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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 04, 1889

Page

7

Market Summary of Wheat Rye Flour and Grains

Chicago and New York receipts show steady markets with exports and shipments. Wheat prices range No 2 red and No 1 white with mixed levels. rye and oats firmer, barley active, corn market quiet but firm. stock of No 2 whites in Boston & Albany elevator noted.

Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada New York Chicago St Louis Boston & Albany Chandler Street Graham Michigan Bath

Receipts and Market Report Across Dairy Goods

Receipts today include butter 3817 pkgs and 211 boxes, oleo 170 pkgs, cheese 889 boxes, eggs 3164 cases, beans 1 bbl, potatoes 14 cars, sweet potatoes 91 bbls, hay 35 cars, straw 12 cars. Butter market steady with firm prices. Western creamery at 18 19c and 20c for top brands. Eggs demand higher with tighter supply. Eastern extras around 20c, Western/Michigan light. Cheese steady with moderate receipts. oats and beans show quiet demand but firmer New York market influences. District notes from Elgin, Chicago, New York, Utica, Ogdensburg, Canton reflect varied quotes and jobbing prices across regions.

Choice Western Creamery New York Vermont Elgin S. Chicago Liverpool Utica Ogdensburg Canton New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Islands Michigan Canadas Chicago York State California Lima

Market Report on Poultry Potatoes and Farm Staples

Prices rise for Canada peas and generic poultry products amid light receipts and steady demand. Fresh killed spring chickens and fowls hold at 18 to 22 cents. ducks and live fowl activity subdued. potatoes hold firm with varied regional prices. sweet potatoes see large receipts and lower prices. hay and straw markets show modest activity with price ranges across grades.

Choice Canada New Hampshire Rose Hebrons Aroostook Hebrons Aroostoo New York Burbanks White Stars Bush Native Rose

Market Prices for Onions and Vegetables In Local Trade

The report lists Egyptian onions at 150 per crate, red onions 75 cents to 1 dollar, Malta onions 175 per crate, native onions 75 cents per bush, Spanish onions 1 dollar per crate, beets 35 cents per box, carrots 40 cents per box, lettuce 1.25 per box, native turnips 50 cents per box, native yellow 60 to 75 cents per box, cucumbers 75 cents per 100 count, pickles 12.42 per bush, parsley 25 cents per bush, cranberry and shell beans 1 dollar, wax beans 1 per bush, Lima beans 2 dollars per 250 count bush, green corn 1.50 per barrel, tomatoes 25 cents per bush, native cabbage 3. fourth to? per 100 count, red cabbage 75 cents per box. Native marrow squash and turban at 1 per barrel, cauliflowers quiet at 1 per dozen, native eggplant 1.50 to 2.00 per dozen, Kalamazoo celery 1 per dozen with native lots at 1 per dozen.

Malta Kalamazoo

Steamer Christian Johnson Arrives with Bananas

The steamer Christian Johnson is due to arrive here with Baracoa bananas for WW & Co. The vessel is expected to dock at the wharf shortly, bringing cargo and shipments for local merchants and markets.

Christian Johnson WW &C

Jersey Peaches On Norfolk Train Reported

Eleven cars of Jersey peaches are listed on Wednesday morning's Norfolk train, indicating a notable fruit shipment arriving at the station. The report notes the quantity and origin, highlighting the transportation of fresh produce by rail.

Jersey

Fruit Sales Auction Planned for Almeria Grapes

Snow and Co will auction 75 barrels of Almeria grapes Wednesday morning at 11 o'clock.

Snow & Co Almeria

Fruit market report with wide variety of prices and quantities

The market shows ample stock and steady demand for apples and pears with several varieties and prices listed. Oranges lemons cantaloupes muskmelons berries peaches cranberries grapes and other fruits are quoted with boxed and barrel pricing, including Jamaica and Baracoa bananas and various plums and vine fruit.

