Grain and commodity market report with varied prices
Receipts and quotes across grains and byproducts show a quiet market with moderate to light demand. Barley oats rye and malt prices listed for multiple regions and grades, with few changes from prior levels and several regions showing dull activity.
Butter and dairy market report notes quiet trade and varied prices
Butter receipts today 1169 pkgs, up from last year 2353 pkgs. Prices show a downward tendency with buyers cautious and small lots common. Creameries and eastern markets mixed. old butter dwindling, new northern creamery demand fair, imitations quiet. Cheese eggs beans and potatoes show dull to steady levels, with overall market subdued and buyers cautious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
New York
Chicago
Baltimore
North Choice
Liverpool
New Hampshire
Michigan
California
Lima
Green North
Timothy
Jersey
Rose
Burbanks
Houlton Hebrons
Bush
Houlton Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook
Hebrons
Ebrons
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Bermuda
Florida
York
Minnesota
Panei
East Swale
Market Report From Local Produce Trade
The market is well supplied with a quiet trade at steady prices. Readings include Marrow squash at 60 a ton, Hubbard F708 a ton, Savoy cabbage at 65 90 per cent? not clear, Bermuda onions 1 75 per crate, Spanish onions 125 per crate, Heets 25c per bush, carrots 125 per barrel, lettuce 50 65c per bush, radishes 60c per dozen, parsnips 25c, spinach 2 per barrel, kale 75c per barrel, cucumbers 20c each, rhubarb 9c per pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
Baltimore
Provisions Open Strong on Light Chicago Run
Chicago market reports show provisions opening strong amid a light run of hogs with cash trade dull and little price fluctuation. The notable corner scare did not affect activity today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Hog and Cattle Market Report from Key Trade Centers
Stock Yards Kansas City shows 2132 cattle receipts with active steady demand. hogs at 6750 receipts, market higher with heavies near 460. Peoria St Louis Cincinnati and Chicago reports vary by region with cattle and hogs firm to higher. Notable prices: Chicago bees $4425. hogs $475 505. lambs $475 637.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Peoria
St Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Steamer Lorenzo D Baker Due March 30 with Jamaica fruits
The Lorenzo D Baker is due March 30 carrying Jamaica fruits for the Boston Fruit Company. The North Britain sailed from Palermo March 11 bound for Boston and passed Gibraltar March 16 with 8050 boxes Messina oranges 2500 boxes Messina lemons 93800 Palermo lemons and 8400 Palermo oranges. The Bergenseren is due April 2 carrying Baracoa bananas for WW and C R Noyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo D Baker
Boston Fruit Company
North Britain
Palermo
Boston
Gibraltar
Bergenseren
WW & C R Noyes
Fruit and Produce Market Report Shows Oversupply
Apples receipts today 709 barrels down from 968 last year. Trade quiet with prices for Baldwins 1 125 per barrel russets 175 per barrel Tallman sweets 125 150 per barrel greens 1 125 per barrel. Grape fruit well supplied with sales near 3 dollars per box. Oranges and lemons well supplied with steady trade and full prices.Florida oranges and Messina and Palermo fruit prices listed with various box and case prices. Dried apples and strawberries note quiet demand. Bananas mainly Jamaica fruit sold around 1 2 a bunch.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwins
Tallman Sweets
Palermo
Messina
Florida
Jersey
Jamaica
Sugar and Molasses Market Report Summary
Sugar and molasses markets show firm raw sugar prices and tight refined supplies. Cuba and Havana quotations edge higher with strong demand, while New York raw sugars ease slightly but remain firm overall. Molasses receipts rise, prices hold firm. regional quotes cover Porto Rico, New Orleans, Cienfuegos and nearby centers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
Iloilos
Javas
New York
Havana
