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Newspaper

Norfolk Virginian

Location

Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Jul 09, 1897

Page

7

Market Rally Amid Tariff Bill Hopes and Profit Taking

New York July 3 profit taking marked the stock market after tariff bill passage to conference. St Paul Sugar Burlington led gains with others such as Chicago Great Western Des Moines Forest City and Minneapolis St Louis showing strength. Traders cited mixed Washington reports on sugar and currency commission talks while one half of dealings absorbed by St Paul Sugar and Burlington as overall activity cooled.

New York Senate Washington Chicago Northwestern St. Paul Currency Commission Sugar Burlington Chicago Great Western Des Moines Forest Dodge Minneapolis St. Louis West River Gas la Clede Gas le Clede Lucar Jost Burington Spirits Rubber Western Union Sur Burlington and Quincy Northwest

Unclear OCR Note on Rates and Bonds in New York Market

Fragmentary OCR notes show various financial terms: duty, per cent rates, exchange firm, bills, silver, and government bonds. Mentions include New York, Sterling Exchange, tariff or duty figures, and sixty day rates. The text is garbled with misread symbols and incomplete numbers.

New York Prince Cent Sterling Exchange Bilant

Market Notes From New York and Minnesota Commodities

Fragmented OCR lists prices and state market notes for rye flour barley wheat and corn. Mentions New York Northern New York and Minnesota markets with terms like barley dull and wheat quiet. Weather and price figures appear but are partially garbled.

York Minnesota New York

Market Report on Wheat and Grains From Baltimore

Baltimore markets show quiet steady tones for wheat with spot and month bids. Southern wheat by sample and various futures notes appear mixed with prices around 72 and 714e. mixed corn and rye prices shown for No 2 and nearby bids.

Baltimore Sierdy

Turpentine and Rosin Prices and Receipts Report

Wilmington July 8 Turpentine and rosin steady with receipts and prices listed. Market shows firm rosin sales around 1.20 to 2.40 per barrel across several consignments and regions. crude turpentine quoted at 1.30 to 1.80 with notable volumes and varied daily receipts.

Wilmington N.C F.C Charleston S. C Rosin Sisco Noah

Cotton market reports mixed activity amid weather and trade

New York cotton prices opened steady as July futures showed modest losses on near months while gains appeared in deferred positions. Reports cited dry weather in Texas and Arkansas, outside investment orders, and covering short positions as traders weighed futures, spot prices, and exports to Britain and the Continent.

New York New Orewa Liverpool Texas Arkansas York Miles Great Britain Dales Ciro Fes Pibroney Ty Mawel Nad Aast Bovey Leeder Spek Wesel Uplands Butea Doly &E Aue Prieves Shuangetdy Bates Che Ad Vanra Amerie Abbdding Uls Tenia Ktad Aveuet Delahey Heh Sollers Jimi Pebruvny Maret Apel

Wholesale Provisions Prices From Norfolk 1897

A Norfolk market listing from July 6 1897 shows wholesale prices for fish meats and staples. Fish mackerel No 2 in kegs $7.00 No 3 $3.50 herring family roe half barrel $2.50 North Carolina herring $3.50 pork products bacon and shoulders varied with 74c to $9.75 ranges, lard and tallow prices given. Coffee rice sugar syrups and molasses prices listed with quality grades and market notes on delivery influence.

Norfolk North Carolina Potomac Hicker Western Dairy New York State Dairy New IS Western Keresone

Market Prices for Grains and Beans Listed

The notice lists steady prices for black eyes peas white corn and bran with per bag and per bushel rates. Prices shown include black eye peas at $1.40 per bag and white corn at 324002b per unit, various grades of timothy hay and mixed feeds with costs ranging from $12 to $15, and meal and middling prices at $14 and $4 per 50 pounds respectively.

Michigan Ghia Indiana Timothy Kay

Local Fresh Fish Prices Listed by Species

A readable fragment lists per pound prices for croakers, taylors, pan fish, baking fish, mounters, sheepheads, Mackarel, bluefish and speckled trout. Prices appear in cents or two or more per pound figures, with several abbreviations and typographical errors.

