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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

May 12, 1890

Page

6

The Ascension Sermon of Dr Talmage on Mount Olivet

A special Telegram from Brooklyn reports Dr. Talmage delivering a sermon on Ascension Day at the Academy of Music. He portrays Christ's ascension as a triumph over natural law, cites biblical scenes from Mount Olivet, and urges faith and prayer as potent forces against disease and fate, urging benevolence and kindness as guiding virtues.

BrRookayx Talmage Academy of Music David Christ Heaven Sin Death Hell Palestine Mount Olivet Jerusalem Oliver Jericho Dead Sea Jordan Mary Martha Lazarus Pompey Tenth Legion Geth- Semane Jesus Bethany Jerusaem Ths Heights Earth Galilee Anus Pharaoh Cesar Charles Agai Tiberias Gadara Hiessen Raphael Mendelssohn Phidias James Strauss Woolston Spinoza Hume Sechleiermacher Christ of Ascension Satan Bethlehem Calvary Olivet Joseph Ascen Nostor Nazareth Pilates Court Room

Domestic Markets Week's Cereal Receipts Very Large and Prices Steady

The Office of Pierispine Distance reports a quiet week for trade due to chilly rain. Receipts of strawberries declined but demand remains, dairy products drift upward with Elgin creamery bids likely to rise, eggs and butter firmer, and prices for potatoes cabbage and other staples showing modest gains or firmness amid limited supplies.

Elgin Creamery Creamery Elgin Ohio New York Fanor California Jamaica Jersey Bermuda

Groceries and sugars prices fall slight in Eastern markets

Readable lines show coffee options edging upward in the East while overall groceries remain quiet this week. The list enumerates numerous items from Rio coffees and canned goods to spices, sugars, dried fruits, and canned fish with varied prices and grades, reflecting a broad but unsettled market.

Grain and Flour Market Report From Grain Exchange

Grain, flour and feed sales on call at the grain exchange with oats and other commodities listed. Receipts total 43 cars with 34 for Pittsburg, Fu Wayne and Chicago and others. no wheat offered on call. Flour firm, prices per carload on track. mixed and barley prices noted. receipts this and prior week summarized with oat and wheat totals and several railroad flows.

Grain Exchange Pittsburg Fu Wayne Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Lake Erie

Provisions: Sugar-cured Hams and Breakfast Bacon Lead Prices

Sugar-cured hams large priced at 10e, medium 103j¢e, small 114¢. Sugar-cured breakfast bacon ige. Dried beef flats 6c, sets 0c, rounds 12c. Bacon hounds 6c, clear sides 7gc, clear bellies e. Dry salt shoulders 5c, dry salt clear sides Tige Meag rk. Heavy pork barrels and tubs priced, 18 50 to 18 60 for Mess pork. PigsFeet barrels 400, quarter barrels 215.

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Markets by Wire and Strady Chicago Wheat Trading Sharp

Chicago wheat futures moved actively with nervous traders awaiting a government report. July dominated volume as May and June lagged. prices swung widely, settling modestly higher. Oats and pork showed limited activity, while corn remained firm early then weak, with rain in the Northwest and varied domestic signals shaping prices.

Chicago Northwest California St. Louis Missouri Gunes Sagan Gancabnge Jane New York Canada New Orleans Japan Western Steam Clos Atory Western Elgin Philadelphia Twentieth Street Minneapolis Bio Els Sogia Toledo

New York Stocks Bullish Tone Amid Mixed Moves

The New York stock market shows a strong undertone with broad activity. Texas Pacific leads gains on Gould’s praise while Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago and St. Louis spike late. Pacific Mail weakens on election rumors. Bond sales remain brisk with Texas Pacific and Iron Mountain among active issues.

