Prices Drift in Mixed Market for Fruits and Nuts
The general fruit market shows steady tone with unchanged prices. Apples quiet cranberries firm dried apples quiet. Nuts in demand with several priced items including Atlantic fruits, oranges, lemons, bananas, and various nuts with values cited for Chesapeake and York State varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Florida
York State
Harvey
Cape Cod
Salem
York
Isabella
Palermo
Jamaica
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Virginia
Ehston
Market Prices For Various Produce Goods
A list of produce with steady prices includes onions, cabbages, squash, carrots, lettuce, parsnips, turnips, celery, cauliflower, pumpkins, spinach and more. Entries show per basket or per barrel prices with multiple varieties and weights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SE Soress
St Andrews
Meat market holds firm with steady pork and beef prices
Pork meats remain firm with good demand and supply. Beef appears plentiful with steady quotes. Prices shown for various cuts include pork and lard, ham, shoulders, ribs, bacon, and tongues, along with beef and lamb ranges across fresh meat categories.
Cotton and sugar markets show mixed moves on Liverpool and New York fronts
Liverpool cotton futures closed barely steady with varied November to July bids while spot prices edged up. New York spot eased slightly from steady opens as futures opened firm with mixed bids for Nov to Aug deliveries. Sugar markets remained firm with raw prices steady and refined sugar steady to higher across granulated and bulk grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Sasso Ac Ros
Mixed Isles Cs
Mda
Pinle
Manilas
Lonos
Javas
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Cuba
Market Report From Key Grain Centers on Nov 14
Reports from New York Chicago Milwaukee Minneapolis Toledo show flour and wheat prices firm or active, with receipts and exports across regions. No 2 spring and No 2 red wheat quoted higher, corn and oats mixed, rye firm, pork and beef values steady, and rail freight and molasses markets noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City
Minnesota
Chicago
Rio
United
City Extra India
Para
Tierces Western Steam
Tierces City Steam
Continent
Liverpool
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Loledo
Corn firm and higher in early market report
Market notes from Cincinnati St Louis and Detroit on November 14 show pork and lard strength in Cincinnati with firm hog prices, while St Louis reports flour dull and grains higher led by wheat and corn gains. Detroit records steady cash wheat and firm oats and corn trading activity.
Market Prices Across Hogs Cattle and Sheep In Major Cities
Kansas City reports hog receipts around 10 000 with 4 906 shipments and 12 023 official receipts for Saturday. St Louis notes lower hogs with Yorkers at around 430 to 460 and butchers firm near 465 to 485. Chicago shows cattle receipts 10 500 shipments 3 500 with steers at 3 5 and cows 1 26 to 2 85. hogs steady 4 40 to 4 70. sheep natives 2 50 to 4 00 and lambs 3 75 to 6 00.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Chicago
Texas
Cotton Markets Quiet Across Ports amid Mixed Receipts
Cotton trade reports show varied activity with Augusta net receipts 2280 and dull mid 9 ½ cents, Galveston exports to Britain 6237 and to the continent 4227, New Orleans stock 262,828 and quiet at mid 9 ½ cents, Mobile quiet at mid 98 cents, and consolidated three day receipts totaling 95,926 with exports to Britain 39,023, France 10,118, and the continent 39,304 across US ports.
