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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 04, 1889
Page
7
A rough coastal city mood follows Altilan and miles Hemenray among lime kilns on the Northern coast. Workers endure harsh, cramped lives with two shifts, while a charged romance unfolds amid danger, memory, and a life on the edge as an England departure looms.
A vivid portrait of Sea Street and the lime kilns shows poverty, vice, and a doomed romance. A timid girl from the kilns meets a well to do visitor's son, a tense encounter leads to tragedy as a lifeless ride ends in quarry peril and a girl’s rescue by chance.
In Lime Rock a young man Allan Hall faces a reckless first escapade and a troubling family secret. The tale follows his fevered night in a strange house, the impact on his parents, and his five years of illness and isolation ending at a Pittsburg grave in 1889.
Practical guidance from Ladies' Home Journal on winter plant care. Fortify room air inlets to keep cold out, perform systematic shielding of windows and doors, and treat frost damaged plants by gradual warming and careful pruning to preserve roots. If tops wilt, cut below affected parts and avoid hastening decay.
A Chicago Herald anecdote recalls a Union League Club reception for Jim Blaine. Will Eaton orders a reporter to dress in style, providing a dress shirt described as deep blue with large silver polka dots to complete the best outfit.
A familiar gentleman describes Senator Evarts as habitually introducing bills and petitions out of order and missing the 12 o clock gavel. He wakes late, presents items after start, and often asks leave to proceed out of order. Ingalls contrasts with strict punctuality.
In New York on a Saturday trade remained quiet with steady demand for cotton goods. Clifton and J. P. King drill cloths and brown sheetings show firmness, print cloths and woolens also hold steady despite market disruptions on the cloth side.
New York activity shows last week exports of specie totaling 254 thousand dollars with 5 thousand in gold and 355 thousand 234 dollars in silver. All silver shipped out, while imports for the week reached 772 thousand dollars with 301 thousand 89 dollars in gold and silver.
The firm wholesaled 134 carcasses in the week ending November 2, 1888. Average weight per carcass and average price per pound are recorded at 5.57 cents.
A weekly report shows Anmount and Co selling advertisements at an average price of 5.20 per hundred. The week ending date is not specified.
The market notes a quiet week with dairy and poultry firm, soft fruit demand due to mild weather, and mixed produce. Choice potatoes steady while common grades remain weak. tropical fruits demand down, butter and cheese prices listed, along with varied grain and hay receipts and bundled fruit prices.
The report notes ongoing weakness in sugar prices while certain grades fall, coffee remains firmer than before though package prices stay unchanged, and groceries move freely. Detailed items list various coffees, spices, canned goods, dried fruits, cereals, and seafood with quoted prices and brands.
Grain and flour totals show 71 car loads at the Grain Exchange. By several lines including Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis and Pittsburg Ft Wayne and Chicago substantial car counts appear for hay oats bran corn feed and wheat. Weekly receipts reach 169 cars the largest of the season with prior weeks at 278 and 223. Prices listed for various grains show mixed values across No 2 red No 3 etc. Old and new lots noted with adjustments for demand and transport.
Armour and Co furnished wholesale price list items including sugar cured hams bacon and shoulders beef carcasses pork loins and lard in varied cuts and weights. The notice lists prices per unit and barrel quantities for fresh meats dried beef and smoked products with multiple grade ranges and bulk packaging.
Market notes show Chicago wheat weakening with December and May futures down modestly. Pork trading remains active with October and January futures easing. overall activity driven by local speculators amid modest export purchases and no strong outside influence.
A nostalgic note traces Castoria’s presence through stages of life from infancy to parenthood. The speaker recalls giving Castoria during illness, childhood tears, and motherhood, suggesting a trusted, generational remedy.
Produce lines show modest gains while Western potatoes face railroad blockades delaying shipments to Pittsburg Philadelphia Washington and Baltimore. New York potatoes arrive as Western supply tightens and prices for top stock rise slightly. Florida oranges appear as domestic fruit demand softens with grapes scarce and Concords dominating. Dairy prices stable though German cheeses shipments slow. Poultry eggs remain active with scarce high quality eggs. Granaries report 459 carloads of grain and hay, West rail refusals shrink receipts. corn holds steady and wheat prices ease. Millfeed demand stays active as grocery trade remains brisk with sugar and coffee pricing drifting downward.
A Baltimore dispatch notes Hon. David Kirk endorsing the Boston plan to build a market house on the Allegheny river. He says riverfront markets would free valuable land, provide rental income, and act as Pittsburg’s advertisement. The piece also reports on oil stock losses, Pittsburgh real estate interest, and stock market movements including Philadelphia Gas and various traction and electric issues.
Closing questions of Philadelphia brokers and New York stocks surface in the day’s market notes. Corrected daily reports by leading firms name varied listings from Boston and Maine to Buffalo, Pittsburgh and Western and the Lenine Valley area with quotes and price observations.
Telegraph report shows cattle receipts around 660 head with shipments to New York and a generally dull market. Prices listed include steers around 2.00 to 3.00, hogs near 3.15, and various grades of cattle and hogs with mixed demand and steady firm tendencies in Western markets.
The Rev James F Taylor reported on meetings of the American Board of Missions. An English missionary with world service, he noted New Zealand aborigines as drawing particular interest among readers. He cited concerns about white influence and alcohol affecting survival, and pondered how ancestral peoples may mix with future cultures.
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