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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Dec 26, 1892

Page

3

Taxation Debate Shifts From Tax Collectors to Real Estate Burdens

A legislative committee weighs tax policy as rural real estate owners protest current personal estate levies. The column argues double taxation and shifts focus from real estate to the person, noting large property owners resist higher personal taxes while officials push reforms.

New York Matthew Marshall Tomorrow's Sun Panama Special Legislative Commission On Taxation John D. Ellis New York City Issac Sherman Sam Glad Michael Coleman Board of Tax Commissioners

Local securities show small gains and losses in quiet week

A quiet week on the local board ends with 3,147 shares traded, 1,000 bonds and 100 scrip. Gains listed in M and M National bank, Pittsburgh and Castle Shannon railroad, Westinghouse Airbrake, Monongahela Water Co, while declines include Citizens Insurance, Chartiers Valley Gas, Central Traction and Underground Cable. London silver price cited as 2 9s per ounce for dealers.

M. & M. National Citizens Traction Heraction Pittburg Youngstown and Ashtuboin Pittsburg Castle Shannon Luster Mining Company Westinghouse Airbrake Monongahela Water Company Citizens Insurance Chartiers Valley Gas Philadelphia Company Central Traction Sellinog HANK Commercial National Aesaeee Eee Fidelit Title and Trust Seus Iron City Nations Erutone Bank of Pittsburg Anes Iberty Neteanal Bank Second National Third National Bank Allegheny Bank S Tocks Third National Teutonia Ottteens Wewenetee Beeee Eeeweanee Sane Ry Sane Union Sane Eeane Sane Western Insurance Coanna Aoee Natomal Bridgewater BO Seeteenese Wees Poce Natural Gas and Wae Sylvania CO Philadelphia Co Teseeeernee Seceenvseeee Citizens Traction Second Avenue Eevee Tiehure N and Duesburg Piesburg Action &, BR. Co Wheeling Seen N.Y. &C. Gas Coal Co Cone Northside Ridge Sss Cescsees Norla Oton Ous Air Brake Co Glass Company Ewan Ones Panama Brighton Great Eastern Europe New York Denver Atchison Denver Common Lake Shore Missouri Kansas Texas Grand Trunk Securities Exican Railway Simpeeey Buenos Ayres Southern Buenos Ayres Rosario London and Westminster Bank

Specie Exports From New York This Week

The New York export report shows 873 shipments for the week. Europe received 4,400,000 in gold and 992,400 in silver, while America received 57,195 in gold and 633,020 in silver.

New York the of New York Europe America

Fragmentary Market Notes Record A Quiet Session

The commercial exchange closed with mixed prices for sugars resins and grain showing little movement. Traders expect business to resume Monday as markets await clear guidance and no major shifts are reported in key commodities.

Pritapetrais Red Star Stone Franklin B, Inc Pranklin Extra Commercial Exchange Eeeeueseereseeen Cvs Vesseseenneneseees Trhe Exehang Erie Eve Cannes Py Pring Bakers Betty

Turpentine Market Report from Whuchmaror

Turpentine markets show spirits steady with firm narrow ranges for rosin. sale notes indicate strained goods in good demand and turpentine steady at overall price around 1.70 dollars per barrel with early 1.70 to 1.21 cited for other grades. turpentine and spirits futures reflect steady trading.

Repeal Demanded as Banks Hoard Gold Amid Silver Debate

Wall Street faces ap preciation and fear as Sherman silver law issues echo in markets Europe rushes to collect gold while U S banks hold reserves. Reports note a holiday trade day with Manhattan Railway gains and bank statements showing cautious lending.

New York Wall Street Sherman United States Europe Washington Committee On Rules of the House Manhattan Caering House

Foreign financial week ends with improving tendency in American markets

The week closes with a brighter outlook for American securities amid scarce bills and continued gold movements. Panics from the Panama scandal affect foreign markets, but British funds, Indian stocks, and railways show modest gains while Paris and Berlin bourses slip and recover.

Lexpon New York Europe Bank of England Stock Exchange America Corporation

Money Market And Clearing Figures Across Major Cities

A steady six percent money market prevailed in Pittsburg with demand centered in mercantile and manufacturing circles. Reports show varied bank clearings and balances across New York, Philadelphia, St. Louis, Boston, Chicago, Cincinnati, and Cleveland, with exchange rates and discounts noted and tentative signals of funds supply changing.

Pittsburg New York Sterling Exchange Actus Demann Exchangeon Philadelphia Dec St. Louis Rec Bank Cleart Ees Ie Chicago Banke New York Exchange Cincinnatt1 New Tork Exchange Anarchiste Panama Bradford Cooley Gang Blaine Massachusetts Cleveland Utah Pone Jeans West Or Cincinnati Washington Cramp McMillan Agus Maine Bor Lizzie Borden Republican National Committee Montans Crisp Fourster Baltimore Cain Grogan Fort Oyler Harrison Congress Ngee Ye Erate

Poultry Market Tight Supplies Push Prices Higher

Commercial matters show quiet markets with light year-end stock and minimal price changes. California ham and yard prices rise at the pot packers meeting while poultry turkeys, ducks, and geese sell early at high values, fresh stock scarce, and shipments light ahead of Christmas. Grocery market remains strong but no major shifts expected. grain stays easy and feed and hay weak due to large receipts.

