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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1888
Page
7
Flour and corn show dull or quiet trading while oats ease. Oatmeal remains in modern demand. potatoes and hay improve modestly. Prices for rye, rye straw, pork, lard, beef, veals, poultry, oranges, lemons, and truck activity are steady to firm with some items quiet.
The Chicago markets report mixed activity with wheat opening strong but ending the day weaker, traders mostly bullish at opening yet sparse outside business. Corn peaked early then fell to session lows amid anticipated heavy receipts, while oats outpaced corn yet stayed dull and provisions remained dull and heavy.
The report details dull trading for flour and grains with scattered price quotes. It lists spot and export prices for flour, various wheat grades, corn, oats, rye, butter, cheese, beans, grasses, potatoes, and livestock, noting generally steady or soft markets and quiet demand in multiple hubs including New York, Chicago, St Louis, and Toronto.
The steamer Raider is due with bananas from Baracea for George H. Harding. The steamer Lorenzo D. Baker is due June 21 with bananas from Jamaica for the Boston Fruit Company.
The Balder brought bananas for G H Harding. Hi Harris & Co auctioned 606 boxes royal apricots 80 boxes royal plums and 48 boxes peaches all from California. Apples scarce russets at 5.55 per barrel. Oranges lemons unchanged with Palermo and Messina quotes. Strawberries well supplied with Jerseys Delawares Long Islands Dizhtons varying. Watermelons steady at 20m 22c for mediums and 25 2d for extras. California Fruit Union auction results: apricots 175 200, peaches 1654 200, plums 100 boxes 187 with 35 boxes at 320.
The report lists diverse commodity prices and crate counts for vegetables and fruits including new marrow squash, asparagus, peppers, and cucumbers. It also details Norfolk boat deliveries of apples, cabbage, beans, squash, tomatoes, peas, and potatoes, plus pork and beef market standings across New York, Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati with ranges for cuts, lard, and hams.
Raw sugars show quiet trade and firm quotations across regions with Cuba and Manila grades listed. Refined sugars hold steady with varied grades such as confectioners A and extra C. molasses remains firm at 19 percent for 50 test. Prices in New York area reflect quiet raw sugar activity and firmer refined levels.
Market report shows Porto Rico fuel oil prices at 386¢ per gallon and 26 35e for other grades. Cienfuegos and Mayaguez listings appear with 26c and 2Sa5de respectively. New York market remains firm at 1914¢ for 50 test on the day.
Allan Asher & Co reports Liverpool short sale activity mixed with modest buying in the local market. Futures muted with August slipping around ten points, Liverpool spot at multimonth lows, and rumors of further New York price advances weighing on sentiment. Cattle and livestock news follow, noting rising arrivals, steady dairy and veal prices, and export shipments to Liverpool amid a generally cautious market mood.
Stock Yards Kansas City reports slow cattle trade with prices 15 to 20 cents lower. Hogs fall by about 5 cents with heavies near 525.05 and mediums 5.20 to 5.50. Chicago cattle weak and lower with mediun to lowcv 4.75 6.00, hogs 4.50 to 6.50, sheep steady around 3.96. Cincinnati and St Louis show mixed hogs and unchanged horse receipts.
The market shows steady tone across items with New York and Cincinnati notes. Beef, turpentine, and petroleum prices appear in mixed figures, highlighting a quiet trading environment and specific certificate closing times and price ranges.
Market report from Watertown and Brighton for the week ending June 20 1883. Listings show arrivals of cattle sheep veals and hogs with prices for market beef store cattle hides and milch cows. Several sales at Brighton detail milch cows springers and working oxen with prices per head and per pair.
A dense list of consignments and shipments noting items such as potatoes from Charles Kimball Co and Houghton and Dutton bales and granite from Baring Bros eco. The entry records numerous firms including Cushman, Waldo, and J Bakers & Co with goods ranging from dry goods and paper stock to fire bricks and stone. Locations include Barrington NS, Glasgow, Northeast Harbor, New London, Port Spain and Trapani with multiple vessels and stock types listed.
Export entries from Weymouth Nova Scotia and Mahone Bay Nova Scotia dated June 20 1888. Windsor Packet carries flour and sacks. St Johns carries dried apples tools beans confectionery clocks canned goods hardware and more. Jessen shipment at Mahone Bay includes two hundred sixty barrels of tour.
