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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 03, 1888

Page

7

Impressions of wholesale dairy markets and farm goods

Imitation creameries are quiet. Western creameries quote 24 25c, Western extra firsts 21 22c, Western fancy imitation creamery 17 19c, Western seconds 16c. Vermont extra 24 26c, New York 24 9c to 9c, eggs firm with Eastern marks 21 22c, beans steady with numerous price points for peas, corn, and other legume goods. Local notes on grass seeds timothy and clover, potatoes with varied regional quotes, and poultry prices for regional buyers.

Vermont New York Elgin St Albans Ohio Liverpool Utica New Hampshire Choice Ork York State California West Jersey Houlton Hebrons Bush Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Virginia Cuba Belmont Renee Porto Rico Orto Rico Barbadoes Cienfuegos Mayaguez

Truck Prices From Local Produce Market Report

A quiet demand is noted for truck items at steady prices with numerous vegetables listed. Prices include Newmarrow Squash 650c per barrel, turban squash 75c per barrel, Bay State turban 1 per barrel, cabbages 2 per 100 counts, red cabbage 1 per pound, beans and onions priced per bush or box, and various seasonal produce such as cucumbers tomatoes peppers cauliflowers celery and pumpkins with small unit prices.

Bay State Russia

Pork and Beef Markets Show Steady To Higher Prices in Multiple Cities

Pork demand remains steady with varied product quotes across New York Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati. Prices range for chops slicks backs tongues and hams with lean ends and mess terms, while beef supplies firm in Chicago and across regions with dry salted meats and bacon shoulder prices noted as steady to higher.

Choice, LLC New York Tierces City Continent South America Chicago St Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Lorenzo D Baker Brings Bananas for Boston Fruit Co

The steamer Lorenzo D Baker is due October 4 from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. WW and CR Noyes expect a steamer with paname from Baracoa around the 15th of the month.

Lorenzo D Baker Jamaica Boston Fruit Company WW &Cr Noyes Paname Baracoa

Fruit market brief with varied fruit quotations

Apples and other fruits show ample supply and fair movement at prior price levels. Lemons, oranges, and grapes display mixed demand with Messina Palermo lemons and Jamaica oranges priced per box or barrel, Florida lemons weak at 50 cents per box, and assorted grape quotes ranging from 3 to 7 percent in price terms.

Palermo Jamaica H Harris & Co Florida Wardens Concords Niagaras Hartfords Marthas Salems Lrightons

Fruit Prices and Availability Report for Delaware and Concord

The market shows firm pear and plum demand with solid prices. Bartletts native at 3.50 to 7.00 per barrel, Louise Bonne de Jersey 3 to 4.60 per barrel, and sheldons 3 to 4 per barrel. plums scarce but selling well with Green gage 0.90 and blue gage 0.62 to 0.75 each. quinces quiet with York State keys 2.25 to 2.50 per barrel and No 1s 5.00 per barrel in a limited market. Cranberries steady at 6.00 to 7.50 per barrel.

Louise Bonne de Jarsey York State

Hog and Cattle Markets Across Major Cities

Stock Yards Kansas City reports active demand and firmer prices with cattle at 180 to 325, hogs 605 to 620 on best lots, sheep 270 to 385. St Louis hogs very firm with Yorkers 590 to 610 and packing up to 680. Cincinnati hogs in good demand, Chicago cattle strong with beeves 606 to 640, steers 325 to 575, hogs 655 to 680, sheep slower at 275 to 390, lambs 4.

Kansas City St Louis Cincinnati Chicago Texas Western Rangers

New York Cotton Prices and Market Summary

New York cotton ease at 10 7-16c middling uplands and 10c low middling with 475 bales sold. Futures opened easy, closed firm. Liverpool spot dull in mid 6d for middling uplands, with mixed futures through the day. Atlantic ports show varied receipts and stocks across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Savannah, and others, with overall quiet to dull markets and mid quotation ranges.

