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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 09, 1889

Page

7

Fish Fleet Shrinks As Cod Receipts Lag In Newfoundland Season

Most Bank cod boats have arrived while shore mackerel fleets near exhaustion at North Bay. Many vessels plan not to fish for mackerel again, expecting a small fleet next season. Licenses expire December 31 raising anxiety as Canada and Newfoundland may halt new issuances. Newfoundland frozen herring and haddock trades continue with dozens of small boats heading to shore fisheries. Receipts show codfish well below recent years. prices for various fish and ready-for-market goods listed, including halibut, mackerel, herring, hake, pollock, and cod.

North Bay Canada Newfoundland Bay Labrador Nova Scotia Bay of Islands Eastport California Halifax Iceland Haddock

Prices and Receipts for Flour and Grain Markets

John E Welsh reports Nov 8 carload lots for all grain except rye with 112 total cars. Flour receipts 6245 bbls, 2782 sacks. market steady with better demand and sales of spring patents at 5400 bbl. Quotes cover finest to provincial grades, New York and Chicago spot and futures, and varied regional receipts.

Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Rolier New York City Mill City Mills St Louis Chicago Arket Michigan

Receipts Recorded for Butter Oleo Cheese Eggs and Beans

The report lists culinary and dairy items including butter and oleo with 1868 pies, 10 boxes, 500 pigs, 1143 boxes of cheese, 182 barrels of eggs, 1653 cases, and beans. It presents a ledger style tally of daily stock movements and quantities for several goods.

Butter and Cheese Markets Shaping Up Amid Slower Creamery Trade

Dairy prices edge higher on creamery demand, with firmer butter positions in creameries and steady cheese markets. Reports note slow sales for low grades, steady to rising prices for higher grades, and varied regional quotes across New York, Chicago, and Western markets.

Wholesale Market Prices For Vegetables And Produce

The supply of all kinds is large and only a fair demand is reported. Prices include Onions 75¢ per bush, $2.225 per barrel, Spanish onions 8 44¢ per crate, Western onions $2 per barrel, beets 50¢ per box, carrots 40¢ per box, lettuce 25–40¢ per head, turnips 35¢ per box, white cabbage $1 per barrel, St Andrews 65–75¢ per barrel, parsley 75¢ per bush, red cabbage $1 per barrel, pumpkins 75¢ per barrel, squash marrow $15, turban $20, Hubbard $204 per ton, spinach 20¢ per bush, cauliflowers 1 per head, citron melons $3 per barrel, celery $2 per box.

White Cape St Andrews

Fruit Market Prices and Wholesale Quotes Report

Wholesale fruit prices hold steady amid slow sales as oranges lemons and apples vary by grade. Kings and Hubbardston apples command around 323.50 and 250-275 per unit. Florida oranges pricings push higher while Jamaica oranges stay steady. Grapes show smaller supply with higher general levels. Cranberries remain dull at old prices. Almeria grapes firm at 4 to 7 per barrel and fancy lots 10 to 12.50.

Hubbardstons Ben Davis Snow Baldwins Michigan Florida Sicily Jamaica Concords Dianas Isabellas Jonas Cape Almeria

Steamer Devonshire Arrives with Palermo Lemons

The steamer Devonshire is due about mid November carrying 750 boxes Palermo lemons after passing Gibraltar on October 31. The steamer Santiago is also due, via Hull, England, with 900 boxes Palermo lemons.

Gibraltar Santiago Hull England

Savannah boat arrives with 2700 boxes of oranges

A Savannah bound boat scheduled to arrive Monday carries 2700 boxes of oranges. Officials confirm cargo details and origin as reported by local harbor authorities.

