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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 16, 1889

Page

7

Trade in millinery goods shows strong domestic silk and ribbon demand

Pittsburgh merchants report a robust fall trade with domestic silks and ribbons replacing foreign imports. Prices are down 3 to 10 percent as firms expand stocks, note a 75 percent rise in sales over the previous day, and point to Patterson New Jersey as a major supplier. Expositions draw new customers, while designers earn fees up to 100 dollars monthly.

Pittsburg Dispatch Igy Patterson, XN. J Patterson Pittsburg United States Schools New York Indy Allentown Hartford Conn

Live Stock Markets at East Liberty Yard

The weekly livestock report shows receipts of cattle at 160 head with 6 head shipped, prices from 3.50 to 5.00 for various grades and no cattle shipped to New York. Hog receipts 1,100 head with market active. hog values around 4.00 to 4.60 for selected grades. Sheep and lambs total 3,900 head with daily prices daily quoted.

New York Newark

Cattle and Hogs Market Brief From Telegraph Filed Reports

CHICAGO reports cattle receipts around 3 000 head with market steady to higher for choice to extra prices. St. Louis notes 9 600 head with shipments and mixed results for steers and hogs. Widespread cattle and hog price trends across regional markets, including feeders and calves, with lambs and sheep showing firmness.

Telegraph Chicago Roeak Stege Goarnas To-Gay Tom Lendon Sellee Et Seoarr St. Louis Shanssa Sorkeen Bazar

Wool market notes and price ranges from regional firms

Wool trades show steady demand in domestic wools with firm foreign prices. Ohio fleeces and Michigan fleeces command rising rates while combing wools remain weak for heavy fabrics. Polled wools and foreign carpet wools show steady prices amid cautious trade.

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Wool Market Reports Mixed Movements in New York

Wool prices stay steady with slight declines in New York trading. The day’s figures show 62,008 pounds moved with cautious bids, reflecting a modest demand alongside sellers holding firm.

New York

Market腹 Wheat and Corn Prices Hover in Narrow Range

Early session trading in Chicago wheat showed a tight 4 1/4 cent range with shorts covering and selling on New York accounts. Prices opened modestly lower but bullish local sentiment supported a mild rally before slipping back, closing slightly lower than yesterday. Corn was quiet, oats mixed but soft, and pork prices steady. reports list futures quotes and receipts across the region.

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New York Trade Improves as Season Advances

New York reports improved business in October with favorable weather and solid national trade conditions. First hand demand for spring fabrics grows and jobbing trade remains steady with strong scalp and fancy orders. Prices stay firm with limited exceptions as expert demand and dressmaking remain healthy.

New York

Philadelphia Stocks and Quotation Snippets

A garbled section lists various stocks and exchanges with scattered abbreviations and figures. It mentions Northern Pacific preferred, Calumet and Albany, Rutland, Water Power, and other entries with inconsistent figures and punctuation, reflecting a fragmented historical market page.

Fragmented OCR Oddities Highlight Historical Catalog

Reads like a disparate price and item list with assorted place names and numbers. The garbled sequence includes references to New York California Mexico Plymouth Sierra Nevada and various price points, lacking coherent narrative or dates.

New Yorke California Unia Occidental Plymouth Sierra Nevada

British Captain Reports Sighting Possible Wreck Off Coast

Captain Pryde of the British steamer St Andrew's Bay reported sighting a three masted vessel drifting near latitude 40 and longitude 61 40 on October 9. The wreck may be the abandoned Norwegian bark Freyy laden with turpentine, drifting off the coast as salvage crews search for it with a $25,000 reward offered by its owners. Time is the true test. F. & W. Pilsner beer grows daily in popularity. Case paid for old gold and silver at Hauech's, 295 Fifth Ave. Wrsu

Brooklyn Pryde St. Andrew's Bay Gibraltar Freyy

Allegheny Boom Spurs Real Estate Market Debate

The article argues the Allegheny district near Pleasant Valley Railway shows a major housing boom with 200+ new dwellings this year. It contends opening the Schenley estate would raise supply, not ruin values, and cites historical price dynamics and the need for affordable home ownership.

Echenley Schenley

Stock Sales Report From Newark Markets

The day saw 254585 shares traded across major names including Atchison 47346 Delaware Lackawanna and Western 5714 Lake Shore 3538 Louisville and Nashville 14710 Missouri Pacific 26190 Northern Pacific preferred 9500 New England 17050 Union Pacific 4345 Western Maryland. Andrew Caster sold 5000 Observatory Hill Railway shares and interest while Sproul and Lawrence sold Pleasant Valley stock near market price. W H Watt moved 100 Wheeling Gas at 3 percent and 20 Westinghouse Machine at 45. E P Long sold 50 Electric Philadelphia Gas at 3414 and 2 Wheeling Gas at 2.

