Fish Market Prices and Supplies Reported for Week End Sept 30 1887
The Boston fish bureau notes steady canned goods and raises in some prices while oysters remain scarce due to watery openers. Mackerel receipts and price trends show higher levels. fresh fish like mackerel and cod are on varied terms with strong activity reflected in both domestic and imported mackerel totals and pickled fish sections.
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Boston Fish Bureau
Finke
Ween Pvollock
BO Westere
Maddock
BO Eee
Ee Sinan
Gus Feisive
Ferring
Ereese Ee
N. E
N.E
Labrador
Newfoundland
Nova Scotia
Haddock
Best
Norfolk
Providence River
Flour market steadies as demand stays quiet and steady
The report shows firm flour prices with steady quotations for winter and spring wheats. Corn demand is light and oats move slowly, while steamer yellow and steamer mixed oats hold at around 56 to 58 cents. Prices for millfeed rye hops and other grains appear steady with careful trading.
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Lear
Minnesota
Michigan
New York
Canada Superior
Canada
Bush
Eastern
Dairy and egg market report shows firm demand across regions
Butter remains firm with strong demand for fancy and creamery grades in New York and Chicago. Cheese holds firm with steady demand. eggs stay firm in New York and Chicago markets with strong western supplies. Poultry and beans show steady demand. potatoes quiet. sweets weak as tallow firming.
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Liverpool
New York
Chicago
Vermont
Vermont Dairy
Northern Choice
Ohio Choice
New Hampshire
Choice
Local Market Prices for Poultry Produce and Farm Staples
Fresh killed fowls and live fowls priced by weight in various regions. Beans including New York and Vermont peas offered as hand-picked, screened, or yellow eyes with prices per bushel or bag. Hay, rye and oat straw quoted by quality, with rye straw and oat straw prices. Potatoes from Houlton and New York varieties listed with seasonal prices. Sweet potatoes from Norfolk with price per barrel and bulk stock notes. Tallow prices shown for city rendered and rough grades for oleo margarine use.
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New York
Vermont
Canada
North
P Bush
Houlton Hebrons
Norfolk
Fcr
Fruit market steady as supply climbs but demand remain tight
Good demand for all fruits at steady prices with few peaches left as season nears end. Grapes abundant with quick sales, apples and pears offered in several varieties at varied prices, pricing notes show firm values and active trading.
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Delaware
Concord
Martha
Salem
Catawba
Bartlett
Market Truck Report Shows Steady Prices for Produce
The truck market remains steady with supply meeting demand. Prices listed include onions at 225 per basket and 275 per barrel, tomatoes 125, green tomatoes 40 cents per bush, cabbages 8 Y P 100, shell beans 160 per bush, Lima beans 125 per bush, and a range for Cape cranberries 650 to 675 per barrel.
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Maltas
St Andrews
Meat Prices and Market News on Pork and Beef
No change to pork as prices stay firm and trade quiet. Fresh beef remains very firm with strong demand for heavy cattle. mutton and lambs remain quiet and supplies light. Detailed price lists for pork and lard, beef, and fresh meats show steady to firm levels with varying cuts and regional terms.
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Chicago
Brighton
Liverpool cotton futures steady to close quiet in early decline
Liverpool futures opened steady as October to May contracts moved between 52-04d and 55-64d with few shifts. spot upland prices eased while New York spot opened quiet then closed easy. Weekly totals show 65,000 daily sales, 51,000 total receipts and stock estimates near 508,000 bales with American holdings around 243,000.
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Liverpool
Orleans
Liverpool Weekly
Manchester
New York
Ocigdele Sc
Esa'ns Se
Cieialy
Prloe
Crese
Paeaic Se
Eis Jiveenamoee
Manila
Orto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Cuba
Reports From Trade Centres in New York Market Roundup
Market briefing from New York on September 20 notes steady receipts and moderate trade across flour exports and varieties. Prices for wheat, corn, rye flour, oats and coffee show mixed but largely stable levels with spot sales active in limited ranges.
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New York
Minnesota
Ryan
Harley
Rio
Old Colony Train Schedules to New York via Fall River Line
Boston to New York weekday trains depart at 6 p m with Fall River Line service and return options listed hourly via Barnstable Hyannis Brockton and other points. The schedule names multiple towns including Provincetown Cohasset Weymouth Scituate Plymouth and notes return times and connections. ends with J R Kendrick General Manager.
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Boston
New York
Fall River Line
Fall River Fe
Ll River Line
Puthe
Wingham
Cohadgarsh
Duxbury
Plymouth
Scituate
Cohasset
Weymouth
Ockton
Taun
Brockton
Sraintree
Braintree
Marble-3 Boxes and Teak AL Seized in Egg Case Cache
Authorities report seizure of 3 marble-3 boxes and teak AL items amid a stock of 179 egg cases in a single facility. Investigators say the items were linked to an illicit storage operation connected to multiple consignments. No arrests announced at this time.
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Terial
Market Report Highlights from Detroit to Cincinnati
Market notes show wheat, corn, oats and flour firm or steady across Detroit Chicago Milwaukee and St Louis. Prices for pork lard and various meats ease or hold, with mixed receipts and shipments of grains and provisions. Major cities listed include Detroit Chicago Milwaukee Cincinnati St Louis and Toeldo with regional price quotes and demand signals.
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United
City
Tierces Western Steam Spot Pt
Tierces City Steam
Continent
South America
Liverpool
Orleans
Savannah
Charleston
Memphis
Mobile
Detroit
Mich
Chicago
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Toledo
ST. Louis
Hog and cattle markets across major cities Sept 30
Chicago Union Stock Yards hogs steady with light hogs around 4.50 to 4.95 and heavy shippers at 4.50 to 4.95 while cattle receipts reach 8000 with quiet tones. Cincinnati and St Louis report mixed meat values and pork steady. Kansas City hogs quiet with 4000 receipts. Peoria dogs steady at 4.40 to 4.80.
