Butter Substitutes and Bark Trade Dont Tell The Whole Story
The Dispatch reports on egg market volatility amid cold storage losses and rising open stock prices as Nashville firms push higher quotes ahead of Easter. It notes a push toward selling eggs by weight in San Francisco and critiques Pennsylvania butterine laws as consumer costs rise. Bark dealer Mack Bark from Friendly, West Virginia, warns prices may fall but margins erode for tanneries, threatening continued operations.
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Nashville
Tenn
L. Winter & Bon
L. Winter & Son
Guy House
San Francisco
Pennsyvania
Dispatch
Chicago
Pennsylvania
Mack Bark and Linthe
E. W. Williamson
Frendly
W. Va
Ohio River
New Metamoras
Allegheny
Virginia
Allegheny City
al Epheny
Live Stock Market Prices and Shipments January 2 1890
Receipts and shipments for cattle and hogs described with price ranges. Cattle arrivals 20 head prime to good, 105% to 4, fair 3 to 4.75. No cattle shipped to New York. Hog receipts 1,400 head, shipments 1,190 head, market to New York at 2.00. Hogs again 2 cars to New York, market seen yesterday at prevailing prices.
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Prrreacne Dreratrer
Tvesiday
Caattir—Receipw
Stupmenta
New York
Ork
ST. Lovis
Pouaa Jones
Livestock Markets Report Across Major U.S. Cities
Cattle and sheep receipts in New York and Chicago show mixed demand as prime and choice stock sell at firm to strong values. Western calves, heifers, and wethers see steady to rising prices while light supplies limit gains. Houston and St. Louis data indicate slower markets with variable quotes across classes.
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Br Telegraph
New York
Reeves
Syrner Or Veals
Nottwood
Tee St
Chicago
Poetucdera
Wool Market Steady as Demand Holds Near Average
Wool sales show demand fair and prices near last week across regions. Michigan and Ohio combing wools hold at 40 cents. fine delaine remains active. California Texas wools steady. foreign wools firm with tilled wools moving at prior prices.
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Ottie
Pennsylvania
Latiée
Michigan
California
Texas
Drygoods Market Stagnant in New York
A dated item notes no change in dry goods trading in New York. The piece then digresses into an extended medical advertisement about heart disease, urging readers to consult Dr Flint's remedy and supply details for a mail order request, reflecting a blend of commerce and health promotion typical of the era.
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Drygoods
New York
Markets by Wire in Chicago Wheat and Commodities
Wheat market steady with firm undertone after a recent decline. Corn and oats show quiet to active trading with mixed near and deferred deliveries and stronger oat demand. Hog products and fats/additives rise with steady to firm cash quotes and varied futures. Local and outside orders influence price moves.
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Chicago
Shorts
Iocuaetee Wen Onbe
Tae
Annary
Toko Gao
Ong
BGC Nases
Faiwney
Cotagen Terrg
Barney
Harley
Hawgquist
Seutara A
Western Steam
Aoe
Elgin
Mice
Western
Philadelphia
Twentieth Street
Ng Yerebruary
Masylvania Creamery Extra
Ihe
Baltimore
Rio Fair
Aigo
Mortgage records and business moves in Pittsburgh area
Seven mortgages recorded yesterday ranged up to 30 000 dollars with 400 dollars for the smallest. J M Caxley & Co reported the Cattle Trust may reorganize. Northern Pacific directors plan converting 20 million in six percent bonds. Lower St Clair Building Association of Mt Oliver granted a charter with 120 000 capital. James W Arrott and Francis J Torrence sold their stake in Porter Foundry to John Porter Jr and A T Doutheit. A private bank plan is being advanced to form a national bank in Wilkinsburg. E Clark, linked to Cherry alley sales and a 90 000 Smithfield Street deal, is a stenographer at Pittsburgh Loco Works. KD Catmros buys 2 D Brown’s insurance and real estate business. remains with Metcalf, Paul & Co. Allegheny Insurance shows earnings enough to pay the regular fund and boost capital. A Bullish outlook at Waz Street notes rising sentiment in specialties and railroad stocks likely to establish dividends.
