Oat and grain market notes from New York and midwest reports
A dense, era style market roundup lists receipts and shipments for oats, mixed and no grade varieties, peas, and several grains. It cites New York receipts and prices for several grades, Chicago and St Louis activity, plus milled products, malt, hops and cottonseed meal prices, with firm or steady tones and modest demand across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
State
Chicago
St Louis
Milwaukee
Toledo
Waukee
Canada
Michigan
Bush
Choice
Butter and dairy markets hold firm with steady prices
Butter markets remain firm with strong demand for all choice lots and unchanged quotations across Western and Vermont creamery and dairy grades. Cheese, eggs, beans, and produce show steady to firm prices, with notable demand for poultry and hay markets. regional quotes cover New York Chicago and Halifax values for various grades and sizes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vermont
York
Chicago
North Choice
West
New York
Newshire
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Island
Canada
York State
California
North
Clover
Red-Top
Jersey
Ulton Herons
Bush
Houston Rose
Aroostook Hebrons
Aroostook
Hebrons
Burbanks
Virginia
Banana steamer Lorenzo D Baker sails for Boston
The steamer Lorenzo D Baker is due October 25 from Jamaica with bananas oranges and cocoanuts for the Boston Fruit Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lorenzo D Baker
Jamaica
Boston Fruit Company
Fruit Market Report From Jamaica to California Goods
The Progress arrives from Jamaica with banana sales at 90 cents for 8 hands and 50 cents for No 2s. Grapes priced by type with Delawares at 5 6c and Concords at 2 2c. Oranges lemons and pears quoted with Messina Palermo lemons at 1.50 to 4.00 per box and Louise Grane de Jersey pears at 3.50 to 5.50 per bushel. Cranberries unchanged with sales at 83 to 3850 per barrel for choice and 767 per case for fair to good.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamaica
Snow & Co
California
Almeria
Hubbardstons
Sweet
Gravensteins
Snow
Porter
Baldwins
Harveys
Messina
Palermo
Delawares
Concords
Niagaras
Harfords
Dianas
Isabellas
Marthas
Salems
Brightons
Louise Grane de Jersey
Sheldons
Quinces Market Quiet as Supply Remains Strong
Demand for quinces is quiet while the market stays well supplied. Prices quoted show natives at 5 to 6 dollars per barrel and York State at 3.50 dollars per barrel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
York State
Market unchanged in tone and prices for vegetables
Truck market rests steady with listings for squash onions beets carrots lettuce and greens. Prices shown per barrel bush box or dozen include marrow squash 60c per bbl and cucumbers late entries. many items around 40c to $2 per unit with several misprints noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Russia
Chicago Provisions Market Notes and Pork Prices
In Chicago provisions were the feature to day with a local operator having bought January pork line and expectations of higher prices. The pork market shows steady to unchanged prices across long cuts to mess, with specific quotes for lard, beef, and various pork products. New York and Cincinnati markets cited as steady or firmer, while Chicago demand remains active for mess pork and steady lard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
New York
City
India
Continent
South America
St Louis
Cincinnati
Brighton
Cotton Markets Mixed as New York Opens Firm
New York cotton shows gains with middling uplands at 116 and low middling at 914 cents. Futures open firm, close barely steady. Liverpool spot demand rises to 5 15-16d middling. US ports report steady to firm levels across regions while weekly exports and stocks update.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ogohol Sé
Ose Aoo
Eos
Eoe
Vere
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
France
Continent
Mobile
Memphis
Brunswick
Savannah
Charleston
Port Royal
Wilmington
Mid - Norfolk
Mid
Newport
West Point
Cross
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Receps
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
Oil Market Reports Sharp Collapse Amid Heavy Selling
Messrs Higgins, Hathaway & Co report the market as collapsing with prices dropping quickly under heavy selling by Standard brokers. The same parties who released guidance earlier pushed purchases at the close, a manipulation judged by observers as driving the lows.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hige Cie
Edlor Eremoob
Ies
Lee Beer NG Oe Dock
Market Becomes Uncertain as Opening and Closing Figures Lean
Trading notes show mixed signals with opening and closing values listed as highest and lowest. Reported figures include P25 9235 8514 85 percent, sales 6,227,000 barrels, indicating a volatile session and sizable oil movement.
