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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jul 06, 1889

Page

3

Diamond Markets Prices Hold Steady Across Goods

The Diamond Markets maintain steady pricing on meats and produce. Tenderloin steaks fetch 3 to 25 cents per pound, with fancy cuts higher. vegetables show varied rates including potatoes at 2 to 50 cents per half peck and tomatoes at 2 cents per box. Fresh citrus and berries list several per-dozen or per-quart prices, while fish and seafood offer ranges from 10 to 250 cents per pound for selections like salmon and halibut. Flowers headline with assorted rose varieties priced per dozen.

California Blackie N. Y

Live Stock Markets Report From East Liberty

Market condition shows no cattle shipped to New York for the day. Receipts and shipments vary with several consignments noted, including 700 head of cattle and 2,500 head shipments. Market orders appear limited and activity subdued amid overall quiet.

East Liberty Lock Varia Orher Prrrsnone Dispatch CatTie Recelpw New York Poe

Market Receipts and Prices Across Cattle Sheep and Hogs

Telegraph reports brisk trading with 9 carloads for the market and 75 carloads for export. Prices vary for cattle, steers, stockers, and calves across Kansas City and Chicago markets, with steady to lower trends and mixed lots commanding different per hundred pound rates. Sheep and hog receipts are noted, with lambs and mutton prices listed and regional shipment details sparse.

New York Hecel Heads Kansas Comius Shere Ives Cincinnati Fe

Market notes on grains and commodities in late trading

New York Flour markets show active for home and export. wheat bids mixed with July and August activity and several futures near 13.70 to 14.00 in September and November. Raw materials demand improves with cargo sales. molasses and rice markets vary. cottonseed oil and tallow firm, turpentine steady. cheese and eggs uneven. corn futures close weak though some recovery late. Cincinnati shows flour, wheat, and provisions firm with mixed bids. Toledo closes with cloverseed dull and cash firm.

New York Igo Ifc Giige

Wool Markets See Firm Demand and Higher Tendencies

Market reports show a steady wool market with a firm tone for all types. Sales this week reached about 297 500 pounds with strong activity in fine washed fleeces and No 1 types, while prices show little change but an upward tendency. Spring Texas wool remains firm as foreign demand continues at modest levels.

Sr. Lovurs Bostos Texas Emery Weel

New York Prices And Market Update Amid Quiet Trade

Market slips into steadiness as futures show price levels around £40 10s for delivery while cash trade remains active. Reports indicate robust activity in commodities with descriptors like ordinary noted at £18 and notes of strong demand across sectors.

New York Tin Son

Farmers face cheap sale as Western Pennsylvania lands devalue

A Pittsburg gentleman on a 200 acre Homer City area farm plans sale at 60 dollars per acre, while city property rises. The piece notes farming’s decline in Western Pennsylvania, contrasts hat shop jokes, and compares Connellsville and Durham coke prices and factors driving U S coke cheaper.

Pennsylvania Pittsburg Homer City South America Fourth Street

Market gains and Citizens' Traction leads day

Stock brokers reported a stronger and more active market with 355 shares traded. Citizens' Traction rose from 69% to 70% and closed at a firm high, while Electric and Philadelphia Gas firmed and other tractions remained dull but steady.

Citizens Citizens’ Traction Electric Philadelphia la Noria Pittsburg, Allegheny and Manchester Railroad

Fragmentary Military Names and Rail Terms in Aged Text

A jumble of scattered initials and fragments references generals, consols, ships, rail terms, and place markers. The unreadable OCR yields no cohesive event or clear individuals, leaving only partial mentions without context or a discernible narrative.

Market mood shifts amid old plan debate and dull trading

Distressingly dull old market day with talk of returning to the former trading plan by a large majority if a vote occurred. Some insist the new system needs more time to prove its strength before judging fre. Market opened at Glc slipped to Sige and hovered near 91% to 92% throughout with a few small late sales. The Pas Line Company reports June oil-for-district totals across Lima Findlay North Baltimore St districts and others with scattered yields.

Glc Keen Pas Line Company Lima Finding Diet North Baltimore Pegary’s Tee Findlay Gibsonburg North Pet St. M Sorts Baltimore Des

Gas drives Cincinnati to secure local fuel supply now

The Commercial Gazette urges Cincinnati to adopt natural gas due to nearby Ohio and Indiana fields. It cites factory moves and rising prices as warnings, noting Dayton and others already piping gas and stressing the urgency to avoid dependence on distant supplies.

Cincinnati Commercial Gazette Ohio Indiana Hall Toledo Findlay Piqua Dayton Patey Eantime Semple

Market Features and Exchange Quotation Notes

Fragmented market feature notes from Nemneseey Soressee. Pa Sixth ma he leum Exchange lists barrels average shipinicis and refined at New York lines. Mentions Liverpool and A B McGrew Co. quotes options Puts Calls De.

