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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 02, 1887

Page

7

Poultry and produce prices from a Western market

A dense list of farm goods prices, including turkeys, chickens, ducks, geese, venison, beans, hay, potatoes, and various vegetables. Entries mix regions Western Northern and East with unit prices and notes on quality, typical of a daily rural market summary.

Minnesota New York Vermont Hicker North Tyothy West Clover Ste Jersey

Fruit Auction Preview with Mixed Grades and Prices

Strawberries opened at $1 per quart and closed at 26c with an average 50c. Much fruit in poor condition and slow sale. Wednesday auction includes 2000 Florida orange boxes, 200 Valencia cases, 150 kegs Almeria grapes, and a steamer Peconic cage. Various apples, nuts, dried apples, and foreign fruits listed with prices. Jersey crates noted.

Florida Valencia Almeria Baldwin Massachusetts Maine Virginia Virginia Farmer's Messina Palermo Malaga Cranberrles Cape Cod Jersey

Meat market reports firm pork prices and steady beef

Pork prices rise while lard and hams hold. Fresh beef remains in healthy demand with prices firmly held. Veals lambs and muttons quiet at quotations. detailed Chicago closing quotes show varied levels across cuts and periods.

Chicago Brighton

Market summary of cotton futures and commodities in Liverpool and New York

Liverpool futures opened dull and steady across March to October with spot prices steady for middling uplands. New York spot closed dull with varied rates for uplands, low middling, and grades. futures in New York closed steady. Also notes on pipeline certificates, sugar futures, refined sugar prices, molasses markets, and shipments and exports data.

Liverpool Orleans New York Manila Porto Rico Cuba

Week Ending March 1 1887 Boston Post Brief

A terse report by George J. Fox summarizes events and notices in the Boston Post for the week ending March 1 1887, highlighting local updates and happenings.

Boston Post George J. Fox

Prices and classifications for cattle beef and hides in Boston market

Market pricing list details beef, store cattle, sheep and lambs, hides and tallow. Includes quantities, quality grades, and per unit or per head prices. Notes classification standards and regional market notes for oxen, hogs, and sheep.

N. B Boston & Albany Railroad Brighton

Global Market Roundup From New York to Chicago March 1

Mixed commodity prices across flour, wheat, corn, and fats with dull sales in New York highlighting exports and receipts. Southern demand steady for various grades while Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo and St Louis report varied wheat barley and pork and lard movements.

New York Minnesota Chicago Portland United Titec Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam South America Liverpool Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo ST. Louis

Dry goods market shows firmer tone and active trade

The New York Daily Commercial Bulletin reports a busier jobbing trade in dry goods last week driven by West and South retail buyers. Demand at first hands was steady but moderate, staples tight yet firmer, prints and ginghams active, and men’s wear woollens moderate with foreign goods in fair demand.

New York New York Daily Commercial Bulletin

Hog and Cattle Markets Report from Peoria to Chicago

Market notes from Peoria to Chicago show hog prices steady to higher across cities with varying receipts and shipments. Cattle and sheep activity remains steady to strong with mixed grades and regional price ranges across St Louis Kansas City Chicago markets.

Peoria ST. Louis Kansas City Chicago

Cotton Markets Report March 1 1887 Across Major Ports

Net receipts and sales for Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Charleston Baltimore New York Cincinnati St LouisLouisville and consolidated four day totals. Prices steady to dull with varied mid quotes across ports and extensive exports to Great Britain and the continent.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Charleston Baltimore New York Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville Consolidated France United States

London Market Report Sees Quiet Wheat Trade

London markets report beerbohm's Areargroes off the coast with little wheat demand. Corn remains quiet but steady as two wheat cargoes arrive since the last report, one sold and seven awaiting sale. Buyers hesitate on in transit cargoes, Mark Lane market also quiet. English

London Beerbohm Mark Lane

Wheat and market quiet in major ports and Europe

Paris wheat and flour steady while Liverpool markets show quiet spot wheat and steady corn and flour. London area reports mixed cargo numbers, California wheat shipped or due, with prices around 36s per 500 pounds. Manchester notes cloths steady and yarns inactive.

Paris Liverpool California Antwerp Manchester

Imports March 1 1857 Savannah and Yarmouth list

A detailed shipping and trade ledger itemizes commodities at Savannah and Yarmouth including boxes oranges hides cotton rosin spirits lumber and fish. Named firms and ships appear with quantities such as 600 bales cotton 331 do domestics and 28 cases egos, reflecting extensive 19th century commercial activity aboard Steamer Dominion and associated traders.

Savannah Seamer Gate City Alexander Bros Chamberlain & Co Campbell Dwight Mant Co Davis, Chapin & Co Emery Eaton & Eustis Frye & Co Gleason & Co Gross Gerrish Bros Perry & Co Rogers Seaverns & Co Sherman & Co Snow & Co Sampson Thompson Tuttle & Co Cotton Warren Steamship Line Winn, Ricker & Co Waltham Bileachery Wheelwright & Co York & Whitney Yarmouth Steamer Dominion G Hall & Co Webber Clements Delong & Seaman Levi Davis Hutchinson Dones & Co Lincoln

Exports Report from Yarmouth March 1 1887

The list details items exported from Yarmouth Nova Scotia on March 1 1887 including flour tin hats oil clothing fish lines bales baskets scales ranges lubricating oil hardware dye wood furniture carriage stock tea beef lard cornmeal and related quantities.

