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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 22, 1888

Page

7

Market Report On Live Poultry Hay And Straw Prices

Steady prices for poultry and forage with varied quality notes. Northern and Eastern chickens quoted at 20 to 22 cents per pound, fowls 16 cents, ducks 12 to 14 cents. Western turkeys 16 to 18 cents, old cocks 8 cents. Partridges scarce with quiet demand at 75 cents to $1 per pair. Hay supplies easing, choice hay firm at 18.50 to 19.60, good demand, rye straw small receipts and steady. Rye straw priced 16 to 15.50, oat straw 9 to 10.

East Swale Hampton Beach North Hampton Rye Beach Ipswich Klynn Ee Ae Swampscott Newbury Port North Conway Peabody and Danvers Iem Portamouth Revere Rockport and Gloucester York Harbor & Beach R.R Saugus Branch Wenham Wolfeboro Lynn and Way Liampo Aleb Newburyport Portsmouth Portland Bangor St. John Malifax Tom Salem Amy Boston Manchester and Comer Bowell Billerica Walnut Hill Stoneham Woburn Slam Winchester West Medford College Hill Gao Winter GH Bedford Lexington Arlington

Banana Steamer Progress Arrives with Bananas for Harding

The steamer Progress is due from Baracoa carrying bananas for G H Harding. The Marmion is due from Jamaica on Sept 16 with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.

Baracoa G H Harding Jamaica Boston Fruit Company

Fruit market auction notes from Harris Co sale

Fruit prices and market updates across various produce categories. Lemons, grapes, pears, plums, cranberries, peaches and bananas are listed with specific prices and case/basket terms. Boston receipts and steamer imports from Jamaica and Baracoa are noted, with buyers Seaverns & Co and Liverpool market trends mentioned.

H Harris & Co Palermo Messina Pereee Almeria Liverpool Delawares Wardens Wyoming Concords Niagaras Hartfords Marthas Salems Clapp Seeley Boston Jamaica Boston Fruit Company Victorialso Baracoa Seaverns & Co

Market Brief: Steady Prices for Fresh Produce

The market remains steady with numerous items priced per bush, box or basket. Notable quotes include cabbage at 50c per bush, onions 75c per bush, green corn 85c per barrel, cauliflowers 87c per dozen, celery 125 per dozen, and spinach 13c per bush box.

Bay State Russia

Pork Market Drives Steady Prices Across Meats

The market for pork and related meats remains firm with hogs quiet and steady. Beef and veal show varied bids, with New York and Chicago noting steady to dull trade. pork products list multiple prices for cuts, lard, hams, and bacon. Domestic markets in St Louis and Cincinnati report mixed but steady quotes and ample supply at old prices.

Sugar Market Holds Firm as Quotes Move Little

New York reports raw and refined sugars firm and unchanged from prior quotes. Pulverized sugar at 83.4 cents per pound, granulated 7 1/2 cents, confectioners 7 1/4. Molasses steady with fair demand. Porto Rico beans range 26 to 37 cents per gallon. other Caribbean origins cited with nominal prices for 50 test boiling grades.

Cuba New York Ponce Porto Rico Barbadoes Cienfuegos Mayaguez

Cotton market report from Allan Asher & Co

Allan Asher and Co cotton brokers report New York prices for middling uplands at 10 7 16 cents and low middling at 10 cents with 756 bales sold. Futures opened steady in New York, reflecting a quiet session and firm interest from traders.

Allan Asher & Co Exchange Place New York

Liverpool Cotton Market and US Ports Update

Liverpool spot cotton steady with middling uplands at 6 15 16d and Orleans at 5 15 16d. Futures opened dull and closed weak. Comparative week ending Sept 21 shows net US port receipts 89,657, total exports 104,878, stocks at ports 196,247, and Liverpool stocks 202,000. US city tones mixed with Augusta, Galveston, New Orleans and others noting quiet to dull trading and varied stock levels.

Cras Liverpool Orleans Gececco United States Great Britain Augusta Galveston New Orleans France Mobile Memphis Savannah Dull Prunswieck Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Continent Cincinnati St Louis Louisville

Hog And Cattle Markets Report From Key Cities

Stock Yards Kansas City receipts cattle 6821 steady for choice lot s. hog receipts 4077 steady closing lower. sheep receipts 3118 steady. St Louis hogs firmer. Peoria steady. Cincinnati hogs quiet to easier. Chicago cattle receipts 13000, lower. hogs 10000 steady. sheep 6000 steady with varied class prices.

Kansas City St Louis Peoria Cincinnati Chicago Texas Western Rangers Western

Market-sourced commodity updates mixed across cities

Tallow and coffee markets show firm to strong demand with limited offers, New York notes light supply and firm prices for prime city cattle and beans. Whiskey markets hold steady at old prices in Chicago St Louis and Cincinnati. Turpentine and petroleum reports list terse price points in New York with resin tar and RSW figures, aboard cases.

