Pittsburg Real Estate Boom Ends Year With Record Transfers
A summary of 1890 real estate activity in Pittsburg shows the year ending with unprecedented prosperity. Bank clearances and numerous property transfers across Fifth and Duquesne avenues reflect rising values and construction, including several $20,000 to $40,000 parcels. Builders report 1890 as the strongest year for property deals in the city and surrounding districts, with new permits issued and major purchases by Arbuthemet, Oppenheimer, Phipps, and others driving growth.
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Imad
Savetioe
Messier
Arbuthnet
Fiat
Sat Il
Slim Year End Rally Prospects Dwindle Amid Light Trading
The market ended a thin session with total day sales near 100 shares and widespread declines despite some buyers seeking cheap stock. Philadelphia gas and electric groups led declines while several major names posted minor losses and traders anticipated a tepid year-end rally as money remains plentiful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadephia Gas
Central Traction
Money Market Signals Steady Toward Equality
Moderate movement in the local money market with supply and demand approaching balance. Bank officers report near equality, improved conditions, and steady clearing figures. Money on call in New York firm at 3 to 7 percent ranges with usual discount rates. Bank clearings rise in Chicago and other cities, with premiums on New York exchange and solid balances across multiple institutions.
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Nho
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Chtcaago
Bank Clearines
New York Exchange
Ivana
Sr. Louis
Hank Clearinngs
Prisa Delfia—Bank
HLCM
Baltdione
Hank Clearies
Oil Market Opens On Weak Tone And Moderate Trade
The oil market opened yesterday with about 17 000 barrels changing hands, the day’s top figure. Trading showed weakness toward close as February options shifted, Pittsburgh noted as a high point while clearances reached 8 000 barrels. Prices fluctuated with the highest for the month at 71 1 2c and the lowest at 6c.
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Tle
Pittebure
Lewinsen
Verbena
Bremen
New York
Laenis McGrew
National oil market report states mixed trading and variable nets
National Transit Certificates opened at Tilco with high and low marks, later closed. shipments and runs listed. Petroleum opened steady in New York with a brief advance then declined. Pennsylvania spot market shows opening with mixed prices and no sales, total sales at 100000 barrels.
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Ort Crry
Dec. W
Tilco
Tiige Lowes
Enaprorp
Lee
New York
Petroleum
Pennsylvania Oil
Wins Oil
New York Stocks Endure Bear Hammering Amid Market Slump
The New York stock market experienced a broad downturn with persistent bear pressure, opening with mixed demand and finishing lower than the previous session. Foreign and domestic buyers failed to sustain prices as declines spread across major issues, though Wheeling and Lake Erie rose while others fell sharply.
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New York
Ain
Louisville
Nashville
Lackawanna
Rock Island
Socara
Ieee
Beto Ce
Sean Tee Che Beaak
Philadelphia Stocks Closing Quotations Report
Closing stock quotations from Philadelphia and New York venues, including Lehigh Navigation, Northern Pacific, Boston Maine, Pittsburgh interests, and Atlantic and Water Power holdings. A mix of common and preferred listings shows varied price indications and brokered activity across the market.
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Whitney & Stephenson
New York Stock
Pennsylvania Hallroad
Buffalo
New York
Philadelphia
Lehigh Walier
Lehigh Navigation
Theeola
PiteLbure Mk
Habeene
Pere
Isan Diego Land Co
N. Eng
Bell
Lamsen
Allonext Me. Co
Atlantic
Centennial Mining
Hoston & Mont
Tila N. Eux
Calumet & Hecia
New York Trade Starts Cautiously With Drygoods Demand
In New York the drygoods market shows uneven demand with some agents noting improvement while others report softer activity. Buyers may expand once circumstances justify it but no strong movement is seen before January. overall, a gradual, buyers’ market for certain goods persists.