Messina Palermo Jersey New Yorks Clapp Rhode Islands Delaware Moore New York Hudson River York State Jamaica Baracoa Port Simons Seeley Vine Valley

Hog and cattle markets across Kansas City and rivals

Kansas City stalls report cattle trading firm with best stock stronger, others steady. hogs down, heavies 3 60 to 4 15, lights 3 75 to 4 52 with prices mixed. Cincinnati and Chicago notes show steady to easier trends, pork opened steady then firmer, hog receipts tallied, cattle activity described at Chicago and Peoria markets.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Peoria

Provisions Market Reports and Pork Lard Prices

Provisions receipts show tallow 31 bbls beef 280 bbls pork 248 bbls lard 340 tierces with various case and box counts. Pork and pork products remain quiet with moderate demand. hams steady. prices quoted for long and short cuts, backs, lean ends, tongues, messes, and city dressed hogs. Regional notes include New York, St Louis, Chicago pricing with varying steam lard, bacon, shoulders, and bellies trends.

Choice City New York Western Continent South America St Louis Chicago Mess Park

Market report on beef prices and fresh meats

Meat markets show steady to firm prices across several cuts. Corned beef and tongues list varied prices, fresh beef for choice steers remains firm, and demand is mixed with lambs and mutton easy. Tallow and New York market notes complete the summary.

Chicago Brighton Choice New York

New York Cotton Prices Mixed as Futures Ease

Cotton markets show varied quotations across staples with opening and closing prices for September through February. Liverpool and domestic markets list steady to weak tones with receipts, exports, and stocks across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Savannah and other ports.

New York Estes Sualus Liverpool Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Memphis C. Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Cincinnati St Louis Louisville Consolidated Great Britain United States

Multiple cargo items listed from ships and firms in port

A compact list details numerous consignments and cargoes including canned lobsters eggs preserves pickled fish and various barrels casks and hull items. Entries mention firms such as Cochrane Chemical Dana Gil Haskins Monegee Potter Wrightington and others with destinations Porto Rico Porto Antonio and Harborville Nova Scotia among banana boxes oranges pineapples sugar wood piling and potatoes.

Cochrane Chemical Co Dana & Co B_ Griffin & co Hanifen Hart Winsor & Son Porto Rico Sci Helena Bates & Barnet Port Antonio Boston Ruit Co Harborville Delong & Seaman

Shipping news from Nova Scotia and nearby ports in 1889

Exports dated September 3, 1889 list vessels and cargoes at Wallace Alma N S Sea Foam Windsor Packet Corporal Trim On Time Herald Yarmouth Steamer Yarmouth. Cargoes include flour corn meal kerosene oil pork beef dyewood refined oil window glass fruit and produce. Details show bbls and boxes shipped from multiple ports including Wallace Alma Canning Maitland Port Greville Liverpool and Yarmouth.

Wallace and Alma Bear River Northeast Harbor Windsor Port Hawkesbury Pictou Liverpool Canning Maitland Port Greville Sch Yarmouth

Sugar and molasses market notes from today

Sugar receipts tally five barrels 181 hogsheads and 94 bags versus 500 hogsheads and 1257 bags last year. Raw sugars dull. refined demand steady with Pulverized 8 5/8c, Powdered 8 1/2c, Granulated 8 3/4c, Standard A 8 1/4c. Molasses receipts none. prices for Fancy Ponce 43c, Barbadoes 34c, Cienfuegos 28 3/4c, boiling grades 50 test 8 7/8c.

Cuba Manilas Iloilos Javas Ponce Cienfuegos Ao Barbadoes

Imports and Exports Records From Sept 3 1889

A detailed list from Liverpool Boston Yarmouth Halifax Charlottetown Picton and Port Hawkesbury shows imports and exports across multiple firms and goods. Items include steel billets silk etc with quantities such as 1030 steel billets 214 do colonial wool 81 bales plastering cattle hair and numerous cases of eggs mackerel and codfish. Several named firms appear including Baring Bros Co Jordan Marsh Co Phelps Dodge and Brown Bros Co. The record documents ships and cargoes arriving at several ports and the assortment of commodities loaded or discharged.