Cotton prices and sales in New York market
In New York the cotton market shows middling uplands at 103 16 cents, low middling at 9 4 cents, good ordinary at 8 13 16 cents, and ordinary at 7 7 16 cents. Sales reach 1226 bales while futures opened quiet and closed firm with a weekly table noting opening and closing prices and the Friday close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Market Report Finds Steady Open and Firm Close for Cotton
Futures opened steady and closed firm as 10 000 bales traded with 8 000 bales American. Net receipts totaled 40,759 across six days with exports to Great Britain 40,585 and to France 11,959, stock at U S ports around 40 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Continent
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Great Britain
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
France
United States
Miscellaneous Market Updates and Price Quotes
Tallow receipts today 58 barrels versus 73 last year with 3 pigs. Trade quiet. City rendered 4 1 4 cents, rough 2 2/4 cents, grease 2 4/4 cents. New York market firm city 4 9 16 78 cents. Coffee New York Rio quiet fair car 18 4 3 cents. St Louis whiskey steady at 103. Turpentine and petroleum New York turpentine 49 2 3 cents rosin 115 to 117 1 2 cents tar 180 190, petroleum 7 1 4 cents RSW 7 cents cases 9 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City
Continent
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Brighton
Rio
Imports and Exports March 28 1889 Summary
Trade list from various ports including Fajardo Puerto Rico Halifax Nova Scotia Liverpool and Melbourne detailing brig L Staples and steamer Carroll shipments. It lists sugar pig iron dry goods stone indigo window glass fire bricks canvas wax and many other commodities with numerous firms and consignors in each port. Specific entries include J J Moors & co Baring Bros & co J S Morgan & co and W H Ring among others with quantities such as 34 700 fire bricks 10000 fire bricks and 271 do.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fajardo
L Staples
Boston
Glasgow
Scot
Siberian
NX & N
Curtis
L & DS Riker
Saxonville Mills
Houghton & Dutton
Piper, Rice & Co
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Ford
Getler
Taylor Kros
Grattan, Blaisdell & Horan
Nickerson & Haxter
F Townsend
Webber
Bird & Co
Kernard & Co
Townsend
Carlton & Son
McCullough & Cotter
Rockwell & Son
Halifax
Smith & Co
Fulton
Barclay & Co
Stratton, Little & Co
Cutler
Wheatley & Co
Liverpool
Eng
Stoddard & Kendall
Stoddard, Lovering & Co
Baring Bros & Co
Sugden
Jere Abbott & Co
Edgar
Jones, Mclaffee & Stratton
Krikorian
Haring Bros & Co
Lewis
Kennedy & Murphy
Hill & Langtry
Stone & Downer
Providence Worsted Mills
Haldwin Bros
Moise
Montevideo
Don Enrique
Moise Brown Bros & Co
J S Morgan & Co
Fred Huth & Co
Melbourne
Aurora
Shipping export list from St Johns and Nova Scotia ports
A dated export ledger from March 28, 1889 lists schooners at St Johns NF and Lunenburg NS with cargo details. Gladys carries evaporated apples, hardware, glassware, plated ware, pork, paper, matches, salt, seed. Playfair sails 625 barrels flour, 380 oats, 50 split 7 head oak. A G Heisler shows 100 tons bail. Nelli and other schooners appear with beans, pitch, corn and other goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Jouns
Schoones P
ITN
Playfair
Ae Armout NS
Lunenburg
Heisler
Market snapshot shows quiet foreign wheat and corn trade
In London March 28 cargoes off coast show wheat and corn quiet with 3 wheat cargoes arrived and 9 awaiting sales while passage cargoes trend weaker. Liverpool prices steady for wheat futures and firm for corn. Paris and Antwerp report quiet wheat with varied rates. English country markets and Liverpool breadstuffs show modest demand and steady to firm quotations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverol
England
Liverpool
California
Antwerp
Varis
Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town
Allentown merchants Koch and Leh of Koch Haas and Keck advertise in Altoona Johnson of US. The notice lists buyers and traders from Allentown and Altoona area seeking footwear goods and related sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allentown
