Market Reports Show Steady Prices Across Commodities
Flour firm and corn quiet but firm. Oats and oatmeal quiet. Rye flour steady, rye unchanged. Malt steady. Butter cheese steady. Eggs in good demand. Beans fair demand. Potatoes hay straw steady. Grass seeds quiet. Tallow steady. Apples easy. Truck demand fair. Pork steady. Lard unchanged. Hams quiet. Fresh beef firm but quiet. Other fresh meats in fair demand. Raw sugar unchanged. Refined sugars quiet. Molasses quiet and steady.
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New York
Minnesota
Rio
Steacy
United
State
Long Island
Jersey
City Extra India
Western Steam
City Steam
A. Hutter
Liverpool
Minneapolis
Wool Market Holds Steady Amid Shifting Demand
The market remains a buyers’ scene with sales at sacrifice and few concessions. California and Australian wools see mixed activity while general receipts rise, and Boston New York Philadelphia quotes reflect cautious buyers and steady prices across fleece and delaine grades.
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Pennsylvania
Ohio
Michigan
Kentucky
Indiana
California
Texas
Kansas
Territory
Australian
Boston
Cattle Market Reports Yard Activity and Trade Press
The weekly market notes show steady cattle, sheep, and hog prices with broad regional deliveries. Montana and New England stock movements to Boston and Chicago are tracked, with details on prices, car loads, and yard arrivals at Watertown and Brighton.
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New Hampshire
Union Market
Brighton
C H Merrill
Weiler
Canada
Maine
New England
J Keazer
W Ricker
J B Farrell
F Kentfield
Libby & Weiler
Wool market shows firm prices in London sale surge
Wool prices moved higher in London with firmer quotes across regions. Buyers stayed away from fresh purchases, many consignments rolled to Monday as stock firms and seedy lots dominated turnover. Bales sold included Victoria New South Wales Queensland South Australia New Zealand Cape of Good Hope and Natal with varied scoured greasy rates.
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New York
Melbourne
Australia
Dalgety & Co
Victoria
Riverana
Seaboard
Cincinnati
Philadelphia
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Newark
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Canada
Iowa
Kansas
Nebraska
Minnesota
Colorado
Texas
Utah
Wyoming
Montana
Buenos Ayres
London
News South Wales
Queensland
South Australia
New Zealand
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Market Report Flour and Grain October Prices
The October 5 market shows flour and corn firm with quiet demand and active on-call bids. Michigan flours firm. steamer mixed at 56 14¢ and steamer yellow at 57 14¢. No 2 white oats quoted around 36 4 37¢ elevator and 36 4 track. Carload quotes include Minnesota bakers’ and Michigan rollers flour. oats and rye steady with no grade lines.
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Michigan
Minnesota
New York
Canada Superior
Canada
Eastern
Butter Prices Steady Amid Firm Market Across Regions
The butter market remains firm with high asking prices and strong demand for fine creameries. Eastern creameries quote 23 25c while fancy imitations fetch 21c. Chicago and New York show firm prices across various creamery and dairy products, with eggs, cheese, beans, and hay also reported steady or uptrending in spots.
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Chicago
Elgin Creamery
Western Creamery
New York
Eastern Creamery
Eastern
Western
Liverpool
Timothy
Vermont
Northern Choice
Ohio Choice
Northern Sage
New Hampshire
Choice
Canada
West
North
Norfolk
Houlton Hebrons
Houlton Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook
New York Potato Varieties Price List
A dated listing shows prices for several potato varieties in New York. Rose and P Bush fetch 65 to 60 cents per unit, Burbanks 65 to 70 cents, and Peerless 65 to 70 cents, indicating regional market rates.
Market Prices for Fresh Produce and Truck Goods
A list of current wholesale and retail prices for various vegetables and truck goods. Items include onions Matias at 225 per basket or 275 per barrel, tomatoes 50 cents per pound, cabbages 7.47 per 100, green corn native 50 to 175 per barrel, and lettuce 50 cents per box among others.