Liverpool Eng Michigan Pierson & Co Milne & Co Holt & Hugbee Abbott & Co Washington Glass Co Sears & Co Moors & Co Fairchild Paper Co Charles B Perkins Springer Isres Baring Bros & Co Geneva Weeks & Potter H White & Co Vincent Deymore Jones Boston Book Co Joel Goldthwaite & Co Burt & Snow Ross Jones, McCuttee & Stratton Kent Bere Bros & Co Purdy C Chase & Co Garland Phelps, Dodge & Co Washburn & Moon Manf Co Baring Bros .& Co Murray Shepard Norwell & Co Davis, Pitts & Co Stone & Downer Jordan, Marsh & Co R H White & Co Stowell & Co Pope Manico Brown Bros & Co Wetherell Bros E & F King & Co Potter Clarke Doherty Mackintire, Lawrie & Co Snow & Co Mdise Judge Chaimberlain Harvard College Library Sraith & Co Lowell Machine Co P Hollander & Co Mdise Coleman, Mead & Co Sheldon & Co Yarmouth Tamacinds J G Hall & Co Barclay & Co L Clements & Co A & O W Mead Batchelder Hibbard Delong & Seaman Russell Webber & Co Hall & Co Halifax Charlottetown Pei Pictou Port Hawkesbury Carroll Beaman Bros Charclay & Co Bartlett, Lyman & Co Bowles & Co Boston Brown, DeLoria & Co James Coleman EF Bull & Co Woodside & Co McGandy Russell & Co Bond & Co Boyle Agnes Lawrence Geo Morley E T Russell & Co American Rubber Co Mra Benning

Watertown Union Live Stock Market Report for Week Ending Sept 3 1889

Boston Post correspondent George J. Fox notes a moderate trade with lighter cattle supply and steady to unchanged prices. Sheep lambs and swine volumes rise with Canadian lambs and local buyers active. cattle sales include specific lots from Tinker Learned A Hathaway Sanborn and others. Prices listed span beef, store cattle, swine, sheep, and lambs across multiple grades.

Boston Post George J. Fox Union Market Tathaway Sanborn Sturtevant & Haley

Wheat and corn markets steady in London dispatch

Foreign markets report quiet but steady wheat off the coast with weak demand in English and French country trade. Liverpool spot wheat firmer amid modest demand and ample receipts while corn remains firm with good demand. prices listed for winter and spring wheat, corn, and provisions including pork bacon lard and cheese.

London Liverpool United Kingdom

Business Names in Augusta and Baltimore Ads

A fragment lists firms and agents including A J Gouley in Augusta, W Mulherin of Mulherin Rice & Co in Augusta, J A Lawrence of Lawrence Berry & Co in Baltimore, and T W Barbydt of TW Barbydt Co. in Des Moines. The text references multiple city and firm names with no clear event.

Augusta, Ga Gouley, Craw W Mulherin Mulherin, Rice & Co Baltimore J A Lawrence Lawrence, Berry

Trade names and agents listed from multiple U S cities

A fragmented OCR list shows agents and companies by city across the United States including Binghamton New York Cincinnati Cleveland St Louis Toledo Pittsburgh Norfolk Selma and Salt Lake City with names such as T M Brown Lester & Co Ry M Nahm Nahm Bros H B Childs Belknap Cady Peters & Miller and others, indicating a trade or advertising directory.

Binghamton T M Brown Lester & Co Bowling Green M Nahm Nahm Bros Branford Penn I Rich Rich & Robinson Cincinnati L Runker I Faller’s Sons & Co Cleveland Childs Childs, Groff & Co W Cady W Cady & Co Coe Belknap Carpenter & 0 Yvcnine City J P Sidwell Kendall B&so Craw Lonake Ark Daniel Daniel & Strauss Norfolk Brannt Pittsburg

Fitchburg Railroad Timetable Highlights and Details

Albany to Boston and beyond service options listed with times, routes and sleeping cars. Includes daily and Sunday schedules for Fitchburg line. notes on through tickets, territory coverage, and office locations. Ends with names of John Adams, J Whitmore, and J R Watson as executives and agents.

