Commodity price roundup across rye markets and related feeds
Markets show rye steady with No 1 New York at 78¢ to 79¢ in small lots. Chicago No 2 rye at 54¢. St Louis No 2 rye at 51 1/4¢. Milwaukee No 1 rye at 56¢. Peoria No 2 at 54¢. Canada six rowed No 1 at 103, No 2 at 97¢. two rowed State 80 35¢. Midfeed boot goods: spring bran 18.75–19.50 per ton. sack spring 18.50–18.75. sack winter 19.25–19.50. Michigan bran 19 per ton. middlings 19.50–24.50. Prime cottonseed in sacks old 26, new 24.50–24.75. November shipment 24.50–24.75. Hops prices mixed: New York 1888 28–30¢, 1887 17–18¢, common 12–16¢.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
St Louis
Milwaukee
Peoria
Barry
Canada
Michigan
Bush
Choice
West
Vermont
Ermont
Elgin Creamery Extra
Western Creamery
St Albans
Elmont
New Hampshire
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Island
York State
California
Jersey
Aroostooks
Houlton Hebrons
Houlton Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook
Vermont Hebrons
Burbanks
Hebrons
Virginia
Butter Price Rises Smooths Market. Creameries Dominate
Butter prices rise two cents sparking firmer tone across the West and East markets. Western creameries fetch 26c, Northern creameries 27 28c, with demand for choice creameries strong while lower grades remain plentiful. Cheese and eggs show steady to firm tones. beans and potatoes reflect firm demand with mixed regional quotes.
Banana steamers schedule for Jamaica bananas to firms
The steamer Progress is due Oct 18 with Jamaica bananas for G H Harding. The steamer Marmion is due Oct 17 with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Progress
Jamaica Bananas
G H Harding
Boston Fruit Company
Fruit and Produce Prices at Auction Today
Snow and Co sold Almeria grapes at 1.70 per unit as prices held steady for apples with choice eating in demand. Lemons and oranges showed steady markets with Messina Palermo lemons at 1.50 to 4.00 per box and Jamaica oranges at 5.50 per barrel. Delaware and Concord grapes, pears including Louise Bonne de Jersey and Beurre d’Anjou quoted, while pears and crab apples noted firm or steady with limited demand across grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snow & Co
Almeria
Hubbardstons
Gravensteins
Snow
Pippins
Porter
Baldwins
Harveys
Messina
Palermo
Jamaica
Delawares
Catawbas
Concords
Niagaras
Harfords
Dianas
Isabellas
Marthas
Salems
Brightons
Louise Bonne de Gorse
Sheldons
Beurre d’Anjou
Bush
York State
Market Report on Vegetables and Prices
The market is well supplied with demand noted at quotations. Prices include New marrow squash 50c per barrel, turban squash 75c per barrel, Bay State turban 31 per barrel, Savoy cabbage 50c per barrel, red cabbage 1.25 per barrel, onions 1.75 to 2 per 200-pound barrel, beets 40c per bush, lettuce 50c per dozen, turnips 40c per box, and green corn 1.25 per barrel, among others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Russia
Surgical Hospital for Women Opens 114 Bed Unit
The Surgical Hospital for Women promotes rapid recovery through a streamlined program. The facility, the largest of its kind in the United States, offers 114 beds all free and focuses on minimizing blood loss and nervous shock during operations. Patients follow a condensed nutritive diet and use Murdock's Liquid Food before meals and at night, with Raw Food Suppositories for constipation after surgery. Each adult suppository delivers 12 Dr. Murdock's Liquid Food.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Murdock
Murdock Liquid Food Promoted For All Ages
Patients discharged show gains in health vitality and weight. The remedy is marketed as a liquid food adaptable to all ages in health or disease. It claims to make new blood faster than any food and contains no insoluble matter drugs minerals sakte or acids.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdock
Classified Produce Prices in a Local Market
A jumble of orchard and market items lists prices per box and per dozen for green tomatoes cauliflowers celery parsnips eggplant citron melons pumpkins and barberries. Prices range from 25c to $2 per box or dozen with miscellaneous items and unclear values. The fragment suggests a print ad style price sheet from a late 19th or early 20th century newspaper.
