Market reports show weak to firm grain prices and diverse receipts
The notes detail shipments and prices across many grains with mixed signals. Prices range from weak to firm with oats rye and corn quoted, receipts in thousands of bushels, and several regions noting firmer demand for certain grades and export quality. Strong entities include New York Chicago Milwaukee St Louis and Detroit markets with varying quotes on oats rye corn and bran.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wanes
Toledo
Reoaipta
Detroit
Reoetns
St Leouis
New York
Milwaukee
Canada
St. Louis
Choice
Butter Prices and market notes across regions in a tight week
Butter demand stayed steady with daily receipts mostly cleared. Prices show buyers hedging for a drop, with Western creameries and imitation goods quoted around mid to high 20s per pound, while other dairy items from Vermont to Ontario see varied firmness. Eggs, beans, grasses, potatoes, and poultry markets display mixed movements, with some regions remaining firm and others easing.
Provisions Prices Steady in Pork Goods Market
Pork and lard demand fair with prices steady across regions. Long cuts quoted at 17 17 50, backs 17 75 18, lean ends 17 26 17 76, fresh ribs 10 ¾, sausages 10 11c, bologna 6 Styec, hams 11 12c, shoulders 9 9 ½ c, rib breakfast 11 12c, pressed hams 11 12c, city dressed hops 7 34 c. New York pork dull, Chicago pork at 1366-1370, St Louis pork 14 26, lard up to 7 76, bulk meats firmer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
Choice
New York
Western Steam
Cincinnati
Chicago
St Louis
Fresh beef and lamb prices in steady market demand
Fresh beef at steady prices with strong demand for medium cattle. Choice steers quoted around 7.34 to 8 per tb, various grades listed including good, extra heavy, and bite segments. Lambs, muttons, and veals show rising spring lamb sales and wide price ranges across regions and cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brighton
Banana steamers arrival for Boston Fruit and Noyes firms
The steamer Samana is due May 5 with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Hertha is due May 4 with bananas for W. W. & C. R. Noyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banana Steamers
Samana
Boston Fruit Company
Hertha
Fruit and Produce Markets Mixed as Imports Rise
The market for inferior apples is quiet while choice stocks meet fair demand at quoted prices. Orange and lemon imports for April show totals across ports of 34 468 cases 298 379 boxes and 268 082 boxes of fruit with no price changes noted. Palermo and Messina varieties price ranges are listed, strawberry supply is fair with Florida sales at 30 35 cents, Chicago and Tennessee berries at 20 30 and 25 30 respectively, bananas steady, Jamaica fruit jobbing at 1 to 2 dollars and Baracoa at 1.15 to 1.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baldwins
New York
Philadelpnia
Baltimore
Ofigans
Palermo
Messina
Valencia
Florida
Chicago
Tennessee
Jamaica
Baracoas
Variety of Produce Prices Noted Amid Steady Truck Demand
A list of largely inconsistent produce prices appears, with items including asparagus, green peas, Florida tomatoes, cabbage, kale, spinach, string beans, wax beets, onions, squash, lettuce, parsnips, turnips, celery, rhubarb, radishes, cucumbers and more. Prices are given per crate, per bbl, per bush, per case, or per box, with regional mentions such as Chicago, Savannah, Norfolk, Baltimore, North Carolina, Florida and Bermuda. The record reads like a market price column amid fluctuating values across multiple items and locales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Savannah
North Carolina
Florida
Norfolk
Bermuda
St Andrews
Sugar and Molasses Prices Mixed With Steady Tones Across Markets
Sugar markets show quiet movement with values unchanged across raw and refined grades. Havana and New York reports reflect steady to firmer tones, while molasses remains unchanged in price. Livestock markets in St Louis Peoria Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago show Hog and Cattle prices firm to higher amid variable receipts and shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Peoria
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Chicago
Cotton market dull after firs tweek gains
Allan Asher & Co notes a dull and featureless market with small trading in certificates. Liverpool prices softened slightly while New York and Liverpool futures opened steady and closed weak, with domestic and port data showing mixed movement in receipts stocks and exports across several markets and regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Asher & Co
Exchange Place
Anc
Liverpool
New York
MOV Scvs
Cewrvesseneens Dane
Ceccensevce
Dkog
Uplands
Orleans
Stock at All United States Ports Surges
A report notes 15 650 stock at all United States ports and a separate figure 498. The item underscores inventory movements across multiple ports and suggests a broad distribution pattern amid ongoing trade activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Mixed Commodity Prices and Market Notes from 1888 Reporting
