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Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1886

Page

7

Liverpool and New York Markets Show Mixed Cotton and Sugar Movements

Market report notes Liverpool futures opening easy and closing steady with varied September to May quotes. Spot market firm for mid uplands and Orleans, 12,000 leaves sold, 1,000 dates all American. New York futures quiet with numerous bid and asked figures, total sales 63,400 bales. Sugar and molasses steady, refined sugars softer, oil in moderate demand, and pipeline death indices showing activity through Sept. 25, 1885.

Liverpool Mid Uplands Orleans New York Smeiea Papin Manila Belmont Porto Rico Cuba

Markets by Telegraph. Grain and flour prices across major cities

Reports from New York to Detroit show flour and wheat moving slowly with mixed receipts and exports. Prices range from No 2 spring at 73 cents to No 2 red around 84 cents, while flour remains dull and provisions soften in multiple markets.

Cotton Markets Update Sept 23 Across Major Ports

Net receipts and gross values for Augusta to Consolidated ports show mixed demand and steady to firm tones. Exports to Great Britain and the continent feature, with stocks mounting at several hubs and mid price ranges quoted across the board.

Augusta Galveston New Orleans Great Britain Mobile Midge Memphis Savannah C. Charleston Wilmington Norfolk Philadelphia Baltimore New York Cincinnati St. Louis Louisville France United States

Cattle Market Report From Chicago Receipts Rise. Prices Mixed

Chicago cattle receipts reach 11000 with 3000 shipments. Steers sell up to 5 50. shipping steers 8 5 30. stockers and feeders 2 10 to 3 60. cows bulls and mixed 1 30 to 3 20, bulk 2 40 to 2 50. Hog sales total 1000 with rough and mixed 4 60 to 4 95. ships 2 50 to 3 60. Sheep and lambs 4000 head, Western and Texan prices 3 20 to 3 40, lambs 7 0 to 7 4 0.

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Wheat tight on passage and shipment in London market

London report from Beerbohm to the Chamber of Commerce notes wheat prices steady in transit and for shipment. Market observers report firm support, with traders cautious on future movement as ships load and sail.

London Beerbohm Chamber of Commerce

Transcontinental rail schedule fragment Albany Worcester Boston

A dense OCR rail timetable fragment lists trains, connections, and sleeping cars between Worcester Springfield New York and Boston. It details daily and Sunday services, routes via Buffalo Niagara Chicago and Providence, with numerous intermediate stops and return schedules.

Wool sales buoyant as New Zealand shipments lead demand

The London wool sales on Sept 23 totaled 14,000 bales, driven by New Zealand, Victoria, and Falklands offerings. In Liverpool by Sept 28, winter wheat ranged 6s 6d to 6s 8d and corn 4s 4d. provisions quoted, pork 66s 6d, bacon 58s 6d, lard 84s 9d, cheese 49s. Apples from Boston sold steady at 12s 6d to 13s 0d.

California Paris Liverpool London New Zealand Victoria Falklands Ody Club Catalonia Boston

Exports and Imports Ledger 1886 Liverpool and Atlantic Ports

A dense list from the Norseman-20 voyage at Liverpool plus Savannah Annapolis And NS lines detailing cargoes of hemp hides steel wool cables and machine parts. Entries cover merchants Baring Bros Co C L Parson Co Williams Everett Torrey Bright Capen and many others with hundreds of bbls of mdse earthenware hardware leather and pork commodities across rail and sea routes.

