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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 15, 1887

Page

7

Prices and varieties for dried fruits and tropicals in Virginia trade

The listing shows prices for dried apples including evaporated and sun-dried varieties with ranges from 5 to 14 cents per unit. It details foreign fruits such as Valencia oranges Messina lemons Malaga grapes and Palermo boxes with multiple price points. Florida oranges and tangerines are quoted by fruit type and box, with russets and fancy grades listed alongside individual prices.

Virginia Valencia Messina Palermo Malaga Florida

Market price listings for meats and produce in Chicago

The document lists closing quotations and bid prices in Chicago markets for pork and lard cuts, beef, hams, tongues, sausages, and other commodities. It includes March to July price ranges, percentages, and various weight/packaging terms for fresh and processed meats.

Chicago Park Suz aGher Linus Brighton

Cotton futures in Liverpool show varied bids and quiet close

Liverpool cotton market opens dull with mixed March to October bid ranges. Spot prices steady for middling uplands and Orleans. 10,000 bales sold, 5,000 bales receipts. New York spot and futures decline then firm. pipeline certificates and exports shown. Sugar, molasses firm with varied refiners and prices.

Liverpool Orleans New York Manila Floilas Porto Rico Cienfuegos Cuba

Markets by Telegraph. Grain and flour prices steady across regions

The report lists wheat and flour trade figures from New York St Louis Minneapolis Detroit Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati and other markets. It notes mixed receipts exports and sales with prices for No 2 spring red No 1 hard and No 1 white wheat, various flour grades and notes on corn oats rye barley and pork and lard values.

New York St. Louis Minnesota Canada Rio United Continent South America Liverpool Minneapolis Detroit Michigan Milwaukerb Darley Chicago Cincinnati

Market Rundown and Wheat Dispatches From Toledo

Toledo market report shows wheat steady and corn steady at 3.4 gc with oats neglected. Receipts include 8000 bushels of wheat, 10000 of corn, 1000 of oats. Shipments total 48000 bushels of wheat, 38000 of corn, 2000 of oats. Hog market firms with packing and butchers’ receipts and shipments noted. Lard and bacon prices listed with various bids and dullness in bulk meats.

Whitskey Comimon and Light Toledo

HOG AND CATTLE MARKETS REPORTS FROM ST LOUIS AND CHICAGO

Hogs and cattle prices move firm in St Louis and Chicago. In St Louis hogs bring 6 45 to 6 60 for Yorkers and mixed packers steady at 5 6 to 5 80. Chicago reports 7,000 cattle receipts with shipper steers up to 37 5 30 and hogs down to 5 35 6 05, with average bounds around 5 75. Sheep prices rise, natives 3 5 to 4 60, Texans 2 4, lambs 4 50 to 5 50.

ST. Louis Chicago

Cotton Markets Report Mass of Receipts and Exports

Market totals show Augusta to New Orleans and beyond with firm prices and mid 9 16c to 9 4e ranges. Net receipts across ports, exports to Great Britain and Europe, and large stocks at several ports reflect steady demand and cautious tone nationwide.

Augusta Galveston Great Britain New Orleans France Continent Mobile Coastwise Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Exhae Philadelphia Baltimore C. Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville United States

Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool

Markets show wheat and corn slow on cargoes with steady English wheat. At Mark Lane foreign wheat quiet, American and Danubian corn firm, Minnesota flour 21s 6d. Paris wheat and flour steady, Liverpool spot wheat easier, corn dull. Prices listed for various grains and pork, bacon, cheese, tallow, and lard. Weather in England reports hard frost.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Minnesota Paris Liverpool England

Maritime Imports Report From Halifax Harbour 1887

A dated shipping list from Halifax Nova Scotia on March 14 1887 details cargo for several steamer arrivals. Items include pickled fish 82 halves, 351 barrels of pickled fish, tongues and sounds, eggs 12 cases, nails and wire rods, iron bars, herring, hollow glass, toys, china, baskets, albums, note books, brushes, whips, dolls, earthenware, and other goods aboard ships St Pierre Lepanto and associated firms such as T J Jones John Pearson Beaman Delong Seaman G W Preston Brown Bros Baring Adams Ingraham Bailey Louis Wolf Horace Partridge and Martha Snow.

