Market Prices Report for Livestock Poultry and Feed
The market shows steady demand with lower prices noted for certain items. Extras priced at 275 300 per barrel and medi ums 242 500 bbl. Poultry demand quiet with steady prices. live poultry around 1 to 2 cents. Northern fresh killed chickens 20 22 cents, fair to good 16 18 cents. Northern fresh killed fowls 14 16 cents. Western iced fowls 13 cents. Hay and straw market steady with fair demand for choice lots and larger receipts. Rye straw quiet. choice hay 18 50 to 19 50, fancy 20, fair to good 16 18, Eastern fine 14 15, poor to ordinary 13 15, East swale 10, rye straw choice 16 17, oat straw 9.
Mountain cranberries arrive as Farnum sheds begin sale
Farnum & Co. received today the first arrival of mountain cranberries. Sales were made at $2.50 per bush box. The Norfolk boat due here Monday has 350 bags peanuts and 400 bbls sweet potatoes. Trade is quiet at steady prices with various vegetables and fruits listed in old market terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bay State
Russia
Providence
Farnum & Co
Norfolk
Fruit Market Prices and Shipments Across Regions
The report lists apple quotations led by native sweet and Astrachan with varied prices, then Liverpool and New York shipment figures. Oranges lemons berries and watermelons show small, mostly steady markets. peaches arrive in good condition with mixed prices. A detailed car train schedule for shipments and names of firms appear amid the market overview.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
AC Lombard's Sons
Aeck
Liverpool
Kings
York
New York
Boston
Maret
Wyoming Reds
Concords
Niagaras
Dartfords
Brightons
Delawares
Bartlett
Clapp
Bennett, Rand & Co
CB Sanborn & Co
J D Mead & Co
Snow & Co
Curtis & Co
A & O W Mead & Co
Conant & Bean
R Tattle & Co
L Fisher & Co
Rice & Relea
J S Chamberline & Co
George H Chessman & Co
Toda
Provisions Market Reports Across Cities and Commodities
The pork market holds firm with steady hog and lard values, listing long cuts at 18 1850 and various items such as pork backs and tongues with prices reaching 19. Other meats show mixed movement: New York markets firm, beef prices largely steady to higher on some cuts, while Chicago and St Louis report softer pork and steady lard. Fresh beef supplies remain limited with varied pricing across steers and hinds, and dry salted meats show modest demand and price levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord
Tierces
New York
City
India
South America
Chicago
St Louis
Cincinnati
Brighton
Sugar and Molasses Market Report
Sugar trade remains quiet with firm, steady prices across regions. Cuba and Manila grades quoted, refined sugars steady, various granulated and confectioners sugars listed. Molasses market firm with New Ponce and Porto Rico grades noted. New York market described as nominal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cuba
Manilas
Lloilos
Javas
New York
Ponce
Porto Rico
Cienfuegos
Cotton Market Report From Allan Asher & Co
Allan Asher & Co reports Liverpool market strength early on with higher opening prices. Weather worries and favorable southern conditions later caused a sharp decline and active trading. Prices remained 10 to 12 points below opening for near positions and 2 to 4 points for distant ones as the day closed with marked weakness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Allan Asher & Co
Exchange Place
Felows
Liverpool
Key West
Cotton Market Report From New York to Liverpool
New York cotton quiet with uplands at 10 1 2 c and low middling around 7 1 2 c. Futures opened firm and closed steady as Liverpool spot stays active and markets across Augusta to New Orleans show varied demand and stocks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Pedenhel
Seveesse
Podluaty Vies Asecudene
Liverpool
Orleans
Augusta
Fairdemand
Mild Doge
Ulveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Wilmington
Baltimore
Philadelphia
Norfolk
Cincinnati
St Louis
Louisville
France
United States
Market Report Hog and Cattle Prices Across Yards
Kansas City stock yards show steady cattle with beves at 3.25 to 6.25 and hogs firm from 5.80 to 6.60. Cincinnati hogs mixed prices range 4.60 to 6.40 with lighter supplies. Chicago receipts total 10 500 cattle and 13 000 hogs, steady with beef at 3.25 to 6.25 and hogs 5.95 to 6.60, sheep around 3.10 to 4.35. Texas cattle and Western sheep volumes noted with varied prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kansas City
Cincinnati
Chicago
Texas
Market reports show firmer prices across commodities
Tallow demand quiet while prices firm with city and country quotes. New York fair demand at strong prices for prime city. 35,000 lbs sold. Coffee New York Rio more active. fair cargoes. Whiskey Cincinnati tone steady Prat. St Louis and Chicago markets unchanged at 114 and 120. Turpentine, resin, tar, and petroleum mixed with closing figures in New York and Chicago.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Rio
