Local Market Prices for Jerseys and Tallow Products
The listing shows pricing for extra jerseys at $3 per barrel for double heads with bulk at $2.50. TALLOW city rendered at 45 cents and country at 44 cents. A miscellaneous 14 2d price is noted.
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 01, 1887
Page
7
The listing shows pricing for extra jerseys at $3 per barrel for double heads with bulk at $2.50. TALLOW city rendered at 45 cents and country at 44 cents. A miscellaneous 14 2d price is noted.
At Canton 2000 cheese sold at 11 11 4¢ and 200 tabs butter at 24 42. In New York butter is firm and unchanged. Cheese is quist and new eggs are strong. Eastern firsts 23 24c, Western 22 22 1c. Beans steady with marrow 250, medium 225, pea 226, red kidney 215 223. Dried nuts dull. Chicago butter and cheese unchanged. Liverpool market dull at 67s.
Market list shows onions cabbage beets lettuce and carrots with prices per basket bush box and barrel. Items include tomatoes 25 60c per unit and various cabbage types with prices around 70c to 5 dollars per described unit.
At Snow & Co auction berries and fruits list high prices with Jamaica oranges and bananas arriving on the Stamford. Liverpool and London markets show strong demand for select lots while general fruit supply is ample and steady. Prices cover apples cranberries grapes pears oranges lemons bananas and nuts with varied per unit quotes and stock notes.
Receipts of provisions in Boston from January to November show varied sums for items such as bacon, pork, beef, and fresh meats. Prices are listed with ranges for long cuts, short cuts, backs, tongues, and other products. overall market tone is steady with some dullness in fresh beets and lamb.
Liverpool cotton futures opened and closed steady from 5 11 64d to 5 19 64d across March to July contracts. Spot Upland and Orleans prices steady to unchanged, with 12 000 bales sold and 10 000 bales received. New York spot opened quiet, closed dull, with middling uplands around 95. Late futures in New York showed mixed bid and ask quotes for Nov through July, closing steady. Pipeline certificates traded with a high of 72 4, low 71 5 4. Raw and refined sugar prices firm, including granulated and powdered grades. Molasses prices listed for regional crops.
New York market notes showPlour Receipts 32 48 per package exports 410 barrels 9447 sacks firm logistics scarce on low grades with moderate trade and 13 800 barrels sold including patent Minnesota extra good to prime at 450 4 75 choice to fancy Minnesota extra at 480 500 remaining prices listed for city mill extra and tine sacks with varied figures across lots
Grain markets report mixed observations across cities. Chicago notes No 2 spring at 71 42 cents and No 2 red at 72 cents while Minneapolis shows No 1 hard at 70 12 cents amid large receipts. Detroit lists wheat at 78 34 cents for No 1 white and corn at 44 14 cents.
Market notes show hogs slow in Kansas City with 11 000 receipts and 1628 shipments. Chicago cattle receipts reach 12 000 with mixed prices. hogs steady across regions with bidding around 4 20 to 4 65. Sheep and Texans also cited, with varied prices and shipments across St Louis Peoria and Chicago reports.
Augusta to New York show varied receipts and exports with mids for cotton trading across major ports. Market activity includes steady to firm tones with numerous ships/export figures and stock totals across Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, Cincinnati, St Louis, and Louisville with consolidated three day totals.
London cargoes steady as American and Chilian wheat hold firm in market chatter. Varis and Liverpool note firm or steady wheat and downbeat corn trends with English deliveries averaging 30s weekly. Prices cited include 85s 3d for No 2 Calcutta wheat and 6s 5d to 6s 7d for club wheat.
Ott fragment lists steamer Carroll and multiple traders and cargoes. Entries show eggs potatoes cabbage mackerel cranberries and pigs with various vessel names and quantities in Port Hawkesbury and surrounding Nova Scotia towns.
A detailed tally from Savannah lists shipments by numerous firms such as Darling Bros Farnum & co and J Hutchinson & co including potatoes, fish varieties, eggs, butter, oysters and canned goods. City of Macon steamer receipts itemize oranges hides cotton lumber and fruit consignments with dozens of bbls and boxes recorded for multiple traders.