Boston England Scotland Ccesssee Italy Cape Batavia Demerara Port Moran Spain Japan Porto Hkico Ieee Teas Scotia Nova Scotia Mipelos Langley Guiana Prentinie Republic Africa Halifar St Pierre T J Jones & Co John Pearson & Co Delong & Seaman John Gamble Eng Baring Bros & Co Preston Horace Partridge & Co Adams & Ingraham Bailey & Co Louis Wolf & Co de Teys

Trade goods and shipments listed across Atlantic ports

A long ledger item records cargoes and consignments at London and several Atlantic ports. Entries include bales of flax wool and paper stock, casks of gin and red oxide, bark and dyes, wood pulp, indigo, and various Hull and Boston based firms such as Baring Bros co J B Moors co and J Morgan co. It notes quantities like 510 bales and 400 bales wood pulp, plus items from Portland and Nova Scotia ports with steamer orders for salmon eggs and lobsters.

Lombard & Co Baring Bros & Co Bird & Co Moors & Co Wadsworth, Howland & Co Moise Baring Bros & Co S Morgan & Co Richards & Sons Callaghan & Co Morgan & Co Norway Steel and Iron Co Fairbanks Quirin & Co Legget & Hamilton Indigo JS Morgan & Co Baring Bros _& co Brown Bros & Co Weston, Whitman & Co Hutchinson & Co Webber Doherty Fish Henderson Bros St’ Russell Inman Butler Griffin & Co Port Medway Smith & Co Yarmouth Steamer Dominion J_G Hall & co McKraon & Hall Batchelder Doe & Co L Clements & Co Delong & Seaman McIntosh & Co

Freight listings from Halifax and Glasgow port records

March 14 1837 ship cargo listing includes the schooner Florence Abbott with cornmeal flour acid filberts and more for Halifax Western Islands bark Kennard with codfish rope and other goods Glasgow steamer Siberian cargo. Vessel cargo totals include flour oatmeal peas beef meat wood tobacco leather and miscellaneous crates and boxes.

Sxports Halifax Florence Abbott Islands Glasgow Scotland

Receipts of Staple Goods by Rail and Sea

Shipping ledgers list March 14 1887 entries from multiple railroads and sea routes detailing cotton wool flour corn oats wheat barley meal peas beans hay lumber leather hides and assorted goods with quantities including 127 bales cotton 271 bales wool 1958 bbls flour 11675 bushels cottonseed meal 4874 bushels etc. Entries cover Boston & Albany Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Boston & Lowell and Boston & Maine Eastern Western divisions with extensive tonnage and crates for transits.

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

Boston Park Dept invites bids for paving blocks

The Boston park commissioners invite sealed proposals to furnish 190 000 grante paving blocks. Bids due March 18 1887 at 12 m and opened publicly at 87 Milk Street. Bid on form provided, include prices in words and figures, signed with full address, marked Proposal for Paving Blocks. The board may reject any or all bids.

Boston Cirry Hour Bostor Warren Boarp Orrick Boston Water Board City Hall Water Board Tlink Park Commissioners Benjamin Dean Patrick Maguire John F. Andrew Board of Park Commissioners of the Ciy of Boston Office of Park Commissioners Milk Street

Rail Schedule Update for Concord Mornings and Evenings

The Concord RB and Branches firm announces new train times starting October 11, 1886. From Boston K and L depot trains leave at 7:30 8:30 am 12? m 1 3 5:30 7 pm with Sunday 1 pm. From Boston B and M depot 7:30 am 12 m 5 pm. Returns from Concord at 5:30 7:30 10:20 am 2:45 5:05 6:28 pm Sundays 7 pm Ex. Supt Chamberlin.

Concord RB. KB Boston Manchester Concord N.H B. and N. H Chamberlin Boston & Providence Railroad New Wor Shore Line Sreturn Meturn New York Steamboat Stonington Line Providence Fbeturn Pawtucket Dodgeville Iebronvie Attleboro Steturn North Attleboro Excmae Eo Ree Fe Rue Sharon Eretarn Acave Mt. Hope Clarendon Hills Forest Hills Heoxbury Yetham Gs Oey Suge US Ae Spring Street West Roxbury Highlands Staughten New York Mansfield A. A. Folsom Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence North Lawrence Ascnaa Milton Wood Stoughton Randolph North Easton Return Abington Ada Duxbury Duxbury Seita South Weer Taston Bolt Rika War Llam Opm Medford Stoneham Curnan LSM M. Return Rmalien Melroe High Melrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport M. Salem M. Wakefield Aeas Wilmington Lcottand Workingmen Maverhill Lowell Porthend Hangor Lewiston Reading and Way Billersea Lawrence - Ne Mj SUN Woburn Winchester Em. Sun West Medford Collegt Mass Arlington Bedford Co. S. Mellen George W. Storer Pass G’r Central Massachusetts R. R Reston Sowell BR. K Causeway Street Jefferson and Way Hudson Rockbottom Em. So Sudbury Wayland Weston Belmont Waverley and Waltham Geo. W. Storer G’r Agt C.S. Mellin Norwood Central Retur Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Rairoad Needha and Way Woonsocket Metarn

Boston and Providence Train Schedule 1887

Rail timetable lists weekly and daily departures from Boston to New York Shore Line Fast Express Shore Line Mail and connections to Providence Pawtucket Mansfield Mansfield transfer details and notes on late trains and detentions.

