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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 22, 1889

Page

7

Market Review of Wheat and Grains Across Cities

Receipts and prices for No 2 white and other wheat grades show a weak market. Chicago St Louis and New York reports indicate dull demand, lower quotes, and rising stock levels, with futures bids largely unsettled. oats, rye, barley, and millfeed also steady if subdued, while rice and hops remain quiet with modest transactions.

Chicago C. St Louis Smit Bush Boson & Albany Oosac New York White State St Louis Graham Canada Michigan

Market report details wholesale butter cheese eggs and produce

Receipts list volumes by item across butter oleo cheese eggs beans potatoes sweet potatoes hay straw and more with last year comparisons. Notes butter demand steady while Elgin dispatch awaited. prices quoted for Western and New York Vermont creamery and dairy goods with varying grades and jobbing adjustments.

Elgin New York Vermont Cannon Chicago Liverpool Cantona Choice Island Province Vermost New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Island Michigan Canadas York California Lima Houlton Hebrons Houlton Rose Aroostook Rose Hebrons Stars Burbanks Chenangoes Jersey

Fruit Market Prices and Steady Apple Receipts This Week

Wholesale apple prices show steady demand with large arrivals expected. Kings at 3 to 3.50 a barrel, Hub bardstons 2 to 2.50, Ben Davis 2.50, Snow 2.50 to 3.50, Baldwins 2.50, Michigan greens 3, Tasman sweets 3, mixed lots 2.50 to 3, Harveys 3 per barrel. Oranges Jamaica scarce with 6 to 25 per barrel, lemons steady with 4 to 6 per box. Grapes and pears vary by variety with several price points. Cranberries quiet, Quinces steady with full prices.

Hubbardstons Pound Ben Davis Snow Baldwins Michigan Michigan Tasman Harveys Jamaica Sicily Florida Delawares Concords Brightons Salems Isabellas Cape Cod Oy Bush New York

Steamer Charles Morand Arrives With Jamaica Bananas

The steamer Charles Morand is due Thursday carrying Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Charles Morand Jamaica Boston Fruit Company

Large Almeria grape sales expected this week in New York

Fruit dealer E L Goodsell through Brown and Seccomb of New York plans daily grape consignments totaling 2775 barrels today and larger quantities through Thursday marking the biggest weekly volume this season. Auction houses Harris & Co and Snow & Co report varied grape and fruit prices and upcoming offerings including Muscat Emperor Concord oranges and figs.

E L Goodsell Messrs Brown & Seccomb New York Almeria Harris & Co Snow & Co Concord

Market report on pork products and meat prices

Receipts list beef and pork volumes by pack, with tallow and lard stocks. Pork and pork products show steady demand with varied prices. quotes cover mess, extra prime, lean ends, sausages, bologna, bellies, and hams. Regional prices move between 4% and 13 1/2 cents per pound, with noted shifts in New York and Chicago markets.

Market Report for Hog and Cattle Markets in Kansas City and Chicago

Kansas City cattle and hog markets steady with feeders and stockers around 32 to 35 for cattle and 390 to 405 for hogs. Cincinnati hog demand steady at 3.25 to 4.35, receipts about 4,160. Chicago reports steady to higher cattle with beeves at 460 to 500 and hogs lower to mixed 3.85 to 4.40. receipts 13,000 cattle and 30,000 hogs. sheep receipts 10,000 with natives and Westerns trading 3.50 to 5.00 and lambs at 4.50 to 5.80.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Texas Western Rangers

Cotton Markets Face Mixed Trade Across Cities

New York dull with 265 bales sold, grades from ordinary to middling quoted, futures opened steady and closed barely penny. Liverpool and other markets show mixed futures with steady to barely steady closes as receivers report varied cotton receipts, exports, and stock tallies across Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, and Savannah.

New York Augusta Galveston Great Britain New Orleans Continent Mobile Mid c. Memphis Savannah

Maritime Trade Totals Across Ports and Regions

Consolidated three day net receipts total 107,089 with exports to Great Britain 46,814 Continent 16,495 and overall stock at all United States ports 507,738. Individual ports show varied net receipts gross figures and exports including Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville with mixed statuses from firm to quiet and mid prices.

Rta Continent Charleston Centient Wilmington Great Britain Norfolk Mid West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Mid Ion New York Cincinnati Mid Lodge St Louis Louisville United States

Sugar and Molasses Market Report Snapshot

Sugar receipts today total 1422 barrels versus 295 last year. Raw sugars remain nominal with Cuba, Manila, Iloilo, Java bids and refined sugar prices steady to firm. Molasses receipts 180 barrels and 239 hogsheads with New crop Porto Rico and Ponce quotes varying by grade. New York trade described as quiet.