A ledger style report lists June 20 1888 receipts for multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence and others. It itemizes bales wool cotton flour corn oats and numerous boxed goods with quantities and car counts across rail divisions and regions.
A bulk document itemizes assorted cargo and stock movements including hides, skins, wool, cotton, flour, cornmeal, oats, grease, tea, butter, eggs, cheese, lumber, leather, bales, casks, butter tubs and various grain, with numerous quantities and units such as bales, barrels, cases, tubs, and rolls. It lists rail lines and consignments across Boston and Maine Railroad Lowell System and by sea or express shipment.
A fragmented passenger timetable lists palace parlor cars for Troy Albany and Binghamton with express and sleeping car options to Chicago and St. Louis via Niagara Falls and Erie lines. It shows various daily and Sunday departures, times, regions including Belmont Waverley Cambridge Miller’s Falls and Greenfield, and notes connections through Ayer Junction and the Wabash Western Railway.
Daily and weekly train routes listed for Boston and Maine services from 218 Washington Street with departures from Haymarket, Causeway Street, and Maines Central lines. Includes connections to Rockland, Lewiston, Manchester, Fortland, Eastport, Calais, Halifax, and Nova Scotia via steamer links. Weekly departures cover Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays with specific times for paths to Portland, St. John, Haymarket and Causeway stations.
A dense listing of weekday and Sunday trains from Boston to Alton, Kay, Rochester, Farmington, Dover, Exeter, Great Falls, and many New England towns. Timetables include numerous departures through the day, with times for Andover, Manchester, Lowell, Malden, Newburyport, North Andover, Merrimac, Wakefield, Wilmington, and more, reflecting a broad regional network.
Trains depart from Boston Station Cau Street for Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Revere Everett and Rochester with a dense list of daily and Sunday departure times across routes to Newburyport Portsmouth York Harbor Beach and several coastal stations. Service includes early morning and late evening slots with afternoon and night connections and a workingmen's train on Thursdays and Saturdays via Haymarket.
Boston station on Causeway street offers through service to Bilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Beaverhill Woodsville and to Franklin Lebanon White River Junction and St Johnsbury New port Sherbrooke Quebec with daily 9 am and 7 pm trains. Passumpsic Division connects White River Junction Wells River and Weirton branches with several morning and afternoon departures. Sleeping and parlor cars run to Montreal and via White River Junction to Montreal Boston Air Line.
A fragmented OCR rail timetable lists numerous departures and arrivals for Boston area towns including Medford Arlington Lexington Woburn Winchester Concord and Lowell with partial times and station names. Sunday trains to Nashua Lowell Lawrence Stoneham and others appear amid scattered figures and abbreviations.
Time tables listing local and through trains from Boston to Northampton Hadley Amherst South Amherst Melroseville Ware Gilbertville Barre Old North Worcester Clinton Sudbury Rockbotton Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley and more with morning and afternoon departures, stations for Weston Wayland Izelmont and Ware, and note that full information is obtainable at stations. T FURBER and D J FLANDERS are the general managers involved.
A dense OCR snapshot lists multiple local train times and routes across towns such as Fall River, Braintree, Quincy, Taunton, and Stoughton. It reads like an era timetable with hours, AM and PM marks, Sundays and Exceptions, and references to connections via Brockton and Duxbury.
A dense listing shows multiple railroad lines, stations, and departure times from Providence and Attleboro to New York with sundry destinations. It includes Sunday adjustments, various frequencies, and track names or areas like Jamaica, Forest, and North Attleboro, signaling a chaotic timetable snapshot.
Cape Cod division schedules list leave times from Kneeland Street Station for Buzzards Bay through to Woods Hole and Wareham with multiple stops including Barnstable, Brewster, Chatham, Vineyard Haven, Mashpee, Nantucket via Belford, and Provincetown. Weekday and weekend times show departures around early morning and late afternoon, with 8.15 am and 4.15 pm many routes.
Time tables list Northern Division routes from Leave Boston and Albany stations to Framingham Milford and other towns with multiple daily departures. Notable stops include Enayville Mouthboro Northborea Clinton Leominster and Fitchburg with varying morning and afternoon services and Sunday patterns. Official timetable notices credit J R Kendrick and GEO L Connor, Boston, June 18, 1888.
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