mixed regional quotes. Tallow and fruit items round out with berries and dried apples, citrus, and bananas across multiple origins and price points.

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Vermont Ermont Michigan Nova Scotia Island New Brunswick New York Canada Westare Timothy North West Clover Red Top Jersey Aroostook Ros Aroostook Belerons Northern Burbanks Maine Burbanks

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Market Report Mixed Crops Demand and Prices

The market shows light Bermuda potato receipts with $7500 per barrel sales and poor quality Southern potatoes at $3.50 per barrel. Asparagus demand is quiet with liberal receipts lowering prices. wax beans move at $2.50 per crate, cucumber demand steady at 8 cents each or $3.50 per crate, and onions and other produce listed with varied crate and bushel prices.

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Bermuda Florida St. Andrew

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Packed meats prices hold steady in quiet market

Meat prices mostly unchanged with firm tone for pork and lard. Fresh beef and veals show little movement while hams, shoulders, ribs, and bacon pricing range across various cuts and pack sizes. Multiple figures listed for pork, beef, and lamb items reflect steady trading in a subdued market.

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Lord Choice Choice City Dressers

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Cotton and commodities wrapup from Liverpool and New York

Liverpool cotton futures opened steady and closed firm with mids and next months quoted between 5 38-64d and 5 66-64d while spot middling uplands stood at 6d 1b. Sales reached 12 000 bales. New York spot prices showed gains for middling uplands while futures opened firm and later closed barely steady with broad bid and ask ranges. PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES and oil activity reported with June delivery and shipments. Sugar and molasses markets remained steady to firm with various refined and raw sugar quotes and Porto Rico and Cuba notes.

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Liverpool Uplands Orleans New York Sonny Manila Porto Rico Cienfuegos Cuba

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The Cattle Market Brighton and Watertown

Market data from Boston Post week ending June 8 1883 lists live stock totals cattle 2460 sheep and lambs 10367 hogs 19268 with prior week figures. Arrivals at yards show Watertown Brighton and Boston lines with car counts. Prices for market beef include several quality levels while store cattle list working oxen fancy cows and calves yearlings and ages with price ranges.

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Nesses Hampshire Rib Bie Vermont Massachusetts Canada Watertown Brighton Boston & Maine Boston & Lowell Fitchbere Boston & Albany Eastern N. B

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Western fat swine and cattle market report

Prices and stock lists for hogs sheep and cattle across New England and Canada. Includes Western live hogs, Northern dressed hogs, veal calves, hides and pelts values, droves of cattle by state, and English cattle trade. Notes market trends, arrivals, and specific lots sold by Breck & Wood, J S Henry, and others.

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Maine J Wieler H Merrill B W Harriman E L Libby J H Libby J C Libby Weiler & Libby S H Woodward H Coolidge & Son Brookings G Town New Hampshire Aldrich & Johnson Dow & Moulton FS Kimball W A Farnham BS Hastings N K Campbell A A Bond Massachusetts A A Smith G W Jones J S Henry Scattering New York W Scollans C H Slaybuck C N Hollis Canada Elliott & Son F H Walker Western Straits J A Hathaway AN Monroe Hollis & Co Farrell & Nagle M_Goldsmith G A Sawyer J B Thomas Crafford & Lunnis

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Live Stock Markets Show Fair Demand Across Regions

Indiana shipments include 40 head of mostly business horses with some matched pairs and saddlers at Welch & Hall's, prices from 150 to 275 dollars. International Horse Exchange reports good demand and sustained prices, with valuable horses arriving next week. Watertown yards note cattle in good pastures with rising values. fat cattle expected to move next week as feed remains ample. Recent sales at Watertown include steers weighing 1500–1600 lbs at 4 cents per pound live weight, and various lots priced up to 7 cents per pound fancy. Brighton yards report light export entries and high Chicago cattle prices up to 550 dollars per head, with dealers wary but hopeful for easier rates next week. Sample sales include multiple steers averaging 1480 lbs at 520 dollars and other lots around 505 to 535 dollars per head.

