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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 20, 1887

Page

7

Market Report on Dairy Butter Cheese Eggs and Produce Prices

The report details regional price movements for butter cheese and eggs with quotes from New York Philadelphia Chicago and Cincinnati. It notes firm butter in Philadelphia and weaker in New York while cheese remains dull across markets and eggs stay steady in Philadelphia and firm in Cincinnati. Potatoes beans seeds hay and a wide range of fruits and vegetables with Norfolk boats carrying cargo are listed, along with cotton futures and sugar prices and recent market activity.

New York Philadelphia Cincinnati Chicago Liverpool Norfolk Vermont Choice Michian Choice Nova Scotia Island New Brunswick Canada Western North Timothy Red Top Jersey East Swale Maine Hebrons Burbanks P Bush Burba

Hog market shows weekly hogs watched rise but year ago peak unmatched

Provisions hold steady while Western packers tallied 240000 hogs last week versus 230000 prior week and 280000 year ago. March 1 to date total 2425000 up from 2200000 last year. Prices remain high due to expanded Western packing facilities, with bacon movement moderate and exports up year over year.

Chicago Kansas City Milwaukee Indianapolis St. Louis Cincinnati Choice

Grain prices and receipts across major markets June 18

New York reports flour steady with mixed wheat values and high receipts. Chicago shows flour lower and wheat firm with No 2 spring at 71 1/2 cents. Cincinnati, Toledo, Milwaukee, St Louis, Detroit, and Minneapolis list varied grain prices, receipts, and exports for wheat, flour, corn, oats, rye, barley, and rye in multiple market reports.

New York Minnesota Chicago Petroleum—United Western Steam Tierces City Steam Continent South America Western Liverpool Cincinnati Toledo Milwaukee ST Louis Detroit Michigan Minneapolis

Hog and Cattle Markets Plague Prices Across Cities

June market notes from St Louis Kansas City Peoria and Chicago show hogs opening steady with varied bid ranges from 465 to 6515 in different markets. Cattle receipts in Chicago reach 1000 with shipping steers quoted 340 to 435 and stockers 160 to 320. cows not listed.

ST. Louis Kansas City Peoria Chicago

Mixed cattle market reports with varied receipts

Texas cattle shipments show slow movement with prices drifting down about five cents. Hoge Receipts indicate 12,000 head of cattle and 4,000 shipments at mixed quality, with packing and paying figures around 480 to 515 per head. Sheep receipts near 5,000 show steady demand, Lambs around 60 to 80 dollars per head, Western market quotes and miscellaneous figures round out the page.

Texas Lambs

Print Cloth Markets Fall River and Providence Quiet

The June print cloth market shows steady to quiet trading with outputs: Fall River reports production 175000 pieces, deliveries 147000, stock 255000, sales 129000, spot 33000, futures 96000, with prices around 3% go less 2 for 64s and 3c nominal for 66x56s. Providence notes a very quiet week, closes a shade lower at 3% gc less 40 percent for 64x64s and 8c for 66x60s, with 8000 pieces sold from a prior 43000 plus, stocks 131000 64x64 and 1000 pieces 66x60s.

Fall River Providence

Cotton Markets Overview June 18 1887 Across Ports

Cotton market report for June 18 1887 shows mixed activity across ports with net receipts varying from 0 to 89 at several hubs such as Augusta Galveston New Orleans and Savannah. Exports to the continent reached 203 bales from New Orleans while stocks at major ports total 509 768 with prices mostly mid to firm and phrases like dull quiet or easy prevailing.