Hog and Cattle Markets Report from Kansas City and Chicago
Stock Yards Kansas City receipts 7090 cattle slow and steady with hogs 8026 receipts slow demand at weak prices. Cincinnati hogs quiet firm common and light 4.25 to 5.40. Chicago cattle receipts 10000 steady with beeves 5.75 and steers 3.10 to 3.40. Hogs lower with mixed 5.35 to 5.70 and tops 5.85. sheep receipts 7000 steady with natives and Texans priced in the 3 to 4 range.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Western Rangers
Sugar Markets Hold Quiet, Prices Steady Across Varieties
New York raw sugars are dull while refined prices stay steady. quotations show Manila and Java grades ranging around 4 to 6 cents for raw and 6 to 8 cents for refined. Molasses firms with fair demand. Porto Rico, Barbadoes, Cienfuegos, Mayaguez values cited. Trinidad at 24 and a half cents for 50 test boiling grades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
Mloilas
Javas
New York
Ponce
Porto Rico
Barbadoes
Cienfuegos
Mayaguez
Trinidad
Market Notes and Prices Across Commodities
Tallow markets show nominal prices with city rendered at 544 and country 442. New York reports stronger demand and higher sales with city at 5 1 16, close 544 5 38 16c. Coffee from New York to Rio weak. fair cargoes at 16c. Turpentine and petroleum in New York: turpentine 46 2 47c, rosin 97 2c at 102, petroleum 65s8 740 with RSW 7 ec. Prices reflect mixed activity across markets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
City
Rio
Chicago
Cincinnati
St Louis
Turpentine and Petroleum
Imports and Exports October 19 1888 Ocean Trade Note
Shipping brief records show Emma R Smith delivering 5010 barrels salt order, Jamaica steamer Progress carrying 133 barrels oranges and 10 000 banana bunches for G H Harding. Brig Clyde reports 8500 bushels salt and Gustavo Reston related transactions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma R Smith
Jamaica
Progress
Exports at Port Antonio and St Pierre in Oct 1888 cargo list
A compiled shipping column records October 19 1888 exports from Port Antonio St Pierre Sydney Brazil Rio de Janeiro Yarmouth NL Buenos Aires Harborville Harborville and Anwerp. Goods include corn oats lumber butterine beans apples flour crates medicine hardware paint clothes and various textiles compiled as stacked cargo quantities for multiple vessels. Names include Marinion Marguerite Princeport W H Fredson and De Ruyter with destinations and cargo totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Port Antonio
Jam
Marinion
ST Pierre
Mig
Brig Marguerite
Sydney
Princeport
Rio DE Janeiro
Brazil
W H Fredson
Yarmouth
Buenos Ayres
Barkentine Arlington
Harborville
Medsna
Bobabior
Nina Tillson
Anwerp
Bel
New York
de Ruyter
Staple Products Receipts Read by Year Oct 19 1888
A partial table lists staple receipts for 1888 and 1887 across items like cotton, wool, butter, oleo, flour, cheese, corn, eggs, oats, beans, cornmeal, potatoes, wheat, hay, malt, peas, leather, tallow, beef, pork, lard, tongues, hides, green and dry, and sugar. Amounts appear in bales, boxes, cases, and barrels, comparing two years with multiple product categories and units.
