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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 08, 1886

Page

7

Agricultural prices and produce market listings

A dense late 19th or early 20th century price sheet lists prices for seeds hay and crops by region, with Timothy, clover, and blue grass seeds, various potatoes and sweet potatoes, truck produce including cabbage and beans, onions, apples, and orchard grass, plus hay quality grades and prices. It also records live poultry and game prices, tallow ranges, and regional place names such as North and East, Jersey, Vermont, Aroostook, Hebrons, and Cape Cranberries.

Timothy North Red Top Jersey New Maine New Brunswick Aroostook Bush de Hebrons Vermont New York Hebrons Burbanks Virginia

Fruit market notes show steady supplies and mixed prices

Receipts of apples are large with dull market. Seckies at 2 cents, Buerre de Anjous at 1.2, Buerre Bose at 2.73, and assorted varieties at varied quotes. Cranberries steady, damson plums plentiful, quinces rising from York State with dull close. Red grapes heavy with sales at 5 cents. some Delawares very choice at 11 cents. Black varieties firmer with Hudson river Concords in crates at 4 cents. Basket stock at 5 to 6 cents.

Seckies Buerre de York State

Market Report on Pork and Meats Prices

Pork and lard steady with firm demand while fresh beet remains dull. Beef prices range from extra plate at 10.50 to choice veal and mutton in the 4s to 9c per pound area. various items list specific prices for ribs sausages hams bacon and other cuts across markets.

Brighton Worcester County

Market Summary of Cotton Sugar and Oil Rates

The report notes quiet cotton trading with mid uplands, gulf prices and Liverpool futures opening firm then dull. Spot markets show firm demand for mid uplands and Orleans with 12,000 bales traded, 38,000 bales receipts. Sugar remains steady with varied refined prices. molasses steady for cargo lots. pipe line certificates show activity and financials including shipments and exports.

Gulf Liverpool Uplands Orleans Manila Lloilos Belmont Orto Rico Cuba Ize

Markets by Telegraph News Update

Market report from New York outlines flour and wheat价格波动, with receipts, exports, and varying grades listed. Western and State flour prices and Minnesota extra figures appear alongside rye flour, cornmeal, oats, and rice trends, plus note of soy, coffee, sugar, molasses, and petroleum markets.

Grain and flour market report from Chicago shows mixed shifts

On October 7 Chicago market notes flour quiet. Wheat declines with No 2 spring at 71 1/2 to 71 1/4 cents, No 2 red at 72 to 72 1/4. Corn 3 to 3 1/2 cents lower, oats down to 24 1/4 to 24 1/2 cents. Rye 48 1/2 to 48 3/4, barley 53 1/4 to 53 1/2 cents. Provisions firmer with pork at 38.85, lard steady, whiskey 118. Receipts show large wheat and corn stocks and steady shipments across grains.

New York Ohio St. Louis Minnesota Ste Petrolema—United Tertius South America Utter Liverpool Detroit Michigan Milwauker Cincinnati Toledo Chicago

Chicago Market Report Cattle Hogs and Sheep Movements

Chicago stock market report shows cattle steady with 12 000 receipts and varied shipments. Hogs fall with 18 000 receipts and mixed grades. sheep steady with 3 500 receipts and range of prices across natives Western and Texans.

Chicago

Net receipts and exports across multiple ports in 1871 report

Aggregated figures show Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Selvanagh Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and nationwide consolidation. Receipts gross exports coastwise to Great Britain and France, with stock levels and midseason rates noted. data spans six days and all United States ports total 389 417.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Mid Ste. Selvanagh Charleston Wilmington Norfolk O's Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville France United States

Foreign markets report from London and Liverpool

Beerbohm's London briefing notes slow wheat offshore with steady corn. Paris wheat and flour steady. rain storms and mixed grain demand in UK markets. Liverpool quotes show winter wheat around 6s 6d to 6s 8d, spring 6s 3d, corn 4s. pork 61s, bacon 38s, lard 62s 6d, tallow 22s 6d, cheese 50s.

London Beerbohm Chamber of Commerce Paris Liverpool

Imports and Exports Through Atlantic Ports in 1886

A detailed list from the Liverpool and Glasgow trade shows diverse imports and exports on several ships. Items include cottons, machinery, tapes, earthenware, steel, raisins, cognac, wine, timber, prop goods, and vast quantities of soap, paper stock, iron, wool, and groceries. Named firms appear across consignments, with ships at Annapolis NS and Port George NS noted, reflecting extensive transatlantic commerce in October 1886.

