Dull Trade Persists in City Markets and Prices
January market report notes sluggish commerce across retail lines after holidays. Fresh fish and oysters show steady demand from hotels, with salmon and mackerel varying in price. meat and poultry prices largely steady while eggs and butter edge up. Wholesale fish demand remains strong as winter limits venison and game, with detailed price lists for market basket items and produce in season.
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Priveners Disrate Fripar
Buffalo
Detroit
Condition of the market at the East Liberty Stock Yards
Livestock market report from Pittsburg dated February 1 1888 shows cattle receipts 1440 head shipments 1380. market steady. Hog receipts 2000 head light demand. prices around 6 20 to 7 75. Sheep and lambs receipts 3000 head steady to firm with best class at 4 75 per hundred. Horses and mules receipts large and market weak. Full city and St Louis and Chicago reporting points note varied conditions with shipments to New York and local markets.
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Pittsrees Distaten
Faipay
Caattlee
New York
St. Louis
Fear Lips
C. Ag
Chicago
Yesterda
Shy Wasselers
Osly
Kree- Sc
Pianaoa
Lara
Pone Sian
Isa
Demir
Inigifies
New Orleans
Cyre
Sogis
Sei A
Aes
Seaton
Cray
Park
St. Lord
Philadelphia
Molec
Mining Stocks New York Update February 1
Mining stocks in New York show varied results with Bodie and Cain rising notably while Commonwealth Gy threads and Norcross edge higher. Others like Silver King and Bias struggle as overall market tone remains mixed with small price moves across the list.
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New York
Sane S
Bodie
Cain
Commonwealth
Norcross
Boresi
Pereneie
Wheat and corn markets show mixed moves in early trading
Chicago and New York reports describe wheat trading quiet with brief spurts and a 4 to 6 cent gain later. corn trades a steady near term while deferreds lag. Prices for oats, rye, and oats show varied activity as buyers and sellers adjust amid uneven demand.
Prices Firm With Demand Up in Lumber and Steel
Special report by Cable for the American Manufacturer notes firmer prices and improved demand across steel, blooms, and related products. West brands quoted at 45s 0d for No 1 pig iron and refined steel goods. steel balls and standard sections show strength while ordinary sizes ease. New York and Liverpool trade activity remains steady with ship point pricing around f.o.b. and works terms.
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Cable
Loxnos
West
idWiesbrouch
Eestates
Ae Blooms
Bessemer
Sweerel Bien
Acd
Ee Steel Ie Ee
Petra
ML c
New York
Stafford
Ord
F.o.b.l' Pool
Wales
York
Liverpool
Investment chase at old city bank reveals safety versus high returns
A veteran investor visits a city bank seeking a safe investment of about 10,000 by April. The cashier explains that absolute safety normally yields low rates, with 4 to 6 percent as the practical ceiling, and warns that high returns imply risk. The piece shifts to oil market notes and regional petroleum activity, noting fluctuating prices, clearances, and January operations in Taylorstown with broader market context.
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Alilcan
Taylorstown
Dispatch
Washineton
Stock market opens with slight downshift as trading dries
The market opened with a mild downward tilt in a few issues. Signal and Philadelphia Gas move lower while Electric rises. La Noria remains steady and active, drawing most business amid a cautious speculative mood. Morning bids show small transactions across Wheeling Gas, Electric, Switch, and Keystone Bank, with total New York trading around the day’s fractional shifts.
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Signal
Philadelphia
Electric
la Noria
Philadelph Wheeliog Gas
Ae Citizens
Pittsburg Traction
la Soria
New Ste
Sih
Jaan
Eand West Ae
Iaux
St. Pacific
Iss
Weate Union
Financial Market Roundup from Local Banks
The report notes steady banking activity with no rushed business yesterday. Call loans terms steady at Sed and ne at 67, Clearing House report showing improvement. Exchange totals reach 1,308,240 80, with balance on call at New York and sterling rates around 8 1 2 percent, day bills at 864 and demand at 4883¢.
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Clearing House
Excha
New York
Hland
Sterling Ae Dull Faction
New York Clearings and Balances Report
Bank clearings show $7 763 001 balances with 45 percent in FUSILES and $2 000 246 balances in dollars. Other figures include $2 625 195 in bank clearings and a large total of $8 824 081 balances across listed entries.
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New York
Market notes show weaker drilling report impact
The report for the month fell short of expectations and barely affected the market after an initial uptick. Early buying pushed quotations to about 86 34, with little sustained influence as traders adjusted to the dull data.
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Dullich
Quiet Real Estate Transactions Show No Major Activity
Real estate agents reported a lull with few notable deals. Listings include F J Rebn buying a four room frame house at 0% Fourth avenue for Charles Schmidt in Allegheny City, and W A Herron Sona selling Int No 302 near the cable line for 400, plus other Allegheny and Pittsburg properties and mortgages.
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Black & Baird
Fourth Avenue
F. J. Rebn
Charles Schmidt
Howard Street
Allegheny City
W. A. Herron & Sona
Court House
Beringer & Son
Wood's
Eleventh Ward
Allegheny
John Loesch
Michael Howman
Ross Township
Fifteenth Ward
Pittsburg
C. Baktensperger &Co
Lia
John Berry
David Gow
Gallagher Street
Second Ward
James W. Drape & Co
Perrysville Avenue
New York Stock Market Rises Broadly on Strong Demand
Traders saw renewed outside interest with higher volumes and broad gains across the list. Vanderbilt stocks remained leaders as activity spread from favorites to rails and industrials, with First and Second mortgage bonds showing notable strength.
