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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Oct 30, 1886

Page

7

Grain and commodity prices drift across markets

Receipts and exports across Corn and Wheat markets show varied activity with No 2 White and No 2 Red wheat quoted in multiple cities. Butter, lard, and pork show firmness while cotton and sugar markets indicate steady to mixed tone across regions such as Chicago St Louis and New Orleans.

S&e Rio Enbes Molasses Dell Rice Arm United Bbia Mess Pt Western Steam Milwauker Tllec Hbarley St: Louis Amn Doug Iitge Detroit Cot Michigan Atinneapoui Sen Corp Dal

Cattle and hog markets report mixed prices and steady receipts

Chicago cattle steady at good grades firm with 50,000 receipts and 2,000 shipments. Steers and stockers range 2026 to 260 per hundred. Hogs rise with 26,000 receipts and 10,000 shipments. rough mixed 300 to 340, packing and shipping 670 to 704. Sheep receipts about 4,000 with Western and Texans prices around 210 to 450.

London and Liverpool Grain Markets Report Amid Mixed Cargos

Cargoes off the coast show wheat easing while corn and flour rise or hold. At Mark Lane English and foreign wheats soften with American and Danubian corn and flour similarly firm. Paris and Paris markets quiet. Liverpool Wheat steady with strong demand and American receipts. Havana market notes sugar sale and private sale price.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Calcutta California Paris Liverpool England Havana Vet

Imports and Exports October 29 1886 Great Village NS

Shipping cargoes list from Great Village Shelburne Yarmouth and others detailing potatoes beets turnips carrots vegetables butter eggs hemlock plank codfish mackerel herring potatoes pork and other goods loaded onto multiple steamers and firms including Windsor Packet John Millard and Alpha with quantities in barrels boxes and pounds.

Great Village Windsor Deiony Seaman Shelburne Seir John Millard Yarmouth Steamer S Ellis & Co TJ Jones & Co Clements & Co G Hall & Co

Matilda Flour and Meal Prices Listed at Vil. Hiresene

The notice details a batch of 250 barrels of flour and 350 bushels of meal at Hiresene village. It records quantity and location for sale or shipment, reflecting a local trade listing in the period.

Matilda

Exports Goods Lists From Atlantic Ports in 1886

Shipping items include coal oil, cotton, plaster, lumber, chairs, windmill parts, type, spruce boxes, and crates. Noted destinations include Payrauda Uruguay and Bridgewater Nova Scotia with cargoes such as coal oil, cotton, flour, meal, and coke coal. Vessel names Isaac Jackson and Neried appear alongside cargo tonnages and box counts.

Payrauda Urucuay Isaac Jackson Bridgewater Vana Cuba Port Medway

Receipts Report of Cotton Corn and More by Railroads

A historical ledger style list details October 29 1886 receipts across multiple railroads Boston and Albany Boston and Providence Grand Junction Old Colony New York and New England including bales cotton barrels flour cornmeal oats oats meal sugar molasses lard butter cheese beef apples hides leather wool and various packaged goods with quantities in bales sacks boxes and barrels by railroad and origin. The figures enumerate dozens of items such as cotton bales wool hides cheese eggs and tea across lines and destinations.

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

Rail schedule fragment for Boston lines and connections

Train timetable shows New York and New England routes with limits through 1886. It lists stations from Boston to Ashcroft and beyond, daily and Sunday services, Woon socket division for Needham and intermediate stops, and express trains to New York via Middletown and New Haven. Also notes Norwich Line and through cars, with timetable details for multiple cities and connectors.

Laave Boston & Albany Tredromal Beaston Needham Ana Way Woonsocket Boston York Middletown New Hartford New Britain Waterbury New York Finntford New Haven Jersey City Trent A Philadelphia Baltimore Washington Richmond Peieann Prp Norwich New Lond Danielsonville Putnam New London Cipty Worter CHEY Oulee Washington Street Summer Street Terner Corendale Puss. Xeent

Ratlroads Four bas read 7.08 4 10.39

Fragmentary OCR text references rates and times with unclear numbers. Entities and details are too garbled to extract a coherent event, person, or organization for a precise, factual summary.

Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable 1886

Train schedule from Boston to destinations on the White Mountain Northern divisions with connections to Montreal and Quebec. List includes Plymouth, Claremont, Keene, Peterboro, Nashua, Amherst, Concord, and Manchester with morning and afternoon departures and Parlor and sleeping car options.

