Iron and Steel Market Conditions Worsen Amid Slowing Demand
New York March 19 The iron and steel markets show subdued activity with consumption dropping in line with reduced production. Northern foundry iron prices hold around 16 to 17 dollars, while billets and rails face dull demand and widespread price uncertainty. Traders report cautious buying, rumors of large Eastern transactions, and limited large orders across steel products.
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Dispatch
New York
Gray Forge
Spiegeteisen
Hillec
Reds
Eastern Bullets
F Eastern Red
Eastern Steel Works
Eastern Mills
Cal al Tidewater
Seedigh Iroan
Shell
Jersey
Foreign metal markets show firm tin prices and hesitant warrants
In London the market remains unsettled with warrants for Scotch and Cleveland weak and sales light. Tin holds firm with prices rising to £4 2s 0d for spot while copper warrants slip amid financial concerns and heavy American supply. Latter market activity shows some improvement with stronger spot purchases and a wider gap between bids and asks.
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New York
London
Cleveland
Sielder
Coke Market Shows Toning Up Amid Rising Shipments
A Pittsburgh area coke market report notes a noticeable upswing with daily shipments increasing and operators earning solid prices. Seven plants remain active Braddock Peres Pennsville Paull Grace Fer Hill and Fairchance with over 1000 ovens in blast and rail shipments to the East and West. Prices hold steady at furnace coke 1.40 foundry 2.90 crushed 3.05 with freight changes pending and a predicted rapid improvement after April toward a May 1 resumption.
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Dirpatcr
Pitteborg
Rainey
Pennsylvania Steel Company
Steelton
Pittsburg
Pitsburg
Bar silver prices and bullion in warehouse report
London price for bar silver at 45.50 per ounce with New York valuation around 83.50. Mercantile Safe Deposit Demains reports silver bullion on hand at 650,965 ounces with exports and credits showing 14,772 ounces. certificates outstanding total 6,00? ounces.
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New York
London
Mercantile Safe Deposit Demians
Good Clothing for the Poor To Day in Pittsburg
Friday sale for the poor lists prices on cassimere suits for boys and men, short pants, long pants suits in cheviot blends, and other cheap garments. Items include boys sizes 4 to 14, men coats pants and vests, with prices shown. Sale today only at P C C Pittsburg Combination Rating Company corner Grant and Diamond streets opposite the Court House.
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Hoyas
Pittsburg
Cor. Grant
Diamond Streets
Court House
Markets Roundup Shows Wheat and Corn Rally Then Slump
Chicago traders opened May wheat at around 10 14 to 10 15 with losses from winter weather and rising Northwestern receipts countered by Atlantic seaboard clearances. May corn climbed briefly to 8 1 8 and then declined, oats fluctuated, and pork lard and ribs moved on packers' influence as prices swung during the session.
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Chicago
Atlantic Seaboard
Louis
Hic
Bige
Silcec
Sic
Lara
John M. Oakley & Co
Sixth Street
Chicago Board of Trade
New York Coffee Market Opens Firm as Futures Hold Steady
Coffee options trade steady in New York with March at 17.55, May 17.50, July 16.85 and August/September futures around 16.00 to 16.05. Spot market steady with fair cargoes and No. 7 trade noted. Markets show unchanged to marginally steadier tones amid limited volatility.
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Rae Tean Earet
Zee J Mia
Teater
Tak
Aanne - H
Mloney
Eigen
Tae
Suir
Srg
Arice
Pacific Coast
Western Steam
Sgt M
Western Gally
Creamery
Elgin
Philadelphia
Pennsylvania
Eeren ‘T
Atertosa
Boise
Metal Market Report Notes Quiet New York Pig Iron
New York iron markets show pig iron quiet with price at 16.00 dollars. Separate metals such as lead and tin remain firm with a slight upward tendency noted amid varied commodities trading.
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Yorke
I Saparetana
Wool Markets See Light Offerings and Price Shifts
Light wool offerings met with modest demand as receiver prices showed small changes amid fluctuating market mood.
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T. Loom
River traffic at seven-foot fall as boats depart
The river marks show seven feet and falling. The M. F. Allen departed for Wheeling at noon yesterday while the C. W. Batchelor left for Cincinnati at 4 P. M. Frask Gilmore is to depart tonight with a light tow.
