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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 29, 1888

Page

7

Grain Market Quietly Steady Across Regions

Reports from New York Chicago St Louis Milwaukee and Detroit show corn oats and rye mixed or steady with No 2 white oats quoted around 35 to 36 cents on track and in elevator. Spot and futures trade in corn and oats reflect light demand and regional variations while deliveries and receipts are tallied across multiple cities.

York St Louis Chicago Toledo Baltimore Peoria New York Detroit New New York Milwaukee Canada Michigan Choice

Market Butter and Grocery Prices Across Regions

The butter market remains steady with active demand for creameries and good demand for imitation creameries. various regional quotes show Western and Vermont grades ranging from 16c to 28c, with Eastern creamery at 25 26c. Cheese and eggs hold firm. beans, grasses, potatoes, and poultry exhibit steady to unchanged pricing, with regional variations in New York, Nova Scotia, and Vermont markets.

Vermont New York Chicago Liverpool North Choice West, LLC Sage New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Michigan Island Canada York State California Jersey Honulin Virginia

Steamer Aguan Due November From Jamaica with Fresh Fruit

The steamer Aguan is due on November 1 from Jamaica carrying bananas oranges and cocoanuts for the Boston Bruit Company.

Jamaica Boston Bruit Company

RAILER ROADS TIMETABLES TO BOSTON AND ALBANY R R

Local time tables show divisions of the line with through tickets at 2432 Washington Street. Trains depart Boston at 6 7 15 8 30 11 am 2 30 3 6 18 pm with connections at Pittfield and Palmer. Special notes list dining cars and varying weekday service to New York and Worcester routes and Sunday trains to Riverside and Newton area. The schedule includes numerous stop lists between Boston and suburbs.

Boston & Albany R.R. Bane Isnss Washington Street Ton Tckets Gale Boston Kneeland Street Springfield Pittefeld Albany Pittetiel Palmer Braven Llir Bullet Care Express Ts Expres Werk New York Ville Ianesdea Willie Providence Law East End Union Depot Providence & Worcester

Pork and Lard Prices Slide as Markets Turn Easy

The report notes pork and lard markets easing with long cuts quoted at 18 50 to 20 60 per hundredweight and various items priced from 8 60 to 19 00. Beef, veal, and other meats show quiet or steady demand across New York, Chicago, St Louis, and Cincinnati markets as prices firm or soften.

Chicago Porliw Craig Vcieesses INOV Eae Cares New York City St Louis Cincinnati Brighton

Fragmented Market Prices for Produce and Groceries

The list shows varied produce pricing with items such as cabbages tomatoes onions and turnips, along with quantities like barrels boxes and dozens. Many entries include inconsistent or garbled figures such as 500 P bbl 75c bbl and 400 bush, reflecting OCR errors in a historic market column.

Bay State Russia Bush

Apples and Grapes Market Report From Snow & Co Auction

Apples and grapes show steady markets with steady demand. Quotes include common to good apples at 1 1 25 per bushel, various regional varieties priced. grapes in good demand with Delaware at 4 5c, Catawbas 2 4 3c, Concords 3c, with case and box pricing noted. Snow & Co to auction a car of Flaming Tokay grapes Monday at 11 o'clock.

Hubbardstons Nova Scotia Niagaras Dianas Isabellas Almeria Messina Palermo Jamaica Florida York State Virginia Snow & Co

Cotton markets mixed as New York steady and Liverpool dull

New York cotton held steady at 9 13 16c middling amid 87 bales sold. Futures opened quiet and closed steady with values shown for Oct to May. Liverpool spot cotton dull at 5 13 16d middling uplands, 6 18 16d for Orleans. 7,000 bales traded with 5,600 American. Global receipts and stocks listed for Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans, Mobile, Memphis, Brunswick, Savannah, Charleston, Wilmington, Norfolk, West Point, Philadelphia, Baltimore, New York, Cincinnati, East St Louis, Louisville. market tone quiet to steady across regions.

New York Jacdrty Sewececescreatic Liverpool Orleans Dalgdat Socvickos Bea Cad Scheele DEVI Ss Bbbees Bs Ae Gan Cass Eas ADU RY Ook Byvsungs Ots Oe SG Kahn Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Continent Mobile Memphis Brunswick Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Mile West Point Philadelphia Baltimore Cincinnati East Louis Louisville United States

Hog and cattle markets report from Kansas City stock yards

Stock yards at Kansas City show slow trade with weak prices for cattle and hogs. Cattle receipts 3468 with shipper prices around 350 430 for a range of native cows 165 265 and steers 215 240. Hog receipts 4268 with 10 to 15 cents lower movement. heavies 540 650, mediums and light 330 545. Sheep receipts noted but details truncated.

