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Newspaper

Boston Post

Location

Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America

Date

Sep 24, 1887

Page

7

Jamaica Banana and Apple Shipment Details to Seaverns Co

Jamaica ships a cargo of bananas and oranges to Seaverns Co. Includes varieties such as Gravenstein and orange pippin with prices per barrel and per pound. Grapes listed with Delaware and Concord varieties and prices per pint or peck. Bartlett pears priced by quality and type with common varieties offered.

Jamaica Seaverns & Co Gravenstein Concord Martha Salem Catawba Kars

Market report lists vegetable prices and trends

Truck demand remains steady with prices matching quality. Prices shown include onions Matias 2.25 per basket native 2.75 per 300 pound barrel and tomatoes 1. Other items listed are cabbage 6 8 per 100, beans 0.75 per 150, corn 1.25 per barrel, beets 0.40 per bush, lettuce 0.25 per head, cucumbers 1.25 per 100, eggplants 1 per dozen, celery 1.25 per dozen, cape cranberries 6.75 per barrel, among others, indicating a broad assortment with generally steady pricing.

St Andrews

Meat Prices Steady Amid Light Supply as Beef and Pork Hold

Trade is quiet with firm prices across fresh beef and pork products. Lean ends and heavy cattle show strength while lighter cattle stay steady. teals mutton lambs and veal follow the same quiet, firm trend. Regional figures list long cuts to prime mess, various cuts of pork, beef and fresh beef values, with overall unchanged price levels.

Lord Choice Chicago Brighton

Liverpool and New York Cotton Prices and Market Roundup

Liverpool futures opened quiet and closed weak with varied September to January quotes. Spot market eased to 57-160, with 10,000 bales sold and 1,900 American. Weekly figures show total sales 69,000 bales, American 47,000, stock and receipts at major ports, alongside Manchester cloths and New York spot shifts. Futures opened steady and closed steady. daily sales 79,3800. Pipeline certificates and sugar and molasses prices noted.

Liverpool Uplands Orleans Liverpool Weekly Manchester New York Mindling Manila Tioilos Porto Rico Cienfuegos Barbadoes Cuba

Cotton and grain prices across trade centers report

Sept 23 reports show cotton weak with Upland and Gulf grades listed. Flour and wheat markets vary with firm rye flour and steady cornmeal. Prices for oats, corn, barley, and pork and beef markets noted from New York Toledo Milwaukee Cincinnati with multiple commodity figures and receipts.

New York Uplands Gulf Ohio City Minnesota Chicago Rio Trinidad United Tierces Western Steam Tierces City Steam Continent South America Sutter State Western State Creamery Liverpool Toledo Milwaukee

Grain and whiskey prices edge higher in Chicago and St Louis reports

Market notes show flour steady in St Louis with active wheat, corn and oats trading mixed. In Chicago, flour dull while wheat and rye gain, and provisions strengthen with pork and lard quotes rising. receipts and shipments data accompany price moves.

ST. Louis Chicago

HOG AND CATTLE MARKETS

Chicago market reports hogs steady with mixed prices and steady light supply. Cattle receipts high with quiet tone. various grade prices listed including ring stock and western cattle. Multiple rail and regional totals accompany the summary of pork and ham prices across markets.

Chicago Cincinnati ST. Louis Peoria Kansas City Texas Western Rangers

Cotton Market Report with Port Receipts and Stocks

The week’s cotton data shows Augusta Galveston New Orleans and other ports with receipts totals, exports to France Britain and the Continent, steady to quiet markets, mixed mid prices, and large stock levels across United States ports. Consolidated figures include weekly exports to Britain 40013 and France 5484 with overall stock at 235,310 and year-over-year comparisons for quantities and values.

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

Foreign Markets London Wool Sales Open with Varied Demand

London market reports activity but weak French and German demand. Good combing merinos and cross breds remain firm while scoured and Cape lots are plentiful and hard to move. Sales likely close October 6 with totals across New South Wales Queensland Victoria New Zealand Tasmania South Australia and Cape regions listed in detail.

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

Imports and Exports Across Global Ports in 1887

Shipping cargo lists show Brig Echo in Barbados with sugar and molasses, Bark Wildwood from Singapore with rattan and gambier, and multiple vessels at Yarmouth Newfoundland loading cod, potatoes, and fish products. Firms cited include Bay State Sugar Refinery Cyrus Wakefield and Co Baring Bros & Co J G Hall & Co Delong & Seaman and F Batchelder.

Barbados Sugar Bay State Sugar Walter S Swan Singapore Wildwood Bolls Rattan Cyrus Wakefield & Co Bales Gambier Sago Dlour Gumee Baring Bros & Co Yarmouth G Hall & Co Clements & Co Delong & Seaman Mead & Co Batchelder Ellis & Co TJ Jones & Co

Maritime Exports and Ship Cargoes Across Global Ports

Goods from Yarmouth to Montevideo and Hull to London listed in export manifests. Yarmouth records include flour leather woolware and produce aboard Bark Alice Reed. Arrivals show cargoes of tobacco pine lumber and shingles aboard ships from Hull and London.

