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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 07, 1889

Page

7

Market Report From Mor Bay Slumps Amid Poor Stock Quality

May 6 1580 Mor Bay notices heavy stock runs failed to meet expectations as supplies increased and prices fell. Cattle and calves ranged lower with many low grade lots. hog market saw light receipts and slow sales. lambs and sheep were scarce with prices slipping. Receipts included I L Gerson and several Pennsylvanian firms. overall weekly totals showed higher receipts than last week.

Dreratreh Mor Bay Herts Island I. L. Gerson A. Fromm Winter & Dellenbach Wais Hirsch & Co Rothschild & Co Pennsylvania J. Reiber Pisor & Thomwson J. i. Carious

Market Report at East Liberty Stock Yards

Office of Price Creatchton reports receipts of 190 head and shipments 1,220 head with market firm and 25 cent higher than last week. Twenty one cars sent to New York today. Four thousand head at Philadelphia New York markets show firm to slow conditions with small gains.

East Liberty Pitrssure Creratcn Monpax Carrie New York Ae. Ee

Cattle and Hogs Market Report from New York and Cincinnati

Telegraph summary shows mixed receipts and prices across cattle hogs and sheep. Heavy cattle firm at former prices with prime steers around 85 dollars per hundred, hogs and sheep varying by quality, and shipments totaling thousands of head in New York and Cincinnati markets.

New York Sly Eine Seok Lovis Cincinsati — Biood Twa Spa

English Wheat Steady as Week’s Sales Reported

British Broadcasters, Lorpon, May and The Mark Lane Express summarize a weekly review noting English wheat remains steady. The report records four sales of wheat during the past week across markets and outlets.

Lorpon May Mark Lane Express

Market Reports Show Mixed Signals With Easing Wheat Demand

The market shows oscillating demand with no rain dampening selling. buyers active especially for June and July contracts, prices firm near weekend close. Mixed commodity notes follow with butter weak, coffee steady, and oats and wool prices drifting, while wheat and futures show cautious strength and late-session firmness.

Abandoned Wood and Diamond Streets Project Weighed by City

A Pittsburg businessman cites momentum for widening the Wood and Diamond streets thoroughfare as the project appears abandoned. The article also notes a public sale of the Fifth avenue property housing The Dispatch building, with initial bid at 140000 subject to dower and leases, and possible postponement for higher offers. It reports surging Penn Avenue real estate activity, new business houses, and a rising money market reflected in mortgage rates.

Wood Diamond Pittsburg J. Heron Foster Fifth Avenue Taz Dispatcoh Business Orphans’ Court J. H. Emory Dispatchh Dispatch Diamond Street Penn Ayenus East End Hiland Avenue Rebecca Street Black Horse Hill Penn Avenue Negley and Euclid Avenues St. Clair and Beatty Negley and Center Avenues Baum Street Pennavenne Eltr Whittier Pitts Ain

Stock Market Woes Drop After Philadelphia Gas Report

Interest in the stock market yesterday centered on Philadelphia Gas. The annual report showed an indebtedness increase of between 600000 and 400000, contrary to prior hopes of a decrease. The stock closed weak on Liberal offers amid broker chatter calling the report bad.

Philadelphia Bridgewater Gas and Electric

Oil Market Figures and Closing Prices

The oil market remained tame with high carrying costs weighing on traders. Prices opened at 84.2, fell to 83.0, rallied to 84.3, then slipped to 82.1 near the close, a 2.44 cent loss from the day’s range. New York and Bradford quoted 50 to 76 cents and 15 to 25 at Oil City respectively. A broker said the market has not bottomed and expects lower prices tomorrow.

New Oil City Bradford Freeh Pentinach Ss National Transit Antificates New Yeurs Exere Tom Ielee

Movements in Realty Agencies Record Local Property Sales

Real estate notices recap several transfers: Black & Baird sell No. 1 Diamond street two story brick offices to Wicklyffe C. Lyne for 21000 cash. Alles & Bailey sell a four room frame dwelling at corner Soho and Gaztam streets for 1200. John Z. James W. Drape & Co sell a seven room house with lot near the railroad for 4000 and a 24 by 15 foot lot on Allegheny street for 575.