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Commission
Sonything
London
Vanderbilt
Kawanna
Atchison
Ier
New England
Rock Islan
Chesapeake and Ohio
Reading
Houston and
Texan
Fort Worth
Denver
Lackawanna
New York Stock Exchange
Whitney & Stephenson
Fourth Avenue
S.f
Bithy Bay
Central of New Jersey
Central Pacific
Paul
E. T
Lilinois Central
Debt and cash movements in national bank holdings
Fragmented figures show debt bearing no interest, old demand notes, silver and gold certificates, and cash items. The report lists reserve fund components and reductions in debt during the month and since June, with holdings of silver certificates and United States notes reflected.
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Passere
Navy
de Reyes Cenensene
Cseecszeecec
Csmecsee A
Suvesece Surat Repersesi Pesaenna
Séuan Ie Pon
Silver Certigien
Ee Ae
Accutsianaiog Aks Tesahrioees
United States
Laon
Petroleum Dominates Calcutta Import Trade Surging American Oil Demand
The Worth British Mail reports rapid growth in Calcutta imports of petroleum surpassing vegetable oils. US imports rose from 309,191 gallons in 1874 77 to over 23 75 million in 1887 83, with 29 million the prior year. Russian oil reached 6 million gallons in 1836 87. Prices fell about 40 percent, boosting mineral oil use. A US steam line may soon ship oil to Calcutta, but trade relies on large ships. The impact of Russian oil remains uncertain, though American oil is preferred for quality.
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Calcutta
United States
Real estate duo closes deals in Allegheny properties
Samuel W. Black & Co. sold the coal yard on Church Avenue near Sandusky Street to N. B. Hogg for a capitalist buyer who will build a substantial warehouse. The lot measures 80 by 60 feet near the mares wort Wa ea and Chicago Railway. James W. Drape & Co. closed the sale of a 50 by 19 foot Lincoln Avenue plot for about 20 000, with plans for a fine residence. These two transactions mark the week’s real estate highlights in the central city.
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Samuel W. Black & Co
Church Avenue
Sandusky Street
Allegheny
Panhandle Coal Company
N. B. Hogg
Mares Wort Wa Ea
Chicago Railway
James W. Drape & Co
Lincoln Avenue
Notations of Suieetness stocks and railroad bonds
A fragmented market recap lists various stocks and bonds, including Northern Pacific and Allegheny Valley bonds, with mentions of Boston stocks and energy or railroad interests. The text references brokers and New York exchange activity amid scattered figures.
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Neal
Hivagy & Oe
Moexrh Avenue
New York
Pennsylvania
Healing Railroad
Huffalo
Pittsburg
West
Ios Northern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Boston
UN An
Hoston & Raine
SRIDA
Cina
San
Cleve
Haron
Pere M
Tess Movican
Coffee and groceries rise in New York market report
Coffee options advanced 15 points in New York with an 8 point rise in packaged coffee, signaling a persistent upward trend. The rest of the grocery list shows varied prices for roasted coffees, sugars, fruits, nuts, canned goods, and baking staples across many brands and markets.
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New York
Rio
Java
Maracaibo
Santos
Caracas
Laguayra
Jeer &Ie
California
Ates
Muscatels
Velonaina
Ondara Valencia
Miltana
Saldnica Pranes
Higgin
Eureka
Hid
Doles Lake
White Shell
Lake Front
Finpan Hadaers
Al—S Shae
Mivens
Akvathid Ogae Pealion
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Chatce
Fish and Oysters
la France
Bermuda
East Liberty
Ry Telegraph
Louis
British Iron
Bostor
Bond
Eninh
Ohio
Penvere
Michigan
Bull News
Morni
Enar Pone
McGrew
Witt
Dilworth
Fifth Avenue
Wood Street
HSA
Sis
Sligo
Jowest
Detty
Simmen
Avefero
Antwerp
Resoed
TiTusville
Stgc
Braprorp
Om Crry
Sugc
Petroleum
Weige
Robinson Bros
Seeee Ven
Inoreuen
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Total Debt
Mises
Allegheny Real Estate
L M. Brace
The
Exchange
Woodstreet
H. E. Wilcox
Petroleum Exchange
Washington Air Field
RL Jewnxines
Som
Raccoon Oil Company
Coxnflusville Coke
Joseph Horne
Office OF Fittsburg Dispatch
Liberty Street
de Peta
Florida
Jamaica
Grain Exchange
Ft. Wayne
Cincinnati
Lake Fiie
Ile
Gaston
Canada
Seton
Rouletts
Cerenidanes
Armour & Co
Swift
N. Y
A. Dearmond
Cleveland, Tenn
Swirr Srecivic Co
Drawer i
Atlanta
Creamery
Russell Uhi&co
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the Freehold Bank
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AMES P_ SPEER
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Essancial de Witt Dilworth
Petrolerum
Peu
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Doctor Whittier
Penn Avenue
Realdenta Ee
Tales Society
Kittler
Whittier
Xcesses
Emik Medical Co
Univ, 6
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Park Plage
Serlark
Fleming
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