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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Apr 29, 1892

Page

3

Iron Age reports glow in domestic iron trade and abroad

The issue notes a calm in foreign ore with importers confident ships are fully provisioned. It cites Britain’s tin plate firms, a suspension of Landore Tin Plate in Swansea, and plans for U S tin plate works. Domestically, pig iron prices steady to high, furnace shutdowns halted, and Pittsburg activity noted. Copper and tin markets rise while grains fall and hog products stay steady. mixed signals from Chicago to New York reflect a cautious but advancing metal mood.

Scial New York The Iron Age London Landore Tin Plate Company Swansea Chicago Detroit Pittsburg Bessemer Pic Wheeling Philadelphia Carnegie Joliet Chicaco St. Louis Texas Cleveland Exec Recs Anaconda Tin Place Landore Tin Pines Company Seven Mills United States

Live Stock Markets Report Receipts and Prices

Live stock markets at Liberty and other yards show cattle receipts 0 head, shipments 473 head with no cattle shipped to New York. Hogs receipts 2,000, shipments 1,800 with prices about 70.40, three hogs shipped to New York. Sheep receipts 00? shipments 500 with market slow and steady.

Towns Bay New York New York Sodar

Live stock prices and receipts across major markets

Telegraph reports Beef prices steady with dressed beef at 6. Calm shipments: day 88 beeves and 35 sheep. tomorrow 69 beeves. Sheep receipts 4 600, lambs firmer. hogs 85 head. Rawson City cattle 1,800 receipts. cattle active and strong with steers up to 64 We. Horces receipts 7,800 head, market higher. Cincinnati hogs steady. Omaha cattle active, steers 2.50–3.25. hogs 4.30–4.40. sheep 4.50–5.00. Westerns mixed. Total listings include various regional markets with mixed trends and steady to firm prices.

New York Rawson City Chicago Nebt Cincinnati Omaha

Little Liver Pills in Patent Medicine Ad Slogan

The fragment promotes Little Liver Pills with phrases about curing sick headaches. It presents a concise, period-flavored ad style typical of early 20th century patent medicine notices.

Carters Pacteris

Five Acre Squirrel Hill Property Sells Amid Market Strength

City real estate notes show renewed demand in Herron Hill with multiple transfers. Five acres on Shady Lane within Squirrel Hill district sold at about $2,000 an acre. nearby parcels and a 115 by 30 foot lot on Dallas Avenue changed hands for $53,000 to A. H. Wilson. Building permits and new construction progress accompany a broader view of a recovering market.

Dallas Avenue A. H. Wilson East End W. A. Herron & Sona Black & Baird Ayon Ridge Avenue Shady Lane Squirrel Hill Herron Biggs Bros Smithfield Street Bedford Avenue Herron Hill Madison Avenue Wood Street A. E Clark Stanton Avenue Nineteenth Ward Rosanna Murphy Zeech Street Fifteenth Ward Alex. Wickland Courier Ingalls Twentieth Ward Hubley Penn Avenue Wilkinsburg Buffalo, Rochester and Pittsburg Railroad Northern Pacific Elliott J. W. Johnston North Versailles John C Martin Baldwin Township Pittsburg Callahan Holland Street Pennsylvania Railroad New York Stock Exchange Westingboure Electric and Manufacturing Company West Virginia and Pittsburg Railroad Company Slamaper Robert Sproul West New York Reed B. Coyle & Co James C. Dick Grove Inn George Whitesell W. L. Wilson William Decker Hoffman & Baldridge Whitney Street Palmer Place Pian Swissvale Henry H. Neyler Swissvale Place K. Ewing & UN William J. Simpsonsm Theodore Libardt Second Street Howard Avenue Beltzhoover

Philadelphia Markets Show Little Policy on Stocks

The Home Securities page notes weak activity in Philadelphia shares with SHI and Manchester Central Traction climbing later. A round lot of Philadelphia Gas trades at 184 and closes near 1844 as traders wait for clearer guidance and policy decisions.

Philadelphia Manchester Central

Manchester Traction and Related Bonds Auction Report

The report details trading and bids for Manchester Traction Birmingham Traction and Luster Switch bonds. First call shows Manchester Traction stronger with 100 at 40 and 250 Philadelphia Gas at 124, plus 10 Luster at par. Second and third calls adjust bids with Manchester at 40 and Birmingham at 27, Duquesne at 87. Henry M. Long sold Mercantile Trust at par.

Manchester Birmingham Manchester Traction Philadelphia Gas Waa Duquesne Henry M. Long Mercantile Trust

JAY GOULD A DAMPER. Market shows dullness after forenoon gains

New York trading opened with rising interest but soon turned stagnant as bears stayed active in Atchison and the Grangers. Union Pacific pressure weighed on advances while Cordage led gains among low priced shares and industrials showed limited life. total stock sales were 17,313 and railroad bonds remained relatively firm.

