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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 26, 1888

Page

7

Iron and metal price list with varied regional quotes

The document lists refined bar iron, puddled iron, beams, rails, and scrap prices, with ton and pound quotes for Eglinton, Langioai, Glengarnock, and other mills. It covers pipes, tin plates, lead, zinc, and off discounts on small lots, plus London and New England market references.

Eglinton Summerlee Gartsberry Langioai Glengarnock Coitness New England London Straits

Flour and Grain Market Report March 24

Market reports show flour and grain prices steady with light movement. Flour values range from 2.50 to 5.10 per barrel depending on grade, corn and oats show small offerings and dull calls, with specific bids and asks listed for futures and cash prices. Carload-only notes include barley malt rye and barley, with several regional price points and export terms.

Minnesota Michigan Canada Superior Canada Roller Canada New No 1 New York Bush Choice

Fresh butter and dairy prices dominate wholesale market

Fresh arrivals of butter meet strong demand with varied quotations across regions. Creameries, imitations, and Western and Eastern lots show prices from 10 to 32 cents, with egg, bean, grass seed, and potato values also quoted. overall market steady with limited movement in supply and demand.

Burrer Choice Western Extra Elgin Western Rts Western June Western New York Vermont Vermont Dairy Eastern Liverpool Ohio Choice Northern Sage New Hampshire California West North Red Top Jersey Houlton Rose Bush Houlton Hebrons Aroostook Rose Jp Bush Aroostook Hebrons Northern Rose Burbanks Northern Chevrons Northern Peerless White Brooks P Bush Ry& Straw East Swale

Market Report For Butter Eggs And Cheese Prices

In St Louis butter is strong with Liggs at 14 142¢ and light receipts. New York butter and cheese unchanged. Eggs steady with Western firsts 18¢ and Western 17 4¢. Receipts: Butter 2106 pigs and 3018 boxes cheese and 1231 bbls 6293 cases eggs. In Cincinnati butter firm at 2 cents and eggs buoyant at 164.

St. Louis New York Cincinnati

Banana Steamers Schedule and Banana Shipments

The steamer Brattan arrives March 28 with Jamaica bananas for George H. Harding. The steamer Hertha arrives March 29 from Baracoa with bananas for W. W. & Co Ki. Noyes. The steamer Lorerzo D. Baker from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Co. docks March 25. Seaverns & Co. expect a Baracoa steamer on April 2.

Banana Steamers Brattan Jamaica George H. Harding Hertha Baracoa

Fruit Market Notes and Auction Sale Details

H Harris and Co announce an auction Tuesday of 1000 boxes of Florida oranges and the Pontiac steamer cargo sale Monday. The Liverpool apple quota tions show declines across Baldwins greenings reening Northern spies Jack Oxfords amid reduced fresh arrivals and a late season with much fruit landing sweat.

H. Harris & Co Pontiac A. C. Lombard’s Sons Liverpool Baldwins Greenings Reening Northern Spies Jack Oxfords Boston

Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedule 188s

Railroads announces through trains on Western and Eastern divisions from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations with numerous routes to Augusta St. John Halifax Eastport Rockland Lewiston Manchester Concord and Portland connections to Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox and Lincoln lines plus steamer services to Halifax and Saint John.

Atareh Augusta Haymarket St Causeway St Yami Angor St. John Malifax Haymarket Sq Eastport Calais N. J Halifax Portland Rockland Castine Southwest Bar Harbors Haymarket Lewiston Haymarket Ag Tipmanchester Concord N. H North—Haymarket North Conaway Ip i ortland—Haymarket Sq Causeway At Maine Central Grand ‘Runk Knox & Lincoln Aymarket Sq Causeway

Shippers urged to ship small lots and select quality

In Glasgow the sale of the steamer Carthaginian disappointed buyers, while demand remained for good fruit. Prices shown include Spy 32 50 3 50 per barrel greening, Baldwins 275 3 00 per barrel, Tallman sweets 4 ab per barrel, and other fruit terms. Oranges and lemons hold steady with Palermo prices around 450 per box for Palermo oranges and 460 600 for Florida fruit. cranberries dull with Cape Cod and Florida berries offered, strawberries plentiful at 25 6e per choice lot.

