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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 12, 1889

Page

3

Florists and Market Prices Report Mixed Supplies

The column notes scarce higher grade fish and oysters with price rises expected. Dairy eggs and poultry show strength as Western imports help offset tight local supplies. Vegetables and fruits steady, peaches pears scarce, tomatoes abundant, and markets anticipate a lively holiday season with orchids and wedding blooms in strong demand.

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Wheat Market Slumps After Government Yield Report

The government crop report shows wheat at 128 bushels per acre and a total yield near 495 million bushels, sparking a weak market open. Prices fall from yesterday’s close with profits taken by shorts and a brief panicky dip, though a local operator purchase helps steady the market later.

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British Box Market Advances In Pic With Active Trade

Market activity rises in Pic with brisk buying of makers brands and high warrants reaching 688.34. Prices for various products such as West Coast pig brands, steel rods, and iron bars show strong demand and movement. Yorkers report active purchases across pig, steel, and bar trades with notable price increases.

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Wool market notes across states show steady but quiet trading

Market reports list receipts and wholesale activity with mixed demand. References include St Louis, New York, Philadelphia, Texas, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Michigan, Canada and Montana. Terms mention wool types such as fleece, delaine, washed combing, and course washed. overall tone notes quiet trading with some fluctuations.

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Market prices and activity for metals and commodities

Markets show mixed activity across metals with copper and lead trading firmer amid increased demand. Copper brisk, lead steady, tin plate prices rising as crude material costs push up producer pricing. Copper also sees stronger futures interest with Chilean and Montana supply noted, while silver and tin futures show cautious gains.

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Natural Gas and Working Women Topics Across Cities

The piece surveys debates at a Paris Iron and Steel Institute meeting on American natural gas versus water gas with figures from several sources. It also reports on Carroll Wright’s fourth annual labor report focusing on working women in major U S cities and the impact of tenements, immigration, and urban life on their conditions and morality.

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Harsh Working Conditions Cited In City Factories

The report cites cramped rooms, poor ventilation, and scarce toilet facilities in factories. About 100 workers rely on a single, frequently out of order closet or sink, with subpar wages and limited promotions despite higher living costs in New York.

New York

Stock Exchange Gains as Electric Leads Activity

Trading surged with Electric stock among the top movers as shares rose in morning and afternoon sessions. La Noria and Central Traction showed mixed demand while Philadelphia Gas held steady, and overall New York listings included Atchison Delaware Lackawanna and Western and other rail names.

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Nothing to complain of in steady money market

The local money market showed no major changes with fair to good business, heavy checking, and demand for accommodations rising. A cashier noted a season of large surplus and steady loans, while banks in New York and London reported varied call money and bond activity amid a generally dull market.

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Oil Market Too Small to Be Seen By Naked Eye

Market watchers reported almost no activity with New York as principal seller and Eastern stocks drawing attention. The day showed tiny price moves with a closing indifference and limited bets on change, while various oil market figures and transit certificates posted only marginal activity.

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Big Mortgages Drive City and Suburban Sales

Real estate notices report H. Love of Fourth Avenue sold properties at 21 and 23 Wylie Avenue amid a wave of sales in the city and surrounding suburbs.

H. Love Fourth Avenue Wylie Avenue

Real estate sales in Eighteenth ward and East End noted

The report lists multiple parcel transfers across Pittsburgh districts including the Eighteenth ward and East End. Purchases mention buyers such as M Sterna M V Jones B S Herr George Linhart and others with prices from 50 to 1 8000 plus mortgages and estate lots in Lang Avenue Wilkins estate Aspinwall and Avalon station projects.

John L. Rhodes A. M. Martin David Zugsmith Charles E. Cornelius Morningside Eighteenth Ward M. Sterna M. V. Jones B.S. Herr George Linhart Mr. Vernelive Morningall Jamison & Dickie BE. A. Linkenheimer Baum Grove East End A. A.M. Thorn W. A. Dickey H. P. Sinterbeck Negrey A. W. Maddock Lang Avenue Twenty-second Ward Fenberger G. A. Datte Lang and Illard Avenues J. W. Houston Leo Reed Willard Avenue W. E. Hamnett Smithfield Street Wilkinsburg Wilkins Jacob C. Boos R.M. Thompson W. A Herron & Sons Omestead McKeesport Tarentum Cain Northside Law and Loan Association Avalon Station Pittsburg Ft. Wayne Chicago

Stocks Move Down As Bears Press Leading Issues

The stock market shows moderate activity with a few leading stocks driving most business. Missouri Pacific New England and Sugar Refineries face pressure while Atchison gains. rumors about bonds and preferred stock affect prices, with mixed moves across other rails and commodities.

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Stock quotations from Philadelphia market noted

Fragmentary text shows closing quotations for Philadelphia stocks and mentions New York stock exchanges and railroad lines amid garbled OCR. The readable parts reference Bid and Asked quotes and a list-like financial note, with unclear firm names or dates.

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Grapes In Full Supply And Firm Prices In Market Roundup

Friday's market notes indicate general quiet trading in produce with firm prices. Eggs and dairy remain strong, potatoes steady, and poultry in good demand with upward price pressure. tomatoes and other items show limited movement due to frost and quality concerns across Elgin Ohio and surrounding regions.

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Market Report Shows Weak Trends in Sugars and Coffee

Sugars slow at late drop with potential for lower prices. Coffee options fluctuate under speculative pressure amid reported weakness and bear dominance. Packages steady but expected to rise with green article prices, while a long list of commodities including spices dried fruits nuts and syrups appears in mixed firming and softening patterns.

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Grain Market Report from Pittsburg and River Trade

Grain Exchange bulletins show receipts and prices for hay corn oats wheat rye and flour across Pittsburg Cincinnati and St Louis markets. Oats firmer with good grades and liberal receipt. carload quotes for No 2 red winter and No 2 white oats vary, with specific bids and deliveries noted.

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Fragmentary OCR Indicates Names and Numbers

The readable text shows unclear names and numbers. No coherent event or facts form a complete news item.

Provisions listed for sugar cured ham products and related meats

A garbled OCR list shows sugar cured hams in various sizes and prices, sugar cured breakfast bacon, shoulders, lard, dried beef, bacon, and smoked sausage with numerous unclear spellings and stray characters. The itemized prices and product names are interspersed with errors and illegible fragments.

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Dressed meat prices from Armour & Co report

Armour & Co supplies dressed meat price ranges including beef, lamb and sheep items with figures like 560 to 660 and 650 to 150 in the supplied ledger text. The fragment lists multiple cuts and prices in unclear detail.

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Live Stock Markets Report From Pittsburgh Friday

Cattle receipts 3800 head with shipments and exports to New York. prices mixed with native steers 3 to 8 per 100 pounds and Texas Colorado cattle at 26 to 30. hogs shipped and sold steady with broader market activity. buffalo and western stock noted as mixed. Drovers' Telegram reports overall market steadiness in Chicago and Buffalo regions with varied cattle and hog movements.

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Dissolution of Walker Dunlevy & Co and other late 19th century notices

The article notes the dissolution of the tax firm Walker Dunlevy & Co with Samuel Walker retiring. It mentions Harner Hr leaving as former Pittsubrg Exchange treasurer for Denver. It records dividend declarations by Sharpsburg and Lawrenceville Brings Co and Allegheny Heating Co. It cites coal leasing by James Coomrams for Brown & Cochran, Western Union message rates, iron ore discoveries in Carroll county, new coal smoke control process, and shifts in coke export rumors and Mediterranean trade chatter.

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