Wheat and flour exports decline cited in market notes
Grain market report shows weak receipts and lower export demand. Wheat and flour exports fell by eighty percent of the 1888 crop decrease, with No 2 spring at 82 83c and Detroit receipts around 19 000 bush No 1 white at 91c. Rye and oats markets vary with modest activity across multiple cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Toledo
United States
Graham
New York
Chicago
St Louis
Milwaukee
Burley
Canada
Michigan
Exports of Dairy Products and Market Quotes May 1888
Official report by William F Switzler on dairy exports for April and the past year, with Butter and Cheese prices, receipts and market views. Butter and margarine markets show higher outside quotes, steady demand, and varying regional prices. Eggs, Potatoes, Peas, and Grass feeds listed with current receipts and price ranges. notes on hay and straw demand and regional variations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William F Switzler
Bureau of Statistics
Treasury Department
Vermont
Eastern Creamery
New York
Western Creamery
Eastern Dairy
Baltimore
Ohio
Liverpool
New Hampshire
Michigan
Nova Scotias
Islands
York
California
Lima
West
North
Jersey
K I Bent
P Bush
Timothy
Bush
Houlton Hebrons
Houlton Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook Rose
Vermont Rose
Rose
Ebrons
Burbanks
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Hebrons
Prince Edward Island
Chenangoes
Bermudas
Tennessees
Floridas
Market Report Onions Potatoes And Vegetables Arrive By Schooner
The market is well supplied but most lots are in poor condition with slow sales. Prices include Bermuda onions 1 crate, Spanish onions 85c per crate, beets 25c per bush, carrots 150 per barrel, lettuce 25c per dozen, radishes 26c per dozen, native cucumbers and other greens listed with various prices. The schooner Robert A Snow has arrived.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andréws
Carolna
Florida
Robert A Snow
Onions and Potatoes Trade for Bermuda Firms
From Bermuda 1850 boxes onions and 50 barrels potatoes for Bennett Rand and Company. An additional 4085 boxes onions sold to C E Morrison and Company. Onion crates fetched 1 dollar per crate while potato barrels sold for 38 dollars each.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bermuda
Bennett, Rand & Co
C E Morrison & Co
Market Report From The Port Of Los Angeles Apple Receipts Up
Apples and receipts today show 135 barrels versus 11 last year with steady prices and slow sales. Featured fruit prices include Bald wins Maine $2 25 per barrel russets $2 25 per barrel common $1 50. California Fruit Blake & Ripley sold 1 car of cherries at $3 per box. Oranges and lemons markets firm with good demand. Messina lemons at 3 4, oranges 3 50 4 50 per box, Valencia 4 5 per case. Strawberries receipts large but in poor condition, Norfolk and Maryland grades mixed. dried apples and pineapples markets quiet with varied counts and prices. Bananas active with steady prices. Hertha steamer arrivals noted with Baracoa bananas at 1 25 per bunch red and yellow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alote
Baldwins
Choice Maine
California
Blake & Ripley
CE Morrisson & Co
Messina
Palermo
Hertha
WW & CR Noyes
Cocoanu's
Fruit Steamer Schedules and Cargo for Boston
The Hagin due Saturday with Baracoa bananas for WW and C K Noyes. Peconic sailed from Palermo May 19 with 4750 boxes oranges and 22 500 boxes lemons bound for Boston. Gambetta due Wednesday with Baracoa bananas for Seaverns and Co. Maranda due Thursday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Caledonia passed Gibraltar May 4 for Boston with 5700 Valencia oranges 1100 Palermo oranges 6100 Palermo lemons 2400 Naples oranges 200 Catania oranges and 2000 Catania lemons. Fitzroy passed Gibraltar May 9 for Boston with 1700 Messina oranges 1500 Messina lemons 4560 Palermo oranges and 16600 Palermo lemons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hagin
WW & C K Noyes
Peconic
Palermo
Boston
Gambetta
Seaverns & Co
Maranda
Jamaica
Boston Fruit Company
Caledonia
Gibraltar
Naples
Catania
Fitzroy
Messina
Meat Market Report Shows Steady Pork Prices Across Regions
Pork and pork products receipts for today include 8 bbls pork and varied lard tins with firm demand at steady quotations. New York and Chicago reports note steady to quiet markets for mess pork and lard with ranges for beef and veal and several price points across regions.