Railroad Freight Totals by Line Across Vast Commodities
Readable freight entries list quantities of cotton wool flour oatmeal cornmeal oats barley wheat malt feed butter cheese eggs beans bales total cars and larger consignments for multiple railroads including Boston and Albany Grand Junction Boston and Providence Old Colony New York and New England Fitchburg Boston and Maine Eastern Western divisions and related express and sea shipments with numerous tonnage and bag counts across vegetables grains meats and animal products. The data reflects bulk cargo movements by rail and sea during the period with varied unit measures and organizers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Western Division
Rietan & Maine Railroad
Lowell
Express
London Market Reports Wheat and Corn Hold Steady
London Oct 19 cargoes off coast show wheat quiet and corn steady. At Mark Lane wheat quiet while Paris and Liverpool reveal mixed price moves. California wheat prices noted and futures firm alongside steady or firmer values for corn and related commodities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Mark Lane
Calcutta
Paris
Liverpool
California
England
Antwerp
Trade names of shoe firms across the United States
A long list of individuals and firms from multiple states, including Albany New York Addison New York Bloomington New Jersey Cincinnati Ohio Chicago Illinois and more, shows partners and company names involved in shoe trade. The entries cover manufacturers and distributors such as Gramling Spalding Durrell Dovenmuehle Greenfelder Florsheim Dages Rosenberg and many others with locations spanning from Maine to Texas and Florida.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
L Pratt
Smith, Pratt & Herrick
Addison
Cincinnati
J Gates
J Gates & Co
M Richardson
H M Richardson
Cedar Rapids
George
Weeks & Co
Charleston
M Drake
Drake& Sons
Brown
McGahan, Brown & Evans
Chicago
Greensfelder
Greensfelder, Florsheim & Co
Dovenmuehle
HFC
Dovenmuehle & Son
Henderson
CM Henderson & Co
G Leonard
Leonard & Co
Farnum
Farnum & Co
Maine
Culter
Miller, Culter & Co
M. Columbus
Nisbet & O
Tre
Evansville
Ind
G L Dixon
Dixon, Mackey & Co
Fort Worth
Tex
I Goldberg
Martin-Brown Co
Gallipolis
H Andrews
J Dages & Co
Galveston
F Breath
PJ Willis & Bro
Grand Rapids
Mich
C Bertsch
Rindge
Bertsch & Co
Indianapolis
W Rosenberg
Rosenberg
Flexner & Mendel
Louisville
J Streng
Bamberger
Streng & O
L Grauman
Grauman &O
Mansfield
H M Weaver
M Weaver & Co
Memphis
Tenn
B Goodbar
B J Carrington
Goodbar
Love & Co
Wis
M Mei
Hollins, Jr
Hollins, Sons & Co
Nashville
G Thorne
Adams, Thorne & Co
New York City
J E Jacobs
Wallace, Elliott & Co
C S Parsons, Jr
Parsons & Ons
Omaha
Swarts
Schafer, Swarts & Co
St Louis
A H Clark
J M Vimont
Clark Shoe Co
Ies Louis
D B Lindsley
Orr & Lindsley Shoe O
Arm
W C Stribling
Tennent Stribling Shoe Co
St Joseph
W Noyes
Noyes, Norman & Co
V. St Paul
Minn
W Freeman
Gotzian & Co
McCoy
Vance-Hughes Shoe
Wilmington
A French
GR French & Sons
Prepared Food and Digestive Health Warning
A health warning discusses digestion and ongoing harm from overeating. It links regular eating to constipation and dyspepsia, asserting that improper absorption leads to systemic disease and fatal outcomes, cautioning against delays before surgical intervention.
Murdock's Liquid Food Promises Refund and Hospital Benefits
An advertisement touts Murdock's Liquid Food as highly effective for all diseases and surgical patients. It claims free beds in a women’s hospital, low mortality, and rapid blood replacement, with dosing guides, infant use, and prices for suppositories and adult forms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdock
Besges
United States
Europe
Boston & Maine Rail Schedule Oct 21 1888
City ticket office at 218 Washington Street lists through trains on Western and Eastern divisions to Augusta Haymarket square and Causeway street stations with departures at 8 30 am 1 pm 9 am 12 80 and …, including Bangor Bar Harbor St John Halifax Portland Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway and other destinations via Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox Lincoln railways. Weekly steamer connections from Portland on select routes with Monday Wednesday and Friday options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Augusta
Haymarket Sq
Causeway St
Bangor
Bar Harbor
St. John
Halifax
Causeway
Eastport
Calais
N. B
Portland
North Conway Haymarket Sq
Portland—Haymarket Sq
Maine Central
Grand Trunk
Knox & Lincoln Railways
Amesbury
Tom
Beverly
Biddeford
Great Falls
Reochester
Hampton
Beach
North Hampton
Rye Beach
Ipswich
Lynn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Pee
North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Portsmouth
Revere
Reockpor and Gloucester
Salem
York Arbor & Beach
Swampscott
Lao
Wenham
Wolfeboro
Irynn and Way
Newburyport
Trains Depart Boston for Alton Bay and Nearby Cities
Western Division timetable lists trains from Boston Station Haymarket to Alton Bay and towns like Rochester Farmington Andover Exeter Malden Melrose Merrimac and more with numerous departures from early morning to nightly and Sunday services including Dover Haverhill Manchester Portland and Lewiston lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Haymarket Square
Alton Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Mover
Anvers
Exeter
Great Malle
Maverhill
Georgetown
Kennebunk
Biddeford
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Leowell
Malden
Medford
Melrose Highlands
Melrose
Merrimac
North Andover
Newburyport
Meading
Salem
Akefield
Wilmington
Boston to Amesbury and coastal stops train timetable
A dense list of trains from Boston via Causeway Street to Amesbury and other towns including Beverly Chelsea Revere Salem and Portland. Times span early morning to late evening with numerous departures, with notes on branches and special services on Thursdays and Saturdays.
