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Newspaper
Pittsburgh Dispatch
Location
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
Nov 18, 1889
Page
7
Dr Hoknagel narrates a tale of Daventry a brilliant yet tormented NY financier and his voluptuous past love Francesca. She returns alive from years abroad revealing a dangerous temptation and a plan that draws him from a lavish wedding party toward a fateful escape in a snowbound night.
In a dramatic scene, a man eyes a lover as a kiss nears, then a mask drops to reveal a skull emitting deathly scent. The doctor calls it a hallucination while recounting Daventry’s ruin and a deserted Harlem house linked to Francesca. The narrator learns of a cursed ring and a family tragedy spanning decades.
Local markets report steady demand for loans and satisfactory business. Clearing gains over the prior week exceed $2 million with daily exchanges around 3.26 million dollars. Stock quotations list numerous names on the New York and Philadelphia exchanges with varied prices and activity details.
Market notes record softer cereal receipts amid mild weather dampening trade. Dairy and eggs hold firm while apples and potatoes face subdued demand. butter and ready-to-eat goods show selective movement. Coffee futures remain unsettled due to Brazil fermentation and global supply, with sugars firm and potential near-term rise.
Grain, flour and feed receipts show 26 cars at the Grain Exchange with shipments from Pittsburg to Chicago and Ft Wayne including 3 flour cars and 2 corn cars. Additional movement from Pittsburg to Cincinnati to St Louis includes 1 bar of corn and 2 hay, while Baltimore and Ohio adds 2 hay cars. Weekly totals reach 222 cars with prices around last week’s levels and a single on call sale for 1 car sample.
Dated list shows prices for dressed meats and provisions. Includes bacon sugar cured hams dried beef pork and veal cuts, barley and straw have prices, beef carcasses and lamb totals, barrels and quarters for ham and sausage, Armour & Co listed with assorted meat costs.
Chicago wheat trade shows a quiet session with a weaker December and firmer May as a prominent trader’s selling pressure weighs on the near term. Oats firm and other grains mixed, with large weekly export totals and mill closures in St Louis adding to cautious sentiment. European markets steady. domestic receipts and shipments shift as July futures drift lower and cash grain activity remains limited.
A 1915 era market summary notes unsettled demand and weather injuring general trade. Dairy prices firm, cheese factories closing for season, and expected creamery butter price increases. Eggs soft, potatoes scarce due to high freight, cabbage abundant, oranges plentiful, lemons weak. Grocery line shows sugar and coffee rising. roasted coffee lagging behind Brazil tensions. Cereal receipts decline, wheat and corn firmer, lake navigation impact on flour costs. Hog receipts in Chicago up to 180000 for the week, highest in over a year, with prices $30 to $35.
M5 cars and receipts appear in a fluctuating report with Buffalo and New York references. The text notes steady movement and mentions a fair or market context with unclear details about participants.
Pittsburg moves beyond Creole methods as old ways fade. The city, once a village at the forks of the Ohio, now channels growth into a modern industrial center with strong financial institutions and infrastructure. The piece notes past missteps and highlights new plans attracting capital and development. It mentions Thomas McCadder Street, Knapp property, and a 182100 rate house sale in a related notice.
New York exports of specie last week totaled about 2,020,072 dollars with silver shipments to various destinations and prices quoted for related markets. Prices ranged with highs around 1 10 %, lows near 1 10g, and a closing near steady, with typical fluctuations noted for December and other commodities. Also advertised is Salvation OIL at 26 cents and Swift's dressed beef market data for the week ending November 16 with average carcass weight and price per pound.
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