Meat packing totals and prices from March to Sept 1887
Special reports compare hogs packed from March 1 to Sept 7 1887 with 1886 at Chicago Kansas City Milwaukee Indianapolis St Louis Cincinnati Cedar Rapids Cleveland and all West packing points. Prices listed for pork and lard beef fresh meats and other items with per unit ranges.
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Chicago
Kansas City
Milwaukee
Indianapolis
St. Louis
Cincinnati
Cedar Rapids
Cleveland
Brighton
Cotton markets show steady fronts and varied futures quotes
Liverpool futures opened steady and closed quiet with a range from 5 23 64d to 6 12 64d for several months. Upland prices steady at 57 16d for middling while New York futures opened dull then steadied. Stocks sold reached 8000 bales with 6100 American. receipts 3000 bales with 2900 American. Sugar and molasses prices remained firm with refined sugar active and various notations for raws and molasses across markets.
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Liverpool
Orleans
New York
Isc
Manila
Belmont
Éic
Orto Rico
Cienfuegos
Barbadoes
Cuba
Minneapolis
Northern
Chicago
Milwaukee
Toledo
ST. Louis
Cincinnati
Detroit
Minnesota
Petroleum—United
Talwdull
City Extra India
Western Steam
City Steam
Continent
South America
Western
Wheat markets shift as Chicago and Minneapolis report prices
Wholesale grain notes from Minneapolis, Chicago, Milwaukee, Toledo, St Louis and Cincinnati show oats and rye firming in parts, wheat easing or steady across cities. Receipts tallies and various futures for No 1 hard and No 2 red underpin pricing while flour and pork markets show mixed activity.
HOG AND CATTLE MARKETS ACROSS MAJOR CIDS
Market reports from Peoria Kansas City St Louis and Chicago show hogs steady with steady receipts. Cattle and beef prices listed with beves at 8.05 and various stockers cows and Texans priced. sheep and lambs steady with mixed regional values.
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Peoria
Kansas City
ST. Louis
Chicago
Texas
Western Rangers
Print cloth market reports across Fall River and Providence
Fall River reports weekly print cloth production 130000 pieces deliveries 128000 stock 89000 sales 120000 spots 45000 futures 76000 with prices 3144 cents for 64s and 21616e for 60x56s market firm. Providence notes firm market with closing quotes 344 cents plus cash for 64x64s and 2 5/.. for 56x66os. weekly transactions total 24000 pieces.
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Fall River
Pall River
Providence
R. I
Cotton market report with mixed steady prices across ports
The day’s activity shows Augusta Net receipts 1203 and 810 sales with mid 85 cents a pound, Galveston 3445 receipts and 950 sales firm at mid 91 16, New Orleans exports coastwise 1463 with 800 sales and 28 0063 stock, Savannah and Charleston steady with firm mids, Wilmington steady mid 9 dye, Norfolk firm at 93 cents, Philadelphia and New York varied with limited receipts, overall Consolidated Net receipts 16629 and Great Britain exports 22, total US port stock 136,659.
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Augusta
Galveston
New Orleans
Mobile
Memphis
Savannah
Charleston
Wilmington
Norfolk
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Great Britain
New York
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Louisville
United States
Foreign Markets Reported Quiet in London and Liverpool Trading
London markets show wheat quiet with limited sales and corn firm. Liverpool notes steady winter wheat and firmer mixed corn with strong bacon prices and steady cheese. Havana reports active sugar demand with prices advancing and substantial stocks and exports to the United States.
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London
Beerbohm
Mark Lane
Paris
Liverpool
Havana
Matanzas
Large New England and Antwerp imports listed from Yarmouth
Import records show September 10 1887 in Yarmouth Nova Scotia detailing steamer cargoes including 90 barrels beef chickens eggs potatoes fish butter codfish berries and other goods to and from John G Hall & Co H A Lathrop E E Butler Baring Bros Co J F Hutchinson F Bachelder and many others with items like gold thread crates of eggs crates of herring and steel billets from Antwerp and Liverpool with numerous firms and vessels listed.
