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Newspaper

Norfolk Virginian

Location

Norfolk, Virginia, United States of America

Date

Mar 05, 1897

Page

7

Trend Downward and Break in British Consols Hit Timida Holders

Paris New York March 4 There was a blight improvement at the stock exchange opening but prices soon declined under heavy selling by foreign houses and bearish rumors about the Eastern situation. A break in British Consols affected timid holders and the market drifted lower through the day. News of a North Dakota maximum freight tariff law and talks of warships to Havana added to the downward mood. Sugar led declines with most losses around 1% to 3% and prominent issues like Manhattan and Lake Shore slipping. Net changes showed declines across staples. the market settled weak with subdued activity as traders awaited results and policy news.

New York The Stock Exchange McSkinley London S.paul Bears Havana North Dakota Lgislature McKinney Omaha Lake Shore Manhattan St. Paul Burlington and Qhiney

New York Commodity Market Report Summary

New York market notes on March 4 show dull and steady activity across grains and meats. Prices for wheat and corn ease with mixed futures. spot and futures for No 2 red and yellow corn vary, while oats and oats futures remain subdued. Livestock and dairy sectors show quiet to firm movement. pork, lard, and butter prices display limited changes amid steady demand.

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Chicago Wheat Market Stages Mixed Day Trading

Chicago reports a firm finish in wheat after uneven morning activity. Prices opened modestly higher then slipped, recovered toward noon, and closed with a firmer tone despite lower Liverpool futures and a half point drop in English consuls amid European political unease.

Cotton market report shows quiet activity and mixed futures

New York and Liverpool markets report quiet cotton trading with mixed prices. Net receipts and exports to Britain and the Continent are listed, with futures closing barely steady in New York and easy in New Orleans. Prices range from 6.39 to 7.04 for various months.

New York Great Britain France Muarch Liverpool Catton New Orleans Miny United States Gombay

Wholesale markets at Watsons Proviniam Norfolk March 4 1857

Norfolk Virginia March 4 1857 wholesale market reports show prices for fish mackerel No 4 and No 3 in kegs, herring in various forms, pork and pork products, lard, cheese, butter, oils, and related provisions. Entries list prices per quantity and quality, with noted variations and regional suppliers.

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Grocerica Prices and Market Steady Across Commodities

A wide array of goods shows steady to higher meat levels with coffee syrups and molasses listed at varied grades. Wheat flour, salt, rice, and sugar markets display firm to steady tones with multiple grade quotes and regional delivery notes.

Grocerica Laguayra Java Porto Rico New Orleans Liverpool

Grain and feed prices steady across several crops

Market notes show steady pricing for Gram and Owls varieties with white and mixed corn quoted at 31c and 26c respectively. Black-eye peas listed at 1.60 per bag and per bushel rates for stralene and ti gsoe are 70c. Timothy hay ranges No 1 at 15.00 and No 2 at 14.00 with mixed at 11.00 to 12.00.

Michigan Ohio Indiana

Oyatora Bulk Standards Prices Declared in List

A truncated listing shows bulk standards with prices noted as eighty cents per gallon and ninety cents per gallon for medium and plain selections. The readable fragments suggest a catalog or grocery promotion rather than a full article.

Price list notes shell mediums and barrel rates

A concise commodity price snippet shows Shell-Mediums priced by gallon at $1.15 and $1.40 with extra count selects. Barrel rates include primes at $3.00 and $3.50 with extra counts. Clams priced per 100 at 40 cents.

Prices for Various Fish by the Pound and Hundred

A fragmented price list shows gray trout 7c, crankers 4c, taylors 7c, pan fish 0?c, baking fish 6c, spats 6c, muillets 4c, flounders 6c, sheephead dc, Sc. and Te machkarel 1hc, blue fish 10c, speckled trout 8cc, red snapper 414c, roe shad Florida 35¢, buck shad Morida 20c, herring 2.25 per hundred.

Florida

Livestock and Produce Prices in Southern Market Report

Market news shows strong demand for heavy Western cattle and other livestock. Hogs, dressed hogs, and poultry prices vary, with some dull demand for hogs, while fruits and produce like bananas, oranges, coconuts, lemons, cabbage, potatoes, hay,s onions, and naval stores list steady to active prices. farmers report an active market with mixed quality offerings across commodities.

Lumber Quotations From Cypress Market

Cypress Lumber Market dull with no demand. Wholesale quotes show boards 1x6 16 feet at 12.50 to 15.00 dollars. 1x6-15 rough at 9.00 to 10.00. 1x12 to 18 inches 16 feet clear at 20.00 to 22.00. Rough wide boards priced 12.12 to 15.00.

