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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 20, 1889

Page

7

Market Summary of Grain and Flour Prices and Receipts

Grain and flour markets show dull to steady trading across St Louis Chicago New York and Milwaukee. Wheat prices ease with No 2 red around 84 86c and No 2 spring near 80c. corn remains quiet with spot 46 47c and steamer around 48c. rye and buckwheat softer. receipts in thousands of bushels and barrels, with daily shipments and calls, while oats and barley stay subdued and prices modest.

City Minnesota St Louis Chicago New York York Ghicazo T Louis Graham New Aalieak Michigan Canada New_York

Receipts and butter market report across regions

Receipts today list butter 2545 pkgs and 3230 boxes cheese 1861 cases beans 653 pail potatoes 30 cars hay 24 cars straw 5 cars. Last year butter 1453 pkgs 12 boxes oleo 52 pkgs cheese 820 boxes eggs 517 bbls beans 1345 bbls potatoes 102 cars hay 21 cars straw 4 cars. Butter market steady with quiet demand. quotations given for Western New York Eastern and New England butter and cheese confirming steady prices. eggs and beans likewise with steady to higher jobbing prices.

New York Vermont Elgin Chicago Elgin Creamery Western Eastern Creamery Northern Choice Sage Liverpool Canton New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Michigan Choice Canadas California Lima Canada

Potatoes and hay markets hold steady demand in Maine region

The report notes steady demand for potatoes with small supplies and prices near stable. It lists multiple regional varieties with prices in cents per unit and barrels for Brunswick Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island, and Vermont origins, and notes liberal receipts for sweet potatoes with kiln dried Jerseys at 225 275 per barrel. Hay and straw markets are dull but firm with a narrow supply of choice hay and quoted ranges for prime hay and rye and oat straw.

Houston Aroostook Prince Edward Island Burbanks Nova Scotia New Brunswick Rose Hebrons

Truck Market Steady as Supplies Abound and Trade Quiet

The market remains well supplied with trucks and trade is quiet. Sales are being made at old prices as buyers hold steady and sellers maintain current rates.

Fruit prices and supply in wholesale market report

The report lists wholesale prices for apples and assorted fruits. Florida oranges, Malaga lemons, and Jamaica oranges show varying demand and boxed pricing. Grapes and cranberries are described as well supplied or dull, with specific per crate and per box prices and notes on demand.

Ac Ee Ags Hubbardstons Pound Ben Davis Screenings Snow Baldwins Michigan Greenings Michigan Tasman Michigan Florida Malaga Palermo Sicily Jamaica Jonas Cape Almeria

Harris & Co Auction Prices for Florida Oranges and Grapes

At auction in Florida Harris & Co sold oranges at $1 25 3 25 per box and lemons at 50 cents to $4 25 per box. Almeria grapes brought $4 5 6242 per barrel and Lisbon grapes $6 3742 6 50 per case. Grapefruit sold at $5 7 per barrel.

H Harris & Co Florida Almeria Lisbon

Apple Cables Market Report From Liverpool and Boston

The demand is active at quotations with Boston Baldwins and Maine Baldwins listed in various weights and prices. Stacks sell at 1s to 4s less while London quotes good stock at 16 22s for sale.

APPLE Liverpool Boston Baldwins Maine

Steamer Arrivals Forecast For Lemons Bananas and Banes Fruit

The Devonshire will bring 750 boxes Palermo lemons and 1090 boxes Mes efore, passing Gibraltar at 31. Tordenskjolk expected next Monday with Banes bananas. Flamborough due Thursday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Devonshire Gibraltar Tordenskjolk Banes Flamborough Jamaica Boston Fruit Company

Provisions Market Update With Mixed Demand and Prices

A detailed market report notes receipts of tallow beef pork lard hams preserved meats bacon and more with year over year comparisons. Pork demand remains good with sales at old prices while fresh beef is less active and lamb and veal prices show steadiness. Regional cites from Chicago New York and St Louis report quiet tallow and mixed dynamics in lard and bulk meats.

Chicago Brighton Choice Western Steam City Steam St. Louis Cincinnati

Hog and cattle markets across Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago

Kansas City cattle market shows active shipments with prices for steers and cows listed. hogs weak with heavies and mediums priced around 3 65 to 3 72. Cincinnati hogs higher with common and light at 3 38 to 3 85. Chicago reports cattle receipts 9500 with open strong then weak closing. hogs receipts 23000 with mixed and heavy price ranges. sheep activity steady with native and Western flocks and lambs priced to 5 60 per cwt.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Cotton markets show quiet trading and mixed futures in New York and Liverpool

New York prices move little with a range of middling to good ordinary as futures open weak and close quiet. Liverpool reports quiet trade with middling around 5 11 16d and American arrivals, while Augusta and Galveston show steady to firm tonnage and varied receipts.

New York Scevessessocko Bob Sinene Liverpool Augusta Galveston France New Orleans

Inland trade figures show steady exports and stock shifts

Consolidated four day net receipts total 160336 with exports to Great Britain 43404 and to the Continent 31138 while stocks at all United States ports rise to 891813. Individual ports report mixed activity with Memphis Savannah Charleston Norfolk and others maintaining firm to quiet tones and mid price levels.

Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Continent Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York France Cincinnati St Louis Louisville United States

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugar and molasses markets show firm demand and steady prices. Cuba refined sugars range around 43 to 47 cents per pound with various grades listed. refined, pulverized, powdered and granulated sugars quoted with numerous cents per pound. Molasses receipts total 262 barrels and 76 hogsheads. Ponce and Cien Fuegos sweetness values noted with regional variations.

