Agricultural Sale Totals From Various Sellers
A catalog of livestock lots with measurements and prices from multiple buyers. F Gosselyn lists 273 lambs at 67 tbs average price 320 dollars each. W&Z H Tozier offers 404 lambs at 70 tbs average 614 cents. O S Hurlburt shows 100 tbs average at 21 ace for 12 sheep and backs. H Merrill sells 300 lambs at 75 tbs and B14c. W Brown offers 800 sheep and lambs at 80 lbs for 5440.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F Gosselyn
W&z H Tozier
O S Hurlburt
H Merrill
W Brown
Maine Cattle Market Sees High Quality Herefords Lead Sale
G Wells led Maine shipments with two-year-old Herefords raised by K B Shephard of Skowhegan promoted as hard to beat by judges Hall Burleigh and Governor Bodwell. Prices ranged with cattle at 700 1200 lbs, several buyers listed across Maine New Hampshire Vermont and Massachusetts, including H Bird & Co Tacdw and J Bollinger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G Wells
Maine
K B Shephard
Second National Bank of
G Gilmore
Libby & Son
H Merrill
W Thompson
Watertown
New England
A S Moulton
Stanton Bros
Cattle Trade and Prices Report From Brighton Market
Dealers faced uneven returns as cattle sales showed mixed weights and prices. Buyers pushed for higher bids while quality varied, with Western dressed beef glutting Boston and impacting home slaughters. sample Brighton sales listed steers from 1250 to 1565 pounds at 41 to 520 cents, plus various other consignments and sellers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Brighton
Farrell & McFlynn
A N Monroe
Flour Market Shows Little Change Amid Dull Trade Conditions
Market reports from October 19 note a largely inactive flour trade with buyers scarce. Demand remains for spring patents on spot, while corn and oats show weakness and mixed grades shift price expectations. Spot business dull yet speculative demand active with diverse carload quotations across No 2 white, steamer and No 3 white oats and various corn lots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bush
Minnesota Bakers
Michigan Stone
Michigan
Market quotes on grains and commodities with export prices
Commodity prices listed for export and domestic sale including corn meal oats rye flour malt hops and millfeed. Figures show fob and on port prices, with spring patents prime for export and New York rollers for export, plus spot rye and various milling grades and delivery terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Canada Superior
Canada
New Ne
Butter and dairy markets steady with mixed regional quotes
The dairy market shows no overall change with steady butter and cheese tones. Eggs, beans, and poultry remain quiet at prior quotations while hay and straw hold firm values. potatoes and sweet potatoes show steady or ample supply with prices near last quotes.
Butter Farm Prices Hold Steady Across Markets
In Chicago butter remains tame and buyers hold the advantage. Cheese retreats to 10 1/2 to 11 cents with little market movement. Eggs stay steady as Western extra sells around 17 171/40 cents. New York butter quiet and cheese dull. State factory eggs at 10 to 11 34 cents. Beans and fried apples show little activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hall & Son
C Libby & Son
I H Libby
C H Merrill
French & Adams
FS Rinball
Townsend
Breck & Wood
Thompson & Son
Scollans
Chicago
New York
State Factory
Traded Produce Prices List From Market Sale
A list of market prices for vegetables and produce including onions maltas tomatoes green tomatoes cabbages beans beets squash hubbards carrots lettuce parsnips turnips white French egg plants celery cauliflower peppers spinach and more with varied unit measures and price points such as 40c per bush 75c per bushel and 275 per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
Market Prices for Fruits and Nuts From Liverpool Report
A Liverpool market bulletin notes quinses scarce at five dollars per barrel while apples are well supplied and demand is quiet. Prices for pears are steady with strong and weak grades noted. Grapes receipts fall and cranberries hold at old quotations. Dried apples moderate in demand. Local fruit prices shown for apples cranberries grapes pears and citrus with varied barrel crate and box quotes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Baldwins
Hubbardstons
Gravenstein
King
Hubbardston
York State
Cranberrles
Cape Cod
Salem Pth
Concord
Isabella
Rebecca
Beurre Bose
Beurre
Sheldon
Sorrento
Palermo
Jamaica
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Baracoa
Meat prices and cuts listed in local provisions catalog
A detailed price list for pork and lard, beef and kness beef, and other fresh meats. Entries include long and short cuts, backs, steans, tongues, hams, shoulders, ribs, bacon varieties, dressed hogs, keesh beef, and cuts such as plate, mutton, and lamb with per unit costs and pack sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gualve City