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M. F. Allen
Wheeling
C. W. Batchelor
Cincinnati
Frask Gilmore
Reed B. Coyle Co Promises in Twenty Third Ward Building boom
Reed B. Coyle Co has moved to the St Nicholas building and sold over 300 lots across four plans in 18 months. The Marion Fiace plan has sold 35 lots totaling $20 000 since mid January. Marion Place sees twelve houses completed with more under construction including several business premises.
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Reed B. Coyle & Co
St. Nicholas
Marion Fiace
Marion Place
Real estate holds steady as prophets of collapse fade
The piece argues early year forecasts predicting broad disaster were mistaken as business remains sound and real estate demand outpaces supply. It cites the Penn avenue log house demolition and Kelley mansion removal as symbolic progress, dismissing sentiment for modernization and asserting ruins hinder progression.
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Penn Avenue
Wilkinsburg
Kelley
John Quincy Adams
Henry Clay
Daniel Webster
Lafayette
Nothing Gained by Delay in Home Purchases
The piece argues that delaying property purchases harms buyers with moderate means as city growth raises land values. It notes 10 years ago lots cost $400–$500 and now fetch $900–$1,000, warning Pittsburg will not regress and urging timely investment in homes or building sites.
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Pittsburg
Conley Property Refusal Blocks Hotel Site
Rumor had it the Conley corner at Seventh Penn might become a hotel site. Mrs. Conley, with life interest, refuses to sell at any fair price. She first asked 100000 dollars and has reportedly retreated to 75000, still blocking sale for development.
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Conley
Seventh Penn
Costly residences rise in Pittsburg business scene
Four two story brick dwellings are nearing completion on Franklin street Wilkinsburg and a large Washington street apartment house is planned for the coming summer. Other notes include real estate purchases and plans, Chamber of Commerce discussions, a Perrysville avenue lot buy by oil operator George Dinnot for a 15000 residence, and a dividend from Chartiers Railway Company. John M Oakler returns from the West Indies and resumes business.
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Pittsburg
Franklin Street
Wilkinsburg
Washington Street
Chamber of Commerce
George Dinnot
Perrysville Avenue
Three Mile Ho
Veral
Birmingham
Ala
Chartiers Railway Company
John M. Oakler
West Indies
Lyric Avenue
Puckety Read
Oty-Fieet Ward
Hester McLaughlin
Black & Baird
M.G. Arthur
James Mullin
Gilmore Street
Oakland
G. A. Saint
Fritz Schinneller
Mellon
Temperanceville
Steuben Street
Linhart Street
Kelly Street
Brashton
Charles Somers & Co
James Otterson
Juniata Street
Allegheny
J. E. Glass
A. ©. Wilkins
Parker Street
O'Hara Street
W. A. Herron & Sons
Sycamore Street
Thirty-fifth Ward
Baxter, Thom & Co
Miller Street
Eleventh Ward
A. Z. Byers &Co
W. A. Black
George Schmeltz
Black & Rohrkaste
Tenth Ward
Allegheny City
Virginia Avenue
Sheridan Avenue
Permits Issued for New Buildings in Several Wards
Yesterday permits were issued for diverse structures including brick and frame two story dwellings on Keystone, School alley, and Dolphin streets in wards Eighteenth Seventeenth Nineteenth Twenty-first and Twenty-sixth. Costs range from 0 to 3,000 dollars with several lots listed on Eleventh Carson Natrona Renfrew and Ferry streets.
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John Escherich
Keystone Street
Eighteenth Ward
John Hermann
School Alley
Seventeenth Ward
Hosa Young
Eleventh
Carson Streets
Mr. Mann
Natrona Alley
G. A. Reich
Karah Street
Twenty-sixth
Reuben Schapira
Dolphin Street
Nineteenth Ward
Mrs. Murtland
Murtland Avenue
Twenty-first Ward
David Houston
J. Albert Aull
Renfrew Street
George Knab
Susquehanna Street
Ferry Street
First Ward
Banking Desk Reports Mixed Condition as Half Sick
Clearing House data show a better day with totals around 2.0 million dollars and balances near 515 thousand. A cashier notes the situation remains steady with about half the staff ill while interest on short loans holds at 6.7 percent.
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Clearing House
Financial Market Snapshot and Bank Clearings Report
The report lists bank clearings and money market rates across major cities. Chicago clearings reach $12,047,000 with New York exchange at 80 percent discount. Loans hover around 6 to 8 percent.其他 cities show varied totals and balances with similar rate trends.
