Boston Post Newspaper Archives, Mar 6, 1888, p. 7

Scarce rose seed market and mixed farm price report

Rose seed prices vary with scarcity from $0.86 to $1.05 per bush for several varieties such as Aroostook and Northern. hay values hold steady with prime hay around $17. A wide range of poultry and produce quotes follow, including turkeys, chickens, fowls, ducks, and vegetables priced by the bush, barrel, or ton.

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Wmaand Houlton Rose Houlton Hebrons Aroostoo Rose Aroostook Hebrons Burbanks Northern Hebrons Peerless White Brooks P Bush Rys Sthaw Ghats Norfolk Bermud St Andrews

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Market Report for Butter Cheese Eggs and Produce

In Chicago butter and cheese are unchanged while eggs are inactive. Western firsts sell 16 to 17 cents. St Louis butter steady and eggs firm with light receipts. Liverpool cheese higher at 56s colored and 59s white. New York butter steady with varied grades. cheese quiet with State and Western prices. Eggs easy with fresh and State at 19 cents. Beans quiet with various pea and marrow prices. Dried apples steady with evaporated and Nova Scotia sliced. Cincinnati butter strong and prices for eggs unsettled at 16 to 72 cents.

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Chicago St Louis Liverpool New York State Western Nova Scotia Cincinnati

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Fruit prices and banana cargo update from Boston market

FRUIT. H Harris & Co sold Valencia oranges at auction with regulars 4 25 to 5 00 per case large 5 87 to 4, extra large 6 75 per case. The steamer Lorenzo D Baker arrived with bananas for Boston Fruit Co. Apple exports to the United Kingdom listed by Lombard’s Sons show week and season totals across Boston New York and Portland with total weekly and seasonal bbl figures. Liverpool market unchanged with various apple and citrus quotes. Valencia and other oranges prices given by size and box. cranberries demand quiet with Cape Cod price ranges and crate values.

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H Harris & Co Valencia Lorenzo D Baker Boston Fruit Company AC Lombard’s Sons United Kingdom Boston New York Portland Montreal Annapolis Halifax Liverpool Spy Greening Baldwins Tallman Sweets Flortpa Messina Palermo Florida Alermo Cape Cod

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Meat Prices Hold Steady Across Markets Amid Steady Demand

Provisions show steady demand for pork with slow export movement and unchanged prices for lard hams and other cuts. Berry market is quiet but firm with steady prices for beef and veal. Fresh Berry market firm with steady steers and cattle. mutton and lamb prices stable as well.

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Miscellaneous market notes and price listings

Market roundup shows sugar and molasses prices steady with refined sugar and confectioners items listed. Tallow prices are described as steady with regional quotes. Turpentine and petroleum figures from New York and London are provided, including rosin, tar, and cases prices.

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Flour Receipts and Prices Reported by Trade Centers New York

March 5 reports show flour receipts 30 701 pkgs exports 65 bbis 10000 sacks steady with varied bid values for city mill and Minnesota extra. southern flour steady and quiet. Wheat receipts 2200 bush exports 100407 bush sales 208000 bush with No 2 spring and No 1 red quoted. rye dull. corn receipts 6600 bush exports 2000 bush gales 21000 bush. oats receipts 65000 bush sales 113000 bush higher with various No grades listed. Coffee fair Rio nominal. sugar quiet refined dull. molasses weak. petroleum steady United at 93 34. tallow dull. rosin quiet. potatoes weak with State Peerless 2 25 to 2 75. turpentine dull. pork steady with shippers’ demand 760 bbls mess pt 14 75 to 16 00.

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Market Notes and Prices Across Cities

Chicago Wheat No 2 red up to 81 87 cents while No 2 spring 64 79 ¼ to 64 79 4. Corn advances to 54 ½ to 46 ½ cents. oats rise to 29 ¼ 34 0. Provisions weaken. pork around 1375. lard 76 2 3 to 76 25. Receipts show flour 22,000 bbls and wheat 22,000 bush. shipments list 18,000 bbls flour and 11,000 bush wheat. Across St Louis and other cities mixed prices for flour, wheat, corn, oats, rye, barley and meats.

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Cotton Market Report New York and Europe

New York spot cotton closes easy with middling uplands at 105 16 to 105 16e and sales 111 bales. Futures open weak with mixed bid and asked prices. market unsettled but steady. Liverpool flat with irregular prices. US port totals show assorted receipts, exports, and stocks across major cities with quiet to dull tones.

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New York Dee Liverpool Uplands Orleans Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain France Continent Memphis Savannah Charlestor Wilmington Norfolk C. West Point Philadelphia Cincinnati St. Louis Mid Vg Co Louisville C. Consolidated United States

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Hog and cattle markets across major cities

Kansas City reports hogs market stronger with 3000 estimated receipts and 540 shipments. Chicago notes cattle receipts at 8000 with prices up to 5.50, hogs strong at 5.10 to 5.35, and sheep rising to 5.50 for natives. St Louis shows hogs steady to firm with prices for Yorkers at 4.90 to 5.15 and butchers’ to extra at 5.30. Peoria records hogs firm around 4.00 to 4.40. Cattle, hog and sheep activity highlights reflect broader market strength.

