Market Prices for Poultry Vegetables and Farm Supplies
Northern young fresh killed turkeys and Western varieties quoted by quality and weight. Potatoes and set potatoes listed with regional rosters and bulk prices. Tallow beans seeds and hay items priced by grade and location with daily jobbing adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Houlton Rose
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostock
Aroostock Hebrons
Bush
Hebrons
Peerless
Island
Rose
Chenangoes
MacIntires
Norfolk
New York
Vermont
Canada
West
North
Timothy
Jersey
Provisions and meat markets show steady demand and varied prices
The market reports steady demand for all meats with hams and lard unchanged and pork and other cuts posted at varied levels. Fresh beef is quiet, lambs abundant, and veals in good demand with moderate on hand, while Chicago stock figures for pork and lard detail monthly and yearly comparisons and price ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Lord
Choice
Brighton
Truck Market Prices for Produce and Vegetables
A list of truck market prices for various produce items including onions tomatoes cabbages lettuce parsnips turnips celery cauliflower pumpkins spinach and more with prices shown per basket bush box or barrel in cents and dollars. The notice reflects a broad demand for truck goods and price per unit for native and mixed varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
Cheese and butter markets show mixed activity across regions
In Chicago butter remains steady with extras at 25 26 cents and cheese quiet. New York butter steady and in demand with light supply. Liverpool cheese market dull at 57 shillings. Montreal trading activity wanes though some buyers at current figures. Domestic factories firm on stock at 12 cents, with finest cheese traded around 10 14 to 11 14 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
Liverpool
Montreal
Steamers Arrival Listings For Jamaica Fruit and Potatoes
The steamer Stamford is due Friday November 4 with Jamaica bananas and oranges for Snow & Co. The steamer Elsa is due Monday November 7 with Jamaica bananas and oranges for Seager nus & Co. The Norfolk steamer due Friday November 4 carries 252 bbls sweet potatoes and 84 boxes Florida oranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Jamaica
Snow & Co
Elsa
Seagernus & Co
Fruit Auction Prices and Export Figures From Boston Market
Auction results show Almeria grapes selling at 305 455 per barrel and layer figs at 934 per pound. Upcoming sale Friday lists 300 double boxes of Almeria grapes and other fruits. Apples receipts remain large with steady demand. exports by region and season totals are provided, with Cranberries, Grapes, Pears, Oranges, Lemons, Bananas, Nuts, and Dried Apples detailed in current market quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow & Co
Almeria
Harris & Co
Boston
New York
Montreal
Halifax
Gravenstein
King
Hubbardston
York State
Harvey
Baldwins
Cape Cod
Country
Salem
Concord
Isabella
Rebecca
Diana
Bush
Beurre Buse
Palermo
Jamaica
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Virginia
Mixed Cotton and Market Report from Liverpool and New York
Liverpool cotton futures opened firm and closed barely steady with various December to July spreads. Spot markets showed quiet to steady tones with bales traded and receipts noted. New York spot opened quiet, futures steady, with detailed bid and ask lines for multiple months. Sugar and molasses markets described as firm for raw sugar and various prices for refined and bulk goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Orleans
New York
GAN Wise Oxor Itises
BROS
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Cuba
Trade Center Grain and Flour Market Report
New York reports steady flour receipts and active business with 28 500 bbls sold. prices for white wheat, Minnesota extra, and city mill extra varied. Chicago and other cities show mixed grain movements with No 2 spring wheat around 71 1 4c and No 2 red 72 34c. pork and lard prices firm in several markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Minnesota
Milwaukee
Rio
United
City Extra India
Western
City
Liverpool
Chicago
Cincinnati
Toledo
Detroit
Minneapolis
Louis
Hog and Cattle Markets Report From St Louis Peoria and Chicago
Hogs lower in St Louis with Yorkers 10 cents off at 405 435 dollars and mixed packers 405 435. butchers 440 460. Peoria hogs steady mostly 410 445. Chicago cattle receipts 9000 shipments 3000 higher for best natives shipping steers 270 510 stockers 160 260 cows bulls mixed 1240. Texas cattle unchanged Western Rangers 220 360. Hogs receipts 31000 shipments 7500 unchanged rough mixed 416 426 packers 430 450 light 420 430 sheep 325 415. sheep receipts 5000 shipments 2000 natives 176 460 Texans 2250 365 western 275 365 lambs 405 460.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Peoria
Chicago
Texas
Western Rangers
Caan Western
Cotton markets steady across ports with varied receipts
Market report shows net receipts and gross totals for Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, and Cincinnati. Prices ranged mid 9 to 9 1 2 cents, with steady to firm tones and mixed exports to Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Great Britain
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
Boston and Albany Railroad Time Tables 1887
Station time schedules for Boston to Albany routes include departures to Springfield Syracuse and Buffalo with drawing room cars and sleeping accommodations. Timetables list connections through Worcester, New Haven, and Pittsfield, with numerous local stops and return trips to Boston from multiple towns.
