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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 04, 1889

Page

7

Grain Markets Mixed With Lower Feed and Wheat Dull

The report shows New York and Chicago receipts and exports with lower bids for No 2 and softer quotations for white and red varieties. Oats and rye firm to dull across regions. barley very dull. millfeed and bran steady to easy with modest demand. shipping prices for corn, oats, and rye vary by grade and location.

New York Chicago Detroit Milwaukee St Louis Toledo Minneapolis Northern Duluth Peoria Graham State Western Canada Michigan

Market for dairy and produce prices and receipts

Butter receipts for the week show 9378 pkgs and 2386 boxes, with year-ago figures 7840 pkgs and 2813 boxes. Prices hold firm across Western Vermont and Eastern creameries with receipts steady and demand fair. Oleomargarine and cheese markets mix. eggs and beans show steady or quiet activity. potato receipts total 113 cars with Chenangoes firm and Burbanks weak.

Vermont Cincinnati Baltimore Chicago New York Eastern Eastern Dairy Western Liverpool New Hampshire Michigan Canada California Lima Timothy North West Red Top Jersey Burbanks Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Hebrons New Yor Nova Scotia New Brunswick Chenangoes Rose

Farm and game market report with prices and receipts

The market shows small supply and quiet trade for game and poultry. Venison and grouse are steady while turkeys and chickens vary by grade and region with prices ranging from 8 to 20 cents per unit and weekly receipts listed for poultry hay straw and sweet potatoes.

Jersey Eastswale

Market Prices for Vegetables and Produce Listed

The market quotes show Marrow squash at 60 per ton, Hubbard squash 70 per ton, Savo cabbage 75 to 90 cents per barrel, cabbage 85 cents per barrel, onions 1 dollar 12 and Bermuda onions 2 per crate. Other items include Spanish onions 150 cents per crate, beets 40 to 50 cents per bush, carrots 1 dollar 25 per barrel, lettuce 50 cents per bush, turnips 4 dollars per box, white French turnips 1 dollar 12 5 per barrel, radishes 60 cents per dozen, celery 11 dollars per box, spinach 96 cents per bush box, kale 75 cents per barrel, and parsley 3 per bush.

Bush St Andrews Norfolk

Chicago Market Signals Bullish and Bearish Hogs Outlook

In Chicago provisions show mixed sentiment as March hogs on hand spark debate. More hogs packed this season than last, with heavier weights expected. country packers nearing completion shift hog supply to Chicago. Price quotes for pork and lard, weekly receipts, and regional market notes follow with steady to firm tendencies in several cuts and products.

Chicago

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Kansas City and Chicago

Stock Yards Kansas City reports steady cattle with receipts 1304 and values from 165 to 385 for natives and mixed butchers 210 to 320. Hog receipts 7254 show weak market with heavies 430 to 440 and light to medium 436 to 4714 per head. sheep 869 lower at 22 to 35. Chicago cattle receipts 2000 steady natives 290 to 475, stockers 230 to 300, cows and bulls 140 to 315. Hog receipts 14 000 weak with packers 4 356 to 4 55 heavy 440 to 450, mixed 445 to 460, light 445 to 450. Sheep receipts 1500 steady natives 375 to 450, Western 460 to 490.

Kansas City St Louis Peoria Chicago

Fruit Steamer Schedules with Messina Palermo Exports

The Aguan arrives March 7 with Jamaica fruits for Boston Fruit Co. The Effective, from Gibraltar Feb 22, carries 9600 Mesina oranges 800 Mesina lemons 120100 Palermo oranges 5900 Palermo lemons and heads to Boston by March 10. The Trinacna, which passed Gibraltar Feb 19, is due March 7 with 1000 Palermo oranges 300 Palermo lemons 1200 Messina oranges 2800 Catania oranges and 700 Catania lemons.

Aguan Jamaica Fruits Boston Fruit Company Palermo Gibraltar Boston Trinacna Catania

Auction Sale Notices for Valencia Oranges and Other Produce

H Harris and Co announce an auction Monday of 142 cases Valencia oranges from the steamer Bos onian. Snow and Co hold a 1 pm auction Monday featuring 621 cases Valencia oranges 200 cases held ones 25 half barrels of medium pickles and 117 barrels of fancy Almeria grapes.

H Harris & Co Snow & Co Valencia Almeria

Fruit Market Report With Mixed Prices and Slow Cranberry Trade

Receipt totals show 5509 barrels of apples versus 8278 last year. market dull with no change. Quoted prices include Baldwins 1 1 25 per bbl and Greenings 1 1 25 per bbl. Oranges and lemons trade fair with steady prices. Messina lemons 243 25 and Messina oranges 250 300 per box, Palermo lemons 2 3 25 per box, Valencia 3504 00 per case, Florida oranges 2 3 50 per box. Cranberries in slow demand at old prices with sales at 8 9 47 per barrel.

