Markets Show Steady Tones Across Meat and Fat Mrkts
Middies dull and lard slightly stronger as Western steam trades around 8.00 dollars with 213 tierces moving at 8.15 refined to 8.35. Chicago notes easier pork at 14.25, lard at 8.20, and dry salted meats firm. St Louis firm pork and lard. Cincinnati pork strong at 14.62 and lard at 7.95. Beef and fresh meats show steady demand with varied quotes for plate, rib, loin, and mutton through multiple prices and cuts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tierces City
St Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago Amnutton
Brighton
Some Fancy, LLC
Market Prices for Produce Include Spinach and Cucumbers
Spinach remains plentiful with lower prices while native onions are out of stock. Various produce items show mixed availability with modest price shifts. examples include asparagus at 2.325 per dot, Savannah greens at 1.25 per crate, Florida tomatoes at 2 per crate, and Bermuda onions at 2.25 to 2.50 per crate. Many items listed in small supply or nominal ranges across regions like North Carolina, Florida, Chicago, and Baltimore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Savannah
North Carolina
Florida
Baltimore
Bermuda
St Andrews
Sugar and molasses market and trade update
Sugar and molasses receipts through May 9 total 4052 hogsheads and 24,097 bags with a stock of 746 hogsheads and 40,447 bags. Market notes show dull demand for raw sugars with varied quotations across destinations, refined sugar demand moderate, and prices in New York and London trading flat to easy. Prices for Porto Rico and Cuba products are listed with weekly receipts and stock figures, while localities like Havana and Mayaguez report quiet markets and favorable polarization readings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
Javas
London
New York
Havana
Porto Rico
Ponce
Cienfuegos
Mayaguez
Cotton market reports from Allan Asher & Co circular
Liverpool reports improve then decline as prices swing after first call. August futures hold near 10.03 while New York steadies. Port receipts rise to 5,283,000 bales since Sept. 1 with exports at 4,140,000. spot values ease in Liverpool and various U.S. markets show mixed gains and steady levels across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Asher & Co
Exchange Place
Liverpool
New York
Ccssecesse
Gepowuaarie Vette Aie Eweintie
Orleans
Rionov Cs.c
Po Vie Ee
Eis Upaesis
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmingon
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
St Louis
Joulsy Lle
Continent
United States
Hog and cattle markets across major cities
Hogs market stronger in St Louis with Yorker sales at 530 to 560, mixed packers 540 to 565, butchers up to 60. Kansas City hogs down with 12,000 receipts. Peoria firm around 535 to 560. Cincinnati hogs active and higher, Chicago slow but steady. cattle and Texas steers listed. Sheep brisk with woolled and shorn categories noted. January market conditions noted as steady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Kansas City
Peoria
Cincinnati
Chicago
Castle
Texas
Janibe
Mixed commodity notes and prices from multiple markets
The report covers tallow, London cable quotes, New York trade softness, Vine Line Certificates timing, turpentine and rosin with petroleum figures, coffee in New York, Rio firmness, and steady prices in St. Louis and Cincinnati, reflecting a generally cautious market with minor gains and steady levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
New York
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cattle and livestock market report from Brighton and Watertown