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Chicago
New York Exchange
St. Louis
New York
Memphis
Hank Clearings
Ee Leon Men
Baltimore
Local Securities Trade Shows Mixed Movement and New Features
Local orders sustain volume with Electric stock fluctuating from 12 to 12 5 and closing near 12 1 4. Silverton Mining sees a 900 share sale at 175 with an identified buyer connected to the company while Pittsburgh and Western lift bids. Citizens' Traction and Westinghouse figure in trading alongside Gas stocks. Overall New York turnover reaches 19 771 shares led by DL&W, St Paul, and others.
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Boston
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg
Esterday
Luster
Electric
Beth
Philadelphia Gas
Citizens’ Traction
Westinghouse
Silverton Mining
New York
Eat
Delaware, Lackawanna
Oil trading stays light as prices slip and trade dwindles
Light trading in oil yesterday with prices off the prior session. Ranges shown at 73 to 72.40 cents, 72.3? being bid at close. Refined price unchanged. Average daily runs about 73,167 barrels with shipments around 65,064 and charters 35,082. Money on call in New York eased to 2 to 5 percent, with mercantile paper at 7. Sterling steady at 4 day bills and 4884 for domestic.
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New York
Joan
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
Atoo
Demon Hic
Wilson & Co
Fourth Avenue
Petroleum market round up amidst dull trading
Petroleum prices in New York on March 19 show a dull market with very light trading. The session opened steady and drifted lower, with April option sales at 20 000 barrels. Opening at 78 cents, high 78, low 72 4 cents, close 72 4 cents.
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Crry
Petroleuom—National Ac Eepy Ok
Brapromp
Petroleum
National Transit Serica Samenaeing
Clearan Seca Garrels
New York Stocks Endure Dull Day Amid Limited Animations
The New York market shows widespread dullness with minor fluctuations and no clear price direction. Bulls insist improvements are imminent, while fears of gold exports and London selling weigh on Western stocks. Comstock Tunnel and Phonix rise sharply in unlisted trades, as overall activity remains tepid.
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New York
St. Paul
Burlington
Comstock Tunnel
Burlington and Quincy
London
St Paul and Martin
Phomix
Ossed
Stock movements show limited gains and weak activity
The report notes sales totaling $995000 with little activity in late prominent issues. Manitoba cense fell 34 at ld while South Carolina incomes rose 22. Only material advance was 13 in Oregon. A table lists active stocks on the New York Stock Exchange yesterday.
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Manitoba
Philadelphia Stocks and Brokers Report
A brief stock market snippet lists Philadelphia equities and broker names including Whitney and Stephenson. The text references exchanges on Fourth Avenue and Pennsylvania Railroad related listings with figures such as 2 004 000 and the Northern Pacific preferred at 50.
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Philadelphia
Whitney & Stephenson
Berserk
Fourth Avenue
Lew
Pennsylvania
Reading
Buffalo
New York
Mining Stock Quotations Listing Brief
Mining quotations from New York on March 19 include Adams at 170 Belcher 200 Best and Belcher 850 California and Virginia 1200 Crown Point 210 Eureka Consolidated 825 Gould and Curry 350 Hale and Norcross 235 Homestake 800 Horn Silver 315 Mexican 400 Occidental 130 Plym outh 1 Savage 25 Sierra Nevada 350 Standatd 120 Union Consolidated 30 Yellow Jacket
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New York
Adams
Belcher
Best and Belcher
California
Virginia
Crown Point
Eureka Consolidated
Gould and Curry
Hale and Norcross
Homestake
Horn
Mexican
Occidental
Plymouth
Savage
Sierra Nevada
Local Livestock Markets Report from East Liberty Yards
Office of Pittsburg Dispatch notes cattle receipts 七 head and shipments 6H head with little movement. no cattle shipped to New York. Receipts total 2900 head, shipments 1, need clarification. Sheep receipts 1500, shipments 1600, market firm vs yesterday. Week’s transactions summarized at East Liberty yards.
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Pittsburg Dispatch
New York
Philadelhian
New Yeee
Transac
Cattle and Hogs Market Report From Multiple Cities
Telegraph dispatch summarizes livestock markets with receipts and prices in Chicago, Cincinnati, New York, St Louis, Buffalo, Kansas City. Cattle, hogs and sheep show varied demand. steers and heifers move at mixed rates, hogs up in most centers, lambs firmer in selective markets.
