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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 28, 1888

Page

7

New York Receipts and Prices For Grains Oats Rye Flour

Market notes show 62 cars of oats with varied grades and weak demand. New York receipts total 54 000 bushels with 1022 bushels exports and 144 000 bushels sales, while Chicago and St Louis report steady to firm prices for No 2 and No 1 white oats and rye. Wheat and cornmeal remain steady, with mixed prices across midwestern markets and a quiet, firm trade in oats and malt goods.

New York Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Peoria Toledo Bush Canada Choice

Butter Market Holds Firm Amid Elgin Rise

The butter market remains firm with dealers firm in view of the sudden Elgin rise. Western creameries quote 30 32c, Western extra firsts 27 20c, Elgin creamery extra 40 41c, New York creamery 35 38c, and Eastern dairy 32c. Cheese and eggs are steady to firmer with fluctuating jobbing prices. beans and potatoes show steady demand.

Vermont Vermont Dairy Elgin New York Eastern Creamery Western Creamery Elgin Creamery Eastern Dairy Western Chicago Elgin Creamery Extra North Choice West Sage Liverpool Utica Cneddars Western, LLC New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Michigan Island Canada York State Houston Hebrons Bush Houston Burbanks Chenangoes Prince Edward Island Virginia East Swale

Provisions Market in Chicago Show Sluggish Hog Receipts

In Chicago provisions opened weak on receipts of 36 000 hogs delayed by a vic Island railroad break. Pork and pork products showed steady to weak demand with long cuts at 18 18 50 dollars, short cuts 18 18 50, lard around 10 14 10 4 cents, and various pork products priced accordingly. Beef and related meats were dull with quiet movements in cut meats and middles. New York lower Park sales reported, while refined and city markets reflected unsettled conditions.

Chicago Vic Island INO Hss A Pune New York Park Western Steam Continent South America

Meat market prices and steadiness across lard pork and beef

The market shows lard easing to $8 37 percent and pork around $15 with steady hams at $10 50 to 13 50. Dry salted shoulders quoted at $7 25 to 7 37 percent, bacon shoulders $7 60, longs and clear ribs $8 50 to 8 60, and various rib cuts at similar levels. Fresh beef remains unchanged with ranges by cut and grade, while other fresh meats like spring lambs and mutton stay steady to higher within listed brackets.

St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Choice Heavy Brighton Eastern Real Choice

Trade prints quiet in steady market for vegetables

Market activity remains calm with steady prices on many items. Quotations include marrow squash 50c per barrel, turban squash 75c per barrel, Bay State turban 1 25 per barrel, Hubbard varieties 1 per barrel, Savoy cabbage 50c per barrel, red cabbage 1 25 per barrel, onions 1 25 per barrel, lettuce 25c per dozen, cauliflower 1 25 per dozen, celery 33 350 per box, pumpkins 76c per barrel.

Bay State Russia

Marmion Arrives With Jamaica Fruit for Boston Fruit Co

The steamer Marmion is due November 29 carrying Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company.

Banana Steamers Jamaica Fruit Boston Fruit Company

Markets show flat tone across fruits and nuts auction items

Harris & Co held an auction with Almeria grapes at 175 dollars per barrel and Florida oranges at 11242 dollars per box. The apples, grapes, oranges, cranberries, quiners, and nuts markets were ranged quiet or steady with varied quotations, listing several varieties and price ranges for boxes, barrels, and cases.

H Harris & Co Almeria Florida Hubbardstons Sweet Nova Scotia Gravensteins Snow Baldwins Harveys Tallman Sweets Greenings Concords Dianas Isabellas Messina Jamaica Bush York State Virginia

New York and Liverpool Cotton Markets Reported Steady

New York cotton is steady with middling uplands at 9 18-16c, low middling 9 5-16c, and ordinary 6 11-16c. Sales total 475 bales. futures opened firm and closed steady. Liverpool spot steady at 6%d for middling uplands and 5 12d for Orleans, with 10,000 bales traded and 37,000 received. Futures across the chain show modest firming and stability. Major U.S. ports list receipts and stocks with varied activity, including Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Savannah, Memphis, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, West Point, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, St Louis, Louisville, and a consolidated four-day figure. Overall market tone mixed to steady across regions.