Liverpool Norseman Baring Bros & Co Sugden Thomas Groom & Co Jeremiah Abbott & Co Waulbaum & Co L Parson & Co Williams & Everett Torrey, Bright & Capen Mdse Stone & Downer Henry Blackson Clark, Adams & Clark Wim Burgess Wing & Evans Caton Bros & Bixby Cottons Coleman, Mead & Co Hardware Brown & Danrrail Reed & Barton Brown, Shipley & Co Grindstones Crompton Co Moors & Co R H White & Co Macallar Parker & Co Boots A Sawyer & Co John O'Flaherty Saunderson Bros. Steel & Co Sewell Belting Co Carl F Baker Baring Bros Baeder, Adamson & Co Ring & Co JB Moors & Co DH Tully & Co

Exports Report From Liverpool and Canadian St John Details

Export list dated Sept 23 1886 records goods cleared Sept 21 from Liverpool including wool canned seafood bacon flour lard beef and leather. Separate entries from St John New Brunswick note pears peaches oysters onions sweet potatoes and boxes. Port Hastings Nova Scotia lists Sir Annie T McKie with flour and cargo.

Liverpool Eng ST John New Brunswick Hastines Annie T McKie

Fragmentary data on numbers and codes

Readable fragments show a collection of numbers and codes such as 90 13 300 10 and 242 GSO 54 44 18 177. No clear event person place or organization is identifiable to form a factual headline or summary.

Receipts from Boston & Albany Railroad in 1886 list goods loaded

A dated record shows 26 bales wool 800 barrels flour 135 do oatmeal 5555 bush oats 1755 do malt 8400 do milifeed 355 do peas 35 bbls beef 33 tierces lard 40 bbls grease 302 tubs butter 65 boxes bacon 567 do cheese 20 cases eggs 186 bbls beans 184 do apples 3 do potatoes 5 cars by 1 do straw 3 os lumber 211 rolls 17 bolls 6 bales 15 cases 81 bags 3

Grand Junction Railroad Boston & Providence Railroad Old Colony Bates New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Eastern Division Boston & Maine Railroad—Western Division Boston & Lowell Railroad Bates Woel Dom Bale Sacks Boston & Albany

City Notices Boston Opens Free Evening Schools This Fall

The Free Evening Schools will open Monday Sept 7 1886 at multiple sites including Evening High English High Schoolhouse Montgomery street Lynn Paris street Fast Boston Warren Charlestown Eliot North Bennet Wells Blossong Anderson Pinckney Tyler Rinzeold Warrenton Street Bigelow South Boston Lincoln Broadway Comins Fremont Roxbury Dearborn Roxbury signed Phineas Bates Secretary School Committee.

Montgomery Street Lynn Paris Street Fast Boston Warren Pearl Street Charlestown Eliot North Bennet Street Wells Blossong Street Anderson South Boston Lincoln Broadway Comins Fremont Street Roxbury Dearborn Dearborn Place Phineas Bates Sect

Rail and boat timetable for New Work line 1886

September 9 1886 timetable for the Fall River Line via Boston and return routes with Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Wareham Nantucket and Plymouth connections. Detailed weekday and Sunday departure times across Cape Cod and South Shore points are listed, including Pier destinations, return times, and general manager J. Kendrick.

S’ysins E.ecave Boston Fall Iver Fall River Ashmont Barnstable Bryannis Yarmouth Sand- Wiel Hyannis Eiraintree Fae Eborideewater Hrockton Bmeturn Buzzard’s Bay Onset Bay Wareham Cape Cod Provincetown Wellfleet Mretaurn Provincetown, 6.35 Am.; 2.10 PM. ©Olasset Eflimsham Treturn, Cohasset Returningham Cottage City Wood’s Hall East Bridgewater Brockton Abington Hreturn East Railton Quincy West Quincy East Milton Rketurn Weymouth Taunton Arricon Square Marshfield Tees Mattapan Milton Breturn Neponset Reaitapoiseit Mantasket Hteaen Asheao Nantucket Wood's Poll Wood's Hall Newport New Bedford Ereteem North Easton Stoughton Randolph Br&return Fries Return Plymouth Duxbury Jreturn Scituate and Rearth Scituate Scituate Sea View Shawmunt South Dbaxbury Ainten Central Station Dean Street Whitman South Weymouth Tad Shas Sos Wood Rteturn Cohasset Hingham Nantasket Beach Weymouths Seituate Buxbury Pall B&iwer Hteturn South Braintree New York J. Kh. Kendrick