New York Rio Chicago St Louis Cincinnati

Imports and Exports September 21, 1888 Baracoa and Jamaica

List of ship cargoes with sources Baracoa Steamer Victoria 7000 bunches bananas Seaverns and Co Glasgow Steamer Waldensian 200 tons pig iron N and N W Curtis 200 do iron products 21 boils steel sheets from various firms. Jamaica Steamer Aguan 20010 bunches bananas 390 bbls oranges 103 bags coffee 543 do cacao nuts from Boston Fruit Co.

Baracoa Victoria Seaverns & Co Glasgow Scot Waldensian N&n W Curtis Ros & Co Waldo Bros—L Htoughton & Dutton Mackintire, Lawrie & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co White & Co Meshane & Co D & M Williams Fisk, Coleman & Co A _ Hartley & co Jordan Marsh & Co Brown, Durrell & Co JF Townsend James Bros Jamaica Boston Fruit Co

Exports from Sept 21 1888 to Sydney and Liverpool ships

List of cargoes from multiple ports including Little Glade Bay Port Mulgrave Port Hawkesbury Harbor du Bouche and several vessels. Cargoes include flour cornmeal refined oil lard fruit dry goods printing press machinery and leather. Entries note schooners Elizabeth Ann Louise and Sea Foam steamer Yarmouth Milanese Virginian Resolution with various quantities.

Little Glade Bay Port Mulgrave Port Hawkesbury Harbor DU Bouche Elizabeth Sydney Louise Yarmouth London Eng Liverpool Bear River

Staple Products Receipts Sept 21 1888 Railroads

A dated ledger of cargo receipts from multiple railroads listing quantities of wool cotton meal oats cornmeal wheat feed lard butter eggs cheese beef and other goods. Entries from Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony and New York & New England lines show bales barrels cases crates and bags of varied staples.

Boston & Albany Railroad Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad

Commodity inventory across multiple railroads and tonnage lists

A dense docket lists assorted shipments and stock in transit and storage. Items include wool, flour, oatmeal, tea, coffee, sugar, pork, lard, oleo, apples, cheese, lumber, leather, cotton, cornmeal, and eggs. Railroads mentioned include Fitchburg, Boston and Maine Eastern and Western Divisions, Boston and Lowell, and By Express and By Sea services. Quantities are varied across dozens of line items with units such as bbls, sacks, boxes, cars, rolls, bales, bos, and tubs.

Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Expréss

Foreign Markets Report from London and Liverpool

London and Liverpool dispatches note wheat and corn markets steady or quiet with subdued demand. Prices for No 1 California wheat and mixed American corn listed, with futures steady. Paris quotes October wheat at 40f. Weather in England fine with warm, dry conditions.

London Mark Lane Yaris Liverpool California Michigan England Paris

Trade firm representatives list across cities

A compiled roster lists names and firms in several cities including Atlanta Baltimore Charleston Chicago Davenport Detroit Knoxville Nashville Norfolk Omaha Philadelphia Pittsburgh San Francisco St Louis St Joseph Toledo Wichita and others. The entry assigns agents to firms such as Bates & Co Stevenson & Cator Frank & Adler Selz Schwab Schnadig R P Smith Rowe & Terry Davis Haber Adler Meinhard Noyes Childs Lee Smith Simmons Peabody Gardner Bevis and others.

Atlanta E Kinsberg Bates & Co Baltimore D H Stevenson Cator, Jr Stevenson, Alexander & Cator C Adler Frank & Adler Pier Mda M R Creighton Creighton Disney Cumberland Mad S J Edwards Amn Cleveland H B Childs Childs, Groff & Co W Cady Norfolk Seabury Seabury's Sons Omaha Tre St Joseph Noyes Norman & Co

Probate notices page trains schedule fragment

Probate notices summarize a schedules fragment listing train times from Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester and other cities with multiple daily times shown. The text includes stations Dover Haverhill Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston and Reading and Way Stations with a series of times in the afternoon and evening.

Dover Haverhill Sam Lawrence Manchester Sowell Medford Portland Bangor Lewiston Reading and Way BFR VY Aidavuayv Augusta Haymarket Sq Pau Causeway St Bar Marker St. John Haliax Provinces Eastport Calais Ale M. A Hairfax Caas Way Street Haymarket Square Brockland Castine Southwestand Far Farbors Causeway Street Mewiston Concord M. H North—Haymarket Sq North Conway Haymarket Sq Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln

Trusts under will of Ambrose H. White in Boston Probate

Commonwealth of Massachusetts Suffolk Probate Court informs all interested parties about the trusts created by the will of Ambrose H. White, late of Boston, deceased. The notice invites claims, requests, and compliance with probate procedures as required by law. Public record details the estate’s administration and relevant deadlines for interested parties.