Boston Causeway Street to Hourly Rail Runs Citywide
Timetable listing through service from Boston to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville and more with 9 am 1 pm and 7 pm and additional points including Centre Harbor Wolfeboro North Woodstock Pennigewas sett Valley Branch Isbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster Fabyan's Jefferson Franklin St Ad Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec and Passumpsic White River Junction Wells River Montreal via various lines Also schedules for Manchester Concord Nashua Woburn Arlington and other New England towns plus Sunday trains and Central Mass Division through trains with local and through routes and station information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Causeway Street
Tilton
Laconia
Lake Village
Weirs
Meredith
Ashland
Plymouth
Warren
Haverhill
Woodsville
Centre Harbor
Wolfeboro
North Woodstock
Pennigewassett Valley
Forisbon
Littleton
Whitefield
Lancaster
Fabyan’s and Jefferson
Franklin
Lebanon
Essex Junction
Burlington
St. Albans
Montreal
White River Junction
Northern RR
Boston Air Line
Fabyan’s
Central Division Rail Timetable Fragments
Urban rail schedule outline lists trains between Central Station and many suburbs and destinations including Ashmont, Brockton, East Weymouth, Quincy, Nantasket Beach, Plymouth, Mattapan, Cohasset, Hingham, Middleboro, and more with varied weekday weekend and Sunday services plus special notes like via Brockton and via Taunton.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Central Division
Kneeland Street
New York
Fall River
Ashmont
Sandays
Middleboro
Bridgewater
Brockton
Cohasset and Hingham
Haston
East Bridgewater
Abington
Milton
Quincy
East Weymouth
Fall Rivers
Taunton
Morrison Square
Marshfield
Sea View
Mattapan and
Nantasket Beach
Neponset
New Medford
Sanda
Newcoort
North Easton
Stoughton
Randolph
Plymouth
Duxbury
Reckland
Hanover
Sei- Uates
Shawmut
South Duxbury
Central Station
Deas St
Whitman and Sout Weymouth
Wollaston Heights
Westridgewater
Cochesett
South Easton
Cape Cod Division Sunrise and Sunset Schedule Mess
A list of Cape Cod division locations provides inconsistent times for arrivals and departures across towns including Barnstable Bourne Brewster Chat han Cottage City Fairhaven Hyannis Harwich Monument Beach Mattapoisett Nantucket Provincetown Sandwich Sagamore South Yarmouth Tremont Wellfleet West Barnstable Woods Hall Wareham and Warmouth with repeated 8.15 am and 4.15 pm slots plus several garbled entries, indicating a disrupted timetable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kneeland Street
Buzzards Bay
Barnestable
M. Bourne
Bournedale
Brewster
Cataumet
M. Chatham
Cottage City
Park Sq
New Bedford
Fairhaven
Almouth
Yarmouth
Tremont
Wellfleet
West Barnstable
Woods Hall
Waream
Warmouth
Providence Rail Timetable Summary of Trains and Stops
Providence division timetable lists departures and arrivals across multiple towns and lines including Park Square Station, New Work, Attleboro, Canton Junction, Dedham, Foxboro, Mansfield, North Attleboro, Pawtucket, Meadville, Rumford, Sharon, Stoughton, Wrentham, Warren, Newport, and New Bedford. It notes fifteen weekday trains and four Sunday trains to Providence, with numerous intermediate stop times and service irregularities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Park Square
Attleboro
Issovlaton
Central
Canton Junction
Dedham
Dodgeville
Kas Foxboro
Foxboro
