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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Nov 26, 1887
Page
7
Commercial markets present firm tones for many items including corn oats rye and millet while butter and poultry edge higher. Beef and pork stay steady with steady to dull activity in apples lambs veal and cranberries amid ample potato and straw supplies.
The fish market shows quiet mackerel trade with light stocks and strong demand for codfish. Hake is high due to export demand. herring and boxed products mostly steady. salmon prices slip due to cheaper lots. Dry and pickled fish lists vast price ranges for mackerel, herring, cod, pollock, haddock, and canned goods amid active fresh fish sales.
Market reports show flour prices at full asks with limited supply as mills withhold product. Corn strengthens in step with Western trends while oats rally, No 2 white at about 39 to 41 cents. Millfeed firm with $21 per ton for bran, various bran and meal sales listed. wide price ranges for oats, cornmeal, rye and barley given alongside stock and inspection figures.
Butter market remains firm for fresh pods with Western creameries at 28c for choice, some higher. firsts quiet. Prices steady overall as large receipts and cautious demand shape a balanced market. Beans, rye straw, potatoes, sweet potatoes, tallow, and various game prices noted with steady demand and variable stock levels.
Receivers' wholesale price quotes for butter eggs cheese and dairy goods, with ranges for Western New York Vermont and Eastern creameries. Includes produce like peas canning stock seeds hay potatoes sweet potatoes and tallow, listing different grades and prices by region and item.
Liverpool markets show steady demand for cheese with finest white September at 57 58s and colored September at 58 59s. Butter demand centers on the finest creameries at 100 108s while New York butter remains steady and in fair demand. Cheese is quiet and steady. eggs hold with steady demand. beans steady. dried apples quiet.
Baldwins in steady demand while Greenings are well supplied. King and snow apples moderate but command full prices. H Harris Co sold Almeria grapes at 230 500 bbl and Persian dates at 542 546e P Ib. Florida oranges ample with good demand for choice lots. cranberries firm with higher prices. dried apples steady. Nuts unchanged.
The listing shows varied produce prices including onions, cabbages, beets, squash, lettuce, parsnips, turnips, and celery. Items are given in prices per bush or per barrel with several varieties noted and small regional price differences.
Pork and lard hold firm at quoted levels while fresh beef and ood cattle show quiet demand. The market lists pork cuts, lard in varying pack sizes, hams, bacon, and beef items with steady or unchanged quotes across multiple grades and preparations.
Active cotton option trading in New York with a firm tone and upward tendency. Closing quotations show mild losses from intraday highs, with New York spot prices firm and Liverpool futures mixed.
London and Liverpool reports show wheat and corn firm with mixed American and Danubian grades steady. Prices: Danubian corn 23s 3d, American mixed corn 23s 3d, Minnesota flour 26s 3d, Paris wheat firm, Liverpool futures strong, with assorted futures and spot quotations across November to March.
Boston and Maine Railroad dated Oct 23 1887 lists daily through service from Haymarket Square and Causeway Street stations to Augusta Sanger St John Halifax Portland Lewiston Manchester North Conway and other Maine Provinces with multiple daily departures and steamship connections from Portland to Saint John and Halifax.
Readable fragment lists refined sugar types with prices per pound and cents per unit. It notes molasses prices for Ponce Porto Rico and Cienfuegos with nominal or low cents values, reflecting a historical wholesale market snapshot.
Cotton futures bought and sold in New York on margin with private wire for exclusive customer use. Expeditious and confidential handling of trades. Charges reasonable and competitive. Public invited to call for quotations and information.
Trading steady with firm flour receipts at New York while wheat and corn values swing across major U.S. markets. Prices quoted for No 2 spring to No 1 white wheats, various corn and oats grades, and widespread activity across lard, pork, and butter with stock levels and shipments noted from Chicago Cincinnati Detroit and Milwaukee bureaus.
Hogs firmer across markets with Yorkers at 460 500 dollars in St Louis and mixed packers 460 600. Peoria reports hogs 450 520. Chicago cattle receipts 10 000 with steady good cattle and weaker others. hogs 26 000 receipts with strong trade and varying weights. sheep light but active with natives and Westerns up to 8 50. Texan and lamb prices noted.
The six day and seven day totals show net receipts 303 215 and 248 867 respectively with exports to Great Britain France and the continent. Stocks at all US ports total 14 393 for six days and 848 653 for seven days, with steady or firm tone at most ports and notable activity in New Orleans and Savannah.
At the London wool sales November 25 there was a good turnout and a strong selection. Prices rose especially for Australian scoured and greasy cross-breds while some Victorian lots achieved full prices. Several lots were withdrawn with 1100 Falkland Islands bales planned for November 30 and a general sheepskin sale on December 9. Readouts include New South Wales 1900 bales with various rates for scoured and greasy varieties, Queensland 38000 bales, New Zealand 1100 bales, South Australia 600 bales, Victoria 1600 bales, Swan River 28 bales.
