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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 15, 1890
Page
7
London financial notes report noon prices for Consols and major stocks with money and account figures. Canadian Pacific Mexican Central and Milwaukee values shown, plus discount rate for open market bills. A 2 pm update repeats price changes and emphasizes steady 3 percent discount range.
In a Saturday clash the Philadelphias defeated the Bostons 7 to 5 after a late surge. Philadelphia capitalized on four Boston errors in the sixth inning to seize the lead, with strong fielding and timely base running sealing the win.
A disturbed OCR shows a long roster of individuals and families with city and state or country affiliations. The page includes many surnames and spouses across cities such as Chicago, Detroit, New York, Philadelphia, and Portland Maine, with scattered initials and titles. The readable elements present names and places rather than a narrative event.
Sugar and tea prices show firmness while coffee and citrus stay active. Butter cheese and eggs mixed with steady to easy tones. potatoes and sweet potatoes plentiful or weak in spots. Beans, hay, and poultry hold steady. corn and oats firm. truck demand slow. many figures for receipts and wholesale prices listed.
The sugar market stays steady with refined sugar firm at about 6 5 8c, while raw sugar trading remains active and inventories low at importers and local levels. Coffee remains strong with rising Rio and Santos prices, world supply conditions mixed, and tea and spice markets showing firm demand and varied quotes across grades.
Receipts show 4245 bbls and 1100 sacks wheat flour, 250 bbls oatmeal, 760 bbls cornmeal. Week totals include 1890 flour and 1849 flour. oats 1055 sacks. cornmeal 256 bbls. Demand quiet for flour today, but weekly business strong. mills in good position as wheat easing shifts buyers back to market. Prices listed for various flour grades, corn meal, and oatmeal with export and domestic figures. nominal demand for graham flour.
Grain receipts total 83 cars with 62 corn and 21 oats, weekly totals show corn and wheat rising modestly while oats hold firm. Traders sought 63c for steamer yellow corn as Western markets ease, No 2 white oats fetches 47 to 48 cents on track, No 3 white 46 to 47 cents, malt steady at 72 to 75 cents per bushel for six row Canada No 1. There is little change in the grain market and activity remains light on Saturdays.
The fruit markets show mixed activity across regions. Lemons and melons price variances reflect supply quality with quiet deals in many areas. apples and pears vary by variety with healthy demand for native Bartletts and Clapp’s Favorite while bananas and cantaloupes see limited action and overall careful trading.
Prices for several fruits and commodities are listed with destinations and packaging. Delawares and New York lots show per case and per basket rates. trade is described as quiet or fair with small receipts noted. Steamers Sama and Bowden are expected September 16 with bananas and other cargo for Boston Fruit Company. Norfolk boat carries sweet potatoes and peanuts.
H Harris & Co sold California fruits at auction with peaches, plums, prunes, Tokay and Muscat grapes, Rose de Peru, Malvoise grapes and more. The day’s provision receipts list tallow, pork, lard, hams, preserved meats, and bacon with yearly comparisons. market commentary notes firm pork and pork products, steady prices, and strong export demand. Cattle, hog and sheep markets across Kansas City, Chicago, Cincinnati, and other hubs show mixed movement, with prices varying by class and region. Cotton markets in New York and Liverpool remain steady, with opening and closing quotations and futures activity.
Chicago September 12. Grain futures opened sharply higher on news of a short seller’s suspension and potential cover demand. Once it became clear the operator had already closed, prices weakened with only minor recoveries from Northwest buying and light local activity. Receipts remained fair at spring wheat points.
Corn and wheat futures moved with cold weather pressures as prices opened firm then steadied. Provisions rose on corn and pork, while hog buyers held back. Fall River print cloths show a quiet market with steady prices. London wool market expects slight price gains despite mixed district reports.
Prescott and Co report closing times for pipeline certificates at 3 pm and 10 am on Sept 1 and Sept 13, 1889, with prices and volumes for crude and refined oils, including transport notes and certificates. Western markets show St Louis at 1.13, Cincinnati and Chicago steady near 1.13, with New York turpentine and petroleum figures noted, plus resin and tar values.
The cargo manifests from the Steamer Malestime show a Liverpool arrival on September 14 1890 listing 100 cases clarest Stone & Dosquer 4 bales yarn 200 Villa steel rods 97 cases bulbs 169 bales paper stock 14 bales old rags 184 bales old bagging 59 bales cotton waste 21 bales cot ton waste 218 bales old rags 202 bales wool 414 0 do 98 bags beans 49 bags almonda 80 bags feathers 499 hides 200 calfskins 5 bales hide cuttings 250 cases china clay 158 casks soda ash 129 no bleaching powder 1469 bags sulphur 700 bales wet salted hides 54 bales wool 71 do goaI hair 23 pigs feathers 840 sacks salt.
A detailed report of export cargoes from Annapolis and multiple NS ports on September 13 1890. Entries name ships, destinations, and quantities of flour meal cornmeal oil beef pork onions pine and other goods, plus miscellaneous items and equipment for Saint John Halifax Glace Bay and Port Antonio.
Foreign markets dispatch from London and Liverpool notes wheat quiet but firm and corn steady amid arrivals and sales queues. Prices show English and French country markets quiet, with specific quotings including spring and club wheats, American corn, peas, lard, tallow, and cheese holding or easing, amid summerlike weather.
Refused payment of claims and urged all interested in suspended associations in questionable standing to report facts to C. H. D. at 48 Congress St. Boston. Insurance patrons who have been affected are advised to seek clarification.
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