Cincinnati
The Cattle Market Brighton and Watertown
Report by George J. Fox for the Boston Post covers week ending Sept 5 1388 with prices and arrivals at Brighton and Watertown yards. Milk cows and working oxen bids decline while beef and sheep trade steadies. Canada and Maine supply cattle and lambs as exporters move stock to London and local buyers bid on milch cows and springers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brighton and
Watertown
Boston Post
George J. Fox
Brighton
A N Monroe
W H Monroe
Hollis & Co
JS Henry
Aldrich & Johnson
Scollins
Hall & Son
Abby & Merrill
J D Hosmer
J Melloy & Son
F H Coolidge & Son
Canada
Yeo Ile
Liverpool
N Morris
London
Queen Vic
Vermont
Cold River
F Uoeselyn
P Covell
C H Merrill
Maine
Maine Five
Tle
Glines & Weston
Nommon
Seassachus Setis
Middlesex
Stillman Augustus Gleason
Stow
Mary E. Gleason
Cambridge
Lipston Post
Boston
George M. Brooks
Esquire
Jd. H. Tyler
Register
Watertown Cattle Prices and Market Notes
Cattle and veal sales reported from Watertown yards with multiple buyers and lots. Prices ranged 5 to 6 cents per pound for various cattle, oxen, and heifers, with totals and averages given for groups. Also noted is a temporary suspension at Brighton stock yards due to late stock train and railcar supply concerns affecting western livestock movement. Local expectations suggest stronger demand as schools resume and country families return.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Watertown
J A
Hathaway
JM Francers
A Eastman
W Scollans
JJ Sargent
Brighton Stock Yards
Imports and Exports at Sea and Port Goods List
Long ledger style import and export itemization covering ships Coninck Marmion Norseman Venetian and more. Includes casks grease steel bars iron girders coffee bottles glass textiles and numerous commodity bundles with quantities and partner firms such as Leonard Naylor Lambert Sherburne Baring Litt.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leonard & Co
Norway Steel and Iron Co
Naylor & Co
Ham & Co
Sheldon
IL Graves & Co
Linder & Meyer
Wilcox & Co
Walow Glass Lambert Bros
Levi Boles & Son
Sherburne
Lambert Bros
Dame
Stoddard & Kendall
Moise George E Crawley
Boston Crock Co
Wrenton
R_ Sherburne
Paper White, Sons & Co
Louis Wolf & Co
Boutwell & Co
Tufts
Morrill & Co
Bens Gill & Lootz
Pollard & Co
Barbadoes
Sugar
Exports on Sept 5 1888 list items from multiple ships
Shipping manifest details outward cargoes across steamers and schooners including Samaria from Liverpool with groceries and manufactured goods, Aurora Borealis from St John with pine lumber, S K Lyman from Melbourne with tobacco tins nails and hardware, Bark and other vessels through Melbourne and Bear River listings, and schooners Florence Christine and E Walsh with barrels of meal corn and kerosene, showing diverse international trade activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Samaria
ST John
Melbourne
Australia
Bear River
E Walsh—vo
Annapolis and
Bridgetown
Florence Christine
Staple Goods and Railroads Receipts Listed in 1888 Ledger
An 1888 ledger page details cargo receipts for multiple railroad lines including the Noston & Albany, Grand Junction, Boston & Providence, Old Colony, New York & New England, and Fitchburg railroads. Entries enumerate bales wool, bales cotton, corn, oats, flour, beef, pork, tallow, bacon, butter, cheese, eggs, leather, hay, lumber, wheat, rye, barley, assorted provisions, and various sacks, tubs, and cases. The list highlights extensive bulk quantities such as 13 045 bush corn, 16 000 bush corn, 4 6 bbls sugar, 1 680 sides leather, and thousands of bales and bbls across lines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Noston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Boston & Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Rolla
Fitchburg
Bislineage Freight Ledger From Boston and Maine Lines
A dense OCR style inventory lists various commodities by railroad divisions and express service. Items include butter, eggs, potatoes, apples, lard, leather, hides, bales cotton and wool, flour, corn meal, oats, meal, tea, coffee, sugar, molasses, beef, pork, and many packaging forms. Counts appear in tubs, boxes, cars, bales, cases, sacks, and tons across multiple divisions and routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Boston & Maine Railroad
Boston & Maine Hailroad
Lowell
Summary of 1888 Total Receipts Ledger Details
An 1888 ledger page lists total receipts by commodity with yearly totals and comparisons. Entries include bales of oleopkes and cheese, flour eggs hoxes and sacks, cornmeal beans oats apples potatoes malt rye wheat, lumber hides, beef pork lard and butter. Totals show 9,806 to 24, more, with numerous unit counts and price-like figures across numerous goods.