A brief market summary notes varied prices across commodities. Tallow steady near small changes. New York sales at 44g for 100,000 tubs. Turpentine 86c, rosin 120 to 122 1/2 cents, tar nominal. petroleum 65 67 1/2 cents with RSW at 71 1/4. Rio coffee 15 cents. whiskey Cleveland prices steady at 109. Chicago unchanged at 115. St Louis at 1.09.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rio
Cincinnati
Chicago
St Louis
Imports and Exports at Yarmouth May 38 1888
Shipping list from Yarmouth Nova Scotia records sea freight of fish lobsters and salmon. Entries show Delong & Seaman Barclay & Co New England Lobster Co and others with crates cases and bags of eggs lobsters salmon halibut and paper stock discussed alongside ship supplies and sails.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yarmouth
Delong & Seaman
Ellis & Co
Barclay & Co
L Clements & Co
New England
Prior, Ingalls & Co
Griffin & Co
Hutchinson
G Hall & Co
Exports at Liverpool and Bridgewater from Dexter and Norseman
Shipment details list Dexter schooner cargoes of flour cornmeal oil pork and more via Bridgewater Petite Riviere plus Norseman steamer cleared April 30 with cotton cocoanuts cheese hides tobacco organs leather organ materials and assorted goods totaling hundreds of bales sacks crates and cases leaving Liverpool and Liverpool via Eng.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tiverpool
Dexter
Bridgewater
Petite Riviere
Arizona
Liverpool
Eng
Norseman
Receipts May 1888 Portland and Atlantic Railroads
Ledger style list details May 3 1888 receipts across railroads including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Western Seaton Maine Lowell System and By Sea. Records enumerate bales cotton wool boxes eggs bacon leather hides flour cornmeal oats potatoes sugar molasses hay lard and more by railroad and method. Totals compare 1888 and 1887 for several commodities across districts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railrouad
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Seaton & Maine Railroad
Lowell
By Express
Sea
Lea
WN Sob
WN Sob 7 40 Molasses— Peltsvbis
Bdis
Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool Wheat Steady
Cargoes off the coast with both wheat and corn steady. Prices at Liverpool show breadstuffs firm for wheat and steady corn with varied quotations for futures and spot. Notes include Paris and Mark Lane markets quiet, English country markets firm, and specific prices for wheat, corn, pork, bacon, cheese, and lard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
California
Boot and Shoe Buyers Agents Listing Firms
A long list of agents and firms in the boot and shoe trade is named, spanning multiple states. It names Gramling Spaulding and Co in Georgia, Moore Marsh in Pennsylvania, Fox & Curtis in Iowa, and numerous others across Illinois, Ohio, Indiana, Missouri, Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Tennessee, Texas, Louisiana, and more, with their associated companies and locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R Gramling
Gramling, Spaulding & So
Atlanta
J A Smith
Moore, Marsh & Co
Altoona
Penn
G Fox
Fox & Curtis
Burlington
H A Brown
W Burhydt & Co
Baltimore
L Magruder
T J Magruder & Co
Bloomington
R P Smith & Sons
Chicago
Ill
E M Phelps
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
McLaughlin
Selz, Schwab & Co
C Brooks
Brooks Bros
Cleveland
B Childs
Childs, Groff & Co
W Cady
W Cady of G W Cady & Co, Ad. Cincinnati, O—L Runkel
I Faller Sons
Cincinnati
G Ringgold
Ringgold & Co
Ada
Edar Rapids
George
Columbus
M Conrade
Chillicothe
E Culter
Miller, Culter & Co
Cumberland
S J Edwards
Evansville
Ind
Bb Hinkle
Louisville
A Owen
Sutcliffe
C H Vogel
Hill & Sons
Mobile
Aid
H Bernstein
Tre
Ala
M Wollner
Wollner & Lowenstein
Macon
D Witkowski
U 8
Nashville
Tenn
L W Hall
Hall-Mason Shoe Co
J Dickinson
G Thorne
Adams, Thorne & 0
R S
Probate notices from Massachusetts courts cite multiple heirs and executors
Public notices announce probate actions for Catherine C McLean of Somerville Mary Ann Davenport of Cambridge and others. Executors J F Somers Jabez A Sawyer and Walter Stimpson seek letters testamentary or administration while waiving bonds. Citations require Boston Post notices over three weeks and appearances in Cambridge or Boston courts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Mary Ann Davenport
Cambridge
Laeans
Jabez A, Sawyer
Walter Stimpson
Ann
Boston Post
Boston
George M. Brooks
Esquire
J. H. Tyler
Register
Probate notices from Boston post probate court May 1888
Suffolk Probate Court issues notices for wills and executors in the Cecilia Skerrett Julia Frelland Arthur Mechan and Abel Locke estates. Citations require public publication in the Boston Post with dates in May 1888 and conditions for letters testamentary and private sale licenses.