Kansas City

Market Report of Hogs Cattle and Sheep Prices by City

Receipts and steady to dull markets across St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago for hogs cattle and sheep. Hogs edges price ranges with packers and butchers bid data from St Louis Peoria Cincinnati and Chicago. Cattle receipts in Chicago show beeves stockers and feeders cows bulls with price bands and Texas cattle. Sheep and lamb values listed with natives westerns and Texans. overall market tone modestly steady to declining in spots.

St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Texas

Oil Market Report From J E Carter Co Ledger

Market summary from Hathaway Higgins & Co reports a day of steady selling and signals of lower prices next week. Prices opened 10.4, high 86.37, low 85.34, close 85.72 for October 27 with sales totaling 33 000 barrels.

Bobo Ererere Pete i Messrs Hathaway, Higgins & Co

Miscellaneous market quotes in United States trade report

Tallow and other commodities show steady rates with slight variations. New York notes a quiet, steady coffee market and unchanged whiskey prices across Chicago Cincinnati and St Louis. Turpentine and petroleum prices are given with resin tar RSW and case figures.

New York Rio Chicago Cincinnati St Louis

Imports and Exports October 27 1888 Savannah and Liverpool listings

Shipping report detailing Gate City and Pavonia cargoes including pig iron cotton rosin lumber and leather from Savannah and Liverpool brokers and sample consignments from multiple firms with quantities across dozens of items such as bales of cotton cases rosin lumber and miscellaneous merchandise aboard various steamer and schooner arrivals.

Savannah Gate City Addy & Co Adams & Co Amoskeag Appleton Co Billings & Eaton Karry, Thayer & Co Bobett & Co Boston Rosin & E Clark Cunningham, Banks & Co Dutton George C Goodwin & Co Rosin Hall Lougee & Co George McQuesten & Co Nightingale & Childs Cotton Brown Bros . Co China Manf Co Edwards Nashua Manf Co Shetucket Co Shaw Waebster & Coo Winslow & Co Moise Messenger Bros & Jones Beach & Co Clark, Sawyer & Co French & Co Stone & Downer Washburn & Moon Manf Baring Bros & Co Davis & Co Grout, Warren & Blanchard Bales H Roffe & Co Elastics Zenas Sears Saco Water Power Machine Shop L Iveson Pollock Bigelow & Co Thos Kelly & Co Chas Schoenhof P Schmidt & Co Ives, Bellamy & Co Richard Briggs Pranes Moors & Co Washburn & Moon Manf Co F Hovey & Co Norcross, Mellen & Co Whitney & Co Mitchell, Woodbury & Co Brown Wellington Brown, Durrell & Co Forbes Lithograph Co R & J Gilchrist H Stearns & Co L & DS Riker Wright Manuf Co Thomas Wilson Stedman & Fuller Manuf Co King & Co Little, Brown & Co Hayes & Co Gardner Lesson & Co Tilton & Co Collins & Fairbanks Stowell & Co Wadsworth, Howland & Co Burrage Tilden & Derr Fuller, Dana & Fitz Sheldon & Co Austin & Co Phelps, Judge & Co Snow Estes & Lauriat Macullar, Parker & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Rodocanachi & Co Ateshian & Co John Oldfield Manchester, Robertson & Allison DeBlois & Co Wood & Son Icase Carl Schoenhof Downer Crocker Pavers Gregory & Brown Benj Levy & Co Russo American & European Express Co Shoninger, Moses & Co Port Lorne Wood Delong St Johns

Exports, Oct 27 1888 Guy Borgo and Arichat NS cargo notes

Goods from multiple ports listed: Schooner Irwin cargo including 500 barrels cornmeal and refined oil. Steamer Worcester cargo of flour cornmeal oil and vast miscellaneous items. Trinidad BWI cargo on Mary McFarland with sugar timber ice seafood butter cheese fruit and more. Melbourne Aus cargo on Bark Xenia including tobacco nails cans lumber plaster and hardware. Catlazo Ward items and various farm and industrial goods.