Foreign markets report for wheat corn and flour
London and Liverpool cargoes show wheat firm hold and higher asking prices with no advance. Corn strong with English and American flour firm. Paris wheat firm while London sea and Paris futures mixed. regional markets steady with Provisions and fats, breadstuffs quote slight firmness and steady demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Keerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
York
Prisie
California
Boot and shoe buyers in town headline list
A lengthy OCR styled notice enumerates boot and shoe buyers across cities from Albany to Philadelphia and beyond. Names include O M Pratt Smith Pratt Herrick Augusta Williams Mulherin Rogers Belknap Childs Fontuus Cowen McLauchlan Mariss Henderson Newburger McLogan Rich Versteeg Davis Lawless Trandt Lennett Rafferty Simpson and others, with locations and firms in multiple states. The fragment suggests a trade advertisement or buyers directory in a 19th or early 20th century newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Albany
O M Pratt
Smith, Pratt & Herrick
Augusta
William Mulherin
Mulherin
Baltimore
Rogers
Brooks, Rogers & Co
E. Columbus
Belknap
Carpenter & Co
Cleveland
Childs
Childs, Groff & Co
Chicago
K McClure
McClure & Bro
Keokuk
Versteeg
Versteeg Bros
Kokomo
Ind
Davis
Nashville
Tenn
Lawless
Lawless & Co
Norfolk
Henry Trandt
Olney
Olney, 11—S J Eckenrode, Us, Portsmnmouth
W M Lennett
Philaelphia
Penn
George Rafferty
Ad. Rogersville
A D Simpson
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Audears Pais
Holbrook & Fox
Postoffice Square
Bower Street
Roxbury
L. Foster Morse
Omice
Warren Street
Telephone
William Bassett
Henry M. White
Suffolk
Commonwealth Avenue
Gloucester
Fairfield Sreets
Gloucester Street
Bassett
Dee
Home Savings Bank
Mary A. Marcus
Said Avenue
J. F. Corrier
High St
Pemberton Sq
Sale
Horatio Harris & Co., Auctioneers and Commission Merchants
State Street
R. L. Day & CO
Merchants’ Exchange
Room & 51
14 Exchange Place
Old Colony RR
Albert Howe & CO
Market Street
Warren Avenue
Wesley P. Balch
The
Livestock Agency
Mr. Balch
Richards & CO
Reade St
S Y Southworth
G Flandeya
Merrill
Libby & Son
Canbridge
Belmont
Farrell & McFlinn
Eng
Drexel, Morgan & Co
William Burgess
Wells, Fargo & Co
White & Co
Crossley
DeBlois & Co
Hodgkins
Walker
Woullens
J & Moors & Co
Birch Bros
Baring Bros & Co
I’ Gall Anglo-American Packing Co
Manila
Plate Glass Lambert Ebros
KK & F King & Co
Wing & Evans
Moors & Co
James Hill Mig Co
Woollena Messenger Bros & Jones
Frost & Adams
King & Co
Hall & Co
Hunnewell & Sons
Glass Hill
Warner & Co
Aniels
Stone & Downer
Leigh & Co
Riley & Gray
Morey & Co
Thayer & Lincoln
Wight Bros
Wight
FO Dame & Co
E. Sass
Commonwealth OF Massachusetts
Charles Homer
Charles A. Welch
Victorine PF
Homer
Sepender
A. DL
Joan W. McKim
John H. Valine
Omi Monwhalth
Massa Cillo
Mary Maclenathan
George E. Curry
Joan TH. Vains
SU Folk
Charles K. June
Newtown
Francis E. June
Loston
Jons W. McKim
Angus
John IS Paine
Atassa Chiu
Harlotte
Hoston
Howard
M. Davis
County of
Eame
Hipston Post
Sid
Jonny W Mckim
John H. Palne
Commonwealth OF Massachus
SLTUS
Join GC. Bennett
Anne Bennett
Winess
Joan W. McKin
John H. Paine
Jane M. Fairweasher
Minneapolis
Minnesota