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Kansas City ST. Louis Peoria Chicago Texas

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Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool

Market wires describe wheat firm and corn steady or down in various English centers with prices in shillings, futures dullness noted for March and April deliveries, and farm deliveries of English wheat totaling 49 907 quarters for the past week. Prices for pork, bacon, cheese and tallow hold with minor shifts noted.

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London Beerbohm Mark Lane Calcutta Paris Liverpool England California

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Imports and Exports in Beaver Harbor March 5 1888

A dated ledger of cargo at Beaver Harbor lists schooner Enola with 000 frozen herring and Henry Thomas. Savannah steamer City of Macon carries hides, fruit, vegetables, cabbage, oranges, and various goods for multiple firms including Bigelow, Blake, Gerrish, and Eaton. Numerous consignors such as J B Chamberlain, J H Blanchard, Chapman Bros, Cobb Bates Yerxa, and Florida Fruit Exchange report orange boxes, bolls of salted hides, and other merchandise alongside revenue items like spirits, rosin, and lumber. Market activity shows extensive fruit shipments from Florida and New England traders to Savannah and local firms.

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Beaver Harbor Enola Henry Thomas Savannah Macon Billings & Haton Bigelow & Co Blake & Ripley Brackett Chamberlain & Co Gleason & Kimball Egus Hutchinson & Co Harris Hyde

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Shipping and commodity listings from Yarmouth and Norfolk entries

A dense ledger of trading items lists firms such as Jewell and Co. and J G Raaslu with boxes of oranges, hides, fish, boots, and bales, plus shipments of rosin, shingles, lumber, and other goods. Entries show multiple firms, quantities, and destinations, including Norfolk Oyster Co. and Warren Cotton Mills, across oranges and edibles.

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JM Holt Hinds & MecNear Jewell & Co Kendall Leonard Mead & Co Murch & Co Morrison &Co Mark Newell Noonan & Co Norfolk Oyster Co Boots Richardson & Co Raaslu Sands & Co Simmons & Co Sherman & Co Smith & Co Perries Snow & Co Seaverns & Co Simmonds Bros

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Exports Entries From Lockeport to Liverpool and London

A dated export list from March 5 1888 records cargoes shipping from Lockeport Nova Scotia to Liverpool including 629 barrels flour 132 tubs lard 175 mattresses 872 oars and 360 boxes salt. Additional items list schooner Mary C at Liverpool with flour cornmeal pork beef oil lard salt rubber boots lines and cottonseed meal. Steamship Pavonia at Liverpool England clears Feb 29 with rum dress goods domestic items beef bacon and vast assorted cargoes including machinery staves and shocks, hardware, evaporated apples and furniture with extensive timber and raw hides totals.

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Lockeport Varuna Oakumm Liverpool Mary Eng Pavonia Boston England Germany Nova Scotia Metals Scotland Philo.mats Italy Torzier Porto Rico Belgium Cuba Cssceee Lea Oene Ee Ener Organs Nova Scotia Newfoundland and Labrador Africa Corvevere United States of Colombia Cris Portugal

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Staple Shipments by Railways on March 5 1888

A dated receipt list from Boston and Albany Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony New York New England and Fitchburg lines shows totals of cotton wool flour oats corn barley and various fats meats and leather. The entry numbers span bales sacks cases bbls and other units across multiple railroads.

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

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Boston and Maine Railroad cargo totals and provisions list

A railway and associated consignments detail extensive cargo items across divisions and services. The ledger lists corn oats wheat and other staples, dairy goods, hides, leather, and lumber, with multiple car and bale counts. Additional stocks include eggs, apples, potatoes, tea, coffee, sugar, and textiles sent by rail and marine routes.

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Probate Notice for Susan Langdon Estate in Boston

Stephen H Tarbell administrator presents first account of Susan Langdon estate of Boston Suffolk. Probate Court to be held March 12 1888 at ten o clock to show cause why allowance should not be made. Citation to publish weekly for three weeks in Boston Post with last publication two days before court. Witness John W McR, Judge. John H Paine Assistant Register.

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Boston Post Boston Joux W. MeKr John H. Paine Robert D. Smith Suffolk Maine Moston Joan W. McK Edward G. Stevens Clinton Worcester Joan W. McKiw Fsquire

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Boston Probate Notice Compromise of Brewer Estate

Nannie R. Brewer guardian for minors Arthur H. Brewer Charles Brewer Mary D. Brewer and Robert E. Brewer seeks leave to compromise a claim against Charles Brewer estate. Court in Boston Suffolk County set for March 26 at 10 AM. Citation to be published weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks.