Provisions Market and Meat Prices Reported Across Regions
The market for pork, beef, and other meats is reported steady or lower in major hubs. Prices listed include long cuts 19 19 25, backs 1950 2000, lard 11 4 12 c, fresh ribs 10 42 11 c, and various hams and sausages. Regional notes cite New York quiet pork at 1625 1685, Chicago lower mess 1450, and Cincinnati pork quiet at 15 50 with weak lard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Brighton
Cotton market summary from New York and Liverpool trades
New York cotton quiet at 9 11-16 cents middling uplands with sales of 581 bales and futures opening and closing steady. Liverpool spot demand steady at 5 1/16 to 5 1/4 pence for middling and Orleans. futures show a mixed open and firm close across contracts. Major U.S. and port markets report receipts, exports, and stock levels with generally steady to firm mid prices and varied regional activity.
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New York
Monlay
Ogigded Vewcaes Ti Icbe
Seccaee
Janus Victossiscce
Sscceess
Owe Ees Ee Lcos O
Sreke Nes Les
Scvceess
Liverpool
Orleans
Augusta
Goa
Midge
New Orleans
Great Britain
Coastwise
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Mid Vic
West Point
Philadelphia
Baltimore
France
Continent
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
HOG AND CATTLE MARKETS
Market reports from St Louis Peoria and Chicago show firm hog prices and steady cattle values across multiple regions. Receipts volume noted for hogs cattle and sheep with buyers and shippers quoting steady to active demand and varied prices for heavies lights and pigs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Peoria
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Western Rangers
Sugar market quotes steady for raw and refined sugars
Sugar markets show steady to firm demand with various grades and regions quoted. Cuba raw refining at 64c for 2cc centrifugals. Javas Nos 10 to 11 at 64a 6M%c. pulverized 8s c, powdered 8c, granulated 75sec, confectioners A 7sc, standard A 7sc, Belmont A 7%c, extra 6%4.¢, yellow 64cc. New York raw easier, refined unchanged. Porto Rico new crop 86 38cc gal, arbadoes 26 30c, Cienfuegos 23.27c, Mayaguez 30 35c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
New York
Ponce
Porto Rico
Arbadoes
Cienfuegos
Mayaguez
Mixed Market Notes From New York City and Chicago
Tallow market marks old prices as nominal with weak dull tones and city rendered at 542c. Coffee New York Rio shows stronger demand with fair cargoes around 16 14¢. Whiskey Chicago market remains steady as buyers assess supply and pricing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York
New York
Rio
Chicago
Market report: turpentine and related commodities volatile
The market shows St Louis and Cincinnati active at 114 dollars, turpentine NY closes 4554 with resin 9742c and tar nominal. Petroleum closes at 65s 714c, RSW at 75s%c, and cases at 95c.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Louis
Cincinnati
Tupentine and Petroleum
New York
Watertown Union Live Stock Market Week Ending Oct 16 1888
Market report from Watertown Union Live Stock Market with prices and sales for beef store cattle sheep and lambs hogs hides and pelts. Notable sales include Western natives 1300 lbs at 65 per cent of live weight and various yard bids, with premiums from Maine cattle and a general softer demand for common cattle and sheep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Dow & Moulton
Breck & Wood
Imports and Exports Oct 16 1888 Burgio NF
Imports and exports listing goods and consignments from various firms to Liverpool and other destinations, detailing quantities of codfish wool flax wines dried fruits hides and oils among others, with many firms like Kidder Weabody Co Barin Bros Co and J H Sears & Co represented in the record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burgeo
Pierce & Robertson
Newton
Isros & Co
Jenkins & Co
Drexel & Co
Exports Ledger From Oct 16 1888 Sydney and Ports
A detailed export list records Bark Annie W Western cargo and numerous items including kerosene oil, plaster, chairs, nails, scales, wagons, organs, and hardware across Sydney NS Buenos Aires Yarmouth Kingston and other ports. The long inventory lists hundreds of cases, bbls, crates, feet of lumber, and assorted goods with multiple destinations and vessels such as Steamer Sverre and Schooner Gamma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Nsw
Annie
Buenos Ayres
Sverre
Yarmouth
Cusehold
Paysandu
Uruguay
Bridgewater
Barkentine
Stephen G Hart
Kingston
New York
Hondo
Cheverie
Gamma
Henry Lippett
Receipts From Railroads Show Diverse Freight Lists
