Markets Mixed as Receipts Weaken and Prices Edge Higher
Dull but steady activity with receipts below estimates. Cash corn in fair demand while hog futures saw selling by shorts for June and buying for May. Wheat opened higher on NY buying, corn rose on lighter receipts, and provisions weak on heavier hog arrivals but soon rallied with corn. Local crowd remained mostly bearish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Cats
Gilman, Cheney & Co
Boston
New York
Mackerel Market Notes From Gloucester and Halifax
The fish market reports limited activity with mackerel arrivals from Provincetown and Sandy Point and prices around 50 cents each. Dry cod and herring demand are steady. Georges Bank cod and other canned goods show mixed prices. Weather and fleet movements affect supply as vessels shift to codfishing and bait demand rises at Bras d Or and Magdalen lands.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messrs L Pickett & Co
Provincetown
Sandy Point
Hog Island
Virginian
London
Wellfleet
Gloucester
Phillips Beach
Hering Brook
Worth Truro
Canso
Bras d
Magdalen
Labrador
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Georges Bay
Best
Norfolk
Providence River
Fish market prices and vessel receipts in Halifax trade
Receipts show light fresh fish volumes but low prices due to a syndicate monopoly on halibut. Salmon at 16 17, herring 18c, cod 2c, haddock 1c, hake 4%c, with varied small consignments aboard the D D Winchester and another vessel to curb outside buyers. Arrivals total 293,000 tbs codfish and 101,000 tbs halibut among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Halifax
Winchester
Georges Halibut
Bank
Haddock
Boston grain prices and flour market report May 3
John E. Welsh Boston market report lists carload grain quotations, flour receipts, and spot market activity across New York Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis. It notes steady wheat, firmer oats and corn, and a settled price tone with resumed prices after earlier jobber-retailer disputes.
Butter Receipts Rise as Prices Favor Buyers Today
Butter receipts reach 2097 packages, up from 5681 last year, with demand quiet and prices shifting to buyers. Western creameries top at 23 cents, most sales around 20 to 22 cents. imitation creameries quiet at 18 to 19 cents. Market favors buyers and trends lower, quotes show Western extras 22 to 23 cents, extra firsts 18 to 20 cents, ladle-packed varieties mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
Cincinnati
New York
Chicago
Baltimore
Liverpool
New Hampshire
Michigan
Nova Scotias
Island
California
Lima
West
Clover West
North
Alsike
Lucerne
Red Top
P_sack
Jersey
AI Bent
P Bush
Bush
Timothy
Houlton Hebrons
Houlton Rose
Aroostook
Hebrons
Aroostock
Burbanks
Rose
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Rose and Hebrons
Prince Edward Island
Chenangoes
Market Report of Florida Tomato Supply and Pricing
The market shows steady demand at stable prices with limited Florida tomato supply. Prices for vegetables and fruits include cabbage 1.25 per barrel, red cabbage 1.50 per barrel, onions 1.60 per barrel, Bermuda onions 1 per crate, Spanish onions 0.85 per crate, beets 0.25 per bush, hot house 2 per dozen bunches, carrots 1.25 per barrel, lettuce 0.40 to 0.50 per box, turnips 0.40 per box, parsnips 0.50 per bush, radishes 0.50 per dozen, native cucumbers 0.09 to 0.10 per 100 count, rhubarb 0.03 to 0.04 per bunch, parsley 1.50 per bush, green peas 1 to 2 per crate, Southern beets 2 per 250 per crate, asparagus Norfolk 2 per 250 bunches, Jersey 2.50 per dozen, string beans Chicago 1.75 per crate, Chicago wax beans 5 per crate, Southern cabbage 3.50 per crate, native cauliflower 6 per dozen, summer squash 1.50 per crate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Bermuda
St Andrews
Norfolk
Jersey
Chicago
Market report quotes Columbus fruit prices and arrivals
