Grain and commodity prices across regions show firm markets
The report details mixed grain quotes with No 3 carp and lake and rail prices, steady oats and corn with futures firm, wheat at Detroit and Chicago receipts, no grade wheat and screenings, and steady rye and flour markets. It notes New York and Milwaukee price activity, exports, and spot demand across multiple commodities.
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Goimlac
New York
Milwaukee
Chicago
Louis
Syac
Toledo
St Louis
Detroit
Burt
Market Report Shows Mixed Produce Supply and Prices
The market is well cleaned up with mostly nominal prices. Asparagus is plentiful, tomatoes scarce, and onions quiet. Various items listed include asparagus 75 90e per dozen, Florida tomatoes 1 to 2 per crate, Southern cabbage 1 to 1 75 per crate, and cucumbers priced by crate or count across multiple varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Florida
Savannah
Bermuda
St Andrews
Butter and dairy prices across markets show firm demand
The market remains well supplied with creameries yet buyers hold off unless forced. Butter prices range with Western extra and Vermont grades from 20c to 26c, while cheese and eggs show variable demand. Beans and grass seeds trade firm with varied regional quotations and notable wholesale receivers’ pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Vermont Extra
Vermont
Vermont Dairy
Eastern
New York
Partskims
Ohio
Farm Market Prices For Hay Straw And Poultry
Market notes show demand steady for most hay grades and rye straw firm. Prices listed for various hay types and straw, with poultry markets mixed as fresh fowls supply light and live fowls around 12 cents per pound while frozen turkeys are dull. Northern and western poultry prices vary by quality with fresh killed birds priced per category.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
East Swale
Provisions Market Sustains Firm Pork and Beef Prices
The pork market remains firm with steady demand and strong quotes for hams lard and smoked meats. Prices span long cuts to back meat with varied regional rates. beef shows quiet demand but steady prices for extra plate and family cuts, with beef hams and tongues listed amid broad market movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Chicago
St. Louis
New York
City Extra India
Western Steam
City
Cincinnati
West Brighton
Brighton
Fruit price quotes and fresh fruit market notes
The bulletin lists apple prices for Baldwins and russets in choice and common stock, oranges and lemons with Palermo, Messina, and Valencia varieties and box or case pricing, plus Maryland and Norfolk strawberry receipts and current sale ranges, noting demand at previous levels and nearing strawberry availability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Palermo
Messina
Valencia
Maryland
Norfolks
Banana steamer arrivals for Boston Fruit and Seaverns Co
The steamer Samana arrives May 27 bringing Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Wergeland arrives May 25 carrying Baracoa bananas for Seaverns & Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Banana Steamers
Samana
Jamaica Bananas
Boston Fruit Company
Wergeland
Seaverns & Co
Cotton Markets Steady With Light Trade Across Uncertain Outlook
Allan Asher & Co reports light business and an unchanged tone across markets. Liverpool prices show a slight rise in arrivals while old crop bidding remains active but modest, new crop supplies tight. U.S. spot and futures show steady to firm tones with varied regional activity and exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Asher & Co
Exchange Place
Liverpool
New York
Valaly
Podmiant
Orleans
PICO
Vass
Augusta
Galveston
Market Summary: Cattle Hogs and Sheep Prices Across Cities
Kansas City receipts show firm best cattle and steady common. hogs open weak then steady up about 5 cents. sheep slow with prices down 25 cents. St Louis hogs ease with Yorkers at 525 to 550, mixed packers 640 to 650, butchers 560 to 570. Cincinnati hogs firm at 425 to 560 for common to packing grades, shipments 1275. Chicago cattle receipts reach 133000 with shipments noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
St Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Market Call Summary of Livestock Prices
Receipts for cattle 4600 steady to strong with steers and heifers at 3.00 to 3.50, cows 1.85 to 2.50, stockers 3.40 to 4.20. Hogs receipts 23000 with bids 5.40 to 7.10 for various weights, best at 6.45 to 7.05. Sheep 8000 with native muttons 3.00 to 5.60 and lambs 0.40 to 4.00 per head. shipments none and market weak.
