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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 18, 1891

Page

7

Markets Surge Pine Sell Well in Early Spring Lumber Outlook

Markets for spruce and pine show strong demand with firm prices for dry spruce boards and rising activity in frames. Lumber trade remains steady though cautious. Boston trade slow to reawaken, but Northern mills report good demand and outside buyers driving a spring to summer uptick with logs awaiting pricing.

Boston Nashua Lowell Blocktor New England Pennsylvania

Best Yellow Pine Flooring Market Demand

The notice extols Yellow Pine flooring as durable and splinter free and directs inquiries to Seaboard Lumber Co at 25 Congress Street Boston. It also reviews Southern lumber demand and shipments, notes tight rift and stepping timber, firm cypress prices, rising Gulf and Atlantic rates, and detailed current prices for pine, cypress, oak, walnut, whitewood, clapboards, shingles, and spruce extras.

Seaboard Lumber Congress Street Boston New England Rift Gulf North Carolina Southern Atlantic Sap

Commodity Market Report Highlights Strong Wheat and Firm Cattle Prices

The article details a busy inspection day with 57 cars graded across wheat corn oats and barley. Wheat in Chicago opened strong on bullish foreign-market cues, with May around 102 percent and a steady close. Oats and corn markets were firm and volatile with varied on-track prices, while rye, barley, and malt showed steady to quiet activity and millfeed and cotton seed meal pricing remained steady to firm.

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Flour and Meal Price Report From Market Receipts

The report lists yesterday's receipts of flour oatmeal and cornmeal with totals by type and bag counts. It notes steady demand and firm prices for flour with various grades ranging from superfine to winter clears and Canadian exports. Meal prices are given for cornmeal oatmeal and ground products with a firm market.

Minnesota Senores Robbers

Provision Trade Shows Mixed Prices in 1891 and 1890 Reports

Receipts list a range of pork and lard quantities with 1891 and 1890 figures. Beef and mutton demand remains firm with steady to higher prices, choicest cattle at about 8.34 to 9.0 per unit, lambs at 10 to 11 cents, and fancy mutton around 10 to 11 cents. New York tallow markets firm, Chicago markets stronger but later pressured by a weaker weekly run. opening and closing ranges shown for May and other futures in the Chicago provision market.

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Market Report of Hog and Cattle Prices Across Cities

Kansas City and Cincinnati markets show steady to firmer hog prices with varied cattle and sheep values. Chicago and St Louis report higher receipts and active trading with prime and mixed lots up to five dollars per hundredweight, while Peoria and Omaha list steady to higher regional prices and substantial shipments.

Kansas City Sixciay Cattl Cincinnati St. Louis Peoria Chicago

Butter and dairy prices ease amid light stock and steady demand

Market roundup shows butter prices easing across western creameries while New York Vermont markets hold firm. Eggs and cheese demand remains strong with prices mixed. potatoes and vegetables stay steady as receipts rise slowly. Cotton futures and Liverpool spot markets mirror cautious trading, with total four day receipts and exports listed.

Fruit Trade Prices and Receipts Reported

The report lists fair demand and steady prices across fruits. Florida oranges and mandarins show mixed quotes. Navel oranges and grapefruit batched with boxed pricing. Mediterranean fruits include Palermo and Messina lemons and oranges with varied box prices. Apples, cranberries, nuts, and dried fruits are quoted with receipts noted and regional price levels. Strawberries remain scarce with Florida trade lots at 20 to 30 cents per quart.

Florida Palermo Messina Valencia King Maine New Hampshire Tallman Virginia Naples

Ocean Freight Shipments From Palermo for Boston

The steamer James Turpie sailed from Palermo March 4 with 16 000 boxes Palermo oranges and 8000 boxes lemons for Boston. The Andrea Lovico left Palermo January 21 with 7000 boxes Palermo oranges and 3400 boxes lemons for Boston. The Sama is due next Friday with Jamaica bananas to the Boston Fruit Company. The Efficient is due with 17 400 boxes and half boxes Messina oranges and 12 000 boxes Palermo and Messina lemons. The Savannah boat, due there today, has 3540 boxes oranges and 26 refrigerators of strawberries.

James Turpie Palermo Boston Andrea Lovico

Harris & Co fruit sales report in vague OCR

Messrs Harris and Co sold fruit including Florida oranges and Valencia oranges with prices recorded in odd OCR. Tangerines and mandarinons appear with imperfect amounts, listing per box and per case values, but multiple figures are garbled and unclear.

Messrs. H. Harris & Co Florida Jena Valencia

Print cloth market quiet amid fair April demand

Fall River dispatch notes a very quiet print cloth market with fair demand for April deliveries. Today's general shutdown will affect production by about 20,000 pieces, with prices at 3 cents and 1 percent off for 64x64s and 29-16 cents for 60x56s.

Fall River

Sugar Market Holds Steady With Varied Refined Prices

Refined sugar prices stay steady as demand remains dull. American Sugar Refining lists varied prices for cuts like loaf, cubes, and powders, with 6d4c to 66%c ranges. Raw sugar shows stability, molasses trades quiet with New Orleans rates from 30 to 38c per gallon, and several foreign grades at modest levels.

American Sugar Refining Company Revere Company London Cable New Orleans Porto Rico Choice Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados Mayaguez Arroyo

Whiskey markets hold firm in Peoria and steady in Midwest

The Peoria whiskey market remains firm at 117 while Cincinnati and St Louis markets stay steady at 116. Prices show regional stability with Peoria at the firm level and midwest markets unchanged.

Peoria Cincinnati St. Louis

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices Mixed in New York

Turpentine quoted at 4014 40%c with resin 155 160 and tar 260. Petroleum closed at 7c with KSW at 7.265c and cases at 9.40c.

Turpentine and Petroleum New York

London and Liverpool Market Quiet Yet Firm Across Regions

London reports cargoes off the coast with wheat firmer and one cargo arrived since the last report while corn shows no offerings and two cargoes arrived. At Ark Lane wheat remains quiet as English and French country markets stay quiet. Liverpool notes March futures for California wheat at 8s 4½d for March and 83s 3¼d for May with near options strong and distant options fat. Mixed American corn for May at 6s 8d and August at 53s 8¾d. At Antwerp spot wheat firm and Paris flour quiet.

London Beerbohm Liverpool California Antwerp Paris

Oil Market and Live Stock Prices Report

Market figures list Crude and Refined oil prices, shipments, and averages for March 1891. Includes cattle, sheep, and swine prices, car counts by rail lines, and regional livestock sales notes with specific consignor details and weights.

Exports on March 17 1891 from North American ports

Shipping ledger records exports from Yarmouth Nova Scotia Saint John New Brunswick and Hull England and London shipments. Items include oil beef flour kerosene ironware timber machinery textiles and hardware with quantities such as 126 bbls oil 60 do beef 4 do ginger ale 277 pkgs Cocoanuts and 1936 bush corn among others.

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Vast Liverpool shipment ledger lists diverse imports and consignments

A lengthy Liverpool steamship cargo manifest itemizes dozens of consignments from multiple firms. Entries cover soda ash and bleaching powder, glass, tobacco and rope, iron bars, machinery, paper, linen, wool, wine and earthenware, with quantities ranging from a few cases to hundreds of bales or casks, and numerous firms such as Linder & Jieger Roher purn, Baring Bros & Co, Lamvert Bros, Commercial Express, Brown & Co, and many others.

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