Commodities Prices and Week’s Receipts at Seaboard Ports
A summary of grain receipts by port for the week ending May 7, 1887 shows wheat 2,136,312 bush, corn 893,595 bush, oats 604,553 bush, rye 12,178 bush, barley 12,297 bush, malt 303,046 bush and afloat wheat 3,500 bush, corn 8,300 bush, rye 5,000 bush. Exports from U S seaboard ports list flour and grain by port including New York, Boston, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New Orleans with totals. Closing Chicago quotations cover sugar, flour, corn, oats, and rye futures with prices for May through December. Prices for cornmeal, rye meal, oatmeal, barley, malt, hops, onions, turnips, beets, cucumbers, and various provisions are given with numbers.
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Seaboard
Oston
Phiadelphia
Baltimore
New Orleans
United States Seaboard
Bush
New York
Boston
Portland
Philadelphia
Chicago
Cortsy
Michigan Stone
Michigan Rollers
Canada Superior
Canada
P Bush
Canada Western
Eastern
Butter and dairy market roundup with mixed regional quotes
Butter prices show regional variance with steady New York and Philadelphia markets while Cincinnati remains dull. Western creamery and Eastern quotations mix with New York held creamery and Vermont selections. prices for eggs beans seeds hay and potatoes also listed alongside tallow and poultry figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Creamery Extra
St. Louis
Elgin Creamery
Western Dairy Extra
New York
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Liverpool
Michigan
Vermont
Nova Scotia
Timothy
North
West
Jersey
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostook
Aroostook Hebrons
Vermont Hebrons
Hebrons
Northern
Burbanks
Maine
Houston
New Brunswick
Fruit market report shows mixed strawberry and citrus prices
Savannah strawberries arrived in poor condition and sold from 10 to 25c per quart with some lots as low as 1c. Tennessee strawberries fetched 20 to 25c per quart. Carbis Bey cargo to be sold Thursday by H. Harris & Co. Prices for apples, dried fruit, and imported citrus listed with varied per box and per quart amounts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Tennessee
H. Harris & Co
Baldwin
Massachusetts
Maine
Spies
Valencia
Messina
Palermo
Florida
Baracoa
Aspinwall
Jamaica
Market Notes Prices and Demand For Fresh Produce
Demand is strong for truck and dandelions with light summer square supply. Spinach and wax beans show steady activity while cabbages have light supply. Prices cited include 25 cents per bushel for dandelions, 40 to 50 cents per bushel for spinach, 2.50 to 4.00 dollars per crate for beans, and 2.50 to 2.75 dollars per bushel for asparagus in Norfolk and native varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Norfolk
Mixed Cotton and Commodities Market Report
Liverpool cotton futures opened dull and closed easy with mixed May to September bids. Spot markets in the U S and New York held steady to barely steady while futures showed easy tones. Prunes, pipe line certificates, refined oil, and sugar markets are noted with varied prices and cargo notations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Uplands
Orleans
New York
O.ag Dune
Eno Ceatt
Manila
Belmont
Orto Rico
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Markets By Telegraph May Report Across Cities
Markets across New York Cincinnati Chicago Detroit Milwaukee and Minneapolis show mixed changes. Wheat and flour move lower while corn and oats vary. pork lard and bacon prices hold with steady whiskey and refined sugar margins. Shipping and receipts vary by city with regional demand affecting bid levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio
St Louis
City
Minnesota
Rio
Petroleum
United
Tierce
Western Steam
Tierces City Steam
State
New
Liverpool
Cincinnati
Chicago
ST. Louis
Detroit
Michigan
Milwaukee
Toledo
Minneapolis
Market and track prices and stock figures reported
The report lists cash prices for May June and July with several firm names and rates, wheat steady at cash quotes, and stock in store at 7,682,886 bushels. It notes No 1 Northern easy and No 2 Northern cash values and related June July figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Novi Northern
Northern
Titec
Northern Easy
Bush
Hog and Cattle Markets Across Cities Report Mixed Prices
Market notes from St Louis Kansas City Peoria Chicago report hogs mostly lower with mixed packers and butchers steady to firm in places. Cattle stronger in Chicago with shipping steers around 4.49 and stockers 2.50 to 4.56 while hogs show weak open with prices from 4.35 to 6.40 and varied receipts across cities. Texans and lambs feature among receipts and shipments today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST Louls
Kansas City
Peoria
Chicago
Texas
Shah
Cotton Market Highlights Across U.S. Ports May 9 1887
The May 9 1887 market report shows varied net receipts and firm or steady tone across ports. Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and consolidated port totals reflect exports to Great Britain France and the continent with stocks and middling prices noted.