Market Report Notes on Beef and Veal Prices
The record lists various meat grades with prices per unit, including Chicago mutton choice 6 7e and yearlings 6 7c, Brighton mutton 6 7e, Eastern mutton 6 7ec for choice, with poor to good at b 6c, and Eastern veal good to choice 8 7c, poor to good b 7e.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Brighton
Cotton and Market Report from Liverpool and New York
Liverpool cotton futures opened steady and closed firm with varied October to June spreads. Spot values in Liverpool and New York remained steady to firm as sales receipts and American shipments were noted. Sugar and molasses markets showed quiet demand with refined sugar prices firm and miscellaneous certificates and crude oils reported.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Ponce
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Trade Centre Grain and Market Report Across Cities
New York markets show flour receipts and exports with strong wheat ties. Chicago, Detroit, St Louis, Milwaukee, Cincinnati and Toledo report higher or steady prices across wheat, corn, oats and rye. Provisions and lard move slowly. freight and molasses steady in diverse hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City
Minnesota
Rio
United
Long Island
State
Jersey
Liverpool
Chicago
Detroit
ST. Louis
Milwaukee
Carley
Cincinnati
Toledo
Stock market and livestock prices across major midwestern exchanges
From Cincinnati to Chicago and St Louis on October 19 cattle hog and sheep prices edged down or held steady. Hogs ranged mostly around 340 to 460 in several cities with mixed sentiment. cattle showed varied readings with shipping steers at 275 to 490 and Texas and Western cattle in the 160s to 340s. Receipts were reported at Chicago 14000 cattle and 26000 hogs, Cincinnati hogs 3732, Peoria 1800, St Louis ranges observed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Peoria
Chicago
Texas
Western Rangers
Western
Cotton markets report October shipments and prices
Net receipts and gross values listed for Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile and Savannah. Market steadiness noted with mid to high eight to nine cent ranges and coastwise exports and stock levels provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Savannah
Trade figures across ports and totals for five days
Consolidated net receipts for five days show Britain exports 70 941 and continent totals 6 207. Stock at all unit ports reaches 548 372 with mixed results across Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia New York Baltimore and St Louis lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Continent
Mid — Lea
Charleston
Very Orm
Mit Ge. Sae
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Great Britain
Aes
New York
Cincinnati
E. St. Louis
Britain
London Foreign Markets Report Wheat and Corn Steady
The London market notes a quiet but steady tone with wheat and flour steady on passage to the United Kingdom and continent. At Liverpool and Paris the scene shows firm or quiet prices for wheat, corn and provisions, with futures for No 1 California wheat and Western corn listed and varying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Aris
Liverpool
United Kingdom
California
Paris
Antwerp
Imports and Exports From Havana Rosario and Grand Manan
On October 19, 1887, the steamer Caru Brea carried 15,691 bags of sugar to Havana's Continental Sugar Refinery. Rosario reports schooner Nahum Chapin with 975 bales wool and others, salt day trains with 14,378 bushels of salt. Grand Manan schooner Look-Out logs 11,655 boxes of herring, 7 barrels of pickled herring, and 415 boxes of bloater.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Havana
Caru
Rosario
Nahum Chapin
Charles F Perry
Salt Day
Glidden
Grand Manan
Exports Report From Grand Manan Liverpool and Bear River
Export items listed for October 19 1887 including Grand Manan New Brunswick schooner A J Frank cargo of flour cornmeal beef pork apples onions cranberries Bear River Nova Scotia schooner Lord Mayo cargo of flour middlings Liverpool England steamer Roman cargo of lumber wheat paint canned corn grease cotton waste leather oil cake flour bacon tallow organ lard stearine jewelry steel rum and other goods with quantities noted
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grand Manan
A J Franklin
Bear River
Lord Mayo
Liverpool
Eng
Roman
Staple Goods Receipts Across Railroads in 1887 Trade
Detailed ledger lists receipts for multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Old Colony and New York and New England with quantities of cotton wool flour meal wheat corn oats grease butter eggs cheese leather hides pelts and other staples. The record compiles bales barrels sacks and cars of commodities across lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