Andrew Caster Observatory Hill Railway &S Sproul & Lawrence Pleasant Valley W.H. Watt Wheeling Gas Westinghouse Machine Company E. P. Long BC Philadelphia Newark Atchison Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Lake Shore Louisville and Nashville Missouri Pacific Northern Pacific New England Union Pacific Western Mon

A Light Day's Work in Stock Market Trade

The market yesterday showed weak activity with few buy orders as holders avoid selling at losses. Buyers and brokers face a pause while prices remain higher than current levels, suggesting a temporary lull before a possible recovery. The traction, in general, was about steady.

Financial Markets Report Shows Abundant Money and Steady Rates

Bankers report money plentiful and rates steady with modest loan interest. US exchanges show modest demand. New York markets close with last loan at 5 percent and mercantile paper around 4.5 percent. Bond quotations and clearings reflect firm activity, with London bullion withdrawn and Bank of England bullion movement noted.

York

Specter of Scarcity Drives Oil Market Higher

A lively oil market yesterday saw prices rise to 101 cents, then ease to 100 cents as shortages keep buyers paying top dollar. Trading occurred across Pittsburgh, Oil City, and New York with the latter turning seller late, while shorts covered. Cash oil traded at 104 1/4 cents. Monday’s clearings reached 290,000 barrels. Field notes mention Gosford Oil Co at Acheson and Kelly & Co. Hutson wells in sand, potentially expanding south and east. The Stevenson Schmertz Darrah well sits at top sand. a Acheson dispute could influence production.

Pittsburg Oil City New York E. W. Acheson Nim

Petroleum market report with mixed opening prices

Bradford and New York oil notices show opening quotes near 5 to 6 of a cent and 1 01g bids. Clearances and shipments reach hundreds of thousands of barrels with totals around 796 000 to 58 8597 barrels. prices fluctuate from low to high on October 14 as markets seek steadiness.

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Real Estate Deals Across The City In Late Transactions

A long list of property sales shows transfers by Thomas Liggett, Charles Somers & Co., and others to buyers including W J Wright, Conrad Hoegela ty, and George R West. Properties range from 40 by 120 foot lots to multiroom brick dwellings and a malt house with cash totals around 40000 to 25000 pounds, with mortgage notes and new deeds recorded.

Thomas Liggett Charles Menker W. J. Wright Fifth Avenue Gist Street Ann Street Charles Somers & Co Wood Street J. B. Newell Conrad Hoegela Ty Knoll Kelly & Rogers Arene East End George R. West H. Bateman St. Clair Street Nineteenth Ward Kelly William Finney Lowell Street Twenty-first Ward James W. Drape & Co Agar Flesheey Thomas McCaffrey Butler Street Fred Jacober M. Schrott Perty Cedar Street John Hofman G. Zils Reed B. Coyle & Bi Fourth Avenue Joseph Lo Whee Peas Oakland Ec Arate Hig3 S, J Arpa Aes Ewing & Biere Bost Agg Ree Cent Ad Mead Gen WA Herron & Sons F. Tornesy J. Jemee Acho Flowers Avenue Samuel W. Black & Con

Wall Street swings with mixed gains and losses

The New York market showed higher activity on the regular list but quiet trading in trusts. Bears led declines with Missouri Pacific, Louisville and Nashville, Union Pacific among the targets while Pacific and other Gould properties weakened. The day ended with prices mostly lower and late weakness in key issues.

New York Bears Missouri Pacific Louisville Nastyville Union Pacific Gould Atchison Owever Boston Taco Bt Ols Esapeako Pacific Ana Tig Manhattan Western Union Agar Tohg

Mortgage records show fifty four loans yesterday

Fifty four mortgages were recorded yesterday with the largest for 3000 dollars. The text notes gold losses by European banks hinting at continued demand, while inquiries for affordable building sites rise as tenants seek safer investment yields. Agricultural reports give crop conditions and yields, and Spokane Falls seeks bids for water mains with Pittsburg manufacturers urged to respond by November 5.

New York Tue Department of Agricultura Spokane Falls Pittsburg

Market notes show weak prices with mixed quality goods

The report cites plenty of potatoes of poor quality and soft demand, while dairy remains firm and eggs edge upward. Apples, grapes, and cranberries are in varied supply, with prices for staples like coffee and sugars fluctuating amid cautious trading and market resistance.

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Grain Exchange Receipts and Prices For Grain Carloads

Receipts bulletined from the Grain Exchange note hay oats middlings shorts car corn straw bran flour and wheat movements by Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago Baltimore and Ohio and other lines. Prices shown for carload oats and wheat with weak demand for low grades and yard shortages affecting shipments. No. 2 white oats quoted around 27 cents spot in late report.

Grain Exchange Sicara Pittsburg Ft. Wayne Chicago Cincinnati St. Louis Baltimore Ohio

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