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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 19, 1888

Page

7

Grain market notes show mixed futures and steady cash prices

Chicago and Milwaukee receipts and shipments indicate a dull to steady market across corn oats rye and barley with No 2 white oats around 36 to 40 cents in futures and cash bids, Peoria and St Louis reports show active cash movement, while New York and Philadelphia quotes reflect firmer cash oats and mixed corn values amid steady demand.

Ste Milwaukee St Louis Chicago Toledo Baltimore Peoria New York Coria Arley Canada Michigan Choice

Butter and Eggs Market Report with Varied Regional Prices

The market shows firm butter with quiet demand aside from creamery creamery goods selling on arrival. Prices listed for Western Vermont and Eastern butter, eggs, beans, peas, seeds, potatoes and poultry reflect steady wholesale to jobbing levels, with small receipts and unchanged tone across regions.

Vermont New York Liverpool North Choice West, LLC Sage Uiet Ancy New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Michigan Island Canada Ork State York State Red Top West Jersey Pisa Bush Houston Burbanks Prince Edward Island Virginia Rouse Stern

Marketsteady prices list for squash onions and vegetables

The market remains steady with prices unchanged for marrow squash turban squash Bay State turban Hubbard Savoy cabbage cabbages red cabbage onions Spanish onions beets carrots lettuce turnips Russia yellow turnips rutabaga white French turnips cauliflowers celery parsnips citron melons spinach pumpkins barberries and other produce. Prices shown include 50c per barrel for marrow squash 75c per bushel for turban and other vegetables ranging up to 250 per box for celery and 125 WP per dozen for cauliflowers.

Bay State Hubbard Russia

Banana Steamers Bring Jamaica Fruit to Boston Line

The steamer Hondo is due November 22 bearing Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company.

Banana Steamers Jamaica Fruit Boston Fruit Company

New Fruit Auction Rooms Open On John Street

Snow & Co announce the opening of their auction rooms at Nos 6 and 7 John street Monday at noon with sales at 1 pm featuring 4500 bbls Almeria grapes 4000 bbls chestnuts and one car hickory nuts. The fruit market shows steady apple prices and active grape and orange quotes with various grades and regional varieties described for buyers.

Snow & Co John Street Almeria Hubbardstons Nova Scotia Baldwins Harveys Messina Jamaica Florida Bush York Virginia

Chicago Provisions Market Highlights and Prices

In Chicago the opening to close showed strong provisions demand with January pork and May lard trading actively. Prices across pork, lard, and beef varied by region with firm pork demand, higher lard, and mixed beef and veal quotes. New York and St. Louis markets mirrored steady to quiet tones.

Chicago Hutchinson Cv Oshebiwe New York St. Louis Brighton

Market notes from major cattle hog reports

Stock Yards Kansas City sees 4746 cattle, hogs 8589, sheep 382 with weak to steady tone. Cattle prices range from 160 to 365, hogs from 5.05 to 5.60, sheep around 3.65 to 4.50. Chicago reports 5000 cattle, 10000 shipments, hogs 13000 with steady prices across groups, beef 5060, steers 335, stockers 20340, and lambs 45.75. Peoria and St Louis show firmer hogs and quiet trading respectively. Sheep receipts in Chicago about 4000 with natives 3.83 to 4.50 and Texans 2.50 to 3.40.

Kansas City Sheen St Louis Peoria Chicago Lexus Western Rangers

Cotton Prices and Futures Steady Amid Mixed Market

In New York cotton remains steady with middling at 10 cents, low middling 9 1 2 cents, and higher grades near 87 to 16 cents. Futures opened and closed steady. Liverpool spot cotton firm with 8000 bales traded, receipts and exports listed for several ports, including Galveston and New Orleans, as markets show varied activity and demand.

New York Novomucr Veece Oo Oeec Viet Es Poupugty OUIS AO Sas Beaelaey Orleans

Consolidated Net Receipts and Stocks Across Firms

A daily ledger reports firm mid ratings for multiple nets including Savannah, Norfolk, Philadelphia, New York, Cincinnati, St Louis and Louisville. Totals show consolidated net receipts of 35,828 with exports to Great Britain 22,091 and Continent 12,836, stock 677,220.

Coumwise Fim Mid Cs Weinnhis Mid Doge Savannah Britain Wilmington Norfolk Great Britain West Point Hiladelphia Baltimore York Guinners St Louis Louisville Consolidated Continent

Sugar and Molasses Prices and Trade Notes

Sugar and molasses markets show firmness with mixed activity. Cuba raw sugars steady with refineds quiet. various grades quoted including Javas and Belmont A with minor shifts. New York raw sugars strong but dull for refined. molasses prices steady with regional distinctions and limited receipts.

Market Prices Report for Tallow Coffee Whiskey Turpentine

Tallow markets quiet at old prices with city and country quotes. New York reports quiet and barely steady at city prices. Coffee in New York profit firm with fair cargoes. Whiskey markets steady and unchanged. Turpentine closed at 46%c with rosin 1105 and tar 210. petroleum closed at 65s 714c with RSW 73s and cases 9s8c.

