Agricultural product prices and jobbing rates from Nova Scotia to Prince Edward Island
A compact list of farm commodities with per unit and per bushel prices. Items cover beans, seeds, hay, potatoes, and tallow across regions including Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Maine, and Prince Edward Island, showing varied hand-picked, screen, and roasting qualities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Island
New Brunswick
New York
Vermont
Canada
North
Timothy
West
Red Top
Jersey
East Swale
Houston
Aroostook Hebrons
Northern
Burbanks
Maine
Closing Park Opening Highest Lowest Last Year
A fragmented market listing carried figures for park openings and closings, highs and lows, with numerous numbers and dates. The text also includes detailed meat and produce price quotes, futures, fruit imports, and cotton market standings, reflecting a dense historical commodity and market summary from a Boston or New England newspaper.
Sugar and Molasses Prices Steady Across Markets
Sugar prices stay unchanged with raw and refined grades firm and quotes listed for fair to good refining, centrifugals, Manila, and confectioners A grades. Granulated sugar quoted at 6 15 16 cents, various loaf and cube forms cited. Wholesale granulated price noted. Molasses market steady with cargo quotes for Porto Rico, Cienfuegos, and Cuba boiling at nominal levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manila
Belmont
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Markets by Telegraph May 26 Wheat prices across cities
New York reports dull flour sales with 15 554 prosp exports and 8 800 bbls, notes city mill at 4 74 4 85. Wheat receipts 233 000 bush with No 3 Milwaukee 5c and No 1 hard around 96 5 8¢, various prices for other grades. Rail and river markets show mixed but steady to firm trends across Chicago Cincinnati Milwaukee St Louis Detroit and Minneapolis with notable figures for pork lard flour oats rye barley and molasses.
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New York
City
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Ripston
Petroleum—United
Western Steam
S. A
State
Western
Liverpool
Cincinnati
Detroit
Michigan
ST. Louis
Chicago
Minneapolis
Market Report on Hog and Cattle Prices Across Cities May 26
Hogs fall about ten cents with Kansas City bids mostly 4 10 to 4 60 and 4 10 to 4 60. St Louis buyers show 4 55 to 4 65 with mixed packers 4 70 to 4 85. Chicago cattle receipts rise with steady to higher bids for steer shipments around 4 60 to 4 60 and stockers at 2 20 to 4 15, Texas cattle 2 75 to 3 75. Hogs in Chicago 4 60 to 4 90 for bulk. packing 4 80 to 5 10. light ships 3 40 to 4 40. Sheep and lambs lift with natives at 3 30 to 4 35, Western 3 50 to 4 35, Texans 2 25 to 3 75, lambs 2 47 to 4 75.
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AiEo ci
Saorr
HiTle Jnly
Lord
Choice
Chicago
Brighton
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Texas
Saxonville
Sur
Newts
Aburndale
Newton
Newtonville
Kbrookli
Framingham and
Marlboro
Fayville
Southboro
Northboro
Clinton
Leomister
Fitchburg
Merlin
West Merlin
Bolton
Pratt's Junction
Boston
Boston & Providence Railroad
New York
Shore Line
Providence
Pawtucket
Dodgeville
Hebronville
Aitieboro
North Attlearo
Meturn
East Foxboro
Heturn
Tarint -M
Canton Dam
Readville Vy
Burn
Ami
Tkoxbury
Dedham
West Ke
Cotton markets report May 26 1887 aggregate
Cotton market summary by city notes net receipts, gross and sales figures for Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and Consolidated six day totals with prices mid range and firm or steady tones Exports to Britain France and the continent listed with stocks and vessel movements across multiple ports
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Auagusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St Louis
Armegis