Yarmouth Dominion

Receipts From Multiple Railroads Listed For 1887

The March 1 1887 record details freight returns for the Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England and Boston Maine railroads. It lists hundreds of bales of cotton wool flour corn meal and other goods with quantities and some vehicle counts. It also includes corrected train schedules and depot notes for Boston station and related routes.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Fastern Messinn

Historic railcar freight tallies across multiple lines

The record lists varied cargo volumes per line including Boston & Maine Western Division Boston & Lowell and Boston & <missing> railways. Items span wool butter eggs beans potatoes hay lumber rolls bags leather hides casks and numerous agricultural and industrial goods with quantities ranging from single units to thousands.

Ns—L Bill Peils Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Express

Divorce Suit Seeks Decree for William H Fuller Against Elma C Heath

Boston libel filed by William H Fuller of Boston seeks a divorce from Elma C Heath after she deserted him on or about December 7 1883 and has continued desertion for over three years. The court orders publication of notice in the Boston Post to urge her appearance on the fourth Monday of April 1887 to show cause why the prayer should not be granted.

Massa Supreme Judical Court Boston Suffolk William H. Fuller Elma C. Heath Franklin Falls Merrimick New Hampshire Commonwealth A. D Klina C. Heath Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Supreme Jtupicial Court Elma C. Fuller Couri Boston Post John Noble

Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable and Stations

Through service from Boston for Kilton Laconia Lane Village Weirs Meredia Ashland Plymouth and others. Timings include 8 30 am and 7 pm from Boston. Local stops on White Mountain and Northern Divisions listed with multiple daily departures. Parlor cars to Montpelier and Mont. Milwaukee?

Eee Norwood Central Wovuswomet Deiveston Boston & Albany Railrows Boston Needham and Way Sketarn Woonsocket Dauy Vassenee Causeway Street City Washington Street Old State House Kilton Laconia Lane Village Weirs Meredia Ashland Plymouth Rankin Levanon White River Durction Mentpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albany Montreal Warren Haverhill Woodsville St. Johnsbury Viewport Sherbrooke Quebec Claremont Dranch White Mountain Northern Monti R. R Ane Wince Nes Puilman Sieching Ealon Central Vermont Assimpsic Rts Mont- Mir

Timetable of Local and Through Trains Published by Railways

Timetable lists extensive local and through train times for various stations including Lawrence Wilmington Stoneham Woburn and Concord Mass. showing daily and Sunday schedules with multiple departures and arrivals. The notice names Mellen George W Storer and others as general superintendents and assistants.

Mellen George W. Storer Pass

Boston and South Shore Transit Timetables and Routes

Detailed time schedules list trains to Hingham Weymouth Brockton Fall River and New Bedford with return times and connections. Includes Sunday trains and through-ticket availability from Boston stations and 282 Washington Street office.

M. Press Pullman Palace Rutland Burlington St. Albans Ottawa Montreal Hngdensburg Lascen Washington Street Boston A. Faxon R. Syewart Keene N. J Ins Ham Hingham New Bedford Bedford East Abi Abingto East M West Quincy Weymouth Weymon Lbrockton Poe Brockton Ang Dee South Duxbury Dean Street Whitman South Weymouth via_ brockton Wood's Mall Cohasset Hisvhaim Taunton Brockton Newport South Braintree Raunton ACY Newton Lower Falls Kos Wesley Hills Worcester Newty Highlands Brookline Suday Trans Hanson H. T. Gallup

Boston and Maine Train Schedules Across Divisions

Schedules list 5 through trains on both divisions from Augusta to various stations including Haymarket and Causeway, with times at St. John Halifax and other hubs. Notes include routes to Lewiston Manchester Concord and North Conway, plus Portland and Knox lines and erroneous OCR fragments.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Lam Causeway St Manger St. Ohn Idalifax Pam Bastport Calais St.John Causeway St.tation Lewistown M. Causeway St Manchester Concord Worth- Haymarket Square North Conway Haymarket Square Causeway Street Wortland Stains Maine Central Grand Track Knox «& B Lincoln Railwey Warkel Square Causeway Jal

Train time table fragment lists numerous routes and stations

Detailed timetable entries show departures to Boston Gloucester Swampscott and other towns with numerous times, branch lines, Sunday trains, and notices of special services. Passenger services include links from Lynn to Portland and other connections with notes on trains and stations.

Train Schedules for Boston & Providence Railroad

The bulletin lists February trains with Shore Line Fast Express from New Haven to Providence and various regional stops. It details daily and Sunday departures and returns, plus connections to steamboats and intermediate towns, with multiple time points and mixed abbreviations.

Stonington New York Massachusetts Kmhote Island Boston & Providence Washington Corner State Street Boston & Providence R. R J. W. Richardson Boson A. A. Folsom R. R Shore Line Meturn Sunays Paucke Bodgeville Hebronville

Fitchburg and Concord rail timetables feature routes and fares

Historic timetable details list departures from Boston to Hoosac Tunnel routes and returns via Concord and Manchester with numerous stops, expe cted frequencies, through sleeping cars and express services. It notes special Sunday schedules, connections, and agent offices for ticketing.

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