Cypress Lumber Norfolk Suffolk Manis Decco Hobgood N.C Arbora N. Cc Rocky Mount Nee Williamston Plymouth Nwesee Washington Kinston Neensee Wilson Iseces Coldsboro Wilmington N. C

Pine Lumber Prices and Sizes in Market Listings

Lumber prices listed for flooring, joists, and boxes in various grades and dimensions. Includes 4-4 No.1 10 and 12 inch stock and edge items, 2x4 scantling, and air dried bill stuff. Cypress Lumber Market shows mixed rates and item descriptions with currency symbols and column errors.

Shuincle Market Shingle Prices Listed

Market listing shows shingles and sap price points with No. 1 and No. 2 hearts and saps labeled along with monetary figures. Prices range from four to six dollars for various items, indicating wholesale or bulk rate entries in a historical catalog.

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Market Receipts for Slaves and Oak Barrels

Market notices record liberal receipts for enslaved individuals of various ages and statuses boys and prime adults alongside value quotes for white and red oak hogsheads pipes barrels and headings. Prices range from 10 to 95 dollars with cull reductions noted for lower quality lots and goods.

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Live Stock Market Report Notes Quiet trading day

Market-Quiet and dull. Cattle prices show mixed demand with fat and smooth steers around 4 dollars per hundredweight. Milch cows range 10 to 20 dollars, good oxen up to 40. Hog and sheep sections vary, better demand for hogs while lambs and ewes show limited saleability.

North Carolina

Shipping News of British Steamers to Europe and Coal Destinations

British steamers Milburn, Puehardson, Fisher, Cuming, Netherill, Weston, Stoake sail from Galveston, New Orleans, and Cardiff to various European ports, carrying coal, coke, pig iron, cotton, tobacco, lumber, corn, and logs. Vessels depart for Hamburg, Liverpool, Copenhagen, Rotterdam, and London under William Lamb & Co. and U S Line agents. several cargoes cleared via Newport News. Also listed are smaller ships and barges loading coal and timber for domestic and foreign routes.

Highlander Milburn Galveston Copenhagen William Lamb & Co Wibernia Puehardson Hamburg Mozart Fisher New Orleans Liverpool Strathnairm Cuming Cardiff Vittoria Netherill Tampico Yanariva Weston Glasgow Newport News Cervona Stoake Rotterdam British Stmp Buckingham Leighton London Sehr Mary A Randall New London Majestic New Bedford Crockett Hoboken

Unclear Names in Maritime Trade Listing

Fragmentary OCR item lists several individuals and locations including Laura Lamson Bermuda W. T Schr Mamie Saunders Steelman New York and others with items such as lumber ply iron barges coal and six Tyler barres.

Sehr Laura Lamson Bermuda W. T Schr Mamie Saunders Steelman New York Mary Graham Medley James Davidson Rankin Doe Yug Asher J. Hudson Causey Baltimore Thomas P. Straw Petersburg Minnie Smithers Tyler Barres

Among Our Cotton Men

Weather unsettled in the cotton belt lowers prices across markets. Liverpool and New York futures retreat while spot quotes drift down. U S port receipts rise from last year, with daily estimates for New Orleans and Bombay indicating ongoing demand in the cotton trade.

Dr Hobbs Kidney Pills Claim Wide Local Trials

Burrow Martin Co reports many patients cured or greatly helped by Dr Hobbs Spar Wither Kidney Pills in towns beyond Norfolk. Letters flood in from men and women long troubled by distressing kidney and related ailments, praised as a long awaited remedy.

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Norfolk and Southern B R Go Evening Express Schedule

Norfolk and Southern railway announces the Evening Express leaves Norfolk Polk at 4 10 daily except Sunday for Elizabeth City Edenton and connections. The train links at Elizabeth City with steamer Neuse Tuesday Thursday and Saturday for New Bern Ocracoke Landing Morehead City Kinston and Goldsboro via A N C Fe and for Jacksonville Wilmington Morehead City and all stations on the W N N Eastern Carolina Dispatch. Freight line and Old Point linked between points North and West via Norfolk and Southern. Daily orders accepted until 5 30 pm and forwarded promptly at low rates. For info contact the General Office of the New Bo TR Te Co Norfolk WI.

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Correct Route for Norfolk Boston Providence Steamships

Listing of weekly sailing schedules and fares for first and second class passenger service to Boston and Providence. Includes Perishable freight sent via Providence with rate parity to direct steamer service to Boston and deadlines, plus contact details for R. H. Wright and managers in Baltimore and Norfolk.

Orton Holston Providence Boston Provedence Benend Savannah Ateamera R. H. Wright Norfolk D. Stebbins P. Turner C. Whitney Wiathe Baltimore

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