Grain and flour quotations and carload oats and oats market notes
Inspections today totaled 50 cars with details for steamer yellow corn steamer mixed corn and grades of white oats including No 1 No 2 and No 3. Price quotations cover flour rye corn meal and malt with domestic and export figures for Canada export and various grades. Hops and malting quotes included with regional value ranges.
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Minnesota
Michigan
York
Canada Superior
Canada
New York
sEgbehire
Eastern
Stable butter and dairy markets with firm egg and bean demand
The market stays quiet yet firm with butter prices near prior levels. Eggs remain firm with strong demand for fresh lots. Beans show firm demand while cheese picks up slightly. Hay receipts are light with better movement. potatoes and sweet potatoes hold steady. Norfolk boat due Monday faces dealer doubt.
New York Butter and Cheese Markets Steady in Demand
In New York butter remains steady amid fair demand while cheese holds steady and firm. Eggs stay firm as beans and dried apples ease. Weekly receipts show butter 30 374 packages, cheese 35 302 boxes, eggs -. last week butter 28 680 packages, cheese 40 751 boxes, eggs 30 892 packages. Liverpool cheese steady at 57s. Montreal firm at quotations with active demand. English shippers expect large cheese shipments. prices firmer with colored fancy at 11 12c, finest white 11 44 11 4c, fine 10 14 11c, medium 9 10c.
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Norfolk
New York
Vermont
Northern Choice
Ohio Choice
Northern Sage
New Hampshire
Choice Canada
Michigan
Nova Scotia
Island
New Brunswick
Choice
Estern
Houlton Rose
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostock
Bush
Hebrons
Peerless
Chenangoes
MacIntires
Canada
West
North
Timothy
Jersey
Hatter
Liverpool
Montreal
Local Produce Prices and Quiet Market Demand
Vendors list a quiet demand for trucks and a variety of vegetables. Prices include onions at 2 dollars per basket, cabbages 50 cents to 75 cents per bush, beets 40 cents per bush, lettuce 1 dollar per 2 box, celery 3 dollars per 350 p box, pumpkins 7 to 9 cents per bushel, and several items priced per barrel or box as listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
Fruit Market Mixed as Stamford Arrives with Oranges
The steamer Stamford brings oranges and bananas for Snow & Co. Auctions today will offer Almeria grapes Florida oranges and fokay grapes. The Savannah boat arrives Monday with 1700 boxes Florida oranges. Apples are plentiful and dull while cranberries and grapes move slowly. Exports from Boston show London 906 bbls Liverpool 7676 bbls and 87 bbls miscellaneous totaling 5865 bbls versus 33,983 last year. Prices listed for various apples cranberries grapes pears and oranges with regional varieties and crate counts noted. NUTS and pecans priced per market terms.
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Stamford
Snow & Co
Almeria
Florida
Savannah
Boston
London
Liverpool
King
Hubbardston
York State
Harvey
Baldwins
Cape Cod
Salem
Catawba
Concord
Isabella
Rebecca
Diana
Seckle
Bush
Beurre Bose
Beurre d
Anjou
Palermo
Jamaica
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Virginia
Dried Apples Price List Evokes Early Retail Ad
A compact price list notes evaporated apples at 11 cents and 10 cents with 942 units, sun dried sliced and quartered at 5 cents to 4 5 cents, reflecting a historic grocery advertisement.
Meat Market Report Shows Strong Pork and Export Demand
Demand for pork is solid with well sustained prices. Export demand for packed meats and lard is good and local traders’ exports reach about 115000 dollars this week, up from 88000 last week. Fresh beef receipts remain large though prices stay in buyers' favor.
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Boston
Lord
Choice
Chicago
Brighton
Hastern
Liverpool Cotton and Market Report Highlights
Futures in Liverpool opened steady and closed steady with varied December to July quotes. Spot prices firm for middling uplands and Orleans with New York settlement steady. Sugar and molasses markets noted with firm refined sugar and unchanged raw sugar, while pipeline certificates activity reported.