Louisville
Great Britain
France
Continent
Foreign Markets Report From London and Liverpool May 26
Markets show wheat steady and firm demand in Liverpool with good forward cargoes. Corn quiet with poor demand. No 1 California May wheat priced at 8s 1d. Paris entries list wheat and flour. English and French corn markets reported firm. Provisions steady with pork 66s 6d and cheese 55s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Pars
Liverpool
California
Paris
Imports May 26 1987 Antwerp Steamer Jan Breydel cargo
A dated cargo list from Antwerp details the Jan Breydel steamer arrival on May 26 1987 with numerous consignments including 8000 casks asphalt 1 case books 4% cases plate glass and 5063 cases 5021 plgs window glass 47 do plate glass and various goods from J R Bradbury Mauger Avery White Bros Gill Lootz J Munro & co J A & W Bird & co and Baring Bros & co among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Antwerp
Maritime Goods and Shipments Across Ports Listed
A long list of consignments from Mediterranean ports to Antwerp and other locales details steamer cargoes. Items include fruit crates, pack ages, steel billets, window glass, flax, and molasses, with numerous firms like Baring Bros & Co and AS & J Brown & Co mentioned amid a broad inventory of bales, casks, boxes, and cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bert Bros
William Fenton
Wilson & Brown
Baldwin's Express
Peabody & Whitney
Sherburne
Bame & Co
Pickhard & Kuttoff
Quimly & Sons
Eugene Richtman
Alizarine
A& W
Bird & Co
Codman & Hall
Horace Partridge
Prang & Co
Horace Partridge & Co
Houdlette & Daniels
Dana & Co
French & Co
Birth & Co
Amoor
Palermo
AS & J Brown & Co
Messina
Antwerp
Gothenburg
Norway Steel and Iron Co
Forbes
Barry & Co
Venable & Heymann
Baring Bros & Co
Moors & Co
Ton Smith & Glover
Wight Bros
Read & Sons
Booth & Co
Fajardo
Barkentine Henry Warner
Birds
Sugar Baring Bros & Co
Gustavo Preston
Annapolis
Schat
Eges Delong & Seaman
Arecibo
Lamoin
Sugar Gosser A Co
Cardenas
Barkentine Albert Schultz
Daisy E Parkhurst
Barbados
Mark Twain
Boston
Maritime cargo lists from multiple vessels and ports
Shipping cargoes and ship movements across Yarmouth Annapolis Digby Havana Trinidad Moncton Halifax include schooners Lennis Maud Pye Louise and bark Virginia L Stafford John F Rottmann with flour cornmeal petroleum coal and a vast mix of goods such as bread lard beef dairy produce, oil, and household items. Ships carry foodstuffs, textiles, hardware, and farm supplies to and from Canadian ports and Havana, reflecting a busy trade network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Cuba
Virginia L Stafford
Trinidad
Bwi
John F Rottmann
Moncton
Maud Pye
Freight cargoes by railroad lines listed in totals
The report itemizes cargoes for multiple lines including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Providence New York New England Fitchburg and Boston & Maine with thousands of bushels of grain bales wool and cotton, hundreds of barrels of flour and butter, cars of lumber and leather, and various assorted farm and commodity shipments in a historical tally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Lowell Railroad
By Express
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railway
Providence Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Oston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Boston & Maine Railroad—Western Division
Adoptions Sought in Suffolk Probate Court for Two Children
The petitioners Calvin Frank Ellis and Minnie Frances Ellis of Boston seek leave to adopt Ndith Milton, born June 30, 1883, and change her name to Edith Rachel Ellis. The court notices Maggie Courtwright’s absence and sets a June hearing with publication in the Boston Post. Andrew Tutterly Nute and Elizabeth Hoyt Nute request to adopt Ross Millmore, born about March 4, 1885, later Arthur Ross Nute, with the child abandoned and no claimants. a hearing is required.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Suffolk