New York Monay Ieee Veces Dales Liverpool Orleans Augusta New Orleans France Iniallec Midle Savannah Great Britain Continent Memphis Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltiore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Steacy Mid United States

Hog and cattle markets across Kansas City Chicago and St Louis

Stock yards Kansas City reports steady cattle and hog demand with receipts of 5434 cattle and 9186 hogs while St Louis and Peoria show softer hog prices. Chicago lists 10000 cattle and 36000 hog receipts with steady cattle values and weaker hogs. Texas and Western cattle and lambs appear with varied prices.

Kansas City St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Texas Western Rangers

Sugar market notes steady firming demand and prices

Sugar markets show firm to higher prices with quiet trade. Cuba refinings quoted 415 16 5c, Manilas 404% and Javas Nos 10 to 11 at 6a 6 cc. Pulverized 8% sc, powdered 8c, granulated 74c, confectioners A 7c, Belmont A 7% sc, extra A 6% sc, wholesale granulated 75 8 c. New York sugar raws strong with light demand and refined prices higher.

Cuba Belmont New York

Trusts and estates notices from Suffolk Probate Court in Boston

Public notices record two probate actions in Suffolk County Massachusetts. Clarence W. Jones seeks confirmation as trustee under a deed of trust from 1843 involving two Boston parcels on Oak Street. Crocker seeks allowance of the first account as trustee for Mary J. Ballard and others. Both require publication in the Boston Post.

Commonwealth OF Boston Suffolk Boston Post John W. McKim Esquire Elijah George Register Clarence W. Jones Otis Drury Imade Joan W. McKim Elijan George George Uriel Crocker Mary J. Ballard Elam Gorge Emily J. Trowbridge Cambridge George M. Brooks J. H. Tyler Stephen McKenna Charles A. Welch Ellery” A. Hibbard Axel Dearborn Joan W. McK Sharon Isaac Adams Sandwich New Hampshire Ellery A. Hibbard Commonwealth of Massachusetts Tremont Street

Powdered and Porto Rico Trade Notes Noted

The report notes no change for Molasses and lists quotations for powdered sugar and Porto Rico goods. It cites 88 40c for Fancy Ponce Porto Rico and 28 83c for men to choice. Cienfuegos at 23.0c, with New York reporting active demand for New Orleans foreign nominal.

Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos New York New Orleans

Miscellaneous Market Quotes Across Commodities

Talow reports firm demand with city prices at 5 and 6 cents and country prices at 4 to 5 cents. New York notes stronger market with 644c city and 286 birds at 6 61Ac. Coffee market steady with New York Rio fair car at 164 4¢c. Chicago market quoted at 120 dollars, Cincinnati and St Louis at 114. Turpentine and petroleum updates show New York turpentine at 4534 46c, resin at 1 107% and tar nominal, petroleum at 6.55 7.16c, RSW 7.20c and cases 9.20c.

New York Rio Chicago Cincinnati St Louis

Prices and stock at Boston market week ending November 27 1888

Report from Boston market shows quantities of sheep cattle lambs and swine with prices for market beef store cattle and livestock by class. Notable figures include Western fat swine six to seven tenths of a dollar per pound and lamb prices around 6 to 8 cents per pound with specific sellers like Hanley Pollard and W Fisher & Son cited for lamb lots. Canada supplies lambs and local buyers fixed rates while overall demand remains steady.

Boston Post George J. Fox Brighton Canada T Hanley RP Pollard W Fisher & Son

Imports and Exports at Cardigan Bridge PEI in 1888

A detailed ledger of incoming goods from Liverpool and other ports lists schooners Olive, Libby, and multiple consignments including bush potatoes, turnips, carrots, shad, butter, eggs, and preserves. The long catalog covers vast shipments by George C Rockwell and numerous merchants such as Ateshian, Baring Bros, J A Bird, Dennison, Estes and Lauriat, and many more, detailing wines, textiles, earthenware, corks, machinery, and mints of cargo. The record reflects expansive trade activity with Britain and other markets, featuring dozens of named firms, cargo types, and quantities in late November 1888.

