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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 11, 1888

Page

7

Farm market prices and receipts for seeds and potatoes

Seed prices remain firm for timothy, clover and other forage crops with several regional varieties listed. Potatoes show ongoing old potato arrivals and rising new stock with varied regional quotes from Houlton to Nova Scotia. Hay and straw markets stay firm with steady demand. poultry prices show quiet trade with Northern and Western ready-killed chickens and fowls priced by quality.

Jersey Houlton Rose Bush Houlton Hebrons Aroostook Rose Aroostook Hebrons Burbanks White Brooks Davis Nova Scotia New Brunswick Bermuda

Fruit Market Report Shows Tight Apple Supply and Mixed Citrus Prices

Apples scarce with russet quality dominating. Choice fruit sells around 3.50 to 4.00 per barrel, few fancy lots higher. Oranges and lemons trade steady. Palermo oranges 6.50 to 8.50 per 500 boxes, Palermo lemons 4.00 per box, Messina oranges 4.50, Messina lemons 4.50, Valencia oranges 4.50 to 5.60 per case. Strawberries abundant with Maryland at 0.10 and Delaware 0.12 to 0.18. Watermelon shipment 6,500 expected from Savannah aboard the steamer due Monday.

Palermo Messina Valencia

Bananas to Boston and New York from Jamaica and Bara coa

The steamer Marmion is due June 18 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Hertha is due June 12 from Bara coa with bananas for W. W. & C. R. Noyes.

Banana Steamers Hertha Baracoa Marmion Jamaica Boston Fruit Company

Provisions and Pork Prices Steady Across Markets

Pork and lard prices hold steady with mixed demand. Long cuts at 17 17 50, short cuts 17 0 17 75, backs 17 756 18 00, lean ends 17 2501775, mess and prime grades listed. Beef and fresh meats show firm or steady trends with regional variations. Milwaukee, Cincinnati, and Chicago markets noted with assorted pork, lard, and dry salted products among others.

New York Western Steam City Steam Continent South America Chicago St. Louis Milwaukee Cincinnati Brighton

Truck Market Holds Steady Amid Quiet Trade

The truck market remains steady with subdued activity. Prices across produce items show mixed figures, including new marrow squash at 250s per barrel, asparagus at 147 per dozen, and Florida tomatoes at 75 cents per crate, with various crates and bush prices listed for beans, cabbages, greens, onions, squash, and more.

Florida North Carolina Bermuda St Andrews

Cotton Prices and Market Report Across U S Ports

The report shows New York cotton steady at middling 101-16 with 490 bales sold, and futures opening and closing quiet. Liverpool spot steady at 8% for middling uplands and 6 7-16d for Orleans with 10,000 bales traded. District by district figures list net receipts, exports, stocks, and prices across allied ports and cities, highlighting overall steady mid prices and mixed activity.

New York Budo Aeipralets Panna Ea Sc Ie Apes Ee Hare Sks Somo Bane Pheeres Liverpool Orleans Sss Boocogu S Os Ecsivsee Ee Ogio Alveston New Orleans Continent Coastwise Mobile Memphis Poe Savannah Charleston Philadelphia Cincinnati Louis Louisville United States

Sugar and Molasses Market Notes Unchanged Tone

The raw sugar market remains firm with no change. Quotations list Cuba refined at 41 5-16 to 41 5-16 cents, centri fugals at 96 test five cents, Manilas at 40 4 -? 140, loilos, 3, Jayas Nos 10 to 11 at 50-16. Retneqd sugeurs hold steady in tone and the report ends abruptly.

Cuba Manilas Loilos Jayas

Markets Hold Steady as Sugar and Molasses Prices Show Narrow Moves

The New York market remains steady while Havana shows firmer spirits in sugar trading. Prices for granulated sugar slip to 7e per pound locally, with variety grades quoted from 68c to 74c. Molasses demand stays steady to unchanged. new crop prices from Ponce and Cienfuegos range 25c to 36c per gallon, with overall receipts and exports detailed for the week.

Belmont New York Havana Moijasses Matanzas United States Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez

Hog and cattle markets across major western exchanges

Stock Yards Kansas City reports 1024 cattle receipts with steers at 4 45 to 6 55 and cows 3 35 to 5 40, hogs 5 56 to 6 17, heavies 5 40s, markets opening dull then closing stronger. Cincinnati hogs steady 4 5 to 6 0, Chicago cattle receipts 2000 with beves to 4 90, hogs slow 6 40 to 5 75, and sheep varying from 2 4 to 5 40 across regions.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago

Market Mixed Prices Steady in Early Trading Across Commodities

In New York and across cities the market shows steady to firm tones for turpentine resin and petroleum products with quotes around 44 for prime city turpentine and late figures near 6% for petroleum. Coffee and Rio fruits show nominal values while St Louis and Cincinnati report whiskey around 114 with general quiet tones.