Caltekina
Providence Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Bates
Rolla
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Lowell Railroad
Express
Oeoneeray
York
Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town
Bloomington Illinois and Baltimore Maryland advertise boot and shoe buyers. Listings name firms Tucker Smith Adams Carroll Ramsdell Sweet O P Ramsdell Sweet Guthmann Carpenter and Telling as agents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bloomington
Smith
Baltimore
J Mullen, Jr
Tucker, Smith & Co
W C Carroll
Carroll, Adams & Co
Tie
Buffalo
TT Ramsdell
S M Sweet
Ramsdell
Sweet & Co
Bruno
Lil
E F Carpenter
Guthmann
Car- Chie Denter & Telling
Shoe Company Associates Across Cities List
A compiled list of individuals and firms in the shoe trade across multiple U.S. and Canadian cities, detailing names such as Greensfelder Selz Schwab, McGraw Fort Wayne, Reed Jones, Orr Harvey, Goodbar Co, and Laird Ray, with varied company suffixes and locations from Chicago to York and beyond. The items show broad distribution of dealers and manufacturers in the footwear industry during the period.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Greensfelder
Florsheim & Co
Plant
Plant & Marks
Cincinnati
Henry Meis
Meis & Co
Laws & O
Columbus
O Jones
Reed, Jones & Co
Detroit
Mich
J McLogan
Robinson & O
Mieh
McGraw
McGraw & O
Fort Wayne
Ind
Carnahan
Carnnahan & Co
Grand Rapids
Bertsch
Rindge
Tre
Knoxville
Tenn
J A Henson
Haynes, Henson & Co
Lancaster
Penn
J M Davidson
Long & Davidson
Memphis
C H Vogel
Hill & Sons
J M Goodbar
E J Corrington
Goodbar & Co
A B Goodbar
Goodbar
Love & Co
Ve. Macon
J M Dunwoody
Witkowski & Dunwoody
Mansfield
M Weaver
H M Weaver & Co
Nashville
G S Murray
Murray, Dibrell & Co
New York
R Campbell
Powell & Campbell
Omaha
I Stern
Stern & Co
Richmond
Stephen Putney
S Putney & Co
St Joseph
C W Noyes
Noyes, Norman & Co
St Louis
J H Schafer
Schafer, Swarts & C
Lindsley
Orr & Lindsley Shoe Co
W C Walker
Tennent, Walker & Co
T Kelley
Kelley, Goodfellow & Co
W Allen
Claflin Allen Shoe Co
St Paul
Minn
W Freeman
C Gotteain & Co
Savannah
Einstein
Einstein’s Sons
Toledo
B Taylor
American Hand Sewed Shoe Company
Proposals for Cast Iron Water Pipes Boston Water Works
Sealed proposals due November 4 1887 at the Boston Water Board for cast iron water pipes. Bids must include bidder name residence and a $1000 certified check. Contracts awarded to one bidder with execution required within four days of award notice. Delivery starts spring 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
City of
Boston
City Hatt
Boston Water Board
Boston Water Works
City Hall
The
Water Board
Through Service Schedules for Tyne Boston & Lowell Rr
Full timetable details list through and local trains from Boston across New England to Montreal and Vermont points. The notice names Boston stations and agent offices, and lists daily departures to Manchester Concord Bedford Lexington Arlington and many towns with varied morning and evening times. It notes parlor and sleeping car service and that time tables with full information are obtainable at stations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tyne
Boston & Lowell Railroad
Boston
Causeway Street
City
Washington Street
Old State House
Lilten
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Maverhill
Weedsville
Littleton
Bethlehem
Fabyans
Lancaster
Whitefield
Franklin Lebanon
White River Junction
St. Johnsbury
Newport
Sherbrooke
Quebec
Pam
Passumpsic
Wells River
Bristol
Claremont
Montpelier
Essex
Junation
Kearlington
St. Albans
Montreal
Northern RR
Npm
Froston Air Line
Manchester
Concord
N. H
SUN
Vicene
Peterboro
Hillsboro
Wilton
Milford
Amherst
Cireenfield
Nashee
College
Mass
Billerica
Bedford
Lexington
Arlington
Ss. Mellen
Geo. W. Storer
Boston and Maine Through Trains On All Divisions
Rail schedules list vast through service from Boston and Maine lines to Augusta Haymarket Causeway St Rockland Bar Harbor Halifax St John West and Maine destinations. Includes Western Division routes from Manchester North Conway Portland Malden Melrose and beyond with daily and Sunday trains from multiple hubs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Anger
Bar Harbor
St. John
Halifax
Provinces
Causeway’s
Eastport
Cairns
N. B
Portland
Rockland
Castine
Bar Harbors
Haymarket $Q
Lewiston
Manchester
Concord
N. Hi
North—Haymarket Sq
North Conway
Haymarket St
Nmaine Central
Grand "Prank and Finox
Lincoln Railways
Western Division
Moston Station
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danevers
Exeter
Great Falls
Haverhill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Biddeford
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Towell
Malden
Medford
Llam
Melrose Highlands
Stoneham
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Reading
Poe Wakefield
Wilmington
Bover
Lawrence
