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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 18, 1889

Page

7

Spot market and futures for grains and staples report

Spot market shows light demand and small offerings with mixed futures as No 2 yellow and white grains quote around 44 to 45 cents, while Oats hold steady near 31 cents on track and 34 to 35 cents on refined. New York and Chicago receipts show weaker tones, with No 2 Chicago around 58 to 58.5 cents and No 2 white near 39 to 40 cents on ship.

Chicago New York St Louis State Michigan Canada

Market for beans and poultry shows steady demand and low prices

Receipts of foreign beans are large with good quality. prices for domestic lots are lower. Market closes quiet and steady. Poultry supply rising, most arrivals at easy prices. turkeys up to 17c for extra fine lots. Prices listed for various beans, peas, potatoes, sweet potatoes, hay, straw, and grass seeds reflect a generally soft market with ample supply.

New York Vermont California Lima Choice Canada Nova Scotia Island Houston Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Hebrons Aroostook Vermont Rose Burbanks Brunswick New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Stars Norfolk Jersey Timothy Western Clover Northern Red Top

Receipts and Market Report for Butter and Dairy Goods

Receipts today list butter 8612 tubs 2366 boxes, cleo 1995 pkgs, cheese 2933 boxes, eggs 4 bbls 1672 cases, beans 127 bbls, potatoes 9 cars, sweet potatoes 340 bbls, hay 54 cars, straw 8 cars. Last year totals are given for comparison. Butter market seen weak with limited supplies and mixed quality. Western creameries prices steady to lower. export demand quiet. Cheese and eggs also show softer or steady pricing with regional variations.

Cleo Elgin New York Chicago Franklin County Creamery Vermont Choice Island New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Michigan Canadas

Market Prices for Fresh Produce Across Malta and Nearby Areas

A price survey shows ample supply of various vegetables and fruits with demand remaining steady. Items listed include Malta onions 75 cents per basket, Spanish onions 87 or 44 cents per crate, carrots 40 cents per box, lettuce 50 cents per box, white cabbage 1 25 per bol, peppers 1 25 per bush, Lima beans 1 2 per bush, tomatoes 1 1 25 per bush, greens 50 to 65 cents per box, pumpkins 75 cents per box, squash and Huey varieties priced, tubers like beets and parsnips in 50 to 65 cents range, and large tonnages for Hubbard and turban varieties alongside celery and cauliflower.

Malta White Cape St Andrews

Apples and Citrus Markets Steady Amid Mixed Supplies

The fruit market shows firm prices for choice apples with steady demand. fat apples scarce and several varieties like Baldwins and Hubbardstons selling well at wholesale. Oranges and lemons price ranges noted, Sicily lemons weak, Malaga lemons fair. Grapes and pears well supplied with steady demand, cranberries quiet, and quinces priced at market levels.

Baldwins Hubbardstons Ben Davis Snow Michigan Harveys Florida Malaga Delawares Concords Brightons Salems Isabellas Marthas New York Niagaras Seckle Beurre Bose Cape Cod

Steamers to arrive with sweet potatoes and peanuts

The Norfolk boat due Friday carries 230 barrels of sweet potatoes and 80 bags of peanuts, awaiting docking and unloading.

Norfolk

Market Report Shows Mixed Tallow and New York Prices

The tallow market remains firm with demand not very active and sales around 4 percent. In New York prices ease with city pack prices at $2 and a 4 4c range for packages, reflecting softer trading and selling activity.

Chicago Brighton New York City

Market Summary Hog and Cattle Prices Across Cities

Kansas City market reports steady cattle with steers at 320 to 425 dollars and cows around 125 to 300, hogs weak with heavies 390 to 405, sheep at 325 to 400. Cincinnati hogs firm with receipts 2401. Chicago cattle receipts 14 000 with beef options 350 to 490, hogs steady to lower, sheep 1100s to 1400s with varied regionals.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas Western Rangers

Cotton prices steady in New York and Liverpool markets

New York cotton is steady with bids for uplands at 7 13-16 cents and middling around 10 9-16 cents. Futures opened easy and closed steady. Liverpool listings show easy prices with dull activity and firm closes. Multiple U.S. ports report receipts, stocks, and sales at varied levels, with Boston, Savannah, and New Orleans noting easy to steady tones while Charleston and Wilmington show dulling demand.

New York Jaduaty Cc Ices Sav Svassahoaoe Liverpool Augusta Galveston Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Mid West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati St Louis Louisville France United States

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugar receipts reach 2204 barrels today, up from last year, with raw sugars steady. Quotes cover Cuba, Manila, Iloilo, Javas and refined grades. Molasses receipts total 87 barrels and 50 puncheons, market unchanged. Ponce and Cienfuegos grades listed. New Orleans market noted as dull.

