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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 26, 1888

Page

7

Market Report Shows Firmer Prices Across Commodities

The report notes higher to ship markets for No 2 yellow grain, steamer yellow prices at 59 to 60c, and No 8 yellow at 81c. Spot quotes list high mixed at 59 60c, steamer yellow at 69 60c, and No 2 whites around 43c. Receipts and stock levels vary by region with mixed activity in New York Chicago and Milwaukee oats, cornmeal, and malt markets.

Uoe New York Toledo Milwaukee Boston & Albany Hoosae Tunnel Barney Chicago Bush Graham Fiour Canada Choice

Butter and dairy commodity prices hold steady across markets

The butter market remains unchanged with demand quiet at firm quotes. Western creameries offer up to 21c and various grades range from 16c to 21c, with prices also listed for Vermont and Eastern creamery. Cheese and eggs show quiet movement at old prices, while potatoes, beans, grasses, and poultry follow steady, firm pricing trends across regions and grades.

Banana steamers arrive and sailings listed for bananas

The steamer Unita has arrived with bananas for GH Harding. The steamer Aguan is due June 28 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Welhaven is due June 29 from Baracoa with bananas for WW& CR Noyes.

Unita GH Harding Aguan Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Welhaven Baracoa Ww& CR Noyes

Fruit Prices And Steamer Arrivals Reported By Market

Receipts of new apples rising with crate prices at 14 dollars and old russets at 55 dollars per barrel. Oranges and lemons show firm demand with various quotes for Palermo and Messina fruit, and the steamer State of Alabama brings 2300 boxes of oranges and 14200 boxes of lemons. Strawberries arriving in good condition with sales to 20 cents. Savannah steamer not yet arrived, remaining lots closed at Saturday prices. California fruits sell at auction with apricots 120 to 126 dollars, peaches 180 to 204, plums 175 to 216, pears 42 5.

Palermo Messina Valencia Alabama

Market Report on Overdue Apricots and Arriving Bananas

A car of apricots three days overdue sold at 15 60c. Berries Cherries arrived in poor condition with slow sale at 8 10c. Gooseberries slow at about 4 per bush box. Bananas: the steamer Gwent delivered fruit from Baracoa for Seaverns with red and yellow at 125. The steamer Bergenseren arrived from Baracoa with ba pega sold at 126 for both red and yellow.

Gwent Baracoa Seaverns Bergenseren

Truck Market Prices From Southern Markets

A list of fresh produce and truck goods with current prices across regions. Items include new marrow squash at 2 dollars per barrel, asparagus 75 cents per dozen, Long Island green peas 2.50 per barrel, Florida tomatoes 14 dollars per crate, Southern cabbage 2 dollars per barrel, Norfolk string beans 150 per crate, Bermuda onions 1.75 per crate, Egyptian onions 2.25 per case, beets 60 cents per dozen, Southern cucumbers 2.50 per crate, and various other vegetables with quoted prices.

Long Island Florida Louisiana Norfolk

Provisions Market Steady with Broad Pork Prices

Pork market steady with firm prices across cuts. Long cuts 17 17 60, short cuts 17 50 17 75, backs 17 70 18 00, light backs 17 lean ends 17 26 17 76, tongues 18, mess 14 16 16 75, fresh ribs 10 11c, bologna 6, lard 9.06, New York pork dull, beef quiet, lard firmer. Western steam 8 52 8 65, Chicago pork 138 65, corned beef prices varied, fresh beef demand depressed but ranges listed.

New York Western Steam City Steam Chicago Cincinnati Oloe A Ib Brighton

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugars firm and steady with unchanged quotations for various grades. Cuban refinings at 4138-1647%8c¢, J-16e for Manila, Javas Nos 10 to 11 at 59-16a5%ee. Refined sugars firm with good demand. prices: Pulverized 8c, powdered 11c, granulated 67g c, Belmont A 614c, extra C 6c, yellow 5388 bollec. Wholesale price 7c for granulated. Molasses trade quiet at firm prices. Ponce 36c/gal, Porto Rico 26-35c, Cienfuegos 25c, Mayaguez 28-35c, 50 test boiling grades nominal at bay /aC. New York trade dull at 19%ec for 50 test.

Cuba New York Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez

Cotton Prices Show Mixed Moves Amid Rain Fear

Allan Asher & Co reports Liverpool demand for spots remains strong while futures show limited appetite. New York prices ease slightly for old crop and rise for new crop as growers cover short positions on crop-damage fears. Spot cotton in Liverpool firm at 5d for middling uplands and 59-16d for Orleans with heavy daily sales. regional markets show varied activity and steady levels across ports. Data includes opening and closing futures quotes and nationwide port stocks and receipts.