Yarmouth Montevideo Uruguay Alice Reed Prg Hull Eng New York Buffalo Arichat Annie G O’leary London Cervin

Staple Receipts for Sept 28 1887 at Railroads

Boston and Albany and Grand Junction railroads report large consignments of staple goods. Cotton wool flour corn oats malt feed lard grease tongues bacon butter cheese eggs beans hay straw lumber leather calfskins pelts and other items listed with quantities.

Providence Railroad Old Colony Railroad New York & New England Railroad Fitchburg Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad Boston & Maine Railroad—Western Division Lowell Railroad Express Boston & Albany Grand Junction Railroad Vree CO Dame Cececeeseneee Hams, Dbis Cerenoesce Ee Eeeeeenve Seneres Wise Wmgss Ono GONO Calfskifia Dales Cis Ewcess GO Duis Alee Eles Raes

Free Surgical Hospital for Women Acknowledges National Support

The Free Surgical Hospital for Women, aided by Murdock Liquid Food Company, is praised nationwide. The 1887 quarterly report lists 132 operations with patients from Texas, Colorado, Montreal, Alabama, Prince Edward Island, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Vermont, Maine, New Hampshire, and 97 from Massachusetts from 20 towns. Any physician with a surgical case can request a bed by informing the hospital.

Free Surgical Hospital For Women Murdock Liquid Food Company Boston United States Texas Colorado Montreal Alabama Prince Edward Island Rhode Island Connecticut Vermont Maine New Hampshire Massachusetts

Free Beds Open at Murdock’s Hospital for Women

The Surgical Staff at Murdock's Free Hospital for Women operates daily except Saturdays to examine patients and assign twelve free beds for surgical cases.

Murdock’s Free Hospital For Women

Old Colony Weekday Trains to New York via Fall River Line

A historical timetable lists weekday train departures from Boston to New York via the Fall River Line starting Sept 25 1887, with return times and numerous stations including Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree and more, detailing morning and evening services.

Boston New York Fall River Line Ashmont Barnstable Hyannis Yarmouth Sandwich Braintree Bridgewater iMroeckton Buzzard’s Bay Percen Onset Bay Wareham Cape Co Division Provincetown Wellfleet Jews Raturn Provincetown

Sunday Thra ins Timetable From Fall River Line Transfers

Train and boat connections from New York via Fall River Line with return times to Weymouth Plymouth Taunton South Braintree Brockton and surrounding towns. Passenger options include multiple departures from New York to Scituate Weymouth and coastal stops with return times noted by GEO L Connor and J Kendrick as general pass agents.

New York Fall River Weymouths Mingham Cohaset Scituate Marshield Duxbury Taunton Brockton Newport South Braintree New Weaford Middleboeve Middleboro Geo. L. Connor J. R. Kendrick Gen. Pass

Railbroads timetable for Boston and Lowell Railroad

Boston station details on Causeway street and 218 Washington street list through service to Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plymouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction and branches to Bristol Claremont Montpelier Essex Junction Burlington St Albans Montreal with sleeping and parlor cars. Local Northern R R points and daily trains including 7 pm and 8 30 am departures.

Boston & Lowell Railroad Boston Causeway Street City Washington Street Old State House Tilton Laconia Lake Village Weirs Meredith Ashland Plysmouth Franklin Lebanon White River Junction Plymouth Warren Haverhill Woodsville Littleton Bethlehem Fabyans Lancaster Jefferson Montreal Central Vermont R. R Boston Air Line Central Vermont Rutland Ottawa Ogdensburg Fitchburg Rat Cexpress Winchendon Jatirey Peterboro Fitzwilliam Troy Marlboro Keene Westmoreland Walpole Bellows Falls Burlington J. Albany St. Johns Saratoga Delaware & Hudson Canal Company R. A. Rey Cpm Cheshire R.A Vermont R. R Ches Hire & Monadnock R. R’s Nighet Ualliman Palace St.Albans Brontreal Gen LK. Stawarl Reene, N

Lowell and schedule details from historical listing

A fragmented timetable lists various times in the morning, afternoon, and evening with unclear labels. The entry includes references to locations such as BUS Bleachery GAS and numbers like 7.30 and 8.40, but overall lacks coherent context or identifiable events.

Time table information for local and through trains

The notice provides a dense timetable listing train times for multiple routes and stations. It names C. S. Mellen and Geo. W. Storer as General Superintendent and General Passenger Agent, noting that full timetable information is obtainable at stations.

Deaiura C. S. Mellen Geo. W. Storer

Boston & Maine Through Trains List For Various Routes

Train timetable lists Boston and Maine through trains on both divisions with departures from Haymarket square and Causeway street stations to Augusta Bangor St Johns Halifax Eastport Calais Rockland Southwest Bar Harbor Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway Portland and other Maine Central Grand Trunk and Maine & Lincoln Railways routes on specific mornings and evenings. Service runs Monday Wednesday and Friday for some routes with steamer connections from Portland and includes multiple stations and times.

