Market Prices for Hams and Fresh Meats
The listing shows diverse meat prices including hams at various cuts and percentages, smoked shoulders and ribs, breakfast bacon and bone less varieties, city dressed hogs and country dressed hogs, with beef categories such as extra plate, plate, and mess. Fresh beef quotes cover choice and good steers, heifers, and various cuts, plus lambs and mutton prices across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
Lord
Choice
Chicago
Brighton
Truck Market Prices and Fresh Produce Report
Market notes show strong demand for trucks and a wide range of produce. Items listed include onions 50c to $1 per basket, tomatoes 50c to $1, cabbage 7 dollars per 100, shell beans two dollars per bush, Lima beans one dollar two per bush, cucumbers 150 per bush, green corn 150 to 175 per barrel, beets 40c per bush, lettuce 50c per box, spinach 15 to 20c per bush.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
Bush
Market report shows steady demand amid varied fruit receipts
Apples remain plentiful with quiet demand while fall fruit sells slowly. Pears are abundant with few prime lots. quinces demand remains weak to firm at $4.50–$5.00 per unit. Grapes, cranberries, and dried fruits move at low or steady prices. nuts vary from slow to steady sales with mixed prices across varieties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hubbardston
York State
Cape Cod
Louis Bonne
Beurre Bose Jy
Beurre d’ Anjou
Sheldon
Sorrento
Palermo
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Jamaica
Baracoa
Cotton futures and spot markets report with prices and volumes
Liverpool and New York markets show steady futures and firm spot in cotton with bids asks and daily totals. Futures ranges span October to July with mixed premiums while spot prices for middling uplands and Orleans firm and sales reach 225,800 bales. Also reported are pipeline certificates oil and sugar prices and molasses values.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Saieie Fav
Ordon
Alco
Porto Rico
Gyocetor
Maniias
Holles
Belmont
Ponce
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Flour and grain prices sweep markets across New York Chicago and St Louis
Trade centers report mixed receipts and exports. Wheat and corn demand steady to dull with spot prices firming in places while rye and barley show sluggish activity. Fats meats oils and sugars move with modest gains and steady tones. pork lard and beef hams noted, while coffees and refined sugars hold firm amid diverse regional quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
West Indies
Minnesota
Southern
Burley
Rio
United
City Extra India
Gard
Tierces Western Steam
City Steam
Liverpool
Chicago
ST. Louis
Wheat and grain markets mixed across Midwest and Great Lakes
Wheat steadies with firmer tone in Minneapolis as millers buy, while Toledo and Milwaukee show varied readings on flour, oats, and barley. Corn weakens in some spots. pork and lard markets stay soft to steady, with receipts tallied for multiple grains and regions.
Market Headlines Hogs and Cattle Across Major Markets
Hogs steady in St Louis and Peoria with mixed packers at 4.60 to 4.75 in St Louis and 4.25 to 4.70 in Peoria. Kansas City reports dull hogs with 6,000 today and 8,02 shipments. Chicago shows steady to lower packer prices for hogs and steady cattle receipts around 10,000 with steers around 285. Sheep and lambs active with muttons up to 10 and lambs 4.25 to 5.25.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Louis
Peoria
Kansas City
Chicago
Texas
Western Rangers
Cotton market figures across ports with steady prices
The report lists net receipts and gross for multiple ports including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Withington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis and Louisville. Exports to Great Britain the Continent and France are noted with stock totals and mid price ranges. Consolidated six day totals show overall activity and holdings across US ports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
C. Galveston
Great Britain
Continent
Coastwise
New Orleans
Mid Si Se
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
C. Charleston
S.c. Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
France
United States
Foreign Markets: Wheat and Corn Prices Steady in London and Liverpool
Beerbohm reports cargo activity uncertain with wheat dull and corn firm in transit. London markets quiet. at Paris wheat quiet and flour steady. Liverpool spot wheat quiet. bread stuffs show firm prices and steady pork, bacon, cheese, and lard with tallow rising.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
Imports Oct 13 1887 Liverpool Steamer Bothnia Cargo