Allan Asher & Co Exchange Place Liverpool New Orleans New York Vung Views Eas Rao Novomided Gvisesskee Bigocin Sais Vacwe Vanualg Ss Siasey Eee Ais O Orleans Ceecese Oho Ouyang IB. S Cise Eka Anguet Augusta Galveston Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Norfolk Philadelphia West Point Baltimore Wilmington France Continent Cincinnati Sie St Louis Louisville United States

Market Reports from Kansas City Stock Yards Cattle and Hogs

Cattle receipts 2500 steady prices for steers and cows listed from 550 to 575, 140 for cows. Hogs receipts 1100 with heavies 540 to 545, mixed and lights 630 to 635, pigs 350 to 525. Sheep receipts 800, market steady. Reports from St Louis Cincinnati Chicago and other markets show varied hogs, cattle, and sheep prices and shipments, with overall movement steady to slow across regions.

Kansas City St Louis

Tallow Market Stays Quiet and Steady

Market report notes a calm, steady tone as buyers and sellers hold prices with light activity observed. Traders describe minimal movement across grades while stock levels remain ample and pricing shows little volatility.

Market Report Summary of Commodities and Pipelines

City markets show easy sales with 145000 lbs of prime city coffee at 4c. Rio coffee nominal at 1424¢. Turpentine closed at 8644¢, resin at 115 117% with tar nominal. Petroleum closed at 64g 6%8c. RSW at 714¢ and cases at 9c. Pipe Line Certificates closed 3 p.m. June 23, reopened 10 a.m. June 25 with highs 73¢, lows 73¢, 12 m closing 18388 73Y4c bid.

New York Rio Cincinnati

Receipts from June 25 1888 Boston and railroads

Receipts detail shipments to multiple rail lines including Boston and Albany Boston and Providence Grand Junction New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine and others. Items listed include cotton wool flour corn meal oats malt feed pork lard bacon butter cheese eggs hay lumber leather hides skins and related goods with numerous quantities. Also lists ships and merchants such as E T Russell Co C D Stone Co and brokers under Rosario Sagua Bark Nellie E Rumball and Standard Sugar Refinery with regional cargos to Yarmouth NL and Gloucester fish trades.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Soston & Maine Railroad Lowell Express Ags Sugar Standard Sugar Refinery Yarmouth Clements & Co Barclay & Co G Hall & Co Ellis & Co Y Hutchinson & Co Pickert& Co Batchelder Do Cram & Allen Gloucester Fish Co TJ Jones & Co Pickert & Co Adams Bros UGIS Oleo Kys Petr Oakum, Nee Speer England Nova Scotia British West Indies Hayti Seem Cuba

Imports and Exports Record June 25 1888 Bahia and Nova Scotia

A detailed ledger of imports and exports listing vessels, owners, and cargo across Atlantic ports. Sugar, potatoes, lumber, iron, wine, textiles, and canned goods appear with quantities and consignors such as Nash Spaulding & co, G C Rockwell & Son, Baring Bros & co, Houghton & Dutton, Stone & Downer, Cunard Line, and T M Clark among others. Ports include Canning NS Halifax NS Liverpool Eng New London PEI Port Williams NL Charlottetown PEI Port Hawkesbury NS and other Atlantic points with cargoes of sugar molasses potatoes rice flour beef leather sugar and meals.

England Belgium Wasee Sc Marbie cv Oss Nova Scotia Scotland Germany Italy Ciaracaiais Port Antonio Bermuda Hong Kong Rotterdam Cuba Porto Rico Bahia Jark Wayfarer Cardenas Nash Spaulding & Co Canning Sch Star Delons Seaman Fajardo Crab Island Brig Stella Gustavo Preston Halifax Rockwell & Son Liverpool Eng Jackson Naylor & Co Norway Steel and Iron Co Baring Bros & Co Dones Brandy Doherty & Co Dame & Co Jd& M Williams Schoenhof Oliver Ditson & Co Chattee & Son Do Machinery Stone & Downer Estes & Lanurat Cunard Steamship Line Stone & Downer Brockman & Co American Express Co Wellington & Co Torrey, Biight & Capen Mitchell, Woodbury & Co Norcross Mellen & Co Abram French & Co Laldwin Bros & Co Frost & Adams George Worley & Co May Mellen, Bray & Co Smith & Byram HW White & Co Haley & Co Moseley & Co Louise Hovey & Co Pierce & Co Benjfrench & Co Weil, Dreyfus & Co If Hovey & Co Peabody Charles Knight Lostonian Society Jones Bond & Co Macunilar Parker & Co Cummer Jones & Co Tub Macullar Stevens, Hovey & Co Norton, Fessenden & Sonle J H Pierce & Robertson Box Kiley & Gray Paress Macallar Parker & Co—1 Do Marger & Avery—Ldo CE Hovey & Co New London Pei Ocean Star Port Williams Port Lawkesbury Charlottetown Pictou Carroll Charlott Town Keston Consolidated Produce Co Ado Burrows & Co Brown DeLoria & Co Lyman & ¢Co Bowles & Co Cutler Griffin & Co Hinckley, Ayer & Co Johnson & Co Mead & Co Madon McQueen Alexander McInnis French & Fickett Patch & Roberts Russell & Co Stimpson, Murray & Co Skilton & Co Winsor & Son Wilkins & Co McDonald Picton CN Barrett. & Co Potter & Wrightington Port Hawkesbury Beaman Bros Butler, Breed & Co A Cutler Delong & Seaman O’hara Whitney, Wousland & Co Hugh Campbell L Clements & Co Delonge& Deamnan Ibis & Co James Emery, Jr UWB Griffin & Co Kendall & Co F Rose

