Boston Post Newspaper Archives, Mar 25, 1887, p. 7

Auctioneered farm prices list with vegetables and livestock

A dense price catalog lists ducks grouse venison beans seeds hay and potatoes with dozens of regional rates. It covers common and pintailed ducks western quail venison New York and Vermont peas and beans prices per bushel per hundredweight plus hay rye straw and various potatoes and tonnage for truck crops and tallow types.

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Minnesota New York Vermont Timothy North Bush Jersey East Swale Houlton Rose Hebrons Northern Burbanks Abc Mairie Burbanks Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Sege Nova Scotia St. Andrew Cape Cod

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Fruit Market Roundup Signals Mixed Citrus Supplies

The report notes firm apple prices with steady quotes, light cranberry supply, and scarce Florida oranges though coarse fruit remains abundant. It lists steamer cargoes from the Mediterranean and schedules for arrivals with Messina and Palermo oranges and lemons, Valencia oranges for two firms, and general ranges for dried and fresh fruits including apples and nuts.

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Steamer Independent Mediterranean Messina Palermo Kansas D. H. Tully & Co Alsatia New York Baldwin Massachusetts Maine Greening Tallman Sweet Northern Spy Virginia Virginia Farmer's Valencia Malaga Florida

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Market Report on Meat Prices and Quotations

Pork and lard steady with moderate demand. hams unchanged. Beef firm and in fairly good demand. mutton veal and lamb steady. Chicago closing quotes list multiple futures prices for pork, lard, short ribs, and various beef and veal cuts, with note of current market levels for fresh meats and prepared products.

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Chicago S&c Brighton

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Market Report Highlights Oil Sugar Cotton Prices and Shipments

Pipeline certificates show late March trading with 78 295 runs and 99 166 shipments for the period ending March 24 1886. Sugar remains firm with refined rates up to 6 7-16c for various grades, molasses steady, and cotton futures in Liverpool and New York firm with upland spot around 10 3-16c middling.

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Manila Loilos Belmont Porto Rico Cienfuegos Cuba Liverpool Uplands Orleans New York

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Market Flour and Wheat Prices in New York Markets

Markets by Telegraph reports flour receipts at 9637 barrels and 1700 sacks exports 1670 barrels and 1700 sacks. good to choice extra Western and State flour 3 65 to 5 10. white wheat extra Western 4 50 to 4 7b. fancy white wheat 4 80 to 5 10. Wheat receipts 72600 bushels. exports 48800. No 2 spring 2c, No 1 hard 95 11-16c delivered, No 1 Northern 94c delivered, No 2 red 90 91c. Southern steady. Rye flour quiet. Cornmeal dull.

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New York Minnesota

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Grain and commodity price roundup across Midwest markets

The report lists prices and receipts for corn soybeans oats and wheat across Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo Detroit St Louis Chicago and other hubs. It notes steady to mixed trends in elevator and port shipments with figures for futures and named lots including No 2 red No 1 white No 2 white and refined sugar alongside coffee and petroleum quotes.

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Hog and cattle market summaries from multiple cities

Kansas City reports hog sales firm at five thirty five to five fifty five per hundred with receipts around five thousand. Peoria notes hogs steady near four ninety five to five eighty five with four hundred receipts. Chicago shows cattle receipts ten thousand with lower market, hogs slow and mixed five twenty to six seventy, sheep receipts seven thousand with varied prices.

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Kansas City Peoria Chicago

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Cotton Markets Report March 24 1887 Across US Ports

Market snapshot for March 24, 1887 shows net receipts and sales by port. Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and overall six day consolidated port stock and export totals to Great Britain France and the continent. Prices are steady to firm with mid 9 to 10 cent ranges across ports and varied stock levels reported.