Savannah

Fruit Sales Auction Includes Grapes and Lemons

Snow and Co will auction 2000 bbls Almeria grapes 250 half-bbls grapes and 250 boxes Malaga lemons on Monday Harris and Co will auction 4500 boxes Florida oranges and 600 bbls Almeria grapes on Tuesday Free statements show multiple fruit lots and two selling days Matchups include Almeria grapes Malaga lemons and Florida oranges with quantities provided

Snow & Co Almeria Malaga Harris & Co Florida

Provisions and Meat Prices Across Markets

Receipts today show tallow 27 pkgs, beef 100 bbls, lard 900 pkgs, hams 15 bbls, 100 tierces, preserved meats 1250 cases, bacon 680 boxes. Pork prices steady. long cuts 12 50 to 13 00, backs 12 50 to 13 00, tongues 17 75, mess 14, prime mess 11 50, extra prime 11 50, fresh ribs 8 1 2 to 9c, sausages 9c, lard in tiers 10 lb pails 7 5 to 10 1b pails 7 9c, hams 11 12c, smoked shoulders 8c. Receipts: hogs 5930, yesterday 4123. Chicago reports mess pork quiet, lard firm. Beef quiet. beef hams steady. tierced beef quiet. cut meats dull. Prices cited for various beef products and fresh meats. tallow demand modest with city 4 4% to 4 58c. New York tallow firm.

Franklin County New York Vermont Chicago Elgin Western Liverpool New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Michigan Choice Canadas Bush Caliornia Lima Choice Canada Ohio Indiana Aroostook Houston Crockett Bros & Sanborn Glasgow Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Roostook Hebrons Burbanks White Stars Brunswick Hebrons Stars Chenangoes York St Louis Cincinnati Choice Heavy Brighton Astern Choice Choice Brighton

Grain and Livestock Prices Across Markets Daily Report

Kansas City markets show weak cattle with steers at 3.20 to 3.90, cows 1.35 to 2.25, stockers 2.20 to 3.00, and hogs lower from 3.70 to 3.95. Sheep steady at 3.15 to 4.25. Cincinnati market steady for meats with loose cuts near 5.70 to 5.75, pork at 10.10, lard 5.90 to 5.95. Chicago cattle receipts 9,000 with steady to weak close. hogs 26,000 receipts closing lower. sheep steady to strong with natives 2.75 to 5.25 and lambs 4.50 to 5.40.

Kansas City Chicago Texas Western Rangers

New York Cotton Quiet Amid Mixed Prices and U.S. Ports

Cotton trading in New York shows quiet activities with 261 bales traded and varied classifications from uplands to middling. Futures opened firm and closed very steady as the market tracks opening and closing quotes across months from November to May and Liverpool and U.S. port data reflect steady demand and stock changes.

New York Liverpool Augusta C. Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Memphis Brunswick Savannah Charleston Wilmington Newport News Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Mid Lovee Clyge Britain Continent Cincinnati St Louis Louisville France United States

Sugar and Molasses Receipts and Prices Report

Sugar receipts total 2633 bbls and 450 boxes today, versus 255 bbls and 8118 bags last year. market steady with fair demand and short supply. Quotes cover Cuba resets, Javas, Manila sugars with various grades and tests, plus pulverized to extra grades and wholesale granulated at 7 cents. Molasses receipts 380 bbls with 64 birds and 30 tierces. prices for Ponce and Cienfuegos grades range 25 to 42 cents per unit, with Barbados at 32c and boiling grades 60 test nominal. New York reports no change.

Cuba Manilas New York Ponce Barbados

Turpentine and Petroleum Market Report

Turpentine closed at 47 4 48c with resin 10 115 and tar 260 while petroleum closed at 7 70c with RSW 7 50 and cases 9 50. Coffee New York Rio firmer and fairly active with fair cargoes 19c. Whiskey no change reported.

