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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 25, 1889

Page

7

Wheat and grain markets across New York Chicago and St Louis

Wheat prices hold steady with mixed exports and dull demand. Corn and oats show quiet trading while rye and barley offer little interest, New York and Chicago receipts detailed along with export shipments and mill prices.

Wisconsin Minnesota Canada Superior Canada New York City St Louis Chicago St. Louis Graham Michigan

Market report shows steady butter and dairy prices with varied grades

Receipts list butter 529 pkgs and 105 boxes, oleo 652 pkgs, cheese 695 boxes, eggs 1 box, 15 bbis and 1055 cases, beans 829 bbls, potatoes 46 cars, hay 57 cars, straw 16 cars. Butter market quiet and firm. creameries limited to high grades, prices stable. Cheese demand quiet with ample supply. eggs active with small fresh stock and steady prices. Poultry, game, and beans show steady or limited demand with price ranges noted.

Western Extra Oncy New York Vermont Eastern Creamery State Elgins Western Dairy Western Creamery Western Herd Western Factory Pennsylvania Northern Choice Western Sage Liverpool New Hampshire Nova Scotia New_ Brunswick Prince Edward Island Michigan Choice Canadas California Lima Choice Canada Mallard Ducks

Market prices for produce and crops in regional listings

Pair quail and pigeons priced per dozen and per 150 birds with Western and native rates. Potatoes steady with limited road supply and strong wharf stocks. Burbanks and related varieties in steady demand. Various regional potato quotes listed by variety and origin. Sweet potatoes firmer demand. kilns and Norfolk prices given. Hay and straw markets quiet but steady with ranges for prime hay and straw categories.

Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Vermont New York Burbanks White Stars Western New Brunswick Nova Scotia Prince Edward Island Stars

Market Report Onions and Vegetables Prices From The Trade

The list shows vegetable prices with onions at 75 cents and various items. Beets and carrots trade around 60 to 40 cents per unit, lettuce 25 to 40 cents, radishes 40 cents, turnips 35 cents, cabbage 3 to 5 dollars per 100 count, parsley 50 cents per bush, pumpkin and squash priced, celery two dollars per box, spinach 25 cents per bush.

White Cape St Andrews

Fruit market prices and supply for apples and citrus

Apple prices show steady wholesale demand with varied lots. Oranges Florida supply larger though not ample for choice lots. prices range with counts. Lemons Florida scarce with high per box prices. Grapes steady with moderate supply. cranberries steady and scarce. Almeria grapes firm with high end.

Hubbardstons Ben Davis Baldwins Michigan Florida Messina Jamaica Jonas Cape Almeria

Auction Sale Of Florida Oranges And Various Produce

Harris and Co auction listing 6000 boxes of Florida oranges to be sold on Tuesday. Snow and Co announce auction on Monday offering 2000 boxes Florida oranges 800 barrels 180 half barrels and grapes from Almeria plus 100 boxes Malaga emons.

H Harris & Co Snow & Co Almeria Erx, &.S Macon Clyde Line Lewis Wharf Cocheco Manufacturing CO J. Ss Edmands

Steamer Arrivals Report Banana and Fruit Cargoes

The steamer Tordenskjold arrives with Banes Bananas for Seaverns & Co. The Norfolk boat due Monday carries 750 peanuts 400 boxes oranges and 100 Kestruck. Marmion due Wednesday Nov 27 with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Savannah boat due Monday carries 8100 boxes oranges.

Tordenskjold Banes Bananas Seaverns & Co Norfolk Marmion Jamaica Bananas Boston Fruit Company Savannah

Scythia Cargo Poor in Liverpool Market Report

Liverpool market remains firm for good fruit while poor lots suffer. The Scythia steamer's cargo arrived in very poor condition, signaling quality issues for shipments and potential price adjustments.

Liverpool

Provisions and pork product market report

Receipts show tallow 248 packages and bacon 388 boxes. Prices across pork products firm to steady. long cuts 12.50–13.00, backs 12.50–13.00, lean ends 13.25–13.50, tongues 17.75, mess 12.00, extra prime 11.50, country pork 5.20, lard varied by region. New York pork firm with mixed lots. beef markets steady to quiet. lard and salting prices noted.

Choice Choice City New York City Extra India Western Steam City Steam Chicago Mess Park Cincinnati Brighton

Hog and cattle market summaries from Kansas City and Chicago

Market reports show steady to mixed cattle and hog prices. Kansas City lists steers 3.20 to 4.40, cows 1.90 to 2.40, hogs mostly 3.60 to 3.75, sheep 3.15 to 4.45, with receipts around 6 800. Chicago Carib Reserve receipts 46 600 with beef prices from 4.60 to 5.35 and hogs 3.60 to 3.95. Texas and Western ranges also noted.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Carib Texas Western Rangers

Sheep Receipts and Shipments Reported for Week

Market notes show steady prices for native and Western grassers with 1000 shipments. Prices listed include $275 for 50, $3 for 4 10, and lambs at $4.50. Texans and locals trade under mixed demand.

Cotton Markets Show Firmer Tone Across Regions

New York cotton closes steady after opening quiet with 180 bales offered. Liverpool reports quiet demand with middlings 51 1 16d and 7000 bales sold. United States ports show mixed activity with stocks rising and prices near mid 9d to 11c range, while Augusta, Galveston and New Orleans log varied receipts and exports.