Oranges and lemons show steady demand with Florida supply tight and prices firm. Messina and Palermo fruit fetches range from 3 to 5 per box or pound, Valencia prices to 5 per case, with Florida oranges at 3.50 to 4.00 per box for choice lots. Apples, strawberries, dried apples, pineapples, and bananas are listed with regional receipts, prices, and notes on supply. The steamer Hertha arrives with bananas from Baracoa for W & C Noyes, selling at 1.25 per bunch for red and yellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Messina
Palermo
Baldwins
Maine
Massachusetts
Jamaica
Baracoa
Hertha
W & C Noyes
Steamers and cargoes report late April to early May
Amicitia due May 6 with a cage of Baracoa bananas for Seaverns & Co. North Anglia due with 1900 boxes 900 half boxes Messina oranges 1600 boxes Messina lemons 7400 boxes Palermo oranges 12100 boxes lemons. Caledonia passed Gibraltar April 16 for Boston with 2400 Naples oranges 200 Catania oranges and 2000 Catania lemons. Cervin passed Gibraltar April 27 with 2000 Messina oranges 13000 half boxes Messina oranges 1200 Messina lemons 5750 Palermo oranges 20000 Palermo lemons. Sif due May 6 with Baracoa bananas to WW & C RNoyes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amicitia
Seaverns & Co
North Anglia
Palermo
Caledonia
Gibraltar
Boston
Naples
Catania
Cervin
Sif
WW &C R Noyes
Provisions Report Prices for Pork and Byproducts
Receipts include 355 bbls pork 437 tierces lard 125 cases 45 pkgs hams 3 bbls bacon 368 boxes dressed hogs none preserved meats 850 boxes. Last year same day shows varied volumes. Demand steady at firm prices with long cuts quoted at 14 75 to 15 50 and pork tongues at 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Brighton
Hog and cattle market at major western exchanges today
Kansas City stock yards report cattle receipts 2419 with mixed butchers at 1 70 to 2 50 and stockers 3 15 to 3 25 while hog receipts 10 670 show prices 4 35 to 4 40 for heavies and 4 35 to 4 40 for medium and lights pigs 4 47 to 4 45. Sheep receipts 923 steady at 3 15. Other markets: St Louis hogs steady with Yorkers 4 50 to 4 65. Peoria hogs steady 4 50 to 4 65. East Buffalo steady with Yorkers 5 07 to 5 12. Cincinnati hogs scarce higher 4 65 to 4 70. Chicago cattle strong 4 40 to 4 60 beef. hogs 4 55 to 4 72. sheep 3 52 to 4 80 with Westerns and Texans noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minnesota
Michigan
Canada Superior
Canada Roller
Canada Extra
New York
City
Chicago
Milwaukee
St Louis
Detroit
Toledo
Peoria
Burlington
Canada
Kansas City
East Buffalo
Cincinnati
Texas
New York and Liverpool Cotton Markets Report Firm Tone
New York cotton is firm and higher with 792 bales traded Upland and Gulf grades cited. Futures opened firm and closed firm while Liverpool markets show quiet to easier tones with mixed small gains and a range of closing quotations across May through October. The report lists openings, closings, and a detailed table of global port receipts, exports, stocks, and futures activity across major markets including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and overall United States port totals.
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New York
Low
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Eeee
Eens
Pons Ccecaseless Pin ceOune
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Ascdvcsccacss
Auvguet
Ccveecere Ce Tbs Ogg
Csc
Ceccee
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BIRD
Eomoog
Liverpool
Cic Coccsees
Eg Aeoee
Augusta
Galveston
Continent
New Orleans
Great Britain
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
France
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
Sugar and Molasses Market Report
Sugar receipts today show 25 barrels, 968 birds and 863 bags, with demand quiet but prices firm. Cuban sugars range fair to good refining at 6 1 2c and higher in various grades. milled and refined sugars command strong prices with limited supply. Molasses receipts include 43 barrels and 561 birds among others. market remains firm with values listed for Fancy Ponce Porto Rico and other grades across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Belmont
Tallow Receipts Signal Higher Bbl Output This Day
Receipts show 43 barrels of tallow on the same day last year compared with 36 barrels this year, plus 4 bags and 7 eee noted in the records.
