Prices Pressures and Supplies in Late Season Meat and Fruit Markets
Prices are fairly steady with a moderate supply of spring lambs and variable Chicago quotes. Beef cuts show mixed pricing from pork products to fresh meats, while fruit and produce demand remains steady for apples, bananas, and Florida oranges. The Viking from Baracoa delivered bananas for W. W. & C. R. Noyes, with assorted regional fruit prices listed for apples, dried apples, Valencia oranges, and Messina lemons.
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Chicago
Brighton
Florida
Viking
Baracoa
Barcelona
Montreal
Baldwin
Massachusetts
Maine
Spies
Valencia
Messina
Palermo
Aspinwall
Jamaica
Mixed Cotton and Commodities Market Summary
Liverpool cotton futures opened regular and closed quiet with May at 5 44-64d and July at 6 46-64d. Spot markets steady for middling uplands and Orleans. Molasses steady with Porto Rico at 42c and Cuba at 50c. New York futures quoted widely, market quiet. Pipe line certificates show activity. sugar and maple syrup markets described with multiple price points and stock statuses.
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Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Pijm
Manila
Markets by Telegraph. Flour and Wheat Prices Mixed in Report
New York May 12 report shows flour receipts 13 212 pkgs with exports 107% bbls and prices for No 2 flour at $4 76 to 480 per 100? bbls. wheat receipts 11 635 bush with exports 137 265 bush and sales totaling about 671 000 bush. No 2 Milwaukee wheat at 94 4c, No 1 hard 87 to 9 p er bushel. corn, oats, barley and rye listed with varied dull to firm activity. Lard, sugar, molasses, rice and turpentine shown with mixed movement.
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New York
City
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Rio
Petroleum—United
Tierces Western Steam Spo
Tierces City Steam
Western
Liverpool
Grain and flour prices across major markets May 12
Across St Louis Chicago Minneapolis Milwaukee Toledo and Detroit markets, flour held firm while wheat and corn moved irregularly. Prices show No 2 red wheat around 85 to 86 cents, corn 38 to 44 cents, oats 26 to 27 cents, rye around 57 cents, with pork and lard varying and whiskey near 1.10. Receipts and shipments numbers accompany each city report, reflecting mixed demand.
Hog and cattle market summaries across major hubs
May 12 market notes show hogs weak or lower in Peoria St Louis and Kansas City with varied receipts and shipments. Chicago reports cattle active and lower with steer prices around 4 40, feeders 4 20, cows 2 40 to 3 15 and hogs mostly 4 60 to 5 05, with western and Texas weights noted and lambs around 4 50 to 6 50 per head.
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Peoria
ST Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
Texas
Maritime Net Receipts and Stock Across US Ports
Aggregated six day totals show net receipts across major ports with varied grosses and shipments. Highlights include New Orleans and Cincinnati leading shipments, while Consolidated totals show exports to Great Britain France and the continent with total stock across all US ports at 804,615.
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Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Winnington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Great Britain
Continent
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
France
United States
Foreign markets report steady or firmer grains worldwide
London and Liverpool markets show wheat firmer and corn steady amid quiet country markets. Paris wheat and flour prices firm with spot wheat at Antwerp and futures in Paris noted. Chicago-like prices not included. Cargoes awaiting sale and shipments kept wheat holdings higher, with demand steady across major ports.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
California
Michigan
Antwerp
Imports and Exports May 12 1887 Liverpool List
Comprehensive list of imports and exports recorded for May 12 1887 at Liverpool. Entries name steamer Town-50 drams caustic soda to KE and F King and Co and multiple consignments from firms such as Jere Abbott Co, BW James, Baring Bros Co and others. Items include hides, buffalo hides, calico, moise, steel cord wire, crates, tin plates, machinery, hemp, sugar, and tea related goods. Numerous firms and consignors are listed with quantities ranging from a few cases to hundreds of bales and crates. The document reflects broad commodity flows through Liverpool with extensive involvement of British and foreign trading houses.
