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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 13, 1888
Page
7
Canned goods show fair demand while flour, corn, and buckwheat flour stay steady or firm. Oats, potatoes, sweet potatoes, pork, lard, fresh beef, and other meats hover steady. eggs dip. beans, game, mutton, veal, and lamb show varying but steady movement. Citrus and fruit notes include Florida oranges and cranberries with light supply.
Owing to the severe storm telegraphic communication with Chicago was nearly suspended. A noon despatch noted a dull market with May wheat at 79 80 and May corn at 514 cents. Estimated car lots for tomorrow show 68 wheat and 310 corn. Receipts of hogs today were about 16,000.
Market shows steady demand for canned goods with prices stable from prior quotes. Seasonal rise in interest for early vegetables prompts hotels to source prime Maryland packs over Florida options, while stocks in hand remain ample though consumption rising. Prices cited for numerous canned items include apples, apricots, asparagus, berries, beans, corn, peaches, pineapples, pears, tomatoes, strawberries, pumpkin, squash, and more with varied pack sizes and doz levels.
Market reports dated March 12 show flour shipments from Minneapolis for the year to date at 1,048,024 bbls, up from 861,3388 bbls year prior, with millers firm yet cautious. Prices span fine to winter patents, while rail delays in Milwaukee hinder movement. corn, oats, and other grains quoted with steady to firm tones amid light spot offerings and varied future bids.
Seasonal music catalog invites teachers and students to order cantatas and chorus books. It lists names such as Voices of Nature Forest Jubilee Band Merry Company New Lobra’s Festival and Dress Rehearsal for pupils, with prices per item and per dozen. Includes adult cantatas like Voices of ’76 Herbert and Elavew Joseph’s Kondage Rebecca Ruth and 204a Wreck of Hesperus Fear Melusina Battle of Slas, plus Sangerfest Male Voice Glee Book Emerson’s Quartets and Choruses. Mailed for retail price.
Boston and Maine Railroad timetable details endures. Multiple routes depart from Haymarket and Causeway stations to Augusta, Bangor, Eastport, Calais, St. John, Halifax, Beckland, Castine, Bar Harbor, Lewiston, Manchester, Concord, North Conway, and North Lamd with varied morning and midday departures on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.
Daily and Sunday Boston to Needham and intermediate stations schedules listing multiple departure times and fares, plus through trains to New York via Hartford and Norwich line. Includes Express and Limited services with connections at Willimantic and New London, and notes on Sundays and observed stops. Names include A Jackson and A C Kendall with offices at 322 Washington Street and Summer Street.
The Burrer market remains quiet with quotations holding steady. Western creameries show 30c, most ranges 26c to 28c. extra fresh 29 30c, 1sts 22 25c, Juno 20 23c, fancy imitations 22 23c, seconds 21c, factory 22 23c, fair to good 19 21c. Egg market dull, beans steady, various pea and bean prices cited. Butter, cheese, seeds, grains, and produce show little change. farm fresh and jobbing prices noted with several regional variations and ample supply for some items.
Hejarris and Co held one of Boston's largest fruit auctions. Prices for oranges rose due to tight supply as Palermo and Messina varieties sold high. Florida oranges, Valencia stocks, and lemons saw strong demand while berries and cranberries showed lighter activity and steady prices.
Quiet demand keeps pork and lard steady with firm prices on hams and backs. Beef markets firm for beer and plates with varied cuts and prices. Fresh beef and pork product quotes appear alongside cattle, lambs, and veal offerings across multiple grades and storage formats.
Raw sugar markets show little change with steady prices across grades. Granulated refined sugar trades at 67 cents, pulverized 4 4, confectioners’ A 6 70, and standard A 6 cents. Molasses offers include Ponce Porto Rico 40 cents per gallon and Cienfuegos new crop 27 cents. Tallow remains steady with city rendered at 4 5/4 to 4 4 cents and rough at 2 4 ec.
London and Liverpool report quiet loading and steady prices for wheat and corn. Wheat prices ease slightly in Paris and at coast markets, while cargoes shift to shipment. Liverpool shows flat spot wheat and dull demand. prices for pork bacon and cheese noted with steady levels. Weather in England colder with weekly wheat deliveries totaling 64,198 quarters.
Steady at 598 for white and 66s for colored. Tallow steady at 253. Lard unchanged at 38s Od. Liverpool March 12 cotton market fair at unchanged prices for uplands 63d Orleans 57-16d. Imports total 9000 bales, American 4800 bales. Warehouses steady with forward months March April 5 22-64d, April May 5 24-64d, May June 6 26-640, June July 6 27-64d, July August 6 20-644, August September 5 25-64d.
Shipping manifest style list detailing cargoes at Arroyo Pa Halifax and Savannah ports. Entries include schooners, brig, steamer cargoes with molasses potatoes bleaching powders plate glass soda ash soap oranges and a wide range of goods from Manila to London and local warehouses.
Receipts dated March 12 1888 show three bales of cotton handled by the Boston and Albany Railroad with accompanying details.
A sprawling OCR list records cargoes across many rail lines including Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine and Boston & Maine divisions. Entries show bales, bbls, bush measures, boxes, cars, hides, and leather among commodities such as cotton wool corn oats beef cheese eggs potatoes sugar molasses and tea. Located items include pounds of leather and hides, shipments of lumber, barrels of oil, and numerous sacks and cases.
A summary of deeds shows transfers in Suffolk County with March dates. Atkins transfers land on Commonwealth avenue. Ernst and Frost deeds involve Copley square area and Harrison Square. Clapp and Trainor parcels in Dorchester. Totman exchanges Harrison Square parcels. Wentworth street lot mortgaged back to Cape Cod Five. Barry to Lyons with Milton mortgage. Dempsey exchanges Water street. Henry Humphreys sells in Washington Village. Ricker sale at Thomas park corner. Sanderson transfers Eagle street in East Boston. Callahan to Nicolson on Short street. Goodwin to Ricker on Sixth street. Russell to Young on Franklin and Walnut corners.
A string of mortgage registrations dated March 7 to March 8 records transfers of land and buildings in Charlestown Roxbury South Boston Chelsea Orient Heights and Brighton. Notable lenders include The Provident Cooperative Bank South Boston Savings Bank and Brighton Five Cents Savings Bank with amounts ranging from 50 to 35000 dollars.
Passengers on the Old Colony line may have baggage checked from Hotel Residence to Boston and back. Schedules show numerous weekday and Sunday departures from Boston to New York via Fall River Line and varied return times. The notice lists multiple stops including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis East Weymouth Weymouth Mattapan Quincy and numerous other towns with exact train times and return options.
Western Division timetable lists departures from Boston stations toward Alton Bay Manchester and Port land with numerous stops including Exeter Haverhill Merrimac Newburyport Wakefield Wilmington and Manchester. Service mentions historic lines and varied morning to late evening times across multiple towns and transfer points.
Central Massachusetts Division schedules new service with departures from Boston Station and Causeway Street to Northampton Hadley Amherst and nearby towns. Daily times include 7.25 am 12.05 pm and 5.25 pm from Boston and varied midday and evening departures for Worcester Clinton Berlin Sudbury Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont and Belmont lines.
On and after Monday May 30 87 trains run from Boston for New Work Shore Line and return options with multiple daily departures listed. Winter and Sunday schedules vary with specific times and routes including Steamboat and Stonington lines and special return times.
A timetable fragment outlines train times and adjustments for West Roxbury Mt Hope lines. It lists daily segments including Wedham and various am and pm departures with several one hour fifteen minute shifts and connections noted by A A Folsom Superintendent.
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