Sharp Rise in Pig Iron Prices Sparks Market Shift
The Iron Age reports a brisk shift as Southern irons push sales while tardy shipments flood the market. No. 1 foundry iron at 18 21 1s 50, clay forge stacks at 16 for delivery, Northern standards around 19s for No. 1, and widespread dullness in spiegleisen ferro manganese and steel products amid a tightening iron trade.
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TEE Dispatch
New York
Eglinton
Dalmellington
New England
Merchant Steel
Wroucht
Sharp Rise in Pig Iron Prices Sparks Market Fluctuations
A London dispatch notes a late week surge in pig iron warrants with Scotch and Cleveland moves, amid labor concerns in northern England coal districts. Stocks shrink while prices retreat after gains, and production restrictions are viewed as key to improving the outlook.
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TNE Dirpator
New York
Iron Age
London
At &S Bl
England
Cleveland
Sentech
Middlesborough
Bessemer
Tis
Ssanery
Norwoods
West Mills
Liverpool
Montana
Iron and metal market notes from British trade pages
Reports on quotations for pig iron and maker's iron with unsettled demand and variable prices. West Coast and Middlesbrough warrants show mixed levels while shipping and spot markets remain slow. Steel rails and bloom prices hold weak with dull demand. tin copper and zinc markets show modest activity amid cautious outlook.
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Sis. Ld
Coltness
G&l. Lo
Glasgow
Glagow Vis
Glasgow - Vas
Ardrossan
Arntrosean
Bessemer
Middlesbroug Pac
Cleveland
Legeloven
Oil Boom Sparks Confidence in Haysville Area
Reports from Haysville and nearby counties describe new oil and gas activity as 12 rigs are planned. The Brien well in Chartists yields 6 barrels daily while Ferree at Coraopolis showed around 40 barrels due to misread measurements. J H McCabe of Coraopolis transfers a lease amid a forfeiture dispute, with McCabe claiming the matter hinges on a name mix up and a potential McGregor outcome.
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Washington
Haysville
J.S. McDonald
Judge Over
Brien
Chartists
Ferree
Coraopolis
J. H. McCabe, Sr
Coraopolis, Cave & Lease
McCabe
W. A. Sipe
Heath
McGregor
Live Stock Markets From East Liberty Yard Report
The Pittsburg Dispatch notes March 20 1890 trading at East Liberty Stock Yards. Cattle receipts 813 head with no shipments to New York. hog receipts 2600 head with 2005 shipped. prices steady with best Yorkers at 4 40 to 4 50 and common hogs 4 20 to 4 60. sheep receipts 1300 head with 1200 shipped and market fair at prior levels. Week’s transactions summarized.
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Pittsburg
New York
East Liberty Stock Yards
Market reports show mixed beef and hog prices across cities
Telegraph notes demand weak for American refrigerated beef and steady dressed beef at 54 7c per lb. Calves and sheep show firm to steady markets with moderate supplies. Chicago St Louis Buffalo data indicate cattle and hog receipts with varied strength, steady hogs and mixed sheep and lamb prices across regions.
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Telegraph
New York
Calle
London
Siggile
Chicago
St. Louis
Woolen shiring sale in London with 1977 bales offered
A London woolen shiring sale attracted fair attendance and moderate competition. Overall, short wool values were abnormal with declines across regions including Australia and the Cape of Good Hope. Listings show Victoria 500 bales, New South Wales 200, South Australia 900, New Zealand 100, Cape of Good Hope and Natal 100, and Tasmania 100 bales, mainly clothing and combing with price drops from 4d to 7d per unit.
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Losdon
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Victoria
New South Wales
Drygoods Market Shows Stable Prices Despite Weaker Demand
The market remained unchanged with mostly firm prices and little activity in clothing woolens. There was no noticeable impact from the John a States issue, though the timing was unfortunate, and few changes occurred by March 20.
No Bid At Public Sale Of Government Ground In Elsworth Ave
United States Marshal Harrah offered the Elsworth avenue ground in Twentieth ward for a Marine Hospital site that was never built. The 1875 purchase price was idle and Congress directed sale with a minimum bid of 30000 dollars, but no bids were made and the sale adjourned to March 31 at 3 PM.
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United States
Harrah
Elsworth Avenue
Twentieth Ward
Iain Idle
Congress
Bowers
Messrs
Ubames Somera
Third Avenue
Real estate shifts on Fourth Avenue signal changes for brokers
Longtime Fourth avenue brokers face relocation due to urban improvement. Some move up Fourth avenue, others to Diamond street or Grant street, with business expected to continue largely as before. The article notes rising inquiry from Chicago, Louisville, Cincinnati and Richmond about Pittsburg property and rents.
