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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 19, 1888

Page

7

Market Report Across Goods and Prices in New York and Chicago

Receivers prices for wholesale lots show firm, steady butter at 24c in Elgin with 14,000 pounds sold. Chicago demand is quiet for Elgin and Western creameries, while St Albans lists firm markets with selections at 22 23c. Cheese is steady with New York extras at 9 9½c and Vermont at 4 3c. Eggs steady at various regional quotes, and beans and peas show quiet trading with wide price ranges. Potatoes and sweet potatoes see light receipts but strong demand, with New York Long Island and Vermont offerings quoted. Poultry steady with live birds at 10 12c, and hay and straw prices unchanged with a broad set of regional quotes.

New York Elgin Chicago Elgin Creamery Western Creamery St Albans Vermont Ohio Sage Iverpool New Hampshire Northern Michigan Nova Scotia New Brunswick PE Island Western York State California Choice West Jersey Houston Rose Hebrons Bush Aroostook Hebrons Burbanks Novacotia Long Island Virginia London Beerbohm Mark Lane Paris Liverpool Great Britain Continent Antwerp Fienrisfirm

Banana laden steamers due September twenty first

The Victoria from Baracoa with bananas for Seaverns Co. arrives September 21. The Aguan from Jamaica with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company also due September 21. The Progress from Baracoa with bananas for G H Harding is due September 21.

Victoria Baracoa Seaverns & Co Aguan Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Progress G H Harding

Fragmented Produce Prices From Local Market Listing

Trade is near at previous quotations with varied prices for new marrow squash and turban squash, Bay State turban, Savoy cabbage, several bean varieties, onions, beets, carrots, lettuce, turnips, cucumbers, pickles, corn, tomatoes, peppers, cauliflower, parsnips, and citron, stated per bush or box with cents across many items. Notable unit terms include bbl, bush, box, and doz, reflecting a dense, early 20th century market sheet.

Bay State Russia

Fruit market reports mixed demand and steady prices

Apples show fair demand for choice fruit but dull, unchanged prices. Grapes are abundant with good demand despite bad weather, case prices listed for Delawares and Concords. Pears and plums also well supplied with steady or varied prices, cranberries quiet at firm levels, minor frost damage noted in New England. Peaches sold in Jerseys and natives by express at modest basket prices.

Wardens Wyoming Concords Niagaras Hartfords Lrightonns Clapp Geuli Seeley Cape Cod New England Express

Pork and meat market prices steady with varied meats listed

The pork market shows steady demand with unchanged prices across long cuts and backs, lard and bacon varieties, and assorted meats. Regional reports from Chicago, St Louis, Cincinnati, and New York note firm or dull movements, with mess pork around 14.50 and lard near 10 to 12 dollars per hundredweight, while cattle and beef cuts reflect firm to slow activity and selective demand.

New York America Chicago t_ Louis Cincinnati

Meat Prices and Lamb Market Report From The Market

Fresh meats market shows lambs and muttons in good supply at easy prices. Veals steady with Spring lambs and common stock. prices range from 7 to 10 cents for veal and 7 to 12 cents for lambs. Chicago mutton offers choice cuts at 7 to 8 cents, Eastern markets vary with quality. heavies at 8 to 9 cents and poorer grades at 6 to 7 cents.

Chicago Brighton

Sugar and Molasses Market Report C 1900s

Sugar markets show firm or quiet tone across raw and refined grades in New York and wholesale channels. Notes include Cuba and Java crude values, refined sugars by grade, and molasses prices for Ponce Porto Rico Sienfuegos Mayaguez and related grades with modest movements and steady demand.

Cuba Manilas Lloilos Javas New York Ponce Porto Rico Sienfuegos Mayaguez

Allan Asher & Co Market Report on Cotton Prices

Allan Asher & Co reports a mixed cotton market with Liverpool supportive hopes fading. New York prices show steady to dull futures, with 1024 bales sold. Spot Liverpool figures are largely steady to barely steady, while regional receipts and stocks vary across Augusta Galveston Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St Louis Louisville and consolidated four day totals.

Allan Asher & Co Nee Place Liverpool New York Monay Ces Coaess Vscccessass Inc Dob Es Cis Ees Eeus Ca Culo Adptil Cdc Ceiccovee Es Neeks Bes Ordo Dmren Léverpool Midding Uplands Orleans Betes Augusta Galveston Mobile Memphis Savannah Mid Bec Arleston Wilmington Norfolk West Point Los Philadelphia Baltimore Great Britain France Louisville United States

Hog and cattle markets across major cities

Market reports show hogs easing in St Louis and Peoria steady, with Kansas City and Chicago listing mixed cattle and hog prices. Receipts rise in Chicago with 10 000 cattle and 12 000 pigs. sheep remain firm in Cincinnati and St Louis hogs demand climbs, while totals offset by regional price shifts.

St Louis Peoria Kansas City Cincinnati Chicago

Pipeline Certificates Auction Dates Listed

Opening at 10 a m September 16 1888 and closing at 3 pm September 18 1888 set for pipeline certificates. Highest and lowest bids noted for September 15 and 18 1888 respectively. Public notices detail sale timing and procedures.

