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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 11, 1888

Page

7

Butter and dairy prices steady amid mixed market signals

The butter market shows higher wholesale quotes for top creameries with Western at 24c and Northern at 25c, while good choice and Western grades hold near 16 to 23c. Cheese and beans markets vary by region with New York, Vermont and Ohio prices quoted. milk products, poultry, and hay demand remain steady or unchanged. regional buyers report firm or unsettled conditions across multiple items.

Choice Creameries Choice Western Western Vermont New York New State Canton Ogdensburg Liverpool New Hampshire Choice New Runswick PE Island California West North Redtop Ersey Houston Rose Ebrons Bush Hebrons Burbanks Nova Scotia New Brunswick Virginia Jersey East Swale

Banana Steamer L D Baker Inbound From Jamaica

The steamer L D Baker is due on September 13 carrying bananas from Jamaica for the Boston Fruit Company. The cargo highlights ongoing banana shipments and the role of steamers in Caribbean fruit trade.

Banana Steamers L D Baker Jamaica Boston Fruit Company

Fruit Market Roundup Ties to Steady Prices

Apples and other fruit show steady markets with old prices. Native sweet apples quoted at 1 75 225, watermelons well supplied with 10 12c sales, grapes in good demand with Delawares at 7 8c and Jerseys at 4 6c, pears slow with Bartlett native at 4 50, plums quiet with Bradshaw 75c, peaches slow at 50c per basket, cranberries rising Cape Cod lots selling at 7 750.

Delawares Chamsons Wyoming Teds Concords Viagaras Hartfords Brightons Bartlett Clapp Bradshaw Seeley Cranberrie Cape Cod

University Fruit and Produce Prices Mired in Jumbled List

A chaotic price rundown shows varying quotes for produce including beans, onions, cabbage, lettuce, tomatoes, peppers and melons. Units and spellings are inconsistent with many misprints. The report captures market chatter rather than a clear pricing grid, reflecting fluctuating demand at steady levels.

Provisions Market Recap With Pork and Lard Prices

Pork and lard demand steady with firm prices across cuts. New York pork active with heavy barrels and mess quotes. Chicago and St Louis report higher provisions. Fresh beef, mutton, and other meats show steady or quiet demand amid price shifts and tierce and barrel pricing nuances.

Lord Choice New York South America Gil Chicago Mess St Louis Cincinnati

Brighton Market Rates for Eastern District Poultry

Brighton reports mixed poultry prices with eight to ten items listed. Prices range from 5c to 110c with qualities described from poor to excellent and good to fair. Eastern district listings include 8c to 10c and occasional 90s or 9c figures for assorted lots.

Brighton

Sugar and Molasses Market Summary

Sugar offerings remain small with no notable market change. Refined sugars stay firm with strong demand. prices for various grades listed. Raw sugar steady in New York with steady refined market and solid demand. Molasses trade quiet but prices firm, with several regional varieties quoted in cents per pound.

Cuba Manilas Hoilos Javas New York Ponce Porto Rico Cienfuegos Mayaguez

Market summary from Allan Asher & Co on cotton prices

Liverpool cables show advance then firmness while New York steadies. Crop condition 83.8 percent. weather impact overestimated. Spot demand active. ocean freight and insurance high. Futures opening steady. Liverpool and regional markets report firm prices with varied receipts and stocks across ports including New York, New Orleans, Savannah, and Boston area rail summaries.

Allan Asher & Co Chance Place Felows Liverpool New York Jonnety Vcs Cece Eee Ses Cece Cess HC Osc.n Css AWS Ass Bose Eesesn Secs FC Bee Piu Opt Epee Aera Ee Fe Gree Uis Orleans

Kansas City Hog and Cattle Markets Report 1983 Trade

Stock Yards Kansas City reports slow cattle trade with weak prices and receipts around 1983 figures. Hogs are firm with heavies and mid ranges noted, while sheep receipts total over two thousand with steady to firm pricing. Cincinnati and Chicago market notes show mixed demand for cattle hogs and varied regional price ranges.

Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago Western Rangers

Market Roundup From Commodity Prices Across Cities

Tallow shows firm demand with light offerings and erratic quotes. New York reports a dull market for prime city goods with higher percentages and large sales volume. Coffee markets in New York and Rio are unsettled with active trading and higher prices. Whiskey steady in Chicago and St Louis with prices around 120 and 71. Turpentine and petroleum in New York close mixed with bids and resin values cited.