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Foxboro
Blyde Park
Jamaica Blain
Clarendon Hills
North Atthe Bora
Providence
Roxbury
Fey Be Pag
Beamford
Twain Sharon
Roxbury and Highlay
West
Sugar and Molasses Prices and Market Notes
Sugar markets show firm prices and steady demand across raw, refined, and molasses grades. Cuba and Javas quoted with varied cent-per-pound ranges, refined grades hold steady, and New York reports firm raw sugar with molasses selling 82 test at 33 1 4 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
New York
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Mayaguez
Philadelphia
Miscellaneous market notes from early trading day
Tallow prices ease with New York 4% 4e and country at 34e 4e. Coffee demand fair in New York with Rio firm at 16 14 cents. Whiskey steady at 113 dollars in St Louis Chicago Cincinnati. Pine Line Certificates close May 23 1888 with bids from 8514 to 865%c. Turpentine rosin and tar steady. petroleum 64 2-6 cents with RSW 75 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rio
St Louis
Chicago
Cincinnati
Imports May 24 1888 Barrington Lobster Steamer Cargo
Shipping list from Barrington NS and Yarmouth NS shows Steamer Electra and Yarmouth shipping lobster crates mackerel salmon eggs and other goods to Liverpool Eng and New England, with numerous firms and goods including lobster crates bananas coconuts brandy steel bars wool hides and textiles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Barrington
Electra
Barclay & Co
Colorado
Warner Jones
Yarmouth
Ellis & Co
JG Hall & Co
Clements & Co
Cutler
Batchelder
Russell & Co
Jones & Co
New England Lobster Co
Sugden
Wilder
E & F King & Co
Baring Bros & Co
Homer Bros
Fairchild Paper Co
Ross
Stone & Downer
Lowell Gard Co
Emery
King & Co
Nichols & Farnsworth
Pkus Earthenware Jones
McKaffee & Stratton
Norcross, Mellen & Co
Abram French & Co
Stimson & Co
Dame
Stoddard & Kendall
S White & Co
Walker & Co
Oliver Ditson & Co
Hall
Washburn & Moon Mans Co
Drexel, Morgan & Co
Jere Abbott & Co
Thos Groom & Co
Cottons Cumner, Jones & Co
Grattan, Blaiswell & Horan
Leigh & Co
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Brown, Durrell & Co
Pray, Sons & Co
Jose & Co
Rodoeanacht & Co
Curtis & Co
Stedman & Fuller Manufacturing Co
Warren & Co
Baring Bros .& Co
Dodge & Co
Exports May 24 1888 Salmon River to Digby
Shipping list from Salmon River Nova Scotia notes the Mary Rose cleared in ballast May for Clemensport with 5 anchors 125 barrels flour and 2 machine chains. Gold Hunter carries 250 barrels meal 25 barrels flour 150 packages household goods. Brig Wilhelmina at Lunenburg 100 tons salt 17 barrels clam bait 375 barrels flour 100 barrels cornmeal 490 sacks feed. E Walsh at Bear River 125 barrels flour. Cepola at Lockport 310 barrels flour 82½ sacks feed 35 barrels cornmeal 44 barrels 10 hundredweight beef 15 hundredweight pork 8 hundredweight beans 21 bales refined oil 15 bales lines 2 tubs 8 cases lard real Seareree apples 1 case rubber boots 72 ounces coal.
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Salmon River
Mary Rose
Clementsport
Digby
Gold Hunter
Lunenburg
Wilhelmina
Bear River
Lockport
Eee
Eevee
Receipts From Major Railroads in May 1888
Detailed freight tallies from Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, and Boston & Maine lines show large quantities of cotton wool flour oats corn bran coal and various animal products. Entities include Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad and Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Boston and Maine Railroad Freight Summary Fragment
Freight items listed under Boston and Maine Railroad divisions detailing bolls bags wool butter eggs apples hay lumber leather hides skins and pelts with quantities and transport methods by express sea and rail. The fragmentary ledger notes multiple consignments including bales bbls cases and tubs across divisions and routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Lowell
Express
Sea
London and Paris Grain and Market Report May 24
Beerbohm reports cargoes off the coast with wheat and corn quiet but steady. Markets in London Mark Lane quiet with prices easing. Paris firm for wheat and flour while spot wheat dull and corn neglected. Liverpool futures show wheat steady and corn firm with specified prices. Antwerp spot wheat unchanged.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
California
Jane
Antwerp
Railroads Old Colony special baggage service notice
Passengers with tickets on the Fall River Line Shore Line and Stonington Line may have baggage checked from hotel or residence to Boston or onward destination. Orders Rosie for baggage may be left at No 8 Old State House.
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Fall River Line
Shore Line
Stonington Line
Boston
Old State Oase
NEW YORK _ i
Old Colony
Fall River
Padres Rreof
New York
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Old State House
L. H. Palmer
J. R. Kendrick
Agt
Boston Area Train Timetable Fragments
Imprecise OCR list of train times by region with numerous stations such as Kneeland Street, Ashmont, Cohasset and Hingham, Brockton, East Weymouth, Nantasket Beach, Neponset, Randolph, Quincy, Seituates, and West Kingston, including Sunday and weekday departures and varying arrival times.
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Kneeland Street
New York
Fall River
Ashmont
Hemintree
Bridgewater
Brockton
Cohasset and
Hingham
Lanston
Abington
East Milton
Quincy
Taunton
Harrison Square
Marshfield
Sea View
Mattapanand
Milton
Middleboro
Nantasket Beach
M. Neponset
Stoughton
H Randolph
Si Quincy
Shawmat
South Duxbury
Dean O
Whitman
South Wam
West Krnsettand
Boston
Gape Cod and Providence Divisions Timetable Snippets
Fragmented timetable notes list bus and rail departure times and routes across Gape Cod and Providence divisions with many city and station names. The text includes times for mornings and afternoons, weekday patterns, and Sundays, referencing towns such as Harwich, Attleboro, Roxbury, Providence, and New York connections, in a dense period-voice schedule excerpt.
