Open Winter Clamps Down on Produce Trade and Prices
Domestic market column notes gloom for commission merchants in grain and hay as a warm open winter curbs demand. Eggs hold at 18 to 15 cents a dozen, apples and potatoes drop, and traders fear losses while consumers enjoy lower prices and surplus stock may rot. A wary forecast says a cold snap could lift prices again.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe
Ic Ag
Cora
Liberty Street Commission
Produce Commission
Harty
Poate
Bie Gebir KC
Asanige
Frag Ag
Nce Creamer
Beg Hv
New York
Chicago
Esterda
Rei
Canada
Joly
Western
Avril
Elgin
teLuge
St. Louis
Bilge
Teewie
Dpege
Slexadey
Paladelphia
Local Industry Sees Steady Week in Oil Stocks and Real Estate
Local business circles report easing money and steady demand for legitimate investment. Gas shares show strength with Philadelphia Chartiers and Wheeling leading, while bulls secure a late week advance. Real estate activity remains robust with 500 weekly inquiries and about 100 cash sales, 33 new building permits issued at an estimated 20000 dollars, and mortgages placed at six percent. Iran watches for improved demand as furnaces slow activity and buyers and sellers hold cautious positions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Chartiers
Wheeling
Bears
Fourth Avenue
Iran
Gas Stocks Climb As Markets Open Saturday
Specialties in local stocks show gas issues rising with Philadelphia Gas at 4 and Chartiers strong. Traction and Electric demand improves while bank stocks stay sought after. New York feelings shift on railroad securities amid proposed settlement measures and tighter speculative rules.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
Philadelphia
Chartiers
York Yesterdny
Xetter
New York
Wheeling Gas
Philadelphia Gas
Tme Koretons
Cail
Keystone
Jon D. Bailey
Peeenetsy
Local Time Notes and Miscellaneous Schedules
Fragmentary OCR text shows scattered times and items. Mentions 10:30 AM and 1:30 PM with unclear context. Includes references to New York, city closure, percentages, and barrels. No coherent event or person details emerge from the readable portions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selener
New York
Bracr
Twenty-Five Thousand Dollar Deal in the Thirteenth Ward
Real estate activity areas show quiet optimism with unreported business and talks on an Exchange scheme. Transactions include sales of farms and a large suburban hotel, multiple mortgages, and numerous parcel trades with prices ranging to thousands, reflecting strong market momentum in Pittsburgh’s wards and streets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Black & Baird
Fourth Avenue
William Loeffier
John Logan
Fifth Avenue
Halket Street
Oakland
Loeffier
Sarah Street
van Pae & Con Oiie
Caspar Weasel
Mary
Speer
Wylie
Obster Ae Airteepth
Pittsburg
East End
Alles & Bailey
Twelfth
Allegheny City
John F. Baxter
Bank of Commerce
Brushton Station
Baxter Street
Fred Fenker
W. W. McNeill & Bro
Pennsylvania Railroad
Piceheny
Bridgeville
Upper St. Clair Township
Thomas McCaffrey
Butler Street
Harty
Forty-fifth Street
Peon Avenue
Thirteenth Ward
G. W. Rankin
John Woolslaver
John Sperber
Libe Avenue
Thirty-ninth
Fortieth Streets
Margaret George
Alex Wilkinson
Denny
Thirty-fourth Street
S. F. Minor
W. G. Unis
Mifflin Street
Main
F. Minor
Jobo Thoma
Butler
Penn Avenue
Heed B. Coyle & Co
Lloyd
Craig Street
Fulton Place
Iron furnaces set record pig iron output in 1889
The Iron Age reports a historic start to the year with the largest pig iron production. Anthracite and coke furnaces yield about 1424 gross tons weekly, over seven million tons annually, plus 500000 more from charcoal furnaces. January 1 1889 shows 107 blast stacks and 32725 tons weekly, with 178 total stacks and 19886 tons capacity among out of blast stacks.
Russian budget shows surplus and global rail talk
The budget reveals a 4.5 million rouble surplus. Wilhelmshaven prepares two Hanover batteries for Zanzibar. Ten tenants on the Kenmare estates face eviction notices. Germany plans to link railways to save twelve hours to outpace the French route. A Persian cavalry trainer signs a three year extension with the Shah. A Zanzibar telegram reports insurgents defeated at Dar es Salm with two Germans wounded. Samoan crisis rumors fuel London circles amid Germany US tensions. Prince Krapotise urges Socialists to unite for railways and factories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hanover
Wilhemshaven
Zanzibar
Kenmare
Germany
Dar-es-Salm
London
America
Caneel
Netherlands
Prince Krapoteise
Whitechapel
Week of quiet produce market with downward price drift
A slow week in produce with downward market pressure across items. Apples linger near dump values, eggs are hard to move, nearby poultry sells well while southern poultry lags, cheese remains firm with rising expectations.