Liverpool Stedman & Puller Manus Co Pierce, Hardy & Co Rogers & Co Horace Partridge & Co Norcross Mellen & Co Abram French & Co HB Jackson Jere Abbott & Co Tela Vine D & M Williams Moise Baring Bros & — Co Brown Bros & Co Thomas Groom & Co Moise Drexel, Morgan & Co Baring Bros & Co Moors & Co Prunes Winslow, Rand & Watson Doherty Moise Codman & Hail Warren & Co Williams Cottons Simons, Hatch & Whitten Eaton Bros & Bixbee Indse P Ackenasas Doison and Steel Sanderson Bros Steel Co Wetherell Bros Hollings & Co Boston Atheneum Hugginson Bet Cennel Barnhem & Co Leyland & Co Cols Sane M Jones & Co Moise McKintrre Lawrie & Co Iittines Everett & Co H Pray, Sons & Co Torrey, Bright & Capen R_ Briggs Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Dode Clark, Sawyer & Co A Brown William Burgess H Pierce & Robertson Annapolis New Brunswick Hammond M Smith & Co Joel Goldthwait & Co Soda JL & DS Riker Moise Dyer Taylor & Co R Moors & Co Mise Jordan, Marsh & Co Farley, Harvey & Co

Exports, Oct 7 1886 through Atlantic routes from St John

Shipping list from St John New Brunswick Georgetown and London via Halifax and London England. Items include grapes, biscuits, lxs tomatoes, eggs, hardware, onions, coal, nails, flour, fish, glass, paint, glue, maple syrup, cushions, cattle, leather, beef, tobacco, leather, cattle numbers and various cargo quantities. Goods depart on Steamer New Brunswick Lorenzo D Baker British Queen and Durham City with crate counts and tonnages.

ST John Eastport New Brunswick Georgetown Pei Santana Port Antonio Jam Lorenzo D Baker London Halifax Eng Durham City

Receipts Oct 1886 Boston and Albany Wool Bale Total

Receipt item notes October 1886 for the Boston and Albany Railroad showing 176 bales of wool received.

Boston & Albany Railroad

Historic Goods Ledger Across Rail Lines and Supplies

A dense ledger lists cargo quantities from multiple railroads and trade goods. It records bales and sacks of flour oats meal and corn, pork and beef products, butter and cheese, apples potatoes leather hides and pelts, various bales and case counts, plus numerous barrels and boxes. The entries span Grand Junction Boston Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine and Boston & Lowell lines, reflecting a broad 19th or early 20th century commercial inventory and freight tally.

Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad Fanitee New York & New England Railroad LO Sachs Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Hales Weel Boston & Maine Railroad—Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad DAIOS Barney Bush Mat Bash Ieee Oslo Jere

Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable Highlights

An extracted timetable lists Boston station details on Causeway Street and city offices at 215 Washington Street. It outlines thrice daily and varying departure times for routes to Tilton, Laconia, Lake Village, Weirs, Meredith, Plymouth, Lebanon, White River Junction, Montpelier, Burlington, and Montreal. Local services from Boston include Manchester, Concord, Keene, Nashua, Peterboro, Hillsboro, and Greenfield with numerous morning and afternoon departures. Parlor and sleeping car options to Montreal via Central Vermont and Passumpsie routes are noted, alongside White Mountain Resort connections and multiple branches.

Rutland Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Depot Causeway Street Boston Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. R. Ry Cheshire R.R White River Junction Vermont R. R Points PNG Hire Pullman Palace Throgh Mboutreal Leod A. BM Veco A. RE Washington Street C. A. Faxon R. Stewart Keene, N. H Boston & Lowell Railroad City Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Pranktlin Lebanon Whiteiver Montpelier Essex Warren Maverhill Woodsville Newport St. Johnsbury Sherbrooke Uebec Vic Christol Claremont White Mountain Pullman Central Vermont RR Passunmypsie K.R Fabyan Bethlehem Dektersen Buston Manchester Concord SUN Reeene Eilisboro Hillsboro Billsboro Lev Wilton Biultford Amherst Boston & Albany R.R Springfield Pittsfield Albany Keston Theo South Framingham Maebany South Framinghamg Springhield Syracuse N. W Springdie la St. Bouin Yworcester Worcester Maftale Cleveland Loledoe Uhenges Buffalo Inngara Aalis Detroit Chuath Las Ane Bho Bellows Clinton Oakdale Aver Beas Ininghwse and Lowell Railroad South Pramingham iFor Lowell Fitchburg CSE Br Ayer Junction North Leomanster Shirley S.odelex Greenville and Townasendentre Blarkburn Knudson Maynard Sy Sabo Belmont and Waverley Bae Watertown Union Market Auburn Cambridge Union Square Somerville Baldwinsville Ware River John Adams

Time tables and routings for trains and stations

A dense listing of train times, stations, connections, and service notes from multiple lines. Includes speeds, departures, arrivals, and special notices for Concord, Bedford, Lexington, West Medford, and Nashua Junction. Names Col. Mellen and Gen. Supt. Tuttle appear in the notice.