Shipping and Trade Figures Across United States Ports
Consolidated net receipts for six days show totals of 238 and 293 with exports to Great Britain 77 483 to France 7244 and to the continent 8 567. Stock at all United States ports stands at 657 719.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Louisville
Great Britain
France
Continent
United States
Foreign Markets Report Wheat and Corn Quiet Across Regions
London markets show wheat and corn quiet with Firm Paris prices as wheat and flour rise. Liverpool bread stuffs hold steady with winter wheat at 6s 5d to 6s 6d and corn firm. pork at 71s 3d, bacon 40s and 39s 6d, cheese 57s, tallow 28s 38d, lard 33s 9d.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
California
Minnesota
Imports and Exports in Atlantic trade of 1887 November 8
Shipping and mercantile ledger lists Grover Cleveland era imports including herring, bloaters, hake, codfish and pollock from Grand Manan. Liverpool goods show hardwood, steel, yarns, mdse, wine and toys from multiple firms. Numerous vessels, consignors, crates and bales detail vast cross Atlantic commerce through Parrsboro, Stanley Bridge and Yarmouth with seafood, tin plates, wool and machinery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Manan
Carter, Carter & Thompson
Stone & Downer
Thos Groom & Co
Harding
Walker, Stetson & Co
Brown Bros & Co
Pierce & Co
Bolls Steel
Houghton
E & F King & Co
Birch Bros & Co
Walbaum & Co
Wetherell Bros
Jones
Warren & Wood
Pettingill & Everett
Hooper, Lewis & Co
Jos Breck & Son
Fuller, Dana & Fitz
Reveilland
Doherty
McCormick
Mikealian
Reed & Barton
Parrsboro
Jessie D
Stanley Bridge
Pei
Yarmouth
Clements & Co
Ellis & Co
G Hall & Co
Exports Report From London Antwerp and Sierra Leone
EXPORTS NOV 3 1887 London steamers Borderer and Jan Breydel carry a mix of rubber boots apples tobacco and paper to Antwerp and New York while Sierra Leone schooner Navarino loads tobacco rum flour bread and meat items. Hillsboro Nova Scotia lists Berina schooner cargo of cornmeal kerosene and marble pieces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Eng
Antwerp
Belgium
New York
Jan Breydel
Sierra Leone
Africa
Hillsboro
St John
Staple Commodities Listed in 1887 Rail Freight Receipts
A long ledger of freight movements shows Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine Eastern and Western Divisions, and Boston & Lowell railroads transporting large quantities of cotton, wool, flour, corn, oats, butter, cheese, eggs, leather, hides, and other staples on November 3, 1887. Entities include multiple railroad names and commodities with numerous units such as bales, bbls, bushels, and cars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & the Railroad
Western Division
Boston & Lowel Railroad
Commodities listed for express and sea shipments
The document itemizes items by quantities and formats for express and sea conveyances. It includes crops like cotton and corn, animal products such as lard and butter, eggs and dairy, fruit and vegetables, timber, leather hides and pelts, and others with volumes like bales, cases, tubs, barrels, and bags. Origin and destination details are not specified.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
By Express
Through Trains From Boston & Maine Railways 1887 Schedule
Boston and Maine timetable dated October 23 1887 lists through trains on western and eastern divisions. Routes include Augusta Haymarket Causeway St St Johns Halifax Calais Rockland Castine and Portland steamer connections with multiple daily departures from Haymarket Sq and Causeway St stations and notes winter adjustments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine
Wstern
Augusta
Haymarket St
Causeway St
St. John
Halifax
Haymarket Sq
Hartport
Calais
Portland
Rockland
Castine
Southwest
Bar Eiarbors
Ewistonsiaymarket Sq
Manchester
Concord
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North
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Conway
tHaymarket
Suawsu
Pontsland
Mains Central
Grand Krank
Knox & Lincoln
Complex Train Schedules Across New England and Maine
Train times listed for routes including Boston area towns and states with multiple stations. Schedules show departure times from Andover Lawrence Lowell Melrose and others, with connections to Dover Exeter Bangor and Manchester.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sunda Dover
Lawrence
Lowell
Land, Bangor
Land Way
Train Schedule for Boston to Amesbury and Nearby Stops
Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury and other stations listed with posted daily and Sunday trains. Times cover early morning to late evening, including Boston Haymarket and South Reading routes, with notes on Pullman cars and key agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Station
Causeway Street
Amesbury
Beverly
Kiddeford
M. Chelsea
Dover
M. Everett
Great Falls
Rochester
Brampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Ranch
Middleton
Newburyport
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Revere
Rockport and
Gloucester Ranch
Salem
Nu.to
Lisaepos
York Harbor & Mead K.R
Saugus Branch
Swampscott
Wenham
Aim
Wolfeboro
Lynn and Way
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Maiifax
Saugus
South Reading Ranch
Boston
Haymarket Square
City
Washington Street
James T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
Boston and Providence Rail Schedule May 30 Start
Trains from Boston to New York and return adjust on Monday May 30 with numerous listed departures and connections. Paths include Shore Line routes and Sunday specials, with schedules from Providence and Pawtucket to Attleboro Canton Sharon and nearby towns, detailing return times throughout the day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Providence Tatt Road
New York
Shore Line
Spark
Shore Wy Mail
York Breanboas Stoning
Sunne
Provident
Frebronville
Nelda
New York and Corrected TA Trains Depart Boston Weekdays
Train schedule shows TA trains from Boston to New York and other destinations on weekdays only. Various departure times listed include early morning and late evening with multiple intermediate stops and connections to Ashcroft Baltim Street Blac DPanbury and Forest Shoy, with numerous numerical timings and station notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Ashcroft
BK Baltim Street
Dpanbury
Fragmented Schedule Fragments Show Early 20th Century Transit Times
Reads like an OCR of timetables listing numerous stations such as Hartford New Britain New York Boston Norwood and Philadelphia with scattered times in multiple lines. The garbled data suggests a transit timetable or rail schedule dense with minute marks and station names.
