Local Live Stock Prices and Hogs Market Report 1880
Run of cattle and hogs heavy with old prices kept. Cattle from Chicago to Herr's Island mostly in three carloads, weights 900 to 1400 pounds, some above 1000. Prices varied little, some weaker. Lambs scarce. receipts about 60 head. Hogs at Herr's island scarce. 250 pound tops. The Western hog market shows 14 000 today with 5 cent advances. Skins and hides priced low, pork demand weak, and packed pork outlook discussed.
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Pirtanrrs Creraten
Herr's Island
Chicago
Zeigier
Gerson
Lienstein
Genlers
Bydo
Agaimet
Pittsburg
Lorimer
East Liberty Live Stock Market Report
Live stock market update shows cattle receipts 1480, market firm and slightly stronger than last week. Seventeen carloads shipped to York. Hog receipts 5000, shipments 4600 with market holding at a medium tone. Sheep receipts 4600, market active about 25 cents higher.
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York
Market Reports Mixed as Cattle and Sheep Trade Slows
New York traders report 5 900 head at 10.45 weekly average while fresh arrivals ship in. Fresh stock in od nine care for expert and cars for the market but market dull with joes near quoted. Beef exports today include 25 beeves and 2 040 quarters. week totals show 8% beeves and 104% quarters. Sheep receipts 1 000 and week total 25 800 with firmer prices. Cattle receipts 3 403 head with mixed trend. heavy steers slow, cows steady to higher, stockers and feeders steady to higher. Sheep steady. hogs receipts 10 head. market higher. Texan and western stock mixed. packinghouse demand firm but packing and stockers uneven. Overall, market tone varied by line with some commodities firmer while others slow.
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New York
Reeves—Kecei
Brazilian Coffee Market Receipts Week Reach US
Market notes show Brazilian coffee receipts for the United States rising with a 50 bag increase noted. Details reference rele and week totals, highlighting gains in the 000 bage sector and implications for trade.
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United States
Wool Market Quiet in Louis-Wosl Trade
Wool market in Louis-Wosl shows quiet activity with only minor demand and small price moves. Dealers report limited purchases as collectors and mills await clearer signals.
Market summary from Chicago and New York reports
Domestic markets softened with Chicago and Minneapolis prices drifting with weak grain futures. Rains in California improve South and Southwest crops while May delivery contracts led a somewhat active trade. corn and oats moved unevenly and fats and lard held steady with mixed regional quotes across Philadelphia Milwaukee and St. Louis exchanges.
Agricultural Machinery Projects in Uruguay Trade Pickups
The North British Mail notes rapid adoption of farming machinery in Uruguay, mainly from Great Britain and the United States, with Germany pushing for demand. Most sought items are threshing engines of 5 to 10 horsepower, sea and sheaf binders, and plows, amid a growing need for portable exxamina. A uniform one cent duty applies to imported machinery and repairs, while France previously sent some threshers with limited success.
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Uruguay
Great Britain
United States
Germany
France
Colombia
Hog Packing Shortage Forecast by Western Authority
The Cincinnati Price Current estimates a winter hog packing shortage of about 650000 hogs versus last year. Average weights have risen and yield is 2 to 3 percent higher, suggesting stock levels will be tighter despite a lower price for hog products. The report notes improved reflection on surplus needs and a stronger market signoff.
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Cincinnati
Greatest Bank Vault In The World Built At Detroit
A Detroit vault destined for Pittsburg will be the largest and most remarkable safe de posit vault ever, built of interlocked metal blocks and weighing 50 tons. Invented by John T. Hough and John A. Harper, it measures 35 feet long and 17 feet wide, shipped to Pittsburg to be installed at the Fidelity Title and Trust Company. The project includes a 125000 capital company with stockholders from Pittsburgh and beyond, while Detroit and Chicago sites already host similar vaults.
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Detroit
Pittsburg
Fidelity Title and Trust Company
John T. Hough
John A. Harper
Bank of Pittsburg
Houch
Chicago
Kansas City
Allegheny
John W. Chalfant
William Metcalf
Reuben Miller
H. S. A. Stewart
Wilson McCandless
P. C. Knox
George S. Whitney
William Roseburg
J.T. Hough
L. Mages
William Meteslf
Catros
Stocks Firm to Weak Amid Advancing Tendency
Business at the Stock Exchange showed moderate activity with total sales around 5 shares of which 150 were La Noria. Westinghouse Electric rose slightly while most issues moved steady to weak. Notable trades included La Noria at Philadelphia and Westinghouse Electric at high and low marks, with large blocks listed and several rail and utility stocks moving on the session.
