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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1887
Page
7
Readable prices show Andrew turnips at 350 per barrel in Bermuda onions per crate 136 for carrots per dozen 31 lettuce 16 and spinach 35e per bush radishes 25c for long parsnips 150 per bush rhubarb centib per bush native cucumbers 3 cents each per crate 3 dollars.
A dense list outlines numerous meat prices including long cuts at 17 75 1840, back cuts at 18 1850, lean ends 17 ee 50, pork tongues 15 15 50, prime mess 17 17 25, extra prime 15 15 50, mess 17 18, fresh ribs and sausage, and bologna at varied cents per pound. Fresh beef charts show choice and good steers from 42 to 74 cents, ribs, loins, and hams priced. lambs and mutton rates also detailed across cuts and qualities.
Liverpool weekly coton statement shows steady to firm futures with numerous bid and ask pairs across months and a large weekly sale total of 31 000 bales American. Spot prices ease for middling uplands and Orleans while New York spot ends easy. Sugar markets stay steady with refined sugar strong and various grade quotes. molasses markets steady at cargo rates.
New York reports quiet flour and mixed wheat receipts with prices ranging. Chicago and St Louis show firmer flour and higher pork while corn and oats move modestly. Toledo and Milwaukee note steady to higher wheat and rye with varied barley. Cincinnati signals stronger bacon and steady whiskey amid active hogs.
Kansas City reports steady hogs with sales near 455 to 465 and receipts around 10 500 today. St Louis notes steady hogs with workers at 460 to 476 and butchers to extra at 5 to 10 above. Peoria sees firm hogs with receipts about 500 and shipments 345. Chicago cattle receipts reached 5000.
Receipts indicate 21 000 cattle shipments with 6 000 stronger, plus varied stockers and feeders at 253 50 to 3500, cows bulls and mixed at 2 350, packing and shipping 5 20 to 5 65, light ships 3 40 to 4 50. Sheep receipts show 1 000 head with natives Western Texans Texans Lambs and prices ranging 3 50 to 5 50 per head.
Cotton market report details net receipts shipments and stocks by port led by New Orleans and Philadelphia. Prices firm or steady across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston and others with consolidated weekly totals and year over year comparisons.
Market report from London notes cargoes off the coast and steady wheat and corn prices. Australian and Chilean wheat figures, Paris and Liverpool quotations, and wool sales results with extensive bale by bale pricing across Victoria New South Wales Queensland and other regions. Prices show firmness in wool and mixed movements in cereals and provisions.
A lengthy ledger of shipments for the Liverpool steamer Scythia listing numerous consignors and items. Goods include machinery, woollens, dyes, pig iron, brass, carvers, tissues, liquors, wine, boxes, and various textiles. Named firms like Brigham, Baring Brothers, Brown, Shepard Norwell, Stowell, Estes, Stone and Downer, and others appear alongside quantities and classifications. Also notes Barbados and Nova Scotia entries with seafood and general cargo details.
JG Hall and Co report five bags and twenty four cases arriving at Beaver River Nova Scotia aboard schooner Montebello. Cargo includes sixty five cards woods eight barrels potatoes one case eggs as listed by De Long and Seaman.
Port entries from Port Medway Weymouth Sydney Yarmouth and East London Natal detail cargoes aboard several ships including flour meals kerosene furniture and various crates. Notable items include Sch Etta with 500 bbls flour and 13 bbls kerosene oil and Bark Frans with extensive lumber hardware and farm implements.
Boston and Albany Railroad shipment lists 259 bales wool 415 barrels flour 1600 bushels corn 500 bushels wheat 5325 bushels malt 1000 bushels feed 24 tierces five packs lard 6 tierces hams 45 boxes bacon 6 bars coffee 3 half-chests tea 1041 pounds tobacco 7 bales? bowne.