Anfe California

One car sample chop and varied grains trades at Grain and Flour Exchange

A single car sample chop trade occurred at the Grain and Flour Exchange with spot price at $1550. Receipts bulletined include multiple carloads of oats, wheat, hay, corn and other goods through P., C., C. & St I. routes, totaling four cars. The listing covers groceries, dried fruits, canned goods, dairy, meats, and produce with assorted brands and regions noted in dense OCR text.

Grain and Flour Exchange C.& St I Ft. W

Dried and Evaporated Fruits Market List

A fragment lists dried fruits and evaporated apples by weight and price. Items include cherries peaches pears citron and nectarines with varying prices per pound in a regionally mixed catalog style.

Grain prices and commodity listings from an old market page

A dense catalog of farm produce and livestock values. Includes Timothy hay at 98.0 per bushel, beans, corn, oats, yellow corn chips, nuts such as almonds and Brazil nuts, and various livestock weights with price ranges. Also lists hides and skins with grades and prices.

Dhoter Wertern Timothy Bock Vania Ym Ohto Ieee Barka Diberts Brazil Naples Uwe and_ np Kip

Live Stock Market Reports Across Cities

East Lipscomb Pa December 24 cattle receipts 60 head shipments 620 head all through consignments, hogs receipts 1600 head shipments 1600 head market slow Yorkers 650 665 eight oars bogs to New Yorker. Kansas City cattle receipts 3500 head shipments 2000 head market more active and steady foeders quiet hog receipts 7000 head shipments 2200 head market opened steady common 6 10c lower extreme range 4 75 6 40 sheep steady top sheep 46 60 top lambs 57 5 435. Buffalo cattle receipts 12 loads through sale opened strong hogs receipts 55 loads through sale slow and weak sheep lambs receipts through sale dull and lower.

East Lipentz New York New Yorker Associated Fress Chiesa Kansas City St. Louis Désale Canada

Short Hog Crop Burdens Caraico Packing Plants

Cariaco reports a hog shortage forcing packers to run well below capacity with five thousand workers laid off. November hog receipts fell 1,640,000 from last year as plants struggle through an unusually tight market with no immediate relief expected until spring.

Cariaco Robert Strahorn Europe

Crests In Antiquity From Homer To Garter Knights

The article traces crests from ancient Carian use to Homer and Virgil, noting symbols such as Minerva’s owl and Zeus horns, and cites royal examples like Richard I and II, Alexander III, and James I. It explains crests as military marks of honor and notes their rise after the Order of the Garter. A separate item reports David Jones receiving six months workhouse for pantry theft at 107 Rebecca Street, Allegheny.

Minerva Mara Jupiter Ammon Richard I Richard II Alexander III Scotland James L Brooklyn Eagle Order of the Garter David Jones Alderman Brinker Allegheny Jones Mike Mangis Rebecca Street

Unclear Medical Advert Claims Liver Pills Headache Relief

Fragmentary OCR text shows an old medical advertisement listing products like Little Liver Pills and various headache remedies. It reads as a promotional block with misspelled brand names and scattered phrases about sickness and headache relief.

Christmas Dispatch from The Distance

The issue brims with world news and local items including forger in Aalick sewer work and Edison vs Westinghouse lamp dispute. Fire at Parks greenhouse, crime notes, political forecasts, and social items follow with multiple sensational briefs.

Aalick Pittsburg Edison Electric Com Westinghouse Company U. S. Glass Company Beaver Falls Henrici Gourley Montague Mary Wallace Covert Order of Salon Fame Francis Hospital Harry Flann Western Penitentiary

A Christmas Eve Wreck Tells How Life Was Saved

DeWolf Hopper recalls a near fatal train crash on Christmas Eve when drunken railway workers caused a wreck between Mississippi and Louisiana. He describes pleading with a dying fireman, the horror of the scene, and a moment of fate sparked by a quiet poker game.

DeWolf Hopper Meridian Mise New Orleans Crescent City Jacob Goshe Mobile Talresdy William Harris Mississippi Louisiana Bailles Rer Sup Darky Feeder

Safe Crackers Strike Kittanning Flouring Mill

Burglars broke into the Kittanning Flouring Company last night and forced open the safe at Kittanning, Pennsylvania. They took valuable papers and a sum of money, and also visited Klinglesmith's mill but found little of value.

Kittanning Kittaxwine Burelars Kittanning Flouring Company Klinglesmith’s Mill

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