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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Apr 22, 1889
Page
7
Fragmentary OCR reveals a melodramatic plot from Pennycomequick with characters Pennycomequick Salome Sidebottom Jeremiah and Salome. Moves include inheritance, a death claim, and a contested marriage as Salome wavers between Philipp Pennywick and Jeremiah.
Philip Pennycomequick agrees to marry Salome under pressure from his aunt Mrs Sidebottom while grappling with fears of family disapproval and poverty. Mrs Cusworth and Janet try to steady him as Jeremiah Pennycomequick learns of Salome’s engagement through John Dale.
The April 2 1880 market report shows eggs and other staples easing as price declines spread among large and small dealers. Batter cheese demand remains strong with best week of the season reported by a leading New York area jobber. Tropical fruit activity stays brisk alongside varied farm and seafood items across the country markets.
The readable text lists multiple proper nouns and fragmented terms such as Rio Caracas Santos ISR Maracaibe and various garbled names. No coherent event or narrative is present to summarize into a valid news item.
Total receipts bulletined at the Grain Fr change show activity limited with 30 cars noted. Listings from Pittsburg, Ft Wayne and Chicago include 10 hay 5 oats 4 flour 1 barley 1 wheat cars. Additional consignments from Pittsburg Lake Erie report 4 rye 1 flour 1 hay car. Pittsburg Cincinnati and Lonis add 1 millfeed 1 hay 1 corn car. No sales on call today. price drift toward a lower level continues with mixed bid tones for corn oats and rye and various white and mixed grades.
The notice lists winter wheat bran at $13, chop feed $15, hay and baled chaff prices, loose oats from waron at $18, and upland oats per bag. It reflects agricultural supplies and batch pricing for farm use.
A mixed pantry list details sugar cured hams in large medium and small cuts with accompanying prices and descriptions. It also notes sugar cured bacon shoulders boneless shoulders dried beef and various salt cured products with miscellaneous pricing references.
A survey of markets shows eggs dragging the week with prices falling from last year's highs while butter cheese apples and tropical fruit improve. Wheat and flour prices ease with cash buyers finding cheaper options as rigors of Lent depress packer activity.
Armour and Co publish prices for dressed meats. Beef carcasses range from 450 to 650 Bs per unit, with higher grades at 660 to 650 Bs. Sheep, hogs, lambs, and fresh pork loins are listed with specific price bands though some figures are unclear in the OCR.
Office of Pittsbure reports April 3 1889 cattle receipts 1450 head with 1140 shipments and a quiet market hogs receipts 1700 head shipments 1900 head steady market. hog prices around 5.25 to 6.25 per cwt. sheep receipts 1200 head shipments 600 head with slow market at unchanged prices.
Missouri and Texas cattle shipments show steady to higher demand with strong feeder and steer volumes. Hogs and sheep receipts vary by market with mixed prices, receipts around thousands, and regional notes on good to choice quality and firmer bids.
New York April 2 Drygoods trade recorded a light movement with fair mail orders to agents and jobbers. Orders reflect steady tone for supplies on hand and a favorable wheat outlook with raw material advances. The sole notable event is H B Claflin & Co driving shitting prints.
The leather trade shows little comfort for manufacturers with overall volumes near seasonal averages and profits well under recent years. Boston tanner failures weigh on markets for light hides. dealers report a drop in liver price. Outside price for light and cow hides is six cents with heavy steer hides at ten cents.
Clearing House reports show business brisk last week with a five day week including Good Friday. Daily average clearings rose to 2.787 million, up 5 million from last year, while the stock market remained active with gains in Electric, Wheeling Gas, Citizens, and Central Traction shares amid cautious management and expected gradual advances.
Government bonds were dull and steady with small lot commissions noted. Mining stocks listed in New York show Amador ten, Belcher four hundred, Gould & Cu one fifteen, Caledonia Be H, plus several others with varying prices and figures.
unreadable OCR fragment shows scattered names and phrases. lacks clear event, date, or identifiable entities to summarize into a coherent news item.
Chicago market news reports widespread selling in wheat as favorable weather dampens demand. May and July contracts slid from Thursday's close with May down about 1 4 and July around 1 2 occurred. Corn and oats weakened with local selling and shifting May contracts to distant months. Overall prices closed steady to lower amid light buying and pressure from good crop outlook.
Market notes show No 2 May wheat and other futures drifting, with July and August options unsettled. Grain prices appear lower on wheat and corn while oats and rye hold modest gains. butter and eggs slide, while flour stays dull in Philadelphia and Baltimore trading centers.
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