Cuba Manilas Iloilos Javas New York Porto Rico Ponce Cienfuegos Barbados

Mixed Commodities Markets Report

Coffee between New York and Rio remains quiet and steady with fair cargoes noted. Whiskey markets steady. Turpentine and petroleum in New York show turpentine closing around 48 44 to 49 0, rosin at 105 110, tar at 275, petroleum trading at 7.46 cents, with RSW at 7 cents and cases at a nominal figure.

New York Rio

Imports of Liverpool and London Goods Oct 21 1889

Shipping list from London and Liverpool ports showing extensive consignments including machinery leather goods woolen and jute products paper stock cement beer and wine crates boxes and cases, with totals from firms such as Wisaker Co C H Graves & Sons J B Moors & Co Baring Bros & Co and Weeks & Potter among others. Major items include cement sacks timber and hardware, hundreds of bags and casks, and numerous cases of domestic and industrial wares.

London Durham City Wisaker & Co Hartwell King & Co Moors & Co T. Ware Carter, Dinsmore & Co Bendy Winshburn & Moen Manly Jones & Co Hayes & Co Baring Bros & Co Sheldon & Co Shellac Baring Bros & Co Cole & Co S Morgan & Co Liverpool B . Clark & Co John E Cassidy Richards & Son Pierce & Co Dame & Co Stanley & Son Portland Margretton & Co Robert Butterworth Keach & Co Haberdasher & Trown & Co Houghton & Dutton Abram French & Co Reed & Barton Taunton Clark, Sawyer &Co Worcester Sturtevant Mill Co Oliver Ditaon Dennison Mig Co Richard Briggs Sanver & Bach Little, Brown & Co Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Kendall, Burrows & Co Elson & Co Hughes Wall River Heath & Son Folsom Nate & Newall Birch Bros

Tablecloths and goods in blue, ship cargo list

A long table of items and consignments from various firms lists tablecloths yarns machinery and hardware alongside casks steel wire books ceramics canned goods and livestock products. Named entries include Thos Mach F Hovey J J Murdoch Saco Water Power Machine Shop and many others with quantities such as 110 canks 88 casks 849 boils 505 cases and 335 boxes detailing a comprehensive inland and coastal trade shipment across multiple firms and ports including Yarmouth Nova Scotia and Rosario Argentina.

Hovey ¢ Co J & J Murdoch JJ Haton Saco Water Power Machine Shop Neal, Morse & Co Moise Lovett Ward’ & Phi Bere Gruffa Zenug Sears Chas Pollock Morton, Fessenden & Soule Miller H Davies & Co Stone & Downer KR Leeson & Co Koopman & Co William Burgess Shuman & Co Washburn & Moen Mfg Co Culhame Pws Machinery Stone & Downer Plantagenet Havre John J Andrew Algonauin Club Picures House Dunineck Jackson & Curtis Henry Atkins Polly & Co Edward Mandred P Hollander & Co Benjamin Levy & Co Benj French & Co Carl Schoener Pierce & Co Edward Greenley Oliver Ditson & Co Coleman, Mead & Co Miack & Co RH Stearns & Co Harness P F Murphy & Co Parcel Cares Lovering Worcester Bond & Co Abram French & Co Shacks & Co Sheppard Norwell & Co Beal, Higgins & Henderson Hovey & Co Wintter Cunard Manchester Robertson & Allison St John Yarmouth Hall & Co Clements Arey & Co Delong Seaman Batchelder Duke J Hutchinson Webber Shatford Buenos Ayres Sarmiento Rice & Co Baring Bros & Co Rosario Lapland Baies Moise Brown Bros & Co Miragoane Brig Solario James Stevenson Batile Harbor North America Edward I Russell & CO Meteghan John Gace New London Pei George C Rockwell

Exports from Meteghan and Port Gilbert Oct 21 1889

Shipping port records list cargoes from Meteghan Nova Scotia Rosario Argentina Port Gilbert Nova Scotia and London including lumber flour butter cheese meat and canned goods with quantities in bbls cases boxes and tons. Notable items include dried goods hardwoods livestock and machinery shipments to buyers in North America and Europe with steamer Borderer clearing Oct 17 carrying asbestos and various hardware and furniture components.

