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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 06, 1889

Page

7

Booming Roll Industry Faces Future in Steady Growth

Industry reports show roll manufacturers AGarrison Foundry and Phenix Roll Works at full capacity with orders into next year. Prices rose five dollars per ton since mid November. coke prices jumped from 110 to 150 and sometimes 175 per ton, boosting labor and coke costs but benefiting early stockpilers.

Pittsburg A. Garrison Foundry Company Phenix Roll Works Cail Ostabeee Senneene Coen Nantes

Market Report on Livestock Receipts and Prices

Telegraph notes 35 carloads of cree oe and 13 carloads ex oration, beef steady at 54 per hundred. cattle at dressed weight. Calves recey head and market weak. 4,000 stockers and 1,400 head. Hogs active 5 to 10 cents lower, mixed receipts. shipments 6,000 head slow and weak.

Sean Te Tocins

Patent List Issued to Western Pennsylvania and Nearby States

A late 16th century patent notice lists inventors from Western Pennsylvania Eastern Ohio and West Virginia with items such as sucker reducer, carriage curtain attachment, machine for neeks of bottles and expansion trip. Names include Amos E Abrahams Clories Mills Pa George Allen Franklin Pa Daniel Arger Trot U carriage items Adem Hesch Columbus Pa and FP Miteford Erie Pa.

Pennsylvania Ohio West Virginia O. D. Levis Amos E. Abrahams Clories Mills George Allen Franklin Erie N. Firady Washington Thomas M. Campbell Elizabeth K. Graham Tate Dene Coes Pitmborg Anwar

Weird Phrase Fragment Confuses Local Caption

Fragmentary OCR text mentions unclear subjects and items. It includes stray phrases about fruit, kidneys, liver and bowels with no coherent event, date, or identifiable entities. The readable bits offer no verifiable facts to form a proper summary.

Fine Imposed Over Chinchilla Coat Purchase

A note reports a $20 bill involved in a minor dispute over a chinchilla overcoat. The article mentions Cor Grant and Dismonders opposing the new Court House.

Salomasa Grant Dismonders New Court Howse

Gasline Glimpse From Odd Murky Ad Snippet

A fragmentary depot text hints at gas services and appliance supplies with partial brand cues and a garbled street reference. The unreadable OCR obscures full names, dates, and locations, leaving only a general sense of a local vendor advertising gas appliances.

Wheat Market Fluctuates in Quiet Trading Day

Aggregated fair business showed mixed momentum with stretches of quiet trading and bursts of activity. Prices drifted lower for December and May futures while early cables suggested firmer tones before late session weakness and renewed selling.

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Iron Trade Outlook Brightens With Major Real Estate Moves

Two large property deals surfaced in Philadelphia real estate as iron markets remain buoyant. W. A. Herron & Sons sold 7 acres near Schenley Park for about 9101,000 to John McGinley, who plans development. A second East End site changed hands for around 910,000. Iron production expands, with higher pig iron prices and rising rail investment. Denver and Eastern capital pursue a Trinity Valley reclamation project in Texas to convert 100,000 acres into a track farm, seeking 750,000 to 1,500,000 in costs and potentially 910,000,000 of land value, signaling broad growth.

Denver Trinity Valley Texas Dallas Misetusippi

Cotton Trade Brief From New York Summary

A concise review notes dull cotton market conditions in New York with minor price movements. The Gulf ports show steady activity while the Atlantic slope indicates a light decrease in movement and values.

Castoria Recall Resurfaces in Historical Nonspecific Ad Tone

A nostalgic quatrain traces Castoria usage across generations from infancy to motherhood, highlighting a enduring reliance on the product for child care through the years. The verse emphasizes brand familiarity without detailing medical claims or outcomes.

Philadelphia Gas Stock Dips Then Rallies Amid Broad Market Liquidation

Trading showed activity only in Philadelphia Gas which opened at 24 and closed near 23 despite a 100 share cross trade. Analysts warn liquidation ahead of yearly settlements and tight money, while confidence in natural gas issues remains weak due to legal hurdles and broad market pessimism.

Philadelphia Gas Eliebty

Local Bankers Report Stability in Money Market Conditions

Bankers report steady money markets with call money around 6 percent and time loans near 6 to 8 percent. Clearing House totals show substantial activity with large city balances and firm bond markets, while exchange rates hold steady amid bank reserve movements and sterling value.

Clearing House New York Prime Mercantile Bisa Sterling Exchange Konpiand Bank of England Bank of Oper

Nearing the Dollar Mark in Petroleum Market

Petroleum prices neared the dollar mark with 1044 high and 10234 close as traders faced a mixed session. Rob inson led a local bear run selling 100000 barrels while New York factions wavered and outsiders tightened their purse strings amid renewed slump talk.

Spellc RN. Robinson New York Bradford

Market Features and Petroleum Exchange Listing Notes

Fragmentary market notice notes corrected entries for Paneee Sixth street Pittabarg Petroleum Exchange. Mentions a sequence and a value 4,671 with references to A. B. McGrew & Co. and calls 816m.

Sixth Street Pittabarg Petroleum Exchange Eo Dole Avoctrrg Tung Ievsecceeessesses Etsnesneones A. B. McGrew & Co

Petroleum market figures headline from Titusville report

December 4 market data shows opening at 104 and high 104.4 with a low around 102. Total sales reach 1,065,000 barrels with shipments and charters detailed. Strong early rally fades, leaving prices subdued by session close.