Troy Albany Chicago Niagara Falls Erie Boston St. Louis Michigan Central Wabash Chicago & Grand Trunk Railway Froyus Averdunetron Frattle Boro Miller’s Falls Cambridge Cheshire B Concord Fitchburg Gardner and Miller’s Falls Greenfield Fivesick Falls Johnsonville Lincoln Marlboro, Hudson and Maynard Ashua N. A Ayer Junction North Adams Williamstown North Leominster Saratoga—S Shelburne Falts Union Square Somerville Waltham Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Worcester Hoosac Tunnel Washington Street John Adams Gen'l New York New London Norwich Danielsonville Putnam City OF New York City OF Worcester Summer Street A. A. Jackson E. P. Vining A. C. Kendall Sup t.Trafic Gen Vass Agt

Boston and New England Lines Schedule 1889

Trains from Boston to Ashcroft Baltimore Dorchester and many towns listed with daily and Sunday runs. Times include morning and evening departures, some via New York and Norwich lines with through service to Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury and Providence. Special notes cover Woon socket division and Sunday runs.

W York NEW Haven & Hart Boston New York New Springfield Worcester New London Providence Hartford XN. Y N. E Willmantic N.Y Cc. T. Hempstead Gen’ Pat Summer Street Ashcroft Baltimore Bird Street Blackstone Danbury Dedham Illami Dorchester Dundle Street Ellis Endicott Pishkill-on-Hudson Franklin Forest Avenue Marvard Street Hyde Park Righland Lake Islington Manchester Mattapan Millford Mt. Bowdoin New Britain Newburg Air Line Norwich Norwood Borwood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Putnam Readville River Street Brockwilte Conn Southbridge Tiltens Watlpele Washington D. C Waterbury Willimantic Winslows Webster The Middletown New Haven Fishkill-on-Judson Newburgh Turners, N. Y Erie Railway Pointe West Buffalo Fishkillon-Hudson Jersey City Trenton Richmond Washneato

Local Train Timetable Across Neighbors to Portland and Beyond

Train service lists numerous stops including Portland Exeter Haverhill and Newburyport with departures from early morning to late evening. Frequent services link towns such as Dover Lowell Reading Manchester and Medford with multiple daily times and a workingmen's train noted.

Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Reading and Way

Trains Schedule East of Boston and Coastal Routes

List of train departures by station from Boston to Portland Amesbury Kevelry Biddeford Great Falls Hampton Ipswich Marblehead Swampscott Newburyport North Conway Kittery York Harbor Salem Rockport Gloucester and other stops with times and notes on special services including Workingmen's train and South Reading Branch.

Portland Provincial Express Alten Bay Mochester Farimington Andover Dover North Conway Exeter Great Falls Haverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco Lawrence Lowell Newburyport Tilam Reading Salem Amesbury Keverly Biddefora Rochester Hampton Beach North Mampton Rye Beach Ipswich Lyon Marbleherd and Swampscott Fortsmouth Rockport Gloucester Grand York Harbor & Beach RE. B Swampscott Wolfeboro

Lowell System Trains Schedule From Boston Station

Trains depart from Causeway Street Boston for Keene Peterboro Hillsboro via Concord Wilton Bulford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Lowell North Milford Law rence Stoneham Webern Waianchester Concord and more with times ranging from early morning to late evening including 7 50 am 1 pm and 7 pm services. Some routes list multiple daily departures to key towns and cities and connections to the Concord Mass Reformatory station.

Lowell Causeway Street Portland Street Panchester Concord N. E Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Bristol Tranch Claremont Branch St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Norwich Hanover Thetford Bradford Newbury Montpelier Essex Hurlington Montreal White River Boston Air Line Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Bulford Amherst Greenfield Nashua North Millertoa Lawrence Stoneham Webern Waianchester Mass Bedford

Central Massachusetts Train Schedule Readouts and Stops

Central Massachusetts division timetable lists trains from Muston and Franco stations to Northampton Hadley Amherst Belcher Low RBcondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester Clinton Berlin Hudson South Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont and Mindson with multiple daily departures. Sundax trains run Belmont Waverley Waltham Mindson and Way stations to Northampton at 1 15 pm. James T Furber and D J Flanders sign as General Manager and Passenger and Ticket Agent.

Boston Norwood Central Hyde Park Franklin Woonsocket Boston & Albany Railroad Needham and Way Central Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont Mindson Northampton James T. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen’l Pas

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