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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 10, 1887

Page

7

Livestock Market Receipts and Prices

Receipts and prices across cattle hogs and sheep shown. Cattle including cows bulls and mixed at 1404310 dollars. Hogs show 14000 receipts with packing and shipping at 5.60 dollars. Sheep receipts 3000 with values from 2.75 to 4.60 dollars.

Texas Western Rangers Western

Cotton Markets Report Week Summary for Sept Nine

The weekly cotton market bulletin lists net receipts, gross values, exports, and stocks across port cities including Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile and Savannah. It notes price middlings and firm or quiet trends with figures for each port and a seven day consolidated national view and year on year comparisons.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Norfolk Wilmington Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville France Continent United States Liverpool

London and Liverpool Market Reported Trading Conditions

Foreign markets summarize wheat and corn prices in London, Paris, and Antwerp with futures for California wheat and American corn. Liverpool notes quiet wheat, firm corn, and duties on powders, plus weekly cotton stats and Havana sugar prices.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Antwerp Havana

London Wool Sales Show Brisk Demand With Sparse American Bids

London wool sales drew strong turnout from home and foreign buyers though Americans were few and did not bid. Better combing and merino grades traded on par with July, while short and merino lamb lots eased. Regional results show Victoria 2100 bales scoured around 10s 12d per pound, New South Wales 3000 bales around 10d, and Tasmania greasy sales near 4s to 4s 2d per pound.

London Cape of Good Hope Natal Victoria New South Wales South Australia New Zealand Tasmania

Imports and Exports in Barbadoes and Liverpool Trade

Detailed list of shipments including sugar, steel billets, toys, wool, moise, boots, pianos, and numerous goods from multiple firms to and from Barbadoes and Liverpool. Mentions Steamer River Garry and various houses like Baring Bros & co and Drexel Morgan & co. Also advertises Digestylin tonic with New York supplier details.

Barbadoes Liverpool Eng Steel and Iron Co Walbaum & Co Baring Bros & Co H J Jackson Drexel, Morgan & Co J A Davis & Co Smith American Organ Co Lapham George Bridge Crompton Co Leland & Co McDuffee & Stratton Mullen & Co Macallar Parker & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Lawrence Blake & Boutwell Steel Wetherell Bros Jos Breck & Sons H White & Co Walker & Co Hardy & Co Tully & Eco Morrison ST Johns Bates & Barnet

Exports from Hull and ports listed for Sept 9 1887

Vessels sailing from Hull include the steamer Marengo with 40 bales blue nails and 1 bale beef, cleared Sept 7 for Port Hawkesbury CB. Cargoes from Port Hawkesbury CB include schooner Iona with flour and meal and coal. Portland sails from Port George NL with flour and acid. Eliza pee Ann from Port Hawkesbury CB carries cornmeal refined oil.

Hull Eng New York Marengo Port Hawkesbury Elizapee Ann Port George Portland Iona

Yarmouth Trade Ledger Items Listed for Local Shipments

Goods listed include sand boll and iron casks, glassware, soap, flour, meal, hardware, rivets, cement, oak, glassware, black walnut, boots and shoes, steel, nails, egg cases, berry crates, and lobster crates. Entries show quantities and box or case units for the steamer Yarmouth voyage from Yarmouth Newfoundland.

Yarmouth

Merchandise Receipts by Railroads Listed for Sept 9 1887

Detailed freight list shows Boston & Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Eastern Western divisions Lowell and others with wool flour corn oats beef pork bacon butter cheese eggs potatoes hay lumber leather hides skins pelts and more in multiple carloads bales bbls bags and boxes. Distinct railroad lines include Boston & Albany Grand Junction Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg Boston & Maine Lowell and others.

DAU Dot Dafb Sc Elas UMAY DCM Aries Idk Isa Comlon Bates Vis Telalaceare Aes Wiatelery Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Hays Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Lowell Railroad Express

Free Surgical Hospital for Women Reports Strong National Reach

The Murdock Liquid Food Company backed Free Hospital for Women reports 132 operations in the quarter ending June 1, 1887. Patients arrived from Texas Colorado Montreal Alabama Prince Edward Island Rhode Island Connecticut Vermont Maine New Hampshire and Massachusetts among twenty towns. The facility offers 150 free beds plus a septic hospital with 12 more for surgical cases and daily staff rounds except Saturdays.

Free Surgical Hospital For Women Murdock Liquid Food Company Boston United States Texas Colorado Montreal Alabama Prince Edward Island Rhode Island Connecticut Vermont Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts Murdock’s Free Hospital For Women

Liquid Food claims heal wounds and sustain life without operation

Advertises Liquid Food as the only raw food free of insoluble matter drugs minerals salts or acids and able to build blood. It claims to aid 30 to 60 day wound healing and can be given by injections when not taken by the stomach. Also notes a home for homeless boys at 1 to 21 Causeway Street and a hospital stock of 200 bottles per lot.