Roasted and assorted groceries list with prices
A long catalog of roasted coffees and grocery items with varied regional names and prices. Includes Rio brands, peaberry, Laguayra, and Santos coffee types, plus canned goods, dried fruits, nuts, syrups, candles, oils, salts, and flour. Prices listed in dollars and cents for many items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grees Corres
Maracaibo
Santos
Caracas
Rio
Srices Ignemettg Oves
Tige
Ohio
Noelie Eadlight
Elaine
Louisiana
California
London
Lauscatels
Californie Musoeels
Valencia
Aendara Velencia
Sultana
Currents
Salonica Prunes
Sicily
Brazil
Oran
A. Tléc
Higgin's
Eureka
Higgin’s
Prices and goods list from a historical market page
The OCR shows a dense catalog of farm products and provisions with prices for hay, oats, timothy, wheat, straw, hams, bacon, dried beef, pork, long sausage, and other commodities. It reads like a 19th or early 20th century market advertisement detailing weights and per-unit costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Bij Sali
Rhennan Marat Co
Dressed Meat Prices From Anmont & Co
Anmont & Co lists dressed meat prices for beef carcasses and sheep. Beef ranges include 450 to 500 hs at 5 5 gc and 600 to 650 at astotic 700 to 7H Re. Sheep price line reads 7c R B. ba, bc RB.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anmont & Co
R B. Ba
Wheat Market Slumps Amid Government Report Pressure
Wheat weakened under heavy selling with a cautious tone across grains. Corn and oats held steady while pork and lard markets showed mixed movement and minor rallies. Prices fluctuated after the government report, with Wheat closing lower and a general market drift toward easier levels.
Market notes and commodity prices drift steady
Daily market report shows steady futures with mild firmness in some items and mixed guidance across grains and meats. Butter creamery and dairy outputs ease while coffee and cheese hold. Wheat softens in futures as corn and oats show steady demand and range prices in regional exchanges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baurimons
Janary
Aspenige
Wesern
Dale
Rio Fair
Milwaukee
Live Stock Markets in Pittsburg 1850 Receipts and Shipments
Carrie receipts total 17 head with 646 shipped to New York and 24 cattle cars. Hogs show 2000 receipts 2500 shipped with market active and Philadelphia totals 520 525. Sheep receipts 2000 with 1900 shipped and prices firmer than yesterday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburg Dispatch
Carrie
New York
Philadelphias
Telegraph cattle and hog markets across major centers
Telegraph market reports from St Louis Chicago Buffalo and New York detail cattle hog and sheep receipts shipments and current prices. Prices for choice heavy and butcher cattle vary by center with steady to lower tendencies and noted gains for hogs while specie movements show gold and silver imports and exports.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis
Hoo
Chicago
Texas
Belie
Boone and Butchers
New York
Europe
South
Metal Market News Roundup
Lead firmer and inactive in domestic trading at 38714 dollars. Tin quiet and steady in Straits trading at 2173 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Bridge demand to save lives on Southside crossings
Residents of the Twenty sixth ward press the Pennsylvania Railroad to build a foot bridge over the Pittsburg Virginia and Charleston line at South Twenty first street. The Brownsville Turnpike Company backs grading to that point if the bridge is provided. Increased through traffic raises danger at unprotected crossings and a Southside meeting is planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Twenty-sixth Ward
Pittsburg
Virginia
Charleston
Pennsylvania Railroad Company
South Twenty-first Street
Brownsville
Southside
Panhandle
Union Depot
Trouble with the Chickasaws opposition to Byrd governor
Reports from Indian Territory say Secretary Vilas awarded the Chickasaw governorship to Wm. L. Byrd but supporters of William Guy oppose the decision. Guy’s adherents outnumber Byrd backers locally and threaten violence. Intricate factions fear the overthrow harms the nation and settlement seems farther away.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vilas
Byrd
St. Louis
Indian Territory
Wm. L. Byrd
William Guy
Guy
Interior Department
Fire devastates Phenix block in Marlborough blaze
