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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 27, 1888

Page

7

Wheat Receipts Reported As Market Totals

Receipts show 3800 bushels and 2500 bushels of wheat recorded in the latest market tally, reflecting inventory movement and potential supply shifts.

New York Cotton Prices Steady With Broad Market Variations

Spot cotton in New York holds steady with middling uplands at 9 13-16 cents and low middling at 9 5-16 cents. Futures opened and closed even while a long table tracks opening and closing prices across months. Across ports from Augusta to New Orleans, receipts and stocks shift with mixed demand, exports to Britain and France vary, and overall activity remains subdued in parts of the market.

New York Rew Rwis SR EAIW SEA Cees Augusta Gulf Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis West Point Philadelphia Baltimore France Continent Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville United States Ulosmeg Eseeeres C S Gee Moor Cnet Ee Cees Liverpool

Market Report Hogs Cattle and Sheep Across Kansas City Peoria and Chicago

Hogs steady in Kansas City with receipts about 3500 today and 4063 Saturday. Peoria shows steady hogs with most sales $5.05 to $5.55 and 275 receipts, 3800 shipments. Chicago reports cattle receipts 7000 with mixed price shifts and hog receipts 18000 with prices 5.15 to 6.60 for various classes. sheep receipts 4000 with native and western grades and lambs 5.50 to 6.50.

Kansas City Peoria Chicago Texas

London and Liverpool grain markets report steady and dull prices

Shipping and market notes from London and Liverpool show wheat quiet and corn steady with weaker flour. California and Australian wheats quoted with various futures and spot levels as farmers’ deliveries rise, while Paris and Antwerp markets also soften.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane California Walla Walla Paris Liverpool England Antwerp

Imports and Exports March 26 1888 Harbor Listings

Shipping entries record movements in Hav ena Melbourne Mayaguez Sagua Savannah and other ports. Vessels carry molasses sugar wool and oranges with sugar refiners Nash Spaulding Co and Standard Sugar Refinery named. Also listed are cargoes of lumber cypress pine hides and hardware plus several steamer and schooner arrivals.

Arroyo Bng Gale Nash Spaulding & Co Havana Isaac Jackson Melbourne Rosenberg Mayaguez Whitney, Pousland & Co Sagua Levis Andrews Emerson Helen G Moseley Standard Sugar Herali Nash, Spaulding & Co Savannah Gate City Adams & Co Blake & Ripley S & J Brown & Co Bigelow & Co Chase Duck N Boynton & Co Earle Florida Fruit Co Greason & Co Gillette & Hennigan Huckins & Co Jewell & Co Kendall & Co Locke & Co Lowell Bros & Co Leonard Yarmouth Barclay & Co Batchelder L Clements & Co Delong & Seaman Hall & Co Webber Ellis & Co JF Hutchinson & Co Huntress Eyes Order Brunswick George McQuesten & Co ST Simons

Export Notes From Hull and Liverpool Shipping March 1888

Listing of cargo movements on steamers Persian Monarch Catalonia and State of Maine with volumes of beef lard buck ets leather cotton flour corn beef pork oil cakes canned beef and other goods. Highlights include 2322 bbis apples 1766 quarters beef 687 tierces lard and 166,645 ths cheese aboard Catalonia and multiple cargo items on Persian Monarch and State of Maine.

Hull Eng New York Liverpool Catalonia Si Joan State of Maine Iseer Oakum Ar & M.olasses England Nova Scotia Miquelon Langley Scotland British West Indies British Guiana Boston Sasana Germany Belgium

Trade cargo lists shipboard and port imports noted

The excerpt lists cargo items and origins including marseille goods from Havana and Antwerp via New York. It mentions schooners Albert L Buat ler and E H Foster with quantities such as lumber fire bricks cement plaster cider bacon dyewood oak dour bran vitriol broom corn cotton seed meal hard pine lath yarns and bales of leather. Also references CSA cargoes and regional ports St John NB and Cienfuegos Cuba.

Riage Cienfuegos Cuba Albert L Buatler Antwerp Bel New York de Ruyter—Du Bales ST John E H_ Foster

Boston Public Notices Licenses Sought for Intoxicating Liquors

The Economic License Board of Police in Boston prints applications under Chapter 100 of the Public Statutes dated March 26 1888. Fannie Jarvis Frank Curtis Thomas Connell M T Clark Co and many others seek victualler and wholesale licenses at multiple city addresses with stock in cellars and varying room configurations.

