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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 09, 1889

Page

3

Market Basket Prices Report From Pittston 1888

The report covers weekly shifts in market baskets with shortages in poultry including turkeys and chickens, rising butter and egg prices, and plentiful potatoes and apples. It lists Diamond Market prices for meats, vegetables, and fruits, noting declines in livestock, steady retail butter and eggs, and soft demand due to cold weather and postponed social events.

Rick Pittssune Distatcn Pinsburg Dow Deal

British Iron Prices and Market Report Heading for February

Cable special reports Scotch Pig Market and Hessemer Pig markets steadier with price notes. Ardrossan shipments and West Coast brass and steel markets show firm demand, with rail union impact cited. Shipments, steel billets, steel wires, and iron goods priced broadly firm, with various figures in pounds, shillings, and pence. New York ship rates and Liverpool to New York freight cited.

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Fragmentary OCR text lacks coherent facts. The readable bits do not reveal names, places, dates, or events to summarize into a clear newspaper card.

Wool Prices Hold Steady in Philadelphia Markets

In Philadelphia and St Louis wool trades remain quiet with prices unchanged. Dealers report little activity and quotations steady as buyers and sellers pause amid market uncertainty.

Sr. Louis Philadelphia

Conemara Tretientt Wet Mncd Om Inter

Sager Wakeman appears set for tomorrow's event at Uiarateu with expectations high. The fragment hints at a local sports or meeting context though details are unclear.

Conemara Tretientt Wet Inter Sager Wakeman

Markets by Wire Trifle Higher Amid Wheat Activity

The market report notes a modest rise in prices with wheat trading active and buoyant but not sustaining extreme highs. Short interest rallied, offerings were snapped up, and near the top some long positions sold while others pushed prices higher before closing firm.

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Live Stock Markets Report From Philadelphia and Chicago

Livestock market summary with receipts and shipments for cattle hogs and sheep. Philadelphia markets show strong hog and cattle activity while Chicago reports steady to lower cattle prices and continued strong hog demand with mixed feeder values. shipments to New York noted for hogs and cattle.

Piersnves Disratcr Fripar Cattun New York GuEkr

Unclear Historic Listing with scattered proper nouns

Fragmentary OCR reads names and figures like Amador Boyle, 130, Plymouth 850, Iron Silver 30, Stannard and Yellow Jacket, plus mentions of California and Florida. Missing context leaves it as a list of entities and numbers without a cohesive event or narrative.

New York Amador Boyle Jonia Consolidated California Aerl i and Co Omestake Manual Plymouth Stannard Lér Yellow Jacket

Ice trade in Pittsburgh and New York markets

Rough year estimate shows Pittsburgh consumes about 200000 tons of ice with a trade value near 2 million dollars split among five large companies and numerous small outfits. Officials anticipate supply to grow from February into March with prices likely slightly higher than last year, while Canada and Alaska serve as safety stores to avert any ice famine.

Pittsburg Distatch Chautauqua Company Lake Chanutuqua New York United States Canada Manitoba Alaska Rochester Buffalo Cleveland

Westinghouse Electric Again Leads Market Rally and Record

Westinghouse Electric topped the day’s stock activity with a morning gain to 4% and higher afternoon bids. total trades reached 1,182 shares. Other notes include Switch and Signal modestly stronger, Gas and Tractions weaker, and La Noria offered at 134 with no takers.

Westinghouse Electric la Noria

Financial Markets Show Quiet Month With Stable Rates

Banks report ample money supply and unchanged rates on ordinary collateral at 61 7 and 426 in good paper. Clearing House exchanges reach 1 682 003 16 with easy on call funds at New York yesterday. Prime sterling remains dull yet steady with 60 day bills around 486.

New York

Closing quotations and New York finance notes

The DisPatch reports New York furnished closing quotations with a local dealers' eighth commission on small lots and currency at six percent. It lists clearings and balances for New York Boston Baltimore Philadelphia along with money rates and scattered garbled text from the page.

New York Robinson Bros. Woodstreet Boston Baltimore Philadelphia

Bulls Start Off In Good Shape Then Slump On Market

The session opened firm around 8730 with upbeat activity in New York stocks. Prices rose briefly amid a rally but soon faded, slipping to the day’s low as traders faced a cautious close after an initial bullish tone.

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Real Estate Activity on Southside Sees Brisk Inquiries

Real estate agencies report strong demand for rentals on the Southside while sales remain limited to smaller properties. Mortgage activity includes Albert A. Alles taking 10,000 on a Perrysville road farm and 6 percent terms on Brownsville avenue property. Several Southside lots and small frame dwellings change hands for cash or easy payments, with interest fueled by proximity to the cable road and Lawrenceville mills.