Cattle and Hogs Market Report with Quarantine Note

Market strong for cattle and hogs with varied prices. Milk cows from eastern North Carolina unavailable due to US quarantine. heavy western cattle at 3 414c and 8 2%c common, eastern NC best at 244 314c. milch cows around 20 to 35 dollars per head. hogs dull with dressed hogs at 44c per pound. lambs about 7c per pound.

North Carolina United States Wills

Local Produce Prices From Southern Market

List of fruits and vegetables with unit prices including bananas at 1.00 per bunch, oranges 4.50, cocoanuts 3.40 per 100, cabbage 1.95, onions 4.00 per sack, new Irish potatoes 2 1/2 per 100, poultry at 10c per dozen, beeswax 22c per pound, and wholesale rates for Messina and others. Some items appear garbled or misspelled but represent a midday market price sheet.

California Messina

Nival Store Prices Tar and Turpentine Items

Prices listed by Nival Store include Tosin pitch at 2.25 per barrel and tar at 2.95 per barrel. Pork barrel at 1.00 and ligion turpentine at 2.50 per barrel, with turpentine 0.45 per gallon.

Market Report with Prime Lots and Foreign Grading Notes

The brief notes a firm market with prime and strict grades, listing items such as 234 fey and 2hmldse.5 prime, plus Spanish and low grades at 15 each. Mentions Vivid Picked and bird Nie, with references to Virginia and Tong e extras. Overall, a fragmented scan of market listings and quality notes.

Pammers Virginia Tong

Lumber Prices and Availability Amid Market Slump

Market dull with low demand for boards and rough lumber. Listings show 1x16 and 1x6 boards priced around 12.50 to 14.00, 1x12 to 18 inches clear at 20.00, wide rough boards about 12.00, and various sizes noted with uncertain terms.

Mwihiplesale Caotations Cypress Lumber

Air Dried Pie Sumber and Stock Box Notes

Fragmentary OCR lists pricing and items such as stock box, joists, scantling and quantities. Mentions air dried and glee box with various unclear monetary values. No coherent story or identifiable people or organizations.

Fiala Bebe Covress Lumber Market Prices Listed

Prices shown for various lumber items at Covress Lumber Market include four by four stock in No 1 and No 2 grades priced from 8.40 to 16.00 per unit, with air dried stock at 8.00 to 10.00 and mixes noted in inches and stock names.

Fiala Bebe Covress Fair Dee Mind

Shingles-uiret listing with scattered pricing data

A fragmented listing from a South Georgia source shows multiple line items with odd pricing such as 3.60 and 4.00, including references to soft hearts and sap. The readable content is irregular and lacks a clear narrative or dates.

South

Market Receipts and W. C. Stages amid Raw Goods

Fragmented OCR lists market receipts and goods including heavy pipes primes and white oak products. Mentions prices such as 50.00 for white oak headpieces and 400 for white oak barrels, with scattered terms like culis brine hoesheads and various undetermined items.

W. C Ens Wyenka Suitiv Stoo

Market Notes on Cattle Hogs and Lambs Prices

Market summaries list dull demand for cattle with creamy fat steers and smooth heifers noted. Pork hogs and lambs show varying demand with good lambs selling better while poor lambs remain unsold. butchers report prices around 10 to 20 dollars and related items scarce.

WSC

Poor Sheep Rejected At Any Price Despite Fat Condition

A fragment notes sheep described as fat and poor quality being unwanted, stating they are not wanted at any price. The terse line offers limited context and no names or dates.

Shipping News Seaborne Trade Moves From Port to Atlantic

British strips and coal laden ships sail from New Orleans to Havre Antwerp Bordeaux and Lar Rochelle under Wm Lamb & Co agents. Vessels Tug C W Morse and J P Witbeck tow barges. Cleared ships include Marguerite H C Knight John J Ward large Davie Crockett and others with coal lumber and cargo.