Timetable Fragment Shows Trains and Stations Listing
A fragmentary timetable lists multiple trains and stations with times and routes. It mentions places such as Wellesley Newton Newtonville and Millbury along with various departure and arrival times and car types. The OCR-ble text appears as scattered numbers and place names.
Local Rail Schedule Details Across New England Routes
Fragmented timetable text lists frequent train times and stops from Boston to Manchester Concord Keene Nashua and nearby towns. It notes Sunday trains to Nashua Lowell Lawrence Stoneham Lexington Woburn Winchester and more with multiple daily departures and specific half hour markers.
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Nashua
Lowell
Lawwrence
Stoneham and Way
Lexington and Way
Woburn and Way
Winchester and Way
Manches
Eastern Division Train Schedules to Amesbury and Coastal Towns
Train timetable lists Boston to Amesbury and many coastal stops including Beverly Chelsea Dover Everett and Salem with multiple daily departures and connections. It notes branches to Swampscott Middleton Newburyport Saugus York Harbor Beach and more with workingmen’s trains on Thursdays and Saturdays via Haymarket and South Reading Branches.
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Boston
Cans Street
Amesbury
P.m. Beverly
Middeford
Chelsea
Dover
Everett
Sean
Rochester
Ton
Beach
Reorth Hamp
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newbury
Suai
Conway
Spanvers
Portemouth
Revere
Vv Savam
York Harbor & Beach
K.R
Van
Saugus Branch
Swampscott
Wenkam
Otfeboro
Lynn and Way
Newburyport
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
Salem
Saugus
South Reading
Haymarket Square
Trains Schedule From Boston westward and southward routes
A dense timetable lists trains from Boston Station to Alten Bay Rochester and Farmington with numerous departures across dawn to night. It includes services to Andover Exeter Great Falls Georgetown Kennebunk North Lawrence Medford Melrose Merrimac North Andover Wakefield Salem and other towns and cities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Division
Boston
Mayme Sco 'S
Alten Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dane Vers
Exeter
Great Falls
Riaverhbill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Biddeford
Swe
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Lowell
Boston Station Coach Schedule on Causeway Street
Flowell Syst Boston station on Causeway Street offers daily service to Pilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Fabyans Lancaster Whitefield and more with departure times 7 pm 9 am and 1 pm for various rural towns and Montreal via White River Junction. Parlor cars to Montreal available on specified trains with sleeping car service.
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Fitchburg
Hoosack Tunnel
Boston
Causeway Street
Troy
Albany
Rotterdam Junction
West
Chicago
Erie
Mer
Niagara Falls
Chicago and Grand Trunk Railway
St. Louis
Wabash Western Railway
Ayer Junction
Su N
Belmont Sa Waverley
SUN
Hirattieboro
Miller’s Falls
Montreal
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Fitchburg Depot
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Burington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company RR
Flowell Syst
City Ticket and Reign
Oice
Washington Street
Old State House
Pilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Fereditha
Ashland
Plymeuc
Warren
Overhall
Woodsville
Land
Uttleton
Bethlehem
Fabyans
Lancaster
Whitefield
Franklin
Ebanon
White BK River Junction
St. Johnspury
New‘'t
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
Kite River Junction
Wells River
Meristol
Mount Aes
Essex Junction
Burlington
White River Junction
Northern
Loston Air Line
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Lexington
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Ames T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
En’t
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Commonwealth OF Massacch
Setts
Suffolk
Samuel D. Warren
Susan C. Warren
Mortimer
Mason
Samuel D. Wake Ren
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
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Omiy
Middlesex
Thomas W. Williamson
Josiah S. Dean
Gaid Court
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
Commonwealth OF Massachism
Cyntharb
Testate
Jennie M. Boston
Massach
Wilhelmine Riese
Said County
John C.H. Riese
John W. McKim
Commonwealth OF Massach
Dennis Murphy
Sai
Patrick J. Ducey
Wieden
Mar Ann Flynn
George Wigglesworth
Nena
Veter Finnegan
Margaret I, Finnegan
Otilce
Suffel County
Henry Seall
San Francisco
Godfrey Morse
Admr
Norden
Bridget Dunn
Hugh X Dunn
Admx
Mark
Charles H. V. Leeming
S. Prentiss HI Iistate
Hannah
John P. Hill
Mary J. Morgan
William S. Martin
Delia Mariin
Larkin George Thorndie
Darwin E. Ware
George H. Plummer
Sara Ue
Charles Lang
Mary E. Lang
Concorder. BR
B. and
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