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Fourth Avenue
Diamond Street
Grant Street
Pittsburg
Chicago
Louisville
Cincinnati
Richmond
Aspitalista
Berlin pamphlet lauds Continental finance amid French supremacy query
The pamphleteer claims Berlin as the center of Continental finance while not proposing how France might regain financial primacy. Across markets, money on call in New York eased to 8.4 percent, with Sterling steady and bullion movement noted in London and Paris. Chicago and Philadelphia report steady clearings and modest rate quotes on call and time funds.
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Berlin
New York
Prime Mercantile
Sterling Exchange
New Youk
Balan Seonton
Ces
Boston
Philadelphia
Balaneeeeeen
Shearings
ONDON
Bank of England
Paris
Bank of France
Chicago
New York Exchange
Oil Market Slump with Mixed Drilling Results Across Pittsburg Area
The oil market showed dull activity with shorts covered but little support. Wells across Butler and surrounding areas posted varied outputs from 10 to 800 barrels daily, with signs of revival in Petrolia and new test wells planned near Grove City and Campbell station. Two drillers suffered severe gas burns near Bridgewater, W Va, as operators shift focus to underdeveloped Wyoming fields.
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Antwerp
New York
Pittsburg
Bradford
Ednesday
McPherson Farm
Sewickley
West View
Union Oil Company
McCracken
Clay
Claysville Oil Comany
Gourley Farm
Rdon
T.W. Phillips
Jacob Stamm
Glade Run
Butler County
Petrolia
Lea Farm
Campbell Station
Pittsburg and Western Railroad
Grove City
Mercer
Barnsdale & Moore's No. S
Mammat Farm
Eureka
Borcher & McCullough No
Bridgewater
Sumberland
W. Va
Ofd
Helds
Wyoming
Pleasant Valley Stocks Rally Amid Broad Market Slowdown
Pleasant Valley Railway led the day with an opening bid of 254 advancing to 264 and closing strong. Trading was light with 47 shares sold. Ormont, Pennsylvania Gas, and others showed mixed moves while Westinghouse and related names received notable attention across an otherwise quiet session.
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Ason
Pleasant Valley Railway
Pennsylvania Gas
Oil Boom Stories From Allegheny and Washington Counties
A Clinton area farmer reports aggressive oil speculation near Pittsburg with 40 wells on the Ferguson tract. Albert Ferguson’s well yields 400 to 600 barrels daily, with profits and prices rising. a stakeholder recently declined 225,000 for his holdings. Nearby McMichael and Ferguson lands contrast intermittent promise with steady, high output.
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California
Allegheny
Washington Counties
Pittsburg
Clinton
Ferguson
McMichael
Albert Ferguson
John Ferguson
Tume
Albert
Allenheny
Washington County
Petroleum opens steady then weakens on forced sales
New York market reports petroleum opening at 88 1 2 cents then sliding through the day. Closing price noted as 86 34 cents. NYSE shows opening 8 4 cents, high around 58 1 6, low around 0, closing 6 4 cents. Consolidated Exchange lists opening 1 cent, high 0 0, low 0, closing 0 0. Total sales reach 504000 barrels.
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New York
New York Stock Exchange
Consolidated Exchange
France Loses Grip as Money Markets Glimpse Stabilization
Bank clearings improved to 2 425 232 72 from 2 575 800 the day prior with balances at 557 509 73. Demand for money remained lively and readily supplied at 6 7 percent, with conditions not expected to change until after April settlements amid Paris Bourse debates on a pamphlet by ex-director Bienfrien and M Levy about international shares.
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Biegfrien
Comptoir d’ E«compte
M. Levy
Paris
Berlin
England
France
Germany
Real Estate Transfers in Allegheny Ward Two Story Brick House Sold
Property sales reported on Federal Street and Dittrich Street area with figures. August Loch buys on Jackson Street for 6000 cash, Lloyd heirs split parcels for 5000, and James B Armstrong purchases a 10 room Stanton Avenue dwelling with 40 by 120 lot for cash. Katherine Hanley acquires Lot 17 in Marion station plan for 8000? dollars.
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Ewing & Byers
Federal Street
F. Schoenthal
August Loch
Jackson Street
Second Ward
Allegheny
Black & Baird
Fourth Avenue
Henry Lioyd
Lloyds
Ditbridee Street
W.C. Stewart
Thomas Alam
James B. Armstrong
Dilworth Brothers
Stanton Avenue
Hland Avenue
B. Coyle & Co
Katherine Hanley
Marion Station
Emsy Paynen
Stock Market Dull in New York Trading
March 4 stock market dull with the smallest listed stock sales for a full day in a long time. Prices fluctuated only within a narrow band, reflecting minimal investor activity and little change in tone.
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New York
Market dull with minor shifts in rail stocks and sugar
Trading was quiet with little price impact beyond selective moves. Sugar refiners rose early on dividend hopes then slipped, Wheeling and Lake Erie showed life while Tennessee Coal and Western Union lagged. Market notes cite crude speculation, April disbursements, and modest bond activity with no major feature.