The Phenix block housing George H. Guest furniture and W A Dudley dry goods burned this morning in Marlborough Massachusetts. Injured were William Driscoll and James Belser after a fall into the building. Guest's loss 20000 Dudley 15000 insured for 17000 Boyd 9000 with coverage. Fire blamed on gasoline machine explosion in the basement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marlborough
Mass
Phenix
George H. Guest
W. A. Dudley
William Driscoll
James Belser
Guest
Joseph Boyd
Merchants Bridge contract awarded to Union Bridge Co
The Union Bridge Company of New York City wins the contract for the Merchants Bridge across the Mississippi at St. Louis. The gross bid for bridge construction and specified ironwork is 1 200 000 dollars. Work must start by February 2 or the United States may forfeit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Merchants’ Bridge
St. Louis
Mississippi
Union Bridge Company
New York City
United States
Oil Wells Bring 100 Barrels Daily at Two Sites
Guffy and Craig report two productive wells on Saturday in Gold field. One tap at Henry Flick farm and another at Robert Thompson property yield about 100 barrels per day each. Local observers note promising daylight production.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guffy
Craig
Henry Flick
Robert Thompson
Copper Firms Agree to 14 Cent Copper Sales to French Syndicate
The French copper syndicate proposes sales at 14 cents per pound net to Lake Superior producers. U S firms in Boston and New York accept, preferring a net price without resale profits. The plan, approved by La Societe in Paris, would run for three years and excludes Boston and Montana contracts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dispatch Boston
Lake Superior
Boston
New York
la Societie
Paris
Wen
Montana
Statehood convention urges New Mexico admission
Delegates from all parts of the Territory met in Saxta Fr. and adopted a long resolution praising growth. They cite a population over 170 000 excluding Indians, 1 400 miles of railroad and telegraph lines built in nine years, and tenfold property valuation rise in a decade. They demand admission to the union and speedy Congressional action while asking to keep the name New Mexico for the new state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saxta Fr
New Mexico
Congress
Wool Growers Views Seek Grading Reform and Data Bureau
At the Wool Growers Convention a resolution calls for a wool data bureau to collect supply and demand statistics and for a standardized grading system to replace State terms. William L. Black of Texas J H Kirkpee of California and Judge William wrence of Ohio are to contact merchants and dealers about acting on the resolutions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wasninctos
Wool Growers’ Convention
William L. Black
Texas
J. H. Kitkpee
California
William Wrence
Ohio
Not Yet Admitted The Application of the Columbia Club Rec eived
The National Association of Amateur Oarsmen Executive Committee met in New York. It approved that any amateur recognized by the Athletic Amateur Union may compete in aquatic contests if lawfully eligible. A membership letter from the Columbia Boat Club of Allegheny City was received but no action was taken. Salvation Oil offers lightning care for a quarter per bottle, claiming pain relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
National Association of Amateur Oarsmen
Athletic Amateur Union
Columbia Boat Club
Allegheny City
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THE
Wood Street
Mia Friday
McGrew
Pitts
Calla
de Witt Dilworth
Petroleum
Om Crry
Bradford
Jan Bee
Binet
Office OF
Pennsylvania
Chartiers Creamery
Sweitzer
Bey Corey
T. Pera Froris
Messina
Florida
Grain Exchange
Ft. Wayne
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Timothy Hay
Boone
Sligo
Bargley
Lake
Iene Baker
Timothy
Telegraph
Castoria
East Liberty
Union of States
Wool Growers
Columbia Club
Science
Duffy
North American Review
Itill
Willard H. Morse
M. D
Westfield
N. J
Jor
Fidelity Title & Trust Company
Diamond Street
Tithe Insurance and
Bu Bulletin Department
Tosehdos
Armour & CO
NEW Advertis
Charlies Creamery Co
Smithfield Street
Bissell
Pittsburg, PA
Joseph Pee
the Freehold Bank
Smithfield St
Capital
Vere House
Prest
James P. Speer
John F. Steel Cashier
GEO. K. Stevenson & CO
Sixth Avenue
Jantewe
Brokers—Financial
Nsu
Medical
Doctor Whittier
Teena Et Tee
Monghigs of
Tongs
Mes Life
Cirony Ua Ser
Weber
Hittier
DR Whittier
Navreauc Pitwburg
Psuw
Amoranda
Joseph Fleming
Market Street
Pitte Burg
Gray
All Rees Pechase
Icine CO
Penn Ave
Pittsburgh
K.lake
M.D
M.R .C.P.S
E.j.lake
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