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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

May 17, 1888

Page

7

Canada roller export and grain price report noted

The item lists export prices for Canada roller and various grains in New York and Chicago markets. It records receipts, shipments, and price levels for bbls of oils, corn, oats, wheat, and byproducts, with regional notes from New York, Chicago, St Louis, Milwaukee, and Detroit. Prices include exports and spot bids, with market tone described as steady, quiet, or firmer in places.

Canada Roller New York Minnesota Chicago St Louis Milwaukee St. Louis Toledo Detroit Bssge Minneapolis Graham

Butter and dairy prices mixed as supply tightens

Butter supply remains scarce with creameries rising in use and dairies filling gaps. Quotations show Western creameries at 26 26.5c for extra fresh, down to fair at 20c. Cheese steady with quiet demand, eggs receipts up but market stable. Potatoes see good movement with prices steady and stocks shrinking.

Western Vermont Chicago Eigin Creamery New York Ohio Liverpool New Hampshire Choice PE Island California West North Jersey Houlton Rose Houlton Hebrons Arooostook Aroostook Hebrons Burbanks

Market Prices and Poultry Report From Local Stockyards

White brooks and Davis seedlings priced at 70 to 75 cents and 70 to 75 cents for rose and Burbanks. Nova Scotia and New Brunswick barrel stocks listed at 82 250 for rose and 1 756 200 for Burbanks and Prolifics. Bulk stock at 0 cents. Hay and straw market unchanged with demand at old prices. Poultry trade quiet with Western turkeys and fresh killed chicks and fowls quoted at various small-crown prices.

Davis Nova Scotia New Brunswick

Banana steamers schedule with banana arrivals

The steamer Amicitia arrives May 18 with bananas from Baracoa for WW and C R Noyes. The steamer Aguan arrives May 18 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Schweigaard arrives May 17 from Baracoa with bananas for Seaverns and Co.

Banana Steamers Amicitia Baracoa WW & C R Noyes Aguan Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Schweigaard Seaverns & Co

Fruits Market Report Shows Steady Fruit Prices Across Goods

The market notes quiet demand for apples with firm prices for Baldwins and choice stock. Oranges and lemons show fair demand with steady pricing for Palermo and Messina boxes. Strawberries move fairly. bananas steady with Jamaica and Baracoas in circulation. Boston receipts of bananas from March 26 to May 12 reach 276,495 bunches. California Frais reports cherries sold at $3 per crate.

Palermo Messina Messing Valencia Tennessee Norfolk Jamaica Ges Baracoas Boston California

Meat market report shows steady demand and mixed prices

Commodity prices across pork beef and lard hold firm with modest changes. Hogs and long cuts quoted at steady levels. various pork products and byproducts range from 8 9c to 18 per unit, with New York and Chicago markets showing dull to slow trade but steady direction. beef and lamb markets remain steady or improving slightly in wholesale terms.

New York City Extra India Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Market Dictates Prices for Fresh Vegetables and Fruits

The market shows ample truck supply and steady demand with revised quotations. Asparagus 1.75 per dozen, Savannah green peas 1.25 per crate, North Carolina green peas 1.50 to 2.50 per crate, Florida tomatoes 1.75 per crate, and various greens, roots, and cucumbers priced per crate, bush, or bunch. The Norfolk boat arriving Friday lists 1400 crates berries and 500 cabbage pkgs among other items.

Savannah North Carolina Florida Chicago Bermuda Bush St Andrews Norfolk

Sugar Prices Firm Across Markets In Quiet Trade

Sugar markets show firm tone with subdued activity. Cuban refining and centrifugals quote at 418-16 and 542 cents per hundredweight. Javas Nos 10 to 11 at 69-16. refined sugars steady with old-price demand. molasses prices mixed across Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos and Maryaguez regions. New York reports a quiet, steady raw and refined market.

Cuba New York Havana Matanzas Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Maryaguez

Cotton Markets Show Dull Trade Yet Prices Rise Some

Allan Asher & Co report a dull market but prices closed higher by a few points. Liverpool lists firmer tone with 164d gains on arrivals. home market options show limited spirit yet demand remains, spinners must buy more, and export mills stay out of domestic market amid steady to firm overall tone. Port receipts and stocks rise year over year. New York quotes for midland, low middling, good ordinary and ordinary noted with futures dull.

Allan Asher & Co Exchange Place Liverpool New England New York Iadata Hee Srds BOSC

Cotton Markets Show Mixed Open and Steady Close Across Ports

Upland and 7 16d for Orleans, 8000 bases. In eee futures opened dull and closed firm with varied May prices and later-month spreads. Across ports receipts totaled 19,419 for five days with exports to Great Britain and France rising while stocks remained extensive at many centers including New Orleans and Savannah, markets quiet to steady overall.

