Potatoes and Tallow Prices From Regional Market Briefs
A market note lists various potato varieties with regional origins and prices such as Houlton rose and Aroostook hebrons at 80 to 90 cents, Vermont and New York hebrons at 80 cents, and Maine burbanks at 85 cents. Also cited are City rendered tallow and country tallow prices, with references to oleo margarine production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Top
Jersey
Bush
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostook
Houston
Fruit Prices and Shipments in Norfolk Trade List
A Norfolk boat arriving Friday carries 1250 crates of strawberries. Apples priced by origin include Baldwin No 1 Massachusetts 350, Maine 4 450, spies 4 5, russets 350 4 25, No 2 250 8. Dried apples list evaporated types with prices from 165c to 14c and sun dried sliced and quartered at 5 7c. Foreign fruits show Valencia oranges at 7 per case, Messina and Palermo lemons per box, Messina oranges 250 400, Palermo 250 425. Florida oranges priced by grade, bananas from Baracoa 125 200, Aspinwall 250 300, Jamaica 312 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Norfolk
Baldwin
Massachusetts
Maine
Spies
Valencia
Messina
Palermo
Florida
Abaracoa
Aspinwall
Jamaica
Market Prices for Fresh Produce Amid Varied Demand
Reported prices show truck demand strong for asparagus and Bermuda onions at $165 per crate. Some items like southern beans and wax beans move poorly, while green peas, spinach, dandelions, and Florida cabbages fetch steady to moderate quotes. сохраняйте положительные и отрицательные тенденции по основным позициям, включая конкретные цены и единицы измерения.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Canada
St. Andrew
Bermuda
Closing Port Opening and Market Prices Report
The notice lists closing, highest and lowest figures, monthly dates, and price ranges for pork, lard, and beef products. It records various cuts with specific values such as fresh beef, veal and mutton, including prime, extra, and choice grades, and notes regional market terms and delivery contexts.
Liverpool and New York Cotton and Sugar Market Update
Cotton futures opened firm in Liverpool and closed quiet with multiple bid and ask gaps across May through November. Spot markets showed firm upland middling on Orleans while New York spot closed firm across grades. News covers futures bids, May to Sept contracts, and sugar and molasses prices with 1886 context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Porto Rico
Orto Rico
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Cattle Market Reported for Week End May 18 1887 Brighton and Watertown
Live stock totals show cattle 18 407, sheep and lambs 1 301, hogs 6 B49, with arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards and cars over routes Boston and Lowell Fitchburg and Albany. State breakdown lists Maine Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York Western totals 18 497 cattle sheep calves horses swine. Prices given for market beef and store cattle plus sheep and lambs with totals and per head ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Post
George J. Fox
Maine
Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York
Watertown
Brighton
Boston & Lowell
Fitchburg
Boston & Albany
Eastern
N. B
Brighton Market Reports on Cattle Sheep and Hides
Prices and arrivals detailed for hides tallow and skins with Brighton market figures. Late sale results show declines in dairy cows and milch cattle, mixed lots of oxen and veal calves sold, spring lambs advancing, hogs and poultry steady, and extensive listings of buyers and consignors across New England states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton
New England
Seasonal Weekday Trains Boston to New York via Fall River Line
Timetables detail evening departures 6 p m and returns 5 p m with Ashmont and Barnstable routes, including multiple intermediate stops such as Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Cohasset Hingham Fall River Taunton and Cape Cod towns. Sunday and weekday services listed with extensive stop patterns and note on adjustments by boat arrivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Fall River
Ashmont
Barnatable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Return
Hyannnis
Braintree
Bridgewater
Brockton
Buzzard’s Bay
Onset
Wareham
Onset Bay
Cape Cod
Provincetown
Ell Fleet
Retur Provincetown
Cohasset An Hingham
Cohasset
Hingham
Cottage City
New Ledford
Wood's Hall
East Bridgewater
Abington
East Milton
West Quincy
East Weymouth
cTmeansh
Weymouth
Taunton
Pip Barrison Pinal
Marshfield
Mattapan
Milton
Meeem
Matta
Neponset
Mattapoiset
Middleboro
Nantucket
New Bedford
Newport
Randolph
Flymouth
Duxbury
Scituate
North Scituate
Sea View
Shawmut
South Duxbury
Whitman
South Weymouth
Wollaston Heights
Fail River
M. Cohasset
Weymouths
Lymouth
Duxbury Road
South Braintree
J. R. Kendrick
New
York
Old Colony
Pilgrim
Bristol
Brooklyn
Jersey
No. Old State House
L. H. Palmer
Old State House
Cattle market eases as buyers limit bids after Chicago prices drop
Dealers report weaker demand and prices easing to around 7 cents per pound for cattle, with some Western steers selling lower at Ty 4e live weight. Watertown and Brighton yards show mixed sales including 2000 lb oxen for $105 and steers averaging 1600 lb at about 5 to 5.5 cents per pound, while lighter cattle sold more readily amid softer export demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
L W ‘Tinker
M G Flanders
J A Hathaway
Brighton Yards
Chicago
A N Monroe
Farrell & McFlynn
Markets by Telegraph North and Midwest May Flour Wheat Prices
Markets by Telegraph reports mixed U S price moves across cities on May 18 with large flour and wheat receipts and exports. Prices vary by grade and region from New York to Chicago, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Minneapolis, St Louis, and Detroit as supplies, demand, and futures influence activity.