Baldwins Tallman Avec Messina Palermo Florida

Grapes Prices Mixed as Trade Slows on Market Report

The report notes mixed pricing for grapes with Choice and fair to good at $5 to $75 per case and $1.75 to $2.00 for P case. Gapes Almeria grapes remain in small supply while trade stays quiet at $6 to $13 per box.

Almeria

Havana Sugar Market Reports Mixed Movements and Exports

Sugar and molasses markets show firm until prices advance on favorable news, with Cuban refined sugars steady. Havana and Matanzas stocks include 428 boxes and 285,000 bags, weekly receipts 39,000 bags and 369 hhds, exports to the United States totaling 16,000 bags and 18 hhds. Freights remain weak and exchange holds at $2 3654 to $2 37 gold.

Cuba Manilas Iloilos Javas Havana Matanzas United States Ponce Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Miscellany Market Rounds and Commodity Quotes

Tallow price quotes show quiet steady activity with several values for city and country rendered. New York reports dull coffee and firm copper futures with varying rates. Turpentine rosin tar petroleum and byproducts close mixed, with petroleum at 7.25 cents and related products at modest changes.

New York Rio

Imports and Exports at Grand Manan 1889 Ocean Trade

Shipping list from Grand Manan New Brunswick noting Ida A Thurlow with herring and eggs, Liverpool shipments of wool wine glassware earthenware and many crates of goods. Numerous firms such as Baring Bros Co Reed & Barton Jones McDuffee & Stratton and Jordan Marsh listed with varied imports including pianos, machinery, textiles, and groceries.

Grand Manan Ida Roffe & Co Case Simmons & Co D& Milliams Messenger, Jr Springer Bros Macallar, Parker & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Stimson William Burgess Sphere Hollander & Co Jackson Wright & Ditson Hovey &Co Pierce & Co Hovey & Co Stearns & Co Littaner White

Wholesale Goods Ledger Mix of Firms and Supplies

A dense list of consignments from Shepard Norwell Hovey Jordan Marsh and many others. Items include earthenware crates machinery leather cotton woollen fabrics teas tobacco chemicals dyes paper and numerous cases and casks of commodities. The entry records large quantities from multiple firms and vendors with categories such as moise cloth machinery and tea across broad shipments.

Lincoln Stone & Downer Beal, Higgins & Henderson George West Schoenhof H Davis & Co Wood, Sherwood & Co L Jreson A _ Brigham Wahburn & Moen Mfg Co Estes & Lauuriat Wilcox & Co P Hamann Burrage R i White & Co Macallar Parker & Co Bond & Co Kendall, Barrows & Co Neal, Morse & Co Grout Warren & Stanchard Jordan, Marsh & Co H Atkins & Co McCarthy American Net and Wine Co

Exports from Halifax and St Pierre 1889 ship manifest

A detailed 1889 export listing from Halifax NS St Pierre Mig showing cargo from multiple ships. Items include flour, hardware, glassware, oils, soaps, meats, crates of fruit, and various goods. Also noted are numerous consignments from the Halifax steamer, and the Minnie Louise schooner with tobacco, butter, and cargo like oils and lumber.

Halifax Carr ST Pierre Mig

Staple Receipts Across Rail Lines in 1889 Catalog

Shipping records list Boston & Albany Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Witchburg Boston & Maine and other lines reporting tons of cotton wool flour corn meal oats beans potatoes apples butter lard cheese eggs leather hides skins and more in March 1889. The long ledger details bales of cotton, bbls of flour, cases of eggs, sacks of coffee and tea, cars of lumber and meat products, and various other staples.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Witchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell System Express

Foreign markets report London and Liverpool grain values

London cargoes show wheat and corn markets firm with shipments, arrivals, and sales noted. Liverpool quotes list wheat steady to firm, corn firmer, with prices for winter and spring wheat, mixed American corn, and provisions like pork bacon lard cheese and tallow at various levels.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Antwerp

Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route Schedule

Train times from Boston Causeway Street to Albany Troy and beyond with palace cars and sleepers. Frequent daily departures for Chicago Buffalo St Louis and local stops including Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Marlboro Nashua North Adams and Worcester. Change at Ayer Junction. through tickets and local timetable offices listed. John Adams, Genl Supt.

Fitchburg Railroad Boston Causeway Street Albany Kotterdam Junction Troy Binghamton Buffalo Chicago Niagara Falls St. Louis Michigan Central RR Palace Grand Trunk Railway Ayer Junction Belmont and Waverley SUN Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Worcester Miller’s Hoosac Tunnel Washington Street John Adams

Boston and Albany R R Train Timetable Highlights

The notice outlines local and through service between Boston and Albany stations with departures at 8 20 am and 8 pm for Albany and the West. It promotes through connections to Syracuse Rochester Buffalo and all points West, plus nightly sleeping car to Albany and daily dining and parlor cars Worcester to New Haven. Tickets and accommodations available at city and station offices.