Boston Oakum Chem Ruits England Nova Scotia Miquelon Langley Etc Scotlan Meteghan Richard Rosario Sullivan Port Gilbert Ocean Belle ST Pierre Mig Helene London

Foreign Markets London Wheat Quiet as Shipments Move

Markets report wheat quiet in London and Paris with corn steadiness. Liverpool notes breadstuffs soft for wheat, firm for corn, and futures for wheat and corn mixed. Prices show October to March terms, including Sol California wheat and American corn quotes, with periscope level detail on futures and spot rates.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California

Shoe firm listings span multiple cities in 19th century trade network

A dense roster of salesman and firm representatives across Adison to Wilmington gathers in a regional commercial ledger. Names include Farnham, Drake, Farnum, Crofoot, Wallace, Fargo, Benckenstein, Sachs, Thorne, Doe, McLogan, Sutter, Hinkle, Moore, Wallace, Marks, McMillan, Davidson, Witt, Streng, Rosenberg, Harris, Singleton, Carrington, Stern, Murray, Hollins, Richardson, Campe, Schnellbacher, Weimer, Childs, Selling, Crump, Fleischman, Nolan, Mackey, Lindsley, Kelley, Rosenbloom, Humphrey, Baker, French, McClung, and many more, with cities such as Chicago, Cincinnati, Detroit, Davenport, Knoxville, Lynchburg, Nashville, Pensyl, Philadelphia, Pittsburg, Portland, Richmond, Towanda, and Wichita referenced. The list outlines agents, firms, and treasurers across a broad midwestern and southern commercial network.

Addison Farnham Charleston B Sachs HB Sachs B & 8 Co Cincinnati J Thorne W F Thorne & Co Davenport P Doe P Doe & Co Rexpettate J McLogan New England Shoe Co Detroit Mich Sutter H P Baldwin & Co W B Hinkle Hinkle, Nisbet & C Tre Galveston Tex E Moore Weis Bros Kansas City R G Wallace R G Wallace & Co L V Marks Lederman & Marks Joe Tenn E E McMillan McMillan, Hazen O Knoxville Tenn S C Roney Briscoe, Daniel & Co J A Henson Hayes, Henson & Co Rasat Penn M Davidson Long & Davidson Lynchburg D Witt Witt & Watkins Brun Streng Bamberger, Streng & O Louisville W Rosenberg Rosenberg, Flexner & Mendell Ua Ga K B Harris Coleman, Burden & O Macon R Singleton E C Leonard Singleton & Co Maysville Carrington Carrington Shoe Jo Montgomery Ala A Stern Stern &O Nashville Murray Murray, Dibrell & Co R S Hollins, Jr Hollins, Sons J B Richardson Richardson Bros & Co Norfolk E Campe Lowenberg & Hecht J Schnellbacher J P Schnellbacher & Sons Philadelphia Penn W H Weimer H B Voorhees Weimer, Wright & Watkins Pittsburg H Childs, Jr H Childs & Co Portland Fouls Kelley Kelley, Goodfellow & 0 Rosenbloom Towanda Penn-C Humphrey Humphrey Bros & Tracy Prenton Baker Dunn, Baker & de Con Wilmington French French & Ns Wichita Kan A McClung Getto McCi and Shoe Co Ad. ' Ene Dent

Proposals for labor and materials for State House extension

Office of the State House Construction Commissioners in Boston invites sealed proposals by November 4, 1889, for all labor and materials for foundations brickwork and for setting granite marble and iron work plus all mason work to complete the Massachusetts State House extension. Plans and specs available from Brigham and Spofford architects after October 14. The right to reject bids is reserved.

State House Construction Commissioners Mt. Vernon Street Boston Massachusetts Massachusetts State House Mays Brigham & Spofford Pepedama Street

Boston and Albany R R Time Tables Highlight Through Service

Timetables show local and through trains between Boston and Albany with connections to Cincinnati Chicago Niagara Falls Detroit Cleveland Toledo Chicago St Louis and New York. Sleeping and drawing room cars advertised. tickets available at 282 Washington Street or Kneeland Street Boston station.

Albany West Boston Cincinnati Chicago Ceat New York Lake Shore Michigan Limited Express Washington Street Kneeland Street Fall River Old Colony Brooklyn Jersey City Puritan Pilgrim Fall River Line Shore Line Stonington Line Old State House Central Division Limited Fnd Sones Express Stonington Dedham West Roxbury Readville All River Beyde Park City Corner State Street

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