Calvin Frank Ellis
Boston
Minnie Frances Ellis
Ndith Milton
Maggie Courtwright
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Edith Rachel Ellis
Commonwealth OF Massachuetts
Sourrok
Margie Courtwright
The
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Andrew Tetherly Nute
Elizabeth Hoyt Nute
Ross Millmore
Ana Noclew
Arthur Ross Nute
A. D
Andrew T. Nute
Elizabeth H. Nute
Elwal George
County OF
James P. Ryder
Massachusetts
Probate notices and executors listed in Boston Post pieces
Chart of probate actions from Suffolk Massachusetts including guardianship for Mary Jane Griggs with June 6 1887 hearing, executors for Margaret L Antcliffe and Ezra Baer, and administratrix for Abby Abbott. Notices reference Joseph Henry Griggs rights, Anne Banfield as executrix, and Lyman Abbott estate claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Scholyfield
Boston
Suffolk
Commonwealth
Wolfboro
New Hampshire
Joseph Scholffield
Pinckney Street
Poston
Mass
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Anne
O'Tice
Margaret L. Antcliffe
Puohn H. Antclipie
Joseph Hancock
Ezra BA Meer
Tate
Flora Bartlett
Admx
Lyman Abbott
Abby B. Abbott
Insolvent Allen partners notice of second creditors meeting
Notice of a second meeting of creditors for Henry J Allen and Walter B Allen co partners doing business as Allen ros Newton Middlesex insolvent debtors held at the Court of Insolvency Cambridge on June ninth at nine in the forenoon for creditors to attend and prove claims. Luther Davis assignee announces second meeting of creditors for William Field and William H Field dba Suffolk Machine Co at the Court of Insolvency Boston Suffolk on June third at ten in the forenoon for creditors to prove their claims.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Allen
Walter B. Allen
Allen Ros
Newton
Middlesex
Cambridge
William . Field
William H. Field
Suffolk Machine Co
Boston
Suffolk
Luther Davis
Board OF Street Commissioners
Gordon Street
Saunders Street
Brighton
Orchard Street
Pomeroy Street
J. H. Jenkins
Hoosac Tunnel Route Timetable May 15 1887 Boston Arrival Times
Local time tables list trains from Boston passenger station to North Adams Troy Albany and the West with multiple daily departures and services including express sleeping car routes to Chicago and Cleveland. Through tickets sold at Hoosac Tunnel Route office 250 Washington street Boston and at Boston and Albany lines. Officials listed John Adams J Whitmore Sen Traffic Manager J R Watson Gen Pass Agent.
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LD del. Marlboro
Hudson and Maynard
Nashua
Ayer Junction
North Leominster
Saratoga
Troy and
the West
Albany
Union Square
Somerville
Waltham
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Winchendon
Keene
Hellows Falls
Rutland
Burlington
Montreal
Ottawa
P.Q
St. Albans
Worcester
Hoosac Tunnel
Washington Street
Boston
John Adams
J. Whitmore
Sen
J. R. Watson
L Pass
Boston & Albany R.R
Tocket
Springfield
Pittsfield
Ibany
South Framingham
Syracuse
N. W. Thellam
Expre Albany
Cleveland
Chicago
Isexpress
Buffalo
Teledcago
Buffalo Falls
Detroit
Alba
Adams
York
Sarstone
Ville
Cordaville Ashland
Milfe Southera
Ellessen
Wey
Ota
Newton Lower Falls
Ellesley Bulls
Newton Highlands
Brookline Suray
SaNes
Anson
New York
Middletown
New Haven
Pullman
Hartford
New Britain
Waterbury
Danbury
Fishkill-on-Hudson
NEW England Limited
Air Line
Grand Central Depot
Willimantic
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Trenton
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Points
Norwich
New London
Danielsonville
Putnam
Montreal & West
Vermont
Pullman Carson
Lowell
Fitchburg
Pullman Palace
St. Albaner