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Pr Ces Brighton A N Monroe F H Walker Hollis & Co Breck & Wood JS Henry Jersey F H Coolidge & Son W Scolians H M Taft J D Hosmer J C Libby Aroostook County Maine Connecticut Wardwell P Mallory Indiana D Daydis Canada Russell State of Maine Lane Els W Dempsey New York Quinn & Hale Welch & Hall's International Horse Exchange Watertown J F Moulton G A Hathaway G W Jones N K Campbell W Farnham BS Hastings Brighton Yards Chicago

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Grain Markets Across Cities With Mixed Signals June 8

New York reports steady flour and varied wheat and corn prices across shipments and receipts while Minneapolis shows firm No 1 hard and stable No 1 Northern. St Louis and Chicago firms mix with pork and lard demand steady to firm and clear gains in some cereals. Market activity spans flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley, and provisions with multiple city price points and delivery terms.

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Hogs and cattle markets across major cities in June

Kansas City reports steady June demand with receipts at 11 500 official 14 080. St Louis notes hogs steady with prices 460 to 495 while packers at 480 510 and extra at 5 5 10. Peoria shows hogs lower at 440 510 with 750 receipts and 676 shipments. Chicago cattle receipts 9000 shipments 2000 steady with steers 40 510 stockers 220 380 and calves 150 438 50. Hog receipts 20 000 shipments 3000 slow and lower with 4 60 6b 00 to packers 4 90 620 and 4 500 Poa. Sheep receipts 3000 shipments 400 slow and easier natives 3 4 25 Western 3a4 25 Texans 275 350 Lambs 12643 25.

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Cotton Markets Report June 8 1887 by city

Net receipts and activity across major ports show firm mids with varied grosses and sales. Galveston and New Orleans report rising exports. Savannah and Charleston register steady stock, slight price firmness. New York shows steady with continent exports. Consolidated five day totals indicate overall market steadiness despite differing local balances.

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Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile C. Memphis Savannah C. Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Continent Cincinnati St Louis Louisville

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Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool Trade

The report details dampened wheat and corn prices across London and Liverpool with firm or steady quotes, notes heavy activity in wool sales and diverse bales traded from New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland and other regions, and lists specific prices for wheat, corn, and wool in multiple ports and dates. Strong entities include London and Liverpool markets, Paris, Antwerp, and Melbourne regions with price points and quantities for wheat, corn, flour, and wool.

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London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California United Kingdom Antwerp New South Wales Victoria Queensland New Zealand South Australia Tasmania Natal East Cape

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Imports and Exports June 8 1887 Liverpool listing

Detailed shipping manifest from Liverpool records listing numerous consignments by firms such as Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Co. and Baring Bros & Co. The entry itemizes imports including wool bales, hemp, silk floss, tin plates, paper stock, hides, oils, wine, ash and mdse across multiple consignors and buyers, with values and quantities noted in pounds, bales, cases, casks and boxes for cargoes including Norseman 76 and various consignments bound for Matanzas Osario and St Martins.

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Liverpool Eng Washburn & Moen Mans Co Baring Bros & Co Moors & Co Washburn & Moon Mani Co Sugden Fuller, Dana & Fitz Congdon Carpenter & Co Wetherell Bros Mdse Chase, Stearns & Co Webster King & Co T Hard & Co Clark, Adams & Clar French & Co M Jones & Co Walbaum & Co Webster & Co Sodaash JL & DS Riker Jere Abbott & Co Bolls Steel Washburn & Moon Manufacturing Co Baring Bros .& Co Jones Norcross, Mellen & Co Clark, Sawyer & Co Moise Collins& Fairbanks Hewins & Hollie E Morrison & Co Emerson & Co Cochrane & Co Richards & Sons Dwyer & Co Thomas McCormick Preston Hovey & Co Walker & Co George Bridge Warren & Co Wright & Rich Pettengill & Everett Stone & Downer J & J Murdock Pierce & Co James Robertson ST Martins Brig Woodbury Bush Salt CE J Falany

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Trade goods listed aboard various ships across ports

Charlottetown PEI lists Brig Warren W with 2500 barrels flour and 250 barrels cornmeal. Canso and Sydney CB note schooner Blanch M Thorbourne with 750 barrels flour and 33 pieces marble. Glasgow via Halifax and St John Nor Scotia shows Manitoban steamer carrying 22,359 sacks flour and numerous timber and provisions. Buenos Ayres Argype Bark J. D. Peters brings 1 package tobacco and 22 coils cordage, plus 773,626 feet pine lumber.

