Florida Produce Prices and Market Notes
Florida lemons bright at 4 5 per box, Florida choice boxes at 3 3 50, russets 2 3 per box. Grapes quoted with Delawares 4 5c, Catawbas 30, Concords 8c, Niagaras 6c, Dianas 30, Isabellas 24 2c, Salems 4 4 20. Case grapes at 2 50 Delawares, 150 Concords. Tokays 2 per fancy half boxes, 3 50 400 case for choice. Almeria grapes 4 6 50 per bbl. Pears steadier. Louise 2 60 5 50 bbl, Sheldons 4 5 bbl, sane d Anjou 4 6, common 75c 1 ash. Cranberries firm. 8 9 bbl for choice, 6 7 50 for fair to good, 3 case. Natives 5 6 per bbl, York State 3 50 per bbl.
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Florida
Sane d’'Anjou
York State
Truck, Tyee issue at old prices
Old price list for produce including new marrow squash 50c per barrel, squash 75c per barrel, Bay State turban price missing, Savoy cabbage 50c per barrel, onions 1.75 per 2% barrel, Spanish onions per basket, beets 40c per bush, carrots 40c per bush, lettuce 25c per dozen, turnips 40c per box, Russia yellow turnips 1 per barrel, rutabaga per barrel 1, white French turnips 1, tomatoes 1 2 bush box, green tomatoes 35c per box, cauliflowers 1.25 per 150 dozen, celery 2.50 per box, parsnips 60c per bush, eggplant 1.25 per dozen, citron melons 75c per box, pumpkins 75c per, barberries 1.25 per bush.
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Bay State
Savoy Ca
Ea Ca
Russia
Provisions Market Moves Across Major Cities
Chicago opens strong then eases as buyers refrained from outside business. Local trader bought January pork at 1250 and sold at 1450 with purchases around 50,000 barrels, about half High-Low-Closing. Prices listed for pork, lard, and beef across New York, St Louis, Cincinnati, and Chicago with steady demand for York products and mixed activity in fresh meats.
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Chicago
York
New York
Continent
South America
St Louis
Cincinnati
Brighton
New York Cotton Prices Firm as Futures Open and Close Steady
In New York cotton markets prices hold firm with middling uplands at 9 9/16 cents and low middling at 9 9/16. Sales total 269 bales as futures open steady and end firm. Liverpool and other markets show mixed receipts and steady middling ranges, with notable activity in New Orleans, Savannah, and other ports.
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New York
Ontering
Erie
Dalés
Liverpool
Orleans
Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Great Britain
France
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Continent
Charleston
Nee
Goington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
C. Baltimore
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
United States
OW Market and Oil Certificates Reported by Hathaway Higgs & Co
Market notes from J E Carter & Co report closing prices for oil certificates and market actions on Oct 22 and 23, 1888. The firm notes anticipated movements, advice to hold long positions, and mentions a price raid discussion with speculation on next days. Names Hathaway Higgs & Co and Correlated market items are cited.
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Elias West
Tate
Ennai
William Aspinwall
William I. Bowditch
Juliana A. Tappan
Ellen A. Hulett
Dedham
Norfolk
Boston Post
Boston
George Waite
Esquire
Jonathan Cobb
Register
Massachus
Setts
Suffolk
Louisa El.dredge
Charles H. Norton
Joan W. McKia
Elijah Glorge
Commonwealth OF Massachy
James Winning
Julia Winning
Jolly W. McKim
Elijah George
Commonwealth OF Massachussetts
Middlesex
Anna H. Dunilam
Cambridge
Sald
Anna E. Dunham
George M. Brooks
J. H. Tyler
George M. Joy
Rebecca Joy
Joan W. McKim
Ieee Elijah George
Commonwealth OF Massachus
James Rielley
Sudbury
Deceas
Prentiss Webster
Lowell
Fsquire
Commonwealth OF Massachus Setis
Thomas M. Richards
Somerville
Caroline H. Richards
Eee
Tyler
Patrick J. Dwyer
Emma J. Dwyer
Nears
Sarah Adams
Sarah E. G. Stillings
Unclear fragment hints at petroleum market shift
Fragmentary notes mention a possible sympathetic move in petroleum and list numbers such as 887 sales and 1 685 000 units, with references to opening and low terms. No coherent event or entities emerge from the readable text.
