Livestock Prices Mixed at Pittsburgh Markets May 5 1800
Cattle offerings at Herr's Island and Wood's Yard show large supply with firm prices on top grades and slower demand for cows and calves. Hogs and sheep decline slightly from last week as East Liberty and Chicago receipts complicate local trade and butcher demand.
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Monpar
Herr’s Island
Chicago
A. Zeigier
L. Gerson
A. Fromm
L. Rothschild
E. Wolf
Chicagos
Ohios
Pennsylvanus
Zeigler
Needy & Smith
Cruikshank & Co
Sanford & Lanedon
A. Fiinner
Wood
Se Perth
East Liberty
Ohio
Illinois
Pennsylvania
New York
Cos
Leceipta
Cattle and hog markets move across major U S centers
Receipts and prices vary across Chicago New York St Louis and Indianapolis with cattle and hogs showing mixed to firm trends. Bulls cows steers and heifers fetch values reported in dollars per hundredweight while lambs sheep and yearlings show modest shifts and demand remains cautious.
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Chicago
Heewen
Brockers
The
London
Calleygram
New York
O& Carlonda
Ggti
Per
Reals
Batiernstte Cakven
St.louis
Fair To Choice
Aesipte
Wes A
Indianapolis
Cattie
Mediatod
Wheat market volatile with broad price swings in Chicago
Chicago reports a volatile wheat market with wide price movements and heavy selling pressure followed by a rally as buyers absorbed offerings. Corn and pork traded actively while local stocks declined and New York buying supported prices.
Local Real Estate Boom And Talks Of Big Building
A Pittsburgh area real estate page reports Nos 164 and 166 Fourth Avenue, adjoining Dalzell's office, to be demolished for a new business block. Owner A Israel paid about $50,000 recently. The piece covers market demand, mortgage inquiries, and a major East End deal around $100,000, plus numerous lot sales in Wilmerding and Allegheny with several planned developments and impending roadwork projects.
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Fourth Avenue
East End
James W. Drape & Co
Anderson & Deeckman, Lim
Watkins & Laveen
Wilmerding
W.a.herron &Sons
Bissell
Eighteenth Ward
Duncan Street
Black & Baird
Joseph Mahoney
Center
Highland Avenues
Tenth Ward
Allegheny
Alles & Bailey
William Grossman
Adams Street
Allegheny City
D. W. Bradford
L. O. Frazier
Forty-fifth
Butler Streets
Mathilda
Dearborn
Nineteenth Ward
Jennie Musgrove
Ewing & Byers
William A. Black
Walter Stark
Virginia Avenue
Sheridan Avenue
Keinelot
Samuel W. Black &Co
James Jamison
Maple
Olive Streets
Twelfth Ward
Bank Clearings Jump Amid Busy Weekend Trading
The report notes a large Saturday business and Sunday check arrivals swelling yesterday’s bank clearings to about 200000 more than the prior Monday. Pittsburg led Balti more by nearly three million, signaling strong city rivalry and ample money for legitimate commerce. Some banks loaned heavily yet liquidity remained, with discounting liberal and rates at 7 percent. Executives from Henry Clows & Co. say the year has started well, despite agricultural strain and a mild winter that slowed some sectors. The overall tone confirms healthy trade, with occasional temporary turbulence due to indiscretion or overtrading, not fundamental weakness in the economy. Money on call at New York yesterday was stable.
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Pittsburg
Baltimore
Henry Clows & Co
Eaenas
Nning
New York
Local Securities Show Mild Drops and Firm UnderTone
Trading in local securities was subdued with small declines and a firm undertone. Philadelphia Gas led activity with a fractional rise, while Westinghouse Electric and Bridgewater Gas posted minor gains and other names showed only small concessions. Total New York stock sales reached 607,465 with notable volumes in Reading and Union Pacific among others.
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Philadelphia Gas
Bridgewater Gas
City Traction
Peasant Valley
Switch and Signal
Westinghouse Electric
Central Traction
Chartiers
Wheeling Gas
New York
Cleveland
Pleasant Valley
M.D& M. Bank
Edward P. Long
National Lead Trust
Atchison
Canada Southern
Delaware
Lackawanna
St Paul
Texas Pacific
Union Pacific
Western Union
Oil Market Opens Steady Then Dips Amid Mixed Reports
Oil futures opened steady at 434 and fluctuated to around 854 amid buying, then slipped to 5 percent, with Oil City lifting prices to 4 before easing again. Ivory No 2 reported 50 barrels per hour, while two dry holes appeared in Shannopin district. Griffith and Duff station wells showed waning outputs, and O’Brien No 2 forecast limited gains.