London G. B. St’k Hamburg Eae Bremen Eens Amsterdam Rotterdam Antwerp Havre Marseilles Wee Barcelona Wees Trieste India Brazil Egypt U. S Liverpool Europe America Augusta Galveston New Orleans Continent Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati Ross Mid Lle St. Louis Louisville Consolidated United States

Market Summary From London Liverpool Havana News

Cargoes off the coast wheat and corn active with arrivals and sales. Liverpool wheat strong corn firmer with varied June July August prices. Havana molasses sugar and warehousing stocks reported with weekly receipts and exports to the United States. Freight rates listed for sugar shipments from Havana and north coast ports.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Pagis Havana Matanzas United States

London Wool Sales See Foreign Demand Lift Prices

London wool market opened quiet then firmed as a surge of foreign buyers, including Americans, boosted prices. Sales reached 10 600 bales with New South Wales, Queensland, Natal, Victoria, New Zealand, South Australia and Tasmania reporting varied rates for scoured and greasy wools.

London New South Wales Qreensland Natal South Australia Tasmania Isa

Shipping List From Liverpool Exports of Iron, Wool and Goods

A detailed import ledger from June 18 1887 lists multiple consignments arriving at Liverpool Eng aboard various steamers and schooners. Entries include pig iron wool silk and brandy and household items such as tapes, earthenware, linen, hardware, and machinery from firms like Baring Bros Co W R Read Son and Shreve Crump Loe. The long register notes casks cases bales boxes crates and lots of diverse goods with many named exporters and buyers across global firms.

Liverpool Eng Catalonia John E Jassiiy Campbell & Co Thairlwall Cumner, Jones & Co Neal, Morse & Co Little, Brown & Co Peabody Baring Bros & Co Herrick Hayes & Co Brown Bros & Co Gorham Manufacturing Co Torrey, Right & Capen Wobbard Chase & Co Thomas Frost Cushing Pierce & Co Case Davies, Marean & Co Thomas L Smith & Sons John E Cassidy P Doherty Daniel Shea Fera H W Huguley J B Fiedler, Moeldner & Co Coleman, Mead & Co Campbell & Eco Shreve, Crum & Loe Oliver Ditson & Reted Codman & Shurtleff Shepard, Norwell & Co Hovey & Co Wright & Moody George W Torrey & Co Clementsporit Delong & Seaman Cardenas Muller, Schall & Co Havana George Walker Harborville Modena Dulee Delong & Seaman Margaretville Elizabeth Dulee Delong Seaman Pubnico J & J Locke TJ Jones & Co

Schooner W & E Weir loads mackerel at Yarmouth

In YARMOUTH Nova Scotia the schooner W and E Weir takes on 216 barrels of mackerel for F L Clements and company. In LOCKPORT Nova Scotia the schooner Julia Ellen loads 4000 lobsters three crates eggs for ES Ellis.

Yarmouth W & E Weir L Clements & Co Lockport Julia Ellen Ellis

Staple Goods Receipts Across Railroads in 1887

An itemized ledger lists shipments for multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Brown and Brown Lima Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Boston and Lowell and Boston and Maine Western and Eastern divisions. The entry notes vast quantities of cotton wool flour meat lard butter cheese eggs hay lumber leather hides and other staples received by express and by sea.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Browaenge Old Colony New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Express

TOTAL RECEIPTS FOR JUNE 18 1887 AND 1886 LISTED

A historical ledger lists totals by commodity for June 18 1887 and 1886. Cotton molasses wool butter flour cheese oats potatoes hay straw lumber leather beef pork lard and many other goods are itemized in bales boxes barrels and carloads with quantities and periodic notes.

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Boston and Lowell Railroad May 30 1887 service schedule

Boston and Lowell Railroad announces through service from Boston to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans Montreal and more with 830 am departures and varied return times. Local divisions list Rambine Concord Keene Peterboro Milford Wilton and others with multiple daily runs and parlor sleeping car options to Montreal.

Boston Wanuseway Street Washington Street Old State Tlouse Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal Warren Haverhill Woodsville St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Claremont White Mountain Patrnor Central Vermont Passun, R Binnabastey Concord H Keene Peterboro Liititeboro Mal Bore Concord Wilton Milford Amberat Reen- Sela Nasi SUN Rutland Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Causeway Street Winchendon Jaffrey Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R Cheshire R. R Central Vermont Pointe West Ches R. M. Hire & Monadnock Aere R. R White River

Hoosac Tunnel Route timetable details for June 1887

Local timetable notes list train times from Boston to Albany and various New England destinations. It records through cars and sleeping arrangements, includes Sunday and holiday variations, and notes ticket office locations for obtaining time tables and through tickets. The document is a detailed schedule with multiple stations and service types.