Detailed weekly cattle and livestock prices and sales from Brighton and Watertown yards for May week ending 1888. Includes cattle, sheep and lambs, hogs, hides and tallow, with arrivals, prices, and merchant remarks on Western cattle and market demand. Includes specific sale figures for milch cows and oxen, plus notes on export trade to English steamers and local butcher demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
Watertown
Boston Post
George J. Fox
A N Monroe
Hollis & Co
J Chamberlain
J S Henry
A Williamson
W Scollane
H M Taft
D Hosmer
J C Libby & Son
F H Coolidge
Robert French
J B Resnick
New England
Canada
Maine
DG Clark
B S Hastings
C P Burke
J F Ketchum
Tlee
Aldrich & Johnson
Breck & Wood
CH & E
Snow
International Horse Exchange
Monda
Feo Roos
Quinn & Hall
Welch & Hall
Glines & Weston
Siberian
Glasgow
J A Hathaway
Gould & Morgan
Stockholm City
London
Liverpool
N Morris
T F John
J_ Bollinger
R Bickerdike
W J Cellan
Water
Paris
Charlestown
Chicago
J B Kemick
J Carroll
JS Henry
Brighton Yards
Boston & Albany
Auction Sale of Steers and Heifers Details
AV 1455 TBS sold at 520 by A N Monroe. Sales include 8 steers AV 1025 Ibs at 465, 7 does AV 1000 Ibs at 400, 9 does AV 1350 Ibs at 490, 6 does AV 1200 Ibs at 460. Also 9 do AV 1340 ths at 492.50 and 6 at AV 1200 Ibs at 475, plus 6 at 460.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leh
Biyae
A N Monroe
Exports May Ninth Eighteenth Eighty Eight Report
Trade highlights from Liverpool to various ports listing cargoes by steamer and schooner including Iown Cleared, Cleo Patra, Nellis Blanche, Water Witch, and brig Water Witch. Quantities cover meat, dairy, grains, timber, hardware, tools, and provisions with destinations including Liverpool, Annapolis NS, Port au Prince Hayti. Cargoes feature cotton, flour, beef, cheese, bacon, pork, kerosene, pine, hams, nails, and lumber among many items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
Digkey
Annapolis
Canning and Vort Williams
Nellis Blanche
Port AU Prince
Hayti
Brig Water Witch
Staple Goods Receipts From Railroads In 1888 Ledger
A detailed ledger lists shipments by multiple rail lines including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence and New York & New England. It records quantities of cotton wool flour corn oats malt preserved meats grease lard bacon tea butter eggs cheese leather and hides, with dozens of bales boxes barrels cases and cars noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railrouad
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg
Lipston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Lowell
Express
Ssea
London Market Report Signals Mixed Grain Trends
Foreign Markets London May 9 12 30 p m Beerbohm reports cargoes off coast with wheat steady corn firm wheat inactive and corn easier. Mark Lane shows wheat weaker corn firm flour market easing. Paris quiet for wheat and sour. Liverpool spot wheat active corn quiet but steady. Wheat on passage to gross Britain with 2191 000 quarters and 443 000 quar mentioned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
Britain
Wheat and corn futures and market notes from Liverpool and Antwerp
Liverpool market reports show wheat steady and corn dull with fair demand at open. Prices quoted for May August and October wheat and various American corn futures. Antwerp and Paris futures described as quiet and prices listed for flour and peas. Pork and cheese prices noted alongside lard levels in London market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
California
Antwerp
Paris
Shoes and Shoe Buyers Linked Across U S Firms
A compiled list shows boot and shoe buyers and firms across major cities including Athens Boston Chicago Baltimore Philadelphia New York and more. Names include Baldwin Gramling Bloomberg Arnold Eichengreen Pretzfelder Horner Lawrence Dodge McLaughlin Wallace Dallam Breath Green Green Huffaker Meinhard Salmon Baum Cahn and Bear among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boot and Shoe Buyers
Athens
W Baldwin
Baldwin, Fleming & Co