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St Andrews
Berkshire Steamer Brings 1200 Bbls of Sweet Potatoes
The Norfolk boat Berkshire is due Thursday carrying 1200 barrels of sweet potatoes. The delivery is expected to boost local markets and supply for the week.
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Norfolk Boat
Berkshire
Apples and fruits price report from Boston market
Prices for apples cranberries grapes and citrus show large receipts and fair demand. Notable quotes from Liverpool sellers note good fruit demand but poor wormy lots. Baldwin's and Hubbardston quoted at 12 14c. Norseman sailed from Boston with 2164 barrels of apples.
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Cape
Messrs
A. C. Lombard’s Sons
Messrs. Simons, Shuttleworth & Co
Liverpool
Baldwin's
Hubbardstons
Norseman
Boston
Gravenstein
Plars—Bartlett
Seckle
Sorrento
Palermo
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Jamaica
Meat Prices and Cuts Across Fresh Meats and Pork
Provisions of all kinds unchanged in tone and prices. Lists pork, lard, beef, and fresh meats with detailed weights and price per unit. includes long cuts and backs, prime mess, fresh ribs, sausage, bologna, smoked and corned shoulders, ribs, bacon, tripe, and various beef cuts with per barrel, per half-bale, and per hundredweight pricing. includes lambs, mutton, veal, and other fresh meats with condition-based price ranges.
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C. Lord
Choice
Chicago
Cotton futures steady in Liverpool and New York markets
Liverpool futures opened steady and closed quiet at several forward dates while New York spot stayed quiet. Daily sales reached 95 500 bales with 6000 bales receipts. 15 000 bales American sold and 4500 American receipts reported.
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Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Flour Prices and Wheat Markets Across Trade Centers
Reports from New York and Minneapolis show steady flour demand with wide price ranges for Western and State varieties, including good to extra grades. Wheat futures rise as spot sales firm, No 2 spring at 8 to 8.5 cents delivered, and No 1 hard around 88 to 89 cents in elevator.
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Maine
J B Sargent
W Scollans
W Melley
Grain and meat markets report across midwest ports and cities
November to December price details for corn and wheat futures, cash bids for No 1 and No 2 grades, and receipts for wheat and flour. Regional notes include pork and lard prices, bacon and short rib moves, whiskey bids, and hogs weak in Cincinnati and Detroit demand. Minneapolis and St Louis show mixed grain prices and extensive receipt and shipment figures.
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Cincinnati
Detroit
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Minn
ST. Louis
Wisconsin
Hog and cattle markets across multiple cities October 5
In St Louis hog sales ranged from 425 to 460 with various packers and butchers bidding. Kansas City reported slow hogs with 7000 receipts and 9332 official yesterday. Chicago noted cattle receipts of 15000 with natives 490 to 530, beeves 275 to 500, and hogs 440 to 450 while sheep reached 250 to 410. No produce market today.
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ST. Louis
Kansas City
Chicago
Western
Texas
Cotton Markets Report Amid Varied Net Receipts
Oct 5 markets show mixed activity across ports. Augusta to New Orleans and Savannah report steady to firm tones with mid 8 1 16 to 85 16 cents. New York and Cincinnati indicate dull to easy sides. Consolidated five day totals show exports to Great Britain and continent rising with stock at US ports around 411,169.
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Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Continent
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Great Britain
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisvile
France
United States
Market Report from London and Liverpool Commodities
Foreign markets note wheat and corn firmness with London prices at 35s to 39s 9d for various wheat grades and Chilean and American corn at 20s 3d to 36s 6d. Liverpool quotes show bread staples steady to firmer with wheat 6s 2d to 6s 3d and pork 77s 6d, cheese lower, lard and tallow steady.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
California
Paris
Liverpool
la Plata
Plata
Great Britain
Imports and Exports at Antwerp Steamer Pieter de Coninck
Detailed cargo list from the Belgian port showing goods loaded and quantities on the Pieter de Coninck and the steamer Hondo. Items include glass, meat extract, grease, wool, iron, gin, paper, wine, whiskey, beans, cocoa, bananas, oranges, and cocoa nuts with firms such as Lambert Bros, J A Hayes, Codman & Hall, Hooper Lewis, Lemon Bache, Page Harding, Peabody Whitney, and Chase & Sanborn. Some entries specify cases, bales, bags, casks, or pipes with varying totals.