A garbled catalog lists freight from multiple railroads including Providence Grand Junction Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Boston & Lowell and others. Entries show quantities of wool flour meal sugar tea butter eggs bacon cheese potatoes lumber leather hides and various byproducts alongside car counts and bales across eastern rail lines.
Local ad notes Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine at 108 Fulton Street North, featuring medical remedies and products for common ailments. No further details on hours or offerings are provided.
Stockholders meet June 22 1887 at Boston stations to decide on accepting several Acts of 1887 Massachusetts laws, authorizing capital stock issues, lease approvals for Boston Maine and Beaton Lowell lines, and a York Harbor Beach Railroad subscription. Meetings close book June 18 22 with director approval and proxy rules.
Record for the first quarter ending March 31 1887 at the New Free Surgical Hospital for Women Huntington Avenue and Gainsborough Street Boston. Supported by the Murdock Liquid Food Company. 123 operations in January February and March and 150 free beds available.
The Surgical Staff at Murdock's Free Hospital for Women promote Liquid Food as a universal remedy aiding recovery before and after operations. They report high success with cases avoiding surgery, rapid restoration of stomach function, and strong yearly operation records. The facility offers 50 beds for homeless boys at 11 21 Causeway Street.
Train times from Boston to New York Providence and nearby towns listed with Shore Line Fast Express and Shore Line Mail routes. Schedules include departures to New Work and New York lines with varied return times and notes on Sundays and holiday adjustments across multiple stations.
A local planning group revisits a city station project amid debate over location and funding. Officials from the planning committee and the city council discuss potential routes and community impact as residents seek clearer timelines.
A notice directs ticket holders to check at 3 Old State House for calls via the hotel line. Kendrick Palmeer, Acent, requests orders be left there.
Railroads Boston & Maine publish schedules for through trains on both divisions. Listed stops include Augusta Haymarket, Causeway Street, Banc or, St. John, Halifax and the Provinces, Lastport and Calais, Lewiston, Manchester Concord North, North Conway, Portland, and stations on Maine Central, Grand Trunk, and Knox & Lincoln Railways. Timings feature morning, midday, and evening departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations.
Western division timetable lists trains from Boston Station to Altona Rochester and Farmington with numerous departures at 6 15 am through 9 35 pm and Sunday services to Dover Lawrence Lowell Malden and Salem among many others. schedules include Return times and connections, with extensive station stops and multiple daily trains.
Dense list of rail departures across the Eastern Division from Boston to Amesbury and surrounding towns. Includes times for Chelsea, Lynn, Ipswich, Newburyport, Portland, and more, with many inconsistent OCR fragments. Highlights routes to Amesbury, Biddeford, Rockport, and Portsmouth, plus multiple branches and seaside towns.
Full local and long distance service details from Boston to Tilton Laconia White Mountain and Montreal with numerous intermediate stops. It lists schedules for weekdays Sundays and holidays, with connections from Manchester Concord Nashua and Lawrence, plus sleeping and parlor cars and station contact points. General Superintendent George W. Storer signs off.
A dense timetable lists weekday train departures from Boston to New York via Fall River Line and numerous return times. It covers towns including Barnstable Hyannis Bridgewater Provincetown Cohasset Scituate and Plymouth with routes through Wareham, New Bedford, and adjacent coastal stops. The schedule sets start dates June 6 1887 and includes many precise times and intermediate stops.
J R Kendrick General Manager reports boat and train connections from Fall River Line. Timetabled arrivals and returns list routes via Cohasset Taunton Brockton South Braintree New Bedford Middleboro and Plymouth area with multiple daily departures and returns to New York and intermediate towns.
Central Massachusetts R R Station announces rail departures beginning May 30 1857 from Causeway Street Boston for Jefferson and multiple Way Stations. Express and standard trains run daily with morning and evening times listed for Hudson Rockbottom Sudbury Wayland Weston Belmont Waverley and Waltham among others. General passenger agent C Mellan signs the notice.
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