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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 11, 1887

Page

7

Market Quotation Retinue for Eggs Butter and More

On call bids show Eastern extras at 17 14 to 18 cents, Western firsts at 16 1 4 to 16 2 3 cents, New York and Chicago prices steady to lower. Butter and cheese quotations list Western and New York creamery figures, with beans, hay, potatoes, and poultry prices and receipts noted. market tone ranges from steady to light demand with heavy Western egg receipts and broad farm commodity movements.

New York Chicago Gee Nova Scotia Western Eastern Vermont Ohio Minnesota Bush Timothy North West Jersey Houlton Hebrons Aroostook St. Andrew Cape Cod Hubbard

Pork and beef prices hold firm with mixed meat listings

The market reports firm tones across pork lard hams and fresh beef with little change noted. Chicago quotations show steady or unchanged figures for various cuts, including bacon and ribs, with detailed ranges for pork and beef products and fresh meats.

Apples and citrus prices steady at market quotes

Apples show fair demand with steady quotes and moderate Baldwin supply. Cranberries steady with moderate demand. Florida oranges receipts large but largely inferior quality. Dried apples light demand with steady prices. Nuts quiet with no change. Auction: Catania lemons $2.31 per box, Catania oranges $1.65. Messina lemons $1.80, Messina oranges $1.62. Two strawberry refrigerators expected by rail for W Gleason & Co.

Florida Catania Messina W Gleason & Co Baldwin Massachusetts Maine Greening Virginia

Fruit Prices and Varieties in Early Virginia Trade

A compact listing of dried apples and various fruits with prices and box sizes. Entry notes include Valencia oranges, Messina lemons and oranges, Palermo and Malaga grapes, Florida oranges, tangerines, and mandarins with price ranges and container counts. The tone resembles a market price sheet from a rural or regional newspaper.

Virginia Valencia Messina Palermo Malaga Florida

Cotton and petroleum markets steady with firm New York closes

In Liverpool futures opened steady and closed firm with mixed March to September quotations. Spot cotton steady with fair demand and firmer U S upland and Orleans bids. NY spot closes firm across grades. futures open steady. Pipelines show March to August spreads. Sugar and molasses markets firm with refined prices steady and cargo notes.

Liverpool Orleans New York Porto Rico Cienfuegos Cuba

Markets by Telegraph: Grain and provisions trade across states

New York reports flour receipts 16 717 bbls and 9452 sacks with Western and State grades quoted from 4 60 to 8 65. Wheat No 2 Chicago 94 9 7 16c elevator and No 1 hard 97 44c, oats 34 64 84 64c, corn firm at various elevator and delivered prices, pork and lard firm with multiple price points. Chicago reports flour quiet, wheat lower, pork at 2010, lard 78 5, tight supply noted. Detroit Milwaukee Toledo St Louis markets list assorted grain futures, provisions, and receipts.

New York St Louis Minnesota Southern Chicago Rio United Western Steam City Continent South America Western Liverpool Detroit Michigan Milwaukee Toledo ST. Louis Cincinnati

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities

Hogs firm with several price levels across Kansas City St Louis and Chicago. Cattle receipts and shipments rise with fancy steers at 5.25 to 5.50, shipping steers at 8.60 to 9.15, and mixed lots around 2.10 to 3.30. hogs noted strong in Chicago with 5.30 to 5.90 for last bids and 5.75 to 6.10 for packing and shipping. Sheep prices ease with natives 3.49 to 3.90 and lambs at 4.57 to 5.75.

Kansas City ST. Louis Peoria Chicago Texas

Cotton Market Report from Augusta to Baltimore March 10 1887

Cotton market notes show net receipts and gross values across ports including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia and Baltimore. Prices range around mid 9s to 9 5 16 cents with firm to very firm markets and varying exports coastwise stocks and sales figures for the day.

Boston Portland Philadelphia Baltimore New Orleans Augusta Galveston Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelpha

Maritime Trade and Stock Across U S Ports

Port totals show mixed activity with New York net receipts 78 and gross 2486, exports to Britain 3247 and to the continent 1643, stock 234700. Cincinnati reports net receipts 11 and gross 811 with stock 10255. St Louis net 310 and gross 527 with stock 65233. Louisville steady. Consolidated six day totals net receipts 60162 with exports to Britain 42132 and to the continent 35300, total US port stock 749778.

New York Great Britain Continent Cincinnati St. Louis Louisvile France United States

Exports of varied goods from St Pierre and Weymouth in 1887

List of shipments including Mary Eleanor with flour, dory boats, salt, coffee, tea, leather, nails, stoves, molasses, bread, oil, clothes, paper, candles, kerosene, chocolate, gum or gambier, cornmeal, corn, pork, butter, sugar, beans, paint, tar, anchors, rope, oakum, sash, lager beer. Ships Mary Eleanor and Willie report substantial exports from St Pierre and Weymouth NS.

