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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 23, 1887

Page

7

Market Report on Yearlings and Mutton Prices

Eastern mutton prices show 6 7c for choice with common to good at 5 6c. Veal ranges include good to choice at 8a 9c with some fancy at 10c, and poor to good at 6 7c.

Fruit Market Report Shows Steady Prices and Healthy Demand

Fruit is firm with good demand and steady prices. Peaches sell at 75e S1 40 per basket, apples quiet with unchanged prices, pears in strong demand for choice stock, grapes firmer with liberal supply, plums selling well. Elsa steamship due Monday from Jamaica brings bananas and oranges to Seaverns & Co.

Elsa Jamaica Seaverns & Co Gravenstein Delaware Concord Martha Salem Bartlett Seckle

Norfolk Steamer Brings 1100 Barrels of Sweet Potatoes

The Norfolk boat due here Friday carries 1100 bbls of sweet potatoes.

Norfolk Steamer Norfolk

Wholesale Market Prices for Produce Revealed

Truck market shows steady supply and demand with unchanged prices. Listings include onions at 225 per basket, tomatoes 75 cents per unit, cabbage 6 to 8 per 100, beets 40 cents per bush, and cucumbers 125 per 100, among others.

Maltas St Andrews

Cotton markets shift as Liverpool futures open steady

Liverpool cotton futures opened steady and closed quiet for several months ahead with September at 5 24-644d and October at 6 12-64d. Spot New Orleans and New York markets mixed with steady to easy tones. Sales totaled 38,600 bales. receipts 9,000 bales. Prices quoted across ports show modest gains and steady levels with several vessels and stocks reported.

Liverpool Orleans New York Augusta Galveston Coastwise New Orleans Mobile Memphis Savannah Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Great Britain Baltimore Cincinnati St. Louis

Trade Center Wheat and Flour Prices Across Cities

Reports from New York and other markets show flour receipts and grain prices firming with varied bids. Wheat No 2 spring and No 1 Northern steady to higher. rye and barley mixed. corn and oats active with strong exports and steady to higher spot values.

Hog and cattle markets at Chicago report mixed hogs and steady cattle

In Chicago Union Stock Yards on Sept 22 hog receipts estimated 16 000 with yesterday at 16 032 and 6 325 shipments leaving 9 000. Hogs sold mixed with light hogs down 5 cents at 4 70 to 4 75 a few shippers weaker at 4 75 5 10. Cattle receipts 11 000 and market slow with small gains in some cuts.

Chicago

Meat market prices from Cincinnati to Chicago Sept 22

Daily livestock quotes show hogs steady with receipts noted in Cincinnati Kansas City and Peoria. Cattle and hog values listed across major markets including St Louis and Chicago with ranges for steers cows and lambs and fresh receipts figures.

London Wool Sales See Reduced Demand Amid Withdrawals

Foreign markets report a marked fall in attendance at London wool sales with scarce crossbreds and merinos. Prices favored buyers as many lots were withdrawn and home trade led activity, while continental and American buyers showed little interest.

London Queensland Cape of Good Hope Natal New South Wales Victoria New Zealand Jamaica

Imports and Exports Sept 22 1887 Haytien Ports

A detailed list of inbound and outbound cargoes at Hayti and Liverpool including logwood bananas pig iron tin plates iron goods chemicals and assorted merchandise. Named firms include Dupuy Riboul & co Lyon Dupuy & co Jemenes Hansted & co and Ward Wadsworth & co with numerous consignors and buyers and quantities in bags boxes cases and casks.

Haytien Haytien Republic Dupuy Riboul & Co Lyon, Dupuy & Co Jemenes Hansted & Co Rogers Liverpool Eng Marathon Walbaum Soda Beach & Co Ultramarine I Strong & Co Hevey & Co Shepard Norweil & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Ives, Bellamy & Co Abram French & Co Wright Hovey & Co Cushing & Bliss Warren & Blanchard Moise Hadhey Co Brigham Ward & Co Wadsworth, Howland & Co Frost & Adams Linder & Meyer J & J Murdock Higgins & Henderson Cumner, Jones & Co Waldo Bros Carter, Rice & Co Noyes, Campbell & Co Brown, Durrell & Co Lovering & Co Whitney & Co Moors & Co Booth & Co Prgs Williams & Co Scythia Bank of Liverpool International Bank of London Stetson & Sawyer Durrell & Co Timothy +Smith & co Marsh & Co Mead & Co Norwell & Co Mackintire Freywyheim Wilson, Larrabee & Co Kendall, Barrows & Co Neal Morse & Co Shepard, Norwell & Co Piner H White & Co Weeks & Potter Leeson & Co James France Stone & Downer Read & Sons Damrell & Upham Burt & Snow Phelps, Dodge & Co

Sunday Trains and Stops for Weymouth to New York Route

Schedule details list numerous daily and Sunday trains serving Weymouth, Scituate, Hingham, Plymouth, Fall River, Newport, Taunton, Brockton, and Brockton connections. It notes returns, via Brockton or Taunton, and boat train connections from Fall River. GEO. L. CONNOR and J. R. KENDRICK listed as agents.