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Liverpool
Eng
KE & F
King & Co
Jere Abbott & Co
Moise Baring Bros & Co
Moors & Co
James
Moise Chase & Co
Brown Bros & Co
Clark, Adams & Clark
Jose & Co
French & Co
Walker & Co
Houghton & Dutton
Miller & Eco
Geneva
Vieree & Co
Gahen
Hawson & Co
Baring Bros & Co
Fuller, Danan & Fitz
Walbaum & Co
Herrick
Brown, Durrell & Co
Simons,ateli & Whitten
Parker & Co
Soule
Reed & Barton
Read & Son
Bolls
Washburn & Moon Mfg
Earl & Co
Stone & Downer
Morrison &Co
Morrison & Co
Mullen & Co
Hollings & Eco
Fuller, Dana & Fitz
Bates
Oriar
Baracoa
Viking
Manila
Baring Bros & Ev
Exports May 12 1887 Lunenburg Nova Scotia
Schooner Sunbeam lists 50 bbls meal 11 bbls oil 20 bbls dried apples 10 bbls pork 0 cases lard 40 cases oil. Steamer New Brunswick at Annapolis and Digby Nova Scotia carries 127 cases glass 1 cask zinc 1 bbl meal 10 pkgs furniture 4 cases hardware 78 epe carriers 1 case dry goods 11 case paint 1 bale netting 1 horse.
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Lunenburg
Sunbeam
Annapolis
Digby
New Brunswick
Staple Goods and Rail Receipts From 1887 Trade Ledger
A ledger of freight and goods shipments across multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Boston and Lowell and Boston & Maine divisions. Entries list bales wool flour beef tea coffee and numerous other commodities with quantities such as bales cases bbls rolls and bolls, noting ships by railroad and mode.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
By Express
By Sea
Proposals for Navy cruisers and gunboats 1887
The Navy Department invites sealed proposals for five vessels to be built in the United States under acts of March 3 1885 and 1887. Cruisers No 1 No 4 and No 6 and Gunboats No 3 No 4 with specified tonnage speeds and build sites. Bids include three class options hull and machinery plans, deposits required, and strict completion timelines.
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Navy Department
Washington
Congress
Naval Service
United States
Naval Advisory Board
Pacific Ocean
Gulf of Mexico
Atlantic Ocean
Secretary of the Navy
Department
Lland
Sch
Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County Dorchester and Nearby
A list of 1947 Suffolk County transfers shows multiple property deals on Dorchester avenues and surrounding streets, with May dates and nominal sums. Transactions include easterly and westerly side lots, mortgagebacks, and transfers between individuals such as Winslow Dunning Jacobs Fowles Robson Allen Dunican Hurd Curtis Hanlon Bartlett and others across Dorchester Jamaica Plain and Charlestown areas.
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Wales Street
John Humphrey
James Dunican
Dorchester Avenue
William Keal
Ruth Hurd
Alonzo P. Clifford
Elia G. Curtis
Howard Avenue
Nelson S. Bartlett
Katherine M. Hanlon
the Provident Institution For Savings
Jamaica Plain
John
Stuck
Louis Schumann
Chestnut Avenue
Boston
Joaquin K. Souther
Charles H. Dolbeare
Sixth Street
Asumontt
Charles W. Higgins
Warren J. Niles
An Avenue
BriGutTon
Walter 8
Gordon
John J. Spellman
Gordon Street
Charlestown
John Callahan
Henry W. B. Cotton
Medford Street
Short Street
Mortgages Recorded May 4 Across Boston Area
Transactions list multiple May 4 mortgage actions including Edmund M. Stanton to Union Institution for Savings on Pynchon Street Roxbury for $700 and Edmund Rice to South Scituate Savings Bank on Highland Avenue for $6800 plus several other loans and land deals involving Allston Roxbury and Woburn with sums noted.
