Fruit crop prospects by state show early frost damage
The report notes very low fruit set and dropped young fruit across states from Delaware to Georgia. Pennsylvania shows little bloom, while Virginia, the Carolinas, and Georgia face cold weather and late frosts. The Gulf States, Arkansas, Tennessee, West Virginia, Kentucky report scattered crops. Ohio has its lowest ever condition at 57. Western regions and Pacific coast fare better with higher conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlantic Coast
Pennsylvania
Delaware
Georgia
Maryland
Virginia
Carolinas
Gulf States
Arkansas
Tennessee
West Virginia
Kentucky
Ohio
West
Northwest
Pacific Coast
Territories
Dakota
Market Report Flour And Grain June 25 1885
The flour market remains unchanged and the general market is quiet with light business as goods are needed. Corn is quiet with prices steady. oats remain firm and rising. Descriptions of elevator prices, on track quotes, and daily call settlements are provided alongside detailed price ranges for flour, meal, rye, oats, malt and hops, with inventories and bids listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Michigan
New York
Nada Superior
Canada
Bush
Canada Western
Eastern
Quiet Butter and Broad Farm Prices Hold Steady
The butter market remains quiet with large receipts and fair demand. New York prices steady. Chicago shows easier tones with top at 18c. Cincinnati reports fair demand with 18-20c for finest. 12-13c for extra dairy. Cheese dull. New York and Chicago demand mixed. Eggs steady across regions. Beans, seeds, potatoes, and hay show varied steady to dull trends. Norfolk boat heads Monday with 6700 bbls. tallow, meats, and produce follow mixed wholesale quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
Cincinnati
Liverpool
Norfolk
Butler
Vermont
Northern Choice
Choice
New Northern Sage
Choice Northern
Michigan
Nova Scotia
Island
New Brunswick
Canada
Timothy
North
Bush
West
Redion
Jersey
East Swale
Maine
Hebrons
Burbanks
New Southern
Sassee
States record varied crop damages and ripening peaches
States report crop damage averages from 54 in Virginia to 645 in Alabama. In parts of Georgia the early peaches are ripe but crop is small and affected by rot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia
Alabama
Georgia
Norfolk truck imports show varied produce demand and prices
The Norfolk boat arrival lists crates and bbls of apples cabbage beans cucumbers squash tomatoes and potatoes with prices for wax beans green beans asparagus endive peppers and more. Demand is described as steady or good for several items including beans peas and southern tomatoes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Long Islands
Long Island
Providence
Bermudas
Bermuda
Meat market steady with firm beef and hog prices
Pork and lard hold steady with good demand while fresh beef receipts are light and trade quiet. Weekly beef car receipts totaled 92 for Boston, 56 export, 163 suburban. earlier week 126 total. Hogs show some decline from prior peaks. overall meats remain well sustained with exports light but lard up. Prices for fresh meats and pork products listed across multiple cut categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Cincinnati
Chicago
Kansas City
Milwaukee
St. Louis
Lord
Choice
Indianapolis
Cotton and commodity prices in Liverpool and New York
Liverpool cotton futures opened and closed firm across months from June to January with varying differentials. Spot upland and Orleans prices rose, sales at 8000 bales and 7100 American, receipts 17,000 bales. New York spot closed firm across grades, futures up with daily sales 85,300 bales. PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES and sugar and molasses markets show mixed movements with bids, highest and lowest quotes, and refining sugar prices varying by type.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
New York
Ugar
Manila
Lloilos
Belmont
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Cuba
New York Flour and Grain Prices and Market Report
New York markets report flour dull with extensive price lists for yarn, with receipts and exports and various flour grades including city mill extra and superfine. Wheat and corn values show mixed movements, oats steady, rye unchanged, and oils and meats trading in narrow ranges, noting declines in lard and steady beef and pork.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio
Minnesota
Chicago
Milwaukee
Petroleum—United
Tierces
Western Steam Pt
Commodity price snapshot across Chicago and Midwest markets
Chicago and Midwestern grain and meat markets show mixed moves with flour steady to firm, wheat weak or lower, corn and oats fluctuating, and pork, lard, and bacon with varied quotes. Receipts and shipments vary by city including Milwaukee Cincinnati Detroit Minneapolis Toledo and St Louis with multiple price points and grades listed.