Fitchburg Railroad Schedule Augmented for 1886 Routes

The Fitchburg and associated rail lines publish a detailed 1886 timetable listing departures and connections from Boston to the West and various intermediate points. It notes daily and Sunday services, Pullman cars, and sleeping cars to Albany Chicago and St Louis, with numerous routes via Greenfield Shelburne Falls and other hubs, including connections with D and H roads and the Cheshire and Baldwinsville services. The schedule covers numerous stations from Saratoga to Wendell, Montague, and Worcester, specifying times, ex, and acc accommodations and noting changes to be effective September 7 1886.

Causeway Street Boston West Syracuse N. Y Chicago and St. Louis Pullman Chicago New York Central West Shore Railroad Albany Forrow the West Saratoga Sarriors Mechanicsville T&d D. Gi Msegz Mtoe Greenfield North Shelburne Falls Royalston and Erving West Fitchburg Wachusett Westminster Ashburnham Junetion Eiver Wendell East Beckfield Montague West Deeredd Buckland Zoar Bardwell’s Charlemont Kioosac Punnel Po M Sturner’s Falls Esrattlebore Wvyinehendon Bellows Falls Cheshire Waxner Rutland Fortland Division Boston& Maine Railroad Ayer Nashua Worcester Clinton Oakdale Firmmingham and Lowell Railroad South Framingham Lowell Pati Ayer Junction Oi Bow AMS Poe Leoastiakee Shirley Ayer d Junction Greenville Ownsend Centre Ma Bere Peudsen Hawk Poet O.ud Egies Birks Waltham SEO DAR Star Star Watertown Weatertown Lierville

Trains From Boston Schedule Correction 1886

Boston schedule lists weekday departures from Foot of Summer Street with many stops including Baltimore Philadelphia New York and Providence and various connections. notes Sunday trains to Norwood Central and intermediate stations with returning times.

Boston and Albany Depot Wogksocket Division Schedule

Daily Boston departures Sundays excepted to Needham and intermediate stops with multiple times listed for outbound and return trips. Stops include Woonsocket and intermediate stations. Sundays daily. midweek adjustments noted. specific stop rules and times provided.

Boston & Albany Railroad Boston Needham and Way Reeturn Woonsocket Iafeturn

New England Line and Connecting Trains to New York and Hartford

Daily and Sunday through trains from Boston to New York with stops at Middletown New Haven Hartford and other cities. Dining car service on the Boston Willimantic run. Through Pullman buffet cars to Washington and connections to Richmond and the South. Ticket office at 322 Washington Street and at the depot.

Montreal & West Vermont Boston Lowell Chicago Fitchburg Central Vermont Onmice Washington Street Brieston Boston & Albany Dune Woos Woriingfield Pittsfield Albany South Firrayan Springfield Soumodation New York Middletown New Haven Pullman Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Ishkill New England Air Line Grand Central Depot Willimantic Bristol Philadelphia Jersey City Trenton Baltimore Washington Richmond Pr. M. Worwich New London Norwich Danielsonville Putnam City OF Worcester City OF New York Summer Street Wi H. Turner Gen’ Sun's maVansar Rutland Burlington St. Albans Ottawa Brontreal Ottawai Legs A. M Ogdensburg Bisco A. Ri C. A. Faxon R. Stewart Keene, N

Boston and Maine Western Division Train Schedule Fragment

Readable portions of a timetable list multiple through trains between Augusta and Portland with various departure times from Causeway Street and Haymarket, plus connections to Eastport, St Johns, Lewiston, Manchester, North Conway, and Rockland. Steamer routes from Portland noted on select days.