New York New St Louis

Staple imports into Boston for week ending Sept 7 1888

Boston customs figures show the value of staple products imported during the week ending September 7 1888. The report lists totals for commodities including grains, provisions, and raw materials with quantities and import sources. The data highlights trends in trade activity and regional supply movements for the period.

Receipts Sept 10 1888 Boston and Albany Railroad

Receipts list shipments and quantities for the Boston and Albany line and Grand Junction. Items include 462 tales woo, 2818 bbls four, 125 bbls oatmeal, 3000 bush corn, 17260 bush oats, 6970 bush malt, 44 tons fee, 1 bb tallow, 407 tules butter, 397 cases cheese, 161 bbls beans, 49 bbls apples, 11 cars hay, 8 cars straw, 6 cars lumber, 117 rolls, 42 rolls, 18 bags, 4 cases, 23 bales, 2 bbls leather, 29 bales skins. Grand Junction shows 1825 bbls, 1327 sacks flour, 30800 bush corn, 16300 bush wheat, 2600 bush oats, 6500 bush.

Boston P Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Vbis Fitchburg Railroad Tlercen Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Boston « Maine Railroad Lowell Express Boston & Albany Grand Junction

Imports and Exports of 1888 Shipping Entries

Shipping ledger chronicles arrivals and orders at Buenos Ayres Manila Port Hawkesbury Charlottetown Halifax Pictou and Yarmouth. It lists Bark Vega Tommasino Xenia Worces ter and Yarmouth steamer entries plus hundreds of箱es eggs berries mackerel herring and other goods with buyers and consignors including Bartlett Lyman J Brock Beaman Brown DeLoria Barclay and many more.

Buenos Ayres Bros & Co Manila Port Hawkesbury Charlottetown Pei Halifax Pictou Worcester Bartlett, Lyman & Co Brock Bowles & Co Beaman Bros Brown, DeLoria & Co Barclay & Co Bell & Co Delong & Seaman Griffin Gaston Green & Co Harry Johns JF Hutchinson & Co de Hinckley, Ayers & Co Haskins & Montague JF Mugford S McLeod Winsor & Son Lelong & Seaman George Bond & Co H Braney Hickory Clark & Smith Charles Conrad Henry Cook Dana Jamea Emery & Co John Britt Alex Grimes Mary Tony IJ Jones & Co Volin McDougall Hall & Co Webber

Maritime cargo listings from Annapolis and St John trades

A fragmentary report lists cargo items for vessels including the steamer New Brunswick with household goods and peaches, the schooner Canning Packet from Annapolis NS carrying flour cornmeal feed and bags, the brig Highlands with flour pork beef and cornmeal from St John NB, and the schooner Juno carrying scrap iron.

Annapolis Digby New Brunswick Paspi Biac Port Hawkesbury Brig Highlands St John Juno

Value of Boston Exports for Week Ending Sept 7 1888

A ledger style report lists Boston export values by category and country. Major totals show overall value near 159,843 with numerous items such as bacon butter lumber textiles and machinery. Country tallies include England Nova Scotia Ireland British West Indies and Australasia among others.

Moe Halen Bocce Agric Bradansis India Sss. Sc Ceese Peers Los Fac Linand Br. Poss’s Australasia Zenas

Foreign Markets. London and Paris Wheat Prices Reported

Cable reports from London show wheat and flour firm with quiet markets in English and French country trading. Paris bids steady while Liverpool spot wheat remains neglected. California wheat priced at 88 2d and 75 11d for No 1 red winter. deliveries from farmers noted.

London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool California Great Britain

Wheat and grain prices steady in Liverpool market

In Liverpool on Sept 10 to 12 30 pm breadstuffs showed quiet opening with poor demand and ample supply. Winter wheat held at 78 10d 8s, spring wheat eased to 7s 9d 7s 10d, club wheat at 8s 14 8d 2d. corn 6s 1d, peas 68 8d. Pork Eastern mess 73 39d, bacon 48 8d short clear 47 8d long clear, cheese 46 3d, laid 49s, tallow 26 8d. Weather noted as wet in England.

England Liverpool

Boston and Maine Railroad City Trs Office Timetable 1888

Through trains on western and eastern divisions from Haymarket and Causeway stations. Connections to Augusta, Bangor, Bar Harbor, St. John, Halifax, Eastport, Calais, Rockland, Castine, Southwest and far harbors, Lewiston, Manchester, Concord, North Conway, and Portland with multiple daily departure times and steamer links from Portland.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway Et Bangor Bar Harbor St. John Halifax Haymarket Aq Causeway St Eastport Calais N. B Portland Siaine Central Grand Trunk Klinex & Lincoln Railways

Western Division Train Schedules and Daily Departures

A dense list of Western Division train times from Boston area stations to numerous destinations including Andover Exeter Great Falls Georgetown and North Lawrences. Sunday services // Dover Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston and other regional stops with varied morning afternoon and evening departures.