Uplands Orleans Eee Maisie Sic Seers Pr Aes Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Britain Continent Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Great Britain France United States Wwe

NoG and Cattle Markets Update From Midwest and Plains

Nationwide hog and cattle markets show mixed activity with St Louis, Peoria, and Kansas City steady to easy. Chicago reports strong cattle demand with high beef prices, while hogs move slower with wide price spreads. Receipts approach 10k across regions amid regional shipments data and overnight price ranges.

St Louis Peoria Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Market Summary Declines and Steady Notes Across Cities

Taviow reports a quiet market with mixed quotes in various categories. New York shows easier sales and steady coffee, while St Louis and Cincinnati note muffled activity. pipe line certificates close with mixed bid levels, and turpentine and petroleum sectors display modest shifts in price and resin.

New York Rio St Louis Chicago Cincinnati

Cattle Market Report Brighton and Watertown Yards May 16 1888

Prices for beef and store cattle along with sheep, lambs, and swine at Brighton and Watertown yards are detailed. Sales include milch cows, oxen, and herds from Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and western states with notable figures for weights and prices, and remarks on market activity and arrivals.

Brighton and Watertown Boston Post Joe J. Fox

Farm cattle and calf prices from New England and Watertown markets

New milch cow at 35 dollars, three year old heifer 38 dollars, eleven milch cows 40 per head, two choice springers 60 each, two nice milch cows 115, twelve tailing calves, and various veal prices. Reports from Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts and New York cover cattle, calves, store pigs, fat hogs, live poultry, and export trade with recent vessel movements and market quotes at Watertown Brighton and London.

Brighton AN Monroe Hollis & Co Farrell & Nagle N D Chamberlin H M J PD Ilosmer Glines & Weston W Scollans J S Hery Lnice Milker J Melloy F H Coolidge W C J B Remick Ilall & Seaver Gibson & Jones Massachusetts C Smith W Melloy J D Prindle W H Bardwell A A Smith Henry W Seollana New York D Crow Aldrich & Johnson Catle Monroe I Monroe Farrell & Meflynn J A Hathaway J Rollinger Lehman Lios N Db Chamberlin J B Thomas H Merrill Yic Libby & Son W C Limefield W Melioy Maine Libby Litlefield FH Coolidge & Son New Hampshire Breck & Wood Ff Adden Dow & Moulton E Winn Wilcox & Baker Vermont W Ricker Lie Glasgow Liverpool Lee Borderer London Lehman Bros Michigan J Kollinger Gould & Morgan T F John W J McCullen Manitoban Watertown W Ricker & Son W G Lownsend JS Henry B S Hastings Brighton Yards Connecticut Farrell & McFlynn

Imports and Exports Antwerp Part Shipping List Compiled

A detailed OCR style record lists cargo shipments across Antwerp Barbados and Puerto Rico ports. It names steamer and brig arrivals with consignors such as George H Leonora Co and J B Moors Co. including boxes and cases of indigo window glass marble porcelain and rags along with sugar, eggs, potatoes and canned goods. Also noted are port entries at Port Hawkesbury Charlottetown Halifax and Saint Domingo with diverse goods and quantities.

Antwerp George H Leonora & Co Ultra Marine Smith & Co Moors & Co W&cr Noyes Norway Steel Lron Co F de Bary & Co Tufts Wilcox & Co Louis Wolf & Co Porcelain Jones, McDuffe & Stratton Horace Partridge & Co Peabody & Whitney Houghton & Dutton Baring Bros & Co Liambert Bros Wilder Butler & Co Spkyus Glass Lambert Bros Sherburne Barbadoes Sugar Standard Sugar Vorto Rico Steamer Mayaguez Colburn Paranips & H Cutler Chapin Bros Griffin & Co I Hill & Co F Johnson & Co L & Wickman & Co A &Ow Mead & c Woodside & Co Winsor & Son Port Hawkesbury George Bond & Co Bigelow & Co H Cutler O’brien Ingalls & Co Kendall & Co Shattuck & Jones Taylor & Mayo George Upton ST Domingo Ark Alliiaha Whitney, Pouslaud & Co

Exports May 16 1888 from Liverpool Havana Digby and More

Cargo list from multiple ports shows Michigan cleared May 14 with cotton lard beef and various goods including 625 bolls shooks 633 bales cotton 750 tes lard and 3483 bales cotton. Digby Nota Bene reports 190 bbls four 400 sacks flour. Havana Bark Belmont 6583 tons coke. Digby Annapolis Siemer Cleopatra and more cargoes including lumber, flour, fish and hardware across Moncton Port Prince and Hayti with extensive quantities of rice, pork, mackerel, herring and victuals.

