Iron Age report on Birmingham steel prices and market activity
The Iron Age notes a price cut of $1.50 in Birmingham furnaces and widespread outside offers. It details No 1 and No 2 foundry iron quotes, Southern iron near prices, scarce ferro manganese, and mixed steel plate and merchant steel activity with dull old rats pricing.
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New York
Birmingham
Southern
Pennsylvania
Smegeleisen
Spiezeleisen
Hillers
Pig Iron Market Shifts Amid Production Cuts and Trade Flows
London reports a mixed iron market with reduced stocks and steady prices as furnaces shut and output contracts tighten.Exports to the United States rose last month to 5,000 tons while domestic demand and metal prices show cautious recovery across pig iron and steel products, with unions pressing for further stoppages.
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Evpctaail
New York
London
Iron Age
United States
Tin Plate Workers’ Union
Uneon
Morewoods
Treforest
Dr. Flints Remedy Promoted For Nervous System Relief
An ad-like note touts Dr Flints Remedy as a sedative best for nervous system relief and incontinence treatment per bottle. It aligns with a New York based medical claim, possibly from a periodical advertisement.
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Dr. Flint
N.Y. Mwf
Meat Prices and Packery Profits Far From Stable
The Pittsburgh dispatch reports on price dynamics in hog products, lard, and dressed beef. Packers warn margins are shrinking as hog prices stay high while pork product prices lag. Chicago markets show rises in tops and dressed beef.
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Prrrsnvrg
Tuvespay
Chicago
East Liberty
Armours
Herr's Island
Tepor B
Live Stock Markets Report From Liberty Yards
Cattle receipts 1 565 head with 44 shipments. no cattle shipped to New York today. Hog receipts 3 500 head with 1 200 shipped, market fairly active up to 20 445. common Yorkers 4 154 30. hogs shipped to New York today. Sheep receipts 1 200 head. 600 head shipped, market slow at yesterday's prices. Report covers week’s transactions at the Liberty yards.
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Orrick
Piessure
New York
Liberty Yards
Cattle Hogs Sheep and Quotes in Market Report
Telegraph summary of cattle receipts across Chicago and St Louis with 15 000 head cattle shipments and 20 000 hogs as market shows dull to weaker cattle, strong hogs and diverse regional quotes. New York receipts show slow feel and refrigerated beef lower on cable. Lambs and sheep receipts vary with markets steady to strong in parts while other regions report mixed prices and limited trading activity.
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ChicaGo
Texas
Oogg
New York
Reeves
Mining Stocks Quotations Loose in New York
Mining quotations from New York on March 13 show varied bids and prices for several miners. Comstock T. offers a bid at 90.00 while others like Adams Consolidated and Caledonia B H list notable figures as listed.
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New York
Alice
Adams Consolidated
Aspen
Caledonia B. H
Consolidated California
Virginia
Commonwealth
Comstock T
Comstock Scrip
Deadwood T
el Cristo
Freeland
Homestake
Horn
Iron
Mexican
Ontario
Sutter Creek
Drygoods Trade Shows Mixed Activity in New York
In New York on March 13 dry goods markets showed fair prices with steady movement on carrier transactions. Demand remained supplementary and edged higher today, signaling cautious improvement for the sector.
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New York
Drygs
Bell Telephone declares dividend and local business trends
The Bell Telephone Company has declared a dividend of 3 per share payable April 31. A new real estate solicitor appears in town. Iron ore rates westbound from Pittsburg to Cleveland will drop about 2 percent March 3. Announce Sternersen Co will begin foundation work on their new building after April. East End property on Fifth avenue and Ivy street was withdrawn from sale at about 26 000 cash.