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Hest
Sugar and Molasses Prices and Market Notes
Sugar prices show no new market elsewhere with raw sugars quoted in varied grades from Cuba to Java and Manila. Refined sugars hold steady with multiple forms, while molasses display steady prices across Ponce Porto Rico, Porto Rico, Barbadoes, and other brands. New York reports no change to note.
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Cuba
Manilas
Lloilos
Javas
Belmont
New York
Ponce
Porto Rico
Barbadoes
Cienfuegos
Mayaguez
Market notes on hog, cattle and sheep receipts across markets
Kansas City stock yards report strong cattle demand with receipts at 9641 cattle and prices up to 360 to 450 for shipper stock and 175 to 280 for cows. Hog receipts 7699, trade slow with heavies 545 to 555, mediums 535 to 555. Sheep receipts 345, market active at 240 to 385. St Louis hogs steady at 525 to 545, Cincinnati hogs firmer 440 to 560 with 2000 receipts. Chicago cattle steady. beef 5.5 to 5.85, steer 3.10 to 5.25, Texas and Western cattle listed. Hogs receipts 14000, opened steady then lower. heavy 655 to 685, ships 340 to 515. Sheep receipts 4500, natives 8 to 10, Western 3 to 60, Texans 250 to 435, lambs 335 to 500.
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Kansas City
St Louis
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Western Rangers
Mixed Market Quotes Across Commodities
Tatlow notes unsettled markets with city prices at 544c and 44c, 4% c decline. New York firm with city sales at 5% sc. New York Rio coffee softer, fair cargoes at 15% c. Western whiskey prices listed Chicago 120 dollars, Cincinnati 114, St Louis 114. turpentine New York closed 46c rosin 97 2c. petroleum 65s 74 4c with RSW 7% ec and cases 94 ec.
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New York
City
Rio
Chicago
Cincinnati
St Louis
Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report Oct 1888
Market notes show limited fancy stock with prices, beef and store cattle listed, Western steers and oxen sold, sheep market glutted as butchers buy on own terms. Lambs and sheep prices quoted. several sellers including Cowell Gosselyn Pollard and E Smith reported.
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W H Bardwell
Springfield
DA Abbe
H W Robinson
HI Pierce
P Cowell
F Gosselyn
R P Pollard
E Smith
Imports and Exports at Port Hawkesbury 1888 List
Shipping ledger from Charlottetown to Halifax and Pictou records Worces ter and other vessels loading eggs butter mackerel potatoes and berries. Numerous firms such as Barclay & co Bartlett Lyman & co Green & co Hinckley Ayers & co Hutchinson Morrison A W Mead & co Stimpson Murray & co and many more supply 100s of barrels cases crates bales and boxes of eggs mackerel potatoes plums butter and other goods. Entries cover 28 bbis mackerel 56 cases eggs 91 do 10 bbls potatoes and extra items like machinery seeds and household effects. The document enumerates consignors and quantities across multiple shippers and goods.
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Port Hawkesbury
Charlottetown
Pei
Halifax
Picyou
Worcester
Barclay & Co
Bartlett, Lyman & Co
Cutler
Oliver Deazle
Frances Drayton
J Ferguson
Green & Co
Griffin & Co
Hinckley, Ayers & Co
EF Hutchinson & Eco
Morrison
A & O W Mead & Co
Rockwell & Son
Mackerel ET Russell & Co
Simpson
Skilton & Co
Slayton & Boynton
A Wyman
Pictou
Delong & Seaman
Thomas Graham
Jonathan Bigelow & Co
Bowles & Co
Chisholm
Eastern Development Co
John McKinnon
Ellis & Co
Salmon Emery & Co
Martin Grier
E Hinds
Howley
J B McNutt
John Perkins
Henry Reid
Kendall & Co
T Russell & Co
Exports, Oct 23 1888 Burg on NF and Atlantic ports
Shipping report lists cargoes from Schooner Branksea and Frances Z at Clementport Yarmouth and London via Halifax. Items include flour pork kerosene oil cornmeal refined oil furniture hardware lumber and numerous packaged goods with quantities in barrels sacks boxes crates and bags.