Augusta Waymarket Square Causeway Street Kangen St. Ken Bealifax Iaymarket Square Eastport Wind Crilais Bie St. John Salita Portland Haymarket Square Lewiston- Haymarket Square Manchester Concorn N. H North -Haymarket Square North Conway Port -Waymarket Square E. Sea Rockland Castine Southwest Bar Hackors and Machinesport Azaine Central Grand Trant Kinonc& Incolm Hemilwins Haymarkst Square Auseway Street

Trains Leave Boston Station for Allen Bay and Nearby Stops

An OCR rich listing shows trains departing Boston Station and Haymarket for Allen Bay and numerous intermediate stops. Timings include morning and afternoon departures from Melrose Medford Reading Lawrence Haverhill and Lowell with connections to Newburyport Danvers and Portland.

Boston Station Haymarket Square Bover Haverhill Lawrence Lowell OO Py Medford Portland Wangeor Lewison Reading 2Nd Way

Eastern Division timetable fragment with many station times

A dense list of rail station entries across the Eastern Division including Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Rockport Salem Swampscott Wenham and other stops. The fragment notes train times, AM and PM designations, and branch details with mentions of city ticket office and Pullman cars on certain trains. Names James T. Furber and Flanders appear as officials.

Claremont White Mountain Division Northern Division Pullman Montreal Central Vermont R.R Amesbury Beverly Biddeford Chelsea Dover Everett Great Falls Brochester Seapas Hampton Beach Northampton Rye Beach Epswich Egan Vvaherle Oo Ey Swampscott Branch Middletom Rewburyport North Conway Peabody and Danvers Portsmouth Zevere Rockport and Gloucester Branch PLO Salem Saugus Mab Swampscott Wenham Wolfe Doro GSO City Ticket Office Washington Street Bangor James T. Furber J. Flanders

Time and Fare Fragment List for Lowell Area Transit

A dense OCR fragment lists numerous times, prices, and notes for Lowell area transit services. The scattered entries include morning and afternoon hours, Sunday references, and various fare figures, with unclear destinations and operators.

Train Timetables and Schedules From Nashua Junction

Northeastern railway timetable page lists numerous station times and through train notes for Nashua Junction. It includes arrival and departure times across multiple destinations, with references to Meelu en, Lucs, Tuttle, and northern routes, and notes that full information on through trains is available at stations.

Bedford Nashua Meeluen Luc Tuttle

Boston and Providence trains to Stonington and New York

Train notices describe schedules for the Boston and Providence line with express departures at 6:20 p.m. from Boston and Providence stations, reaching Stonington and New York the next morning. Tickets and state rooms available at 214 Washington Street. Also outlines Concord railroad schedules from the B and M depot to Manchester and Concord with Sunday and weekday departures and returns.

West Stonington Boston & Providence Railroad Stonington New York Washington, Corner State Street Boston & Providence J. W. Richardson Boston A. A. Folsom, Sunt Boston & Providence RR Concord Rfr. RR B. and I Manchester Concord N. IL H. E. Chamberlin Supi

Steamer Names From Fall River Line Harbors

The fragment mentions steamers PIL IM and BRISTO associated with the Fall River Line service. Details are scarce, but the OCR notes two vessel names linked to the steamship line serving routes in New England ports.

Special Express to Fail River Connects with Steamer

The Special Express runs on weekdays departing Old Colony Station with weekly Sunday service. It offers annex connections to Brooklyn and Jersey City, reaching Fail River in eighty minutes. Tickets staterooms and berths may be secured at No. and Old State House, corner of Washington and State streets, plus Old Colony Station. J R Kendrick and L dH Palmer sign as General Manager and Agent.

Fail River Old Colony Station B. M P.M Broklyn Jersey City Old State House Washington and State Streets Old Colony J.R. Kendrick L. Dh. Palmer

Boston Area Rail Schedule Through Jefferson and Way Stations

Train timetable details from Station of Heston and Lowell on Causeway Street list departures and returns from Boston to Jefferson and Way Stations. Includes daily and Sunday express times, connections at Belmont Waverly Waltham and Weston, with fare and transfer notes and signatures of Lucius Tuttle and C S Mellen as officers.

Heston Lowell R Auseway Street Boston Jefferson and Way SUN Jefferson Aden Sare Sun. S.ct

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