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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 22, 1889

Page

7

Grain and livestock markets show quiet, steady trading in New York

Reports indicate mixed activity across crops and futures with no sales on call for oats and wheat prices edging higher. Receipts in New York and Chicago reflect steady demand but overall market remains cautious with dull tones in rye and barley while oats and hay show subdued activity.

New York Chicago Milwaukee St Louis Toledo Pyanes Northern Detroit Duluth Anigher Graham Front Peoria Canada Bush

Butter and dairy markets show steady but mixed receipts

Butter receipts total 1446 packages, down from 2382 last year as market traders note fair to medium quality from new creameries. Quoted prices vary by grade with choice dairy around 26 28c and lower grades at 25 26c. Eastern creamery and Vermont extra creamery prices are listed. Cheese and eggs trade remain subdued with rising stocks and steady but dull demand. beans and potatoes show moderate activity with steady prices and regional variations.

Choice Vermont Ermont New York Cincinnati Chicago North Choice Liverpool Baltimore New Hampshire Michigan California Lima Timothy West Jersey Elouston Hebrons Burbanks Aroostook Hebrons Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Bush Aroostook New Brunswick Nova Scotia New Hrunswick Hebrons Rose

Market Report Steady With Packed Vegetable Prices

The market is steady and a quiet trade is noted. Read with prices for Marrow squash 860 ton turban squash 60 per ton Hub bard 70 per ton Savoy cabbage 75 90c per bushel cabbage 85c per bushel red cabbage 225 per barrel onions 1 125 per barrel Bermuda onions 150 per crate Spanish onions 1 per crate peets 40 50c per bush carrots 125 per barrel lettuce 75 cents per bush turnips 40c per box white French turnips 125 St Andrews 75c per barrel radishes turnips 50c per dozen long 1 per dozen celery 10 per box parsnips 40c per bush native dandelions 112% per bush Norfolk spinach 2 per barrel Baltimore spinach 150 per barrel kale 75c per barrel beet greens 1 per bush rhubarb 9c per th parsley 2 per ush

Bermuda St Andrews Norfolk Baltimore Bush

Chicago Provisions Market Brief Reflects Quiet Trade

Provisions in Chicago show steady to quiet demand with pork tight due to Hutchinson holding pork off the market and suspected Armour influence. Prices for pork, lard, bacon and other meats are listed with openings, highs and lows, receipts today and last year, plus current bids and closures in multiple markets.

Chicago Hutchinson New York Tierces City Continent Cincinnati Brighton

Live Stock Prices Across Major Markets

Market reports from Kansas City Chicago and Cincinnati show cattle, hogs and sheep trends. Receipts and shipments are listed with price ranges across heavies feeders and packing hogs. steady to higher values observed for several classes.

Kansas City Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Fruit and citrus market report with varied prices

Receipts show apples 926 barrels today vs 1059 last year. Prices listed for Baldwins, russets, Tallman sweets, greenings. Oranges and lemons firm with several regional price quotes for Messina, Palermo, Valencias, Florida fruit, and mandarin varieties. Cranberries, dried apples, grapes, and strawberries noted with current demand and price ranges.

Baldwins Tallman Sweets Jersey Almeria

Fruit Steamers Load Boston Bound Cargoes from Palermo

The steamer Wallachia is loading at Palermo for Boston. The steamer North Britain sailed from Palermo March 11 for Boston and passed Gibraltar March 16 with 8050 boxes Messina oranges 2500 boxes Messina lemons and Palermo fruit. The steamer Ditmarschen is due March 22 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Palermo Boston North Britain Gibraltar Messina Ditmarschen Jamaica Boston Fruit Company

Auction sale of cargo from Mediterranean fruit steamer win

Harris and Co announce an auction Tuesday for the cargo of the Mediterranean fruit steamer Win. The sale lists various consignments from the vessel and invites bidders to attend.