ST. Pierre Mig Mary Eleanor Weymouth

Staple Shipments Across Railroads Reported in 1887 Receipts

Era ledger lists shipments by Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine, Boston and Lowell, and by express and sea routes. Cotton, wool, flour, corn, oats, meat, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes, lumber, leather, hides, and tea appear in multiple lines with quantities noted for each railroad division.

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

Boston to Albany and New York Rail Timetables 1887

Local time tables show train connections on the Boston Albany and New York line with through Pullman cars and daily departures from Boston to Hartford New Britain and Albany. Regular services list express and accommodation trains, with through tickets sold at 282 Washington street Boston and at stations depots.

Middletown Newston New York Hartford New Britain Fishkill-on-Hudson Fc Ile Central Depot York Haven Waterbury New M York Air Line Boston Willimville M. Phaladelphia X- Yee New Lowell Witchburg Washington W. Hoba W. Cummings Gen St. Albans Washington Street Springfield Pittsfield Albany South Framingham South Framinghiem Sacuse M. W Hellam Springtiela Thea Do Rall Stonington L Massachusetts Boston & Pro Stonington

Boston and Providence R R Timetable Update 1887

Rail schedule details list daily departures from Boston to New York and Providence via various lines, with return times, seaside ports, and weekend adjustments. Includes fares, multiple stops, and connections, issued by Old Colony and Fall River Line divisions.

Old Colony Boston New York Fall River Ashmont Eturn Saccatata Hirantis Yarmouth Sandvieh Hyan- Braintree

Market report from London and Liverpool like a busy trading day

Foreign markets report trading in wheat and corn with varying demand. Paris and Antwerp show firmer wheat prices while Liverpool notes firmer breadstuff prices and steady corn. Havana sugar remains steady with moderate demand as pork prices rise in London.

Wheat and commodity market brief across major cities

Antwerp reports spot wheat quiet with No 2 red winter at 20s 12½d. Paris shows wheat for March at 41s 3d and April at 42s, flour for March 84s and April 34s 8d. Liverpool notes wheat cheaper at 5 p.m. No 1 California March at 7s 9¼d rising to May and June 8s 11d, July 8s 11d. London says the English country market remains generally firm.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Antwerp California Havana

Hoosac Tunnel Route Train Schedule 1887

Boston to North Adams Troy Albany and West service details with daily and Sunday departures from Boston Passenger Station and various towns including Ayer Junction Cambridge Concord Greenfield Marlboro Nashua Troy Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown and Worcester. Through tickets west available. John Adams J Whitmore J R Watson officials.

Boston Causeway Street North Adams Troy Albany West Accou Chicago St. Louis Ayer Junction Bellmont and Waverner Brattleboro Miller’s Falls Cambridge Concord Gardner and Greenfield Lincoln Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard Saratoga Bex Troy and the West Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Winchendon Keene Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington Montreal St. Albans Worcester Hoosac Tunnel Washington Street John Adams J. Whitmore J. R. Watson

Boston and Maine Railroads Run Through Trains to Atlantic Ports

The notice lists through trains on Boston and Maine lines to Augusta Haymarket square Causeway street stations with multiple daily departures. It mentions connections to Eastport Calais St John Halifax Portland Lewiston Manchester North Conway and Portland routes via Haymarket square and Causeway street stations. Indicates Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox and Lincoln Railways as sharing stations.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Banker St. John Halifax Provinces Eastport Calais St John N. B N. S Portland Lewiston Manchester Concord N. H Haymarket Square North Conway Causeway Street Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln Railways Causeway Str Main

Boston Area Western Division Train Schedule Listing

Western Division schedules show trains from Boston stations to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Dover Exeter Great Falls and many stops with numerous daily departures and Sunday trains including the Workingmen's train. Details cover numerous times for Andover Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Melrose Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington and other stops along the line.

Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Dovers Exeter Great Falls Maverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Liam Melrose Highlands Stoneham Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington Portland Bangors Lewiston Reading and Way

Eastern Division Train Schedule and Services

Boston to Amesbury Beverly Bridgford Chelsea and other stops listed with multiple daily departures. Includes branches to Saugus Swampscott Lynn Newburyport Portland Bangor Halifax and more. City ticket offices and Pullman car service noted. James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders named as officials.

Wolfeboro Lynn and Way Newburyport Portsmouth Portland Bangor St. John Alifax Salem aVia Saugus Workingman’s South Reading Boston Haymarket Square City Washington Street James T. Furber D. J. Flanders

Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable Fragment 1887

A partial timetable listing through service from Boston on Causeway Street with connections to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Meredith Ashland Plymouth and Montreal. It includes Boston station addresses, freight office locations, and various departures and routes with times such as 8:30 AM and 7 PM, referencing Pullman cars and parlor cars and multiple local points.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street Washington Street State House BOS Wilton Laconia Lake Village Meredith Ashland Plymouth Frank Lebanon White Hierv Junction Muelier Essex Wevy Benes Pullman Sl Central Ve Nsie R

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