Jones New Orleans Havre Antwerp Wm, Lamb & Co Alva Zulagay Pensacola Bordeaux Lar Rochelle Glenroch Holman Bristol Ingland N.A. IT. Co Curro Lambert's Point Humphries Hamburg N. A New Yrk Sehr John J. Ward Wilbert New York Davie Crockett and W. No

Prawle Point Notes Passage Toward London

Prawle Point July 7 report notes a British simr voyage path from Chickahominy toward Turneaux and New Port News en route to London.

Tug South Baltimore Rebuilt On Cores Milway

The tug South Baltimore is undergoing rebuilding work on Cores milway. The barge George May receives a bottom repaint at Thomas railway.

South Baltimore Milway George May Thomas’ Railway

Reedy Island Range Front Light Change Notice 1807

Notice of planned alterations to the Reedy Island Range Front Light at Heady Island Delaware River. The light will switch from fixed to alternating seven seconds with one second eclipses and adjust sector bearings for red and white light and partial obscuration. Dredging affects navigation. vessels should follow Line of intersection and Port Penn Range line during dredging. Bearings are approximate magnetic.

Remedy Island Range Heedy Island Delaware River Reedy Island Reedy Isand Reedy Island Range Port Penn Range Ridge Buoy Finna Point Range Baker Shoal Yangze Reedy Island Harbor Wourth

Norfolk to Old Point route guide and schedule

Travel notice for a short route from Norfolk to Old Point via Willoughby Spit with the Norfolk and Overn View line. Provides Saturday schedule details, fares, and ticketing info. notes ambiguous times and partial entries, with mention of a Sunday excursion only and tickets sold by conductors or street cars in Norfolk.

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Ocean View and Old Point Railroad Schedule 1897

Noted timetable for the Ocean View and Old Point railroad with stops at Ocean View Norfolk Waldoighby Spit and Old Point. Trains depart Norfolk and Old Point with daily and Sunday variations, including 6:00 p m and 7:06 a m services, plus warnings to be in depot 15 minutes before departure.

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John S Etheridge Livery and Boarding Plables

Masia Just completed my new stables corner Chesil and a carl street and cel the snipe with some fist-class Myageies,ar , reviving Torses, etc., Lathow prepared to furnish good turn out day or night at rock bottom prices, Norfolk and Portsmouth trade solicited, New Vhone No. 3. John G Lynrldgr, Propictor.

Berley Masia Chesil Carl Street Cel Norfolk Portsmouth John G. Lynlridgr

Schedule in Effect June 16 1807 Two Trains for Richmond and Cincinnati

Daily schedule notes two past trains to Richmond and two to Cincinnati with main routes Michigan to Cincinnati and Louisville, Norfolk to Richmond, parlor car service Old Point to West Clifton and Gordonsville dining cars west of Gordonsville. Steamer Louise arrives Norfolk noon and 7 pm. For details contact R T Tmrooke, Passenger Agent, Atlantic Hotel Granby Street.

Richmond Cincinnati Michmoend Louisville Cullman Cinciniith St. Lows Gordonsville Uilly Norfolk Dally Sundaly Clifton Porge Old Toint W. Clinton Cineinaunti Toulsville Wartolle Waieette Mata Street Elly

Norfolk and Southern Mail and Express Connections

Norfolk and Southern Mail and Express departs Norfolk daily except Sunday for Elizabeth City and numerous inland towns, connecting in Edenton and Belhaven with steamer routes. Evening express leaves Norfolk at 4:10 p.m. for Hampthe City, Edenton, and Way stations with connections at Elizabeth City to the Newberne steamer. Freight and passenger lines also listed with Baltimore and Bay Line services and details on tickets and baggage.

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Merchants and Miners Transit Boston and Providence Fare Notice

Boston and Providence routes listed with Wednesday and Thursday sailings. First class fare includes meals, with steerage and perishable freight forwarded via Providence. Contacts include R H Wright and Horace Stebbins for rates and schedules. General offices in Baltimore and other details provided.

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