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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1885

Page

3

Dividends Declared by Town Falls and Sioux City Railways

Dividend notices show Town Falls and Sioux City railroad company declaring $175 per share payable June 1. Shaw Stocking company of Lowell declares 3 percent.

Town Falls and Sioux City Railroad Company Shaw Stocking Company Lowell

Fragmented 19th century market column on goods and prices

A dense catalog of prices and activity across sectors like alcohol ashes coal coffee dyes and chemicals dry goods fish fruit grains and packaging. Entries list commodities with varying bids and quotes, noting steady demand or quiet markets, with freight and flour rates and notable price spreads.

Se & B Cambridge Boston Philadelphia Rosendale Rio Mocha Jaya Maracaibo Lee Leguira Jamaica Manila

Vast 19th Century Freight Inventory Across Rail and Water

A sprawling OCR of historical freight ledgers lists commodities by region and line such as Grand Junction Railroad Maine Railroad and Lowell, including bales of wool, bbls of flour and butter, hogs, beef, eggs, potatoes, cornmeal, and leather. It shows volumes in bales, bbls, boxes, and bushels with scattered prices and unit details, reflecting extensive intercity trade and supply chains.

Margerine Grand Junction Railroad New York New Ca’s Bay Maine Railroad— Astern Division Maine Halsona Lowell Rauroad Gy Peabody Salem

Livestock Market Report With Arrivals and Prices

Arrivals at different yards show 610 cattle 4,162 sheep and veal 1,863 at Watertown. Boston and Lowell 2, and 12,559 at Eastern yards. Prices largely firm for cattle, lower sheep, steady fat hogs, calves cheaper, dairy cattle steady. note Chicago sale of 63 head at 5 55 per head as a reference.

Atchison, Topeka Santa Fe Chicago Burlington and Quincy Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Union Pacific Northern Pacific Oregon New York Northern Pacific Road Flint Vere Marquette Mexican Central Summit Branch Town Falls Sioux City Cincinnati Sandusky Cleveland Central Eastern New England Fitchburg Old Colony Cambridge Boston Lowell Fiecod Consolidated Vermont Kansas City Springfield Memphis Denver Sonora Oregon Short Line Bell Telephone Erie Quincy Minng Franklin Osceola Calumet Hecla Boston Water Power Sierra Leone India Calcutta Havana Madeira Sicily Ivison Malaga Ohio Pennsylvania Michigan Maine Hampshire Vermont Jean Cee Canada Brighton Bocaa Alpany Tve Chicago Journal

Market Report From Brighton and Boston Stock Yards

A detailed cattle and hog market summary from Brighton yards notes dull tone yet prices mostly sustain between 54 1/2 and 6 1/4 cents live weight. Export buyers seek prime cattle. Boston Albany yard listings show varied steers around 6 cents and numerous milch cows sold, with multiple fat hog and store pig arrivals and stable western dress values. Government quarantine updates in Waltham discuss Holstein registration requirements and planned future relocations.

Whitmore Sprinefield WS Lovell Sige Aldrich & Johison Southworth W A Farnham Seattle H Ingersds BS Hastings Brighton Liverpool Boston Albany E H Eames Sloe Ste. 2 Farrell & McFlynnn A N Monroe Canada Dan Brown Holler & Co Monroe J 3 Henry Wiliamson J D Hosmer N E Winn Breck & Wood Waltham Mass Everett Smith Waltham, Mass Holland Frisbane Loundor Stockholm City London Holstein Breeders’ Association of America Fremland Germany Smith T B Wales Iowa City Congress

Grain and pork market updates from Toledo and Detroit

Market briefs note whiskey steady at 113, hogs weak with various flesh values, and receipts and shipments tallied at 2640 and 450. Wheat and corn prices edge lower in Toledo and Detroit on May 6, with No 2 red wheat around 93 to 96 cents and corn near 52 to 53 cents, plus mixed oats and strong wheat receipts and shipments.

London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Mark Lane California Paris Liverpool United Kingdom Calfornia Uplands Orleans New York Ohio St Louis Canada Burley United City Extra India South America Chicago Wisconsin Michigan Minnesota Albany N. Y Milwaukee Cincinnati Toledo Detroit

Sugar warehouse loss suit in Supreme Court

Willett Hamlin & Co. sue Isaac Rich & Co. for about $6000 after a warehouse collapse on Gray's wharf destroyed sugar. Trial ongoing since Thursday. verdict for plaintiffs $629346. Lawyers Dabney for plaintiffs Morse and Stone for defendants. Jurors excused until Tuesday while court confers.

Willett, Hamlin & Co Isaac Rich & Co Gray’s Wharf L. S. Dabney R. M. Morse, Jr R. Stone

Sued and Session Dockets in Early May Court

First session before Judge Pitman lists Thomas F. Horgan against William W. Zumery and others over a brick fall injury. Multiple cases named with judges, lawyers, and outcomes. second session before Judge Rockwell includes Bernard Gallagher versus Valentine Groves over a patent skate contract and a separate civil damage act case against Augusta Pinkham. A New York despatch reports rail stockholders seeking legal remedies to curb director-led rate cuts across major lines.

Bernard Gallagher Valentine Groves Thos. Riley F. Fitz Augusta J. Pinkham Sarah Pride Washington and Waltham Streets Aizirs Ibis Baker & Curry C. L. Lincoln New York Wall Street Cicago Northwestern Chicago Milwaukee and Becoe Lke John R. Doss Passos Dos Passos

Simple vegetable remedy and medical prestige clash

The letter argues Grant’s improved condition came from an unauthorized vegetable preparation promoted by a South American consul and sent by the Surgeon General. It challenges medical gatekeeping, notes Warner’s Safe Cure’s rise then fall, and asserts merit can triumph over professional resistance despite public alarm.

Grant South America Surgeon General J.G. Holland Scribner’s Monthly Medical and Chirogical Faculty of Maryland Baltimore American Garfield Warner

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