Boston to Worcester and New Haven Trains Schedule Card
Timetabled departures from Worcester to New Haven with Elegant Drawing Room Cars Dining Car service. Morning 8.20 a m and 22.90 a m. daily Limited Express 4.600 p m and 11.00 p m with sleeping car. Tickets and accommodations at 232 Washington street or Kneeland street station in Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allhanye
Syracuse
Mochester
Buffalo
All Points
Niagara Falls
Detroit
Chicago
Michigan Central Re
Cleveland
Toledo
Lake Shore
Michigan Southern
Hartford
New Haven
New York
Worcester
Washington Street
Boston
Springfield
Boston & Albany R. R
H. Moseley & Son
York, New Haven & Hart
Eciuean
New London
Providence
Spingfeld
Artford
N. Y
N. E
Providencs
Willimantic
Tras
Hempstead
Pam. Doom
ALL
River Line
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex Boat
Pilgrim
Old State House
Old Colony Stafion
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
L. H. Palmer
Park Square Station
Stonington
Washington, Cor. State Street
Park Square
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
O. H. Briggs
Fall River
Brockton
All River
Taunton
Bedford
Anewport
Plymouth
Abington
Duxbury
Avaunton
Central Station
Dean St
Cape Cod
Kneeland Street
Provincetown
Chatham
Hyannis
Woods Hall
Fairhaven
Nantucket
Cottage City
York Y Newsasss
Shore Line
London
Ernne
Central Railroad of
New Jersey
Philadelphia & Reading Railroad
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
Sears
New York Station
New Fercey
Liberty St
N. R
Baltimore
Washington
A. m
J.N. Magna
New England
Washington St
Market report notes mixed commodity prices across cities
City and regional markets show varying levels with New York steady on gold and sales. Whiskey in Chicago and St Louis notes firm levels around 102 dollars. Turpentine and petroleum show closed prices with rosin and tar figures and RSW cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Rio
Boston Imports Reported: Storage Firm List of Goods
J W Williams Storage Boston imports detail dated May 8 1889 listing schooners ch trickey alena covert bargarian etc with quantities for molasses sugar bags tierces casks crates and other merchandise from CIenfuegos Liverpowol Eng and other ports. The long roster includes buyers sellers and consignors such as Bates Barnet Atkins Co Norcross Mellen Co Linder Meyer and many names across shipping and goods categories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arroyo
Abram Trench & Co
Linder & Meyer
Bath Bricks
Hammond & Gillespie
Wirero Thayer & Lincoln
E & F King & Co
Stone & Downer
Columbia Rubber Co
Wight
Wight Bros
Kennedy & Murro
Bolis Steel Stone & Downer
Frost & Adams
Wadsworth, Howland & Co
Brown, Durrell & Co
Pierce & Co
Cook
Everett & Co
Seaverns & Co
Thomas Leyland
Goods listed on ships and steamer arrivals in Atlantic Canada
In St John New Brunswick schooners and the steamer Yarmouth carry a variety of goods including pig iron, broom corn, flour, beans, meal, cornmeal, pork, lines, and numerous perishable items. Port activities note shipments to Acadia and Liverpool with essentials such as bales, flour, and seafood containers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST John
A . Watson
Port Acadia
Donna Belle
Liverpool
Princsport
Nellie Watters
Yarmouth
Foreign markets report quiet trade and firm futures
London and Liverpool market notes show wheat and corn quiet or dull with mixed futures. May and June California wheat priced at 7s 6d, while May corn around 9s 14d to 8s 11d. Sugar freight to England up 10s per ton. Paris spot wheat quiet. Antwerp wheat quieter. English country markets firm. Provisions steady with bacon and lard unchanged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
England
Mauritius
California
Antwerp
Ross of Every Description Marine Risks on Vessels and Cargoes
Ross offers prompt execution of marine risks on vessels and cargoes. The service emphasizes comprehensive coverage for ships and freight, including hull, machinery, protection and indemnity, and cargo insurance. Local agents highlight reliability and timely processing for maritime clients.
