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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Jul 18, 1891

Page

3

Iron market shows buyouts as July sales surge

Mid July reports indicate iron and steel prices stay firm with unprecedented July sales. Bessemer and gray forge lines fall sharply while Shenango and Noahoning Valley produce hold steady. Nimick & Co. winds up, ending Pittsburg’s old pig iron era.

Nimick & Co Michael Allen Pittsburg Water Street Hanging Rock Menongahbela Essemer Ony Forge Bessemer Aginst Bresemer Heawamet Ie Anen i Svendons Ray Forge Gray Forge Eepeenees Valley Pu Auery Aubirt Valley Canin Sarin Sionalia WU Joly Tony Atevecesse

Market Dull as Iron Prices Hover in Uncertain June

Special telegram notes a lingering downturn in the iron and steel markets. Pig iron demand weakens with small lots quoted at reduced levels while larger orders stall. Structural material orders remain sparse as steel rails hold at 0.30. Steel billets show little activity with buyers indifferent. Muck bars fetch 2.25 delivered, suggesting overall cautious trading and weak sentiment.

Puma Secrata Pennsylvania Acre

Improvement at St Louis Trade Gathers Thrust

A telegraph report from St Louis notes improved inquiries for pig iron and a large car works purchasing car wheel and coke iron. Foundries show better activity and stove works run full with strong prospects. Trade indicators point to higher business volumes ahead.

St. Lou

Real estate and business notes from Pittsburgh area growth

Thirty lots above Sharpsburg change hands for 4230 with an investor planning improvements. Mary Street block sale for 30000 to James Evans, with the Blaine sale drawing 6000 to 8000 people and 10 lots sold around 400 each. Freight and transit boosts, leasehold loan questions, stock dividends, and new building permits mix in with rail and utility company updates.

Sharpsburg James W. Drape & Co Jenkin Jones James Evans Mary Street Twenty Sixth Ward Blaine Lota Charles Somers & Co American Vault, Safe and Lock Manufacturing Company Business News Grossto A. Dickie & Co Mawhinney & Dick H. L. Benner Broad and Euclid Streets East End George Schmidt Miam Avenue Oakland Henry Kreiling James W. Drape

Chicago Outlook for Balance of Year a Healthy Outlook

In Citease July 17 Rogers Brown and Merwin report midsummer market activity in Chicago remains steady with plentiful carload orders though few large contracts. Iron prices unchanged as Lake Superior coal buyers retreat. The year’s outlook stays healthy with large crops likely to spur broader business, railroads delaying yet expect increased activity once they enter the market.

COOKE Citease Rogers, Brown Merwin Chicago Lake Superior Sanaa

Market notes show subdued activity and mixed stock movement

Market activity was muted with brokers preparing for a Europe trip and staff instructed to do little during the absence. Prices were largely steady with Central inching up and Electric closing higher while Airbrake fell. New York and Boston clearings, exchange rates and listed stocks are provided in the daily call report with various bids and asks.

Europe Central Pleasant Valley

Stock Exchange Dullness Overshadows Gold Export Effect

The market remains stagnant with dull activity and minimal price changes. News of 800,000 in gold for export triggers a bear attack, especially on Missouri Pacific and North American, leaving closes near the day’s lows. Northern Pacific bonds gain slightly amid limited overall movement.

Stock Exchange St. Paul North American Iite Missouri Pacific Northern Pacific Atchison New York Disrarcn Nitney & Stephenson Pittsburg New York Stock Exchange Fourth Avenue

Iron markets in Dixie see record lows and statewide plant restart signs

In Branteenam Ata on July 7 the Iron market shows no change with furnaces conceding to dump stock. Prices reach historic lows for No.1 foundry 12 2 1s 75, No.2 foundry 11 12 2, No.3 foundry 10 11 50. A statewide trend to resume idle car works mills and iron consuming industries appears, as more furnaces burst into blast than ever before, though experts foresee no near term improvement before fall.

Baltimore and Ohio Northern Liberties Bridge Company Citizens Insurance Company Watch Trust Piices United States Lake Street Elevated Railroad Chicago Se Water Company Pine Township Huntington and Broad Top Railroad Fa Shles New York London India Branteenam Ata

Metal Markets and Transport Trends Note

Metal markets report pig iron and copper weak in July with mixed lead and tin. mention of rapid transit via electric railroads in tunnels as future progress. See The Dispatch tomorrow.

Sunday Dinner Garden Prices Fall as Market Grows Festive

The Sunday Dinner notes steady prices for dairy poultry and vegetables with an exuberant abundance of garden supplies. Watermelons arrive in large quantities from Georgia, and raspberries and blackberries show receipts. Fish stalls report a quiet week, frogs remain scarce, and florists see midsummer dullness with unchanged prices.