Forest Mills
Hazelwood
Hebronville
Myde Park
Jamasca Plain
Mansfield
Mt. Hope
Clarendon Hills
North Attleboro
Providence
Pawtucket
Meadville
Moxbury
Rumford
India Point
Sharon
Sharer Heights
Spring Street
West Brexbury
Hland
Stoughton Central
Canton
South Walpole
Wrentham
Walnut Hill
Stonehaven
Warren and
Bristol
West Mansfield
Taunton
bNew Edford
Norton
Newport
Wickford
Ox Point Wharf
Timetable of Northern Division trains to Framingham and Marlboro
Boston area timetable lists depart times from Leave Boston and Albany Station for Framingham Marlboro Fayville Southboro Bolton Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg Pratt's Junction and more with multiple departures daily including Sundays. Full details available at Boston stations and Old Colony K R Office No Old State House. J R Kendrick Gen Man and Geo L Connor Gen Pass Agent Boston Oct 22 1888.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Ftst
Fall River
Boston
Qld Colony
Duke
Brooklyn
Jersey City
Keat
Pilgrim
Bristol
Old State House
Old Colony
J. KR. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
Gen'l Pass’r Agt
L. OH. Palmer
Boston & Albany
Knowland Street
Framingham and
Marlboro
Fayville
Southboro
Bolton
Northborpe
Clinton
Leominster
Fitchburg
Pratt's Junction
K.R
J. R. Kendrick
Man’r. Geo. L. Connor
Pass’r
Concord and branches rail schedule changes in 1888
Trains on the Concord R R and branches will run from Boston to Manchester and Concord starting Oct 8 1888 with listed departure times from the 13 and L depot including morning and evening ex, pm and Sunday services. Con forms indicate departures from Concord to Boston and from Boston to Concord with specific times noted.
Also Mentioned on This Page
J E Carter & Co
Washington Street
Medical
Humphreys
Jb. A
Ina Uenza
IFICS
Humphreys’ Medicine CO
Falcon St. N
Fulton St
N. T
Copartnership Notices
George A. Denham
George H. Burt
Boston Provident Association
Chatdon and
Hawkins Streets
William. Hedge
Murdoce Liquid Food CO
Providence Line
Park Square Station
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Reeves
J. W. Richardson
J. W. Miller
C. H. Briggs
Gen. Pass
Pullman
Wagner Palace Cara
Central Vermont RE. R
J. W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Albans
Philadelphia & Reading R. R
New York Depot
N. J
Liberty St
North Ver
Loston A
A. A. McLeod
Ana ‘Anata
C. G. Hancock
Philada
Trenton
Bound Brook
Depot Central R. R
New Jersey
Foot of Liberty
D. m
Depot Philadelphia
Reading R. R
9Th and Greenests
New England
Summer Street
Railroads
Boston & Maine Railroad City
State Street
Dover
Amy
Lawrence
Manchester
Loewell
Lewiston
Boston Station
aVia Saugus
South Reading
Lowell System
Concord
N. H
Keene
Peterboro
Hillsboro
Hillsvoro
Wilton
Milford
Amherst
Greenfield
Nashua
Billerica
M. Lawrence
Walnut Haim
Stoneham
Woburn
Slam
Winchester
West Medford
College Hill
Winter Hill
Mass
Reformatory
Mbedtora
Lexington
Arlington
Bedford
Stoneham and Way
Lexington and Way
Woburn and Way
Winchester and Way
Manchester and Concord
C Express
Central Mass
Portland Street
Northampton
Hadley
Belchertown
Bondsville
Jare
Guilbertville
Barre
Rutland
Oakdale
West Boylston
Worcester
Berlin
Hudson
Sudbury
Rockbottom
Wayland
Weston
Waltham
Waverley
Belmont
Waltham, Hudson and Way
James T. Furger
D. J. Flanders
Gen’l Pas’r
Fall River Line
Shore Line
Orgery
Old Slax Ouse
Cape Cod
Concord RE. KR
Turing
HE. Chamberlay
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