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Bell Telephone Company
Pittsburg
Cleveland
AnnouTnnot, Sternersen & Co
Lene and
Danville
Antic
Acific Sessa
Uae
American Cotton Oil Trust
Samuel J. Firmise & Co
Fourth Avenue
Cherry Alley
Fifth Avenue
Cathedral
Ivy Street
East End
Stratton Heirs
St. Nicholas
Grant Street
Dalzell Law
Dalzel
Baxter, Thompson & Co
Allés & Bailey
Israel
Geod
Arch. & Top
Atlantis
Roston & Albany
Boston & Mont
Boston & Maine
Calumet & Heels
Tamarace
Amiecon
Land Vo
N.Y
New Eng
Boston Land
Old Colony
Sam
Rolland
West End Land Co
Entral. Com
Bell Telephone
Wis
Central of
Lamson Stores i. AllouezMg Co
Philladelphia
Philadelphia
Whitney & Stephenson
New York Stock
Pennsylvanis Railroad
Huffalo, Pittsburg & Western
Lehigh Waller
Ais Lehigh Navigation
Northern Pacific
Pittsburg Growth Seen From Building and Transit Plans
Reports from Chicago businessmen show demand for Pittsburg store rooms and a potential wholesale butter house. Demolition of the St Nicholas Hotel proceeds for the Dalzell building. Natural Gas Co shows large earnings and dividends. Railroad officials anticipate extensive double tracking and rapid transit expansion in Pittsburg within years. Electric companies push city electrification with new motor uses and innovative horse grooming and shoeing devices. Rice straw paper stock promises cheaper, abundant paper stock for mills nearby.
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Fourth Avenue
Pittsburg
United States
Savannah
New York
Quiet loan market and steady rates across papers
The loan market was quiet but rates steady at 627 percent on general business paper. Exchanges totaled $2,130,810.41 with balances of $342,572. There was weather-related decreased clearings and currency shortages. Money on call in New York easy near 3 to 4 1/4 percent. prime mercantile paper at 5 7/8 percent. Bond quotations and various city clearings follow, with London bullion and Paris three per cent rentes noted. Chicago and New York money markets described as steady with call rates around 5 1/4 to 6 percent.
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New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Bank of England
Paris
Chicago
New York Exchange
Oil market dips as New York bears and Lima scent weigh
Oil opened weak with light professional trading and no clear support. News notes small wells and new activity in Butler and Washington fields including Parker City strikes, partial success in Monitz and Crothers farms, Fortwangler No 1 output at 490 barrels daily, and transfer of a stake in two Washington field wells for 2300 dollars.
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Lima
New York
Lockwood & Co
Eicholtz
W. J. McKee
Q. G. Shannon
Parker & Disel
Parker City
Butler County
Gordonier & Co
Monitz
Eee
Isaac Willett
Crothers Farm
McKeown
Knox No
Chartiers
Washington Field
Bert McGrown
Brown-Agnew
Glass Farm
Fortwangier
Chartiers Valley
Forest, Union and Anchor of Companies
Gartland & Feely
Fortwangler No. 1
Guffy & Co
Charles Young
Patrick Gilligan
Matthew Taylor
Features of Yesterday's Oil Market Report
Petroleum markets showed mixed activity with open weakness in New York and London sessions. Prices edged higher late day in reaction, with totals shipped and refined oil figures cited. several exchanges noted varying highs and lows amid light clearances and sizable daily sales.
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John M. Caxisy & Co
Sixth Street
Pittsburg Petroleum Exchange
New York
London
Sty
Antwerp
Liverpool
Bremen
A. B. McGrew
Active List Shows Small Gains Across Major Stocks
The Active List reports a fairly brisk market with notable gains in Airbrake Electric and Chartiers Gas while Switch and Philadelphia Gas show weakness. Transactions include Allegheny Heating Company at 166.10 and 4 shares of Pleasant Valley at 25.40, with totals across major rail and utility stocks listed.
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Allegheny Heating Company
Airbrake
Switch and Signal
Philadelphia Gas
Westinghouse Electric
Pleasant Valley
Electric
Chartiers Gas
Sateln
Perel
Alleheny Heating Company
Philadelphia Gasee
Fred Rhinevart
Andrew Caster
John T. Patterson
Sproul & Lawrencs
Allerheny Heat— Company
Union Switch
P. Long
Haresay
Missouri Pacific
Northwestern
Northern Pacific
Transcontinental
Soe
Ichmond
West Point
St. Paul
Union Pacific
Western Union
Pitts
People’s Nationalisk
Wses
Uae
Seer Sonetts
Ener Valley
Rita
Northaide Irik Oey US
Sate Norianing
Wes Luster Mining
Anernen
Electry
Olectrie Wees
Oane
U.S
Esi. Co
Ease Westing
Real estate sales and lots traded in Pittsburgh area
Real estate notices record multiple parcels sold or mortgaged by Samuel J. Fieming Co and others across Pittsburgh wards. Transactions include lot sales to MW C Wolff for 900 dollars, James Shaw for 60, and George W. Smith for 75, with several 24x120 foot lots and frame houses changing hands. Mortgage secured in Wilkinsburg for 4000 dollars at 6 percent.
