1886 to 1887 Shipments and Auction Prices Summary
Shipments this week 52 668 bbis in 1886 and 54 103 bbis in 1885. Season totals 178 333 bbis versus 211 628 bbis last year. Auctions: H Barris Co sold Almeria pra at 3 76 495 P vbl and Almurin prapes at 3 5 bbl plus 130 150 half-bbl. Snow & Co sold Almeria grapes at ee 25 P bbl and Malaga lemons at 285 APPLES Gravenstein per bbl 275 43 00. Cranberries Cape Cod varieties and prices listed. Grapes York State varieties with per lb and per tb pricing. Oranges and Lemons Sorrento, Palermo, Jamaica options with box pricing. Bananas from Aspenwall Port Limon and Jamaica. Nuts Pecans Chestnuts Hickory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. Barris & Co
Almeria Pra
Almurin
Snow & Co
Almeria
Malaga
Gravenstein
Snow
Hubbardston
York State
Mixea
Harvey
Cape Cod
Delawares
Salem
Concord
Isabella
Yor
Rebecca
Prars—Seckle
Beurre Bose
Beurre d
Anjou
Sheldon
Sorrento
Palermo
Jamaica
Aspinwall
Port Limon
Baracoa
Virginia
Market Prices for Seasonal Produce Listed in Detail
The notice lists wholesale prices for onions Maltas tomatoes cabbages shell beans Lima beans beets squash hubbards turbans carrots lettuce parsnips turnips White French celery cauliflower pumpkins spinach and more with per bush or per box rates and several per barrel prices. It reflects a busy produce market with broad demand and varied offerings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St Andrews
Meat Prices Steady Amid Moderate Demand in City Market
The market shows fair demand for fresh beef with prices steady. Pork and lard figures range broadly from 16 to 18 cents for various cuts, with lean ends and light backs noted. Beef cuts and veal supply are present with mixed price levels, while mutton and lamb demand remains modest and trade quiet at old prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Snelte
Chicago
Brighton
Cotton Market Mixed As Futures Steady In Liverpool
The Liverpool cotton market opened steady and closed dull with October at 5 14-64d and other months ranging from 5 11-64d to 6 12-64d. Spot prices in New York held near 95 cents for middling uplands, with futures bids and asks showing narrow gaps. U.S. sales reached 12,000 bales while receipts hit 13,000, including 11,200 American. Manchester cloths and yarns showed little movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Liverpool
Orleans
Manchester
New York
Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report
Market report from Watertown Union Live Stock Market listing weekly cattle, sheep, lambs, and swine counts, state-by-state stock numbers, car counts by road, and price ranges for beef, store cattle, sheep and lambs, veal calves, hides, tallow, and skins. Includes notes on classifications and regional market distinctions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown Union Live
Brighton
N. B
Boston & Albany Railroad
Union Live Stock Market
Watertown
Livestock Prices and Purchases From Regional Auction
Quality trials compare favorably with last week as fancy cattle led bids. James A Hathaway sold 24 steers averaging 1700 lbs at top prices, with other lots ranging around 1456 lbs at 620 dollars, 1185 lbs at 40 dollars, and smaller lots at various values. H H Brown sold oxen totaling 14,000 lbs at 4 dollars a hundredweight and four more at 4 dollars and 6 cents, Fisher sold six canners at 9 dollars each, several firms sold sheep and lambs with varied weights and prices, and overall butchers showed modest demand without price gains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A Hathaway
H H_ Brown
Fisher
Klayden
P Black & Son
W Fisher
Piper & Blaisdell
Market Reports From Trade Centres With Mixed Grain Data
New York trade dispatch shows flour receipts 23 069 packages and 3086 barrels with strong demand and higher prices for Minnesota patent grade. Wheat futures and spot prices rise amid active export sales. rye, corn, oats and butter listed with varied demand. Chicago and Cincinnati offer firmer grain and mixed provisions trading with export interest.
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New York
Minnesota
Canada
Rio
United
State
Long Island
Jersey
Tierces Western Steam
Tierces City Steam
Continent
South America
Kreights
Liverpool
Straits
Chicago
Cincinnati
Toledo
Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Northern
Detroit
ST. Louis
Cattle and Hog Market Receipts Report From Chicago
Cattle receipts 11 000 and hog receipts 23 000 with shipments and varying prices. Cattle top values include steers around 280 and 480 for stockers and feeders, cows bulls and mixed around 130 265, and Texas cattle about 175 300. Hogs show weaker trading with heavy around 4 30 465 and ships 3 10 4 15. Sheep receipts 6000 with natives around 270 400 and lambs 4 5 50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Texas
Western Rangers
Cotton market report shows mixed prices across ports
On October 25, receipts and sales varied by port. Augusta net receipts 2098, sales 1876 with mid 8 15-16c. Galveston firm at mid 9c. New Orleans quiet at mid 1-16c with stock 184086. Savannah dull and easy at mid 9e. Consolidated four day totals show exports to Britain 46220, France 39317, continent 35742 and U.S. port stock 592469.