New York Hoeacsk London Union Pacific Gould Party Shorts Bears Atchison Grangers Reading New England Cordare Pittsburg Western Chesapeake and Ohio Tennessee Denver Rio Grande Lake Shore Erie Northern Pacific New Endland St. Paul New York Stock Exchange Watney & Gravenysee Fourth Avenue

Financial circles hold steady as prices vary in balance

Usual business and conditions prevailed in local financial circles yesterday. A good authority cites low prices rather than reduced activity for the apparent contradiction between rosy Clearing House reports and trade slackness. There was no change in the interest rate. Bank clearings reached $2,598,423 with balances of $657,597.16. Bank of England cut its minimum discount rate to 2 percent. A New York banker said the general financial situation remains good and conservative with no booms in sight, while money on call in New York was easy at 1 1/2 to 2 percent. Prime mercantile rates were 3 3/4 to 5 percent. Sterling exchange held firm. Closing bond quotations and lists followed.

Jady Cincinnati Si@sitie Bige Sige Jones Alge Mio Shorts John M. Oakler Co Sixth Street Chicago Board of Trade Clearing House Bank Clearincn Bank of England New York Prime Mercantile Sterling

Financial market brief shows mixed clearings and rates

The report lists New York and Philadelphia clearings, balances and money at around 4 to 6 percent. It notes Philadelphia clearings at $16,314,881 with balances $1,605.50 and Chicago clearings at $14,735,208 with premium on New York exchange. Sterling dull and unchanged.

Patencen New York Mreurats New York Exchange Ue St. Louis Exchange Cuicago New York Exchange Sterling Exchange

Market Report: Eggs In Cold Storage Pressuring Prices

The notes show large egg movements into cold storage causing light dealer stocks while consumption falls and supply meets demand. Butter receipts rise, creamery quality weak, and Ohio creamery prices differ. Vegetables and fruit markets trend lower with heavy banana receipts and subdued pear and apple quotes. Livestock and poultry supply tight, with steady to rising live poultry and turkey prices.

Orrictor Pirrasure Tecvaspar Ohio Elgin Ohio Creamery

Grain Exchange sales mix oats hay and flour notes

On Thursday at the Grain Exchange two cars of sample oats sold at 4c and one car mixed hay at 110 and timothy at 14 per ton. Receipts listed for oats middlings hay and various grains. Wheat firmer while flour remains quiet. ear corn and cereals slow. hay active with firm prices for carloads.

Grain Exchange Timothy Hay Pittsburg Ft. Wayne Chicago Railway Cincinnati St. Louis Baltimore Ohio Lake Erie

Tanner hide market steadies as calfskins trade brisk

Tanners report quieter markets after a light hide advance while calfskins arrive freely and fetch last week’s quotes. A Chicago buyer gathered 11 000 calfskins in the city, with sheepskins holding at old prices and steers, bulls, and calfskins priced per dealer reports.

Chicago

Harness Leather Market Shows Quiet Week for Tanners

Allegheny tanners report a notably calm week with medium weights in strongest demand while all prunies lag. Harness leather supplies steady with B stock rising. prices set by Alderbery tanners show No 1 harness 120 to 170 frh, B harness 120 to 170 frh, others vary by grade.

Allegheny Alderbery

Turpentine and Rosin Markets Steady Across Regions

In New York Rosin and turpentine hold steady as markets show little movement. Wilmington reports turpentine at 30 3, cents per gallon and rosin strong with strained at 110 to 115 dollars, while hard and yellow varieties also hold firm.

New York Rosin Wilmington Craftistox Savaxixan

Coffee market steadies with mixed April to December quotes

The report shows coffee prices in New York steady with changes across April to December margins. April quotes around 2.55 to 712.6c and May to July 1.85, September 11.90c, December 11.30, while spot Rio remains quiet. Rio cargoes and No. 7 grade cited as firm, with April 28 pricing noted.

Rio Rattixong

Drygoods Trade Dull After Holiday in New York Market

New York reports subdued business in drygoods after a partial holiday with no shift in demand. Flannels remain the main focus with active trading while govern trade shows no movement. Prices cited include copper and tin futures with steel and wool notes reflecting varied activity and unchanged wool grades.

New York

Dumping Complaint On Sedgwick Street Lot Probed

Property owners on Sedgwick Street Al Leheneiy complain of refuse dead animals and disease breeding matter dumped on a vacant lot they seek action from the Humane Society to abolish. A health office complaint alleges a lady complainant faced contempt.

Daytime Watch Winding Guess Event Promoted

To Day the Watch Is Wound between 2 and 3 o clock in the afternoon. Ladies, come and put in your guess at Saller corner Smithfield and Mond streets.

Saller Smithfield Mond Streets

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