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Yarmouth
Jones & Eaton
John G Hall & Co
Butler
Griffin & Co
Ellis & Co
Barclay & Co
Delong & Seaman
Bachelder
Clements & Co
Antwerp
Belg
Baring Bros & Co
Abbott & Co
Naylor & Co
Stone & Downer
Williams & Everet
Alizarine E Schlbach Co
Sherburne
Farley & Sons
Wy Moors & Co
Liverpool
Eng
Bothnia
Abram French & Co
Pierce & Co
George Tyson
Jackson
B & Houghton
Fisher & Fairbank
Doherty
Coleman, Mead & Co
Beal
Higgins & Henderson
Hartwell, Richards & Co
Hovey & Co
Ewing Bros & Co
Brown, Durrell & Co
Ross & Bros
Neal, Morse & Co
Macallar
Parker & Co
H White & Co
Moors & Co
Warren & Blanchard
Richard Briggs
Messenger & Co
Brigham
Bent & Co
Lucas
Wellington
Breck & Sons
Bigeine & Co
Shuman & Co
R Leeson & Co
Jordan, Marsh & Co
Noyes, Campbell & Co
Exports from St Johns and Atlantic ports Sept 10 1887
Cargo listings from St Johns via Halifax and multiple ports include Brig Corinne with flour lumber and acid. schooners Lynx Lennie On Time with various foodstuffs. Brig Orloff with flour and refined oil. steamer Carroll bound for Halifax Charlottetown with flour hardware and assorted goods. Aguan steamer with netting and cocoanut bags. numerous items from Hillsboro Port Elizabeth East London and Glasgow with marble furniture crates and vast shipments. Maud W carrying household furniture.
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ST Josn’s
Halifax
Corinne
Yarmouth
Lynx
Lennie
Arichat
Orloff
Liverpool
Charlottetown
PEI
Carroll
Belize
Boca del Toro
Cuba
Aguan
Hillsboro
Ethel Emmerson
Port Elizabeth
East London
Glasgow
ST John, NB
Complex cargo ledger lists varied goods from major firms
A long slate of consignments from Shreve Crump & Low and others shows goods shipped or stored, including earthenware, hardware, silversmiths, textiles, leather, iron, bricks, and office items. Entries name firms like Jordan Marsh, Baring Bros, W Power, and A Stowell, spanning items from casks to muslin, with Savannah and Brunswick schooner activity noted.
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Horswell & French
Frost & Adams
White & Co
Macailar, Parker & Co
Cook & Co
Riley & Gray
Soule
Hewins & Hollis
Cunard Steamship Line
Hollander & Co
Austin & Co
Pierce & Co
Bartlett & Co
Bigelow, Kennard & Co
Lovering & Co
Electro I Leyland & Co
Baldwin Bros & Co
Beal
Higgins & Henderson
Hovey & Co
Shepard
Norwell & Co
Everett & Co
Stone & Downer
Waldo Bros
Shepard, Norwell & Co
Chaffee & Son
Rawson & Co
White Bros & Sons
Little, Brown & Co
Bixby & Co
Stowell & Co
Fanny Berlin
S Morse
George H Chessman
Baring Bros & Co
Blanchard
Crocker, Jr
Stearns & Co
Shhoninger, Moses & Co
Ives, Bellamy & Co
Atkins & Co
Schoenhof
Rogers
Fa & Co
Oe & Henderson
Jordan
Marsh & Co
DeBlois & Co
Savannah
Jessie Lena
Wellman, Hall & Co
Brunswick
Messenger
George MceQuesten & Co
Staple Goods Receipts Reported for Sept 10 1887
A detailed tally of shipments by railroad lines including Boston & Albany Providence Grand Junction New York & New England Witchburg Boston & Maine Western Lowell and others. Entries list bales wool bbls flour oats corn meal sugar tea butter eggs beans potatoes lumber leather hides and related commodities with quantities.
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Boston & Albany
Grand Junction Railroad
Providence Railroad
Old Colony Railroad
New York & New England Railroad
Witchburg
Boston & Maine Railroad
Eastern Division
Western Division
Lowell Railroad
Express
Through Trains On Both Divisions For Boston Railroads
Train schedules list Haymarket and Causeway street stations with departures to Augusta Boston St. John Halifax Lewiston Manchester North Conway Portland Rockland Eastport Calais and other Maine and New England points. Connections include steamer routes from Portland and services on Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox Lincoln railways with multiple daily departures.
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Agusta
Haymarket Sq
M. Causeway St
Sanger
Bar Marbor
St. John
Halifax
Provinces
Causeway St
Eastport
Calais
Set. John
N. KR
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Astine
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Manchester
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Grand Trunk
Knox & Lincoln R Railways
Montreal & West
Wagner Palace
Central Vermont R. K
Washington Street
Boston
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W. Cummings
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Central Vermont
Montreal
Ottawa
Ogdensburg
Fitchburg Depot
Causeway Street
Winchendon
Jaffrey
Peterboro
Fitzwilliam
Troy
Marlboro
Keene
Westmoreland
Walpole
Bellows Falls
Rutland
Burlington
St. Albans
St. Johns
Ogdenburg
Saratoga
Delaware & Findson Canal Company R. R
Cheshire
Pullman Palace
St. Albons
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Trains From Boston Station to Aston Bay and Nearby Towns
Western Division timetable lists trains from Boston Haymarket to Aston Bay Rochester and Farmington with multiple daily departures. Several schedules include Andover, Dover, Danvers, Exeter, Great Falls, Haverhill, Malden, Medford, Reading, Wakefield and Wilmington with varied times and frequencies on weekdays and Sundays.
