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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 17, 1883

Page

3

Breadstuffs Flour Market Steady Across Regions

The market remains steady and quiet with little change day to day. Western flour prices show small variations from $3.50 to $7.25 for various grades, with Minnesota bakers brands around $5.00 to $7.50 and Illinois St Louis or Indiana Ohio ranges from $5.75 to $6.50. Michigan and New York values sit near $6.25 to $5.75 for straights and winter wheat seconds around $4.25 to $4.50.

West Minnesota St Louis Indiana Ohio Michigan New York Ilinois Winter Wheat

Mixed and steady prices in rye and butter markets

Market notes show rye sales in small lots at 85c bus, mixed goods at 56c, and 54c for No 2 mixed. Butter prices range with many grades quoted, including new creamery at 25 27c and Vermont and New York stock around 20 23c, while cheese, eggs, and other staples display firm to steady demand and varied regional quotations.

Boston New York Richardson, Hill & Co Philadelphia Baltimore No. 40 Water Street Vermont Maine Central Grand Trunk Northern Aroostook Eastern Burbank Brooks Timothy Nol Minnesota

Wool Market News Signals Steady Trade and Light Stocks

No quotes or major shifts in wool values with quiet trade for the week. Domestic and foreign sales total about 2.5 million pounds as dealers hold light stock awaiting realizations. London sales progress with light purchase activity. regional prices listed for Ohio, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New York, Texas, California, and foreign wools, plus detailed London sale figures and volumes for Victorian, Cape and Natal, New South Wales, Adelaide, New Zealand, and Swan River lots.

London Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan New York Delaine Territory Texas California Montevideo Adelaide Port Phillip Cape Natal New South Wales Queensland Sydney New Zealand Swan River

Imports at Boston tied to schooner and brig cargos

In Boston a list mentions ships including Mary A Drury with 650 birds and sugar order, and brig Sophia with 35914 tons logwood and a ton noted for A Winsor. The fragment implies cargo transfers and shipping activity recorded for those vessels and merchants.

Foreign Exports Report From Melbourne Glasgow and Annapolis

The Emily F Whitney cleared March 16 with 300 barrels leather 6000 cases kerosene oil and many other shipped goods. Tyrian cleared March 14 from Glasgow with 13 275 sacks flour 34 bags hoofs and more. H Eliott cleared March 16 from Annapolis NS with 250 barrels flour. Eagle cleared March 16 from Halifax NL with heavy kerosene coal oil and pitch. Oxenholm cleared March 14 from Liverpool with 33 055 bushels corn 524 head cattle and 620 sheep.

Melbourne Emily F Whitney Glasgow Tyrian Annapolis H Eliott Halifax Eagle Liverpool Eng Oxenholm

Receipts of Staple Freight by Multiple Railroads and Sea

A historical ledger lists shipments to various railroads and sea routes detailing quantities of wool cotton flour tallow grease sugar lard eggs butter cheese beans beef hides leather pelts apples potatoes and other staples. The entries attribute totals to Lowell Maine Fitchburg Grand Junction New York and New England Old Colony Boston and Albany Providence and Peabody lines with numerous bales cases bbls and boxes.

Lowell Railroad Maine Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Eastern Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Sea Peabody and Salem New York and New England Railroad Old Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad

Commodities Mixed as Cotton and Wheat Therapies Weaken

New York markets report cotton dull with 770 bales and forward deliveries softening. Wheat receipts 41,500 bushels with exports 90,522 bushels. cash and futures activity show firm opening, then decline and unsettled close. Prices for flour, rye, cornmeal, oats, coffee, sugar, molasses, rice, petroleum, tar, and pork fluctuate with volumes and varying demand, while steellike lard and beef hams hold tentative tones.

New Minnesota Rley Rio Cuba Brazil Petroleum—United Taliow

Chicago and St Louis Markets Report Mixed March 16

Chicago and St Louis commodities show mixed movements with flour, wheat, corn, oats, and meats listed. Prices edge lower for some grains while hogs and pork shift modestly, and shipments and receipts across cities reflect a cautious trade tone.

Financial and Commodity Market Roundup London to Havana

London summaries report Consols at 102 1-16 and US 4s at 122. Dells at 11646. New Jersey Central firsts 113, Erie 3655, Reading 3B. Mixed American corn 31s 3d off the coast, wheat quiet but steady, Liverpool flour and grain prices listed. Cotton futures ease, port prices, ship exports, and New York commodity notes accompany. Havana gold at 1941. Sugar market steady with unchanged prices.

London Dells New Jersey Central Erie New York Central Atlantic Great Western Reading Mexican Central Ontario and Western Milwaukee St. Paul Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane Liverpool England de Orleans Port Phillip Sydney Cape Havana United States

Boston Land Transfers and Patents Report March 1883

Land quitclaims and mortgage transfers across Boston from Williams Street to Dorchester Codman Street and East Boston Washington Village. Notables include Frederick Prince and James Shepard with various land parcels and prices. Patent notices list inventors and devices from E Adams to J A Van Keuren with multiple firms and labels.

Williams Street Frederick C. Prince Boston Frederick O. Prince Et al Bos Broadway O Streets James Shepard James Shepard, Jr Dorchester Codman Street Jas. Reid James W. Davis Washington Village Dorchester Street Adam Hagarty William P. Allen Edward Rand Horace Binney Sargent Florence W. Kane Mary Kane John J. Kane Maria Jones William G. Henry Nathaniel Gibson David A . Dunbar Hiram K. Bosworth Hiram F. Hathaway Omar Eldridge Lucy P. Brattles Henry S. Worrall New England C. A. Shaw Patents Court Street E. Adams Providence R. I John H. Alcott Thomaston Conn George J. Altham Swansea Mass Christopher Amazeen Charles E. Bailey W. R. Talbot Charles S. Barton Worcester Wallace H. Bate Leopold Bauneister Bridgeport Alexander Bernstein Beverly William C. Blount E. I. Blount Cambridgeport Lock Mellen N. Bray Lacing Stud Lacing Hook Daniel Bunker Stoddard N. Ie Wash John Chamberlain Springfield Thomas M. Chapman Oldtown Eugene F. Collins North Anson William P. Cutter Everett Hiram A. Eaton Manchester Charles T. Emerson Lawrence Mark Flather Nashua N. H Zachary T. French S. George Levi M. Hawes Hampton Falls Henry M. Herring North Attleboro Alfred C. Hobbs Ich Mr Moore Lowell Daniel H. Murphy Hartford George W. Prentice John Prince West Randolph Co Rebstock Holyoke James Sheehy St. Albans Henry V. Smith Plantsville Lorenzo Stebbins Hinsdale G. P. Stebbins Vernon Joseph A. Talpey Somerville James F. Thayer John C. Thickins George H. Thomas Charles Turner Lynn Jabez E. Walcott George W. Walker Malden Stukely E. Waterman F. H. Kelley Pawtucket William D. Whiting Charles J. H. Woodbury Thomas Woodhouse Plainville N. Y Poe Dinsmore & Co Carter, Dinsmore & Co New York Carter, Din George C. Fisk Sprinegfield Fisk J.A L. N. van Keuren Panora A Marely A Lothrop George W Lothrop Cues MeGty Ley South Boston James McGinley Urites Andrew Riley Pollard Eliza John Henshaw Pollard Sand Hill Avenue Midland Street

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