Market Report on Farm Goods and Livestock Prices
There is a slow movement in SwEeEr POTATOES at 450 for extra Jersey extras. Hay prices hold with choice at 17 18, fair to good 15 16, East fine 12 15, poor to ordinary 12 14. Oat and rye straws listed. Poultry steady. turkeys, chickens, and fowls quoted with varying grades. Game markets quiet. grouse, quail, ducks, mallards, teal, and geese priced by type and region.
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Bush
Burbanks
Hebrons
Peerless
White Brooks
MacIntires
Champion
Regents
East Swale
Market summary of butter and eggs across cities
Butter prices show activity in Elgin at 89 cents with 1600 pounds sold. St Louis butter steady. Eggs strong at 121 cents and 138 cents in other listings. Cincinnati butter firm at 32 cents and eggs firm at 14 cents. New York butter and cheese unchanged with eggs firm at 154 cents for Eastern firsts and 1544 ldiec for Western markets.
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Elgin
St. Louis
Cincinnati
New York
Truck Market Roundup Highlights Stable Prices Across Produce
A fair demand for truck shows little price movement. Key West onions fetch 2 560 275 per crate with Bermudas at 83 325. Southern cabbage at 275 per crate. Florida tomatoes slow at 175 for small and 250 to 275 per barrel. Kale around 1 50 per bushel. native spinach and dandelions priced modestly. various native vegetables quoted per barrel, box, or ton including onions cabbage beets squash turban carrots lettuce parsnips and celery with noted prices.
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Key West
Florida
Norfolk
St Andrews
Fruit Prices Reported Across Oranges Lemons and Apples
Market notes show Florida oranges sold at auction with varied prices and several steamer cargo fruits moving at mixed rates. Palermo and Valencia oranges, Messina fruits, and lemons are quoted with multiple container and case prices. Cranberries remain scarce with Cape Cod prices listed for different pack sizes.
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H. Harris & Co
Florida
Valencia
Catalonia
Benison
Palermo
Tallman Sweets
Messina
Cape Cod
Meat market reports steady pork and beef prices across listings
Prices for pork cuts remain steady with long cuts at 17.25 to 17.75 per unit and various trimmings quoted. Beef shows a slow movement with extra plate at 8.50 to 9.00 and beef hams at 21.50, while receipts rise. Lambs and mutton prices soften as lambs rise in volume and beef remains largely unchanged.
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Friesa
Chicago
Brighton
Mixed Market Signals for Sugar and Tallow Prices
Sugar markets show steady raw prices with refined activity and granulated steady at 6 9 1 cent. Pulversized and confectioners grades quoted. wholesale granulated at 7 9 cent. Tallow remains steady with city rendered at 4 3 4 to 4 3 4 cent and country at 4 4 4 cent. Molasses and turpentine futures cited along with petroleum, rosin, and tar quotes.
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Manilas
Lloilos
Javas
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
New York
London
Market Reports From New York Trade Centers March
Flour and wheat receipts with exports and sales listed, including No 2 spring at 89c and No 2 red at 89 4 4c. Spot corn and oats prices show weakness, with white and mixed Western varieties mixed in. Petroleum firm at 95 7 8 cents, pork and beef markets weak, butter steady, cheese quiet, and various average prices for rosin, potatoes, and turpentine.
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New York
Ohio
St Louis
City
Minnesota
Ric
Lovee
United
Peerless
Burbank
City Extra
India
Tierces Western
Western
Grain and market summary across Chicago St Louis notes
Wheat lower and nerves steady across major markets as Chicago reports No 2 red at 82c and wobbling flour, while St Louis staggers with flour firm and pork at 14 to 14 26. Cincinnati and Milwaukee echo softer barley and weak provisions with mixed ship and receipt figures. Minneapolis shows No 1 hard at 76-77c and No 2 Northern 72-73c amid quiet demand.
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Western
Liverpool
Lake
Straits
Chicago
ST. Louis
Barney
Cincinnati
Toledo
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Cotton Market Wrap from New York to Liverpool
New York spot cotton ease with middling at 10 cents and lows near 2.5. Futures opened and closed quiet, March and May journeys around 9.6 to 9.8. Liverpool dull with uplands at 69s and Orleans at 6 7 16d. futures steady across several months. Regional receipts and stocks listed, with broad market tone described as easy to dull across cities including New Orleans, Houston, and Philadelphia.
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New York
Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
Augusta
Dull
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Soo
Memphis
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Savannah
Charleston
Louisville
Great Britain
France
United States
Hog and Cattle Markets From St Louis Peoria Chicago
Market reports show hogs firmer in St Louis with Yorkers at around 490 to 515 and packers at 510 to 540. Peoria notes hogs steady near 505 to 546. Chicago cattle and hogs mixed with steadier cattle and stronger hog demand. steer prices 325 to 315, cows and bulls 230 to 350, Texas cattle 225 to 400. Hog receipts in Chicago around 14 000 with heavy and light categories rising. sheep and lambs also moving with natives and Western weights trading higher or easier in spots.