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Boston
Haymarket Square
Aston Bay
Rochester
Farmington
Andover
Dover
Danvers
Georgetown
Kennebank
Biddeford
Saco
North Lawrence
South Lawrence
Eastern Division Train Timetable Highlights
Extensive list of train times across multiple stations including Amesbury Beverly Chelsea Revere and Newburyport. Schedules feature morning midday and evening departures with many stations such as Ipswich Marblehead Lynn Salem and Portland showing frequent services.
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Chelsea
Everete
Great Falls
Eater
Elsam
Beach
North Sampson
Rye
Ipswich
Burn
Marblehead
Swampscott Branch
Middleton
Newburyport
Tom North Conway
Peabody and Danvers
Revere
Blockpornt
Gloucester Branch
S&s
Work Harbor
Kqam- Qikmanla
Boston to Oak Island and Point of Pines Timetable
Train schedule lists Oak Island and Point of Pines departures and returns with multiple daily times. Interline routes include Boston Haymarket square and South Reading Branch with Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. James T. Furber is General Manager and D. J. Flanders is General Passenger Agent.
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Oak Island
Point OF Pines
Boston
Sun
of Pines
Sangus
Workingmen’s
South Reading
Boston and Albany Railroad Schedule Fragments
Time tables list Boston to Albany routes with multiple daily departures to Springfield Pittsfield and New York. Through tickets sales at Boston offices and stations, with several express and sleeping car services noted and various connections to Worcester Framingham North Adams and Fitchburg.
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Boston & Albany
R.R
Washington Street
Boston
Springfield
Pittsfield
Ibamy
South Framingham
Albany
Syracuse
N. C. Hellam
Springfeld
Buffalo
Cleveland
Cchicago
Detroit
Chicago
Worcester
Muffalo
Toledo
Niagara Falls
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Chatham
Hudson
Palmer
Hartford
New Haven
New York
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Eal Cordaville
Ashland
Joiford
Sax
Natick
Wellesley
Hilis
Falls
Complex Rail Timetable for Old Colony Line Readers
A dense 1887 timetable lists Fall River Line trains to New York from Boston and stops at Ashmont Barnstable and coastal towns. It details inbound and outbound services, numerous local stops, and boat connections with agencies GEO Connor and Kendrick handling passenger operations.
Train Arrangements of the Boston and Providence Railroad
The May 30 1887 timetable lists Shore Line Fast Express departures from Boston to New York at 10 am and returns from New York at various afternoon or evening times. It records connections to Providence Pawtucket Attleboro East Foxboro Sharon and other towns, with multiple return windows and notes on Sunday and holiday services. The schedule includes line names, steamer connections, and the supervising official A. A. Folsom, Supt.
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Newton Lower Falla
Boston
Wellesley Blilis
Worcester
Spin
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Brookline
Frains
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Hanson
Boston & Providence Railroad
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Carton Preste
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Highland
Stoughton
Canton
Bosto Warren
Bristol
Dam
Saturda
Folsom
Woonsocket Division
Oston & Albany Railroad
Needham and Way
Woonsocket
Middletown
New Haven
Pullman
Hartford
New Britain
Waterbary
Danbury
Fishkill-on-Hudson
Newburgh
Port Jervis
Chicago & Stee Limited
Erie Railway
Norwich
New London
Danielsonville
Putnam
City OF Worcester
City OF New York
Summer Street
Boston and New England Rail Schedules Corrected 1887
Corrected July 1887 timetable listing trains from Boston Station to Ashcroft and numerous New England destinations. Includes daily weekday departures, intermediate stops, and special through services to New York, Hartford, Providence, and coastal towns. Details cover departure times, connections, and notable through trains like the New York via Middletown and the New England Limited.
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New York
New England
Boston
Summer Street
Ashcroft
Maltimore
Bie Street
Saatta
Blackstone
Vanbury
Dorchester
Street
Trains From Boston To Manchester Concord 1887 Schedule
Boston and Providence line announces July 24 1887 changes with daily departures from Boston to Manchester and Concord New Hampshire and connections to upper railroads. Trains run morning and evening with Sunday times and return trips from Concord. Boston agents and superintendent listed.
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Jon Cue
Dk. BR
Boston
B. and
Manchester
Concord
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Daily Passenger Timetable Fragments for Albany and Nearby
Fragmented schedule data lists departure times and routes for Albany and connections to Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and Troy with sleeping cars on several express trains. Also shows Brattleboro Cambridge Concord Fitchburg and Sun runs with numerous times and annotations.
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Albany
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Troy
Ayer Junction
SUN
Melmont
Reay Eatey
Brattleboro
Miller’s Falls
I. Cambridge
Pie Bo
Concord
Biahaa Fe
Fitchburg
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