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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 12, 1889

Page

7

Flour market steady as receipts rise across major hubs

Extensive prices and volumes for flour and corn products dominate the day. Receipts show 4974 barrels and 11505 sacks with 738 carloads including 56 cars new No 2 white oats and 26 cars steamer corn. markets in New York and Chicago display firm to higher tones for wheat and corn while oats soften. rye flour stays quiet at 3 3 25, bean and poultry notes mix with steady hay and straw trading across regions.

Minnesota Wisconsin Canada Superior Canada New York Chicago St Louis Shiea C. St Louis State

Receipts and market quotes for dairy and produce itemized

Daily receipts list butter oleo cheese eggs beans potatoes sweet potatoes hay straw by quantity and source. Market quotes from Western and Eastern creameries, New York Vermont, Chicago, and Liverpool vary from 12c to 21c for butter, 7c to 9%c for cheddar, with overall firm demand and limited supplies. prices referenced are receivers and jobbing levels.

Sbobort New York Vermont Newark Aserothy Gf Albans Chicago Liverpool Twin Americas

Market report on vegetable prices in Cairo era market

The market shows steady supply and quiet demand for vegetables. Prices include Egyptian onions 150 per crate, Malta 175 per basket, beets 35 cents per box, lettuce 50 cents per box, cucumbers 1 dollar per unit, tomatoes 25 cents per bush, and celery 1 dollar per dozen among others.

Malta White Cape St Andrews Kalamazoo

Fruit Market Receipts Mixed as Prices Steady Across Staples

The market reports rising receipts and slow sales for most lots while choice eating apples stay in demand. Oranges and lemons show firm prices with scarce supply. pears, cantaloupes, and melons vary but hold steady with native Bartletts in short supply. Grapes and berries remain well supplied with solid demand, bananas hold old prices, plums and quinces show mixed activity, and note scarce native cantaloupes and rising Rhode Island cantaloupe prices.

Duchess of Oldenburg Palermo Messina Naples New York Louis Bonne de Beurre Bose Rhode Island Cape Oe Nova Scotia Connecticut New York Morris Hudson River Moore Hartfords Delawares Concords Brightons Salems Wordens Marthas Jamaica Baracoa Port Simons

Fruit Sales Auction by H Harris & Co

H Harris and Company announce an auction on Thursday offering one car peaches and one car grapes for sale.

H Harris & Co

Steamer Arrivals Bring Bananas Peanuts and Potatoes

The steamer Dana will bring bananas from Baracoa for Seaverns & Co. The Koug Alf arrives Friday with Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company. Charles Morand and Tordenskjold due next week with bananas for Seaverns & Co. The Norfolk boat due Friday carries 330 bags peanuts and 650 barrels of sweet potatoes.

Dana Seaverns & Co Koug Alf Jamaica Bananas Boston Fruit Company Charles Morand Tordenskjold Banes Norfolk

Market Receipts and Pork Prices Across Regions

Receipts today include tallow 20 pkgs and lard 352 pkgs, beef 100 bbls, hams 13 bbls, preserved meats 999 cases, bacon 876 boxes, with pork products showing strong demand and steady hog prices. Regional quotes cover long to extra prime pork, lard, sausages, and fresh beef prices, noting New York, Chicago, and St Louis market conditions and price ranges.

Schoice City New York C. Middles City Continent South America Chicago St Louis

Meat and tallow market report from New York trade

The market shows firm but quiet activity with varied cuts listed. Beef items include 3% 4c rattles 244 3 ec chucks and 3 4c backs. loins and short ribs quoted. Veals steady. lambs and mutton with selective prices. tallow steady in city render and weak in New York markets with price ranges per package.

Chicago Brighton New York

Livestock Market Report From Kansas City and Chicago

Kansas City market shows slow cattle trade with steer prices up to 3 3 85 and range cattle 2 10 2 30. hogs steady to 3 95. sheep firm to 3 80. Chicago receipts total 15 500 cattle and 16 000 hogs with bids shading lower. beef cattle 4 60 to 4 60, hogs 2 60 to 4 70, natives and Western sheep 3 50 to 4 60.

Kansas City Chicago Western Rangers

New York and Liverpool Cotton Prices and Market Summary

Cotton markets show steady and firm tones with New York open and close near 10.10c and 10.20c for futures while actual sales reach 195 bales at various grades. Liverpool reports middling around 6 11-16d and a 5000 bale American trade with steady to quiet demand. other U.S. ports list receipts, stocks, and moderate activity across Augusta Galveston New Orleans and Savannah with mixed gains and steadier tones.

New York Liverpool Augusta C. Galveston Great Britain New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk C. West Point Baltimore Continent Cincinnati St Louis Mid c. Consolidated France United States

Oil and Cottonseed Oil Certificates Market Report

Market bulletin furnishes daily figures for pipeline and cottonseed oil certificates with opening and closing dates around September 10 11, noting highest and lowest prices for the period. Entries show prices and status including closed and opened dates alongside fluctuating certificates data.