Tre
Atlanta
R Gramling
Gramling, Spalding & Co
Brownsville
Tex
A J Bloomberg
Bloomberg & Raphael
Bloomington
Smith
Arnold
Baltimore
Eichengreen
Eichengreen & Weil
A Pretzfelder
Pretzfelder, Kline & Co
A F Horner
AF & JM Horner
J A Lawrence
Lawrence, Barry & Co
Binghamton
Goff
Stone
Goff & Co
Chicago
P Dodge
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
Chicago, U1i—A C McLaughlin of Selz, Schwab & Co
Wallace
Wallace & Sloat
Cleveland
Childs
Childs, Groff & Co
Cincinnati
Ringgold
Ringgold & Co
Cedar Rapids
George
Weeks Co
Chillicothe
Culter
Miller, Culter & Co
Charleston
Hunt
Wis
Meisaner
Craw
Mobile
Ala
W Curtis
Curtis, Jones & Co
Richmond
Frank
Southern Shoe Company
Savannah
H Meinhard
Meinhard Bros & Co
Syracuse
B Salmon
Dunn, Salmon & Co
Proposals for Indian Supplies and Transportation
Department of the Interior invites sealed bids for beef pork sugar rice flour coffee tea and a vast mix of provisions and goods to serve Indian Agencies. Bids due May 22 1888 in New York Chicago San Francisco and other sites with government blanks and certified checks of at least five percent. Also notices on lighthouse fuel bids and public sale of land at West Chop Light station May 22 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of the Interior
Ofice of Indian Affairs
Washington
Commissioner of Indian Affairs
Wooster Street
New York
Kentucky Jeans
Winsey
Clothi G
Chicago
Kansas City
Sioux City
Pacific Coast
California
San Francisco
Indian Office
James Lidgerwood
Broadway
Commissaries of Subsistence
U.S. A
Cheyenne
Leavenworth
Omaha
Saint Louis
Saint Paul
L’ostmasters
Yankton
Kansas
Arkansas City
Burlington
Caldwell
Dodge City
Emporia
Area
Great Bend
Howard
Hutchinson
Larned
McPherson
Marion
Medicine Lodge
Newton
Osage City
Redan
Sterling
Topeka
Wellington
Wichita
Winfield
Congress
United States Depository
First National Bank of
Fice
Lighthoouse
Postoffice
Boston
Mass
West Chop
Vineyard Haven
United States
P. O. Box
W.S. Stanton
United States Military Prison
Fort Leavenworth
James W. Pork
Army
James W. Pore
A. Q
Lowell and Boston Service Timetable Summary
Local and through trains listed for Manchester to Concord New Hampshire and Massachusetts towns, with multiple daily departure times from Boston Causeway Street and stations like Nashua Lowell Lawrence Stoneham and Way Stations. Sunday trains include Nashua 1 PM and 7 PM, with through service to Montreal and White River Junction on various trains including sleeping and parlor cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Concord BR. Bravr
Boston
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Chamberlin
N. M
McMeene
Peterboro
Hillsboro
Wilton
Milford
Amerst
Greenfield
Nashua
Lowell
No. Biller
Lawrence
Wilmington
Ham
Yoburn
Aim
Winchester
West Medford
Mass
Mass.,and Rettation, 7.50Am; 1.30,4.25 Pm. Bith
Bedford
Lexington
Awlin
Stoneham and Way
Lexington and Way
Woburn and Way
Winchester and Way
Stanchester
Conard
Montreal
Express
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
White River Junction
Wells River
Kristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Montreal & Stoston Air Line
Stentreal
Dover
Haverhill
Medford
Portland
Bangow
Lewiston
Reading and Way
Belmont
Waverley
Hmiudson
Ware
Atarlans
Montreal & West
Vermont
Chicago
Fitchburg
Wagner Palace
Central Vermont R. K
Washington Street
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Gen. Pasa
Albans
RAILROAD THROUGH TRAINS ON WESTERN AND EASTERN DIVISIONS
Boston and Maine trains run between Augusta Haymarket and Causeway stations with multiple daily departures to destinations including St John Halifax Calais Eastport and Bar Harbor. The schedule lists varied times and connections with Maine Central Grand Bank and Knox railways and steamship links from Portland on select days.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Haymarket St