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Burgeo
Branksea
Clementsport
Frances Z
Yarmouth
London
Eng
Halifax
Staple Stock Listings From 1888 Boston and Grand Junction Railroads
A fragment lists staple goods with quantities and units for Boston and Grand Junction railroads dated Oct 23, 1888. Items include wool, cornmeal, corn, oats, malt, barley, various meats and dairy, eggs, beans, apples, potatoes, hay, straw, leather, hides, skins, bales and sacks, and flour.
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Boston & A Eee
Grand Junction Railroad
Vast 19th century freight tally across multiple railroads
A sprawling OCR list records tonnage and quantities moving via Boston and Providence, Old Colony, New York and New England, tehburg, Boston and Maine, and related lines. Items include oats, beef, lard, tea, coffee, leather, hides, timber, flour, and numerous bales and cases, with hundreds of cars, tubs, barrels, and crates noted.
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Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony
New York & New England Railroad
Tehburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Lowell System
Express
Sea
Foreign Markets Report Shows Quiet London and Liverpool Prices
London and Liverpool markets note quiet demand for wheat and corn with ample cargoes. California wheat prices quoted at 41s 6d to 41s 9d. Liverpool spot wheat and corn inactive. receipts and quotings list multiple regions and futures for October to February. Antwerp and Paris markets also report unchanged or quiet conditions across wheat and flour.
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London
Mark Lane
California
Liverpool
Great Britain
England
Antwerp
Paris
Boot and Shoe Buyers Visit Across Numerous Cities
A long list of buyers and firms from Addison New York to San Francisco California and many midwestern cities converges on the shoe trade. Names include Farnham Gramling Everett Perry Smith Brown Oehmig Benckenstein Gates Manss Leonard Farnum Cuilter Buford Howell Dixon Bertsch Kranz Hendricks Arnold McMillan Weaver Goodbar Carrington Murray Richardson Hollins Throne Kirkendall Huston Blasland Mackey Schafer Clark Noyes Jacobs Humphrey Lane Taylor and McCoy among others. The catalog notes firms from Gramling Spalding & Jo J Gates & Co Dixon Mackey Co and many more representing a wide geographic spread.
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W Farnham
Bae Ga
R Gramling
Gramling, Spalding & Jo
Atlanta
S Everett
MC & J
Kiser & Co
H W Perry
Perry-Mason Shoe O
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Bloomington
D Smith
Singhaimton
T M Brown
Lester & Co
Chattanooga
Tenn
G Oehmig
Oehmig
Johnson & Co
Nernema Tei Benckenstein
J Benckenstein & Co
Cincinnati
J Gates
J Gates & Co
L Manss
Manss Bros’ Boot and Shoe Co
G Leonard
G Leonard & Co
Raw
Chicago
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I P
Farnum & C
F M Fargo
H Fargo & Co
Prouty
Prouty & Co
Chillicothe
E Cuilter
Miller, Culter & Co
Dallas
Tex
T Buford
Buford, Porter & Co
S J Howell
Blankenship & Blake Co
Re. Dubuque
Sears
G& Hinkle
Hinkle, Nisbet & Jo
Evansville
Ind
L Dixon
Dixon, Mackey & Co
A. Gallipolis
H Andrews
J Dagest
Galveston
F Breath
PJ Willis & Brere
A Blum
L& H Blum
Grand Rapids
Mich
C Bertsch
Rindge, Bertsch & Co
Honesdale
Penn
H Kranz
Indianapolis
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Hendricks & Cooper
B Arnold
IB Arnold & Bro
E McMillan
McMillan
Hazen Go
G Raserath
A Henson
Haynes, Henson & Jo
Mansfield
Baseyels
Throne
Adams, Throne
P Kirkendall
Kirkendall, Jones & O
Flatsburg
Huston
Schmertz & Co
Portsmouth
F Richardson
Russell, Richardson & Titus
Philadelphia
Bainbridge
G Grieb
Grieb & Sons
Portland
Ore
Akin
Akin, Selling & Co
Uincy
Blasland
Blasland & Co
Edalia
Mackey
San Antonio
Longini
St Louis
J H Schafer
Schafer, Swarts & Co
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