Iss Ss Aiefeens Armeteceia Sleeime Williacmabetaerigs Shere Sheee Owe Geelange Aimete Ole

Sugar and Molasses Market Report with Oils and Prices

Sugar reception data shows today none versus 20 bbls last year, with raw sugars quiet and nominal. Quoted Cuban refining at 55 and 5%c, Manila 45s, Moilos 4% 4%c, Jayas 6%sc. Refined sugars firm demand with varied grades quoted. New York market unchanged. molasses receipts 1 bbl and 44 casks, market quiet and steady with Ponce 43c, Cienfuegos 28-31c, Barbadoes 34c, boiling grades 50 test 8-30%20.

New York Michigan Canada Cuba Manilas Moilos Jayas Belmont Cienfuegos Barbadoes

Miscellaneous Commodities and Market Prices

Coffee from New York to Rio remains strong with fair car movement and a 194 cc. Whiskey markets steady at 102 dollars. Turpentine in New York closes at 45.2 to 46 cents, resin at 1024 to 106, tar at 2.75, petroleum closes at 7.60 cents with RSW at 7.20 and cases at 9.10.

New York Rio

CATTLE MARKET REPORT Watertown Brighton 1859 weekly totals

The Boston Post by George J. Fox reports the week ending Sept 11 1859 cattle sheep and lamb totals at Watertown and Brighton with arrivals and prices. Cattle 2000 Watertown 2269 Sheep 6680 Veals 760 Brighton prices for beef store cattle hogs and hides listed. Remarks note 2914 cattle on books steady prices and likely Lewiston stock next week. Late arrivals at Brighton include several pairs of working oxen and milch cows with prices from 35 to 10250 dollars.

Watertown Brighton Boston Post George J. Fox Lewiston Massachu August Emil Preissler Boston Herbert F. Fisher Suffolk Eed Joan W. McKim Esquire Elijah George Register Commonwealth OF Massachusetts Catherine Sayward Thomas Dean Newsaper Massachoux John J. McCarthy Margaret L. McCarthy Ellwah George Iere Massachusetts Margaret Rae George C. Mann Commonwealth OF Massach Laura Hodges Joseph Willard Jonny W. McKim Commonwealth OF Massaceho Sarah Bassett David H. Ela Joux W. McKim, Esquire Rauch EL Minot The Patrick Gilligan Boston West John W. McKim Elijal George Edward Stoddard Massachussetts Isaac C. Brewer Edward M. Brewer John K. Classon Joun W. McKim Patrick Connors Mary Foley Elljiah George Commonwealth OF Massachusasetts Francis Williams William H. White Brookline Norfolk Commonwealth OF Massachussetts Charles Forster Waldo New York Pnt Sarah E. Waldo Brooklyn Jony W. McKim, Esquire Commonwealth OF Massachus Jsetts Middlesex George Zabriskie Gray Cambridge Kate Forr Gray George M. Brooks J. H. Tyler John Leary William Whitton Dwyer Joan W. McKrat Samuel Gray Charles Siders Hatnes Joan W. McKim, Esquire Richard Olney

Cattle and Sheep Trade Reports with Prices and Shipments

EXPORT TRADE reports cattle at Liverpool 9d w declining as shipments for the week totaled 1729 undercut demand. Steamer Nestorian 412 cattle, Norseman 447, Bavarian 508, with 6680 sheep unlodged from trains, many from Canada at 5 34 to 6 14c. Maine cattle and New Milch Cows advance, springers sold to 45, milch cows to 50. Veal calves 5 6c, hogs fat and mixed poultry noted. Shipping and yard sales include J Melloy & Son, Libby & Son, Randell & Hanson, and Trafton & McIntire with various steers and cows priced per head or weight.

T Hayden J Melloy & Son Libby & Son Liverpool Nestorian Glasgow J A Hathaway Norseman Union Yards L Morse Tinker J McDonald Randall & Hanson Weiler Libby EH Thompson Trafton & McIntire Hall & Son W Scollans E W Brown Springer M G Flanders

Exports List from Atlantic Ports and Halifax Cargoes

Maritime cargo tally from September 11 1889 showing Helena Michigan Nestorian Belmont Worcester and other vessels. Records detail molasses corn cheese cattle flour pork refined oil lard leather rope and miscellaneous goods consigned to Halifax Charlottetown Glasgow and other ports with quantities in barrels bales and cases.

Halifax Helena Liverprol Eng Michigan Glasgow Clifton Charlottetown Worcester Annapolis

Foreign Markets Report from London and Liverpool Trade Notes

Market summary from London and Liverpool on September 11 shows wheat and corn mixed in tone with steady English and foreign prices, firm American and Danubian corn, quiet Paris activity, and Liverpool spot wheat steady while corn softens. Futures: California wheat firm for February and December and mixed American corn across contracts. Manchester notes from The Guardian describe unchanged market, weak demand, steadiness in shirtings and printing cloths, and steady export inquiry for heavy goods.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool England California Manchester The Guardian India China

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