New York Eeeeeeese Everceseses Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville United States

Whiskey prices hold firm in multiple markets

Peoria reports whiskey at 103 dollars with spirits at 10 dollars. Chicago notes whiskey steady at 102. St Louis confirms whiskey unchanged at 102 as market remains firm.

Peoria St Louis

Turpentine and Petroleum Prices Hover in Mixed Markets

In New York mixed commodity trading Turpentine closed at 44 465c with rosin at 110 115 and tar at 250. Petroleum ended at 7.80c with RSW 7.45c and cases at 9.65.

New York

Imports and Exports in 1889 London and Glasgow Trade

Long list of goods ships and consignors from London and Glasgow including Borderer Manitoban and various firms such as A Milne J B Moors Baring Bros Hooper and J D M Williams. Items span metals textiles chemicals and foodstuffs with hundreds of units and many consignors.

London Eng Milne & Co Iron Bacon & Co Moors & Co Hayes & Co Baels Rags Waldo Bros Bank of British North America Dodorb Moors & Co Shellac Mason, Chapin & Co Indigo Edmonds & Co Schmidt Bixby & Co Schlegel & Fottler Peabody & Co Richards & Sons Westhorp & Co L Morgan & Co Glasgow Scot Nidse Shepard Norwell & Co Hooper, Lewis & Co Chase Case Dry Goods March Bros Stoddard, Lovering & Co Stevens Linen Works Moise Simons, Hatch & Whitten Ford Granite Stone & Downer Mdiser L&d Baring Bros & Co Nee & Co Townsend Mdise R H White & Co Jones Bros Hearing Bros & Co

Historic North Atlantic Trade Goods and Shipments List

Long 19th century shipping ledger items listing cargoes and vessels across Charlottetown Summerside Halifax Shelburne Liverpool Joggin s London Mirag ao ne including flour corn meal beef pork butter cheese and various commodities aboard steamers brig and schooner ships with routes via CB NS NL PEI and England dated Nov 1889. Multiple named ships and ports appear with quantities reported for each cargo.

Charlottetown Summerside Pei Port Hawkesbury Port Hastings Port Mulgrave Coila Halifax Shelburne Liverpool Batchelder Joggins Spencer’s Island Harry Morris Janie M Eng London City of Lincoln Miragoane Hayti Solario

London Market Updates on Wheat and Corn Goods

London and Liverpool reports show wheat and corn activity muted with quieter demand. Winter wheat at 6s 9d to 6s 10d, spring wheat 7s 11d, club wheat 7s 2d to 7s 34d, mixed American corn 4s 1d. pork 65s 6d, bacon 37s 6d, lard 35s 9d, cheese 54s.

London Mark Lane Liverpool

Elegant Vestibuled Wagner Cars Schedule for Multiple Destinations

Daily vestibuled Wagner cars offer routes to Cincinnati Chicago Albany Syracuse Rochester Buffalo and west via Lake Shore and Michigan Southern. Through connections to Albany St Louis via Big Four and Niagara Falls Detroit with various times and drawing room or buffet cars. Tickets and sleeping or parlor car accommodations available at Boston city office 232 Washington Street and Kneeland Street station.

Cincinnati Hicago Lisey Albany Syracuse Hkcchester Buffalo Ao Halle Chicago St. Louis Niagara Falls Detroit Cleveland Toledo Hartford New Haven New York Washington Street Kneeland Street Boston Fitchburg Causeway Street St. Albans Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Rutland Burlington St. Johns Montreal CP Eee Tse Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company RE. R Ottawa Ogdensburg FAXON A Rd. Stewart Keene, N. Juiv Binghamton Daily Express Erie Michigan Central Wabash Railways Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Ayer Junction Belmont and Waverley Cambridge Cheshire Fiterburg Ton m. Gardner and Miller's Aulls Greenfield Bioosick Falls Johnsonville Lincoln Udson Mayvpard Nashua N. M North Adams Williamstown North Leominster Shelburne Falls Wnien Square Somerville Waltham Pany Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Worcester Miller’s Falls Atation Hoosac Tunnel Ts West Sals John Adams Gen’l

Fitchburg Railroad Trains Depart Boston Westbound After Sept 9 1889

On and after September 9 1889 trains leave Boston Passenger Station Causeway Street for the West as at Fitchburg Railroad.

Boston Causeway Street

Trains Leave Boston Depot Weekdays Only in 1889 Schedule

Corrected to August 19, 1889. Trains depart from Boston Depot at Foot of Summer Street on weekdays unless noted otherwise.

Normier New York Point Judith Open Sea Boston New England Summer Street Washington Street KE. J. Vaning A.C. Kendall Trath Gen'l Pass Boston Depot Nashua Manufacturing Company Water Street Frederic Amory County OF Essex Moses Clifford Saugus Carpenter Ella I. Clifford Joseph Lawrence Nellie Lawrence Suffolk Commonwealth of Massachusetts Lowell Street State Board of Health, Lunacy and Charity Joseph Lawrence Clifford Ella Isabell Clifford Commonwealth OF Massachou Ee Eeess Supreme Judicial Attorney-General Equitable Mutual Relief Society Warren Keen Jr George M. Stearns Court House Boston Herald Boston Post John Noble

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