Trade Odds and Ends A Large Increase in Toy Trade
Reports from bargaining firms in the toy and stationery trades discuss rising demand and broader product lines. A Pittsburg toy dealer notes 55 percent volume growth but stagnant profits, while mirror and glass suppliers report improving quality and shifting materials.
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Orrer
Pirrsette Distatcu
Morbar
Lome
Milrova
Pittsburg
France
Pittsbore
Arger Cayital
Live Stock Market Report East Liberty Jan 28 1888
Market report shows cattle receipts 260 head and shipments 172 head with slow demand at last week’s prices. Hogs receipts 7 200 head with prices weakening to New York levels. Sheep receipts 4 000 head with steady shipments and price movements noted.
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New York
Aeam
Cattle and Hog Receipts Show Mixed Week at Diamond Market
Reports from the Diamond market indicate 31 carloads of cattle and steady hog receipts over three Mondays. Cattle were mostly good butcher stock with weights largely above 1100 pounds and few rough lots, while hogs remained steady around last week’s levels. Prices eased slightly from the prior week, with weight above 300 pounds still heavy for the season and lamb markets softening.
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Hors Island
Market Reports From New York Fresno and St Louis Cattle Hogs and Sheep
Telegraph market notes show 3 660 head receipted in New York to bring weekly totals near 10 000 with steady to firm prices. Fresno arrivals include 24 carloads of export steers and direct city slaughterers loads with mixed quality cattle at firm to higher prices and top bulls near 6 0 per 100 pounds. St Louis reports 16 000 cattle head with strong demand for good grades and various ranges for feeders, while hogs run near 1000 head with prices around 4 0 to 4 6 per 100 pounds and mixed bidder activity. Markets in Chicago and Cincinnati show varied shipments and steady to firm tones across cattle hogs and sheep with emphasis on quality and weight.
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New York
Reeves
Fresno
Sr. Louis
Lzher
Tuichers
Haltimore
Antwerp
Oate
Bieber
Gcl
Sigpol Cena
Spee
Western Steam
City
Botter Niet
Western Dairy
Artic
Bigins
Heg Lam
Bae
Sega Sac
Wyc
S@Sle
Ameayc
Spjc
Manitoba
New Orleans
Philadelphia
Chicago
Pennsylvania Creamery Extra
Pennsylvania
Penneylvania
Milwaukee
Inly
Wye
Market swings in wheat as visible supply shifts and prices fall
Wheat trading shows early strength driven by expected supply decrease, then a broad decline as offerings rise and the visible stock proves larger than anticipated. Cash prices hold near Saturday levels while futures wobble. reports of purchases for Antwerp offer brief support before a renewed downturn.
Coffee trade records show large bag shipments and clearances
The document lists quantities and values of coffee shipments in 293 000 bags with receipts and clearances. It notes 6 600 reis per object and 3900 reis totals, with a 5 AM rate for 10 kilo lots and 600 bags referenced in January.
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Rio
Dr Janeiro
Sasros
Metal Market Report Mixed with Dull to Steady Prices
Market notes show copper and tin flat with dull sentiment and firm bids. Copper around 3 a.m. price levels and tin near 216, base metals quotes referencing February activity.
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Jaen
Lake
Whisky Marker The finished goods demand at $108
Whisky Marker notes finished goods in strong demand at a price of 108 dollars. The report highlights steady buyer interest and stable market conditions for the product.
War Fervor Forecasts a Pittsburgh Boom in Industry
A leading iron manufacturer tells The Dispatch that war with Germany or another great power could revive U S industry. He argues a major conflict would accelerate production, boost iron and shipbuilding, and vastly expand Pittsburgh's industrial resources and population.
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Germany
Russia
France
Pittsburg
United States
Boulanger
Austria
Italy
Pittisburg
Oil market dull with little change and expected drop
The oil market showed dull trading with no clear advantage to bulls or bears. After opening near 67, prices declined to 64 but recovered to 67, as forenoon activity was sparse and East wires idle, with a predicted drop on the day and 600,000 barrels sold in New York.