Causeway St
Anger
Har Harbor
St.John
Halifax
Provinces
Haymarket Sq
Eastport
Calais
St. John
Portland
Stockland
Castine
Southwest
Bar Harbors
Lewiston
Manchester
Concord
N. H
North—Haymarket Sq
North Conway
Fortland
Maine Central
Grand Bank
Knox & Lincoln Railways
Maymarket Sq
Western and Eastern divisions train timetable overview
Trains depart Boston from Causeway Street and Haymarket for numerous destinations including Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Lynn Newburyport Reading Wakefield Wilmington and more with extensive minute lists across morning midday and evening. The schedule also notes the Workingmen's train on specific days and branch services via Saugus and South Reading.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Division
Boston
Haymarket Square
Allen Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danevers
Exeter
Great Falls
Maverhill
Georgetown
Mennebunk
Biddeford
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Lowell
Maiden
Medford
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyyport
Reading
Satem
Wakefield
Wilmington
Oston Station
Causeway Street
Amesbury
Beverly
Chelsea
M. Dover
M. Everett
Alls
Hampton
Beach
North Hamp- Beach
Saugus
Swampacolt
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Newburyport
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Malifax
Salem
Central Massachusetts Rail Lines Open to Northampton Area
Ancient timetable lists Sunday and weekday departures from Boston stations to Northampton Madley Amherst and surrounding towns. It notes morning and afternoon trains, assorted times in am and pm, and fares around 2.05 dollars with several through stops, plus the name Flanders as General Passenger Agent and other station designations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hereas
William French
C. Edward French
Boston
Mass
A. D
Edward French
William E. French
John H. Callaghan
Somerville
County of
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Finn
J. H. Callaghan & Co
Massachusetts
Bedford Street
Chauncey Streest
Francis X. Fitzpatrick
Cambridge
J.H. Callaghan
Northampton
Causeway Street
Portland Street
Madley
Amherst
Belcher Town
Momisville
Gilbertville
Barre
Ali
Oakdale
West Boylston
Worcester
Clinton
Berlin
Sudbury
Fee
Wee
Opera Land
Weston
Waltham
Lae
M. Waverley
Belmont
Boston & Albany
Knee
Land Street
Framingham and
Marlboro
Bayville
Southboro
Bolton
Northboro
Clinton Leominster
Fitchburg
Prate’s Junction
Old Colony
R.R
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
Man’r
Geo. L. Connor
Pass
Transit timetable clutter from Fall River Line era notes
A dense list of train times and routes across towns including Ashmont, Bridgewater, Easton, Weymouth, Quincy, Nantasket Beach, Neponset, and Fall River. Contains irregular sequencing, annotations like Sundays and Ex. entries, and scattered symbols. The fragment sketches a historical regional schedule without coherent narrative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cohasset
Easton
East Bridgewater
Abington
Brockton
East Milton
Quincy
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Fall River
Faunton
Taunton
Harrison Square
Nap Inne WA Fay
AK Aw
Unuays
Nantasket Beach
Neponset
Needford
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Plymouth
Kington
Duxbury
Duxbury Quincey
Rockland and
Hanover
Scituates
Sunda
Shawmut
South Braintree
South Duxbury
Central Station
Dean St
Whitman and Sceuth Weymouth
Wolasto Heights
West Bridgewater
Coche« Bate
South Easton
Cape Cod Bus Schedule Fragments in Buzzards Bay Area
The timetable fragment lists weekday and daily routes across Cape Cod towns including Buzzards Bay Bourne Chatham Vineyard Haven Fairhaven Falmouth Hyannis Barnstable Wellfleet Provincetown and Wellfleet with morning 8 15 am and afternoon 4 15 pm runs and various intermediary stops. It reflects a disjointed area timetable with via New Bedford connections and multiple small towns noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cape Cod