Boston & Albany reports 272 bales cotton 218 bales wool 3679 bbls flour 26325 bush corn 4745 bush oats 1000 bush malt 4650 bush feed 15 bbls pork 700 tierces lard 89 bbls grease 30 half-chests tea 434 pigs 3 boxes butter 2015 pies oleo 200s boxes cheese 343 cases eggs 380 bbls beans 550 bbls apples 6 cars hay 8 cars straw 10 cars lumber 216 rolls 791 bbls 62 bales 73 cases 271 bags 14 pigs 16 sack 1915 sides leather 64 bbls skins. Grand Junction reports 331 bales cotton 2365 bbls 12161 sacks flour 14000 bush corn 40000 bush oats 500 bush rye 2800 bush pran 452 blis apples 126 boxes bacon 163 tierces lard. Old Colony reports 4 bales wool 1 tub lard.
Local and through service from Boston to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Maverhill Woodsville and more with multiple daily departures 9 am 1 pm 7 pm for several routes to St Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Montreal and branches to Bristol Claremont Montpelier St Albans and Montreal via White River Junction. Timetable notes freight and local points on Passumpsic Northern and Boston lines with sleeping cars and parlor service.
Readable OCR fragments list vast shipments across Boston Providence New York and New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Boston & Lowell and other lines. Items include coffee sugar butter eggs apples flour pork pork lard hides wool cotton leather tea and bales in countless quantities with cars and ships mentioned.
Maritime and Atlantic steamer and schooner cargo notes show potatoes moved from Georgetown Goto Island Summerside Orwell Albertson and other ports. Included are bush potatoes quantities for schooners Maggie Alice Grenada Latona J J Locke Angela Regina B Mary E McDougall Ambury A and a brig Ida carrying logwood pickled limes. Sugar from Pernambuco shipped by Jorgen J Lotz to Bay State Sugar Refinery.
Export list dated November 25 1887 from Liverpool England shows the steamer Roman cleared November 22 with 66 percent of boxes bacon 5bV birds grease 16 birds tallow 20 barrels shoe wax 25 boxes logwood 2 cases lamps 5 barrels fish 4938 barrels apples 278 cattle 4000 staves 194 bales cotton 19826 bushels corn 1 tierce tallow 350 tierces lard 8815 sacks flour 15985 bushels wheat 17 cases pear cases hardware. Antwerp via New York Steamer Doc Ruyter cleared November 25 with additional cargo. Yarmouth NL Steamer Yarmouth carries 3 packages shoe ink 32 packages hardware 11 half barrels paint 1000 fire bricks 2 barrels fire clay 10 bales waste 2 casks crockery 5 barrels lubricating oil 15 pigs furniture 125 barrels flour.
A long list of buyers and firms across cities from Atlanta to Valdosta including Gramling Spaulding Co Augusta Mulherin Rice & Lo Baltimore Horner Rogers Adler Cohen Adler Phelps Dodge Rosenthal Goldcoast etc representing shoe companies and trades across the region with multiple named agents and firms in a single record. This compilation names Gramling Spaulding Co Augusta Mulherin Rice & Lo Baltimore Adler Cohen Adler J W Horner Phelps Dodge Rosenthal Goldsmith and many others.
All River Line reduced to 3.00 first class limited from Boston to New York with 75 minute steamer connection at Fall River. Departures from Old Colony Station 6 pm weekdays and 7 pm Sundays reaching New York about 7.80 am with boat connections to Brooklyn and Jersey City aboard Pilgrim and Bristol. Return daily at 4.30 pm. Baggage checked. Tickets at No 3 Old State House and Old Colony Station. L H Palmer agent.
Trains depart Boston stations for many stops including Alton Way Rochester Farmington Andover Exeter Great Falls and more with varied daily and Sunday times across multiple routes. Frequent departures list 6 am to 11 pm with numerous intermediate stops at Lowell Medford Melrose Reading Salem Wakefield Wilmington and others.
Train times listed for Eastern Division routes from Moston Station to Amesbury Beverly Middeford Chelsea and other points. Schedules show daily and special trains with times for Beverly Lynn Ipswich Portsmouth Salem and coastal towns plus branch lines and notes on workingmen’s trains and Pullman cars. General managers listed as James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders.
Train schedule shows weekday departures from Boston to New York via Fall River Line at 6 p m with returns at 4 30 p m and numerous morning and afternoon runs to Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich and other towns including Weymouth Hingham Scituate Marshfield Duxbury Plymouth and Taunton. Official GEO L Connor and J R Kendrick publish the complex timetable.
Line 14 Frreston and Providence Railroad trains update effective Monday June 30 1887 detailing departures from Boston for New York Shore Line Fast Express and various return times. It lists multiple stations and return timings including Providence Pawtucket East Foxboro Sharon and others with daily and Sunday variations.
Trains depart from Boston B and L depot for Manchester Concord and upper railroads starting Oct 9 1887 with daily and Sunday times. Morning departures include 7 30 8 30 9 18 1 5 30 and 7 pm and returns from Concord at 5 30 10 20 2 45 and 6 35 pm with Sunday patterns noted.
The document shows a Boston rail timetable listing trips to Ware Barre Scotland Weston Oakdale and other stops with departures around 7 to 12 oclock and multiple daily runs. GEO W STORER general passenger agent and MFULEN superintendent are named in the timetable.
A fragmentary OCR style entry lists numbers and dates with unclear context. It mentions values such as 9.25 and 10.1 pounds and several time markers like pm and dates like 6.10 and 6.25. The lack of clear subjects prevents precise interpretation.
A partial timetable shows limited train times for West Roxbury Stoughton Canton and nearby routes. The note mentions connections with Providence and lists various daily and weekly adjustments including am and pm departures with several times in exact figures.
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