H Harris & Co Win Dover Albany Street Dover Street

Sugar and Molasses Market Receipts and Prices

Sugar receipts today total 340 barrels or 30 less than the same day last year. Raw sugars show strength with a steady, firm market and quiet trading. Cuba refined sugar quoted at 54 64 6 percent standards, cen.

Cuba

Sugar Market Report From New York and Port Vaduz

Trifugals and refining sugars show firm prices with active demand. Raw New York sugars remain firm while refined stays quiet. molasses receipts recorded today and last year. Prices for Porto products and foreign refiners cited with regional variations in New Orleans and Cienfuegos markets.

New York Ponce Porto Porto Rico New Orleans Cienfuegos

Shoe Company Directory Entries Read Across Cities and States

A partial list of names and firms from shoe companies and traders across U S cities including Louisville Nashville Philadelphia Pittsburg Richmond St Paul Minneapolis Omaha and Savannah with partners and firms such as Long & Davidson Kreinhaus & Simon J W Manier & Son Adams Fields Kellogg & Co and Dreyfus & Co. The entry notes cross citations and signatories dated 1889.

Boston Post Caenen Penn J M Davidson Long & Davidson Louisville J Duveneck Kreinhaus & Simonson Yo. Martin's Ferry Philadelphia Penn Pittsburg N Childs, Jr H Childs & Co C Rose T Rose & Son Craw A N Rose Plattsburg C McDougall E G Moore & Co Portsmouth H RK Tracy C P Tracy & Co Richmond I Stern Stern & Co Tre K Samuels Clark’s M_Heaserg Southern Shoe Co Putney S Putney & Co Rochester L P Ross Reateguna Tex M Goldfrank Goldfrank Frank Einstein Einstein’s Sons Savannah H Mewhara A S Weil Meinhard Bros & Co Tre. St Paul Minn C H Kellogg Kellogg, Johnson & Co Louis J H Schafer Schafer, Swarts & Co Poinefield, O R A Starkey Starkey & Scowden Paresoye Springs J Lodewick Herrick & Lo

New York Cotton Prices and Market Report

In New York cotton is dull and steady with middling uplands at 10c and low middling around 9 11 16c. Futures opened barely steady and closed quiet. Liverpool spot cotton firm with Upland at 51 1/16d and low middlings at 54d. Various US port receipts, exports, and stocks listed as steady to quiet across major markets.

New York PRPC Oa Ab Obes APTI Ceessee Cecees Rob Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Baltimore Britain Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Consolidated France United States

Oil Certificates Market Report for March 1889

The market data notes oil certificate activity with quotes for highest and lowest prices on March 21 and 22 1889. Trading closed March 20 with March 21 highs and lows recorded, including values around 90 percent and 56 percent in the cited certificates.

IWC Marior Zieavespagaseses Perra Slosea Diglon

Commodity price report from New York and St Louis markets

Tallow receipts show 19 bbls today vs 37 bbls same day last year with steady trade. New York tallow firm with city at 47 16c. turpentine and rosin prices steady with tar and petroleum varying. coffee and whiskey markets described as easier or quiet in major cities.

New York Rio St Louis Cincinnati Chicago

Imports and Exports Halifax NS Steamer Lists

Shipping cargo from Halifax Nova Scotia and Liverpool England includes multiple items: groceries, hardware, chemicals, glass, metals, timber, and machinery. Notable consignments include eggs, halibut, cosmetics, bleaching powders, soda ash, tin plates, earthenware, and anchors. The lengthy entry also notes Steamer Bulgarian and Steamer Ripon City shipments with cargoes ranging from hosiery and drums to casks and salt.