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New York
Commodities and futures report from New York markets
New York trading shows coffer options opening barely steady and closing barely steady with a drop of 3 25 points. Sales total 44 500 bags including December at 17 000017 26 cents and January at 1646 Ph 5e. Several months listed with varied quotes and spot cargoes noted as nominal.
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New York
Jair Cargoes
New York Pig Iron Prices Steady amid Market Quiet
New York buyers report copper unchanged and lead dull but firmer as domestic demand holds. Market shows steady tones with slight gains in freight and shipping costs, while straits quote at 19 dollars 10 cents per ton.
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New York
Late News in Brief From Various Fronts
The Spanish Cortes has been dissolved. Madame Eyraud granted a divorce. Cotton production in Egypt rising. City Stove Works at Dayton burned with Lass, 590,000. Snow storm killed many partridges near Neading. Christian forces defeated Moslems in Uganda. Rumor that the Window Glass Trest will raise prices. E Fay stole 20000 stamped envelopes from Hartford post office. Samuel Kerns of Philadelphia killed by electric shock. International Copyright Association elected Francis A Walker president. W C Murray of Toronto disappeared with $50,000. Secretary Windom allows alien to serve as officer. Morrisville Court House burned. loss 50100,000. insurance 1515,000. Philadelphia Prohibitionists call city convention. Chicago Western Locomotive Works to employ 2000 men. Baltimore and Ohio collision near Annapolis Junction injured several. West End coal miners strike over 10 cent per capita tax. Ice train hit open switch at Las Veras. Canadian papers urge Alaska purchase over Behring question. Wreck attempt near Paris Texas thwarted by tie on track. L and Hunt U S Consul at Guelph confirms crockedness among consuls in the Domin. Four prisoners tunneled out of Newport jail. jailer suspected. Two Justices of the Peace and one Constable in Des Moines arrested for conspiracy to defraud under prohibitory law. John J Hesd convicted for a m er a Smitch on Central H redson Railroad during big strike. A tramp rode in Conreid Company car in Texas, stole valuables. Southern Pacific settled with the company and put detectives on the tramp's track.
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Dayton
Neading
Uganda
W. C. Murray
Toronto
Morrisville
Kan
Philadelphia
Chicago
Great Western Locomotive Works
Baltimore and Olo Road
Annepolis Junction
West End
Springfield
Til
Las Veras
M. M
Snme
Tce Company
A. K. Nopes
Alaska
Paris
Tex
L. & Hunt
United States
Guelph
Ont
Newport
Ies Moines
John J. Hesd
Mera
Central Hredson
Conreid
Texas
Southern Pacific. Railroad
Cereal Market Shows Buyers Favor Amidst Limited Supplies
Markets report a cereal tilt toward buyers while hay stays strong. Butter weakens, fresh eggs firmer due to winter weather reducing supplies. Potatoes scarce and price levels hold. apples firm. tropical fruits show slight demand gains. Prices for beans, cheese, meats vary with storage and seasonal effects.
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PicTssure
Florida
ftcUrehu—Creamery
Elgin
Ohio
Grain Exchange sales report with mixed corn and oats pricing
Sales on call at the Grain Exchange report 18 car loads including corn oats and bay with notes on supply shortness due to snow. Prices show buyers advantage in cereal lines though some softness at bedrock. No 2 red wheat price and various shell and yellow corn quotes listed for track lots.
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Grain Exchange
Lear
Pitsburg, Fu. Wayne and Chicago Railway
Wats
Pittshburg, Cincinnat
St. Louis
Carioad
Market Prices and Provisions Listing for Grain and Meats
A dense price sheet lists dozens of grain products including white middlings, bran, and flour with per hundredweight and per ton figures. Also shown are hay, straw, and various pork products with itemized prices for cured and fresh meats, lard, and sausage reflecting a mid-19th to early 20th century trading page.