A detailed merchant list from St Pierre Mig Mignonne and Trinidad Port of Spain and Liverpool shows exports including alcohol refined oil molasses and wood products. The inventory spans barrels boxes and casks with items like beef butter cheese and pork among others and notes schooner Magnum and barkentine Joe Read plus steamer Cephalonia sailing from Liverpool.
A long list records varied goods and quantities including medicines soap ram woodenware chalk cotton goods beef lard oil cake grass seed beef and other items. The fragment notes locations Annapolis NS and Canning Packet with small price notations and package counts.
A ledger of shipments across several railroads listing cotton wool flour oats corn beans apples potatoes hay leather and other goods. Entries cover Boston & At Railroad Providence Junction Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Division with dozens of bales, barrels, boxes and cars recorded by commodity and railroad.
The record lists cargo movements by Boston and Maine Western Division Boston and Lowell Railroad and by sea, detailing bbls and bush cornmeal apples oats tea butter eggs pork leather hides wool cotton and varied bales and bags distributed by express and sea routes with quantities and transport modes. The items include potatoes apples lumber bbls tallow grease tea molasses and dairy products, with numerous car and bbl tallies and pack counts across multiple consignments.
Rail timetable update from A. Folsom, Supt, detailing Monday May 30 service changes. Weston to New Work and Providence routes listed with departure times, returns, and connections to Pawtucket Attleboro Sharon Canton Junction and other stops.
Railroads Boston and Maine issue a timetable dated October 23 1887 listing through trains to western and eastern divisions from Haymarket Square Causeway Street and other stations with departures around 8 30 am 1 00 pm 7 00 pm and 12 30 pm and connections to Halifax Augusta St John Calais Eastport and other ports.
Fragmentary OCR notes list train times and places including Bay, Dover, Lowell, and Lawrence. The text shows arrival and departure times such as 2.25 3.02 4.45 and references to various stations with no coherent structure.
A fragmented OCR list shows train times and routes for numerous towns including Haverhill Manchester Medford Port Reading Lewiston Reading and Biddeford. Timetable entries cover morning and evening departures with varied frequencies at stations such as North Andover North Highlands and Georgetown.
Detailed timetable for various routes including Ames Boston Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Everett Swampscott North Conway and more with listed departure and arrival times on weekdays and Sundays. Notable notes include workingmen's trains Thursdays and Saturdays only and Pullman car service on Portland and Bangor trains. James T. Furrier and D. J. Flanders are named as general managers/agents.
A dense list of train times and stopping points from Boston to numerous cities including New York, Providence, Hartford, Norwich, and Philadelphia. The corrected date July 8, 1887 is noted, with weekday departures and varied times across many stations such as Ashcroft, Dorchester, Manchester, Mattapan, Readville, and Willimantic. Also lists Sunday Boston to Norwood Central departures and return times.
Woonsocket division timetable lists Needham and nearby stops with multiple daily departures and returns, with prices and irregular notes. It also covers New York via Middletown and New Haven, through Hartford and Willimantic to Boston, plus New England and Philadelphia limiteds and Norwich line express with connections to steamer City of Worcester. Tickets and information available at 322 Washington Street or depot.
Trains from B and L depot to Manchester Concord New York and upper railroads depart after Oct 9 1887 at multiple times throughout the day with Sunday variations. Returning from Concord to Boston departures include afternoon and evening slots with ex disruptions noted.
Boston station on Causeway street lists local and through trains to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Maverhill Woodsville and more with Montreal connections via White River Junction. Local service from Boston and Lowell routes with numerous stops and daily schedules. timetable available at stations.
Central Massachusetts R R commencing Monday October 10 1887 Boston to New York Oakdale and Mutual West Boston. stations listed with times and fares 40 5.10. Schedules show multiple trains Sundays to Belmont Waverley Sudbury Wayland Weston and Belmont area with afternoon and evening departures. Official agents GEO W Storer and MFllen noted as general supervisor and passenger agents.
Train and boat timetables listing departures from Boston and connections to Fall River Line services. Includes routes to Provincetown, Barnstable, Plymouth, Weymouth, Taunton and Brockton with return times and general agent credits.
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