Linen and cargo list from the Bothnia showing 245 boxes tin 331 boxes pig iron 2465 tons plus many goods including books, clothes, machinery, glassware, prunes, shoes and numerous cases from W Woolworth lines to W Bargo, with assorted firms like Congdon Carpenter Booth Co and Saco Water Power Machine Co and others. Distinguished items include 92 bbls grapes 220 boxes lemons 390 bags figs and 15 do steel scraps among hundreds of listed consignments from multiple shippers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Eng
Bothnia
Austin & Co
Congdon, Carpenter & Co
Waibaum & Co
Booth & Co
Pierce & Co
Schoenhof
Breck & Sons
Forbes Lithograph Co
Ripley
Hardy & Co
Abram French & Co
Haberdashery
Beal, Higgins & Henderson
Cumner, Jones & Co
Laughton, McDonald & Co
Stone & Downer
Murdock
Corel & Osborn
Allen & Co
Nichols & Farnsworth
Rousmaniere
Lovejoy & Co
Wright & Ditson
Donnelly
Schoenhoft
Otis & Co
Gorham Mant Co
Blakeslee & Co
Noyes, Cobb & Co
Hovey & Co
de Simons, Hatch & Whitten
Richard Briggs
Indigo Brown Bros & Co
Batchelder & Lincoln
Prunes Baring Bros & Co
Estes & Lauriat
Steel Brown, McClure & Co
Dodo T Richardson
E Jose & Co
Torrey, Bright & Capen
Wellington & Co
Wright & Moody
Reed & Barton
Gardner
Atkins
Bigelow
Kennard &Co
White &Co
Shoninger, Moses & Co
Exports, Oct. 13, 1887 Buenos Ayres Arg
Buenos Aires dispatch notes Bark Anna 220 export report with figures for October 13 1887 and related shipments. The itemization lists commodities and trade volumes observed by Argentine representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buenos Ayres
Anna
Cargo List From Multiple Ports Shows Diverse Goods
The document catalogs shipments from Valparaiso Chile Surinam DG and Haytien ports via New York. Items include tobacco sugar hardware lumber nails spirits lard and machinery along with foodstuffs such as pork beef butter and fish. Ship names Magellan Eugene Hale and steamer Alert appear with varied tonnage and box counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Valparaiso
Chili
Surinam
Eugene Hale
Haytien
New York
Staple Goods Receipts Across Railroads in 1887
A detailed ledger of Oct 18 1887 receipts lists cargoes for multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Providence New York and New England Fitchburg Old Colony Boston and Maine Lowell and others. Items include bales cotton wool flour malt corn beans lard butter cheese eggs tea coffee tea tins leather hides and numerous box and barrel counts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Lowell Railroad
Express
Obituary of Lady Brassey Traveler and Author
Lady Brassey famed traveller and authoress died recently aboard the Sunbeam, her husband’s yacht bound for Australia. Buried at sea she had long been known for adventurous journeys and vivid sea voyage tales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Brassey
Sunbeam
Australia
America
England
Annie Arnott
Sir Thomas Brassey
Canada
United States
Mediterranean
Eothen
Far East
Cyprus
Constantinople
Mrs. Gladstone
Norway
Notable Salem Figures Die Within Days of Each Other
John Culliton a Salem carrier and former Treadwell Dugan partner died at 70 after a long career starting in 1834 in the United States and 1835 in Salem. Osgood prominent Salem citizen and bank director died at 61 after a career in trade and public service including city council and alderman roles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Culliton
Salem
United States
Boston Post
Landmark
Mr. Roberts
Danvers
Treadwell, Dugan & Co
John
Osgood
Salém Five Cents Savings Bank
Asiatic National Bank
Reverend Dr. Nathaniel J. Burton Dies in Hartford
The Rev. Dr. Nathaniel J. Burton, a leading Connecticut Congregational minister and former Yale lecturer, died suddenly in Hartford. Born December 17, 1824 in Trumbull, he graduated from Wesleyan College, studied at Yale Theological School, and served pastors in New Haven, Hartford, and the Park Church until his death. He had recently been chosen by the American Board as preacher for the upcoming year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fourth Congregational Church
New Haven
Fourth Church of
Hartford
The
Park Church
Yale
Lyman Beecher
American Board
Food from the Sea: North Atlantic Fish Arrivals and Prospects
The American fish bureau reports daily arrivals in Georges, Western Banks, Grand Banks, and shore ports totaling 178000 pounds cod 45000 pounds halibut 100 barrels herring 60 barrels mackerel. Week totals include cod 2834000 pounds halibut 288800 hake 62000 pol lock 8000 haddock 4550 barrels herring 1806 barrels mackerel 6500 boxes herring 1040 quintals dry hake. Prospects for mackerel look better with reports from Tiverton Newport Provincetown Portland Halifax.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guoversterr
American Fish Bureau
Georges
Western Banks
Grand Banks
Tiverton
R. I
Novelty
Block Island
Newport
Charlotte
Provincetown
Portland
Cape Elizabeth
Halifax
N. 8
Canada
Trade directory notices across U S firms in many cities