New York Erie Rio St Louis Cincinnati

Imports and Exports Across Global Trades in 1888 Port Entries

A crowded 1888 ledger lists imports and exports with numerous firms and vessels. Entries include steel sheets from Naylor & co and Baring Bros, flax waste, wool, glass, cases, and chemicals from multiple firms. Coastal ships Sarah E Hyde, Pride of the Port, Judith Ann, and J H Hiltz carry lobsters and potatoes to North American ports. Liverpool shipments feature wines, linens, gun barrels, and malleable goods. extensive notes detail freight items across Canadas, England, and the Atlantic trade network.

Antwerp Wetherby Naylor & Co Biles Rags Baring Bros & Co Bb Moors & Co Furness Wool Bank of British North America Ses China Horace Partridge & Co K.ipstein Marshall Son & Co Woollen Rey Sisters of Our Lord Pierce& Co Hayes & Co Lowe Lockport Sarah E Hyde Silas Sanborn Northeast Harbor Judith Ann New London Pei J H Hiltz Beaman Bros Liverpool Eng Pavgonia Sherry Stone & Downer Charles Schoenhof KH White & Co J.D Richards & Sons Macallar Parker & Co Mackintire, Lawrie & Co American Supply Co Forbes Lithograph Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Finlay Weeks & Potter Adams, Taylor & Co Stone & Downer Abbott-Downing Co Grout Warren & Blanchard H Davis & Co Blanchard & Parsons Phelps, Dodge & Co Pray. Sons & Co Houlton & Dutton Horswell& French Baldwin Bros & Co Willian Burgess Pierce & Robertson Moise Electric Gas Lighting Co OM Chanut Littaner Schoenhof Moise Weil, Dreyfus & Co Shreve, Crump & Low Moise Thompson & Odell John A Andrews Pkgs Hovey & Co Dodo Jordan, Marsh & Co India Hayti Haytian Republic Dupuy, Riboul & Co Lyon, Dupuy & Co Dodo Hugo Karmer & Co Dodo Lyon & Co

Exports Listed From Cayenne Halifax Charlottetown 1888

Shipment manifests show diverse cargoes from Cayenne Halifax and Charlottetown including cod boxes herring and beef in bbls crates and cases, lumber leather and hardware, and a large lumber footage count for ships. Also noted are tea tobacco oil sugar and beverages with quantities and box counts.

Cayenne Halifax Charlottetown Worcester Br Sa Fred E Richards

Staple Trade Totals by Rail Lines in 1888

A fragmented list records June 9 1888 staples moving via Boston Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony and New York New England lines. Entries name cotton wool flour corn oats malt wheat feed lard bacon tallow sugar butter cheese eggs hay straw leather hides bales cases boxes boxes and tons with assorted quantities and car or bale counts.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad Calfekins New York & New England Railroad

Fragmented historic freight ledger items from Boston area railroads

A dense OCR listing records varied goods by freight terms across multiple lines. It cites Fitchburg and Boston and Maine lines with bales, hides, wool, flour, corn, oats, rye, grease, lard, preserved meats, butter, eggs, potatoes, straw, hay, lumber, and leather. Several divisions and express shipments appear, noting boxes, cases, and bales alongside bbls and tubs without coherent narrative.

Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell System

Market Report Liverpool June Prices and Offers

Liverpool market summary from June: beef and hams offered freely and moderately for work, bacon and lard steady with Western spot dull at 42 shillings 6p, wheat and flour offered freely, corn mixed with Western June and July dull around 4 shillings, hops markets noted with New York State offers. Turpentine rosin and tallow holders similarly active.

