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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 10, 1883

Page

3

Call Board Grain and Sale Records

Document lists oat and corn lots with grades and prices, seller names and months, and transfers to Proctor Brothers. Also reports car inspections: grain types, grades, quantities, steamer status, and totals.

Knowles & Coon Proctor Brothers M Sheelus

General Farm Produce Prices and Market Receipts

Market report lists bean, pea, potato, onion, cranberry and apple quotations with varied ranges. Notes light receipts for beans and sweet potatoes, steady to fair demand for peas, plentiful stock of potatoes, and mixed fruit prices including apples, pears, plums, grapes and peaches. Provisions section begins.

Houston New Hampshire Burbanks New York Vermont Hubbard Norfolk Eastern Shore Hubbardstons Gravenstein New England New York State Anjou Seckle Duchess Choice

Market Report Shows Steady Provisions and Mutton Rise

On Wednesday October 10 the market is well stocked with provisions and shows fair demand. Fresh meats remain steady in beef while mutton advances 1 cent per pound with good demand across departments.

Jean Texas Palermo Jamaica Manila Belmont

Goods Listed From Dominion Steamer Voyage

Yarmouth Nova Scotia cargo entries include Adams Chapman & co with berries and eggs, Buatier with potatoes and fish, Hall & co with eggs, Muse with herring, Ellis & co with turnips, Delong & Seaman with butter and personal effects, and Punch Bowl Lab noting ice and herring deliveries. Multiple firms and items such as fish, butter, eggs, turnips, potatoes, and casks are recorded along with quantities and containers.

Yarmouth Dominion Adams, Chapman & Co Mats J G Hall & Co

Maritime cargo ledgers show diverse imports and exports

A London steamer Durham City arriving with 24 023 sacks of flour and 157 half bbls of lobsters. Yarmouth and other Nova Scotia ports report varied cargoes including soap, flour, meal, machinery oil, hardware, leather, coal, and cattle aboard several schooners and the Dominion steamer with multiple small consignments.

London Eng Durham City Yarmouth Steamer Dominion Grasse Coques Willie

Receipts of Stapie Products October Totals

A compendium of shipments across multiple railroads and sea routes listing bales, bbls, sacks, and cases of wool, flour, meal, meat, butter, eggs, cheese, beans, apples, potatoes, hay, lumber, leather, hides, pelts, and related goods. Includes Lowell, Maine, Eastern, Fitchburg, Grand Junction, New York and Newland, Old Colony, Boston and Albany, Providence lines with quantities ranging from single bales to thousands of bushels and dozens of barrels. Strong entity names include railroads and ports. dates and exact figures vary by line.

Boston Liverpool Eng Morseman Willett, Hambon & Co Jere Abbott & Co Stone & Downer H Graves & Son Stedman Crates & Co Hilton Bros & Co Despatch Transportation Co Baring Bros & Co Brown Bros & Co Torry & Co Moise Palermo Turry & Co Lowell Railroad Maine Eastern Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Peabody and Salem Bolls New York and Newland Old Colony Railroad Boston and Albany Railroad Providence Railroad Fides A. Oe Scaas

Live Stock Market Report from Boston Post

George J. Ox reports on the current market for cattle sheep calves horses and swine with totals by state car counts by railroad and price ranges for beef store cattle swine lambs hides and pelts. The figures include buys from Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York and the Western region along with freight connections and quality classifications for cattle and sheep.

P& L Maine New Hampshire Vermont Massachusetts New York Boston Lowell Albany Fitchburg Eastern New England Providence Old Colony Brighton N. B Boston and Albany

Cotton Market Across Major Ports with Firm Mid Rates

Market reports show steady to firm conditions across Norfolk, Galveston, Wilmington, and New Orleans with mid 10 to 11 cent ranges for good ordinary and low middling. North and South Atlantic receipts column lists substantial net and gross totals, while New York and Chicago markets reflect broader commodity activity, including flour and grain trends, with cotton prices quoted around the mid 10 cent area and firmer overall tone.

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Wheat and grain prices across major markets on Oct 9

Grain markets show oats and wheat moving on mixed signals with December futures higher in St Louis while Chicago and Milwaukee report softer hogs and steady whiskey. Receipts and shipments vary with flour and barley also noted. several cities report no market due to event.

Shorts Liverpool Little Falls Utica Elgin New York Mercantile Exchange Canada St. Albans OS Inc Chicago Park Merchants’ Exchange Isacre Gern Johuny Deuvary ST. Louis Milwaukee Chicago Wyoming Cincinnati Detroit Toledo

Foreign Markets Update From London and Liverpool

Atlantic and Great Western firsts and several rail stocks shown with varied prices. Wheat, flour, and corn prices posted in London and Liverpool, with cargo activity around 193,000 rentals over three days and Uplands to Orleans cotton futures advancing, while cash markets remained steady to firm.

Liverpool California London Beerbohm Merchants’ Exchange Uplands Orleans Jm Ig

Pacific Bank Stockholders Move to File Suit Over Insolvent Bank

A leading Pacific Bank stockholder denounces a proposed settlement, alleges preexisting insolvency and improper capital increases in 1881, and states stockholders will sue the comptroller and commence action to expose the bank’s true condition. The letter criticizes misstatements to stockholders and warns of public disclosure of over 2.5 million dollars in supposedly worthless assets.

Pacific Bank Settlement Syndicate Post Boston Post

Iron market summary shows firm demand and price activity

Mill irons active at 17 18 for small lots while large lots declined. Foundry iron 21 for No 1 and 19 for No 2 in 50 to 100 ton quantities. Nails active at 20 5. Plate iron and sheet mill orders rise. steel rails in demand though terms hold. Production and freight figures cited with regional demand shifts and Nov restriction impact.

New York Prime Mercantile Paper Arkansas Fort Smith West Shore Texans Pacific Gould Union Pacific New England Manhattan Buffalo Texas and Pacific Oregon Rock Island Iron Mountain Tilly Stock Exchange Western Union Oregon Transcontinental Northern Pacific Texas Pacific Wabash Missouri Pacific Kansas Texas Omaha Wabashite Michigan Louisville and Nashville Bears Southwestern Central Pacific Chicago Burlington and Quincy St. Paul Lake Shore New York Central Reading New Jersey Central Indiana Loomington and Western Ohio Mississippi Wells Fargo Express The Hist Canada Southern L& Py Fa Del L. & West Delaware & Hud Denver & Riog Hon Lake Erie & W Michigan Central Northwestern Orthwestern New Jersey Ohio & Missisippi Ontario & West Ohio Centra Pacific Mail Peoria Dec E. Ou Phila. & Reading Milwaukee Uuc Northern Creamery Vermont Choice Western Dairy Ladte Choice Bntter Liverpool Nova Scotia New Brunswick P E Island Nearby Cape Philadelphia South Atlantic Port Richmond Boston Providence Cumberland Olian Ciarionet Ciarabella Bourdon Paris Tevontane

Burial of Norfolk Owl Named William Honors Passed Life Story

An aged Norfolk household buried its pet owl on Thursday night with honors and lines from the Burial of Sir John Gore. Above William Owl’s grave reads Sacred to the memory of William Owl born February 22 1800 died August 2 1883. The bird came from New Bern NC and was said to be 83 years old, passed down through generations with its history preserved.

Norfolk John Gore William William Owl Newberne N.C

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