Hog and Cattle Markets Across Key Cities June 25
Hogs steady in Peoria with sales mainly 470 to 495 amid light receipts. Kansas City reports hogs easier, 460 to 470, official receipts 5000, shipments 2871. St Louis notes firm hogs with most sales around 490 to 510, butchers 510 to 620. Chicago cattle receipts 1000 with steady market. steer shipments 325 to 435, cows 125 to 275, Texas cattle 220 to 340. Hog receipts 8000 with slow, weak action 470 to 495. packing 485 to 606, light 470 to 606. Sheep receipts 500 with steady pricing natives 34 to 46, Western 360 to 370, Texans 557 to 365, lambs 160 to 425.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peoria
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Chicago
Texas
Print Cloth Market Reports Firm, Quiet With Mixed Prices
Fall River and Providence market briefs show print cloth activity steady but quiet. Production 165000, deliveries 172000, stocks 258000, sales 124000, spot 67000, futures 567000. prices for 64x64s and 56x60s vary with small declines but firm bid levels. Total sales about 24200 pieces with stock held at manufacturers around 140000 of 64s and 1000 of 56x60s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River
Commodity Net Receipts and Stocks Across U S Ports
A compact summary of daily net receipts gross sales exports and stock across major ports including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville with consolidated totals for one day showing varied activity from dull to firm and mid 10 to mid 11c levels and Great Britain exports noted for several entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
Mobile
Memphis
Dull
Savannah
Ross
C. Charleston
Wilmington
Tee Coastwise
Mic Utac
Norfolk
C. Philadelphia
Baltimore
New Yorke
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
C. Consolidated
United States
Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool
June reports show cargoes off the coast with wheat firmer and corn in demand. Prices in Liverpool steady for wheat and firm for American corn as Paris and London markets hold quiet. Havana sugar markets show firm prices with broad weekly activity and steady exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
California
Havana
Matanzas
United States
London wool sales show brisk demand and steady prices
London reports strong turnout at wool sales with brisk competition. Prices held firm across New Zealand scoured and greasy bales, New Wales, Queensland, South Australia, Swan River, Cape of Good Hope, and Natal lots, with varied rates per pound and few changes in quality grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Baracoa
Jamaica
Aspinwall
London
New Zealand
New Wales
Queenslands
South Australia
Swan River
Cape of Good Hope
Imports and Exports June 25 1887 Antwerp Steamer Alabama
Import list from Antwerp dated June 25 1887 shows shipments aboard the State of Alabama with 7249 steel bars from Norway Steel and Iron Co 880 billets 680 from do Jere Abbott & Co 2129 coils wire from Washburn & Moen Mfg Co 100. Detailing buyers and vessel entries, the report records quantities and consignors for imports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Trade ledger items from merchants and quantities recorded
A compact listing shows multiple merchant names and items with quantities. It includes F de Barry & Co and J D & M Williams for wine and mineral water, Jones McDuffee Stratton, Venable Hyman with steel and billets, and Baring Bros with cases of mineral water. Entries note 5030, 760, 7280, 6384, and 14 bbls indigo order, indicating a diverse trade ledger entry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Barry & Co
D & M Williams
Paeware Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
Baring Bros & Co
Maritime Exports Shipments From Nova Scotia to Europe
