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Newspaper

Pittsburgh Dispatch

Location

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States of America

Date

Oct 17, 1889

Page

7

Local Live Stock Markets Report Weak Prices and Light Receipts

The Wednesday, October 16 1980 issue notes lighter cattle receipts than recent weeks with overall weaker markets and prime stock selling only at concessions. Heavy weights faced slowness, export buyers were absent, and prices showed modest declines while medium weights held steadier. Sheep and lamb markets were varied with some improvement for choice grades, but low grades remained weak as hog prices rose for heavy weights amid shifting demand.

Pierserne Difratch Upper Sandusky, O Holere

Cattle and Hogs Trade Reports From Market Receipts

Market notes show New York and Chicago areas with varied beef and pork prices. Receipts include cattle, hogs, and sheep with mixed totals and steady to slightly lower trends. notable figures include live cattle prices around 30 to 470 per hundredweight and hogs around 3 to 4 per hundredweight.

New York Keeres Colorado Do Goa Journal Sepeaes Enta Annes Texas Choine Dent

Iron Firm Sets Price Fight Over Lake Market

American iron firm announces a price of 15 dollars for all items with a lake site noted at 10.85 dollars. The brief notes possible increases and ongoing discussions about supply and market terms.

Lake

Deeley Discharged After Dropping Boy From Bridge

John Deeley faced Magistrate Brush after admitting he held his son over the Thirty-third street bridge rail to frighten him. He was discharged on his own recognisance as the boy, though terrified, fell forty feet but sustained only minor injuries and is expected to recover. Dr. Clark certified the child’s non serious injuries.

John Deeley Thirty-third Street Deeley Clark Brosh

Oliver Bros. mill owner denies Coroner's jury findings

John Kearns of Oliver Bros and Phillips mill disputes the Coroner's jury statements about his son. He insists his boy suffered no pain and was not on wexen at the time, challenging the inquest's conclusions.

John Kearns Oliver Bros Phillips Mill

Markets Wrap Amid Wheat Decline and Mixed Trade

Trading on wheat and corn showed limited activity with a notable sale of December wheat by a prominent trader. Prices fluctuated through the day with later strength, while oats and pork traded unevenly and prices varied across futures and spot markets in New York and Philadelphia.

Sige New York Missouri

King of Portugal improves as travel news briefs reach press

Late items report Portugal’s king regaining strength after a period of illness and a long travel legend. Other dispatches note the death of an African traveler F Monks on the Zanzbar river during his second expedition, and a Baltimore meeting of the American Gas Light Association with about 200 delegates.

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Petroleum prospects touted as inexhaustible by British scientists

British science coverage reports Prof Hull and Mr Anderson forecasting abundant petroleum as coal declines. They cite expanding petroleum use in heating and lighting, potential deep wells, and global oil prospects. Virginia gas coal discoveries and real estate notes are also discussed, with stock and land values contrasted by the Philadelphia Real Estate Record.

British Association For the Advancement of Science Hull United States Jevons G. W. Hastings Staffordshire and East Worcestershire Wm. Anderson Anderson Mr. Anderson Philadelphia

Stock Exchange Activity Shows Mixed Trading

Brokers displayed lively trading amid panicky notes in Philadelphia Gas and other natural gas issues. Prices slipped to record lows as bids and sales fluctuated, with overall activity brighter than averages yet marked by weakness in several leads.

Stock Exchange Philadelphia

Bank Surplus Shrinks After Fall Season Opens

Local bankers report fair demand for discounts at regular rates as surplus money has diminished by about half from an initial estimate near 20 million dollars. Cash and currency conditions are tight with gold rattled balances, loans active, and exchanges steady.

New York Sterling Exchange William A. Cites New York Bank Clearing House George Camp Treasury Department United States Treasury Treasury

Oil Market Opens Weak After Chartiers Gusher

Openings show bulls faltering as Chartiers gusher weighs on prices. Pillsbury and Oil City active buyers. New York sells. Market playful with mixed quotes and rising interest in oil ventures from Pleasants county upstate traders.

Chartiers Pillsbury Oil City New York Tay Eureka Oil Pleasants

Petroleum and transit certificates move in quiet trading

Market notes show transit certificates opening around $1 and closing near $1.00 with minor fluctuations. Petroleum opens steady at $100 and rises to $101 before sales push the price back to about $100.5 as the market closes steady.