New Yon Texas Pacific Gould Atchison Missouri Pacific Richmond West Point St. Paul Trusta Cleveland Cincinnati Chicazo St. Louis Pacific Mall Tra Bears Chicago Aow Texas Pacific Seconds Iron Mountain Wabash Seconds St Louis Arkansas and Texas Trust New York, Susquehanna and Western Iron Mountains New York Stock Exchange Lux Disratch Whitney & Step Denson Pittsburg Fourth Ave

Leather and Hides Rise in Upward Leather Market

Harness and light leather prices advance two cents per pound as activity surges in Allegheny tanneries. Hides and calfskins follow with raises starting May 12. Buyers report strong orders and dwindling stocks, signaling a persistent uptrend across tanning centers.

Allegheny James Callery Lester, Saat and Stalmed Ohio Cleveland

Philadelphia Stocks Soar Amid Broad Market Rally

Read as a clipped stock page item highlighting gains across major brokers and exchanges. Mentions Fourth Avenue listings, Western stocks, and a reference to Navigation and Northern Pacific lines. Factual tone suggests a brisk market upswing with key firms named.

Philadelphia Hleek Nis iv Phenson Fourth Avenue Koaness Ork Stock Exchange

Live Stock Markets Across Cities May 10 1890

East Liberty reports cattle receipts 1 360 head with 735 head shipped. hogs receipts 4 000 head with 2 550 shipped. market fair. New York shipments include seventeen cattle cars and six hog cars. St Louis cattle receipts 50 head, 1 000 shipped, market steady. hogs 1 100 receipts, market steady. sheep 1 600 receipts, market strong. Cincinnati cattle and hogs 5 800 and 1 000 receipts with mixed pricing. Buffalo cattle 238 loads, steers and sheep stronger. hogs 18 loads shipped. market activity variable.

Pitttsburg Dispatch New York T. Louis Stoers Indiana Giace Tyr Cincinnati

Disappointing Week for Home Securities Markets

A cautious week in stocks ends with few sales and mixed moves. Westinghouse Electric trades at 40 with 100 shares. Philadelphia Gas, Wheeling, and Central Traction show steadier or improved action. Switch and Signal surges to bid 1f? and offer 15 amid rising activity. Bank and insurance shares stay strong yet markets fail to meet trader expectations for higher prices.

Westinghouse Electric Philadelphia Wheeling Bridgewater Chartiers Switch and Signal Central Traction Pleasant Valley Neereaerenee Tenesty

Bankers optimistic on money supply and activity

Quiet banking Saturday with ample funds and steady rates. Clearing House data shows a weekly gain in bank clearings of about 2.7 million, signaling modest revival in trade despite external pressures.

Clearing House ISS Enco

Movements In Realty With Several Big Land Deals

J Fleming & Co at 152 Fifth Avenue sold No 6 Aspinwall plan at Aspinwall station fronting 10 feet on Freeport avenue and extending back 140 feet to an alley for 92000 to a prominent business man They also sold Nos 282 and 283 on Fourth Avenue at Aspinwall for 825 each on easy payments Mellon Brothers sold to Joseph D Turner lot No 64 in Mellons plan of orchard lots corner St Clair and Black streets 412110 feet for 2000 to John McClaan lot No 56 in Mellons plan of Allinder place 24x100 feet on Homewood avenue for 050 to A S Goering lot No 44 in Melsons plan of lots at Walls station 25x105 for 600 to Mrs Maria C Steiner lot No 41 in Mellons Le of Copeland place at Braddock 214x114 for 74

J. Fleming & Co Fifth Avenue Aspinwall Aspinwall Station Freeport Avenue Fourth Avenue Mellon Brothers Joseph D. Turner Mellon Copeland Place Braddock

Wool Markers At London Wool Sale brisk demand for better grades

London auctions drew a moderate crowd with brisk competition for the better class wools while the inferior lots were largely neglected.

London

Market Fair in Cotton Goods Trade Report

A fair of cotton goods drew buyers and sellers with steady activity. Bleached descriptions appeared among items, and overall market tone remained even as buyers showed interest across the floor.

