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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 25, 1888
Page
7
Pricing notes show demand and quotations for poultry and hay products. Northern and Eastern markets list chickens ducks and fowls with prices per pound. Western turkeys and chickens follow. Hay and straw prices vary by quality from fair to prime with rye straw and oat straw also quoted.
The steamer Marmion is due from Jamaica September 16 with bananas for the Boston Fruit Company.
A market summary notes fair demand for choice apples with dull common lots. Lombard’s Sons report weekly export totals for Boston New York Montreal Halifax and grand weekly season and last season totals. Grapes pears plums cranberries and peaches show varied demand and price quotes across Delawares Wardens Concords Bartletts Bradshaw Quackenbos and other varieties with case and basket pricing.
The market shows ample supply and steady demand with quotations listed. Items include New marrow squash 50c per barrel, Bay State turban 1 dollar per barrel, Savoy cabbage 50c per barrel, red cabbage 1 dollar per barrel, Native string beans 75c per bush, Lima beans 1 dollar 50 per bush box, onions 2 dollars 25 per barrel, beets 35c per bush, lettuce 50 cents per dozen, cucumbers 40c per 100, green corn 85 cents per barrel, tomatoes 50 to 75 cents per bush box, peppers 75c per bush, cauliflower 75c per dozen, celery 1 dollar per dozen, eggplant 1 dollar per dozen, melons 75 cents per box, spinach 180 per bush.
Pork demand firm with steady prices across cuts including long and short cuts at 18 50 to 18 75 per unit, backs near 19, lean ends 20 to 20 50, tongues 19, and hams around 11 2 to 12 0 cents. Beef and lard show mixed activity with steady to dull pricing, western steam lard at 10 85, dry salted meats softer, and fresh beef showing broad quoted ranges for steers and ribs across several regions.
Sugar markets show firm raw sugars with steadier refined prices across Cuba Manilas Javas and Rotterdam styles, with powdered and granulated grades quoted. New York raw sugar inactivity contrasts steady refined demand. molasses demand fair and pricing stable. Cotton in New York quiet at middling 10.4 cents, low middling 10.25, good ordinary 9.75, futures open firm and close steady, with Liverpool spot firm for middling uplands and Orleans. Other city markets report varied net receipts, exports and stock levels, with steady to firm mid prices across regions.
Net receipts and freight statistics across multiple ports show mixed activity. Charleston and Wilmington report firm or steady conditions with modest exports and stocks. New York and St Louis show sizable grosses and stable demand. Cincinnati and Louisville note quiet to firm trends amid mid price levels. Consolidated three day totals indicate exports to Britain and the Continent with overall U S port stock at 222,720.
In Kansas City stockyards cattle receipts reach 4766 with weak demand and varied prices. Hogs 1018 receipts show slow demand around steady to weak prices. Sheep receipts 1984 steady at 255 to 400. St Louis hogs softer with prices 610 to 660. Cincinnati hogs ample supply and lower, Chicago cattle slow with steers 485 to 560 and Texas and Western cattle quoted, lambs and toys mixed across markets.
Tallow markets show firm demand with quoted city prices at 54 542 cents and country around 442 4%4 cents. New York supply scarce at firm prices with prime city at 5 cents and 60 000 pounds sold. Coffee New York Rio weak and dull. Whiskey Chicago unchanged at 120 dollars. Cincinnati good demand in note. St Louis steady at 114. Turpentine and petroleum New York turpentine 42 cents with resin 9 742 cents and tar 210 dollars. Petroleum 65 8 7440 with RSW 7 cents and cases 9 4. cents.
A ledger of receipts dated Sept 24 1888 lists commodities carload by railroad including wool cotton oats malt feed butter cheese eggs leather hides skins and various goods. Major consignments appear from Boston & Albany Grand Junction Boston & Providence Old Colony New York & New England Fitchburg and Boston Maine railroads with quantities ranging to hundreds of bales, bbls, cases, and carloads.
A late September 1888 listing details shipments at Antwerp Barbados and Newfoundland harbors. Records show Gothenburg Stockholm and Cledda Belle steamer movements with blooms glass rags wood pulp wool leather seals and various goods. Major firms include Baring Bros Co JB Moors & Co Booth & Co and A Milne & Co with quantities ranging from hundreds to thousands of crates and casks.
Railroad timetable details list through trains on western and eastern divisions from Boston and Maine stations in 1888. Routes include Augusta Bangor St. John Halifax and Nova Scotia sailings, Rockland Castine Southwest, Lewiston Manchester Concord North Conway and Portland connections via Haymarket and Causeway Street stations with multiple daily departures.