Augusta Haymarket Sq Causeway St Yam Bangor Star Harbor St. John Halifax the Provinces Eastport Calais Mec Portland Rockland Castine Southwest Bar Harbors Lewiston Manchester Concord N. H North—Haymarket Sq North Conway Haymarket St Maine Central Grand Trank Maox & Lincoln R Railways

Boston capitalists buy Greenwig's Island for hotel plans

Bar Harbor Maine Sept 23 Greenwig's Island between Northeast and Southwest Harbors has been sold to Boston capitalists for 30000 dollars. They plan a large hotel and cottages. A large hotel is under construction at Cranberry Isle and another is to be built this fall at Northeast Harbor.

Boston Bar Harbor Greenwig’s Island Northeast Southwest Cranberry Isle Northeast Harbor

Brass workers to stop work over Saturday half holiday

The executive board of the United Brass Workers' Unions orders chandelier factory workers in New York and Brooklyn to quit at noon tomorrow to press for the Saturday half holiday. The move risks a Monday lockout with about 8000 workers affected.

New York United Srass Workers’ Unions Brooklyn

Liquid Food Claims and Homeless Boys Home Facts

Advertises Liquid Food as a universal treatment and nutritional aid for wounds, illnesses, and infant feeding. Mentions Gur Free Home for Homeless Boys with 50 beds at 1 to 21 Causeway Street and claims hospital use of 200 large bottles per lot to guarantee sweetness.

Gur Causeway Street

Busy rail schedule fragments from northeastern stations

A jumble of times and stop names from multiple rail lines appears. The text lists train arrivals and departures at Islington Manchester Tokyo and other stations with footnotes about intermediate stops and Sunday schedules.

Woonsocket Division Timetable And Express Services

The notice details Boston and Albany Railroad departures from Woonsocket and Needham stations with listed times and return runs. It lists express trains to New York via Middletown and New Haven, the New England Limited to New York, and the Philadelphia Express to Hartford New Haven Philadelphia, plus Norwich Line express to New York and New London. It names offices at 822 Washington Street and Summer Street depots with agents listed.

Woonsocket Division Boston & Albany Railroad Boston Needham and Way Woonsocket New York Middletown New Haven Pullman Hartford New Britain Waterbury Danbury Mishkill-on-Hudson Newburgh Port Jervis Chicago & St. Louis Limited Evie Railway ST Aut P. New England Limited Air Line Washington J. M. Norwich New London Norwich Danielsonville Putnam City OF Worces City OF New York Washington Street Summer Street A. A. Jackson A. ¢. Kendall, J L Pass NEW Stonington York Boston & Providence Railroad Stonington S State Street Boston & Providence K. K J. W. Richardson A. A. Folsom Boston & Providence BR

Central Massachusetts R R opens service to Ware

George W Storer general passenger agent and C S Mellen superintendent announce Central Massachusetts Railroad now provides travel from Boston to Ware Barre and Rutland with schedules starting Monday June 27 1887. marked stop times include 7 15 am 12 05 pm 3 50 pm and evening runs to 8 10 pm with Sunday services and multiple way stations between Hudson and Jefferson including Budson Rockbottom Sudbury Wayland Weston Waverly Belmont and more.

DOV Llam Wey VOY Rockville Conn Southbridge Walpolk Wash Waterbury Willimantic Winslows Ster Bostor Norwood Ce Norwood Central Boston Ware Barre Rutland West Boylston Oakdale Jefferson SUN Hunson Budson Rockbottom Dingo Sudbury Wayland Weston Them Waverly Belmont Geo. W. Storer Pass’g’r Agt C.S. Mellen Roxbury Dedham West Roxbury Stoughton and Canton Stoughton Mt. Hope Warren Bristol Jreturn New York Providence A. A. Folsom

Train Schedules From Boston for New York May 30 1887

Public notice details rail departures and returns from Boston to New York and Providence after May 30 1887. Includes Shore Line Fast Exceed and Shore Line Mail services, various intermediate stops, and note on schedule adjustments and later trains on Mondays Wednesdays and Fridays.

Boston Providence New York Shore Line En York

Complex Northeastern Train Schedule List

Western Division timetable lists trains from Boston stations to Alton Bay Rochester Farmington and lines to Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Falls Braverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence Newburyport Reading Salem Wilmington and other towns with weekday and Sunday departures and varied times. extensive service hours reflect a dense regional network.

Boston Station Haymarket Square Alton Bay Rochester Farmington Andover Dover Dan Rews Exeter Great Balts Braverhill Georgetown Kennebunk Biddeford Saco North Lawrence

Boston Rail Schedule Details Various Lines and Times

Rail timetable lists departures from Boston station and Causeway Street to multiple towns including North Endbody Amesbury Beverly and Gloucester with numerous daily and weekend times. Note mentions workingmen's train Thursdays and Saturdays and city ticket office at 306 Washington Street with Pullman cars on Portland and Bangor trains. James T. Furber and D. J. Flanders cited as senior rail officials.

Lynn and Way Stations Newburyport Portsmouth Portland Bangor St. John Halrfax Salem Saugus South Reading Boston Haymarket Square City Washington Street James T. Furber D. J. Flanders

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