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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 10, 1891

Page

7

Western Allegheny row house mirrors new ideas in flats

A three story six room per floor flat on McClure avenue Allegheny owned by S. P. Harbison showcases a novel stacked access design borrowed from St. Louis. The project cost about 17 000 and will be shown by agents Alexander Legpate Son to owners and architects.

S. P. Harbison McClure Avenue Allegheny St. Louis Alexander Legpate & Son Archi Hi. Love Second Avenue M. McSteen L. Martin Black & Baird T R F. Downey Samuel Kelly Linden Avenue Reynolds Street Penn Avenue Baltensperger & Williams Casper Baltensperger John Dithridge Street Domingro Myers & Co Abram Rife John Berry Rush Street

Home Securities and Electric Stocks Decline Amid Sell Pressure

Sentiment reversed in banking and utility shares as selling orders exceeded bids. First price quotes opened around 163 and slipped to 15 percent, with the close at 15 bid. Strong performers included New York and Cleveland Coal and Philadelphia Gas, with Coal bid to 40 and Gas up to 18. Switch and Signal firmer. Tractions active but not strong. Total sales 80 shares.

Bleetree New York Cleveland Coal Philadelphia Gas

Money Market Shows Easy Credit Across Sectors

Leading bankers report money available for nearly all purposes at 7 7 percent with fair demand from merchants manufacturers and brokers. The market displays ease rather than stringency as exchanges and balances show steady levels and a broad base of liquidity despite varied bond quotations.

City Bank Clearings and Money Rates Across Major Markets

Daily bank clearings and money rates reported for Chicago New York Boston Philadelphia Baltimore St Louis and New Orleans. Notes include exchange discounts and premiums with figures for clearings balances and prevailing rates around 6 to 7 percent.

Chicago Hank New York Exchange New York Bostton Philadelphia Baltimore St. Louis New Orleans New York Exchange Commercial Paper Bank

Oil prices climb above eighty cents as trades surge

Oil rose to over eighty cents with about 10 000 barrels traded. First calls reached 40, closed at bid. The Wildwood field is seen as peak influence. McGrew Wilson & Co quotes 79 for puts and 84 for calls amid steady refined output.

Tage Wildwood McGrew, Wilson & Co Fourth Avenue

Oil Markets Report Mixed Activity and Prices

Oil markets opened strong on news of a deal between Standard Oil and independents. Lima was in demand with minor purchases and prices rose briefly. Pennsylvania oil advanced then closed near firm lows as trading continued with several thousand barrels moving, total sales 158000 barrels.

Crry Teco A Hope New Yorks Petroleum Standard O. Company Lima of Pennsylvania Ufc En Loweat Togil Lima Oil

New York Stocks Show Quiet Strength Across Market

The New York stock market opened steady and closed with a firmer tone amid general gains led by low priced securities. Pacific Mail, St Paul, Union Pacific, Island, Atchison, and North American posted notable advances with Sugar and specific rail bonds also firm despite light overall activity.

New York London Bears Pacific Mail St Paul Union Pacifick Island Atchison Jersey Central Whesapeake Ohio Fist Susquehanna and Western St. Louis Arkansas the Post Congress New York Stock Exchange Whitnset & Stephenson Pittsburg Fourth

Domestic markets steady for dairy and groceries amid light cereal receipts

Trade in this line remains quiet with buyers favored. potatoes and cabbage show weak demand while fruits stay subdued. Butter demand improves slightly though prices hold. cheese remains firm. eggs near the top of the range. Prices for maple, nuts, canned goods and fish vary with regional oversupply and seasonal shifts.

Portsnure Dispatch Moxbay Ohio Butteer—Creamery Elgin

Mining Stock Quotations Readable Snapshot

A fragmented list of mining stock prices from New York with entries such as Adams Consolidated 165, Crown Prince 210, Eureka Consolidated and Ontario 2000, plus other figures like Aspen 550 and Bodie 1?%. The OCR text is garbled but conveys a commodities screening for miners and investors.

New Youk Adoams Consolidated Aspen Bodie Chollar Crown Praia Gsi Eurek. Consolidated Imia Con Rover Oss Homestate Hare Ison Tm Ontario Prac Sierta Ana Vmie U Eesti Ee

Grain Exchange Report on Steady Prices and Mixed Receipts

No sales on call at the Grain Exchange. Receipts total 39 cars including 4 by Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway and Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis. Corn oats wheat hay bran flour and middlings listed with mixed prices. markets described as weak and quiet in favor of buyers.

Grain Exchange Pittsburg Ft. Wayne Chicago Railway Cincinnati St. Louis Lake Erie Alec Ft. O. B New York Jone Ancus i Closin Seo Ae Stora Ana Ascovada Manilla Philadel Hieber Geidard New Orleans Eyre United Ross Wicole Ss Origenies Elgin Ohio Flats C. Burley Minnesota Hay Timothy Creamerr Northerstor At & Se

Sundry Dried and Sugar Cured Meats Priced in Local Trade

A fragmentary price list details sugar cured hams, bacon and shoulders in various sizes, with prices per pound or unit, plus fresh pork products and sausage. Several items reference different cuts and preparations such as dry salt clear sides, mess pork, lard, and feet in half or quarter barrels, indicating a broad grocery or butcher shop catalog.

California

New York Coffee Market Steady on Options

New York February 10 coffee market shows options steady with minor gains from 10 points on sales and basis. Prices listed include March at 16.65 16.95, May 16.10 16.15, July 16.65 16.00, September 14.95 15.00. Rio varieties firmer with fair demand and cargoes. No. 7 grade quoted around 19 cents.