Causeway Street

Have You Seen Mary J Holmes New Novel Grercueux

A brief query discusses Mary J Holmes novel Grercueux imtimed by readers. The note raises curiosity about the book’s availability and reception among fans and critics.

Gretchen Mary J. Holmes Grercueux

Boston Area Rail Timetable Fragments Reveal Schedules

Dense OCR leads with scattered times for trains linking Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis and Quincy. Amid broken lines appear dates, return routes, and multiple stations including Weymouth Weymouth Melville and Brockton, withExtensive station lists and weekend and Sunday services.

Railroads and schedules tease from an obscure page

A fragment from a railroading column hints at timetable details likely a list of departures and routes. The readable text mentions numbers and times but lacks clear names or destinations to confirm specifics.

Boston and Main Lines Through Trains Timetable

Schedule listing departure times from Haymarket and Causeway stations for Boston and Main routes. Includes connections to Bar Harbor St John Halifax Portland Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway Portland and Maine Central Grand Trunk and ox Lincoln Railways.

Aguasta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Bar Harbor St. John Halifax Provinces Pstport Calais Portland Suesday Bockland Tine Bar Harbors Hay- Ket Sq Lewiston Manchester Concord N. H North—Haymarket Sq North Conway Haymarket Ox & Lincoln Railways

Train Schedule Fragments With Stops at Canton and Stoughton

The clipping shows partial timetable details for trains between Canton and Stoughton and nearby areas. It lists multiple times for departures and arrivals, some place names like Canton and Stoughton, and notes on weekly patterns and connections with Boston areas.

Boston and Lowell Railroad Timetable Fragment

Readable excerpt shows train connections and through service routes from Boston to towns including Concord, Manchester, Laconia, Ashland, Plymouth, Littleton, and Montreal. It lists departure times, local and through services, parlor cars, and noted branches to St Johns, Claremont, Burlington, and Vermont routes.

Milton Laconia Lia Meredith Ashland Bly “Ebanon White River Euncusony Weirs Flymouth Arren Overhill Woodsville Littleton Ethiehem Fabyans Lancaster Jefferves Ausland St. Fohnsary Newport Sherbrooke Webdrec Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal R. R Central Vermont R. R Cmd Montreal & West Vermont Pullman Carson Boston Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Wagner Palace Central Vermont R.ich Washington Street J.W. Hobart W. Cummings

Boston and surrounding rail time table details

Time tables show local and through train schedules for routes to Newton Lower Falls Brookline Newton Highlands and Worcester area. It lists departure and return times, station stops, and ticket office locations including 262 Washington street Boston. Officials Mellen and Storer are listed as general superintendant and passenger agent.

Newton Lower Falls Gsley Rills Worcester Newton Highlands Boston Brookline Washington Street Loston Hanson Gen. Pass. Agt Dwuuluru Mellen Geo. W. Storer Nashua N.hl Ayer Janettashua Ayer Junction Union Square Somerville SUN Waltham Latertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Dally Miller Falls Southston Hoosac Tunnel John Adams

Train Schedules and Stops Across Major Routes

A dense list of train times and stops including Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Saco Melrose Medford Wilmington Georgetown Biddeford North South Reading and Way Stations. Timings span early morning to late night with multiple daily departures to and from Boston and neighboring towns.

Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Sowell Ford Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading and Way

Mass transit timetable fragment for Amesbury to Beach and beyond

A dense OCR derived timetable lists multiple train and station times across Massachusetts and nearby towns. It references Travis Leav es and various stops such as Amesbury Dover Rockport Gloucester Swampscott Wenham Oak Island and Point of Pines with numerous daily and Sunday departures and arrivals. The fragment mentions General Manager and Passenger Agent roles for Boston area routes and includes Saugus Branch notes and Pullman trains.

M. Sun Saugus Boston Oak Island Portland Bangor

Transportation schedule fragment with names and times

Fragmentary timetable data lists times and codes for routes via Miller's Falls and other locations. Mentions J Whitmore General Traffic Manager and J B Watson General Passenger Agent.

J. Whitmore J.B. Watson Pass

Trains Schedule Fragments From Boston To New York

Fragmentary notice lists train departures from Boston to New York with varying times and routes. It mentions July corrections and references Hartford and England related notations, but the legible entries show several inconsistent times.

Central Massachusetts R R Schedule From Boston June 27 1887

Central Massachusetts Railroad begins Monday June 27 1887 from Boston to Ware Barre and Rutland with multiple station times and routes listed. Notes include West Watt Oakdale Jefer Hudson Jefferson and Sudbury Wayland Weston Altham Waverly Belmont with various morning and afternoon departures. GEORGE W. STORER and C S MELLEN sign as General Passenger Agent and General Superintendent.

Boston Ware Barre Rutland West Watt Oakdale Jeferon Hudson Jefferson SUN Budson Amy Rackbottom Sudbury Wayland Weston Altham Waverly Ted Belmont Suxn Geo. W. Storer Pass G’r C.s.mellen

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