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Augusta Galveston Great Britain New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Continent C. Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Louis Louisville France United States

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London and Liverpool Market Reports and Wool Sales

Foreign markets report slow cargo trade for wheat and corn with several cargoes sold or awaiting sales off the coast. London and Paris prices noted. wool sales in London see strong bidding for crossbreds and merinos with listings by Victoria New South Wales and other regions.

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London Beerbohm Mark Lane California Paris Liverpool Michigan England Walla Victoria New South Wales Australia Swan River Queensland New Zealand Cape of Good Hope Natal Buenos Ayres Montevideo

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Imports and Exports March 24 1887

Trading ledger lists imports for HULI Eng Steamer Buffalo and Emmerton & co among others. Entries include skins ropes wood pulp jute cloth paper stock rags flax waste wire rods metal and various bundles from multiple firms with quantities such as 50 bales skins 424 bales wood pulp 225 bales flax waste 488 coils and 1509 coils across listed companies.

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Huli Emmerton & Co Gil & Sootz Baring Bros & Co Gorham Rogers & Co

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Rail schedules list extensive Boston to Cape Cod area trains

Rail timetable shows departures and returns for Boston lines to Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich and Cape Cod towns plus connections to Brockton New Bedford Nantucket and Newport. Also notes Sunday trains and special boat train connections with Fall River lines and Boston connections. J R Kendrick General Manager.

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Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Bridgewater Brockton Buzzard’s Bay Wareham Cape Cod Provincetown Wellfleet Cohasset An Hingham Cohasset Hingham Cottage City New Bedford East Bridgewater Abington East Milton West Quincy Bamoes East Weymouth Weymouth Fail River Tauneton Taunton Harrisonnne Marshfield Return Mattapan Milton Neponset Mattapoisett Wood's Hall Newport North Easton Stoughton Randolph Norton Easton Duxbury Quincy Scituate North Scituate Ituate Sea View Shawmut Soutly Central Station Dear Ym Whitman and Mouth Whitman South Weymouth Walsights Weed Lik Uemu New York Fall River Boston J. R. Kendrick

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Inventory of various goods and materials for trade

A detailed list records Horace Partridge and Brown Bros trading wool flax and rags with quantities. It includes textiles such as wool, flax waste, bales, and new cloth pieces. metals like steel. dyes, glue, skins, hides, bristles, grease, linseed oil, and horse hair. Encounters firms W Power H B Jackson Wadsworth Howland in a broad commodities order.

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Horace Partridge & Co Brown Bros & Co AK Gardiner Jones Smith & Dove Jere Abbott & Co Baring Bros & Co

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Exports Listing From Havana to Liverpool and More

Long consolidated export list dated March 24 1887 from Havana and other stations detailing vessels and cargoes including Barque Josephine 973 tons coke coal schooner Blizzard 200 birds salt and a large ledger of goods from St John s Newfoundland Lunenburg Nova Scotia and Valparaiso Chile to Liverpool England Canning Nova Scotia and other ports with items such as furniture canned lobsters oysters salmon hi-bbls axle grease lubricating oil spirits turpentine nails paper soap spirits tobacco and many more.

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Havana Cuba Lunenburg John's Clifford Valparaiso Antofagarta Morocco Liverpool Eng Virginia Norseman

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Receipts Report from 1887 New England Railways

A detailed ledger of shipments dated March 24 1887 across multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg and Boston & Maine. It lists bales cotton wool flour corn oats wheat malt millfeed bacon lard butter eggs cheese leather hides and various boxes tubs and cases with quantities per railroad. High volume items include 650 bbls flour 1695 bush corn and 835 bush oats for Boston & Albany and 2000 bush corn plus 504 boxes bacon for New York & New England.

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Saack Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Boston & Lowell Railroad

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Day Fifteen Trade And Cargo Totals By Ship And By Land

A ledger style summary lists shipments by Express and Sea routes. Items include butter, leather, cotton, wool, flour, tea, coffee, molasses, sugar, eggs, apples, pork, and lumber with quantities in bales, cases, bags, blocks, and loads. The record records varied units such as bbls, hhds, casks, and bdls across multiple categories.