Concord RE. RR Boston Manchester Concord N. S N.H TAO & B. B. Chamberlin Saph

Miscellaneous market updates and commodity quotes

Tallow markets show firm demand with city prices at 54 5 2 cents and country at 44 4 4 cents. Coffee and whiskey markets report firmer activity with New York Rio cargoes and Chicago prices at 120 dollars. Turpentine and petroleum notes list New York closeings for turpentine resin tar and petroleum with assorted cents per barrel and case figures. Cincinnati and St Louis report active demand and steady prices around 114 dollars.

New York Rio Chicago Cincinnati St Louis

Watertown Union Live Stock Market Update

Reported for the Boston Post by George J. Fox for the week ending Sept 18 1885. Covered are sheep cattle lambs swine and prices for beef store cattle hogs hides tallow and skins. Weather a stormy cattle day with prices on good cattle continuing higher.

Boston Post George J. Fox Guene Brighton Union Market Watertown Stassachussetts Suffuolk Probatie John O’beirne Boston John Bornes Suffolk Jonny W. McKim Esquire Elijah George Massachus Mary E. Miller James Townsend Hoston

Market News From Last Week's Rates In Livestock Trade

Reports show steady demand and unchanged country lots while buyers gain the upper hand. F H Coolidge & Son sell oxen for dressing weights to H Bird & Co. J A Hathaway moves steers totaling many head at various weights and prices. The sheep market weakens with lambs and sheep sold at lower prices. dealers face first-hand price drops from the prior week. Shirley, E Smith, G W Hayes, and York Blate consignors list numbers and weights with bids around four to six cents.

F H Coolidge & Son H Bird & Co Shirley Sloc E Smith G W Hayes Canada Bio York

Imports and Exports Sept 18 1888 Azores Bark Sarah

List of cargo items including 25 casks sperm, 2 packages embroidery for J E May, 1 bbl beans for J F Selveire, 4 tons old cannon balls, 8 bags spruce, 13 tasks blackish oll, F cases dry Ash, 2 packages tame, 1 cage sundries, 1 keg tee, indse order from EA Adams & co, Stimson & co and L K Hase.

Azores F & Stimson & Co EA Adams & Co

Exports Sept 18 1888 from Liverpool Yarmouth and Buenos Ayres

Shipment tallies list steamer cargos including Lowe Scythia and Yarmouth goods. Entries cover corn wheat flour beef pork cattle leather apples butter cheese and canned meats, plus lumber cotton and hardware. Also notes schooner Nina Page and Martha N Hafl cargoes with miscellaneous provisions and lumber from Buenos Ayres.

Liverpool Eng Lowe Scythia Yarmouth Barrington Cape Island Northeast Harbor Nina Page Buenos Ayres

Staple Goods Receipts From 1883 Railroads

Receipts dated September 18 1883 list Boston and Albany Boston and Providence New York and New England and other railroads showing quantities of wool bales flour corn oats malt feed bacon hams grease butter cheese eggs beans hay lumber apples skins hides and more across multiple lines and divisions.

Lotal Receipts and Stocks Report September 18 1888

A detailed ledger style listing of receipts and stocks for commodities including cotton, wool, cheese, flour, eggs, corn meal, oatmeal, beans, apples, potatoes, corn, oats, wheat, malt, hay, straw, lumber, peas, tallow, leather, beef, pork, lard, hides, hams, tongue, canned meats, grease, bacon, tea, sugars, coffee, molasses and pelts. Entries show quantities by units such as bales, boxes, barrels, bushels, sacks, cases and pounds for each item, with figures for two consecutive years 1888 and 1887 where provided. The report reads like a warehouse or market ledger from the period.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Ritchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell Express Sven Norgm Io ONO

Foreign Markets Report Signals Mixed Grain Movements

London reports show wheat cargoes delayed and corn quiet, with several cargoes awaiting sale. Prices in Liverpool and Antwerp edge lower for wheat while corn holds, and US and British breadstuffs futures remain subdued. Paris and Parisian rates show wheat firm for September and October.

Murdock's Liquid Food Advertised as Blood Builder

An advertisement proclaims Ba a ins Ba a ins Murdock's Liquid Food suitable for all ages and health states. It claims to create new blood faster than any food or preparation known and emphasizes it is not an extract or tonic. It is a clear liquid free of insoluble matter, drys, minerals, salts, and acids.

United States Murdock National Medical Societies Great Britain

Sunday Train Times Across Buzzards Bay and Nearby Towns

Train schedule notes early morning departures at 8.15 am from Buzzards Bay Bourne Bournedale Catau met Falmouth Hovan nis Onset Bay Sandwich Sagamore West Barnstable Wareham Wenhamet and Woods barring minor OCR errors.

Cape Cod Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Harnstabie Burne Bournedale Brewster Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Woods Hall Fair« Haven Almouth Hyannis Harwich Monument Beach Marie Japoisett Marion Nantucket Onset Bay Province« Town Sandwich Saeggamore Yarmouth Tremont Wellfleet West Barnstabie Wareham Warmouth Topan

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