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Samuel J. Fieming & Co
Fourth Avenue
Nosel
Baird
Filmore Street
Bellefield
MW. C. Wolff, Esq
The
People’s Savings Bank
James Shaw
George W. Smith
M. Schaedel
L. S. Dunn
Eighth Ward
Pittsburg
Charles Somers & Co
Wood Street
Hemlock Street
Sandusky Street
J. C. West
Ewing & Byers
Federal Street
Josama Elliott
Broadway
Coraopolis
Fort Wayne
Manon Place
Joseph C. Kelly
Samuel W. Black & Co
Buena Vista Street
Allegheny
Taylor Avenue
W. A. Herron & Sons
Seventeenth Ward
Black & Baird
John R. McGinley
Madison Avenue
Thirteenth Ward
Carmack Alley
Charles E. Cornelius
Eighteenth Ward
Thomas E. Baker
John Skelly
Thomas Markeham
Wells
Rosa Happe
Wall Street Buoyancy After Bank Rate Cut
In New York on March 13, excitement runs high after the Bank of England cuts its discount rate from 4 1/2 to 4 percent following news of the Chicago Burlington and Quincy absorption. Early trading shows gains across the market with Burlington and Quincy up to 4 and Rock Island up 1 percent as brokers crowd the floor. The initial surge fades as traders adjust.
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New York
Chicago
Burlington and Northern
Chicago, Burlington and Quincey
Bank of England
Burlington and Quincy
Rock Island
Stock Market Slumps As Bears Press Hours Of Trading
Trading day shows heavy selling across leading issues with Chicago Gas notably dropping around 4 percent as market mood worsens. Louisville, New Albany and Chicago falls about 4 1 2 percent amid speculation linked to election results, while several rail and utility stocks also retreat.
Late News In Brier Briefs on Global and Domestic Affairs
A cascade of items from the era covers false reports of Murad’s death, French occupation plans in Dahomey, Crete relief efforts, and Persian influenza deaths. Also noted are the Peoria murder verdict, Cortes extradition, a Bradford suicide, Parnell supporting Knox, Elphingtone’s drowning, a Rockville Center dynamite explosion, Pettibone’s death, and Rhode Island politics with Thomas Davis’s planned retirement.
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Peoria
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Bradford
Alphous P. Barber
Parnell
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Home Rule
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House of Commons
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Duke of Connaucht
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Rockville Center
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Wilxesbarre
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Rhode Island Democracy
Rhode Island House of Representatives
Congress
Wisconsin Miners Demand Reinstated Wages
In Ashland Wisconsin March 13 miners from Auroras Pabst King and Germania mines in Ironwood threaten to quit as wage cuts every year and foreign labor importation anger workers. They aim to restore pay levels from three years ago and note progress in advance sales this year.
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Domestic Markets Report Tracks Steady Prices across Foods
Continuous rains slow trade while onions cabbage and apples hold firm. Fresh dairy prices show Elgin creamery softening. high grade cheeses and fancy apples remain scarce. Fruits and vegetables list varied crops with notable demand for potatoes onions and barrel produce. coffee and sugar markets show limited gains.
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Florida
Hurter—Creamery
Elgin
Ohio
New York
Dave
Pye
Valencia
Jamaica
Bermuda
Grain Exchange Bid Prices and Receipts Report
At the Grain Exchange several carloads listed with prices and terms for timothy, shelled corn, bran and year corn delivery. Receipts for the week were light, markets firming for choice stock and flour moving upward. Northwestern millers maintain firmer value views as corn and hay prices are noted across multiple railway lines and regions.
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P. St R
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
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St. Louis
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Lake Erie
Ohio
Wheat Market Faces Moderate Turnover and Firm Tone
A Chicago wheat session showed only moderate business but a firm overall tone. Prices edged up from yesterday with strong buying in winter wheat areas, aided by liberal clearances and steady export demand. Corn and oats traded modestly, pork futures were active, and cash markets in butter, flour, and feed remained steady amid mixed New York and Philadelphia readings.
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Castoria Through Generations Recalled in Nostalgic Rhyme
A nostalgic verse recalls a mother giving Castoria to a sick baby, a child, a miss, and her own children. The repeated brand cure marks a generational memory and domestic routines.
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