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Stock Exchange
la Noria
Westinghouse Electric
Apternoo
Sebo Second National Bank
Allee Gas Co
Seeein x'Co
Itinens’ Traction
We Electric
Phils
Westinghouse Airete
Pawan and Western
Lake Shopoet
Northwestern
Niseoar Feet
Ian
Northern Oriental Rete
Transcon Kengiing
Tatoo
SEB
Paul
Union Pacific
Still Hopeful Market Shows Easy Money Conditions
The money market ruled easy with ample loanable funds and no rate change, steady at usual quotations. A veteran financier noted if half of the new spring business materializes, abundant employment for idle capital may follow, while money on call rose to a low centroid and prime mercantile paper held firm with sterling near 4.60 for 60 day bills.
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Sterling Exchange
Government Bonds Closing Notes and Commissions
Government bonds closing reports note quotations in New York furnished The Dispatch. Robinson Bros. on Wood Street charge a commission of up to eight on email lots. Details remain unclear due to damaged text.
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New York
Robinson Bros. Woodstreet
Locadeters
Gibby Fos
Sngusonses
Petroleum Makes Another Effort to Reach the Dotter Line
Trading at the Petroleum Exchange yesterday was quiet at the open and after, then active in the last hour. General trading both East and West occurred with no large blocks moved. Prices swung from opening at Olly to a decline to 684 then rallying to Oliy before finishing lower atQl, signaling expected activity into today.
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Petroleum
Dotter Line
Petroleum Exchange
Olly
Oliy
de Witt Dilworth
Fifth Avenues
Wood Street
Pittsburg
Increased Building Permits Signal Activity Surge
The building department approved thirty new construction permits last week with an estimated total cost of 27170 dollars. The list names numerous applicants such as Joseph Keeling, Robert Waters, and Joseph Bowers, detailing frame two story dwellings, stables, shops, and stores on streets including Josephine, Penn, Orion, Twenty-first, and Mo Thomas, among others.
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Joseph Keeling
Josephine Street
Robert
Waters
Penn Avenue
Euclid
Beatty Streets
Joseph Bowers
L&x
Orion Street
Shady Lane
C. Burgwin
Mathers
Ann Street
Seneca
Morgan
Smallman
Michael Donahoe
Rural
St. Clair
Hiland
Catharine Gind
Thomas H. Jones
Worden
Mainstone
H. & G. C. Burgwin
Tweety
Freeerick Stolz
Pearl Street
Liberty
Laurel
Charles Merachek
Tioga Street
Albion Bret
Stuckens
Celsier Street
Maple
Allen Avenues
Davis
Frazier
Bo- Tires Sieiemesi
Fraujesenory Tarmann
New York Avenue
Camden
Syracuse
Frank Helwich
Francis Street
Webster Ane Wie
Ran Berg
Webstee
Eesteyrerion
Scien
Morningside Road
M. R. Greaves
WinebidiJe Street
C. A. Shaner
Slaughter
Wabash Street
Abler Street
Frazier Street
Net
Ward
A. Gare
Henry Horstman
Walter Avenue
Freelan Kruager & Bames
Cobden Street
Sarah Street
Twenty
Phillip Ernst
Thirty-ninth
Fortieth
Pean Avenue
Mary's
Matthels Hirschkorn
Eighteenth Street
Tyr “Rohadasrams
Howley Street
Maip
Real estate deals show steady demand in city wards
A brisk inquiry at real estate offices yielded several private deeds and sales in Webster street Thirteenth ward and nearby districts. Agents note no broad rent rise yet rising moving time demand may lift prices. transactions include bricks and frame houses on Colwell near Vine and four small frames on Forty-ninth street near Hatfield with several city district transfers among named buyers and sellers.