Glasgow Carthaginian Spy Choice Baldwins Tallman Sweets Palermo Florida Messina Valencia Cape Cod

Meat prices firm with steady pork and beef quotes

The market shows steady demand for pork and firm prices on smoked and lean cuts. Boston exporters moved about 505,000 dollars last week with higher prices for long and short cuts, while beef remains quiet with unchanged quotations and a good movement in fresh beef.

Market Report for Truck and Produce Prices

A dated market note lists truck demand at old prices with ample supply. It records prices for cabbage, kale, onions, beets, tomatoes, squash, Hubbard squash, carrots, lettuce, parsnips, turnips, and celery in various units, noting several items like native dandelions and onions at specific per unit values.

Bermuda Florida St Andrews

Mixed prices hold steady in sugar and molasses markets

Raw sugar and refined sugar markets remain firm with full prices obtained. granulated sugar steady at 6 1/2 cents. Molasses prices steady with options like Ponce, Forto Rico at 38 cents per pound. Tallow quotes range city and country rates, turpentine, resin, tar and petroleum prices reported in New York and London.

Manila Lloilos Javas Ponce Forto Rico Cienfuegos Cuba New York London

Market Reports From Trade Centers On March 24

A dense dispatch from New York lists flour receipts and exports, wheat prices, corn oats and rye values, with mixed movements across U S cities including Detroit Cincinnati St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee Chicago Toledo and others. Prices show weakness in flour and strong grains with notable shifts in pork lard and butter markets.

United States Cotton Movement to March 1 1888

Official statistician A B Shepperson reports 1887 88 cotton crop at 6 776 000 bales, below government estimate. Regional markets show receipts exports stock and pricing across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk West Point New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and Liverpool with quotes for spot and futures in mid 9c to 10c range and extensive daily totals.

New York Cotton Exchange A. B. Shepperson United States Cotton Movement Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain France Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Philadelphia Baltimore Norfolk West Point New York Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville United States Biore Ceese Iscvesa Sekis Januety Cssis Liverpool Uplands Orleans

Hogs and cattle markets report across major cities

Kansas City hogs steady with 5000 today and 7918 official receipts yesterday. St Louis hogs steady with Yorkers selling around $4.95 to $6.20, mixed packers at $5.15 to $5.54, butchers to extra at $5.40 to $5.50. Chicago meat markets show steady steers at $3.10 to $6.05, stockers and feeders $2.35 to $3.55, cows bulls and mixed $1.25 to $3.50, Texas grass steers $3.10. Hogs receipts 8000 with strong demand and prices $5.20 to $5.60. light $5.15 to $5.45, skips $3.60 to $5.10. Sheep receipts 1000 with weaker market. natives $4.06, Westerns $5.50 to $6.00, Texans $3.25 to $4.75, lambs $5.50 to $6.50.

Kansas City Ecole ST. Louis Chicago Texas

Print Cloth Markets Report From Fall River and Providence

Fall River week summary shows production 175000 pieces deliveries 167000 stock 3000 sales 85000 spot 60000 future 25000 with 648 34c and 56x60s 3c. Market firm. Providence closes quiet firm at 35e per 648 and 56x60s week sales 18000 up from 12500 with 17000 64x66s spots and early delivery at 35c and 1000 64x64s spots seconds at 84c. Stock 4000 64s and 1000 56x60s with no speculators stock.

Fall River Providence

Imports and Exports Report from Halifax 1888

Shipping record lists Steamer Worcester and other vessels with cargoes of eggs, potatoes, kraut, junk, salmon, canned lobster, mackerel, pickled fish, fish products, paper stock, lumber and fruit. Entries cover Halifax NS, Liverpool NS, and Jamaica bound cargoes with firm consignments and quantities.

Halifax Worcester Barclay & Co E. Bautler Chapin Bros Cook & Co Simonds Wilds & Son Winsor & Son Liverpool Maud S Jamaica Aguan Boston Fruit Company

Exports from Matanzas Offer Second-Hand Molasses Hogsheads

The March 24 1888 report from Matanzas Cuba notes export listings for the bark Hiawatha including 750 second-hand molasses hogsheads and 100 second-hand molasses tierces.

Matanzas Cuba Hiawatha

Staple Product Receipts and Totals From 1887–1888 Trade List

A historical inventory entry lists quantities and values for staples and commodities across 1887 and 1888. Items include cotton bales, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, wheat, barley, malt, millfeed, meat products, molasses, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, apples, potatoes, hay, straw, lumber, bacon, dressed hides, tea, coffee, sugar, calfskins, and molasses measures with year figures and yardage or container counts. The fragment shows fluctuating tallies like 1,572 to 2,292 for wooldom, 6,570 sacks of flour, and hundreds of barrels and boxes across categories.

