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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Nov 29, 1888

Page

7

Commodity market snapshot with varied grain and feed cites

The report lists No 2 oats and rye prices across Chicago St Louis and Peoria with weaker markets, steady milled oats, dull New York trade, and mixed flour figures including rye, barley, and malt. It covers oats, cornmeal, oatmeal, rye, barley, millfeed, cottonseed meal, malt, and hops with price ranges and notes on demand.

State Chicago St Louis Milwaukee Peoria Toledo New York Canada Western Choice

Butter Market Holds Firm Prices Across Regions

Butter demand remains strong with firm quotations in Western creameries 30 35c and 27 29c for Western extra firsts. Eastern creamery and other dairy items show steady to unchanged pricing. beans, potatoes, poultry, and hay markets also steady with selective higher jobbing prices in New York and Chicago markets.

New York Vermont Chicago Elgin Western West Liverpool New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Michigan Island Canada York State Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Vermont Rose Vermont Hebrons Bush Burbanks Rose Hebrons Chenangoes Prince Edward Island Virginia

Provisions Market Sags with Mixed Chicago and New York Rates

Chicago provisions show weakness with no standout features. Pork prices drift lower while lard and beef cuts follow a subdued market. New York quotes reflect quiet demand for mess and cut meats.

Meat Market Snapshot Shows Mixed Prices Across Regions

Prices across bacon shoulders pork lard and various cuts vary by city with moderate demand. Chicago futures show lower lean pork and unsettled lard while Cincinnati reports dull pork. corn beef and plate items list specific barrel and half barrel prices. Fresh beef and mutton values hold with varied steers and hinds in multiple ranges.

Chicago Cincinnati Choice Brighton

Market Prices for Produce On Steady Demand

A fair demand is noted at steady prices for marrow squash 50c per barrel, turban squash 75c, Savoy cabbage 50c per barrel, red cabbage 1.25, onions 1.25 per barrel, 50c bush Spanish onions 2 per basket, beets 0.40 per bush, lettuce 0.25 for 4 dozen, cauliflower 1.25 per dozen, celery 3.50 per box, parsnips 0.60 per bush, pumpkins 0.75 per barrel.

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Banana Steamer Arrivals Announced for Fruit Trade

The Marmion is due November 29 carrying Jamaica fruit for the Boston Fruit Company. The Lorenzo D Baker is due December 6 with bananas for the same Boston firm.

Banana Steamers Marmion Jamaica Fruit Boston Fruit Company Lorenzo D Baker

Fruit Market Auction Flags Florida Oranges Friday Sale

Harris and Co to auction 2500 boxes Florida oranges at 2 oclock Friday. Receipts of apples moderate but large stock keeps prices near recent quotes. Grapes and other fruits listed with prices for common to fancy grades, imports, and various boxes and barrels. Market overall mixed with firmer Florida fruit due to delayed southern steamer and slower trade on old notations.

H Harris & Co Florida Hubbardstons Sweet Nova Tallman Sweets Greenings Concords Isabellas Tokays Almeria Messina York State Virginia JC Libby W Harriman KE Hatch Hall & Son

Cotton Market Steady in New York and Liverpool

New York cotton remains steady with middling uplands at 9 5 16 cents and low middling 9 5 16. Prices closed steady as futures opened firm. Liverpool spot steady at 54 2d middling and 54 4d Orleans with 10,000 bales traded. American exports noted. Global market activity includes varied futures openings and port-by-port receipts across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, and other ports, alongside comprehensive U.S. inventory and stock figures.

New York Eee USA Reese Augusta Galveston Great Britain New Orleans Nia Ovec Memphis Savannah Charleston Continent Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimmore France Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Aahoe United States

Hog and cattle markets report from Kansas City and peers

Kansas City stock yards show cattle receipts at 5146 with steady firm prices for natives and cows. Hog receipts reach 14840 with active demand but 5 to 10 cent declines. mixed packers and heavies range 5 10 to 6 5. Peoria Cincinnati and Chicago markets listed with varied hog and cattle prices and ship figures.

Kansas City Veka Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Sugar prices and market notes from New York and Batavia

Raw sugars remain firm with steady demand and mixed refiners notes. Prices listed for Cuba and Java grades, with refined and confectioners' sugars showing steady to fair demand on markets in New York and Batavia as of October 12.