Albany West Boston Syracuse Riouchester Buffalo Niagara Falls Detroit Chicago Michigan Central JR. H Cleveland Toledo Lake Michigan Southern Hartford New Haven New York Worcester Washington Street Kneeland Street

Boston Subway Timetable Fragments for Multiple Stops

A dense list of train times and routes across many stations including Ashmont Braintree Weymouth Taunton and Brockton. The garbled OCR shows weekday and Sunday schedules with numerous times and note codes like Ex and via Brockton.

Cape Cod Bus Schedule Summary

Bus routes and times across Cape Cod towns list morning departures around 8 15 am and afternoon returns by 4 15 pm with services to Barnstable Bourne Brewster Chatham Falmouth Hyannis Harwich Wellfleet and Woods Hall plus Nantucket and Provincetown runs Monday Monday to Saturday with some markets indicating limited days

Kneeland Street Buzzards Hay Barnstabe Bourne Bournedale Brewster Cataumet Chatham Cottage City York Sq New Bedford Fairhaven Almouth I. Hyannis Harwich Monument Beach Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Woods Hall Provincetown Sandwich Laramore Yarmouth Tremont Wellfleet Wet Barnstable Warenati

Providence Division Train Schedule Fragments

Train times listed for Providence Division routes from Park Square Station to New York Shore Line and other points. Includes numerous daily and Sunday departures with numerous stations such as Attleboro Roslindale Readville Mansfield Taunton New Bedford Newport and more.

Providence Park Square New York Stonington Attleaboro Arland Boylston Roslindale High and Spring Street

Northern Division Train Timetable Details and Stations

Time tables for the Northern Division list trains from Boston to Framingham Marlboro Southboro Bolton Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg Pratt's Junction and other points with multiple departures around 7 15 am and 10 55 am and evening times. Printed notices say full information is available in Boston stations and at the Old Colony R R office No 3 Old State House. J R Ken and Aden S E O L Conn officials are listed as pass Boston February 11 1889.

Boston & Albany Knee Land Street Framingham and Marlboro Faywillv Southboro Bolton Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg Pratt’s Junction Boston Old Colony R. R Old State House J. R. Ken Geweneeer Adenseo L. Conn

Rail schedule notice from Concord R and Branches travel times

Trains depart Bogton and Manchester for Concord New Hampshire from October 1888 with listed morning and afternoon departures. Ex schedule shows limited express and holiday times. Return trips from Concord to Boston run in late morning and evening slots with several express options.

Boston and Maine City Ticket Office Train Schedule

timetable details listing routes from Boston and Maine offices on Washington Street for January 20 1889. Trains to Augusta Bangor St John Halifax and Provinces depart Haymarket square and Causeway street stations with multiple daily departures to Lewiston Manchester North Conway Portland and other hubs via Maine Central Grand Trunk and Know & Lincoln lines.

Augusta Haymarket Square Causeway Street Bangor Bar Harbor St. John Helifax Provinces Enat«ort Cairns N. B Halifax N.S Portland Lewiston Bportland Haymarket Ware Maine Central Grand Trunk Know & Lincoln

Sunday Trains Schedules Across Several Towns

A dense list of weekly and Sunday train times for towns including Alton Bay Dover Maiden Melrose North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield and Wilmington. Speeds and stops vary with multiple morning afternoon and evening departures listed for each location.

Alton Bay Rochester Even Andover Dover Manevers Exeter Great Falls Maverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Sowell Maiden Bedford Melrose Highlands Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield North Wilmington

Boston to Eastern Division Train Schedule Ledger

Timetables list trains from Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett and coastal towns with numerous departure times across morning afternoon and evening including Sunday services and branch lines to Rockport Gloucester Saugus and York Harbor. It notes Harvard era era style stations and worker trains via South Reading with Boston Haymarket pickup.

Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Faille Ped Rochester Miampton Keach North Hampton Rye Beach Apswich Lynn Marblehead and Swampscott Brazen Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Mevere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem York Harbor & Beach B.R Saugus Branch Swampscott Wenham Wolfeboro aVia Saugus wWorkinemen’s South Reading Boston Haymarket Square

Lowell System Timetable Wide and Diverse Local Routes

Boston to Nashua Concord Manchester and many New England points listed with daily times. Frequent departures from Boston Causeway Street to northern towns and commuter stations, including Montreal and Fabian's, with multiple daily trains and late-evening options.

Central Mass trains link Boston stations to multiple towns

Trains depart from Causeway Street and Foot of Portland Street for Northampton Hadley Amherst Belchertown Bondville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston and more with listed departure times. Through trains are available at stations. Ames T. Furber D J Y Landers General Manager and Panter Agent confirm service.

Central Mass Boston Causeway Street Portland Street Northampton Hadhey Amherst Belchertown Bondrville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boyliston Reser Clinton Berlin Hudson Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland O Gen Waitham Waverley Belmont

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