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Oil City
Sij
Shannopin
Ston Ber
McConnell Farm
T. H. Barnesdale
Guyton Farm
Griffith
Wildwood
O'Brien No. 2
Duff Station
Brooks
Oil field excitement spreads through Chartiers to Coraopolis
A observer notes dense derrick clusters around Chartiers and Forest Grove, with new wells planned on Wettengail and nearby farms. Leases cover hundreds of acres from Forest Grove to Clinton, signaling a productive belt from Montour Run southward and to Coraopolis where six more wells are expected this week.
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Forest Grove
Mt. Lebanon
Mt Nebo
Allegheny County
Brandisa
Chartiers
Chartiera
Coraopolis
O'Brien
Thera
Young
Depp
Wettengail
Guy Farn
Montour Run
Clinton
Bret
Anan Oil
Kendall
West field makes rapid drilling gains in oil district
reports say the westernmost well at a paying field is nearly completed with salt water being cased off and expected to be cemented next Monday or Tuesday. multiple wells on Neville Island and Hog Island progress noted with crews moving to deeper Gordon sand and plans to operate island ventures involving Mellon Galey Bros and Guffy.
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Cpats Distri
Paytet Ory
Squire Jacob Ferris
Bridgewater Gas Comany
Lake Erie Railroad
Bio River
Alfred McCabe
Bhanks
Neville Island
Coraopolis
George Ferree
Galey Brothers
Galey Bros. Guily & Mellon
Stirely
Hog Island
Ellyn
Frank R. Nesbit
Ayartes
Commonwealth
Mellon
Galey Bros
Guffy
Haymaker Bros. & Co
John Watson
T. F. Watson
Mele Bean
Captain Styre
Coats & McDonald
Bowné
Jolly Bros
Oil strike on Avey farm yields promising sand pay
Captz C reports a drill on the Avey farm hitting a 70 foot sand section Saturday. Four pay streaks were found and the well produced oil after a glycerine shot of 70 watts, with an estimated yield of 25 to 50 barrels.
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Captz
Avey Farm
Johnston well on Locka farm hits sand and flows at 20 barrels
A telegram from Belmont West Virginia reports the Johnston well on the Locka farm reached sand last night and began flowing. The well penetrated five feet into the sand and is now producing about 20 barrels.
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Belmont
W. Va
Johnston
Locka Farm
Wall Street Futures Rally as Rail Earnings Boost Market
New York May 1 Stocks rise on rail earnings and no silver bill prospects. Strong output from Wheeling and Lake Erie Manhattan Atchison Oregon Transcontinental Texas Pacific leads while Chicago Gas and Kansas and Texas drive gains. Bond market active with Norhern Pacific and Oregon Transit shifts.
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New York
Western Railroad
Commission Houses
Wheeling and Lake Erie Common
Manhattan
Atchison
Oregon Transcontinental
Texas Pacific
Louisville and Nashville
Chicago Gas
Missouri Pacifica
Chicago
Boston
Lonon
Bears
St Paul
Oregon
Transcontinental
Atehhbiso
Kansas and
Texas
Reading
Kansas
Post
Oregon Transit
Northern Pacific
Rexe, Morgan & Co
London
Denver
It. Worth
Union Pacific
Gulf
Ohe
New York Stock Exchange
Whitney & Stephenson
Pittsburg
Mining Stocks Market Snapshot May Listing
New York mining stocks show mixed activity with several consolidations and explorers posting gains. Notable names include Alice 205 Stansch Consolidated 150 Eureka Consolidated 450, Hate Norcross 200 Homestake 50 Union Consolidated 240 and Sutter Creek 16 among others.
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New York
May
Alice
Stansch Consolidated
Consolidated California and Virginia
Deadw
Eureka Consolidated
Hate & Norcross
Homestake
Horn Silver
Mutual
North Commonwealth
Quario
Sutter Creek
Union Consolidated
Grain Supply Report Shows Mixed Wheat Oats and Barley
The free report on the supply shows Wheat 57,000 bushels decrease and 12,600,000 bushels decrease 1,044,000 bushels Oats 3,684,000 bushels increase 7.00 bushels Rye 000 bushels decrease 97,000 Barley 830,000 bushels decrease 154,000 bushels
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Poos Free
Coffee Market Slips Amid Large Arrivals and Mixed Grain Prices
Raw coffee cargoes report 130000 bags on hand with steady arrivals. Wheat and flour markets show quiet demand in Philadelphia with winter and spring grades trading around 4 60 to 5 50 per unit. corn futures firm with No 2 mixed and white quotes near 40 to 50 cents in various elevators. butter and cheese markets describe subdued demand with creamery and firsts trading at smaller margins.