Western Division Trains from Boston Station Haymarket
Trains depart the Western Division from Boston to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with varied schedules from 6 am to 11 pm including Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls and Merrimac corridors and Sunday runs to Portland Bangor and Lewiston plus Reading Way Stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Division
Boston
Haymarket
Dover
Haverhill
Lawrence
Manchester
Lowell
Medford
Portland
Bangor
Lewiston
Reading and Way
Readable Train Timetable Fragments for New England Routes
A fragmented OCR timetable lists numerous station names including Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Great Falls and Rochester Hampton Beach Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody Danvers Portsmouth Rockport Gloucester Salem Swampscott Wenham Wolfeboro and others with many times such as 6.05 7.30 9.10 am 12.30 3.20 4.49 pm and notes like Stations on York Harbor and Beach E.E. and Saugus Branch. The text appears as a dense schedule block with inconsistent punctuation and errors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amesbury
Beverly
Biddeford
Great Falls
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Tom. Mevere
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Salem
York Harbor & Beach
E.E
Saugus Branch
Swampscott
Wolfeboro
Lynn and
Ns Baner
St. John
Halifax
Lowell system and Boston Station through service routes
Timetabled through and local service from Boston on Causeway Street lists Fort Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville and many branches with trains at 9 am 1 and 7 pm plus variations to North Woodstock Pemigewassett Valley Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster Fabyan Jefferson St Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Montreal Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans Montreal via White River Junction Northern RR and Montreal Boston Air Line. Local Boston service includes Manchester Concord Nashua Woburn Stoneham Woburn Lowell Billerica Salem and more with numerous departures throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell
Boston
Causeway Street
Fort Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Haverhill
Woodsville
North Woodstock
Pemigewassett Valley
Lisbon
Littleton
Whitefield
Lancaster
Fabyan’s and
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
White River Junction
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
S. Albans
Montreal
Northern RR
Boston Air Line
Also Mentioned on This Page
C S Williams & Co
Iowa
Ning
Eae Ae
Ighest
Wee
Minneapolis
Fener
Mass
Western Bank
Grand Bank
Ova Scotia
Western Bank and Line
Hake
Eastport
John E. Welsh
State Street
Western Steam
J E Carter & Co
Eeres Siebe
Railroads
Boston & Albany
R. R
Albany
Soledo
Carlo Albany
Hanson
Moseley
New Haven House
Conn
Yale College
Otis Bros
Tiffany Glass Co
New York City
Union Station
Seth H. Moseley
Williams
Congeress Street
Ross
Water St
Noble's Wharf
N.S
City Ticket Ofice
Haymarket Square
Bar Harbor
Provinces
Mockland
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgwick
Southwest Harbor
Millbridge
Machinsport
Calais
N. B
N. S
Concord
Maine Central
Grand Trank
Knox & Lincoln Railways
Alton Bay
Farmington
Andover
Danvers
Exeter
Overhill
Georgetown
Mennebunk
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Melrose Highlands
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Reading
Wakefield
Boston Station
Causeway
aVia Saugus
South Reading
N. H
Peterboro
Hillsboro
Illsboro
Wilton
Milford
Amherst
Greenfield
Nashua
No. Billerica
Walnut Hill
Stoneham
M. Woburn
West Medford
Millerica
Stoneham and Way
Lexington and Wavy
Woburn and Way
Winchester and Way
Manchester and Concord
C Express
Central Mass
Division
Portland Street
Northampton
Hadhey
Belchertown
Hondsville
Gilbertville
Barre
Rutland
Oakdale
West Boyleton
Clinton
Berlin
Hudson
Sudbury
Rockbottom
Wayland
Wenton
Waltham
Waverley
Hudson and Way
James T. Furber
J. Flanders
Gen’l Pas
Stonington Line
vileTeet
Fall River Lin Shore Line
Kneeland Street Station
Soning
New Bedford
Dedham
West Roxbury
Readville
Wayde Park
Wickford Junction
Pawtucket
Staunton
Wrentham
Central Div
Northern Division
Marlboro
Fitchburg
Leominster
Pass
J.R. Kendrick
Central BR
Iscord
BR. KK
N.H
H. FE. Chamberlin
Otis Companys
Bliss, Fabyan & Co
No. Loo Summer Street
Geo. F. Fabyan
TRE Columbian Manuf. CO
Bliss. Fabyan & Co
Summer Street
F. Fabyan
Everett Mills
W.G. Saltonstall
Dorchester Gaslight Company
Baritable
Albe C. Clark
Boston & Maine Railroad
Amos Blanchard
Chichester
Dragers
Chichester Chemical Couatan So Phils
Paskee. CO
Goodwin & CO
Accats
Besteu
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