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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 24, 1891

Page

7

Six Little Words Mettricks Bill Rejected in House

The Massachusetts House rejected Mr. McEttrick’s substitute bill to bar selling liquor to non-guests in first to third class license premises. The vote was 96 to 89 against substitution. debates cited enforcement, hypocrisy, and the saloon issue. Other measures included dog damage bills, licensing debates, and militia pay rules.

Massachusetts House of Representatives McEttrick Boston Republican Party Commonwealth Day Monk Brockton Lehier Beverly New York Times Parker Methuen Knowlton Hamilton McHitrick Quincy Turner Malden McFarland Wales House Bicknell Carter Wakefield Howe Cambridge Kenny Peterson Mr. White Worcester Kittredge White Richardson Winthrop Gillett Springfield Chance Burke Committee On Rules Senate West Thayer McNary New England Commercial Travellers’ Association Massachusetts Hospital Committee On Ciies Public Health Committee Board of Health Raymond Committee On Cities Committee On Prisons Treasury

Why Bulkeley's Proclamation Was Not Read in Winsted

In Winsted Conn on Fast Day Sunday ministers did not read the governor's proclamation. Town clerk George Wentworth a Democrat says he does not recognize Bulkeley as governor and pigeonholed the proclamation. Republicans displeased with Wentworth's action note his 32 majority and 54 Republican votes in the last town election. Hood's Sarsaparilla adends the text urging spring use for blood purification and strength.

Winsted Conn George Wentworth Bulkeley Wentworth

Markets Signal Active Spring Trade With Mixed Goods

The week saw firmer demand for breadstuffs and spring goods, with wheat corn and oats higher while butter and cheese hold steady. Export shipments remain large with 46 164 packages valued at 2 464 096 since January 1, and cotton goods show varied activity while woollen markets stay cautious amid uncertain prices.

Uiet

Grain stocks and market notes from the Chicago period

The report lists grain stocks by type and elevator locations, with totals for March and year figures. It details inspection carloads of wheat corn oats barley and peas, then cites the visible grain supply and a Chicago wheat market summary noting firmer prices on bad weather and import demand fears.

N.Y Boston & Albany RR Hosaac Chicago Messrs. Gilman, Cheeney & Co

Flour and Meal Prices and Trade Report

Receipts show 1890 flour barrels and sacks plus 1 440 flour sacks and 125 oats sacks. Market remains firm with varied flour grades from $3 4 26 to $6 10 5 30 per unit and Canadian exports cited. meal and oats steady with cornmeal at $1 56 1 58 per bag and $3 40 6 45 per barrel.

Minnesota

Provision Trade Hurried by Rising Prices Across Markets

The market report shows higher and firmer prices for most provisions with pork products advancing 25 cents to $1. Lard up 4 cents, fresh beef and veal demand steady, beef cuts and lambs maintaining firm quotes. Grain and livestock markets in Chicago, Kansas City, Cincinnati, and St. Louis display mixed gains with cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts shaping price directions.

Chicago New York Kansas City Sreera Cincinnati St. Louis

Produce Trade Receipts and Market Snapshots

Market notes cover butter eggs cheese and poultry with steady to firmer prices in Western creamery and New York markets. Beeves sugar and hay show demand, with supplies light and prices firm to higher, while potatoes beans and peas remain quiet or firm as indicated by regional activity.

Leese Aes Carer New York Vermont Baltimore Chicago Michigan Cincinnati Choice

Florida Fruits and Mediterranean Markets Report Price Quots

Florida fruit receipts total 898 packages versus 2922 last year with fair demand for oranges at steady prices. Quoted prices cover bright and Russet boxes, mandarins, navel oranges, grape fruit, and tangerines with several per box and per half box figures. Mediterranean fruit prices list Palermo and Messina citrus, lemons, Valencia oranges, and other lemons, alongside apples cranberries nuts and dried fruits with varied counts and per-basket or per-bushel quotes.