Live Stock Markets Across Cities Show Mixed Activity
Cattle receipts reported in several markets with mixed conditions. Chicago and Cincinnati show steady to firm prices for steers and heifers, while hogs remain slower in Philadelphia and New York. Omaha and St Louis note steady to lower values for cattle and steady hogs, with lambs higher in some reports.
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Cincinnati
Chicago
the Evening Journal
Wester
New York
Tay
Kansas
ST. Louis
Texas
Wool Markets Show Varied Demand Across Regions
New York and Philadelphia report quiet to steady markets with mixed prices for fine washed and delaine wools. Ohio Michigan and Western states note sales at varied grades from fine to coarse, with Texas steady and California Oregon quiet. Foreign wools remain quiet and subdued as buyers assess prices.
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New York
Texas
Ohio
Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Michican
Inagiana
Ile
de Dee
Saale
Montana
Territorial
Boston
Michigan
Territory
HM@inc
California
Oregon
New York Dec 30 Mining Stock Averages Report
Adams Consolidated Wily Aspen 650 Consolidated California and Virginia 2 Homestake 800 Horn Silver 25 xican 2 Ontario 3700 Plymouth l6 Sierra Nevada 4 Standard 100 Union Consolidated Lil
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New York
Adams Consolidated
Aspen
Consolidated California
Virginia
Homestake
Horn Silver
Xican
Ontario
Plymouth
Sierra Nevada
Standard
Union Consolidated
Lil
Iron Elbow and the Hog Notch in Street Encounter
A strong man bumps a pale man in a crowded New York street. The thinner man boasts an iron elbow cap and explains he will not surrender it, praising his iron elbow against the hog as a life keeper. The piece ends with an advertisement for Kiloh's Cure by J. Fleming & Son.
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New York
Bekere
Castoria Keeps Generations From Babyhood to Motherhood
A nostalgic ad style paragraph traces Castoria’s use across generations from infant relief to feeding children. It emphasizes a trusted remedy accompanying a family through sickness, growth, and parenting milestones. The piece relies on repetition to reinforce brand familiarity.
Trade Retrospect of 1889 Prices in Produce and Grains
The article compares year end 1889 prices to the present for apples potatoes eggs cheese butter poultry and game cereals and grains with regional notes from Baltimore Minneapolis Philadelphia Milwaukee Toledo and Cincinnati. It notes sharp contrasts in prices for fruit vegetables eggs and dairy and outlines movements in wheat corn rye oats and flour amid broader market activity and demand.
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Florida
Baltimore
Minneapolis
Bard
Northern
Philadelphia
Sage
Twentieh Street
Toledo
Cincinnati
Wheat and Corn Rise as Markets Open After Ocean Wheat Loss
Wheat futures climb after a 100000 bushels drop on the ocean voyage, May advancing to 7% ic and nearing 9c, with July and December discounts. corn buys lift prices, oats gain on strong demand led by Hotehisson's purchases, May pork price moves from 11 to 14 dollars as bids steady and selling eases.