Cattle Hogs and Sheep Market Report From Kansas City and Peoria
Kansas City stockyards show strong cattle hog and sheep demand with receipts totaling 2523 cattle 4819 hogs and 1935 sheep. Prices range from cattle 2.20 to 4.40, hogs 3.65 to 4.70, and sheep around 3.40 to 4.90. St Louis and Peoria report firm hogs with barrels and packers bidding 4.30 to 4.55 and 4.20 to 4.40 respectively. Texas and Chicago markets list steady cattle and hog prices, with cattle near 4.40 and hogs near 4.60 to 4.70 at times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St Louis
Texas
Sugar and Molasses Market Report
Sugar receipts today total 1335 bbls 50 birds and 17300 bags while last year’s same day shows 240 bbls 759 bhds 2 boxes and 16477 bags. Market firm yet quiet with Cuba Javas and refining prices listed. refined sugars in good demand with small stocks. Molasses receipts today 108 bbls 208 hhds last year 41 bbls 189 hhds and 17 puncheons as grocery demand remains fair at firm prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Javas
New York
Ponce
Porto Rico
New York Cotton Prices Firm on Live Trade
In New York cotton markets demand stays firm with 1616 bales traded. Upland grades move between ordinary and middling with values around 8% to 11 1/2 cents, Gulf varieties show varied fractions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Cotton Market Sees Quiet Opening and Mixed Closing
The report shows futures opening quiet and closing very quiet with mixed cotton prices. Receipts in Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, and Savannah vary, while North American stocks, exports, and shipping activity remain steady to dull across key markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oealenas
Eas
Cs cc Cctecvecess
Augusta
Mid Ile
Galveston
New Orleans
C. Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Great Britain
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
Tallow Markets Show Quiet, Steady Trade Across Regions
Tallow receipts today list 27 tierces and 14 bids versus 25 tierces and 12 bids last year. New York tallow scarce and higher with city bid at 454c. Whiskey markets in Western regions quoted at 102 dollars. Coffee quiet with fair cargoes at 1856c. Turpentine and petroleum mixed: turpentine closed at 39c, resin 112 115, tar 210, petroleum 7.10c, RSW 6.85c, cases 8.75c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Petroeum
Imports May 20 1889 Steamer Hertha and Trade Goods
Listing of cargo imports from various ships and firms across Atlantic ports including Baracoa Lark Nereid and Worcester with cocoanuts bananas hides onions and potatoes. Firms named include Noyes Rice Morrison Bowles Beaman Brown and Barclay with quantities of boxes do cases bbls and skins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cutler
Frye
H & Griffin & Co
Hutchinson & Co
Hinckley, Ayer & Co
Haskins & Montagne
Johnson & Co
Kimball & Co
Mead & Co
H Murch & Co
Morse & Holt
McIntosh
McAuley
McKeever & Hall
Eyes Noyes
French & Fickett
James E Newsome
Patch & Roberts
George C Rockwell & Son
T Russell & Co
Slayton & Boynton
Woodside & Co
Delong & Seaman
George Shumway & Co
Underwood & Co
Port Hawkesbury
Egus George and & Co
Knowles & Son
McCullough & Cotter
Purpoise
Kendall & Co
Riley & Co
Batchelder
Russell & Co
Delong & Seamann
Webber
Clements Co
Baracoa
Hertha
Exports Listing for May 20 1889 from Digby to Annapolis
A shipping cargo note records exports on May 20 1889 including the steamer New Brunswick with 40 bbls phosphate 21 cases rubbers 5 boxes hardware 26 pkgs marble 5 pkgs paint 1 bbl pump chain 2 cases glassware 3 cases groceries 100 egg carriers 6 bbls bananas. Bark Rachel Emery 618 028 feet amber. KOENIGSBERG Germany. Bark Grilliant 2670 lbs refined petroleum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Digby and Annapolis