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Joax M. Caxley & Co
New York
Cattle Trust
Philadelphia
Northern Pacific
Harrisburg
Lower
E. ’ Clark
Cherry Alley
Smithfield Street
Pittisburg Locomotive Works
Beaver Avenue
Allegheny
Catmrros
Metcalf, Paul & Co
Allegheny Insurance Company
Pittsburg
Disrarcn
W. A. Horton & Sons
DisPatel
East End
Oakland
Shadyside
Fast End
Syrup of Figs Advertisement From California Figs
Syrup of Figs is described as a laxative and nutritious juice made from California figs and medicinal plants. It is claimed to act gently on the kidneys liver and bowels while aiding the system, dispelling colds and curing habitual constipation.
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California
Overcoat Stock Sold at Five Dollars Each
Local store advertises remaining cassimere overcoats at five dollars with velvet collars and satin linings in four styles and ulsters at the same price. Sale today at P. C. C. C. car Grant and Diamond streets opposite the new courthouse. Iron City Brewing Co. ale and beer promoted by dealers.
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Low Pri
P. C.C.C
Car
Grant and Diamond
New Court House
Iron City Brewing Co
Pittsburg Prosperity Driven by Real Estate Shift
A Philadelphia heirs holdout blocks Captain Vandergrift in a Fourth avenue deal while Pittsburg real estate markets shift to wider buyers' terms. J Walter Hay buys land in Herron Hill for speculation. A Horton & Sons letter notes broadening sale methods, easier down payments, and growing city development benefiting workers and overall prosperity.
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Vandergrift
Singer
Fourth Avenue
Fitzsimmons
Philadelphia
Henry A. Weaver
Captain Vandergrift
General Sweitzer
J. Walter Hay
Allegheny
Marion
Madison
Adelaide Avenues
Herron Hill
Local Securities Firm and Active Trading Report
Local stocks showed firmness with 497 shares traded and notable demand for Philadelphia Gas. Keystone Bank rose to 70 while Washington Oil touched 60, and Pleasant Valleys and Philadelphia Gas moved at varied quotes amid steady overall activity in the market.
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Philadelphia
Washington Ofl
Keystone Bank
Ohio Valley Gas 1
Optimistic Views On Money Supply From Fifth Avenue Cashier
A Fifth Avenue cashier said Pittsburg finances are in splendid condition and that despite strong demand for money there is ample liquidity. He noted a steady flow from the West and South easing credit conditions as confidence remains high.
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Pittsburg
Fifth Avenue
Financial markets show higher bank deposits and steady money
The piece notes banks taking in more than paid out due to large steady deposing as trade remains active. It cites easy money on call in New York at 2 percent with fair currency supply, and firm sterling rates. Regional clearings and balances are given for Boston Philadelphia Chicago and London bullion movements.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Philadelphia
Bank of England
Chtcago
Oil market summary from Pittsburg and Oil City notes
The market opened steady and gained on local buying before Pittsburg and then Oil City sold, turning the tide. Prices closed 3 points under the high with light trading. Reported yields include Ingram farm at Doll's Run 400 barrels daily, Cochran No.7 gusher at 8 firms, and several fields showing strong flow in the Mount Morris and Eureka areas.
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Pittsburg
Oil City
New York
McCalmont Oil Company
Ingram Farm
Doll's Run
Mount Morris
Davis Farm
BE M. Eukill
Monay
Barnsdale & Moore
Eureka
Shannopin
Stevenson Oil Company
Ferguson Farm
Mechlin, Drake & Co
Sheffield Feld
Gilbert Oil Company
Clapp
Horton, Crang & Co
Gilbert
Noose Pool
Booth, Flinn & Co
John McKeown
Claysville Pool
Carson Well
Butler County
W.J. McKee
Q.G. Shannon
T. W. Phillips
May Farm
Petroleum closes steady after day of gains and declines
In New York on January 23 petroleum prices opened steady and declined to a low before rebounding to a steady close. The stock exchange showed opening at 106.4 and a high near 106.4 with a listed close around 106.4 as roughly 615000 barrels moved.
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Omerry
Fpetroleum
Braptorp
Petroleum
New York
Sg. Stock Exchange
Consoli
Real estate sales and mortgages recorded in East End Pittsburgh
James W. Drape & Co sold two properties on Penn avenue and adjoining parcels for 20000 and 23000 dollars. Mortgages recorded include Brownsville avenue property, Washington avenue business property, and Beltzhoover Borough parcel for three years. Other transfers list sales by Charles Somers Co, W A Herron & Sons, and Binck & Baird. Properties on Tunnel street, Lindo street, Forbes avenue, Joseph street, and Hays street changed hands with prices from 400 to 310000 dollars.