Cuba Manilas Iloilos Belmont New York Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados

Mixed Commodity Rates and Markets Report

Coffee from New York to Rio described as easier and quieter with fair cargoes. Turpentine in New York closed at 45 cents, resin quoted around 112 to 115, tar at 2.50, petroleum rate 7.75, RSW 7.45, with cases at 9.45 cents.

New York Rio

Imports and Exports Across Halifax Charlottetown 1889

A detailed ledger of goods shipped and received outlining steamer Worcester and numerous traders. Entries record potatoes eggs celery butter mackerel canned goods dry fish and other items along with quantities, destinations, and consignors across Halifax NS, Charlottetown PEI, Port Hawkesbury and St Pierre among others.

Halifax Charlottetown Pei Worcester Frank Beare H Burke Bartlett, Lynan & Co Boston Produce Co Raeder Adamason Butler & Co Seaman Bros Coffin Moise George Clarke Cutler & Co Dean Griffin Geary Gay Fi Hutchinson Hatheway & Co Howe & French Russell & Co Hair A Young & Co Pictou Draham Port Hawesbury Mrs Fay D Stone Pickett & Co George Upston Won & Co Woodside & Co ST Pierre Mig Daphne Delong & Seaman Vernon River Knight Templar Rockwell & Son Thorburn Bonacco Gertrude Bert Naguabo Plymouth Gustavo Preston

Maritime Exports Reported From Ports November 19 1889

A compilation of cargoes from Annapolis Nova Scotia Havana Yarmouth Liverpool and Liverpool England noting flour cornmeal peas kerosene oil cake meal and various goods shipped. Vessels include Susie E Olive Pecker Yarmouth Istrian with crates books organ material and large quantities of beef cotton starch and hardware.

Annapolis Whycocomagh Havana Cuba Yarmouth Liverpool Eng Istrian

Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report Week Ending Nov 19

Market brief from the Watertown Union yard notes cattle for beef and store, sheep and lamb demand, and prices. Buyers contrasted with West reports, stating firm to better prices with some buyers seeking Western stock. several sellers reported specific lots and prices for cattle oxen steers and sheep trades.

Union Market Watertown J A Hathaway A Knapp P W Thompson

Foreign Markets Stay Quiet Across Major Sellers

Market notes from Antwerp Paris Glasgow and London report steady or quiet conditions. Wheat and flour hold steady with no offered corn, while pig iron opens flat then rallies and Scotch warrants rise. Coffee futures dip and 1 pm cargoes show wheat firm with two shipments and no corn offered.

Antwerp Paris Glasgow London

Price and demand drift in Liverpool market reports

Market notes from Liverpool on wheat and corn show quiet demand and steady prices with mixed American corn easing. Wheat rates hold around 68 9d 6s 10d for winter and 78 1d 7s 14d for spring as cargoes move to Britain and the Continent. Weather is unusually warm with receipts cited for wheat and corn.

Mark Lane Liverpool Great Britain California

Boston and Albany R R timetable highlights for travel

Timetables show local and through trains between stations with departures to Albany Cincinnati Chicago and the West. Notable services include nightly and daily vestibuled sleeping cars for Cincinnati Chicago and New York connections with limited express routes to Niagara Falls Detroit and Cleveland. Tickets and car accommodations available at 232 Washington Street or Kneeland Street station Boston.

Cincinnati Chicago Albany New York & Chicago Limited Syracuse Rochester Buffalo Sega Eales Etre Anil Cagochigan Central Cleveland Toledo Lake Shore Michigan Southern St. Louis Big Four Kroute Wagner Niagara Falls Detroit Hartford New Haven New York Washington Street Kneeland Street Goston Fall River Boston Old Colony Brooklyn Jersey City Puratan Pilgrim Rooklyn Old State House J. R. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor Gen’s Pass L. H. Palmer Troy Daily Express Erie Michigan Central and Wabash Railways Chicago & Grand Trunk Ayer Junction Belmont and Cerer Eae Sun Oey Rattle Boro Miller’s Falls Campbridge Cheshire K. K Concord Fitchburgg Ti. Gardner and Miller Greenfield Hoosick Falls Johnsonville Lincoln Marlboro Udson and Maynard Nashua N. M North Adams Wiliamstown North Leominster Saratoga—s Shelburne Falls Union Sannie Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Worcester Hoosac Tunnel John Adams Gen’l Providence Hyde Park Readville Walvole Franklin Paw Tucket Woonsocket Woon.ie Blackstone Webster and Southbridge Putnam Wnorwich Nwew London Willimantic Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-On-Hudson Newburgh Points West Erie Railroad Norwood Central Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Needham Highlandville Upper Falls Medfield Medway Woonsoket Sanday Fitchburg Causeway Street St. Albans Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St. Johns Montreal Ogdensburg Rutsland Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R Ottawa Faxon A. R. Stewart

Fitchburg Railroad Timetable Notices

On and after Sept 9 1889 trains leave Boston Causeway Street for the West. 63 X ee accommodation for Troy and 30 am 7 express parlor car for Troy Albany and Binghamton sleeping car for J Whitmore general traffic manager d B Watson general pass agent

Agusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Bangor Bar Harbor Concord N.H Upper Roads Lewiston Haymarket Rep Manchester N. H Fervnand Ea Gnol North Conway St. John St. Andrews Halifax Provinces Haymarket Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox Lincoln R.bs Ruckland Castine Deer Isle Sedgwick South West Harbor Mill Bridge Machiasport Portland Eastport Calais N. BB Haymarket Square Lowell Causeway Street Portland Street Nashua Northampton Amherst Ware Worcester Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Bristol Claremont Kranch St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Norwich Manover Thetford Bradford Newbury Montpel Chicago Montreal Minneapolis James T. Furber J. Flanders Gen’l Pass Troy Albany Binghamton J. Whitmore D.b Watson Pass

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