New York

Staples Receipts Show Railroads Freight Totals 1888

A dense ledger of goods moved by railroads on November 17 1888 lists cotton wool flour corn oats malt tallow grease hams bacon butter cheese eggs beans apples potatoes hay straw lumber leather skins hides and related quantities across lines including Boston & Albany Grand Junction Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Western and Lowell System divisions plus by express and by sea totals.

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

Imports and Exports on Venetian at Liverpool November 17 1883

Shipping list from the steamship Venetian anchored at Liverpool shows varied cargo including 500 casks Bath bricks, 1 case mdse for B Q Houghton, 152 anvils for Carpenter Woodward, 3 cases hardware for Dodge Haley, 150 barrels steel for Coleman Mead, 262 casks bleaching powders for Linder Meyer, 21 cases books for Baring Bros, 200 cases grapes for Curtis, 7 cases plate glass for Hills Turner, 90 tierces bleaching powders for King, 150 drums caustic soda for Linder Meyer, 200 drums caustic soda for King, 1 case bulbs for Hamlin, Johnson & co, 58 casks soda for E F King, 357 pkgs mdse for Stoddard Lovering, 70 casks soda ash for Stoddard Lovering, 194 barrels graves for Stone Downer, 7 do for Gonzalez Zine, 56 do for Boobel & Day, 300 sacks salt for Gonzalez Im, 603 bdls canne coal, 100 tons wet salted hides, 393 sulfamate of ammonia.

Liverpool Eng Moors & Co Bath Bricks Hammill & Gillespie Houghton Carpenter, Woodward W& Moron Dodge, Haley & Co Cross Kennedy & Murphy Cottons Coleman, Mead & Co Steel Stone & Downer Ash Linder & Meyer Whitney & CO Baring Bros & Co Linder& Meyer E& F King & Co Kiley & Gray Pettea Machine Works Co Leigh & Co Chadwick & Chadwick Thomas Leyland & Co Joseph Breck & Sons Hamlin, Johnson & Co E & F King & Co

Exports Reported From Nova Scotia and Caribbean Ports

Shipping lists show Walter P Hall at Weymouth with 875 bbls flour and 10 bbls feed, Dahlia with 750 bbls flour, D D Haskell at Matanzas with 307, 876 feet lumber, Eliza Bachelor at Port George with 250 bbls flour, and Carroll at Halifax with vast cargo including flour, beans, cornmeal and hardware. Additional vessels from Port Antonio and Liverpool carry shingles, flour, lumber, apples, cattle, and a large assortment of goods. Bridgewater brig Nellie E Rumball unloads feed, flour, oatmeal, cornmeal, lard, beef, canned meats, onions, nuts, and more.

Weymouth Walter P Hall Sydney Little Glace Bay Dahlia Matanzas Cuba D D Haskell Port George Eliza Bachelor Halifax Charlottetown Pei Carroll Port Antonio Lorenzo D Baker Liverpool Eng Bostonian Bridgewater Nellie E Rumball

London And Liverpool Wheat And Corn Market Report

London and Liverpool market notes show wheat dull to quiet with limited spot demand and several cargoes awaiting sales. Futures for wheat mostly steady to dull. American and Paris prices cited. Liverpool lists specific quotations for wheat, corn, peas, pork, bacon, cheese, and lard with modest firming in lard and cheese.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Avril

Multiple Shoe Company Representatives Across Cities

A scanned listing shows numerous sales representatives and companies from cities including Allentown Burlington Baltimore Chicago Cincinnati Davenport Dubuque Erie Galveston Kansas City Louisville Milwaukee Memphis Mobile Nashville Philadelphia Rome St Joseph Saint Louis St Paul and others. The entries name individuals and firms such as Krause Brown Spragins Halle Daniels Butterworth Sachs Brooks Wallace Wells Pratt Crane Butterworth Sachs, Glos s Shoe Co, Willis Bro, Hall Mason Shoe Co, Beals Torrey Co, Vogel Hill Sons and more, with varied duties such as Treasurers and agents for shoe firms. The compilation reads as a directory of sales agents and partner firms across states including PA MD IL SC TN IA MO WI TX KY GA NM and MN.

Allentown Penn Krause Burlington Chicago Ill Rosenthal Goldsmith Goldsmith Co W C Brooks Brooks Bros Tre C Wallace Wallace & Sloat RK Wells M D Wells & Co J F Pratt Bowen & Pratt Cincinnati III Crane HL Crane Boot and Shoe Co Butterworth Butterworth & Co Cran Sachs Sachs Boot and Shoe Co Dallas Tex J W Newburger J Lowenthal Sanger Bros Davenport Bryant Bryant & Co Dubuque R Amsden Large & Amsden Weimer, Wright & Watkins Philadelphia W Melly F West West & Sons Ain Senate H Childs, Jr H Childs & Co Pittsburg J R Gregg Grey & Elliott Rome A W Tedcastie RG Clark & Co Cal M S

Western Division Train Schedules for Boston to New England

Extensive list of Western Division departures from Boston stations to Alton Bay, Rochester, Warmington and beyond with numerous stop times for Ardover Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Kennebunkh Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Melrose Melrose Highlands Reading North Wilmington and Sunday trains. Includes Dover Haverhill Manchester Lowell Biddeford Portland Bangor Lewiston and related connections.