A dated list from June 25 1887 details cargoes from Halifax and ports in Yarmouth and Charlottetown to Antwerp New York and Meaghan. The brig Louisa Coeper carries cornmeal pork cottonseed meal and other goods while schooner H G Ives loads timber and groceries. Steamship Pieter de Coninck receives cargo addition including shoe blacking bacon and pigs. Other vessels like Benjamin Killam Novelty and 8ch Novelty report flour and meal consignments alongside assorted hardware furniture and agricultural implements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
H G Ives
Yarmouth
Louisa Coeper
Ifax
Charlottetown
Pei
Carroll
Antwerp
Belgium
New York
Pieter de Coninck
Meteghan
Benjamin Killam
Baddeck
Staple Products Receipts June 25 1887 Across Railroads
A dated itemized list shows shipments by multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Boston and Lowell and Boston and Maine Western Division and by express and sea. It details counts of bales wool cotton bales, flour barrels, bushels of corn oats and potatoes, boxes of cheese eggs butter leather hides tea and many other commodities. The entry catalogues quantities and transport modes, reflecting a comprehensive cargo ledger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
By Express
Dividends Declared by Several Rail and Manufacturing Firms
Worcester Nashua and Rochester Railroad and Old Colony Railroad announce semi annual and special dividends with payment dates in July 1887. American Bell Telephone Company Cabot Manufacturing Co Fisher Manufacturing Co Manchester Mills list per share percentages and record dates. notices issued by treasurers and officers in Boston Worcester and Manchester with checks mailed for standing orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Worcester
T. W. Hammond
OLD Colony Railroad
Boston
Mass
John M. Washburn
American Bell Telephone Company
Rian L
Treasuer
Pisher Manufacturing Co
Francis Cabot
Merchants’ Exchange
Train Arrangement on the Boston and Providence Line
The Boston and Providence Railroad posts May 30 1887 schedule details with departures to New York and Providence, varied return times, numerous stations including Attleboro Canton and Hyde Park, and note of weekday changes and late night runs. A. A. Folsom signs as Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Providence Railroad
Boston
Shore Line
Meturn
IL PE
New York
Hketurn
Providence
Hee Oe
Paw- Saat
Heturn
Wee Eville
Iebranville
Mbeturn
Yao
Attleboro
Li Pu
North Attle
Manseld
Rae Meturn
East Foxboro
Sabarem
Ieee
Canton J Saction
Tada
Mccartion
Foe Oy
Hyde Park
Heeturn
Eatas
Clarendon Hills
Soas Ya
Inéo AM
Sa Etw Ray
Iston
Kosbary
Dedham
Boa AM
West Woxbury
Pie Beetern
Stoughton
Canton
Barton
Mt. Hope
Sae Ee
Sertetet
Boston and Albany timetable corrections 1887 corrected
Corrected January 3 1887 timetable details list Boston Summer Street departures for Ashcroft Dorchester Franklin etc with multiple daily times and connections. Includes Norwood Central Woonsocket division notes, New York via Middletown and Norwich lines, and Philadelphia Express plus Norwich line express details and station stops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Summer Street
Ashcroft
Altimore
Bir Street
Ilamj
Blackstone
Pete Anbury
Fos Me Dorchester
Dudley Street
A. Endicott
Franklin
Forest Avenue
Potter
Aim
Harvard
Highland Lake
Manchester
Mattapan
Milford
Norwich Li
Norwood
Wood Central
Sis
Tucked
Eiiedstehin
Providence
Putnam
Headville
Ieivver Street
Rockvie
C Cine
Southbridge
Tain
Walpole
Washington, I
Aterbury
Willimantic
Winslows
Ebster
Norwood Central
Woonsocket Division
Boston & Albany Railroad
Dail Friays Enti
Needhaman
Woonsocket
Hreturn
Fitchburg and Hoosac Tunnel Route Train Schedule 1887
Local time tables show through tickets and stop patterns for the Fitchburg Railroad from Boston to North Adams and Albany with numerous daily express and accommodation services. Includes sleeping cars to Chicago, Buffalo, and New York, connections at Palmer and Pittsfield, and special Sunday schedules. Authorities listed: John Adams, J. Whitmore, J.R. Watson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central
