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29 Jun 1888

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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Jun 29, 1888

Page

7

Lobster and canned goods duty ruling cited in market list

A U S court decision frees canned lobsters from duties as prices for sea products appear: lobster per dozen at about 1.385 to 1.40 dollars, mackerel and sardines listed with case and oil prices, English Slack salted herring and other fish items priced per barrel or box.

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Shore Georges Pollock Hake Herring Labrador Newfoundland Bay Shore United States Court Fackerel
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Chicago Markets Report Shifts as Wheat Presses Foreign Demand

Wheat opens weak with foreign buying and local selling. Bulls turn bearish on lower prices while corn tumbles then steadies. Oats firm on July option strength. provisions dull. Hog receipts rise. prices vary by grade. Tomorrow’s expected car lots show wheat decline, corn and oats mixed. No July August afternoon session for Chicago Board of Trade.

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Farnum, Reardon & Co Chicago Board of Trade Pune
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Boston markets grain prices and receipts report

Boston market report shows quiet flour trade with mixed domestic prices and imported export quotes. Detroit Toledo Chicago receipts and shipments noted. wheat corn and oats prices fluctuate with firming tendencies. calls show varying bid asks and end prices.

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Market summary of cottonseed malt and hops prices

The market shows quiet to moderate demand across commodities. Prime cottonseed in sacks is $25 per ton on spot with variations noted. malt and hops hold steady with six and two row barley prices around one cent per bush or ton ranges. New York 1887 hops show early seasonal prices in the 8 to 12 cent range while older lots remain nominal.

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Canada Choice New York
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Market report notes little butter price change across regions

Butter prices remain near last quotes with creameries selling mostly at 20 21 cents and Northern creamery large lots at 21 cents. Receipts are strong, but price gains are hard to come by. Cheese demand quiet with buyers delaying. New York and Chicago markets varied while eggs and beans show mixed activity.

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Fruit Market Prices and Arrivals Reported

Apples receipts large with most lots poor. demand slow at 1 150 per crate. Oranges and lemons trade fair at firm prices. Palermo oranges 6 7 per box, Palermo lemons 8 7 4 per box, Messina oranges 5 5 50 per box, Messina lemons 8 7 per box, Valencia oranges 7 8 per case. Strawberries good supply with movement noted. Gooseberries quiet at 4 per bush, raspberries scarce at 26 30 per quart, native black cherries 12 42 15 per tb, thimbleberries arriving quiet. Red plums 2 50 per case. Virginia pears quiet at 2 2 25 per crate. Watermelons well supplied 20 cents for extra, 15 18 cents for mediums. California fruit sale prices: peaches 140 175, apricots 110 120, plums 120 162, pears 2 705 340 per box. Bananas on steamer Aguan sold at 1 85 for No 1s, 1 26 for eight hands, 85 cents for No 2a, 60 cents No 3s. golden vale lots 2 25 4 per bunch. Next sale Monday.

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Boston Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada Roller C P Canada New York City Chiesago St Louis Milwaukee Andi T Andi Toledo St. Louis Chicago Detroit Hoosac Albany Lake Rill Barney Lear Bush Liziat Kye Pyneerst Givin Iyvid Choice Western Vermont Eastern Liverpool New York Extra Vermont Extra Sage Americas Lee New Hampshire Northern Choices Western Nova Scotia New Brunswick PE Island California West Jersey Maine Burbanks Palermo Messina Valencia Boston Fruit Company
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Banana Steamer Arrivals From Baracoa Schedule

The steamer Welhaven is due June 29 from Baracoa with bananas for WW and C R Noyes. The steamer Ydun is due from Baracoa July 2 with bananas for Seaverns and Co.

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Welhaven Baracoa WW & C R Noyes Ydun Seaverns & Co
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Truck Market Prices Steady as Norfolk Shipments Arrive

The report shows demand steady with no changes in price. Norfolk boat due Friday delivers extensive produce including 350 bags peas, 450 barrels apples, 650 crates cabbage, 2250 crates beans, 250 crates cucumbers, 2750 barrels potatoes, 80 barrels squash, and 700 crates tomatoes. Prices list various items such as marrow squash at 250 per barrel, asparagus 75 cents per dozen, Norfolk cabbage 75 cents to 1 dollar per barrel, Long Island greens 125 to 137 percent per barrel, and multiple crates of wax beans, onions, beets, and cucumbers with firm quotes awaiting market action.

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Norfolk Savannah Mississippi Baltimore Long Island Bermuda
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Provisions steady as pork and lard values hold firm

Market reports show quiet demand for pork products with firm prices across cuts. New York and Chicago wholesale values cited for mess pork and lard, with varied quotes for trim and by products. St Louis and other centers note quiet to steady trading and modest shifts in lard and dry salt meats.