Tiapoe Taigen Bradford Eee Agrudeata New York Petroleum

Real estate market moves with multiple property transfers

Real estate agents report numerous transactions across the city. Purchasers include J. Murray Clark F. Klopfer and W. H. McMordh with prices ranging from two thousand five hundred to nineteen thousand six hundred eighty, involving houses on Hastings Street Meyran Avenue Rural Avenue and more. Listings show various lots, frames and brick dwellings with payments noted and agents Jamison Dickie Black Baird Ewing Byers and others handling sales.

O. H. Love Fourth Avenue F. Klopfer J. Murray Clark Jamison & Dickie William J. Ritz Hastings Street W. H. McMordh J. Huff Sycamore Street Thirty-fifth Ward Thomas McCaffrey Butler Street Eliza J. Killian Sitll G. W Raiphee J. N. Coo D. Totten Marion Thomas Ewing & Byers Federal Rere McKwain Norema Secrere SoxlUl Cornet Hubbard Sipes Sutton & Rich

New Tactics Sweep Stocks Amid Dull Market Movement

New York October 14 stocks drifted into dullness as bears pressed major shortholds while Atchison Missouri Pacific and St Paul faced renewed selling. Trusts showed strength late, Sugar rose sharply, utilities offered little support, and overall market activity stagnated with modest closes after a day of mixed upswings.

New York Atchison, Missouri Pacific St. Paul Bears Missouri Pacific Atchison Shorts Chesapeake and Ohio Atchison and Cotton OL Pri Jersey Central Consolidated Gas Manhattan Whitney & Stephenson Pittsburg New York Stock Exchange Fourth Avenue

Philadelphia Stocks And Closing Quotations Summary

Philadelphia stocks close with mixed figures and numerous listed bonds and railroad issues. Trading highlights include Atchison Topeka 7s at 103% and New York lines showing varied activity. several rail and electric utilities record fractional changes amid broad market volatility.

Dashes of Finance and Industry Across River City

The report notes anthracite output slipping by 3,000,000 tons year over year. Mortgage activity tops $12,240 with many loans between 10,000 and higher sums. Brokers discuss gas and street developments while Penn Insurance prepares a 90 percent dividend. Electric railway grading advances, aiding a new residential district. Northern Pacific meeting expected to unify leadership and mortgage support. Alabama bonds sell for 854,000 to replace maturing issues. A prominent investor eyes East End tenement buys, preferring direct income over mortgages. Steel rails price at 12 dollars a ton with firm supply, and English buyers eye recent offers lifting prices.

Coal Trade Journal Eb Venter Os Nares Act Philadelphia Gas Iris Ana Aed Noone Boom & Flien Wood Street Central Traction Pennsylvania Insurance Company Oaksland Squirrel Hill Cain Philadelphia Northern Pacific Wright Willard Say Alabama New York East End G. B. CuaRrr Thomas Iron Company Atill Nee

Baltimore Vessel May Have Another Trial

Secretary Tracy informs Cramp shipyard contractors that the Baltimore may receive a new trial. Conditions are not public but reportedly differ from those discussed by Mr. William Cramp with the Secretary.

Elgin creamery prices ease as market shows downward turn

The dispatch notes a drop in Elgin and Ohio creamery quotations after a period of rising prices. Eggs stay firm while cheese remains active, but overall produce prices slide with carload beans and various staples sold on track at lower levels. Sugar weakness continues with a broad downward drift across lines.

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Grain Ex change reports by rail routes and carload sales

Grain exchange bulletins show receipts by routes including Pittsburg Fort Wayne Chicago with several car totals for corn bay feed flour malt and by Baltimore Ohio with oats wheat bran and by Pittsburg Cincinnati St Louis with wheat hay bran oats and corn. Prices for No 2 white oats No 2 red wheat and related feeds are listed with regional variation and current cereal tone noted as firm for oats and mixed for heat and flour.

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Ash Maul and Peak Scores Highlight Odd Note

A fragmentary input mentions Ash maul and four meter marks with odd names like Blek walnus and Tims. It reads like a hurried note with scattered references to scores and signals. No clear event or context is identifiable.

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