Dover Baverhell Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Porland Bangor Lewiston Meading and Way

Eastern Division Train Schedules From Boston and Nearby Stations

Train listings show departure times from Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Biddeford and other towns, with numerous daily slots across weekdays and Sundays. The dense timetable includes routes to Portsmouth Newburyport Swampscott Lynn and coastal lines, reflecting a comprehensive regional rail schedule.

Lowell System Boston Station Schedule on Causeway Street

Local and through service from Boston lists routes to Lake Village Meredith Ashland Laconia Weirs Plymouth Centre Harbour Wolfebery Woodstock Pennigewassett Watley Branch War ren Haverhill White River Junction Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Montreal and many New England towns with multiple daily departures from 7:45 am to 11:40 pm including connections to Manchester Concord Nashua and Worcester and the Central Mass Division schedule from Boston Causeway Street.

Boston Causeway Street TV Ken Lake Village Meredith Ashland Laconia Weirs Plymouth Centre Harbour Wolfebery Lor No Woodstock Pennigewassett Watley Warren Haverhill Woodsville White River Junction Wells River Bristol Claremont Iranch Montpelier Essex Junction Flourlington Albans Montreal Boston Air Line Manchester Concord Keene Peterboro Hillsboro Wilton Milford Amherst Greenfield Nashua Lowel Billeriesa Lawrence Wilmington Walnut BR Stoneham Woburn Winchester West Medford College Mass Billerica Medford Exington Arlington Bedford Central Mass Boston Station Portland Street Northampton Mundsley South Amhert Belchertown Hmondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Kautiaue Jefferson Gakdale West Roylston Worcester Clinton and Kerlin Madson Sudbury Rockbottom Wayland New York New England Oston Station Summer Street Ashcroeft Baltimore Bird Street Blackstone Danbury Mdedham Endicott Andsen Franklin Forest Avenue Hartford Bearvard Street Hyde Park Highland Lake FS Aim Islington Or Nim Mattapan Lam Mit Bowdoin New Britain Newburg New London Air Line Norwich Line Norwich Pawtucket Philadelphia Providence Puteam Headville River Street Llam Rockville Conn Southbridge Tiltens Walpole Washington D.C Waterbury Willimantic Winslowns Webster Norwood Central

Cape Cod Division Train Timetable Summary

Train times for Cape Cod division list departures from Kneeland Street Station to Buzzards Bay and other stops with morning and afternoon slots. Notable stations include Hyannis Barnstable Bourne Chatham Falmouth Woods Hall and Provincetown. Sunday schedules show limited morning departures from Buzzards Bay Bourne Ca taumet and Onset Bay with multiple midday and evening trains.

Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Mainstabie M. Bourne Bournedale Brewster Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Woods Hall Bairhaven Ilmouth Hyannis Monument Beach Mate Japoisett Marion Nantucket Onset Bay Provincetown Sandwich Sagamore Yarmouth Tremont Wellfleet West Barnstable Woods Holt Wareham Warmouth Bourne Bournedate Falmouth Harwich West Barnatable Wenaumet

Providence Division Train Schedules and Revisions

Providence Division timetable lists departures from Park Square Station to New York Shore Line with multiple daily and Sunday exceptions. It includes Attleboro and Iseyvigton with numerous listed times across morning, afternoon, and late night windows, plus regional stops and notes on Sundays. The OCR text is fragmentary and contains multiple garbled entries.

Providence New York Park Square Station C.K. K Taylor Massachusetts Rhode Island Reeves Park Square Washington Street J. W. Richardson Boston J. W. Miller H. Briggs Pasa Attleboro Iseyvigton Central Beslindare Sundave

Train timetable notice for Boston stations and Old State House

Notice from J. R. Kendrick and Geo L. Connor announcing Wednesday and Saturday service with full timetable information available at Boston stations and the Old Colony K.R. Office No 3 Old State House. Sept 11, 1833.

Samers Pilgrin Bristol Providence Gold Colony Boston Old Colony Fall River Newport New York Brooklyn Verse City Old State Broure Washington and State Streets J. B. Kendrick Geo. L. Connor Gen.l. Paas L. H. Palmer Old State House Fall River Line Shore Line Providence Lane No. 8 Old State K.R J. R. Kendrick Man R. Geo L. Connor Pass’r

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