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New York Western Continent S A Chicago
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Cincinnati Provisions Quiet as Market Stagnant Prices Listed

Prices for short ribs and hams are given, with various plate and mess bills. Beef demand is described as quiet with large supply and very unsatisfactory conditions for fresh beef. Quotations cover steers, hinds, chucks, loins, and other cuts, plus lambs, veal, and mutton with ranges for quality and weight.

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Cincinnati Yo Poth Chicago Brighton
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Sugar and Molasses Market Report Summary

Sugar and molasses markets show firm raw sugar and stronger refined prices. Cuba and Havana markets hold firm with notes on specific prices for various grades. New York raw sugar steady, refined active. molasses stable with ranges cited for Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez and related grades.

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Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas Belmont New York Havana Cardenas Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez
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Liverpool and New York cotton markets face declines and steady closes

Allan Asher & Co notes a steady Liverpool market with fewer arrivals and a sluggish English market due to East India monsoon concerns. In New York, cotton remains quiet at 103 1/16 cents middling with near months down 7 to 12 points. Liverpool spot steady at 54d middling uplands. Futures opened steady, closed steady.

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Allan Asher & Co Exchange Place Liverpool New York Dunn Gears Aeey Orleans
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Hog and Cattle Markets Trade Across Multiple Cities

Kansas City stockyards report steady cattle and higher hogs with heavies $5 55 to $5 65 and pigs $6 15 to $6 85. Peoria and St Louis hogs steady, Cincinnati hogs firm, Chicago cattle dull and lower with beef at $38 65 to $39 50, hogs $5 45 to $5 80, sheep mixed and steady in various markets. Receipts numbered in thousands, with shipments and regional variations noted.

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Kansas City Peoria St Louis Cincinnati Chicago
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Miscellaneous Market Quotes From Various Cities

Market reports from multiple cities show a quiet steady trend across commodities. Turpentine and petroleum trade notes include turpentine closing near 6 1/2 cents and resin around 115 to 117 cents, with petroleum at about 6 1/2 cents and related shipments. Coffee demand is quiet with Rio offered around 15 cents, whiskey and other markets tracking steady prices in Cincinnati Chicago and St Louis. Pipe Line Certificates show closing and opening figures for June 27 28 1884 with highs lows and bids listed.

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Ccvcsecececes Augusta C. Galveston New Orleans Great Britain France Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Winnington Norfolk West Point Coast Philadelphia Ge. Hialtimore New York Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville United States Rio Chicago St Louis
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Imports and Exports Ledger for June 28 1888

Shipping entries list Barbados cargoes from Bark S HL Nickerson and Sci Atena Conent including sugar molasses and limes to Jamaica and Liverpool consignments. Firms named include Bates Barnet, Boston Fruit Co, Baring Bros Co, and multiple vessels with goods like steel, wool, hides, beads, and caustic soda.

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Barbados Nickerson Baring Bros & Co Bates & Barnet Jamaica Boston Fruit Co Liverpool Kansas Ie & F King & Co Jere Abbott & Co Washburn & Moon Mant Co Bailing Bros & Co Salomon W. Jones Warren & Co Hardy & Co Riley & Gray Pierce & Co Torrey, Bright & Capen Pray, Sons & Co Coleman, Mead & Co
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Wholesale Shipping Ledger Highlights Trade Goods

A ledger style list records shipments and stock items across ports including Manila Rosario Sagua Yarmouth NS and Gloucester. It notes citrus, bricks, hides, woollens, tea ware and machinery among numerous consignments from firms like Baring Bros Co and Educational Supply Co. to various destinations with quantities such as 8270 bis hemp 200 de wool 40 bbls goat skins and 171 do flax waste.

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Hougton E & F King & Co Kirkorian Brandy Adams Taylor & Co Muse Potter & Wrightington H White & Co China E Chamberlain Physical and Chemical Instruments Educational Supply Co Dennison Mant Co Joel Goldthwait & Co Cumner, Jones & Co Burt & Snow Ross Baring Bros & Co Flax Smith & Dove Manufacturing Co Drexel, Morgan & Co Bolls Steel Fuller, Dana & Fitz A Gould & Co Hovey & Co Whit: & Co Durell & Co Pierce & Robertson Do Jones, MecDuffee & Stratton Abram French & Co Richard Briggs Jordan, Marsh & Co Macallar Parker & Co Wetherell Bros Manila McLaurin Rosario Brayton Moise Brown Bros & Co Sarmiento Rice & Co Sagua William Marshall Eillis & Co Clements & Co Ellis & Co S Ellis & Co J Jones & Co G Hall & Co Jones & Co R Williams Moise W Gardner Hall & Co D Webber
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Exports List From Buenos Ayres and Nearby Ports 1888

Export entries dated June 28 1888 from Buenos Ayres DIGHY Annapolis NS and Bridgewater NS include amounts of lumber plaster burners sails marble fertilizers bores paint glassware hardware books peaches tomatoes egg empties crates bananas and more. Also schooners J J Locke and Severn with cargoes of meal engine oil cordage and cotton waste.