Liverpool Eng Michigan Digby Nota Bene Havana Cuba Annapolis Siemer Cleopatra Moncton Port AU Prince Hayti Matilda Buck

Wool, flour, corn and more on 1888 rail shipments

A long list details Staple products received by multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Boston & Providence and New York & New England. Items include bales wool flour corn oats malt feed grease tea bacon sugar lumber hides skins butter eggs and beef products with numerous car lots and measure units.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Bates Qld Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Lunder Boston & Maine Railroad Lowell System

Fragmented freight items list from old ledger mayhem

OCR line lists quantities of goods such as cars lumber rolls bags boxes boils and cases of leather butter wool molasses sugar eggs potatoes and freight units from Express and Sea entries. It preserves numbers and unit types but lacks context or narrative.

By Express

Wheat and market notes from London to Paris and Liverpool

London reports cargoes off coast and steady wheat and corn, with Australian, Chilian, and English markets firm. Liverpool notes dull wheat with firm corn and varied prices across futures. Paris, Antwerp, and general European exchanges show steady to firmer wheat and related grains.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Australia Paris Liverpool California Antwerp

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Canada Baldwins Buffalo Northern Robert French FS Krimball Bardwell Whipple & Farnham Russell Providence Portland Ile Idaho Territory S$ Nissler Salem Horse Car Peny Welch & Hall’s International Horse Exchange Ch& E Snow Grimes & Weston N Winn Libby & Son HH Merrill Coolidge & Son Caliskins— Potter—bolis Railroads Montreal & West Pullwan Lowell Fitchburg S.m NEW Fall River Old Colony Palastow Hsrers Brooklyn Jersey City Annex Eave New York Hoston Old State House Sla Palmer Agt J. R. Kendrick Concord R. BR. Asd B. and Manchester Concord N. H H. E. Chamberlin Stonington York Washington State Street Park Square J. W. Richardson O. H. Briggs Commonwealth Or Massachussetts Suffolk Rsons Arthur Mechan Said Fred Sufolk Joan W. McKim, Esquire Elijah George Massachussetts Ellen Macdowell Patrick Tierney Joan W. McKiam Jelliar George John H. Sturgis Brookline of Norfolk Robert Codman Kilby Street Boston Mass Wiese William D. Bell Mary A. Bell Walter Herbert Marsh Chelsea Marsh Admx Johnathan K. Martin Rumford Oxford Susane. Newell Hyde Park Mass Commonwealth OF Massachussetts Daniel Murphy Aaid Ellen Murphy Maes Pha Joan W. McKix Esquire Oeliwjah George Massachtus Setts Nepana Nazzalo Abby L. Alger Hhereby Commonwealth Joan W. McKim Eliza G. Derby Charles M. Clapp Elizar D. Ingraham Henry H. Comey Jonny W. McKim Register William S. Martin Charles L. Haley Delia Martin William Joan W. McKim, Esq COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHU_SETTS Asa Burke Testate Sylvester Burke Springfield John W. McKim Squire Isaac Harris Edward Wyman John C. Robinson Emily Webster Priscilla L. Hooper John W. MoKrn Eluwah George Timothy Gay Revere John Woodbury Guardian Martha J. Richards Hartley Averill Ephraim Lombard Charles M. Dakin Charlotte Dakin Ella A. Bartlett Andrew H. Newell Exeter Walter H. Cowing Copartnership Notices William E. French C. Edw. French A.D A. D C. Edward French H. Edgar Hendley Secretary of the Commonwealth Edward French Ss.superior Court Sirring Julius Werner A. New New York City Th. Cooperative Dry Goods Co Cfts Jos A. Willard Jos. A. Willard Myers & Warner Ommon Massa Oni Setis Superior Court Apuit Sittina Solomon Werner Copartners J. Werner Cooperative Dry Goods Co Detts Commonwealth of Massachusetts Velace Lovelace Medford W. B. Fonda St. Albans F. S. Lovelace, W. B. Fonda Middlesex F. &. Lovelace Jesse C. Ivy State OF Vermont Franklin Stephen E. Royce Notary Public the Commonwealth Henry J. Coolidge The John H. Callaghan Lomyerville J. H. Callaghan & Co J.H. Callaghan Francis X. Fitzpatrick Edwin A. Alger Massa City Jennt E. Rand Massachu George W. Floyd Bowton Aain Charles F. Paige Ghighester Jenny Royal Chichester Gole Madison Sq.phila Biawond Jai AI Biamond GEO Goodwin Sox Fromes Munnover St Boxtome
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