Livestock trade report shows cattle below average values
Market notes from the Pittsburg District show cattle receipts 4000 to 5000 head with overall weaker than last week. Cattle prices steady to lower. lightweights active, primes scarce, dealers unable to meet Chicago dressed beef prices. Sheep and lambs firm early but dull on Wednesday with high prices for extra heavy stock. hog demand strong, especially for heavy hogs, with prices advancing at Liberty and Chicago readings.
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Prrrsncre DistaTes
Turmspay
Herr's Island
Liberty
Chicago
New York
Hess
St Central Stock
Live Stock Markets Report at Stock Yards
CATTLE receipts 400 head with 380 head shipped. market slow and unchanged. no shipments to New York. HOGS receipts 140 head. shipments 1,700. price trend unclear. SHEEP receipts 1,200 head. market lower than today’s prices.
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New York
Cattle and Sheep Receipts Across Major Markets
Across New York Chicago St Louis Cincinnati and other centers, cattle and sheep receipts totaled thousands with mixed demand. Beef and dressed sales varied from strong at Chicago to dull at some markets while notes of firmer trade appeared for certain head. Sheep and lamb prices held steady with moderate demand and several regions reported notable price ranges and shipments.
Drygoods Market Faces Slow Demand and Patchy Prices
The market description shows conservative demand for staples and cautious buyers. Dealers report variable activity with agents and dealers positioning products as prices drift and maintenance drives continue, leaving the market in a tentative, mixed state.
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Stile
Market Report from New York Iron and Copper Prices
Metal market shows iron and copper unsettled with prices around 1576 for a quoted metric, lead dull, tin steady, domestic items quiet. Wool and textiles offer limited guidance as fabrics from Wash Goods to English percales appear in stock, with market activity described as immense but unclear.
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New York
Nord
Venice
Huevus
Market summary shows wheat gains and mixed commodity activity
Wheat futures strengthened with May delivery up about 1 1/2 to 2 cents from yesterday’s close as buying pressure emerged, while July remained quieter. Across grains and related goods, price moves were uneven with reports of selling pressure and occasional rallies, and overall market tone described as steady to unsettled with mixed activity in corn oats and hogs.
Pittsburg Iron Prices For Forge and Steel Products
There is improved demand for iron and steel as spring approaches with steady prices. Listings include Snow Neutral Gray forge at 814 TM cash, No 1 and No 2 sizes, foundry and Bessemer irons, ferro manganese, cast iron, manufactured iron bars and nails with cash discounts and 60 day terms. Also notes on tool steel, open and crucible grades, rail components, and skelp with various cash and 2 percent off for early payment.
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Pic
Bessemer
A. B
Satan
Children's and men's wear sale at C C corner Great
A sale offers suits and overcoats priced around 8 and 10 dollars with silk serge trims and satin alike. Children's blue suits for school priced at 1.60 to 1.75 with discounts advertised. Call at once and visit C C corner Great and Diamond streets near the Court House to view the assortment.
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Cc. C. C
New ‘Court House
Bonds and Banks The Windom Question
An experienced city cashier weighs Windom’s status and proposes reforms to preserve the national banking system. He argues against rushing to redeem bonds and suggests a special federal bond to replace maturing issues, preserving stability and preventing wildcat banking while avoiding state insolvency risks.
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Windom
Treasury
Ste
Congress
Market Gains and Falls as Electric and Gas Stocks Rally
The trading session showed gains with Electric and Switch and Signal rising on improving prospects while Philadelphia Gas held firm on the belief money can be made under par. La Noria weakened as outsiders avoided risk amid unclear company status. Total New York stock sales reached 177,418 shares with mixed bids and asks across various listings.
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Philadelphia
la Noria
Loox
New York
Lake
Sha Snewal
Texas
Union Western Union
Financial Straws Mark Slight Bank Demand Change
The report notes some activity in borrowing demand with no major shift in the financial scene. Clearing House data show fair business as exchanges total $1,780,277.17, with money on call in New York easy at 4 percent and 24-day loans closed.
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Potag Herrea
Clearing House
New York
Closen Olered
Gall
de Lyay
Tec
Oil market wavers as prices edge up but trading remains uncertain
The oil market opened steady and rose to about 12 1/2 cents, then faded with weakness toward close. Carry rates moved 15 to 20 cents, while New York tax blocks anchored activity and several wells showed varying outputs including Jennings No. 1 and Carson wells.
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Sige
New York
A. B. McGraw
Puta
Calla
Tate
de Witt Dilworth
Petroleum
Woo Street
Phusburg
Renters Rapidly Snap Up Houses In Busy Market Stretch
Renters, after weeks of scouting, moved to action, securing many properties and submitting numerous applications for business houses. Key deals include Black & Baird selling to Theodore Moke Jr. a 19x100 foot lot on Penn avenue with mortgage activities on Sixth avenue and Laschk street. Other sales feature Witte avenue in Allegheny City and multiple Wilkinsburg and Fourth avenue transactions as lenders finance for five years.
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Southside
Black & Baird
Fourth Avenue
George Ewing
Theodore Moke Jr
Penn Avenue
Fitch and
Gross Streets
Nineteenth Ward
City
Sixth Avenue
Laschk Street
Allegheny City
Samuel W. Blas
Witte Avenue
E. D. Wingenroth
Wilkinsburg
Spring Street
Eral Street
Allemeng
M. J. Aiken
William Foster
Lacock Street
Fourth Allesneny
J. H. Hammer
Hugh Crummy
Buens Vista Street
Abeneeyoy
Pittsburg
Rumors and Stories Ripple Through Manhattan Market News
Dull but volatile trading marked the New York market with a late rally after rumors touched leadership changes and corporate moves. Shares in Reading and Lackawanna were active while Cleveland and Short Line weakened. Tennessee Coal and Wabash showed strength as many stocks fluctuated. Railroad bonds were irregular amid an overall closing firm.
