This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 25 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 15, 1888
Page
7
The report lists poultry arrivals and prices across Northern Eastern and Western markets. Quoted were chickens fowls ducks and turkeys with ranges from 8c to 22c per pound and varied quality grades. Hay and straw markets remain steady with oats rye straw and other feeds priced between 10 and 20 dollars per unit.
The steamer Lorenzo D Baker is due November 16 in Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Hondo is due November 22 with Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company.
Fruit prices remain steady with brisk demand for apples, grapes, and oranges while cranberries and quinces trade at current quotients. Nuts show little change with Virginia and Northern chestnuts, hickory nuts, and related produce listed alongside assorted prices.
The market shows ample supply and quiet trading with quoted prices for assorted vegetables and fruits. Items listed include cabbage bays, onions, beets, carrots, lettuce, turnips, cauliflowers, celery, parsnips, melons, spinach, pumpkins, and barberries with varying per basket or per box rates in cents and dollars.
Chicago opened weak on heavier run of imports but little trading occurred at the decline. Long futures sold on rallies as pork and lard scenes stay steady to firm with revised quotes. Beef and veal show varied strength across New York and Chicago, with firm pork and steady demand in Western markets.
Peoria hogs steady with values around 5 10 to 5 45. St Louis hogs fairly steady with Yorkers 5 20 to 5 40, butchers to extra 5 40 to 5 50. Kansas City cattle receipts 6811 weak with slow trade. native cows 155 to 265, steers 205 to 275. Chicago cattle receipts 13,000 weaker. beef prices to 5 78 for choice beeves, feeders 2 25 to 3 40. Hogs in Chicago 22,000 receipts, prices 5 25 to 6 5 55. sheep steady 2 40 to 3 65. Cincinnati hogs abundant and lower. receipts 13,100. Overall market notes show varied activity and price shifts across regions.
Sugar markets show raw sugars quiet but firm with Cuba prices 4 15-16 to 5c and centrifugals at 96 test. Refined grades maintain firmness with modest demand. pulverized 8c, powdered 8c, granulated 8c, confectioners A 7c, standard A 7c, Belmont A 7c, extra 65%c, yellow 6 4c. New York raw sugars steady. Havana sales noted at 38742 gold per quintal. molasses firm with Fancy Ponce Porto Rico at 38 to 40c.
Market observers note a generally flat start with limited moves among key indices. Traders cite modest volume and cautious sentiment as investors weigh corporate results and inflation data.
The New York cotton agency quotes prices by grade with 10c for mid dling uplands and 9% for low middling among others. Sales total 404 bales. Futures open firm and close steady. detailed opening and closing prices shown for Nov 14 and Nov 13. Other markets report receipts, exports, stocks, and mid prices across Galveston to Cincinnati with widespread firmness and steady to firm tone.
Tatlow markets stay quiet with firmer City prices and varied country quotes. New York trade subdued with City at 6c and 125000 barrels sold. Coffee markets dull between New York and Rio with fair cargoes at 15 percent. Whiskey steady from Chicago to Cincinnati and St Louis around 120 and 114 dollars respectively. Turpentine and petroleum figures show mixed levels in New York with resin, tar, and RSW noted. further price details provided for second cases.
Market summary for week ending Nov 14 1888 with Brighton Watertown cattle sheep and hog prices arrivals and exports. Includes slaughter beef ranges store cattle values and notes on Western New England Canada supply and early rail arrivals with sales of milch cows springers and oxen at various prices. Local market mood improves with firmer lamb and calf trade and steady hog movements.
The market reports mixed sale prices for cattle veal hogs and poultry. Buyers at Watertown yards note firmer tone with western beef often cheaper than New England. Buyers in Boston area report various prices for steers cows heifers and springers with several sellers including Trafton Wardwell W Armstrong and J F Lowrey.
Imports and exports at Fortune Island list bark Megunticook with 23 000 bush salt valued by E M Fowle. Shipping activity records salt cargo and associated port charges.