Hogs steady in major markets with mixed cattle notes
Peoria reports hogs at 4 55 05 with 1200 receipts and 1065 shipments. St Louis sees hogs higher on some lots, workers at 465 480, mixed packers up to 50b 5 10, butchers up 10c to 50b 5 10. Kansas City notes hogs steady to easy at 4 40 4 55, official receipts 10,469 yesterday and 4027 shipments. Chicago shows cattle receipts 8000 with lower shipments, steer prices 4 5 16, stockers 2 75 326, cows and bulls 2 4, bulk 8 330, hogs slow and lower 4 60 4 95, packing 4 90 5 15, light 4 65 4 90, sheep receipts 6000 with lower prices for natives 3 25 4 25 and Western 3 50 4 15, lambs 2 4.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ohio
St Louis
City
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Petroleuum—United
City Extra India
Western Steam
Tierces City Steam
Liverpool
Manchester
the Guardian
Ima
Sabena
India
China
Cincinnati
Toledo
Minneapolis
Detroit
Michigan
Chicago
Peoria
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Texas
Cotton market report May 18 1887 city by city
Cotton markets report receipts exports and stock by Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis and Savannah. Listings show net receipts gross exports coastwise and stock levels with notes of firmness and mid price ranges. Data reflects steady tone across ports and ongoing market activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Freight and stock levels across ports in five day totals
Consolidated five day net receipts total 7,732 with exports to Great Britain 12,566 and to the continent 7,090. Stock at all United States ports 374,581. Individual ports report varied activity: Charleston and New York show mixed exports and imports, while Wilmington Norfolk and Philadelphia list steady to firm conditions with notable stock levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Mid Ile
Philadelphia
Ile
New York
Great Britain
Baltimore
Cincinnati
Shipaa
St Louis
Mid
Louisville
Continent
United States
Foreign Markets News from London and Liverpool Trade Routes
London and Liverpool report quiet but steady activity in wheat and corn across cargoes and passage. No 1 California wheat bids and futures seen with mixed American and Danubian markets, Paris and Havana prices noted, sugar sales limited to a small quantity in Havana.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
California
Paris
Liverpool
United
Continent
Antwerp
Havana
Spain
Imports and Exports May 18 1887 Barrington NS
This report lists cargoes from Barrington and Bear River NS. Pride of the Port aboard schooner sails with 8000 lobsters cargo. Reaper carries 6000 feet piling 68 cords wood 10 cases eggs. Delong and Seaman noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrington
Silas Sanborn
Bear River
Reaper
Delong & Seaman
Exports May 18 1887 Harborville and Weymouth notes
Export item list from Harborville Liverpool and Weymouth dated May 18 1887. Contains ship cargoes including flour acid carboys meal pork beef lard iron and corn meal across Sch GF Day Sch Dexter and Sch Blythe.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harborville
Liverpool
Weymouth
Stage of 1887 Rail Freight Receipts and Schedule Notice
Receipts show extensive cargo totals for multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence New York and New England Fitchburg and others with items such as cotton wool flour corn meal and leather listed by railroad. A detailed February 28 87 train arrangement outlines peak NYC Shore Line schedules and myriad connections with varied departure and return times and domestic routes. the notice concludes with A A Folsom Superintendent remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Trade Goods Ledger Of Mixed Goods By Sea And Rail
A terse inventory lists quantities of food and commodities including bacon butter eggs tea coffee and butter shipments by express and by sea. Items show varied units such as cases tubs bales boxes bags and carloads with multiple regional entries and totals for groceries livestock and hides.
Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town
Albany and Baltimore shoe buyers listed from many firms across the nation with multiple names and firms noted. The clipping enumerates buyers from Albany to Wilkesbarre, including Adams, Hendricks, Lewis, and McAllister among others, reflecting a busy trade network.
Railroad schedule changes in Connecticut and Boston area trains
Due to Connecticut legislation, the 10 am Sunday Boston to New York and 10 am Sunday New York to Boston trains will cease after May 29. A 10 am Boston to Providence and a 4 pm Providence to Boston Sunday service begin June 5. From May 30, Shore Line trains NY to Boston depart at 1 pm instead of 2 pm. Also, new Boston and Providence to Manchester and Concord service starts October 11 with multiple daily departures and returns from Concord.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Stonington
York
Boston & Providence Railroad
New York
Washington
State Street
Boston & Providence R. R
J. W. Richardson
Boston
A. A. Folsom
Shore Line
Heturn
New Yorkee Stonington
Rengageees
Providence
Paws Tucket
Dodgeville
Hebronville
Attleboro
North Attleboro
Jl Rm
Manfield
Return
Em. Reauville
Mt. Hope
Clarendon Hills
Forest Hills
G.ab
Retray
Padaemaica Plein
Boyluton
Roxbury
Ki Rm
Dedham
Spring Street
Wet Ry and
Mighlands
Stoughton and
Canton
Stecur
Stoughton
Warren
Bristol
Kreturn
Tay
Mansfeld
Mansfield
Connecticut
Folsom
Boston and Maine Through Trains Schedule Summary
Timetable details for trains on Boston and Maine lines and connected routes. Services include Augusta Haymarket and Causeway Street stations with multiple daily departures to St John Halifax Eastport Calais Me St John NB Halifax Port land and connections to Lewiston Manchester North Conway Portland.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Baner
St. John
Halfax
Provinces
Eastport
Calais
N. B
Halifax
Portland
Lewiston
Manchester
Concord
N. H
North Haymarket Sq
North Conway
Western Division Train Schedules From Boston Station Detailed
A dense list of western division train times from Boston Station to towns like Andover Dover Danvers Exeter and Lowell with numerous departures throughout the day and return options. Also notes the Workingmen's train and services to Portland Bangor and Lewiston.
Trains Schedule From Boston Station to Nearby Towns
Timetable listing departures from Boston station via Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett and coastal towns including Rockport Gloucester Swampscott Marblehead Lynn Wat stations on Saugus Branch and North Conway Peabody Danvers Newburyport Portsmouth Salem and more with multiple daily trains and notes on workingmen's trains Pullman cars on Portland Bangor trains and agency contacts James T Furper and D J Flanders.
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Amesbury
Beverly
Biddeford
Chelsea
Dover
Everett
Great Falls
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Rockport
Gloucester Bran
Saugus
Swampscott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Lynn and Way
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
Salem
aVia Saugus
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
City
Washington Street
James T. Furper
D. J. Flanders
Boston and Lowell Railways Through Service Timetable
The Boston and Lowell Railroad timetable lists through service from Boston on Causeway Street and ticket offices at 218 Washington Street for routes to Plymouth Warren Haverhill and more, with numerous daily departures including 3:30 AM and 7 PM for long routes to Montreal via Central Vermont and Passumpsic lines, plus local and northern division trains with extended schedules and parlor and Pullman options. full timetable available at stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Vermont
Boston
Lowell
Chicago
Fitchburg
Central Vermor
I. R
Washington Street
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
St. Albans
FER
Causeway Street
City
Old State House
