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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 22, 1888
Page
7
The market quotes various feed stuffs and poultry prices. Straw values remain firm with choice hay at 18 to 19 dollars and rye straw at 23 to 24 dollars. Poultry trade is quiet with Western turkeys at 18 to 14 cents and chickens from 15 to 20 cents plus fowls at 5 cents per pound.
The steamer Viking is due with Baracoa bananas May 24 for W. W. and C. R. Noyes.
The steamer Resolute cargo in New Orleans sold as is with Mesina Palermo oranges and lemons in poor condition. Oranges 50c $360 and lemons 50c $335. In New York bats and roigs from the Scandi navian averaged $3 per case. Apples steady with Baldwins russets common stock quoted. Palermo oranges $3 50 4 50 per box, Palermo lemons $4 5, Messina oranges $2 4 per box, Messina lemons $3 4 per box, Valencia $6 per case. Strawberries Norfolk Tennessee Maryland sold at 15c 12 44c and $18 22c.
Pork market steady with good demand and varied quotes for cuts. Lard, hams, and smoked meats steady. New York, Chicago, St. Louis, Cincinnati markets show mixed levels for pork, lard, and bacon, with tight supply noted for mutton and beef sections and ongoing price ranges across regions.
The market shows ample truck and food demand with quoted prices for asparagus fi 1.604175 per dot, Norfolk green peas 2 per crate, Florida tomatoes 12 per crate, Southern cabbage 1 75 per crate, kale 1 per lb, spinach 80c per bushel, Florida string beans 1.50 to 2.00 per crate, wax beets 2.50 per crate, Bermuda onions 1.75 per crate, Egyptian onions 2.25 per case, Hubbard squash 2.75 per barrel, and cucumbers 3 per crate. Prices cover beans, beets, lettuce 75c per dozen, and various items in bushels and crates.
Raw sugars in New York firm and quiet with quotes for Cuban and Pernambuco shipments. Refined sugars steady. pulverized to extra grades quoted with small gains. Molasses show fair activity across old vices, with Porto Rico and Mayaguez varieties listed and a 20 12 cent range for 50 test commodities.
Allan Asher & Co reports a subdued open with slight gains for summer months before selling pressure erodes early advance. New York futures show barely steady to quiet moves, with mixed open and close, while several Southern and Gulf markets log dull, steady to quiet trading amid holiday disruptions and wariness about future demand.
Baltimore net receipts none with gross 25 and stock 17539 remains steady at mid 10 cents. New York net receipts 200, gross 10670, exports to Great Britain 6254 to France 1528 to the continent 340, stock 197329, actual and quiet, mid Cincinnati net receipts 156, gross 156, shipments 910, stock 218 steady mid Pine St Louis net receipts 212, gross 875, shipments 1427, sales 1204, stock 39642 steady mid 99 16c Louisville steady mid 9 4c. Consolidated net receipts for three days 7320. exports to Great Britain 11077. to France 1723. to a continent 5428. stock at all United States ports yaad.
Reports show mixed gains and firmness in hogs and cattle markets. St Louis and Kansas City firm for hogs with Yorkers at 530 to 550 and 540 to 650 for packers and butchers. Chicago cattle receipts reach 9,000 with light prices rising to 3.90 to 5.00 per beeve. Sheep and Texans show varied values as receipts and shipments run high.
The report shows quiet tailing markets in New York and dull trade with 50 000 short tons noted. New York firmer at 1634 c for Rio and New Chicago and St Louis prices near 113 dollars. Pine Line reflects mixed certificate activity with bids around 8914 cents and a high of 8916 cents. Turpentine in New York closes at 838c and petroleum at 644 6 4c with RSW 756c and cases at Yee.
A detailed 1888 freight list records shipments by Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston Providence New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Eastern Western Lowell by Express and by Sea. Items include vast totals of cotton wool flour corn oats malt tea coffee butter eggs bacon beef lard hams cheese leather hides and more across multiple railroads and destinations.
A dated shipping list shows Steamer Frutera carrying 2811 boxes fruit from Palermo and 1477 from Catania via AS & J Brown & Co, with other consignments from Valencia and various lines. Matanza s and Sagua entries report large sugar shipments and miscellaneous goods reaching Savannah and Gulf ports.