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Buenos Ayres Dighy Annapolis New Brunswick Lea Aoree Bridgewater J & J Locke Paysandu Portland Severn
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Staple Receipts by Railroads in June 1888 Markets

A lengthy list of consignments across several lines. The Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine, and Ky Express railroads report varied quantities of wool, cotton, flour, corn, oats, malt, bacon, beef, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, hay, lumber, leather, hides, pelts, and other staples. Notable totals include hundreds of bales of wool and cotton, thousands of bushels of grain, and multiple carloads of bacon and beef, reflecting broad commodities trade.

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Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell DUB Apa Bovls Cies USS Poelitog Tara
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Total Receipts June 28 1888 Station Ledger

Readable dockets show monthly totals for commodities including cotton wool oleo cheese flour cornmeal beans oats apples malt potatoes milo hay and more. The entry lists quantities by unit and year comparisons 1888 1887 1885 with values in dollars and cents.

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Foreign Markets. Wheat Firm in London and Liverpool Notes

Cable reports markrets largely quiet with wheat steady in London and Liverpool, futures firmer for wheat. Cargoes and sales activity noted, with mixed American corn prices shown and English country markets steadier on breadstuffs. Livery Wool market details list steady wheat and corn with modest demand and varied price points for winter and spring varieties.

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London Beerbohm Mark Lane Aris Liverpool California Elober
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Insolvency Notice for Mark Rubinovi of Boston

Notice issued by the Court of Insolvency for Suffolk County against merchant Mark Rubinovi of Boston. Debts and property dealings with the insolvent debtor are forbidden. Creditors must attend a meeting at the Court of Insolvency on July 13 at 2 PM to prove debts and elect assignees. John B. FitzPatrick Deputy Sheriff Plessenger.

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Boston Suffolk Marks Rubinovi Court Room Court Square John B. Fitzpatrick Plessenger
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Boston and Albany schedule fragment with stops and times

Daily rail timetable details revised for Needham Way Stations and Woonsocket to Boston routes. Lists departure times from Boston depot with return trips, intermediate stops, Sundays and variants, and fare notes for multiple stations.

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Providence Division Rail Schedules From Park Square Station

Partial city timetable listing departures to New York Shore Line and Providence area stops. Times show daily and Sundays excepted patterns with many numeric entries, stations, routes, and service notes across multiple towns.

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Sunday and weekday rail schedules from Boston area lines

Trains run Saturdays only and midweek, with Sunday services to Riverside via Main Line from Boston at 8.35 and 10.00 am returning times around 9.04 am and 12.11 pm. Sunday service also to Wellesley Hills Worcester east stations at 6 pm and to Newton Highlands with departures from Boston at 8.26 and 10.05 am and 12.45 6.30 7.15 9.45 pm. Returns include 9.22 Apr 12.01 1.57 6.22 9 10.57 pm. Hanson and Gallup served as general agents.

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Fragmentary OCR weather and numbers from Taunton page

Partial lines show times and figures such as 3.30 8.17 7.55 11.1 month and East W Sundays Taunton, with scattered items like OU 115 6.45 0.05 10.4 47 2 Q1 tev Py tt. No clear events or entities beyond places and times.

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Transit Timetable Fragments Across Multiple Lines

Fragmented timetable notes list various routes and times for paths from Belmont Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Greenfield and Miller's Falls via overcrowded hour marks with entries such as 6.30 8.30 11.35 am and 9.30 pm across several towns and a few prices like SUN 50 cents. The scrawled data suggests a historical transport schedule with inconsistent formatting and partial times.

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Cape Cod Transit Schedule Fragments

A fragmented timetable lists routes and departures for towns from Bourne to Woods Hall with various times including 8.15 and 9.00 am across Cape Cod stations such as Bourne Bourne dales Cataumet Chatham Falmouth Sandwich Sagamore West Barnstable and Wareham, noting connections via Woods Hall and Onset Bay with multiple daily slotted times.

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Trade catalog note for Aaron B. Gay & Co sale

A compact, hand printed trade notice promotes dexed books for the tea trade. Sellers Aaron B. Gay & Co. advertise at 122 State street offering printed goods.

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