Samuel W. A & Co Fourth Avenue Fifth Avenue John Z

Market ends mixed with modest gains as bids lift several rails

New York stock list opened with moderate volume then trimmed losses but recovered most declines. Atchison, Burlington and Quincy led gains on Bidder Peabody proxies, Reading remained hard to borrow, and coal stocks stayed quiet. Missouri Pacific surged while high volatility in low priced shares persisted. overall market closed quiet but firm with few large changes.

New York May Boston Messra Eheery Reading Gould Missouri Pacific Manhattan Chicago Nashville Sok Atchison Missouri Louisville Nashville Trust Wabash Tis Rand Milwaukee Colorado Lake Shore Schantag Tls Bers Ow Stock Exchange

Boston Stocks Report From A Faded Ledger

A partial OCR list shows stock names and prices including Boston and Maine, Calumet & Hecla, Bell Telephone, Central Hardware, and other market entries. The fragment mentions Old Colony, New England Telephone, and market figures with unclear figures and dates, illustrating a newspaper stock box snapshot.

Atch Tor Old Colony Wis Central Boston Maine Calumet & Heein Pere E.C Bell Telephone

Mining Stocks in New York May report

May 6 New York mining stock table shows Amador 100, Caledonia 815, Consolidated Aforeas and Vi pon 10s, Maceroak, Homeatake 762, Cage 200, Mexigio 115, Standard 115, Sullivan values listed with small gains and varied quotes. Market activity appears light with mixed fortunes across frontier issues.

New York Amador Caledonia Consolidated Aforeas Vipon Bron Aater Hikea Maceroak Bea Orcross Homeatake Fy Iene Cage Ein Mexigio Standard Small Hopes Sullivan 1A

Radical proposal to move Government Printing Office under Interior

May 6 report from Washington notes Secretary Noble seeks to place the Government Printing Office under Interior Department control. The idea faces strong opposition and would shift a large patronage system away from its independent bureau status. Congress and the Printing Committee are expected to scrutinize the plan amid disputes over funding and authority.

Noble Government Printing Office Pectal Washington Con Dopernue Ornet Gorman Mary Congress Noble Mee House Farquhar New York Mableght

Late News In Brief From Various Locations

A collage of short items reports on 18-member hon Bs Neuilly police search. Erhardt becoming New York post collector and successor retirement. a New York wood product sale to a St. Louis buyer at $10 per pound. the U S gunboat Petrel dock trial at Columbian Iron Works with engines running, date pending. General Crook telegraph on Oklahoma quiet and Cherokee outlet. Ira W Hopkins in Malden Mass connected to Hamilton wreck. Public Works crew resuming downing poles and wires under Mayor Grant. a Spring mass meeting calls for work stoppage until wage disputes settled. Gottlieb Nauss mail carrier robbed by masked man on a Wisconsin route. masked bandits rifled pouches. $40 estimated taken with prior robbery attempts noted.

Ogdensburg Y. Y Teleim Crook Oklahoma Cherokee Ira W. Hopkins Malden Mass Hamilton Ont Peony New York Department of Public Works Grant Area Avenue Aes Gottlieb Nauss

Physicians Wise in Their Generation

Physicians recognize and testify to the efficacy of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters as a remedy and preventive for fever and ague, rheumatism, lack of vigor, liver complaint, and other infirm conditions. Experience shows its value. public and press long praised it. only the benighted remain ignorant of America's tonic and alterative.

America

Grocery Catalog Fragments Highlight Fresh, Canned Goods Mix

A jumbled list of coffee beans, canned fruits, nuts, and seafood items appears as a vintage market catalog. Entries name brands and places like Maracaibo Caracas and Valencia, with prices and package sizes noted alongside dried fruits and staples.

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