New York Seuss Ves Sorudey Cece Edick Bizo Esse Meron cc Avias Ein Cis SUNY Liverpool Uplands Orleans Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Continent Cincinnati St Louis Lewsville France United States

Oil Market Report from J E Carter Co

Market notes from J E Carter & Co at 221 Washington street show oil certificates closing times Oct 1 and Oct 2 1888 with figures on PIPE LINE CLOSING OIL COTTONSEED OIL and other sectors. Price highs and lows listed with partial stations and commentary claiming manipulation and bullish tone in the well districts.

Messrs J E Carter & Co Washington Street Wien Helen Wee Ccs Cove Peter Aia Greece Hathaway, Higgins & Co Exchange Place

Market snapshot of sugar molasses and related goods

Sugar and molasses markets show mixed price action across regions. Raw sugars linger near old levels with refined demand steady. Molasses and tallow trade modestly firm, coffee and whiskey quotes cited, turpentine and petroleum activities noted with narrow ranges.

Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report Oct 1888

The Watertown Union Live Stock Market weekly report by George J. Fox lists totals for sheep cattle lambs and swine with year over year and prior week comparisons. It includes prices for market beef store cattle sheep and lambs hides tallow skins and related goods. Also notes a train wreck on Lowell road near Watertown.

Boston Post George J. Fox Brighton Ecalfskins Union Market Watertown Lowell Road

Wilmington Market Report On Cattle Sheep And Hogs

Wilmington with about 40 carloads estimated to contain 200 cattle 3600 sheep 250 hogs and 300 veals. Arrival time uncertain. Cattle market similar to last week with Western arrivals light weight sold 4c to 44c, Rathaway sold 14 steers at 41x per hundred, 18 at 43, Breck Wood 13 cattle 1100-1300 pounds at 6d, Osborn 11 cattle 1100 pounds at 6d. Sheep arrivals similar to last week, trade fair with butcher demand strong. Gosselyn sold 240 head averaging 60 pounds at 5c, Covel 15 lambs at 67 pounds at 6d, Townsend 48 sheep and lambs at 60 pounds at 4c.

Wilmington J Rathaway Breck & Wood H B Osborn F Gosselyn P Covel WC Townsend

Imports and Exports Oct 2 1888 Bahia Guanica details

A dense ledger style list records cargoes at Bahia Guanica Humacao Poasland and Liverpool describing brig and steamer arrivals with sugar molasses salt lumber herring wax plates iron glass and vast quantities of goods. Names include Bates & Barnet Whitont Poasland Clark and many firms. shipments cite casks barrels cases bales tons and crates across multiple ports.

Bahia Peabody & Co Guanica Bates & Barnet Humacoa FPR Eng Linder & Meyer Lambert Bros Moors & Co Bolls Steel Bacon & Co Mitchell, Woodbur & Co de Morey Churchill & Morey J & Moors & Co Dame & Oco Burgess Burnham Vorey & Co de Wing & Evans Bartlett & Co Stoddard, Lovering & Co Crosby Thomas Leyland & Co King & Co Hilla, Turner & Co Riley& Gray Leigh & Co Miller & Co Kidder, Peabody & Co Liverpool Setton Hayes & Co E & F King & Co Tisques DeBlois & Co Norwell & Co Moise RH White & Co Houghton & Dutton Hicknell & Potter Stone & Lowner Torrey Bright & Capen E Jose & Co Whitney & Co Lawrie & Go Durrell & Co White & Co Jordan, Marsh & ¢Co Brown Koyle Baring Bros & Co Rals Drexel & Co

Multiple Schooners Trade Goods Across Maritime Ports

A fragmented ledger lists shipments from Bridgetown to Port Antonio detailing flour cornmeal feed pork beef kerosene meal and various dry goods aboard schooners and brigs including Eimama Sarah F Ocean Belle Pioneer Cledda Belle and Marmion. The entries specify bbls bags cases and crates of commodities such as flour meal corn beef pork and hardware in a busy late period trade scene.