Titusville Om Orry New Yorke Cass

Large City Real Estate Transactions Reported

Thousands involved in property deals across the city and Sabuarbas with both unimproved and improved land. C H Love sold six acres on Shady Avenue to Jacob Moock for 15500. W A Herron & Sons sold seven and a half acres near Schenley Park for about 00000 cash. Reed B Coyle & Co sold a lot on P Avenue for John F Steel to Charles & Holmes. No. 8 Federal Street sold through Samuel W Black & Co for John to Mrs Joasie Alexander. Black & Co moved several Oakinea brick homes, including a south square two story mansard, price 7500. Plimison & C handled Julius VI three-cornered jth one-story on Broad near Fran for 3400. Z W Haas sold three lots 5x140 on Monticello Street to J A Murphy for 1. Pemmore & Hen settled multiple properties in Me and Aunt Washington with one sale at 200 dollars running three years.

Department of Business W. A. Herron & Sons Forben Street Twenty-second Ward Schenley Park John McGinley Philadelphia Company East End C. H. Love Fourth Avenue Shady Avenue Jacob Moock J. G. Graver R. 8 Houston Forbes Street Reed B. Coyle & Co John F. Steel Charles & Holmes Seence Street Sire Ewing & Byers Federal Street Samuel W. Black & Co John Roon Joasie Alexander P Avenue Second Ward University Black & Co Muons Oakinea Plimison & C Julius VI Fram Broad Neen Fran Avenue M. E. Richards Z. W. Haas Monticello Street Twenty-first Ward J. A. Murphy Pemmore & Hen Washington

Market fluctuations show steady close after limited moves

Professional business tone as stocks move in small ranges with few active issues. Early demand centers on Wheeling and Lake Erie preferred Missouri Pacific Denver Texas and Fort Worth Northwestern while bears press New England Missouri Pacific Rock Island Atchison and Burlington and Quincy.

New Yeas London Wheeling Lake Erie Missouri Pacific Denver Texas Fort Worth Northwestern Bears New England Rock Island Atchison Burlington and Quincy Shenandoah Witwer & Oldeat

Fragmentary OCR Note Annotates Copper Mines

The text shows disjointed references to locations and names such as Mulland Ava arch, Tamarack, San Dice, Santa Fe copper, Pewabio, and Fiota, but provides no coherent event or clear reporting. The readable fragments suggest a listing or draft note about mines or locations without a narrative or date.

Mulland Ava Arch Wi Santa Fe

Philadelphia Stocks report confusion from partial OCR notes

The fragmentary text mentions stock actions and brokers in Philadelphia with references to Fourth Avenue and transit lines. It includes garbled lines about Merork Btock Ex, Bathrow, Reacing, and Lenigh Valley, plus Northern Sorihern Pacite, indicating a collapsed summary of market items and railroad names.

Philadelphia Merork Sag Sa Il Lenigh Valley Leigh Falier Northern Sorihern

Mining Stocks and Commodities Brief

A compressed market note lists mining stocks with mentions of gold and silver prices. The text references Poors data and notes on price movements for various commodities.

Business Notes on Loans Insurance and Transit

The item notes 39 mortgages with a $35,000 largest loan and a $125,000 currency shipment to West and $100,000 gold to New Orleans. It cites low balances at $22,966,000 and reports on Lantar mine earnings, Pittsburg investors, and Judge Mwing’s decision. Insurance agents reap premiums across Massachusetts, including $100,000 in Haverhill. Squirrel Hill Electric cars arrive and storage begins as rapid transit expands.

Sisora Omla Treasury Bes New Orleans Lantar Pittsburg Central Traction Mwing Oe Ee Massachusetts Haverhill Squirrel Hill

Fires Claim Miner House. Two Men Die in East Tw Blaze

The Miner House at East Tw suffered a fatal blaze yesterday with two Waolmene residents perishing. Other items include seizures of CPR freight cars at Port Arthur for taxes and a $2,504,000 insurance total from the Boston Thanksgiving Day fire.

East Tw Waolmene Canadian Pacific Railroad Port Arthur Unt Boston Duluth Minn John Greenwald Brooklyn Eee Harry Brennan Tombs Kingston William Jackson Belton John Ryder Cook Atalanta New York West Indian Porta Edith Gordon Sean Montego Bay Ont Canadian Pacific Railway Shihok Ingio Contari Apanese Newace City

Coffee and Sugar Firm as Molasses Advance in Market

Trade dull under cloudy skies with strong demand for fresh poultry and apples. Prices firm for dairy goods and cheese, with evidence of rising coffee and sugar futures and a short open kettle molasses crop from New Orleans boosting values.

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Fragmentary Note on Wheat Market and Prices

A garbled OCR fragment hints at wheat sales and straw pricing with scattered figures like 11 254911 S and references to millings and feed. The text is incomplete and names, places, or dates are not recoverable for a complete summary.

Fragmentary OCR Note on Food and Drink Item

A partially readable OCR passage mentions an aged person and a fresh preparation note. It refers to boneless portions and a possible tasting or serving context. Details are unclear due to garbled text, but the fragment suggests a menu or product description involving a boneless option.

Grain Market Summary From The Exchange and Rail Routes

Reports from the Grain Exchange show receipts of 23 cars including 4 cars of extra white oats and 1 car of yellow shell corn with prices noted. Trade flows include Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago routes and connections to Cincinnati St Louis and Ohio regions with oats and corn driving current cereal activity. Wheat futures cite New No 2 red and No 3 prices amid mixed sentiment as spring grain futures move with market dynamics.

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