Commonwealth OF Dedham Norfolk Boston Post Boston George WuHiTe Jonathan Cobb Register Massachussetts Suffolk Dae Ance D. Reed Batavia Java William Minot, Jr Lucretia A. Cullis Marie C. Mallory Jonny W. McKim Esquire Elwah George Commonwealth OF Massachs Augusta HE. Thayer Henry D. Minot William Brewster Joan W. McKim Elijah George Jommonwealth George N. Bigelow Grenville H. Norcross Bosdoc Agan John W. McKim Samuel K. Lothrop Alice L. Lothrop Commonwealth OF Massachaww Alice Z Thomas Said County J. Cushing Thomas Lcense Guardian Joan W. McKim, Esq Lijah George Massachil Uv Setts Charles Wells William Minot Elizabeth W. Cook Jonn W. McKim Massachd Mary Walley Lodge Loston William R. Alger Massact BU William Foster Fanny H. Tudor Otlece Charlotte Davis Howard M. Davis Admr Joan A Glines Marsilla M. Glines Kate C. Gill Massachusetts James E. Leach Frank W. Gill Admi Commonwealth OF Massachus J Selts Ann Lee William B. Lee Commonwealth OF Massachussetts Ambrose H. White Francis V. Balch Harriet R. White Emma Dudge Otiece Samuel Clark Phebe A, Robinson Admx BosTax Eugene A. Cory Court Square John B. Fitzpatrick George M. Brooks Middlesex Grenville P. Peirce Arlington Cambridge Samuel W. Tucker

Eastern division timetable snippets start in Amesbury and nearby towns

Rail and bus schedule fragment lists times for Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett and Great Falls and Rochester with multiple morning to evening slots and several am pm markers, some garbled text.

Amesbury Beverly Bidderford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rochester

Commuter Lines Mention Saugus and South Reading Branches

Notice lists railroad service via Saugus and South Reading branches with trains on Thursdays and Saturdays only. Stations include Boston Haymarket square. Details emphasize branch routes and schedule limits for the Workingmen's train service.

aVia Saugus South Reading Boston Haymarket Square

Lowell System Timetable For Boston to Northern States

Local and through trains from Boston Causeway Street to Tilton Lake Village Meredith Ashland Laconia and other towns on various schedules. Daily and Sunday trains listed with numerous stops including Montreal White River Junction Essex Junction St Albans and multiple Boston area branches. Fare and time tables noted with general manager signatures.

Hooston Causeway Street Boston Tilton Lake Village Meredith Ashland Laconia Wiecks Plymouth Centre Harbor Wolfeboro North Woodstock Pennigewassett Valley Warren Haverhill Woodsville Lisbon Fittleton Whitefield Lancaster Jefferson Bethlehem Profile House Twin Mountain Fabyan's Franklin Lebanon White River St. Johnsbury Newport Sherbrooke Quebec Passumpste White River Junction Wells River Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St. Albans Montreal Northern RR Boston Air Line Central Mass Portland Street Northampton Hadley Amherst South Amherst Belchertown Bondsville Ware Gilbertville Barre Rutland Jefferson’s Oakdale West Boyliston Worcester Clinton Berlin Hingison Sudbury Roeckbottom Waylanad Weston Waltham Waverley Belmont Hudson and Way James T. Furber D. J. Flanders Gen’l Pas’r Hontreal & West Central Vermont Pullman Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Wagner Palace Central Vermont R. K BGO Washington Street J. W. Hobart W. Cummings Agi

Cape Cod Train Schedule Fragments

Cape God division Sunda trains listed with times for Buzzards Bay Bourne Bournedale Falmouth Hywan mis Onset Way Sand which Sagamore West Barn able Wareham Wenaumet Woods Hall all at 8.15 am with a few misreadings and punctuation gaps.

Kneeland Street Buzzards Bay Marnstabie Eurne Bournedale Brewster Cataumet Chatham Cottage City Woods Hall Kairhaven Ualmouth Halvannia Harwich Bmonument Beach Mattapoisett Marion Nantucket Onset Bay Provincetown Sandwich Sagamore Boarmouth Wellfleet West Barnstable Wareham Armouth Sunda

Providence Division Schedules for Park Square to New York

Train timetable fragment lists Sunday departures from Park Square Station to New York via Shore Line with numerous annotated times and numerous locations including Canton Dodgeville Foxboro and Attleboro. The entry shows seasonal and Sunday variations with many inconsistent digits and stray notes.

Providence New York Park Square Massachusetts 2Nd Rhode Island Sreeves Washington Street J. W. Richardson Boston J. W. Miller C. H. Briggs

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