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Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Jaduatss
Auburn
Esa
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Cuba
Grain and flour market summaries from New York and across the Midwest
Reports from New York show flour dull and rye flour steady with various wheat and corn figures, including Western and Minnesota lots, prices for No 1 red and No 2 white, and cargo counts. Midwest notes from Detroit Chicago Cincinnati St Louis Minneapolis and Milwaukee record wheat, corn, oats, barley, rye, and flour movements, with prices for pork, lard, and whiskey, plus receipts and shipments.
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New York
Minnesota
Chicago
Rio
Petroleum—United
Tierces
Western Steam Pt
City Steam
Liverpool
Detroit
Cincinnati
IT. Louis
Minneapolis
Milwaukee
Print Cloth Market Activity in Fall River and Providence
Fall River reports weekly print cloth data with production 176000, deliveries 159000, stock 48000, sales 168000, spot 60000, futures 108000 and prices 444 cents less 1 percent for 64a, 215 16 cents less 1 percent for 50xb6s. Market firm and active. Providence shows steady and firm prints at 314 1 4 cents for 64x64s and 2 1/2 cents cash for 56x60s with weekly sales totaling 1000 pieces 64x64s extras spots and November at 314 1 2 cash, 3000 pieces 64x64s spot and November 314 cents plus 1/2, 10000 pieces 56x60s November December at 2 1/2 cents minus 1 percent, 5000 pieces 56x60s November.
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Fall River
Providence
Irregular Stock Figures Noted in Private Terms
The record notes December dealings at two percent cash with 30 000 pieces irregular to be made under private terms. Stock held by manufacturers includes 183 000 pieces 64x64s and 200 pieces 566x603.
Hog and Cattle Market Roundup Across Cities
Kansas City reports hogs steady with 6000 receipts and 1100 shipments. Peoria notes firm hogs at 4.15 to 6.60, 220 receipts. St Louis sees firm hogs with Yorkers 4.36 to 4.60. Chicago shows cattle receipts 3000 with steady demand and hogs higher on heavy bids. sheep receipts 3000 with steady prices.
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Kansas City
Peoria
ST. Louis
Chicago
Texas
Western Rangers
Cotton Markets Report Nov 5 Across Major Ports
Net receipts total 40 891 with exports to Great Britain 23 516 and 14 090 to France while stock at all US ports reaches 663 755. Markets show firm to strong tone with mid 9c to 95 1 16c across New Orleans Savannah Norfolk and others.
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Augusta
Midge
Galveston
Mia
New Orleans
Great Britain
France
Continent
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
Foreign markets report steady wheat and varied cargoes
London reports steady off coast wheat with several cargoes landed and five awaiting. Paris wheat and flour firm while Liverpool notes dull futures for wheat. Antwerps spot wheat unchanged and Havana sugar markets quiet with high holder demands and US-bound exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Walla Walla
California
la Platte
Paris
Liverpool
Antwerp
Havana
Matanzas
United States
Cuba
Maritime Imports Report From Atlantic Ports November 5 1887
The record lists cargoes from Montague Prince Edward Island and Charlottetown including Ella Mand with 2784 bushels potatoes and 5 barrels mackerel, Linaisa with 4562 bushels potatoes and 75 bags 88 barrels, Mary P with 1924 bags potatoes, and Glid e with 26266 dry salted hides. Also shows Stamford at Port Antonio with 12000 bunches bananas 50 bags cocoa 60 pails oranges, River Garry at Porto Rico with 200 hogsheads sugar 109 casks molasses, and River Garry listed among cargoes of Gossler & co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montague
Pei
Ella Mand
Barclay & Co
Russell
Charlottetown
Linaisa
S R Kimball
Mary P
Chapin Bros
Tamatave
India Rubber Ropes
Emmerton & Co
Port Antonio
Jam
Stamford
Exports Listed From Nova Scotia Ports in 1887 Record
Shipping manifest details cargoes from Pictou Maitland Plympton Bear River Digby Annapolis and Halifax to destinations including Demerara Haiti and Surinam. Cargoes enumerate flour cornmeal oil produce hardware vehicles timber and various goods aboard multiple steamers brig ships and schooners.