New York Fall River Weymouths Ane Hee Cohaset Scituate Arshfield Uxbury Plymouth Danbury Marshfield Cohasset Hingham Weymouth Brockton Taunton Newport South Graintree South Braintree New Bedford Biddleboro Middleboro Koro Geo. L. Connor J. R. Kendrick Pass

Boston and Albany Rail Timetable Details 1887

Local time tables for the Boston and Albany Railroad list daily departures from Boston to Springfield Worcester North Adams and New York with express and sleeping car services to Buffalo Chicago and New York. Through tickets sold at Boston offices and stations. schedule includes connections at Pittsfield Chatham Palmer and Ware River Branch and notes Sunday trains. Printed by H Hanson and H T Gallup as general agents.

Boston & Albany R.R Washington Street Boston Springfield Pittsfield Albany South Framingham Syracuse N. W Buffalo Cleveland Chicago Detroit Worcester Toledo Niagara Falls Accomodation Wittsfield North Adams Chatham Hudson Palmer Ware River Hartford New Haven New York Denlsbury North Wille Cordaville Ashland Milford South Franingha Wellesley Rillis Falls

New York and New England Transit Timings Fragment

Fragmentary OCR shows scattered times and locations including New York New England tans 7 45 am 11 05 am 9 11 15 PM and Wellesley references with 1.30 2.30 and lower terms suggesting a timetable snippet with station or schedule notes.

Emstry S Bay Buzzard’s Bay Provincetown I . Cohasset Cohasset Wa Holliesturn Neponset Mattapeisett Newport M. Re Dolph Eastor, Stoughton Taxconville V.ou Glb Voir Ches Jentre Brookline Cypress Street Servel Emara Newton Tom Boyviston Esa Spring Street Nas

Trade inventory of goods across multiple firms

An extended ledger lists dozens of firms with bundled quantities including cases, casks, bolls, and crates of varied goods. Items cover lace, guns, woollens, skins, paper hangings, leather, wine, tissues, china, glassware, clocks, perfumes, mdse, and raw materials such as pig iron, hemp, and silk yarn, reflecting extensive commerce activities.

Hollander & Co Walker, Stetson & Sawyer Baldwin Bros & Co Bolls Boara Harwood Mfg Co Jackson Bolls Iron Tyler Bros Eaton Bros & Bixby Blandry Hovey & Co Jordan, Marsh & Co Tuttle & Co Brown, Durrell & Co Bradford Thomas & Co Ives, Bellamy & Co China Bigelow Stearns & Co Tissues Shoninger, Moses & Co Lee, Higginson & Co Harwood Bros Buttrick Frost & Adams Schoenhof Instruments Benj French & Co Harkins, Davies & Co Brooks Fields Beechmont & Field Stevens, Hovey & Co Talbot, Wilmarth & Co Kendall, Barrows & Co P Wright Oldfield Howe, Balch & Fay Bradbury Warren & Co

Exports from Nova Scotia and Belgium in September 1887

A ledger of shipments includes schooner Mary E MacDougall from Guysboro carrying 750 barrels flour 250 barrels cornmeal 52 barrels refined petroleum to Arichat. schooner Lily E from Tusket with 125 barrels car. steamer New York from Digby and Annapolis with grapes pears Penligh items and miscellaneous goods. cargoes from Antwerp via Baltimore on steamer Mareca with bales leather.

Guysboro Arichat Mary E MacDougall Lily E Digby and Annapolis New York Antwerp Belgium Baltimore Mareca

Trade receipts for staple goods across regional rail lines

A detailed facsimile of receipts dated Sept 22 1887 lists vast consignments moved by multiple railroads including Boston & Albany Providence Old Colony Fitchburg Boston & Maine and Lowell. Items include wool flour corn wheat malt middlings hay leather cheese eggs bacon lard butter and numerous bales of cotton and other staples.

Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Boston & Maine Railroad Western Division Lowell Railroad Express Sea Aoe Hains Isa A

Totals of Receipts From Sept 22 1887 Commerce Ledger

A historical ledger lists total receipts dated September 22 1887 across multiple commodities. It records cotton bales sugar and wool quantities, flour molasses cornmeal oats cheese and various other goods with figures indicating production and stock levels. The dense table preserves many named items and numeric totals for trade activity.

Real Estate Transfers in Suffolk County Listings

Real estate transfers across Suffolk County show parcels on Alexander Avenue Water Street Huntington Avenue Tremont Street Roxbury West Roxbury and Codman Street. Transactions include multiple deeds with prices ranging from 1 to 8300 dollars and several mortgage backs or transfers between individuals and local entities.