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Chicago
Rocky Mountains
Igo
Orular
BO Rapid
Jim River
New York
Samir Seco
Mneinasin
Man
sicaDrgeditec
Siess Park
Timothy
York
Nyc
Ieee
Mig lGhe
New Orleans
Western Steam
Western Dairy
Elgin
Minneapolis
Northern
Oize
Silerchere
May and Sons
ST. Louis
Brige
Sugar Quiet
Acs
Seige
Rio
Milwaukee
Paige
Ige
Philadelphia
Bat Quiet
Minnesota
Twentieth Street
Pennsylvania Creamery Extra
Sosecsine
Santos
Caracas
la Guayra
Aracas Santos
Ohio
Globe
Mners
Callon
Lardail Eee Synevur
We. N. C. Manasses
London
California
Muscatela
Muscatels
Valencis
Ondara
Valencia
Bultana
Turkey
Balonta
Aless
Cocoanu Almenas
Lan
Do Ivica
Sicily
Smyrna
New Daten
Brazil
Higgins’ Eureka
CIA
George's Cog
George's
Lake
Finnan Haddock
Celand Halibet
Potomac Horse
Grain Exchange
Northwestern
Howeburg
Ft. Wayne
Giroup
Cincinnati
St Louis
Baltimore and Ohio
Pittsburg and
Paynaylvania
I Peien
Bakers
Poe Aindaltogs St
Sankey and Moody Resolve The Singing Rift
Sankey denies estrangement with Moody and says they are close friends who meet daily. He explains his hiatus from leading meetings was due to a grip, now gone, and performs a hymn to prove his voice. He praises charity work, notes hymn sales fund gospel causes, and cites his New Castle Pa home gift.
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Dispatch
Mr. Moody
Mr. Sankey
Brooklyn
Moody
Gospel Hymn Fund
New Castle
Brooklyn's Acquisition of Field Marshal Murat Halstead
The Welcome extended to Field Marshal Murat Halstead adds a picturesque figure to Brooklyn life. Halstead is praised as a remarkable man whose mind seeks the big thing, with a florid face and snowy mustache. His Cincinnati upbringing provides a fierce linguistic style, and his name is officially pronounced Mew-raw, recalling Byron’s lines about valor.
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Brooklyn Eagle
Murat Halstead
Brooklyn
Halstead
Lincoln
Cincinnati
Byron
Murat
The Shoe Grippe Among Cable Car Riders
A St Louis anecdote describes a shoe disease called the shoe grippe. It claims the condition differentiates cable car riders from others by wear patterns on the right shoe sole. The explanation cites slipping off cars and the impact of water and rail slots on the shoe.
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St. Louis
Globe-Democrats
Keep Them In the Nursery Hamburg figs Advice
Hamburg figs should be kept in the nursery as they aid conscience and indigestion, are liked by children, and act promptly. Dose one fig. At all drug gist, Mack Drug Co., N.
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Hamburg
Mack Drug Co
Market reports show steady prices amid sparse cheese and fruit demand
Domestic markets note quiet opening at Saturday levels with new Ohio cheese appearing but quality not best. Butter, eggs, poultry, and produce show mixed supply and firm quotations for first class stock while tropical fruits and cheaper items press demand.
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Ohio
Choice
Elgin
New York
Sweitzer
Acan
Mapleenpar
Florida
Valencia
Bermuda
Jersey
Deane
Raw material price list and imports flash in 19th century market
A dense OCR of commodity prices lists goods from spices to oils and canned foods. It references locations like Rio de Janeiro and Caracas, brands, and varied items including sugar, flour, meats, and evaporated fruits with prices and package sizes scattered throughout.
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Dalzell
Schenley Park
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Twenty-second Ward
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Braddock
Walls Station
California Avenue
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Southside
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D. C. Cunningham
Augustus H. Heisey
George F. Easton
John C. Stevenson
David B. Brickell
Philip M. Pfeil
Pennsylvania Railroad
Erie
Wing & Byers
East Pittsburg
S & Sau
Mi We
Geo
Canada
St. Paul Consols
Central Nee i Late
St. P. Chi & Pe
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Union Parific Law
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Chicago Gas Trust
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Ceceels
Weer Flint & Pere M. Saserweree Sone Mass
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SM Sis
Sankey
Field Marshal
McKee & Hacany
Tisu
Ofrvice
MoxsDay
Lyler Pilla
Carter
Fspatis
Leo
Mass
Joseph Horne & CO
Pau
St. Gall
Toil du Nords
Vchalon
Bach Seersuckers
Inperes Schende & Renfrow
Danner
Danner Medicine Company
Federal At
Apitarus
Istu
F. Zoeller
Sole
JAS. Mneil & Bro
Oda
Ninth Street
Amy Opie
Eddresa
Aidan Betcers
Palladelphia
the Dispatch Business Office
Smithfield and
Diamond Sta
Maokers— Financial
John M.oakley & Co
Myz
Colorado Mining Stock Exchange
H. Buck
George H. Lincoln
Ard
Pam
Bankers and Brokers
ST. Pittsburg
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