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By Express

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Boot and Shoe Buyers Gather in Town Listings

A long list of buyers and firms from multiple states visits Allentown for boot and shoe trade activity. Firms include Leh & Co Baltimore W C Carroll Carroll Adams Co Spragins Craddock Adler Frank & Adler Buffalo Ramsdell Sweet Childs Groff Canisteo Bailey Allison Sa m M Laughlin Selz Schwab Co Fargo Ramsdell Evans Robinson Burtensham Sanger Bros Evans BC Evans Un Fulton Goodson Hazelton Simon Miller Jones McKee Cravens Rouss Hoar Morgan Monroe Kellogg Woolman Todd Claflin Allen Lindsley Famous Jenks Hand Sewed Taylor Dean Werner and others listed with their city or company affiliations.

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Allentown Penn J Leh H Leh & Co H B Koch Baltimore Charles Bangs Bangs, Bard & Co Tre Carroll Carroll, Adams & Co S B Spragins Spragins, Stover & Craddock C Adler Frank & Adler, Brun Buffalo T T Ramsdell S M Sweet O P Ramsdell Sweet & Co Brun Cleveland Childs Childs, Groff & Co Canisteo W T Bailey Allison Boot and Shoe Co Chicago A C McLaughlin Selz, Schwab & Co Cincinnati P Cowen Cowen & McGrath Frank M Fargo H Fargo & C Dayton Fulton McDougall E G Moore & Co Savannah Einstein Einstein’s Sons Springfield A Starkey Starkey & Scowden St Paul Minn C'H Kellogg Kellogg, Johnson & Co St Louis W Todd Woolman-Todd Boot & Shoe Company A W Allen

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Probate notices from Massachusetts courts and executors

Notices announce probate actions in Suffolk Middlesex and Cambridge regarding estates of Charles Brewster Mary Loftus Ezra Trull and others. Citations require publication in the Boston Post and attendance dates in April 1887 with details on allowances sales and trusteeship accounts.

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Massachiosetts Middlesex Charles Brewster Waltham Commonwealth OF Massachussetts Suffolk Mary Loftus Boston John P. Loftus Boston Post Joan W. McK Elijah George Massasetts Ezra Trusl Charlestown Said County Annette C Ezra J Mary F Annette F. Trull

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Boston & Providence Railroad settles Bussey Bridge claims

Directors vote to settle all reasonable claims from the Bussey Bridge disaster. Claims may be presented to Winslow Warren at 39 Court Street Boston. President Henry A. Whitney announces notice given on Friday March 18 1887.

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Boston & Providence Railroad Corporation Bussey Bridge Winslow Warren Court Street Boston Henry A. Whitney

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American Bell Telephone Company Stockholders Meeting Notice

The American Bell Telephone Company will hold its annual stockholders meeting at 78 Fremont Street Boston on Tuesday March 29 1887 at 11 in the forenoon to elect officers for the coming year and to transact other business. Transfer books will close March 25 to March 29 inclusive. By order of the directors Charles Eustis Hubbard Clerk Boston March 15 1887.

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Josiah Bean Sullivan Maine Suffolk Boston Boston Post Joan W. McKim Esquire Elwa George Register American Bell Telephone Company Meionnon Fremont Street Charles Eustis Hubbard Bostoon William P. Comee Court Room Court Square John B. Fitzpatrick Arthur H. Whitney

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Boston and Albany and Fitchburg Railroads Timetables 1887

Local time tables list Boston to Springfield Worcester and points west with numerous departures and connections. Through sleeping car and drawing room services to New York Buffalo Chicago and St. Louis are shown, with station stops from Worcester to North Adams and Marlboro to Fitchburg. Office address and general managers are noted.