Halifax Delong & Seaman Lindsay Griffin & Co Fraser Nelson Ring Lordman Halibut Atlantic Halibut Co Liverpool Eng Steamer Coleman, Mead & Co Linder & Meyer Turner & Co James Skinner Mitchell Aie & Co King Glue Co Harrington Baring Bros & Co Morey & Co Enware Thayer & Lincoln Trapani Ripon City Byrnes

Exports Report from Antwerp and Yarmouth Trade Route

On March 21 1889 the steamer Norge carried 250 bales cottonwaste 16 bales feather 29 grindstones 1100 boxes bacon 50 tierces lard from Antwerp Bel via New York. At Yarmouth the schooner F Richard reported 100 tons pig iron 1 case hardware 61 boxes pipes 94 bolls gal vanized iron 6 chains 113 bags nails 13 casks SO bags 2 cases color 2 cases L cask varnish 1 keg chains 6 anchors 3 chains 51 bags nails 31 bags Canada plates 2 coils wire rope.

Antwerp Bel New York Norge Yarmouth Richard

Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool

Foreign markets in London and Liverpool show wheat and corn dull with slow demand. Cargoes arriving and awaiting sale, prices mixed across March to August contracts, and steady but quiet futures for wheat and corn. Breadstuffs demand weak with slight price resilience in some grains and animal products.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England California Antwerp

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town

A list of buyers and firms visiting or associated with independent boot and shoe merchants across multiple states. Names include E J August and J Fontine among others, with firms from Atchison to Kalamazoo and notes of treasurers, agents, and Co partnerships.

Atchison, Kan Altoona Penn Benaheim Joe NY Herrick Smith, Pratt & Herrick Albany Fearey J Fearey & Son Carroll Carroll, Adams & O Tre Baltimore Bangs Bangs, Lard & Co Buffalo H Walker Walker Ramsdell Ramsdell, Sweet Co Cincinnati Metis Mets & Co L, Runkel I Faler, Sons & Co Cleveland B Childs Childs, Groff & Co J Fontine Stone Chicago W Marks, Craw Carpenter Guthman

Central Division Train Timetable Fragments

Regional timetable fragment lists departure times from Central Division stations such as Ashmont and Fall River Line, with numerous irregular numbers and notes. It includes Sunday and weekday patterns, mixed with errors and irregular spellings, and references to multiple towns and lines. The text catalogs schedule details rather than a coherent news event.

Cape Cod Bus Schedule Partial Readout

A list of Cape Cod division stop times shows Buzzards Bay Bourne Brewster and other towns with services starting around 8 15 am and ending between 3 30 pm and 4 15 pm. Some places include Nantucket Mondays Tuesdays Thursdays and Saturdays only and Woods Hall via New Bedford.

Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Barn Stake Bourne Ate Brewster Cataumet Chateham Cottage City Park Sq New Bedford Fairhave Atm Sandwich Saamore Yarmouth Tremont We ¢ Barnstable Woods Hall Waream Warmouth Northern Boston & Albany Framingham and Marlboro Fayville Southboro Bolton Northhero Clinton Leominster Fitchburg Prett’s Junction Hoston Old Colony R. RB Old State Oone J. R. Sol Cong Maen, Pass R Agen Boston

Historic Rail Timetable Fragments From New England Routes

A dense OCR list outlines train times and stations across multiple towns including Attleboro Canton Junction Bedham East Foxboro Hyde Park Jamaica Plain Roxbury Newport Fall River Taunton New London and Providence. The entry mixes weekday and Sunday schedules with many invalid or garbled figures. it maps passenger departures to destinations such as New York Shore Line and Newport via various lines.

Park Square New York Stonington Attlebors Boylaton Central Roslindale Highland West Roxbury Spring Street Canton Junction Bedham Dodgeville East Foxboro Rarer Vom M. Orest ION Can Hazelwood Hebrewville Hyde Park Jamaica Plain Mansfeld Bite Hope Clarendon Hills Attleboro Providence M. Beadville Roxbury Rumford and India Pont Sharon Sharon Heights Stoughton Central and Canyon South Walpole Wrentham Alet Hill Stonehaven Warren and Bristol Mansfield Taunton bNew Medford Fall River Newport London Sunda Wickford Junction

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