Cuba Belmont New York Tagty Co Batavia Java

Sugar Market Declines Amid Cane Disease Dampening Crop

Sequence shows European sugar markets worsening and demand shrinking to a standstill as hot or rainy weather and cane disease cut this year's crop by about 1,000,000 pecals, projecting total yield near 5,000,000 pecals. Molasses steady. Fancy Ponce Porto Rico prices cited. New York market described as steady.

Ponce Porto Rico Nfuegos New York

Miscellaneous Market Reports From Major Cities

The market tone remains firm with good demand across several commodities. City rendered at 6 54 6c and 4%4 5c. New York bids 614Ac for 330,000 tbs. Coffee Rio prices rise. Whiskey in Chicago quoted at 120 dollars. Cincinnati and St Louis hold at 114 dollars. Turpentine and petroleum prices shown with resin and RSW figures.

New York Rio Chicago Cincinnati St Louis

Cattle Market Report for Brighton and Watertown 1888

Live stock totals show week ending Nov 28 with 1,855 sheep 13,364 cattle 34,021 swine. arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards reflect strong cattle influx and mixed poultry sales. Prices range for store cattle oxen cows and calves. lambs and sheep show stable markets with several Canadian entrants. exporters report uncertain Liverpool returns amid broad shipments from Boston.

Brighton and Watertown Boston Post George J. Fox Brighton Liverpool Boston Iown J A Hathaway J Bollinger Palestine Borderer London M Goldsmith N Morris Canada W Fisher & Son R P Pollard Slec G H Sprigg C Si Merrill F S Kimball H W Robinson Sheen CE Hatch Maine Glines & Weston F Light Libby & Son Hall & Son Spair Line New England

Imports and Exports. Port Hawkesbury to Yarmouth 1888

Listing of inbound and outbound goods and quantities from Charlottetown Halifax Pictou and Port Hawkesbury, detailing oysters potatoes eggs butter mackerel cod oil dried fish and other commodities. Merchants include Beaman Brown Holt Mead Rockwell Cutler Delong and others, with numerous cargo items and bag counts.

Port Hawkesbury Charlottetown Pei Halifax Pictou Carroll W Anderson Bowles & Co Beaman Bros Hartlett, Lyman & Co Lurclay & Co Griffin & Co Paige George O Rockwell & Son Skilton & Co Slayton & Boynton Stimpson, Murray & Co Simith Winsor & Son Delong & Seaman Russell & Co Barclay & Co D Stone Whitnay, Pousland & Co Yarmouth Jones & Co Moise J G Hall & Co L Clements & Co

Exports Buenos Aires to Demerara and Atlantic shipments Nov 28 1888

Shipping notices list cargoes from multiple ports including Demerara Bucaneer bound for 650 ton schooner Loring C Ballard with ice and produce, and brig Advice at St John NB with broom corn and salt. Entries detail meat, dairy, produce, grains, lumber, and manufactured goods shipped to Liverpool, JLMINA via Sierra Leone, and other ports.

Demerara Loring C Ballard Malaga ST John Brig Forest Belle Bear River Norris Bridgewater Jlmina Sierra Leone

Staple Goods Receipts From Various Railroads in 1888

A detailed ledger lists commodities shipped by Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine, and related lines. Entries cover wool, cotton, flour, oats, cornmeal, beans, butter, lard, eggs, beef, pork, cheese, sugar, tea, coffee, leather, hides, lumber, and other staples with numerous bales, barrels, cases, and tons recorded.

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

London and Liverpool Wheat Market Snapshots

London and Liverpool market reports show wheat steadier at Liverpool with firmer futures and mixed American corn. Prices in London steady to firmer with Australian wheat at 35s 6d and California wheat quoted for December to March. Provisions move modestly with bacon and lard trends noted.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California England

Boston And New England Timetable Corrected

Rail schedule lists trains from Boston to Ashcroft and dozens of intermediate stations with numerous departures and arrivals, including Woon socket, New York via Middletown and New Haven, and Norwich Line Express, plus midday and night services and connections to Newark, Philadelphia, and Washington. Officials A Jackson, A Vining, and A C Kendall announce services from 322 Washington Street and the depot at Summer Street Boston.

