This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 30 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 02, 1889
Page
7
Market page lists cash and futures quotes for wheat corn and oats with May June and July contracts. Prices show percentages and cents, including 96c for wheat May, 95c for June, and 84c for August, with corn bids around 28 to 82 percent equivalents and oats around 24 to 28 cents in May.
The report lists carload grain movements and flour stocks as of March 1 1889. It details prices for flour including fine superfine and patent grades, wheat and corn receipts and market direction in New York Chicago St Louis Milwaukee and Detroit, plus oats rye and buckwheat quotings and shipping notes. It notes stock totals and export through bills on Grand Junction and Fichburg railroads and mentions a new seed shipment venture by Boston Consolidated Produce Company for 3000 bushels to Philadelphia.
Market remains steady across regions with wholesale receivers prices holding firm. Cincinnati receipts reach 150 packages while St Louis reports quiet trade at 32 cents. New York notes a steady market with Eastern creamery quotes around 28 to 29 cents and Western dairy at 20 to 21 cents.
Trade is quiet at steady prices with numerous items listed by the bushel, crate, and barrel. Corners include Marrow squash at 60 per ton, Hubbard at 70, Savoy cabbage at 75 90 cents, onions 1 125 per barrel, Bermuda onions 22 per crate, Spanish onions 150 per crate, beets 40 50 cents per bushel, lettuce 60 cents per bush, carrots 1 25 per barrel, radishes turnips 50 cents per dot, celery 11 per box, spinach 96 cents per bush box, and Southern green peas and string beans arriving with peas at 7 and string beans 650 700 per crate.
In Chicago provisions opened weak on a heavy hog run but declined pork brought some support from local shorts aiming at June and July options. The market ended dull with mixed quotes for pork and lard and steady beef and mutton, led by steady hog and pork product prices and varied New York and St Louis levels.
The next steamer for the Boston Fruit Company is expected mid next week. The Effective, carrying 9600 Messina oranges, 800 Messina lemons, 12100 Palermo oranges and 5900 Palermo lemons, cleared Gibraltar Feb 22 and should reach Boston about March 10. The Trinacria, with 1000 Palermo oranges, 300 Palermo lemons, 1200 Messina oranges, 2800 Catania oranges and 700 Catania lemons, cleared Gibraltar Feb 19 and is due in Boston on March 7.
Apples trade remains dull at old prices with Baldwins at 1 125 per barrel and Tallman sweets at 150 1 75 per barrel. Lemons trade steady with Messina at 2 325 per unit and Palermo at 2 325 box. Oranges quote Palermo 2 275 box and Messina 250 300. Valencia prices uncertain.
H Harris and Co auctioned Valencia oranges at 350 265 P per regular case 375 320 for large and 38742 3 55. Florida oranges sold at 6242c 325 with navels at 1 7543 8742. Snow and Co to auction Monday at 1 pm 621 cases Valencia 200 cases old eggs 26 half-bbis medium pickles and 117 bbis fancy Almeria grapes.
Sugar markets remain firm with buyers holding off and sellers reluctant to press. Cuba refining grades quoted at 4% be with 96 test, Manila and Java offerings listed. refined sugars steady with various grades. Molasses prices show no change, with Porto Rico and New Orleans grades cited and Havana centrifugal values noted.
Cotton in New York holds steady with middling at 10 3/16 cents and low middling nine and a half. Sales reach 231 bales while futures open steady and close barely steady, with a detailed table of opening and closing prices for March through September.
Stock Yards Kansas City receipts 2093 cattle steady and active with hogs and sheep varied by class. Peoria hogs steady to dull. Cincinnati hogs abundant and lower. Chicago cattle receipts 7500 with shipments and prices mixed. Strong demand for Western corn fed lambs near 6 50 with quiet to steady hog and cattle trades across markets.
Tallow and grease prices drift with quotes around 5 to 5 percent. New York reports lower market with 200 birds at 456c. Coffee in New York-Riois runs higher. whiskey unchanged. Turpentine and petroleum close firm with rosin at 110 112 percent and tar at 190 200. petroleum at 7.25c with RSW 7.20 and cases at 9.200.
Poston Albany Railroad lists 16 bales cotton 22 bales wool 1875 barrels flour 125 barrels oatmeal 1670 bushels corn 11170 bushels oats 1120 bushels cottonseed meal 1050 bushels malt 19 tons feed 8 chests tea 180 tubs 9 boxes butter 716 cases eggs 90 dozens beans 6 cars hay 7 cars lumber 34 rolls 209 bales 36 bales 56 cases 162 bags 12 barrels 1396 sides 2 cars leather 35 bales pelts Grand Junction Railroad reports 398 bales cotton 1025 barrels 1481 sacks flour 15000 bushels corn 0 bush oats 1300 bushels malt 85 barrels beans 269 boxes bacon Boston & Providence Railroad lists 225 bales wool 179 half chests 8 chests tea 149 bags coffee 54 barrels mo lesses 2650 bushels barley 76 barrels 2 hogsheads 2 kegs grease 8 barrels 48 hogsheads tallow 3 boxes bacon 4 tierces hams 874 packages oleo 7 bags beans 39 boxes cheese 18 cases eggs 6 packages butter 27 bags potatoes 3 cars lumber 389 rolls 3 bales 1 bale 2 cases 15 pigs leather 74 bundles 37 hides 10 bales pelts 2 bal s skins 10 bales calfskins Old Onions Railroad 27 bales wool 22 barrels pork 3 barrels hams 5 barrels grease 2 barrels sugar 6 tubs butter 83 cases eggs 3 barrels potatoes 6 rolls 14 rolls 1 bale
A dense ledger of shipments across multiple rail lines and transport modes details quantities of cotton, flour, corn, oats, pork, eggs, coffee, hay, lumber, leather and hides, wool, butter, cheese, apples, potatoes, maize, and other commodities. Entries cover New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine, Lowell System, and express or sea consignments with dozens of carloads, bales, bbls, sacks, and crates.