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Antwerp
Belg
Pieter de Coninck
Lambert Bros
Sherburne & Co
Adams, Taylor & Co
Joseph
Mehlinger
Frudmann
Hunt & Co
Harding & Co
Gill & Scotz
Jones, McDuffee & Stratton
Read & Son
Quimby & Son
Moors & Co
White Bros & Co
Horace Partridge & Co
Amaica
Maritime Exports Report from Various Ports in 1887
Compiled export list from Liverpool Havana Canso Yarmouth Guysboro Bridgewater Cayenne and more detailing wheat tobacco cotton lumber flour oil fish and other goods shipped or cleared in early October 1887. Includes quantities like 24 276 bus wheat 850 484 feet lumber and 6000 pieces staves along with miscellaneous cargoes.
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Liverpool
Eng
Norseman
Havana
Cfhba
Samuel E Spring
Canso
Sed
Knight Templar
Yarmouth
Lennie
Guysboro
Bridgewater
Eiva C
Cayenne
Brig Eugenie
Staple Receipts Reported for Multiple Railroads Oct 5 1887
Receipts of staple goods listed by lines for several railroads including Boston & ar, Grand Junction, Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, Fitchburg, Boston & Maine Eastern and Western divisions, Lowell, and By Express and By Sea. Entries include cotton wool flour corn oats meat tallow butter cheese eggs beans apples potatoes lumber leather skins hides pelts and more with numerous bales, bbls, cases, sacks, and cars recorded.
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Boston & Ar
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Lowell Railroad
Esas
Patent Horse Remedies List With Prices
A vintage veterinary catalog lists horse and livestock cures labeled A through 3K detailing fevers inflammations distemper epizootic influenza swelling glands colic worms cough heaves urinary and kidney diseases eruptions scrapes mange and more. Prices include a bottle of over 50 doses 63 cents and a stable case with manual 10 bottles plus witch hazel oil and medicator at $7.00.
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A.A
C. B.B
Hi. H
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E A Bailey
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R E Brown
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A Richardson
P W
Thompson & Son
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King & Hammond
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Whitney Bros
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F Hayden
E McQuilten
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Dow & Moulton
George Harris
George Heath
J Y Keazer
J F Atherton
H A Wilcox
O F Whitten
Viermont
C P Burke
G H Sprigey
Whipple & Farnham
Dwyer & Lavene
F Kenfield
Hastings
L. W Tinker
N K Campbell
M G Flanders
Ricker & Son
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G P Flack & Son
O C Robinson
B Hurlbert
New Brunswick
H D Clements
Hurlbert
Adden
H White
Tozier
S Howes
Glasgow
Lltoc
British Crown
M Goldsmith
J Rollinger
J A Hathaway
H D Elliott
Horse Market
Russell
J R Simmons
William Nooks
L H Brockway
Eobert
Walch & Hall's
I C Libby & Son
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H Bird & Co
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French & Adams
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G H Sprigg
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M G@ Flanders
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AA Pond
A Williamson
Hall & Seaver
eaeusEris
J S Henry
Scattering
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O ` Robinson
Watertown Yards
Haan
Sprigg
H Hird & Co
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O F Witten
H Sprig
Henry
Brighton Yards
A _N Monroe
Monroe
Farrell & McFlynn
London Wool Sales
Ccesence
Manila
Belmont
Orto Rico
Cienfuegos
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Cuba
Humphreys
J. I. Case
Jag Eye Sea
Phalis
C. J. Hamlin, Esq
Village Farm
Commodore Kittson
Midway Park
T. G. Yeomans
Eug
Princess of Wayne,” &c
Humphreys’ Homeopathic Med. CO
Fulton Street, N. Y
Academy Or Medicine of
Blancard
Rue Bonaparte
E. Fougera & Co
U.S
ADIES
Meads Bill
Recorder Printing CO
Lincoln St
Gorham, Rogers & CO
Dundes Goods
Federal Street
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