New York Middletown New Haven Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Fishkill-on-dudson Newburgh Turners N. Y Chicago New England Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Boston Willi Mayer Philadelphia New Traven Jersey City Washington Street Summer Street A. Jackson Vining A. C. Kendall Pass

City Ticket Office Schedules Nov 12 1888 Western and Eastern Trains

Ticket office at 218 Washington Street La door from State Street announces November 12 1888 through trains on Western and Eastern divisions. Listed are departure times from Haymarket Square and Causeway Street stations to Augusta Bangor St. John Portland Rockland Lewiston Manchester North Conway and other points with Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox and Lincoln connections.

Otter Pe Bay Wailtham SUN Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Worcester Ayer Junction Miller’s Falls Hoosac Tunnel Washington Street Boston John Adams Gen’ Supe Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Bangor Bar Harbor St. John Bmali Vam Eastport Calais N. B Maiifax Portland North Conway- Haymarket Sq Portland—Haymarket St Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln Mailways lHaymarket Sq

Western Division Rail Timetable Listings

Train departures from Boston area stations provide a dense schedule with numerous times for Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Mennebank Biddeford North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Melrose Melrose Highlands Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Salon Jake Field North Wilmington and a Sunday set including Power Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell and Portland Bangor and Lewiston lines with multiple daily slots and special trains.

Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Mennebank Biddeford North Lawrence South Lawrence Lowell Malden Medford Slams Melrose Highlands Melrose Merrimac North Andoover Newburyport Reading Salon Jake Field North Wilmington Lawrence Manchester Portland Bangor Lewiston M. Reading and Way

Boston to Eastern Division Train Schedule List

Detailed timetable lists departures from Boston Causeway Street to towns like Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Lynn Salem Rockport Gloucester Newburyport and others. Includes early morning to late evening times with multiple daily options and notes on branches and workingmen trains.

Eastern Division Boston Station Causeway Street

Lowell System Daily Train Schedules Through Causeway

Boston to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Welles Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville 9am 1 7pm. North Woodstock Pennigewassett 9am 1pm. Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster 7am 1pm. Fabyan Jefferson 9am. Franklin Lebanoog White River Junction 8:30am 1 3 7pm. Sidolinebury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Yam 1 7pm. Passumpsic Division 8:30am 7pm. Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junc Burlington St Albans Montreal via White River Junction 8:30am 1 7pm. local Northern RR 8:30am 3pm. Montreal via Boston Air Line 9 4pm 5pm daily. local Boston service to Manchester Concord Nashua Milford Amherst 7:30 3:40 9am 12m 1 3 5 5:30 7pm. etc.

Lowell Boston Causeway Street Tilton Laconia Lake Village Welles Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville North Woodstock Pennigewassett Valley Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster Fabyan’s and Jefferson Franklin Lebanoog White River Junction Sidolinebury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Yam Passumpsic Wells River Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal Northern RR Forontreal Boston Air Line

Fragmentary note hints at numbers and names

Readable items show several numeric values and personal labels such as ry ov 10.05 and Jeane, with amounts like £30 and times like 9.15 1 11 4 235. The text appears as partial data fragments lacking complete context or event description.

Eymputronics Wu, Ke Sea View

Cape Cod Division Bus Schedules Readout

Bus timetable listing Cape Cod Division routes from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay Bourne Brewster Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Fairhaven Falmouth Myrna Monomoy Marston Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Provincetown Sandwich Barnstable Wellfleet West Barnstable Woods Hall with varied departure times from 3.15 am to 8.15 am and afternoon runs including 4.15 pm service on multiple routes.

Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Barnstabie Bourne Bournedale Brewster Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Park Sq New Bedford Fairhaven Albam Almouth Mn Myannis Marwich ‘Lam Monument Beach Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Woods Hall Provincetown Sandwich Sauimore Yarmouth Tremont Wellfeet West Barnstable Warmouth

Train timetable fragment with extensive stops and times

An OCR filled timetable lists numerous train times and stations across regions including New York Shore Line, Dedham, Attleboro, Roslin, Jamaica, and Newport. It shows Sunday variations, multiple daily departures, and frequency notes, reflecting a dense historical rail schedule with many numeric entries and place names.

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