Water Street John P. Cushing George Dexter Huntington Avenue Edwin B. Horn Albert Geiger Tremont Street Charles D. Brooks Lillian A. Homer Roxsury Thomas H. Craffey Patrick Craffey Prentiss Street Margaret Rice Et al Ann White Mills Street Emma Tagnani Jessie Smith Roxbury West Roxbury Charles J. Page Theodore Snow Charles Street James A. Simpson Metroolitan Avenue Ernest D. Blackwell George R. Meade Orchester Adam Law Timothy J. Sullivan Codman Street Caleb W. Loring Charles E. Keith

Property Transfers and Mortgages Across Boston Area

A compilation of land transfers and mortgage backings dated Sept 2 to Sept 13. Entries cover parcels on Peters Hobart Webster Orleans Warren Garland Division Havre Revere Taylor and more, with prices from $1 to $9200 and sizes from 4970 to 7000 square feet. Names include Wellington Brunty Faxon Cherry Irwin Fisher O'Connor Cook Green Turner Cum mings Durant.

McLellan Avenue Marie Ann S. Wellington Elizabeth S. Brunty Peters Street Bighton Benjamin M. Fiske Faneuil Union Society Hobart Street Laura Boston Henry H. Faxon Elizabeth Cherry Ninth Street Boston Samuel Irwin Et al Andrew P. Fisher Havre Street Ditto Webster and Orleans Streets CheLsea Charles J. Harrison Albert D. Bosson Woodlawn Avenue Flora Bower John Gallagher Jeremiah O'Connor Warren Avenue Mary Ann Cook Thomas R. Rowe Garland Street Julia D. Eddy Et al Frances E. Green Division Street Revere Edward Turner Edwin L. Cummings Winithrop Samuel G. Irwin John S&s. Durant Revere and Taylor Streets Revere Street

Local Mortgage Transfers From West Roxbury to Chelsea and Roxbury

Multiple six sept mortgages recorded on September 6 and 7 across Boston area towns. Transfers include Patrick Crosby to William J. Miller on Crosby Street West Roxbury for 1200 and Benjamin T. Ricker to Allen Colburn for 1000 on Lamartine Street West Roxbury.

Patrick Crosby William J. Miller Crosby Street West Roxbury Benjamin T. Ricker Allen Colburn Lamartine Street Joseph Henry Herman Fitz Henry Smith Circuit Street Roxbury Kate Hugh B. McDermott Levi Boles Paul Avenue Revere Anna K. Kneulein Henrietta Goldsmith Heath Street

Boston and Maine through trains on botil divisions schedule

Train listings for routes from Augustu s to Portland and beyond show departures from Haymarket and Causeway stations. Services include Bangor Har Harbor St John Halifax and the Provinces with multiple daily times and connections to Maine Central Grand Trunk and Knox and Lincoln Railways.

BOTIL Augusta--Uaymarket Sq Causeway St Vain Bangor Har Harbor St. John Halifax Provinces Laymarket Sq Eastport Calais Portland Haymarket Sq Rockland Castine Southwest Kar Harbors Lewiston Manchester Concord N. H North—Haymarket Sq North Conway Haysmarket St Maine Central Grand Trunk Knox & Lincoln Railways Ueemarks Causeway St. Statio

Western Division train timetable data for Boston area routes

Compiled schedule fragment lists station names such as Alton Bay Rochester Farm Dover Melrose Newburyport Reading Wakefield and Wilmington with varied times and frequencies. Many numbers appear as departure and arrival entries across multiple towns, reflecting a large, dense timetable extract.

Boston Alton Bay Rochester Farm Andover Dover Ter Great Falls Saverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Bid de Saco Misiones Melrose Newburyrort Islamy Wakefield Wilmington

Fragmented OCR Market Notation May Be Misread Ledger

A jumbled OCR snippet shows scattered times, prices, and codes such as 10.26 Li pm and 4.44 $.35. It mentions places like Andover and North South sections with several numbers, likely a broken market or schedule page with unclear entries and no coherent narrative.

Sunday Trains Schedule Across Northern Routes

Dover 6 pm and Manchester 6 pm are listed with evening departures. Haverhill and Reading Way Stations show multiple daily times including 3 104 am and 12 30 2 4 5 6 7 7 80 9 10 pm. Portland Bangor Lewiston connections appear at 6 pm. Medford and Lowell specify early morning and late evening slots.

Dover Haverhill Lawrence Manchester Lowell Medford Portland Beangor Mlewiston Reading and Way

Boston to Amesbury and region rail schedule list

Eastern Division timetable shows trains from Boston Causeway Street to Amesbury Beverly Asiddeford Chelsea Dover Everett and many other stations with varied departure times throughout the day including morning, afternoon and evening slots. The dense schedule lists dozens of cities along the coast and interior, reflecting an extensive network with frequent services.