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Central Vermont Rutland Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Causeway Street Boston Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Joy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R. Fay Cheshire Boston & Albany R. R Washington Street Springfield Pittsfield Albany South Framingham Syracuse N. W Worcester 7 Px Buffalo Cleveland Toledo Chicago Niagara Falls Detroit North Adams Chatham Hudson Palmer Ware River Hartford New Haven New York Millbury North Grafton Westboro Southville Cordaville Ashland Milford Saxonville M. Natick Wellesley Wellesley Hills Newton Lower Falls Aburndale West Newton Newtonville Newton Faneuil Brighton Alston Cottage Farm Brookline Cypress Street Hreservoir Chestnut Hill Newton Centre Newton Highlands Wen Cone Troy The West Accoun Chicago St. Louis Express St. Louis Ayer Eoo Ami iseLmont Me Wwavnsley Sitespeed Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Ayer Junction Hoosac Tunnel John Adams J. Whitmore Trafic J. R. Watson Wovtreal & West Vermont Pullman Lowell J. W. Hobart W. Cummings

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Train Schedules Extend for Boston and Providence Lines

The Boston and Providence Railroad announces Monday May 28 1887 train times. Departure from Boston for New Work Shore Line Fast Express at 10:00 AM and 1:00 PM with returns at 8:00 AM and 2:00 PM Sundays 10:00 AM. New Work Shore Line Mail departs 1:00 PM Sundays return 11:00 PM. New York Steamboat line departs 6:30 PM Sundays excepted return 5:00 PM. Providence and Pawtucket routes show multiple daily departures with varied return times and a long list of stations including Hyde Park Readville and Sharon.

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Old Colony Boston New York Fall River Milford Mt. Bowdoin New Britain Newburg New London Middletown Hartford Norwich Norwood Sod Central Providence Ee AM Mockwille Southbridge Tiltons Walpole Washington, DC Waterbury Willimantic Wwinflows Webster Norwood Central Woonsocket Division Gepok Boston & Albany Railroad Needham and Way Woonsocket New Haven Pullman Danbury Fishkill-on-Hudson NEW England Limited Edec Air Line Grand Central Depot Philadelphia Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richmond Points Prp Norwich Line Danielsonville Putnam City OF Worcester City OF New York Washington Street Summer Street W. H. Turner Gen’ Sup’t Concord KR. KR Manchester Concord N.H B.and N. H H. E. Chamberlin AALU Framingham and Marlboro Weturn Fayville Southboro Northboro Clinton Leomister Fitchburg Merlin West Berlin Bolton Pratt’ Junction Stonington L Massachusetts Rhode Island Boston & Providence Railroad Stonington Washington, Corner State Street Boston & Providence R. B J. W. Richardson A. A. Folsom Boson Shore Line Stoningtom Line Paws Tucket Spring Street Highlands Bostto Mt. Hope Arren Bristol Mansfield

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Auctioneered farm prices list with vegetables and livestock

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Fruit Market Roundup Signals Mixed Citrus Supplies

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Market Report on Meat Prices and Quotations

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Market Report Highlights Oil Sugar Cotton Prices and Shipments

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Market Flour and Wheat Prices in New York Markets

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Grain and commodity price roundup across Midwest markets

Hog and cattle market summaries from multiple cities

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Cotton Markets Report March 24 1887 Across US Ports

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London and Liverpool Market Reports and Wool Sales

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Imports and Exports March 24 1887

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Rail schedules list extensive Boston to Cape Cod area trains

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Inventory of various goods and materials for trade

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Exports Listing From Havana to Liverpool and More

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Receipts Report from 1887 New England Railways

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Day Fifteen Trade And Cargo Totals By Ship And By Land

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Boot and Shoe Buyers Gather in Town Listings

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Probate notices from Massachusetts courts and executors

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Boston & Providence Railroad settles Bussey Bridge claims

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American Bell Telephone Company Stockholders Meeting Notice

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Boston and Albany and Fitchburg Railroads Timetables 1887

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Train Schedules Extend for Boston and Providence Lines

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