Ogdenburg
Railroads timetables corrected January 3 1887
Boston to numerous stations and via lines with listed daily departures and returns. Key routes include Norwood Central Readville and Woonsocket divisions, with connections to New York Washington Philadelphia and Providence services. detailed stop times and notes on special trains and adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
New England
Boston
Summer Street
Ashcroft
Baltimore
Bird Street
Dudley Street
Ellis
Endicott
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Franklin
Forest Avenue
Martford
Harvard Street
Hyde Park
Highland Lake
Islington
Manchester
Mattapan
Jlam
Milford
Mt. Bowdoin
New Britain
Newburg
New London
Middletown
Hartford
Norwich
Norwood
Norwood Central
Pawtucket
Philadelphia
Providence
Putnam
Readville
Eee
M. River Street
Rockville
Conn
Moathbridge
Tiltons
Alpole
Washington
DD. C
Waterbury
Willimantic
Winslows
Ebster
Woonsocket Division
Boston & Albany Railroad
Needham and Way
Woonsocket
Boston Area Steamship Line Train Schedule
On and after May 18 1887 trains depart Buxton for New York via Fall River Line at 6 p m. Returns via Fall River Line. Extensive listed schedules include Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Wareham Cape Cod division Cohasset Hingham Plymouth and many other stations with weekday and Sunday times. George Kendrick general manager notes boat connections and special midweek patterns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony
Yeshoey
Buxton
New York
Fall River
Fal River
Ashmont
Barnstable
Pyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Hyannis
Bridgewater
Return
Brockton
Buzzard’s Bay
Onset Bay
Wareham
Cape Cod
Provincetown
Est Fleet
Retrovincetown
Cohasset An Hingham
Cohasset
Reurn
Hingham
Cottage City
New Bedford
Wood's Hall
East Bridgewater
West Quincy
East Milton
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Taunton
Taunnton
Barriso
Marshfield
Mattapan
Milton
Neponset
Mattapoisett
Weel Ay
Middleboro
Nantucket
Newport
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Hee
Plysmouth
Abington
Duxbury
Scituate
North Scituate
Sea View
Shawmore
South Duxbury
Central Station
Deasuc
Whitman
South Weymouth
South Verne
Ae Wolaston Heights
Wood’s Hall
M. Cohasset
Plymouth
Duxbury Road
South Braintree
Newford
J.R. Kendrick
I. Ork Uimitea
Boston
Palgrim
Bristol
al Wharf
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
L. H. Palmer
Also Mentioned on This Page
Victoria
Baracoa
Seaverns & Co
Mediterranean
Valencia
Florida
Abaracoa
Aspinwall
Jamaica
Maryland
Bermuda
St. Andrew
Noree
Dober
Uplands
Orleans
Dalyes
Bene Adda Cosete
Tbs &O
Telegraph
Digby
Halifax
Louise
Lottie Francis Ryder
Adella F. Ryder
Massachususetts
Mary
Griggs
Joseph Henry Griggs
Mary Jane Griggs
Joseph Hubbard
Commonwealth Avenue
Elijam George
Caroline Boeastham
William . Eastham
Annie E. Guild
Y Adm
William J. Tracy
Tracey
Patrick O'Loughlin
WM. R. Munroe
Causeway Street
North Adams
Troy
Ayer Dunction
Waverley
Brattleboro
Miller’s Falls
Concord
Gardner and
Greenfield
Lincoln
Lawes. — Ping
Niasai
Ome Daily
Fpittsfield
Madson
Palmer
Hartten
Eura
Millbury
North Grafton
Westbo. M
Aca
Bor Worce
Lay
Ite
Cottage
New
H. T. Gallup
Concocrd Kerk
N.H
Eping Ste A
Railroads
Avend
A.C. Kendall
Gen'l Pass
PM Tm
Hope and
Clarendon Hillis
U.bt
Jake Pisin
LUAU
LD Pee
Wwe
RCO
Rmoyiston
Retur
Dyane Ran
Highlands
Lane
Houghten
Canton
Eave
Horton Tren
Kristol
Mt. Ho
Ph Dence
Mansfield
A. A. Folsom
R. R
Connecticut
Folsom
Visal
Cheshire
Central Vermont Railroad
Ogdensburg
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Bokse
Cheshire R.R
Bellows Falls
White River Junction
Points West
Ches
Npne R
White Rive Jeaction
Stonington
State Street
Boston & Providence R. R
J. W. Richardson
Brookline News
Gorham, Rogers & CO
Federal
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