Ayer Junction Hoosac Tunnel Wash Boston Aly J. Whitmore Watson

Fragmented OCR Time Slot Fragments

A readble collection of stray time and date fragments appears, including morning and Sunday entries like 0 9 10 11 Am and 12.4 1 8 99. The garbled text shows scattered figures such as SUN and 7.30 and 9, with stray patterns like 1110 Ps and SUN. The source is incomplete and lacks coherent context.

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Time schedule table with train times and stations

A dense list of train times by station names including Concord Maass Derby West Medford Len Lexington and other towns. The document notes timetable details with morning and afternoon departures and indicates that full information is obtainable from the station or agent.

Central Massachusetts R R schedule from Boston to Jefferson and Way Stations

The issue lists May 30 1887 timetable changes for trains from Boston to Jefferson and Way Stations. It covers express departures after 5 PM and morning departures at 9.10 and 11.50 with multiple intermediate stops including Rockbottom Sudbury Walden Weston Belmont Waverley and Waltham. George W Storer and C Mell en are named as general passenger agents.

Boston Causeway Street North Adams Ater Albany The West St. Louis Chicago Cincinnati St. Cals Dunction Ives Tex Pa Belmont Ee Ekey Brattleboro Miller’s Falls Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Gardner and Greenfield Lincoln Northboro Berlin West Tal Pitchburg Newton Low Wiip Newton Highland Mediate Brookline Washington Street Hanson H. T. Gali Lowell ER. R Jefferson and Way SUN Bo. Ekudson Rockbottom Sudbury Waland Weston Belmont Waverley and Waltham GEO W. Storer Pass G'R Agt Mellen Sue Boston & Providence Railroad Shore Line York Stonington’ Line Meturn iNe Hebronville Concord R. RK Manchester N. Y B.and

OLD COLONY TRAIN SCHEDULE LISTING FINAL

Long, dense timetable of weekday and Sunday trains from Boston to New York via Fall River Line with stops including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich and coastal towns. Includes numerous departure and return times, multiple routes via Brockton Taunton and Wareham, plus notes for Cape Cod and Nantucket Cottage City and Wellfleet connections. Ends with signed names GEO. L. CONNOR and J. R. KENDRICK.

Boston Fall River Newport New York Anex Brooklyn Jersey City Old State Mouse Washington and State Streets Old Colony Pilgrim Land J. K. Kendrick Barnstable Hyannis Yarma Sandwich Wees Braintree Bridgewas Brockton Buzzard’s Bay Onset Bay Wareham Cohasset Hingham Cottage City Yam Wood's Hall Wood’s Hall New Bedford East Bridgewater Abington East Milton West Quincy East Weymouth Weymouth Taunton Harrison Square Weymouths Scituate Arshield Duxbury Plymouth Marshfield Meiver Ia Taunton Tannne South Braintree Way State Elim Middleboro Nantucket Falmouth Monument Beach Hyannia Yarmouth Barnatable Buzard’s Bay Onsetay Return Geo. L. Connor J. R. Kendrick Gen. Pass

Boston and Wholly Complex Train Timetables

Boston station schedules list daily trains to many towns including Needham Norwood Providence Hartford and New York with various departure times and stop notes. Sunday patterns show extra express and through services via Middletown New Haven and Willimantic with special through cars and steamer connections.

New York Middletown New Haven S’ullman Boston Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson NEW England Limited Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Philadelphia Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richmond Points Norwich New London Danielsonville Putnam NEW Stonington York Boston & Providence Railroad A. i State Street Boston & Providence J. W. Richardson A. A. Folsom Boston & Providence RB

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