Market Summary From The Nov. 7 Stock Exchange Trading
Early trading saw a general decline as sterling rates rose. Northern Pacific preferred slipped up to 15 percent while active stocks later gained around 1 to 2 percent before liquidations resumed near the close. The New York Produce and Chicago markets reported mixed results with grain and livestock changing in price and activity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stock Exchange
Sterling Exchange
Papo
Cahanced
New York
Tribune
G. du 1 B. Dimmick
William Linn
Allen & Co
Spruce Street
Scranton
Atea
Chicago
Atute
Nic
Live Stock Prices and Market Callout
Ledger notes cattle receipts and on sale stock listings with figures for fat cows veal oxen hogs and pigs. Prices shown include fat cattle and heavy stock terms with per head values and ranges reflecting demand and market conditions.
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Chicago
Western Rangers
Iit
Adis
Pintord
Untitled livestock sale catalog fragment
A damaged OCR fragment lists livestock categories and prices. It mentions lambs and lamb products, 400 head on sale, various classes including good to choice, fair lots, culls and common, export sheep, with prices ranging roughly from 1.25 to 4.25 per unit. No clear dates or locations given.
Philadelphia Tallow Market Report
Tallow is steady but dull with assorted prices for city prime and bulk in Birmingham style notes. Oil market in Pittsburg shows open low at 1.11 and high at 1.42, with city standards affecting pricing.
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Philadelphia
Philaderehe
Sps
Pittsburg
Standard
Pennsylvania Sees Largest Rail Mileage Gain In Yearlong Study
The report shows Pennsylvania leading in railroad mileage growth at 306.20 percent, with Florida second at 234.82 percent. It lists state rankings by increase and mileage, noting Rhode Island smallest gain and New York’s mid‑range position despite high total mileage, while Western states jump ahead overall.
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Pennsylvania
Florida
North Dakota
Obhio
Maine
West Virginia
Missouri
Minnesota
South Dakota
California
Texas
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Delaware
Kansas
Ohio
Tower
Satlgl
New York
Michigan
Indiana
Wisconsin
Mississippi
New York State
Empire State
Rivalry Between Hill and O'Ferrall In Washington Interview
The Times-Herald recalls a tense 19th century Washington interview between Senator David B. Hill of New York and Governor O'Ferrall of Virginia. Their animosity centered on the Rockwell-Noyes contest in the Fifty-second Congress and a disputed committee report.
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New York
Virginia
Washington
David B. Hill
O'Ferrall
Times-Herald
Rockwell-Noyes
Rockwell
Hill
Elmira
Noyes
House
O'Ferral
Cleveland
O’ferrall
O' Ferrall
Cobb
Senate
the Arlington
White House
Bob Wilson
Missouri
Wilson
Colonel O'Ferrall
Senator Hill
Air
Aleut
Political missteps derail Hill’s southern boom
The northwestern senator recalls O’Ferrall’s account and Wilson’s decisive intervention that halted Hill’s reckless conduct. The tale highlights Hill’s ignorance of key figures and the peril of a political stunt meant to boost his image, exposing a costly misjudgment in the South.
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Wilson
Hill
O'Ferrall
Northwestern
New York
Temperance movements and alcohol history span early New England towns
The record traces 17th to 19th century actions from Salem and Alfred to East Haddam and Wallingford, noting licenses to sell beer and rum, quantities for meeting-house funds, and a shift to temperance. It cites early hospitality customs, a Wallingford anecdote, and the rise of Connecticut temperance societies with large pledged memberships and reform statistics.
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Salem
Mass
Nathaniel Ingersoll
Alfred
East Haddam
Conn
Wallingford
Litchfield
Connecticut
Colonel from Kentucky defies lynchers at hickory tree
In a Stanton poem reprinted by the Times-Herald, a Kentucky colonel faces bandits who threaten him with hanging and shooting. Though he is hanged, the rope breaks and he falls, is shot, and finally drowns after an attempted burning and water ordeal. The verse frames his defiant endurance through multiple perilous attempts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Stanton
Fm Times-Herald
Consumption Collapse Hope and Care in Disease Management
The text urges sustaining strength and proper nourishment to check tissue waste and delay death from consumption. It notes medicines can delay death or offer a permanent cure, as proven in thousands of cases, and advises actions to support the patient.
Bovinine Praised By Tremont Doctor For Consumption
Dr W E S Preston, House Physician at the House of Rest for Consumptives in Tremont New York, touts Bovinine as a versatile food that patients tolerate well and which strengthens vital organs. He notes it helps collapse cases common among consumptives and supports healing by building flesh and blood.
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W. E. S. Preston
House of Rest
Tremont
N. Y
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Tsiedo
Bart Ing
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Peasescens
Chicago Gas
Chic
Mil. & Bt. Co
L. BE
Man
Ey Rox
Pacific
Union Pacific
Aueeie Board OF Trade
Scranton Board of Trade Exchange
Aske
Green Ridge Lumber
Beranton Lace Car, Co
Nat
Boring & Roe
First National
Seacee
Huran Coal Land
Esdabedane
Keranton Jar & Stopper Co
Beranton Glass
Packavranse Umber ‘Co
Railroad Notes
Hill and O'Ferrall
Falr
the Tribune
Hobb
Bright
Hobb’s Medicine Co
San Francisco
Bovinine
Traders National Bank of Scranton
Muebl Hines
W. Watron
B. Williams
Sassen Hines
James Finch
Fierce B. Hia
Ete Ie Omere
Re Derayn
T. Porter
W. W
Sree
Dupont
Te Riaperallopem 1Eills
Lemington
Fie Iy A By
Henry Belin
Wyoming
Wyomingave
Sgerenton
Third National Bank
At As Folheayes High Repleatven
John Hamlin
West Lackawanna Ave
Pune Mae
Cheno
Steel Ranges
Strong's
Penn Avenue
W. G. Doud & CO
Lackawanna Avenue
Foote & Shear CO
N. Washington Ave
R. J. Hughes
South Main Avenue
Oni
H.D. Swartz & CO
L. C. Smith's
Rentington
Sordea Street
Penn and
Wyoming Avenues
New York Exchange
Chicago Board of Trade
WM. Linn Allen & CO
Aylesworth
DR. Lobb
Lobb Oe
Pilgener
Merceread&conmel
Mee
ST John i. Phe
Wroming Ave
Eproce
Hammond
Philadelphia Banch
Hammond Typewriter Co
Bixth Street
F. A
A. J. Branda
Spruce St
OS and Manufac
Mée and Warehouse
Meridian
Collins, M'g’r
Roy
Jown H Phelps
Termaton
Rhe
Ales Pepsin
Spead
Feulines Chemical Company
Altimors, Md
Capital
Oval Medicine
River 82
Owibrog
LL. Gen
Wanty Matthews
Ditania
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