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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 25, 1890

Page

7

Live Stock Review Prime Beeves Steady at Last Week's Rates

Receipts at East Liberty yards for the week show about 74 loads with 135 last week and 230 the week before. Beef demand remains firmer than pork and mutton, with prime beeves selling near the week’s top figures and veal and pork offerings active though some low grades weaken. Sheeple and pigs show mixed movement as poultry demand remains strong and cattle supplies stay light.

East Liberty Cotmon Miro Perente Pervices Gi Metals & Coss Alynt Toto Philadel Ronaghs Wirth Wellers

Livestock Market Reports Across Cities Highlight Mixed Demand

Telegraph list of cattle sheep and hog receipts from Cincinnati New York Omaha and Kansas City shows varied demand with active markets in Chicago and Omaha. Prices for prime and choice grades quoted and diners note steady or firmer trends with brisk hogs and steady dressed beef. Wet weather adds pressure to receipts as markets end the year with cautious optimism.

Telegraph Cincinnati Sui Eines SM Joo Hecht DE Gu Wessomns Chicago the Evening Journal Ilse Hagher Teckers Webb Sansas Ucattle Indianapolis Dulin Jocadeans Trongzand

New Year Coffee Options Steady Amid Mixed Opening

IV words show December to March futures with small shifts and steady tone. Prices list 17.20 to 17.45 for December and 15.25 to 15.40 for May. Markets describe fair cargoes and quiet activity as January to March contracts show minor gains and steadiness.

Avril Miele Italy Itor Heibe

Metal Market and Wool Receipts Reported in Brief

Market notes from New York and St. Louis show nominal iron and tin, steady wool receipts at 43 180 pounds, with overall thin stock. A sales notice from 533 Smithfield Street invites buyers at low prices with daily auctions and a store sale of fixtures and rent.

New York St. Louis

Wheat Rises on Cold Weather and Shorts Covering

Chicago and New York markets show wheat firming on cold weather and short-covering amid a slow trading day. May futures hover around 97 to 98 cents while corn stays firmer. hogs and fats also trend higher as traders digest weekly stock signals and revisions.

Rockies Chicago Atc Ste Bears Siige Hareeninsen Baxter Gentral Jobin al. Oakley & Co Sixth Street Chicago Board of Trade

Real estate market steadies as postwar settlements near

The city previews yearly real estate settlements with two to three million dollars expected to circulate and reinvest. Buyers tilt toward industrial improvement, sales set records, and demand remains strong in Johnstown and Pittsburgh areas as new dwellings and gas wells spur activity.

Smal Properties

Central Traction and Electric Rally Despite Quiet Exchange

In a subdued session, investors showed little enthusiasm for Holliday goods with only 100 shares of Central Traction sold on call and 10 Electric shares trading at 13 between calls. Market figures remained largely unchanged as money market improvement fuels cautious optimism for a forthcoming uptick.

Henry M. Long Central Traction Electric

Banks Enter New Year With Strong Position and Abundant Money

Money markets show banks well equipped for 1920 demand. Clearings reached 62,008,422 as holiday trade boosted activity. Balances stood at 41,422, with New York stock sales totaling 53,360 shares including Atchison and Union Pacific. Call money easy at 3 to 4 percent, prime mercantile paper at 7 percent. Sterling weak at 79 for 90 day bills and 4 for demand.

New York Yeaterday Atchison Lake Shore Louisville Nashville

Closing Bond Quotations Of United States And Canada

Bond market brief lists closing quotations for U S rail and canal stocks and Canadian issues. Prices include 4m U S Treasuries, Mutual Union 4s, Northern Pacific Indies and various railroad and company securities.

U. S Nee Mutual Union C. Int U.s Nor Stete Tee Northern Pac Louisiana Stampedés Missouri Canada Paul Consolg Bena Blatt Den Union Pacific West Shore

Bank Clearings and Exchange Rates Across Cities

Chicago clearings reached 15 998 785 with a 25 percent discount on New York exchange. The money rate held firm at seven percent. New York exchange sold at par. Chicago balances stood at 64 413 with total clearings of 554 570. Boston clearings reported 13 704 497 with unspecified balances.

Chicago New York Exchange Mrmposs BosTor—Clearings

Money and Clearings Report Across Cities

Data shows New York Clearings at 40,724,809 with balances 4,259,770 Philadelphia Clearings at 11,236,736 balances 2,012.00 Baltimore Clearings at 2,059,083 balances 4004,456 Money rates vary with 6 percent noted.

New York Lovis Sian Philadelphia Baltimone

Upper Sixties Market Activity Amid Low Volume

Market news report notes subdued trading with 68,000 barrels changing hands at open. Buyers linger for potential soaps as little top-siding occurs. Refined oils show no change while New York petroleum remains dull with minimal transactions and modest spot sales across Pennsylvania and Ohio markets.

New York Lima Pennsylvania City

Market Dull as Christmas Aims for Holiday Silence

The New York Stock Market showed little activity with bears the only active brokers. A few stocks slipped in the forenoon, some recovered late, while Lead Trust surged on rumors of a forthcoming dividend. Tennessee Coal and Union Pacific declined early but steadied, bonds trade was light, and overall market tone remained quiet and steady after preliminary losses.