James B. Fairweather
Ioston
Saii
Boston West
Sail
Jon. W McKim
John HH. Paine
Massacilu
Jyothe Hicks
James F. Quinn
John H. Quinn
John HH. Pain
Siassacho
Setis
Polk
Josephus Morton
Charles Morton
Ibuston
Suufolk
Lijal Ghorge
Masnachu
Andrew Carney
Wheraas
Joseph A. Laforme
Samuel C. Cobb
Winslow Walken
Osphine Reggio
Josephine E. Pazolt
Mary . Rhodes
Andrew C. Reggio
Boston Lost
Joan W. MeKis
Elijah Glorge
Massachussetts
Calistan
Hartshorn
Eugene
Hartshiorn
Joax W. McKim
Klijah George
James Hayes
Julia Mahoney
EVGEE
Jennie E. Ran
Sam'l W. Clifford, Jr
Musical Publications
Ditson & Co
Johnson, Abbey and Tenney
Clitson & Co
Dressler
Ly L. O. Emerson
Emerson
Henshaw
Paimner and Trowbridge
SAN Fomals Leslie
Shepard Church
Oliver Ditson & Co
Huckings & CO
Bfill
Border Street
East Tiosten
Bostten Omce
State St
Park Square Station
C.K. KR
Maassachusetts
Rhode Island
Rleeves
Vark Square
Washington Street
J. W. Erichardson
J. W. Miller
Briggs
Fall River Line
Pilgrim
Bristol
Old Colony
Fall River
Newport
Brooklyn
Jersey City
No. Old State House
Washington and
State Streets
J. BR. Kendrick
Geo. L. Connor
Jen J. Pass’r
L. H. Palmer
Old State House
Montreal & West
Oid
Central
Central Vermont
R. BR
Reston
J.W. Hobart
W. Cummings
Pasa
Agast
Albaga
New England
Pullman
Yicket
Sunsmer Street
Concord KR. KR
L. Depot
Manchester
Concord
N. IL
N.H
EB Chamberlin
Shore Line
Providence Lane
No. 3
Old State
Central Division
Kneeland Street
Ashmont
Braintree
Middleboro
Brockton
Cobmsect and
Hingham
Easton
East Bridgeo Water
Abington
Enet Bilton
Werat Quincy
East Weymouth
Weymouth
Fall Briver
Taunton
Samays
Barrison Sanare
Lopo Mareh
Sea View
Blattapan
Milton
Iddleboro
Sunndays
Bin
Nantaskhet Beach
Bedford
North Bauston
Stougsten
Ranasdolph
Plymouth
Duxbury
Quinney
Rockland and Eeanover
Seituates
Shachmut
South Mraintree
South Duxbury
Penn St
Whitman
South Weymouth
Ollaston
Lim
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Cochesett
South Easton
Cape Cod
Buzzards Bay
Sharnstabie
Bourne
Bournedale
Brewster
Cataninet
Chatham
Spe Ity
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Fairhaven
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Hyanni
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Sandwich
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Jaumei
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Woods Holi
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Hysnnis
Harwich
Tucket
Onset Bay
Sagaweore
Yairmouth
West Barnstable
Wareham
Wenaumet
Woods Rioil
Park Square
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Meagston
G. LO
Lopin
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Canton Junction
Seedham
Dodgeville
Foxboro
Forest Hills
Hazelwood
Heath
Mebronville
Hyde Park
sSamaria Plain
Mansfield
Mit
Hope and
Clarendon Hills
North Attleboro
Eadville
Moxbury
Kumanl
India Point
Sam
Sharon
Sharon Heights
Spring Street
West Roxbury
Hirthland
Stoughton Central
Canton
South Walpole
Wrentham
Walnut Hill
Stonehaven
Warren and
Brstol
West Mansfield
T New Bedford
Norton
Wickford
Point Wharf
Northern Division
Boston & Albany
Framingham and
Marlboro
Fayville
Ll.id
Southboro
Bolton
Northbore
Clinton
Leominster
Prain Junction
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