Liverpool London New York State

Trade firm representatives listed by city and state re

Chicago Illinois J F Pratt of Bowers and Pratt Lexington Kentucky S Bassett of S Bassett and Sons Lafayette Indiana D Murphy of Murphy and Comstock Ac Macon Georgia M Nussbaum of M Nussbaum and Co Pa San Francisco California S Feder of Rosenthal Feder and Co Tre Savannah Georgia Theo Collat of Collat Bros Pa St Louis Missouri F S Powell Wheeling West Virginia G W Boyd of Boyd and Co Re

Chicago, Ill J F Pratt Bowers & Pratt Lexington S Bassett S Bassett & Sons Lafayette Lnd D Murphy Murphy & Comstock Macon M Nussbaum M Nussbaum & Co San Francisco Cal Feder Rosenthal, Feder & Co Tre Savannah Theo Collat Collat Bros St Louis F S Powell Wheeling G W Boyd Boyd & Co

Petition for dissolution of Automatic Music Paper Company

Petitioners George B. Kelly Edward L. Rand John L. Given and Alice G. Given with William A. Webber request dissolution of the Automatic Music Paper Company of Massachusetts. They state ownership of all shares, that the firm sold its assets in August 1887 and ceased business, owe nothing in Massachusetts since October 1887, except a bond in a U S Circuit Court case. They seek a decree dissolving the corporation to end tax and corporate duties.

Commonwealth OF Massachu Wn Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court Equi Y Automatic Music Paper Company George B. Kelly Edward L. Kand Boston Massachusetts John L. Given Alice G. Given Melrose Middlesex William A. Webber Meriden New Haven Connecticut Adllan Organ and Music Company Maine Circuit Court of the United States District of Massachusetts Kennedy McTammany, Jr Equity Circuit Court State of Commonwealth Edward L. Rand

Notice to appear before Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court

The petitioners must notify all interested parties to appear before the justices at Boston Suffolk on the first Monday of August. Publish a copy of the petition and this order weekly for three weeks in Boston Globe, with final publication at least 30 days before August. Show cause why the petition should not be granted. Clerks: John Noble and C. H. Cooper.

Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court Loston Boston Lost Boston John Noble

Mary Abby White Seeks Divorce from William White

In Suffolk Superior Court, Mary Abby White petitions for a divorce from William T. M. White after more than three years of desertion at New Bedford. She requests custody of their minor son Wilfred B. White, born March 16, 1876, and permission to retain her name Mary A. White. Dated May 2, 1888.

Commonwealth OF Massachdisetts Suffolk Superior Court Boston Mary A William T. M. Whalpel New Bedford Bristol William T. M. White Willian M. White William . M. White Mary A. White Wilfred 8. White Mary Abby White

Libel Notice in Suffolk Court Boston May 16 1838

In Suffolk Court Boston May 16 1838 the libellant is ordered to notify William T M White of the libel pendency and to appear before the court on the first Monday of July. An attested copy of the libel and order must be published weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post and mailed or served at least fourteen days before the July date.

Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Suffolk SurKbank Court Clrick Boston William T. M. White County of Boston Post William T. M Jos A. Willard Seedwlna, Wadleigh

Equity bill over partnership funds in 1837 suit

In Suffolk Superior Court a bill in equity brings against Samuel Harvey and Frank H. Williams a request that Harvey return funds allegedly paid from partnership money during Williams and Whitney’s 1837 firm. Williams, not an inhabitant of the Commonwealth, must be served by notice in Boston. The order directs publication in the Boston Post for three consecutive weeks, with the last run at least fourteen days before the first Monday of July 1888, warning Williams to appear and answer.

Massachussltts Suffolk Henry Whitney Boston Wellington Howes Newton Middlesex Frank H. Williams Williams and Whitney Williams Howes Commonwealth Sime Boston Post Ommonwealty Riassachusetts Superior Court Sufunk County Henry S. Whitney Said County B. L. Jenness Said Boston NK H. Williams Jenness Willams Boston Pit Harvey Wiliams Mass Awas Wilitney New York City Benjamin Thompson Gait County Thompson Williame

Notice to Mary J Grace to appear in Suffolk Superior Court

In Suffolk county Boston on June 1888 the clerk orders that Mary J Grace be notified of a filed libel. She must appear on the first Monday of August 1888 by publishing the order in the Boston Post weekly for three weeks and mailing or serving an attested copy fourteen days before appearance.

Palace parlor and sleeping cars schedule for Troy and Albany

Train timetable fragment lists palace parlor cars for Troy Albany and Binghamton at 8 30 9 11 38 5 am and 2 20 3 05 4 40 6 6 23 1 11 pm. Express daily to Chicago via Niagara Falls and Erie Boston Line and St Louis via Niagara Falls Michigan Central and Wabash routes. Also nightly 11 pm express to Troy Albany and Binghamton with palace sleeping cars.

Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction Binghamton Chicago Niagara Falls Erie Boston St. Louis Michigan Central RR Grand Trunk Railway Wabash Western Railway Palace Ayer Alane Heosick Falls Johnsonville Lincoln SUN Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard—s Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Bit Aveene OM Lo. Im Wae Sodor Worcester Ayer Junction Miller’s Falls Hoosae Tunnel Washington Street Eala Central Vermont Lowell Fitchburg Central Vermont R. R J.W. Hoary W. Cummings Gen Vasa Age St. Albans Saugus Swampacott Wenham Wolfeboro Lynn and Way Newburyport Portsmouth Porthand Bangor St. John Halifax Salem South Reading Lation Haymarket Square

Rail schedule details and express connections to New York

Rail timetable highlights New York bound expresses from Palmer and nearby towns. Includes multiple daily departures, dining car service, partial Sunday operation, and connections at Pittsfield River Branch routes. Lists times, stations like Newton, Ashland, Whitford, and branded services, with return patterns and intercity links.

Palmer Witt Korihabbheard New York Wille Gordaville Ashland Whitford Rth Framinu We Upitibh Pittsfield Chatham Hudson River Branch Ringfield Hartford Newark Moston 9 York

Boston and Maine City Ticket Office Rail Schedules

Boston and Maine trains list routes and times from Haymarket and Causeway stations to Augusta, St John Halifax Portland connections, Eastport Calais Rockland Castine Lewiston and Manchester with steamer services. Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox lines included with station times and destinations.

Augusta Haymarket St Causeway St Yam Arngor Tsar Harbor St.John Halifax Provinces Haymarket Eastport Calais St. John Portland Rockland Castine South‘est Bar Elarbors Haymarket Sq Lewistonymarket Sq Causeway Station Manchester Neord North Eee

Widespread Train Schedule Details Across Multiple Stations

Train times listed for Boston Station Haymi Square and numerous destinations including Alton Bay Mochester Farmin and more. Schedules cover departures throughout the day with multiple daily runs to cities such as Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford and other Way Stations.

Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Waneland Bangor le and Way

Eastern Division Train Timetable for Boston and Nearby Towns

A dense listing of hourly and fractional train departures from Boston to Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett and many other towns with Sunday and weekday patterns and branch lines including Swampacott Saugus and Marblehead notes. The timetable shows times for each station including morning and afternoon services and special workingmen trains on specific days.

Boston Station Caus Street Amesbury M. Chelsea M. Dover Everett Alls Rochester Madden Beach North Mamp

Boston Causeway street Through Service to Northern Lines

Boston station on Causeway street offers through service from Boston to Filton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Kiavertaill Woodsville and 9am 11 and 7pm to Montreal via White River Junction etc Sleeping cars Montreal 7pm trains Parlor cars 8.30am and 1pm trans Montreal Lipston Air Line 9am 7pm daily with sleeping car for Montreal

Boston Causeway Street Filton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Kiavertaill Woodsville Littleton Lancaster Whitefield Bethlehem Junction Twin Mountain Fabyans Franklin Lebanon White River Junction St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpsic Wells River Bristol Claremont Bontpelter Essex Burlington St. Albans Montreal R.R Montreal & Lipston Air Line

Local Service From Boston and Surrounding Stations

Train schedule from Boston to Manchester Concord Keene Brattleboro and nearby towns lists departure times from many points including Nashua Lawrence Lowell Stoneham and Worcester. Times span morning midday and evening with multiple daily runs and connections between Concord Lexington Arlington and Walden area stations.

Central Massachusetts Division Now Open to Northampton

Timetables list trains from Boston to Northampton and towns including Hadhey Amherst South Amherst Belcebertown 6860ucdsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Jeffernon's Oakdale West Boylston Clinton Merlin Mines Sudbury Rockbottom Weston Waltham and Sophie Waverley with multiple departures at 7.05 to 9.20 am and 12.05 to 6.25 pm amounts show fares up to 66.25 and 90 in places, reflecting a broad regional service expansion.

Providence Division Park Square New York New York Stonington Line Attleboro Boylston Taro Beko Bos Vortland Street Northampton Hadhey Amherst Belcebertown Mlndeon Sudbury Aim Rockbottom Wayand Weston Waltham Sopia Waverley Bimout

Cape Cod Division CPUWIE Al Bourr 4.15

Brief notice indicates Bourr related event in the Cape Cod division with a date of 4.15 and a one week weekday designator. No further details available.

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