A dense list of sales agents and firms with names and offices appears, naming representatives such as J Mullen Jr in Baltimore and W F Breath in Galveston, plus many others in Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, Philadelphia, St Louis, and more, indicating a broad network of commercial brokers and firms across states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baltimore
J Mullen, Jr
Tucker, Smith & Co
C Adler
Frank & Adler
C Bangs
Bangs, Bard & Co
Tre
W C Carroll
Carroll, Adams
Ramsdell Affalo
Msdell
Ramsdell, Sweet & Co
Brun
Bloomington
J P Smith
R P Smith & Son
L Asiel
Chicago
Ill
Greensfelder
Greenstel Florsheim & Co
Maclauchian
Selz, Schwab & Co
Cincinnati
L Runkle
I Faller, Sons & Co
Henry Meis
C Meis & Co
Columbus
O Jones
Reed, Jones & Co
Detroit
Richardson & Co
Houston
Tex
J Newbouer
Halif & Newbouer
Kansas City
L V Marks
Lederman & Marks
Knoxville
Tenn
S C Roney
Briscoes
Swepson & Co
Memphis
J M Goodbar
E J Corrington
Goodbar & Co
A B
H Dittman
G F Dittman & Co
Qu. St Louis
D B Lindsley
Orr & Lindsley Shoe Co
St Louis
W C Walker
Tennent, Walker & Co
H Smith
A T Kelley
Kelley, Goodfellow & Co
St Paul
Minn
W Freeman
C Gotzeain
Fitchburg to Montreal and Ogdensburg via Rutland Route
Busy 1887 timetable outlines Fitchburg Massachusetts to Montreal Vermont via Rutland area with connections to Central Vermont and Delaware and Hudson rails. Frequent departures include morning and evening trains from Fitchburg Depot with Pullman sleeping cars and through services to Ottawa and Ogdensburg. Boston connections listed with varied schedules and ticket office locations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
D_ID CENTRAL VERMONT
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
Oxydeensburg
Ponnerere
Saratoga
Delaware & Hudson Canal Company
R. R. Ry
Cheshire
St. Albane
Washington Street
Extensive coastal timetable lacking clear readable events
A dense, fragmented schedule list presents arrival and return times for many towns including Hyannis Barnstable Yarmouth and more. The OCR data mixes numbers and place names with occasional notes about boats and trains, yielding a chaotic transit map without a single dominant incident.
Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable Summary 1887
Boston and Lowell timetable lists rail connections from Boston Causeway Street and Washington Street offices. It outlines daily departures to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville and more, with multiple morning and afternoon options. Includes Montreal via White River Junction and parlor cars, local service to Manchester Concord Keene Nashua and surrounding towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston
Causeway Street
City
Washington Street
Old State House
St. Johnsbury
Wewart
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Passumpsic
White River Junction
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex Junction
Arlington
St. Albans
Montreal
R. R
Boston Air Line
Manchester
Concord
N. B
S ™ Os Keene
Peterboro
Hillsboro
Tilton
Raiford
Amherst
Nashua
SUN
Central Massachusetts R R Opens New Passenger Schedules
Central Massachusetts Railroad announces new daily trains starting Monday October 10 1887 with stop times from Boston to Ware Isarre Rutland West Boylston Oakdale Jefferson Madison and southern towns including Sudbury Wayland Weston and Waverley. General agents GEO W Storer and Mellene supervise operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
R. R
Boston
Ware
Isarre
Rutland
West Boylston
Oakdale
Jefferson
Madison
Sudbury
Wayland
Weston
Altham
SUN
Waverley
M. Sun
Helmoent
Geo
W. Storer
Pass
Y’r Agt
Mellen
Trains Schedules From Boston to New England and Beyond
Corrected July timetable lists numerous station stops with daily departures and special weekend services. It covers Boston Norwood Central Providence New Britain New York via Middletown Hartford Norwich Line and other connections with multiple daily times and Sunday schedule notes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ains
Royton Station
Ashcroft
Baltimore
Bird Street
Blackstone
Banbury
Dorchester
Dudley Street
Ellis
Endicott
Fishkill-on-Judsen
Franklin
Forest Avenue
Martford
Biarvard Street
Pyne Park
Highland Lake
Islington
Manchester
Mattapan
Bilford
Mt. Bowdoin
New Britain
Newburg
New London
New York
Middletown
Hartford
Norwich
Norwood
Norwood Central
Pawtucket
Philadelphia
Providence
Utnam
Readville
River Street
Iz.dea
Mockwille
Southbridge
Riltons Am
Walpole
Washington,c
Waterbury
Willimantic
Boston and Albany Train Schedule and Express Services
Train times for Needham Woonsocket and Norwich Line including daily and Sunday services. Details on departures from Boston depot and returns, special services to New York via Middletown and New Haven, plus connections to Hartford Willimantic and steamer routes. Includes Pullman and dining cars, and office contact at 322 Washington Street.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Vermont