Time tables show Belmont Waltham Waverley and other stations to Northampton with departures at various times past noon through evening. Full information on local and through trains available at stations. signed by James T. Furber and J. Flanders General Manager and Passenger and Ticket Agent.
A detailed inventory of assorted goods and commodities imported or collated by firms including mineral water, cottons, woollens, beer, jute, paper, tins, varnish, seed, and animal products. Entries note shipper firms such as Hayes, Baring Bros, Wood Vallard, and JG Hall with quantities like cases, bales, crates, and boxes aboard steamer calls at Yarmouth NS.
Shipping list details numerous cargoes including Bark Constance-3900 old sugar, Bark Petunia-50 tons anthracite coal and 20 bbls pitch, steamer Victoria with pine, spruce, bacon, and other goods, schooners F L Richardson and Gamma tonnage and diverse provisions, Hull and Liverpool arrivals with vast items such as cotton waste, apples, butter, beef, flour, lard, and numerous boxes, barrels, and cases, reflecting extensive transatlantic trade.
Cable dispatches describe wheat and corn prices easing in London as buyers hold off on new shipments. London futures show mixed movements while Liverpool spot wheat stays quiet. Paris wheat remains quiet and Antwerp sees steadier prices for wheat and mixed Western corn. Provisions and fats move cautiously with pork steady and lard easing, amid unsettled English weather and various opening prices for October through February futures.
A fragmented trade notice lists buyers from various cities and firms including E Bates & Co in Lay City Michigan and Stevenson Alexander & Cator in Baltimore with multiple representatives such as M R Creighton Young Creighton Diggs and G W Cady from Cleveland. The clipping cites firms in Baltimore Cincinnati Cleveland Buffalo and Binghamton among others.
A list of individual names with associated firms and cities appears to cover multiple states from Chicago to Rochester. The items read like advertisement lineups showing persons with their respective companies and locations, suggesting a directory or classified ad collection.
Sold by Druggists, or Sent Prepaid on Receipt of Price. Humphreys Homeopathic Medicine Company advertises accessible purchase terms and a location at 109 Fulton Street, New York. The notice emphasizes convenient resale paths and mail shipment options for customers seeking their remedies.
Long list of Western Division train departures from Boston Haymarket and nearby towns including Andover Dover Danvers Exeter Great Path Mount aims to North Andover Newburyport Reading and Wilmington with numerous morning and evening times for weekdays and Sunday trains. Shared services to Rochester Farmington Melrose Malden and other nodes with multiple daily departures and varying times.
Trains depart Boston Causeway Street for Amesbury Beverly Biddeford and many intermediate stops with varied times listed across weekdays and Sundays. The timetable covers routes to Great Falls Lynn Rockport Gloucester Salem and coastal towns including Rockport Swampscott and Ipswich with numerous daily departures and late evening services.
Corrected timetable shows weekday departures from Boston foot Summer street to Ashcroft and many towns including Baltimore Danbury Dorchester Hyde Park and Providence with multiple daily runs and Sunday variations. notes express and through trains to New York via Air Line and Hartford with through connections and a Boston office for tickets.
Local and through service from Boston Causeway Street to multiple towns and regions. Listings include times to Lake Village Meredith Ashland Laconia Weirs Plymouth and more with specific morning and evening departures, plus Central Mass and Northern divisions with station connections and daily Montreal service notes.
A dense OCR fragment lists numerous train times across towns such as Taunton Neponset New Bedford Plymouth North Easton and Weymouth plus mentions of Sundays and weekdays with multiple daily slots and some via routes. It reads like a timetable page partial data with additional trains and references to Prov. Dig. and various stations.
Fragmentary timetable from Cape Cod division listing boat departures and arrivals. Mentions Buzzards Bay Brewster Cottage City Harwich Marion Yarmouth West Barnstable Woods Hole and Woodsback with times around 8 am to 9 am, 1 pm, 4 pm and 4.05 pm.
Fragmentary timetable lists trains to and from towns including Bourne Falmouth Onset Sandwich and Wareham with various times in the morning and afternoon. The text references Woods Hall and multiple coastal communities, indicating an incomplete local rail schedule.
Providence line trains depart Park Square Station at 5 33 p m direct to wharf with parlor cars. Connects at Providence with elegant steamers Martts and Rhode Island. Tickets available at Park Square Station and 214 Washington streets. H W Richardson agent Boston plus Miller Co IL Briggs gen manager.
Boston passengers may reach Ramsey, Marlboro, Southboro, Northboro, Clinton, and Fitchburg via through trains listed as 7.15 and 11.05 am with additional 2.15, 4.30, 5.25, 6.50 and 6.15 pm options on Sundays. Through service available at Boston stations and Old Colony R.R. Office No.3 Old State House. Proved by Gen. Pass’r Agent. Boston Sept 11, 1838.
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