New Brunswick
Arenes AR
Rachel Emery
Koenigsberg
Germany
Grilliant
London and Liverpool Markets Mixed on Wheat and Corn
Foreign and Liverpool market notes show wheat dull or quiet with mixed demand as cargoes move offshore. Prices in London and Paris steadier for certain grains while Corn fluctuates. Liverpool spot wheat inactive and corn weaker. Farmers report 64,147 quarters of wheat last week with average price around 21s 6d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
California
Antwerp
Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town Adverts Across Cities
A list of buyers and representatives for boot and shoe firms across multiple cities including Adler Frank & Adler Baltimore Daniel R Janners & Co Charleston Hunt N A Hunt & Co Chicago Wells M D Wells & Co Carpenter Guthmann Carpenter & Telling Davenport S P Bryant & Co Dubuque Amsden Large & Amsden Lexington Bassett & Sons Pittsburg Childs Co St Joseph Smith Frazer B & S Keet Rountree Co Os Toledo Egley Towanda Humphrey Bros & Tracy continued as an advertising directory reveal of regional footwear trade agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
Adler
Frank & Adler
Daniel
R Janners & Co
Charleston
Hunt
Hunt & Co
Chicago
R Wells
D Wells & Co
F Carpenter
Guthmann
Carpenter & Telling
Davenport
S P Bryant
S P Bryant & Co
Dubuque
Pickenbrook
R Amsden
Large & Amsden
Tre
Lexington
S Bassett
Bassett & Sons
Pittsburg
Penn
H Childs, Jr
H Childs & Co
St Joseph
A T Smith
Smith Frazer B & S$ Co
T Keet
Keet & Rountree Co
Toledo
O—H Egley
Towanda
BK Humphrey
Humphrey Bros & Tracy
Local Train Service Schedules Across New England Routes
ERN DivisS Trains Leave in Biceton Ltd and Portland routes list frequent departures to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover North Conway Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Kennebunk Isiddeford Saco Lawrence Lowell Newburyport Reading Salem and other towns. Sunday service includes Dover Haverhill Manchester Sowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston with multiple daily times.
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Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Bangor
Bar Harbor
Concord
N. H
Upper Roads
Lewiston
Manchester, \. H
Haymarket Sa
St. John
Maiifax
The
Provinces
Maine Central
Grand Trank
Knox
Lincoln KR. Re
Rockland
Castine
Deer Isle
Sedgewick
South West Harbor
Kar Harbor
Mill Bridge
Machinsport
Portland
Eastport
Calais
N. B
Claremont
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Norwich
Hanover
Thetford
Bradford
Newbury
Montpelier
Essex
Burlington
Mntreal
White River
Montreal
Boston
Boston Air Line
Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Falymouth
Warren
Haverhill
Woodsville
North Woodstock
Pennigewasset
Lisbon
Littleton
Whitefield
Lancaster
Fabyan
S and Jefferson
ERN Diviss
Biceton Ltd
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
North Conway
W Exeter
Great Falls
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Isiddeford
Saco
Lawrence
Lowell
Newburyport
Reading
Salem
Manchester
Sowell
Medford
Meading and Way Statinos
Transit Timetable Dense with City Names and Times
A dense list of schedule times and station names across multiple New England towns including Portland Amesbury Beverly Biddetown Great Falls Rochester Hampton Ipswich Lynn Marblehead Swampscott Newburyport Orth Conway Portsmouth Rockport Gloucester Salem York Harbor Stations and times range from early morning to evening with many half hour and quarter hour marks.