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Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
C. Wilmington
C. Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
France
Continent
Cincinnati
E. St. Louis
Louisville
United States
Global Market Wrap Mirrors Mixed Grain Movements
London reports show cargoes off coast and orders light as wheat and corn trade steady or firmer in parts. Liverpool quotes wheat quiet with stable corn while English and French markets trend higher on the day amid fine English weather and global price shifts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Calcutta
Paris
Liverpool
England
California
Cornee
Antwerp
Minnesota
Imports May 9 1887 Savannah and Atlantic cargoes
Maritime list from Savannah and multiple ports shows Gate City carrying oranges vegetables cattle hides wool and lumber. Palermo Carbis Bay and Antwerps Mareca and others report vast cargo stacks of fruit, lumber, spirits, steel, rags, and molasses. Mayaguez and Barbadoes entries note punch molasses and lobsters with various schooners and brig ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Savannah
Gate City
Andrews
Bigelow & Co
Payne & Co
Baldwin
Billings & Eaton
Cook & Co
Clark & Co
Chamberlain
Curtis & Co
Conant & Bean
Chapin Bros
Chase & Sanborn
Emery
Eaton & Eustis
Frye
Farnun & Co
Gleason & Co
Hecht Bros & Co
Harding
Huston
PF Hall & Co
McQuesten & Co
Noyes
Newhall
Pontur
Seaverns & Co
Sands, Urber & Co
Sawtelle & Pratt
Simonds, Amsden & Co
A Tuttle & Co
Bates
Wheelwright & Co
Lamber
Hall & Co
York & Whitney
Palermo
Carbis Bay
Antwerp
Baring Bros & Co
Moors & Co
Norway Steel
Ron Co
Wight Bros
Pierce & Co
Bird & Co
Pollard & Co
Richards & Sofis
Hunt & Co
Hollings
Mayaguez
E T Campbell
Barrbadoes
Althea
Gossler & Co
Barrington
Sarah E Hyde
Clements
Yarmouth
Delong & Seaman
John G Hall & Co
Barclay & Co
Ellis & Co
Foreign Exports List From Moncton and Other Ports
Commerce brief lists shipments by ships such as C M Chandlery from Moncton to Dorchester with cotton corn meal dye wood and marble. W H Fredson at Cardenas Cuba loads molasses. B Ketchum at Yarmouth and Canning NS ships flour meal oil. Bark George and Homer at Montevideo Uruguay carries cordage tobacco and lumber.
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Moncton
Dorchester
Cardenas
Cuba
W H Fredson
Yarmouth
Canning
Montevideo
Uruguay
George & Homer
Trade goods listing from Annapolis and Digby NS
A maritime cargo summary notes items loaded on the steamer New Brunswick including one barrel seven cases of hardware two kegs of paint twelve cases of nursery stock two cases and three barrels of Rex bag corn eleven cases of boots and shoes nineteen egg carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Annapolis
Digby
New Brunswick
Fragmented commodity list from 19th century transport routes
A fragmented OCR record lists assorted goods by quantity and unit, spanning flour oats wheat bran tallow lard butter apples potatoes coffee hay straw lumber leather hides and more, attributed to lines from Boston and Maine Railroad divisions and other carriers. The itemized ledger mirrors trade at river and rail hubs with numerous bales, barrels, cars and sacks, reflecting period commerce across multiple routes.
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Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Ky Express
Assesson's Office Tax Returns and New Train Schedule Notice
The notice to taxpayers asks for early property tax returns by 2 p.m. on June 15 as ordered by the Board of Assessors. It also publishes a dense, long timetable of daily train departures and returns from Boston area stations including New York Shore Line, Providence, Taunton, and multiple local towns with varied weekend and weekday patterns.
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Assesson
Crry Huut
Boston
Board of Assessors
Benj. Cushing
Connecticut
New York
Providence
Wid
Shore
Folsom
P. M. Norwich
New London
Norwich
Danielsonville
Putnam
City OF Worceler
City OF New York
Ceat
Washington Street
Ackson
Receipts Report for Several Railroads Dated May 9 1887
A detailed list of shipments for multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Providence New York & New England and Fitchburg with thousands of bales and barrels. Entries cover cotton flour corn malt feed lard hams butter cheese eggs beans potatoes hay lumber hides leather and more. Quantities reach hundreds to thousands across bales boxes cases bbls and casks reflecting extensive commerce.