Lnte Miling Rarabba Tiblon Seaeter Turkers Cale Scat Lasnott Halbet Rick Eee New York Mermeta Dean Hrides Heanetts Duchess of Alebany Beth Panalen Senator Wootten

Home Securities. Brokers and Investors Take It Easy

Midsummer dullness has settled over the local stock market with only seven shares sold yesterday. Chicago remained the only active market, as speculation stalls until fall. Traders expect improved times when Europe returns gold to pay for breadstuffs amid wartime strains.

Chicago Europe

Mining Stock Quotations New Year July 17

Alice 160 Adams Consolidated 180 Aspen 200 Deadwood 100 Homestake Wices or Silver 330 Mexican 10 Plymouth 174 Ontario 400 Union Consolidated 10 Yellow Jacket 135

New Year Alice Adams Consolidated Aspen Deadwood Homestake Orn Mexican Plymouth Ontario Union Consolidated Yellow Jacket

Watermelons A Drug In Southern Shippers Trade

Country Produce summary notes watermelons and peaches selling weak due to poor quality. Inland demand fair as dairy, cheese, and high grade products gain. fruit supplies plentiful with home grown goods increasing. Apples and berries show varied prices while bananas and tropical fruits move slowly in a bountiful market.

Prrranore Distatch Fuipay Produce Commission New York

Sugar markets and coffee trends in uncertain outlook

The column notes sustained advance in Iléc on sugars with firm soft whites and expectations of higher prices. Spot coffees stay firm though the new crop arrives freely, limiting a lasting bull move. varied coffee grades and other commodity listings appear with mixed quality and several named brands and origins referenced.

Java

Faith Unshaken In Heavy Fall Trade And Money Markets

Faith remains unshaken as heavy fall trade momentum continues and money markets show no change. Accommodations are liberal with rates steady near two percent while exchange activity improves. Foreign gold movements and wheat exports influence the outlook as imports dwindle and bills on American travelers rise.

Hankers Wall Street News Europe New York Mo Mercantile Sterling Exchange

Fragmentary Financial Bond Listings and Rail Names

A hazy OCR snippet lists various securities and railroads including Northern Pacific, Missouri Pacific, San Francisco, Canada, Central Pacific, Tex. Pac, and St. Paul. It references bond coupons and issuers with scattered figures like 44s 100, 674, 465, and 287, suggesting a page of financial quotations and stock listings from a historical newspaper.

Canada Newtral Pacific Ohio Tia al. c Bur SauEey Shit Mil St. Paol Tig c St It Rio Grande Vial York Central Os &At. L N. E Vorfolk & West Arfolk & Wertern North American Co Northern Pacific U.S de Do Suds Missouri Gs Bet St. LS San Frando Do Cope St. Paul Gonsols Pt Paul,Chic Pac Tex. Pac

Fish Prices and Local Trade Dealings Listed

The notice lists various fish products with prices per barrel or half barrel. Included are herring sales at different weights along with lake trout and pickerel as offered by local sellers. Prices range around $6.50 per barrel for certain herring, with other lines showing smaller quantities and different rates.

Finnan Euthean Holland Herring

Grain Exchange Sale Reports Mixed Prices and Carlot Stocks

A single sale on call at the Grain Exchange featured a car of Sample shell corn at 65c with diverse receipts bulletined at 33 cars including Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago Railway shipments. Reports note weak wheat and flour, steady old wheat, and firm ear corn with a broad mix of grain and hay prices across carload lots, reflecting tentative market activity and price quotations from Washington county bone pressed stock.

Grain Exchange Pittsburg Ft. Wayne Chicago Railway Cincinnati St. Louis New York Angra Megel Tobso Bance Cae Seo

Mixed Markets Hit Wheat Oats as Corn Provisions Rise

Chicago trading shows wheat and oats weak with a panic mood in oats while corn and provisions hold firm. Wheat opens lower on bearish world cues with exports and Paris reports weighing on prices. corn and hogs surge on strong demand and anticipated packer activity.

Commodities Mixed Across Markets With Wheat, Corn Movements

Diverse markets show wheat steady to firm across cities with July and August futures, corn fluctuating but generally steady, oats mixed, and pork, lard, and butter varying in demand. Prices listed for Philadelphia Baltimore Milwaukee Cincinnati and Duluth reflect regional trading activity.

Western Steam Western Dairy Do Creamery M@lée Pepweader Getoder Twentieth Street Anist Sbpsbo SC Wits Pennsylvania Sage Cy Daly Ag Ec Anze Milwaukee Cincinnati Hutter Duluth Kansas City Minneapolis Northern Toledo

Wool market report from 1880s notes steady prices and active demand

Wool sales show steady quotations across regions with strong demand for fine and delaine wools. Territory and western wool sold well with light competition for Ottawa and California lots. Michigan and Ohio conditions mixed amid overall firm prices and frequent sales.

Sr. Louis Ohio West Territory Jodie

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