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U.S
Amd
Neagh
Aleo
End
Bert
Tate
Miet
Certai
Irwin
Onder Reel
Atterveny County Licht Company
HES Beertitet Obhiganiois
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Second Street
Cospre
Joseph Hendeman
Twelline
Ridge Street
Williams
Filerula
Ha Street
Eleventh Ward
Alex
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Wehio Feet
Mra Mo J. Ant
Aie
Herron Uas
Madison Avenue
Therty-third
Saas i Ioe
Bowers & Co Pissed & Mortgage
Nineteenth Ward
Westerday
Twintern Itgs
Delaware
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Lake Shore
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Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific Preferred
Reading
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Disk Unie Pacific
Wheeline
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Missouri Pacific
Union Pacific
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Wathers
Rea
Space Fey
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Bears
New York Stock Exchange
Whitney & Steihessox
Mitaburg
Fourth Avenue
Open- Highs Inc
Cotton OM
Gotton
Cotten Ut! Trust
Ty Vals
Canada Southern
Wiha
Central of
Col
Hocking Valley Bees
Del
Lack & Weal
Hurson
Ilo Grande
Dane den
Kie Tirande
Lake Erie & Weal
Wake Frick West Nf
Louisvilled
Some & Ulito
Tls National Sead ‘Trust
New York Central
N.Y
Idk
Norfolk & Western
Éese Nortols & Western Vf
Artes Northern Pacific
Pacific
Evans
Phiisael
Reading Pallman Palace
Richmond & W
I.pr
Sufaul & Doltam
St. Paul & Duluth
Cane St. F
Ciimn, & Man
Sweet Trust
L. E
Wheeting
L. K
Cali
Vankof Vittsch
Soaten Sweer
Itinews Nat
Sane Exchange
Frrebeld Bank
Jean Ane
Masonic Bank
M.am
Nat
Bank
Hank
BR. of Mills
Sane
N. Tank
Sale Pogiesse
Chio Valier
renna,Gas
Winceline
Gasto
Doracn
Itasit Walter
Luster Mining
Westinchense Fwn
Monon
W. Co
Crelo
Sian
Geli
Ee Mutual Union
Woce
Northern Pac
Pactuete of
Lowisiana
Deben
Nex
Trans
Central Pacifl
Bs. Ag de RG
Weettkts
Union Pacifc
West Shore
E. A
Ber OF
Drygoods Market
Metal Market
Madame Eyraud
Egypt
Windom
Callon
Wisconsin
Sweitzer
Jamaica
Malaga
Bashel
Jersey
Narsley
Grex Corree
Fancy
Choice Rio
Vid Governmers J.va
Giiver
Sige
Wig Life
Elaine
Royaline
London
Muscatels
Valoarta
Valencia
Salonica
Sicily
Brazil
Pewcoes
Bubl
Eureka
Isgins
Hid. Co
Damson
Holland
Alkoll Herring
Ong
Laree
East Liberty
Telegraph
Wool Markets
Kiloh
J. Fleming & Son
Marker St
Castoria
Review OF Trade
Office OF the Preroners Dispraton
Wye Ie
Wye
Anjust
Harley Walt
Jan Wary
Wijer May
BogwiMee
Rasys Western
Tige
Hlc
Hige
Adole
Sic
Hnor Jey
Viaxseed
Prima
Ocean Passage
Hotehisson
Vance
John M. Oakley & Co
Sixth Street
Chicago Board of Trade
EMRY
Swift
Swift Specific Co
Atlanta, Ga
Glasgow
Londonderry
Belfast
Dublin
Liverpool
Europe
Austin Baldwin & CO
Broadway
New TV
J. McCormick
Pittsbore
Liverpoouol
Queens
North River
Servia
Umuria
Euraria
Tam Aurania
de Gallia
Bothnia
Etruria
Scanens
Pa Lenger
Bowlins Grean
Smithfield Street
Pitts
Anchor Line
United States Mail
Gibraltar
Naples
Sprie
Henderson Brothers
D. Macoumick
Smithfeld St
Queenstown
sAactat
Duluth
iCarthce Brothers’ Co
Rochester, W
oLawe
Joseph Horne & CO
St. Gall
Lest
F ‘Ess
Selacy Toll du Nords
Chalom
Imperial Salting
Heather & Renfrew
Zephyr
Jalt-P
Brokers—Financial
Pesps Savings Bank
Fourth Avenue Capital
Lloyd
Edward ‘Durr
Asst
Sec
Trena
Oavis Brothers & CO
John M. Oakley & Co, Bankers and Brokers
Sixth ST
Pitwburg
Medical
Whittier
Pittsbuh
Tespan- E Ieee
Wutteler
Tpf
Unis
Penn Avenue
F.C. Fowler
Moodus
Coum
Penn Ave
Gray’s
Fats
Pittabars
Wood
alCa
Ae Trensy
Promina Lo
Nwisweaows
FBI
Aion Olumbus
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