New York Lée Drxessen California Bell Geere Choi Air Dawn Jamaica Messina Florida Malaga Tien Mey Taly Spat Rio

Drygoods Market in New York Little Churn in Trade

In New York on February trade in drygoods showed little activity with no new features. Some directions remained firm especially for Southern cottons and print cloths.

New York

Love's Uneven Course Sparks Bold Wedding Plot

In Paris Texas a bride-to-be was wed to a man chosen by her parents while her true lover was drugged and kept away. The bride woke to find the deception and fled to Ambiato seeking her lover. Divorce action planned. deeper reckonings likely.

Cupid Paris Tex Pecan Gap Santa Fe Fannin Delta County Ambiato

Late News in Brief From Various Cities

A mix of brief items reports the incorporation of the State Line and Eastern Railway at Indianapolis with capital of 2 1/2 million pounds, the death of ex congressman Julius Houseman in Grand Rapids, the shooting death of Will Waters by Reager in Warrenburg Missouri, and novitiates entering the Convent of the Good Shepherd in Louis. Also notes injunctions against liquor dealers in Oskaloosa, a cannon exhibit by Louis Gathman in Chicago, the death of Theodore F. Warner once backing Missouri river packet lines, a jail escape attempt ending in fatal shooting of Charles Mowry, and the arrest of Isadore Kohnt alias Louis Black in St Louis for stealing from a Galveston dry goods firm.

State Line and Eastern Railway Indianapolis Julius Houseman Grand Rapids Will Waters Reager Warreneburg Anday Oskaloosa Louis Gathman Chicago United States Army Theodore F. Warner Missouri River Charles Mowry Smith St. Louis Isadore Kohnt Louis ‘Black Galveston Tex Re & Oaser

Rivers Rise as Flood Threat Looms Across Region

The river stood at 12 feet 4 inches and rising slowly last night with headwaters showing continued increases. Indications point to a 15 foot stage unless a cold snap halts the rise. Driftwood. The Lizzie Bay sails for Charleston at 4 PM today. Bedford departed for Parkersburg yesterday noon with a light load. CarTraix James A Henderson and wife Pepe returned from a week in New Orleans. Scotia arrived from Cincinnati and left for Cincinnati again after a foggy crossing. Andes arrived from Cincinnati and will depart 4 PM today. George Johnson of James A Henderson & Co leaves tonight for a southern tour with ex-Sherry McCandless Dr J Gay McCandless Florence Miller and Johnson, visiting Mexico and Cuba for about five weeks.

Lizzie Bay Charleston Bedford Parkersburg CarTraix James A. Henderson Pepe New Scotia Cincinnati Bert Andes George Johnson James A. Henderson & Co South Sherry McCandress J. Gay McCandless Florence Miller Johnson Mexico Cuba

Patent tonic sale promises relief from indigestion and ailments

Advertisement touts Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as cure for indigestion constipation and biliousness with claims of helping malaria rheumatism and kidney issues. It promotes marked down cups and satires at 250 50c Tc and 1 each from C Reizensteds Allegheny offering Little Liver Pills for sick headache and liver relief, with several questionable spellings and product references.

Hostetter C. Reizensteds Predera Allegheny

Beef and livestock market round from Pittsburgh stock yards

Cattle receipts were lighter yet markets ran strong and higher. Chicago prices led gains with beef ranges from 25 to 60 dollars per head and hogs advancing to about 6.40 to 7.00 percent per cwt. sheep and lambs showed steady but light demand amid overall active trading and large Chicago arrivals.

Chicago Ed Zeigler A. Fromm Ohio Pennsylvania Lier Tom Ohie C. Volbrecht P. McClellan Xeeere Ie Bey C. G. Filmer L Zeigler J. Needy U. Wolbrecht W.haldeman Gio Syc Hoge Philadeiphisas New Y York Beeves Sheen The Avening Journal Cincinnati Omaha ST. Louis

Condition of Markets at East Liberty Stock Yards

Office dispatch notes cattle receipts 2006 head shipments 1655 at steady prices from last week. Hog market active to lower with 8050 head on hand and 4300 shipped. Sheep receipts 2700 head shipments 1500 with market strong at prior week levels.

East Liberty New York Hom— Lipte

Beef Market Receipts and Prices Across Major Cities

Telegraph reports mixed cattle, hogs, and sheep receipts across New York Chicago Cincinnati Buffalo Omaha St Louis Kansas City and Indianapolis. Prices show steady to higher trends for cattle and variable hog values, with diverse weights and shipments noted for today and tomorrow.

Grain In Sight On Board of Trade

Chicago reports the visible supply of grain at 23,126,000 bushels with declines of 457,000 on corn and 584,000 on oats. Other figures show reductions in rye and barley as the market absorbs supply amid unsettled conditions.

Chicago Board of Trade

Surprises in Wheat Pit Despite Early Strength and Decline

Chicago wheat trading swung between firmness and weakness as May contracts moved from a high near 97c to about 83c amid large receipts and Liverpool stock shifts. Cautious speculative buying and outside orders supported short rallies while hogs and pork futures also weakened, with mixed activity in corn and oats as traders priced in supply expectations and weather factors.

Chicago Liverpool Linn Cudabay Pardridge Nam Selfora Leopold Bloom Rome Bahac Milmine-sodman Schwartz-Dupee John M. Oakley & Co Chicago Board of Trade

Grain and Provisions Market Report Across Cities

Market notes from Minneapolis Cincinnati and Kansas City show mixed demand for wheat with futures influencing cash buys. Prices for No 1 hard and No 2 Northern vary by location while oats corn and rye shift as receipts rise and weather storms threaten shipments.

Pennsti- Yania Creamery Kim Minneapolis Cincinnati Ohio Indiana New Orleans Coos Timothy Procen Mion N.ote Rio Fair Kansas City Duluth Toledo Boze

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