Boston court posts notice in Pinkham v Heinrich case
In Suffolk County Boston municipal court on April 30 1888 John E Pinkham sues Max Heinrich of New York and the Handel and Haydn Society as trustee for contract to recover 176 dollars 43 cents due March 30 1888. If Heinrich is not in Commonwealth and no service known, court orders notice by publication in the Boston Post for three weeks ending May 19. Also announces retirement of N R Andrew Nickerson from J Henry Sears & Co with notice of change.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth OF Massachd
SETIS
Middlesex
Catherine C
McLean
Somerville
John FE
Somers
Cambridge
Boston Post
Boston
George M. Brooks
Esquire
J. H. Tyler
Register
Joan W. McKim
Elijah George
Suffolk
Osmar D. Ballery
Court Square
John B. Fitzpatrick
Joseph Halstrick
Matthew Dolan
Tremont Street
Aaythe Ss
Ober’ . Bowman
Charles J. Dolan
James H. Freeland
Horace C. Skinner
New York
Benjamin Kimball
Congress St
Oston
Fred T. Knighp
Joan W. McKim, Esquire
Elsa George
Massachu
Abel Locke
Mary A. Locke
Massachussetts
Holden
County of
John E. Pinkham
Max Heinrich
New York City
Handel and Haydn Society
Commonwealth
WM. T. Connolly
Old Colony
Old State House
Ofton
Fall River Line
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Brainutre
Cottage City
New Bedford
New Hedford
Woowig Hall
East Bridgewater
Brockton
Abington
West Quincy
Weymouth
East Weymouth
Mattapan
Neponset
Milton
Mattapoisett
Middleboro
Nantucket
Wood’s Hall
Plymouth
Duxbury
Hanover and
Kock
Hanover
Rockland
Whitman
Wellaston Heights
Bridgewater
Cochesett
South Ea
Return
Ws Moll
Xu m
Buzzard’s Bay
Hingham
Taunton
Morrison Square
Boston and Providence Railre Train Arrangement 87
Trains will run from Boston to Providence and Stonington lines starting Monday November 28 1887 with schedule details for Shore Line Fast Express Shore Line Mail New London Line and connections to Doverville Attleboro and Stoughton among others. Return times and daily variations are noted including Sundays and holiday adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stonington
York Mts
Providence
CLR
New York
Sa. A
Fekets and
Boston & Providence
Shore Line
Wien
Stonington Line
Palmer agency listing at Old State House
L H Palmer agent at 3 Old State House is noted for a listing or service. No further context available.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L. H. Palmer
Agt
Old State House
Sunday Trains and Timetable Fragments Mention Stations
timetable fragments list numerous departure times and stations Wakefield Wilmington Haverhill Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading Way Stations and Workingmen’s train schedule notes. Sunday trains include varied departures through the day with multiple stops and times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bover
Haverhill
Lawrence
Manchester
Lowell
Medford
Aim
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Reading and Way
Trains Schedule From Boston to Nearby Towns Listed
The timetable shows departures from Boston on Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Chelsea and many other towns with numerous morning and afternoon trains. Subday trains for Lynn Newburyport Salem and others run with a separate schedule including a workingmen's train on Thursdays and Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Station
Causeway Street
Amesbury
P.m. Beverly
Biddeford
Chelsea
M. Hover
Everett
Reat Falls
Rochester
AI Hampton
Beach
North Hampwaye Beach
Ipswich
Mynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Portsmouth
Mevere
Reockport and
Gloucester
Resmeh
Salem
York Harbor & Beach
Snares Branch
Wenham
Oifeboro
Lynn and Way
Newburyport
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Mali m. Salem
Saugus
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
Local Through Service Schedules From Boston Area Lines
Boston area timetable lists numerous local and through services to Manchester Concord Nashua Lowell Lawrence Stoneham Lexington Woburn Winchester Arlington and beyond with multiple daily departures and through Montreal connections including parlor and sleeping cars on 7pm and 8.30am trains and services to Bristol Clare mont and Montpelier via White River Junction and via Causeway Street ticket office location noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nashua