New York Bears E Street Vanderbilt Lake Shore Lead Trust Tenn Union Pacific St. Paul Tennessee Jersey Central General Kawanna and Western New Jersey Midland Firsts the Post Vanderbilt Roads

Catarrhal Cold Remedy Ad From Early 1900s Ad

The snippet lists stock prices for mining firms such as Adams Consolidated and Hale and Norcross alongside others like Aspen and Ophir. It also recommends Dr. D. Jayne's Expectorant as an effective early treatment for a catarrhal cold, promising reduced risk and misery.

New York Alice Adams Consolidated Aspen Consolidated California Virginia Hale and Norcross Homestake Horn Silver Mexican Ophir Savage Sierra Nevada

Reduced Excursion Fares on B and O Lines for Holidays

Excursion tickets at reduced rates valid on B and O lines east of Pittsburg from December 24 to January 1 1891 inclusive and west of Pittsburg on December 24 25 31 and January 1 1891 returnable by January 5 1891. Also A Photograph Gallery Open Today at Aufrecht's Elite Gallery 516 Market Street Pittsburg with live camera operation. Elevator service in operation. Bronchial Troches offered for throat relief. Price not shown.

Pittsburg Aufrecht Market Street

Market Report Shows Firm Potatoes and Apples Across Markets

Domestic markets show very firm potatoes and apples with strong cereal line prices. Trade remains active in early week with high demand for poultry, rising turkey prices, weak Western eggs, and cautious lumber activity amid winter slowdowns.

Late News In Brief From Around The World

The brief items report Prof. Koch taking a ten day vacation. A Cologne seizure of 60,000 marks worth American bacon. Tin plate made in St Louis from cheap Southern ores. A bank row at Grew Bay. 30 Russians frozen crossing a steppe. Canada to protest if US Newfoundland talks succeed. California forms an irrigation company with 4 million dollars. Two hurt in a New Haven train wreck. Hovas loot Catholic mission in Antananarivo. About 7,300 Glasgow men on strike. coal price up 7 shillings. Luke Short injured by a gambler at Fort Worth. Herman W Green denies charges by Senator Chandler. Patriotic Sons of America camp for colored men in Philadelphia. A 2,000 dollar whiskey warehouse and 18,000 dollar whiskey burned near Carter’s Station. Wisconsin water reserve rush ends. wholesale litigation begins. M Merriam writes to murder Josephine Demarsh at Watertown. An embryo Peru revolution cost 40 lives. further outbreaks likely. Tab Pryor released for murder guilt not proven. Baltimore and Ohio wage talks with Grievance Committee. A row of frame horses burned on East 184th Street. tenants escaped. Cherokee Strip boomers driven out then return. soldiers vow further expulsions. Annie Barteau case ends. Minnesota Supreme Court rules for defendant.

Koch Cologne St. Louis Kellogg Nation-al Bank Grew Bay United States Newfoundland Canada California New Haven Conn Antanarivo Madagascar Glasgow Luke Short Texas Fort Worth Herman W. Green Chandler Patriotic Sons of America Philadelphia Carter's Station Ind Wisconsin Z. B. Merriam Pens Josephine Demarsh Watertown N. Y Pierola Penu Tab Pryor New London Wis Hawker Mead Baltimore and Ohio East One Hundred Ejiity-fourth Street New York Black Bear Annie Barteau Switzerland William L. Barteau Paul St. Paul Appleton Supreme Court of Minnesota Mitchell

Rivers Boom With Coal Traffic and High River Stage

The river shows strong coal shipments as 53 towboats sail with 207 barges and 34 flats, while a 3 PM reading records 109.10 feet. A riverman warns open navigation faces severe winter weather, noting business and port activity through the day. Alaska seal sacs and wraps advertised by a local shop finish the page.

Hudson Cincinnati Pittsburg Little Fred Pacific H. B. Pierpont Annie Roberts Heaver L.A. Blackmore J. W. Gould Pagers No Rescue Advance N. Hook George Roberts Cape Crescent Thorn Sarnter As City Josh Cook Dick Alton Eanes Lud Keefer Frank Gilmore Borges Roberts Sam Brown Tom Dodsworth Barres Stodown

Carter’s Little Liver Pills Headline Recalled

An old advertisement fragment promotes Carter’s Little Liver Pills claiming relief from sick headache and liver symptoms. The text mentions various misspelled forms and products, indicating a period patent medicine promotion with limited readable context.

Lynching of Three Tramps by Railroad Men Near Huntington

News from Huntington Oregon reports three tramps lynched by railroad workers after they attacked a freight train near Gileus Ferry Idaho. A brakeman was killed when overpowered and run down by the train. the fourth assailant escaped.

Walla WaLla Wasi Huntington Ore Oregon Gileus Ferry Idaho Huntin

Electric light swindler hoax cracks in Council Bluffs

Lt Covell posed as a Boston electric light representative and claimed chemical generation of light. He promised cheap large-store lighting for 100 a month and organized a stock company to siphon investors. He was arrested. origin unknown, batteries charged at the electric light depot.

Council Bluffs Covell Boston Electric Light Company

Burglars Bind Watchman and Loot Peoria Mill

Burglars entered the Peoria Wheat Meal Company mill at dawn bound watchman Philip Smith with a sack over his head and left him tied in a chair. They forced open the safe stealing a large sum and then robbed the watchman before fleeing. An insurgent ad for Kemp's Balsam follows.

Prorta Peoria Wat Meal Company Philip Smith

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