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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 03, 1886

Page

7

Fresh Meats Prices and Quality Ranges Listing

Market notes show fresh beef tongues and various beef cuts with prices per pound. Additional listings include fresh meats such as choice heavy lambs, mutton, yearlings, and veal with quality notes and regional price ranges. Eastern mutton and veal are listed with nominal Worcester county values.

Brighton Chicago Worcester County

Fruit market report shows mixed demand for peaches and apples

Peaches show modest demand with fair sales at 50 cents per basket and high end lots at 1.25 dollars per basket. Apples are plentiful and hard to move with dull sales for ordinary lots. Pears, plums, and melons have variable demand and pricing, while shipments from Boston and New York to Europe are tallied in a season‑to‑date export report.

New York New England Pitchburg Europe Liverpool Glasgow Boston S. cc

Cotton and sugar markets steady amid quiet trading

The market shows little movement with unchanged prices across staples. Cotton bids for mid uplands and Orleans around 34.00 to 34.50, while Liverpool and New York futures open steady then close easy or barely steady. Sugar and molasses hold steady with refined prices easing slightly. oil and pipe line certificates report modest activity and shipments for late August.

Uplands Gulf Hales Liverpool Orleans New York BOI rAenst Manila Gioe Belmont Orto Rico Cuba

Markets By Telegraph New York Sept 2

Market update from New York reports flour prices steady with wide range of lots and grades, receipts and exports tallied, rye and barley noted, wheat prices firm and various grain, coffee, sugar, molasses, and oil futures described. Additional notes from Milwaukee Chicago Cincinnati Toledo St Louis Detroit markets describe Provisions pork lard and beef trends, oats, corn, and rye movements.

New York Minnesota Souther Goramealee Eales Chicago Milwaukee Bayley Rio United Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam South America Liverpool Darley Cincinnati Toledo ST. Louis Detroit

Wheat Steady as Market Reports No. 1 Hard at 74.4c

Minneapolis Minn Sept 2 Wheat prices hold steady with No 1 hard wheat quoted at 74.4 cents per bushel amid light trading. Early results show limited movement and standard milling grades maintain steady values.

Mina Apolis Minn

Net Receipts and Stocks Across Major Ports

Maritime trade report shows Augusta to United States ports with varying receipts and stock levels. Highlights include New York exports to Great Britain and Cincinnati shipments, with overall quiet activity and mid range price differentials across cities like Baltimore, Philadelphia, and St. Louis.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Noulinal Memphis Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Phiadelphia Baltimore New York Great Britain Cincinnati Stoss St. Louis Louisville France Continent United States

Chicago Cattle Receipts and Shipments Report

Chicago cattle receipts reach 11 500 with shipments around 25 00, prime firm trade and weak selling in chipping steers. Stocker and feeder cows priced near 2235 50, cows pulls and mixed 203 250, bulk 2250. Texans load 2014 3. bogs receipts 10 000 and shipments 2500 stronger rough and mixed 4450 4100, packing and sipping 4100 560. Sheep receipts 4000 shipments slow natives lower with Texdus and St Joes Folambs Saua listed.

Chicago St Joes

Market report from Chicago with mixed grain and livestock activity

A Chicago despatch notes weak opening prices and slow gains in markets with firms like Howell Brine Katamerer Houghton Aliine Co. leading buying. Cables show strong demand while winter wheat receipts are scarce and spring movement remains low. Pork and lard rise, and corn closes near prior levels amid overarching foreign demand.

Chicago Brewer & Wilkins Cupress Street Howell & Brine Katamerer Houghton, Aliine & Co Bield, Lindley & Co Hutchinson

London Market Reports Mixed Wheat and Bond Quotes

Beerbohm's report notes slow coast wheat with some concession offers and strong American corn. Paris markets steady. Liverpool wheat firmer with fair demand. London securities dip and rise with American and Canadian issues, including United States bonds and major rail names.

London Beerbohm Chamber of Commerce Bat Passage California Paris Liverpool United States Atlantic & Great Western Acific Erie St. Paul New York Central Pennsylvania

Imports and Exports. Glasgow and Hull shipments 1886

Readable lists of consignments from Glasgow Hull and Annapolis including N & N W Curtis Brown Bros co and J D Dana. Items span coal bricks pig iron wool hides paper china clay and various goods with numerous firms and ships noted. The long ledger-style report records cargo types quantities and sender receivers across ports.

Glasgow Hibernian Curtis Houston Electric Co Job & Co Dana Salmon ET Russell & Co Hull Eng Brown Bros & Co Washburn & Moen Mant Co Verplank & Co Rossbach & Bros Traines Jones, McDuffee & Stratton Dailey & Co Loua Wolf & Co Merchants’ Despatch Transportation Co China Horace Partridge & Co Kendall, Barrows& Co Wright Mant Co Bartlett & Co Linder & Meyer Riley & Gray Wilder Morey & Smith Turner & Co Annapolis Seymour & Hull Balcom Grifin & Co Holmes Hensdale & Colebury Johnson Marston

Exports at St Johns and Liverpool Steamship Trade 1886

Export list from St Johns NF and Liverpool NG dated Sept 2 1886 detailing cargoes aboard schooner Fred K Cox and steamer Palestine. Items include acids, fruit, hardware, oils, tar, tobacco, leather, canned goods, bricks, waxes, and other assorted goods with quantities.