Boston
Lowell
Chicago
Central Vermont St. R
Washington Street
J. W. Hobart
Ss. W. Cummings
St. Albans
Boston & Albany
R.R. Lune
Springfield
Pittsfield
Albany
South Framingham
Syracuse
Hell
Buffalo
Cleveland
Detroit
Worcester
Toledo
Niacama Falls
Wee Stes Connect
North Adams
Chatham
Hudson
Palmer
Hartford Maven
New York
New Express
Daly
Boston & Albany Railroad
Dail
Needham and Way
Mreturn
Woonsocket
Aim
Middletown
New Haven
Pullman
Hartford
New Britain
Waterbury
Danbury
Wishkill-on-Hudson
Newburgh
Fort Jervis
Chicago & St. Oune
Erie Railway
NEW England Limited
Air Line
Grand Central Depot
Willimantic
Philadelphia
Jersey City
Trenton
Baltimore
Washington
Richmond
New London
Norwich
Danielsonville
Putnam
City OF Worcester
City OF New York
Summer Street
A. A. Jackson
A. A. Kendall
Pass
Express trains from Boston and Providence to New York nightly
Express trains depart Boston and Providence stations each day except Sundays at 6 3 p m arriving at 9 20 p m and New York by the next morning. Tickets and staterooms available at 214 Washington Street and at the Boston station. J W Richardson Boston agent and A A Folsom Supt Boston and Providence R R. Concord R K and branches timetable shows departures from Boston to Manchester and Concord NH after Oct 9 1887 with multiple daily times and Sunday services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rami
Bouthboro
Northboro
Clinton
Leomister
Fitchbarsg
Hewlin
West Merlin
Belton
Pratt
Unction
Fitchburg
Boston
Sunaway
Newton Lower Falls
Weellesley Hills
Worcester
Newton Highlands
Brookline
Washington Street
Hanson
Gallup
NEW
Stonington
Boston & Providence Railroad
New York Ga
Washington
State Street
Boston & Providence R. R
J. W. Richardson
A. A. Folsom
Concord R. KR
B. and
Manchester
Concord
N. H
H. E. Chamberlon
Snot
Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route Timetable
The notice lists train departures from Boston and connections via the Hoosac Tunnel to North Adams Albany Chicago and other points with multiple daily and Sunday options. It names Whitmore as General Traffic Manager and J R Watson as General Passenger Agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Whitmore
J. R. Watson
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ALL River Line
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Old Colony
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Annex
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L. H. Palmer
J. R. Kendrick
Brookline News
Louis Cassier
Adamson & CO
Prione
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Matt Road
Shore Line
Eiebronville
Field
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Rendville
Ulovu
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Sharon
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Bev
BoVson
Etard
Emi
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Daw
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Dedham
West Htoxbury
Stoughton
Mt. Hope
Warren
Bei
Brovidencé
Stoughton 'S
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Boylston
Sram
Sttreet
Rive
Preas
M. Phillseuth
Wellesle
Powe
May
Ee Watir Adi
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Westboro
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Millbury
North
Los
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Newson
West Newton
Newtonville
Newton
Neuil
Haheem
Allston
Wellesley Mei
Kemet
A. LO
Cypress Street
Becker
Rutev Asley
Newton Eighlands
Igham
Mayville
Fall River Line
Anchmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sana
Wich
Return
Raintree
Bridgewater
Brockton
Buzzard’s Bay
Wareham
Cape C Od
Elifleet
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Hingham
Cohasset
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Wood’s Hall
Wood's Hall
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Abington
R Milton
West Quincy
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East Wouth
Weymouth
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Marshfield
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Neponset
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Taos
Weymouths
Colasset
Marshield
Eran
South Braintree
Way
Middleboro
Fail River
Geo. L. Connor
D. R. Kendrick
Gen. Pass
No. Biherien
Lawrence
Wilmington
Walemt Ewill
Stoneham
Deve
Aveau
Sau Weary
M. Webar
J aNe
Wike m, A
West Medford
Vite
Eer Ay
College Mil
Winter Bam
Avrne
Lexington
Renee Co
Geo. W. Storer
Gen
Aveau Plasy
Beiterley
Tedford
Rao
New England
Woornsucket Division
the Est
Elmentum Averley
Ron
Lee
Brattleboro
Miller’s Falls
Cambridge
Gardner and Miller’s Falls
Sam Greenfield
Acoln
Bee
Biarsboro
Bladson
Nashua N. H
Ayer
North Leominater
Saratoga—S
Wnien Square
Somerville
Waltham
Watertown
Union Market
Mt. Auburn
Ayer Junction
South Cton
John Adams
Gen’ Lupi
Gorham, Rogers & CO
Dundee
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