Albert A. Alles Water Street Perrysville Road Brownsville Avenue William Richards Southside Eleventh Street Burkley, Esq Edwin Clapp John Braal Fif Avenue Oakland Romaing Road Black & Baird Fourth Avenue William Trennler Bey Main Rebecca Street Penn Avenue Cable Road Lawrenceville Mills James W. Drape & Co Allegheny Taggart Street Anne Mernmars Eeend Thirty-second Ward Samuel W. Black & Co G. Grims Brinton Avenue 1. Thirteenth Ward Forbes Street Chestnut Street Turner

Big land deal locks in sixty thousand dollars

James W. Drape & Co reports completion of a sale of a large unimproved city block for 60 000 to a yet unnamed buyer. Papers signed and deed delivered with purchaser intending spring construction of a row of fine residences costing 200 000 or more, boosting the area's value and appearance.

James W. Drape & Co Liberty

Wall Street Mixed as Bears Dominate Early Trading

Stock market showed a mixed to gay tone with prices generally lower. Major pressure came from bears and arbitrage selling, with Grangers and Southwesterns hardest hit as Burlington tariff news and Boston weakness fueled declines. Specialties rose, led by Nashville and Chattanooga, while St Paul and Pullman featured among tamer movers before a late-day broad decline and heavy finish.

London Richmond West Point Grangers Chicago Burlington Boston Atchison New England St. Paul Nashville Chattanooga Pullman Yonkers E Cleveland Columbus Cincinnati Indiana Big Four East Illinois St Paul Richmond and Alleghany Firsts Chesapeake and Olio New York Stock Exchange Sioa Loxney Jenson Fourth Avenue Inc Central Pacific JMU St. P St. la & Pitts Stl Pitts

Boston Stocks and Bonds Markets See Light Activity

The Boston stock market showed subdued activity with notable heaviness in V., C., B&Q, C. B. & N., and Atchison stocks. Government bonds stayed dull as the day closed, while a few other securities showed minor changes amid overall weak trading.

Hostox B&q Atchison St Eng N. Y

Russian Petroleum Syndicate to Raise Prices This Month

A syndicate formed with Nobel and other producers plans to start operations in February to push petroleum prices. Rothschild reportedly controls half of Russian petroleum exports, shipping over 2.5 million poods yearly by rail, with 20 million poods consumed domestically and exports valued at about 12 million poods. Mulazzo port grows commercially per Sicilian Customs report. 1857 trade at 8 million lire, up 25 percent from prior year. Imports around 4 million ore, led by petroleum, colonial goods, machinery, cement, coal and wheat. Exports focus on wine, oranges and lemons. Germany supplies corn, rice, and machinery. Britain trades in coal, textiles, and metals.

Nobel Rothschild Mulazzo Germany Great Britain

Brazil Emerges as Major Flour Market Amid Hungary Harvest

Hungary’s bumper harvest drives strong export growth with nearly 1.25 million double centners shipped last year. Britain receives 873,200, up 301.80. France rises to 152,976. Spain Holland Belgium Portugal and Brazil share the remainder. Brazil grows as a key outlet for Hungarian flour.

Brazil Hungary Fiome Great Britain France Spain Holland Belgium Portugal

Improvement urged for Spanish farming implements line

An English farmer notes a funny sight of a Valencian riding a mole with a double-month plow from Moorish times. The ill penetrating tool seems adequate for Spain and prompts American manufacturers to take interest. The piece also mentions rising silk ribbon consumption.

Spain

Philadelphia Stocks and Brokers Notice

Closing quotations of selphis stocks furnished by Whitney Stephenson brokers New York. Read about Bill Nye and Poet Riley and their adventures in the Northwest in tomorrow's Dispatch.

Philadelphia Selphis Whitney Stephenson Fourth Avenue New York Bill Nye Riley Northwest ISA Messrs Drexel Morgal Éco

Wheat Market Dips as Speculators Drive Slow Friday Trade

The Pittsburg Dispatch notes a quiet produce trade with merchants focusing on poultry butter and eggs. Prices firm for eggs and dairy, while potatoes onions cabbage and apples remain slow. apples sold cheaply near New Cumberland.

Pittsburg Panhandle New Cumberland Dle Ohio Elgin Rollin Chartiers Creaimery Co Doe Toh York Jersey Messina Florida Rogers

Grocery list features varied coffee and canned goods prices

A long OCR fragment lists many items from a grocery shelf including Rio coffee grades, old Government Java, Santos and Laguayra roasts, and assorted dried fruits nuts and confections with unit prices. It also notes bulk items, syrups, sugars, starches, canned fish, and lard oil with scattered pricing.

Java Maracaibo Santos Caracas Rio Cassia Suterer Ohio Globe Elaine Carolina Farsae Psst Louisiana Stasen Starch Lonca la Sohne London Iayera Muscatels California Valencia Gie Ondara Sultana Salonica Prunes Daren F Hanadee Higgin Eureka Hibbs George’ Bond Te Geers Hound Shore Lane Fionan Hadders

Grain Market Roundup Warns Wheat Rally Faced Higher Prices

Total receipts at the Grain Exchange show 56 cars with oats hay flour and corn moving by routes including Pittsburg Ft Wayne Chicago and St Louis. A bull wheat movement lifts prices above week-ago levels while export demand remains weak and flour prices unlikely to rise.

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