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Chicago
Cincinnati
ST. Louis
Kansas City
Peoria
Texas
Western Rangers
Cotton Market Summary for Sept 30 Across U. S. Ports
Net receipts across all United States ports totaled 238 351 for the week, with exports to Great Britain and other destinations, stock levels by port and region, and comparative figures against last year. Key markets included Augusta Savannah Charleston Norfolk New York and Cincinnati with steady to easy tones and varying mid prices.
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Augusta
Galveston
Mobile
Great Britain
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Willmington
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Baltimore
New York
Continent
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Louisville
France
United States
Liverpool
Wool market mixed sales pace at London auctions
London wool sales feature keen demand for good lots while greasy and faulty grades remain plentiful. Buyers split by region with home dealers leading, continental and American buyers cautious. detailed lot figures show bales in New South Wales Victoria Queensland New Zealand South Australia Tasmania and Cape of Good Hope and Natal with varying prices for scoured greasy and locks and pieces.
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London
Cape
New South Wales
Victoria
Queensland
New Zealand
South Australia
Tasmania
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Imports and Exports. October 1 1887
The Barradoes entry notes Bark Anna-619 with sugar for Bay State Sugar Refinery. Miragoane lists schooner Orlando with 432000 lbs logwood and 50 barrels pickled limes. W F Green & Sons. Montevideo reports Brig Alice Ada with 667 casks whale oil and horse hair and hides from Thomas Louis. Rosarlo shows Bark Woodside with large hides goatskins wool and horse hides from N W Rice.
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Barbadoes
Anna
Sugar Bay State
Miragoane
Orlando
F Green & Sons
Montevideo
Alice Ada
Thomas Louis
New Bedford
Rosarlo
Woodside
Exports From Yarmouth Steamer Listage 1887
Itemized exports from Yarmouth on a September 80 1887 steamer include 250 barrels flour 175 pieces household furniture 3 half barrels lubricating oil 3 barrels glassware 1 gas meter 1 bale netting 71 packages hardware 114 bales cotton 2 barrels paint 2 cases organ ma and related goods.
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Yarmouth
Vast 19th Century Rail Freight Ledger Totals
A dense freight list from multiple railroads itemizes goods moved by train, including bales wool, barrels flour, sacks cornmeal, boxes tea, and sides leather. Entries cover Grand Junction Providence Fitchburg Boston & Maine Lowell By Express and By Sea, with numerous counts of bales, bbls, cars, cases, and crates.
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Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Lowell Railroad
Express
Lawrence 0 3.55 4.45 timesteps and stations noted
Fragmented OCR style list records times, stations, and names such as Lawrence, Dus, Stenham, Weat, Jencord, Baill, Urey. Includes morning and evening time stamps like 11.30am 11.15pm and numbers 1.80 1.45 2.30.
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Dus
Aim
Stenham
Lowell Bus Schedule Fragment Shows Times and Routes
The readable OCR piece lists various bus times and terms like Sunday departures and weekday midafternoon runs. It reads as an incomplete transit schedule with numbers, stations, and irregular formatting.
Train timetable reader notes full information at station
Fragmented text lists train times and stations with partial hours and notes for schedules. Mentions Genl Supt and Genl Passenger Agent. Indicates timetable availability and various arrival and departure times across routes.
Unclear timetable fragment with scattered times and locations
A damaged OCR snippet lists assorted times and places such as Walnut Hall Woburn Winchester and Felilerica with many incomplete entries. The readable items resemble a transit or schedule page but lack coherent context or complete details.
Uncertain Transit Schedules Across Multiple Massachusetts Lines
Fragmented timetable notes list several towns including Sudbury West Boylston Wayland Belmont and Hanson with varying times from 7.15 am to 9.10 pm. Mentions weather or operational codes such as SUN AS and CENTRAL MASSACHUSETTS R R and station ranges. details are garbled and partially unreadable.
Boston and Lowell Railroad Through Service and Local Routes
Boston to Laconia Weirs Plymouth and many towns with daily trains. Sleeping cars to Montreal and parlor cars. Local Boston to Manchester Concord Keene Hillsboro Nashua and Wilton service times listed.
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Montreal
Fabyans
Boston
Manchester
Concord
N. H
Boston and Maine Railroad Schedule Highlights
Dense timetable listing Eastern Division and via Portland and Bangor routes. Includes departure times from Causeway Street and Haymarket for Augusta, Saint John, Lewiston, North Conway, and coastal Maine towns, with Sunday and weekday patterns, transfers, and connections.
Receipts Recorded for Boston and Alban Railroad Supplies
A dated list from September 380 1887 shows shipments to the Boston and Alban Railroad including wool bales flour barley corn oats malt feed grease pork bacon tallow preserved meats hams butter cheese eggs beans apples and beans in various units.
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Dales
Pellé
Bales
Boston & Alban Railroad
Fall River Line Reduces Rates to New York
Fall River Line reduces first class fares to New York to 3.00 with limited time to other classes. Express train links with steamer at Fall River in 75 minutes and arrives in New York about 7 30 am. Steamers Pilgrim and Bristol offer steam heat and onboard orchestra. Return sailings daily including Sundays. Baggage checked from hotels to destination via No 4 State House and Old Colony Station offices. Palmer and Kendrick oversee operations from Boston.
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Stonington I
NEW York Limited
New York
Massachusetts
Boston & Pr
Ing
Stonington
Washington
Providence R. R
J. W. Richardson
Fall River
Boston
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Pilgrim
Bristol
State House
I Palmer
J. R. Kendrick
Old State House
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