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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Mar 28, 1888

Page

7

Market Report From New York and London Tallow and Turpentine

The market shows steadiness with quiet movement as prices from New York and London are cited. Tallow quotes around 41 1 16 cents in New York with mixed rosin and tar values, while turpentine closes at 39 ½ cents and rosin near 122 to 124 dollars per ton.

Choice New Ponce Porto Rico Pgai Cienfuegos Cuba Holling Waliow New York London Sac

Reports From Trade Centres In New York And Midwest Markets

Market wire reports from New York and major hubs detail flour and wheat receipts exports and prices. Western and State flour grades show steady demand with multiple price bands, while oats corn and rye show varied moves across Chicago St Louis Minneapolis Milwaukee Cincinnati and Detroit during March 27 trading.

Cotton market steadies as New York spot holds at 97

New York spot cotton remains steady at 97 1/4 cents for middling uplands with price listings across grades and 1,254 bales sold. Futures opened and closed steady. Liverpool closes steady with upland at 55 1/16d and Orleans at 5 1/2d, bulk sales 12,000 bales with 9,200 American. Market reports from Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Brunswick, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, Point, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St. Louis, Louisville summarize receipts, stocks and steady to dull prices across regions.

New York Liverpool Uplands Orleans Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Brunswick Savannah Steadier Midi Charleston Dull Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore Great Britain Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville-Dull Consolidated Caerinon Continent United States

Market Highlights From Three Cities on Hogs Cattle and Sheep

St Louis reports a steady hops market with Yorkers at 4.95 to 5.20, mixed packers to 5.40, butchers to 5.50. Kansas City notes hogs steady with about 2,000 receipts today, 2,244 yesterday, shipments 1,?75. Chicago shows cattle receipts 4,000 with steers 3.80 to 4.40, stockers 2.35 to 3.70, cows and bulls 1.75 to 3.40, Texas steers 3.10, hogs 5.15 to 5.65, sheep natives 5.0 to 5.15 and lambs 5.50.

ST. Louis Kansas City Chicago Texas

Wheat and corn markets steady despite quiet cargoes

Off the coast cargoes show wheat quiet and corn firm with arrivals and sales awaiting. In Liverpool breadstuffs wheat firm with modest demand, corn firm with moderate offerings, receipts 68 000 centals of which 42 000 American. Futures steady with No 1 California wheat at 6s 8d to 6s 9d and corn around 4s 7d to 4s 7d.

Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England California Antwerp

Global ship cargoes face bustling port trade on March 27 1888

Imports and exports cut across ports Arroyo Bahia Algon Bay Aguadilla Guayaquil Glasgow London and Maracaibo with brig Saidee brig Lantana schooner Walter L Plum bark August Smith steamer Milanese and other vessels laden with sugar hides wool wine dry goods tobacco pipes paper stock granite pig iron and potash. Multiple firms including Bates Barnet Gillespie Patterson Co Standard Sugar Refinery Baring Bros Co Jordan Marsh Co Snow & Co and Hooper Lewis Co appear in the ledger style listing of cargoes and consignors.

Arroyo Saidee Bates & Barnet Algoa Bay Ogh Lantana Gillespie, Patterson & Co Aguadilla Walter L Plummer Baring Bros & Co Buenos Ayres August Smith Clenfuegos Glasgow Cot Boston Dyewood & Chemical Co Cs Dry Goods Hooper, Lewis & Co Ford Mackintire, Lawrie & Co Moors & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Jordan, Marsh Joel Goldthwait & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Lovering & Co F Townsend B_ Allan Bryden & Estabrook Lombard & Sons Tucker & Co Canada London Eng Hooper, Lews & Co Eeks & Potter Jones Blanchard & Fuarrar Sheldon & Co J A Hayes & Co AS & J Brown & Co Boston Wall Paper Co H 'T Nichols & Co Fennell Gorham Rogers & Co Snow & Co Maracaibo

Exports List From S. H. States and Caribbean Ports 1888

Shipping manifests detail cargoes from St John New Brunswick Savanna and Yarmouth Nova Scotia to Cuba and San Domingo. State of Maine carries horses, household goods and hardware while Severn tonnage sails to Cuba with coke. Canton ships flour kerosene oil dry goods sugar sacks lard blacksmith coal and lumber to San Domingo. Yarmouth cargo includes cornmeal clothing hardware organs paint beef pork paper and more in scattered consignments.

ST. John State of Maine Savana Cuba Yarmouth Azua San Domingo Canton

Freight Records of 1888 Steam Lines and Goods Movements

A dated tally lists miscellaneous consignments across multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchbare Boston& Maine divisions and express lines. Entries cover bales cotton wool flour oats corn oats malt leather hides skins beer tea coffee eggs butter and numerous carloads with quantities and units.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchbare Railroad Boston & Mains Railroad Estern Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell Express Scea Bates Foreign Wool

Probate notices and executors in Boston 1888

Notices announce probate actions for wills and estates in Suffolk Mass with hearings in Boston on April 2 1888 and April 9 1888. Entries appoint guardians administrators and executors for Anne Boott Kirk Boott Benjamin Ellis Esther Beale Alfred Bean Catherine Hancock Peter Finnegan Levi Doolittle Edward Sellers and others. public notices require publication in the Boston Post and detail obligations to creditors and claimants.

Peter Finnegan Boston Suffolk Theodore H. Tyndale Oston

Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedule 1888

Rail notice lists Boston and Maine routes with stops at Haymarket and Causeway stations, detailing departures for Augusta, St John Halifax Portland connections, Lewiston Rockland Castine and Bar Harbours, Manchester Concord and North, plus Maine Central Grand Trunk and Janox lines. Timings include 8.30 am 12.50 pm and 7 pm windows, Monday Wednesday Friday service, with steamer connections from Portland to Calais and Saint John and seasonal routes to Nova Scotia.