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Pictou
Ashantee
Maitland
A J
Plympton
E Raymond
Bear River
E Walsh
Boone Bay
Alice
Wit
Demerara
Digby
Annapolis
New Brunswick
Haytian
New York
Haytien Republic
Halifax
Charlottetown
Pel
Carroll
Azores
Surinam
Charles A Sparks
Haddock
Staples and shipments across railroads in Albany Grand Junction and Providence
The report itemizes cargo across three railroads Albany Grand Junction and Providence listing bales of cotton wool and leather barrels of flour corn oats middlings and beef livestock products bacon apples hams and other goods in numerous counts and sacks for a period. It notes specific quantities such as 103 bales cotton 64 bales wool 1500 bbls flour and 3892 bush oats among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Extensive 19th Century Freight Inventory From Multiple Railways
A large OCR style inventory lists commodities by railway line and transport method including Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston and Maine, and Heston & Lowell railroads. Items cover tea, coffee, molasses, oleo, cheese, apples, sweets, leather, hides, wool, cotton, flour, corn, wheat, oats, beans, potatoes, hay, lumber, butter, eggs, and many bales, boxes, barrels, and sacks with quantities shown in bales, boxes, barrels, and bushels. The list also notes shipments by express and by sea with numerous private lots and shipping terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Heston & Lowell Railroad
Express
Kohler Furnaces Offer Original Two Chamber Design
Kohler's furnaces feature two distinct hot air chambers for long heat travel, self cleaning with upright shaker, two vapor pans, and anti clinker design. Portable units include tin casing and dead air space. over four thousand in use and a descriptive catalogue available upon request. Wholesale and retail sales offered by
Through Trains on Western and Eastern Divisions 1887
Boston and Maine schedules list trains from Haymarket and Causeway stations to Augusta St. John Halifax Rockland Southport Bar Harbor Lewiston Manchester North Conway and more with multiple daily departures including steamer transfers from Portland. Details show times for Haymarket and Causeway stations on various routes and connections on Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln lines.
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Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Yam
Banger
St. John
Halifax
Revinces
Causeway Station
Mastport
Calais
Portland
Rockland
Castine
Southpert
Bar Harbors
N. H
North—Haymarket S
North Jonway
Maine Central
Grand Crumb
Knox
Hincoln
Western Division Train Schedules to Alton Bay and Nearby Cities
A dense OCR list shows Western Division train times from Boston to Alton Bay, Mochester, Farmington and other towns with numerous departures from early morning through night. The timetable includes lines to Andover Dover Exeter Metros Lawrence Lowell and multiple regional stops with varied hours and prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Division
Boston Station
Maymarket Square
Alton Bay
Mochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Manevers
Exeter
WOZ
Great Falls
Maverhill
Ford and Saco
Peto
Lawrence
Aeeae
Lowell
Boston and Albany Rail Timetables June 27 1887
Local timetables for the Boston and Albany Railway show division times. Tickets and through routes to Springfield Pittsfield Albany and the West are sold at stations and 232 Washington Street Boston. Frequent am and pm departures listed with connections at Pittsfield Palmer Worcester and more.
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Boston & Albany R.R
Washington Street
Boston
Springfield
Pittsfield
Albany
Fraamehsam
Buffalo
Chicago
Detroit
Worcestfield
Cleveland
Ago
Algo
Buffalis
North
Hindron
Palmer
Ware
Hartford
New York
N JP Vassue Sunany
Newton Lower Falls
Wellesley Edinls
Worcester
Newton Highlands
A. & Hanson
Gen. Pass. Agt
Transportation Timetable Fragments Across Towns
A dense OCR list shows bus and boat times connecting Taunton Brockton Plymouth Hingham and New York via Fall River Line. It notes departures returns and transfer points with multiple stations including Plymouth Brockton Taunton New Bedford and Fall River. Decisions reference GEO L Connor and J R Kendrick as officials.