Boston Haymarket Square Alton Bay Rochester Warmington Ardover Dover Waivers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill L Pin Georgetown Kennebunkh Biddeford Saco North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Slams Melrose Highlands Melrose Taigu Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Aketiela North Wilmington Lawrence Sam Manchester Bicdford Porriland Bangor Lewiston Reading and Way

Eastern Division Train Schedule Listings Read Like Timetable

A dense roster of routes and departure times from Boston stations to Amesbury and coastal towns. Multiple lines show trains from Chelsea, Revere, Lynn, Peabody, Danvers, Rockport, Gloucester, Salem, Newburyport, Portsmouth, and beyond with varied daily times and notes on branches and special services.

Amesbury Tom Beverly Siddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester Braumpton Keach North Brampton Rye Beach Eppewich Lynn Marblehead and Swanpscot Middleton Newburyport Spain North Conway Aima Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Revere Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem York Harbor & Beach E.R Saugus Branch Swanpscott Wenham Wolfebors Ryan and Way Portland Bangor St. John Malifax

Boston Station Timetable Range From Boston Causeway Street

Local and through service listed from Boston to multiple towns and states with frequent departures at 9 am 1 and 7 pm including Filton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren and more Also mentions routes to Montreal via White River Junction and Northern Division services with numerous daily times for Manchester Concord Nashua and surrounding communities.

Boston Causeway Street Filton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Bmawerhill Woodsville North Woodstock Pennigewassett Alley St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Vam Passumpsie White River Junction Wells River Bristol Branch Claremont Ranch Montpelier Essex Duneetion Burlington St. Albana Montreal Fabyan’s Slirvice Manchester Concord N. A Beene Peterboro Wwilishers Billeborg Wilton Milford Amherst Gheenfield Nashua Lewell Lawrence Wilmington Ril Lo N Hiv Woburn M. Winchester Rdedford Rte Tarers Statian Fvam Lexis Fitchburg Albans Winchendon Jaffrey Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Jellows Falls Rutland St. Albans St. Johns Ogdensburg Saratoga Delaware& Hudson Canal Company K. R Cheshire Connecticut River Vermont Hoerth Ottawa Washington Street A. Faxon R. Stewart N. 1

Belmont to Northampton Train Schedule Announcement

Belmont Waverley Waltham Fladseu and Way Stations to Northampton at 1.15 pm. Tune tables with full local and through train information available at stations. Ames Furber and J Flanders sign as General Manager and Gen Pasr and Ticket Avt.

Belmont Waverley Waltham Fladseu Way Northampton Ames T. Furber J. Flanders Gen’ Pas

Commuter Rail Schedules Across Town Deluge of Times

A cluttered timetable lists numerous routes and intervals from Belmont to Saratoga with many morning and Sunday slots. It includes Belmont and Waverley, Concord, Fitchburg, Gardner, Marlboro, Nashua, North Leominster, and Saratoga among others, showing repeated 6.30 and 11.30 am blocks and late evening options.

SUN Concord Fitchburg Gardner and Miller’s Palis Wb Dike Greenfield Atvosick Falls Johnsonville Lincoln Marlboro Madson Maynard Nashua N. HE Ayer Junction Berth Adams Williamstown North Leominster Aim Saratoga Shelburne Fade

Cape Cod Bus Schedule Notes Daily Runs May and June

The document lists Cape Cod division routes from Kneeland Street Station to towns including Bourne Barns, Brewster, Cataumet, Chatham, Hyannis, Harwich, Monument Beach, Mattapoisett, Nantucket, Provincetown, Sandwich, Wellfleet, West Barnstable and Woods Hole with morning departures at 8.15 am and afternoon runs around 4.15 pm. Some lines show via connections and limited weekdays, with fares noted as 15 dollars on select segments.

Boston & Albany R.R Isi Washington Street Boston Kneeland Street Springfold Pittsfield Pittatie North Adama Suniaui Palmer Buzzards May Barns Itabie M. Bourne Bournevale Brewster Cataumet Cottage City Park Sq New Bedford Malmouth Hyannis Harwich Monument Beach Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Woody Fell Provincetown Sandwich Sasameore Yarmouth Fremont Wreli West Barnstable Woods Hall Wares Warmoath

Providence Division Timetables Across Stations Listed

A dense rail schedule lists departures from Park Square Station and other stops on the Shore Line and New Work branches with varied times through the day and Sunday exceptions. Stations include Attibeore, Hoylston, Reessin, Canton Junction, New Bedford, Fall River, Newport, Sharon, and more, with multiple daily slots and late-night options.

Park Square Stonington Attiebore Hoylston R&eessindaie Central Highland West Roxh Spring Street Canton Junction

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