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Chicago
the Evening Journal
Cincinnati
Hocsee
New York
Senate
ST. Louis
Kansas
Obieri
Neh Choice
Castoria Advertisement Echoes Through Generations
An old advertisement line proclaims Castoria as a trusted remedy for children from infancy to motherhood. The familiar jingle links Castoria to care across generations, highlighting its role in soothing infant colic and calming children’s ailments.
Domestic Markets Report Prompts Price Shifts Across Staples
The Pittsburg diseater notes rising eye market costs amid scarce supply and advancing tallow and tropical fruit prices. Butter drops expected with creamery reductions visible, while potatoes, beans, cranberries, and maple syrup show varied quotations and ongoing movement in groceries.
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Beperdozen
Bourrer—Creamery
Elgin
Navy
New York
Sweitzer
Lée
Wisconsin
California
Isaac
Pattow
Jamaica
Florida
Malaga
Barre
Jersey
Local Grocery and Provisions Prices List
A scanned price list covers mill feed, flour, buckwheat, Timothy hay, and a range of sugar cured meats, lard, canned goods, and pork products with per unit and bulk pricing. Includes prices for white middlings, winter wheat bran, buckwheat flour, hay, and various sugar cured hams, bacon, shoulders, and dried beef items. Also lists lard, canned tins, and pigs feet in barrels.
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Syre Sen
California
Groceries Trade Boosted by Sugar Stocks Movement
The market reports active line movement and stronger trade this week with few price changes. Jobbers holding large sugar stocks unload slightly below market as they prefer 4c less now than 2c later after April, while coffee remains firm at old prices and various imported fruits and canned goods show steady demand and broad availability.
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Apnl
Rio
Java
Maracaibo
Santos
Caracas
la Guayra
Mi .Santos
Samoa
Wecassia
Hick
London
Muscatels
California
Valencia
Sultana
Ae Ayden
Wealiie
Dolvica
Biolis & Filberts
Brazil
Ellecherries
Buckle
Zelley
Aiaieas Strait
Higgins’ Eureka
Fd. Co
Damson Plamsa
Iceland
Holland Herring
Tae
Grain Exchange sales show large cull totals and price gains
Grain Exchange reports 15 carloads of cull sales with corn, oats, mixed lots and futures deliveries. Weekly receipts total 26 cars from multiple lines, including hay corn bran oats and rye. Cereals respond to demand. shell corn and hay rise while wheat and oats price levels are listed for several grades.
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Grain Exchange
Pittsburg, Cincinnati and
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Lake Erie
Pittsi and Western
Orion Whims Prioty
P. P. A. Oil Interviews and Expansion Talks
The Distarce reports that P P A I O L interviews show the order remains intact and gains new members daily. Industry voices predict widespread joining of independent producers in Pennsylvania and West Virginia fields, opposing legislative actions and urging unity under the P P A banner.
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Pennsylvania
West Virginia
Seaboard Oi Line
Noble
Oil Field Boom Spreads Near Zelienople and Washington
The Dispatch reports intense activity across several Pittsburgh area zones. Muller farm near Zelienople sees Captain Mariah’s No 1 rising in output while No 2 nears pay. Thompson’s run on the same farm. multiple rigs planned on Schom, Steinbach, and Shoemaker leases. landowners seek big bonuses as leases are secured. Washington county producers discuss refinery plans and a rally of heavy hitters to push initiation steps. Forest Oil’s Getty well No 2 yields 100 barrels, No 3d Neely shows 15 b/d. more rigs underway on Neely, Cooper, and McClinton. Wildwood area shows mixed results with Kress No 1 waning and Griffiths, Miller & Co No 10 in sand. Mt Nebo notes a freak well while Oakdale reports active drilling on Wright and Holmes farms.
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Zelienople
Histig
Muller, McAnnally & Co
Lave
Schom Farm
Patterson & Lockwood
Peter Goett- Iwan
Stoughton & Co
Prospect
Washington
Washington Assembly
Producers’ Protective Association
Dispatch
Taylerstown
Washington County
Forest Company
Coraopolis
Cornoro
Forest Oil Company
Neely
Mellon
Thompson Farm
Cooper
No. 2 McClinton
Sam Neely
Wildwood
Winnwood
Kress
Griffith, Miller & Co
No. M Kress
Greenlee & Forst
Alston
D. Good
Roth Oil Company
Kretzer
Bryant
Mt. Nebo
Mt. Neeno
Morrison Heira
Deine
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Mansfield Coal and Coke Company
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