Cardigan Bridge Pei Libby T George C Rockwell Maggie Culgen Liverpool Eng Atteax & Co Ateshian & Co Atkins & Co Baring Bros & Co Blakeslee & Co Beal, Higgins & Henderson Brown, Durell & Co Bird & Co Boston Button Co Bigelow, Kennard & Co Steel Brown & Sharpe Manus Co Indizo Brown Bros & Co Richard Briggs Booth & Co Baldwin Bros & Co John Cochrane, Jr Coleman, Mead & Co Collins & Railbanks Cohen & Co AB Crocker & Cco Commissioners of Foreign Missions Curtis Houghton & Dutton Hall Hollander & Co Hayes & Co Simon Hatch & Co International Steamship Line Jackson Dolk M Jones & Co Jones Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Jordan, Marsh & Co Whitcomb & Co Theophile Kidder, Peabody & Co Thomas Kelly & Co J Loverin Benjamin Levy & Co McBarron & Co Mitchell, Woodbury & Co Morton Bros Morey Churchill & Morey Macallar Parker & Co Moors & Co Schoenhof P Schmidt & Co Saco Water Power Machine Spooner Stedman & Fuller Manf Co Stowell & Co Walcott Zeigler

Exports Entries From Various Ports November 27 1888

Shipping list itemizes cargoes at Cape Verde Islands Africa Yarmouth Nova Scotia Rosario Argentina Aspinwall USC Annapolis Nova Scotia Buenos Ayres including lumber butter apples pears cabbage and flour with volumes such as 269097 feet pine lumber 651 barrels flour 200 barrels meal 348315 feet lumber 62 200 shingles 27 000 feet lumber 1 447 feet lumber and other goods like butter apples pears wool and groceries across multiple ships and ports.

Cape Verde Islands Africa Jennie Cushman Yarmouth Rosario John H Pearson Aspinwall Usc Tremont Annapolis Buenos Ayres Ararat

Freight and Goods Totals From Multiple Railroads in 1888

A dense ledger listing receipts across several lines of railroads including Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg,oston & Maine, and Boston & Maine. Items cover cotton, wool, flour, cornmeal, oats, meal, lard, butter, cheese, eggs, pork, bacon, hides, leather, lumber, and other staples dated November 27 1888, with quantities in bales, barrels, bushels, tons, and cars.

Boston & Albany Raillroad Grand Junction Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Oston & Maine Railroad Ekastern Western Division S c. Ce Boston & Maine Railroad Lowell System Eea

Commodity listing of bales, barrels, and shipments

A dense readout of odd lot counts for cotton wool flour corn meal corn bush barley and various byproducts. It records quantities by shipper express and sea shipments including leather hides pelts and related commodities with numerous unit measures and vague grouping.

Global Market Summary Wheat Slumps and Corn Firm Across London and Liverpool

Foreign markets report cargoes off coast and quiet wheat trading as 2,467,000 quarters head to Britain and 633 quarters to the Continent. Liverpool notes dull wheat with firm corn, prices lower for winter wheat, steady peas, and firmer bacon and lard amid mixed receipts and local quotable levels.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Great Britain York

Probate citations for Mary Nye Williams and George C Powers

Notices in Suffolk and Middlesex probate courts warn heirs and interested parties of will presentations. Edward Bangs seeks letters testamentary without bond for Mary Nye Williams of Boston. George C Powers estate probate sought by William H Johnson and Ann Elizabeth Johnson in Cambridge with bond exemption.

Tsource Sarah E. Thacher Boston Sufolk William Roscoe Williams Riassacrussetts Suffolk Mary Nye Williams Edward Bangs Wareham Plymouth Koston Fest Hoston Joan W. McKim Esquire Elijah George Register Jom Monwrealter Massacitus Setts Middlesex George C. Powers Waltham William H. Johnson Ann Elizabeth Johnson Cambridge The Boston Lost Grover M. Brooks J. H. Tyler Massachus Setis George Trowbridge Newton Said County

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