A dated ledger itemized receipts for three railroads Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston and Providence and Old Colony listing quantities of wool flour cornmeal beans bacon pork sugar tea butter leather hides skins and other goods with hundreds of units across bales barrels boxes and cars, reflecting extensive freight activity on October 16, 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pkys
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
Railroads Stock Reported in Heavy Freight Totals
A condensed list records quantities hauled by New York and New England Railroad Boston and Maine divisions and other lines. Totals cover bales, bbls, tons, cars, and various farm and manufactured goods including cotton wool flour tea butter eggs potatoes leather and hides across multiple consignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York & New England Railroad
Fitenburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Lowell
Foreign Markets Detail Cables From London to Paris
London reports wheat easier with two cargoes sold and one awaiting sale. California wheat quoted at 42s while Liverpool notes dull demand, quiet English markets, and lower winter wheat prices. Prices for wheat futures, corn futures, and continental spot markets provided with receipts and notes on weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane
California
Liverpool
Great Britain
India
Antwerp
Paris
Executrix cites Boston probate for Suffolk shares license
FROLINE E STEARNS executrix of a Nashville deceased presents a petition in Davidson County styled probate court to license her to receive or sell shares of Leston and Albany Railroad Company in Suffolk County Massachusetts. A citation directs appearance in Boston October 29 1888 and publication in the Boston Post for three weeks. GEORGE register signs the notice. A second citation from trustee GEORGE M JOY seeks allowance of the first account. Appearance set for November 5 1888 at ten in the forenoon with similar publication requirements in the Boston Pest.
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Froline E
Stearns
Faoline Stearns
Nashville
Davidson County Court
Davidson
Tennessee
Suffolk
Leston & Albany Railroad Company
Boston
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
George M. Joy
Rebecca Joy
Boston Pest
Massachus Setus
Supfolk
Patrick J. Dwyer
Emma J. Dwyer
Aenen
Elwah George
Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route Schedule
Timetable lists trains leaving Boston Passenger Station for Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction and east routes with multiple departures daily including palace car and parlor services. Stops include Ayer Junction Belmont and Waverley Cambridge Concord Fitchburg Gardner Greenfield Marlboro Nashua Shelburne Falls and other points with varied morning, afternoon, and evening times.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fitchburg Railroad
Hoosac Tunnel
Boston
Causeway Street
Troy
Albany
Reotterdam Junction
Ae Albany
Binghamton
Be Tre
Chicago
Niagara Falls Short Line
Erie and Koestom
St. Louis
Niagara Falls
Michigan Central RR
Palace
Grand Trunk Railway
Carter Troy
Hinghamton
Ayer Junction
SUN
Belmont and
Waverley
tSrattlebeare
Miller’s
Cambride
Concord
Fitchburg
Gardner and Miller
Greenfield
Hooesick Falls
Johnsonville
Lincoln
Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard—s
Nashua
N. HM
North Adams
Williamstown
North Leominster
Saratoga—s
Shelburne Falls
Ae Albans
Winchendon
Jatirey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Kurtington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Montreal
Ogdensburg
Saratoga
All Pointy
Delaware & Hadgon Canal Company
R. Kk
Ches
Washington Street
C. A. Faxon
A R. Stewart
Keene, N
Cape Cod Bus Schedules From Kneeland Street to Buzzards Bay
A series of Cape Cod division timetable entries lists routes from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and towns such as Barnstable Bourne Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Fairhaven Hyannis Marion Provincetown Sandwich Yarmouth and others with departure and return times mostly around 9.00 am 4.15 pm and 12 m, including several via Woods Hall and New Bedford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneeland Street
Buzzards Bay
Barnstable
Bourne
Bournedale
Brewster
Cataumet
Chatham
Cottage City
New Ledford
Fairhaven
Halmouth
Hyannis
R Marwich
Monument Beach
Mattapoisett
Marion
Nantuckest
Woods Hall
Provincetown
Sandwich
Laramore
Yarmouth
Cremont
Wel
West Barnstable
Areham
Providence Divisions Train Timetable Fragments
A dense list of train times and destinations including Providence New Work and various stations such as Attleboro Mevyiston Readville Foxboro Forest Hills and Newport via Wickford. The schedule shows weekday and Sunday patterns with numerous arrival and departure times throughout the day.