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Fourth Street
Sewickley
Braddock
Dan
HTC
Floyd
Penn Avenue
John Veanew
Webster Street
Lipeet
Biss
Lenn Tate
William Brownlee
John Dale
Dickson Street
W. F. Brand
Thirteenth Ward
Black & Baird
Fourth Avenue
A. V. Watterson
W. V.tt
Mr. Watterson
Pennsylvania Railroad
W. A. Herron & Sons
Colwell
Vine
Forty-ninth Street
Hatffeld
James Douglas
Pion
Gatien
Mintog Stocks New Rx February 2 Report
Mintog stocks show closing activity for February 2 with limited readable entries. Detected items include reference to A Rader and Caleb Colorado Central, noting debt or holdings context. Details are fragmentary but indicate local business moves and stock mentions.
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Caleb
Colorado Central
Weak Spots in Market The Granger and Southwestern Stocks Lead
The article notes interest concentrated largely in Granger and Southwestern issues with St Paul weak due to fractional losses while other railways like Union Pacific show mixed results. Early dealings were dull, but the market tone steadied into a limited close as total sales reached about 1,007,000 with notable activity in Cleveland Cincinnati and D.shore securities and several rail names fluctuating through the session.
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London
St. Paul
Union
Missouri Pacific
Dt ‘Dian
Mae
Bt Paul
Cleveland
Ombna
Cioti
D Shore
Polin
Pullman
Henderson
Sontve
New York Stock Exchange
Dmratoh
Whitney& Stephenson
Coal & Col. & Hocking Vai
Waisies del. & Hudson
Denver & Rio
Ilitude Central
Lake Erie & Western
Erie
Yg Pl
Lake Shore & M
Michigan Gentaig Bag Moblin & One
Nortel & Western
Norfolk & Western
Northern Pacific
Ohio
Mississippi
Pacife
Pea. Dee
Vans
Philadel
Reading
Pullman Palsee
Richmond & W. P.T
Duluth
Aspesa Sie Oo
St. P
Ming, &Man
St. L. San Fran
St. L
San Franci
St. L. & San Felsi
Ates
Union Fecinist
Boston Stocks Weakens Prices With Few Redeeming Features
The Boston stock market on February 24 showed broad weakness and lower levels amid dull trading. Few names stood out as resilient, with Fitchburg, Bell, and Greeley Short Line among the stronger issues, while several others drifted lower on light demand and general dullness.
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Boston
Fitchburg
Bell Coves
Gree
Rutland
Ieee
Altech
Pee
Apanew
Boston Renee Cataloa
Shen Saae
Contracts for Pig Iron in France Near Man Mills
The Longwy Company reportedly signed a contract to deliver 150000 tons of pig iron over three years to two mills near Man in northern France. Base price is 40 to 41 per ton per 1000 kilos with a coke-based sliding scale. The deal signals strong confidence in the French iron trade amid rising coke costs.
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France
Glasgow Mail
Longwy Company
Man
Four milling machinery opening in South Brazil
The text notes a scarce milling machinery opening in South Brazil that hampers wheat production. It mentions in parts of China and Pony Pekin a new juice from the sugarcane with only cheap machinery available to extract it, implying limited supply and development.
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Brazil
China
Grain supply report shows mixed changes in New York stocks
Visible grain supply on York Producers shows afloat and in store totals with increases and decreases across cereals. Figures include corn up to 8,067,181 bushels and rye down 4,200 bushels, barley down 7,000 bushels, and overall changes in wheat and corn inventories.
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New York
York
Unclear OCR fragment on St Louis and New York items
Fragmentary readable text hints at trade or prices mentioning St Louis and New York entities with numbers and chemical or gear terms but content is largely garbled and not enough to form a factual summary.
Local Market Report Shows Mix of Activity and Caution
A fragmented market note describes varied activity this week with some buyers returning and others hesitant. The commission side appears steady while overall trading remains cautious amid shifting prices and uncertain demand.
Ig proves ite wondrous worth Dr Ball's Cough Byrup
An old advertisement proclaims Dr Ball's Cough Syrup twice as effective, priced at twenty five cents per bottle, touting wondrous curing power and value.
An Improved Demand for Ear Corn Oats Tending Downward
Office notes weak country produce prices for February 1688 with few orders and near freezing conditions. Eggs gain firmness while Southern eggs arrive by carload at lower nearby prices. potatoes cabbage onions slow. Dairy items and butter vary, coffee shows a firm upward trend with anticipated further rises. Ironically, green and roasted coffee markets tighten while hides, sugars, and canned goods show shifting demand in a volatile market.