Penn
H B Koch
J Leh
Koch, Haas & Keck
Altoona
H Johnson
Trade card list of shoe firm agents across states
A long OCR list shows agents and firms in cities like Atlanta Baltimore Birmingham Chicago Cleveland Cincinnati and more, naming individuals and companies such as J A Smith Moore Marsh Co Bangs Bard & Co and Francis Vandergrift Shoe Co. The fragment ends with an advertisement for Warner's Log Cabin Extract claiming contentment beyond wealth and offering two sizes 50c and 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
J A Smith
Moore, Marsh & Co
Baltimore
C Bangs
Bangs
Bard & Co
H Alder
Cohen, Alder & Co
M R Creighton
Young, Creighton & Diggs
J B Dixon
Dixon & Bro
Birmingham
Ala
H Francis Ana A S Vandergrift
Francis Vandergrift Shoe Co
Blacksburg
K Payne
Black & Payne
Tre
Binghamton
G H Lester
Lester & Co
Boone
W H Canier
Canierros & Hermann
Cincinnati
H Meis
C Meis & Co
A Meyer
A Meyer & Co
J Thorne
WF Thorne & Co
John Gates
John Gates & Co
Cleveland
B Childs
Childs, Groff & Co
L Doda
L Doud & Co
Chicago
F Carpenter
Guthman, Carpenter & Telling
A G Leonard
AG Leonard & Co
Cumberland
S J Edwards
Aim
Detroit
Mich
M Snedicor
Snedicor & Hathaway
E Smith
Robinson & Burtenshaw
Dallas
Tex
J Newberger
J Lowenthal
Sanger Bros
Tex—T
E. Fort Wayne
Ind
L Carnahan
Carnahan Co
Galveston
A Blum
Blam
Gallipolis
H Andrews
Cages
Andrews & Co
Grand Rapids
G H Reeder
Reeder, Palmer & Co
Indianapolis
J K McKee
McKee & Co
Kansas City
H H Kimball
Weaver, Jones & Co
Knoxville
Tenn
E E McMillan
McMillan, Hazen & Co
J A Henson
Haynes, Henson & Co
Kalamazoo
Appledorn
Appledorn’s Sons
Lancaster
Penn
J M Davidson
Long & Davidson
Macon
T Coleman
Hartis
ST Coleman
Burden & Co
Memphis
J M Goodbar
Goodbar & Co
Mobile
M Wolliner
Wolliner & Lowenstein
Nashville
Murray
Murray, Dibrell & Co
R Manier
GI Waddey
J W
Manier & Son
Hollins
Warner
Railroads Always on Time Boston to New England Schedule
Corrected to Feb 17 1889 Boston station foot of Summer Street trains depart on weekdays for Ashcroft Baltimore Blackstone Dedham Dorchester Hyde Park Hyde Park Franklin Readville Norwood Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Providence Willimantic and New York via multiple lines including the Norwich and Hartford routes. Weekend and Woon socket details provided. Includes Woon socket division and special trains with times and connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Summer Street
Ashcroft
Baltimore
Bird Street
Blackstone
Manubury
Dedham
Llam
Dorchester
Bdadle Street
Ellis
Baakett
Kishkill-on-Hudson
Reranklin
Forest Avenue
Martford
Harvard Treet
Highland Lake
Islington
Manchester
Mattapan
Milford
Alt. Bowden
New Britain
Newburg
New London
New York
Air Line
Hartford
Norwich
Erwich
Norwood
Norwood Central
Pawtucket
Philadelphia
Pkprovidence
Putnam
Readville
Miver Street
Beckville
Coan
Southbridge
Tiltons
Walpole
Washington
D. C
Waterbury
Willmantic
Winslows
Webster
Boston & Albany Railroad
Needham and Way
Woonsocker
Middletown
New Haven
Danbury
Fishkill-on-Judson
Newburgh
Turners, N. Y
Chicago & St. Louis Limited
Willimantic
Jersey City
Trenton
Richmond
Points South
T. Trafic
Pass
Agt
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Sears
New York Station
Liberty St
N. R
J.N. Magna
New England
Washington St
Boston and Maine Rail Schedule March 4 1889
Through trains on Western and Eastern divisions listed with stations in Boston Augusta Bangor St John Halifax Pro vinc es Haymarket and Causeway Street. Timings include 8 30 am 9 am 1 pm 7 pm and various routes to Portland Lewiston North Conway Manchester Concord and other Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox Lincoln railways stations. Special steamer connections noted to Mockland Castine Deer Isle and Eastport with Portland departures on select days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Haymarket Square
Causeway Street
Bangor
Bar Harbor
St. John
Halifax
Provinces
Mockland
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgwick
Southwest Harbor