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Augusta
C. Galveston
Great Britain
Continent
New Orleans
Coastwise
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
France
C. Wilmington
C. Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
Foreign markets report gains in wheat and firm corn prices
London and Liverpool show firmer wheat with higher prices and steady or rising corn. California wheat quotes, Danubian corn dearer, flour firm. Antwerp wool sales show moderate demand with Buenos Ayres and Montevideo lots sold at set prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Roort
California
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
Michigan
Antwerp
Buenos
Montevideo
Imports and Exports Across Charlottetown and Port Cities
Extensive list of shipments from Charlottetown and surrounding ports including bush potatoes, eggs, mackerel, potatoes, and turnips. Entries show multiple firms such as E T Russell & co, Delong & Seaman, Beaman Bros, and George Bond & co in Charlottetown and Halifax, Port Hawkesbury, and Pictou NS. Also notes shipments from Savannah and various U S firms with goods like cotton, oranges, hides, lumber, and spirits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charlottetown
Pei
John Halifax
Russell & Co
Londonderry
Mary Alice
Delong & Seaman
Port Hawkesbury
Halifax
Pictou
Carroll
Arthur & Co
Tullman
Farnum & Co
Griffin & Co
Hinckley, Ayers & Co
F Hutchinson & Co
G Hall & Co
Charles Lawrence
Griffin
Winsor & Son
Burt & Henshaw
Ellis & Co
Farrell
Johnson & Co
Jones & Co
Pickett & Son
Reed
Kendall & Co
Rockwell & Son
Whitney
Pousland & Co
Savannah
Macon
Alexander Bros
Amoskeag Manig Co
Appleton Mant Co
A & Baton
AS & J Brown & Co
Curtis & Co
JJ & Chamberlain & Co
Cotton Calumet Mills
Faton & Eustis
Frye & Co
Gleason & Co
M George & Co
Maritime shipping and commodity totals from multiple ports
Listings from Saint John and surrounding ports detail shipments including bales of cotton and hides, oranges, lumber, rice, and spirits. Notable consignors include Rogers & co and Stetson Moseley, with arrivals from York and Whitney and JG Hall & co. in Yarmouth and Riverside timbers at St Andrews and paralleled goods moving through Charlottetown and Brunswick ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Andrew
Riverside
Souris
Pei
JG Hall & Co
Mackere Barclay & Co
Yarmouth
Hutchinson
Hall & Co
Engs
Perkins
Lothrop
McKeever & Hall
Gass
Doe & Co
Earleton
Whitney, Pousland & Co
Mobile
Ala
John C Noyes
Cypress
Wellman, Hall & Co
Brunswick
Maggie G Hart
George McQuesten & Co
Exports Report From St John and Nearby Ports
Shipping news lists cargoes and clears at St John New Brunswick and surrounding ports on Nov 14 1887. Entries include State of Maine with 39 bales cotton and multiple cargoes for Port Gilbert Georgetown Hubs Prince Edward Island and Bear River Nova Scotia with flour meal oil and other goods. Also vessels from Hull Digby and Annapolis and Bear River report varied cargoes and ballast movements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST John
State of Maine
Port Gilbert
Walter P Hall
Georgetown
SO Jris
Pei
Harborville
Sackvile
Clara
Rockport
Hull
Eng
New York
Buffalo
Digby and Annapolis
New Brunswick
Borgetown
Pel
Port Hastings
Jubilee
Bear River
Lord Mayo
Totals from commodity receipts in a 19th century ledger
This entry lists receipts across multiple goods including cotton, molasses, flour, cheese, cornmeal, oleo, oats, apples, wheat, barley, potatoes, rye, sweets, hay, straw, cottonseed meal, tallow, pork, lard, hides, bacon, coffee, sugar, pelts, and molasses. It shows quantities in bales, boxes, barrels, sacks, and bags with figures for current totals and previous values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A Baies
Freight Receipts for Staple Goods by Railroads
A historical receipt listing commodities carried Nov 14 1887 by Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York and New England itchburg Boston and Maing railways. It documents cotton wool flour corn oats bacon cheese tea leather hides and many other staples with quantities and car counts. The long itemized ledger reflects logistic volumes across multiple lines.
Inland Market Ledger Fragment Shows Bulk Farm Goods Totals
A fragmentary list records quantities of farm and commodity items including apples potatoes corn oats hogs hams butter eggs beans leather hides wool cotton tea coffee and lumber. Entries include bbls cases bales and cars with varied totals such as apples 5378 bbls potatoes 22 cars hay 187 cars lumber 1 case and leather 8 hides 16 bales dry hides 860 bbls green hides 20 bales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
aSee Oston & Lowe
Ley Bea
Boot and Shoe Buyers From Towns Listed in Trade Directory
A dense trade listing across multiple cities shows boot and shoe buyers and agents from firms in Atlanta Baltimore Cincinnati Chicago Dallas Indianapolis Nashville and more. Names include W G Everett H A Goff J T Challas J Benckenstein W C Brooks and many others representing department stores and wholesale houses.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Atlanta
G Everett
M C & J F Kiser & Co
Tre
Binghamton
Goff
Stone, Goff & Co
Eichengreen
Eichengreen & Yeil
Baltimore
I Halle
S Halle & Son
Spear
Spear Bros
Bloomington
Wallace
Wallace & Sloat
Chicago
GEP
Dodge
Phelps, Dodge & Palmer
C Brooks
Brooks Bros. Tre
Cincinnati
W Laws
Laws & Co
John Gates
J Gates & Co
J B Coughlin
Butterworth & Co
J Benckenstein
Denver
Col
H Plousky
Butler Bros
Dubuque
R Amsden
Large & Amsden
Sears
Evansville
Ind
W & Hinkle
Hinkle, Nesbet & Co
Galveston
Tex
F Breath
P J Willis & Bro
Indianapolis
V K Hendricks
Hendricks & Cooper
E Braham
McKee & Braham
Railroads Timetable Boston New York and Worcester Division
Corrected schedule lists daily outbound trains from Boston foot of Summer Street to many towns including Ashcroft Danbury Dorchester Endicott Manchester Milford New Britain New London Norwood Providence and Washington with Sunday services and return times. Provides Woonsocket division departures and through connections to New York Hartford Philadelphia and Norwich line with through cars and steamer connections.