Shipping cargo details from Samaria and other vessels include 300 bbls roams, 6319 bbls apples, 1004 boxes bacon, 1000 quarters fresh beef, 93 bales cotton, 1658 sacks flour, 8000 bush corn, 7966 bush peas, 76 tierces, 2550 buckets lard, 100 bags flint, 26 cases organs, 26 cases machinery, 1 box perfumery, 823 pkgs, 71 bales, 7 cases leather, 1 case knives, 2 cases sheet stock, 4 cases printed cards, 60 tons ice, 10 cases blue drills, 1 case cotton flannel, 40 bales domestics, 2 cases books, 18 pkgs hardware, 3 bbls sweeping, 60 boxes hams, 15 tierces leaf lard, 50 half-bbls leaf lard. plus lumber from Ayres AR Bark Laura 331531 feet and Bark Geneva 400753 feet. port Williams NS schooner A Anthony added 375 bbls flour and 225 bbls cornmeal. Advocate Harbor NS schooner Hale Todd 9 pieces furniture. Annapolis NS schooner Florence Christine 150 bbls meal, 250 bbls flour, 10 bbls pork, 10 bbls beef, 11 tierces lard.
Compiled ledger style summary of November 14 1888 freight and goods movement by Boston Key Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony Boston and Maine Eastern Western Lowell Express Sea routes listing cotton wool flour cornmeal oats beans butter cheese eggs potatoes lumber leather and other staples by multiple rail lines with quantities including bales bbls sacks and cars across Boston Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New England and Maine divisions and associated shipments by sea and express.
The record lists monthly totals and year over year comparisons across commodities including cotton butter cheese flour eggs cornmeal apples oats wheat barley hay malt straw lumber leather peas tallow beef pork lard bacon hides coffee sugar molasses and other goods with figures for 1888 and 1887. It shows quantities in bales boxes sacks barrels and barrels with many line items and unit counts.
Nov 14 markets show wheat dull on cargoes off coast and for shipment while English and foreign wheat firm. Paris wheat quiet. Liverpool spot wheat steadier and corn dull with mixed American and Danubian futures. Prices list December to April for US and Danubian wheat and corn, plus pork, bacon, cheese and lard steady to firm in regional trading.
A list of boot and shoe buyers and agents visiting from multiple cities including Albany Allentown Bloomington Burlington Baltimore Charleston Denoes Chicago Cincinnati Davenport Galveston Kansas City Lexington Louisville with firms and representatives named such as W H Fearey J Fearey Son L D Krause T W Bardydt Co AF Horner Cohen Adler etc. The note records attendees and their home cities and firms.
A fragmented OCR item lists times across a day with mentions of Sun and locations such as Waverley and Miller's Falls. The text includes specific hours like 3.08 6.30 and 8.30 am, 9 am, 11 pm, plus several other numbers and vague place names.
Railroads schedule draft with rough trains on western and eastern divisions. Timings from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations include Augusta, Bangor, Bar Harbor, St John, Calais, Halifax and ports to Portland with steamer connections. Connects to Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway Pottiana and other Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox & Lincoln lines.
A detailed Western Division timetable lists trains from Boston to Alton Bay and many intermediate stops including Andover Exeter Haverhill Malden Medford Melrose Melrose Highlands Newburyport Salem North Wilmington and others with numerous departure times typical of weekday and Sunday services. The schedule includes late afternoon evening and overnight departures with multiple options at most stops and a separate Sunday train list for Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell and Medford along with Portland Bangor and Lewiston connections.
A long OCR listing details train departures and times from Boston stations on Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Dover Everett and many other towns including Portland Manchester and Salem with weekday and Sunday trains and fares noted in places. The schedule covers multiple branches Saugus Rockport Swampscott and North Conway among others and includes special workingmen andVia branches with various times throughout the day.
A dense list of through and local service from Boston to numerous New England points. Timings cover Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville North Woodstock Pennigewassett Valley Bristol Claremont Montpelier Burlington St. Albans Montreal and Providence division routes with frequent departures throughout the day.
Complex timetable listing multiple stations with numerous daily departure times across weekdays and Sundays. Includes Central Division routes from Kneeland Street Station to New York via Fall River Line, with numerous stops such as Ashmont, Braintree, Brockton, Hingham, Nantasket Beach, Quincy, Taunton, and more, plus occasional via Brockton and Taunton references.
The timetable lists departure and return times for Cape Cod Division routes from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and other towns. Stops include Bourne, Brewster, Falmouth, Hyannis, Nantucket via Woods Hole, Provincetown, Wellfleet, West Barnstable, Wareham, and more with typical departures around 8.15 am and returns by 4.15 pm. Specific times vary by stop and day.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.