Cuba Manilas Iloilos Javas New York New Orleans

Miscellaneous market notices and rates from 1944

Coffee New York Rio quiet as fair car moves. Whiskey markets stable at 102 dollars. Turpentine and petroleum in New York show turpentine at 47 4 cents, resin 105 110, tar 275. Petroleum percent at 7 50c, ASW at 7c and cases.

New York Rio Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Imports and Exports at Yarmouth and Halifax Steamer Lists

Shipping cargo manifests from Yarmouth NS Halifax NL Economy NS Port Antonio Jamaica and Boston Fruit Co detail diverse goods. Entries name steamboats and consignors with boxes bales crates and barrels of fish meat butter eggs potatoes tea lobsters and citrus, plus quantities and vessel names.

Yarmouth John Jall & Co Halibut Barclay & Co Clements Delong & Seaman Griffin Hutchinson Batchelder S Ellis & Co

Exports October 17 1889 from Paspebiac and Liverpool Inward

Export items listed for Pasperiac via Arichat and Land River Nova Scotia include flour beef meal lard kerosene and beef products. Liverpool Scythia cleared October 11 carries domestics lard beef tongues butter cotton and other commodities totaling thousands of units and several cases of hardware leather and meals.

Pasperiac Arichat

Foreign Markets Report on London and Liverpool Wheat Prices

London and Liverpool cargoes show wheat firmness with quiet demand. Paris markets quiet. Liverpool spot wheat inactive while breadstuffs rise modestly. prices list Winter and Spring wheat, club wheat, and American corn. Futures for wheat and corn very quiet. October and November quotations noted.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California

Daily Express Schedules Highlight Luxury Cars

The notice details a 4.00 p.m. daily limited express with elegant drawing room cars and electric lighting, and a corresponding 11.00 p.m. daily service offering new sleeping cars for passenger comfort.

Aeraee Cincinnati Chicago Buffel Albanwy Syracuse Mochester Buffalo Niagara Falls Detroit Michigan Central He. B Cleveland Tuledo Lake Shore Michigan Southern St. Louis Big _Pear Toledo Albany Hartford New Haven New York Ars Limited

Eastern Division Passenger Timetable Overhaul Readout

Public timetable listing for the Eastern Division shows city stops including Portland Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Greater Falls Hampton Ipswich Lyon Marblehead Newburyport North Conway Portsmouth Mockport Salem Swampscott and others with listed departure times across morning midday and evening, along with notes on branches and service lines. The document references multiple routes such as Portland Bangor St John Halifax Via Saugus Branch and Via South Reading Branch and mentions Workingmen's train and station in Boston Haymarket square.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Banger and Bar Bmarter Concord N. H Upper Gonads Lewiston Haymarket Manchester St. John St. Andrews Balifax the Provinces Haymarket St Maine Central Grand Trank Knox Lincoln R. Rs. Haymarket Sq Mockland Castine Deer Isle Sedgwick South West Harbor Bar Garber Mill Bridge Machinsport Portland Eastport Galais Nbb White Mountain Division Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville Campton Village Woodstock Pessigewasset Valley Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster Jefferson Twin Mt Bethlehem Fabyan St. Johnsbury Newport Passumpeic R.R Wells River Lake Champlnain R.R H. E. Chamberlin F. E. Brown G. P. A. Geo W. Storer Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Great Falls Rochester Hampton Beach Nerith Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich M. Lyon Marblehead Swampscott Wranch Newburyport North Conway Portsmouth Mockport and Gloucester Branch Salem York Harbor & Beach B.A Swampscott Oleboro Lynn and Way Newburypoort Poertland Bangor Halifax P . Salem Saugus South Reading Boston Haymarket Square

Sunday Train Timetable Fragments Across New England

Readable lines show varied train times and routes from Keene to Concord including Nashua Lowell Stoneham Woburn and Winchester with Sunday services and via Bedford. Numerous times listed for morning afternoon and late evening trains reflect an incomplete timetable.

Pain Billerica Is m. Lawrence Seeman Oy Ses M. Woburn Winchester Concord Heron — Ketformatory Bedford

Central Massachusetts Division Train Schedule Notes

Train departures from Boston Station and Caugaway Street list stops at Northampton Hadley Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester and nearby towns with multiple daily times including morning and afternoon windows. Frequent connections reference Hudson Sudbury Meckbotteom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont and Belmont branches with varied slots.

Central Massachusetts Boston Caugaway Street Portland Street Northampton Hadley Amherst Belcher Town Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylecqn Worcester Climton Berlin Hudson, Co. Sudbury Meckbotteom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont

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