Market rates and railroad stock quotes in a late 19th century snippet

A fragmented railway and market listing from a newspaper page shows daily corrections and quotes. It references Northern Pacific Pacific Mail Central Pacific Oregon and Transcontinental, West Shore, and Union Pacific with various rates, shipments, and brokers. It notes prices from A B McGrew and regional exchanges, reflecting period trading activity and broker notes.

Z K. BT Staal Anton És J. C. Int Pacific Northern Mac Louisinnastam Missouri Northw Oregon Trans Canada Central ‘Pacific Ists Itt Bu Chi &L'C Statin den K. G. Aes G. da Pe. L C. RG Union West Shore

St Louis Wool Market Receipts Steady Amid Low Texas Clippings

St Louis wool receipts total 25,038 pounds with very little of this year’s clippings roved from Texas or the Territories. Quotas remain essentially unchanged as market activity shows steady demand and stable allotments.

St. Louis St. Loouis Texas Territories

Market Report for Week Ending August 8 1890 Pittsburg Meat Sales

W Hruu of Pittsburg Mest Supply Company reports beef sales for the week ending August 8 1890. Messrs Nelson Morris of Chicago bought meat from the firm located at the corner of Church Street and Anderson Street. The week saw 1980 pounds of beef averaged at 64 pounds per head with total value around five dollars.

W. Hruu Pittsburg Mest Supply Company Church Ret Anderson Street Messrs Nelson Morsris & of Chicago

Prrrspure Beer Co Reports Wholesale Dressed Beer Sales

Prrrspure Beer Co the wholesale agents for Swift s Chicago dressed beer report sales for the week ending ee 10 with 236 beer and an average weight per carcass of 53 pounds and an average price per pound of 6.77 cents.

Prrrspure Beer Co Swift Chicago Armour & Co

New York movement on shop girls not affect Pittsburg

Pittsburg merchants dismiss New York plan by Working Woman's Association to organize a consumer league and boycott employers. Local store owners defend pay and hours, noting clerks earn up to 25 dollars weekly with commissions and earlier closing on Saturdays. Several Pittsburgh employers applaud or doubt the need for such a movement.

New York Consumers’ League Working Woman's Association of New York City Pittsburg Morris Baer Kanfmanos Dispatch Baer Corbin Horne Penn Avenue Horne Danziger

Golden Eagles Plan May Convention Parade Visit Steel Works

Coroner McDowell arranges the annual Supreme Castle of America Knights of the Golden Eagle convention in this city May 27 to 30. About 5,000 uniformed knights will parade on opening day, led by Chief Marshal McDowell. Delegations arrive from Pennsylvania Ohio Delaware New Jersey West Virginia and Maryland. Guests include RE Emery Ennis and William Culbertson. Tuesday tours cover town sites and a Monongahela river excursion. General Manager Schwab to host a plant tour at Edgar Thomson Steel Works. Next Tuesday parade by Lorain Stitz Commandery and Lorena Castle to initiate Mayor Gourley and Morgue superintendent J B McKinley.

Edgar Thomson Steel Works Coroner McDowell Supreme Castle of America Knights of the Golden Eagle Pennsylvania Ohio Delaware New Jersey West Virginia Marylend E. McCall E. T. White Supreme Castle Lafayette Hall Emery Ennis Order William Culbertson Department of Public Safety Philadelphia Sir Knights Silver Lake Grove Monongahela River Schwab Braddock Supreme Officers Lonia C. Stitz Commandery Lorena Castle No. 131

SAD PALL FROM GRACE A PROHIBITIONIST FALLS

A respected Prohibitionist is mocked by a cellar prank near Peon avenue as two bartenders toss a whisky jar a hat falls, the proprietor offers a flask, and an officer intervenes. The aged advocate later appears on a Citizens' car in a drunken state. Armour & Co. reports dressed beef sales for May 10, 1890.

Peon Avenue Dispatch

Castoria Trusted Through Life Stages

A nostalgic note traces Castoria’s use from infancy to motherhood. It highlights the medicine as a constant, citing early childhood illness and later motherhood as moments of reliance, portraying Castoria as a dependable remedy across generations.

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