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A. B. McGrew
de Witt
Titusville
Bojer
New Yorks
Frye
Real Estate Deals Dominate Blue Monday Market
Real estate activity persists despite snow and mud as W A Herron & Sons sell a 4600 Coltart Square Oakland brick house with modern amenities. Kies Bailey sell a Locust Street brick dwelling to Mrs Langstoff. Black Haird sell a two story frame dwelling at 155 Fifteenth Street Southside. Ewing & Byers handle a Taylor Avenue Allegheny residence sale for J W Stuart. Samuel W Black & Co report a $1000 cash lot sale on O'Hern Street in Allegheny City. An auction at 643 Fifth Avenue is postponed to January 4 with easy terms. James W Drape & Co arrange mortgages in city and near McKeesport at 6 percent.
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W. A. Herron & Sons
Coltart Square House
Oakland
Kies & Bailey
Fourth Avenue
Moffitt
Locust Street
Langstoff
Black & Haird
Henry Winters
L Carlin
Southside
Sly Feat
Ewing & Byers
J. H. Miller
J. W. Stuart
Eny
O'Hern
Second Ward
Allegheny City
Samuel W. Black & Co
Taylor Avenue
Allegheny
Crick
Ten Tooms
Fifth Avenue
Samuel W. Black&Co
James W. Drape & Co
Erie
McKeesport
Market notes show Union Switch and Signal gains amid small trading
Trading on the Stock Exchange favored Union Switch and Signal as the July dividend talk boosted quotes to 182 with light offers. Noria drew interest after a weak day last week, and overall daily volume reached 653 shares with mixed activity across several listed names.
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Union
Stock Exchange
Noria
I'g
Del
Atchison stock improves market activity in early trading
Boston stock market opens weak due to Atchison heavy condition but moves higher as the Atchison stock improves. Broad list notes various railroad and utility issues with prices and bonds, including Mevican Cen, Telephon, Power and New Eng equities during morning session.
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Atchison
Colomp
Atch
H.R
Sonac
Poti Calumet & Hoecia
Pere M
Pere M. Pfd.i0 |Qseeoln
K. C
LACE
WINCH
Mevican Cen
Telephon M
Mort
New
New Eng
San Diego
Agricultural machinery demand eyed for Madras jail region
Glasgow Jail correspondent in Madras says demand for agricultural machinery may rise soon, including water-lifts pumps and cane mills. Madras is becoming an agricultural province. local production is small and unlikely to grow soon, signaling a surge in import traffic. The report ends with stock market tickers from Philadelphia and New York listings.
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Glasgow
Madras
Mining stock closes in New York with varied gains
Mining stocks in New York on January 2 report mixed results led by Commonwealth at 550 and Amador at 150 while several names show modest declines. Other notable quotes include Caledonia 260, Deadwood 165, Union Consolidated 295, Yellow Jacker 440 and Sierra Nevada 3.
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Amador
Caledonia
California
Virginia
Commonwealth
Deadwood
Hale and Norcross
Geneer
Silver
Mutual
North Bella Isle
Eee
Savage
Sierra Nevada
Union Conolidated
Yellow Jacker
Plans for Wood Street houses after storm damage
Plans for new Wood street buildings to replace those wrecked by the storm will be ready for examination in a few days. Three structures are to be built to a uniform height and style, with one owner undecided. Uniform fronts are favored to improve appearance and potentially raise prices. six-story options were discussed.
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Aeway
Wood Street
Carnegie firm to build Penn avenue offices
The businessmen report Carnegie, Phipps & Co. bought land on Penn avenue near Garrison alley to erect general offices. I. D. Batley led the afternoon stock call, ending with a vigorous gavel pound. The Petroleum Grain and Metal Exchange names M. Horn J. P. Moore and N. C. Smith as Room Committee replacing those who declined to serve. E. E. Lyon F. D. Morris A. B. Wetherer elected members.
