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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 21, 1889

Page

7

Market Report from Sixth Page on Grains and Produce

The report notes a quiet spot market with steady to softer prices for corn, oats, and wheat. Chicago No 2 yellow to ship trades around 45 to 46 cents, with various blends and quality grades listed. New York and St Louis receipts show weaker to steady movement, while oats and other grains display liberal offerings and mixed on track pricing. fruit and produce prices for oranges, lemons, pears, cranberries, grapes, bananas, and plums are provided with fresh spot and shipment details.

Chicago New York St Louis State Michigan Canada Jamaica Palermo Messina Naples Louis Bonne de Beurre Bosc Cave Connecticut Moore’s Delawares Concords Brightons Salems Wordens Marthas Baracoa Port Simons

Market Receipts and Prices Across Staples

Receipts today cover butter 939 tubs 7 boxes oleo 132 pkgs cheese 710 boxes eggs 4 bbls 13835 cases beans 25 bbls potatoes 9 cars sweet potatoes 4280 bbls ay 72 cars straw 8 cars. Butter prices steady in multiple regions with wholesale quotes and regional variations. Eggs demand quiet but firm with diverse regional quotes. cheese firm with upward tendency. beans and potatoes show active supply and stable or modest price shifts. Truck section notes no new features and prices unchanged.

New York Vermont Eastern Liverpool Chicago Eastern Creamery Elgin Western Twins Americas New Hampshire Nova Scotia New Brunswick Prince Edward Islands Michigan Canadas Bush California Lima Choice Canada

Apples Market Report Sees Steady Demand for Choice Lots

FroIt notes steady demand for all choice apples with plentiful common lots and slow sales. Receipts run large as Gravensteins are quoted at 275 300 and Hubbards appear in the market quote.

Gravensteins Hubbards

Saturday's Train of Potatoes Stretches 15 Cars Long

A rural dispatch reports a single train on Saturday carrying 15 cars of potatoes. Officials note no derailment or injuries. The shipment moves through the region, with details on origin and destination not provided in the fragment.

Fall River Line Shore Line Providence Limited Old State House Washington Street FASC Park Square Parler Bassachusetts Connecticut Reever State Room Park Square Station J. W. Ricuakpson Boston J. W. Miller C. H. Briggs

Steamer Coila Due Monday With Jamaica Bananas

The steamer Coila is expected to arrive Monday bringing Jamaica bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Coila Jamaica Bananas Boston Fruit Company

Provisions market reports and price movements across cities

The day’s receipts show tallow and lard volumes with modest gains in bacon and preserved meats. New York pork steady and beef quiet as Chicago and St Louis facing mixed demand for pork, lard, and dry salted meats. City and continental quotes vary, with tallow and tallow goods down or steady at key hubs.

New York Western Steam Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Cincinnati and Chicago Livestock Prices Report

Receipts and shipments across cattle hogs and sheep show mixed to higher activity. Cattle steady to higher with steers 33 to 40, hogs strong to mixed with shipments around 7,000, sheep steady with natives and western averages near 3 60 to 4 75 and lambs at 4 50 to 6 00. Texas cattle range 1 55 to 3 10, Westerns 2 32 to 3 75.

Cincinnati Chicago Texas Rattle Western Rangers Western Texans

Cotton Markets Show Quiet Trading In New York And London

New York cotton markets are quiet with prices down 1 16 cent as 499 bales trade upland and middling ranges. Opening and closing futures show a firm close while Liverpool reports steady demand and American shipments totaling 32,000 bales for the week. Distinct price levels for American and all ports, with global stock and export movements reported across Augusta Galveston New Orleans Mobile and others.

New York Laverpool Augusta C. Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Continent Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Baltimore Louis Iid LOS Philadelphia Aid West Point Cincinnati Louisville France United States

Interior towns stock and Liverpool figures rise in week

Trade figures show 196 247 stocks in interior towns and 15 043 stocks at Liverpool for the period. Corresponding week last year recorded 420 000, with American afloat stocks for Great Britain at 232 000 and 57 000 the same week prior.

Liverpool Great Britain

Sugar and Molasses Market Report

Sugar receipts today 274 barrels versus 96 last year. Refined sugars show active demand with prices for Pulverized, powdered and granulated variants listed. Molasses receipts 50 barrels, market nominal with Ponce and Cienfuegos quotes. New York trade quietly reflects overall market steadiness.

New York Cienfuegos Barbadoes

Turpentine and Petroleum Market Report Summary

Turpentine closed at 4842 49c with resin at 10242 107%% and tar at 275. Petroleum closed at 7.60c with RSW at 7.20c and cases at 9.10c. Coffee in New York steady with Rio quiet and fair cargoes at 19% cc. Whiskey markets steady with Western rates at 102 dollars.

New York Rio

Imports Halifax 1889 steamer list with goods and vessels

A Halifax ship manifest from September 20 1889 records goods and owners in Halifax and Port de Paix including eggs, household effects, kegs, and fish for Barclay Co Cutler Co Griffin Co Horne L McIsaac Keyes Wyman Winsor S A White and others. Also lists Sif steamer at Port de Paix carrying logwood Hugo Rainer Co.

Halifax Barclay & Co P Cutler & Co Griffin & Co Horne McIsaac Amos Keyes & Co Smith Stone Temple Winsor & Son

Exports Listings From Various Atlantic Ports

A compiled shipping export report dated September 20 1889 lists commodities at multiple ports including Sydney Nova Scotia Bear River St John Port Antonio Canning Yarmouth and others. Items include flour meal kerosene oil pork beef pig iron machinery yarn kerosene canned fruit and lumber with quantities detailed for each steamer or ship.

Sydney Newcomb Bear River St John Victor and Lockwort Sunshine Port Antonio Jam Flamborough Canning Nellie Blanche Yarmouth

Foreign markets report steady wheat and firm corn

London reports cargoes off coast with no offers while on passage and for shipment wheat remains strong and corn firm. At Mark Lane wheat firmer and corn steady as Paris notes spot wheat firm and Liverpool prices mixed with higher winter and spring wheat. Liverpool breadstuffs show firm prices with substantial receipts and steady peas, while pork bacon cheese lard and tallow quote varied levels.

London Mark Lane Paris Liverpool

Boot and Shoe Buyers in Town Move Through Several Firms

A long list of boot and shoe buyers and salesmen visits across the country is noted with names linked to Bates Kingsbery Draper Moore Gerhart Greensfelder Meany and others. The compiled roster includes firms in Charleston Birmingham Chicago Detroit Philadelphia Norfolk Nashville Omaha St Louis Savannah Toledo Xenia Wheeling and more, showing a broad industry network.

Kingsbery Bates Kingsbery & 10 Avanta W Draper Draper, Moore & Co Birmingham Ala Columbus Grord W H Andrews Dages, Andrews & Co Detroit Mich E Smith H . Robinson & Burtenshaw Galveston Tex A Blum L & FI Blum Henderson Kaldaut Baldauf Bros Jas Miss E T Montgomery E T Montgomery Co Oes City J P Sidwell Kendall B & Co Macon M Nussbaum Nussbaum & Co Memphis Norfolk Port Henry Savannah S Meinhard Meinhard Bros & Co Terre Haute Ind D Giffith Toledo Smith Smith, Simmons & Peabody Rodgers Dewey, Rodgers & Co R R Lee Childs, Lee & Sounlap Wheeling E McCoy and Alexander Vance Shoe Co Tre Xenia R I Stewart Ad. Xenia O—J H Hicks

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