Guysboro Arichat Irwin Halifax Charlottetown Worcester Trinidad Bwi Mary McFarland Melbourne Aus Catlazo Ag Nages

Inventory of assorted goods and hardware items

A fragmented list items many categories with quantities like cases of nails pumps paper eye lets chairs leather and hardware. It notes varying counts from single cases to dozens including 309 thousand feet of lumber and tobacco, reflecting bulk warehouse stock.

Staple Goods and Shipments Across Multiple Rail Lines

A detailed October 27 1888 inventory lists staples and freight across Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine divisions and express and sea routes. Entries include bales cotton wool flour oats corn meal beef cheese eggs butter lard and leather notes with counts in bales barrels boxes sacks cars and tons for each line.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Express

Foreign markets report October 27 commodities and rates

Market notes from Liverpool London and Antwerp show poor beef and pork supply with hams and bacon offered freely to moderately. Western spot lard and October futures dull at 43s 6d with other months softer. Turpentine and rosin mixed, hops sparse, corn mixed Western at 4s 7d. American lard closed 116s per 100 kilos. petroleum quoted in Bremen at 7 marks 85 pfennigs. Spirits of turpentine quoted 38s 414d rcent.

Liverpool London New York State Peantwerp Bremen Petroleum

Fitchburg and Hoosac Tunnel Route Train Schedule

The Hoosac Tunnel Route timetable lists departures from Pr tagon Gah Station with palace parlor cars to Troy Albany and Binghamton, express daily to Chicago via Niagara Falls and Erie, and via Grand Trunk. numerous local and regional runs including Belmont Waverley Gardner Nashua and more. Local time tables available at station ticket office and Hoosac Route office 250 Washington Street Boston.

Oupedanie Central Goi Fort Saf Te Walenan Chicago Vin Ceesham Wagner Palace Pullman Oetra Central Vermont R. KB HBO Eee Boston W. Hobart General Mapagar W. Cummings Gen. Pass Agh Albass Jane G. 1887 Tagon Gah Waiuonwart Street Troy Albany Rotterdam Junction Binghamton Palace Niagara Falls Short Line Erie St. Louis Niagara fPals Michigan Central RR Niagara Falls Grand Trunk Kwiway Ayer Duanction SUN Belmont and Waverley Brattleboro Miller’s Falls Concord M. Sun Fitchburg Gardner and Miller’s Falls Ceenfiela

Boston and Maine City Ticket Office Timetable Fragment

A partial 1888 timetable lists Boston and Maine City Ticket Office at 218 Washington Street with multiple rail departures from Causeway Street and Haymarket, detailing routes to Augusta Haymarket, Bangor, Bar Harbor, Eastport, Calais, St John, Portland, Lewiston, Manchester, North Conway, and other connections via Maine Central and Grand Trunk lines with listed times and stations.

Boston & Maine City Washington Street State Street Augusta—Haymarket Ag Causeway St Bangor Bar Harbor St. John Haliax Provinces Haymarket Sq Eastport Calais N. B Falign Portland Causeway Street New Po Haymarket Square Land Castine Southwest Bar Street Lewiston Hay Square Manchester Concord North North Conway Aymarket Sq Causeway Station Portland—Hayarket St

Western Division Train Timetable for Boston Area

Trains depart Boston station at Haymarket for Alton Bay Rochester and Farmington at 8 30 am and 1 4 pm Andover and several other towns run multiple daily departures with various times listed for Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Haverhill North Lawrence South Partners Lowell Malden Medford Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Wilmington and other points with Sunday service including Dover Lawrence Lowell and Portland Bangor and Lewiston along with workingmen's trains.

Boston Station Haymarket Square Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Iaverhill Georgetown M. Ee Biddeford Ares North Lawrence Pn South Partners Ilpm Lowell Malden Pos Medford Relrose Merrimac North Andover Newburyport Reading Wilmington Lawrence Ford Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading and Way

Boston to Amesbury and many branches train timetable

Eastern Division timetable lists trains from Boston to Amesbury and many branches including Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Hampton Marblehead Swampscott Middleton Newburyport North Conway Peabody Danvers Portsmouth Revere Rockport Gloucester Salem York Harbor Beach Stations on Saugus Branch and more with listed departure times from Haymarket square and other Boston stations for Thursdays and Saturdays service.

Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Lotas Great Falls Marblehead Swampscott Branch Middleton Wars Newburyport North Conway Peabody and Danvers Rockport and Gloucester Branch Salem York Farber & Beach Saugus Swampscott Wenham Wolfeboro Lynn and Way Newburyport Portsmouth Oe Baner St. John Halifax Alem

Lowell System Boston Station Schedule Lines

Boston Station on Causeway Street offers through service to Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville at 9am 1 and 7pm. North Woodstock Pennigewassett Valley Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster 7am 1pm. Fabyan's Jefferson 9am. Franklin Lebanon White River Junction 8 30am 1 3 and 7pm. St Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec 9am 1 7pm. Passumpsic Division White River Junction Wells River 8 30am 7pm. Bristol branch 8 30am 1pm. Claremont branch 8 30am 1pm. Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans Montreal via White River Junction 8 30am 1 7pm. Northern RR local points 8 30am 3pm. Montreal via Montreal and Boston Air Line 9am pm 7pm. Train to Montreal and Fabyan s runs daily.

Wilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville North Woodstock Pennigewassett Valley Lisbon Littleton Whitefield Lancaster Fabyan Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpsic White River Junction Wells River Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal Northern RR Boston Air Line Fabyan’s

Boston Area Local and Central Mass Train Timetables

Detailed lists of local and through train times for dozens of towns and stations from Boston Causeway Street to Northampton Amherst and beyond. Includes services to Manchester Concord Nashua Woburn Lexington Arlington and more with multiple daily departures and note on time tables at stations.

Train Schedule Fragments for Central Division and Nearby Stops

A dense listing of train times and routes across numerous stations including Kneeland Street, Fall River Line connections, Ashland, Middleboro, Brockton, Taunton, Mattapan, Nantasket, New Bedford, Plymouth, Weymouth, Whitman, and more. The schedule shows daily, Sunday, and weekday departures with numerous time points, via multiple routes and extensions. includes special notes for express or limited runs.

Cape Cod Division Bus Schedule Fragments

Partial timetable shows routes from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and numerous Cape Cod towns with 8.15 am and 4.15 pm pairings. Entries include Bourne, Brewster, Barnstable area towns, Provincetown, Nantucket, Wellfleet and Yarmouth with varied times and via notes.

Cape Cod Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Barnstabie Bourne Bournedale Brewster Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Park Sq New Bedford Fairhaven Harmouth Hyannis Marwick

Providence Division timetable OCR fragment

Fragmentary listing details numerous train times and stops from Providence Division routes and adjacent lines. Includes departures from Park Square Station to New York, Attleboro and Canton Junction patterns, and scattered notes for Huntington, Dedham, Jamaica Plain, Mansfield, Attleboro, and Providence connections with Sunday schedules and multiple intermediate stations.

Northern Division Train Schedule Notice

Through train service may be obtained in Boston at stations as above and at Old Colony and C office No 3 Old State House J R Kendrick Gen Manager Geo L Connor Gen Passr Agent Leave Boston Albany Station Knee land Street for Framingham Marlboro 7 15 11 054 m 2 15 4 30 5 25 6 30 411 15 pm Sundays 6 pm Fayville 7 15 11 052 m 2 15 4 30 6 30 11 15 am Sundays 6pm Seouthboro 7 15 11054 m 2 15 4 30 5 25 6 30 a11 15 pm Sundays 6 pm Bolton 11 05 am 2 15 4 20 411 15 pm Sundays 6ypm Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg 7 15 11 05 am 2 15 4 50 5 25 LF m Sundays 6 pm Pratt s vanaction 7 15 11 056 am 4 30 411 15 pm Sundays 6 pm a Wednesdays and Saturdays only

Nashua Lowell Lawrence Stoneham and Tay Lexington and Way Woburn and Way Winchester and Way Manchester Concord Montreal Central Mass Boston Causeway Street Portland Street Northampton Hadiey Amherst Belchertown Bondaville Gilbertville Barre Kutl Oakdale Boylston Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont Helmeont Waverley Herdson and Way James T. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen’l Pas Northern Division Boston & Albany Kneeland Street Framingham and Marlboro Fayville Seouthboro Bolton Sunndays Northboro Clinton Leominster Fitchburg Pratt’s Vanaction Old Colony &. C Old State House J. R. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor Pass

Transit Schedule Fragments for Concord Area

Fragmentary timetable notes show Sunday departures from Concord with prices and times such as 5.30 7.38 and 2.45 Ex. 3.35 5.15 with 2x service. Mentions BLE and CHAMBERLIN fast service and a 6.55 Ex departure. Concrete details are sparse and partly garbled.

Concord C&x N.H Chamberlin

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