Nemneseey Soressee Ieee New Lne Mefines Lasiame Liverpool A. B. McGrew 4

Mortgage sales bundle in multiple wards and townships

L M. Pennock & Son arranged and settled mortgages on properties in the Eighteenth and Eleventh wards and Twenty-third ward, plus Upper St. Clair township, totaling loans of 1200, 70, 2000, and 1500 dollars for three or four year terms at 6 percent. Ewlig & Byers acted as brokers for Rev. A. McAllister, listing a three story brick room property with bath and lot details in a notable real estate transaction.

L M. Pennock & Son Eleventh Ward Twenty-third Ward Upper St. Clair Township Ewlig & Byers Federal Street Rev. A. McAllister Bath Aise Thres Iaege Aliogheeny Ieee Op Fourth Ave Washington Fae Mort Ashin Poriaville

Market Fluctuations Mark Dull July Trading Session

The New York stock market showed moderate activity with most business in Granger stocks and bear pressure across the board. London prices were higher, aiding some deals, while railroads showed no notable improvement and several issues fell, including sugar and Atlantic securities, as traders faced a bearish mood and cautious selling.

New York London St. Paul Atchison Sins Boston Shorts Jersey Delaware and Hudson Indiana Elic Ay Wine A & Stephenson New York Stock Exchange Fourth Avenue

Wages Cut Rumor At Carbon Iron Works

Workmen at Carbon Iron Works on Thirty second street hear a 10 percent pay cut for shearers may take effect Monday. An employee says millmen discussed it, with shearers facing 14 cents a ton from 7 cents. A strike could follow a broader wage reduction, though no owner-initiated action is reported. The mill has been shut since Wednesday and will reopen Monday.

Carbon Iron Works Thirty-second Street Kauiher

Market notes on sugar and coffee firmness and price quotes

The week's sugar markets show continued strength with advancing prices across sectors. Coffee remains unsettled with New York reports signaling an advance in options. various green coffee grades and other commodities are listed with mixed quotations and limited clarity in some lines.

New York Rio Maracaibo Java Santos Carson Coffee la- Sak Alain Ijcen Vaseen Stoenan Potomac

Scotch-Irish Movement Gets Start in Pittsburgh Meeting

Descendants of Scotch-Irish settlers in Western Pennsylvania gathered at the First Presbyterian Church to invite the Scotch-Irish Association of America to hold its next meeting in Pittsburgh. Rev. Dr. Allison Rev. I N Shain and others attended. an Executive Committee was formed to extend the invitation and organize details.

Pitlsburg Pennsylvania First Presbyterian Church Allison I. N. Shain Et Scakey T. H. Babinsos J. W. Sete J. McF. Carpenter Themee Scotch-Irish Association of America Hays Cee Comasen Aoe Echols

Grain Market Reports From Pittsburg and Chicago Trade

Grain and feed receipts bulletined at the exchange show limited movement with scattered cars of wheat rye bran flour hay corn oats and shorta listed by Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis Lake Erie and Western routes. A single call sale for No 3 mixed oats drew 2c as prices edge higher amid tight stocks and scarce desirable grades.

Grain Exchange Sears Pittsburg Ft. Wayne Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Pittburg Lake Erie Pittsburg and Western Pennsylvania

Frick Denies Employing Ex Secretary of Coke Syndicate

Mr Fricke denies reports that John F Atchison, general manager of the J W Moore Coke Co, has been hired by H Frick Coke Co. Frick’s office received the rumor late Wednesday night and sought confirmation but neither Atchison nor the firm publicly acknowledged any employment arrangement.

Coke Syndicate John F. Atchison H. ©. Frick Coke Company Frick Atchison I Winck Central Tye

New Establishments Form as Ward 25 Iron Works Reorganizes

A charter for the Republican Iron Works in the Twenty-fifth ward was filed with the Recorder's office. The firm reorganized, increasing capital stock to $600,000 in 6,000 shares of $100 each, with directors E C Converse Jobo Hinenenn Joseph R Jackson and Unshee. A charter for Peerless Lead Glass Works was filed in the Records office, listing capital at 1,200 shares of $50 and directors William Grado and others.

Republican Iron Works Twenty-fifth Ward Recorder’s Office E. C. Converse Jobo H.inen Joseph R. Jackson Peerless Lead Glass Works William Grado Hea Eae

Rev. J H Young Reflects on Sethichem Sorrows and Disrancu

The article notes Rev. J H Young addressing the sorrows surrounding Sethichem and the concept of Disrancu, discussing their impact on the community and offering reflections on meaning and remedy.

Rev J. H. Young

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