T. John's Fred K. Cox Hhardware Liverpool Palestine

Staple Price Receipts From Multiple Railroads

A ledger of consignments and prices lists ash box boxes flour corn millfeed and numerous items by railroads including Boston & Albany Boston & Providence New York & New England Hee Boston & Maine and others with quantities such as bbls bbis sacks boxes and bales for commodities like wool leather hides cotton and butter, detailing varied consignments across lines and stations. The list reads as a dense inventory of goods tied to railroad receipts with numerous numbers and unit descriptors.

Boston & Albany Railre USA Grand Junction Boston & Providence Ola Colony Railroad BO Voi Sugi AG New York & New England Railroad Bates Boston & Maine Isi Istern Sears Boston & Lowell Atpies Bois Lae Laurber Aed Physis Ees

Railroads timetable corrected to June 20 1886

New York and New England timetable lists weekday departures from Boston Foot of Summer Street to Ashcroft Baltimore and many other points with varied times and prices. It notes Sunday trains, through routes to New York via Middletown and Hartford, and Norwich Line connections with steamer service to Worcester City and New York. Includes Boston to Norwood Central and Woonsocket divisions with extensive stopping patterns.

Boston Station Summer Street Ashcroftt Baltimore Bird Street IL A.x Y.m. Blackstone A.m Danbury Oak Budley Street Ellis Endicott Bishkill Landing Byde Park P.m. Bright and Lake Y.v. Eslington Tito Pa Rlanchester Mattapan Milford Bowdoin New Britain Newburg New London New York Middletown Hartford Norwich Nervwood Norwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Providence Putnam Readville River Street Brockville Conn Southbridge Tiltons, & Am Walpole Washington, D. C Waterbury Wallimantic Winslows Webster Boston Norswood Central Woonsocket Division Albany Railroad Alliows Needham S LEO Ase New Haven Pullman Malaserbury Fishkill New England Air Line Toute Grandporte Denot Startford Eston Willimanth Ernoos Lea Iartiora New Haver Erses City Trenton Philadelps Taleo Washington Richmond Danielsonville Cliyty Worcester City OF New York Washington Street W. O. Turner Gen Sun’t Traels Histol Old Colony Old ‘Olony Station Fall River Newport Jyas Pall River Brooklyn Jersey City State House Washington and State Streets H. Palmer Old State House

Boston Rail Timetable Passages East Division Trains

Eastern division schedule lists dozens of Boston Causeway Street departures to Peabody and points including Lynn Newburyport Portland and Campania with varied times and branches. Includes weekday Sunday service details and special trains to Point of Pines and Gloucester with connections via Haymarket and Central stations.

Fitchburg Railroad HooIag Tunnel Route Schedule

Trains run from July 6 1886 on the Fitchburg route with through sleepers and drawing room cars to Chicago and New York Central lines. Connections include West Shore and Boston and Maine divisions with daily and Sunday services, stops at Mechanicville Athol and Saratoga, and through cars to St Albans and Montpelier Route details include schedules for feeders, timing, and through sleeping cars.

Central Vermont Railroars Rutland Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Causeway Street Boston Winchendo Pullman Palace Burlington St. Albans Blontreal Lisos A. BL Ogdensbarge Lago A. RG Washington Street C. A. Faxon R.stewart Keene, N. H Tidins Reoin Bowie Las Pullman Ch. Cary New York Central Mt. Krauss Chicka West Shore Railroad OnoOy SaPalowa Athol Peceraatowe Holland Throvisi WOW Brechaniee North Adams Royalston Bevins Wever Bpitchburg Wachusett Wwestiminster Aastiburnbiaia Ashburniana Mdial Neem HN Guer River Veendell Mast Ebeerfeld Nacsatague Be Hows Grawing Com Worcester Nashua Mopiland Boston & Maine Railroad Ayer Aver Clinton Oakdale Brainvuehiowin Lowell Hailroad Asi OG Cpa Lowell PIT Asiy BF Utchdurr Goo Cae Ol Coo AO AG Fey Ostyih Sb Ca Waverl Union Shark Ae FO

Boston and Albany R R Timetables June 14 6-Local

Local timetables for Boston and Albany line shown with departure times from Boston stations for Springfield Pittsfield Albany and connecting points Also lists forwarding offices and through trains with drawing room cars to New York and Buffalo sleepers to Chicago plus numerous local connections and stops on the Worcester to Springfield section Runs daily with limited midweek variations and weekend specifics displayed.

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J W Hobart General Manager Address Albany Vermont 1883

J W Hobart general manager notes a pass and an address in Albany Vermont dated August 29 1883. The fragment references a railroad or railroad related pass and a written note by Hobart. The item is a brief archival record with limited context and factual anchors such as name location and date.

Boston and Maine Train Schedule 1885

A dense OCR schedule lists Boston and Maine trains from Boston station and Haymarket Square to numerous destinations such as Bay Bay Bay, Rochester, Newmarket, Andover, and Medford with numerous departure times in the afternoon and morning. The page also references towns like Lawrence, North Berwick, Wakefield, Reading, Newburyport, and Merrimac along with Sunday trains and various service notes.

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City Ticket Office and Train Details

City ticket office at 3606 Washington street serves Pullman cars on Portland and Binger trains with James T. Furber and D. J. Flanderb listed as General Manager and General Passenger Agent respectively.

City Ticket Office Washington Street Portland Binger James T. Furber D. J. Flanderb

Central Massachusetts Station Timetables and Fares Listing

A fragmented timetable page lists trains from Manchester Concord to Boston via Central Massachusetts lines. It includes departure and arrival times, stations such as Concord and Manchester, and agent details like L Lucius Tutt le, with notes on June service changes and limited Sunday runs.

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