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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 05, 1889

Page

7

Markets Hold Steady as Receipts Vary Across Dairy Goods

Prices show modest gains in some butter grades while others stay dull amid steady to firm demand. Creameries and imitations trade slowly. cheese remains steady with moderate receipts. Eggs and beans stay quiet but firm. poultry demand fair though prices slip. Potatoes firm with light supply, hay and straw mixed.

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Market prices for onions and produce dominate supply notes

A market listing shows Egyptian onions at 150 per crate, red onions 75c to 1 per bag, Malta onions 175 per basket, native onions 75c per bush, and many other produce items with varied pricing. Also listed are beets 35c per box, carrots 40c, lettuce 1 per box, cucumbers 75c per 100 count, peppers 60c per bush, and beans, corn, tomatoes, cabbage, cauliflower, and celery with respective per unit costs.

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Markets for apples pears and citrus detailed in old price list

The report lists prices and supply conditions for apples pears cantaloupes melons and berries. It notes plentiful supply and steady demand for apples and pears with specific quotes for Gravensteins native Bartletts and common pears. Oranges lemons cantaloupes grapes bananas and other fruits show mixed supplies and firm or steady prices with various box and basket quotes.

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Norfolk Train Carries Potatoes and Jersey Peaches

The Norfolk train, arriving Thursday morning, carries eight cars of potatoes and nine cars of Jersey peaches.

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Provisions receipts comparison from the day’s market report

The day’s receipts list tallow and lard in bbls and tierces with numerous cases, pails, boxes, and preserved meats, including bacon. A year-ago comparison shows tallow, beef, pork, lard, and various measures, highlighting fluctuating volumes and product mix.

Pork and Beef Prices in New York and Chicago Markets

Pork and pork products remain quiet with moderate demand. Prices span long cuts 12 25 to 14 50, lard 6 07, and varied hams and bacon values. New York reports firm pork at 10 50 for mess, and Chicago notes easier pork and lard with mixed cut prices. beef and lamb show stable to soft demand, with assorted steers and mutton prices listed.

New York Western Steam South America Chicago St Louis Brighton Choice

Hog and cattle markets report Kansas City Chicago and Cincinnati prices

Kansas City and Chicago cattle and hog prices show weakness and mixed activity. Cattle receipts and ranges quoted with shipping steers at $290 to $325, hogs steady to lower with heavies $3 55 to $3 75, mixed $3 70 to $4 05, sheep at $3 75. Cincinnati hogs easier with common and light at $3 40 to $4 60, packing $4 00 to $4 26. receipts 2,200. shipments $3 70.

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New York cotton quiet with mixed futures and broad market data

Cotton markets in New York and Liverpool show quiet to dull activity. Opening and closing prices list slight gains in New York futures while Liverpool quotes steady to firm for near months and mixed for distant. Regional receipts, stocks, and exports across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and Consolidated totals are provided with mid and 11/16 to 1/4 cent ranges.

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Sugar Market Report With Receipts And Prices

Sugar receipts today total 530 barrels versus 530 last year. raw sugars dull and nominal with Cuba fair to good refining 6c to 6 ½c per pound and Manila and other sugars listed. Refined sugars show steady demand with Pulverized at 8 3/4 to 8 5/8 cents, Granulated 8 1/4 to 8 1/2, confectioners’ A 8 7/16, standard A 8 1/4, Belmont A 7 1/2, extra C 7 3/4, yellow 6 5/8. Wholesale grocers’ price 8 cents for granulated. Molasses receipts today 178 barrels versus 77 last year. market nominal with Ponce and Cienfuegos and Barbadoes price ranges listed.

Cuba Manilas Jayuas Ponce Cienfuegos Barbanoes

Livestock Market Totals and Arrivals at Watertown and Brighton

Report from Boston Post by George J. Fox for week ending Sept 4 1859 lists sheep cattle and lambs swine totals and arrivals at Watertown and Brighton yards. Prices for market beef range from four to six dollars with quality distinctions and store cattle prices noted.

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Boston cattle market list shows steady prices across livestock

Cattle from Union Yards were not sold Tuesday while store pigs and veal calves moved. Prices held. J D Hosmer sold five pairs of working oxen with girths 6 to 7 ft. various buyers traded milch cows, springers, and beef cattle at 34 to 55 cents per pound, with export shipments down about 700 head from last week and sheep arrivals flooding in from Canada and Vermont as butchers paid top rates for lambs and sheep.

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Trains Schedule From Boston Station to New England Points

Eastern Division timetable listing departure times from Boston to towns like Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Gloucester Rockport Salem Swampscott and more. Includes numerous stations with varied departures throughout the day and mentions branches and workingmen's trains.

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Lowell System Trains Leave Boston For New Hampshire Routes

Boston to Keene Peterboro Hillsboro and Nashua routes listed with departures at early morning and afternoon times. Stops include Wilton Milford Amherst Nashua and Concord via various towns. Sunday trains listed for Nashua Stoneham Woburn and Manchester Concord with limited departures and late evening services. Montreal line noted.

Nashua Lowell Stoneham and Way Woburn and Way Manchester Concord Montreal

Central Massachusetts Train Schedules From Boston Station

Train times listed for Central Massachusetts routes departing from Boston Causeway Street to Northampton Hadley Amherst Belcher town Mondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Oakdale West Boylston Worcester Clinton Berlin Hudson South Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont with listed departures at 7.45 am 9.20 am 11.40 am 1.30 pm 3.40 pm 5.25 pm and 6.25 pm across multiple destinations and mixed times.

Fall River Line Stonington Boston Old State House Central Division Kneeland Street New York Brockton Fall River Taunton Wantasket Anew Bedford Anewport Plymouth Abington Duxbury Cape Cod Provincetown and Way Wyannis Fairhaven Woods Holl Sandys Chatham Branch Martha’s Vineyard Nantucket Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Bangor Bar Harbor Wanewea Concord Upper Roads Glen Crawford’s Lewiston Haymarket St Manchester N. H St. John Halifax the Provinces Maine Central Grand Trank Knox Lincoln BR Rockland Castine Deerisle Sedgewick South West Harbor Mill Bridge Machinsport Portland Eastport Calais A. B Lowell Causeway Street Portland Street Franklin Lebanon White River Bristol Stuunch Laremont Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Norwich Hanover Thetford Bradford Newbury Montpelier Essex Burlington Pontreal Lynn Newburyport Portsmouth Tom St. Diobr Salem Saugus Reading Haymarket Square Central Rockbottom Wayland Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont

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