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Will copy probate petition for John de Wolfe Smith estate

Boston resident Robert D. Smith seeks letters testamentary and filing of Maine will copy in Suffolk probate court. Citations require public notice in the Boston Post for three weeks before the April 2, 1888 hearing at Moston. Judge Joan W. McKeen presides. date February 25, 1888.

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Heirs Sought in Estate of George C. Russell

The probate court seeks heirs of law and next of kin for the estate of George C. Russell late of Boston Suffolk County deceased. The notice invites all interested persons to come forward in the Suffolk Probate Court to establish rights or claims.

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Commonwealth OF Massachuwn Setts Suffolk George C. Russell Boston Said Elias Ruth Howe Caroline J. Ritcaie Toston Perone Elli Y Ritc Ellio Ritchie George W. Lit’ Pilate Elizabeth Hibius Charles D. Lincoln

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Insolvency Court Notices for Multiple Debtors in Boston

Several creditors meetings announced for insolvent debtors in Suffolk County Massachusetts. Jul ian O Mason assignee Axel Dearborn to present accounts July 13 1888 at ten in the forenoon. Additional notices for Terrance Adams Philogene Beau dette Aaron Corn list assignees and meeting dates.

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Massachussetts Suntolk Courst Axel Dearborn Boston Terrance Adams Suffolk K. M. Paine Philogene E. Beaudette Charles H. Pratt Tremont St Aaron Corn County of Massachusetts W. F. Kimball Thomas Ace

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Boston Post Legal Advertising Notice

Legal advertising guidance from the Boston Post emphasizes proper paper designation and careful court reporting. It notes the Post as a leading Boston paper for legal notices and promises prompt return of copies with original documents to attorneys the day after appearance.

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Old Colony Special Notice for Boston Rail Passengers

Railway schedule announces baggage checks from hotels to Boston for tickets on this line. After March 5 1888 weekday trains to New York via Fall River Line and return times are listed for Ashmont, Barnstable, Hyannis, Weymouth, Taunton, Plymouth and other stops with many returning options. authority GEO. L. Connor, Gen. Pass. Agent.

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Old Colony Boston No. & Old State House New York Fall River Line Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Cottage City New Bedford East Bridgewater Brockton Abington Weat Quincy West Quincy East Weymouth Weymouth Mart Japan Milton Attapa Neponse S oVeeo Cituate Taunton Central Weymouths Hingnam Cohanset Scituate Marshfield Duxbury Mlymouth Plymouth Cohasset Hingham Walliver Taunton Newport South Braintree Way South Brazin Yten Middleboro Fall River Geo. L. Connor Gen. Pass

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Boston and Maine Timetables Western and Eastern Divisions

Boston and Maine issue detailed train schedules for Western and Eastern divisions on Oct 23 1887. It lists departure times from Haymarket Causeway Street and Portland routes to Augusta Calais St John Halifax and more with Sunday trains and connections to New York beyond via Fall River Line including express options and station offices.

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Boston and Providence Railroad May 30 87 Train Schedule

Trains will run from Boston to New Work Shore Line Express and to New Work Steamboat Line with multiple return times. Providence and Pawtucket routes listed with numerous departure and return times, connections to Norwood Readville Hyde Park and Boston stations. Services include New England Limited and Philadelphia Express with through connections and Pullman/Parlor options.

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Boston to Montreal and New England Rail Schedule

Rail lines list Boston to Montreal and northern New England stops with daily and Sunday timings. Includes through service to White River Junction Wells River via Passumpsic Division and connections to St Johnsbury Montreal and Boston branches with parlor and sleeping cars.

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Time table notice for local and through trains

Time table giving full information up to local and through trains obtainable at stations. C. 8S, MELLEN, GEO. W. STORER, Gen' Supt. Gen'! Passenger Agents. 3130, hin

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Central Mass opens Monday for multiple towns and times

Fragmentary schedule notes a Central Mass opening Monday affecting Northampton Amherst Beichert 32.05 and 5.25 pm with times at Berlin Sudbury Wate and Belmont areas. Miscoded entries show several 7.25 am 9 9 and 11.40 am stamps along with references to Libpim Ss and Seller General Supt. February 20.

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Scarce rose seed market and mixed farm price report

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Market Report for Butter Cheese Eggs and Produce

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Meat Prices Hold Steady Across Markets Amid Steady Demand

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Market Notes and Prices Across Cities

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Hog and cattle markets across major cities

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Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool

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Imports and Exports in Beaver Harbor March 5 1888

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Shipping and commodity listings from Yarmouth and Norfolk entries

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Exports Entries From Lockeport to Liverpool and London

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Staple Shipments by Railways on March 5 1888

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Boston and Maine Railroad cargo totals and provisions list

Probate Notice for Susan Langdon Estate in Boston

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Boston Probate Notice Compromise of Brewer Estate

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Heirs Sought in Estate of George C. Russell

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