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James W. Drape
Sixth Street
Beltzhoover
Charles Somers & Co
East End
W. A Herron & Sons
Isaac Taylor
Tunnel Street
Fifth Ward
Henry A. Davis
Samuel W. Black &Co
Fourth Avenue
Lindo Street
West Liberty
Pao Pittsburg and
Castle Shannon
W.C. Stewart
Alex Murdoch
Joseph Street
Carrie M. Thompson
Hays Street
George Brehin
Stocks React In Mixed Day As Louisville & Nashville Lead
Trading was uneven with a firmer underlying tone and subdued activity. Louisville and Nashville surged on news of a leasing line deal, while London and Chicago showed limited movement and renewed buying in American stocks in London._> This summary consolidates the fragmented market cues into a concise card style item.
Market Shares Ripple as Rumors Hover Over Refiners
Traders shifted to bear positions late in the session while coal and grain stayed firm. Louisville and Nashville rose on hopes of near term dividends and Armour’s bullish stance. overall market closed heavy with small gains in select issues. Trading volume reached 1.9 million with notable activity in Texas and Pacific and Wabash seconds. London’s easier rates influenced domestic sentiment.
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St. Paul
Armour
Union Pacific
Uisville
Nashville
New England
Texas and Pacific Seconds
Wabash Seconds
Post
Louisville
London
Bank of England
New York Stock Exchange
Whitney & Stephenson
Pittsburg
Philadelphia stock quotations and brokers list
Fragmentary notes show stock quotations and broker names including Whitney and Stephenson and references to New York Stock Exchange, Lehigh Navigation, Southern Pacific and Northern Pacific. The text mentions Buffalo and Pittsburgh routes and Lehigh Valley lines with unclear figures.
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Philadelphia
Ty Whitney & Stephenson
Pennsvivants Wamtoag
Ronmiom
Kuffalo
Pitwburg & Waste
Lehigh Valley
Lehigh Navigation
Southern Pacific
Northern Pacific
Schindery Committee to Convene Friday for State Advice
The Schinderg Committee of Councils chaired by W. W. Nisbet will meet Friday at 5 P.M. in Common Council Chamber to discuss Southside agitation. Dr. Thompson of the State Board of Health and his brother from the Johns town Flood Relief Committee will attend, with Captain Thomas H. Baker of the Bureau of Health providing testimony. About 75,000 Pittburgers face water that is unusable yet charged for, and the outcome of the meeting bears close interest.
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Schinderg Committee of Councils
W. W. Nisbet
S P.M
Dr. Thompson
State Board of Health
W. ER. Thompson
Johnstown Flood Relief Committee
Pittaburgers
Thomas H. Baker
Bureau of Health
Refined Woman Recovers After Using Chamberlains Cough Remedy
A refined woman plagued by severe hay fever and lingering cough finds relief after trying Chamberlains Cough Remedy against medical advice. Her condition improves, the cough subsides, and she sleeps better, marking a dramatic turn in her illness. Multiple local vendors advertise the product across Pittsburgh and Allegheny streets.
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Chamberlain
Kennedy
la Grippe
E. G. Stuckey
Seventeenth
Twenty-fourth
Penn Avenue
Wylie Avenue
Fulton Street
Markell Bros
Penn and
Frankstown
Theodore E. Chrng
Fifth Avenue
Carl Hartwig
Thomas R. Morris
Hanover and
Preble Avenues
F. H. Egeers
Ohio Street
F. H. Egeers & Son
Smithfield Street
Wsu
Castoria Slogan Turns Through Generations
The note traces a family use of Castoria from infancy to adulthood, noting the product’s role as a trusted remedy across generations and repeated in childhood to motherhood milestones. It highlights brand continuity and historical reliance on Castoria for infants and children.
Markets For Domestic Produce In Pittsburgh January 23 1800
Poultry and eggs firm with better prices. fancy apples scarce and rising. Potatoes steady. stock creamery and butter firm. Tropical fruits in demand especially Florida oranges. Beans corn and dried fruits listed with varied prices. coffee and sugar among soft white supply concerns.