The schooner Caboodel arrives at Fort Fortune Bay Newfoundland with five hundred barrels of frozen herring from Barclay & Co. Imports and exports records list this shipment on March 1, 1889.
Trade listings from INAGUA BUENOS AYRES and ST JOHN show vast cargoes including soap sugar tobacco cottons and lard. Ships Delta-6450 Annie Bingay Alice S and Alpha Parker loaded diverse goods such as lumber bricks flour beef and pork.
London and Liverpool trading desks show cargoes off coast quiet and steady for wheat and corn. California wheat quoted at 38s 94d, Walla Walla at 39s 8d, with futures firmer for wheat and firm for corn in Liverpool. Paris and Antwerp markets mixed with wheat quieter in Antwerp and firm in Paris, while English country markets hold steady amid cautious demand.
A compressed list of names and firms across AlbanyLas Albany New York Cincinnati Chicago Des Moines Detroit Greensburg Philadelphia Pittsburg Nashville Norfolk Selma Towanda Washington Wheeling and other locales. It notes individuals and firms such as J P Smith Selz Schwab Co G W Cady Oviatt Bros Barton Pros and Denman White man among many others.
Train times from Boston to Albany Troy and west via Caused Causeway Street station with palace cars and sleeping cars. Includes regional stops such as Belmont Waverley Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Gardner Greenfield and Nashua. change at Ayer Junction. Through tickets to West on sale at Hoosac Tunnel Route office. John Adams Genl Supt.
Timetables show local and through trains from Boston to Albany and the West with connections to Syracuse Rochester Buffalo and Chicago via Michigan Central Lake Shore. Dining and drawing room cars run Worcester New Haven and New York routes. tickets from 282 Washington St or Kneeland St Boston. Mosesley New Haven House features Tiffany decor and modern amenities.
Train times listed for routes from Haymarket square and Causeway street stations to Augusta Bar Harbor St John Halifax Calais Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway Portland and connections with Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln Railways. Departures at 8:30 am 9 am 12:30 pm and 7 pm with various regional stops.
Detailed timetables list departure times for Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Ibover Danvers Exeter Great Fallsoverhill Georgetown Benenebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Mowell Maiden Medford Melrose Highlands Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield North Wilmington Workingmen trains Sunday services to Seaver Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston and surrounding Way Stations with numerous daily departures and notes.
Eastern Division timetable lists trains from Boston to Amesbury Beverly Middeford Chelsea Bover Everett and many other towns with multiple daily departures. It notes Sunday and special services including Workmen’s trains and connections via Saugus and Gloucester branches for regional commuters.
Boston station on Causeway Street lists through service to towns from Titton to Woodsville with morning and evening departures. Local divisions show multiple routes including Montreal and Boston Air Line connections and regional branches with continuous daily service times.
Central Massachusetts division timetable lists train departures from Boston Causeway Street to Northampton Hadley Amherst Belchertown Gilbertville Barre Rutland and Worcester with various first and last trains and intermediate stops. Time tables give full information on local and through trains obtainable at stations. James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders as general manager and passenger and ticket agent.
A dense listing of whistle stop times for routes from Ashmont to towns including Braintree Cohasset Hincham Easton East Bridgewater and Plymouth with weekday and Sunday departures and notes on special runs and via lines.
Readable lines show bus or rail times for towns including Buzzards Hay Bourne Brewster Cataumet Chatam Fairhaven Hyannis Harwich Monument Beach Mattapoisett Nantucket Provincetown Wellfleet Woods Hall and Wareham. Services run mornings around 8 8 15 am and afternoons around 4 15 pm with variations on weekdays and special notes for Nantucket and Sandwhich.
A dense timetable list shows departure times for services from Providence Division to numerous stations including Attleboro Canton Junction and Dedham with weekday and Sunday patterns. Frequencies and exact minute marks across many towns are provided, plus notes on special Sunday services and connections.
Northern Division trains depart Leave Boston and Albany Station for Framingham Mariners Kayland Street and other points with multiple daily departures listed in a dated timetable. Time tables give full local and through service information and may be obtained in Boston at stations and at the Old State House. February 11 1859.
On and after Oct 8 1888 trains depart Boston from 5B and L depot for Concord and Manchester via Concord and Lakes railroads with morning and evening times. Ex and express service listed with 7 30 am 8 30 am 9 am and later departures including Sundays. Return times include 7 23 8 am 9 45 am 6 24 pm and 6 55 pm on Sundays.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.