Export list from Buenos Ayres and New York shipping via Bel Belize Windsor and Glasgow details cargoes on multiple vessels. Items include lumber, pickets, brass wares, tools, hardware, canvas, and groceries with quantities in cases bales and boxes. Ships mentioned include Bark Patagonia Schooner N Upham Steamer De Ruyter and Steamer Aguan.
The fragment itemizes goods including sacks of flour bush peas bush wheat pigs butter tubs printed matter oak hams cattle lard empties duck yarn pegs bolls leather staves organs crayons and miscellaneous cases. No dates or places are given.
Suffolk County transfers show parcels on Chester Park Beacon Street Tremont and other streets from multiple sellers to buyers including West Chester park Franklin Haven to Albion Knowlton and Ira L. Moore to Harold W. Windham. Notable amounts include 20000 on Tremont and Upton corners and 5400 on Broadway in Chelsea with several mortgaged back details and transfers across Dorchester Roslindale East Boston and Chelsea.
A sequence of mortgage filings dated March 24 to 26 lists borrowers Loetta H Viancour John Corbett Stanley M Richardson Martha H Barry John H Dowell James Sheerin Leonard H Howe George F Knight Silas W Merrill Charles E Cotting and others. Properties include Ashmont street Canterbury street Dorchester Roxbury Cohasset Winthrop Marlboro Street and Causeway Street with mortgage amounts from 100 to 320000.
Juxt a vintage ad copy urging home cleaners to choose Pearline for easier cleaning. The slogan-style line positions Pearline as the smart choice for household chores.
Ceasar Gindesberger of Philadelphia seeks authority to collect or sell certain deposits and shares belonging to the estate of Mary Ann Louise Hamill. The probate court in Boston Suffolk County, Mass., is scheduled to hear the petition on May 28, 1888, at 10 a.m. The petitioner must publish the notice weekly for three weeks.
Notices from the Massachusetts probate courts list multiple probate actions. Executors seek letters testamentary and corrections of names or localities, with citations to appear in Boston or Dedham courts and publication in the Boston Post across three weeks.
A dense OCR of train schedules shows daily and Sunday departures and arrivals for Boston area lines including Norwood, Hyde Park, Franklin, and Framingham routes, with numerous times to Weymouth, Lynn, Salem, and coastal ports. It lists branch services, connecting lines, and special trains, reflecting a complex regional timetable.
Boston and Maine Railroad lists through trains on Western and Eastern divisions from Augusta Haymarket and Causeway Street stations with multiple destinations including Eastport Calais St. John Halifax Portland Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway and Maine Central connections. Daily and near daily departures listed with station pairings and times in 1888 timetable notes.
Fragmented OCR shows schedules and times for trains and Sundays across multiple towns including Lawrence Maiden Merrimac Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington Haverhill Lowell and others with varied departures and connections. Specific times appear interwoven with places and numbers, indicating a comprehensive transit timetable.
Timetables and stop notes show scattered route times across multiple towns including Neponset Taunton Whitman South Weymouth and Easton. Entries list morning and evening departures with several unreadable digits and partial station names.
A dense timetable lists frequent Boston area services to Manchester Concord Nashua Lowell Haverhill and more with varied departures from early morning to late evening. It includes connections through towns like Woburn Stoneham Arlington Lexington and Bedford and notes multiple express style runs to Montreal and other destinations.
Boston Causeway Street and City Ticket Office list daily departure times to towns including Laconia Meredith Whitefield Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction and St. Johnsbury with connections to Montreal via White River Junction and Montreal and Vermont routes. Parlor and sleeping cars operate on 7 pm and morning trains with through service to Montreal.
The timetable announces service from Boston to Northampton and surrounding towns via Causeway Street and Portland Street. Daily departures include early morning, afternoon, and evening runs to Ware Gilbertville Barre Mutual and other stations with full local and through train information available at stations. General managers Waren Furbe and Flanders sign as officials.
A fragmented timetable lists bus or ferry routes from Kneeland Street Station to Bushards Bay Bournes Bourndedale Brewster Chatham Vineyard Haven Falmouth Harwich Mattapoisett Nantucket Provincetown P town Sandwich and others. It shows various departure times around 8.15 am 10 Se tage City 11.40 am and 3.15 4.15 pm with multiple destinations and weekday operations.
Sparse timetable text lists departure times and routes from Park Square Station to New York and multiple stops including Dedham Readville Jamaica Plain and Stoughton. Contains irregular times, places, and notes about Sundays and late arrivals.
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