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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 16, 1888

Page

7

Market Notes On Grains And Provisions In New York And Midwest

The report outlines receipts and prices across New York Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Peoria and Toledo. It notes firmer markets for oats rye corn and flour products with specific bids for No 2 and No 3 oats No 2 white oats and various barley and rye grades, plus wholesale flour and meal quotations and cottonseed meal and hops trends.

New York Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Peoria Toledo Canada Michigan Mali Choice

Butter and dairy markets hold firm with mixed prices

Butter steady with Western creameries at 27 to 28 cents and Northern creamery around the same. Prices for imitation creameries and several butter grades quoted. New York and Chicago markets show strength. Eggs and cheese markets steady to firm. beans, peas, grasses, potatoes and poultry items listed with multiple regional quotes. Thanksgiving shipments advised with dry-packed and iced turkey price ranges and farm hay and straw values noted.

Vermont New York Elgin Creamery Western Creamery Eastern Western Dairy Extra Chicago Elgin Creamery Extra North Choice West Lle Sage Liverpool New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Michigan Island Canada York State Red Top Jersey Houlton Aroostook Ebrons Burbanks Hebrons Chenangoes Prince Edward Island Virginia

Trade Prices for Produce Market Report

Trade is quiet at old prices with quotes for various vegetables and produce. New marrow squash 60c per barrel, turban squash 75c, Bay State turban 125 per barrel, Hubbard 1 per barrel, Savoy cabbage 50c per barrel, cabbages 4 5 per 100 count, red cabbage 125 per barrel, onions 150 per barrel, Spanish onions 2 per basket, beets 40c per bush, lettuce 2c per dozen, etc.

Bay State Hubbard

Local Produce Prices Listed in Mixed Units

A partial list of fresh vegetables and prices appears, including nips 40¢ per box, Russia yellow turnips 85¢ per barrel, rutabaga turnips 95¢ per barrel, white French turnips $1, cauliflowers $1.125 per dozen, celery $2.50 per box, parsnips 60¢ per bush, citron melons 75¢ per box, spinach 40¢ per pag, pumpkins 75¢ per barrel, barberries and ash noted.

Russia

Banana Steamers Bring Jamaica Fruit to Boston Line

The steamer Lorenzo D Baker is due with Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company. The steamer Hondo is due May 22 with Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company.

Banana Steamers Lorenzo D Baker Jamaica Fruit Boston Fruit Company Hondo

Fruit and nut markets hold steady amid varied demand

Trade in apples remains quiet with large receipts and steady prices across varieties. Grapes show fair demand but shrinking supply, with Tokays and Almerias offered at elevated per-bunch and per-bbl prices. Oranges and lemons steady. cranberries dull with weak sales. Harris & Co to auction 477 pkgs Tokay grapes and 500 boxes Florida oranges.

Hubbardstons Nova Scotia Baldwins Harveys Almeria Messina Jamaica Florida Savannah York State Virginia H Harris & Co

Pork and Beef Prices Stand Firm in Chicago Market

Chicago provisions are steady with strong demand for pork cuts. Quoted prices run from 15 to 19 dollars for various pork products, lard ranges up to about 8.25, and beef mid ranges show firm to higher values for roasts and cuts. Western steam lard and continental trade indicate steady, active markets.

Chicago New St Louis Cincinnati Lara Choice Heavy Brighton Fancy, LLC

Sugar market reports vary with refined and raw prices

Sugar markets show firm raw prices and steady refined demand across Cuba and New York. Havana activity notes 2100 bags of centrifugals resold at 36242 gold per quintal with polarization 96 to 9642. Molasses prices range 23 to 40 cents per gallon for Ponce Porto Rico and related grades.

Cuba Manilas Iloilos Javas New York Havana Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos

New York Cotton Prices and Global Market Summary

New York cotton stays steady at 10c for mids and 9.6c for low middling. Futures open and close steady. Liverpool spot remains firm at 5 11-16d for mids and Orleans. European and U.S. markets show broad steady demand with varying receipts and stocks across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Memphis, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, West Point, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St Louis, and Louisville. Consolidated six day net receipts reach 210,141.

New York Docoadee Iin Soau Go Koieso O'S Aibint Liverpool Orleans Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Great Iritain West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Continent Britain Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Consolidated

Odds and Totals From Transatlantic Trade Report

Figures show shipments to Great Britain 78 686 and to the Continent 42 175 with additional totals for France 9658 and stock across United States ports 695. The fragment outlines trade figures and port stocks in a likely wartime or commercial report.

Great Britain Continent United States

Market Summary of Hog and Cattle Markets in KC St. Louis Peoria and Chicago

Cattle receipts at Kansas City total 9110 with steady best lots and weak common. Hogs receipts 11965 steady with higher heavies and midrange. Sheep receipts 1124 steady around 2.40 to 3.80. Chicago cattle receipts 15000 slow lower with beeves 5.05 to 5.50 and steers 3.40 to 4.90. hogs 22,000 slow lower with mixed at 5.25 to 5.50. sheep 9000 steady with natives 2.50 to 4.40. Texas Indian cattle 180 to 350. Western rangers 2.60 to 4.00.

Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Western Rangers Hull

Market Roundup of Commodities and Trade Prices

Tallow shows quiet market with steady prices across cities. New York reports dull trade but steady market with 45 000 barrels sold. Cottee New York Rio remains steady as fair car movement. Whiskey markets in Chicago and Cincinnati hold steady or active with firm quotes. Turpentine and petroleum in New York close mixed with turpentine at 45 2 3 cents, rosin at 1105, tar at 2.20, petroleum at 6 5 74 cents, and related byproducts at modest margins.

New York Rio Chicago St Louis

Imports And Exports November 15 1888 St Vincent and Yarmouth

Shipping and cargo bulletin listing vessels Lillian B Jones Guy Mannering and Yarmouth with cargoes including salt skins hemp bales hogs cod fish eggs potatoes herring oil mackerel butter cheese and other merchandise traded under orders and consignments among J G Hall Co F L Clements Co Whitney Pousland Co and J Jones Co with quantities expressed in tons bales cases boxes and barrels.

ST Vincent Lillian B Jones G Hall & Co Manila Guy Mannering Yarmouth L Clements & Co Jones & Co Ryder Hall & Co Cnd Oil Whitney Pousland & Co

Exports Nov 15 1888 Liverpool shipments and cargo list

A detailed export note from November 15 1888 records cargoes from Liverpool and several ports including Fayal Demerara and Berlice. Items listed cover foodstuffs livestock hardware lumber and various commodities with quantities such as 23,671 bushels corn 34 dueles waste and 1216 quarters beef along with multiple cases boxes bales and crates.

Liverpool Eng Kennard Demerara New York Barracouta Berlice Clyde

Staple Goods Receipts From Northern Railroads 1888

Diverse cargo tallies show Boston and Albany Grand Junction Loston and Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine lines reporting daily totals of cotton wool flour oats cornmeal beef pork butter cheese eggs apples potatoes hay and leather. The record lists bales, bbls, tons, cars, and pails with numerous item counts across railroad divisions.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Loston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell

Totals of Receipts for November 1888

A historical ledger style summary listing month totals for commodities such as cotton, molasses, flour, cheese, cornmeal, eggs, oats, beans, wheat, barley, millfeed, lumber, tallow, leather, lard, pork, hides, dressed hogs, grease, bacon, skins, coffee, sugar, and hints of associated units like bales, barrels, boxes, and bags. Includes year comparisons for 1888 and 1887 with various quantities.

Foreign Markets London Wheat Busier Cargoes Report

Foreign Markets London desks report at 1 pm November 15 notes cargoes off coast with wheat trading unevenly. Two cargoes of wheat have been sold since the last report while other grains show slower activity.

London John B. Tileston Brookline Norfolk Franklin L John B Odest Fee Jiollingsworth Supreme Judicial Court Middlesex Horace E. Ware Milton Cambridge Boston Post Boston George M. Brooks Esquire H. Tyler Register George F. Hamilton Suffolk Joan W. McK Elijah George Massachiavy Setts Lucy E. C. Lothrop Newton Oren Knapp Somerville J. H. Tyler Edmund F. Slafter Charles P. Bowditch Dedham George Wuhte Jonathan Cobb

Market report shows wheat and corn steady in Liverpool and Paris

Cargoes waiting for sale while wheat and corn trade remains quiet but steady. At Liverpool, spot wheat dull with fair demand, corn steady and improving. Futures for wheat and corn steady with prices in late November ranges. Paris wheat steady with no flour changes. Antwerp spot wheat quiet at No 2 red Winter.

Mark Lane Liverpool California Paris

Railroads timetable fragment with mixed services and routes

An old widespread timetable lists trains to New York and Ware River area, with connections at Palmer and Chatham. It details daily and Sunday expresses, dining cars, drawing room cars, and multiple local stops including Millbury, North Grafton, Woons, and Newton, among others, with varied departure times and services.

Chatham Mludson Palmer Ware River Miny Springfield Blartford New Hawven Ibeston & and AM New York New Srt Cao Ll Is Express Por Ware Ielband Li Po Millbury Q. Me North Grafton Wweslbore Ville Jeordaville Ahkifeord Fall River Boston Ola Colony Brooklyn Jersey City Pilgrim Providence Old State House Old Colony J. N. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor L. H. Palmer Montreal & West Central Vermont Lowell Chicago Vince Central Vermont RE. K Washington Street J. W. Hobart W. Cummings Gen. Maas Art Albans

Rail timetable fragment shows New York and New England trains

An OCR readable timetable lists weekday departures and stations for the New York and New England system. It names Ashcroft Dedham Hudson Boston Baltimore Danbury and others with numerous times, indicating an era like 1888. The fragment notes Boston Station foot of Summer Street and Nov 11 1888.

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