Train timetable excerpts with lines to Lynn and ports

Bus and rail schedule fragment listing stations Lynn Newburyport Ports mouth Portland Bangor St John Malifax and Salem with times from 8.20 am to 9.30 pm. Via Saugus Branch and South Reading branch stations in Boston Haymarket City ticket office Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. James T. Furb er GM D. J. Flanders GPA.

Lynn and Way Newburyport Portsmouth R Portland Bangor St. John Malifax Salem Saugus Workingmen’s South Reading Ranch Boston Haymarket Square Washington Street Portland James T. Furber D. J. Flanders

Concord and Branches Boston to Manchester and Concord schedule

Trains run from Boston B and L depot to Manchester and Concord New Hampshire and upper railroads starting July 24 1887 with multiple daily departures including four early afternoon and evening times. Returning trains from Concord to Boston run with a similar set of departures. Superintendent Chamberlin notes operations aware of delays and exceptions.

Concord RE. R Boston B. and Manchester Concord N. H M. Eturning Sunesee Chamberlin

Fitchburg Railroad Hoosac Tunnel Route Timetable

Boston passenger stations list frequent departures to North Adams Troy Albany and the West with days and times for express and local services. Includes through tickets to Chicago and connections at South Acton and Miller's Falls with offices at 250 Washington Street Boston and signatures of Adams Whitmore and Watson.

Er Waltham SUN Watertown Union Market Mt. Auburn Worcester Ayer Junction Miller’s Falls South Acton Hoosac ‘Tunnel Washington Street Boston Central Vermont Rutland Montreal Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Causeway Street CF Xpress Winchendon Jaffrey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Burlington St. Albans St. Johns Nutland Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. Kd Cheshire BR. R White River Junction Vermont L. BR Fast Express Ches M. Hire & Monadnock Putland Mgmk Exat Stewari Keene, N

Boston and Worcester Rail Schedules and Connections

On the Whonsocket division trains depart Boston daily excluding Sundays with multiple Needham and intermediate stops and return times. An express train to New York via Middletown and New Haven includes through connections to Hartford and beyond with dining cars. The Norwich line serves New York and New London with steamer connections and parlor or Pullman cars. tickets at 322 Washington Street or depot gates.

Boston Summer Street Ashcroft Baltimore Bird Street Blackstone Danbury Dorchester Dudley Street Ellis Endicott Fishkill-on-Hudson Franklin Bearest Avenue Hartford Harvard Street Hyde Park Mighiana Lake Islington Manchester Attapan Milford Mt. Bowdoin B.S New Britain Newburg New London New York Middletown Norwich Norswood Nowswood Central Pawtucket Philadelphia Providence Utnam Readville River Street Lam Rreckwille Southbridge Tiltons Sam Walpole Washington, D.C Waterbury Willimantic Winslows Ebster Norwood Central Woonsvocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Needham and Way Weonsocket New Haven Pullman Newburgh Port Jervis Chicago & St. As Limited Erie Railway NEW England Limited Air Line Grand Central Depot Jersey City Trenton Phiadelphia Washington Richmond M. Norwich Orwich Danielsonville Putnam Worces New Lucke Washington Street Novtrugal Central Vermont Lowell Chicago Pulman Fitchburg Wagner Palace Central Vermont R. R J. W. Wobaert W. Cummings St. Albans NEW Stonington York Boston & Providence Railroad State Street Boston & Providence KR J. W. Richardson A. A. Folsom Boston & Providenc K

Broad Street and Providence Train Schedule Arrangements

The notice outlines a complex schedule change for the Shore Line and Providence routes starting Monday. It lists departure and return times between New York and local stops including Pawtucket Attleboro and Mt Hope with varying late dispersals, indicating adjustments on weekdays and weekends and multiple connecting services.

New York Sunym Providence Pawtucket

Steamer Schedule From Boston to New York and Back

Sunday departures from Boston at 7 p m with connections to Fall River Newport and New York. Returning steamers operate on weekdays and Sundays with arrivals in Boston in the morning. Annex connections link Brooklyn and Jersey City. Tickets and berths available at the Old State House and Old Colony Station.

Ieahh Boston Fall River Newport New York Brooklyn Jerse City We. Old State House Washington and Sta Streets Old Colony Station Destiny On

Fall River Line service discontinued after Sep 24

The double daily Fall River Line service will be discontinued at the close of the week ending September 24. The Second Special Express leaving Boston at 7 p.m. on weekdays and connecting steamers will be withdrawn. Steamers Pilgrim and Bristol stay in service after that date. Connecting trains depart Boston Old Colony Station at 6 p.m. weekdays and 7 p.m. Sundays.

Fall River Boston Pilgrim Bristol Old Colony Station

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