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New York
Fall River
Weymouths
Hingham
Cohasset
Scituate
Marshfield
Waxbury
Plymouth
Brockton
Taunton
Va Brockton
Newport
South Braintree
New Bedford
Middleboro
Geo. L. Connor
J. R. Kendrick
Pass
Evening Train Schedule for Eastern Division Ridership
The notice lists daily and Sunday departure times from Heston Station and other stations including Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Lynn Salem and Portsmouth. It names operating details such as city ticket office and Pullman car service on Portland and Bangor trains and credits James T. FurbE r as General Manager and D J Flanders as General Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Heston Station
Causeway Street
Amesbury
Beverly
Middleford
Chelsea
Weaver
Everett
Great Falls
Rochester
Idampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Upswich
Lynn
Marbichhead and
Swampscott Hranch
Middleton
Newburyport
Tpin
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Mkevere
Koekport and
Gloucester iSearch
Aim
Salem
Work Harbor & Beach R.R
Saugus Branch
Swampscott
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Ovam
Lynn and Way
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
Saugus
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
Washington Street
James T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
Boston and Lowell Railroad Through Service Timetable
Boston station on Causeway Street offers through service from Boston to Fort Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weeks Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville with multiple daily departures. Local and branch services extend to Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Greenfield Nashua Wilton Milford and other points with numerous daily times and extensions to Montreal via White River Junction and the Montreal Line. Timetable details available at stations. general superintendents Mellen and Storer announce full information at offices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston
Causeway Street
City
Washington Street
Old State House
Fort Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weeks
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Hmianverhill
Woodsville
Littleton
Bethlehem
Fabyans
Lancaster
Whitefield
Franklin
Lebanon
White River Junction
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Montreal
R.R
Ontreal
Boston Air Line
Branchester
Concord
N. H
Accuauiar
Mellen
Geo. W. Storer
Central Vermont
Rutland
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Fitchburg Depot
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
St. Johns
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. R
Cheshire
Pullman Palace
Ottawax
C. A. Faxon
BK. Stewart
Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route Timetable
Train departures from Boston Causeway Street to North Adams Troy Albany and west begin September 5 1887 with multiple daily express options and sleeping cars to Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis. Service includes Ayer Junction Brattleboro Cambridge and other connections with Sunday schedules and various times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
Express
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Troy
Ayer Junction
SUN
Pelmont Gadley
Elemont An Overley
Brattleboro
Miller’s Falls
Train Schedule Updates for LBV Boston Providence Line
The May 30 1887 timetable lists mono daily and Sunday train runs from Boston to New York and Providence with numerous departure and return times, plus connections to Steamboat lines and local routes. It notes seasonal and weekday adjustments, and includes timetable details for Concord and Manchester via the Concord Railroad and branches under Superintendent A A Folsom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
New York
Fall River Line
Fal River
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Armour
amAawinh
a_m
Yi m. Pawtucke Ae
Edent and Bateson
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Kohler’s Furnaces
Mass
Railroads
ALL River Line
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex
Pilgrim
L. H. Palmer
J.R. Kendrick
Montreal & Wes
Central Vermont R. K
J.W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Boston & Maine
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Southboro
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Clinton
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Ad Milton
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Matt
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Neponset
Mattapoise
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Abingto
Duxbury
Smee S Peres
Kerr Bridgewater
Butain
Provincetown
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Tauni
Milton
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Wane
Ill
Warem
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Entral
Sudbury
Wayland
Weaene Altham
M. Sun
Waverley
Belmont
W. Storer
Fitchburg Railroad
Hoosac
North Adams
Auov, Ane
Sivy
Cambridge
Witehburg
Itchburg
Pike
Saraveg
Union Square
Somerville
Waltham
South Eton
Atations
Lloosac Tunnel
Loston
John Adams
J. Whitmore
J.R. Watson
Gen’ Pass
Vebronville
Retry, OU
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East Fox
Sfeyen
Readvill Alar Am
Om. Bedkan
Attlebora
Sharon
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Fluenay
A. A
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Stoughton Reen Bostog Sam
Concord BR. RR
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Manchester
H. B. Chanberldy
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