Florida Ainst Palermo Messina Valencia King Maine New Hampshire Baldwins Tallman Sweets Cape Cod Virginia Naples

Steamers Sail with Oranges Lemons Bananas to Boston

The steamers James Turpie and Andrea Lovico depart Palermo with large cargoes of Palermo oranges and lemons, bound for Boston. The Ethelred and Iroquois are reported to be due with bananas or oranges, while the Kong Froders and Savannah boat bring additional fruit and produce. Local Norfolk arrivals include peanuts, pork, and oranges, marking a busy port shipment period.

James Turpie Palermo Boston Andrea Lovico Setamer Ethelred Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Iroquois New York Pontiac Kong Froders Due Fnday Savannah Florida Norfolk

Cotton Market Report Shows Quiet New York Trade

The New York spot cotton market stayed quiet at 9c for middling uplands with 268 bales sold and stock at 136,769. Futures opened and closed steady with totals around 52,500 bales. prices listed for March through December. Liverpool spot market eased, with 10,000 bales sold of which 8,600 were American, receipts at 20,000. Various U S ports reported steady or quiet tones with moderate receipts and stock levels. three-day consolidated receipts stood at 80,761 bales with exports to Britain and France totaling 28,103 bales and stock at 630,024.

Tanaty Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St. Louis Loursville Great Britain France Continent

Sugar Prices Steady In April Refining Market

Sugar prices from the American Sugar Refining Company show steady rates across grades from cat loaf to powdered and granulated. April delivery quotations list refined granulated and fine sugar at 442 49-16c per pound with various quality grades reflected in the figures.

American Sugar Refining Company

Market snapshot of sugar, molasses and cloth prices

Sugar markets show refined granulated at six percent discount and wholesale rates around 6.60 to 6.56 cents per pound for Tuesday. Raw sugar remains quiet and unchanged. Molasses trading quiet in New Orleans with 30 to 38 cents per gallon. Havana liquor markets steady. Print cloth market in Fall River quiet with 3 cents to 29 16 cents prices and discounts for wide formats.

Revere Eeren London New Orleans Porto Ico Fancy Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados Mayaguez Arroyo Fall River

Oil and Cotton Seed Trade Certificates Listing

The record shows certificates and closing times for pipeline and charter data, with crude shipments and cotton seed oil notes. Figures include March closings, prices per gallon, and numbered certificate entries with quantities and fare values.

Ee & Co Devonshire Street

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices Reported in New York

Turpentine quoted at 4034 41440 with resin at 15742 160 and tar at 260. Petroleum closed at 7c with RSW at 7.20c and cases at 9.30c.

Turpentine and Petroleum New York

Foreign grain markets report from London and Liverpool

Cargoes off the coast for wheat and corn rise in price while passage cargoes show higher rates. Mark Lane prices for English and foreign wheat rise with American and Danubian corn firming and flour improving. Liverpool notes breadstuffs market opening strong with steady to firmer prices across wheat, corn, peas, pork, bacon, lard, and cheese.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Liverpool California

Imports and Exports on March 23 1891 London

A densely listed trade record for March 23 1891 detailing imports and exports across multiple ports. Entries include steamer Navarro coal steel wool pig iron and coffee, thousands of bales wool flax hemp and silk, and shipments of sugar sacks lard and medicines. Also notes Yarmouth and Glasgow and Liverpool consignments with numerous goods and quantities.

London Milne & Co Brown Bros & Co Baring Bros & Co Bank of British North America German Bank of London Long & Langworthy Alizarine Keach & Co Goodwin & Co W_ Geiler Oilman’s S Pierce & Co Oilman's A Hayes & Co E Rice & Co Breck & Sons Gorham Rogers & Co Povecing & Co Graves & Sons Dantzic Embleton American Sugar Refineries Company Yarmouth N&s H F Hammond J H McMillan Hamilton & Close Barclay, Clements & Co de Long & Seaman G Hall & Co

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