Lowell
Lawrence
Stoneham and Way
Lexington and Way
Woburn and Way
Winchester and Way
Manchester and Concord
Montreal
Express
Lowell Sysyv
Causeway Street
Washington Street
Old State House
Boston
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Fitchburg Depot
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keen
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Ogidendsburg
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R
Cheshire R.R
White River Junction
Central Vermont RR
Points West
White River
Wagner Palace
Ogdenasburg
Ton Street
Faxon
RK. Stewart
Keene
Reliable Central
Wanee Carson
Chicago
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Vermont
York
State
Elgin Creamery
T Lounis
Ohio
Yai
New Hampshire
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Bush
West
North
Red Top
Jersey
New Floridas
Houlton Rose
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostook Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Burbanks
White Brooks
Davis
Eastern
East Swale
Cuba
Manilas
Lloilos
Javas
Havana
Cardenas
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Mayaguez
Sesceerseeed
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Continent
Memphis
Charleston
Wilmingon
Weat Point
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Ross
Great Britlan
Enies
Pittsburg
Juiney
Gordon
Upham & Gordon
Quome
Tedcastle
RG Clark & Co
Reauing
W Curtis
Curtis, Jones & Co
Joseph Baum
J Baum & Co
San Francisco
Cal
P Nehfisch
Osterman
Rehfisch & Co
I Cahn
Cahn
Nickelsburg
Towanda
Humphrey
Humphrey Bros & Tracy
Rodgers
Dewey, Rodgers & Co
W Bell
R H Lane & Co
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
Marion Richards
Claremont
Sullivan
Commonwealth OF Massachus
Setts
Court OF Linsolvency
William L. Carty
Malden
Thomas C., Bachelder
Massachius
James Drinan
Mass
Charl 'S Steere
School Street
COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU a/J
Cecilia F. Skerrett
Commonwealth OF Massac
Julia E. Frelland
Ommon Wealth OF
Massa
Arthur Mechan
O'Tice
Mary Gately
Bonda
James Gately
Thomas F. Concannon
Otice Ie Dareby
Margaret McGovern
Michael McGovern
Admi
Charles
Mary Long
Anna Marie Dorr
Surffolk
John Adam Dork
WM. T
Connolly
Copartnership Notices
N. R. Andrew Nickerson
J. Henry Sears & CO
Vamury
Onville, ¢ En Ga
Han
U Als
Ithe Powtuac
Dodgeville
Attleboro, Ri
Ry Wens
Ave Ress
Ewe
Ork Sun
Eeaz Attleboro
Ruy It Ak
East Foxboro
Hiya
Pefarnys Dad
Wat Ville
Aope Anu
Rendon
Siaa
Devrae DeDe
Qapene
Wyereeraeg
Pere
Naen
Ines
Ehde Nl
Tne Rae Aly Bom
Ihe
b.Us
Toxbury
West Roxbury
Uwe
Yiston
U.ev
Stow Hton
Mt. Hope
Arren
Bristeem
Arriva New York
A. Ay Fous
Ain
Boe Awe L
Ng Street
Canton
Stoughton Ween
Sturday
Fall River
Brooklyn
Necer City
J. R. Kendrick
Concord RE. KR
B. and
Concord
N. H
Chaml
Sank
Railroads
City Ticket Office
State Street
Haymarket St
Causeway St
Barcor
Gar Harbor
St.John
Halifax
Provinces
Haymarket Sq
Eastport
Calais
N. S
North—Haymarket Sq
North Conway
Orth Land
Maine Central
Grand Trank
Knox& Lincoln Railways
Gam
Haym
Gpid Square
Alton Bay
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danevers
Exeter
Great Falls
Kinverhill
Georgetown
Mennebunk
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Pimowell
Melrose Highlands
Stonehall
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Anne Dod Cies
Satens
Wakefield
Wilmington
Mie
Bostox
Meene
Millsboro
Hillsboro
Wilton
Milfera
Amherst
Greenfield
Billerica
Awrence
Llam
Watlat
Stone
West Mediora
College Rgm
di Lae Aem Wi Hwill
Gao
Maass
Rillerica
Bedford
The
Lexington
Arlington
Asaus
Massachusetts Division
Northampton
Portland Street
Madley
Belchertown
Bondeville
Ware
Gilbertville
Barre
Jefferson's
Oakdale
West Boyt Stem
Worcester
Clinton
Berlin
Bpudeon
Sudbury
Ockbottom
Wayslaind
Weston
Waltham
Waverley
Belmont
Hudson
Wavy
James T. Furber
D. J. Flanpers
Gex
Gen
Raileroads
Ey Venes
Blau
Vohasik
Dieke
Giane
LU RO
Suse
Eve la
Wel
Central
Bramy
Soto
Mae Ewfort
North Easter
Sooturn
Northean
Stoug
Toughton
New Yorm
Marshfield
Wasamyor Lille
Hingnam
Cohasse
Duxburys
Cohasset
Newport
M. Ruse
South Braintree and Way
South Braity Tree
Oron Atx
Geo Connor
Fitchburg
Cheshire
Central Vermont Railroads
Eastern Development Co., Limited
American Loan and Trust Company
Thomas Mair
Hkoston
Amos Blanchard
W. C. Strong
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