Boston to New York via Fall River Line Trains Schedule

Comprehensive 1887 timetable lists weekday trains from Boston to New York via Fall River Line at 6 p m with return at 5 p m plus extensive connections through Bridgewater Brockton Barnstable Provincetown Cohasset Hingham and Cape Cod divisions including Saturdays Sundays and various branch lines with multiple departures and returns for towns like Weymouth Marblehead Duxbury and Melrose. notes on specific routes and arrival times.

Boston New York Fall River New Old Colony Brooklyn Jersey City Old State House Ile Old Colony J.R. Kendrick Ju. H. Palmer

Boston and Lowell Railroad Schedule Cleair Road 1887

Timetable lists through and local trains from Boston Causeway Street and Washington Street offices to Montreal New Hampshire and Vermont routes plus Boston area stops. See Pullman and parlor car services and daily departures including 7 PM through Montreal via Central Vermont and Passumpsic roads.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street City Washington Street Old Staite House Kilton Laconia Late Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Frapkin Lebanon White River Junction Montpelier Essex Junction Kearlington St. Albans Montreal Warren Beaverhill Woodside St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Bristol Claremont White Mountain Northern Division Pullman Central Vermon R. R Passumpsie R. R Manchester Concord N. H Sun Meene Peterboro Hillsboro Billsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Nowtreal & West Vermont Pullman Carson Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Central R. R J. W. Hobart Ss. W. Cummings

Boston and Maine Through Trains to New England

Train schedules list Augusta Haymarket and Causeway Street stops with morning, noon, and evening departures. Routes cover Ban cor St John Halifax and the Provinces, Eastport Calais Saint John Mon Wed Fri, Lewiston Portland, Wentworth North Conway North, Portland Boston lines and connections on Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln Railways with multiple daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations.

Augusta Haymark Causeway St Bancor St. John Halifax Provinces Tsq Eastport Calas Mile N. B N. S Portland Haymarket Sq Lewiston Wentchester Concord N. H North Haymarket Square North Conway Haymrket Square Causeway Street Haymarket Square Mane Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln Railways

Sunday Train Schedules and City Tickets Details

Local timetables list numerous commuter and intercity departures for towns including Amesbury Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Hampton Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody Portsmouth Rockport Salter Saugus Swampscott Wenham Wolfeboro and more. Scheduled trains cover mornings afternoons and evenings with specific stop times and connections. The notice also lists city ticket offices and stations along with personnel names James T. Furbie r and D J Flanders as regional managers and agents.

Amesbury Brvesly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton Keach North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Mevere Rockport Gloucester Salter Saugus Wenham Wolfeboro Way aVia “Angus South Reading Boston Haymarket Square City Oeeneoe Street Portland James T. Furber D.J. Flanders

Boston and New York New England Train Schedules Corrected

Corrected January 3 timetable lists Boston foot of Summer Street trains to Ashcroft Danbury Dorchester and many towns with weekday only service. Includes multiple departure times from Boston and notable stops such as Hartford Providence New York Philadelphia and Norwood Central with Sunday variations and Woonsocket division details.

New York New England Boston Summer Street Ashcroft Baltimore Third Street Klackstone Danbury Dorchester Eliste Adi Endicott P.M. Mishhill-on Franklin Forest Avenue Hartford A.M Harvard Street Myde Park P.M Highland Lake Islington Manchester Mattapan Milford Joy Mt. Bowdoin New Britain Newburg New London Va Middletown Norwich Norvhen Norwood Newwood Central Pa Tacket Philadelph Providence Putnam Meadville Phiver Street Rockville Conn Southbridge Tiltons Walpole Washington D. Os Waterbury Wikmantic Winslow Webster

Massachusetts Superior Court Notice in Merrow vs White

In 1887 Beverly plaintiff Sarah Merrow sues John W White and Massachusetts Mutual Life Insurance for fifteen hundred dollars. The court orders publication of this notice in the Boston Post and a continued process requiring the defendant to appear by the first Monday in April 1887.

Suffolk Supreme Judicial Court Limothy McCarty Boston Boston Post Joan Noble Ommon Wealth OF Massachu Suffols

Pocket Record Book for Tea Trade by Aaron Br. Gay & Co

Wallet compact printed and indexed pocket record book for the tea trade offered by Aaron Br. Gay & Co. Advertises 12 percent state tax and wallet friendly design for merchants and clerks.

Aaron BR. Gay & CO

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