Bedford Nashua Junction Pees Mellen Lecius- Tuttle

Boot and Shoe Buyers Across Cities and Firms Listed

A compiled directory of buyers and agents for boots and shoes across multiple cities including Augusta Burlington Bloomington Buffalo Charleston Cincinnati Detroit Fernandina Havana Indianapolis Macon Memphis Pittsburg Portsmouth Pueblo Philadelphia Savannah St Louis and Toledo. Notable firms include Adams Adams Am W H Laws Hickman Taylor Goodbar Love Claflin Alien Fuller Childs among others.

Augusta J Whittendale Robert Mc Boicht Craw Burlington Adams A G Adams Ads Bloomington Ji P Smith RP Smith & Sons Buffalo Walker W H Walker Charleston Cincinnati W Laws H Laws & Co JB Hickman Hickman, Taylor & Co Detroit Mich Charles E Smith H S Robinson & Burtenshaw J McLogan W D Robinson & Co Fernandina Fla J H Prescott Havana Cuba J Usiah M Velle Aedo & Co Thomas Blanco Indianapolis Ind E Branham McAkee & Branham Macon M Solomon Coleman, Burden & Solomon Memphis Tenn J Goodbar Goodbar Love & Co Pittsburg Penn S Whitmore E Schmertz &0 Portsmouth F Richardson Russell, Richardson & Titus Pueblo P A McCurdy Philadelphia J A Fields Austin, Fields& Co Tf R Tracy C P Tracy & Co Savannah A Einstein Einstein’s Sons St Louis W Allen Claflin-Alien Shoe Co Toledo O—T Childs Fuller, Childs & Co Tre

Mortality in September Shows Higher Death Rate

The September death toll reached 826 with a rate of 24.7 as warm weather elevated overall mortality while contagious disease deaths fell. Of the deceased 414 were male and 813 white, with 32 under five. US-born totaled 565. Leading causes included cholera infantum 82 typhoid 25 diphtheria 24 and cancer 28.

United States

Inquest Findings Exonerate Boston & Maine Employees

Special Justice Safford at Salem files findings on three inquests. John Whittemore, car inspector, crushed between two Boston & Maine cars at Salem on June 30. Daniel J. Horrigan run over at Danvers on June 30. James Galway killed trying to board a moving freight car at Peabody on April 17. Employees exonerated in all cases, Galway death due to his own carelessness.

Safford Salem John Whittemore Boston & Maine Road Daniel J. Horrigan Danvers James Galway Peabody Galway

Boston to Jefferson and Way Stations Train Schedule 1886

Central Massachusetts Railroad schedule listing daily departures from Boston for Jefferson and multiple way stations starting May 31 1886. Includes times for all stops such as Weston Clinton Berlin Hudson Rockbottom Sudbury Wayland Belmont Waverly and Waltham with express services and Sunday timings. Lucius Tuttle as General Passenger Agent C H S Mellen as General Superintendent.

Boston Jeffferson and Way SUN Jefferson Oakdale W. Boylston Boylston Het Clinton Berlin Hudson Express Bet Brockbottom Sudbury Wayland Axe Weston Met Belmont Waverly Waltham Kret Tve Poeen & Albany Railroad Needham Way Woonsocket Trndays

Ladies and Gents Dining Rooms at Doree

A fragment notes Doree at 22 Avery Street hosting Ladies and Gents Dining Rooms. The terse item references the dining venue and its street address in a brief public notice style.

Confusing Rail Schedules and Train Listings From 19th Century Page

A dense OCR page lists trains, timings, stops, and connections across multiple lines and cities. It includes schedules for Boston area routes, New York via Middletown, Norwich Line, Shore Line, and Concord connections with frequent references to stations like Newton, Jamaica Plain, East Milton, and Fall River. The fragmentary text preserves many station names, times, and fare figures, reflecting era railway operations and routing complexity.

For Sale Rotary Press No. 3 by R Hoe & Co

A four cylinder rotary folio press labeled Four-Cylinder Rotary Folio or Guarto Press No 3 by R Hoe and Co is offered for sale. The item is described as usable with presumed vintage printing equipment, suitable for a specialized workshop or collector.

R. Hoe & Co Boston Post

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