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Murdock Liquid Food CO
Gainsborough Street
Huntington Avenue
National Medical Societies
Murdock Liquid Food
J E Carter & Co
Watertown Union Live
George J. Fox
Union Market
Watertown
Kenfield
Combs & Farrar
D E Blanchard
KBEN
Massaonhu
Magnus Lefstrom
Catharina C, Leystrom
Admx
Patrick H. Kelley
Patrick H. Kelley, Jr
Admr
Otlce
Michael Gunning
Leland
John H. Regan
Elizabeth T. Regan
Mary E. Welsh
Loston
Patrick J. Welsh
Charles Burcham
Harriet L. Burcham
Michael J. McKay
James A. McGrough
Otvice
Lavinia RE. Page
Eliha G. Loomis
Women’s Educational and Industrial Union
Oylston Street
Mass
Railroads
Fall River
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Annex Boat
Pilgrim
Bristol
Old State House
J. R. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
Gen’'s Pass
R Agt
H. Palmer
Montreal & West
Pullman
Vin Fitchburg
Wagner Palace
Central Vermont
Philadelphia & Reading A. R
New York Depot
N. J
Liberty St
North Riwar
Ayywae
Boston Connect
A. A. McLeod
Gen. Mer
J Iluagh
Lepeuss
C. G. Hancock
Gen. Pass
Philada
Philadelyria
Trenton
Bound Brook
Philadelphea
Depot Central R. R
New Jersey
Foot of Liberty
Depot Philadelphia & Reading R.K
Ath and Greenests
New England
Providence
East’ End Union Depot
Providence & Worcester
R.R. Bune
Iss
Springfield
Pittefield
Pittstiet
North Atlama
Hudson
Palmer
Ware River Branch
Ker
Hartford
New Haven
Keston
Worcester
New Maven
Siem
Millbury
North Grafton
Westboro
Soeutieville
Cerdaville
Ashland
Wilford
South Framingham
Saxonyville
Natick
Wellesley
Wellesley Hille
Newton Lower Falls
Great Newton
L. Pu
Newtonville
Faneuil
Alliston
Cottage Farm
Brookline
Ce Street
Y. Ein«le
Pu. Newton
Newton Fedighlands
Riverside
Hooston
Wellesley Filils
Newton Highlands
Poston
Hanson
da. T. Gallup
Union Square
Somerville
J.cv
Waltham
Mt. Auburn
Laily
Miller’s Falls
tChange
Hoosack Tunnel
Pulls Woon
John Adams
J. Whitmore
J.R. Watson
Cheshire
Central Vermont Railroads
Ottawa
Providence Line
Park Square Station
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Reeves
Park Square
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
C. H. Briggs
Fall River Line
Shore Line
Old Staw Ousc
Middleborn
Brockton
Cohasset and Hinzham
Easton
East Bridgewater
Abington
East Milton
Quincy
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Taunton
Harrison Square
Marshfield and
Sea View
Pmiddleboro
Nantausket Beach
Neponset
Bedford
Newport
North Easton
Stouighten
Randolph
Plymouth
Duxbury
Heckliand
Hanover
Scituate
Shawmut
South Braintree
South Duxbury
Central Station
Dean St
Whitman
South Weymouth
Wollaston Heights
Westridgewater
Cochesett
South Easton
Cape Cod
Attleboro
Mevyiston
Central
Beslindale
Gcanton Junction
Dedham
Dodgeville
Foxboro
Foxboroe
Forest Hills
Hazelwood
Hebronville
Bride Park
Mansfield
Mt. Hope
Clarendon Hills
North Attlebears
Pawtucket
Readville
Moxbury
Rumford
India Point
Sharon
Sharon Heights
Spring Street
West Roxbury and Midland
Stoughton Central
Canton
South Walpole
Wreatham
Walnut Hill
Stonehaven
Warren and Gristol
Manefield
Wickford
Fox Point
Central iv
Northern Division
Framingham
Amariboro
Oes Fayville
Southboero
Bolton
Northborea
Joe Leominster
Pratt’s Junction
R.R
J. RK
Kendrick
Gen
Man
Geo, L. Connor
Pass’r
Concord ER. BE
B. and
Manchester
N. H
N.H
H. BE. Chamberlin
Baps
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