Cork Ees & Pork Tercesia Gale

Receipts from 1888 railroads list extensive cargo items

The itemized list records shipments for March 24 1888 from the Boston and Albany Grand Junction and Old Colony railroads. Goods include wool bales flour cornmeal oats butter eggs beans apples leather hides and various foodstuffs, with counts such as 50 bales wool 2625 bushels flour 100 bushels cornmeal and 600 bushels oats.

Freight cargo totals from New York to Fitchburg and beyond

A detailed ledger lists shipments by railroad lines and routes including New York and New England Railroad Fitchbore line and Boston and Maine divisions. Items cover cotton wool flour barrels corn meal oats wheat butter cheese eggs apples hay lumber leather hides skins and potatoes with quantities in bales barrels sacks and cars.

New York & New England Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell Express

London and Liverpool markets show wheat and corn slow trade

Foreign markets report quiet conditions in London and Liverpool with wheat and corn prices steadier in places and dull futures in others. Havana sugar markets surge, cargoes moving, and U S shipments rising as stock and freight rates shift.

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town

A list of buyers and agents from various cities and firms visiting Allentown and surrounding areas, including Ld Krause Qu Allanta Ga Kingsbery of Ldwin Bates Co Tre., and representatives from Baltimore Philadelphia Cincinnati Detroit Memphis and Chicago seeking shipments and orders for boots and shoes. The note catalogs attendees and their firms, indicating broad regional trade activity in the footwear market.

Allentown Penn L D Krause Qu. Allanta E Kingsbery Ldwin Bates & Co Tre Wee H Slingluff Stevenson & Slingluff Baltimore J B Dixon W T Dixon & Bro T G Patterson Patterson, Renshaw & Co J A Lawrence Lawrence, Berry & Co C Bangs Bangs, Bard & Co Spragins Spragins, Storer & Co R Creighton Creighton, Disney & Co Hig Rapids Mich H Reeder Birmingham Ala Mr Cawthorn Cawthorn & McIntosh Cincinnati J B Hickman Hickman, Taylor & Co H M Richardson H M Robinson & Butenshaw M Hapgood Hapgood & Co Knoyville Tenn E E McMillan McMillan, Hazen & Co Meee Tenn J A Henson Haynes, Henson & Co Serene Penn J M Davidson Long & Davidson de Memphis J M Goodbar Goodbar & Co Memphis W Jackson Lowenstein & Bros Precasant H Strickler Omaha A Louis J H Schaffer Schaffer, Swartz & Co St Louisa

Boston and Albany Rail Schedule Becomes Readily Available

Local notices detail through tickets and schedules for Boston to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West with daily departures from Boston at multiple times and connections at key hubs. It lists dining and drawing room cars and notes weekly Sunday and weekday variations with and without Wis. Rail staff signatures.

Boston & Albany R.R. Bee Leea Washington Street Boston Boston Sation Kneeland Street Springfield Pittsfeld Albany Pittsfield North Adams Chatham Yan Millbury North Grafton Westbone

Train Arrangements for May 30 1887 Across Boston Line

The Boston and Providence Railroad lists daily and Sunday train times to New York Newark Pawtucket and coastal towns with many departures and returns. Connecting services, through cars, and special Friday and Sunday schedules are noted along with branch and via lines to Montreal St John and Halifax.

New York Fall River Boston Old Colony Providence Brooklyn Jersey Albany Niagara Falls Short Line St. Louisa Falls and Wabash Western Railway Chicago Eviton Niagara Falls Trunk Railway

Central Massachusetts Rail Timetable Opens to Northampton

Timetables list trains from Boston Station Causeway Street foot of Portland Street to Northampton Madsley Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Jutland Jefferson's Oakdale West Boylton and other stops with multiple daily departures. Full local and through train information available at stations. James J. Furbir and D J Flanders general manager and passenger agent.

Northampton Boston Causeway Street Portland Street Madsley Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Jutland Jefferson's Oakdale West Boylton Worcester Clinton Berlin Madson Sudbury Ockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmount Belmont Waltham and Way Hudson James J. Furbir D. J. Flanders Gen’l Gen

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