Boston and Albany depot schedules and named trains
The notice lists departure times from Boston for Needham, Woonsocket, and intermediate stations with daily and Sunday variations. It also describes express and through services to New York via Middletown New Haven Hartford and connections to Hartford and Atlantic destinations, plus the Norwich Line Express to New York and connections to steamer City of Worcester. Contact details given for tickets at 322 Washington street and depot area.
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Central
Vermont
Monte
Pullman
Boston
Lowell
Chicago
Fitchburg
Wagner Palace
Central Vermont
New Ugritain
New Lo Middleton
Ylanor
Weed Central
Tucket
Providetaam
Low
Wow
River Street
Rockville
Conn
Southbridge
Wiltons
Webster
Sriday
Norwood Central
Boston & Albany Railroad
Needham and Way
Woonsocket
Eturn
New York
Middletown
New Haven
Hartford
New Britain
Waterbury
Danbury
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Newburgh
Port Jervis
Chicago & St.es Limited
Exie Railway
NEW England Limited
Air Line
Pye
Grand Central Depot
Willimantic
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Trenton
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
Norwich
New London
Danielsonville
Putnam
City OF Worcester
City OF New York
Washington Street
Fall River
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Annex Boat
Pilgrim
Bristol
Old State House
Stonington
York
Boston & Pro Railr
Buncers Seca
M. Nork
State Street
J. W. Richardson
Repolsoi
Sam
Boston & Providence Hy
Rutland
Montreal
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Causeway Street
Cexpress
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Connece Ee
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. R
Cheshire
BR. R
White River Junction
Ches
Hire
Pullman Palace
Ogdens
A. Faxon
Age A.stewart
Fitchburg Railroad Timetable for Hoosac Tunnel Route
Detailed local and through rail times list departures to Albany Chicago and beyond from North Adams Troy and surrounding points. Notes include service types Am through Sunday schedules stops at Fitchburg Gardner Miller’s Falls Greenfield Marlboro Nashua and Worcester with ticket office details and office address in Boston.
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Pert Pees
Fitchburg
Sun
Gardner and Miller’s Falls
Greenfield
Lincoln
Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard
Nashua N
Ayer Junction
North Leominster
Saratoga
Union Square
Somerville
Waltham
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Worcester
Miller’s Falls
South Con
Loosac Tunnel
Washington Street
Boston
Nadams
Gen
Boston and Lowell Railroad Time Table October
The notice lists Boston and Lowell Railroad schedules with local and through trains to Manchester Concord Keene Nashua Wilton hills and many towns. It includes departure times from Boston and Lowell, sleeping and parlor cars to Montreal and through service via Montreal Boston Air Line, plus agents C. S. Mellen and Geo. W. Storer.
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Mnservice
Boston Fur
Kassvn Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Shland
Plymouth
Warren Iaverhill
Woodsville
Littleton
Bethlehem
Fabyans
Lancaster
Whitefield
Ranklin Bebanon
Whiteiver Junction
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
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Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
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Arlington
Albans
Montreal
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Boston
Manchester
Concord
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Peterboro
Hillsboro
Elillsboro
Wilton
Bulford
Amherst
Greenfield
Nashua
Es Lowell
Billerica
Bediura
Mellen
Geo. W. Storer
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J. R. Kendrick
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J. Whitmore
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Boston & Lowell Railroad
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W. Storer
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Brookline News
Louis Cassier
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