Millbridge
Machinsport
Portland
Tom
Eastport
Calais
N. BE
Lewiston
Causeway Sreet
Manchester
Concord
North
North Conway
Maine Central
Grand Trunk
Knox & Lincoln Railways
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston
Tro Albany
Rotterdam Junction
Troy
Albany
Binghamton
Buffalo
Chicago
Niagara Falls Short Line
Erie and Heston Line
St. Louis
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central RR
Palace
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
Belmont and
Waverley
SUN
Mrattleboro
Miller’s Falls
Cambridge
M. Concern
M. Kitchburg
Gardner and Miltler’s Falls
Greenfield
Naval Hivesick Falls
Johnsonville
Lincoln—s
Marlboro
Hudson and Muaynard
Washua
N. M
Ayer Junction
North Adams
Williamstown
North Leominster
Saratoga
Shelburne Falls
Trains Schedule from Boston Stations to Northern Towns
Western Division trains depart Boston stations for Alton Bay Roehester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Overhill Kennebunk Biddeford North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Medford Melrose Highlands Metrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Satem Wakefield and Sunday services listed with numerous daily times for each stop.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alton Bay
Roehester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danvers
Exeter
Great Falls
Overhill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Biddeford and Lace
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Lowell
Medford
Melrose Highlands
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Reading
Satem
Wakefield
Trains From Boston Station Schedule to Amesbury and Vicinity
Eastern Division lists Causeway Street departures to Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Great Falls Roches ter Hampton Lynn and many other stops with listed times. It notes through services from Boston to Lowell system towns and branches with Sunday trains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Station
Causeway
Comprehensive Boston Area Rail Schedule Fragments
A dense list of train times and routes for numerous towns around Boston including Ashmont Ashmont Brockton Brockton Hingham South Weymouth Quincy Taunton and beyond. The data shows daily weekend and Sunday special times with notes on via Brockton Fall River Line and Prov. Div several via Abington and Duxbury with sporadic weekday and Friday entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony
Boston
Fall River Line
Shore Line
Stonington
Kneeland Street
New York
Fall River
Ashmont
Kraintree
Middleboro
Bridgewater
Brockton
Cohasset and Kiineham
Harrison Square
Marshfield and
Sea View
Mutsoar
Milton
Tedford
aNewport
North Easton
Stoughton
Andorph
Pilymouth
Abington
Duxbury
Quincy
Bockland and
Hanover
Shawmet
South Braintree
South Duxbury
Taunton
Central Station
Dean St
Whitman
South Weymouth
Wollaston Heights
West Bridgewater
Cochesett
South Easton
Cape Cod Bus Schedule Fragment by Town
Bus timetable fragment lists routes from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and towns across Cape Cod. Departure times show 8.15 am and 4.15 pm or close variants for multiple stops including Bourne Brewster Falmouth Hyannis Nantucket and Provincetown with some weekday notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneeland Street
Buzzards May
Hyannis
Mary
Monument Beach
Mattapoisett
Marion
Nantucket
W Holl
Provincetown
Vnch
Sauamore
So. Yarmouth
Tremont
Wellflcet
Wet Barnstable
M. Woods Hall
Wham
Yarmouth
Ima
Providence Division Timetables and Train Notes
Providence section lists sixteen trains each weekday and four on Sundays serving Park Square Station to New York and neighboring towns. It includes routes to Attleboro Dedham Roxbury and Boston area stops with varied times, noting Sunday schedules and express connections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Square Station
Stonington
New York
Washington, Cor
State Street
Park Square
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
H. Briggs
Providence
Attleboro
Boylston
Roslindale
Highland
West Roxbury
Spring Street
Dedham