Exports Summary From Nova Scotia Ports 1888 Ledger

Export list dated June 25 1888 from Liverpool and Digby Annapolis Nova Scotia noting schooners and a bark loaded with flour meal pork beef lard cheese lager beer oats and many other goods. Includes JH Hiltz Lily E Crescent and New Brunswick steamer with varied cargoes and quantities such as lumber tobacco and hardware.

Liverpool Dexter Port Hawkesbury Port Mulgrave JH Hiltz Trinidad Digby Annapolis Ms. Steamer New Brunswick Pkgs

Foreign Markets. Wheat and corn ease in London and Liverpool

London market reports show wheat weaker and corn easier with shipments and cargoes improving while inland prices slip. In Liverpool wheat demand poor. prices steady for winter and club wheats, corn and peas firmer, pork steady, cheese firmer, lard up, tallow down. Antwer p aris quotes noted.

London Beerbohms Mark Lane Calcutta Club Minnesota Larts Liverpool England California Antwerp Paris

Proposals for Military Supplies Sealed in Philadelphia

Sealed proposals in triplicate due July 19 1888 to furnish the U S Army Quartermaster with 10000 yards 6 4 cloth 800 yards sky blue doeskin 3000 yards black Italian cloth 2500 helmets untrimmed 150 drums 300 trumpets 1000 shovels short handles 150 music pouches and 15000 other items. Bids must include earliest delivery date. samples at Schuylkill Arsenal. 10 percent bid guarantee. preference to American production. envelopes marked Proposals for Military Supplies.

Arch Street Philadelphia United States Quartermaster’s Department Schuylkill Arsenal Pacific M. I. Ludington Q. M U.S. A

Boston and Maine June 24 1888 Through Trains Schedule

Boston and Maine Railroad releases a dated list of through trains on Western and Eastern divisions with multiple departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations. It notes express service to Eastport Calais St John Halifax and steamer connections from Portland on specific weekdays, plus additional routes to Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway and Blaine Central lines with various times.

Augusta Haymarket St Causeway St Bangor Sar Harbor St. Doehn Halifax Provinces Haymarket Sq Old Orchard Portland Poland Springs Bar Harver Eastport Calais St. John Causeway Street Haymarket Square Hivekland Cassine Southwest War Farbors North Conway Haymarket Sq Portland Haymarket Sq Blaine Central Grand Trunk Kanex Lincoln Hailways

Western Division Train Timetable Summary

Complex list of Western Division rail times for towns including Andover Dover Danvers Lowell Malden Medford North Andover Newburyport and more with weekday and Sunday departures and varied times across morning afternoon and evening sessions.

Extensive New England Train Timetable Fragment

Round through timetable from Boston stations listing numerous routes to Amesbury Biddeford Dover Everett Lynn Revere Gloucester North Quay Norton and other towns. Includes Saturday extensions and Sunday schedule notes with varied times across many lines and branches.

Train times to Point of Pines and Oak Island schedule

Gathers departure and return times from Boston to Point of Pines and Oak Island. Lists weekday and Sunday services with multiple morning, afternoon, and evening departures and returns. Indicates Oak Island not served on one line and contains several garbled times.

Point of Pines Oak Island

Boston to Montreal and New England Rail Schedule Note

Partial OCR shows a Boston Causeway street line with through service to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Silverhill Woodsville and others. Timings include 9am 11 and 7pm for several routes to Littleton Lancaster Whitefield Bethlehem Junction and Franklin Lebanon White River Junction. Montreal via White River Junction and via Boston Air Line with parlor and sleeping cars. local services from Nashua Keene Concord Manchester and Manchester area with multiple departures.