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Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Midee
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
France
Continent
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
Great Britain
United States
Foreign Markets Report From London And Liverpool
Cargoes off the coast show wheat and corn firmness with arrivals and shipments noted. At Mark Lane Danubian corn ex shipment 233 and 22s 9d prompt. Paris wheat flour steady. Liverpool spot wheat firmer. No 1 California red winter Michigan white priced. Indian wheat shipments to UK week 20 000 quarters. Havana sugar steady at 825 gold per quintal. Winther wheat higher at 6s 4d with 111 000 centals receipts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Speerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
California
Michigan
India
United Kingdom
Havana
Wheat and meat markets steady with modest firmer grain quotes
Wheat futures show spring and club wheat firm at 6s 4d to 6s 6d while corn remains mixed and Western firmer at 48 81 4d. Peas hold at 6s Tad. Provisions move lower for pork at 73s 9d. bacon quoted 40s short clear and 39s 6d long clear. Cheese steady at 57s and lard steadies around 83s 3d.
Imports and Exports on October 25 1887
Shipping list from 1887 records brig John Welsh bark Florence and ship Henry Villard sourcing logwood sugar hemp and salt at multiple ports including Cockburn Harbor Cebu Ayaguez Salt Cay Turks Island Port Royal and Pensacola with consignors and owners such as Lyon Dupuy Nash Spaulding Whitney Warner Davenport and Wellman Hall.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anse D'Hainault
John Welsh
Logwood Lyon, Dupuy & Co
Cockburn Harbor
Til
Florence
George E Downes
Cebu
Henry Villard
H Greeley & Co
Havana
Chiswick
Nash, Spaulding & Co
Ayaguez
Lee
George McQuesten & Co
Pensacola
Fla
Wellman, Hall & Co
Exports Afloat From Multiple Ports In October 25 1887
Shipping list details cargoes at Bear River Gor e k Yarmouth Glasgow Liver pool and Liverpool includes schooners Carrie Audacieaux and Jennie Cushman with meals, cotton, tobacco, flour, beef, kerosene oil, canned goods, tools, lumber, and numerous goods on various vessels and destinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bear River
Carrie
Port Acadia
Audacieaux
Gorek
Wca
Jennie Cushman
Yarmouth
Lasgow
Scotland
Liverpool
Eng
Bothina
Staple Goods Receipts Across Railroads in 1887 Record
Receipts dated Oct 25 1887 show Boston & Albany Grand Junction New York & New England Providence Old Colony Fitchburg Boston & Maine divisions and others listing cotton wool flour oats malt butter eggs cheese potatoes apples lard pork beef tea coffee and leather with hundreds of bales barrels sacks and cars noted across multiple lines and railroads. The tally highlights scale of staple shipments including cotton wool flour cornmeal oats and oil and meat products across regional lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston & Albany Railroad
Grand Junction Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Bates
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
Fitchburg Railroad
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Boston & Lowell Railroad
By Express
Yool
Seer
Sterling Work in Waltham Watch Patents
The United States Watch Co. touts new patented improvements and precision timing for its Waltham Watch line, highlighting enhanced accuracy and reliability in the field.
Free Sur Hospital for Women Recognized Nationwide Support
The Free Sur Hospital for Women, aided by Murdock Liquid Food Co of Boston, is praised across the United States. The 10 year report to 1887 records 510 capital cases with patients from Texas to Prince Edward Island and New York to Minnesota, with beds available for physicians sending cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Free Sur Hospital For Women
Murdock Liquid Food Company
Boston
United States
Texas
Colorado
Montreal
Alabama
Prince Edward Island
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Maine
New Hampshire
Massachusetts
New York
Maryland
Minnesota
Free Beds Open at Murdock's Hospital for Women
The Surgical Staff at Murdock's Free Hospital for Women assign beds for surgical cases. Seventy beds are kept available, with daily attendance to examine patients except Saturdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Murdock’s Free Hospital For Women
Liquid Food claims healing wound without operation
The text touts Liquid Food for bed sore healing in 30 to 60 days and life support without surgery. It mentions injections, age applicability, and a claim of 8 percent weekly blood recovery, plus infant dosing guidance and a home for homeless boys at Causeway Street. It asserts hospital use of 200 large bottles per lot and promises unmatched sweetness guarantee.
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Causeway Street
Probate Court Notices for Suffolk County Wards and Estates
Public notices report probate actions in Boston and Cambridge. Executors seek administration with will annexed, mortgage authority, or sale of real estate to pay debts. Dates set for November 7, 1887, with citations via Boston Post over three weeks.
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Suffolk
Timothy Gay
Revere
of Suffolk
John Woodbury
Central Avenue
Boston
Boston Post
Joan W. McKim
Esquire
Elijah George
Register
Commonwealth OF Massachman
Eliwah George
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Middlesex
Jonathan Holbrook
Sherborn
Insaid
Eben M
Charles A
John F. Holbrook
Cambridge
George M. Broons
Mary E. Gray
Harris P. Gray
Milford
New Hampshire
Harriet P. Gray
Hillsborough
Frederick C. Woodbury
Massacchus
Setts
Probathe Court
Janie Johnston
Johnson
Patrick M. Keating
Lcense
ELI + GEORGE
Massachus
Samuel G. Brown
Utica
Oneida
New York
Sarah W. Brown
Utter
Old Colony Railroad Company
de aurroLe
Massachusetts
John Hayes
George A. Sawyer
Massachus Setes
Stephen A. Crowell
Said County
Charles R. Barclay
Sai
Massachussetts
Mercy K. Pickering
Somerville
Mercy Knights Sanborn
The
George M. Brooks
Genevieve Nagale
Gustave Magnitzky
Edwin Tufts
O'Tic
Thomas Cotter
Johin J. Henry
Toston
John Thomas Kelther
Joan Thomas Kaler
John Thomas Kaiser
Boston, Post
John W. McKlmn
Hannah K. Hall
Benjamin Randall
Admr
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