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Bristol
Claremont
White Mountain
Pullman
Montreal
Central Vermont RK. R
Passumpsie
R. R
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Keene
Peterboro
Hillsboro
Milleboro
Wilton
Milford
Amherst
M.reenfield
Nashua
Pau
Boston and Lowell R R schedule from Causeway Street 1887
Central Massachusetts R R announces new Monday start for trains from Boston to Jefferson and Way Stations with express runs at 5.05 pm and Sunday services including 9.10 am, 11.50 am, 2.45 pm, 4 pm and 5.05 pm. Weston Sudbury Waverley Belmonte Waltham services listed with 9.10 and 11.50 am times. W. Storer and C. Mellen sign as assistant general passenger agent and general superintendent respectively.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arlington
Sun
Hedford
Mellen
George W. Orer
Central Massachusetts
R. R
Boston
Lowell
Causeway Street
Jefferson and Way
Psc
Hudson
Rockbottom
So. Sudbury
Em. Wayne
EU. Weston
Belmonte
Waverley and Waltham
W. Storer
Asst
Pass
C.s.mellen
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Mays
Eee
Ail
Ess
Eose
Lord
Choice
Brighton and Watertown
Tota
Hollis & Co
J 8 Henry
A Williamson
H M Taft
J D Hosmer
J C Libby
F H Coolidge & Son
J Meloy
J B Remick
Matne E
C H Merrill
J_C
Libby & Son
A J Libby
J H Gilman
B W Harriman
E Smith
A Clark
J G Littlefield
F H Coolidge
Hollis
Monroe
J A
Hathaway
New Hampshire
George Hilliard
Russell
J Campbell
A T Hayes
Newburg
Quincy
Ill
Welch & Hall's
International Horse Exchange
A H Hubbard
J W Heyward
Dwynell
Breck & Wood
R E French & Co
C P Burke
J C Libby & Son
Aldrich & Johnson
Union Market
A H Clark
Abcre
JG Littlefield
LW Tinker
E French & Co
Burke
Pollard
Ricker & Son
Morse
W Harriman
H Coolidge & Son
New Hampshie
E F Adden
Dow & Moulton
Vermont
A J Piper
A A Pond
N K Campbell
Haul & Seaver
Flint & Blanchard
FS Kimball
G H Sprieg
K E French
Law
Glasgow
Lowa
AN Monroe
Telegraph
Railro
Albany
Franks
Freeman
Pretzfelder, Kline & Co
Mad
I Halle
S Halle & Son
Bloomington
J Tchallis
A Hunt
Hunt & Co
M Drake
Martin, Drake & Sons
George
George, Weeks & Chicago
Im. D Wells
M D Wells & Co
Wallace
Wallace & Sloat
Marks
F Pratt
Bowen & Pratt
F Prouty
G P Gore & Co
Louis Manss
Manss Bros B & 3 Co
Laws
Poismi
Kon
Worth, Tex
E H Lewis
Lewis Bros & O
Gallipolis
W H Andrews
J D Ayer’s
Indianapolis
Ind
K Hendricks
Hendricks & Cooper
A Jones, Jr
Jones, McKee & Co
E Branham
KeKee & Branham
Oo City
C H Vogel
Hill, Standish & Jo
A Oo
Nashville
J R Grege
Gregg & Elliott
Pittsburg
Penn
William Pickersgill, Jr
Cap Penn
J A Fields
Austin, Fields & Co
Ore
F $ Aiken
Aiken
Selling & So
P Upham
Upham & Gordon
Rome
A W Tedcastle
R G@ Clark & Co
Richmond
Hessburg
R R Roberts
St Joseph
T Smith
Smith Frazer
San Francisco
Cal
M S Cahn
Cahn, Mikelsburg & Co
Saratoga
J Lodewick
Herrick & Lode
Wich
San Antonio
Tex
Goldfrank
Goldfrank, Frank & Co
Selma
Ala
M Ullman
Obendorff & Ullman
Salt Lake City
Utah
D M McAllister
Zion
CMI Shoe Co
Topeka
Kas
B M Payne
B M Payne & Co
Wilkesbarre
Boston & Providence
Concord RR. KR
Beeert
E. Chamberlin
Saph
Boston & Maine
Haymark
Alton Bay
Farming
Andover
Danver
Exete
Grea Falls
Baverhill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Sac
Lawrence
Fort Lawrence
South Lawrence
Llan
Malden
Melrose Highlands
Stoneham
Melrose
Merrimac
Nort Andover
Reading
M. Salem
Wakefield
Haverhill
Medford
Reading and Way
Boston Station
Billerica
Walnut Email
Peeneeam
Woburn
Winchester
West Medford
College Hil
Winter Hill
Mass
Bedford
Lexington
Copartnership Notices
Chamberlin & Bickford
Horace E. Chamberlin
Cambridge
Middlesex
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Horace M. Bickford
Suffolk
Paren
James H. Roberts
H. E. Chamberlin
Horace Bickford
Howard D. Nash
Stee
the Commonwealth
Henry B. Peirce
Copartnership
Charles 8 Murch
Arthur H. Forbush
Murch, Forbush & Co
C. 5. March & Co
Charles
Milk Street
Bodton
Murch
Arthur H
Forbush
Masa
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