Causeway Street City Ofice Washington Street State House Arelrough Boston Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon Yhate Iver Montpeter Essex Duncties Burlington St. Athans Montreal Wracren Clowerhill Woodsville Newport St. Pdehwisbury Sherbrooke Quebec Gre Listol Claremont White Mountain Northern Division Pollman Central Vermont RR Passimpsie RR Reontreal

Fragmented Service Schedule Snippet From Lowell Area Page

The readable text lists varied times and codes such as 7.50 OO S10 2 AM and Sunday entries with multiple values. It appears to be a damaged timetable or schedule fragment for Lowell area listings with numbers, abbreviations, and partial route or service identifiers.

Rail Schedules and Timetables Across Regions Published

A dense listing shows train times for lines through Lawrence Wilmington West Medford Arlington and Concord with daily Ret times and AM PM departures. The document includes connections, local and intercity services, and notes on schedules from multiple stations and general notice to travelers.

Old Colony Fall River Line schedule excerpt 1886

Weekly timetable details for the Old Colony and related branches list daily and Sunday departures for Boston to Fall River and Cape Cod routes, with varied arrival times, connections, and note on through sleeping cars and branch lines to Weymouth, Plymouth, New Bedford, and Norwich, reflecting dense route coverage and period rail operations.

OATES Buzzard’s Bay Wareham Cohasset Cettace City New Bedford Bart Bridgewater Abington East Bilton Quincy N. Bed G.eOs Va. Reet East Ae East Weymouth Eh H Weymouth Fall River Taunton Brockton Strockton Garrison Gti Eee Adattapan Milton Mattapan Nepenset Tutede Emmens Sik Neponset Afattapoisett Afiddleboro Amy Nantucket Hell Woods Holl Dirfek Newport UG AM North Easton Ants NEVES Retin Ighton Fancotra Asics Co Ray Eee Co Dexbury Duxbury Seituate North Seituate Jan Ane Sea View iLpu Shawmat Gee SAG South Duxbury Central Station Dean Tome Ee Street Bwermouth Wollasten

Freight Carload Inventory From Several Rail Lines

Rolls and bales of cotton wool flour oats corn oats wheat barley pers tallow leather hides skins pelts lumber butter cheese beans apples potatoes hay straw lumber leather etc listed by Boston and Maine Eastern Western divisions Boston and Lowell and other lines. Numerous cars bales boxes bags rolls and cases record dispersed consignments across multiple districts with totals in the hundreds to thousands.

Sagat Arenson Bates Metcoes PAIS Vy Sea Sone L Peits Baies Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Boston & Maine Raailroad Boston & Lowell Railroad Express Sea

Boston and Providence Rail Schedule Changes Begin Monday

A new timetable effective Monday September 6 lists Boston to New York and Providence routes with Shore Line Fast Express and Shore Line Mail services. It details daily departures and returns, Sunday variations, and connections at Mansfield and Mansfield wait times.

Boston Providence Toit Road New York Shore Line Steamboat Stoningtom Line Reeturn Provagen Yee Tucket Bheturn Roudgeville Hebronville Ereturn Attleboro North Attleboro IL Pu Mans BRE Rad BISO Mast Foexberg Breturn Sharon Canton Bos Ie Kena Wille Isao Ore HD Bigode Park Wetarn Dekoy LO LO Seturn CAL Eto OED Flo Ba Jsasasaies Hoxbury Dedhar Sprix Street West Reoxbury Brighland Steughten Mt. Hope Warren and Eee Providence Mansfield Mansfeld Folsom. Snot

Central Massachusetts Railroad Schedules and Stops 1886

Central Massachusetts and Concord lines list train times from Boston and nearby depots to Jefferson, Way Stations, Boylston, Belmont, Waltham, Tayland, and Concord with morning and evening departures and returns. Gen. Passenger Agent Lucius Tuttle and Gen. Supt C. Mellin noted.

SUN Boock Rai Tayland le Px Rm. Sun Belmont Waltham Lucius Tuttle Mellen

Boston and Maine Through Trains on Both Divisions

Train schedules list Augusta to Havmarket Square and Causeway Street departures at 8.30 am and 9 am. Services cover St John Italy with the Provinces, Portland steamer connections from Portland, and routes to Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway Portland and Bar Harbor with multiple daily departures from Haymarket and Causeway Street stations.

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Boston to Amesbury Rail Timetable Fragments

A dense OCR of train schedules lists many routes from Boston to towns including Amesbury and Marblehead with varied times and fares. Names James T. Furber and J. Flander a are given as general manager and agent.

City Washington Street Portlandl Bangor James T. Furber J. Flandera

Printing Presses Rotary Four-Cylinder Model No 5

R Hoe & Co advertises a four cylinder rotary folio or quarto printing press No 5 designed for high speed book and newspaper production. The listing emphasizes capacity and mechanical design for heavy press work.

R. Hoe & Co Boston Post

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