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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Feb 20, 1891

Page

7

Moderate Strength Signals in Western Mills Trade

The Iron Age reports a moderate iron market with low prices easing while Western mills show signs of strength. Northern and Southern grades mix with brisk Western demand, rail and billet sales noted, and Eastern brokers limiting brokerage fees amid integrated production and rising steel plate activity.

PACA Americas Southernirmn Krane Spiegelornsen Ferra Engtish Spiegeleisen Great Britain Demaini Piereloisen Boas Jow Trures Anil Spose Westers Mille Rewis Egies Mastern Mills Philadelphia

Foreign Metal Market Shows Narrow Price Range This Week

The foreign metal market reports a tight range with London warrants more freely offered while prices stay steady. Traders cite easy money, limited warrant supply, and a large bear position as factors. West Cumberland Works and Cleveland warrants show varied activity. sentiment remains bullish yet prices drift lower amid weaker demand and expected June activity.

Wiest Dixon's Cleveland USA West Cumberland Workshstem

Diminishing Demand Strains Coke Market in War Era

A lengthy report shows the coke market at its worst in years with no active furnaces and few shipments. Purchases collapse amid a car famine and widespread plant closures. Owens operations are limited to a few works with no immediate relief seen.

Owens Scorrpans Feb W. J. Raltwer Pitebore Shasta Eace Leach Tediss Lange Baines Clowes Viener UGS Paull Lises W. dL Schoonmaker Company Utih Pittabure Pestsbure Poatieetuern Pitsburg River Pees I Pointe East Pittsbure Core Total Pernace Foundry Tutala N.Y Mich

New York Markets Mixed as Commodities Hold Steady

Domestic lead stands firm at 142 while copper remains quiet and tin holds dull and steady under steady straits with 319 noted in the yield. The report mentions New York trading tone with broad commodity steadiness.

New York Lake

Condition of Markets at East Liberty Stock Yards

Week’s report shows cattle receipts 206 head with 158 shipped, market steady and unchanged. hogs 3600 receipts 50 to 90 cents, market slow with best hogs 3 70 to 3 80, some shipments to New York. sheep 1200 receipts, 1460 shipped, market slow at prior prices.

East Liberty Neclitis New York

Cattle and Hogs Markets Across Cities Mixed Demand

Across Chicago Omaha Cincinnati St Louis New York Kansas City Indianapolis and Buffalo, cattle receipts range from promissory to steady with mixed demand. Hog markets show modest gains in some cities while others stay steady or softer. Sheep and lamb receipts vary with generally steady to mixed trading reflecting regional demand and supply.

Chicago the Averning Journal Omaha Cincinnati Condh Hgmeg Rk ST. Louis NEW Yyork Mga Kansas City Pachang Indianapolis

Mining Stock Prices from New York February 1

A list of silver and gold mining shares with figures for Adams Consolidated Aspen Hest and Belcher Bode Chollar Crown Point Consolidated California and Virginia Eurexa Consolidated Gould and Curry Hale and Nor cross Homestake Horn Silver Mexican Ontario Ophir Plymouth Potosi Sierra Nevada Standard Union Consolidated and Yellow Jacket with values ranging around 20 to 900 per share.

New York Adams Consolidated Aspen Hest and Belcher Bode Chollar Crown Point Consolidated California Standard Union ‘Consolidated Yellow Jacket Ora

Coffee-Options Market Steady Amid Mixed Futures Openings

New York reports coffee options opening steady with futures close. Prices show February at 16.50 bags and May around 1,515. July at 15.43. Rio spot steady with fair cargoes around 10c per pound.

New York Rio

Drygoods Market Holds Steady In New York Trade

The New York drygoods market shows no change in character with generally favorable conditions. Some sections report very good trade while jobbers experience fair business transactions.

New York

Snow Storm Hits Southern Illinois and Other 1890s Briefs

Severe snow strikes Southern Illinois as other items note Bishop Dwyer of Limerick in grave condition, Grinnell accounts short, Rochester venues banned causing major losses, five Indians to be tried for Lt Casey’s murder, Dillon and O'Brien moved to Galway amid cheers, Hawker Cowles released then re arrested, Kansas women’s suffrage bill passed, elder usury bill passed in House, Prof Libbey returns from Mexico with Aztec finds, De Coursey under arrest in Machias, Kyle questioned on electability, Illinois drought and water famine prompt trains to supply rail town, and Sir John Macdonald politics sparks Canada US debate.

Edward T. Dwyer Limerick Grinnell Grand Opera House Windsor Hotel Rochester N.Y Rushville Fort Meade Casey Hawker Cowles Clarks Neb Kansas William Libbey Princeton College Mexico Oscar de Coursey Machins Kyle South Dakeota Illinvie Springfield Chicago and Alton John Macdonald Toronto Canada United States

Words of Comfort and Duty in Times of Desolation

Opinion piece urging resilience amid floods and disasters. It argues calamities are historical and can spur progress, citing Attila, Magna Carta, and Washington. Encourages self reliance, positive action, and a hopeful business outlook despite current downturns and flood losses.

Mars Garden of Eden Europe Attila Italy Adriatic Venice England John Auonymede Washington New England

Home Securities Drift as Electric Stocks Falter

Local stock activity was light with little interest shown in Electric shares. The market reflected muted trading, slight early bids that faded, and no material changes among listed securities. Teer Clad at Sheton, Switch and Signal remained steady amid quiet sessions.