Dodgeville
East Foxboro
Foxboro
Forest Bills
Hazelwood
Hlebronville
Bryde Park
Jamaica Plain
Mansfield
Mt. Hope
Clarenson Hills
North Attleboro
Kreadville
Roxbuey
Rumford and
India Point
Sharon
Sharon Heights
Stoughton Central
Cantos
South
Walpole
Wrentham
bNewport
Fall River
New London
Newport
Wickford Junction
Train Schedules From Boston to Concord and Manchester
On and after Oct 8 1888 trains depart Boston from B and L depot for Manchester Concord NH and upper railroads at 730 830 Ex 9 pm 12 m 1 Ex 3 5 Ex 630 7 Ex pm Sundays 1 7 Ex pm Return from Concord NH to Boston at 530 730 7 40 1020 am 745 Ex 535 Ex 5 15 Ex and ix pm Sundays 655 Ex 7 20 am B E Chamberlin Sap.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Boston
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Keene
Peterboro
Millsburo
Hillsboro
Lpm
Walton
Milford
Amherst
Greenfield
Nashua
M. Lowel
Billerica
Lawrence
Walnut Hill
Stoneham
M. Woburn
Llams
Winchester
West
Mass
Bedford
Union Square
Somerville
Waltham
Wallertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Worcester
Ayer Junction
Ours
Sun
Miller’s Falls
Hoosac Tunnel
Washton Street
John Adams
Concord KR. BR
Brandaes
B. and
N.H
Ana ix
B. E. Chamberlig
Sap
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Milwaukee
Canada
Pha
FROIL
Weanesaay
Marc
Ee Veese
BOT
Sc Cebaaness
MEY Cicccee Jeans
Ares
Cccieven Seas
Ccccen
Sativaly
J E Carter
Ween
Ccrceeseescsacees
Oragre Ponce
Harcee Ee Hrae & Co
Paneheons Ponch
Hignlander
St? John, NB
Scha
Nelli
Uso
Omaha
J H Harte
F Drexel
Williams, van Aernam & Harte
Penn—Goetz, Craw
Portsmouth
H R Tracy
C P Tracy & Co
Selling
Akin, Selling & Co
J Bellows
J Bellows & O
Stern of
Stern & Co
Putney
Putney & Co
Roberts
Roberts & Hoge
F A Einstein
Einstein’s Sons
H Meinthard
A S Weil
Meinhard Bros & Co
J Rosenheim
J Rosenheim & Co
Ht Schafer
Schafer, Swarts & Co
D. St Louis
A T Kelley
Kelley, Goodfellow & Co
B Lindsley
Orr & Lindsley Shoe Co
Am. Z
L Opel
G F Dittman Boot and Shoe Co
AG. St Louis
Stribling
Tennent, Stribling
Ely Shoe Co
Sedalia
W S Mackey
Springfield
Reiseh, Co
Massey
W S$ Archer
Massey & Herndon Shoe Co
Yora
Minn
Marx
W Freeman
Gotzian
The
Haute
PD Griffiths
Terre Haute
Toledo
Sea of Childs
Lee & Dunlap
8 Taylor
Am Hand Sewed Shoe Co
Wheeling
Amick
Xenia
J H Hicks
Fitchburg
Cheshire
Central Vermont Railroads
Rutland
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Eave
Burlington
St. Albans
Washington Street
A. Faxon
A R. Stewart
Keene, N
Railroads
Hyde Park
Franklin
Woonsocket Division
Central Alr
Maine
City Ticket Office
Western Division
Haymarket
Haverhill
Sowell
Reading and Way
Street
Amesbury
Beverly
Biddeford
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Pom Pewich
Lynn
Wan
Jli.svu
Coe
Widdleton
Peabody and Danvers
Revere
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Salem
York Harbor & Beach K.R
Saxgua
Swamp Scott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lynn and
Way
Sxalem
aVia Sancus
South Reading
Tuton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Flaverhill
Woodsville
North Woodstock
Pennigewassett Valley
Lisbon
Littleton
Whitefield
Fabyan’s
Defferson
Lebanon
White River Junction
St. Johnsbury
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex
Duncetion
Northern RR
Boston Air Line
Ray
Bes
Coon Station
Stoneham and Way
Lexington and Way
Woburn and Way
Winchester and Way
Manchester and
Central Mass
Portland Street
Northampton
Headiecy
Belcher Town
Bondsville
Ware
Gilbertville
Barre
Oakdale
West Boyleven
Clinton
Bertin
Hudson
Sudbury
Reachbottom
Wayland
Weeton
Belmont
James T. Forber
D. J. Flanders
Gen’l
J. Whitmore
J.B Watson
Boston & Albany
R. R
Syracuse
Mochester
Michigan Central R. Ky
Lake Eeore
Michigan Southern
Waite
A. & Hanson, Gen. Pasa Agt
New
N. Y
N.Y
Sprinfield
C. T. Hempstead
Gen’s Pa
M. M
Stonington Line
River Line
Brooklyn
Annex Boat
Pilgrim
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
L. H. Palmer
Cape Cod
Coord
Ae Ky Av
R An
Knee
Land Street
Framingham and
Fayville
Southboro
Bolton
Suadays
Northboro
Leominster
Pratt’s Junction
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