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Boston
Summer Street
Ashcroft
Baltimore
Bird Street
Blackstone
Danbury
Dorchester
Woudley Street
Ellis
Endicott
Fishkilt-on-Hudson
Franklin
Forest Avenue
Bartford
Starvard Street
Mighland Lake
Flam
Lalington
Manchester
Attapan
Milford
Newburg
New London
New York
Middletown
Hartford
Norwich
Norvwich
Norweood
Norwood Central
Tucket
Philadelphia
Fee
Providence
Utnam
Roadville
Hiver Street
Rockville
Conn
Mouthbridge
Wiltons Am
Rerem
Waipote
Washington
D.C
Waterbury
Willimantic
Wa Winslows
Ebster
Woonsocket Division
Boston & Albany Railroad
Needham and Way
Weonsocket
Eturn
New Haven
Pullman
New Britain
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Newburgh
Port Jervis
Chicago & St. Jones Limited
Erie Railway
Newrk
Air Line
Grand Central Depot
Waterle
R. M
Philadelphia Extro Press
Jersey City
Trenton
Richmond
Danielsonville
Putnam
City OF Worcester
City OF New York
Washington Street
NEW England Limited
Trains Schedule Concord R R Branches 1887
Train times from Boston to Manchester Concord and upper lines begin October 9 1887 with departures from B and L depot at 7 30 and 8 80 am and 12 pm 1 pm 5 38 pm and 7 pm Ex Sundays. Returns from Concord to Boston at 5 30 30 35 Ex 10 20 am 2 45 Ex 5 05 Ex Sundays 5 55 Ex 7 20 pm.
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Concord RE. R
Boston
B. and
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Awrence
Q. Intide
Weburn
Winchester
SUN
College Hn
Concord L
Qgua
DM. Sund
Arlington
Bedford
Mellen
Geo. W. Storer
ULV
A& m
Gee Ea
Eturn
Barnstable
May
Sandwich
Brain
Brockton
Hanover
Stockton
Buzzard Rovincetown
Lidemu Vasey
Atbrwu
Th Easton
Stoughton
Pau Nort Easton
Stough
Seitua
South Duxbury
Central Station
Georgetown
Mennebunk
Bidde
North
South
OrVe
Melrose
Spm
Netrose
Ami
Salem
Wakefield
Wilmington
Providence
Santis
Stonington
Pawtuac
Dongeville An
Naica Plain
Ignicianas
Canton
Boston Warren
Bristol
Dod
West Roxby
Mt. Hope
York
Provence
Folsom
Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable Listing Oct 10 1887
Boston station Causeway street complex lists through Boston service to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville and Montreal via White River Junction with parlor and sleeping cars. Local Boston service to Manchester Peterborough Nashua Concord Arlington College Hill etc. Garbled text limits further specifics but timetable shows morning and evening runs with multiple branches and connections.