Sherwan New York Boston Philadelphia Gas Sheton

Money Market Quiet Across Banks and Clearing House

A calm session with no wide rate moves as deposits shrink under pressure. Clearing House exchanges posted 1 587 081 20, while balances stood at 04 96165, with money on call in New York easy at 2 to 3 percent and prime mercantile paper steady near 4 1 for 40 day bills and 8 9 for demand. Bond quotations show mixed yields across rail and western issues with various consols and Pacific lines listed.

New York Prime Mercantile Ll Northern Bard Joly Wege Golgg Og Rye Chicago Western Steam Western Dairy Glebe Creamery Elgin Meo Ohio Flats

Banking Clearings and Money Rates Across Cities

The report lists bank clearings and balances for major cities including New York Philadelphia Baltimore St Louis and Memphis with figures for exchange rates and money discounts. New York exchange shows a 60 percent discount and money rates hover around four to seven percent with varying extremes.

New York St. Louis ChicaGo New York Exchange Memphis New Orleans Cincinnati

A Light Movement in OU and the Price Rather Weak

The old pit was one of the quietest places in the city yesterday with slim attendance. There were a sale or two at 77 and the close was 70 bid 77 asked. Water damage to the field should have a bullish effect yet remains bearish. brokers cannot explain this idiosyncrasy. McGrew Wilsone Co Fourth avenue quotes Puts 7 545 calls 7.

McGrew, Wilsone& Co Fourth Avenue

National Transit Certificates and Petroleum Market Report

Transit certificates opened and closed with varied clears and shipments amounting to 176 000 barrels. Petroleum trading opened steady then declined slightly under light west selling with March options seen and prices near 78 1/4 to 78 5/8 cents.

New York Petroleum Onl Pennsylvania

New York Stocks Close Mixed Amid Bear Cover and Dull Trades

Trading in New York stocks was largely professional with limited price moves. Bears covered some shorts in Villards and New England as Burlington and Rock Island gained, while North American weakened. Industrials and silver steadied, but Wheeling and Lake Erie preferred and New England posted losses. overall activity remained dull with sales near 597000.

New York Bears Villards New England Burlington Rock Island St. Paul Wheeling and Lake Erie New York Stock Exchange Whitney & Staphensos Pittsburg Piachange

Mining stock quotes and financial listings page

The page lists closing quotations for Philadelphia copper and stock market items. It names companies such as Philadelphia Stock Exchange associated brokers Whitney and Stephenson and references railroads including Pennsylvania and Northern Pacific. It mentions Lehigh Navigation and Northern Pacific preferred with figures around 724.

Pennsylvania

British Gold for Grease in Pittsburg Oil and Coal Venture

P and Doyle of London leads an Anglo-Saxon Improvement Company syndicate worth 5 million dollars seeking oil and coal land investments in Pittsburg. He previously invested in West Virginia timber for the same firm, which yielded returns. now aimed at energy lands in the region.

Pusher on southwest line yields 100 barrel oil flow at Wildwood

Wildwood reports a new Forst & Greenlee well on the Alston farm 130 rods southwest of Marks, flowing at 100 barrels per hour after two days of drilling. Other nearby wells show varied outputs, with Roth Oil and Kanawha firms expanding activity as prices and supplies shift. Prospect activity spreads to Ohio side near Newport with Archie Forks and McCurdy wells advancing.

Wildwood Kerrath Wildwood Forst & Greenlee Alston Peebles Roth Oil Company Barnsdall & Co Zugenheim Greenlee & Horst Newportt Ohio Belmont Arkerley & Sammiell Archie Forks Davis Farm McCurdy Wells McCurdy Palmer's Gailey & Mellon Scott No. 2 Dougherty Farm Hiddle

Castoria Through Generations Highlighted in Rhyme

A nostalgic verse traces Castoria as a remedy through generations from infancy to motherhood, noting how the product accompanied a family across milestones and children’s needs. The refrain emphasizes trust in a familiar remedy across decades.

Domestic Markets Slow After Floods Hinder Trade

Light receipts of grain and hay meet subdued demand as floods cut volume. Butter and oleo move slowly after a creamery price rise, cheese remains firm, and fruit and vegetable markets show tight supplies. Canned goods and sugars stay steady while rain and labor fears dampen activity.

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Grain Ex change sale lists mixed car loads of barley oats and rye

A grain exchange sale recorded car loads of barley oats and rye with receipts light yet adequate for demand. Pittsboro Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis and Pittsburgh Lake Erie shipments included two cars of flour two of rye and two of corn. Market notes show buyer favorable conditions across the line with varied prices for cartage and commodities including wheat corn rye flour and rye flour and mill feeds.

Grain Exchange Pittsboro Wayne and Chicago Railway Pittsburg Chinnati St. Lewis Pittsburgh Lake Erie Pennsylvania Ohio ST. Louis Fred Siige

Provisions Sugar Cured Hams and Pork Products List

A catalog of sugar cured hams in multiple sizes with prices, along with beef dried and cured varieties, pork products such as bacon and shoulders, lard, canned goods, smoked sausage, fresh pork links, boneless hams, pigs feet in barrel measures, and assorted units and price estimates.

California Eng

Wheat market chaos as speculative frenzy grips Chicago pits

Traders in Chicago and New York faced volatile sessions as May wheat swung from lows near 97¢ to around 97 1/4¢ while Corn and Oats rose on bullish sentiment. Reports show heavy long selling and rapid price movement amid damp Western weather and strong cash oats demand.

Chicago Hutchinson Shorts John M. Oakley & Co Sixth Street Chicago Board of Trade

Wheat market chatter and oats steady in Kansas City

Market notes show quiet wheat trading in Kansas City with No. 2 prices near bids and oats remaining firm. Traders awaited price direction as cash oats moved with modest demand and occasional bids.

Kansas City Atige

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