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Pirtesvne
ButTrTver— Creamery
Elgin
Chartiers Creamery Co
New York
Igwg
Appion
Kena
Jamaica
Grain Exchange Receipts Report Mixed Grain Prices
Receipts posted at the Grain Exchange show carload movements for corn oats hay wheat flour barley middlings and bran from Pittsburgh Fort Wayne Chicago Cincinnati St Louis and Baltimore. Demand for corn remains steady and prices rise while oats stay dull and lower. Milling wheat and good flour remain firm with few declines and mixed grain quotes appear across grades and lots.
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Grain Exchange
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Pittaburg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Baltimore
Ohio
Lears
Corm
Late News In Brief From A Turbulent Era
Brief dispatches cover a range of topics from a stay of proceedings before a judge in Saaresewor, to a mine accident with a $134 loss, and a steamer captain arriving from Gonai. The report cites political upheavals in London and a Chicago tragedy involving a mother and two children. Also noted is a commutation of a New Mexican convict and reflections on crime and punishment.
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Brooke
Cane Ives
Sen
Court of General Sessions
Aes
Eeeee
agaTling
Mich
Eres
Satursie
Qearte
Ace
Gonaives
Ha Hye
Hue
Gonai
Ane
Kongolf
Harden
Legitime
Challinga Said
Parnell Commission
London
Great Britain
Age Brown
William P. Ae Shean
Chicago
Smge
Locate
O Jadee
Wage Cuts Hit Reading Iron Works and Brooke Mills
February 25 Reading Iron Works and Brooke Iron Company workers returned to reduced wages as announced cuts spread to other Schuylkill valley mills. About 1,000 at Blestling works and 200 at Brooke works are affected. unions hinted possible resistance, but workers reported to new rates.
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Reading
Reading Iron Works
Brooke Iron Company
Birdsboro
Schuylkill Valley
Blestling Works
Brooke Works
Fulton Interview Affirms Public School Value
Superintendent Morrow of Allegheny schools backed Fulton in an interview, stressing the value of public school education. He warned that a misleading view of neglecting schooling harms children’s futures and the overall quality of education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morrow
Allegheny
Fulton
Ofagh
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Herr’s Island
Leae Park
East Liberty
Telegraph
Eta
Ee Cnet
Enatie
Hecate
Rade
Wool Market
Minneapolism
California
Peiets
Patna
Seenze
Lee
New Orleans
Birds City
Western Steam
C. Sr
Ancy Elzto Creamery
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Dupwe
Penneylvania
Fem
Bauman
Carol
Agricultural Machinery
Liberty Street
Dearborn and
Madison Streets
Court House
Joshua Jones
Real Estate Exchange
Island of
Manhattan
Peter Minuit
Broadway
Mr. Laspell
Lashell & Rankin
Shaboygan
Lashell
Burt Lake
Svineden Sartamey
Antwerp
Titusville
Bradford
Slige
Joao c
Lucre
Mintog
Bears
Philadelpnished
Whitam
Stephenson
Pennsylvania Hallroad
Buffalo, Pittsburg
Wes
Lehigh Valley
Metal Market
Drygoods Market
Jawa
Mgo
Maracaibo
Mocha
Santos
Caracas
Rio
Laguayra
Bolk
Maracas
Allspice
Tiber Ohio
Loz Carol Aceton
Tate
Forkien Frorrs
Ornia
Muscatels
Nescatels
Valencia
Ondara
Es Curranta
Salon
Salonica Prunes
Almon' Ns
Joe
Walou' Isan
Ae Sicily
Sy Huberts
la Nahn
Canada
Lake Shore
Llarvings Bank
Joseph Horne & CO
Ata Yu
ERS
Corea
Armour & Co
Mark Lane Express
Saaresewor
Yesterda Ais
Mr. Fulton
Bee Swirt
Swift Srecivic Co
Bero
Elberon
First Ave
Smithfield 8
Fede Li
Swayne
Dee Swives & Sos
Iphia
Freehold Bank
Smithfield St
Brokrers—Financial
de Witt i
PHT
Rosham
Psu
Whitney & Yo
Issu
Messrs
Drexel, Morgan 4
WVEW
Medical
Doctor Whittier
di Whittier
Avenue
Bata
Sadia
Vance
National Medical
Bulfinch St
Masas
Hare
Carey
Aoe F. GC
Powler
Moodus, Gonm
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