Branchester
Lowell
Bangor
Breeading and Way
Boston to Amesbury and beyond train timetable excerpt
Eastern Division lists train departures from Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury and many other stops including Beverly Ipswich Lynn Salem and Portland. The schedule shows multiple daily times with special notes for Sunday trains and branch connections. Two officials James T. Furbear general manager and D. J. Flanders general passenger agent are listed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Station
Causeway Street
Amesbury
Beverly
Iddeford
Chelsea
Dover
Everett
Grent Falls
Rochester
Hampton
Beach
North Krampton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Lynn
Biarblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
Tom
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Mevere
Rockport and
Gloucester Branch
Salem
York Marbor & Beach
Kr.i
Pam
Saugus
Swampscott
Wolfeboro
Lynn and Way
Portland
Bangor
St. John
Kalifax
Workingmen
South Reading
Boston
Haymarket Square
City
Washington Street
James T. Furber
D. J. Flanders
Central Massachusetts R R Open to Wa Oct 1887 Schedule
Central Massachusetts Railroad announces new service to Worcester and Wa from Boston starting Monday October 10 1887 with listed daily departures to Ware Marlborough Rutland and nearby towns including Belmont Waverley Wayland Weston and Rockbottom. George W Storer general passenger agent and C Mellan general superintendent oversee the schedule.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Massachusetts
R. R
Boston
Ware
Marre
Rutland
West Boylston
Oakdale
Jde
Badson
SUN
Rockbottom
Sandbury
Wayland
Weston
Waltham
Waverley
Belmont
Aim
Geo. W. Storer
Pags
Mellen
Railroad Schedules From Boston to Cape and Nearby Towns
Timetables list outbound trains from Boston to Fall River line and returning services to Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich and many towns. The notice names GEO L. Connor and J. R. Kendrick as general passenger agent and manager with returns aligned to boat trains and arrival of NY via Fall River Line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Colony
Boston
New Worn
Fall River
Ashmont
Barnstable
Hyannis
Yarmouth
Sandwich
Braintree
Cottage City
East Bridgewater
Brockton
Abington
West Quincy
Eas Weymouth
Weymouth
East Weymouth
East Weyouth
Mattapan
Milton
Neponset
Mattapoisett
Middleboro
Duxbury
Honover
Whitman
Wollaston Heights
Wood’s Hall
Roe Bridgewater
Buzzard’s Bay
Provincetown
Return
Cohasset and Hingham
Cohasset
Ty Return
Hingham
Taunton
Harrison Square
Newport
New Bedford
North Easton
Stoughton
Randopiph
Randolph
Seituate
South Wuxbury
Central Station
Dean Street
New York
Weymouths
Scituate
Marshfield
Muxbury
Plymouth
Plymout
South Braintree
Reurn
Geo
L. Connor
J. R. Kendrick
Gen
Pass
Train Schedules for Boston and Providence Railroads 1887
Train arrangements effective May 30 1887 for Boston and Providence lines list daily departures to New Work New York Providence and local stops with numerous times and return trips. The long schedule covers multiple routes including Shore Line Fast Express Shore Line Mail Steamboat Stonington Line and connections with Providence Pawtucket Canton and other towns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Fall River
Boston
Old Colony
Brooklyn
Jersey
Annex Boat
Pilgrim
Bass Tol
Old State House
Boston & Providence
Shore Line
Steamboat
Providence
Pawtuck CS Es
West Mexburg
Stoughton Avi Canton
Stoughton
Mt. Hope
Arren
Gristol
A. A. Folsom
Also Mentioned on This Page
Maine Cattle, Beef and Store
J H Libby
I C
H Coolidge & Son
NA Tratton
E Fitch
Littlefield
New Hampshire
Aldrich & Johnson
Breck & Woods
J B Sargent
H A Wilcox
J T Keazer
Vermont
B S Hastings
W K Campbell
Hall & Seaver
M G Flanders
W Ricker
F S Kimball
A A Pond
A Williamson
W G Townsend
G H Sprigg
J S Henry
Scattering
L Morse
H G Clements
W Dempsey
G W Wears
Good Western
James A Hathaway
J Bollinger
England
J A Hathaway
Bardwell
Brighton Yards
Astern
Northern Choice
Ohio Choice
Choice
West
Timothy
North
Red Top
East Swale
Houlton Hebrons
Aroostook
Aroostook Hebrons
JY Dusa
Burbanks
Peerless
Island
Hebrons
Virginia
William B. Smart
Baeder, Adamson
Railroads
Hontrual & West
Central Vermont
Eton
Fitchburg
Wagner Palace
Central Vermont R. St
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
New
Stonington
York “S
Boston & Providence Railroad
Washington
State Street
Boston & Providence R. R
J. W. Richardson
ALL River Line
Spaulot
L. H. Palmer
Wilm
Ye Meham
No. Aillerica
SUN My
Gill
Ry Me
Hii
Boston & Maine
PROM
Raileroars
Gemis
Ronvi Cara
Vanis
Nalea Plain
Aay
Aif
Wes
East Foxhire
M. Canton
m. _steadville
Orap
Bodgeville
Lis Ae
Lttleboro
Deve
Sturn
Ena
Ies Ieek
Uy Rhee Oo
Rest Hills
Javo
Bm A Als
Aaren Ts
Ads
Cane da Wenyv
Concord ER. R. and Branch
H. E. Chamberlin
Saye
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