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Charlottetown Pei Warren W Canso Sydney Blanch M. Thorbourn Glasgow Scot Halifax ST John Fortuna J. D. Peters

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Staple Shipments Across Railroads in June 1887

A dense list details June 8 1887 receipts for multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Whitchburg Boston and Maine Eastern Western and Boston and Lowell. Quantities cover cotton wool flour oats malt lard beef butter cheese eggs potatoes leather hides tallow tea beans corn meal and more across many cars bales sacks cases and rolls.

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Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Whitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Express Seeree Ne Baies O. Senna

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Salt products and dealers in Boston area and New York

Coarse salt for packing hides ice cream refrigerators and similar uses. Lump salt for cattle and horses. Retief Mining Company Filfard New York N E Agency 129 State Street Boston.

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Retief Mining Company Filfard N.Y. N.E State Street Boston

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Train Schedules and Shoe Buyers Featured in Augusta Adverts

The page lists numerous shoe buyers with names and firms from cities including Augusta, Buffalo, Chicago, Detroit, and San Francisco. It also details a Boston and Providence Railroad timetable starting May 30 87 with varied departures to New York Providence Taunton and other stops, plus notes on service adjustments and connections.

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Boston & Maine Through Trains On Multiple Divisions

Rail schedule lists Boston and Maine through trains to Augusta Haymarket and Causeway stations with multiple daily departures to Halifax Portand St John and Maine Central connections. Includes Lewiston Manchester North Conway Portland and Knox Lincoln lines with times from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations.

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Western Division train times from Boston and surrounding towns

Trains depart from Boston stations to Alton Bay Rothenlee Farmington Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Georgetown Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Melrose Highlands Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Heading Salem Wakefield Wilmington and other stops with numerous early morning afternoon evening and Sunday departures listed in a dense timetable style.

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Trains Schedule From Boston to Coastal Towns

Eastern Division timetable lists trains from Boston Station Causeway Street to Amesbury and many nearby towns with various departure times. Includes lines to Biddeford Chelsea Dover Great Falls Rochester Ipswich Salem Worcester branches and Sunday trains. notes city ticket office and Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains.

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Boston and Lowell Railroad May 30 1887 timetable

Time table returns full information on local and through trains from Boston stations on Causeway Street and 218 Washington Street. Through service to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Montreal and more with Pullman and parlor cars. Local service to Manchester Concord Keene Nashua and others with frequent AM and PM departures. Time table obtainable at stations. C Mellan George W Storer General Superintendent and General Passenger Agent.

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Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street City Washington Street Third Decor Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal Flymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Claremont White Mountain Brm Pullman Central Vermont RB. R Wassumpsie Billerica Sun Lawrence Wilmington Walnut Will Stoneham Woburn Pear Winchester West Medford College Hill Winter Hill Concord Mass Pricon Station Gington Amuni Abe SU N Bedford Mellen George W. Storer Pass G'R Montreal & West Omehabie Central Pullman Carson Lowell Chicago Ninearea Pull

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Boston and Lowell R R schedule May 30 1987

Central Massachusetts station lists express and local train departures from Causeway Street Buenos station to Jefferson and all stops starting May 30 1987. Timetable shows multiple daily times including 5.05 pm express and 9.10 11.50 am 2.45 4 6 pm SUN. 1.15 pm runs to Belmont Waverley and Waltham with station agents GEO W Storer and MellEN as general supervisors.

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Old Colony Railroad Schedule For Weekday Trains

The notice lists extensive weekday train times from Boston to New York via Fall River Line and numerous spokes to Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich and other towns with returns. It names destinations like Provincetown Cohasset Hingham Plymouth and Brockton and includes multiple return times and service notes. J R Kendrick signs as General Manager.

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The Cattle Market Brighton and Watertown

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Western fat swine and cattle market report

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Live Stock Markets Show Fair Demand Across Regions

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Grain Markets Across Cities With Mixed Signals June 8

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Cotton Markets Report June 8 1887 by city

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Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool Trade

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Imports and Exports June 8 1887 Liverpool listing

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Staple Shipments Across Railroads in June 1887

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Salt products and dealers in Boston area and New York

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