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Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston
Causeway Street
City
Washington Street
Old State House
Wilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Haverhill
Woodsville
Littleton
Bethlehem
Fabyans
Lancaster
Whitefield
Franklin Lebanon
Whiteiver Junction
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
White River Junction
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Arlington
St. Albans
Montreal
Northern
At. R
Boston Air Line
Manchester
Conn
N. M
Sun
Peterborpe
Hillsboro
Concord
Mil‘kumhorst
Nashua
Central Massachusetts Rail Schedules in October 1887
Boston to Ware Barre and Rutland West Boylston Oakdale and Jefferson lines list departure times 7.15 am 12.40 pm 7.40 pm from Boston and similar repeats for towns including Belmont Sudbury Weston and Arlington with connections at various stops. George W. Storer, General Passenger Agent, C.M.F. and Mlllen General Superintendent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
SUN
Ae Revenley
SUN Rr
Belmont
Pak
Geo. W. Storer
Gen
Pass’g’r Agt. C
Mfllen Gen. Suvi
Trains Schedules for Boston & Maine and Western Lines
Railway timetable fragment dated Oct 23 1887 lists through Boston and Maine Western and Eastern connections. It details Haymarket and Causeway stations with times to St John Halifax Portland Lewiston and others, including steamer connections and Maine Central services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Maine
Haymarket Sq
Eway St
Yam
St. John
Halifax
Praymarket Sq
Causeway
Eastport
Calais
Schedules of trains and boat connections in Massachusetts area
A detailed listing of passenger train times and return services across towns including Abington, Weymouth, Hingham, Braintree, Plymouth, Taunton, and Fall River. It provides weekday and Sunday trains with connections to New York via Fall River Line and coastal routes to Plymouth, Cohasset, Scituate, and Marshfield, noting agencies GEO. L. CONNOR and J. R. KENDRICK.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fall River Line
New York
Fall River
Boston
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex
Splendid
Pilgrim
Bristol
Old State House
Bn Ahnw
Weel
Gaston
New
Yor
River Line
Ashmont
BOD
Weymouths
Hingham
Cohan
Scituate
Marshfield
Duxbury
Ymouth
Plymouth
Cohasset
Pall River
Brockton
Ia Taunton
I. m
Taumwyn
Newport
Reurn
South Braintree
Way Sty
Faunton
New Bedford
Middleboro
Kern
Geo. L. Connor
J. R. Kendrick
Boston to Alton Bay and Nearby Lines Timetable
Western Division timetable lists trains from Boston on multiple routes to Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington with varied departures from 6.30am to 11.30pm. It includes Andover Maiden Salem and Lawrence connections and notes seasonal and weekday adjustments and service contacts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Division
Boston
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Mochester
Farmington
Andover
Lover
M. Dan
Xeter
Great Falls
Ford
Saco
Lawrence
Eastern Division Train Schedules and Stations
Train times listed for Boston to Amesbury and many nearby stations including Chelsea Everett Marblehead Swampscott Ipswich Lynn Newburyport and Salem with weekday and Sunday service notes provided. City ticket office at 806 Washington Street and Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains.
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Montreal & West
Vermont
Poliman
Boston
Lowell
Chicago
Fitchburg
Wagner Palace
Cause Street
Amesbury
Heverly
Middeford
Chelsea
Bdover
Everett
Treat Falls
Rochester
Mampton
Leach
North
Ton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middle
Newport
North Conway
M. Peabody and Danvers
Hockport and
Gloue
Salem
Marbor & Beach
Saugus
Wenham
Welterons
Unday
Lynn and
Key Stations
Newburyport
Portsmouth
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Halifax
South Reading
Haymarket Square
City
Washington Street
James T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
Cigar Bargains At Joseph Engel’s 7 School Street
On 7 School Street Joseph Engel offers cigars tobaccos and pipes of superior quality at low prices. La Rosa Perfecto sells for 10 cents with quarters boxed totaling 2 25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph Engel’s
School Street
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Encla Nova &Cotia
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Germany
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Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Itchburg
Boston & Maing Railroad
Eastern Division
Boston & Maing Railroad—Western Division
Coe Ind
A Jones, Jr
Jones, McKee & So
R G Wallace
Wallace & Co
Ad. Pateeene
J B Green
White, Green & Huffner
Lexington
S Bassett
S Bassett & Sons
D Witt
Witt & Watkins
Bruns
M Wollner
Wollner & Lowenstein
Wis
Bears
Terry & Co
Minn
B Hettiefinger
North Star
B & 8 Co
J M Dunwody
Wittkowski & Dunwody
Tenn
H Vogel
Hill & Sons
Nashville
R G Thorne
Adams, Thorne & Co
J W Carter
Carter, Dunbar & O
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J W Manier, Jr
J W Manier & Son
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Hollins, Sons & O
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Pittsburg
A S Scott
W_E Schmertz
St Paul, Minn
J B Tarbox
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Tarbox & Co
St Joseph
A T Smith
Smith-Frazer Boot and Shoe Company
Joseph Baum
L Baum & Co
Zanesville
H C Werner
Cheshire
Central Vermont
Rutland
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Fitchburg Depot
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
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Hire & Monadnock
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Burlington
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