New York Rio

Williams Storage Imports at Halifax Port in 1889

List of goods and shipments arriving November 8 1889 at Halifax Nova Scotia includes Steamer Halifax 21 boxes scrap lead American Express 2 barrels sand E P Cutler & co 14 packages fruit boxes G H Chessman 43 barrels fresh mackerel E S Ellis 1 case mdeed Isinor 1 boil fish Paul ixpress co 9 barrels mackerel Potter & Wrightington 7 cases halibut Stanwood & co 2533 barrels sugar 100 half drums 450 boxes 220 barrels preserves 411 drums dry fish 95 barrels salt 13 half drums D Stone 1 box noise J Underhay 1 case effects 1 van machine J E Welsh 22 packages household effects Bark Rebecca Goddard 496 packages palm oil 157 drums gum copal 94 parrots 1 piano 1 iron safe 1 bbl palm oil 3 boxes samples 6 coconut logs 2 iron woodsticks 87 hardwood boards 1 ebony stick to order

Halifax American Express P Cutler & Co Welsh APPAM WCA Rebecca Goddard

Exports, 1889 Port Antonio and Yarmouth Cargo Totals

Shipping brief lists Marmion cargo from Port Antonio including sawdust and hardware, Yarmouth NL cargo with flour kerosene oysters cider and fruit, Plutou Barrington NS flour figures, and a London ENZ note correcting flour sacks for the Durham City voyage cleared Oct 30.

Port Antonio Jam Marmion Yarmouth Plutou Barrington Swit H Nickerson London Enz Durham City

Paris and Liverpool Wheat Quiet as Markets Open November

Paris reports wheat and flour markets quiet with December futures around 38f 9c and 2f 6c respectively. Liverpool and London notes show breadstuffs steady to easy with tight demand and steady pork and lard prices while futures for wheat and corn remain dull. receipts of 263,000 centals and 50,100 for corn.

Paris London Mark Lane Liverpool California

Trade names and reps listed across major cities

A roster of brokers and firms in multiple cities names representatives from Gramling Spalding Cohen Adler Magruder Horner and others. The list covers Baltimore Chicago Philadelphia Cincinnati Indianapolis Louisville Mobile Minneapolis Nashville Omaha Pittsburgh Portland Quincy Springfield St Joseph and San Francisco with firm affiliations and roles such as Treasurers Ad and Reps.

Atlanta J R Gramling Gramling, Spalding & C Baltimore H Adler Cohen, Adler & Co L Magruder T J Magruder & Co Tre A F Horner AF & J Horner Chattanooga, Tenn G M Smartt Smartt Bros & Co Chicago Brooks Brooks Bros, Tre A C Maclauchlan Selz, Schwab & Co Charleston Jelenko Jelenko & Loeb Cincinnati G Ringgold FG Ringgold & Co Chillicothe E Culter Miller & Culter Dallas Lex—S J Howell Howell Bros Shoe Co Dubuque B Wickenbrook H Patterson Patterson, Thomas & Co Kansas City Barton Barton Bros Lexington E Spencer Watkins & Spencer Shore Green Green, Huffaker & Co Louisville Keith Neale, Keith& Barlow Kky A Owen Sutcliff & Owen A Warren Warren Springfield T Keet Keet & Rountree Mercantile Co St Joseph A T Smith Smith, Frazer B & S Co Asi Cal Frank H. Pond St. Louis Missouri Charles H. Pond Woonsocket Rhode Island India Street Boston Ebenezer W. Hayward Uxbridge Massachusetts Testate Lucinda Ebenezer B. Hayward Jacob Taft George W. Torrey Brookline Peny Sone F. Martin Caroline A. Martin Saybrook Connecticut Eugene H. Ingalls Annie PD. Ingalls Louisa Torrey Nellie F. Torrey Charles Torrey Thomas L. Nelson Benjamin Davenport Mendon Stephen Torrey Davenport Louis G. Aldrich Natchez Mississippi Alphonso Taft Louisa M. Taft Ohio Samuel Wood Susan S. Wood San Francisco California Edward Orton Anna PD Orton Columbus Seth H. Hayward George D. Merriam Buena Vista Colorado Charles Robinson Rosalina M. Strini Suffolk Severo Strini Italy Rosalina M Daniel B. Merriam Corey Pennsylvania Walter G. Merriam Linus M. Child

Old Colony Train Schedules for the Cape Cod Division

timetable listings show weekday and Sunday departures from Brockton Fall River New Bedford and other hubs to Fall River Taunton Plymouth Duxbury and Waunton with varied times throughout the day and notes on via routes and additional trains. Also mentions a boat connection from Fall River and a Cape Cod division designation.