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New York
Walker
Drexel, Morgan & Co
St. Paul
Paris
Whitney
Northern
New England
Osly Reading
Lackawanna
St Paul
Union Pacific
Bears
Cleveland
Columbia
Cincinnati
Indianapolis
Chesapeake
Tennessee Coal
Perry Coal
Denver and
Rio Grande
Western
Reneeee
Evansville
Wabash
New York Stock Exchange
Toe Disrarch
Whit
Beran Eaetanae
Cofton Ee
Cupedian Aess Baephi
Central
New Ghetapeato
Ohio
Bur
Quincy
Alioa
Late News In Brief Sparks Across Agencies
A broad digest notes bonds accepted by the Treasury, a $25,000 loss from a fire, andRepresentative Laird's improved health in Washington. It reports Aldrich the Pennsylvania robber sought by Ottawa, a Brooklyn Atlantic Avenue Railroad boycott, a death in Paterson, and African American labor unrest. It also covers railroad schedules, a New York disappearance, electric sugar fraud probes, Texas Pacific Railway directors, Maine pharmacy bill, and Oklahoma land rush tensions with militia risk.
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United States
Department of Justice
Ottawa
Aldrich
Pennsylvania
Windsor
Atlantic Avenue Railroad
Brooklyn
David Treach
Paterson
Farragut Post
Boston Stocks Show Downturn After Opening Surge
The Boston stock market opened strong with San Diego leading and copper stocks rising briefly. After the first hour the trend turned downward with several major rails and holdings slipping, while others remained resilient. notable names include Atchison Topeka and Santa Fe and Chicago Burlington & Quincy, as trading limited.
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Boston
San Diego
Ato
Hoston & Nny
Calumet
Hecia Core
Pee
Cataipa
Produce Prices and Markets From Pittston March 7 1889
The Pittston Dispatch reports a strong demand for nearby eggs with rising prices and notes steady to active movement in butter and creamery products. Prices for various goods including cheese, coffee, and produce are listed with several references to New York market trends and state laws affecting oleomargarine sales.
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Produce Commission
Ogee
Chartiers Creamery Co
New York
Grain Exchange Receipts Bulletin From Multiple Lines
Total receipts bulletined at the Grain Exchange show 31 cars from Pittsburg Fort Wayne and Chicago with 5 cars of flour 2 of feed 2 of hay 1 of barley 1 of bran 1 of oats 1 of middlings. From Pittsborg Cincinnati and St Louis 3 cars of hay 2 of oats 1 of corn. From Pittsburg and Lake Erie cars of flour 1 of corn 1 of malt 1 of oats. From Baltimore and Ohio 1 car of e corn. From Pittsburg and Western 2 cars of e corn. The only sale on call was 1 car extra No white oats. Size 10 days. Oats are firm.
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New York
Gacex Correz
Choice Bio
Fair Bio
Maracaibo
Slige
Santos
Caracas
Laguayra
Java
Pesberry
Rio
Allspice
Cassia
Tige
Ohio
Eadlight
Waer Globe
Elaine
Iec
Formien
Sig
Wala
Nap
Smyrna
Lve
Meeiben Oraporseades
California
Finnan Hadders
Lfc
The
Grain Exchange
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Pittsborg
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Lake Erie
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg and Western
Prices and goods listed in a late 19th century market sheet
A dense catalog of commodities and prices including mixed feed flour varieties barley wheat straw and provisions such as sugar cured hams dried beef bacon and fresh pork products. The entry catalogs weights units and price per ton or per pound across multiple farm products and staples.
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California
Dressed Meat Prices and Carcass Ranges Noted
Fragmentary OCR lists dressed beef and pork items with price ranges and weights. Mentions carcasses, beef, lambs, hens, and sheep with uncertain figures.
Boats Depart as Rivers Fall and Coal Ships Out
River levels slipped to 11 feet at noon then rose 3 inches in the afternoon as cargo boats head toward Cincinnati and Louisville. Browns plans two more tows, Joseph Walton & Co. one, with John Penney Mark Winnett I N Bunton and a Wood boat sailing to lower ports.
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Browns
Joseph Walton & Co
John Penney
Mark Winnett
Marmette & Co
I. N. Bunton
Walton
John A. Wood
City Councils Seek Profits From Pittsburg Errors
J. Gerdes C F Beckler John Huesman A Ambrose and E P Matthews visit cities to profit by Pittsburg mistakes. They claim to have rights under Ohio law to regulate prices and transportation fees. They have already toured Toledo and Indianapolis.
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J. Gerdes
C. F. Beckler
John Huesman
A. Ambrose
E. P. Matthews
Pittsburg
Dayton
Ohio
Indianapolis
Mayor McCallin Signs 1889 Appropriation Ordinance
The 1889 appropriation ordinance was signed by Mayor McCallin after noon. Clerks prepare February warrants for city employees. The Hall of Charities and several minor warrants will be cashed today. Tomorrow the Departments of Public Works and Publics will be paid.
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McCallin
Inspector Stevens Vindicated at City Hearing
Miss Katie Best failed to appear for the hearing against Inspector George Stevens of the Southside police district and withdrew the case. Alderman McMasters discharged the inspector after the notice of withdrawal was received.
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The
Humane Society of Kansas
United States
Department of State
Brrth Minster
Inspector Stevens
Katie Best
George Stevens
Southside
Alderman McMasters
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