Barch Augusta Haymarket Causeway Sangor St. John Halifax Provinces Haymarket Sq Causeway St Causeway At Rockland Castine Southwest Bar Harbours Portland Lewistonsiaymarket Manchester Goncord N. H North Maine Central Grand Rink Janox Lincoln Railways Market Sq

Train Schedules and Stations Listed by GEO. L. Connor

A dense OCR style excerpt lists day and return train times for routes including Plymouth, Taunton, New Bedford, and Brockton. It mentions connections to ferries from New York, boats from Fall River, and stations like Dean Street and South Duxbury, with general agent GEO. L. Connor noted.

Weymon Scituate Marouth Eld Cohass Fall Brockton Taunton Teunton Newport South Braintree South Brains Tree New Bedford Middleboro New York Fall River Geo. L. Connor Gen

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town

A roll of buyers and firms from multiple states listed in Atlanta to St Louis with names such as Edwin Bates & Co, Smith Pratt & Her rk, Bonner Mercantile, W I Dixon & Bro, Patterson Renshaw, Bangs Bard & Co, Spragins Storer, Reeder Ad K Birmingham, Cawthorn McIntosh, Hickman Hicks, J K Orr, Phelps Dodge Palmer, Reed Jones, Hall Son, Smith Robinson Bur tenshaw, Kremdt, McMillan Hazen, Henson Haynes See Tenn S Stern Putney Roberts Hoge, Ross, Claflin Allen, Schaffer Swartz Dittman, Meinhardt, Rosenheim, Einstein Sons, Kellogg Johnson 0 US, Lodewick Herrick, American Hand Sewed Shoe Co, Hicks Son, Meinhardt Ga, and others listed as buyers or agents in various cities.

Atlanta E Kingeberg Edwin Bates & Co Astona Penn—S Blumenthal C Hernck Smith, Pratt & Herrk Hutte City Mon M J Connell Bonner Mercantile Deppeny Baltimore J B Dixon Dixon & Bro T G Patterson Patterson, Renshaw Co C Bangs Bangs, Bard & Co Tre Spragins Storer & 0 Big Rapids Mich H Reeder Kirmingham Ala Cawthorn Cawthorn & McIntosh B Hickman Hickman, Taylor & O Columbus K Orr J K Orr & Co M Phelps Phelps, Dodge & Palmer Jones Reed, Jones & Co Clarksville Tenn Hall Hall & Son Ain Detroit E Smith H S Robinson & Burtenshaw Baston Penn M Hapgood Hay & Co Fayetteville George Kremdt Yenn E McMillan McMillan Schaffer, Swartz & Co St Louis J Rosenheim J Rosenheim & Co F A Einstein Einstein’s Sons OS Paul Minn C H Kellogg Kellogg, Johnson & 0 Saratoga J Lodewick Herrick & Lodewick D. Toledo W B Taylor American Hand Sewed Shoe Company Xenia J H Hicks Hicks & Son

Boston Post Legal Notices Advised for Clarity and Proofreading

Advertisers of legal notices should designate the Boston Post as the leading Boston paper for legal matters. The Post provides careful court reports and returns copies with original documents to attorneys the day after publication, reflecting meticulous proofreading to ensure accurate text.

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Will Probate Petition Involving Mary Ann Murphy

In Suffolk Probate Court Boston a petition seeks letters testamentary for Mary Ann Murphy widow deceased. Honora F Murphy of Boston named executrix requests bond waiver. Hearing set Monday April 16 1888 at 10 am with three weekly notices in the Houston Post.

Matthew V. Pierce Milton Dedham of Norfolk Boston Prest Boston George White Esquire Jonathan Cobb Register Massachulus Setts Supfolk Mary Ann Murphy Honora F. Murphy Suffolk Houston Post Jone W, McKim Elijah Ghorge Charles M. Gay Uoston Boston Post Sard Joan W. McKim Elijah George William Minot Harriet K. Bayley Norfolk

Train Arrangements On Boston and Providence Line 1887

Trains will run from Boston to New York and back starting May 30 1887 with Shore Line Fast Express and Shore Line Mail options. Connections include steamboat links and multiple stops to Providence Pawtucket and other towns with limited Sunday variation and late-evening returns. Through service from Boston covers northern and southern branches with extensive schedules and connections to Montreal and Vermont routes.

Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Depot Causeway Street Boston Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Trey Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burington St. Albana St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R West Vermont Rouat Lowell Chicago Eichburg Wagner Palace Lman Central Vermont R. BR Washington Street J. W. Hobart B. W. Cummings Aga St. Albans Boston & Providence Railroad New York Shore Line Newark Sauways Providence Pawtucket Dodgeville Hebronville New Stonington York Washington State Street Boston & Providence R J. W. Richardson A. A. Folsom

Boston Area Rail Schedule Fragments Across Many Lines

A dense listing of train times and routes from Boston stations to towns including Andover Merrimac Melrose Malden Reading Salem and beyond. The page shows departures from Haymarket and various schedules with numerous times and destinations, plus noted services like Workingmen's trains.

Sunday Train Timetable Shows Local Route Stops

The timetable lists trains across Northampton Amherst So. Amherst Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Oakdale West Boylston Clinton Weirton Budson Sudbury Hockbottom Walden Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont and Belmont to Hudson with multiple morning and afternoon departures. Full local and through train information is available at stations, signed by James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders, General Manager and General Passenger Agent.

MEUM Northampton Kindiey Amherst Mbeichertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Utland Ferson Fe Oakdale West Boylton Worcester Bam Clinton and Weerlin Budson Sudbury Hockbottom Waland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont Way Staations Hudson James T. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen’l

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