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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 14, 1888
Page
7
Lumber and corn show firmness while oats and rye stay steady. Butter and cheese hold firm as eggs stay steady. Beans demand fair. cranberries light supply. Florida oranges and lambs show activity with other items steady or unchanged.
The lumber market shows steady prices with varied demand. Eastern and Northern regions report quiet activity while Pennsylvania stocks sell well. Western lumber remains ample with steady old prices. Detailed Boston week totals for pine, spruce, maple, southern pine products, white wood, and hardwoods appear with mixed 18th and 19th century figures.
The Watertown Union market report shows cattle 1,087, sheep 176, swine 3,780 for the week ending March 13 1888 with comparisons to last year. It lists state origins for cattle and sheep, car counts on several roads, price ranges for beef and store cattle, sheep and lambs, hides and pelts, plus notes on snow storms and railroad delays affecting arrivals.
The flour market stays steady yet quiet as rail troubles slow forward goods. Spot flour commands higher prices with firm mailers, while corn and oats show firm pricing amid light stocks and steady futures. Other grains and meats stay largely unchanged, with bids and asks scattered across oats, barley, rye, millfeed, and fresh beef and lamb markets.
Butter market steady with widespread quotes from 20s to 38c for Western creameries and New York creamery items. Cheese firm with demand quiet. Northern and Ohio varieties cited at 12 to 14c plus jobbing higher. Eggs steady, beans and grasses quiet, potatoes and vegetables showing little change in wholesale pricing.
The report lists auction prices for Florida oranges at 275 5 26 per box and navels at 6 11212g 6 26 per box, with average orange prices around 4 12% per box. Demand for apples is quiet and prices unchanged. Various fruit quotes follow including Spy and Baldwins, greening, tall man sweets, and several Palermo and Messina varieties. Crandberries are light with Cape Cod items and country price ranges.
Provision market shows steady Lakp quotation with good demand for pork and hams quiet yet firmly held. Long cuts quoted at 17.25 to 17.75, short cuts 17.00 to 18.00, backs 18.18 to 18.25, light backs 17, lean ends 17.25 to 17.75, pork tongues 16, prime mess 16.75, extra prime 13.765 to 14.25, mess 14.7 to 16.76, fresh ribs 10.42.
Raw sugar prices are steady with modest variation across grades. Refined sugar demand remains quiet with granulated at 6 in cents. Molasses and tallow markets show steady to quiet movement with city rendered at 4 44c and country at 4 14c.
Shipping records list cargoes from the Carthaginian at Glasgow cleared March 7 including flour, wheat, butter, apples, leather, oil, bacon, dye stuffs, and cattle and other goods. Ocean Star at St Pierre carried oleo, tobacco, tea, coffee, sugar, flour, nails, candles, lard, pork, beef, and hardware among numerous items totaling varied cargoes.
A detailed list of staples received by multiple railroads on March 18 1888 includes Boston and Albany, Grand Junction, Boston and Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine Eastern Western Lowell System and express and sea shipments. Items encompass bales of cotton wool flour oats corn meal malt bacon eggs butter cheese tea coffee lard tallow hides leather and a large total tally for March 13 1888 with yearly comparisons.
Boston buyers list multiple footwear firms and agents across cities including Mullen Tucker Smith Co Carroll Adams Co Francis Co Nahm Bros Selz Schwab Co Green Kellogg Amick. The notice catalogs regional shoe houses and agents with names and companies in a business directory style.
Application to grant a letter of administration for Julia Harrington of Boston Suffolk County. Court citation to appear March 19 1888 at 10 am to show cause against granting. Public notice to run weekly for three weeks in Boston Post with final publication at least two days before court. Witness Judge Joan W McKim dated February 27, 1888.
The paper expands to eight pages at six dollars yearly, two cents a copy, gaining public favor and a wider regional reach. It aims for fairness and decency in political coverage, with candor in editorials and high literary tone. News is gathered by a large staff, supplemented by additional special despatches from major centers.
Transportation notices list train and boat connections serving Weymouth Wingham Cohasset Scituate Marshfield Duxbury and surrounding towns with departure times from 9.15 am to 7.41 pm and returns later in the day including Plymouth Newport South Braintree Brockton Middleboro and Fall River routes. Also notes special trains from New York boat arrivals and limited service Fridays and Tuesdays under GkO George L. Connor General Passenger Agent.
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