Kneeland Street
Buzzards Bay
Mainstable
Bourne
Bournedale
Brewster
Cataumet
Chatham
Vineyard Haven
Ek Town
New Bedford
Fairhaven
Falmouth
Hyannis
Harwich
Mlonresment Beach
Mattapoisett
Marion
Mantucket
Bedford
Provincetown
Sandwich
Sagamore
Yuryrath
Lremont
Wellfleet
Weath Barnstable
Jumet
Woods Hall
Providence Division Schedules Amid Complex Transit Times
A dense OCR list details routes from Park Square Station to New Work and other lines with varied departures. Timetables include Attleboro, Forest Hills, Jamaica Plain, Roxbury, and Providence, listing numerous daily and Sunday services, with noted adjustments for evenings and specific segments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Square
Stonington
Attleboro
Rat and Moslindale
Canto
Toe Rouwille
Forest Hills
Hiyde Park
Tamaica Plain
Bay
Mope
Marendon Hillis
North Attleboro
Providence
Pawtucket
Roxbury
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Union Yards
J Cubby & Son
C H Merrill
Ff H Coolidge & Sons
Baracoa
Sanford
Noyes
Michigan
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Broa & Co
Thos Groom & Co
Bird & Co
Lovering & Co
B Fuller & Co
Torrey & Co
Hewitt
D & M Williams
Cassidy
Fox Bros
Stone & Downer
Beach & Co
Baring Bros & Co
Moors & Co
Jere Abbott & Co
Warren & Wood
H Harris & Co
Dabney, Simmons & Co
Durreil & Co
Mark
Graves & Co
Codman & Hall
Pollard & Co
Homer Bros
Young & Sons
Pierce & Robertson
White & Co
Davis & Furber Machine Co
Read & Sons
Hovey & Co
Ussues de Blois & Co
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
Curtis & Co
Bishop
Excelsior Umbrella Co
A Sawyer & Co
E Morrison & Co
Mdise Baring Bros & Co
Dodo Brown, Durrell & Co
Judge Chamberlain
Harvard College
Kidder, Peabody & Co
Mdise J Harrington
Snow & Co
Sih
Mary Lord
Whitney, Pousland & Co
St Johns
Clifton
Clifton—280 Bhds 31 Tierces Molasses Whitney, Pousland & Co
Tierces de Bates & Barnet
Bark
Boston Sugar
Joseph Baum
J Baum & Co
Cahn
Nickelsburg
Adast
Joseph
A T Smith
Smith-Frazer B & 8 Co
Sol Bear, Jr
Medical
Humphreys
Humphreys’ Medicine CO
Fulton St. N. Yo
Fulton St
Academy Or Medicine of
Blancard
Rue Bonaparte
Paria
E. Pougera & Co
U.S
Suffolk
H. Edgar Hendley
Secretary of the Commonwealth
Francs X. Fitzpatrick
Artner
Edwin A. Alger
Henry J. Coolidge
The
Commonwealth
Oqoket
GAY & CQ
Fficke
Albert S. Barker
F Ormas
Albert
Erga
U. S.N
Hoosack Tunnel
Troy
Albany
Rotterdam Junction
West
Niagara Malls
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central RR
Erie
Chicago & Grand Trank Railway
Ayer Junction
SUN
Belmont and Waverley
Rattleboro
Miller's Falls
Luo
Kitchburg
Ardner and
Miller’s Falls
Greeneld
Boosick Falls
Johnsonville
Lincoln
Madson and Maynard
Nashua N. Gi
North Adams
Williamstown
North Leominster
Union Square
Awn Gan Ss
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Ayer Unction
Hoosac Tunnel
John Adams
J. Whitmore
Gen’l Trafic
J.R. Watson
Gen'l
Y Oak Vicketa
State Street
J. W. Richardson
Mane
Rareau Ma
Orma Erica
Igton
Raileroads
City Ticket Office
Ye Li
Ipswich
Lynn
Peu
Fev
Uyu Vibe
Cad
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newbar
Tibody
Danvers
Freckeners
Gloucester
Son York Harbor & Beach R.R
Massachusetts Division
Ds Flanders
Railroads
Fall River Line
Shore Line
Stonington Line
Old State Oase
Ashmont
D.li
Lulu
Laud
L SU Mul
M. Bridgewater
Tingham
Hig Wivo
LVLVU
LU UU
Levy
Lew Aay
Nym
Atky Sare
Marshfeld
Sea View
Mtra
Dedham
Mmly Lesovu
Dodgeville
Lopme
Mansfield
Leaury Menany
Rumford
India Woint
Sharon
Spring Street
Hoxbury and
Highland
Warren
Kristo
West Mansfield
Truesday
Aixoxo
Oee Colony
Pal
Jersey City
Inex
Ling
L. H. Palmer
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