Board of Poriice Boston Fannie Jarvis Purchase Street Belcher Lane James F. Ryan Frank Curtis North Ferry Avenue Boakp Vorick M. T. Clark & CO Washington Street Pollick Thomas Connell Willams Court Booskd Board OF PoLick Patrick Doterty North Street Everett Court Board OF Police J. H. Mullane Federal Street James FL Ryan John Peely John Nagle Charlestown Street Endicott Street Board OF Pollick John Feely WM. J Frank Quensmill Dock Square Robert Moore Morton Street William Ludwig Beach Street Board OF PoLicy Charles Anderson Eliot Street Boanup PoLtck James ¥. Ryan Henny Tomfohrde Hanover Street Board of PoLicn Thomas Hallahan Parkman Street Blossom Street Board OF Poolice Stephane Mieusset Sewall Place Porick L.C. Durkee & Co Causeway Street Lancaster Street Lauriston C. Durkee Friend Street Cal Hatidine Board of Pouicb Giovanni B. Oneto Ferry Court James'. Ryan Jeremlar F. Tehan Dedham Street Newland Street Board of Poxies Jeremiah F. Teman Board OF Porter M.J. Clarke & CO Dover Street Shawmut Avenue M. T. Clarke & CO Bustor Owen McLaughlen Genesee Street Isid Boston Board OF Ponce Charles W. Dyer Charles Street Seid Board of Pouics John H. Carter Bosworth Street Andrew Owens Board OF Porick Elias A. Brown Boanrp Joan Farrell Polce John Farrell James IF. Ryan Board of Potter Kaldwin & Punch Commercial Street Francis H. Downing James Fef. Ryan Board OF Perice Geo. B. Blanchard Board of Pource Geo. Bb. Blanchard Board of Poxicer Eugene Lynch India Street Milk Street James F, Ryan Kelley & Durkee Boylston Street Orkeley Street Board OF PoLich William Grant Board of Parks John Taylor Lowell Street Cotting Street Board of Ponies Lewis P.ober Winter Place Beston Daniel Doverrtpy Daniel Doherty Borro PoLier Clark & Roberts Lincoln Street Jams FL Ryan Boanrod Pornick Joseph Montz Joseph Moritz Beano OF Police Krosenburg & Cook Kingston Street Koston Joan James Canal Street Travers Street Christian Anderson Richmond Street James I’. Ryan Board OF Pollice Ellen E. Evans Joseph Merello Providence Street Daniel J. Driscoll Fleet Street Gard Frank Quennell James PL Ryan Clezz Joseph Bedard Williams Court First Hoor Boankle Endicott

Receipts from March 26 1888 for regional railroads

A dated ledger lists freight tallies for multiple railroads Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine divisions. Totals include bales cotton wool flour oats malt bbls lard butter cheese eggs leather hides skins and other commodities.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Ffastern Western Division

Boston Police Board Licenses List for March 26 1888

Public notices state various applicants for licenses to sell intoxicating liquors in Boston. Names include Henny Tomfohrde Thomas Hallahan Stephane Mieusset L. C. Durkee Co Giovanni Oneto Jeremiah Tehan Andrew Owens Charles Dyer John Carter Joseph Brooks William Grant Francis Downing George Blanchard Eugene Lynch and others with addresses on Hanover Parkman Sewall Causeway Dover Shawmut Charlestown India Milk and related streets.

Liquor license notices scattered across Boston streets

A dense public notices section lists applicants for various alcohol licenses in Boston on March 26, 1888. Names include WM H Blake, Kelley & Durkee, John Freely, William Grant, John Taylor, Edward F McAvoy, George A Davis, James F Ryan, Lewis Rober, Joan Layglor, Quirk & Dooley, George W Garland, Daniel Doherty, Clark & Roberts, Joseph Montz, Joseph Moritz, D T Mills Co, Thomas Mulcahy, Rosenburg & Cook, Joan James, Joseph Merello, John James, Christian Anderson, Ellen E Evans, Daniel Driscoll, and William J and Frank Quennell. Licenses cover victualler, grocer, innholder, wholesale dealer, and bottler classes at multiple addresses including Court Street, Boylston Street, Endicott Street, Eliot Street, Atlantic Avenue, Canal Street, Dock Square, Fleet Street, and Fleet Street areas.

Inventory of Goods and Shipments Across Transport Lines

The list records quantities of goods including butter, hay, bolls, leather, hides, cotton, wool, bran, corn, oats, tallow, pork, beans, rolls, cuirts, lumber, tea, coffee, sugar, eggs, potatoes, and hides. It references Boston and Maine Railroad Lowell System and sea shipments with numerous bale counts and tonnage figures.

Boston & Maine Railroad Lowell Express LVS

Boot and Shoe Buyers In Town Across United States

A list of buyers and firms from cities including Atlanta Baltimore Butte Chicago Columbus Detroit Nashville St Louis Philadelphia Richmond and Savannah. Names include Edwin Bales & Co Gavin & Shaw Patterson & Co Meinhardt Bros & Co Kellogg Johnson & Poleio and Hicks & Son. Trade shows and merchant connections reflect a nationwide footwear trade network.