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Sal
Shadyside
East Liberty
I. D. Batley
Carnegie, Phipps & Co
Penn Avenue
Garrison Alley
M. Horn
J. P. Moore
N. C. Smith
Money Easier As Local Money Market Loans Ease
Monday deposits led a money market rise with abundant supply and easing rates. Call loans at 5 1/2 percent, time at 7 percent, clearing house figures show large volume and potential revival in speculation oil stocks grain and real estate. Bonds and bank clearings across Boston Philadelphia Chicago reflect steady liquidity and new enterprise demand.
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Clearing House
Eourt
Oney Hi
New Ray
Sterling Exchange
New York
United States Tours
Wall Street Slumps and Rebounds in Turbulent Trading
The New York stock market opened dull but closed strong after a volatile day. Atchison Missouri Pacific led declines early, later recovering much of losses, while railroad bonds stayed active. Strong closes across many issues contrasted with weakness in a few names, and bonds saw notable demand with substantial issues sold.
Turbulent Late News In Brief
Typhoid cases surge at Lakeview Chicago with new infections daily. Philadelphia murder case yields death sentence for Mrs Barrow. Poplar Bluff sawmill boiler blast kills three, injures three. New Hampshire widow Nancy Edearly dies at 101 years 5 months. Chinatown fire wipes out 40 wooden buildings in Duttene California. $20,000 loss. Central Pacific financier Huntington given private hearing before Senate panel on Pacific Railway bills. London Ontario asylum blaze frees 75 patients. no injuries. Deyton Tennessee Colonel Northup killed by police with subsequent pursuit. Williamsburg schoolhouse debating society tragedy kills William Wacker. others injured. West Virginia coal expansion linked with two new Monongahale companies. $2M capital. Woman suffrage advocates address House Judiciary Committee led by Anthony Hooker and others. Legal ruling on stock issue questions bank liabilities in Cincinnati case. President commutes Marine National Bank chief James Fish sentence. release set for May 14.
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House Committee On the Judicia
Woman's Suffrage Association
United States
Susan B. Anthony
Elizabeth Her Hooker
Olympia Bro Mrs
Colby
The
Woman's Journal
Dunsday
Oregon
Jadge Jackson
United States Circuit Court
Wintert
Ver Armstrong
Fidelity Bank
Cincinnati
Real Estate Exchange Project Awakens in Pittsburg
Real estate men in Pittsburg largely favor forming a real estate exchange. A committee returned from New York awaits a report and plans a general meeting at week’s end to decide on establishing a permanent structure, possibly a Fourth Avenue building costing about $50,000 for the exchange's use.
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Pittsburg
New York
Fourth Avenue
Property buyers acquire large tract on Stanton Avenue
The Negley estate lands totaling about 45 acres near Stanton Avenue have been sold to C. L. Magee H A Stewart and William Flinn and others. The transaction expands ownership in the neighborhood and signals further development prospects.
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Negley Estate
Coffee futures rise as New York markets firm on demand
Domestic markets show coffee options advancing with firm New York prices for green beans and roasted varieties. Analysts predict further rise in roasted coffee if current week sustains the trend, amid light grain and hay receipts and cautious trade tone.
Grain Exchange Receipts Slip. Market Signs of Bottoming
Receipts totaled 47 carloads, down from 49 a week earlier, with breakdowns including 2 wheat at Pittsburg and Sof Bay, 3 flour, 2 middlings, and 1 millfeed. Prices showed No 2 red at 1.01 to 1.05, with signs cereals have touched bottom amid abundance yet inferior grain levels.
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Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Baltimore
Ohio
Sam Oats
Sige
Wheat Sane
wBarney
Canada
Anada, Qc
Kot Canada
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