Fall River Line Shor Line Stonington Line Boston Old State House Central Division New York Fall River Brockton Taunton Anew Bedford Wport Plymouth Abington Duxbury Waunton Central Station Dean St NEW Fort Gces York Rooklyn Jersey City Old Colony Kneeland Street J. BR. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor TL. H. Palmer

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John E. Welsh State Street General Markets FROTT Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants Williams Congress Street Lamkin & Foster Goodyear India Rubber Glove Mfg. Co Hathaway, Soule & Harrington Men’s Fine Shoes Goodyear Machine 97 Inc Medical Humphreys Albany U. S. Army Cavalry H.H J.K Humphreys’ Med. Co Fulton St N.Y Railroads Kneeland Street Station Provincetown and Way Ill. Hyanmis Fairhaven Woods Holl Chatham Providence Limited Washington Street Stonington Dedham West Roxbury Readville All River Hyde Park Bnewport Newport Wickford Junction Bedford Pawtucket Reeadville Dtaunton Wrentham Central Boston & Albany Marlboro Fitchburg Leominster Pass J.R. Kendrick Maine City Ticket Office Corner State Street Haymarket Sq Causeway St Bangor Bar Harbor Concord N. H Upper Heads Lewiston Manchester Portland North Conway St. John St. Andrews Malifax the Provinces Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox Lincoln R.ks Rockland Castine Beer Isle Sedgwick South West Harbor Bar Tarbor Mill Bridge Machiasport Calais N. EB Lowell Causeway Street Portland Street Nashua Northampton Amherst Ware Worcester Manchester and N. Mf Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Bristol Claremont St. Johnewars Sherbrooke Norwich Tlayover Thetford Bradford Newbury Montpelier Essex Duvnetion Burlington Montreal St. Albans Wells River Quebec Low Estates Minneapolis Kuns James T. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen’s Pass Park Square Station Weepington Avenue Park Square J. W. Miller J. W. Richardson U. Il Briggs Gen. Pass Bos NEW Haven & Hart N New London Springfeld Hartford N. Y N. E Willimantic Sunda T. Hempstead Gen Vow Clifton House Ware & Rose Clifton, Mass R. R West Cinnernati Il Liliowu Syracuse Mochester Buffalo Niagara Detroit Michigan Central KR. R Cleveland Toledo Lake Shore Michigan Southern J. B Big Four Pdaily Niagara Falls Ibetroit New Haven Ars A. S. Hanson Gen. Pass. Agh Richardson’s New England Conservatory Mason Wim. Mason W. S. K. Mathews Oliver Ditson Company E. W. Tyler Tremont Street Suffolk, Ss Commonwealth OF Boston Post Jos. A. Willard Worthley Elm Stebeet City of Macon Clyde Line Lewis Wharf Fruit In Store Scythia Iowa North Market St Falton St Almeria Grapes S. R. Knights & CO Washington St Main St Cambridgeport Blue Hill Avenue Clifford Fairbury Street Roxbury District George T. Bosson A. R. Smith County of Billerica Street Frank Bh. Deering East Boston Sumner Street East Boston Company Daniel Crowley John Doherty South Second Street Daniel Ayer Matilda Ray Josiah Dunham Robert Bay Richards & CO Commonwealth OF Massachutesetts Julius Barnott Isaac Soloman J. Barnett & Company, Clothiers Court Room Court Square John B. Fitzpatrick Joan B. Fitzpatrick Henry Lord Oren Court Street Charles H. Brigham Herbert Riley Lowell M. Maxham Thomas J. Olys Joseph A. Turcotte Gaid Albert T. Knapp Havover St
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