Lowele Boston Causeway Stree Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Silverhill Woodsville Littleton Lancaster Whitefield Bethlehem Junction Uiwin Mountain Fabyans Franklin Lebanon White River Junction St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpsie Wells River Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal RK. KR Montreal & Hoston Air Line

Brailroads timetable excerpt for Lexington and surrounding towns

A dense schedule lists train times for Lexington and nearby areas including Arlington Nashua Sowell Stoneham and Way Stations and Winchester plus routes via Bedford and Montreal with numerous morning and evening departures. The fragmentary data shows varied times from early morning to late night across multiple origins and destinations.

Central Massachusetts Train Time Tables Published

Time tables showing local and through train information are available at stations for Belmont Waverley Waltham Hudson and Way Stations to Ware. Signed by T F Furber and J Flanders as General Manager and Ghol Passenger Agent respectively.

Belmont Waverley Waltham, Hudson and Way Ware Mes T. Furber J. Flanders Ger’t Gho'l Pagaenger Boston Old Colony K.R

Trains Schedule Details for New York Boston and connections

Corrected timetable lists trains from Boston to Norwood Central Hyde Park Franklin and many intermediate stations with daily and Sunday services on the Western division and Woonsocket division. It notes departure and return times, weekend variations, and notes on special stops and via lines including Hartford Norwich Line and Needham and Way Stations.

New Britain Newburg New Lane Air Line Hartford Norwich Line Borwich Borwood Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Providence Putnam Meadville River Street Rockville Conn Southbridge Wiltons Walpole Washington D.C Waterbury Willimantic Winslows Webster Boston Hyde Park Franklin New York Middetown New Haven Danbury Fishkill-on New England Grand Central Depot Willi

Unclear numeric schedule fragment noted

A sanitized OCR fragment shows scattered times and codes such as 10.34 3.30 4 50 6.55 6.05 m Sundays 15 pm and multiple entries like 8.20 9 32 100 12.36 with unclear context or entities. The text reads as mixed timings and abbreviations without full sentences or identifiable events.

Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Goo Wai Pin Dover Danvers Sala Ae Georget Saeco Rence South Lawrences Tai Medford Ms Uquity Bos Ss Elrose Ps Méreimac. T North Andover Oro Bihe Newburyport Dece Ading Suatem Wakeneld Waleecuxton Amesbury Tom Meverly Biddeford Aim Bears Tom Chelsea Everett Paris Brampton Beach North Krampton Rye Beach Lynn Marblehead Swamp Bae North Ouway Pesbod Danve Bortsmouth Revere Ktockport Glenter Bronch Stathousen Work Barber & Beach R.R Saugus Een Scott Wenham Wolfeboro Sundawy Lyon and Way Portsmouth Arkland Bangor Bohm Malifax Pom Salem Point of Pines Leave Oak LO LiLo Din Lawrence Ham Wilmington Utd Lia Am Hull Woburn Winchester West Medford College Ph. Wrag Concord Mass Reforma Billerica Bedford Lexington M. Arlington Baltimore Bird Blackstone Danbury Doroe Il B Dudley Endicott Kisha Franklin tLam Highland Manchester Teiv Milford Mt. Bowdoin Woonsocket Division Tieston & Albany Railroad Boston Needham and Way Woonsocket Aes Eis Geo Clarendo Attleboro Ikum Imdia Oint UN Spring Street Weat Roxbury Central Canton Mansfield Taunton Vox Point Whart Punanie Brockton Kall Sun Taun pahVy Vrarny Bacay P Tm Newport North Easton Steugini Dolph Duxbury Hockland and Hanc Shawmut Braintree South Central Station Whitman Weymouth Sridgewater Cochesett Dedham

Central Division Bus Timetable Fragments

Fragmented list of bus times and routes for Central Division including numerous stations such as Harrison, Shawmut, Hockland, Duxbury via routes, Sundays and weekdays departures, and varied times with no clear single service pattern. The garbled OCR yields many station names and irregular timings.

Cape Cod Train Schedule Fragments Arrive at Buzzards Bay Area

Station times and routes list Cape Cod division trains from Leave Kneeland Street to Buzzards Bay and multiple towns including Bourne Bournedale Brewster Chatham Falmouth Harwich Sandwich Wellfleet and Wareham with weekday and Sunday times across stations such as Woods Hall Nantucket and Monument Beach. The garbled OCR shows morning and afternoon departures with several partial times.

Cape Cod Kneeland Street Buzzards Hay Mainstabie de Fiourne Bournedale Brewster Cataumet Chatham Ottage City Oods Hall Fairhaven Ulmouth Harwich Monument Beach Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Woods Hall Que Bay Sandwich Salvamore Varay Unday Buzzards Bay Bourne

Providence Division Timetable Notes for Park Square and Suburban Stations

Train schedule fragment lists services from Park Square Station to the Shore Line and Providence Line with Sunday exceptions. It includes multiple destinations such as Attleboro Canton Dedham and Central and Reslindaie, with varied departure times from early morning to late evening and notes on Sunday work shifts and special service windows.

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