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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 09, 1889
Page
3
Oranges from Florida become cheaper while tropical fruits decline and eggs rise. Tomatoes and other produce shift as frost curtails outdoor crops. grapes and apples thin. Fish and shellfish markets stock up with better supply. turkey prices inch higher ahead of Thanksgiving. Floral trade remains quiet with Chrysanthemums highlighted at year’s peak.
The East Liberty Stock Yards report reflects cattle receipts of 420 head with market fair to good and mixed steer prices around 8 1/4 to 8 3/4 per 100 pounds. Hog receipts reach 6 000 head with market steady to slightly lower. sheep and lambs show dull to steady footing with farm trade noted. Northern and western markets show exports and shipments affecting prices.
Markets by wire show a dull session with narrow fluctuations in Wheat and Corn. Wheat prices moved from opening easy to closing higher. December and May contracts posted gains while European markets were dull and warehouse grading proposals unsettled trade. Corn eased on near months with some selling by shippers. oats and pork futures were mixed as traders weighed supply signals and demand.
The report notes speculative activity in Loxpox and Scotch pig brands with prices fluctuating up to 80.5d and reacting to Act. Transactions in maker brands reduced but remained valuable. Bessemer and steel sections show firm demand. mild steel and blooms price advances. scrap iron and manufactured steel products show strong markets with brisk demand and firm prices. Shipping destinations include Glasgow and Ardrossan with notable brand names and stock levels.
Fragmentary report notes wool receipts totaling 4 167 pounds in St Louis with references to domestic fleece and Texas involvement. Details are unclear due to damaged OCR text.
Weather disruptions in New York in November affected dry goods demand but orders by mail kept activity steady. Market tone remained unchanged with traders describing conditions as favorable and orders continuing despite unsettled weather.
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The piece notes brisk construction of small and medium houses in Pittsburg with strong demand expected next year. It reports planned steel plant in Jeannette with 700 jobs, a shift toward manufactured fuel gas prospects, and a rising real estate and banking willingness to fund growth. It cites Henry A. Weaver & Co handling church sale rumors and Magee property plans, plus broader iron and coal market activity in the region.
The stock market display featured Westinghouse Electric climbing from 49 1 2 to 51 amid strong demand and a rumored clique within the company aimed at accumulating stock. Philadelphia Gas and Central Traction showed bold activity with bids at 4 1 4 and 62 1 2 asked, while Citizens’ and Pittsburg remained firm though less lively. The list overall held bullish momentum as bids, offers and sales continued.
The article notes smaller exchanges for the day totaling 1,956,084 with balances around 4 ,748 70 and demand for funds light. Rates held at 4 7 percent while reasons for the decline remain unclear, with dull bank conditions not mirroring steady general trade. Money on call in New York was easy, with rates from 4 to 5 percent and prime mercantile paper at 8.
The report lists government state bonds as dull with New York and Boston clearings and balances figures. It notes London bullion withdrawals and bank clearings in St. Louis and Philadelphia with respective balances and totals.
Petroleum surged to 1 124 yesterday the highest since January 1884 with opening 1 104 and closing 1 117g amid light trading and bullish sentiment. European markets rose as consumption increased and stocks dwindled. Reports from Washington PA noted wells yielding 12 to 60 barrels per hour, signaling ongoing demand and price strength.
A regular book records two story Grace Street frame house in Washington sold for $8,500 to Henry W Neely and mortgage settlements including a McKeeport property loan of $97,500 five years at 3 10 percent a city Eighteenth ward loan five years at 0 percent and East Deer township loan three years at 6 percent. Jamison and Dukie sold John W Moore property 80 by 87 feet on Rural Avenue for $1,500 cash to W and Thompson and J H Abersold, plus a five room brick house and lot on Mayflower street for $3,900 and six fees for Ter.
The record reports multiple property transactions and mortgages. James W. Co and Black & Baird of 95 Fourth Avenue conveyances include lots with dwellings in the East End and Freeport area for sums around 1100 to 3450 dollars, plus several 6 percent mortgages on properties in Lawrenceville Apollo Beltzhoover and Homestead areas. Ira M. Burchfield at 158 Fourth Avenue sold two lots in North Homestead for 600 dollars to P. Glynn. Additional transfers include the Washington and Brownsville avenues corner building for cash, and mortgage activity by Coyle Co at 1900 dollars. Sixth ward frontage on Frazier Street sold for 1100 dollars, with more parcels listed on Lafferty Avenue in Boggs plan.
Stocks in New York showed irregular and generally weak activity amid bear pressure on several rails. Reading Coal and Iron edges up on surplus reserve provisions while Lackawanna and Jersey Central weaken. Atchison and certain specialties rally on buying interest. Near session end rumors of a St Paul deficit weigh on Grangers with broad weakness across other rails. Hocking Valley and Tennessee Coal rise as notable leaders.
The Pittsburg Traction Company will hold its annual stockholders meeting on the eighth of next month. Proposals are invited for the sinking fund sale of bonds dated October 6, 1877, by the Pittsburg Wheeling and Kentucky Railroad first mortgage loan trustees. A Hutchinson property sale rumor is confirmed as $1000 on speculation. The Fidelity Title and Trust Company plans to elect 15 directors at the meeting and handle annual business. A Geyser Oil Company deal with Union Oil Company of Buffalo involves half of 60,000 acres of oil land and related assets in a major transfer.
The November 8 1830 market report notes a steady downpour dampening trade with creamery butter quiet and best cold storage eggs firm at 25 26c in New York. Fresh country eggs may fetch 2 to 6c more. turkeys scarce and poultry ample. Prices for butter cheese coffee and other staples are listed across regions with varied quotes.
The report notes copper on New York and London markets with prices around 1210 and 2215, supply from large manufacturers lingering at low prices. Lead shows upward drift with mixed signals and futures around 8 months at 97. Tin remains strong with plans for Bessemer orders as market shows advancing tendency.
August Goldstrohme of Elizabeth township is charged before Alderman Doughty with obtaining cattle by false pretenses from James K. Conrad for S. EB. Rush of East Liberty stock yards. In March 1888 Goldstrohme allegedly agreed to buy ring cows for 363 dollars, but failed to pay, claiming a dubious estate. Prosecution shows repeated collection efforts have failed while Rush’s real estate investment proved unstable.
John Gabriel sued the Elsis Loring Lodge a German society at Leidertafal Hall Bloomfield after a raid and arrests. He claimed his overcoat left in the ante room was to be cared for but not retrieved. judge ordered $13 against Sciamees Knecht Andrew Grover and Ushan Wran gle.
Patrick Reddy, 14, of Wabash Avenue Southside, was brought to Homeopathic Hospital yesterday afternoon with serious wounds to the body and legs after being kicked and trampled by a horse. Several bones were broken and his condition is critical.
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