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Daige Hiew
Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchbure
Boston hearing on Kearsarge Burial Ground for school use
City Hall public hearing on May 11 1887 at 2 pm about the proposed taking of Kearsarge Burial Ground for school purposes. All interested persons invited. Nathan G. Smith chairman of Special Committee on Kearsarge Burial Ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City
Kearsarge
City Hall
Nathan G. Smith
Boston and Providence Rail Notice and Schedules
Passenger notices reveal service changes and schedules for the Boston to Providence line, with several trains discontinued after May 20 and new departures after June 5. Also listed are Shore Line and Central Vermont routes with updated times and connections, plus Boston to Concord and Manchester branches’ timetable details and agents.
Through Boston Lowell Rail Service Schedules and Stops
Boston and Lowell Railroad timetables list through service from Boston to multiple New England points and Montreal. Local Boston routes cover Manchester Concord Nashua and surrounding towns with varied departures and connections. Generals LuLEN, GEORGE W, STORER, and officials announce full local and long distance information at stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lulen
George W
Storer
Boston and Maine Through Trains to Maine and Halifax
Train schedules show Boston and Maine routes on both divisions with multiple daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway stations to Augusta Portland St. John Halifax Lewiston Manchester North Conway and various Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox lines. Connections include Halifax steamer service from Portland with listed times at Haymarket and Causeway stations.
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Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Bancor
St. John
Halifax
Provinces
Kasctport
Calais
St. Johna
Portland
Haymarket St
Lewiston
Manchester
Concord
N. H
North
North Conway
Trains Schedule Across New England and Beyond
Extensive western division timetable lists departures from Boston and stops at Andover Danvers Exete Great Falls Haverhill Kennebunk Biddeford and more. Sunday trains include additional runs to Haverhill Lawrence Lowell Medford Portland and Bangor with multiple daily options.
Train Schedules From Boston to New England Towns
A detailed timetable lists departures from Boston stations to Amesbury Beverly Middeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach North Hampton Epswich Lynn Marblehead Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody Danvers Portsmouth Mevere Rockport and Gloucester branches with numerous times. It notes the Portland and Bangor trains with Pullman service and specifies Thursday and Saturday workingmen trains via South Reading Branch.
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Amesbury
Beverly
Middeford
Chelsea
Dover
Everett
Great Fats
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Epswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Enamypscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
Atjea
North Conway
Peabody
Danvers
Portsmouth
Mevere
Rockport and
Gloucester
Sale
Saugus Israneh
Swampscott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lynn and Way
Portamouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
Salem
aVia Sangus
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
CituteketoMee
Washington Street
Pullman
James
D. J. Flander Ssenger
Trains from Boston to New York and Cape Cod Route Schedules
On and after May 1 1887 weekday trains depart Boston for New York via Fall River Line at 6 pm with returns at 5 pm. The timetable lists Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Scituate Weymouth and many towns with multiple daily departures and returns, including connections to Provincetown Cohasset Hingham Marshfield Nantucket Newport and Taunton. J R Kendrick is General Manager.
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NEW v
Fall Riverline
Boston
Old Colony
Fall River
Stemmers Pilygrim
Bristol
New York
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Old State House
Old State House, and Tthe Vid Colony Station J. RK. Kendrick
L. H W. Palmer
Fal River
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hiyannis
Yarmouth
Abu
Bridgewater
Rockton
Buzzard’s Bay
Wareham
Cape Cod
Provincetown
el Fleet
Retur Provincetown
Cohasset An Hingham
Cohasse
Hinghard
Cottage City
New Bedford
Wood’s Hall
East Bridgewater
Brockton
Abington
Istockton
East Milton
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Tawton
Ha heathRaEe
Tod
Igt
Marshfield
Mattapan
Milton
Hatten
Neponset
Bae
Appinett
Mattapoise
Middleboro
Jaae
Tooo
Nantucket
Pate
Gag
Newport
Tha
Edford
Stoughton
Randolph Tele
Outh
Adign
Duxbury
Daspary S
Quincy
Sciituate
North Scituate
Scituate
Sea View
Or Nee
South Duxbury
Street
Cohasset
Mingham
Weymouths
Lymouth
Duxbury Road
Hingham
Plymouth
Taunton
South Braintree
Fall
York
Middletown
New Haven
Pullman
Hartford
New Britain
Danbury
Fishkill-on-Hudson
NEW England Limited
Air Line
Grand Central Depot
Waterbury
Steina . G
Willimantic
Philadelphia A of Press
Fos
Trenton
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Points
Pullman Buffet Cart
Boston to New York and regional trains schedule excerpt
Rail timetable lists daily trains from Boston to New York and regional routes. It covers departures from Boston and connections to Norwood Central Woonsocket and Norwich Line services, with stopping patterns, times, and special trains like the New England Limited and express services. It notes Sunday variations and station-specific notes.