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Portland
Amesbury
Beverly
Biddetown
Great Falls
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Newburyport
Orth Conway
Portsmouth
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Salem
York Harbor & Beach R. B
Swampscott
Woltebeore
Boston and Albany R R Timetable Excerpts
Train times to Albany and the West from Boston include 7.00 p.m. east 11.00 a.m. Now and 4.00 p.m. Daily Limited Express Worcester to New Haven with Drawing Room Cars and Dining Car Electric lighted 11.00 p.m. Daily with Sleeping Cars Tickets and accommodations available at 232 Washington Street or Kneeland Street Boston.
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Boston & Albany Railroad
Boston
Needham and Way
Woonsocket
New York
Middletown
New Haven
Hartford
New Btain
Waterbury
Danbury
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Newburgh
Turners, N. Y
Chicago & St. Louis Limited
Erie Railway
New England
York
Air Line
Grand Central Depot
Willimantic
New Britain
Philadelphia
Iishkilton-Hudson
Jersey City
Trenton
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Pr. M. Norwich
New London
Norwich
Danielsonville
Putnam
City OF
Worcester
Washington Street
Summer Street
A.A. Jackson
E. P. Vining
A. C. Kendall
Sup
Gen
Pass
Springfield
Boston & Albany R. R
H. Moseley & Son
Fitchburg
Hoosac Tunnel
Boston Pansencer
Auseway Street
Tro Bincas
Rotterdam Junction
West
Troy
Albany
Binghaston
Buffalo
Chicago
Niagara Falls Hort
Erie and
Houston
St. Louis
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central
Palace
Grand Trunk
Binghamton
Averdanstion
Belmont and Preverter Ce
Brattichere
Miller’s Falls
Cambridge
SUN
Concord
Gardner and Miller's Falls
Greenfeld
Park Square Station
Stonington
Washington, Cor. State Street
Park Square
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
O. H. Briggs
Syracuse
Rochester
Detroit
M- Ae. R
Cleveland
Toledo
Lake Sheree
Michigan Southern Ar
Cincinnati
Lars
Kneeland Street
Causeway Street
Panter Cart
Se. Albans
Winchendon
Jaitrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Burlington
St. Albans
St Johns
Montreal
Ogdensburg
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. R. Co
Ottawa
A. Faxon
R. Stewart
Keene, N. HL
NEW York Limited
ALL River Line
Old Colony
Afall River
Brooklyn
Annex Boat
Pilgrim
Providence
Old State House
J. R. ET Drick
Geo. L. Connor
Geneva
Gen’l Pasa
H. Palmer
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J.K
Humphreys’ Med. Co
Fulton St
N. Y
Humphreys’ Medicine Co
Massacho
Suliu
Middlesex
Harry R. Cushing
John A. Polley
Waltham
Copartners
Cushing
James H. McKenna, Thi Ee
Commonwealth OF Massacru
Suffolk
Philip Greeley
Louis M. Clark
Equitable Building
Massachusetts
John L. Brockway
Court Square
Sherif
William A. Ladd
Everett
County Court House
J. W. Cogswell
Boston Station
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James T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
Gen'l Pas
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Telegraph
Seta H. Moseley
Te Bosto
NEW Haven & Hart
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N. FE
Spree
Siceuter
Oeeld
Ondon
Sions
Ea Shead
Ford Kar
Haven
Fall River
Central Division
Brockton
All River
Taunton
Mnaays
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Duiegton
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Dean Li
Ins
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Chatham
Hyannis
Woods Hall
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Park
York NE Haven Lon BO
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Readville
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Keurn
Wrentham
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Boston & Albany
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Johnsonville
Lincoln
Hudson
N. M
Ayer
North Adams Mae
Williamstown
North Leominster
Onion Square
Seomerville
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Ayer Junction
Nis
Washton Street
Kenton
John Adams
J. Whitmore
J.B. Watson
Stonington Line
Woord K. KR
N.H
San
H. E. Chamberlin
Gupt
R. R
Hanson
Cheshire
Central Vermont Railroads
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