Atlanta E Kingsbery Edwin Bales & Co Tre Altona Penn-S Patterson, Renshaw & Co Parnes Lawrence Lawrence, Berry & 606 Baltimore C Bangs Bangs Bard & Co Idem B Spragins Spragins Storer & Co R Creighton Creighton, Disney & Co Big Rapids Mich H Reeder Cawthorn Cawthorn & Mclntosh J B Hickman Wickman, Taylor & Co H M Richardson H M Richardson Co Columbus O Jones Reed, Jones & Co Clarksville Tenn A Hall Aick Hall & Son Detroit E Smith Robinson & Burtenshaw Fayetteville George Bremdt Knoyville Jenn J McMillan McMillan, Hazen & Co Treeer Tenn J A Henson Haynes, Henson & Co Lancaster Penn J M Davidson Long & Davidson Memphis J M Goodbar Goodbar & Co A H Strickler Milwaukee Wis L Atkins Atkins, Odgen & Co Aim New York City D P Morse Morse Rogers & Co Nashville Wray Kirkendall Jones Co Omaha G Harte Williams, van

Boston License Notices and Railroad Schedule Listing 1888

Public notices list Patrick J Heffernin James P Ryan and Arthur H O Neill applying for licenses to sell intoxicating liquors first and fourth class at 177 Harrison avenue 45 Bennet street 819 Tremont Street and 1 Westfield Street Boston. Special Old Colony line schedules show baggage check from hotel or residence to destinations with extensive weekly timetables for numerous towns and ferry routes.

Patrick Doherty North Street Everett Court Boston James F. Ryan Board OF Policie Patrick J. Heffernin Harrison Avenue Bennet Street James I’. Ryan Board of Parks Board of Pelce Arthur H. & Jas. C. O'Neill Tremont Street Westfield Street Old Colony Old State House New York Fall River Line M. Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Return Braintree Cottage City New Bedford New Kedford East Bridgewater Brockton Abington West Quincy East Weymouth Weymouth Mate Japan Milton Mattapan Neponset Millon Battapoiset Middleboro Nantucket Wood’s Hall Wilymouth Duxbury Quincy Tianover An Rockland Hanover Gabo Whitman Lildob Wollaston Heights West Bridgewater Cochesett South Kasten Wood Bridgewater Buzzard’s Hiag Provincetown Chatham Cohasset and Hingham Cohasset Hingham Fall Miver Taunton Starrison Square Nyport North Easton Stoughton Randolph Seituate South Ruxbury Faunteon Central Station Dean Street Fall River LDE Posten Ling Old Colony Rlation

Boston and Providence Railroad Train Schedule 1887

The schedule lists outbound and return times from Boston to New York and various local stops such as Providence Pawtucket Dedham and West Roxbury with daily and Sunday adjustments. It notes start date May 30 1887 and cites A A Folsom supervisor.

New York New England Boston Ashcroft Baltimore K Street Blackstone Banbury Porchester Bradley Street Ettis Ami Endicott Fishhill-on-Hudson Franklin Forest Avenue L.3d Rhartfoway Harvard Stree Mighland Lake Islington Manchester Attapan Llaim Milford Mt. Klonhoim New Britain Newburg New London Air Line Hartford Norwich Nervwood Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadel« Ete Providence Utuam Readville River Street Meckwille Southbridge Tiltons Walpole Washington, J Waterbury Willimont Hyde Park Wouvansucket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Bosbo Needham and Way Woonsocket Intermedia Middletown Ne Haven Pullman Willimantic Philadelphia Dood L’o New Haven Jersey City Trenton Washington Richmond Points South Pulman Buffet Cay Norwisom Line Exec New Londo Danielsonville Putnam City OF Bostod City OF New York Washington Street Sumner Street A. A. Jackson E. P. Vining A.C Weymouths Hingham Cohasset Sciturte Archfield Duxbury Pilgemouth Plymouth Marshfield Brockton Tannton Tawnton Newport South Braintree Taunton New Medford Middleboro Rockton Fall River Geo. L. Connor Awent Boston & Providence Railroad Shore Line Jorg Pawtucke Attleboro North Attleboro Mansa Field East Foxboro Sharon Canteen Junction Breadville Mlyde Park Mt. Mope Clarendon Hulla Retun Din Forest Billa Ffmaica Plain Boylston I Moxbury Dedham Spring Street West Roxbury Highlands Stoughton and Canton Bosto Mt. Hope Warren Mrnstel Poney Saneeaay Proveidence A. A. Folsom Sust Wyin Stonington York New York Ga State Street Boston & Providence R. R J. W. Richardson Hoston Boston & Providence R. x

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