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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Oct 01, 1886
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR shows items and prices for fresh poultry and game including fowls green ducks grouse and woodcock, with unclear city and country references and rough pricing.
Market notes show solid demand for choice fall apples including Baldwins and Hubbardstowns for export with two good sales. Maine Harveys and Kings fetch around 2 dollars per barrel, pears steady, Bartletts and Seckels priced, cantaloupes and muskmelons quoted, cranberries selling fairly. One car of peaches sold at 75 cents per basket. grapes arriving in poor condition with mixed lots.
There is steady fair demand for pork with unchanged quotations. Lard unchanged. Fresh beet dull, veals plentiful with slow sale. Moderate demand for lambs, muttons dull. Pork and lard prices listed for various cuts. fresh ribs, sausages, hams, shoulders, and bacon with assorted prices. Beef notes show extra plate and mess ranges. veal and lamb prices noted. regional terms and currencies included.
The market shows steady quotes for mid uplands and Orleans staples with futures in Liverpool and New York opening steady and closing firm. Spot activity remains fair with 10,000 bales moved, while receipts reach 10,000 bales. Sugar and molasses hold steady with refined sugar prices unchanged and oil markets showing moderate demand for refined and case oils. PIPE LINE CERTIFICATES report shows daily movements and end-of-period figures.
Chicago hogs sold lower with receipts around 22 500 and shipments 7061. Prices ranged from 350 to 465 for various categories as buyers showed firmness in cattle and weaker demand in pork cuts. Peoria St Louis and Kansas City markets reflected mixed results with hogs steady to dull and sales around 340 to 455 depending on quality.
New York reports dull flour with large receipts and steady to firm grain markets. Wheat steady amid big red and white wheat quotes. corn lower with sizable receipts and exports. Rice, rye, oats mixed. coffee fair. sugars quiet. lard, pork, and beef markets softening or steady depending on item. metals and turpentine firm.
Chicago, St Louis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati, Toledo and Detroit report mixed grain prices and whiskey at 112 to 117 dollars. Flour receipts and shipments tallied across cities with oats corn and barley varying by region. Short rib and bacon prices noted in pork and provisions markets with steady to firm trends.
Receipts varied across ports with Augustan Net at 1091, mid values around 4.3 to 4.5 cents, Galveston 4794 gross, New Orleans 5943 receipts and 6846 gross, exports to coastwise and France noted, stocks listed for Savannah Norfolk and others, markets described as quiet, steady, or firm with mid quotations. Consolidated six day totals show port-wide activity and exports to Britain, France, and the continent.
Caittie Recepts total 600 shipments 8000 as markets show steady to lower. Shipping steers 83 85 5 0. stockers and feeders 32 3 65. cows bulls and mixed 1 25 3 25. through Texans stronger with cows 2 2 50 steers 2 60 3 30. Hogs lower receipts 25,000 shipments 60,000 rough mixed 3 55 4 25 packing and snipping 4 10 4 65. lambs 4 70. Sheep steady receipts 4,000 shipments 800 natives 2 25 4 25 Western 3 40 3 60 Texans 2 40 3 10.
London reports show wheat off coast inactive with no sales and six cargoes awaiting. Corn steady with one arrival waiting. wheat on passage slow. Paris markets quiet. Liverpool lists winter wheat at 6s 6d, spring 6s 9d, corn 4s 4d, bacon prices steady. overall dull demand. Wool sales total 8300 bales, mostly New South Wales. American parcel withdrawn. Havana sugar held firm with 1000 bags sold and Spain pricing at 262.44 per quintal gold quoted.
Listing of cargoes shipped from Brunswick Georgia Glace Bay and London with quantities and companies. Lumber coal wine waste paper skins coffee steek jute bagging cement nautical instruments antimony marble olive oil gin whiskey hides dry goods rags tin and other wares aboard multiple ships including Nannie T Bell Hector W MeG British Queen and others.
A detailed list of shipments and cargoes dated September 30 1886 across multiple ports including Gore Africa Cape Hayti Tobasco Mexico Have Ns Bridgewater NS Buenos Aires via Portland Shelburne NS Moncton NB St Pierre Miquelon and Port Hawkesbury NL. Items include flour lumber oils canned goods tobacco matches coal and various commodities with quantities such as 135000 pairs of shingles 100 cases linseed oil 322952 feet lumber and 1250 barrels of flour.
A dense OCR fragment lists varied goods and quantities across locations Pierre and Lunenburg NS. Items include foods such as flour sugar coffee beans and canned goods, hardware, lumber, oils, clothing, and farm supplies with numerous unit counts like bbls boxes bags and pkgs.
A dated freight ledger itemizes cattle, wool, flour, corn, oats, wheat, malt, milifeed, hams, bacon and tubs with quantities. Various train times and rates appear, listing shipments and deliveries for multiple consignors and destinations.
The page lists daily train schedules for multiple towns including Concord Massachusetts and nearby points. It includes numerous times across days, with notes on through trains, local service, and arrival information. Names such as C Mell en and Lucius Tutt le appear as station officials.
Local time tables for the Boston and Albany railroad list departure and arrival times for Boston stations and connections to Springfield, Albany, New York, and intermediate stops. The notice notes ticket offices, through tickets, drawing room cars, sleeping cars, and daily versus Sunday service with a long roster of stations and transfer points.
Trains depart Boston Foot of Summer Street for Ashcroft and many destinations on weekdays with numerous times listed. Stops include Baltimore Pim Bird Street, Blackstorbury, Hartford line, New York via Hartford, Philadelphia, Norwood Central, and intermediate stations. Sunday trains to Norwood Central noted with return times. Boston to Albany schedule shows multiple daily departures and returns with special notices for stops and variations.
Passenger timetable for Fitchburg Railroad from Boston to numerous destinations with departure times, express and sleeping car services, and through connections to Syracuse Chicago Albany Ottawa Ottawa rail lines, plus branches and return trips. Includes New York via Shore Line routes and Worcester Nashua lines with numerous stops and service notes.
Trains from Old Colony schedule list shows weekday and Sunday departures to New York and Fall River via various routes, with Ashmont and Barnstable to Nantucket details. Includes return times, multiple towns, and connections, noting rates and special trips, under J. R. Kendrick guidance.
A fragmented OCR ledger shows numerous railroad divisions reporting varied consignments. Entries name Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Boston & Maine Western Boston & Lowell and By Express and By Sea shipments, detailing bales, barrels, boxes, sacks, and other goods including wool, cotton, flour, cornmeal, butter, cheese, apples, potatoes, leather, hides, and hemp across multiple entities and quantities.
Schedule details for trains from Jefferson Way and connections to Boston and Lowell lines, listing departure times and stops at Watertown Waltham Belmont Weston and other stations. Includes express and local runs with Monday May 31 1886 timetable notes and station agents.
Special express departs Old Colony Station weekdays at 6 P M Sundays at 42 ss. Connects with steamer at Fall River in 80 minutes. Only line with annex connections to Brooklyn and Jersey City. Tickets staterooms berths at No 8 Old State House corner of Washington and State streets and old Colony Station. Kendrick Palmer General Manager Agent Old State House.
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