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ST. Louis
Marsh
Peoria
Chicago
Texas
Foreign markets report from London and Liverpool
Beerbohm notes cargoes off coast with weak demand for wheat and corn. London markets quiet while Paris and Antwerp show steady wheat and mixed prices. Liverpool bread stuffs hold firm with steady pork and cheese. futures for wheat and corn fluctuate as weather worsens in England.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
England
California
Antwerp
Imports and Exports March 20 1888 Arroyo PA
A historical ledger style list records the brig Olive Branch 218 with 23 tierces molasses Bates and Barnet. Steamer Gothenburg City 3214 steel billets 4711 do bars Norway Steel and Iron co 309 do do Naylor & co 1405 steel billets etc. Entries include Baring Bros & co J B Moors & co and Wright Bros consignments of glassware rags rags flax tow potatoes beans and moise for Baltimore.
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Arroyo
Olive Branch
Hollings & Co
Farley & Sons
Baring Bros & Co
Moors & Co
Moors
Exports March 20 1888 Barbadoes and St Andrews NB
Shipping report lists schooners Florence and Alhambra with cargoes of vegetables, codfish, beef, smoked fish, lager, starch, canned goods, lard, crackers, tobacco, butter, pork and other items. Items include 480 ton Florence voyage to Barbadoes and 25 pony carriages noted with assorted goods loaded at St Andrews NB, 1888.
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Barbadoes
Bwi
Florence
St, Andrews
Alhambra
Trustees seek allowance of seventh account in Fletcher estate
The Suffolk Probate Court is notified that Samuel E Sewall and George A Dary, trustees under Richard Fletcher's will, have filed the seventh account. An appearance is required on March 26, 1888 at ten o'clock in Boston to show cause why the account should be allowed. The citation will be published weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks.
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Samuel E.sewall
George A. Dary
Julia I. Jones
Boston
Suffolk
Boston Post
Joan W. McKie
Elijah George
Register
William Minot
Therm
Harriet K. Bayley
Dedham
of Norfolk
Groves Wri
Esquire
Jonathan Cobb
Sunday Train Schedules for Weymouth Plymouth and Beyond
Train times show departures from Weymouth Mingham Cohasset Scituate Marshfield Duxbury and Plymouth at 9.15 am with returns in late afternoon. Fall River via Brockton and Taunton service lists 4.45 am and 7 pm returns. Newport and South Braintree routes appear with morning departures and evening returns, plus Taunton and Middleboro connections. GEO L CONNOR is General Passenger Agent.
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Old Colony
Boston
Old State House
New York
Ball River Line
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Wearmouth
Sandwich
Return
Braintree
Cottage City
New Bedford
East Bridgewater
Brockton
Abington
West Pininey
M. Return
West Quincy
Easteymouth and Weymouth
East Weymouth
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Militen
Mattapan
Neponset
Milton
Mattapoisett
Middleboro
Nantucket
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Duxbury
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Hanover and
Rockland
Hanover
Whitman
Wollaston Heights
West Bridgewater
Cochesert
South Easton
Wood
Bridgewater
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Uzzard’s Bay
Aim
Buzzard’s Bay
Provincetown
Chatham
Cohasset and Hingham
Cohasset
Hingham
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Taunton
Morrison Square
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
South Duxbury
Central Station
Dean Street
Weymouths
Mingham
Scituate
Marshfield
Fall River
South Braintree
Ledford
Geo. L. Connor
Gen. Pass
Port List of Goods at Halifax Weymouth Yarmouth and More
A fragmented inventory from multiple vessels and ports in Nova Scotia lists shipments and cargoes including flour drums codfish herring corn beef and lard along with dry goods hardware and household items. Entries show schooners Lackawanna General Middleton and M C Rowe plus steamer Yarmouth with cargoes from Halifax Weymouth and Yarmouth NS and include quantities such as 75 barrels flour 132 sacks and 600 boxes herring among others.
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Halifax
Middleton
Yarmouth
Weymouth
M C Rowe
Staple Goods Receipts Across Multiple Railroads
A lengthy 1888 Boston and Albany to New England rail network tally lists hundreds of items per railroad including cotton, wool, flour, oats, beef, butter, cheese, eggs, leather, and lard. Numerous bales, barrels, boxes, cases, and cars accompany totals for Grand Junction, Boston and Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, Fitchburg, and Boston & Maine routes.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Lowell
Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County March 14
Transactions listed for Malden Leverett Wellington Beacon Washington Columbus Roxsbury and Dorchester items include land and buildings on various street fronts. Buyers include James P Barlow Lydia C Brownell Chester Guild John D McLaurin Richard C Flower Henry M Whitney and James A McAuley with mortgages to John Hancock Edward A White Worcester Savings Institution Law rence Curtis and others. Amounts shown range from $1 to $86000 and reflect purchases and mortgages.