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Florida
Elgin
Ohia
New York
Limburger
Sweitzer
Inget
Malaga
Grain Exchange Sales Report From Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago
A Grain Exchange report lists carload sales and deliveries by route including Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago and Baltimore and Ohio lines with oats corn hay rye wheat and flour. Prices mid ranges reflect a buyer’s market with only high grade oats corn and hay finding buyers while choice grades hold firm.
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Grain Exchange
Pittsburg
Fort Wayne
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Carl
Gheifed
Shell
Bakers
Sugar cured meat items listed with varied prices
The fragment lists sugar cured bacon shoulders dried beef beef rounds and other canned meat products with assorted prices and notes on salt and packaging. It mentions tin pails and OXO and includes a vague financial amount $1200 and other nonspecific items.
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Bonatore Renta California
Baer
Mess Ag
Natatorium Company Stockholders Meet For Swimming School
A meeting of Natatorium Company stockholders at 94 Fourth Avenue reported stock increasing from 32000 to 35000 with a proposed third story on Duquesne Way to cover costs. Directors elected include Byram Magee McCandless and Stotz. Secretary Goodwin outlined pricing with family baths at 50 and 40 for individuals, and instructor led single baths at 25 cents, modeled after similar cities.
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Natatorium Company
Fourth Avenue
W. G. McCandless
Duquesne Way
Byram
C. L. Magee
A. M. Neeper
Oot
Fred Goodwin
Bath
Cleveland
Boston
Philadelphia
Wide Range of 19th Century News Tidbits Across Regions
In brief dispatches: North Dakota votes down a woman suffrage amendment but will revisit it. Wyoming Democratic Committee pushes for statehood. Mexican bandits loot on the Rio Grande. horses and cattle stolen. robberies occur. Lake Sailors union withdraws from labor. Vanderbilt of Mexico, Don Lois Huller, pivots to stock subscriptions. Danvers Center Massachusetts Congregational Church burns. dating back to witch trials. French Chamber Tariff Committee leans protectionist. Batesville Arkansas shooting leaves Emma Fry dead. George Meissner injured. Kriffin case coroner finds death by unknown choroform use. grand jury to review. Tecamoh Nebraska cattleman Lee Miner goes berserk, kills Leander Scott. killer surrenders. Cliff Dwellers from Sierra Madre exhibit in US and Europe. Milwaukee Women’s Christian Temperance Union denied space in YMCA building. Alleges post office robbery at Alorgs New Mexico larger than first thought. Pacific mail stolen. tied to transcontinental shipment disruptions.
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Rio Rande
Lake
Seamen's District Assembly No
Powaerly
Lois Huller
Vanderbilt
Mexico
Danvers Center
Mass
Kriffin
Trenton
N. J
Knittin
Lee Miner
Tecamoh
Neb
Leander Scott
Scott
Schwalks
Sierra Madre Mountains
Oukohoma
Chihuahua
Europe
Milwaukee
Women’s Christian Temperance Union
Young Men’s Christian Association
Prohibition Party
Young Men's Christian Association
Alergs
N. M
Chicago
Pacific Coast
Steamer De Soto Burned. Cargo Insured in Pittsburg
The De Soto steamer on its voyage was set ablaze Monday night and its cargo, loaded in Pittsburg, was fully insured. In a related incident, the Ohio of the Memphis and Cincinnati line also burned that same night, on its up trip.
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de Soto
Pittsburg
Ohio
Memphis
Cincinnati
Baltimore and Ohio sells excursion tickets to Washington
The Baltimore and Ohio offers excursion tickets to Washington. Only 10 tickets available tomorrow January 30 at $9. Call city ticket office at Fifth Avenue and Wood Street to secure seats in the parlor car and berths in the sleeping car. Trains depart 8 a.m. and 9:20 p.m.
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Baltimore and Ohio
Washington
Baltimore
City
Fifth Avenue
Wood Street
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Washington Oil
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Pleasant Valley
Aernant
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Winn
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Mas Alain Ay
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Lay
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Dent
Edward Groceg
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Eric Fae Cae
John M. Oakley & CO
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Whittler
Poem Avenue
Osuwk
Gray
Fue Pensive
Aly
Ulland
Corner Smithield and
Liberty
Doctors Lake
Saanava
Draceia Cook
Woodward Ave
Detroit
Pitts
Joseph Flewing & Son
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F.C
Eafo
Pennyroyal
Pauls
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