Cheshire R
Bellows Falls
White River Junction
Vermont
Montreal
Points West
Cheso Monadnock
Ee UK
Shutland
Pullman Palace
Iton
Causeway Street
North Adams
Albany
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
St. Slash
Todd
Miller’s Falls
Cambridge
Soto
Concord
Neal
Eae
Fitchburg
Ai Ag
Abe Fa
Frener
Isener
Hesttee
Bm Greenfield
Lince
Saratoga
Troy and
the West
Vibbe
Watertown
Jaan Market
Mt. Auburn
Winchendon
Keene
Land
Burlington
Ottawa
Tex
Ttawa
St. Albana
Ayer Junction
Hoogac Tunnel
Washington Street
Boston
John Adams J. Whitmore
J.R. Watson
Springfield
Pittsfield
West
South Framingham
Syracuse
Springfields
Kane
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Worcester
Itoleao
Niagara Falls
Palmer
Vane River
Springifield
New Haven
New York
Baller
Neork
Millbury
Nort Grafton
Milfond
Tramsham
Sais
Buxonville
Rm. Natickes
Oes
Liab Poe Wellesley
Pratt
Oru
Aburndale
Meae
Newton
Newtonville
New Convas
Faneuil
Aravasi
Allston
Cottage Farm
Brookline
Cy Street
Reson Bop
Axl
Reeservoir
Chestnut Oh
Rowton
Ie Mere
Bas
Rib
T. Womten Highla Lands
Ramanham
Marlboro
Southboro
Northboro
Clinton
Yleomister
Bertin
West Eerie
Bolton
Ratt's Junction
Mechburg
Saturn Man
Newton Lower Falls
Wellesley Hills
Newton Highlands
Interparas
Outon
Mir “Isrookline
Son
Oan Pass
Agt
Central Vermont
Lowell
Wagner Palace
R. R
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Albans
Old Colony schedule for Boston to New York via Fall River Line
The document lists weekday and Sunday train times from Boston to New York via Fall River Line with numerous intermediate stops including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Cohasset Scituate Buzzard's Bay and Plymouth. Return times are shown with multiple connections and notes on destinations such as Nantucket and Woods Hall. GEO L. Connor and J. R. Kendrick are named as officials.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Commission
Pilgrim
ISTOL
Providence
Old Colony
Boston
Fall River
Newport
New
Pilgrim Land
J. R. Kendrick
Ashmont
Sinra
Barnstable
Sayannti
Aia Wons
Sandwich
Hyannis
Braintree
Buzzard 'S Bay
Oeis Say
Sam Bria
Hedurn
Aa Ratur
Cape Ogo
Ititueteten
Ellfieet
Pet Adree
Provincetown
Cohasest
Hingham
Cohasset
Kearn
Cottage Citys
Woods Ton
Ladon
A Hall
New Bedford
Magowater
Ferockton
East Milton
West
West Quincy
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Tiver
Annton
Mae m
Brockton
Taunton
Brockton Pee Morrison
Bia Oe
Rebara
Jiapan
Get
Tor
Ey Seo
Weel Oro
Nantucket
Wood's Hall
Woo- Holl
Easton
Stougaton Ranodolph
Plymouth
Abington
Duxbury
Return
Ues Ee Het
Umne
Scituate
North Scituate
Sea View
South Doxbury
Dean Ma
Hitman
South Weymouth
Whitman
Ron Weenay
Weymouths
Arshield
Marshfield
South Braintree
Middleboro
Cottage City
Falmouth
Monument Beach
Yarmouth
Buzzard’s Bay
Onset Bay
Wareham
Cottage Ways
Geo. L. Connor
J. R, Kendrick
Gen. Pass
Also Mentioned on This Page
Messina
Palermo
Department of Agriculture
New Jersey
South Atlantic
Gulf
South America
Livernou
Minneapolis
Toledo
Slo
St Louis
London Wool Sales
Bate
Worcester, Nashua and Rochester Railroad Company
Manchester Mills
Douglas Axe Mfg. Co
D. D
Dana
BAY State
Canal Street
Amon Safe and Iron Works Con
Sudbury St
Cichester
Chichester
Chichester Chemical CO
Philadelphia
Penn
Gro. C. Goopwis & Co
Aron Re Gay & CO
Railroads
Middletown
Pullman
Hartford
New Britain
Waterbury
Panto Sa
Wishkill-on-Hudson
P. New England Limited
Air Line
Grand Central
York
Jersey City
Trenton
Washington
Richmond
Norwich
New London
Danielsonville
City OF Worcester
City OF New York
A. A. Jackson
A. D. Kendall
Pass
Cheshire
Hoosac Tunnel
H. T. Gallup
L. H. Palmer
Asent
Old State House
Darshfield U
Lattapan Ai
Fr Menoe A
AAG Ae
Montreal & West
Ress
Stonington
State Street
Boston & Providence R. Ry
J. W. Richardson
A. A. Folsom
Boston & Providence R. R. Ae
Concord R. KR
B. and
Teave Concord
N. H
Chamberlin
Baeder, Adamson & CO
Weekly Post
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