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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1887
Page
7
March data show shipments and charters rising for oils with refined oil at 6 percent per gallon. Sugar remains firm with current quotes for raw and refined grades, including Manila and confectioners sugar. Molasses prices hold steady with Porto Rico and Cuba cargo quotes listed.
Weekly market totals show cattle 400, sheep 1,000, calves 470, hogs 406, with Maine Vermont Massachusetts Western stock contributions. Prices list beef from 4 to 7 a half dollars and store cattle including oxen cows and calves. hides and pelts quoted for Brighton and country sources.
Multiple midwest and eastern markets report on flour and grain receipts exports and prices. Wheat and corn values shift. flour, rye, and barley show varied demand. Oils, meats, and metals move with mixed activity across New York St Louis Chicago Milwaukee Detroit Cincinnati Toledo markets.
Cargoes on the passage show wheat and corn inactivity with March and April shipments for Calcutta at 338s 9d. Liverpool notes dull wheat with weak corn demand. California wheat shipping values quoted and breadstuffs unchanged or firmer in places, with specific bid levels for winter and spring wheat and related commodities.
A detailed list of shipments from Savannah including Carrier Gate City with 24 boxes oranges and many items such as cotton bales hides rosin lumber fish and spirits for numerous firms. Notable names include J. Ballou & Co. B. Noyes Nashua Manteo and Sayre & Carsden with varied quantities of oranges cotton hides and rosin. The record outlines extensive trade activity across multiple consignors and buyers.
In Yarmouth Nova Scotia the Dominion-40 carries 14 baleshoes 250 barrels 25 half barrels 75 cases 75 tubs lard 4 kegs tripe 20 bags linseed meal 1 barrel hams 10 kegs rivets 113 egg cases 21 cases slates 15 cases hats 1 barrel logwood 1 case compasses 73 packages hardware 60 coils rope 2 cases 2 barrels glassware 47 bales fishing lines. Hull England via New York Lepanto carries 50 cases paint 00 buckets lard 500 beef. St John New Brunswick Eva Maud carries 125 barrels flour 125 sacks shorts 100 barrels beans 150 barrels cornmeal 15 barrels stove lining 10 carboys acid. St John New Brunswick Frank LP carries 6 casks gregge 28 carboys acid.
Hogs firm with Yorkers up 5c in St Louis trade and higher packers and butchers prices. Kansas City hogs rise to 65 with strong daily receipts. Market roundups from Portland to New Orleans show steady to firm tone across ports with varied stocks and exports to Great Britain and Europe.
London report notes four cargoes off the coast awaiting sale two corn arrivals and two corn sales while wheat and corn are in steady movement. The market shows ongoing activity with multiple units pending disposition.
A detailed ledger of March 156 1887 receipts across railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Eastern Western Boston and Maine Western Division Boston and Lowell and related lines. The records enumerate cotton wool flour meal corn oats hams butter beans eggs leather hides lard beef sugar tea coffee and more in bales cases bbls sacks and cars.
A detailed OCR fragment lists assorted goods with quantities by vessel and method, including oats, bran, tallow, lard, bacon, coffee, butter, cheese, eggs, potatoes, hay, lumber, leather, hides, skins, cotton, wool, foreign wool, corn, grease, tea, sugar, molasses, and feather. Entries specify units like bbls, boxes, cases, bags, tubs, and rolls, with numerous totals and mixed measurements.
A list of names and firms from multiple cities including Baltimore Birmingham Chicago Charleston Cincinnati Columbus Corpus Christi Detroit Fort Benton Indianapolis Laredo Philadelphia Pittsburg Savannah Springfield Saint Paul Syracuse Toledo Wilkes-Barre showing brokers and partners such as Mullen Lawrence Rich Lester Reeder Nahm Henderson Yates Cowen Belknap Gump Cohn Fields Einstein Kellogg and others across a nationwide commercial roster.
Two notices in the Suffolk and Middlesex Probate Courts cite heirs and interested persons in the estates of Rebecca M. Willson of Boston and Henry Dahl of Everett. Executors and spouses are called to appear, show cause, and accept or contest filings with publication steps required in the Boston Post.
James S. English as executor seeks allowance of the first account for the estate. Probate Court in Suffolk County Boston to hear on March 21, 1887 at 10 a.m. Citations require publication weekly for three weeks in the Boston Post. Register Elijah George records the notice.
Multiple probate notices call for hearings in Suffolk Middlesex and Essex counties. George M. Brooks and Elijah George issue citations to heirs and executors for estates of Stephen Stackpole Sarah Leonard and others with will copies and required publishing in the Boston Post over three weeks. Public administrator Theodore U. Tyndale invites filing of claims against William P. Whitney estate.
Probate court in Suffolk schedules March 21 1887 hearing on Harriet Augusta McDermid probate petition for Abel Fullum estate with letters testamentary without bond. Executors George V Leverett and William Vandervoort appeal for claims and payments. Also notices appoint George Caldwell administrator and Lydia E Sumner executrix for other Boston estates with bond requirements and demand disclosures.
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Boston and Maine announces through trains on both divisions with multiple daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway stations to Augusta Bangor Saint John Halifax Portland Lewiston Manchester North Conway and Portland connections. Schedule includes morning midday and evening departures.
A detailed list of Western Division trains from Boston stations to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington and other destinations with times for morning and Sunday services. Multiple towns including Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Haverhill Lawrence Malden Medford and Salem are listed with myriad departure intervals.
A dense list of train times and routes from Boston stations includes connections to Chelsea Beverly Peabody Salem Swampscott and other towns. The schedule shows weekday and Sunday departures with multiple daily slots, notes on branches and special services, and mentions of the city ticket office and Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains.
Rail timetable snippets list trains and stops for Boston area lines. It names Norwood, Needham, Providence, Washington DC, New York via various routes, with departure and arrival times, daily and Sunday variations, and through connections on the New England Limited and other services.
Old Colony timetable lists weekday trains from Boston to New York via Fall River Line and many parallel routes to towns such as Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Brockton Cohasset and more with numerous departures and returns. It also notes connections to Taunton Brockton and Wood's Hall and includes details on service days and special routes.
The Hoosac Tunnel Route timetable lists daily Boston departures to North Adams Troy Albany and West with multiple times including 6.30 am 8.30 am 3 pm 7 pm and 10.39 pm sleeping car services. It notes Ayer Junction Belmont and Waverley Cambridge and Fitchburg lines with various ex accommodations and through tickets from 250 Washington Street Boston. John Adams J Whitmore and J R Watson sign as officials.
Local time tables for the Boston and Albany line list departure times for multiple divisions and destinations including Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West. Through tickets to all points available at stations and 232 Washington Street Boston. General agents Hanson and Gallup note daily and Sunday services with numerous trains and connections.
Train schedules detail Boston and Providence lines with daily and Sunday departures. Listings include connections to New York, various towns, and specific times, noting exceptions and service notes.
A garbled line of times and place names including Lowell Billerica and various 6.45 7.30 9 11.10 pm entries. The readable elements are sporadic with no coherent events, dates, or actions to summarize.
Time table listing numerous stations including Concord Bedford Lexington Arlington and West Medford with daily sun schedules and through connections. Notes that full information is available at stations and lists S Mell en and George W Storer as general superintendent and assistant general passenger agent.
Fragmentary timetable notes list trains and times for various stations including Weston Belmont Waverley Waltham and Rockbot. Entries mention express services at 5.05 pm 9.10 am and 11.50 am with additional 1.15 pm and 2.47 pm references. Also notes Ausst Gen Passenger Agent Jewe C.8 Mellen at end.
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