Philadelphia Stocks Report From Whitney & Stanford
Quotations of Philadelphia stocks furnished by Whitney and Staphenson broker New York. Mentions Pittsburgh and Lehigh Valley lines, Southern Pacific, Northern Pacific preferred. Brief, with numbers and percentages, reflecting a dated market summary.
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Philadelphia
Whitney & Staphenson
Fourth Avenue
New York
AIA
Pennavivanis Railroad
Kataion Pittsburg
Lehigh Valley
Simbz Southern Pacific Bohd
Lenigah
Northern Pacific
Mining Quotations From New York March 20
Mining Stocka New York March 20. Quotation list shows Alice 100 Caledonia H H 150 Consolidated California and Virginia 410 Commonwealth 25 Comstock T bid 2900 Comstock T scrip 4000 El Cristo 140 Eureka Consolidated 300 Freeland 1 Horn Silver 4 Homestake 7a0 Mexican 275 Ontario 3900 Plymouth 200 Sierra Nevada 200 Sutter Creek 25 Union Consolidated 200
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Alice
Caledonia H. H
Consolidated California
Virginia
Commonwealth
Comstock T
Comstock T. Scrip
el Cristo
Eureka Consolidated
Freeland
Horn
Homestake
Mexican
Ontario
Plymouth
Sierra Nevada
Sutter Creek
Union Consolidated
Movement in Local Railroad Bonds and Finance Notes
Local bonds attract strong demand at full prices as a good investment. A bill to cut legal interest from 6 to 5 percent is pending in New York Legislature. Twenty five mortgages recorded yesterday, largest at $20 000, including 12 for purchase money. Fire companies report heavy winter mortality due to grip. Western authority cites packing of principal points since March 1 at 310 000, with $25 000 for the same period last year. Argentine news unsettles markets with broker failures in Buenos Ayres and gold premium up to 14 percent. Boston issues a ten year 4 percent miscellaneous loan at 104 1/2, yielding about 3 1/2 percent.
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City of
Boston
ChicaGo
Seaboard
Dvices
California
Ava
Zige
Boice
Stalin
Oata
Osage
Canada
Ili Marah
New Orleans
Rio
Seber
Shane
Philadelphia
Ile
Cori
Pennsylvania
St. Louis
Harley
Shoe Trade Faces Roadbound Delays in Pittsburg Trade
A shoe trade representative reports unusually quiet spring orders due to poor country roads around Pittsburg. Dealers say customers are shut in and deliveries hindered, delaying sales but expecting a rebound once roads improve. Rubber goods also show weakness with demand likely to recover later.
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Pittsburg
Market News From TOURSDAY Prices Across Produce Lines
The dispatch notes scarce potatoes and rising prices with further increases likely. Apples and tropical fruits trend up, oranges up $1 per case, while cheese and butter stay firm or soft. Poultry remains scarce and market quotes show mixed movements across beans cider and vegetables with dairy items fluctuating.
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Officr
Toursday
Ohio
New York
Timothy
Florida
Valencia
Jamaica
New Southern Cabba
Fragmented 19th century grocery ledger with varied exports
A dense list of commodities and prices ranges across groceries and imports. Mentions include coffees like Rio, Java. dried fruits London layers. sugars syrups. canned goods. salts. dried fruits. molasses. oils. spices. fruit exports to Europe and the Americas. with numerous per unit price notes and batch sizes.
Grain Exchange Oats Demand Shifts Amid Mixed Carload Quotes
At the Grain Exchange sample oats show activity with multiple carloads routed via Pittsburg Ft Wayne Chicago Baltimore Ohi and Lake Erie. Cereal buyers hold the edge while ear corn remains the market factor. hay shows a downward bias with reduced quotations for refined grain feeds and milled products amid steady fleur and active millfeed.
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Grain Exchange
Pittsburg
Ft. Wayne
Chicago
Cincinnati
St. Louis
Baltimore
Ohi
Lake Erie
Pennsylvania
Ohio
Chicago Wheat Trading Surges as Prominent Trader Leads
Large day in Chicago wheat as a major local trader buys heavily and a top floor operator drives a sharp rise. May deliveries rise while June and July follow. soy and corn trade show firm to mixed moves amid seaboard flour clearances and rain reports from California.
Indians of Flambeau Reservation Eject Visitors Spark Food Suffering
Pride and hunger grip the Flambeau reservation near Ashland Wisconsin as Indians eject white visitors and reject government aid, reporting severe shortages of food and clothing. The land is described as wholly unfit for cultivation and the situation highlights ongoing deprivation.
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Ashland
Wis
Flambeau Reservation
Meeting notes reveal Martin complaint on negligence
William Martin returned from the Harrisburg Revenue Commission meeting and alleges negligence by the Clery, saying no one was present to address his concerns. The fragment shows his complaint lacking full details.
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Mr. Martin
Clery
William Martin
Revenue Commission
Harrisburg
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