Bridgetown Eimama Joggilns Sarah F Port Gilbert Ocean Belle Harbor Grace Carbonear Pioneer Brig Cledda Belle Yarmouth Port Antonio

Staple Goods Receipts and Totals for Oct 2 1888

A dense financial listing showing staple product receipts and totals for October 2 1888. Items include cotton bales cheese wool eggs flour cornmeal beans apples oats potatoes and more with quantities in bales barrels sacks and tons. Multiple commodities and units indicate comprehensive trade activity reported.

Receipts Oct 2 1888 Boston & Albany lines wool and goods

A dated record lists receipts across lines including Boston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony and New York & New England railroads. Items include wool, cornmeal, oats, wheat, malt, cottonseed meal, feed, tallow, beef, bacon, tea, butter, cheese, eggs, beans, apples, hay, straw, lumber, leather, hides, skins, pelts, and sacks with numerous quantities such as 319 bales wool and 238,060 bush oats among others.

Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Sears Lumber Lowell Express Ian Borg Cee Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony New York & New England Railroad

Foreign Markets. Wheat gains and cargo sales in London

Cable report from London shows wheat demand strong with 6 cargoes sold and 6 waiting, plus 1 cargo of corn sold. English and French markets firming as wheat and flour move toward the Kingdom. Liverpool receipts heavy with wheat strong and corn steady, quotations mixed by grade with pork and cheese steady.

London Calcutta Walla Walla Mark Lane Aris United Kingdom Liverpool

Insolvency Notices for Hopkins and Bensemoil Debtors

Third meeting of creditors for Samuel U. Hopkins insolvent debtor will be at the Court of Insolvency in Boston on December 14, 1888 at 10 a.m. Creditors may appear and prove claims. assignee Henry W. Folsom will present account for allowance. Also notice for Jacob Bensemoil insolvent debtor at Court of Insolvency in Lbeston on December 14, 1858 at 10 a.m. creditors may prove claims. assignee Chester M. Perry will present account and creditors may object to the allowance.

Samuel UC. Hopkins Boston Bosten County of Suffolk Henry W. Folsom Jacob Bensemoil Lbeston Chester M. Perry Tremont St Cinctinnati SAN Pace Cleveland H.M. CO Cincinnati Sandusky & Cleveland R. R. Co Sandusky Ohio J. L. Moore

Hearing on free stone work at Pumping Station Chestnut Hill

City Hall notes the Committee on Inspection of Buildings continues the hearing in the Common Council Chamber on Wednesday the 3rd at 7 30 PM. The meeting invites all interested parties to discuss free stone work for the Pumping Station at Chestnut Hill. Samuel Kelley serves as Acting Chairman.

City Hall Common Council Chamber Chestnut Hill Samuel Kelley

Fragmentary OCR Sports Note Reveals Time Thick Data

A garbled OCR extract lists partial race times and identifiers such as 6.35 and 1:12.25 with stray marks and dates. It references a runner or team labeled Zeki, but the surrounding content is unreadable, leaving only scattered timings and fragments.

Providence Division Bus Schedule Fragments

A garbled list of stop names and sporadic times for routes including Providence Park Square Station and Attleboro. The OCR yields scattered numbers across multiple towns such as Canton Junction and Hyde Park with inconsistent AM and PM annotations, making a coherent timetable unavailable.

Shoreine Providence Attieboro Central Canton Junction Stedham Sun Medceville Foxboro M. Forest Mills Hebronville Hyde Park Damaica Mansfield Mt. Hope and Claren Wills Wong

Central Division Schedule Fragment

Fragmentary OCR notes show times 4 8 15 9 9 15 and 10 5 9 15 with unclear references to central division and dates. The readable items resemble a timetable or results list, not a full event outline.

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