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Suffolk County
Malden Street
James P. Barlow
Francis G. Coughlan
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Leverett Street
Lydia C. Brownell
George Going
Edward A. White
Wellington Street
Richard F. Briggs
Charles R. Batt
Beacon Street
Chester Guild
John H. Haines
Washington Street
John D. McLaurin
Helen M. Sands
Joseph Brewer
Ben I. Gilbert
Elihu White
Sarah W. Glover
John L. Ayer
Columbus Avenue
Richard C. Flower
R. C. Flower Medical Company
Roxsbury
Henry M. Whitney
Laurinda C. Whitney
Falmouth Street
Lawrence Curtis
Ditto
Worcester Savings Institution
Dorchester
James A. McAuley
Fannie
Brown
Corbett Street
Reuben Green
Mortgage notices for Fairfield Gilbert and Washington street property
George F. Mortgages serenates Fairfield Gilbert a mortgage on land and buildings at 122 Newton Street dated March 14 for 4600 dollars. John W. Sands et al to Reather J. McLaurin mortgage on land and buildings on the southeast erly side of Washington Street dated March 14 for 1100 dollars.
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George F. Serenates
Fairfield Gilbert
Newton Street
John W. Sands Et al
Reather J. McLaurin
Washington Street
American Bell Telephone Company dividend notification
Dividend of three dollars per share payable on Saturday April 14 1888 to stockholders of record at close of business March 1 1888. Transfer books closed March 24 27 and April 2 14. Treasurer William Driver Boston March 14 1884.
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William
Cushman & Co Dissolved Partnership
Copartnership heretofore existing under the firm name Cushman & Co is dissolved this day by mutual agreement. F Cushman and H G Cushman sign as dissolvers on March 20, 1888.
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Cushman & Co
F. Cushman
H. G. Cushman
Petition for Trustee Appointment Under Will in Middlesex County
Henry Collins of Brookline Norfolk petitions for appointment as trustee under a deceased's will proved in court. A hearing at Cambridge Middlesex takes place on the fourth Tuesday of March at 9 am. Notice to the public will be published weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks, with final publication two days before court. Judge George M. Brooks presides. Register J. H. Tyler notes.
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Henry Collins
Brookline
Norfolk
Cambridge
Middlesex
Boston Post
Boston
George M. Brooks
Esquire
J. H. Tyler
Register
Edward W. Howe
Grover M. Brooks
Probate Court Citation for Frank Coleman Bond
To the next of kin and creditors in the estate of Michael Coleman deceased intestate Boston Suffolk County You are cited to appear at the Probate Court Boston March 26 1838 to grant administration on the estate of Frank Coleman without bond The applicant must publish this citation weekly in the Boston Post for three weeks with the final notice at least two days before the court George Register
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Benjamin Ellis
Mary D. Ellis
Monmouth
Kennebec
Maine
Suffolk
Boston & Albany Railroad Company
Boston
Boston Post
Joan W. Moki
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Matthew V. Pierce
Milton
Dedham
of Norfolk
Grerce Whitsquire
Jonathan Cobb
Commonwealth OF Massachus
Michael Coleman
Frank Coleman
Joan W. McKim
AH George
Commonwealth OF Massachu
Peter Finnegan
Margaret ¥. Finnegan
Finnigan
License to Sell Estate Pending Debts in 1888
Charles M. Gay as administrator petitions the court for license to sell the entire real estate of the deceased to pay debts and charges. The hearing is set for April 2 1888 at 10 am. Notice requires publication in the Boston Post for three consecutive weeks. Elijah George, Register.
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George Gay
Steuben
Maine
Charles M. Gay
Admi
Boston
Insolvency Notice for Edmund K Davies of Boston
The undersigned assignee William Tyner invites creditors to the second meeting of the creditors of Edmund K Davies an insolvent debtor to be held at the Court of Insolvency Boston Suffolk on April 6 1888 at ten in the forenoon to prove claims and participate.
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Edmund K. Davies
Boston
Suffolk
William Tyner
Boston Post Legal Advertising Notice
The Boston Post presents legal advertising with careful court reporting. Advertisers should designate the Post as the paper for notices and ensure proofs are returned to attorneys the day after publication.
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Boston Post
Post
Boston
Express Sunday and Weekday Train Schedule Framingham to Boston
Train times listed for Framingham Marlboro Fayville Southboro Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg Sierlin West Sterling Bolton Pratt's Bunction and Boston return routes. Saturday and Sunday runs include specific departure times and notes for exceptions.
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Sierlin
West Sterlin
Bolton
Pratt
Kreturn
Boston
Newton Lower Fa
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Wellesley Hills
Worcester
Newton Highlands
Oston
Etrookline
A. S. Hanson
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Pass
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