Central Massachusetts Railroad schedule for Weston and vicinity
Trains depart from Causeway Street Boston on February 21 1887 to Jefferson Way Stations Hudson Rockbottom Sudbury Waymond Weston Belmont Waverley and Waltham with multiple daily times including 9.10 11.50 am 2.45 and 4 5.05 express and 6 pm options. Official notices by GEO W STORER assistant general passenger agent and C MELLEN general superintendent.
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Moston
New York
Shore Line
Meturn
Steamboat
Sandays
Providence
Hee Turn
Pawe Tucket
Doiageville
Mebronville
Attleboro
North Attleboro
Manefield
East Foxboro
Return
Sharon
Bretern
Can and
U.action
Rendville
Mlyde
Southbridge
Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston
Needham and Way
Woonsocket
Central Massachusetts
R. R
Lowell
RK. R
Causeway Street
Woxton
Jefferson and Way
SUN
Hudson
Rockbottom
Sudbury
Waymnond
Pw.mn
Weston
Belmont
Waverley and Waltham
Geo. W. Storer
Asst
Pass
Mellen
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Bermuda
Key West
St. Andrew
Hubbard
Park
Oest
Brighton
Telegraph
Belgium
Spain
Surinam
Port Antonio
Reece Ee
Tee Renee
Greano
Melbourne
Eens
Atteee Emery
Speei
Chittagong
Rico
Ieee
Ted Cap
Cooperage St'ck
India
Vax
Scotia
Newfoundland and Labrador
Argentine Republic
Railroads
Mope
Clarendon Hills
Corest Hills
Em. Metuwin
Timaicoa Pinino
Meu
Roxbury
Tou
Wes
Boyisto
Sal
Dedham
St Ma
Mt. Hopm
Metors
Spring Street
Bury Anil Migilands
Kreturn
Canton
Koslor Iy Farren
Mansfield
A. A. Folsom
Boston & Providence
Central
Pallman Carson
Fitchburg
Central Vermont
K. R
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Mass
St. Albans
Stonington
Boston & Providence Railroad
State Street
Boston & Providence RK
Concord RE. KR
B. and
N. 1
B.and
H. KE. Chamberlin
Dg Ley
Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Ranklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
Moentpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
Montreal
Warren
Haverhill
Woodsville
St. Johnsbury
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Claremont
White Mountain Vision
Orth
Pullman Sleepings
Central Vermont R
Passumpah R. R
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Meene
Hiills- Wilton
Milford
Nashua
Lowell i
Billerien
SUN. Das
Wey LO
Ito
Lawrence
Rica
Walnut
Winchester
West Medford
Stoneham
College Ll
Sean
Winter Hill
Billerica
Bedford
Arlington
Alo
Boston & Maine
Haymarke Square
Alton Bay
Farmingto
Andover
Danver
Grea Falls
via _Georgetown
South Lawrence
Malden
Mediare
Melrose Highlands
Stonehall
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Reading
Wakefield
Wilmington
Mhaverhill
Medford
Meading and Way
Boston Station
Cae General
Central Station
Dean
Whitman An Eee
Whitman
South Weymouth
Ee Ee Hall
Ashcroft
Pires
M. Blacks
Ao Lamigi
Endicott
Pishkill Franklin
Forest Avenue
Immer Street
Bird
Unke
Highland
Islington
Iwattapan
Om Tbi
Ag Ree
Met
Bowdam
Britain
Idletown
Nearweeo
Strea
Hart
Yorn
A.C. Kendall
Gen'l Pass
Wap
Gale
GAY & CO
Lau Statesirem
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