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Edmund M. Stanton
Union Institution For Savings
Pynchon Street
Roxbury
Edmund Rice
South Scituate Savings Bank
Highland Avenue
Thomas Frye
Allston
Antonia Gardella Et al
Francesco Gardella
North Square
James Campbell
Joseph F. Wilson
Tremont Street
Maher
Charles A. J. Farrar
Elwyn W. Lovejoy
Rockview Street
Rosinda A. Preston
Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank
Proposals for Coal and Stationery Across Boston Transit
City of Boston issues sealed bids for Cumberland coal deliveries to East Boston ferries and for War Department stationery needs for 1888. Proposals due May 18, 1887 with bonds and certified checks. bids opened publicly. Separate notice lists Marine Hospital Service subsistence proposals due May 25, 1887. Also extensive US Treasury and railroad timetable details for old colonies routes and schedules. Key entities include City of Boston, Cumberland Coal regions, Office of the Board of Directors East Boston Ferries, War Department, Marine Hospital Service, Boston & Albany R.R., and numerous towns and rail stations across New England.
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Board OF Directors OF
East
Boston Ferries
North Ferry
East Buston
Georges Creek
Elk Garden
Wheeling
Boston
Proposals for Ordnance Supplies at National Armory
Sealed proposals in triplicate are invited by Lt Col A R Buffington USA for furnishing ordnance supplies to the National Armory Massachusetts May 13 1887 with bids due June 13 1887. Articles include steel iron castings coal lumber hardware stationer y paints oils chemicals and more. Bidders must follow specifications and bonds may be required. samples may be inspected at armory. deliveries start after July 1 1887.
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National Armory
SrRiInGcFikto
Mass
Bor
A. R. Buffington
Ord
ICO USA
Oman
Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route Train Times
Hoosac Tunnel Route timetable lists departures from Boston Causeway Street to North Adams Troy Albany and the West with multiple train types and connections. Fares and excurtorial listings are shown for Cambridge Concord Marlboro Nashua and other stops. Through tickets to points West available at Hoosac Tunnel Route office 250 Washington Street Boston. JOAN ADAMS J. WHITMORE, Genl Supt. Genl Traffic Manager. J. R. WATSON, Genl Passe. Agent.
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Central Vermont
Rutland
Montreal
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Fitchburg Depot
Causeway Street
Boston
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Kellows Falls
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. R. Rey O
Cheshire
Uirman Palace
Cluse
Kiswn
Washington Street
C. A
Fanon
K.speware
Keene, N. IL
Boston & Albany
R.R
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Pittsfield
Ibany
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Albany
Syracuse
N. Y
Muffalo
Cleveland
Chicago
Detroit
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Chatham
Budson
Palmer
Ware River
Hartford
New Have
New York
Daly
Worcester
Mombury
oNrth Grafton
Westboro
Atho Me
Cordaville
Ashland
Malford
Saxonville
Natick
Wellesley
Wellesley Hills
Newton Lower
Aburndale
West Newton
Newtonville
Newton
Faneuil
Brighton
Allston
Cottage Farm
Brookline
Cypress Street
Reservoir
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Newton Centre
Newton Highlands
Framingham and
Fayville
Southborvpe
Northbuo
Clinton
Leomister
Fitchburg
Asertin
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Pratt's Junction
Litchburg
Niyo
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Opa
A. S. Hanson
Gen. Pass. Agt
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Ayer Junction
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Troy and
the West
Union Square
Somerville
Weatertoy In
Bellows Falls
Tex
Worester
Ami
Hoosac Tunnel
Joan Adams
J. Whitmore
J. R. Watson
Vermont
Pullman Carson
Lowell
Poll
Central Vermon Rh. B
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
St.Albans
Boston and New York Rail Schedule From 1887
The notice lists daily trains between Boston and New York via Shore Line and connections to Hartford New Haven and other cities, with Pullman cars, dining service, steamer connections, and various local stops. It details departure times from Boston, New York, and intermediate towns, plus schedule adjustments and a superintendent’s note.
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Pawtucket
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Reckville
Conn
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Weonsocket
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NEW England Limited
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Ee Press
City OF New York
Washington Street
A. Jackson
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